odessasteps Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 GIF: Brad Marchand sticks a Wings player in the nuts http://t.co/8qjyY3KuS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Tonight feels like The Empire Strikes Back in terms of results. Chicago downs Van, Flames lose, and the Kings are stomping Edmonton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 If LA doesn't tone it down, this could be historically ugly. I was going to say "this could be ugly" but that ship has sailed. Let me preface this with saying Scrivens is clearly not the only problem right now. Obviously. But this is also sort of what I feared. Scrivens is a good athlete. He was a quality NCAA starter (with the short season), and a quality backup. He's had games here and there when he has looked like a star. But he was totally untested being asked to go past 40 games as a full time starter, and he looks very tired the last couple weeks. His legs look heavy and he's let in some bad goals that you often see in Stanley Cup playoff long overtimes when a goalie is physically gassed. He's hardly the only issue here but I have serious doubts he is a NHL #1. Quality backup, good in stretches. Obviously, needs a hell of a lot more help in front of him too. Oscar Klefbom is 21 and is kind of clearly our best defenseman in a post-Petry world. This cannot stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Brandon Pirri scored again tonight and is having one of the most historically bizarre seasons in league history and it's almost completely flying under the radar because he's a Panther; 22 goals and 2 assists in 45 games. Just plain damn weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I promise no more unrequested Oilers posts until the draft. That's enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Brandon Pirri scored again tonight and is having one of the most historically bizarre seasons in league history and it's almost completely flying under the radar because he's a Panther; 22 goals and 2 assists in 45 games. Just plain damn weird.He's the second coming of Petr Klima, the former Red Wing (and Edmonton OT hero) whose nickname under Jacques Demers was "Cy Young" because "he was 25 and 7 every year" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Phantom Joe Malone. (I like stumping people with this one.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbojustice Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 The Blues: Beat Calgary 4-0. Lost five of their next six games, including against three of Calgary's main rivals for a playoff spot. Beat Calgary again 4-1 last night. What a bunch of jerks. And, of course, Edmonton provides no help on the OOT scoreboard, getting demolished by LA. Minnesota and Vancouver both lost, but they're probably out of reach of the Flames now, so even that doesn't make me feel any better. On the bright side, Calgary's next two games are against bottom feeders (Edmonton and Arizona), and then they play their two main rivals in LA and Winnipeg. So the Flames control their own destiny as much as one could really hope down the stretch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 There's a whole lot of terrible defense being played in Winnipeg this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Yes. That Sedin line change for the 3rd goal was... wow. Whut? They're smarter than that, aren't they (I think)? Edler getting dummied, then spinning around and refusing to get back into the play for the 2nd may be worse. I don't know. Vrbata's pass was money, so IT'S ALL GOOD! *denial nod* Anyway, let's make it a 3 pointer, yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Lololol. Jets/Canucks need to play each other in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 With all games in the afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 It looks like half the players out there are hung over. Unfortunately for the Jets, it's all their defensemen. I'd be on board with getting to cut of of work each day at 1 pm to go drink and watch Jets playoff games in a bar somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Well that was ugly as all hell, but two points is two points. Hopefully Edmonton and Colorado can help the cause tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Well that was ugly as all hell, but two points is two points. Hopefully Edmonton and Colorado can help the cause tonight. Don't hold your breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Hey, Detroit won an eight-round shootout! With Jimmy Howard! Of course, that's after they had a chance to win it in three rounds but Jimmy have up an easy one. Last night's game was a little ridiculous officiating-wise. Really, really one-sided. Not as bad as Mickey Redmond thought but really bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Penguins are in freefall, and I just realized this: they are going to miss the playoffs but win the lottery :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Penguins are in freefall, and I just realized this: they are going to miss the playoffs but win the lottery :-( They dont own their first round pick ; Edmonton does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Penguins are in freefall, and I just realized this: they are going to miss the playoffs but win the lottery :-(They dont own their first round pick ; Edmonton does.OK, didn't realize that. That's a relief, but they play us in Buffalo on last day of the season and our push for McEichel may end up coming down to that game. I really hope the Pens pull their heads out of their asses by then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Fucking Hurricanes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Sharks officially eliminated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 @myregularface GIF: another look at twin telepathy http://t.co/jVBvOdXnMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbojustice Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Please, please, PLEASE somebody score before this LA/Vancouver game goes to overtime. I don't care who, just anybody. Edit: Well so much for that... At least LA was limited to the loser point, so it wasn't the very worst possible outcome for the Flames tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Winnipeg gets St. Louis tonight. Calgary and LA get....Arizona and Edmonton. The Jets aren't going to make the playoffs at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 LA and Calgary play one another on Thursday. As long as nobody gets a loser point in that game, the Jets should only need to win at home against Calgary to get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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