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Post by triplethreatmark on May 1, 2014 1:01:27 GMT -5
Now, its Duck season. It feels the best...man. Dude, this team is something else. If anybody says differently, they can go suck a lemon. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see the game live(you can thank being an engineering major for that).However, when I saw the update on my phone as I was walking towards my car to go home, I was running through the near empty parking structure screaming YES! like Daniel Bryan. This is the f***ing best. Also, I don't like to brag, but this guys really deserves it: Hey, RT, you mad bro? Yeah...you mad.
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Post by Unocal 76 on May 1, 2014 1:04:01 GMT -5
So, Colorado, San Jose, and St. Louis are gone.
In their place- boring Sutter hockey, the Minnesota Mercenaries, and the increasingly annoying media darling Jonathan Toews.
The West playoffs semis could have been mega-epic. What a letdown.
And the Kings are not the team still standings I'm most annoyed with. It's Minnesota.
Matt Cooke will play hockey again this season. Seriously, where's the justice?
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Post by Unocal 76 on May 1, 2014 1:18:45 GMT -5
I'm not gonna nuts on the Kings like Room Temperature.
But, it's the other West team that grinds my gear.
Seriously, how can anyone root for the Wild? Least likeable team left in the playoffs, and it's not even close.
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Post by darbus alan on May 1, 2014 1:28:03 GMT -5
I like how crazy and goofy Bryzgalov is, but he always ends up playing for teams I hate (well, the Flyers and the Wild anyway; I have no strong opinions about the Oilers, Ducks, or Yotes). Watch as he somehow ends up going to the Rangers or Canucks next.
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Post by Unocal 76 on May 1, 2014 1:31:36 GMT -5
How do I hate the Wild? Let me count thy ways:
The 196 million mercenaries. Matt Cooke. Dany Heatley. A stodgy style that turns guys like Parise into two-way plodders. Too many boring games (though this was an exception).
Seriously, this is a VERY hard-to-root-for team. And they knocked out a likeable team.
We went from a potentially awesome COL-CHI series to far and away the least interesting second round series.
No Varlamov. No speed. Instead, we get a bunch of rich guys and a jerk who will not get the hockey karma he deserves.
Bleep the State of Hockey.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on May 1, 2014 1:37:48 GMT -5
Time for the Ducks to show that they're the best team in SoCal.
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Post by Steveweiser on May 1, 2014 1:43:00 GMT -5
Perfect result in Denver for the Blackhawks. Like last year, I can see this series being over quickly.
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Post by Unocal 76 on May 1, 2014 1:54:03 GMT -5
So, we lose 3 110+ point teams and some fun teams.
Instead? The Boring Wild, the Sutter Kings, and the Blackhawks with maybe the new annoying media darling in Crosby.
Go Anaheim. Otherwise, go East.
The playoffs are gonna get a lot less fun now.
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Post by triplethreatmark on May 1, 2014 1:58:05 GMT -5
So, we lose 3 110+ point teams and some fun teams. Instead? The Boring Wild, the Sutter Kings, and the Blackhawks with maybe the new annoying media darling in Crosby. Go Anaheim. Otherwise, go East. The playoffs are gonna get a lot less fun now. Analslime? Analslime sucks just based on the fact that they're Analsilme.[/overzealous Kings fan]
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Post by Unocal 76 on May 1, 2014 2:10:26 GMT -5
The LA Kings seem to have a WAKE US UP IN THE PLAYOFFS attitude. JUST GET US TO APRIL AND WE'LL BE FINE!
I mean, they slumped so badly in January, yet I said to myself, "They'll be fine in the playoffs."
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Post by Ben Wyatt on May 1, 2014 6:38:28 GMT -5
I fully expect a nuclear explosion in San Jose. The GM, the coaching stff and a few of the big name players have gotta be sent packing. They've been picked to go deep for the last decade or so, and have reached the conference finals only once, and if memory serves right, they were swept that year.
