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Who moves on to the conference finals? This poll is closed.
Vegas	36	16.67%
Vancouver	15	6.94%
Dallas	26	12.04%
Colorado	26	12.04%
New York	27	12.50%
Philadelphia	21	9.72%
Tampa Bay	29	13.43%
gently caress Boston	36	16.67%
Total:	77 votes

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goldrush: Sep 27, 2005; ~~~No Worries~~~

EASTERN CONFERENCE (Toronto Hub)

Philadelphia Flyers (1) vs. New York Islanders (6)

Monday, Aug. 24, 7 p.m.: Islanders at Flyers | NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS
Wednesday, Aug. 26, 3 p.m.: Islanders at Flyers | NBCSN, SN, TVAS
Thursday, Aug. 27, 7 p.m.: Flyers at Islanders | NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS
Saturday, Aug. 29, 12 p.m.: Flyers at Islanders | NBC, SN, TVAS
*Monday, Aug. 31, TBD: Islanders at Flyers | TBD
*Wednesday, Sept. 2, TBD: Flyers at Islanders | TBD
*Thursday, Sept. 3, TBD: Islanders at Flyers | TBD

Tampa Bay Lightning (2) vs. Boston Bruins (4)

Sunday, Aug. 23, 8 p.m.: Bruins at Lightning | NBCSN, SN, TVAS
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 7 p.m.: Bruins at Lightning | NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS
Wednesday, Aug. 26, 8 p.m.: Lightning at Bruins | NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS
Friday, Aug. 28, 7:30 p.m.: Lightning at Bruins | USA, CBC, SN, TVAS
*Sunday, Aug. 30, TBD: Bruins at Lightning | TBD
*Tuesday, Sept. 1, TBD: Lightning at Bruins | TBD
*Wednesday, Sept. 2, TBD: Bruins at Lightning | TBD

WESTERN CONFERENCE (Edmonton Hub)

Vegas Golden Knights (1) vs. Vancouver Canucks (5)

Sunday, Aug. 23, 10:30 p.m.: Canucks at Golden Knights | NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 9:45 p.m.: Canucks at Golden Knights | NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS
Thursday, Aug. 27, 9:45 p.m.: Golden Knights at Canucks | NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS
Saturday, Aug. 29, 8 p.m.: Golden Knights at Canucks | NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS
*Monday, Aug. 31, TBD: Canucks at Golden Knights | TBD
*Tuesday, Sept. 1, TBD: Golden Knights at Canucks | TBD
*Thursday, Sept. 3, TBD: Canucks at Golden Knights | TBD

Colorado Avalanche (2) vs. Dallas Stars (3)

Saturday, Aug. 22, 6:00 p.m.: Stars at Avalanche | NBC, SN, TVAS
Monday, Aug. 24, 9:45 p.m.: Stars at Avalanche | NBCSN, SN, TVAS
Wednesday, Aug. 26, 10:30 p.m.: Avalanche at Stars | NBCSN, SN, TVAS
Friday, Aug. 28, 10 p.m.: Avalanche at Stars | NBCSN, SN, TVAS
*Sunday, Aug. 30, TBD: Stars at Avalanche | TBD
*Monday, Aug. 31, TBD: Avalanche at Stars | TBD
*Wednesday, Sept. 2, TBD: Stars at Avalanche | TBD

**All start times listed in Eastern Time (ET)**

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# ? Apr 18, 2024 03:23

goldrush: Sep 27, 2005; ~~~No Worries~~~

https://twitter.com/DhaliwalSports/status/1297561965603119105

Toffoli and Myers still out. Toffoli possibly aiming for maybe a game 3 return, Myers still probably 'a week away'. Motte continues to carry the Tyler flame alone.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 03:18

Jethro: Jun 1, 2000; I was raised on the dairy, Bitch!

Repost from last thread:

OldSenileGuy posted:

Does Tuuka have the option of coming back if he wants, or once you opt out are you out for good?

He can come back if he quarantines for 14 days and gets a bunch of negative tests.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 03:28

Shinjobi: Jul 10, 2008; Gravy Boat 2k

The Stars have a shot.

That's all I can really ask for.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 04:01

Good soup!: Nov 2, 2010

This is gonna be a rough series for the flyers

# ? Aug 24, 2020 04:24

OldSenileGuy: Mar 13, 2001

Jethro posted:

Repost from last thread:

He can come back if he quarantines for 14 days and gets a bunch of negative tests.

