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2022 Stanley Cup playoffs thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Cosmo, Apr 30, 2022.

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  1. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    By all means, show me a post in my history in which I supported such behavior in general or Cooke in particular. Good luck finding it.
     
    outofplace, May 13, 2022
    #193
  2. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    You're living in an alternate reality, man. I've seen head hunting plays. I mean, Tom Wilson does play for my team. That was not head hunting. Feel free to have the last word, because I'm done arguing this.
     
    Cosmo, May 13, 2022
    #194
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  3. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    OOP the hockey expert and historian.

    And the only people who agree with you are the meatheads in Pittsburgh and their fanboy media.

    Please Uncle OOP, teach me the history of the game. I am new to this ice hockey thing.
     
    JC, May 13, 2022
    #195
  4. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    Just sit back and enjoy OOP’s lectures. He’s a big hockey guy.
     
    JC, May 13, 2022
    #196
  5. OscarMadison

    OscarMadison Well-Known Member

    I've been watching as much of the playoffs as I have time for with no sound and avoiding the media that accompanies it. It's been nice.
    Reading about Coach Trotz was a whole n'other thing.
     
    OscarMadison, May 13, 2022
    #197
  6. Tighthead

    Tighthead Well-Known Member

    Fer fucks sakes. It’s just a comment that every team has or has had dirty players and it all comes and goes around.

    No need to give me the high hat.

    Amazing that you took such a broad statement as being specifically directed at your relationship with Matt Cooke.
     
    Tighthead, May 13, 2022
    #198
  7. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Oh, trust me. I'm aware of exactly why a Capitals fan wouldn't like my argument.
     
    outofplace, May 13, 2022
    #199
  8. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    He implied I was being hypocritical and you agreed. I correctly pointed out that he was making shit up and you were going along with it. I've always hated that about the NHL no matter who was doing it. Hell, I think there are still Bruins fans who spit it someone mentions Ulf Samuelsson and they aren't wrong.
     
    outofplace, May 13, 2022
    #200
  9. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    I'm really not, but I'm aware of the league's history of letting this shit go. So is it that you are ignorant or is it that you will argue anything I post?
     
    outofplace, May 13, 2022
    #201
  10. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    You are acting as if the league doesn't have a history of letting this sort of shit go, so as I asked in my other post, are you actually that ignorant or are you just doing this because it's me? It is one or the other.

    I'm a casual fan. I'm annoyed at the shitty way this series might be taken from the Penguins, but I'll get over that about a minute after the end of Game 7 if it gets to that point. If you really know less about hockey than me, you don't know much about it than I do.
     
    outofplace, May 13, 2022
    #202
  11. Tighthead

    Tighthead Well-Known Member

    I said all fans are hypocritical Its the nature of sports.

    I assume you aren't a Pens fans because of Ulf, Cooke and Mario and Dan Quinn in the hotel room. You must have renounced years ago.

    Great call on Bruin fans. They curse Ulf but laugh about Chara maiming Pacioretty - almost like they too are part of the hypocrisy.
     
    Tighthead, May 13, 2022
    #203
  12. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    The Rangers are a more talented team that Pittsburgh, were all season, it actually looked like a mismatch in the regular season games between the two teams.

    But Pittsburgh has outplayed the Rangers in this series, by a wide margin. A big part of that is that the Rangers falling apart and spending the first four games of the series looking lost defensively, which is discouraging because you saw none of that during the season. Game 4 was an embarrassment.

    At the same time, the Rangers top players have looked like hell, and for that, the credit goes to the Pens who have been on pucks quickly and are giving them no room to move. The Rangers are one of the few teams faster than Pittsburgh and the Pens have completely taken that away from them, and it has been brilliant. That has to have been Mike Sullivan seeing what had happened during the regular season games and changing it up so that Pittsburgh hasn't been trying to win a track meet. And it's worked.

    The talent differential would probably be enough for the Rangers to be ahead in the series anyhow, except Sidney Crosby has looked like vintage Sidney Crosby, and that top line with him, Guentzel and Rust has operated like assassins. As many goals as Guentzel has scored, though, it really has been Crosby. The guy is amazing even at 35, and can single-handedly take the momentum back in a game, almost at will. The Rangers would show a small sign of life, get some momentum, score a goal, make it close, and that line has stolen the momentum right back with Crosby doing something amazing and then feeding Guentzel for some gut-punching goals. Some of Pittsburghs role players have brought a ton of energy, too, particularly Mike Matheson throughout the series, and Jeff Zucker earlier in the series, who was hitting someone every shift and was a giant pest.

    Losing Crosby sucks for them, but they are still up 3-2, playing at home, and even though the Rangers pulled a rabbit out of a hat last game, they are still playing like shit right now. Amazingly, Gallant put together that kid line with Lafreniere, Chytil and Kakko for the playoffs, and everyone was afraid that their youth and inexperience were the unknowns, but it's their older, more experienced players who have embarrassed themselves, the kid line has looked amazing and on defense Braden Schneider, another young player, has probably been their best defenseman.
     
    The Big Ragu, May 13, 2022
    #204
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