NHL Hockey thread

[HVC]

Sleep? This is why you could never be an honourary Canadian.

[HVC]

Well you picked the right time to stop watching.

[HVC]

I hope you're happy valmy

[Valmy]

You cannot blow a 3-1 lead without first getting up 3 games to 1 

But sure. So far so good.

[HVC]

Not liking these refs.

[HVC]

Woooo

[Camerus]

I was going to be satisfied with the Leafs just making it to game 6. Now that is guaranteed and even a series victory no longer seems far-fetched.

[CountDeMoney]

[Ed Anger]

Lolz

[Valmy]

I was going to be satisfied with the Leafs just making it to game 6. Now that is guaranteed and even a series victory no longer seems far-fetched.

Wait you went into this series against the chokiest franchise in the history of any sport thinking a victory was far-fetched? Have you never watched the NHL before? Are you patronizing me? Because that is really mean

Anyway at least the Caps cannot blow another 3 games to 1 lead. So it cannot be a top 10 disappointment for me.

[Valmy]

Here I will dig this one up from last year:

The Washington Capitals experienced yet another early, [synonym for surprise] exit from the NHL playoffs on Thursday, dropping a [adjective for close], [indicate whether or not it was in overtime – it was] [Game 6 or 7] against the [team that finished in 6th, 7th or 8th place] in the [round before the Eastern Conference Finals]. The Capitals had [statistic indicating strength of the team's regular season] while [team mentioned above] made the playoffs after a final-week push.

Washington, which entered the playoffs as a [type the word "favorite" without being brought to tears by laughter – water is bad for your keyboard] to win the Stanley Cup, experienced another [variant of "choke"] that's become all but the playoff norm for one of the most underachieving teams in sports over the last [take the last two digits of the current year and add 14] years. This series loss was the [count up playoff appearances since 1998]th time in [subtract 1998 from current year] seasons that the Caps failed to win more than one playoff series and the [let's just go with 9]th time they were ousted by a higher-seeded team.

Not even a [variant of "sold out"] Verizon Center nor a sea of [whatever color the Stepford-like Caps fans have decided to dress en masse this year], could change the team's luck. The [deluded number of attendees at Verizon Center] were whipped into a frenzy [cringeworthy number of minutes] before the drop of the puck. But those fans [phrase to replace "gluttons for punishment'] were hushed early when [other team] scored a goal at the [minute mark between 15 and 19] of the first period. Despite fits and starts over the next [time of first goal subtracted from 60] minutes, the ending was as predictable as [Michael Bay movie – any Michael Bay movie].

It was a [try to make it sound like this wasn't foretold in the stars] loss for the Caps, who were out to a [2-0 or 3-0 or 3-1] lead in the series before the [other team] forced a Game 7 after a [overtime win in whichever game of the comeback involved overtime].

The Caps were done in by their usual playoff demons. The team went [percentage less than 10%] on their power play, goaltender [name of goalie] allowed [percentage over 40] more goals than he had in his [adjective for good] regular season and, once again, Alex Ovechkin was a virtual no-show, scoring fewer points in the series than [unheralded defenseman] despite being a favorite to win his [number of current MVPs] MVP award.

Despite the [too-early round] exit, fans were still [something nicer than "clinging to the desperate fantasy"] that the Caps are closer than ever to making the [whatever the next round of the playoffs is].

"[Hilariously upbeat quote from man wearing red], said [name of poor sap whose playoff beard had been growing for all of 11 days] of Potomac. "[Continuation of quote that already looks ahead to next season which, in a slice of good news for Caps fans, starts in like 3 weeks]."

After acknowledging he'd take a few days to recover from the latest playoff [collapse/meltdown/choke job/implosion/explosion/some kind of -ion], coach [name of guy about to be fired] said it was time to start focusing on [next calendar year].

"We were so close," said [soon-to-be temporarily unemployed coach]. "It's a disappointment but [flowery outlook that treats the regular season like it actually matters and is something to be built upon.]"

But wait they can still win game four!   

[Josephus]

So sorry Leafs fans (are their any besides HVC?)  Jets vs Leafs, Jets give up a 4 goal lead, only to take it to OT and a win, with Patrik Laine scoring a hattrick and pulling even with Matthews in goals for the season.

So yeah, BB, how's that going for you these days?

[HVC]

So sorry Leafs fans (are their any besides HVC?)  Jets vs Leafs, Jets give up a 4 goal lead, only to take it to OT and a win, with Patrik Laine scoring a hattrick and pulling even with Matthews in goals for the season.

So yeah, BB, how's that going for you these days?

That's the spirit, hold a grudge. hold it hard!

also, about time you showed up

[viper37]

Wait you went into this series against the chokiest franchise in the history of any sport thinking a victory was far-fetched? Have you never watched the NHL before? Are you patronizing me? Because that is really mean

Is a Leafs fans.  They haven't done shit in the series for as long as the combined aged of all Languish members.

[HVC]

still the second most winningest team