Observations XVI

[Roman Yoshi]

Hope the boys come out flying. The first five minutes are going to be crucial.

Let's get louder and prouder than ever!

 

[PredsV82]

Haven't read much of what has been posted over the last few days but I want to make an observation......

What a difference coaching makes. Peter sticking with Fiala even though he has been a turnover machine in the defensive end is something that we've never seen with the Preds before. We've always seen the slow, old, un-creative veterans get the nod over a kid like that. Poile tried to stack the team with those players again but the coach is doing his thing and it's working!

I have to admit I've been very critical of Lavys coaching, but credit where credit is due he figured out the right switch to flip on this bunch. They haven't played like this all season.

 

[FossilFndr]

Observation: I can't remember ever being prouder of those guys.

 

[Pred303]

me either fossil, me either

 

[Legionnaire11]

I know emotions run high in the moment, but this probably just became the high point in franchise history for me.

That was four games of consistent dominance like we've never seen from the Predators.

 

[FossilFndr]

That third period seemed to last an hour, I'm exhausted.

 

[BigFatCat999]

observation: Damn that felt good.

 

[Scoresberg]

No words. This team is just special, not gonna speculate them anymore just enjoy the ride.

 

[bdub24]

Observation: I don't think Lavy has lost the room.

But honestly, this has to be the top. Not just knocking off the big brother, but sweeping and destroying them. Unbelievable. How can this possibly be? What an incredible feeling this is.

Now let's hope the wild and blues just go the distance and knock the hell out of each other.

 

[Cletus Marley]

That was an asswhipping.

 

[BigFatCat999]

3 goals in 4 games, that's how many the Preds allowed. Rinne is the starter.

 

[bdub24]

Hornqvist plays on.
Jones goes golfing.

Weber looking shaky.
Suter dog paddling.

 

[jwhouk]

Ho hum, just another night in Smashville. Whatever are we going to do over the break between rounds to amuse ourselves?

 

[ThirdManIn]

What a ****ing team. That's all that can be said tonight.

 

[Preds Partisan]

Whatever Rinne took before this series, make mine a double.

 

[wadesworld]

Best quote of the Chicago GDT:

$21 mil in cap space got equalized in production by 4th-liner Colton Effing Sissons.

I'll tell you what though, you gotta give huge marks to Corey Crawford for his performance. He played absolutely incredible that game and he's the only reason it wasn't about 8-1. I told my wife during the second it was feeling like Crawford was going to steal it.

 

[braindead]

Hornqvist plays on.
Jones goes golfing.

Weber looking shaky.
Suter dog paddling.

Erat having his stiff back worked on for the third time today by a Slovakian model paid for by Poile, little note on the table reads "Thanks for asking for the trade. Love, Davey"

 

[Armourboy]

Best quote of the Chicago GDT:



I'll tell you what though, you gotta give huge marks to Corey Crawford for his performance. He played absolutely incredible that game and he's the only reason it wasn't about 8-1. I told my wife during the second it was feeling like Crawford was going to steal it.

Yeah some Chicago fans will put the blame on him, but without him they are probably down by 3 before the first is over. Chicago's forwards were just garbage in this series.

 

[LCPreds]

OK hopefully the Wild/Blues series goes no more than 6. I want the boys to get some rest but they don't need to be sitting around for over a week.

 

[Enoch]

Incredible series by our team.

 

[hockey diva]

I gave my tickets to my coworker and her husband who just started following the Preds this season. First playoff game for them. And what a playoff game! So happy for the city, the team and most of all the fans who have lived and died with this team for the last 19 years!

 

[la flama blanca]

Is it traditional for the losing coaches to skip the handshake line? Because Q and the other coaches went straight to the locker room.

 

[klt2001]

Is it traditional for the losing coaches to skip the handshake line? Because Q and the other coaches went straight to the locker room.

Yeah I noticed that too...lol. They both avoided each other. Q didn't seem happy at all.

 

[lstcyr]

Is it traditional for the losing coaches to skip the handshake line? Because Q and the other coaches went straight to the locker room.

they shook the press coaches hands near the bench

 

[wadesworld]

they shook the press coaches hands near the bench

Yeah, they definitely showed them shaking hands on the national broadcast.