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Very surprised though that the Rangers are favored to win on the main boards after that. I was totally expecting the Lightning to blow the Rangers out in the poll.
I don't understand it either.
If the Rangers had gotten through 2 rounds playing the way the Lightning have I wouldn't feel very comfortable.
Nanaki
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I imagine that there are more Rangers fans than Lightning fans. Even a lot of people who live in Florida are Rangers fans. I assume that Tampa is going to send out that memo that only Bolts fans are allowed to attend the games like they did in rounds one and two.
Miamipuck
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Probably true.
Last week I said TBL should easily beat Caps/NYR, but their 2 games after taking a 3-0 lead were less than convincing. I think NYR are the favorites due to experience. Head says TBL in 6, Heart says NYR in 4. LGR
For some reason I read that as 'Hayes says NYR in 4,' and I thought, 'what a ballsy *******.'
I don't think that explains it all though. Kings won the poll last year and they're not a hockey market, though LA is huge.
DudMan28
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I keep trying to stay off the main board, and failing. Man, their fan base is giving us no credit. They squeak by a decent Detroit team (which some called the biggest test in the East
) then struggled to put away a very mediocre Habs team. They swear this "triplets" line is the best thing since sliced bread. We shut down Crosby and Co. We shut down Ovi/Backstrom/MoJo. Wash top line was probably much tougher than them. Stamkos doesnt scare me. He is a slower, less phyiscal version of Ovi. Some people claiming Bishop > Hank? That worked well for Holtby.
I didn't have anything against these guys yesterday, but now? **** them. Rangers in 6.
I keep trying to stay off the main board, and failing. Man, their fan base is giving us no credit. They squeak by a decent Detroit team (which some called the biggest test in the East
They swear this "triplets" line is the best thing since sliced bread. We shut down Crosby and Co. We shut down Ovi/Backstrom/MoJo. Wash top line was probably much tougher than them. Stamkos doesnt scare me. He is a slower, less phyiscal version of Ovi. Some people claiming Bishop > Hank? That worked well for Holtby.
I didn't have anything against these guys yesterday, but now? **** them. Rangers in 6.
You can't be serious...........
Are the Caps really 0-5 after leading a series 3-1?
I believe the stat is they are 0-5 (now 0-6) in game 7's of series that the initially took a 3-1 lead.
Also heard on the radio that in their history, they have had 12 series where the led 3-1 and have only won 6 of them. That faint gurgling sound in the background this time of year is the Caps choking.
I keep trying to stay off the main board, and failing. Man, their fan base is giving us no credit. They squeak by a decent Detroit team (which some called the biggest test in the East
They swear this "triplets" line is the best thing since sliced bread. We shut down Crosby and Co. We shut down Ovi/Backstrom/MoJo. Wash top line was probably much tougher than them. Stamkos doesnt scare me. He is a slower, less phyiscal version of Ovi. Some people claiming Bishop > Hank? That worked well for Holtby.
I didn't have anything against these guys yesterday, but now? **** them. Rangers in 6.
I agree. They give the Rangers very little credit at all and seem way over confident going into this series. **** them!
They are also feeling very confident having gone 3-0 against the Rangers in the regular season. Only problem with this thought, it all those games were played before December 2nd when the Rangers kicked it in gear.
Let them be over confident and let the Rangers kick the **** out of them. The thought of Bishop being better than the King is ****ing laughable.
Is -31- doing his statistical previews where he predicts the series winner? He was spot on last year. Would be interested to see what his numbers show.
we want cup
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I dunno, seems like it'd be easier to keep yourself busy than to sit and stew over it.
Hockey Team
Hunger Force
Nothing wrong with that.
If they can sell out the arena by refusing ticket sales to out of towners then good for them. And it's private property, they have every right to have a dress code to enter (even if that dress code is "no other teams' attire)
Vinny DeAngelo
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I don't know. They're a really good team, and I'm not sure how this team is gonna score enough to win without Zuccarello.
They also have Stamkos and Johnson so that means Staal is going to be in for a ride...
JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK
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Tampa really isn't getting scoring outside of Stamkos and their best line. TKO is a legitimate threat, might be the best line in the league rn tbh. They're really not THAT scary, though. Good team for sure, could definitely win the cup. But we can beat them.
we want cup
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The biggest reason we struggled to score in the first two rounds was that we were playing against teams who needed to go all out on defense if they wanted to stay with us. If Tampa opens things up I think we'll get scoring again just fine. They aren't built to clog us up like the Caps, and they aren't going to sit all the way back like the Penguins.
Plus it seems unlikely any goalie we face will be as good or better than Holtby was.
Ghost of jas
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Re-watching the OT...the "OMIGOD THE CAPS DOMINATED THE 1st 5 MINUTES" line of thinking is vastly overblown. The Caps had two chances of extended pressure of about a minute each. The Caps missed the net a lot, or had shots blocked.
Kokoschka
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You can't be serious...........
well, he's undoubtedly taller than Hank.
Anyway, we've got our work cut out for us here.
Should be a much different series in terms of style of play. I sure as hell don't expect Tampa play Trotz hockey, that'd take away their biggest strength. Let's see if we can get our offense clicking with some more space.
rangers1314
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Their F depth is tremendous, however I still don't believe in their D. Outside of Hedman, who was all world, I don't see anyone that scares me. Washington's D was far and away better than Tampa's.
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