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Sounds like no Crosby or Letang so easy for the Flyers today. The way Wings have started this one they don't seem to want it too badly. A NYR team with key guys out and doesn't really need the points is outplaying them. Pathetic. Could be Flyers and Bruins in.

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Flyers have looked like absolute shit against the Pens the last couple games so don't chalk that up as a win yet.

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Flyers assured nothing. Even with those guys out. See Thursday's effort versus Leafs as example.

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Well Wings woke at early in the second but holy crap Sens did too. 4-1 Sens. Holy shit.

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Eric Staal to locker room with what looked like a neck injury, teammate ran into him. Scary when I think of Erik Cole getting hurt on less last year.

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So much holding going on in this game both ways. Wow, refs.

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Talk about a rookie fucking move by Blashill. Down 1 so pull the goalie with 2:40 left and they didn't have solid possession. I mean WTF?!? What a fucking idiot. Bruins are bigger choke artists is the only fucking reason they are in.

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lol Bruins....

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Wow, Wings sneak in...not sure who I want in Flyers or Bruins.

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Yeah, I was shocked to see the Wings wake up like that myself. Bruins took a dump today but Phillie cannot solve the Pens so far and it will not be any easier going to visit the Islanders tomorrow.

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Happy to see the streak continue. Edmonton working on matching it for years not in the playoffs.

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Putting the puck on net leads to wonderful things

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Bruins played themselves out of the post season.

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Lol. I hope that the Oilers don't get to 25 years out.

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Bruins don't deserve it

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Playoffs!

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And Wings did? Not quite.


See Wings... This is what a team does when they want it. They show the fuck up.

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Flyers need to give Simmonds the C.

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Can't believe the Flyers got a player like Simmonds for Mike Richards, someone who had no fucking guts his last season there.

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When your franchise goalie bangs out of the final game of the season because he is sick, you don't deserve it

Or when a game comes down to a shootout and you keep your top goal scorer on the bench in favor of a defenseman, you don't deserve to be in the playoffs.

The bright spot with missing the playoffs is they hopefully realize their system sucks.

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It's going to suck that I'll have to hate Barbs for a week and a half.

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Look at the bright side: you can still hate Brohan.

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Today was a beautiful day. Got to catch the 2nd goal at work and made a decent amount of tips. Was going to hate going to Cville if the Flyers missed the playoffa

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Well my quote in barbs sig is now a bit awkward

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Sucks to lose a game like that when you take a 3-0 lead into the second period only to lose it 5-4 in OT but it was great to see Crawford back in net. Chicago sort of shot themselves in the foot by giving both Toews and Hjalmarsson the nigh off while still not having Shaw, Hossa or Anisimov back also with Keith having one more game remaining on his suspension. Game didn't really mean shit anyhow though, they were not catching Dallas or St Louis. Real season starts this week and hopefully we everyone is healthy for game one against St. Louis.

Pretty sure Kane locked up both the Art Ross and the Hart with 2 goals and an assist and Panarin locked up the Calder with 2 goals and an assist.

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Feeling's mutual bro

Yep. And it's staying up the whole time



On a realistic note, gonna be real dumb when the Caps blow it and I've gotta come in here and hear about it from all you Flyer people

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How many times are you planning on being pretty sure of this?

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:(

Who can hate Barbs?! You monster!

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Still a handful of match-ups to be decided tonight, stupid snow storm make-up games. Can't say I care who finishes where though.

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Yep. We need 2 points today to play the Pens. Otherwise, it's the Panthers. I don't there was a meaningful check last night so I expect more ice capades tonight.

Really surprised the Raggies came to play unless it was the wings who didn't though they got a lot of shots.

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Wings didn't show up in the first but played well in the last two. Rangers seemed flat in the second and most of the third. The last 5-10 NYR seemed to bring it.

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http://www.freep.com/story/sports/co...lumn/82835594/

So it's done. I can't fault him, other than the cap hit. I hope they can trade it to a team that needs to hit the cap floor.

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Impressive article. I wasn't aware just how bad Pavel's ankles were. I imagine it's hard to be upset with him as a Red Wings fan. Yeah the cap hit sucks, a lot actually, but it's hard to feel anything other than respect for Pavel Datsyuk.

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Yeah I knew he was in pain but not all of that. The cap hit sucks but maybe someone will take it. He only gets paid 5.5 mil so maybe if they eat some of it they can make it work. Two Cups, three finals and four conference finals along with probably some of the best goals ever, it was fun. Get some cap relief and sign Stammer and we're fine. ;-) Well and help out that D...eeesshh.

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Good story. Pavel has always been fun to watch. I wish him the best.

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Islanders in desperate need of a loss tonight. Kind of interested in how they approach it

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This game could be a 0-0 tie with the longest shootout ever. :lol

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a loss in regulation...

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actually my mistake, any loss for Isles keeps them behind the Rangers. Wins before head to head. Rangers would be +1

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He is a tough guy to hate, sure you can disagree and go back and fourth but it is a tight nit group in here and I doubt anyone could truly hate anyone else.

