WC Playoffs Round 1: Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild (Wild win 4-3).

[Skaloper]

Originally Posted by 4oh3

Can't stand matt cooke

He is my most hated player. Ruined Savards career who at the time was my favorite player not on the Flames.

[flamefan74]

The thing that pissed me off the most was after the hit and he looks at the ref, shrugs his shoulders as if to say "what did I do?'. I wanted to jump through the screen when he did that. There isn't a worse player in the league.

[OffsideSpecialist]

I guess Minnesota's plan to win is to take out all the Avs players.

[Flash Walken]

That slash looks bad. Don't often see a guy toss his gloves off to cover his wrist on the way to the bench.

[Skaloper]

Roy looks like he's gonna flip his lid if another player goes to the dressing room. (Barrie, Benoit and now Bordeleau)

Lol anyone else start with a B still playing?

[$ven27]

Minnesota is quickly becoming a very hate able team.

[Scoreface]

Originally Posted by 19Yzerman19

To be fair, they're still nowhere near as good as they appear, but they're playing Minnesota who are a fairly mediocre team. The Avs are sort of like Toronto lite - all-around better at hockey than Toronto, and with better top-end forward talent, but still relying on that top end forward talent to disguise the serious issues elsewhere in the lineup.

It's a fun team to watch but I would not pick them to come close to winning their division next season. They'll be subject to a correction much like the Leafs were, except not to the same extent (i.e. they'll probably be hovering around the bottom seed in the division or one of the wild card spots rather than missing the playoffs altogether).

I have it the other way around. Toronto is Colorado lite. TO is weak at center with Bozak-Kadri-Bolland(for now). They have a few good wingers who elevate them in Lupul-JVR-Kessel.

Plus Colorado has Landeskog who is better than anybody from Toronto on the wing outside of Kessel. Kessel isn't that good defensively though.

Neither team has very good D, but 10/10 times I'll go into a gunfight with the Av's lineup.

Didn't mention the Av's center ice guys. That embarassment of riches is supreme and goes without saying. Then there is Varlamov. Leaf fans can only dream.

They picked a bad year to tank at the end. Better luck next year!

[LGA]

Matt Cooke needs to be kicked out of the league permanently. Guy is a piece of crap, deliberately injures actually good players, and is a multiple repeat offender. Screw that, I hope someone attempts to take his head off with a baseball swing, dirty POS.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Cooke's career needs to be over. NHL needs to ban him. I want to see Roy go fight someone.

[Troubamaker]

What an effer Cooke is. I wish his career would end the same ways as Marchment's.

[$ven27]

I wouldn't mind loaning McGrattan for a game or two just to beat Cooke into a coma.

[Gaskal]

Varlamov been standing on his head.

[RedCoffee]

Refs wont even call delay of game penalties late now.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Bad call lets Minnesota off the hook after they shot the puck straight over the glass

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[Troubamaker]

Originally Posted by fotze

By playing for the Flames!

Sutter trolled us bad with that signing.

[Hockey_Ninja]

Wild win. Whatever. Nice goal tho.

[DOOM]

Granlund scores for the Wild. Nice goal.

[direwolf]

Amazing effort on that goal.

[Table 5]

What an amazing set of moves there. So good.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Minnesota was by far the better team. They deserved the win. Hopefully we won't see Cooke again