Stanley Cup Playoffs 2011-2012 - Page 3

Beren · Thu, 31st May '12, 5:55am

Wow did Kopitar ever undress Brodeur on that OT goal.

dmc · Thu, 31st May '12, 6:26am

Tal's got to be a Kings fan here, right? That was a fun game.

Merlanni · Sat, 2nd Jun '12, 9:19am

After so many saves, he is allowed to miss one.

Beren · Sat, 2nd Jun '12, 4:04pm

True, Quick did get lucky at least a couple of times, where Devil's players had the open net and just couldn't finish it. But that goal was definitely highlight reel worthy.

Merlanni · Sat, 2nd Jun '12, 6:46pm

I hope it will be 6 or 7 games.

reepnorp · Sun, 3rd Jun '12, 5:36am

The Kings have just been phenomenal throughout the playoffs. I only started watching tonight's game partway through the third, but at no point in overtime did the Devils look like they were a serious threat; pretty much every good change NJ had in OT was the result of a bad play by LA rather than a good play by NJ to get it into the zone.

Only two more to go!

Beren · Sun, 3rd Jun '12, 7:05am

Quick and Brodeur have been about as epic a goalie match-up as there ever could be. The difference then becomes the teams that surround them.

reepnorp · Tue, 5th Jun '12, 10:50pm

Fun fact: Last night the Kings became the first team in NHL history to start all four rounds of the playoffs by going 3-0.

Beren · Wed, 6th Jun '12, 5:38am

And if they win tomorrow's game, they'll tie the record set by the Oilers in 1988 for most dominant playoffs performance ever since teams have had to play 4 rounds to win the Cup.

Lofty standard indeed.

Merlanni · Wed, 6th Jun '12, 7:22pm

A win, okay, but this was a boxing knockdown. 8 counts.

Beren · Wed, 6th Jun '12, 7:52pm

It's like Quick has gotten right into the heads of the Devils. The Devil's aren't taking shots that hockey coaches from midget upwards will tell their players to take when available, from the circle, from the slot, etc. Kovalchuk in particular gets a lot of his goals from those areas, and even he's afraid to take them for fear he can't beat Quick from those areas. It's like they're already crushed mentally.

Not to knock Brodeur, he's been one of the all-time greats. But it looks like the Kings took out the book on him, and are honing in on his high stick-side as his relative weak point.

Merlanni · Fri, 8th Jun '12, 7:19pm

They sure did, and I expected them to do it again in game 4. New jersey deserved at least one win and got it.

An interesting fifth game, and I have a sneaky suspicion that new jersey will get it despite the LA offensive power.

Bodeur's luck with the post might turn.

reepnorp · Tue, 12th Jun '12, 4:57am

Congrats to the Kings on a well earned championship!!!

Side note: The Kings had fewer goals against in the playoffs (29 GA in 20 games) this year than the Penguins did (30 GA in 6 games)

Beren · Tue, 12th Jun '12, 5:18am

Congrats indeed to the Kings. No surprise with Jonathan Quick winning the Conn Smythe trophy.

There was a bit of deja vu here as well. Last year's Cup might still have been Vancouver's if they hadn't taken that major penalty where Thornton got levelled. Same kind of pivotal event in this series. Could NJ have staged a rare three game comeback but for Bernier boarding Sceduri?

Ah well ... Here's to me hoping my beloved Oilers can land both Nail Yakupov and Justin Schultz in the offseason.

reepnorp · Tue, 12th Jun '12, 5:21am

Come on, you sure the Oilers don't want a handful of Leafs for that draft pick?

Also I just realized this is the third year in a row the Canucks were knocked out by the team that won the cup

Beren · Tue, 12th Jun '12, 5:31am

Well, rumors have Oilers and Leafs as the front runners for Schultz. Oilers because we're starved for D but are loaded at foward. Leafs cause of the Gardiner connection. /me crosses my fingers.

If we did a pick swap whereby the leafs threw in Gardiner, I'd think about it, but then I'm not the GM.

Merlanni · Tue, 12th Jun '12, 9:55pm

One stupid decision. How dumb can you be to board someone so in the open under the eyes of the linesman with the puck gone in the first period with a score of 0-0.

Cost them the game, and the cup. LA was chocking.

That was it, until next season.

Gnarfflinger · Fri, 15th Jun '12, 3:31pm

Well, my picks for the cup final were two of the first three teams ousted. My hockey pool took a beating almost as bad as my ego did. Here's hoping my Leafs can turn things around...

