2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs talk

[tnt]

1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said:

And now the non- hand pass hand pass. 

But if they are hoping Joe Thornton wins it, should they not have called a penalty on St. Louis when Thornton was complaining that they shot the puck into the net above the plexiglass, which replay confirms?  They might have never got to overtime had they not missed that obvious call. 

[southpaw]

Every goal should be reviewed and any objective action that normally would have stopped play should overturn a goal.  This gets you high stick, hand pass, offside, icing, and a few others. 

I'm ok with taking a goal off the board if a liney screws up an icing. If it's too close to call, let it stand but you can easily tell a race to the dots in most cases. Obviously, it should be similar to offside where full control negates it, not just touching the puck.

[sioux rube]

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1773563

[The Sicatoka]

16 minutes ago, sioux rube said:

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1773563

So does STL get to budge in front of VGK in the NHL reparations line or is it first-come-first-serve? 

[sioux rube]

Difference in this series besides Rask. The powerplay. Bruins is red hot and the Canes is non existent 

[NoiseInsideMyHead]

Hurricanes downgraded to tropical depression.

[NoiseInsideMyHead]

This has to be historic...two teams in a single playoff went sweep-swept in successive rounds.  And one of them was the sweeper before they were the sweepee.

EDIT

Double sweep historic, but not unprecedented.

[lawkota]

11 hours ago, NoiseInsideMyHead said:

This has to be historic...two teams in a single playoff went sweep-swept in successive rounds.  And one of them was the sweeper before they were the sweepee.

EDIT

Double sweep historic, but not unprecedented.

Penguins swept by Islanders swept by Hurricanes swept by Bruins....

Potentially good news for haters of Boston.

[Ray77]

9 minutes ago, lawkota said:

Penguins swept by Islanders swept by Hurricanes swept by Bruins....

Potentially good news for haters of Boston.

I wouldn't bet on it! 

[Goon]

36 minutes ago, Ray77 said:

I wouldn't bet on it! 

This Bruins team is focused and going to be rested for the SCF. 

[tnt]

2 hours ago, Goon said:

This Bruins team is focused and going to be rested for the SCF. 

But you never know, as the layoff might not help with Rask being so incredible right now.  It doesn't take much for things to turn in the other direction, as I'm sure not many people would have suspected that Martin Jones would be playing as well as he has based on the first few games in the Vegas series.  

[MafiaMan]

The box is the Stanley Cup Finals.  The baby kitten is the Boston Bruins.  The mama cat is the Carolina Hurricanes.

Yea, we at SiouxSports.com can pretty much turn ANYTHING into something hockey-related.   

[The Sicatoka]

Hurricanes downgraded. 

[cberkas]

So far, 4 refs and 2 linesmen have been removed from the playoffs.

[Frozen4sioux]

Wow... the nhl is really taking it out on the Sharks to make up for the terrible terrible performance of their refs.

Appearently the answer for awefull officiating is... additional awefull officiating to "even out the marbles"

Its like they are following the old wcha in game model.

[Blackheart]

Blues a bit chippy in today’s game....several Sharks including Pavelski and Hertl missed chunks of the game due to St Louis’ physical play.

[cberkas]

Those were some bad goals the Sharks gave up.

Interesting note: Jones and Jake Alan were on the Canadian WJC team that lost the gold US in 2010.

[MafiaMan]

14 hours ago, Blackheart said:

Blues a bit chippy in today’s game....several Sharks including Pavelski and Hertl missed chunks of the game due to St Louis’ physical play.

I'm envisioning a Blues/Bruins Stanley Cup Final with the series-winning goal being scored by Tarasenko, who gets tangled up in a stick and flies across the area right in front of Rask.  Yea, make it happen, Blues.  Make.  It.  Happen.  

[Blackheart]

1 hour ago, MafiaMan said:

I'm envisioning a Blues/Bruins Stanley Cup Final with the series-winning goal being scored by Tarasenko, who gets tangled up in a stick and flies across the area right in front of Rask.  Yea, make it happen, Blues.  Make.  It.  Happen.  

Wrong player and wrong team for that scenario to play out...thinking Bergeron does that for Boston.  

BTW, I believe that 1970 Cup Final was over in 4 games...not sure we will see that this year.

[Frozen4sioux]

I think the Boston bag swallowers will walk st louis, and really thats not a good look for hockey.

Teams like Boston need long pronounced droughts as karma for the way they play, but basically the same for st louis... so who cares. 

NHL desperately needed boston in the final.

I want SJ at this point but they just dont have enough healthy parts left.

And Jones just blows, hes terrible.

[NoiseInsideMyHead]

San Jose gets Brody'd.

[Blackheart]

Sharks filleted!

[sioux rube]

http://bleacherreport.com/post/st-louis-blues/733556e2-4859-41bf-b94d-b98b82c22d01

[Goon]

On 5/20/2019 at 5:51 PM, Frozen4sioux said:

I think the Boston bag swallowers will walk st louis, and really thats not a good look for hockey.

Teams like Boston need long pronounced droughts as karma for the way they play, but basically the same for st louis... so who cares. 

NHL desperately needed boston in the final.

I want SJ at this point but they just dont have enough healthy parts left.

And Jones just blows, hes terrible.

Wow, “Boston Bag Swallowers” you do paint a disgusting picture. Holy $#!t ...the haters are going to howl when Boston wins the Stanley Cup. 

[Frozen4sioux]

8 hours ago, Goon said:

Wow, “Boston Bag Swallowers” you do paint a disgusting picture. Holy $#!t ...the haters are going to howl when Boston wins the Stanley Cup. 

Exactly.