Pre-Game Talk: Series Discussion: Boston vs St Louis

[Spektre]

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[KingBran]

This two days between games is for the birds. Lets end this shit tomorrow.

 

[KingBran]

Came here to share this

So damn funny

Omfg I f***ing love these haha!

I hope lots of Bruins fans see this.

 

[Ted Hoffman]

I can't believe there hasn't been an announcement by the league that Cassidy got fined for his outburst on the officiating after Game 5.

The next 24 hours are going to be the longest I can remember for anything in a long, long time.

 

[Itsnotatrap]

Good marketing here

 

[67Blues]

I can't believe there hasn't been an announcement by the league that Cassidy got fined for his outburst on the officiating after Game 5.

Don't hold you breath on that one.

 

[Pizza!Pizza!]

22 hours until puck drop.

 

[amosmoses]

That last whine....lmao

 

[Cleetus]

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this is awesome!!!!, Good luck Tomorrow night, go get that win!!

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

I can't believe there hasn't been an announcement by the league that Cassidy got fined for his outburst on the officiating after Game 5.

The next 24 hours are going to be the longest I can remember for anything in a long, long time.

Not when the stakes are this high. People around the league realize the pressure players and coaches (and officials) are under in the Final. They usually give a guy the benefit of the doubt.

That’s why Barbashev’s suspension is overkill. It was a missed call, should have been 2 minutes for a check to the head, at most. No suspension was warranted, and the video explanation was kind of embarrassing.

But it won’t matter.

 

[simon IC]

Even most of the high octane scoring teams in the league are all about collapsing around their net. Some of them have embraced that philosophy too much and have moved away from defensemen who are large and can defend well - because they rely on the system to keep pucks on the outside and then shot blocking and retrieval. In such a system, of course it makes sense to have faster D who won't get beaten outside and can then move the puck up ice after the rest of the team collapses and blocks. THAT system allows some more end-to-end rushes, but still almost no east-west movement and so many shots simply hit shinpads. The small-fast-D-collapse style's big vulnerability is a team that is skilled AND physically strong enough to work them down low. It turns those weaker defensemen around and forces them to check the puck away instead of picking it up loose after a block.

The real answer to the Blues' style is just better puck possession, if you can manage it. Skilled players who can pass the puck and make good, simple, two-way decisions with it through the entire lineup. It allows them to escape a heavy forecheck. That's why Dallas came close to knocking them out, because, as good as Bishop was, they're basically filled with fast, two-way third liners and they have skilled defensemen who also aren't defensive slouches. Same style, just a bit better/more mature, and they're through.

The style I, personally, hope other teams don't follow is San Jose's. Trap for a counterattack and then throw the puck on net from the point and hope for a deflection or rebound. If the other team isn't blazing fast, their best answer is to put the puck in deep all night so that San Jose has to come all the way up the ice instead of counterattacking. When the score is tied, give me a hard forecheck like the Blues' over that clog garbage.

I just wanted to quote this again from the main boards, because it needs to be seen again. This sums up our game, and also my hockey philosophy. Kudos, rumrokh! I wish I had written this!

 

[m1a2lt]

I tried to name my dog Oshie one time. But her name is Dot, after that got vetoed.

That is unfortunate. I tried to rename my youngest daughter (13) to Gloria once they made the final but the wife was having none of that. I did rename the cat Gloria (from Necronomicon) but the stupid cat still won't acknowledge it. At least I got to name our first dog, a German Shepherd, Saber (for the job, not the team).

And congrats!

 

[m1a2lt]

Oh yeah, it's in the building...
The Stanley Cup arrives in St. Louis as Game 6 approaches

 

[Bluesin7]

god I'm so nervous/excited this is amazing i can't stop thinking about this game

 

[Itsnotatrap]

god I'm so nervous/excited this is amazing i can't stop thinking about this game

Yeah, I have trouble sleeping on a normal night. This evening it’s pretty near impossible, and I took a sleep aide over 2 hours ago.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Today is gonna be the longest day ever. I usually crawl in bed around 8p.m. on game day to get up at 2a.m. for puck drop but that’s not gonna happen tonight. Coffee and cigarettes man....

 

[Reality Czech]

Today is gonna be the longest day ever. I usually crawl in bed around 8p.m. on game day to get up at 2a.m. for puck drop but that’s not gonna happen tonight. Coffee and cigarettes man....

I am in a similar situation, assume you are Europe-based? It will be hard to nap before the game tonight and I know it will be hard to go to sleep after it's done!

 

[Snake Plissken]

I am in a similar situation, assume you are Europe-based? It will be hard to nap before the game tonight and I know it will be hard to go to sleep after it's done!

Yeah I’m in Germany. I’m not worried about afterwards. If we win I’m going straight to the pub as soon as they open at 11:30a.m.!!! Make it happen Boys!

 

[mallory67]

Good luck tonight to the Blues. We are all fans of these guys now.
The definition of a Cinderella team coming out of nowhere to challenge the best teams in the league.

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

 

[PocketNines]

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Zabka
Bozak
hmm

 

[PocketNines]

Motherless Child keeps popping up around me so I went back to look at Not Necessarily the News and 4:20 into the premiere episode I noticed they addressed the G5 Noel Acciari controversy. (This is from the year 1982, the year Gloria was released.)

 

[MissouriMook]

Motherless Child keeps popping up around me so I went back to look at Not Necessarily the News and 4:20 into the premiere episode I noticed they addressed the G5 Noel Acciari controversy. (This is from the year 1982, the year Gloria was released.)

4:20

Nice.

 

[HighNote]

It's only fitting that this team wins the Cup on the road.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

The mountain just got higher.

Way to botch game 6.