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Originally Posted by Far-L
Agree and disagree...
Agree that Caps / Rangers is the turning out to be a great series. It will be even more epic if the Caps send the Rangers to the links sooner than later.
Montreal / Tampa has been mostly great but wtf happened to Montreal in the last game? One word... Therrien. He is a douchebag and is trying to get the wins sending players in to play the douchebag game. Running the goalie for the wins? Fuck that. I don't think for a second that Prust and Subban do anything out of being "undisciplined" players. On the contrary, they were following marching orders like troops running over the trenches into hails of gunfire. Senseless sacrifice in a brutal conflict.
Chicago / Minnesota looked a lot closer than the scores reflect and I think the Wild are going to step up for the home fans. They are not going out that easy. Chicago got goals on a couple great breakaways but they won't get those every night. Hockey Gods just aren't that generous.
Ducks / Calgary - agree, the Ducks just look amazing, speed and toughness, they look unstoppable.
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The part where you say you disagree with me, we actually agree. I was about to add in that of the two western matchups the Wild look to be doing the best so far, whereas the Flames are simply getting their doors blown off. Yes, with some puck luck that all could change, and again of the two series I'd have to give the most likelihood of that to MInnesota.
I guess we'll see tonight.
As for your Therien theory, I can't really argue, as you could actually be right for all I know. What I do know is that whether it is the coach or it's simply that a number of their guys are a-holes, whatever they're trying to do in this series isn't working. Perhaps they need to try a little less scumbaggery and a little more, oh I don't know, clean hockey offense? Maybe step up their D so they're not relying entirely on Price? And Prust needs to close his blowhole when talking to the media, because now every ref in the NHL knows about his comments about that one ref. No player wants to get himself and his team labeled like this, unless of course he's an idiot.
As for my "whiners" comments I forgot to add in that I've noticed over the year that the Tampa fan base can be a whiney bunch as well.