2021 NHL Playoffs

[Jim]

[Then you have Fleury high glove on the blocker side :pop:

Boom, proof that Murray was a goalie God! Well, for some people.

[Skatingpen]

These islanders are relentless. Have to give them credit.

Amazing how a strong system that every player buys in to works come playoff time. We see it every year

[brwi]

Can’t pin this on Raask but it would be nice for him to have a save this period if you are a Bruins fan.

He's not helping his upcoming UFA value any, especially with the Bruins being pretty high on his backup Swayman.

I expect the Bruins are going to go all-out from the drop of the puck to try and mount a comeback, but they look like a beaten bunch out there right now and I don't know if breaking up the Perfection Line was the way to go. If they can't get an early goal in the 3rd, Isles will cruise on to the series win. Then get overwhelmed by TB.

[penny lane]

Give me a shutdown pedigree goalie instead of going big.
Goaltending is only everything.

[Zarovich]

First shot, high glove

[thehockeyguru]

Everytime I watch a Fleury game he seems to give up a goal in the first minute or two

[KG]

No idea what Grubauer was just doing there

[DelPen]

First shot, high glove

Knuckle puck. Boucher had also been all over every goalie for being beaten too easily high glove, said the opposite on this one and it was pretty much unstoppable.

[thehockeyguru]

No idea what Grubauer was just doing there

Yeah I don't know what the explanation is for him looking in the corner

[DelPen]

Give me a shutdown pedigree goalie instead of going big.
Goaltending is only everything.

But what makes a goalie have a shutdown pedigree? Vasilevsky took a few years to win a Cup. So did Holtby and he’s not really shutdown. Carey Price has been OK in the playoffs but no Cups.

I’ll take fast AND big over a goalie who “experts” say are shout down goalies and I’ll take even just fast like we had with Murray in net. Without the team speed and the puck possession that comes with it we don’t win either Cup and the goalie just needs to be competent and save what they should and occasionally come up with a big save.

[DelPen]

I’m ready for a Price vs Fleury series.

[DelPen]

Don’t put team with a great PP on the PP with careless unforced errors.

[DelPen]

This game is pretty fun

[DelPen]

Deflection at point, defenseman swipes at the puck and deflects it another direction, Fleury makes a catch to just get it frozen. Defensemen apologizing and Fleury is just smiling and laughing.

Great job Rutherford.

[DelPen]

No matter where Montreal plays their next game, they will have to be taken aback at playing in front of pretty much normal crowds and they haven’t seen those for a long time.

[KG]

Colorado reminds me Washington before they finally won in 18.
A lot of regular season success and flash, but not enough push back come playoff time.

Lost 4 straight to Vegas after going up 2-0

[DelPen]

Fleury went for the ENG up 6-3 with about 2:45 to go. I approve.

[ville5]

When I said I was rooting for Carolina, it looked like Vegas didn't have a chance. I got swindled by the Avalanche hype. I'm really rooting for Fleury! Fleury! Fleury!

[penny lane]

The pens have no one that hits like the knights. McKinnon getting the Crosby/Guentzel treatment.

We'll see if the provincial thought that the quasi metro div was the best when canes/isles meet. Isles/Knights, Isles Habs; whey not!

Montreal is in for a cultural shock in Vegas with crowd noise.

[KG]

Rask out with a torn labrum in his hip. Out until January / February. Only wants to play for Boston. Scratch him off the list

[brwi]

Rask out with a torn labrum in his hip. Out until January / February. Only wants to play for Boston. Scratch him off the list

Boston is a pretty frugal team and Rask may not like what they offer him as they also have Hall and Krejci as UFAs and a blueline in need of a lot of help.

[KG]

Tampa looks all confused and a little flat. Islanders continue to do their thing…

Stamkos turnover directly let to a goal against. Cooper benched him. That’s interesting.

[thehockeyguru]

Tampa looks all confused and a little flat. Islanders continue to do their thing…

Stamkos turnover directly let to a goal against. Cooper benched him. That’s interesting.

Tampa seemed content staying to the outside when in the offensive zone and looked like the Penguins in transition and exiting their zone.

[brwi]

Tampa looks all confused and a little flat. Islanders continue to do their thing…

Stamkos turnover directly let to a goal against. Cooper benched him. That’s interesting.

Tampa seemed content staying to the outside when in the offensive zone and looked like the Penguins in transition and exiting their zone.

TB looked flat and out of synch. A lot of unforced turnovers and almost like some of the forwards were unfamiliar playing together on the same line. Lack of focus? One of those games? Game 2 should be a response.

[DelPen]

I’m going to go against the conventional wisdom of all the talking heads and say the Habs will feed off the crowd especially if they get booed. Players love to piss off a road crowd, this is their first chance to do that since last March, 2020.

The Knights players from Canada hearing their anthem in person in a long while might be more emotional.