Running Stanley Cup Playoff Thread

[Mark2010]

Very true. This series is over, even though two of the three games have been one-goal games.

 

[JC]

Raffi Torres makes another cheap shot hit, this one on Brent Seabrook. At least Seabrook got up and Chicago scored on the ensuing power play.

Horseshirt, keep your forking head up. Elbow tucked, never left his feet, should not be suspension worthy. Take that hit out of hockey you may as well make it a non contact sport. Who goes behind the net like Seabrook did?

 

[Clerk Typist]

Blackhawks are getting back what they gave to San Jose last year. I honestly don't think Chicago is *that* far behind Vancouver in terms of quality of play, but Vancouver is making the little edge count in every game.

They're that far behind. Vancouver's winning 50-50 pucks, getting men open for rebounds, and generally had the Hawks on their heels the last 40 minutes, except for the seven power plays. Eight of their 16 shots in the first were on the PP. They had three on the 5-on-3 and failed to convert.
Some of the guys sound like they're ready for golf season. Even Kane, in the locker room, said they didn't deserve to win the first two games of the series. He did, at least, blame himself for Sunday's loss.

 

[JC]

Blackhawks are getting back what they gave to San Jose last year. I honestly don't think Chicago is *that* far behind Vancouver in terms of quality of play, but Vancouver is making the little edge count in every game.

No team is that far behind. I know what you are saying, but depth is the biggest difference. Canucks don;t over excertp any of their top players, Patrick Kane at 175 pounds played 27 minutes, can't win that way. The depth the Hawks lost and Bolland being out is the difference in this series.

 

[RickStain]

See, I just see it differently. The only difference between the two teams that I've seen is finishing.

I think a lot of times, people interpret everything based on the final score, but there's a lot of luck involved in that. If Kane gets one of his shots a few inches higher and Keith gets a stick on the centering pass he was perfectly placed to block, then it's a 3-2 win and I think people would have a very different view of the other 59 minutes.

Just like I thought last season, they played like ass against Nashville and Philadelphia, pretty good against Vancouver, and okay against San Jose. But pucks went in consistently, often on shots that would have no business going in, so their level of play got interpreted as being much better than it was.

 

[mrbio]

Chicago really misses Byfuglien.

 

[RickStain]

Chicago really misses Byfuglien.

Only against Vancouver. He could be pretty worthless against everyone else.

 

[mjp1542]

Raffi Torres makes another cheap shot hit, this one on Brent Seabrook. At least Seabrook got up and Chicago scored on the ensuing power play.

Horseshirt, keep your forking head up. Elbow tucked, never left his feet, should not be suspension worthy. Take that hit out of hockey you may as well make it a non contact sport. Who goes behind the net like Seabrook did?

Seabrook didn't have the puck. Torres hit him blind-sided in the head. I don't care if his elbow was down and if his skates were on the ice. It was a cheap shot. If Seabrook had the puck, MAYBE I'd feel differently.

Question remains, why was Seabrook allowed to come back into the game so quickly without getting checked out in the "quiet room"? Seems to go against everything that has been discussed lately.

 

[RickStain]

He came back for a few minutes, then went off to the quiet room, then came back. Or at least he went off for awhile, I don't know if it was the quiet room or whatever.

 

[JR]

Must be playoff time. There's a goalie controversy in Philly.

Boucher to start tonight.

Borvosky's been thrown to the curb. Leighton will be the back-up

Apparently Ron Hextall was not available and Pelle Lindbergh is, well, still dead.

http://blogs.buffalonews.com/sabres/2011/04/boucher-in-goal-for-flyers-bobrovsky-no-3.html

 

[HC]

Torres skates on the hit.

 

[RickStain]

I just don't know about the Torres hit. He didn't leave his feet, he had his elbow tucked. But that's a dangerous play and one the NHL has been paying lip service to getting rid of.