[PST] Playoff Series Thread: Montreal (1st Atlantic) vs NY Rangers (Wildcard) NYR win 4-2

[Rjcsjc62]

Looks like Shea Weber is good to go:

Shea Weber (lower body) practiced again Tuesday and he is expected to return to action on Wednesday.
He has been skating alongside Andrei Markov on the top pairing and he's been on the first power-play unit. Weber sat out four games at the end of the regular season. He had 17 goals and 42 points in 78 appearances during his first campaign with the Canadiens. Apr 11 - 1:45 PM
Source: John Lu on Twitter

[t0rrent98]

Max Pacioretty left practice today with what looks to be a highstick around his eye.
The end result was Pacioretty quickly leaving the eye as he clutched his face in obvious pain.

[Sylvanfan]

Hopefully Pacioretty is okay. I'm no Habs fan by any means, but I'd like to see both teams more or less at full strength for this series. Plus Pacioretty has done well to come back from that awful injury when he got rammed into the station.

I think the Habs have a few more difference maker types in their lineup. The Rangers are a team with lot's of depth, but who really stands out as a guy outside of Lundquist that you need to fear? I think Price can match up with Lundquist and the Canadiens win a pretty low scoring series in 6. Type of series where a team with 10 goals for wins.

[habernac]

McCarron hit him accidentally. He feels terrible. Hope the captain is ok. They need his offense.

I still have no idea what they're doing with Galchenyuk. He's on the 4th line now. He was top ten in scoring before his knee injury. Now he's stuck with Martinsen and Ott.

[Mathgod]

I see this one going the distance, with Price coming up with a huge performance in game 7.

[Karl]

Rags in 6.

[spuzzum]

MTL in 7. Price for the win! King hasn't been the same this year.

[RyZ]

Rags have a better group of skaters so its gonna be on Price to be the best player in the series if the Habs are gonna win.

NYR in 6.

[EVERLAST]

I like certain players on the Habs and am a big fan of Price.

I don't care much for any of the Rangers even though I like A V.

Hope the Habs win only for the purpose of a cup in Canada event though I don't stray far from only cheering for my flames .

Habs in 6.

[YYC in LAX]

NYR to win the series at +130 seems worth the bet

[savemedrzaius]

Originally Posted by chockfullofgoodness

A Leafs fan cheering for the Habs? How does that even happen?

As long as they don't win the cup I don't care! And I want to see a Habs/Sens or Habs/Boston 2nd round. That way the Leafs will have an interesting match-up in the 3rd round.

[StrykerSteve]

Have two TVs in my hotel room, so watching multiple games at once. CBC intro gives me the chills as always. PLAYOFFS BABY!

[AC]

Oh man this intro song is terribad.

Some ####ty techno song with "go habs go" pumped into it? Makes it sound cheap and forced.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Do we do OOT threads in the playoffs? Seems way better than having to jump around 4 threads at a time.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

The CBC intro was good tho. Started with Gelinas talking about 04.

[AC]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Do we do OOT threads in the playoffs? Seems way better than having to jump around 4 threads at a time.

Good call, I agree.

[hwy19man]

Pregame links!
http://scores.nbcsports.com/nhl/preview.asp?g=2017041210&home=10&vis=13
http://sportsstats.cbc.ca/hockey/nhl-matchups.aspx?page=/data/NHL/matchups/g2_summary_1.html
http://sportsstats.cbc.ca/hockey/nhl-preview.aspx?page=/data/NHL/matchups/g2_preview_1.html

[hwy19man]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Do we do OOT threads in the playoffs? Seems way better than having to jump around 4 threads at a time.

It is a debate every year to do OOTs or not in the first round. There are five games on this day.

[CedarMeter]

Both teams came out flying.

[EVERLAST]

Good pace in this one