I wonder if he starts quarantining if Boston gets to the ECF.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 05:10

Spelling Mitsake: Oct 4, 2007; Clutch Cargo wishes they had Tractor.

Are people in Dallas wearing jerseys right now? Cause that sounds unbearable.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 05:13

T.C.: Feb 10, 2004; Believe.

I totally thought this was going to be about weird noon weekday starts. Nope. Toronto is mad that West coast teams aren't playing at a convenient time for them.

Toronto Sun: SIMMONS: How did the NHL and Sportsnet mess up the Canucks TV schedule?.

quote:

The only Canadian team left in the Stanley Cup playoffs — the very exciting Vancouver Canucks — will barely be available on television to more than half the country when the next round of the post-season begins.

And how has the NHL or its Canadian carrier, Rogers Sportsnet, allowed this to happen?

The latest Sportsnet snafu — and there have been so many since the network paid a king’s ransom to be the national rights-holder — has the Canucks opening their series against the No. 1-seeded Vegas Golden Knights at 10:30 ET on Sunday night.

That’s 11:30 p.m. in Eastern Canada. That’s midnight in Newfoundland, where Bob Cole lives. That’s middle of the night for many.

This basically assures hockey lovers across the country that the majority — Ontario and Quebec alone represent 66% of the Canadian population — will not be awake to see all of Game 1, and the 9:45 ET starts for Game 2 and 3 would mean overtime would start some time around 1 a.m. Eastern time. And that late, even the insomniacs such as me are doing head-bobs to keep listening to the great Chris Cuthbert.

The idea, of course, as always, is for Sportsnet to engage people, to bring them in, to get them excited about hockey. If you can’t watch Bo Horvat and Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson and not want to see more, check your pulse or your vision. The Canucks may not beat Vegas, it’s possible no one will, but they just knocked off the Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues, and I happen to know that because I woke up just in time to see the series-clinching empty-net goal and then tried to get back to sleep.

The NHL, as always, needs to better understand Canada’s love of hockey and Sportsnet needs to be stronger with its voice, its scheduling. It has something to sell here — an easy sell — and it’s maddening why the network can’t figure a way to get it right.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 07:05

Escape Goat: Jan 30, 2009

�That�s midnight in Newfoundland, where Bob Cole lives.�

:rolleyes:

# ? Aug 24, 2020 07:24

Shinjobi: Jul 10, 2008; Gravy Boat 2k

Spelling Mitsake posted:

Are people in Dallas wearing jerseys right now? Cause that sounds unbearable.

In the comfort of my own home, maybe

# ? Aug 24, 2020 07:30

tarbrush: Feb 7, 2011; ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO

A proper goalie tweet

https://twitter.com/RobinLehner/status/1297768445879017472?s=19

# ? Aug 24, 2020 07:53

Kilza: Oct 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/TSNRyanRishaug/status/1297771844058062848?s=19

# ? Aug 24, 2020 08:22

Koopa Kid: Aug 21, 2007

T.C. posted:

I totally thought this was going to be about weird noon weekday starts. Nope. Toronto is mad that West coast teams aren't playing at a convenient time for them.

Toronto Sun: SIMMONS: How did the NHL and Sportsnet mess up the Canucks TV schedule?.

Please don�t quote Steve Simmons like his opinions matter to anyone

# ? Aug 24, 2020 13:15

ThinkTank: Oct 23, 2007

Ah yes, that is the Canucks I know and ~~love~~ hate myself for caring about.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 14:33

grassy gnoll: Aug 27, 2006; The pawsting business is tough work.

VGK/VAN looked really fun, as long as you're not a Vancouver fan. I fear that the only hope of exciting games in the East are, god help us, the Flyers.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 14:44

IRC_man: Jul 30, 2019; HIPPIE LIFE!

from the far corners of Texas, I strike again.