Right up until they announce the awards! You have to admit it is pretty cool that he is likely going to be the first American born player to win either award. The Calder should be a slightly tighter race but it is not often a rookie puts up 30 goals and 47 assists for a total of 77 points - that is a rock solid season for a vet, let alone a first year guy.

Lastly, was also nice to see that all the playoff teams earned their spot, no backing in because someone else lost X in a row, no tie breakers, etc, etc. Should be a great playoffs!

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Honestly, I think the Flyers match up better against Florida than Pittsburgh so taking a loss today would not be a bad thing today IMO.

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Shame Datsyuk is in a position to harm the Wings financially if he leaves the league and returns to Russia, would be quite a cap hit for them - to the tune of 7.5 million bucks.

Amazing that the Ducks are in a position to win the Pacific if they beat the Islanders today.

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#Caps Ovechkin is the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in three consecutive seasons twice (2007-10, 2013-16)

Love him or hate him, gotta respect Ovechkin's hustle


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Ducks plays the Caps today for division title.

Go Justin Williams!! Win it for LA!

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Except that's exactly how the Red Wings got in, via a Bruins loss

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Well yeah, obviously, but you can't just guarantee a loss for yourself. Obviously they'll attempt to influence the outcome, just gonna be interesting to see how much because they really do not want to win this game. It's rare a team is in a position where an extra loss would significantly help them

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Yep....:rattle

And the Wild tried their best to miss too.

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Agreed, he is a great player. I love watching him get into position, find some open ice and tee up a one timer to burn the goalie.


You are correct but that three game stretch where they beat Minnesota, Toronto and Phillie pretty much sealed it up for them IMO.

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Except it didn't seal it. They lost to the Bruins and then lost to a Rangers team with 4 regulars out. If Bruins don't lay the biggest egg ever, he'll all they would end up needing was an OT loss and they'd be in.

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I'm shocked at how large the egg was the Bruins laid yesterday. 6-1 annihilation on home ice with playoffs literally on the line. Yikes.

edit: to a team below them at that

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You are shocked they got smoked playing a goalie that hasn't played in weeks?

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Anyone that's followed the Bruins the last two years shouldn't be shocked at that game at all.

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Couldn't care less who was in net. The fact they had a playoff berth on the line and got beat 6-1 is shocking, yes

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Its not shocking at all. This Bruins team constantly folds, they have no defense. Then when you factor in the goalie situation. Yeah....pretty much what was expected to happen.

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They lost the same way this season that they did last season. The only thing I'm shocked about is Tuukka not playing.

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Monster wasn't the problem. If anything he kept it 1-0 after one. It could have been much much worse which is saying something.

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When you get the sniffles you get the sniffles. I just hope he's docked a days pay for calling out the day before his vacation.

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:lol bruins

Flyers!!!

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Flyers are going to get smoked. Better them than the Bruins. Congrats to the city of philly on a successful season though.

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Bruins fans are fantastic. Also love how people aren't shocked when you lose 6-1. No one should expect a 6-1 loss with the playoffs on the line. If I were a Bruin fan I would want Julien gone

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No Holtby, Ovie, Backstrom, Orpik, Carlson for the caps tonight.

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We're talking about a Boston team who led their division as recently as within the last month or so. To drop that fast and finish with a showing like that, well I guess it's to be expected per their own fanbase.

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Claude is a really good coach. I'm not sure they find better if they let him go. The Bruins were not a good team this year. Like I said they had no defense. I'm not shocked at all they lost like they did without tuukka in net. I can't believe people actually are honestly.

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I'm going to be really shocked when their offense doesn't look as good as it usually does.

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Doesn't that kind of show the team they were? Why are you surprised a team that played that awfully down the stretch got smoked with an AHL goalie in net? Makes no sense. They just were not good this year. Of course they played well at times. Mostly when Marchand was playing out of his mind but that wasn't going to keep happening.

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:rolleyes

Really good coaches get their teams up and ready to play if a win means a shot at the playoffs.

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Looks like it's about time to bring on King Henrik and the Rags! I imagine the Isles will breathe a sigh of relief, though the Panthers will be no easy task.

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Yeah, both the Flyers and Caps are playing solid games tonight. Going to be a fun Caps/Flyers first round matchup!

Hell all the first round matchups are going to be battles though I expect Dallas to beat down Minnesota and the Penguins to beat the Rangers fairly easily. The rest of the series's I would not care to wager on at all. I would probably favor the Islanders over the Panthers, Detroit could beat a banged up TB, Phillie could upset Washington, LA probably beats the snot out of Nashville, the Ducks and the Sharks is going to be a tough series and the Hawks Blues series is going to be an absolute grind, especially with Keith not being on the ice in St. Louis for game one.

Regardless of the outcome this playoff season is going to be very exciting to watch.

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^^
Kings are playing the Sharks
Ducks are playing the Preds

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Buckle up boys! It's 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs time!

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I'm. so. fucking. ready.

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Flyers!!!! Fuck you Barbs!

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:lol :lol :lol :lol

Considering we have a rookie head coach and was pretty much picked to finish in the bottom five at the beginning of the season, I'd say it was very successful.

