East - Round One

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Haha keep your head up Alzner. Better watch yourself and play to the whistle.
 

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2 g, 1 a for Reilly Smith. But is he gritty?
Let's not pretend he didn't get ample ice time with Bergeron and Marchand here. I don't fault the Bruins one by for what happened there.

God forbid Chara face wash his brother and he goes and pouts in the corner (as Salems Lot mentioned)
 

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Yeah, I understand the motives of the trade. It just sucks watching him play so well after enduring a full season of the Jimmy Hayes disappearing act.
 

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Yeah, I understand the motives of the trade. It just sucks watching him play so well after enduring a full season of the Jimmy Hayes disappearing act.
Even if we question the trade (which is fair), he played with the 2 best forwards on the Bruins and was extremely meh. Fuck him for disappearing.

Not much different than Seguin's 2013 playoff performance. 1 goal in 22 games, probably costing them a Cup. Fuck him too, even if the trade sucked.
 

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Yeah, I understand the motives of the trade. It just sucks watching him play so well after enduring a full season of the Jimmy Hayes disappearing act.
I'd still do that trade tomorrow even knowing what we know now. I have no interest in paying Riley Smith $3.5 million. Hayes at $2.3 is still tradable. And most importantly, Sweeney can build this team in the offseason without worrying about accounting for Savard's cap hit on day 1 of the season before he goes on LTIR.
 

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Love Simmonds - he needs to be on the ice for this squad but I understand why he went after Wilson.

Wilson strikes me as a guy who was told he is the new Lucic but doesn't have the requisite skill, so he just makes borderline hits to have an impact (not unlike Rinaldo).
Wilson is Ovi minus skill. Assuming the same holds true 5 years later, but NHL guys really don't like Ovi. Unless he's scoring for you he's a dangerous player, but he's Ovi so who cares!

Even if we question the trade (which is fair), he played with the 2 best forwards on the Bruins and was extremely meh. Fuck him for disappearing.

Not much different than Seguin's 2013 playoff performance. 1 goal in 22 games, probably costing them a Cup. Fuck him too, even if the trade sucked.
I concur with all of the above. Christ, buy two suits and use points to get a separate hotel.
 

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This Tampa - Detroit series is getting really feisty. Lost teeth everywhere and neither side is happy with the officiating.
 

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This officiating is horrendous both ways. Sorry Chris Rooney but it's a disaster.
 

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I love that highlight of Thornton just owning Clutterbuck behind the net. That was fantastic.
 

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Tampa trolling Detroit by playing don't stop believing is awesome after the hissy fit they threw at the "hip check" sign in 2011
 

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Jesus. Richards starts the whole thing like a complete asshole, and then Abdelkader is throwing haymakers on a guy that's down and defenseless. Classy. Way to show that all you deserved was to back into the playoffs.
 

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What is this story? I don't remember hearing about this.
They had done them for the previous rounds too (Never date a Flyers fan, even if she shaves her mustache was one) and no one said a word. But Tampa fans?

story

or from nesn
“In a swift and strong attack, we showed the Bruins organization that not only do we exist, but we are ready to fight for our team,” Calta told the Times. “We moved in like Seal Team 6 and shut them down in a way that other teams they attacked have never been able to do.”
Apparently, somewhere along the way, the signs represented as much evil and despair to the offended Lightning fans as Osama bin Laden did to the entire free world, but that’s a different story.
 

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Yeah, Holy Inferiority Complex, Batman! Apparently, there were a few different ones, all centered around the same joke, and all of them pretty funny if you don't take yourself so seriously:







And the Flyers one in question that irritated exactly zero Flyers fans:

 

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I forgot about those. They were awesome. And Tampa fans probably just got offended because of how true it is.... although why Philly fans wouldn't for the same reason is beyond me.
 

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Thornton is the best.

Lol. Clutterbuck is a troll on skates. I'd say he should man up, but I've seen videos of a few of his fights with the Wild. It wasn't pretty. Cal does have a wicked shot, and has a habit of scoring huge goals. I think the Isles should resign him and use him on a second, or third line.
 

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We need more goal scoring! Change the goalie pads!!

Whoooaaaa buddy, you were offside by a millimeter! Can't allow that goal!
 

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Zatkoff is writing a heck of a story even if it is still just chapter one
Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut. Though I'm not sure how many of them were his fault and h certainly did more than enough to give them a chance through a period or so.
 

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HOLY FUCK Mason. Hahahahaha what a fuck up.

Worst goal I have ever seen an NHL goalie give up. That shot looked like some dude trying to win a car from the red line.
 

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HOLY FUCK Mason. Hahahahaha what a fuck up.

Worst goal I have ever seen an NHL goalie give up. That shot looked like some dude trying to win a car from the red line.
Halak gave up a game winner in Philly last year that was quite similar, and cost the Islanders home ice against the Caps. That was a bit of karmic payback, IMO.