artie_fufkin wrote:

JV wrote:

Although I could do without Kadri, a Blues-Leafs final would be cool from a historical perspective.

If we're into history, I wouldn't mind a rematch of the '70 finals with the Blues and the Bruins, with the same result.
 

artie_fufkin wrote:

JV wrote:

Although I could do without Kadri, a Blues-Leafs final would be cool from a historical perspective.

If we're into history, I wouldn't mind a rematch of the '70 finals with the Blues and the Bruins, with the same result.
 

Per this blog (see the last section), you have your history scrambled, and Bobby Orr should be in the St Louis sports hall of fame: https://www.portablepress.com/blog/2015/12/longest-championship-appearance-droughts-sports-history/

Stopped watching the Cardinals in favor of Vegas/SJ.  Oh my that 3rd period and OT.  I suspect the hit on Pavelski that led to the PP that led to all of SJ's goals may bring about some rule changes.  Maybe video review of major penalties.  That was brutal.

Stick a fork in the Hurricanes. They're done.

Well that game got interesting at the end.

forsberg_us wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

Well that game got interesting at the end.

Blues were really sloppy. Got away with one there. I think Lindell’s dive earlier in the game may have jaded the officials a little.

I didn't see that. But, hey, there's going to be contact in front of the net in the last two minutes of a tie playoff hockey game. If you want to play in a no-check league, there's one with a game at midnight tonight at the local rink with a snack shop and a soda machine.

This series conflicts me. I really like Tyler Seguin, and I'd like to see a team with him on it succeed to show the Bruins how stupid they were for trading him for two guys who are no longer on their team. But I don't want a hockey team from Texas - especially Dallas - to win a Stanley Cup.
I've always kind of pulled for the Blues because they've traditionally been the NHL's Wile E. Coyote. But I loathe Craig Berube. Once a Flyer, always a goon.

forsberg_us wrote:

Not exactly Boston's best PP effort.

They started slowly in the first period, were terrible for the first 17-18 minutes of the second period and Bobrovsky was sensational in the third period. All that being said, they hit two posts and a crossbar.
 

So a little more normalcy after round 2.

Conference finals are 2 v. 5 and 2 v. 7. But the regular season standings were so compressed, there’s only 8 points difference between the best and worst remaining teams.

artie_fufkin wrote:

Good luck to the Blues. They've been fun to watch.
 

I have vivid memories of them getting pushed around by a cocky Sharks bunch in 2016. I think this Blues squad has more heart than that one, though, and SJ's weaknesses have been exposed. Expecting a tough series.

Not for nuthin', but there's actually been a debate here about whether it would be better for the Bruins to finish off a sweep tonight, or lose tonight and have the series go at least five games so the gap between the ECF and the Stanley Cup Finals isn't as long.
No one is suggesting the Bruins tank tonight, but this dropping-one-game-wouldn't-be-the-worst-thing is still an astonishingly dangerous mentality from people who have short memories and don't recall the goalie who will be playing for the Bruins tonight is the same goalie who coughed up a 3-0 series lead to Philadelphia in 2010. 
Kill the beast as quickly as you can and move on. 

forsberg_us wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

How could four sets of eyes miss that hand pass?
I'm thinking the NHL may have hired Walt Coleman to work the Sharks' games.

Missing the hand pass is inexcusable, as is the fact that you can review a goal for a multitude of infractions, but not whether it resulted from a hand pass.

That said, don't give up a goal in the final minute of the 3rd period and we're not talking about a hand pass.  

In the ECSF, the Blue Jackets scored a goal after the puck had gone up into the protective netting and ricocheted (Thanks, Doc Emrick) back onto the ice. None of the four officials saw the puck leave the playing area. It was clear on the replay the puck went into the netting. The goal stood because that's also something which can't be reviewed by replay.
I understand you can't stop the game every two minutes to review whether that was a goal or this was a penalty or that player was offsides, but the point of replay is to get things right. 
 

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