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The play in question:



In related news, Nazem Kadri has been suspended for the remainder of the playoffs for Spurgeon's hit.
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This is why I'm rooting for St. Louis Blues to win this series. I'm certainly no Blues fan but I just don't want to risk the Avs playing the dirty-as-fuck Minnesota team in 2nd round.

Watched bits and pieces of the first 4 playoff games last night. Didn't expect all but one of them to be such blowouts (who had two 4+ point shutouts on their bingo card?)
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gilraen wrote: Tue May 03, 2022 11:56 am This is why I'm rooting for St. Louis Blues to win this series. I'm certainly no Blues fan but I just don't want to risk the Avs playing the dirty-as-fuck Minnesota team in 2nd round.
I'm not sure I can actually root for a St Louis team given my Chicago roots, but it certainly removes the mild partisanship I felt for the Wild.

More on the non-suspension.

This logic kills me every time I see the NHL use it:
Despite the apparent intent on the play, Spurgeon avoided suspension, primarily because Buchnevich was not injured on the play. The Blues winger returned to play on the ensuing power play in Game 1, which St. Louis won to take a 1-0 series lead.
I kind of understand the 2-min vs 4-min high-sticking distinction based solely on the appearance of blood, as no one wants the league making federal cases out of relatively routine events. But I don't give two shits about whether Buchnevich was injured--Spurgeon clearly intended to injure him. To not suspend him is an abdication of duty by the Dept of Player Safety.

Now St Louis is likely to try to take his (or Kaprizov's) head off tomorrow.
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Yup. One of my biggest frustrations. The league could easily make the games safer. But they don't really want to. I grind my teeth every time the announcers follow up a conversation on fights and hits within a game with "this is good hockey". Or they lament someone being injured after clearly supporting the violence.

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Isgrimnur wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 11:28 pm Congratulations to the Montreal Canadiens on being the first team to ever finish 32nd in the NHL season standings.
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The Montreal Canadiens will have the No. 1 pick in the 2022 NHL Draft after winning the NHL Draft Lottery on Tuesday.

The New Jersey Devils won the No. 2 pick, and the Arizona Coyotes have the No. 3 pick.

The Canadiens, who at 18.5 percent had the best chance of winning the lottery, will pick No. 1 for the sixth time, the first since selecting forward Doug Wickenheiser in the 1980 NHL Draft.
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Yeah, rooting not so much for the Leafs as against the Bolts. TNT flashed a stat on screen: Toronto is on an 8-game losing streak when it comes to closeout games (a nice way of calling them choke artists).
Edit: well, make that 9 games.

Also rooting for LA to finish off Edmonton but that one may be a taller order.

Also, LOL:
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gilraen wrote: Thu May 12, 2022 10:53 pm Also, LOL:
Now now, be nice, I watched that game!
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Zaxxon wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 3:52 pm
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JOHNNY HOCKEY!!!!

The upcoming Battle of Alberta will take time off my life.
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$#!&%!* Pens.

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Hrdina wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 1:19 am $#!&%!* Pens.
I went to bed early because I had a 6:30 AM call. The Rangers were down (the Pens had just scored to go ahead 2-1). What a pleasant surprise to see they pulled it out.
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Zaxxon wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 9:25 am
He is the only reason that series went 7.
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pr0ner wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 10:36 am
Zaxxon wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 9:25 am
He is the only reason that series went 7.
And the only reason game 7 wasn't a blowout.

From The Athletic:
Oettinger, more than anything, was the obstacle for the Flames to get past. He entered the game with a .954 save percentage in the series. On Sunday, the Flames heavily outplayed Dallas — that’s an understatement — dominating them 134-59 in all situations by night’s end. Their 67-28 shot differential was the widest margin in any Game 7 played in the league. The Flames had 22 high danger chances and 5.49 expected goals for, according to Natural Stat Trick.
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Hrdina wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 1:19 am $#!&%!* Pens.

Go 'canes.
Watching the 3rd period and OT it felt clear that the Rangers were going to win that game. Still depressing when they got the game-winner...
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Zaxxon wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 10:39 am
pr0ner wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 10:36 am
Zaxxon wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 9:25 am
He is the only reason that series went 7.
And the only reason game 7 wasn't a blowout.

From The Athletic:
Oettinger, more than anything, was the obstacle for the Flames to get past. He entered the game with a .954 save percentage in the series. On Sunday, the Flames heavily outplayed Dallas — that’s an understatement — dominating them 134-59 in all situations by night’s end. Their 67-28 shot differential was the widest margin in any Game 7 played in the league. The Flames had 22 high danger chances and 5.49 expected goals for, according to Natural Stat Trick.
Yep.



I mean, Jacob Markstrom was really good in his own right. 1.53 GAA and a .943 SV%. But he was definitely overshadowed by Oettinger's heroics.
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What a crazy ass start to the Battle of Alberta last night.

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That game was nuts.
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This is Hall of Fame level stuff from Sutter.

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Also, RIP Panthers.
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Calgary Flames score shorthanded...132ft from their own zone.

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That’s why they always tell you to just get it toward the net.
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On May 27, 2009, Darren Helm scored the series-winning goal in OT to send Detroit Red Wings to Western Conference Finals.

13 years later, to the day (as in, yesterday), he once again scored a series-winning goal with 5.6 seconds left in regulation to send Colorado Avalanche to the Western Conference Finals.

Funny how history sometimes repeats itself!

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msteelers wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 10:59 am
Hrdina wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 1:19 am $#!&%!* Pens.

Go 'canes.
Watching the 3rd period and OT it felt clear that the Rangers were going to win that game. Still depressing when they got the game-winner...
$#!&%!* 'canes.

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Avs all the way. Screw the Bolts.
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Isgrimnur wrote: Tue May 31, 2022 12:14 am Avs all the way. Screw the Bolts.
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Zaxxon wrote: Tue May 31, 2022 6:46 am
Isgrimnur wrote: Tue May 31, 2022 12:14 am Avs all the way. Screw the Bolts.
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Yeah, I've loved the Avs since the legendary 90's matchups with the fantastic Red Wings teams. I still love the uni's.

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Pyperkub wrote: Fri Jun 17, 2022 3:28 pm Yeah, I've loved the Avs since the legendary 90's matchups with the fantastic Red Wings teams. I still love the uni's.
Speaking of which, this hits in 9 days.

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It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Colorado Avalanche are the 2022 Stanley Cup champions after they beat Tampa Bay in game 6. Woo-hoo!

Cale Makar wins the Norris and the Conn Smythe trophies...dude is just collecting trophies at this point :lol:
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My daughter right after the final buzzer: THERE'S TOO MANY MEN ON THE ICE!
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