Official NHL 2015-2016 Thread

[gmillerdrake]

Blues have no one to blame but themselves. They should have been up 3 or 4-0 in the 1st, and they let Dallas up off the mat.  And now it's a series again.  Damn.

Yep. Inexcusable. So pi$$ed right now.

[KevShmev]

Eh, I half expected it when Dallas scored.  The Blues play was so lethargic from the start of the 2nd period till the end, that most of my energy was sucked out, so I was not expecting them to win the game anymore. This team is so good when they are clicking, but complacency is still an issue with them.  They got outplayed and outworked most of tonight, and that is not good.

[gmillerdrake]

It's like they expected Dallas to roll over for them? Ehh....anyway, this series now have 7 games written all over it....

[KevShmev]

Wasted a great night by the Stastny line, too.  The STL line is easy to love, but Lehtera has been largely disappointing in these playoffs.  Imagine how much more productive that line could be if he could ever win an offensive zone face-off.

[gmillerdrake]

I can't believe how quickly I went from not having a worry in the world about beating a Dallas team we've been handling just fine to there's a good chance we now lose this series. Such a wasted opportunity to put a stranglehold on the series tonight. I can feel my rage cells multiplying.

[gmillerdrake]

Hard to fall asleep with blood that is still boiling from that massive let down.

[dparrott]

SJS/NSH in 3rd OT!  Super Foop! 

[Dark Castle]

Fuck the NHL, how do you not give Pavelski that goal. Total hack job with the Redding tonight. Without Rinne Nashville would be a fucking dumpster pit. So fucking salty right now that was absolute, complete horse shit. FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
At least I have to get up in less than 5 hours for work!!!!

[dparrott]

 

[KevShmev]

I only made it through about half of the second OT, but I thought goalie interference was the correct call on the Pavelski play in the first OT.  Yeah, he was kind of pushed from behind, but he was driving so hard to the net that he would have crashed into Rinne with or without assistance from the push, and you don't want to see a playoff game end in OT on something like that.

[gmillerdrake]

I don't know. I'd be livid if that was a Blues player and they disallowed it. That looked like a good playoff goal to me.

[Hyperplex]

I think one of the things they look for in a situation like that was did he make an obvious concerted effort to avoid making contact with the goaltender. I didn't see the play in question, but I know that is usually one of the deciding factors.

[gmillerdrake]

Now that I've watched it a couple times I'd be just as ticked if that had been the Blues goalie who was run in to and the goal allowed.

Tough for both sets of fans.

[Mr. Ister]

If they'd have allowed that Pavelski goal I would recommend all players to pick up the puck, crash the goalie NHL 94 style, then throw the puck toward the net for light tap in for easy goal every time.

[Dark Castle]

He didn't fucking run Rinne, Gaustad crosse checked him and as Pavelski tried braking, Weber made knee contact and sent him tumbling. Pavelski also hit it in with his stick. Was a legal goal, but I guess it's okay to just push people into your goalie, sounds about right for the ShitHL. Like is Pavelski supposed to grow wings and fly away from Rinne? He made an effort to stop after taking a cross heck and got further pushed into Rinne. I'd be mad if it happened to Jones... Oh wait it did and the Kings got a goal because that was what should have happened

[dparrott]

My exact thoughts after the Sharks lost:

[mike099]

Blues have no one to blame but themselves. They should have been up 3 or 4-0 in the 1st, and they let Dallas up off the mat.  And now it's a series again.  Damn.

Yep. Inexcusable. So pi$$ed right now.

Your worst nightmare will be if the Predators win and the Blues lose.   

[Nick]

Fuck the NHL, how do you not give Pavelski that goal.

Seriously? I've seen a penalty called for far less. You should be happy he got away with just a no goal. He got a *slight* push from behind, but used it as an excuse to not even try to stop, which was careless and dumb on his part. I'm not saying a penalty should have been called, but the no goal is absolutely correct.

It was a great game, sadly I fell asleep somewhere in the latter half of 2OT.

[gmillerdrake]

Your worst nightmare will be if the Predators win and the Blues lose.

You ain't lyin'             This would be horrible....it sucks I have to root against the Preds (a good team that I like to watch play) because of my D-Bag brother in law. This scenario would utterly suck, plain and simple.

[TAC]

St. Louis Blues, THIS is your year. Don't blow it!!!!!

[Nick]

Oh, I completely forgot, but meant to post this for Gary and Kev earlier.

If you go to NBCSports.com and stream the games you can watch any game, even if on TV it's currently being preemtped by another game. I know it's not ideal, but it keeps you from getting completely screwed like happened earlier. And I'm shocked that I've watched 70% or so of the playoffs this way (because it frees up the TV), simply because it's actually a really good quality stream. Not going to be the big screen HD experience, but I don't feel like I'm missing much.

