Other Sports *****Official 2017 NHL Playoffs Thread With Contest***** - Page 9

**Gadzooks** · 04-17-2017, 08:55 PM

At the beginning of the season I thought, if the Leafs were close to a playoff spot at the end of the season I'd be satisfied. Now I've watched 3 OT playoff games against the President Trophy winners and 2 wins for the Leafs. (All the pundits said the series would be over in 3).
Gravy. It's all gravy at this point.

**Bearcat** · 04-17-2017, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Gadzooks

At the beginning of the season I thought, if the Leafs were close to a playoff spot at the end of the season I'd be satisfied. Now I've watched 3 OT playoff games against the President Trophy winners and 2 wins for the Leafs. (All the pundits said the series would be over in 3).
Gravy. It's all gravy at this point.

Yeah, the media was all in on the Caps.... I figured the Leafs would win one, thought maybe two.... but, this is of course crazy. Toronto could own the Atlantic for years. It's been a great series, glad it's looking like it'll be a long one.

bricks · 04-18-2017, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Gadzooks

At the beginning of the season I thought, if the Leafs were close to a playoff spot at the end of the season I'd be satisfied. Now I've watched 3 OT playoff games against the President Trophy winners and 2 wins for the Leafs. (All the pundits said the series would be over in 3).
Gravy. It's all gravy at this point.

Crazy how it's 2-1 Leafs.

They didn't get much consideration before this series.

The way they're playing, this is going to 6 or 7 imo.

**Bearcat** · 04-17-2017, 09:04 PM

Hey, that Kane guy...

**Bearcat** · 04-17-2017, 10:16 PM

Holy crap, that was goalie interference.

**Bearcat** · 04-17-2017, 10:53 PM

Tanner Kero looks completely lost... at one point he headed behind the net in the offensive end while the puck was headed in the opposite direction... and when he's anywhere near the puck, he clearly doesn't want anything to do with it.

C3HIEF3S · 04-17-2017, 10:58 PM

The Hawks look like they're living on borrowed time right now.

tk13 · 04-17-2017, 11:10 PM

Predators win in OT. #1 seed Blackhawks in deep trouble now.

KC_Lee · 04-18-2017, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by tk13

Predators win in OT. #1 seed Blackhawks in deep trouble now.

You can probably just stick this into the Blackhawks....

GloryDayz · 04-18-2017, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by KC_Lee

You can probably just stick this into the Blackhawks....

I would love that...

**Bearcat** · 04-17-2017, 11:12 PM

Damn... that would be consecutive first round losses. Maybe Toews and Kane could give up a few million each so they can get some depth.

And the Ducks come back... fun night of hockey.

bricks · 04-18-2017, 12:35 AM

I'm so happy that the Leafs won....Big Leafs fan here. I honestly didn't think they were gonna pull that off.

Washington didn't have the killer instinct. They failed to close the game. They had a 5-on-3 for 2 minutes and didn't score. They even had another powerplay after that;after the Leafs took a delay of game penalty and didn't score. Those were their opportunities to bury The Leafs but the Caps failed to do it. Great penalty killing for the Leafs. Those were momentum shifters and the turning points of the game imo.

Al Bundy · 04-18-2017, 06:40 AM

The Flames are done after blowing that lead at home.

Pushead2 · 04-18-2017, 06:45 AM

I went to bed with no expectations of my Ducks winning and I woke up to see they won.

Honestly, we looked like shit but Elliot looked worse and that's how we won.....OOF.

CaliforniaChief · 04-18-2017, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Pushead2

I went to bed with no expectations of my Ducks winning and I woke up to see they won.

Honestly, we looked like shit but Elliot looked worse and that's how we won.....OOF.

The Ducks have to be the favorite out of the West with Chicago teetering. That's a solid team with a lot of depth and star power. Nice win last night.

On a non-related note that nobody other than Kings fans care about, I'm intrigued by the fact that John Stevens hasn't been named head coach yet. Blake was zeroed in on him last week as the only person he was looking at. The fact that he hasn't been named yet indicates to me that they might be moving in another direction. And really, since Stevens is a defensive-minded coach (as I understand it), I think it would be a rough sell for a team that is so goal-starved.

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Bearcat Would an idiot do that? Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Arizona Casino cash: $2684931	Tanner Kero looks completely lost... at one point he headed behind the net in the offensive end while the puck was headed in the opposite direction... and when he's anywhere near the puck, he clearly doesn't want anything to do with it. __________________
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04-17-2017, 08:55 PM	#1
Gadzooks MFIC Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tromsø, Norway Casino cash: $3829219	At the beginning of the season I thought, if the Leafs were close to a playoff spot at the end of the season I'd be satisfied. Now I've watched 3 OT playoff games against the President Trophy winners and 2 wins for the Leafs. (All the pundits said the series would be over in 3). Gravy. It's all gravy at this point.
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Bearcat Would an idiot do that? Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Arizona Casino cash: $2684931	Damn... that would be consecutive first round losses. Maybe Toews and Kane could give up a few million each so they can get some depth. And the Ducks come back... fun night of hockey. __________________
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04-18-2017, 12:35 AM	#12
bricks Hey Teacher! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: land of maple syrup Casino cash: $9902559	I'm so happy that the Leafs won....Big Leafs fan here. I honestly didn't think they were gonna pull that off. Washington didn't have the killer instinct. They failed to close the game. They had a 5-on-3 for 2 minutes and didn't score. They even had another powerplay after that;after the Leafs took a delay of game penalty and didn't score. Those were their opportunities to bury The Leafs but the Caps failed to do it. Great penalty killing for the Leafs. Those were momentum shifters and the turning points of the game imo.
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Al Bundy Damnit Peg Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Overland Park Casino cash: $5341831	The Flames are done after blowing that lead at home.
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Pushead2 **** off Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New York Casino cash: $7321882	I went to bed with no expectations of my Ducks winning and I woke up to see they won. Honestly, we looked like shit but Elliot looked worse and that's how we won.....OOF. __________________ "**** up once, lose two teeth....”
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