On June 14 2014 13:45 suicideyear wrote:
If you look closely at Alec Martinez's game winning goal you can actually pinpoint the exact moment Lundqvist's heart breaks in two

QuanticHawk

United States32151 Posts

June 14 2014 04:58 GMT

#4202

well this fucking sucks

at least gabby got a cup dude deserves one

tbh i think id rather they got utterly curb stomped rather than leading for all but 40 mins and losing 4-1

oh well please blast richards into the sun.

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sharkeyanti

United States1273 Posts

June 14 2014 07:08 GMT

#4203

Well won by the Kings. Lundqvist played pretty freaking well all playoffs, and the Rangers were probably the best team from the East. Deserving winners and a good bunch of guys.

StarStruck

25339 Posts

June 14 2014 07:42 GMT

#4204

On June 14 2014 13:58 QuanticHawk wrote:
well this fucking sucks

at least gabby got a cup dude deserves one

tbh i think id rather they got utterly curb stomped rather than leading for all but 40 mins and losing 4-1

oh well please blast richards into the sun.

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I can think of another player while you're at it too.

Trasko

Sweden983 Posts

June 14 2014 08:08 GMT

#4205

Sucks the Rangers didn't win :/ They at least deserved to play a solid 7 games.

Blisse

Canada3710 Posts

June 14 2014 08:10 GMT

#4206

i totally wanted to watch another 2 games too

welp, it was fun following the season with you guys in this thread :d who's going to make the one for next season? XD

L1ghtning

Sweden353 Posts

June 14 2014 10:25 GMT

#4207

Williams was a good pick for the MVP. Kopitar had it in the bag, but he wasn't that great against the Rangers. Kopitar and Doughty carried the team through the earlier rounds, but even then, without clutch play from Williams and Carter, they wouldn't have been here either.

KelianQatar

303 Posts

June 14 2014 12:18 GMT

#4208

Nice to see the guy who deserved the Conn Smythe actually win it.

I'd like to explain why, in my opinion, Doughty does not deserve the award.

- His points per 60 minutes in 5-on-5 play is an unexceptional 0.97 — 10th best among defencemen in these playoffs
- a very high 37.3% of his shifts have started in the offensive zone,
- too many critical turn overs especially in the Chicago series.

Thanks to Joe Palensky for providing these #s and the offensive 5-on-5 #s for Williams.

I also asked Raynor his opinion and he said that if any skater deserved the award it had to be Williams.

With all this in mind I picked Williams over Doughty, Kopitar, Gaborik and Carter.

StarStruck

25339 Posts

June 14 2014 15:11 GMT

#4209

You sound like Damien Cox (I'm assuming he was the one who wrote that article in the Star the other day, but I do agree with the rational). Williams was solid throughout the playoffs and he's super clutch.

Masamune

Canada3401 Posts

June 14 2014 15:30 GMT

#4210

I liked both teams in the final this year, so I wasn't as disappointed to see one win. Felt super bad for Lundqvist, and was hoping for it to go back to NYC for the sake of having more sports to watch, but LA definitely deserved to win.

Jinxed

United States6450 Posts

June 14 2014 15:39 GMT

#4211

Lundqvist looked super good in the Finals. A shame that the Rangers couldn't capitalize on more opportunities for him, but I can never be disappointed with the Kings winning.

Sucks that now Carter/Richards have gotten their second cup before Philly could get one, but I'm happy for them. Both of them certainly deserve it from the way they play and what they bring to the table.

KelianQatar

303 Posts

June 14 2014 16:22 GMT

#4212

On June 15 2014 00:11 StarStruck wrote:
You sound like Damien Cox (I'm assuming he was the one who wrote that article in the Star the other day, but I do agree with the rational). Williams was solid throughout the playoffs and he's super clutch.

The numbers came from Joe Palensky

I picked Williams from direct observation and provided some of his #s to back up what I saw

regarding your "clutch" comment, you realize that according to advanced stats people, the concept of "clutch" does not exist

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2656

Shelke14

Canada6655 Posts

June 14 2014 16:56 GMT

#4213

Clutch does exist. It is very real

QuanticHawk

United States32151 Posts

June 14 2014 18:44 GMT

#4214

On June 14 2014 17:10 Blisse wrote:
i totally wanted to watch another 2 games too

welp, it was fun following the season with you guys in this thread :d who's going to make the one for next season? XD

doing it now just making it all perty

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sports/459174-14-15-nhl-season-can-carlyle-win-corsi-cant#1

WIP but whatever. Gotta go format all my stuff properly

a mod can close this whenever.

Orcasgt24

Canada3238 Posts

June 16 2014 07:56 GMT

#4215

On June 15 2014 01:22 KelianQatar wrote:

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Why would you link a baseball article in a hockey thread?? WTF? Nobody here cares about the game where everyone is over paid and the growing grass contributes most of the action in the game.

Clutch does exist. Try changing gear in a manual truck with out one. In many sports, clutch players always bring there Code S game to the table when the stakes are high. They up their game. 100's of example could be quoted.