Around the League 43: Playoff Time- Goodbye Buffalo, Goodbye Yzerplan. And Goodbye Yotes, Welcome Utah.

[hockeynjune]

Holy hell

 

[HisIceness]

All I know is its a lot more fun watching other series after the Hurricanes win their series. May the best teams win.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Twitter is like 95% awful, but every so often you stumble across an account that makes it all worth it.

 

[cptjeff]

I like this Vancouver team, but love our redneck brothers in Nashville. Nice to see the Preds take that!

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Honestly, I'd be more worried if I were the Jets. Great goaltending from Hellebuck was the main reason they got this far, and the Avs just put up 6 against him.

The Avs knew they had questionable goaltending already, so their performance in net isn't as concerning.

I’m rarely so right, so far in advanced, so I’m going to take this moment to say:

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Playoff helley hasn’t been good in a while, Avs or no Avs.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Playoff helley hasn’t been good in a while, Avs or no Avs.

Sorry, can't hear you over the sound of being right

 

[Justicebork]

Brutal first round

Playoff helley hasn’t been good in a while, Avs or no Avs.

Brutal first round draws the last 2 years. Avs are an all star team when they get going. So many high danger chances. I feel bad for the Jets

 

[HisIceness]

I guess I was wrong about Colorado.

 

[bleedgreen]

Nashville……”I’m not dead yet”.

 

[The Faulker 27]

A big difference maker for COL is Fourgiev had a good series. He let in 3+ goals twice, but before last night he had a .938 save percentage and a 1.67 GAA in games 2-4.

 

[hblueridgegal]

Outside the Canes, of course, the teams in the West are so much more entertaining now to watch and frankly, to like. If only it didn't require so much sleep deprivation to watch them.

 

[Svechhammer]

Yup. Parallel realities explain a lot.

Saku Koivu wears an eyepatch in one.

In one of those realities, Aho can actually grow a mustache

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Outside the Canes, of course, the teams in the West are so much more entertaining now to watch and frankly, to like. If only it didn't require so much sleep deprivation to watch them.

I have felt this way for a long time, something about the western conference playoffs is just so much better to watch for me. In the past I could stay up and watch it all, this run I really haven't seen any of those games though as they're just so late.

 

[To Be Determined]

I have felt this way for a long time, something about the western conference playoffs is just so much better to watch for me. In the past I could stay up and watch it all, this run I really haven't seen any of those games though as they're just so late.

to be honest, i enjoy the western conference games more because i have a lot of built in hate for most of the assholes in the east since we deal with them so much more often, and are more likely to deal with their fans since so much of the eastern half of the continent seems to love moving to the area.

being able to just appreciate the teams is nice. if we played colorado more (or winnipeg, or the kings, or...) i'm pretty sure i'd hate their guts.

 

[The Faulker 27]

I have felt this way for a long time, something about the western conference playoffs is just so much better to watch for me. In the past I could stay up and watch it all, this run I really haven't seen any of those games though as they're just so late.

They've been so much better to watch. I've lost hours of sleep because I just can't look away.

 

[WreckingCrew]

to be honest, i enjoy the western conference games more because i have a lot of built in hate for most of the assholes in the east since we deal with them so much more often, and are more likely to deal with their fans since so much of the eastern half of the continent seems to love moving to the area.

being able to just appreciate the teams is nice. if we played colorado more (or winnipeg, or the kings, or...) i'm pretty sure i'd hate their guts.

I think the top is my problem too...I can't watch them with any objectivity because I'm either strongly pulling for one team, or hate one...or like BOS-TOR hate both (and FLA-TBL honestly). Out west I can pull for a team, but I'm not AS invested, so every little mistake isn't amplified and scrutinized and internalized like when I'm watching MY team...I can just enjoy good hockey. I'm still pulling for a DAL-CAR final, even if that is the only other team we don't get home-ice advantage against.

 

[HisIceness]

The Western teams aren't as hateable I guess

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Pietrangelo just bitch-slapped Seguin, and Dallas scored the go ahead goal on the powerplay. What a braindead play.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Pietrangelo just bitch-slapped Seguin, and Dallas scored the go ahead goal on the powerplay. What a braindead play.

Then Dallas missed the net on a 3 on 0

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Then Dallas missed the net on a 3 on 0

As a neutral fan, that was a very entertaining couple minutes of hockey.

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

That third is why I want Vegas out. They just took over and Dallas barely held on

 

[HisIceness]

Was kinda rooting for the Kings. Oh well.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Playoffs have been kind of boring so far. I know the league is hating the fewer games being played.

1 sweep and 4 series that ended in 5 games.

 

[hangman005]

All I know is its a lot more fun watching other series after the Hurricanes win their series. May the best teams win.

Are you or the Rangers even going to remember how to play hockey by the time the 2nd round starts