Lightning Strikes (6 Viewers)

[moose]

When your team hasn't won shit in over 50 years...my kid was 10 years old before he even saw them make the playoffs. He is 15 and he has never seen the Leafs win a playoff series. Inept doesn't even come close. Springtime to my kid means the start of baseball, basketball playoffs and the Leafs playing golf.

 

[legend672]

When your team hasn't won shit in over 50 years...my kid was 10 years old before he even saw them make the playoffs. He is 15 and he has never seen the Leafs win a playoff series. Inept doesn't even come close. Springtime to my kid means the start of baseball, basketball playoffs and the Leafs playing golf.

It was cool when Punch Imlach put blue letters on the blue uniforms and white letters on the white ones when they required the players names to be displayed. Poor Toronto Make Believes. That had their chance against the Bruins.

 

[WedgeRock]

Saw this yesterday, but was kinda busy and didn't find time to post. From the early minutes of Game 1 of the Memorial Cup:

 

[legend672]

Will the blues take care of business at home and enable the Bruins Blues rematch for the Cup 50 years later ? The Bruins, with so many American born players, will be heavy favorites against inferior Canadian born talent.

 

[One Eyed Dollar]

Let's Go Blues! Can't think about the Bruins yet. Just gotta throttle the Sharks tonight. Man their fans are a bunch of whiners.

 

[ReallyGoodUsername]

Much rather play San Jose right now, Blues are hot like the Bruins right now. Go Sharks!

 

[hdgeno]

Will the blues take care of business at home and enable the Bruins Blues rematch for the Cup 50 years later ? The Bruins, with so many American born players, will be heavy favorites against inferior Canadian born talent.

And yet none of their top talents are American lol

 

[legend672]

And yet none of their top talents are American lol

How did you guys lose to the Sharks ? They aren't very good.

Look at the perfect form and balance of the GOAT vs the Blues

 

[One Eyed Dollar]

From last in the league to the Cup Finals, what a ride! I'm pumped! Hopefully the long break is bad for the Bruins. Going to be a tough matchup though.

 

[hdgeno]

The long break is bad for the NHL, it is insane that there's almost a week off between the conference finals and finals.

That said, I'm looking forward watching at least some of the games between the Bruins and Blues, should be a great series.

 

[Poker Zombie]

The long break is bad for the NHL, it is insane that there's almost a week off between the conference finals and finals.

That said, I'm looking forward watching at least some of the games between the Bruins and Blues, should be a great series.

Without the long break, how would we enjoy hockey in June, when it's 93 degrees (34 C) outside?

 

[hdgeno]

Without the long break, how would we enjoy hockey in June, when it's 93 degrees (34 C) outside?

Lol yeah it goes way too far into summer, hockey season should be done by late April or early May.

 

[k9dr]

No Stanley Cup this year, but the Lightning sweep the major individual NHL awards - Art Ross, Ted Lindsay, Vezina, and Hart

 

[Jonesey07]

No Stanley Cup this year, but the Lightning sweep the major individual NHL awards - Art Ross, Ted Lindsay, Vezina, and Hart

Also tied the record for least wins in a playoff season!

 

[k9dr]

Also tied the record for least wins in a playoff season!

That was funny

 

[k9dr]

Here we go again - first preseason game tonight - minus Callahan & Stralman + Shattenkirk & Maroon - still need to sign Brayden Point too - maybe this is the year

 

[One Eyed Dollar]

Good luck to Maroon in his new home!

 

[k9dr]

Good luck to Maroon in his new home!

I hope he wins 2 Stanley Cups in a row

 

[WedgeRock]

No Yzerman either... . But I'll pull for Maroon wherever he plays.

Just glad to see this thread revived.

Now... Let's see this year's talent...

 

[k9dr]

 

[Jonesey07]

Worst part about these playoffs are the missing pics from Mark.

 

[jr8719]

This is what I love about hockey and its players, @k9dr — great effort by your boys!

UK soccer players: It is completely unfair to pay us millions every year and expect us to sometimes have to play more than one match a week.

Hockey players: Sometimes we have to play over two games... in one night:

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[Forty4]

Plus now we get a bonus day of hockey with the game getting moved to 11 today. So what’s that another 13+ hours of hockey today?

 

[WedgeRock]

Plus now we get a bonus day of hockey with the game getting moved to 11 today. So what’s that another 13+ hours of hockey today?

Islanders are on at 3, FYI.

 

[Forty4]

Islanders are on at 3, FYI.

Yeah but the Boston game was moved from last night to this morning after Columbus decided they want to play a double header.

life in the bubble

 

[WedgeRock]

Yeah but the Boston game was moved from last night to this morning after Columbus decided they want to play a double header.

life in the bubble

Right. But Islanders at 3.

 

[longflop]

Right. But Islanders at 3.

Interesting, I was not aware that hockey was being played before the Flyers take the ice at 8pm. Well, meaningful hockey anyway.

 

[k9dr]

Lightning win - Kucherov to Point in OT

 

[longflop]

Lightning win - Kucherov to Point in OT

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Heck of a comeback.

As a side note, I am loving the March Madness style of these games. Playoff hockey is on for like 12 hours straight every day!

 

[WedgeRock]

Heck of a comeback.

As a side note, I am loving the March Madness style of these games. Playoff hockey is on for like 12 hours straight every day!

I'd love to see the NHL learn from this and down the road, we get early round games scheduled back to back, even when they can use multiple arenas. The home team will always want a prime 8:00 p.m. starting time for their crowds, tho, so this will likely not continue.