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NHL Playoffs Open Thread

by John Cole|  April 16, 20162:48 pm| 27 Comments

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  1. 1.

    NobodySpecial

    April 16, 2016 at 2:51 pm

    (Insert angry comment about no basketball thread here)

  2. 2.

    A Ghost To Most

    April 16, 2016 at 2:59 pm

    Screw basketball. Fuck the Pens, fuck the Rangers. Go Caps!

  3. 3.

    Misterpuff

    April 16, 2016 at 3:07 pm

    Pacers could be stealth team now that George is healthy.

  4. 4.

    dedc79

    April 16, 2016 at 3:15 pm

    @A Ghost To Most: I am a Rangers fan living in DC. It has not been a good year to be a Rangers fan living in DC, although the Rangers did manage to win the game I went to.

    Caps are clearly the team to beat this year. Would love another round of Rangers-Caps, although it doesn’t look very likely given how well the Pens are playing.

  5. 5.

    A Ghost To Most

    April 16, 2016 at 3:29 pm

    @dedc79:
    I lived in MD for 26 years. The Caps have found exquisite ways to break their fans hearts over the years. I am afraid to see what they will dream up this year.

    Eta as a to the series; the Pens were playing pretty well before , and now Malkin is back. Shit.

  6. 6.

    raven

    April 16, 2016 at 4:07 pm

    NINETY THREE THOUSAND AT THE GEORGIA SPRING GAME BITCHES!!!!!

  7. 7.

    Schlemazel (parmesan rancor)

    April 16, 2016 at 4:35 pm

    @dedc79:
    I don’t know how you can say that after the fabulous way the Wild entered the playoffs! I fully expect them to go all the way & actually score a goal sometime during their series against the Stars.

  8. 8.

    OldDave

    April 16, 2016 at 4:44 pm

    @raven: So? Georgia also voted for Newton Leroy “Newt” Gingrich. ;-)

    Rangers seem to have woken up.

  9. 9.

    dedc79

    April 16, 2016 at 4:46 pm

    @Schlemazel (parmesan rancor): I missed your game, but the result suggested it wasn’t pretty.

    Rangers showing signs of life this afternoon. Let’s see if it lasts.

  10. 10.

    Linnaeus

    April 16, 2016 at 4:46 pm

    The blue line cameras are pretty nifty.

  11. 11.

    Linnaeus

    April 16, 2016 at 4:49 pm

    Huge save by Lundquist on the breakaway.

  12. 12.

    LAO

    April 16, 2016 at 4:54 pm

    @dedc79: I turn on the mets, and I miss two goals. I’m a bad fan.

  13. 13.

    dedc79

    April 16, 2016 at 4:56 pm

    @LAO: I can save you the trouble with the Mets. They will put runners on base. They will strand them. They will count on pitching to win low-scoring game.

  14. 14.

    LAO

    April 16, 2016 at 4:58 pm

    @dedc79: too true. Lol.

  15. 15.

    dedc79

    April 16, 2016 at 5:00 pm

    @Linnaeus: Last game it was Crosby v. Raanta on that same kind of breakaway. Not surprisingly, the result was very different.

  16. 16.

    Linnaeus

    April 16, 2016 at 5:02 pm

    @dedc79:

    Yeah, I saw that clip. Crosby made it look easy.

  17. 17.

    dedc79

    April 16, 2016 at 5:07 pm

    @LAO: I was cheating though. I have the MLB gamecast up on my screen.

  18. 18.

    LAO

    April 16, 2016 at 5:20 pm

    @dedc79: it is however, the script of every mets game.

  19. 19.

    J R in WV

    April 16, 2016 at 5:21 pm

    If’n you cain’t see that silly little puck thang, there ain’t no point in watchen the game at all.

    No moreso than that there soccar match, where no one ever scores airy p’ints. What’s tha p’int a that?!?

  20. 20.

    Linnaeus

    April 16, 2016 at 5:29 pm

    Okay, really not looking good for the Pens now.

  21. 21.

    Linnaeus

    April 16, 2016 at 5:31 pm

    Hm. Pens might have made it interesting now.

  22. 22.

    dedc79

    April 16, 2016 at 5:37 pm

    @Linnaeus: Question – how was that goalie interference on Kreider when the goalie was outside that blue area around the goal?

  23. 23.

    dedc79

    April 16, 2016 at 5:52 pm

    @efgoldman: he kind of backed into him and the Pens goalie sold it very well.

    Did you see the crazy ending of the Hawks v. Blues game last night?

  24. 24.

    Linnaeus

    April 16, 2016 at 5:59 pm

    @dedc79:

    It was close to the crease, and refs will often give the goalie the benefit of the doubt if he is trying to establish position.

    ETA: The Pens goalie, as you say, did sell it well, too.

  25. 25.

    dedc79

    April 16, 2016 at 6:10 pm

    @efgoldman: Was gonna write “Beware Angry John Cole on Twitter,” but realized that’s always a good rule.

  26. 26.

    Linnaeus

    April 16, 2016 at 6:12 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Blues vs. Hawks is a tough matchup for me, because I can’t really cheer for either one.

  27. 27.

    OldDave

    April 16, 2016 at 6:54 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Any team with Phil Kessell on it sucks.

    It should be noted that the Penguins scored two goals in today’s game – both by Kessell.

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