Hockey

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Originally Posted by shadows

Boston was the most consistent of the bottom three teams the past few games and they won when they had to. I feel bad for Montreal as they are in for a very tough series against Washington.

Boston has the best chance of the three bottom seeds as they can definitely beat Buffalo. True, Buffalo has Ryan Miller to rely on, but Boston has Rask to rely on as well. I don't expect any high-scoring games, but I do expect some exciting hockey!

Young Rask has become a Bruins favorite. Sales of this poster are off the chart at the Bruins team store.

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Originally Posted by smc

Young Rask has become a Bruins favorite. Sales of this poster are off the chart at the Bruins team store.

And the freaking Leafs trading him away to get Andrew Raycrap.

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I was glad to see Montreal get the single point they needed on Saturday. Then it was nice to catch the Bruins final regular season game of the year.

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Originally Posted by GRH

I was glad to see Montreal get the single point they needed on Saturday. Then it was nice to catch the Bruins final regular season game of the year.

And both of those teams are in the playoffs. I'll bet that you are quite happy that they don't play each other in the first round.

This isn't a pie-in-the-sky moment, but Montreal can beat Washington if they play the proper kind of game. They need stellar goaltending(obviously) and they need to make sure they do not take any unneccessary penalties. Oveckin and Semin were pretty much invisible in the Olympics as they did not get a lot of PP opportunities and they were facing a great defense.

Montreal has the goaltending(when they are on, they're on), but they need better discipline and they need to improve the defense. If they can do this, they have a chance to upset the mighty Capitals. It won't be easy be any stretch of the imagination, but it can happen. That is one of the things that is so great about playoff hockey. One moment, one momentum shift, and the entire series can change. You never know what can happen.

Boston plays Buffalo. I think Boston can beat Buffalo, but they have to make sure they shoot as many pucks as they can towards Ryan Miller. He wasn't the MVP of the Olympics for nothing, after all.

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Originally Posted by shadows

Boston plays Buffalo. I think Boston can beat Buffalo, but they have to make sure they shoot as many pucks as they can towards Ryan Miller. He wasn't the MVP of the Olympics for nothing, after all.

Well, then, I guess it's a good thing that it's pucks that are used in hockey games. That way, if the Bruins do any shooting, they'll be shooting the right thing.

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Originally Posted by smc

Well, then, I guess it's a good thing that it's pucks that are used in hockey games. That way, if the Bruins do any shooting, they'll be shooting the right thing.

They don't always use pucks. They sometimes like using beach balls so that crappy goaltenders like Toskala can have a sporting chance to make a save. Alas, he tends to let them in more often than not.

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Originally Posted by shadows

They don't always use pucks. They sometimes like using beach balls so that crappy goaltenders like Toskala can have a sporting chance to make a save. Alas, he tends to let them in more often than not.

Oh, sorry, I meant real hockey, not whatever it is you play in Canada. Sorry for the confusion.

Is this what you meant?

http://ezinearticles.com/?Beach-Ball...ity&id=2046593

[ila]

Originally Posted by shadows

And both of those teams are in the playoffs. I'll bet that you are quite happy that they don't play each other in the first round.

This isn't a pie-in-the-sky moment, but Montreal can beat Washington if they play the proper kind of game. They need stellar goaltending(obviously) and they need to make sure they do not take any unneccessary penalties. Oveckin and Semin were pretty much invisible in the Olympics as they did not get a lot of PP opportunities and they were facing a great defense.

Montreal has the goaltending(when they are on, they're on), but they need better discipline and they need to improve the defense. If they can do this, they have a chance to upset the mighty Capitals. It won't be easy be any stretch of the imagination, but it can happen. That is one of the things that is so great about playoff hockey. One moment, one momentum shift, and the entire series can change. You never know what can happen.

Boston plays Buffalo. I think Boston can beat Buffalo, but they have to make sure they shoot as many pucks as they can towards Ryan Miller. He wasn't the MVP of the Olympics for nothing, after all.

Montreal has to learn how to score when they are on a powerplay. I don't think they scored one powerplay goal against Toronto last Saturday and Toronto certainly gave them the opportunities. I think it was because Toronto was feeling pretty confident because Toskala wasn't in the net or even in the arena.

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Originally Posted by ila

I think it was because Toronto was feeling pretty confident because Toskala wasn't in the net or even in the arena.

Was he at the beach with a ball?