[gmillerdrake]

Oh, I completely forgot, but meant to post this for Gary and Kev earlier.

If you go to NBCSports.com and stream the games you can watch any game, even if on TV it's currently being preemtped by another game. I know it's not ideal, but it keeps you from getting completely screwed like happened earlier. And I'm shocked that I've watched 70% or so of the playoffs this way (because it frees up the TV), simply because it's actually a really good quality stream. Not going to be the big screen HD experience, but I don't feel like I'm missing much.

Thank you Sir! 

[gmillerdrake]

St. Louis Blues, THIS is your year. Don't blow it!!!!!

It's still bugging me that this series is tied 2-2. Losing that game last night really ticked me off. One bone head play that gift wraps a goal changed that entire series. At that point in the game StL was rolling 4 lines with waves of pressure and Dallas had no answer. It infuriates me that they hadn't made the score 2 or 3, 4 to zip by that point because it was very possible. Cudos to whichever goalie they had in there at the time for coming up big for his team.

StL best win that game tomorrow in Dallas because winning a game 7 in Dallas (assuming we'd win game 6) will be a tough feat. I think tomorrows victor is the series victor.

[gmillerdrake]

Speaking of tomorrows game...it's ridiculous to have a noon (central time) game for Dallas and StL all because they gave their precious Caps and Pens an extra day off to get the Saturday night marquee matchup. Now Dallas and StL get shafted into playing at noon because of that and so they can show some horses run in a circle for three minutes.

I despise NBC

[Nick]

Honestly, I wouldn't count out any team in the West no matter if they were down a game or two at this point. This only teams I might have doubted going in were Minnesota and Nashville, but they put any doubts to rest when they dispensed of Anaheim. 

[Nick]

Speaking of tomorrows game...it's ridiculous to have a noon (central time) game for Dallas and StL all because they gave their precious Caps and Pens an extra day off to get the Saturday night marquee matchup. Now Dallas and StL get shafted into playing at noon because of that and so they can show some horses run in a circle for three minutes.

I despise NBC

BUT THERE IS A HORSE NAMED NYQUIST

Frankly, I agree with the league giving higher billing to Pens/Caps, but do wish that your game had a later start and ran concurrent with the horses, especially because you could watch the actual race during a fucking commercial in the hockey game.

[gmillerdrake]

Speaking of tomorrows game...it's ridiculous to have a noon (central time) game for Dallas and StL all because they gave their precious Caps and Pens an extra day off to get the Saturday night marquee matchup. Now Dallas and StL get shafted into playing at noon because of that and so they can show some horses run in a circle for three minutes.

I despise NBC

BUT THERE IS A HORSE NAMED NYQUIST

Frankly, I agree with the league giving higher billing to Pens/Caps, but do wish that your game had a later start and ran concurrent with the horses, especially because you could watch the actual race during a fucking commercial in the hockey game.

I understand the marquee matchup....two huge markets. I'd take another 8:30pm game over a NOON game any day. That's just silly to me. Especially because of a freaking horse race.

[TAC]

Just be happy you have a playoff team to watch ya spoiled brat!

[gmillerdrake]

Just be happy you have a playoff team to watch ya spoiled brat!

[SchecterShredder]

Just be happy you have a playoff team to watch ya spoiled brat!

Haha, no kidding. My team hasn't seen playoff hockey in a decade! And there's no light in sight for at least a few more years, assuming Edmonton's new management doesn't sewer the team any more than the previous regime did.

[TAC]

Just be happy you have a playoff team to watch ya spoiled brat!

Haha, no kidding. My team hasn't seen playoff hockey in a decade! And there's no light in sight for at least a few more years, assuming Edmonton's new management doesn't sewer the team any more than the previous regime did.

Are you out in Edmonton, bro?

[SchecterShredder]

Just be happy you have a playoff team to watch ya spoiled brat!

Haha, no kidding. My team hasn't seen playoff hockey in a decade! And there's no light in sight for at least a few more years, assuming Edmonton's new management doesn't sewer the team any more than the previous regime did.

Are you out in Edmonton, bro?

Born and raised

[TAC]

You guys tortured us in!  Peter fucking Klima!! I remember that OT game like it was yesterday. The Bruins never recovered.

I was at the Finals game in '88 when the lights went out at the Garden.

[SchecterShredder]

You guys tortured us in!  Peter fucking Klima!! I remember that OT game like it was yesterday. The Bruins never recovered.

I was at the Finals game in '88 when the lights went out at the Garden.

Nice! And I'd be upset too if Peter Klima scored against my team in OT. He had no business being on the ice in OT to begin with haha.

[Dark Castle]

Seriously Nick?

https://streamable.com/bklv

When did a cross check in the back become a light push? Where did Shea Weber's knee magically disappear to for you? Clear, cut, and dry, but keep being a moron, it's second nature to you I guess.