Originally Posted by ~Crashintome89~ (Post 16766902)

maybe if the hawks actually try next game...

Originally Posted by JRS1386 (Post 16766908)

Clearly the Hawks are the better team overall. Kane, Toews, Panarin and Hossa need to step it and distract the Predators leaving guys like Anisimov, Panik or Hartman (Kruger, Kero and Hayden to a lesser extent IMO) to make an impact on offense while having Keith and Seabrook firing shots through a Toews, Anisimov or Hartman screen will be tough to defend as well. Basically if Crawford and Darling play well I do not see the Preds team winning this series, Chicago is just too deep and has too many weapons for them to cope with

Originally Posted by Brohan_Santana (Post 16766912)

https://twitter.com/ikhurshudyan/sta...45418690457601

Babs salty AF atm

Originally Posted by JRS1386 (Post 16766915)

Unsure of the context of that quote but it's not exactly false so I'm unsure how he is being salty

Originally Posted by Lcsulla (Post 16766896)

Not blaming the outcome on the ref, McCaullly is great but that was a clear delay of game when fischer flipped it over the glass - had they called the penalty the Hawks would have had a 5 on 3 for 1:56....

Originally Posted by Lcsulla (Post 16766896)

Not blaming the outcome on the ref, McCaullly is great but that was a clear delay of game when fischer flipped it over the glass - had they called the penalty the Hawks would have had a 5 on 3 for 1:56....

Originally Posted by swordo84 (Post 16767008)

Blaming the refs always has been, and always will be loser talk.

Originally Posted by aeroshady (Post 16766709)

Just about 30 minutes away from night two!

Key points to watch out for:

-3 Canadian teams played last night, and 3 Canadian teams lost...all at home. Tonight 2 Canadian teams play and both are on the road. Will either break through?

Make that 0 for 5 for Canada. Unfortunately I think the Habs have the best chance of coming back. Senators would be my second pick.

-Are the Caps ready to be the heavy weight title favorites everyone has talked them up to be? Or will Austin Matthews make his mark at their expense?

Caps didn't look ready, but they also avoided losing.

-Just how violent will the Ducks and Flames series get?

This game started too late for me to watch.

-Will Calgary win its first game in Anaheim since 2004?

Apparently that was a no.

-How many times will we hear Chelsea Dagger tonight?

:shrug Sorry Hawks fans

-And finally, will Barbs make an appearance in this thread tonight!?

:multi He was here!

My picks for tonight's games (since last night I was pretty on).

Toronto at Washington: Capitals-4 Leafs-2 Close on this pick

Nashville at Chicago: Blackhawks-6 Predators-2 Was way off here

Calgary at Anaheim: Ducks-3 Flames 1 One goal off here

Originally Posted by unccrombie (Post 16767005)

:rolleyes

can't win games if ya don't score goals

Originally Posted by swordo84 (Post 16767008)

Blaming the refs always has been, and always will be loser talk.

Originally Posted by JRS1386 (Post 16766915)

Unsure of the context of that quote but it's not exactly false so I'm unsure how he is being salty

Originally Posted by Climb2safety (Post 16767159)

I haven't watched Toronto much but they looked awful last night. So many passes to the skates, blind passes, no sustained offense.

I'm guessing they will only play better from here.

The Caps on the other hand had terrible coverage in their own zone, mainly in the first. They also must have wiffed on 10 shots.

The Caps got killed in the circle. That will bite them if they manage to move on and try to go deeper in the playoffs.

Originally Posted by JRS1386 (Post 16766908)

Clearly the Hawks are the better team overall. Kane, Toews, Panarin and Hossa need to step it and distract the Predators leaving guys like Anisimov, Panik or Hartman (Kruger, Kero and Hayden to a lesser extent IMO) to make an impact on offense while having Keith and Seabrook firing shots through a Toews, Anisimov or Hartman screen will be tough to defend as well. Basically if Crawford and Darling play well I do not see the Preds team winning this series, Chicago is just too deep and has too many weapons for them to cope with

Originally Posted by JRS1386 (Post 16766908)

Clearly the Hawks are the better team overall. Kane, Toews, Panarin and Hossa need to step it and distract the Predators leaving guys like Anisimov, Panik or Hartman (Kruger, Kero and Hayden to a lesser extent IMO) to make an impact on offense while having Keith and Seabrook firing shots through a Toews, Anisimov or Hartman screen will be tough to defend as well. Basically if Crawford and Darling play well I do not see the Preds team winning this series, Chicago is just too deep and has too many weapons for them to cope with

Originally Posted by barbogast (Post 16767208)

There's no context (he was asked how do you prepare for Tom Wilson) but I'm not sure Babcock meant it with any real malice and that's what Wilson said after the game last night when he was asked about it. He actually said he took it as a compliment that Babcock said that he worked hard and agreed with him that the Capitals have much more dynamic weapons than himself

In other words, no big deal and the Caps fans making a big deal out of it are reaching for something to gripe about

Originally Posted by JRS1386 (Post 16766908)

Clearly the Hawks are the better team overall. Kane, Toews, Panarin and Hossa need to step it and distract the Predators leaving guys like Anisimov, Panik or Hartman (Kruger, Kero and Hayden to a lesser extent IMO) to make an impact on offense while having Keith and Seabrook firing shots through a Toews, Anisimov or Hartman screen will be tough to defend as well. Basically if Crawford and Darling play well I do not see the Preds team winning this series, Chicago is just too deep and has too many weapons for them to cope with

Originally Posted by barbogast (Post 16767258)

:lol :lol

Well done

Originally Posted by kev87lads (Post 16767277)

I also :lol ed pretty hard at this.

Originally Posted by Roose13 (Post 16767304)

Reading JRS' post like "what's so fun... Ooooooh"

Originally Posted by Roose13 (Post 16767304)

Reading JRS' post like "what's so fun... Ooooooh"