I think the Canucks can triumph over the golden knights. Flyers and tampa wont make it. Colorado will beat the stars.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 14:46

Toaster Beef: Jan 23, 2007; that's not nature's way

grassy gnoll posted:

VGK/VAN looked really fun, as long as you're not a Vancouver fan. I fear that the only hope of exciting games in the East are, god help us, the Flyers.

the only thing i am looking forward to with flyers/isles is the sweet release of death

# ? Aug 24, 2020 14:46

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

Yeah if you thought Flyers/Habs was a slog, holy poo poo there's gonna like... 5 goals scored in the entire Flyers/isles series.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 14:58

tarbrush: Feb 7, 2011; ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO

IRC_man posted:

I think the Canucks can triumph over the golden knights. Flyers and tampa wont make it. Colorado will beat the stars.

I think they'll struggle based on game one. I fully expect Markstrom and their power play to steal a game each, but I think Vegas is just too big and physical for them if they stay out of the box.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 15:12

Cocaine Bear: Nov 4, 2011; ACAB

IRC_man posted:

Colorado will beat the stars.

Well their starter is dead and Johnson probably out a couple games. But, yeah, probably.

Stars don't have the defence they think they have a bishop is probably done for the playoffs. They're gonna have to run and gun and hope to replicate the results from game 1. Problem is Colorado seems well built to play that style and can out gun the stars. Might be bordering on fan fic territory but two teams with plenty of offensive weapons on forward and defence, suspect D beyond the top pairing/pairings, and backup goalies all the way. Should be a fun series!

# ? Aug 24, 2020 15:19

ThinkTank: Oct 23, 2007

Anyone who saw even fifteen seconds of the first game immediately recognized how hopelessly outclassed the Canucks are. This is going to be a short series and the Knights should likely waltz to the Cup finals from here.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 15:44

Misanthrope: Jun 10, 2001; QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK

IRC_man posted:

I think the Canucks can triumph over the golden knights

What part of last nights game looked encouraging to you?

# ? Aug 24, 2020 16:08

Shinjobi: Jul 10, 2008; Gravy Boat 2k

Cocaine Bear posted:

Well their starter is dead and Johnson probably out a couple games. But, yeah, probably.

Stars don't have the defence they think they have a bishop is probably done for the playoffs. They're gonna have to run and gun and hope to replicate the results from game 1. Problem is Colorado seems well built to play that style and can out gun the stars. Might be bordering on fan fic territory but two teams with plenty of offensive weapons on forward and defence, suspect D beyond the top pairing/pairings, and backup goalies all the way. Should be a fun series!

I'd love to see Stephen Johns back in the lineup but I'm pretty sure he's as done as Bishop is. I just can't feel confident about this series until the Avalanche are eliminated. We can hang with him, but even down those players I still think the Avs scare the poo poo out of me.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 16:08

blue squares: Sep 28, 2007

What I want to know is why are these games scheduled so drat late?

# ? Aug 24, 2020 16:13

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

blue squares posted:

What I want to know is why are these games scheduled so drat late?

Sticking to one network and trying to maximize national TV audiences.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 16:23

Cocaine Bear: Nov 4, 2011; ACAB

Because the NHL hates you.

Actually I'm also curious. Has any rational been given for the only two games consistently being put into the late slot? Why the gently caress can't they just have a 6pm eastern start then a 7pm western start. Are all the cup finals games going to start at 11pm eastern?

# ? Aug 24, 2020 16:26

Aphrodite: Jun 27, 2006

It's primetime and nothing else is on TV.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 16:29

Troy Queef: Jan 12, 2013

blue squares posted:

What I want to know is why are these games scheduled so drat late?

in the Van/VGK series' case, it's because Canadian TV wants a national game with the lone Canadian team left, plus they're both in PST so it works for them

also the NHL has a one-network deal in the US, so if they'd split the games onto say USA Network and NBCSN they'd effectively kill their own ratings, since hockey doesn't have the THIS LEAGUE monoculture effect/ESPN rub the NBA has (who can get away with putting two games on at once, one on TNT and the other on The Worldwide Leader)

Troy Queef fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Aug 24, 2020

# ? Aug 24, 2020 17:01

Reverend Sub-Zero: Jan 11, 2008; Filladelfia Pliers

This Philly/NYI series is going to be ugly and ugh.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 17:07

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

Charlie had a good distinction on what kind of a slog the Isles present compared to what Montreal did

Charlie O'Connor posted:

[Montreal] deployed an aggressive forecheck in the neutral zone. They controlled the shot-attempts battle, an example of the �best defense is a good offense� truism. They took the teeth out of Philadelphia�s offensive zone forecheck with clean breakouts, often aided by Carey Price, who (especially early in the series) was very successful in retrieving dump-in attempts and getting the puck to his teammates. Their defense in Round 1 was absolutely of the active variety.

