Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread: Kings win 2nd Cup in 3 seasons (2 Viewers)

[chet]

GO HABS

 

[Raider Nation]

OT would be pretty freakin awesome.

 

[Raider Nation]

OT would be pretty freakin awesome.

Habs came thisclose to ending it. DING!

 

[Raider Nation]

Give the refs points for consistency, anyway.

 

[William Munny]

This is torture

 

[Raider Nation]

We could be here awhile. King is King and the Rangers have generated nothing offensively in the last 25 minutes.

 

[Raider Nation]

OR NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[William Munny]

####in awesome

 

[Raider Nation]

Happy for MSL. What a freakin shot.

 

[Premier]

On the road. Just downloaded the app to watch OT and the damn game ends.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Up 3-1, if they blow this

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

GB Marty

Not even sure Rangers fans fully appreciate him.

Let's Go Rangers!

Edit:

@mirtle: Vigneault says St. Louis practises that same shot 50 times in practice every day.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Couldn't even post from the third period on. Too stressful. Unreal.

 

[AcerFC]

GB Marty

Not even sure Rangers fans fully appreciate him.

Let's Go Rangers!

Edit:

@mirtle: Vigneault says St. Louis practises that same shot 50 times in practice every day.

cally who

 

[Evilgrin 72]

GB Marty

Not even sure Rangers fans fully appreciate him.

I have to admit, I had soured on the trade when Marty went what seemed like 20 games without a point after arriving in NY, but he's making a difference now. I still wish Callahan was still a Ranger for the long haul, but short term, I don't think the Rangers are still playing if not for Marty. A Cup this season means the trade was a huge success regardless of what transpires over the next few years.

 

[Raider Nation]

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have promoted Brian MacLellan to senior vice president and general manager and named Barry Trotz as the team’s coach, majority owner Ted Leonsis and president **** Patrick announced today.

Nice.

 

[Raider Nation]

Barry Trotz:

“I am very excited to join the Washington Capitals and want to thank Ted Leonsis, **** Patrick and Brian MacLellan for this opportunity,” said Trotz. “This is a great organization with a strong foundation and a tremendous fan base. I look forward to working with this group of talented players and the quality front office staff this team has assembled.”

Trotz, 51, becomes the 17th coach in Capitals history and joins Washington after spending 15 seasons as coach of the Nashville Predators. Trotz was previously the longest tenured coach in the NHL and only coach in the Predators history. Trotz has put himself among some legendary names, ranking third all-time in both games coached (1,196) and wins (557) with a single franchise. He also ranks 15th on the NHL’s coaching victories list and fourth among active coaches behind only Joel Quenneville (Chicago), Ken Hitchcock (St. Louis) and Lindy Ruff (Dallas).

Trotz is one of just six coaches in all four major North American sports leagues to have coached or managed each of a team’s first 15 seasons of existence (MLB: Connie Mack - 50, Oakland; NFL Curly Lambeau - 29, Green Bay, Tom Landry -29, Dallas, Hank Stram - 15, Kansas City, Paul Brown - 15, Cleveland). Trotz has also been the finalist for the Jack Adams Award, awarded annually to the NHL’s top head coach, twice in the last five seasons (2010 and 2011) while finishing in the top 5 on four other occasions since 2006.

Prior to joining the Predators, Trotz spent five seasons (1992-97) as the coach of the Capitals’ primary developmental affiliate in the American Hockey League. He was named coach of the Baltimore Skipjacks in 1992 after one season as an assistant coach. Following the franchise’s relocation to Portland, Maine, in 1993, he led the Portland Pirates to two Calder Cup finals appearances during the next four seasons. In 1994-95, Trotz coached Portland to a Calder Cup championship and a league-best 43-27-10 record and captured AHL Coach of the Year honors. In 2006 he was honored with election to the Pirates’ Hall of Fame.

Trotz earned the first of his back-to-back Jack Adams nominations in 2009-10 when he was runner-up for the award after leading his club to a 100-point season (47-29-6) despite the NHL’s 28th-highest payroll. Trotz was again nominated for the award in 2011-12 after guiding the Predators to the fifth seed in the Western Conference (44-27-11 record) despite losing 348 man-games due to injury, a number that ranked among the top three in the league, and being the fifth youngest roster down the stretch and the youngest among playoff teams. That success continued in 2011-12 when he finished fifth in Adams voting after steering the team to their third-best record in franchise history and to top 10 rankings in goals for (eighth), goals against (eighth), power-play percentage (first) and penalty-kill percentage (10th). On Nov. 12, 2011, against the Montreal Canadiens, he hit the 1,000-game milestone, and on March 30, 2012, reached the 500-win mark.

 

[HughHoney]

Former director of hockey Ops for Wash had this to say about the new GM of the Caps: https://twitter.com/tsnsimmer/status/471053438756077570

 

[guru_007]

Caps just like hiring ex-Rangers as their GM's

 

[Christo]

GO BLACKHAWKS!​

 

[Hawks64]

Hawks didn't play well enough to win. Game 4 is now a must win. LA is a very good team.