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Thu, 31st May '12, 5:55am	#51
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Thu, 31st May '12, 6:26am	#52
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Sat, 2nd Jun '12, 9:19am	#53
Merlanni SPS Account Holder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Holland, Stad aan het haringvliet Posts: 1,952 Like: 8 Liked 6 Times in 5 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 4,857 Level: 21 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 88.11% Daily Activity 2.21% Weekly Activity 0.95% Monthly Activity 10.22% Achievements Awards	After so many saves, he is allowed to miss one.

Sat, 2nd Jun '12, 4:04pm	#54
Beren SPS Account Holder Moderator\|Writer Lovesick and Lonely Wanderer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 2,283 Like: 1 Liked 9 Times in 9 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 6,852 Level: 25 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 37.94% Daily Activity 2.21% Weekly Activity 0.95% Monthly Activity 13.16% Achievements Awards	True, Quick did get lucky at least a couple of times, where Devil's players had the open net and just couldn't finish it. But that goal was definitely highlight reel worthy.

Sat, 2nd Jun '12, 6:46pm	#55
Merlanni SPS Account Holder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Holland, Stad aan het haringvliet Posts: 1,952 Like: 8 Liked 6 Times in 5 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 4,857 Level: 21 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 88.11% Daily Activity 2.21% Weekly Activity 0.95% Monthly Activity 10.22% Achievements Awards	I hope it will be 6 or 7 games.

Sun, 3rd Jun '12, 5:36am	#56
reepnorp SPS Account Holder Lim'n Lime Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada, eh? Posts: 1,671 Like: 6 Liked 7 Times in 6 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 4,167 Level: 20 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 46.82% Daily Activity 2.21% Weekly Activity 0.95% Monthly Activity 1.4% Achievements Awards	The Kings have just been phenomenal throughout the playoffs. I only started watching tonight's game partway through the third, but at no point in overtime did the Devils look like they were a serious threat; pretty much every good change NJ had in OT was the result of a bad play by LA rather than a good play by NJ to get it into the zone. Only two more to go!

Sun, 3rd Jun '12, 7:05am	#57
Beren SPS Account Holder Moderator\|Writer Lovesick and Lonely Wanderer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 2,283 Like: 1 Liked 9 Times in 9 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 6,852 Level: 25 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 37.94% Daily Activity 2.21% Weekly Activity 0.95% Monthly Activity 13.16% Achievements Awards	Quick and Brodeur have been about as epic a goalie match-up as there ever could be. The difference then becomes the teams that surround them.

Tue, 5th Jun '12, 10:50pm	#58
reepnorp SPS Account Holder Lim'n Lime Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada, eh? Posts: 1,671 Like: 6 Liked 7 Times in 6 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 4,167 Level: 20 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 46.82% Daily Activity 2.21% Weekly Activity 0.95% Monthly Activity 1.4% Achievements Awards	Fun fact: Last night the Kings became the first team in NHL history to start all four rounds of the playoffs by going 3-0.

Wed, 6th Jun '12, 5:38am	#59
Beren SPS Account Holder Moderator\|Writer Lovesick and Lonely Wanderer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 2,283 Like: 1 Liked 9 Times in 9 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 6,852 Level: 25 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 37.94% Daily Activity 2.21% Weekly Activity 0.95% Monthly Activity 13.16% Achievements Awards	And if they win tomorrow's game, they'll tie the record set by the Oilers in 1988 for most dominant playoffs performance ever since teams have had to play 4 rounds to win the Cup. Lofty standard indeed.

Wed, 6th Jun '12, 7:22pm	#60
Merlanni SPS Account Holder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Holland, Stad aan het haringvliet Posts: 1,952 Like: 8 Liked 6 Times in 5 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 4,857 Level: 21 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 88.11% Daily Activity 2.21% Weekly Activity 0.95% Monthly Activity 10.22% Achievements Awards	A win, okay, but this was a boxing knockdown. 8 counts.

Wed, 6th Jun '12, 7:52pm	#61
Beren SPS Account Holder Moderator\|Writer Lovesick and Lonely Wanderer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 2,283 Like: 1 Liked 9 Times in 9 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 6,852 Level: 25 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 37.94% Daily Activity 2.21% Weekly Activity 0.95% Monthly Activity 13.16% Achievements Awards	It's like Quick has gotten right into the heads of the Devils. The Devil's aren't taking shots that hockey coaches from midget upwards will tell their players to take when available, from the circle, from the slot, etc. Kovalchuk in particular gets a lot of his goals from those areas, and even he's afraid to take them for fear he can't beat Quick from those areas. It's like they're already crushed mentally. Not to knock Brodeur, he's been one of the all-time greats. But it looks like the Kings took out the book on him, and are honing in on his high stick-side as his relative weak point.

