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Originally Posted by kane
If Crosby can continue to play with that kind of fire and they can actually just cut down on the stupid penalties they can beat the Rangers, but if they are going to insist on giving up all those power plays it will eventually be their downfall.
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Blaming the coach on that loose end. He should be reigning that sloppy chippy stuff in with the players, but "player's coaches" always seem ineffective at that in my book. Also, probably his bad karma from cheating with the Winterhawks has finally caught up with him so he has cursed the team.
Stanley hockey to me is all about the grinders stepping up and becoming the stars - I look at Chicago and it is like a team of the superstars of grinderdom... kind of like the Kings were in their Cup winning years.
Montreal... not a fan of the coach and I don't think Subban did what he did without being issued the Prime Directive. Gallagher has been that guy in the past too and Therrien has a rep for being that sort of dirty.
The teams are for the most part fairly even and I think it is going to be great hockey through to the very end.
Hope the Jets win at least one but the Ducks are so relentless. Always been a fan of Kessler even when he was with the Canuckleheads. Speaking of which, i couldn't believe how many times the Canucks turned over the puck tonight... even when there was no pressure on the puck they were tossing it away like hippies playing frisbee in a parking lot after dropping acid to catch a Phish concert.
Caps vs Islanders is fun. Ovie vs Tavares is living up to the hype. No one should underestimate those former Pens on D for the Caps... Although on the other side of the ice Hickey is another WHL kid I used to watch on the Tbirds and he is what I like in a D man... the thinking quarterbacking kind, not the goon type. Although he does look like he is trying to step up to the big hits he still looks too light to do much.