NHL Hockey thread

[viper37]

Jets have gone on a major slump, losing 6 of the last 8.  WIth the final games coming up this weekend they could finish anywhere from 1st to 3rd in the Central, and could play any of St. Louis, Nashville, or Dallas.

At least, they will make the playoffs and stand a good change of advancing 1 or 2 rounds

[Barrister]

Jets have gone on a major slump, losing 6 of the last 8.  WIth the final games coming up this weekend they could finish anywhere from 1st to 3rd in the Central, and could play any of St. Louis, Nashville, or Dallas.

At least, they will make the playoffs and stand a good change of advancing 1 or 2 rounds

Not the way they've been playing.  I'm worried about being bounced in the first round.

[Valmy]

Well it looks like Montreal got eliminated yesterday so the very cool game they played against Toronto was meaningless. Ah well.

On to the playoffs! I look forward to the inevitable Pens vs. Caps second round matchup.

[Barrister]

Jets at least win their final game.  Onwards against the Blues!

[viper37]

Does CBC airs playoffs?

I am disinclined to pay 15$/month to get TVA Sports

[Barrister]

Does CBC airs playoffs?

I am disinclined to pay 15$/month to get TVA Sports

I was going to answer, but then realized I had no idea what the French broadcast schedule is like.  Do your own googling!

[dps]

It doesn't really matter to me, but a lot of folks around here are excited that the Hurricanes are finally back in the playoffs.

[Valmy]

It doesn't really matter to me, but a lot of folks around here are excited that the Hurricanes are finally back in the playoffs.

I am glad they have fans.

[Grey Fox]

Does CBC airs playoffs?

I am disinclined to pay 15$/month to get TVA Sports

I was going to answer, but then realized I had no idea what the French broadcast schedule is like.  Do your own googling!

He knows. TVA Sports has the exclusive rights. They show all the games.

@Viper Yes, there will be a game or 2 on CBC almost every night.

[viper37]

Does CBC airs playoffs?

I am disinclined to pay 15$/month to get TVA Sports

I was going to answer, but then realized I had no idea what the French broadcast schedule is like.  Do your own googling!

I did

French CBC has had no sports for a while now (except Olympics).
Réseau Des Sports (RDS, French TSN) does not air playoffs.
In French, only TVA Sports has the playoffs.  But I'm not a fan of their commenting.

Due to Videotron's constraints, I'm going to lose some of my english channels if I pick a sports package that include TVA Sports and all the other sports channels.

But I have CBC.

And I couldn't find an answer on their site.  I figured one of you would know

[Barrister]

Yeah, the one downside to the playoffs is instead of the TSN crew doing 60+ games, we get random Sportsnet crews announcing Jets games.

But on the positive side we get Scott Oake, who lives in Winnipeg and (in addition to being very good) has an obvious fondness for the Jets and their fans. 

Why isn't it puck drop time already?

[crazy canuck]

In other exciting NHL news, the Canucks continued their streak of dropping down lottery picks from their ranking going into the draw.

[Barrister]

In other exciting NHL news, the Canucks continued their streak of dropping down lottery picks from their ranking going into the draw.

WAD.

If you don't "win" one of the top three sports, you automatically drop down.  It's not like there won't be a good player available at #10.

[Barrister]

So here's the thing about this Jets-Blues matchup.

Jets were one of the hottest teams in the league for the first half of the year, then skidded playing .500 hockey the second half, losing out on 1st place in the division.  Blues were the opposite - last place in the league at one point, only to turn it on in the second half and make the playoffs.

Can the Jets just "flip a switch" and move into playoff mode?  They weren't playing for much that second half.  We'll start to find out tonight!

[Barrister]

Columbus comes back from a 3-1 deficit with three goals in the 3rd period to beat Tampa 4-3!