When the biggest postseason chokers list is discussed, somehow Joe Thornton's name is usually absent. I fail to see how that can be true any more. Sexy regular season numbers, but goes ass up in the playoffs. He's the defenition of the word "choke artist"
Lastly, people can complain about the call in game 6 (and I'm not saying it isn't a valid complaint) but the bottom line is that San Jose had 4 chances to put L.A away and failed to do so. Period.
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Post by RedSmile on May 1, 2014 7:07:07 GMT -5
...and the increasingly annoying media darling Jonathan Toews. That's CAPTAIN Toews to you
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on May 1, 2014 7:16:25 GMT -5
I fully expect a nuclear explosion in San Jose. The GM, the coaching stff and a few of the big name players have gotta be sent packing. They've been picked to go deep for the last decade or so, and have reached the conference finals only once, and if memory serves right, they were swept that year. When the biggest postseason chokers list is discussed, somehow Joe Thornton's name is usually absent. I fail to see how that can be true any more. Sexy regular season numbers, but goes ass up in the playoffs. He's the defenition of the word "choke artist" Lastly, people can complain about the call in game 6 (and I'm not saying it isn't a valid complaint) but the bottom line is that San Jose had 4 chances to put L.A away and failed to do so. Period. Twice actually (swept by the Blackhawks and lost 4-1 to the Canucks).
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I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on May 1, 2014 7:20:52 GMT -5
I fully expect a nuclear explosion in San Jose. The GM, the coaching stff and a few of the big name players have gotta be sent packing. They've been picked to go deep for the last decade or so, and have reached the conference finals only once, and if memory serves right, they were swept that year. When the biggest postseason chokers list is discussed, somehow Joe Thornton's name is usually absent. I fail to see how that can be true any more. Sexy regular season numbers, but goes ass up in the playoffs. He's the defenition of the word "choke artist" Lastly, people can complain about the call in game 6 (and I'm not saying it isn't a valid complaint) but the bottom line is that San Jose had 4 chances to put L.A away and failed to do so. Period. Twice actually (swept by the Blackhawks and lost 4-1 to the Canucks). Ah, I forgot the Canucks series. My point still stands. It's been a decade of disapointment for that franchise, with this collapse being a huge kick in the nuts
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2014 7:54:18 GMT -5
I doubt most players in San Jose are getting traded. Maybe Marleau but that's about it. They didn't blow up the Bruins after choking a 3-0 lead on Philly and they won the cup next year
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2014 8:45:18 GMT -5
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Post by triplethreatmark on May 1, 2014 9:51:17 GMT -5
I doubt most players in San Jose are getting traded. Maybe Marleau but that's about it. They didn't blow up the Bruins after choking a 3-0 lead on Philly and they won the cup next year Yes, bu the Bruins hadn't compiled an almost decade long streak of disappointing in the playoffs like the Sharks have before that with the core they have. We also learned just what the team consisted of mentally the next year when they went out and won the Cup.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2014 10:04:21 GMT -5
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Post by Ben Wyatt on May 1, 2014 10:12:33 GMT -5
I doubt most players in San Jose are getting traded. Maybe Marleau but that's about it. They didn't blow up the Bruins after choking a 3-0 lead on Philly and they won the cup next year Yes, bu the Bruins hadn't compiled an almost decade long streak of disappointing in the playoffs like the Sharks have before that with the core they have. Bingo. San Jose has underacheived for a decade. We know exactly what those guys are
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Post by darbus alan on May 1, 2014 11:32:54 GMT -5
I fully expect a nuclear explosion in San Jose. The GM, the coaching stff and a few of the big name players have gotta be sent packing. They've been picked to go deep for the last decade or so, and have reached the conference finals only once, and if memory serves right, they were swept that year. When the biggest postseason chokers list is discussed, somehow Joe Thornton's name is usually absent. I fail to see how that can be true any more. Sexy regular season numbers, but goes ass up in the playoffs. He's the defenition of the word "choke artist" Lastly, people can complain about the call in game 6 (and I'm not saying it isn't a valid complaint) but the bottom line is that San Jose had 4 chances to put L.A away and failed to do so. Period. Joe Thornton is the Tony Romo of the NHL.
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