05-14-2019, 09:52 PM
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#121
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: North America
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Originally Posted by Kybb79
Well he is on a better team now playing in the eastern conference finals. I think he gets the last laugh.
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Winning.
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05-14-2019, 10:09 PM
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#122
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Kybb79
Well he is on a better team now playing in the eastern conference finals. I think he gets the last laugh.
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Why do you have such and ex-Flames boner while hating everyone on the current roster?
Last laugh? they haven't won a game that with him in the lineup and its very likely his time on that "better team" is coming to an end
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05-14-2019, 10:18 PM
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#123
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by TheSutterDynasty
Or maybe he just came off a major injury and there is more to his teams' losing than his play?
What an asinine comment.
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Nobody is saying its all his fault...he is certainly over rated IMO as a playoff performer because of one series (which was amazing) but he hasn't played like that since.
Plenty of posters were saying he would have made a difference for the Flames yet he has 1 win in 15 playoff games, its a valid argument.
Canes bragging rights are being diminished by getting their doors blown off in the eastern finals too. They seem like a team that over achieved and got some breaks (like Holtby forgetting how to goal tend) and its finally caught up to them.
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05-14-2019, 10:23 PM
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#124
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kybb79
Well he is on a better team now playing in the eastern conference finals. I think he gets the last laugh.
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Meh. Flames are a better team than the Hurricanes. I'm not putting any stock into teams that overachieved in these playoffs as the Bruins are putting them in their place.
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05-14-2019, 10:35 PM
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#125
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Meh. Flames are a better team than the Hurricanes. I'm not putting any stock into teams that overachieved in these playoffs as the Bruins are putting them in their place.
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Yep, teams go on runs...its not like the best four teams in the NHL are still playing right now. By his logic Carolina is better than Tampa
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Last edited by dino7c; 05-14-2019 at 10:49 PM.
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05-15-2019, 07:37 AM
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#126
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Franchise Player
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Looks like the end of the run for the Canes. Team made huge strides this year, big improvement in coaching and team play but the B's are a better team and I think the Canes are pretty banged up. Bright future for them with their defensive depth and solid young forwards.
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05-15-2019, 08:28 AM
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#127
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The Flames might be a better team than Carolina talent wise on paper but you can’t compare the two in effort. The Flames have a long ways to go compared to Carolina and even further to match Boston who will probably win the cup.
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05-15-2019, 08:42 AM
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#128
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Meh. Flames are a better team than the Hurricanes. I'm not putting any stock into teams that overachieved in these playoffs as the Bruins are putting them in their place.
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They took out the defending champs and then swept the Isles who had a pretty good year. That is a fantastic result for them.
Anyone not wanting to give the Canes some credit just comes across as bitter at this point.
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05-15-2019, 08:50 AM
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#129
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I won't lie, I was (am) very bitter over the Hurricanes playoff success.
I compared the Flames and the Hurricanes all year after the trade and to see them gel and become media darlings and make it to the conference final while the Flames wilted hurt.
The thought of them winning the Cup really got to me. That team is obviously much more than Hamilton (skater, not the pig) & Ferland but how could I not be jealous and angry at their success?
Man, a month later and I am still so disappointed in the Flames.
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05-15-2019, 08:51 AM
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#130
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Igottago
They took out the defending champs and then swept the Isles who had a pretty good year. That is a fantastic result for them.
Anyone not wanting to give the Canes some credit just comes across as bitter at this point.
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I’ll give them full marks.
But I still think the Flames are a better team.
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05-15-2019, 08:57 AM
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#131
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So, I guess whoever comes out of the West is sweeping the Bruins?
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05-15-2019, 09:00 AM
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#132
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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^ Yep. Rest is a weapon. For the team still playing.
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05-15-2019, 10:02 AM
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#133
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Igottago
They took out the defending champs and then swept the Isles who had a pretty good year. That is a fantastic result for them.
Anyone not wanting to give the Canes some credit just comes across as bitter at this point.
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Not bitter at all. I don't think I even posted in the Fox thread as he is irrelevant to me as are the Hurricanes. I think they were a nice story this year making the playoffs and winning a few rounds but I don't think it they are on the cusp of being a perennial contender. They have some nice pieces but I wouldn't be shocked if they missed the playoffs next season.
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05-15-2019, 10:11 AM
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#134
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Toonage
^ Yep. Rest is a weapon. For the team still playing.
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I meant that The Isles swept the Pens, and were swept next round. Then the Canes swept the Isles, and are about to be swept this round. Then the Bruins sweep the Canes, and...
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05-15-2019, 10:13 AM
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#135
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I meant that The Isles swept the Pens, and were swept next round. Then the Canes swept the Isles, and are about to be swept this round. Then the Bruins sweep the Canes, and...
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We're on the same page. The teams that do the sweeping get the rest and the teams with the rest are losing.
So if the Bruins sweep, they get rest and will lose to the Sharks or Blues.
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05-15-2019, 10:43 AM
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#136
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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2018-19 Conn Smythe Winner
Brad Marchand (BOS) 2/1
Tuukka Rask (BOS) 3/1
Logan Couture (SJ) 5/1
J. Binnington (STL) 6/1
J. Schwartz (STL) 10/1
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05-15-2019, 11:37 AM
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#137
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toonage
We're on the same page. The teams that do the sweeping get the rest and the teams with the rest are losing.
So if the Bruins sweep, they get rest and will lose to the Sharks or Blues.
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The one thing that's different is that Boston is a favorite. Maybe the time off gave the lesser teams a chance to realize they'd already overachieved. Also, to cool off from playing above their heads, as opposed to resting from playing at their normal level (like Boston is IMO).
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05-15-2019, 12:12 PM
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#138
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
The one thing that's different is that Boston is a favorite. Maybe the time off gave the lesser teams a chance to realize they'd already overachieved. Also, to cool off from playing above their heads, as opposed to resting from playing at their normal level (like Boston is IMO).
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Once Tampa, Pittsburgh, and Capitals were eliminated things really opened up for the winner of the Bruins/Leafs series as if you told a Bruins fan that after the Leafs only the Jackets and Hurricanes would stand in their way of making it back to the finals they would have gladly taken that. As much as I don't like the Bruins I appreciate that they are probably the only reason the Leafs aren't in the Stanley Cup finals this season.
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05-15-2019, 12:17 PM
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#139
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
The one thing that's different is that Boston is a favorite. Maybe the time off gave the lesser teams a chance to realize they'd already overachieved. Also, to cool off from playing above their heads, as opposed to resting from playing at their normal level (like Boston is IMO).
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Yep watch Boston go and muck things up for bettors who think they're figured out the 2019 playoffs.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
As much as I don't like the Bruins I appreciate that they are probably the only reason the Leafs aren't in the Stanley Cup finals this season.
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Truly Canada's team.
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05-15-2019, 12:20 PM
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#140
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Franchise Player
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Canes are 0-5 with Ferland in the lineup and Hamilton has been okay as a fourth dman with some cringe worthy moments. It is just a bad take to bash the Flames and that trade based on the Cane's winning a couple rounds. Some people go out of their way to make every thread about bashing the Flames and it's annoying.
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