EPTNHL 2011-2012 Season - Page 95
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carpola
United States168 Posts
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Sub40APM
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XenOmega
Canada2822 Posts
(out of the remaining teams, I'll cheer for them!) | ||
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StarStruck
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NYR versus NJD in the Eastern Conference Finals. Doesn't get much better than that! | ||
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LeeDawg
United States1306 Posts
cup or bust | ||
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BloodNinja
United States2791 Posts
On May 13 2012 11:03 Sub40APM wrote: Dale Hunter, awful. Just awful coach. Agreed. Personally, I don't see him back in Washington next year for one reason or another. | ||
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fLyiNgDroNe
Belgium4107 Posts
On May 13 2012 11:57 BloodNinja wrote: Agreed. Personally, I don't see him back in Washington next year for one reason or another. Well they let Budraux fail 4 times in playoffs in even worse fasion, so i actually don't see them changing Hunter for at least 1 more year... Im so very much disappointed. Oh well, dat game 5... | ||
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Sub40APM
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17685 Posts
On May 13 2012 17:54 Sub40APM wrote: Yea, if Bodroue had Holtby playing the way he did in any of those years the Caps would have gone further. There was literally nothing about Dale Hunter that made the goalie play amazing hockey. What his style did manage to do was (a) put out a bunch of people who take dumb penalties at critical moments and (b) cripple any kind of offensive dynamic for the team. You could see it with the way the Rangers played this game, 4 guys collapse on their goalie all game long. "Bodroue" ? who? lolz. Hunter did alright. Washington did a nice job keeping it close. The Rangers are a better team. All playoff teams rely on good to great goaltending to win. Hunter has always done a nice job with the London Knights. Ovechkin was on his ass on the Ranger blue line while the Rangers were rushing the puck up the ice for a 2-0 lead. Hunter did a nice job limiting Ovechkin's ice time. As Scotty Bowman has demonstrated many times its a coach's #1 weapon to make players fall in line. Washington did not lose because of Hunter. They lost because the Rangers are better. Conn Smythe Trophy Scoreboard Richards 1 Ovechkin 0 | ||
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fLyiNgDroNe
Belgium4107 Posts
On May 13 2012 18:48 JimmyJRaynor wrote: "Bodroue" ? who? lolz. Hunter did alright. Washington did a nice job keeping it close. The Rangers are a better team. All playoff teams rely on good to great goaltending to win. Hunter has always done a nice job with the London Knights. Ovechkin was on his ass on the Ranger blue line while the Rangers were rushing the puck up the ice for a 2-0 lead. Hunter did a nice job limiting Ovechkin's ice time. As Scotty Bowman has demonstrated many times its a coach's #1 weapon to make players fall in line. Washington did not lose because of Hunter. They lost because the Rangers are better. Conn Smythe Trophy Scoreboard Richards 1 Ovechkin 0 True man ... The only players in Caps to allow silly turnovers are Ovi, Semin and Nicky. That's some kind of an irony i guess. That 2-0 goal was so much of a fault by these guys themselves. | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
Not to mention, all the silly penalties Semin takes. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17685 Posts
He might just go back to London. He has a great situation in London if he wants to go back to it. Basically, he was head coach and god there. | ||
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Flik
Canada256 Posts
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
Just a coincidence. I'm a little torn as to who I want to win. I have a place in Phoenix yet I'm a big fan of several players on the Kings roster. Hoping it goes the distance just like the Rangers versus the Devils. If Zach and Marty manage to make the finals. Dandy! If Lundqvist manages to make it to the finals. Groovy. I'll be cheering every goal! :D | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17685 Posts
On May 14 2012 03:45 Flik wrote: Well I think Im going to cheer for the Kings, simply because if they win the Cup the Canucks will have lost to the Cup winner 3 years in a row. Im really not looking forward to either of these series though. Sad day for hockey when this garbage defensive hockey takes over again. Hopefully the refs go back to actually calling obstruction and all this dirty play that has been wrecking the game the last few years. even if that is the case.. Chicago and LA thoroughly defeated the Canucks. and that Boston series was the most one sided 7 game series you'll ever see. the goalies are too large for the nets. the ice is too small for the constantly growing average player size. try watching a game from 1985. its not even the same game. watch the world ice hockey championships in finland if you like the old style of NHL hockey. the goalies are still too big for the nets, but at least there is room on the ice for speed and creativity. | ||
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Flik
Canada256 Posts
Goalies too large? They just reduced the allowable pad size a few years ago. Even when a 6'5 goalie is on his knees you can shoot it over the shoulder. Growing average player size? More like the players are just faster, stronger and better than they were in the 80s. What team do you cheer for anyway? You sound like you have the typical Ontario hockey mindset. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17685 Posts
Chicago chewed em up and spit em out. LA v. Vancouver was 5 games. Boston outscored Vancouver 23-8. Vancouver got devoured When your team scores 8 goals in 7 games its had the snot kicked out of it. uhhhh in 1985 Larry Robinson was the ultimate tough guy... by today's standards he is an average sized defensemen. | ||
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Flik
Canada256 Posts
On May 14 2012 08:42 JimmyJRaynor wrote: Chicago chewed em up and spit em out. LA v. Vancouver was 5 games. Boston outscored Vancouver 23-8. Vancouver got devoured When your team scores 8 goals in 7 games its had the snot kicked out of it. Clearly you have no idea how any of the series were played out. All you can say is "Chicago chewed em up and spit em out". Real knowledgeable. 5 games has nothing to do with anything. Look at the Blackhawks vs Coyotes. Coyotes won in 6 with 5 overtime games, does that mean the Coyotes chewed them up and spit them out.? Vancouver loses in game 7 and we had the snot kicked out of us. K bud. Def from Ontario. Typical Canadian Canucks hater. Larry Robinson was pretty damn big for the 80s, back then he would be like a Chara. I'll agree that the average player size has gone up, but thats not all of it. I guarantee a player the same height as Robinson now would have a lot more development on and off the ice and would be a lot bigger/stronger/faster because of it. | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
I'm going to ignore your debate and strawman's with Jimmy for a moment and address the problem with your logic. It's a common fallacy. What you are implying is this: Polt beats Stephano in a bo7. Polt beats MVP in a bo7. Stephano probably > than MVP. Or to simplify... Polt>Stephano>MVP. It's common practice on these forums and it couldn't be further from the truth. You are trying legitimize the loss when the reality is if they didn't fall to so-and-so, they probably would have fallen to another team on the way. Lets not deal with what ifs, but absolutes. | ||
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Flik
Canada256 Posts
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