Pre-Game Talk: Round 3, SENS in Pittsburgh, Saturday

[Aurilius]

Canada's team now. Look out Pens.

Doesn't that make the Penguins Canada's Team? Cause you know, Crosby.

 

[OmniSens]

Pittsburgh in 3.

 

[Super Cake]

Pittsburgh in 3.

Don't you mean Pittsburgh in 0?

The NHL will decide that the Sens were just too lucky to make it to the ECF. Thus, the NHL decides to just kick them out of the playoffs giving the Pens an automatic series win which propels them to the Stanley cup finals.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

LOLOLOL

We still got a 3pm game scheduled despite being in the final 4.

Start time is 7pm for saturday, btw. 8pm monday for game 2.

Edit: Here's the link to the schedule:

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-playoffs-conference-finals-schedule/c-289370440?tid=287339198

 

[Langdon Alger]

LOLOLOL

We still got a 3pm game scheduled despite being in the final 4.

Start time is 7pm for saturday, btw. 8pm monday for game 2.

Yeah, 3pm on a Sunday. That's when people want to watch hockey the most. Then again, I think that's game 5, so the series will probably be over by then.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Yeah, 3pm on a Sunday. That's when people want to watch hockey the most. Then again, I think that's game 5, so the series will probably be over by then.

I am laughing because otherwise I'd be crying.

 

[PatrickEaves]

I am laughing because otherwise I'd be crying.

 

[Super Cake]

I am fine with a 3 p.m. start (12 p.m. for me).

We have won every afternoon game so far in these playoffs, so hopefully we win that game as well.

 

[Stuzchuk]

Sens in 6! Book it.

I've just put 250CAD on the SENS... they are now at the same range for me than the GB Packers (I cannot bet against my team)

GO SENS GO!

 

[Sun God Nika]

think we will take the afternoon game 95% the sens are so used to preparing for those games while it will catch pittsburgh completely off guard.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

think we will take the afternoon game 95% the sens are so used to preparing for those games while it will catch pittsburgh completely off guard.

No thanks.

I'll take an evening weekend game over an afternoon start 10 times out of 10.

 

[Sun God Nika]

No thanks.

I'll take an evening weekend game over an afternoon start 10 times out of 10.

dont get me wrong, theres nothing better than getting hammered late saturday night to the tune of a sens game, but since we do have the afternoon game I think we will have pretty good odds to take that one.

 

[Zaddy91]

Go Burrows

 

[Gil Gunderson]

I don't mind afternoon games on Sundays. The ones on Saturday are the ones that annoy me.

 

[Super Cake]

It all depends on Karlsson and Anderson.

These two players will be the deciding factor on how far we go this series and whether or not we can pull off a series win against the Pens.

 

[internetdotcom]

So, now that Matt 'waste of oxygen' Cooke is out of the league, who is the 'dirty, cheap shot them, then turtle' POS on the Pens now (other than Crosby, that is)?

Over/under on the amount of b.s. penalties in the series the refs call against us, because... Sid's team? 120?

Go Sens go! I hate Cindy Crysby, I hate the Pens, I hate what that whiny little you-know-what did to Meth's finger. Let's win dis!

P.S. I have a bad feeling my nightmare Cup final will come true... Pens vs. Ducks. That is the definition of a series where I want both to lose. Rooting for Sens vs. Preds! Senapreds alliance unite!

 

[Tuna99]

Really happy it's Pitt. Ottawa's destined to take out the champs and then win over Anaheim to set the world back in order.

If it's PK then all of Montreal will be tormented and even better.

 

[BonkTastic]

We're playing with house money from here on in, as far as I'm concerned. We don't have the pressure of having been a Cup Contender all season, and we can just focus on playing our game and not have to worry about stuff like choking the way that the Caps perennially do, or the intense media expectations that the Penguins have. That's a nice little advantage, as far as I'm concerned.

If we can get the split in the first two games in Pittsburgh, I like our chances. We need to capitalize - Penguins have just come out of a grueling series where they've been run ragged by a hyper-aggressive Capitals forecheck. We need to take advantage of the fact that they're drained at the moment.

 

[rintinw]

Can't wait for the parade of ****** reffing.

I have full confidence we can beat the Pens.

I am less confident we can beat the Pens and the refs.

Usually both teams get their breaks whether in calls, no calls, weird bounces, accidental injuries. And while it does NOT always even out in a series (too little sample size) it's the team that capitalize on their breaks that seems to be favoured.

Game misconduct on Niskanen.

Funny that no one on Caps team protested.

No call on blatant interference on Malkin before game-tying goal in Game 3.

Just 80 seconds before that Ovechkin slewfooted Schultz and Oshie had blatant interference on Hornqvist in same sequence with no call.

There will be a lot of confirmation bias during the series, eh? There was no indication of any ref bias in the Pens-Caps series. Nothing like complaining about officiating before the game has even begun. I'll see you guys after the series.

Like this

 

[Six Assets]

Canada's team. Should be an appropriate theme form the next GDT.

 

[Back in Black]

7:00 pm start

I am fine with a 3 p.m. start (12 p.m. for me).

We have won every afternoon game so far in these playoffs, so hopefully we win that game as well.

Thank god it's a 7:00 pm start

 

[3rdLiner]

Bruins fan jumping on the sens bandwagon. I freaking hate the Penguins I hate everything about them. I really hope you guys destroy their hopes and dreams like the Bruins did in the 2013 ECF, if I remember everyone was saying 'pens in 5' for that series as well.

How is Karlsson's health? If anyone one in the league can shut down the Penguins it's him.

Go Sens, give em hell!

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Thank god it's a 7:00 pm start

We're talking about the 3pm start for game 5.

 

[OHNOclowe]

It'll be very easy to spot the bandwagon fans at the CTC, they'll all be wearing Crosby jerseys and cheering " Go sports!" But seriously though Ottawa is a hub for bandwagon ******es. The sad part is that they're local Ottawa residents who only cheer for Pittsburgh because of Sid the Kid and their Stanley Cup success. Pretty much the definition of a fake, bandwagon fan.

When I lived in Guelph for school, I shared a house with a Pens fan (former leafs fan, converted when Sid was a rookie (eyeroll)), a Hawks fan, a Jets fan, and an... NBA fan. It was like a weird sitcom. Awkward three years. Especially as the Sens were **** up for most of that stretch.

 

[Caeldan]

We're talking about the 3pm start for game 5.

That's on a Sunday. Which makes sense.