Julien is a good coach. He knows what's he doing. I think he kinda lost the team though. They've had some head scratching moves the past year though. Trading a 3 rounder for Rinaldo, moving Dougie Hamilton, and then drafting three players who weren't supposed to go that high in the first round. All terrible mistakes.

I can barely contain my excitement.

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let's do a bracket challenge. Hope this link works but here's the info

league name: antsmarching
password: lolcaps

http://bracketchallenge.nhl.com/api/.../league/155898

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JRS, Crash, Kev and Roose one day

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My mistake, I typed that based on the NHL.com predictions before he end of tonight's games. Still, both should be great series's! :)

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This would be relevant if our team never won a Cup.

Off the top of my head, I'm trying to think of franchises that have never won a Cup. Barbs, can you help me out here?

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Off the top of my head the Sharks and the Whalers are all I can think of.

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Thanks for setting that up Sarah! Got my picks in. Good luck to all but I hope I win! :lol

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There's four more at least.

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:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

took the wind right of your sails, Crash

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Don't like our first round match up obviously. Will be surprised if the Ranges see the second round.

Panthers and Islanders is kind of cool because one of them has to finally win a series.

Congrats to the philly fans for getting in.

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Yeah, probably Coyotes - maybe St. Louis, Columbus and possibly Winnipeg. Not sure and I am off to bed so I am too lazy to check on google. Night all!

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Hope the Hawks and Kings both exit early. Lots of talent in the league beyond those 2, would be nice to see it highlighted.

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Washington Capitals is the answer we were looking for. :lol

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:lol :lol :lol

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I know, right?

Gotta get the playoff rust off before Game 1.

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Acting like the roster doesn't matter is hilarious.

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Holy fuck was that a brutal missed joke fail.

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That roster earned 93 points stop acting like the team did nothing more than shit the bed to end the season.

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Hooray for regular season success! I guess I just look at differently. This Bruins team was not good. Most fans will say the same thing. Putting together 93 points is not that impressive to me. There was no way they were making any noise in the playoffs. Would have been embarrassed by the caps. The team had huge holes particularly on defense which is such an important part of the team. Look at their defense on paper. It's straight up awful after their top 2. Not sure what magic Claude is supposed to work with that junk. He isn't the one that ruined this team.

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Bump to keep this on the current page.

As much as I love Barbs...is this going to go down as the worst chirp in NHL thread history?

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Honestly, I think the Bruins overachieved, if anything.

There has been some horrible mismanagement of talent in Boston. Trading Dougie Hamilton and Tyler Seguin were awful moves. While I understand the Seguin thing a little, it's just clearly not enough:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRyIgatcTAs

I think the B's will be fine, but to say that this roster as it's currently constructed is a playoff roster is just wrong. I love Krejci, Bergeron, and Eriksson, but there's just not enough there.

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They'll be fine when they sign Jimmy Vesey.

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Oh come on, it's a quality chirp. Flyer fans in here have as much experience winning the Cup as I do. Stanley Cups from the disco era don't count

http://www.phillysucks.com/images/uploads/IMG00017.jpg

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:lol Of course that's a Pens fan (whom I applaud).

I am as ready as anyone for the playoffs, but I learned this morning that Matt Murray may not be able to go due to the head injury he sustained on Saturday. :lorraine

You might get a break, Rags fans! There's a reason Zatkoff was bumped to the No. 3 goalie.

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Bruins fans were nowhere to be seen the last few months but show up after their team gets throttled and knocked out of the playoffs and come in here and chirp? OK.

This is could be a crazy playoff in the East. Flyers and playing well so scary for the Caps who historically choke. Rangers are banged up but so are the Pens, but Pens are playing very well, so who knows what happens there. Wings and Lightning has the potential to be good if the Wings that played the Flyers and the last 2 periods of the Rangers game show up and with the injuries that TBL has.

I already have the beard going, cause I can't shave too well with a 2nd degree burn on my dominant hand, so here we go.... Much easier to get excited about all the playoff series, when your team actually did make it in, whether I think they'll do well or not.

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Do you expect anything less out of Bruins fans? :lol

Yeah, the East should be pretty nuts. The Caps SHOULD overpower the Flyers over a 7-game series, but the Flyers have been scary good lately, and the Caps are, well, the Caps. The Cats should beat the Islanders with how banged up the Isles are, which means the Isles could pull off a stunning upset. The Wings and Lightning series seems to be a toss-up because of the Lightning injuries and how sporadically the Wings have been playing. If the Pens can manage to put up 4-6 a game like they have been, it might not matter who's in net.

As to the bold, what the hell did you do?

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Alright douchebags. Doing the bracket challenge again.

http://bracketchallenge.nhl.com/#/league/160652

That should work for the link and the password is "omgcg"

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Sounds really stupid but a carafe with hot water in it squirted out hot water, even though the top wasn't being pushed down and it got right on my hand. I thought maybe I had accidentally hit while carrying it but it was still coming out after I put it down. Hurt like a bitch, actually it was the hours afterwards sitting in the ER that hurt more being exposed to air but.... It doesn't hurt but I'm not supposed to take the bandage off or get it wet, which hard not to do when shaving. Thought about using an electric one but by it was getting pretty long at the time so I just said fuck it.