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The Battle of Alberta, friends! Great for hockey, the NHL, and Canada. I've seen a lot of great playoff games - last nights win for my Flames was in the top 5. Oettinger was the MVP of that series. He's a tremendous goalie. Markstrom was also good. Gaudreau proved to this fan he should wear the "C", next season. Or, at the very least, an "A". Good to see Tkachuk snap out of a small slump.
The Oilers will not have the defence to stop the Flames. Nor the consistent goaltending. That's how I see this one playing out. The Blues are a very tough out for the Avs. Carolina should beat the Rangers, but the Bruins took them to 7 games, which surprised me. The Bolts and Panthers will be almost as good as the Battle of Alberta, but, then again, not even close! GO FLAMES!!! (As a born/raised New Yorker, I'd love to see the Flames/Rangers in the Cup final)
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7 games of watching the Bruins power play be about as useless as a screen door in a sub,, yea.--- that was AWESOME.
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Pens peppered Shesterkin. Just couldn't get it done. Domingue did well to keep them in the series. Well enough. Losing your #1 keeper (like the Preds) kept the Pens from advancing. I watched every game. They played well enough to win. ZIbanejad killed them.
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The local CBS Sports talk radio says that Malkin said he thinks of Pittsburgh as his second home and he'd like to retire a Penguin but if he gets a better offer he'd entertain it. There's also a rumor that Sid was cleared to play game 6 but the front office is contesting this as being false. Given that Jarry was walking around in an ice boot after game 7 again I wouldn't take the front office's version as anything more than damage control.
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+1 Larry. The first round is always my favorite since there are 4 games every night and exciting to watch the upsets... unless of course your team makes it to the second round and then that gets more intense from a personal perspective. |
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That brings us right back to where we started a year ago - "NHL Off Season Discussion"
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Panthers/Lightning
10 minutes to go in the third period, Tb up 2-1. This has to be the most lackluster 2nd round opening game I've ever seen. Zero extra effort. No sense of desperation, especially by the Panthers, who are down a goal! Terrible.
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Malkin kept bringing up his agent and that they shared his number for ownership to consider. There were jokes in the press room about how it's not really about the money. OTOH there are also rumblings that he apparently has an option to play in Russia for a significant amount.
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Ryan O'Reilly and Jordan Binnington brought the goods for St. Louis in game 1, nearly pulling this one out in spite of another Avalanche barrage of 50+ shots on goal plus at least 5 off the iron.
Encouraged to see 2 of the 3 goals coming from deeper in the depth chart (Girard and Manson). Kuemper's play generally good though the tying goal with 5 minutes to go was a bit leaky. The defending champs look good though Florida has shown a tendency to save their best game for when they are down. Crazy that it has been so long since the last Edmonton / Calgary battle!
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Battle of Alberta! Great for our city, and the province. We've been hit pretty hard over the years, fiscally. Many people losing jobs. Both cities - and all of Alberta - are excited.
I've procured the necessary craft beers, and will settle down w/my kids for, what could be one of the best series yet. If the Flames can stay out of the penalty box and play 5-on-5 hockey (they are the best in the league, 5-on-5), then we should win. The Oilers will hurt us on the PP. Smith is "chaos" between the pipes. I like our chances...
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Well, the Battle of Alberta thus far is looking more like a slaughter. Flames were oh so prepared.
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Well, just finished watching the Flames and Oilers. Wow!
Flames won by a field goal. |