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Officiating is the big 1 for me. I wonder how different things would have been had the officating hadn't been so ? during the playoffs.
So What is the 2019 Playoff "Storyline"?
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I counted maybe 4 penalties that could have been called. A slash late in the game, tripping penalty on Macavoy, couple iffy interference calls (that usually don't get called but should get called in the playoffs anyways), and a tit-for-tat glove punch roughing penalties. Rest of the game was really quite clean I feel.
Louie the Blue
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I mean the ones I saw were mostly pace of play stuff. The three that I can think of are Maroon being interfered with by Krug, Dunn high stick, and Steen being hooked by someone.
As long as it wasn't boarding or goalie interference(which there weren't any of those last night), I had no problems.
Zebras are the only consistent story line throughout every series. Officiating is brutal.
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I think in a few years we'll look back at this playoff as the emergence or breakthrough of some teams that will be at or around the top of the league for a while to come.
Dallas, Colorado, Calgary, NYI, Carolina, and of course, St. Louis should all be set up to continue their excellent play into the future. Possibly Columbus as well, but we'll have to see about their FA situation. With some of the 'traditional' franchises of the past decade (Pitt, Wash, SJ, Bos, Chi, LAK) starting to get up there in age that crop of teams could be the ones that carry this team through the next stage of the league.
Dallas, Colorado, Calgary, NYI, Carolina, and of course, St. Louis should all be set up to continue their excellent play into the future. Possibly Columbus as well, but we'll have to see about their FA situation. With some of the 'traditional' franchises of the past decade (Pitt, Wash, SJ, Bos, Chi, LAK) starting to get up there in age that crop of teams could be the ones that carry this team through the next stage of the league.
DL44
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What sticks out for me....
Round 1! The top dawgs going down.... Wildcard runs. MacKinnon virtually unstoppable, The sweeps. The Jerks.
The Major Penalty. I'm calling it now : VGK, 2020 Stanley Cup Champs, Mark Stone, Conn Smythe.
San Jose being shredded by injuries and we were still on the verge of seeing Joe Thornton vs the Bruins.
Blues :Worst to first. #50. Size, speed and physicality dominate this playoffs. The Blues relentlessness.
Marchand's tears.
Round 1! The top dawgs going down.... Wildcard runs. MacKinnon virtually unstoppable, The sweeps. The Jerks.
The Major Penalty. I'm calling it now : VGK, 2020 Stanley Cup Champs, Mark Stone, Conn Smythe.
San Jose being shredded by injuries and we were still on the verge of seeing Joe Thornton vs the Bruins.
Blues :Worst to first. #50. Size, speed and physicality dominate this playoffs. The Blues relentlessness.
Marchand's tears.
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The highlight was a historic call against Vegas, in game 7, that helped San Jose win that series.
That being the storyline is pathetic and sums up why the playoffs this year were just brutal.
That being the storyline is pathetic and sums up why the playoffs this year were just brutal.
Shaman464
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The terrible refs in the first two rounds. And the Blues finally winning it all in a season they most had written off.
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Thought it was a fairly lackluster playoffs overall but I did enjoy the Finals. The officiating being terrible kind of dampened any excitement. At least one egregiously bad call in every round.
The Blues storyline is a positive one though. Don't see a last place team in January come back to win a cup on the backs of a rookie goalie and new coach very often(ever).
The Blues storyline is a positive one though. Don't see a last place team in January come back to win a cup on the backs of a rookie goalie and new coach very often(ever).
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It could be a changing of the guard in the Central. STL, Dallas, Colorado look much better prepared for the next 3 years than WPG, Chi, Nashville.
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I think the theme is that the playoffs any team can win series, however you need a certain something to win it all. Boston and St. Louis really proved that you do need a talented roster to win a cup (best teams in NHL since January/February) but you need to take care of business because the competition is closer than people think. Tampa proved this. I think with it being so close talent wise, the team that is not always physically tougher but mentally toughest wins it at the end. The pressure to win only gets harder as the playoffs go on. True champions prevail.
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That 1) anything can happen in the sport of hockey and 2) Officiating can and will make or break series.
The state of officiating this playoffs was unfortunate because it is going to be one of the bigger talking points this off season and one of the main things remembered from this year in general.
The state of officiating this playoffs was unfortunate because it is going to be one of the bigger talking points this off season and one of the main things remembered from this year in general.
Just posted this in another thread, but just realized it probably belongs in this one instead.
