Official NHL playoffs thread.

[Train]

You know the penalty on Hal Gill holding Crosby is horsesht when Pittsburgh radio says it's "questionable".

Can't flip back to the Pitt game because Wife is recording something on another channel. But watched the 1st period and Habs really looked good.

 

[SP33Demon]

Can't flip back to the Pitt game because Wife is recording something on another channel. But watched the 1st period and Habs really looked good.

Yeah I'm doing some work on the computer so listening online. They said it was all Pens in the 2nd and all Habs in the first and this game is like "grinding in the muck". Down and dirty hockey and Halak is in fine form for this one.

 

[sdifox]

krap...hopefully habs can capitalise on the powerplay

 

[sdifox]

not looking good for the Habs

 

[sdifox]

OMFG... kept out

 

[Train]

I will say the Wings actually deserved the penalties they got in the 2nd. Stupid rookies are gonna ruin a 2 point lead.

 

[sdifox]

it's over

 

[Paratus]

Pens win! Out Hab'd the Habs.

I'll give it to Halak, he wasn't the one who lost this game for the Habs. Defense only wins games when you score!

 

[lurk3r]

I will say the Wings actually deserved the penalties they got in the 2nd. Stupid rookies are gonna ruin a 2 point lead.

Ya, I couldn't help myself and watched, Detroit took the short end of the stick again, but the penalty shot did not seem like one from the angle I saw, and Abby was definitely the 3rd man in like a stupid fucking rookie.

The sharks have been flopping on the ice like little girls. Damn I hope at least one of the TV guys calls them on it. It would be hilarious to have Mickey grab Setoguchi on the way off the ice and ask him "so exactly how does a fucking pussy little girl that can't skate get a job in the NHL anyway"

 

[JD50]

Holy shit, awesome play by the Sharks!

 

[oogabooga]

1st Period : man, what happened to the sharks..SETO!
2nd period : oh, back to what happened
3rd period : well this is interesting... WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ot : THORNTON TO MARLEAU SCORE!!!!!

 

[Train]

The sharks have been flopping on the ice like little girls. Damn I hope at least one of the TV guys calls them on it. It would be hilarious to have Mickey grab Setoguchi on the way off the ice and ask him "so exactly how does a fucking pussy little girl that can't skate get a job in the NHL anyway"

That 3rd period dive by Nabakov was ridiculous, hmm, lets go 10 feet out of the crease and dive in front of my own guys legs to draw a penalty.

That final shot was uber rookie by Howard, hello, do you SEE the guy on the other side? You can tell from a mile away what's gonna happen, get back in the pipes idiot.

Man if Howard is gonna be that noob, put friggin Ozzie back in.

 

[FallenHero]

Whole lot of disgruntled Detroit fans in here....

 

[Train]

Whole lot of disgruntled Detroit fans in here....

 

[FallenHero]

wahhhhhh

 

[Quiksilver]

Whole lot of disgruntled Detroit fans in here....

I'm not.... cause it wasn't a bunch of horseshit penalty calls that went on in games 1 and 2.

Tonight we just took a bunch of stupid shit penalties in the 2nd (Bertuzzi and Abby; looking at you two.) and then we sort of laid back in the third and let the sharks take it to us. Not to mention the rookie mistake by Howard letting in the soft goal to tie it all up. The OT winner was a fail by howard and our defense getting caught.

To me, I'm just glad we made it to the 2nd round given that our veteran goal tender shit the bed during the regular season and the onslaught of injuries we had. We wouldn't have even been looking at playoffs if it wasn't for Howard and a bunch of others stepping up the plate.

The problem is and has been since everyone has been back no one has that remarkable chemistry going that we used to have.

 

[Dominato3r]

Sharks,

Not choking

 

[SP33Demon]

Wow SJ...

 

[oogabooga]

That 3rd period dive by Nabakov was ridiculous, hmm, lets go 10 feet out of the crease and dive in front of my own guys legs to draw a penalty.

That final shot was uber rookie by Howard, hello, do you SEE the guy on the other side? You can tell from a mile away what's gonna happen, get back in the pipes idiot.

Man if Howard is gonna be that noob, put friggin Ozzie back in.

Just what I saw from a non-hd tv which makes things so.. ugly for Hockey

1) Nabakov's "dive" lead to an interference call on Holmstrom, but for interfering with Boyle? That's impressive...

Boyle was pushed into Nabakov. If a goaltender interference penalty got called here you might have a point to make. But no - Holmstrom kept pushing Boyle (who didn't have the puck at any point) who was on top of Nabakov at this point. To push once might be trying to fight for space, to do it twice is just asking for a penalty.

2) In terms of the OT goal I think Howard played that decently. In a 2 on 1 I believe the responsibility of the goalie is on the person bringing in the puck, and the dman is supposed to block the passing lane neutralizing the other player.

The Dman (was it Rafalski?) basically pointed at Thornton, had his stick in the air, and had his legs spread apart while standing on the ice. This isn't really the way to stop one of the best setup men in the league. If ever a time there was to block a pass - this would have been it.

Howard covers Joe (which he did), He just passes to Marleau (which he did), and it's an easy goal (which it was).

Howard covers Marleau or tries to cover both - Joe has a bigger opening to shoot - and realistically probably would have scored. Had he known the dman would let the pass get through so unmolested - he'd probably have played it this way.

Then again - I dunno: perhaps seeing it again would change my mind but that's what I saw.


edit: also...

 

[GoSharks]

I will say the Wings actually deserved the penalties they got in the 2nd. Stupid rookies are gonna ruin a 2 point lead.

WTF is a 2 point lead.

 

[GoSharks]

2) In terms of the OT goal I think Howard played that decently. In a 2 on 1 I believe the responsibility of the goalie is on the person bringing in the puck, and the dman is supposed to block the passing lane neutralizing the other player.

Howard was too far out and giving Thornton too much respect. He needs to at least give himself a chance on a pass that gets through.

 

[Sentrosi2121]

Fuck
The
Sharks

 

[bignateyk]

*Waits like clockwork for all the wings fans to come in blaming the refs*

 

[bignateyk]

You know the penalty on Hal Gill holding Crosby is horsesht when Pittsburgh radio says it's "questionable".

And the tripping call on Leopold with 5 minutes left wasn't? Shitting reffing works both ways. It all evens out.

 

[meltdown75]

veryyyyyy quiet around here this morning :awe:

(my office is full of Wings fans)

ROFL a call for ozzy in here. bahahahahahah love it