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Matt Cooke is scum

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we cannot score on power plays, and then we make stupid penalties. jeeeeeeeeeze.

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orpik scores with 0.7 left in the 2nd! thank god but what a beautiful attempt...about time

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Softest goal ever, right through the 5 hole :lol


Toews! :multi

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Miller lets in a classic Miller-softie early. Nice.

Nothing compares to the UC guys. This place is insane. Soon loud compared to others

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You realize St Louis needs to have you guys leadinh

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blolol. 3 goals on 3 shots. bolol

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p good :lol

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Hawks are getting dominated on home ice. Yay but they are in the lead. :rolleyes

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But according to all the people on NBCSports he's been a changed man for the last few years?!

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Holy crap I thought they had itthere

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my boy maatta with the gwg

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Bad no call against the Avs

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Well not against the Avs, they should be on the PP

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Good job, Bob.

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He would make the Flyers worlds better. You are the worst Flyers fan ever

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With as much offensive firepower the Hawks have it's a shock that their power play is shitty

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It is so awful

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Hawks are playing so bad.

Q tries Ben Smith at 2C for a while...line does better.

...Q goes back to Zus at 2C. Fuck.

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Minny was excellent tonight. Simply suffocating hockey. They deserved the win.

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Record number of shots for the Wild in regulation, still had to beat them in overtime. Thank god Granlund did the job. And a helluva goal that was. Onto the next one.

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Stop being so nice.

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Hawks going to choke for sure.

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Wakey wakey Keith....

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Blues got the Hawks right where they want them

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Right back in the blues choke zone.

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Caps fan knows all about choking

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:lol :lol

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:lol:lol:lol

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Caps defense has momentarily lapses.

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They get way too fancy. It's fucking irritating. It's like we're that penalty shot kid that played on the Iceland team in Mighty Ducks 2.

"But why would you put smith on the second line..."

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Blues best game of the series and the Hawks played prevent the whole third period. Not surprised it was only 1-0 (minus the empty net)

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bonzo logic is the best.

Hawks were borderline terrible. Somehow a handful of guys held it together. Toews, Keith, Crawford, Hammer, Oduya had great games....everyone else, mehhhhh.

Keith had a huge game considering he was saddled with the human turnover, Sheldon Brookbank.

Blues will win this series as they have been the better team so far. Hawks must change something because that kind of effort will not win them another game.

Didn't know the Hawks could play bad and the blues play well and the Hawks still win. I never said the Hawks played well. Crawford can't get any credit anywhere.

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Guess I don't really know what point you are trying to make.

Hawks have been out played all series but nothing will change with Q so I just don't see how they repeat this performance.

Also Brookbank is like a homeless man's version of Seabrook. Awful.

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Never heard of deliberate offsides before. What an absurd thing

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Barrie out 4-6 weeks with MCL sprain. Screw Matt Cooke.

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Why are you worried then?

Chances are Hawks will start playing better. They were in position to win the first two games late, and just won tonight while in your eyes getting out played all series.

I know you're usually very grumpy about sports, but just enjoy it for once.

Hawks are about 2 minutes from being up 3-0 and they're gonna lose the series no doubt

The series doesn't start until you lose at home.

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Just watched the Cooke knee, such scum. He needs a nice vacation from the game

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Hopefully his history will factor into any decision the league makes. Sucks though, that a guy like him will get what, like 3 games off? Meanwhile, our best offensive d-man gets to sit for what could be the rest of the playoffs. Pisses me off. Players like Cooke know better.

Cooke will get a Torres-like suspension. Probably less but still, at least the series if not more.

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And another 3-1 lead blown by a team in the Pens/Jackets series. WTF is going on with that? This one could kill the Jackets though because it puts them in a position where they have to win in game 4. Man I wish the Wings could have gotten a point from Carolina in game 81.

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oh jackets...

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phew.
glad i don't have to give becs 10 lol guys
my stock is running low

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bobs was so good last night too

pens came in waves though in the 3rd

and crosby/malkin still goalless, that has to change soon

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jackets could easily be up 3-0 right now.
let that sink in.

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so could the pens.

they're clearly the much better team but they came out sleep walking for some reason last night, then just dominated in the 3rd.

it's obviously depressing now but ill look back on last night with fond memories for years to come, atmosphere in that building was great.

there were almost no pens fans there by the way.

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i noticed that, great atmosphere

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:thumbsup

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btw becca, i could've SWORN i saw you pounding on the glass after the jenner goal

but then i saw where your seats were :shrug

this guy looked just like you

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:lol i'll have to find him and kill him.

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speaking of jenner.
that guy is going to be a beast in this league for a long, long time.

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dude is a load

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I would have been so depressed leaving that game if I was a Jackets fan. To have be that emotional high early in the 3rd and to not come out on top...ugh.

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yea that had to be rough in front of a jacked up crowd



also, i'm never complimenting a player again :lol

after praising matt cooke yesterday he goes all ovechkin on me with a knee-on-knee

damn

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Huh? I'm "worried" because it looks like STL is clearly the better team judging from the first 3 games.

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Anyway see the Robidas leg incident? I'm asking for how nasty is it? Do I want to watch it, or will I cringe like nothing else?

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I'm right there with you, buddy. Not a week ago, I was lauding his "maturity" and ability to "change" while still being an effective player. And the crazy thing is, he WAS doing all those things. Last night, he was incredibly effective in helping shut down the MacKinnon line. Too bad for him that he just took a major step backwards after appearing to make so much progress... but I have a hard time feeling bad for him.