The 1st round I thought was great overall. But almost everything after round 1 was pretty lackluster all round. Everything from the road teams winning, the blowouts, the lack of drama and hate. The league needs to find a way to inject or manufacture some excitement in the game because in terms of entertainment level, I think hockey on average lags behind the Big 3 by a fair margin.
The potential for greatness is unbelievable as we witnessed with the Sharks-Knights series and game 7. But we rarely see that. The NHL really gets in its own ways quite often. Whether it be the awful officiating, rules that eliminate goals, boring coaching tactics, stifling player personalities and etc. The game just feels like it has more to offer but it’s being pushed down by too many external factors.
The 1st round I thought was great overall. But almost everything after round 1 was pretty lackluster all round. Everything from the road teams winning, the blowouts, the lack of drama and hate. The league needs to find a way to inject or manufacture some excitement in the game because in terms of entertainment level, I think hockey on average lags behind the Big 3 by a fair margin.
The potential for greatness is unbelievable as we witnessed with the Sharks-Knights series and game 7. But we rarely see that. The NHL really gets in its own ways quite often. Whether it be the awful officiating, rules that eliminate goals, boring coaching tactics, stifling player personalities and etc. The game just feels like it has more to offer but it’s being pushed down by too many external factors.
Haven't seen anybody mention JacksNYB storyline. Kinda cool that some players on the worst team in the league go to a bar in Philly and end up with a new fanbase and a locker room song that kicks off an 11 game winning streak.
Too small of a story and too regional. Plus it really didn't happen during the playoffs.
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Has to be the Rise of Binnington.
I had never heard of him before the playoffs.
Also Islanders sweeping Pens and then getting swept by Hurricanes (WHO had already eliminated the reigning SC winner) was pretty solid.
Jackets sweeping Tampa was also pretty sick.
Best series has to be, Dallas vs St Louis, TML vs Boston and Boston vs St Louis
I had never heard of him before the playoffs.
Also Islanders sweeping Pens and then getting swept by Hurricanes (WHO had already eliminated the reigning SC winner) was pretty solid.
Jackets sweeping Tampa was also pretty sick.
Best series has to be, Dallas vs St Louis, TML vs Boston and Boston vs St Louis
Blues getting their first cup is the top story. Especially considering they were last in the league at one point.
Jackets sweeping Tampa is one of the biggest upsets I can remember. That was huge.
The teams that lost in the first round overall was pretty crazy.
The officiating was quite possibly the worst any of us have ever seen.
Jackets sweeping Tampa is one of the biggest upsets I can remember. That was huge.
The teams that lost in the first round overall was pretty crazy.
The officiating was quite possibly the worst any of us have ever seen.
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Famous examples of choking [edit]
See also: Choke (sports)
See also: Choke (sports)
- 1996 Masters golf tournament, Greg Norman lost to Nick Faldo
- 1993 Wimbledon women's final, Jana Novotná lost to Steffi Graf
- 2011 Masters golf tournament, Rory McIlroy started the final day first, but dropped 8 shots in 3 holes at the turn.
- 2019 President's Trophy winning Tampa Bay Lightning swept by 8th seed Columbus Blue Jackets in round 1 of the NHL playoffs.
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Officiating majorly affecting multiple series, including the Final (NOT saying the Blues didn’t earn it.)
This year was flat out embarrassing.
But it goes to show what I was saying about people trying to * the Sharks victories... every team benefits and loses from shitty refs. It comes full circle. The Sharks got totally screwed a couple times as well, and the Blues got massively screwed in the Conference Final, only to follow it up by benefiting as their opponent got massively screwed in the SCF lol. Teams overcome it or they don’t. Some teams make more of their opportunities.
This year was just bad. There needs to be a third ref watching on tvs like in Toronto. Not necessarily to make normal calls, but at least to fix horrendous calls and non calls.
This year was flat out embarrassing.
But it goes to show what I was saying about people trying to * the Sharks victories... every team benefits and loses from shitty refs. It comes full circle. The Sharks got totally screwed a couple times as well, and the Blues got massively screwed in the Conference Final, only to follow it up by benefiting as their opponent got massively screwed in the SCF lol. Teams overcome it or they don’t. Some teams make more of their opportunities.
This year was just bad. There needs to be a third ref watching on tvs like in Toronto. Not necessarily to make normal calls, but at least to fix horrendous calls and non calls.
As long as the forwards and goaltending stay healthy Chicago could be back in the playoffs
