...and just as I say it, brain fart by Toronto goalie....

I don't think that caps are taking them lightly. I think the caps are playing nervous.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

McAvoy looked legit last night. Regardless of what happens this year in the playoffs, I'm stoked about the next few years for the B's, especially on defense. The shift towards a skilled, fast, puck moving defensive core is pretty exciting after 10 years of Julien's stay-at-home system. Krug, Colin Miller, McAvoy, Carlo, either Kevan Miller or Adam McQuaid, and a few of the prospects down in Providence seems like a solid start.

Not a brain fart. He lost the puck. It happens. It's sucks when you don't know where the puck is. Can't feel it. You feel helpless

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

I'm watching the game thinking I can't believe how good the Leafs are playing against the best team in the league, then I think, I didn't think they would make the playoffs this year, so why the hell not play this good....lol GO LEAFS!!!!

Happened to me last night in our championship game. Fortunately I got a quick whistle.

I am not surprised. They are good. Better than their record indicates. They lost a few games late. But lately they've learned how to hold third period leads.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

OT is upon us. Pick a player. One player.

Give me Auston Matthews.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

I have no idea, Kadri? How about Martin...lol The way this team has played this year it could be anyone, and I predict it will be double overtime.

Hawks played meh but the officiating was garbage. . . .Biggest missed call was a delay of game off of a face off that would have given the Blackhawks 5-3 for close to two minutes. . . .Have not lost faith.

Best warm up a little harder.

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clm
Nashville, TN
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You really think the Preds win the series. . . .That's what I thought.

Hawks were flat. That is all. Coming off long road trip when they rested players, it's common in the first home game for a team to come out flat. Anisimov was clearly rusty and I thought Keith was at times as well.

I thought Nashville played one of their better games, and a full solid 60 minutes. But it still was only 1-0 and Hawks carried much of the play. Definitely a miss on the delay of game penalty. That should be reviewable.

I'm not worried. Hawks have lost 5 in a row, though, I think. So it's time to stop fucking around and take care of business.

Game on. Go jackets !

Oilers kick ass in game 2. What a performance ! Almost 11 years since Edmonton won a playoff game. Off to San Jose for game 3.

OT is upon us. Pick a player. One player.


It must be say that the Leafs acquitted themselves very well in the first game. A bit of a let down to let Washington back into the game, and then, really one of those unfortunate hail-mary types of shots at the goal that, 1 out every couple of hundred go in, for Washington to win in OT.

There are those that were saying the Leafs would be out 4-0, but if the Leafs keep playing like this, it may get stretched to 6 games.

As is sometimes the case, in these 1-8 match-ups, the Caps, came out a bit flat, and perhaps a bit over confident, and the Leafs played like true under-dogs with nothing to lose. What you got was a very close game. The bad news for the Leafs is that Washington likely got a big wake-up call, and that from here on in, the Leafs will have to play minimal to no-mistake hockey to stay in the game.

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Freakin Phaneuf.

Good stuff. Suck it Bruins.

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Anyone but the Sens or Habs!

Hawks are killing me

Several missed opportunities in the final minutes here in DC. Great action.

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The devil made me do it the first time, second time I done it on my own - W

Great game. Loving this shiz. Zach Hyman in OT to win!

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That's the worst misspelling of T.J. Oshie I've ever seen.

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The devil made me do it the first time, second time I done it on my own - W

What are the Hawks excuses tonight???

Yea.

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clm
Nashville, TN
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There is none. Someone needs to coat their asses with sterno and light it on fire with a blowtorch