Official NHL 2015-2016 Thread

[Nick]

Well, I know it's tough, but as a Blues fan I'd be remaining positive. Don't get me wrong, it's two really good teams, and it's practically a coin flip, but I like the Blues chances. Like you said, it was two really weak goals, and it has been their superior performance throughout the series as a whole that had them up 3-2 and able to give up this unfortunate game. I assume the Blues come just as hard next game, and unless the Stars ramp it up big time, I don't see them being so lucky again.

[gmillerdrake]

I understand and you're right. I'll have a better outlook tomorrow. I'm too ticked right now to think rationally about it.....i can't get over how horrid of a start they had in that game given all that was at stake. There's no excuse to come out flat.

[fadetoblackdude7]

So close, but the Blues can only blame themselves for that disgusting 1st period.  Now they have to win on the road in game 7.

Ain't gonna happen. Blues gut us once again. I fuc%ing hate being a Blues fan. No excuse to lose this game, especially when you've massively outplayed your opponent all series. I can't believe this is going 7 games.

Come to the black n red side!

[Nick]

Sharks game has been great again tonight. Great PP go ahead goal by the Sharks, and a fantastic answer by the Preds. Gonna be an exciting finish.

[dparrott]

Another Sharks OT!  Let's close it out y'all! 

[Nick]

Man, that was a hell of a finish. Sharks had the pressure, but then one mistake on an air puck and we're going to game 7. If there is one great thing about both games tonight, it's that they give us two more nights of great hockey.

[gmillerdrake]

Sure. Let's complete the evening with my a$$ hat brother in laws team forcing a game 7.

[gmillerdrake]

Every time Hitchcock has sat Edmunson in favor of Bortuzzo in the playoffs we've lost. Haven't won a game with him in the line up....0-4. Why mess with it?

[gmillerdrake]

I'll have a better outlook tomorrow.

I lied. I'm still pi$$ed and fully expect the 'close but no cigar' treatment on Wed. night because that's what the Blues do.....they just waited a couple extra games to do it this year.

[dparrott]

...and the Sharks are on the edge of crumbling in the playoffs.  AGAIN.

[gmillerdrake]

...and the Sharks are on the edge of crumbling in the playoffs.  AGAIN.

your pain.....I feel it.....

[Nick]

Yeah, next few days will be very interesting. Sharks, Blues, and Caps have all fell short of expectations for many years now. There is potential for a ton of relief or a LOT of renewed frustration.

[mike099]

Sure. Let's complete the evening with my a$$ hat brother in laws team forcing a game 7.

If the preds win, that will be game seven on the road twice in the playoffs.  If that happens the Sharks fans will be pissed.

[Mr. Ister]

How the hell are the Predators doing so well with Rinne in net?  That guy is fucking erratic.  He's like an even more unhinged Marty Turco.  Nearly every goal he gives up is directly his own fault for being too aggressive.

[gmillerdrake]

Sure. Let's complete the evening with my a$$ hat brother in laws team forcing a game 7.

If the preds win, that will be game seven on the road twice in the playoffs.  If that happens the Sharks fans will be pissed.

Knowing how my brother in law will react and what he will say and do IF the Preds win a game 7 and advance and the Blues don't.....I'd happily trade a Blues loss in game 7 to assure the Preds lost as well. He is THAT big of an a$$hole.

[dparrott]

Sharks have made the playoffs 19 out of their 24 seasons.  Not one finals.   

[KevShmev]

I'll have a better outlook tomorrow.

I lied. I'm still pi$$ed and fully expect the 'close but no cigar' treatment on Wed. night because that's what the Blues do.....they just waited a couple extra games to do it this year.

I think I've been the complete opposite.  Yeah, it blows that they blew that opportunity, but I take most losses in stride now.  It will be a rough one if they do lose tomorrow night, especially since they have outplayed the Stars for much of the series, but that is the way it goes sometimes.  It's just a game.

[gmillerdrake]

I'll have a better outlook tomorrow.

I lied. I'm still pi$$ed and fully expect the 'close but no cigar' treatment on Wed. night because that's what the Blues do.....they just waited a couple extra games to do it this year.

I think I've been the complete opposite.  Yeah, it blows that they blew that opportunity, but I take most losses in stride now.  It will be a rough one if they do lose tomorrow night, especially since they have outplayed the Stars for much of the series, but that is the way it goes sometimes.  It's just a game.

Yeah I get it but I fell for it again. I'm all in and had already planned my Stanley Cup Tat they'd been playing so well in my eyes.

I get they could still potentially win tomorrow night, but how can a championship team not close a series out at home in an environment like they had last night? It bugs the living crap out of me.

I'll watch and I'll root and chew my nails, I'll cuss at the air and beat my couch like its a punching bag. Hopefully they pull it off.

