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[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

God bless you guys hanging in there, especially having to deal with Snyder too. I would have just become a comic book nerd or a porn addict instead. 

You can do both ya know

 

[Sebowski]

God bless you guys hanging in there, especially having to deal with Snyder too. I would have just become a comic book nerd or a porn addict instead. 

All of the above down? 

Eta: you forgot alcoholic so sign me up for the cycle. 

 

[Fantasy_Freak]

Do Preds fans still do post goal chants of "you suck" and "it's all your fault" when their own starting goalie is pulled and they are down several goals?

 

[E Street Brat]

Sign needed for today's game...

You lick the bolts. Now try deez nutz

 

[kupcho1]

Rumor has it Lightning are coating their cheeks with ghost pepper oil

 

[E Street Brat]

Let's go Bolts.

 

[brun]

I understand that Marchand has done a lot to cause officials not to like him, but that embellishment penalty call was really questionable. 

 

[falguy]

He's known to be a diver too. That's not going to help him in a situation when he gets knocked over rather dramatically from a guy with his left hand on his chest. 

Admittedly I only saw 1 replay but he seemed to go down quite easily.

 

[JuniorGong]

That is big

 

[wilked]

Great head hunt move 

 

[HellToupee]

If that hit by Miller on Backes was reversed it would be a match penalty 

 

[falguy]

If that hit by Miller on Backes was reversed it would be a match penalty 

 

[HellToupee]

Love the yokels in Tampa cheering a headshot

 

[wilked]

Love the yokels in Tampa cheering a headshot

Ya that surprised me. I had Tampa fans higher than that

 

[HellToupee]

Bruins would have been penalized and it would be a minor it would be a match call 

hth

 

[Workhorse]

I’m done with the officiating in this series. Marchand gets an embellishment penalty and that tripping call gets nothing the other way?  After a headhunting play takes out Backes.  Utter garbage.

 

[falguy]

Bruins would have been penalized and it would be a minor it would be a match call 

hth

It looked like a rather inaucuous hit live. Took the crew 3 replays to see that it was helmet to helmet. The only possible scenario i see where thats a penalty is it's Marchand doing the hitting. 

 

[rockaction]

No. The officiating has sucked. 

Tampa is the better team. 

The two are not mutually exclusive.  

 

[Capella]

Ya that surprised me. I had Tampa fans higher than that

Almost the whole arena stood and cheered for Backes skating off. Stop being tools. 

 

[wilked]

Almost the whole arena stood and cheered for Backes skating off. Stop being tools. 

Also stood and cheered as he was on the ice not moving 

it’s on tape bud

 

[Capella]

Also stood and cheered as he was on the ice not moving 

it’s on tape bud

I’m right here 8 rows back. That is not what happened. Place was as silent as it’s been all day. 

 

[Workhorse]

No. The officiating has sucked. 

Tampa is the better team. 

The two are not mutually exclusive.  

100% this. Tampa has dominated the action all series and deserves to move on but the officiating has been so one-sidedly terrible that the league really needs to take a good hard look at itself.

 

[HellToupee]

20mins to save the season.

 Bruins need to come out balls to the wall .

 

[Osaurus]

Great physical game.  Wish I was there, but I sold my tix.  

 

[JaxBill]

I was waiting for Kucherov to score but have it nullified for goaltender interference after Chara threw him into the crease.

 

[JaxBill]

@KKurzNHL: No Joe Thornton tonight per DeBoer

 

[E Street Brat]

 headhunting 

Just go away..   

 

[HellToupee]

 headhunting 

Just go away..   

thank god Marchand didn’t lick anyone or else we’d get a 10 minute lecturing from the nbc intermission crew

 

[HellToupee]

no call again on tampa 

 

[Workhorse]

no call again on tampa 

It’s just unreal.  He threw the freaking puck!!!

 

[falguy]

Where's this Mcavoy been all series?

 

[Nigel]

They’ve missed some calls again in this one but the Backed hit wasn’t one of them. 

 

[HellToupee]

Nice pass by Rask

 

[HellToupee]

They’ve missed some calls again in this one but the Backed hit wasn’t one of them. 

Same as the Wilson hit to me which I didn’t have a problem with but the league clearly did

 

[Osaurus]

Woohoo!!!!

 

[wilked]

Congrats to Tampa, well earned. 

Cappy, you’re a good fan, enjoy the run 

ECF gonna be a good series 

 

[HellToupee]

Well that’s that. Really good year , horrible ending.The Bs provided me with a lot of enjoyment this season

 

[kupcho1]

Handshake time. 

 

[HellToupee]

Really don’t hate any Tampa player on this team besides the Rangers

 

[Workhorse]

Better team won for sure. Congrats Bolts and fans.

 

[wilked]

Handshake time. 

Lickfree zone 

 

[wilked]

Series is as simple as this

Tampa D >> Bs D 

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Congrats to @Capella @E Street Brat @Osaurus and any other Bolts fans I missed. Tampa is a fantastic team and did what they needed to do at the deadline, adding McDonagh and Miller to what already was a stacked team.

The Bruins will be in great shape going forward. None of their core will be FA — they lose (potentially) both Nashes, Schaller, Wingels, Holden and Khudobin. A lot of youth who got some great experience this year.

Looking forward to the rest of the playoffs. Good luck to everyone still left.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

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[Dickie Dunn]

Series is as simple as this

Tampa D >> Bs D 

Zero 5-on-5 goals over the final three games. Obviously Vasilevskiy was terrific of late but there just wasn’t the room to freelance in the attacking zone that the Bruins had in Game 1. You knew it wouldn’t be that easy.

I guess I get extending Chara for another year at $5M per but I definitely worry about that. And if all are healthy, they have six returning D (McAvoy, Miller, Krug, McQuaid, healthy Carlo) and an RFA in Grzelcyk. I’m not sure how Sweeney solves that puzzle. Maybe if you slot Donato into the top six permanently they can flip a D for a good third-liner with some scoring punch. They really missed an effective Riley Nash in this series. He never was the same after coming back from almost getting Van Goghed.

 

[E Street Brat]

TB owned the natural zone and 5/5 play.  

 

[HellToupee]

TB owned the natural zone and 5/5 play.  

After game 1 Tampa owned everything. Very impressive 

 

[Capella]

Awesome. That was so good. 3 east finals in 4 years, and I think this is the year they close it out. 

But what has Yzerman really done

 

[Capella]

Great physical game.  Wish I was there, but I sold my tix.  

What did you sell for? Not a lotta money going to match that third period excitement. 

 

[Osaurus]

What did you sell for? Not a lotta money going to match that third period excitement. 

2nd row (Club) in corner.  Got them cheap from a friend and sold the pair for $600.  Wasn’t sure I was gonna be around this weekend.  I have an option for the next series so I’ll most likely going to at least 1 game.