2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs

[stlcardsfan]

Stars have throttled Tarasenko so far in this series. He needs to step it up tonight! I think the ice time controversy is overblown, here is the most pertinent quote from Hitch:

“When you view a player ... knowledgeable hockey people don’t look at time, they look at shifts, and shifts matter,” Hitchcock said. “He plays a short-ice game with short shifts and that’s impacts his energy. He’s a big body that plays a lot, he gets leaned on, he leans on a lot of people. It’s very wearing.

“The game he plays is a physical game: it’s at the puck, it’s around the puck, it’s one on one and it’s very demanding. He’s not going to be a 48, 49-second hockey player, not and be effective. He’s a guy that has to play in short bursts and that’s what he does. He plays great in short bursts so his energy stays high.”

[cool-vintage]

The SJ/NSH series is a lot better than I was expecting. That triple OT game last night/this morning was one of the best games so far. I was expecting the Sharks to dominate.

[irv]

Originally Posted by cool-vintage

The SJ/NSH series is a lot better than I was expecting. That triple OT game last night/this morning was one of the best games so far. I was expecting the Sharks to dominate.

Same. I thought it would be a 4 straight or 4 to 1 series.

Proud of Cuz getting the tying goal, and I hope they can win the series, but their definitely in tough, but at the same time, SJ has been known to choke before.

[vintagewhitesox]

Blues are looking tough. Especially on the back end. Elliot not showing any signs of letting up.
A few goalies having huge playoffs. Murray, Elliot, Jones.
Right now Blues look like they can take the whole thing.

[Beatles Guy]

Originally Posted by vintagewhitesox

Blues are looking tough. Especially on the back end. Elliot not showing any signs of letting up.
A few goalies having huge playoffs. Murray, Elliot, Jones.
Right now Blues look like they can take the whole thing.

Expectations are still low around here. You'd think they won the cup last night.

[irv]

The 2 teams that won the last 2 nights were expected to win, but no one expected them to go to game 7's.

SJ and St.Louis will be a great series.

I also expect the Pitts and TB series to be as well.

Crap shoot at this point imo who will win Lord Stanley?

[vintagewhitesox]

tough break for the Blues. Sharks dominated the series. Their defense and goaltending has been lights out.
Pavelski and Thornton finally get to play in a Final.