[PST] Preliminary round/Division semifinal: Blues vs. Avalanche--Colorado sweeps series 4-0

[hwy19man]

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https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...nche-vs-blues/

https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2021/05/17...round-preview/



All times Mountain


Monday, May 17: at Colorado Sportsnet One , NBCSN, and TVA Sports 2000h/8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 19: at Colorado on SN360, CNBC, and TVA Sports2 2030h/8:30 p.m.

Friday, May 21: at St. Louis on SN360, USA, and TVA Sports2 1930h/7:30 pm
Sunday, May 23: at St. Louis on SN360, NBCSN, and TVA Sports 1930h/7:30 pm

*Tuesday, May 25: at Colorado TBA
*Thursday, May 27: at St. Louis TBA
*Saturday, May 29 at Colorado TBA


Blues: 27-20-9, 63 points ​(fourth in the West Division)
Avalanche: 39-13-4, 82 points ​(first in the West Division)

Regular-season series: Avalanche won 5-3-0 Blues 3-5-0)


This will be the second time these two teams will meet in the playoffs. The last time was exactly two decades ago in the western conference final, the Avalanche won in five games.

[hwy19man]

Game is on Sportsnet One, NBCSN,
and NHL Network.

[3rd liner]

Great fight. Landeskog can throw them, would have thought schenn would have won. Looked like a low hit by schenn but need to see replay.

[3rd liner]

Good traffic on binnington, he’s in the zone so need to block his view.

[Nsd1]

Future Flame Cale Makar scores

[Drake]

Makar is a fun player to watch...

[ThisIsAnOutrage]

Is McGuire putting on a bad Italian accent every time he says Miko Rantanen?

[dino7c]

Nice goal but not exactly how you want to defend the point

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by ThisIsAnOutrage

Is McGuire putting on a bad Italian accent every time he says Miko Rantanen?

Noticed that too...and he is saying his name as much as possible

[jayswin]

Really nice goal

[3rd liner]

I’m no avs fan but they are fun to watch (if they’re not playing the flames). Plus I find the blues a bit dirty- bortuzzo has always been a dirty player.
Edit- and they still have Perron. An ex-oiler, ex-duck, ex-golden knight. And a flame killer every time and general weasel. Man I hate that guy.

[jayswin]

Excellent to hear Pierre Maquire up to his old hysterical colour commentary. "How many times have we heard that FACEOFFS DON'T MATTER!!!!!!!! AND THEN THIS HAPPENS!!!!.

Umm, Pierre, nobody says face-offs don't matter, you're just creating hysterical narratives like you always do.

[theinfinitejar]

Seeing some worrying signs for the Blues already.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by ThisIsAnOutrage

Is McGuire putting on a bad Italian accent every time he says Miko Rantanen?

Do not let him call a game with Mangiapane in it.

[direwolf]

Man, the Avs are fun to watch. So much speed and skill.

[3rd liner]

Yeah that was a low hit by schenn- just saw bieksas replay. Good on landeskog and great fight by both.

[bluejays]

Pierre McGuire has so many isms, he's the most annoying person on tv to watch:
- mention every junior team a player has ever played with, complete statement by saying it's a great program
- go out of your way to pronounce a players name with their native pronunciation
- one up the play by play commentator akin to, "it's not good, it's great!"


Oh, I have no clue how he passes the network focus groups. So cringy.

[the_only_turek_fan]

Jordan Binnington just stoned Raantanen.

[the_only_turek_fan]

Shades of Kiprusoff.

[direwolf]

Holy crap, what a save by Binnington.

Also, I just gotta say how fun it is watching playoff hockey with real fans in the buildings. The atmosphere is so much more electric. I missed it.