Round One : Nashville Predators v Chicago Blackhawks

[STLADOGG]

OT in the first game. God I love the playoffs. This should be an epic series.

[sseagle]

OT in the first game. God I love the playoffs. This should be an epic series.

As long as both teams beat each other to shit...

[cprice12]

That was a great 1st OT. A lot more wide open that you usually see.
Typically, as games go farther into OT, the games get less and less wide open...so we'll see how it goes.

I thought the no-call on Keith was a good no-call in OT...but I thought the penalty on NSH for tripping was weak.

[JesusNEVERexisted]

Darling is keeping the Hawks in this game. He has made like 3 or 4 great saves in the 3rd so far.

What darling saves!

I can't believe the ice cats blew a 3 goal lead!

[Portland Blues]

Nice game, er, first period by Crawford.

[Misc. Blues]

OT in the first game. God I love the playoffs. This should be an epic series.

As long as both teams beat each other to shit...

How do the Preds not even bump Kane all 4.5 periods? As soon as he got his first assist they should have been pounding him. Preds should have won but they let the Shitholes play their game.

[WaukeeBlues]

Those first two periods were stupid. I have no better word to describe it. It's been a long long time since I've seen the Hawks as thoroughly dominated in a period of play like they were in that opening period. My God. And then equally as awful the Preds letting the Hawks get back into it...

So much for home ice advantage Hawks. Only one home team won last night...

[dmiles2186]

I'm just going to be in my bunker all day today dodging the deluge of Darling puns.

[Kerfuffle]

OT in the first game. God I love the playoffs. This should be an epic series.

As long as both teams beat each other to shit...

How do the Preds not even bump Kane all 4.5 periods? As soon as he got his first assist they should have been pounding him. Preds should have won but they let the Shitholes play their game.

I wasn't surprised. That wouldn't be the game I would play either - whereby I go out to intentionally injure another guy - and I believe most players believe that as well. Not to mention that no Pred wanted to get a 5 min major just to do that. You have to ask yourself if it's worth it to risk losing the game for your team. Plus you know the refs were on the lookout for that.

[Kerfuffle]

I thought the no-call on Keith was a good no-call in OT...but I thought the penalty on NSH for tripping was weak.

I disagree - I thought the Preds should have had either a penalty shot or powerplay from the Keith take-down. Hawks got away with a break there.

[Portland Blues]

I thought the no-call on Keith was a good no-call in OT...but I thought the penalty on NSH for tripping was weak.

I disagree - I thought the Preds should have had either a penalty shot or powerplay from the Keith take-down. Hawks got away with a break there.

It was hard to see on the replay angle but it looked like Keith grabbed the guys jersey and yanked him down. Just from the way it played on the screen I think that gets called 9 times out 10.

[big d note]

OT in the first game. God I love the playoffs. This should be an epic series.

As long as both teams beat each other to shit...

How do the Preds not even bump Kane all 4.5 periods? As soon as he got his first assist they should have been pounding him. Preds should have won but they let the Shitholes play their game.

I wasn't surprised. That wouldn't be the game I would play either - whereby I go out to intentionally injure another guy - and I believe most players believe that as well. Not to mention that no Pred wanted to get a 5 min major just to do that. You have to ask yourself if it's worth it to risk losing the game for your team. Plus you know the refs were on the lookout for that.

Yeah, I can only imagine the fallout if one of your players were to take out the other team's captain with a cheap shot early in a playoff series. That would be really risky and would probably cost your team the game... even the series.

[ecbm]

OT in the first game. God I love the playoffs. This should be an epic series.

As long as both teams beat each other to shit...

How do the Preds not even bump Kane all 4.5 periods? As soon as he got his first assist they should have been pounding him. Preds should have won but they let the Shitholes play their game.

I wasn't surprised. That wouldn't be the game I would play either - whereby I go out to intentionally injure another guy - and I believe most players believe that as well. Not to mention that no Pred wanted to get a 5 min major just to do that. You have to ask yourself if it's worth it to risk losing the game for your team. Plus you know the refs were on the lookout for that.

Didn't we already cover this? Nobody said try to injure him. They said hit him. To spell it out, you would do that to make sure you're not letting him get away with coming back early from the injury and influencing the series. If he's injured by a legal hit, that's that. I'm sure every player on every team in every series has been told in no uncertain terms to avoid penalties at all costs. It's still hockey though, and you can still hit. Of course.

[WaukeeBlues]

OT in the first game. God I love the playoffs. This should be an epic series.

As long as both teams beat each other to shit...

