05-10-2016, 10:33 PM
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#581
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary
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Until a skill team beats a physical western conference style team in the finals, things will not change.
The only east teams that have won since 2005 are Carolina over a very lackluster Edmonton team and only just barely and that's largely due to Roloson getting hurt. The Penguins over a similarly skill oriented Detroit Red Wings, and the Boston Bruins over Vancouver in a matchup that was a West style team vs a skill team. Each of the other cups have been awarded to physically domineering teams.
Skill teams can make the Finals. Skill teams rarely win in the finals.
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05-10-2016, 11:02 PM
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#582
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary
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YAY, Pens advance....
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05-10-2016, 11:32 PM
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#583
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Last edited by hwy19man; 05-10-2016 at 11:40 PM.
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05-11-2016, 01:01 AM
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#584
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Field near Field, AB
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After the loss of the Caps who I predicted to win the cup, I am with Dallas tomorrow night for one more game. After that, it's San Jose.
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05-11-2016, 04:43 AM
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#585
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetfire
Yeah I may be labelled a traitor and all... but I hope the Sharks win now, despite being from our division. Too many players I like on that team with no cup, plus they're the lesser evil of the California rivals.
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Sharks and Kings are the evils. Remember that the Sharks broke Flames fans hearts in 1995.
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05-11-2016, 04:46 AM
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#586
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
Go Tampa Bay!
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No bleeping way! The cup they won is tainted. 
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05-11-2016, 06:05 AM
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#587
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Could Care Less
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Originally Posted by Caged Great
Until a skill team beats a physical western conference style team in the finals, things will not change.
The only east teams that have won since 2005 are Carolina over a very lackluster Edmonton team and only just barely and that's largely due to Roloson getting hurt. The Penguins over a similarly skill oriented Detroit Red Wings, and the Boston Bruins over Vancouver in a matchup that was a West style team vs a skill team. Each of the other cups have been awarded to physically domineering teams.
Skill teams can make the Finals. Skill teams rarely win in the finals.
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I feel like a broken record at this point, but the Hawks are a skill team.
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05-11-2016, 06:41 AM
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#588
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#1 Goaltender
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If the Sharks manage to knock off the Preds, it will only be skill teams remaining in the playoffs.
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05-11-2016, 07:13 AM
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#589
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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The Penguins should change coaches midseason more often. The last time they did it they won the cup and so far this playoffs they look like the team to beat. Strange that the newer additions like Kessel, Bonino, Hagelin, and Murray are carrying them. If Crosby and Malkin could get going they will be tough to beat.
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05-11-2016, 07:18 AM
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#590
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick M.
If the Sharks manage to knock off the Preds, it will only be skill teams remaining in the playoffs.
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All the teams that made the playoffs are skilled it's simply different makeup of skilled teams. The Penguins made moves that improved their team speed and my personal belief is that team speed is more important than size. I hope Treliving and Burke aren't going to try and build a bigger team at the expense of speed as the Kings won two cups but haven't been able to consistently have solid regular seasons or playoffs because they are kind of a plodding team that has to grind out wins. Pretty well all the teams remaining in the playoffs have good team speed.
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05-11-2016, 07:27 AM
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#591
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick M.
If the Sharks manage to knock off the Preds, it will only be skill teams remaining in the playoffs.
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Dallas would also need to beat St. Louis.
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05-11-2016, 07:39 AM
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#592
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Calgary
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Ugg, I had the Caps to win it all in the office bracket.
God I hate the Penguins, they just have a knack for destroying my bracket going back to the 90/91-91/92 back-to-back cups when we had a "pick the winners" playoff thing in grade school.
Even the years I think "hey, the Penguins are looking pretty good this year" they manage to get eliminated instead.
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05-11-2016, 08:01 AM
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#593
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Dallas would also need to beat St. Louis.
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You're right. I didn't want to jinx our first round pick from the Stars. 
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05-11-2016, 08:03 AM
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#594
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
The Penguins should change coaches midseason more often. The last time they did it they won the cup and so far this playoffs they look like the team to beat. Strange that the newer additions like Kessel, Bonino, Hagelin, and Murray are carrying them. If Crosby and Malkin could get going they will be tough to beat.
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Yes, the Pens have really upgraded their speed this season.
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05-11-2016, 08:44 AM
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#595
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Norm!
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You just get a sense that you don't win big games with Ovi as your centerpiece.
While he had a couple of nice moments last night, he had lots of bobbles and looked like he was holding his stick tight enough to be a one man toothpick factory.
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05-11-2016, 09:03 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by jaydorn
Ugg, I had the Caps to win it all in the office bracket.
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Why? The Caps are not exactly known for meeting expectations. In fairness to you Las Vegas odds makers had the Caps winning it all.
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05-11-2016, 09:16 AM
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#597
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Dallas would also need to beat St. Louis.
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The Blues are plenty skilled. Tarasenko, Schwartz, Fabbri, Lehtera, Stastny, Shattenkirk, Pietrangelo. And their third line of Berglund-Backes-Steen is as skilled as any third line in the league.
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05-11-2016, 09:18 AM
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#598
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
You just get a sense that you don't win big games with Ovi as your centerpiece.
While he had a couple of nice moments last night, he had lots of bobbles and looked like he was holding his stick tight enough to be a one man toothpick factory.
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Ovi was their best player.
If anyone else on that team showed up to play in the second round the result could be different. Its on everyone except maybe Ovi and Oshie. Everyone else was pretty awful.
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05-11-2016, 09:19 AM
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#599
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zamler
Why? The Caps are not exactly known for meeting expectations. In fairness to you Las Vegas odds makers had the Caps winning it all.
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Seemed like Ovechkin was having a good year, and dammit, I just want a feel good story.
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05-11-2016, 09:21 AM
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#600
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
You just get a sense that you don't win big games with Ovi as your centerpiece.
While he had a couple of nice moments last night, he had lots of bobbles and looked like he was holding his stick tight enough to be a one man toothpick factory.
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That's a little unfair though given how he was better than both Malkin and Crosby head to head in this series. It really does come down to who has the best team in the playoffs and the Penguins depth players outplayed the Capitals depth players. Kuznetsov being a playoff no-show really hurt the Caps while Kessel surprisingly was pretty clutch for the Penguins.
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