2020/2021 Around The League Thread | Playoff Edition III

[vanarchy]

Seeing washed up Joe Thoronton miss his chance was the icing on top. Karma is real, folks.

 

[DarrenX]

I saw this coming. Dominating Game 6 OT and losing on a muffin shot was the dagger.

 

[Rumsfeld]

MacLean's tears are delicious.

 

[Dab]

Keep your head up and keep your feet moving kiddo. If you don't want to get hit, stay off the tracks.

Tell me, what score specifically is the limit for when throwing a good hit is too mean for you?

Kevin Bieksa already answered this in the clip I posted twice

 

[Hyzer]

one of the greatest hockey choke jobs in a number of decades.

just comical at this point. the tears are gonna be delicious LOL

 

[Bad Goalie]

I know what the curse of the Bambino was that cost the Red Sox a world championship for 86 years. Is there a known reason for the Toronto Maple Leaf curse?

 

[LordBacon]

Oh hey the servers are back

 

[Baby Pettersson]

The crash

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

"Greatest trick the Devil ever pulled, was convincing Leafs fans they could win a playoff round"

"And like that, it was gone"

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Leafs pull off the choke job and HF Boards crashes.

Coincidence...

 

[ziploc]

Beautiful. Just beautiful. The Habs are a team of destiny. That destiny is not to win the Stanley Cup, but to beat the Leafs in a humiliating fashion.

Now we just need Boston to fall and everything will be ok.

 

[Rumsfeld]

Matthews has that look in his eye, I wouldn't want to be a security guard in the GTA tonight.

 

[valkynax]

Oh wow, Habs came through?

 

[LordBacon]

honestly now I just kinda feel bad for them
Wonder what happens to Toronto this off season
Panic trades incoming?

 

[LordBacon]

Good thing I’m on an unlimited data plan,
Just how many OT’s are there this season?

 

[Red]

And I lol.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Lol gotta say I'm kind of liking the playoffs thus far even without the Nucks.

Avs look incredible and fun to watch. Jets are my underdog pick. Leafs bowing out in round one is always fun.

 

[DustyMartellaughs]

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honestly now I just kinda feel bad for them
Wonder what happens to Toronto this off season
Panic trades incoming?

Nope. Not one bit. They receive so much press, so much slobbery cheerleading by Sportsnet’s alleged journalists, and during the regular season were shoved down our throats every single day.
If they don’t like it they can amend their NTC’s to include Columbus or New Jersey and play out their days in utter anonymity.

 

[HabsAddict]

Thank you for the support guys.

 

[DustyMartellaughs]

I think Keefe is yet another ok or maybe even good regular season coach. But you can't win in the playoffs if your coach's solution is to keep doing what they've always done.

They have to be able to make adjustments, and I'm not talking about putting the lines in a blender - every coach does that to some extent. Like actual tactical and set play tactics to neutralize what the other team is doing.

That's not Green, which is why I'm baffled we re-signed him.

He put out Spezza with three minutes left.

 

[LordBacon]

The Bruins are holding on for dear life.
God damm BT is an amazing coach

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

Five straight first round exits.

It's not just that there's 5, but that *this* was the fifth. Blowing a 3-1 lead to by far the worst of the 5 teams.

 

[Bubbles]

Wonder what happens to Toronto this off season
Panic trades incoming?

Weisbrod for Gilman?

 

[LordBacon]

It's not just that there's 5, but that *this* was the fifth. Blowing a 3-1 lead to by far the worst of the 5 teams.

But but but the refs

 

[ziploc]

Beautiful. Just beautiful. The Habs are a team of destiny. That destiny is not to win the Stanley Cup, but to beat the Leafs in a humiliating fashion.

Now we just need Boston to fall and everything will be ok.

 

[LordBacon]

Weisbrod for Gilman?

Take JB too. Buy one get one free

 

[Intangibos]

Kevin Bieksa already answered this in the clip I posted twice

Didn't watch, don't care, stay on the bench or at home if you can't handle getting hit in game 1 of a playoff series at any point between the whistles.

Sure, 5-0 in the third period of an elimination game? Let up a little if you wanna keep it classy. Otherwise, Bieksa while normally great has a weak loser opinion on this one

 

[Hollywood Burrows]

happy the leafs lost, but what a boring series. the first important leafs/habs games in decades and it's basically a dud. oh well

 

[DustyMartellaughs]

Tonight’s outcome redeemed the season. Beagle, Sutter, Eriksson? They were dressed up as Marner, Matthews, and Thornton, and it was effin’ GLORIOUS!!!!!!!

 

[HabsAddict]

I'm not an evil person.....but if I had an armoured vehicle I would paint the Habs logo and all the rest of the Canadian teams then drive up and down Yonge street.

On the back I would paint.....shove it CBC.

I'm sure I can find a lot of Vancouver fans hitching a ride!

 

[Nucker101]

So much for that vaunted "leadership" from Joe Thornton. Good thing he came cheap.

There was something funny about seeing Corey Perry, his longtime divisional rival actually making an impact on this game.

I lost all respect for Thornton after he tried to clown Henrik when the ref was talking to both team captains. Happy to see him lose.