Good experience in LA. Staples Center doesn't feel like a hockey arena IMO. That's not a bad thing.

Some guys not named Toews need to step up. Glad Regin is in and Bollig is out.

 

[Hawks64]

GB Marty

Not even sure Rangers fans fully appreciate him.

Let's Go Rangers!

Edit:

@mirtle: Vigneault says St. Louis practises that same shot 50 times in practice every day.

Wonder how Vigneault feels coaching a team that may not actually choke under pressure.....

 

[Zegras11]

Score a ####### goal here hawks

 

[Hawks64]

Score a ####### goal here hawks

Sure would be nice if the PP can get something this time around.

ETA would be nice if the Hawks PK could keep the puck out of their net as well. :X

 

[Raider Nation]

♛

 

[Christo]

So the Hawks blow 2 power plays and LA scores about 7 seconds into its first. <_<

 

[rockaction]

So happy I was listening to NIpsey's/bigbottom's ode to In-N-Out's fries while watching that.

(true story)

 

[Dickie Dunn]

BUCKY!

 

[Bucky86]

 

[Raider Nation]

Rangers 4-3

Kings 4-2

PLEASE BET BOTH OF THOSE WITH MORE THAN YOU CAN AFFORD

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Wow, you don't see Keith make a turnover that bad very often.

 

[Raider Nation]

Mumbles rules.

 

[rockaction]

Rangers 4-3

Kings 4-2

PLEASE BET BOTH OF THOSE WITH MORE THAN YOU CAN AFFORD

I'm not sure which is worse, fandom or dissonance. So early.

Would love to be right, but I think the Rags take it earlier than seven. Caught a replay this morning of the game. Tokarski can't be that good, can he?

 

[Raider Nation]

Rangers 4-3

Kings 4-2

PLEASE BET BOTH OF THOSE WITH MORE THAN YOU CAN AFFORD

I'm not sure which is worse, fandom or dissonance. So early.

Would love to be right, but I think the Rags take it earlier than seven. Caught a replay this morning of the game. Tokarski can't be that good, can he?

Your prediction was made with the assumption that MTL would have a healthy Price. Good work.

 

[rockaction]

Rangers 4-3

Kings 4-2

PLEASE BET BOTH OF THOSE WITH MORE THAN YOU CAN AFFORD

I'm not sure which is worse, fandom or dissonance. So early.

Would love to be right, but I think the Rags take it earlier than seven. Caught a replay this morning of the game. Tokarski can't be that good, can he?

Your prediction was made with the assumption that MTL would have a healthy Price. Good work.

You mean the MVP of the Olympics?

####e. That's a tough break.

eta* And thanks

 

[rockaction]

Oh, this gets worse. But if any team can do it, it's the Hawks.

 

[Raider Nation]

Getting ugly.

 

[Zegras11]

this is like game 7 vs Ducks

 

[Bucky86]

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Hawks are a mess

 

[Raider Nation]

Rangers 4-3

Kings 4-2

PLEASE BET BOTH OF THOSE WITH MORE THAN YOU CAN AFFORD

I'm not sure which is worse, fandom or dissonance. So early.

Would love to be right, but I think the Rags take it earlier than seven. Caught a replay this morning of the game. Tokarski can't be that good, can he?

Your prediction was made with the assumption that MTL would have a healthy Price. Good work.

You mean the MVP of the Olympics?

Huh? It was a compliment.

 

[rockaction]

Rangers 4-3

Kings 4-2

PLEASE BET BOTH OF THOSE WITH MORE THAN YOU CAN AFFORD

I'm not sure which is worse, fandom or dissonance. So early.

Would love to be right, but I think the Rags take it earlier than seven. Caught a replay this morning of the game. Tokarski can't be that good, can he?

Your prediction was made with the assumption that MTL would have a healthy Price. Good work.

You mean the MVP of the Olympics?

Huh? It was a compliment.

Had to read it a few times to figure it. Hence the eta.

eta* Also, my bad. I have trouble figuring out tone and intent from brief messages so I tend to be cynical. Still love talking hockey, though.

 

[Hawks64]

Hawks are a mess

And no idea why. Kings are good no doubt but they have made the Hawks look like an AHL club. PK is pretty close to an automatic goal this series.

 

[Christo]

I don't think I can handle watching a NY/LA final.

 

[rockaction]

Keith's shot felt like a goal. Nothing going right for the Hawks right now. That should have been in.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Quick vs Lundqvist in the finals would be first team to score wins. Best two goalies in the league.

 

[Zegras11]

two kings vs zero hawks in front of the net.

 

[Raider Nation]

Man, this LA team is impressive. The last thing I expected tonight was a boring game.

 

[Christo]

Alright, let's get another!

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Man, this LA team is impressive. The last thing I expected tonight was a boring game.

Getting less boring now.