The Islanders, on the other hand, approach defense differently.

Rather than come right at opponents early in the neutral zone, they tend to stack most of their skaters at their blue line and dare teams to navigate through the morass. Their defensive zone mentality isn�t nearly as focused on using speed to close gaps and force turnovers as quickly as possible; New York is content to sit back in its structure, trusting that opponents will still fail to break through to dangerous areas of the ice. Goalie Semyon Varlamov is no Price when it comes to puckhandling and breaking a forecheck. And the Islanders are certainly not a puck possession team; they ranked 29th during the regular season in five-on-five shot-attempt differential, and even as they�ve impressed in the playoffs, they�ve just barely been above break-even in that regard (50.4 percent).

To use a football analogy, it�s the difference between facing a blitz-happy defense (Montreal) and a team that favors Cover-2 (New York). The Canadiens tried to attack and force the Flyers into mistakes, risking the possibility of ugly breakdowns if they failed. The Islanders avoid breakdowns at all costs. To defeat New York, a team needs to be disciplined, methodical and patient. The Isles� whole strategy bets that their opponents don�t have the stomach to commit to such an approach for a 60-minute game or seven-game series.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 17:12

Kilza: Oct 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1297949404159184898

Still no positive tests :toot:

# ? Aug 24, 2020 18:37

TITTIEKISSER69: Mar 19, 2005; SAVE THE BEES
PLANT MORE TREES
CLEAN THE SEAS
KISS TITTIESS

T.C. posted:

I totally thought this was going to be about weird noon weekday starts. Nope. Toronto is mad that West coast teams aren't playing at a convenient time for them.

Toronto Sun: SIMMONS: How did the NHL and Sportsnet mess up the Canucks TV schedule?.

They hosed up the time zones:

Eastern - 11:30pm
Atlantic - 12:30am
Newfoundland - 1:00am

# ? Aug 24, 2020 19:00

triple sulk: Sep 17, 2014

Reverend Sub-Zero posted:

This Philly/NYI series is going to be ugly and ugh.

I'm not looking forward to it

# ? Aug 24, 2020 19:15

Zat: Jan 16, 2008

Cocaine Bear posted:

Because the NHL hates you.

Actually I'm also curious. Has any rational been given for the only two games consistently being put into the late slot? Why the gently caress can't they just have a 6pm eastern start then a 7pm western start. Are all the cup finals games going to start at 11pm eastern?

I know you're joking but Cup Final games always start at 8 PM ET unless one of the arenas has other big events that affect scheduling.

I guess this time, for once, the league and NBC get to schedule games at the exact times they want since there's nothing else going on in the buildings. This is the result.

# ? Aug 24, 2020 19:31

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

https://twitter.com/wyshynski/status/1297620278466371584

:unsmith:

# ? Aug 24, 2020 21:00

Porrima: Oct 18, 2012; The world is fucked
and so are you.

Thanks, humanity

DJExile posted:

https://twitter.com/wyshynski/status/1297620278466371584

"Ian Cole, you get a cookie. No, not the rest of you."

# ? Aug 24, 2020 21:52

Henrik Zetterberg: Dec 7, 2007

Has Lessail poo poo on VGK in the bubble yet?

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

# ? Aug 24, 2020 23:15

Number19: May 14, 2003; HOCKEY OWNS
FUCK YEAH

I don't think he has posted anything in a long time

# ? Aug 24, 2020 23:30

clean ayers act: Aug 13, 2007; How do I shot puck!?

ThinkTank posted:

Anyone who saw even fifteen seconds of the first game immediately recognized how hopelessly outclassed the Canucks are. This is going to be a short series and the Knights should likely waltz to the Cup finals from here.

Probablay but TBF this is exactly how i felt after game 1 of Winnipeg-Vegas in 2018

# ? Aug 24, 2020 23:33

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# ? Apr 18, 2024 03:23

triple sulk: Sep 17, 2014

The Philadelphia Flyers are dogshit garbage.

# ? Aug 25, 2020 02:35

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