Playoffs: whom to cheer, whom to jeer

[FMichael]

Glad to see TB get their asses handed to them by FLA...What comes around.

First round been pretty much a snore fest so far.

Tronna Drama is always entertaining.

 

[The Flying Octopus]

Funny that Mantha was benched for the guy that just put Vegas up 1-0. Riding the presser, hate to see it.

 

[Gniwder]

Funny that Mantha was benched for the guy that just put Vegas up 1-0. Riding the presser, hate to see it.

Playing for a Cup contender in the playoffs with an expiring contract, and yet no motivation. He'll be lucky to get a Sprong level contract (1yr, $2M) from a cellar team like SJS. His days in the league are numbered.

 

[jkutswings]

Assuming that the favorites wrap up the remaining series in the East, those are some heavyweight matchups in the second round:

Rangers hosting Bruins
Panthers hosting Hurricanes

 

[dalem177]

Mantha

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Playing for a Cup contender in the playoffs with an expiring contract, and yet no motivation. He'll be lucky to get a Sprong level contract (1yr, $2M) from a cellar team like SJS. His days in the league are numbered.

Maybe trading him was the secret to the Caps late season push for the playoffs??

Though his style of play would have fit in well with the playoff version of the Caps. He and Ovie could see who could coast the longest during shifts.

 

[GMR]

Funny that Mantha was benched for the guy that just put Vegas up 1-0. Riding the presser, hate to see it.

He's coming back to Detroit to resurrect his career. Imagine a Keith Primeau type of redemption in his latter years.

 

[jkutswings]

Mark Stone is my spirit animal. Had his spleen removed, comes back for the playoffs, and is just so smart and gritty. Great job to Houdini out of the play and then back in for the redirect to give Vegas an early 1-0 lead.

EDIT: 3-2 Dallas win to take the series lead. Great game.

 

[odin1981]

Toronto's problems
1..Mathews is nowhere near as good as Marchand
2. Leafs goalies nowhere near as good Swayman
3. Leafs coaching nowhere near as good as Bruins

That's it...plain and simple

Toronto's defense is terrible. Not that it absolved the goaltending, but you never really know what you have in net until you at least have a average D.

 

[Czerwone Skrzydla]

As someone who'd like to see both the Bruins and the Leafs lose, game 7 is more or less optimal. Someone is going to lose in heart breaking fashion, which is really all you can ask for.

 

[JediOrderPizza]

I don't think I like any team besides Dallas. Even with Joe "I've scored about 80 tip goals on Detroit" Pavelski.

 

[FabricDetails]

Saturday is going to be so funny regardless. I'm not sure which outcome I'd find more funny.