WC Playoffs Round 1: San Jose Sharks vs Los Angeles Kings (Kings win 4-3).

[bubbsy]

it's so unreal that we will one of the hawks/blues and one of the kings/sharks in the first round.

The quality in the west is just too strong right now.

[Cheerio]

This SJ 4th line is fun to watch, so hard on the forecheck. They have the LA defence ####ting their pants every time they come in

[Anduril]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

This SJ 4th line is fun to watch, so hard on the forecheck. They have the LA defence ####ting their pants every time they come in

Without all the ####ty activities, Torres is a pretty good 4th liner.

[Yoho]

Originally Posted by timbit

It is night and day...these two teams are so much better than Montreal or TB.

Sad that one team will be out in a week and Montreal will advance


Montreal would lose 4 straight to Kings or Sharks.

Depends how bad these two teams beat each other up, especially if Montreal can sweep their series.

[bubbsy]

anyone else think it's funny that the oilers had no use for brown and traded him.

[bubbsy]

woot woot.

[DOOM]

I think this may be the year that the Sharks finally get out of the West.

[DOOM]

3-2 Sharks now.

[PeteMoss]

Mike Brown .. seems like the exact guy the Oilers are always talking about needing... making an impact in this series.

[PeteMoss]

Also LA troubles scoring haunts them when they fall behind.

[Ice]

Matt Greene sucks. Sutter should have never dressed him tonight. There's no way he should touch ice again this season.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Anduril

Without all the ####ty activities, Torres is a pretty good 4th liner.

not to defend him but the hits he gets 20 games for are no worse than hits that stars players get two or three

really I think the NHL has thrown him under for hits compared to other guys

[DOOM]

4-2 Sharks, Marleau.

[bubbsy]

wow, what a pretty goal.

[Henry Fool]

Is Quick getting beaten in the same spot?

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Yoho

Depends how bad these two teams beat each other up, especially if Montreal can sweep their series.

Well Montreal will have to go through Boston so in the unlikely event they win that series they will have taken a pretty servere physical beat down

[PeteMoss]

Many here want Matt Greene as a UFA... seems pretty SOB-like at some points.

[Kidder]

Bingo. The book is out on Quick, the Sharks are almost exclusively shooting high blocker, I can't even recall a glove save he's had to make yet.

Quick is a fan of paddle down, which means he's in a habit of dropping that blocker hand near ice level in tight. Not sure if they've exposed that or just determined he's weaker on that side.

[bubbsy]

haha kings in total meltdown mode.

[DOOM]

5-2 Sharks, Pavelski.