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yea i can't feel bad for the guy anymore, it's just such a shame after 3 whole years of clean play he throws it all away basically

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So no date night for Matty and Matt anytime soon huh?

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Exactly. Starting back at sqaure one.
Why do I always go for the bad boys? :lorraine

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It's not something you'll want to watch over and over again, but it's not terrible (to watch).

Couldn't happen to a better guy though. Robidas is such a warrior... the exact type of player I want my kids to watch and emulate. You have to worry about his career at this point. It's too bad and I hope he can pull through.

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No Alfie tonight...crap. He hasn't done much but is always dangerous out there. Would rather have him than not.

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O'Reilly on his way to his first Byng :lol

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=7...d=nhl:topheads

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http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks...of-my-respect/

Jackets fans for the win

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that's pretty clever

i'll be sure to throw a beak on the next Union soldier i see

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Matt Cooke hit isn't as bad as everyone is making it out to be. Yeah it's a dangerous play but he is clearly leading with the shoulder when Barrie avoids the upper body contact and the knees end up colliding. Dangerous play for sure as he is leading with the left leg like that but....if this wasn't Cooke I don't think it would even be discussed as a suspension.

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That said...it's Matt Cooke. SO yeah. Don't know why teams continue to employ him.

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i don't think the bolded is true at all

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No. Sorry for the image quality, but this is not leading with his shoulder. The knee doesn't even come out until it becomes apparent Barrie is going to make a move around him. Cooke is trying to get any part of his body in the way, and that's where he goes wrong.

When you're going for an open ice hit like that and it becomes apparent the guy is going to get around you, you can do one of two things:
1) Go for the hip check. Hard to change body positioning that quickly, but it's certainly safer.
2) Change tactics completely and go for the puck instead of the body.

Matt Cooke knows as well as anybody that you CANNOT stick your knee out like that. YOU CANNOT.

I agree that it's getting more buzz because, like you said, it's Matt Cooke. He knows better.

Video I took the image from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qmQHevtAJA

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Yeah that's dangerous and stupid no matter who does it. I'm sure it's getting more press cause of who it is but he should because he's continued to do this stuff. This isn't my three year old doing something after being punished for it, it's an adult.

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The TSN guy says it all...he is trying to make a shoulder to shoulder but for some reason he is leading with the knee. Guess it's just Matt Cooke habit, or he really is trying to injure the guy. Whatever, I still don't understand why this guy continues to get a job in the NHL.

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So Hank is taking a beating here in NY Sports talk over game two. Can't wait to see how things go in game 3.

Btw I back read this thread....while it makes me laugh that I pissed off all the Flyers fan with my comment about "real playoff hockey," I was actually being literal in that the Ducks game has been the only playoff game I have been able to watch any significant amount of because of my schedule haha. Hope to watch game 3 tonight, but it is not looking good. Game 4 will probably be the first game I get to watch the majority of.

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Yeah, any hockey player who's played for any amount of time knows this is a no-no.
Could be Matt Cooke habit like you said.

The sad thing is he's an effective player when he focuses on actually playing hockey. He was arguably the Wild's best last night, all over the ice, making clean hits and playing well defensively. The Wild made an adjustment trying him out against MacKinnon, and look how many points Mac got compared to the previous two games. In short, Matt Cooke is a good player... I don't know what causes him to do these incredibly dumb plays.

But yeah, Marty, you have to wonder how much longer teams will take a chance on him.

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I don't know about you but when I skate (the few times I do) I don't do it with my knee turned out like Cooke did there. Easily a dirty play and sure it's being made more a deal because of who it is, but that's his own fault. You have a history of being dirty it won't go away after a few years of not being a bonehead

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Yeah I mean he also threw an elbow at MacKinnon last night, too, so.....

...fact is, you don't need this kind of player in the NHL. Just unnecessary, should be banned from the league. He's not so effective that the league wouldn't be better off without him.

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Hank and the Rangers have been playing great so far, your sports radio is dumb. Also, the shot was perfect, intentional or not. As the reigning Sean Avery recipient I approve

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rangers played awful hockey for 1.5/6 periods and it cost them a game. I, for one, am not worried.

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Cooke gets an in-person hearing. So it could be 5 or more...it's gonna be a long suspension I think.

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I don't think the Rangers have been bad at all. This is going at series. Should be intersting how Berube handles the lineups with last change. It's pretty clear he wants Giroux away from Girardi and McDonut.

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I think the last change should help them get going early. I just hope Hartnell will stop blocking Girouxs shots

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Since the Caps aren't in the playoffs re-watching old playoffs series highlights. The 2009 Caps/Pens Semi series was so good. Forgot how Varly was standing on his head most of the series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qun0jtArMa8

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Well, guess I might as well go tomorrow too. UC was incredible last night.

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http://deadspin.com/we-are-all-cryin...kid-1566107742 #jackets

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Holy crap it's Becs

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Poor kid. I wanted to cry when the Wings lost to the Ava in 96. As I've gotten older I yell and get pissed instead.

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Damn it Tampa.

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I love playoff hockey.

Miller is such a beast, Bruins were really missing him game 1.

Uhhh Caron? A goal?

I'll take it.

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:thumbsup So much fun to watch.

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Rangers are a bunch of diving bitches.

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St. Louis! Good start, but the same thing happened in game 2 and the Flyers scored 4 in a row, should be interesting to see this one play out.

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MSL has really found his stride here in the playoffs, eh?

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Sure seems like it, I still miss Callahan though.