The Official 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread

[IlliniM1ke]

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Crawford isn't good.

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Yeah his play this series has been for the most part good but he still gives up too many soft goals.

Makes the fact they re-signed Emery all the more disheartening, we'll likely be looking at the Crawford/Emery duo again next season. Crawford is fine if you have another starting caliber goalie but he isn't good enough to be relied upon as heavily as we rely on him.

I would kill to have a goalie like Corey Schneider on this team, my dream scenario would be somehow the Canucks mismanage the situation with him and he hits RFA and we hit him with a big offer sheet, will never happen though but hopefully we don't enter next season with Crawford/Emery unless we plan on another first round exit.

[andayaman]

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On that STL goal, I kept counting the the SJ players...looking to see if STL was on the PP...counted the SJ players again. By the way SJ was playing, I was sure they were on the PK. Unfortunately, they weren't.

[DrJones]

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Chicago should quit subbing in Andre Racicot after 60 minutes.

[BlueNGold]

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Looks like there won't be a Vancouver/Chicago playoff series this year.

[Kobalt]

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Chicago should quit subbing in Andre Racicot after 60 minutes.

Who? Checked his hockeydb, and his last was 93-94, close to my birth year

[DrJones]

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Hopefully history works in our favor, can't see this team fighting back especially without Hossa.

Last Jets/Coyotes series victory: 1987 vs CGY
Dale Hawerchuk and Daniel (The Bandit!) Berthiaume were prominently involved.

Record in playoff series since 1987: 0-13

Record in Game 7's since 1987: 0-5

Record in series where WPG/PHX has led 3-1 since 1987: 0-3 (1990 vs EDM, 1992 vs VAN, 1999 vs STL)

Record in potential series-winning games since 1987: 0-12!!!

Like Wolverine, they're the best they are at what they do. And what they do isn't very nice.

[DrJones]

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Who? Checked his hockeydb, and his last was 93-94, close to my birth year

Legendarily bad backup to Patrick Roy on the early 90s Canadiens.
Best known by his nickname, "Red Light".
Most infamous goal allowed: to Kris Draper (who was playing for Winnipeg). Draper was on the bench at the time.

EDIT: God bless YouTube. The only thing that's missing is Draper's reaction shot while sitting on the bench.

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[sportsfan_2002]

I must admit I was never a Hockey fan but after watching a couple game this weekI gotta say I'm pretty hooked. Still haven't caught on to some of the rules but that hasn't stopped me from enjoying these playoff games.


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[sharks]

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Are they seriously going to get shut out in a must-win game?

[bcruise]

That's a killer Blues goal after the push that San Jose was finally making. No drama this time, Note. Please?

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[bcruise]

That's a killer Blues goal after the push that San Jose was finally making. No drama this time, Note. Please?

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Too much to ask for...

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[Kobalt]

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Too much to ask for...

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Lol yep, Jumbo Joe scores. I love one goal in the final minute.

[sharks]

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They have no answer. Just look at them in the post-game interviews. Oh well. One more game to watch...

[pietasterp]

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Legendarily bad backup to Patrick Roy on the early 90s Canadiens.
Best known by his nickname, "Red Light".
Most infamous goal allowed: to Kris Draper (who was playing for Winnipeg). Draper was on the bench at the time.

Pat Burns must have wanted to absolutely strangle him after that...or break out the old riot gear and beat him within an inch of his life...

[andayaman]

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Lol yep, Jumbo Joe scores. I love one goal in the final minute.

Wait, $7-8mil required shooting the puck? I thought the only requirement to earn that type of money was to pass the puck around and showboat with the puck on your stick.

Who would of thought it would take the second half of the season and 3 games into the playoffs to figure out that screening a goalie and having your "stars" shoot the puck is a good thing.

I hope Mcclellan has these guys practice something more than looking up at the clock, waiting for time to expire and entering and exiting the penalty box and bench area. I think practicing things like passing, shooting, skating goaltending and defense would be more beneficial. Watching pro hockey players lose their edge often, fumble the puck around, and miss shots wide and shoot into the goalies midsection sucks.