Around the NHL - Part XLII - (Playoffs Edition)

nyrallday

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It's easy to say I was right because I was right.
I wouldn't pay myself on the back too hard. It really wasn't that hard to think an older Tampa team with less depth would struggle against a better team. We would have kicked the shit out of them too, it's not rocket science.
 

Machinehead

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The Islanders match up terribly against the Hurricanes. They're the Hurricanes but worse at everything.

You can't engage Roid Rage Rod and his club-swingers in a forecheck game. They're gonna win.

You have to score goals. That's why we hang in there against Carolina. We do our royal road shit and when the rock-chuckers have to score four goals, they can't.
 
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Machinehead

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I wouldn't pay myself on the back too hard. It really wasn't that hard to think an older Tampa team with less depth would struggle against a better team. We would have kicked the shit out of them too, it's not rocket science.
So now you're admitting that I was right!
 

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The Islanders match up terribly against the Hurricanes. They're the Hurricanes but worse at everything.

You can't engage Roid Rage Rod and his club-swingers in a forecheck game. They're gonna win.

You have to score goals. That's why we hang in there against Carolina. We do our royal road shit and when the rock-chuckers have to score four goals, they can't.
It still would be nice for them to win a couple of games and give Carolina a few more bumps and bruises.
 

nyrallday

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People were shitting themselves over Tampa the whole year.
Tampa spanked us the last few times we played them in the playoffs, i can see why people were a little worried about them. I didn't really care since i thought we matched up well with them and they have no depth. Either way, you can't just decide how people feel
 

Machinehead

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Tampa spanked us the last few times we played them in the playoffs, i can see why people were a little worried about them. I didn't really care since i thought we matched up well with them and they have no depth. Either way, you can't just decide how people feel
Nobody's saying I can decide how people feel.

They're well within their rights to be wrong.
 
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nyrallday

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Nobody's saying I can decide how people feel.

They're well within their rights to be wrong.
Ok good. Just making sure you knew. And being wrong is a part of life, shit happens sometimes. Personally i don't think there is a team in the East other than Florida that can match up with us. Maybe i'm wrong but i'll live.
 

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The Islanders match up terribly against the Hurricanes. They're the Hurricanes but worse at everything.

You can't engage Roid Rage Rod and his club-swingers in a forecheck game. They're gonna win.

You have to score goals. That's why we hang in there against Carolina. We do our royal road shit and when the rock-chuckers have to score four goals, they can't.

2/3rds of them in their 30's and 'worse at everything'.
 

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Tampa getting beat right now is no indication of what our series would have been like if we played them.

Same for Carolina beating the Islanders. Matchups are a thing, and I think the Rangers matchup against Car, but not so much TBL. It's play style and game breakers or lack thereof.
 
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nyrallday

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Tampa getting beat right now is no indication of what our series would have been like if we played them.

Same for Carolina beating the Islanders. Matchups are a thing, and I think the Rangers matchup against Car, but not so much TBL. It's play style and game breakers or lack thereof.
I don't think Tampa matched up well with us but you're right, matchups are definitely a thing and you never know how a series will go
 

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