Fri, 8th Jun '12, 7:19pm	#62
Merlanni SPS Account Holder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Holland, Stad aan het haringvliet Posts: 1,952 Like: 8 Liked 6 Times in 5 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 4,857 Level: 21 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 88.11% Daily Activity 2.21% Weekly Activity 0.95% Monthly Activity 10.22% Achievements Awards	They sure did, and I expected them to do it again in game 4. New jersey deserved at least one win and got it. An interesting fifth game, and I have a sneaky suspicion that new jersey will get it despite the LA offensive power. Bodeur's luck with the post might turn.

Tue, 12th Jun '12, 4:57am	#63
reepnorp SPS Account Holder Lim'n Lime Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada, eh? Posts: 1,671 Like: 6 Liked 7 Times in 6 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 4,167 Level: 20 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 46.82% Daily Activity 2.21% Weekly Activity 0.95% Monthly Activity 1.4% Achievements Awards	Congrats to the Kings on a well earned championship!!! Side note: The Kings had fewer goals against in the playoffs (29 GA in 20 games) this year than the Penguins did (30 GA in 6 games)

Tue, 12th Jun '12, 5:18am	#64
Beren SPS Account Holder Moderator\|Writer Lovesick and Lonely Wanderer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 2,283 Like: 1 Liked 9 Times in 9 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 6,852 Level: 25 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 37.94% Daily Activity 2.21% Weekly Activity 0.95% Monthly Activity 13.16% Achievements Awards	Congrats indeed to the Kings. No surprise with Jonathan Quick winning the Conn Smythe trophy. There was a bit of deja vu here as well. Last year's Cup might still have been Vancouver's if they hadn't taken that major penalty where Thornton got levelled. Same kind of pivotal event in this series. Could NJ have staged a rare three game comeback but for Bernier boarding Sceduri? Ah well ... Here's to me hoping my beloved Oilers can land both Nail Yakupov and Justin Schultz in the offseason.

Tue, 12th Jun '12, 5:21am	#65
reepnorp SPS Account Holder Lim'n Lime Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada, eh? Posts: 1,671 Like: 6 Liked 7 Times in 6 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 4,167 Level: 20 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 46.82% Daily Activity 2.21% Weekly Activity 0.95% Monthly Activity 1.4% Achievements Awards	Come on, you sure the Oilers don't want a handful of Leafs for that draft pick? Also I just realized this is the third year in a row the Canucks were knocked out by the team that won the cup

Tue, 12th Jun '12, 5:31am	#66
Beren SPS Account Holder Moderator\|Writer Lovesick and Lonely Wanderer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 2,283 Like: 1 Liked 9 Times in 9 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 6,852 Level: 25 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 37.94% Daily Activity 2.21% Weekly Activity 0.95% Monthly Activity 13.16% Achievements Awards	Well, rumors have Oilers and Leafs as the front runners for Schultz. Oilers because we're starved for D but are loaded at foward. Leafs cause of the Gardiner connection. /me crosses my fingers. If we did a pick swap whereby the leafs threw in Gardiner, I'd think about it, but then I'm not the GM.

Tue, 12th Jun '12, 9:55pm	#67
Merlanni SPS Account Holder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Holland, Stad aan het haringvliet Posts: 1,952 Like: 8 Liked 6 Times in 5 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 4,857 Level: 21 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 88.11% Daily Activity 2.21% Weekly Activity 0.95% Monthly Activity 10.22% Achievements Awards	One stupid decision. How dumb can you be to board someone so in the open under the eyes of the linesman with the puck gone in the first period with a score of 0-0. Cost them the game, and the cup. LA was chocking. That was it, until next season.

Fri, 15th Jun '12, 3:31pm	#68
Gnarfflinger Wiseguy in Training Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Lorne, ON Posts: 5,423 Like: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 11,415 Level: 31 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 53.61% Daily Activity 2.21% Weekly Activity 0.95% Monthly Activity 1.4% Achievements	Well, my picks for the cup final were two of the first three teams ousted. My hockey pool took a beating almost as bad as my ego did. Here's hoping my Leafs can turn things around...