How do the Preds not even bump Kane all 4.5 periods? As soon as he got his first assist they should have been pounding him. Preds should have won but they let the Shitholes play their game.

The Preds were doing the best they could, they showed some clips of Preds taking at least a shot at Kane every time he got rid of the puck but the guy is extremely shifty and plays the angles very well. Nick Lidstrom-esque is that he's very difficult to hit legally. He doesn't put himself in that position all that often. It's easy to say "pound him" after he's putting points on the boards but how do you do that without marching to the penalty box? That's the problem.

I'm fairly confident in saying the Preds want to play the body on Kane every chance they get and that they're trying.

[Kerfuffle]

Yeah, I can only imagine the fallout if one of your players were to take out the other team's captain with a cheap shot early in a playoff series. That would be really risky and would probably cost your team the game... even the series.

In no way did the Backes injury cause the Blues to lose that series last year. Not even close. Backes wasn't previously injured before it happened AND the Blues still won the game. And Backes returned for the series. Much different than Kane who is coming off collarbone surgery. To intentionally run Kane to try and re-break it would be a completely different scenario than what occurred to Backes.

[cardsfan04]

There's a difference between hitting somebody and trying to injure. There's no place for intentionally injuring somebody in any sport. But, it's pretty common to try to be physical with somebody coming off of an injury. Even if it just makes him think about it a bit more, it helps. And you don't have to try to injure to do that.

[Misc. Blues]

OT in the first game. God I love the playoffs. This should be an epic series.

As long as both teams beat each other to shit...

How do the Preds not even bump Kane all 4.5 periods? As soon as he got his first assist they should have been pounding him. Preds should have won but they let the Shitholes play their game.

I wasn't surprised. That wouldn't be the game I would play either - whereby I go out to intentionally injure another guy - and I believe most players believe that as well. Not to mention that no Pred wanted to get a 5 min major just to do that. You have to ask yourself if it's worth it to risk losing the game for your team. Plus you know the refs were on the lookout for that.

Hey I respect your opinion most of the time but when did I say injure? Kane was just floating the whole game. I watched the Chicago feed and Kane's name was barely even mentioned. He wasn't hitting or getting hit. He scored a couple of assists and was barely talked about. If he missed a shift I wouldn't have known it. It was like the Preds just ignored him. I never want a player hurt but a player who's on the score sheet setting up plays needs hit. The Preds had 39 hits and Kane didn't even feel 1 of them. The Hawks only had 28 hits and Duncan Keith had none Seabrook only had 2 all night. The only way to beat the Hawks is to grind them down. If you let them skate they will kill you on the rush. When they play the Blues they will feel it. Kane or anyone will know they've played the Blues. This is the playoffs hit somebody.

[ecbm]

Yeah, I can only imagine the fallout if one of your players were to take out the other team's captain with a cheap shot early in a playoff series. That would be really risky and would probably cost your team the game... even the series.

In no way did the Backes injury cause the Blues to lose that series last year. Not even close. Backes wasn't previously injured before it happened AND the Blues still won the game. And Backes returned for the series. Much different than Kane who is coming off collarbone surgery. To intentionally run Kane to try and re-break it would be a completely different scenario than what occurred to Backes.

You are literally the only person talking about this and I'm pretty sure the only one here even thinking it.

I can understand the paranoia.

Thing is, as I alluded to earlier and Waukee pointed out specifically, he's hard to catch and hit.

[not_a_wings_fan]

OT in the first game. God I love the playoffs. This should be an epic series.

As long as both teams beat each other to shit...

How do the Preds not even bump Kane all 4.5 periods? As soon as he got his first assist they should have been pounding him. Preds should have won but they let the Shitholes play their game.

I wasn't surprised. That wouldn't be the game I would play either - whereby I go out to intentionally injure another guy - and I believe most players believe that as well. Not to mention that no Pred wanted to get a 5 min major just to do that. You have to ask yourself if it's worth it to risk losing the game for your team. Plus you know the refs were on the lookout for that.

Yeah, I can only imagine the fallout if one of your players were to take out the other team's captain with a cheap shot early in a playoff series. That would be really risky and would probably cost your team the game... even the series.

I think you need to do a better job of pointing out the sarcasm/irony for the shithawks fans. They have short memories and even shorter attention spans.

[not_a_wings_fan]

You don't have to give the Keith treatment, but you should certainly throw bodies on the guy to test his fitness. No one is suggesting a Subban chop or a McSorely here.

Hell, you should be blowing up that guy with crushing body checks every legal chance you get even if he wasn't injured.