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The 2014 NHL Season - Two Accounts, No Cups - Page 142
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QuanticHawk
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e; your regular Leafs update | ||
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SetGuitarsToKill
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Orcasgt24
Canada3238 Posts
Also. Oilers suck. Rangers are schooling them | ||
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Sub40APM
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Orcasgt24
Canada3238 Posts
On March 31 2014 12:58 Sub40APM wrote: Yea, Toews and Kane injured, Crawford looking human again. The West is really the Blues to lose. Although Miller in the last 5 games has been an utter shit except that game against the Wild. St. Louis doesn't need amazing goal tending to win games. They just need it to not be the reason they lost. That said I think your underestimating LA's chances | ||
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Sub40APM
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On March 31 2014 15:10 Orcasgt24 wrote: St. Louis doesn't need amazing goal tending to win games. They just need it to not be the reason they lost. That said I think your underestimating LA's chances They had not terrible goal tending the last 3 playoffs, and they were humiliated by the Kings. Humiliated. When your best forward is Alex Steen your goalie better be jesus. And the Kings themselves wholly depend on Quick, the Hawks made it look easy last year -- and sure they were the Cup champions the Sharks with the incredibly mediocire Nimie also pushed them to 7. | ||
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
On March 31 2014 16:13 Sub40APM wrote: They had not terrible goal tending the last 3 playoffs, and they were humiliated by the Kings. Humiliated. When your best forward is Alex Steen your goalie better be jesus. And the Kings themselves wholly depend on Quick, the Hawks made it look easy last year -- and sure they were the Cup champions the Sharks with the incredibly mediocire Nimie also pushed them to 7. Last year they lost 4-2 where every single game was a 1 goal game. The year before that, they did have terrible goaltending. | ||
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
On March 31 2014 18:15 GolemMadness wrote: Last year they lost 4-2 where every single game was a 1 goal game. The year before that, they did have terrible goaltending. From what I remember STL was absolutely outplaying LA last year but Quick decided to be Quick and it ended up being a coin toss that LA won. STL felt like they needed a goalie that would be able to handle the small number of really good counterattacks that often happens for a strong possession team. How often do you see Halak absolutely rob someone vs. guys like Quick or Rask? All STL needed was some more time with Halak/Elliott and they'll eventually win something in the next 5 years, or they can make a trade for Miller and get an excellent opportunity to go for it now. Miller shouldn't be the reason that the Blues get destroyed. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32089 Posts
Mirtle shitting on the Leafs. Only four games on tonight. MIN (83.7% chance to get in) could use a win vs LA, but they've still got a comfortable inside track to the wc spot. NJ (14.3) technically still has a chance but pretty much needs to win out. Washington (20.2) made it easier for them by losing again last night, but they need help from the other east teams. Detroit (80.9) winning last night really helped them out too. Others in the hunt in the east are CBJ (78.8) TOR (4.9) OTT (2.3) and CAR (.4). NYR (99.7) and PHI (98.4) are pretty much just fighting for the 2 seed out of their division, that's all. In the west: DAL (63.1) PHO (52.6) and VAN (.5) | ||
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Kevin_Sorbo
Canada3217 Posts
On March 31 2014 16:13 Sub40APM wrote: They had not terrible goal tending the last 3 playoffs, and they were humiliated by the Kings. Humiliated. When your best forward is Alex Steen your goalie better be jesus. And the Kings themselves wholly depend on Quick, the Hawks made it look easy last year -- and sure they were the Cup champions the Sharks with the incredibly mediocire Nimie also pushed them to 7. I think thats a bit overboard. The kings field a great team. I think they could still win if they had a goalie a tier or 2 below Quick. The blues are just like the kings in fact. They have really deep teams that play in a system designed to win games by a score of 2-1. The kings have better forwards but stl has the best d-corps in the league imo. Just curious to see how the ducks would fare against those teams. There are so many stupidly good teams in the west, the first 2 rounds of the playoffs will be really exciting! | ||
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Sub40APM
