Board 8 > NHL Discussion Topic - Part 5 - Playoff Bizzaro World!

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Blues in 4

Blues +8

Fuck the Bruins!
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FIRST TIME IN VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS HISTORY THEY ARENT IN THE FlNALS
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You love to see it
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Blues in 4 is the only answer.

Hurray, fuck the Sharks.

Fuck the Bruins too(But the world is cruel they are probably going to win).
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Guess I'll make it official

+8 Bruins

Bruins in 6
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+8 Blues
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+8 Blues

Fuck the Bruins, more than ever before.

+8 Blues
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Gotta pile some dirt on the Sharks though:

https://twitter.com/stace_ofbase/status/1131023414951464961?s=19

Goodness gracious is that Evander Kane contract atrocious. He was a goddamn ghost the entire series.
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Looking back on my rankings at the end of the first round:

MartinFF7 posted...

UNOFFICIAL REMAINING TEAM RANKING

(1) St. Louis: I'm a homer for Binnington and a team that was dead last on January 2 continuing their ridiculous run

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(8) Boston: is probably the best team left and would be the worst team to win, which means they probably will.

Well, we've got a real feast-or-famine finals, for sure.

+8 Bruins
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Shadow Dino posted...

Gotta pile some dirt on the Sharks though:

https://twitter.com/stace_ofbase/status/1131023414951464961?s=19

Goodness gracious is that Evander Kane contract atrocious. He was a goddamn ghost the entire series.

Careful now. Don't make me summon Greg Wyshynski to remind you that any and all criticism of Evander Kane is inherently racist.
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+8 Blues
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+8 Blues
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ok, NOW I need to ask again, are the "Blues +8" people driven by actual belief or Bruins hate? lol

Fuck the Bruins
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The Blues of the last two games looked like they could beat anyone. Also, since the Blues bottomed out midway through the season, only Tampa Bay did better than them through the rest of the season. So a good St. Louis team showing up in the finals is not out of the question.

Also, Boston finished up in four games and is having a very long rest. That first game will be rough for them to get going in, and it's very possible they could go down 1-0 before getting up to full speed.
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+8 blues
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I think I'm too far behind for it to matter, but it'd be funny if I end up with the top score all because I went with the spite anti-Blues pick.
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hey Shadow Dino, I was thinking of you earlier when i read the Rangers were planning to drive the money truck up to Erik Karlsson's house... I'd prefer the Blackhawks!

Karlsson lost a lot of money choosing not to sign a long-term deal last year...
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I know there's a lot of concern about his being injury-prone, but he's still a top tier guy, only 28 years old and somebody will take a shot with a boatload of cash. We're only 2 years removed from him carrying the sens to Eastern Finals game 7 double OT on his broken foot...

That's the hope - Karlsson's injuries will shave the asking price down a tad. Either less per year or less term.
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New Sens coach reeks of cheapest option.

#MelnykOut
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I'd like to personally thank the Sens and Melnyk for taking DJ Smith away from the Leafs.

Say what you will about the man, but he does do his best to make the Leafs relevant.
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Another added hilarity to this hire:

Melnyk hired the guy in charge of the Defence that he trash talked earlier in the year.
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Crazy guy on radio just now screaming how the Sens are trying to trade Bobby Ryan and Craig Anderson for Malkin and that it's an awful trade, that Malkin is garbage.

Hosts are very confused
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This is why callers on radio shows are the worst thing about radio shows
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Sports radio callers are the main reason I stopped listening to sports radio.
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I want to say Blues, but I think that there is the possibility of me winning (who would have thought?), so I might have to see if I need to pick Bruins.

So my fast and possibly inaccurate research says that I am 4 behind Nee who picked the Blues. Ugh.
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I know the Blues picks are also out of spite, but I'd like to point out that Rask looks damn near unstoppable right now.
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Shadow Dino posted...

I know the Blues picks are also out of spite, but I'd like to point out that Rask looks damn near unstoppable right now.

Right. Goaltending will decide this series... but it's not an obvious answer. Rask is playing well above his season average, Binnington a bit below. If you think they both keep that up, Boston wins easily. If you think a little regression to the mean is in order for just one of them, it's a close series. If you think both of them regress to mean (Rask gets worse, Binnington gets better), St Louis wins easily.
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KCF0107 posted...

I want to say Blues, but I think that there is the possibility of me winning (who would have thought?), so I might have to see if I need to pick Bruins.

So my fast and possibly inaccurate research says that I am 4 behind Nee who picked the Blues. Ugh.

The glory of winning the confidence challenge is fleeting. The glory of Blues winning over the Bruins is forever.

The question weighing on me is whether one of the many scumbags on the Bruins injures Tarasenko or Binnington. Just gotta shut down Marchand really...

+8 Blues

Anyone know the standings?
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Screw it. I predicted Boston from the start.
+8 Bruins.
I want StL to win though
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Shadow Dino posted...

Sports radio callers are the main reason I stopped listening to sports radio.

It's insane the things some people perceive to be 100% fact and are willing to rant about in public
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In non-Stanley Cup related news, there is some murmuring that the Penguins are talking Phil Kessel trade.

And on of the teams is...the Minnesota Wild? That does not seem like a good idea for them.
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The Wild should absolutely not be trading for anything other than draft picks or prospects yet to play in the NHL.
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i look forward to seeing them get shit in return for Zucker just like they got shit in return for Nino

trading good players for no reason \_()_/
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Phil doesn't want to waive his no-trade clause for Minnesota, though. Not enough hot dogs in the state to contain my boy.
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While I hope that Boston doesn't win its like 13th championship since the turn of the millennium, the novelty of winning it all while being one of the least knowledge hockey people participating is too good to pass up

+8 Bruins

If someone does post a standings update and my original findings were incorrect, I will probably change.
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KCF0107 posted...

While I hope that Boston doesn't win its like 13th championship since the turn of the millennium, the novelty of winning it all while being one of the least knowledge hockey people participating is too good to pass up

+8 Bruins

If someone does post a standings update and my original findings were incorrect, I will probably change.

Kinds weird cause like 6 of those arent Boston but ok

Foxborough is like 20 miles outside of Boston, and the Patriots' championship parades take place in Boston, so it totally counts.

If the Giants/Jets count as NYC, so do the Patriots as Boston!
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KCF0107 posted...

Foxborough is like 20 miles outside of Boston, and the Patriots' championship parades take place in Boston, so it totally counts.

If the Giants/Jets count as NYC, so do the Patriots as Boston!

New England refers to a region of 6 states including Connecticut and vermont. It's not Boston's team. The Patriots represent all 6 states in new England.

I'm a Pats fan and even I don't go to those lengths to try to disassociate them with the city of Boston.

Fuck the Bruins tho
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And Game 1 is finally here tonight. Let the fun begin
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Plz Blues, dont let me down. Such a nice story needs the great ending...

Not sure if I'll watch the first two games, maybe on mute or if the Blues are blowing them out. The thought of hearing a crowd cheer for the Bruins is gut-wrenching.

Fuck the Bruins.

About time we got some hockey. It feels like months since the last game.
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Bruins in 6.