All Playoff Talk... All the Time... 2012 Edition

Shanaban will be busy again today...

shabbs wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:Exciting stuff in LA. Van almost out of the picture.

Should be very interesting who makes it to the finals. No clear cut winners there.

Madness. Schneider looked good early though, and so did the team. Gotta go with Schneider again I think. Wow. Will we see both Pitt and Van bounced in 4 straight in the first round? Unbelievable.

Predicted to be the Cup Finalists by most analysts; same ones who predicted Sens in last and Leafs in the hunt.

shabbs wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:Exciting stuff in LA. Van almost out of the picture.

Should be very interesting who makes it to the finals. No clear cut winners there.

Madness. Schneider looked good early though, and so did the team. Gotta go with Schneider again I think. Wow. Will we see both Pitt and Van bounced in 4 straight in the first round? Unbelievable.

As much as it screws up all my playoff pools, it is satisfying to see both the Canucks and Pens going out so easily in the 1st round. They are probably the two most unlikeable teams in the NHL. Karma.

The big question... if the Canucks are bounced on Wednesday... will there be riots?

predictions for tonight? st-louis takes it in SJ and WSH takes it at home.

Via Kypreos: #SNPlayoffs breaking news. #Penguins Neal will have 2 separate #NHL discipline hearings Tues 10am. Asham will follow with in person @ 11am

Wow - 2 separate hearings. See ya Neal.

shabbs wrote:Via Kypreos: #SNPlayoffs breaking news. #Penguins Neal will have 2 separate #NHL discipline hearings Tues 10am. Asham will follow with in person @ 11am

Wow - 2 separate hearings. See ya Neal.

Holy Dung, this is insanity. Neal's done for at least 1 game - which obviously might be all there is. Asham in person = 3 I would assume. Too bad, because what Asham did was wrong, but the idea is right. Diddle you Schenn, enough is enough is what I thought at the time, but then....he tried to SSF him with a shot to the windpipe.

shabbs wrote:The big question... if the Canucks are bounced on Wednesday... will there be riots?

You know what happens? LA becomes a feared team in the West IMO. They look solid from what I watched of them and physical and scary...

Also have to go back to the Hodgson for Kassian trade again. Not great and boy could they use Hodgson right now.

SpezDispenser wrote:Also have to go back to the Hodgson for Kassian trade again. Not great and boy could they use Hodgson right now.

Yeah... this trade is taking on a different perspective now...

SpezDispenser wrote:Also have to go back to the Hodgson for Kassian trade again. Not great and boy could they use Hodgson right now.

Yeah, Kassian doesn't seem to be helping them too much!

To be fair to Vancouver, they are missing their best offensive player (or 2nd best, depending on which Sedin you rank first) and playing against a great goalie. That said, it is now quite obvious that the problem in Vancouver is NOT Luongo.

I think getting rid of Lapierre would be a great start to fixing the franchise.

Crosby is such an idiot. I just cannot respect him - he's such an immature douchebag. All the talent in the world and he just does and says the most idiotic things.

He goes after people when he shouldn't because he complains when people retaliate, and his teammates go ape dung on people who go near him.

He justifies knocking Voracek's glove away with his stick while Voracek was bending over to pick it up bu saying: 'I don't like him. I don't like anyone on their team'.

When says to reporters 'what else should I have done?' and the reporter says 'ugh, I don't know, nothing and walk away?' and he says 'well I didn't, so..'

This is a guy that advertises himself as a role model. So now kids in bantam are going to do it and say "well they play for the other team, so I don't like them".

Canucks are deep enough that they should be able to survive without Sedin.

I don't think they're built for the playoffs.

Last year the Bruins physically assaulted the Sedins and they were invisible. Contrast it our series where the Rangers are trying to get away with Dung on EK and we have Carkner establish a beatdown.

What did the Canucks do in the SCF ? Dive

Crosby is and always was one of the biggest Wing Dang Doodle in the NHL. This just proves it. Giroux, Toews, Alfi, Iginla, these are class players. If they have an issue they take it to the other team in very respectable manners. Whether it's scoring a big goal or fighting a guy straight up, that's what they do.

Crosby might the best player on earth but he's a 2nd class captain and about as immature as you can get.

Yeah man he lowered himself to a new low, the whole team did.

NEELY wrote:Crosby is and always was one of the biggest Wing Dang Doodle in the NHL. This just proves it. Giroux, Toews, Alfi, Iginla, these are class players. If they have an issue they take it to the other team in very respectable manners. Whether it's scoring a big goal or fighting a guy straight up, that's what they do.

Crosby might the best player on earth but he's a 2nd class captain and about as immature as you can get.

Exactly. And it's Cussing great that he is now exposed. During the game yesterday, you could hear some of the players chirping each other at various times, and at one point Crosby was being told he was an "embarassment" over and over again. 100% accurate.

Crosby has the most fake persona of any player in the NHL. At least Ovechkin is pretty clear he's a douche bag. He's just like his daddy Lemieux, great hockey player but just the biggest baby ever. He didn't like hockey so he quit, awwwwwe, "give me my ball". Guess what, hockey survived without him and when he figured that out he came back and played.

Honestly, hockey would be better without Crosby because there will always be someone who is the best player in the world.

At least people don't wonder anymore why Crosby gets targeted and hit so much anymore. I would be willing to bet he gets knocked out again next year just because someone will take a shot at him.

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:The big question... if the Canucks are bounced on Wednesday... will there be riots?

You know what happens? LA becomes a feared team in the West IMO. They look solid from what I watched of them and physical and scary...

I'll be happy if the preds or LA makes it to the finals. I think I prefer the preds.