[KevShmev]

I know it's easy to look at last night as the Blues being the Blues again, but there are countless example over the years of teams having a chance to clinch at home and failing to do so, and every time, we wonder how that team could have a home game and not come through and put the other team away, but that kind of unpredictability is part of what makes sports so great.  Sure, that bit us in the ass last night, but more than any other sport, home ice/field advantage doesn't mean much in hockey (the home team is 5-8 in Blues playoff games this postseason), which is why I never thought for a second that winning last night was a mere formality.  And I think many Blues are forgetting that these Stars had the 2nd best record in the league for a reason. Their ability to capitalize on the few chances they had in the 1st period last night is why they were so good this year.

[gmillerdrake]

Good point and i think that's what frustrates me so much with Dallas. They'll literally have four good shifts in a game and win a game with those four good shifts. It makes my blood boil.

[SchecterShredder]

Pens are starting to fall apart in this game.

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

3 puck over the glass penalties in 2:02

[Rattlehead]

I'm really pulling for the Caps in this one. I hope the Penguins keep it up with these idiotic mistakes 

[SchecterShredder]

I just want to see another game  7.  Also,  I'm kinda pulling for Ovechkin to get a cup. I don't really have a team left in the playoffs though.  I just want entertaining games at this point.

[Rattlehead]

I just want to see another game  7.  Also,  I'm kinda pulling for Ovechkin to get a cup. I don't really have a team left in the playoffs though.  I just want entertaining games at this point.

I'm in the same boat, but I really don't care for the Penguins so it's fun to root against them 

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

I just want to see another game  7.  Also,  I'm kinda pulling for Ovechkin to get a cup. I don't really have a team left in the playoffs though.  I just want entertaining games at this point.

Ovi is why I'm a Caps fan for these playoffs. He's my favourite player aside from Price, and he needs a Cup so people stop bringing up that he doesn't have one.

[axeman90210]

How the hell did Pittsburgh not score in that last flurry.

[KevShmev]

The hockey gods smite the Capitals again. They deserved a better fate after that awesome comeback, but it is what it is.

[SchecterShredder]

The hockey gods smite the Capitals again. They deserved a better fate after that awesome comeback, but it is what it is.

Very true. It was almost a given that they had to lose.  NO 3RD ROUND FOR YOU! !

[pogoowner]

Mike Lange's call to end the game was priceless. "And all the Presidents' Trophy men couldn't put Humpty together again."

[TheCountOfNYC]

It's pretty crazy to think that Ovechkin has never gotten passed the second round. The Capitals have one two President's Trophies and six division titles with him yet can't seem to get to the Conference Finals. Hell, Washington hasn't been passed the second round since their 1997-98 playoff run that ended in a Stanley Cup Finals loss to Detroit. It's a cruel fate for a great and classy player (meanwhile crybaby Crosby gets to play in his fourth conference final).

[Hyperplex]

It is so entertaining to (not) watch my sister-in-law's husband's Facebook page as that game progressed. Sheer silence until the Caps came back. Then it was all "CARDIAC CAPS! COME ON BOYS LETS GET THIS IN OT! WE GOT THIS!" and all this bombast and confidence and then sheer, uninterrupted, unmitigated silence. Nothing. No comments on others' posts, no updates, nothing. I can feel the darkness emanating from his profile.

[jingle.boy]

It is so entertaining to (not) watch my sister-in-law's husband's Facebook page as that game progressed. Sheer silence until the Caps came back. Then it was all "CARDIAC CAPS! COME ON BOYS LETS GET THIS IN OT! WE GOT THIS!" and all this bombast and confidence and then sheer, uninterrupted, unmitigated silence. Nothing. No comments on others' posts, no updates, nothing. I can feel the darkness emanating from his profile soul.

Fix'd (I assume).

[mikeyd23]

Love the Pens hate in this thread 

I'm beyond pumped this team outlasted the Caps, it was a hard fought series as expected! When it came down to it, the Pens depth scoring came through.

It's pretty crazy to think that Ovechkin has never gotten passed the second round. The Capitals have one two President's Trophies and six division titles with him yet can't seem to get to the Conference Finals. Hell, Washington hasn't been passed the second round since their 1997-98 playoff run that ended in a Stanley Cup Finals loss to Detroit. It's a cruel fate for a great and classy player (meanwhile crybaby Crosby gets to play in his fourth conference final).

Seriously? Crybaby Crosby?  Come on man, give me a break. You mean like when the "classy" player Ovechkin brutally slashed the crybaby and instead of crying or complaining to the refs or taking a stupid penalty, he took his frustration out in the runway and came back to be a stabilizing force in the game a days ago? Its funny when the only criticism of Sid can be something completely not true, it's cool though, he will keep on being the best hockey player in the world.

Onward and upward Pens!

[Hyperplex]

It is so entertaining to (not) watch my sister-in-law's husband's Facebook page as that game progressed. Sheer silence until the Caps came back. Then it was all "CARDIAC CAPS! COME ON BOYS LETS GET THIS IN OT! WE GOT THIS!" and all this bombast and confidence and then sheer, uninterrupted, unmitigated silence. Nothing. No comments on others' posts, no updates, nothing. I can feel the darkness emanating from his profile soul.

Fix'd (I assume).

Most likely. In a day or two he'll proclaim his undying loyalty to the team and say NEXT YEAR BABY and all will resume again in October.