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On March 31 2014 21:19 Blisse wrote: From what I remember STL was absolutely outplaying LA last year but Quick decided to be Quick and it ended up being a coin toss that LA won. STL felt like they needed a goalie that would be able to handle the small number of really good counterattacks that often happens for a strong possession team. How often do you see Halak absolutely rob someone vs. guys like Quick or Rask? All STL needed was some more time with Halak/Elliott and they'll eventually win something in the next 5 years, or they can make a trade for Miller and get an excellent opportunity to go for it now. Miller shouldn't be the reason that the Blues get destroyed. 2014 Miller seems to be trending closer to the Halak/Elliot level of play, the last 6 games for the Blues he has been pretty mediocre. Maybe players have started figuring out that when he moves across the goal he drops down his shoulders and are starting to shoot up high on him. Anyway, we'll see it either way in 2 weeks. STL outplayed LA in the first 2 games pretty decisively, but then the reality of having Alex Steen as your biggest goal scorer caught up to them. Like the other guy said, STL has the best D corps in the league but their forwards are basically all career second line guys. LA at least has Carter/Richards/Kopitar. | ||
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xDaunt
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nikj
Canada669 Posts
On April 01 2014 03:13 xDaunt wrote: So I gotta ask ... did Toronto fans really think that the Leafs were a legit cup contender this year? If so, talk about unreasonable expectations. At the start of the season I think most of us thought that they would make the playoffs, maybe fluke out and get to the second round. The East is kind of weak, and anything can happen. After seeing how the shot disparity turned out this season I quickly lost hope, although I still expected them to make the playoffs until the last few weeks. | ||
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
On April 01 2014 03:21 nikj wrote: At the start of the season I think most of us thought that they would make the playoffs, maybe fluke out and get to the second round. The East is kind of weak, and anything can happen. After seeing how the shot disparity turned out this season I quickly lost hope, although I still expected them to make the playoffs until the last few weeks. Well yeah, I'd expect them to make the playoffs -- particularly given how bad most of the East is. However, I've seen a lot of comments here and elsewhere suggesting that Leafs fans really thought they could win it all this year, which is just silly both in retrospect and at the beginning of the season. | ||
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Orcasgt24
Canada3238 Posts
On April 01 2014 03:33 xDaunt wrote: Well yeah, I'd expect them to make the playoffs -- particularly given how bad most of the East is. However, I've seen a lot of comments here and elsewhere suggesting that Leafs fans really thought they could win it all this year, which is just silly both in retrospect and at the beginning of the season. Leafs fans thinking they will win the cup is nothing new. They have been planning that parade every year for decades. | ||
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StarStruck
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nikj
Canada669 Posts
On April 01 2014 06:49 Orcasgt24 wrote: Leafs fans thinking they will win the cup is nothing new. They have been planning that parade every year for decades. It's true, when they led the league early on, like in the first 5 games or something. All my friends back East were hyping the shit out of them. I've seen this too many times to get my hopes up though. They could steam roll through the regular season as president cup winners. Sweep the playoffs till one game from the cup, and I would still fully expect them to blow it. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32089 Posts
Hope_Smoke @Hope_Smoke Poulin "our shot differential over the last 8 games is better. So the analytics talk doesn't make a lot of sense" Hope_Smoke @Hope_Smoke Poulin "teams come in knowing we give up a lot of shots so they take a lot of shots" Sorry Leafs Fans. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/aKgKUAB.gif) | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32089 Posts
Jersey (18.6) won to stay in it. Ottawa (3) won in the SO over Carolina (.2). They're both fucked though. Minny won (92.2), and inched closer to clinching. Full Scores News: ESPN has the rights to the Frozen Four this year, and is bringing back this dope ass song (Click): This broke yesterday, but Wang is considering the sale of the Isles again Click Important Games: Rangers all but clinch with a W over Vancouver. Fitting! They also keep pace over Philly with a W. These two will almost certainly face each other in the first round, barring a big collapse by either. NJ needs to beat Buffalo to stay in it. Carolina needs to beat Pitt, and some miracle with other teams to stay in it Calgary has a chance to really fuck Toronto (4.6) tonight Dallas (59.7) and Washington (19.2) is a big time matchup since both desperately need wins. CBJ (77.2) could really use a W against COL. COL could still snag #1 in the division if they win out and get help. Montreal vs Tampa is a preview of the playoffs if you're into that. PHI needs a W over STL to keep pace with NYR and make sure they're either the 2/3 seed vs a WC. STL needs a W to keep their #1 West seed. PHO (47.8) has been sliding and needs to beat WPG to keep pace over DAL, who has a game in hand. SJ still has a shot at snagging the division if they beat EDM. Standings Full Schedule Team Chances Playoff Seeding Right Now | ||
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xDaunt
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