NHL Playoffs 2017

[cobrajet]

2 minutes ago, Tank 92 said:

Eh....normally I would feel bad about any player going down but he flys around all the time out of control, bound to happen. And I don't think Niskanen aimed to hit him in the head. Crosby was just falling down and it ended up in an unfortunate way. 

Reports are that some fans saw him walking briskly and he winked at them and smiled and said he is ok, so I think he may be fine.

[T3hRaven]

1 hour ago, Tank 92 said:

Eh....normally I would feel bad about any player going down but he flys around all the time out of control, bound to happen. And I don't think Niskanen aimed to hit him in the head. Crosby was just falling down and it ended up in an unfortunate way. 

It was clearly incidental contact, and it's utterly ridiculous he got a 5 minute major for that.  The refs only gave them that because it was the league's favored son who went down, not because it was warranted.

58 minutes ago, cobrajet said:

Reports are that some fans saw him walking briskly and he winked at them and smiled and said he is ok, so I think he may be fine.

Unfortunately.

[Pats]

I too think it was unintentional, Ovi's clip on crosbys head was more egregious. By the talk of some pens fans you'd swear it was a matt cooke cheap shot.

[cobrajet]

6 hours ago, Pats said:

I too think it was unintentional, Ovi's clip on crosbys head was more egregious. By the talk of some pens fans you'd swear it was a matt cooke cheap shot.

Agreed, they are seriously crying like it was Dale Hunter's cheap shot on Pierre Turgeon. I also agree that Ovie's hit on Crosby's neck was more erregious.

[Pats]

4 hours ago, cobrajet said:

Agreed, they are seriously crying like it was Dale Hunter's cheap shot on Pierre Turgeon. I also agree that Ovie's hit on Crosby's neck was more erregious.

They are saying suspended and assault charges lol, pens fans are some of the worst. Funny how lots of them left before the pens comeback goals too.

[Tank 92]

9 hours ago, cobrajet said:

Agreed, they are seriously crying like it was Dale Hunter's cheap shot on Pierre Turgeon. I also agree that Ovie's hit on Crosby's neck was more erregious.

Pens fans can be bad, but they aren't in the same league as the crying bawston crowd. Those folks are without doubt the worst regardless of the sport. 

I have to say that it if it was Backstrom or another player that ended up like Crybaby many a Caps fan would be pissed too even though it was just an unfortunate accident. Just the nature of a fanatic. 

Ovie's slash to the shoulder was intentional and a penalty but the glancing strike to the back of his helmet was not. Should have been a minor but those are missed all the time(see previous two matches in Washington).

[T3hRaven]

Losers.  Team of losers.

[Pats]

^{I mean jesus holtby, can you even just try?}

[darklight1216]

That was pathetic. Pittsburgh is missing all of those players, but instead of capitalizing on the opportunity, Washington just threw up all over themselves.

There's basically no way that a team of their caliber can win out so that was probably the season.

 

After that 6-2 game At Home, I really shouldn't be suprised, but I'm still mad.

Most of all I'm disappointed in myself for actually believing things could be different this year. Well, at least I have the regular season to look forward too, that's more than some fans can say.

 

I need to scope out a bandwagon team to pin my hopes on. I wanted it to be Montreal since Quebec is so beautiful, but that didn't work out.