Two Putin Boosters on the Potomac; One has a Stanley Cup: THE NHL 2018-2019 THREAD (INCLUDING CAPS HANGOVER AND OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

Poehling having second-best NHL debut in history makes a real satisfying ending to an up/down Montreal season.

https://deadspin.com/whos-keeping-the-nhl-out-of-quebec-city-1833781497?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_campaign=sharebar

quite a comeback by lumbus

great game/atmosphere at ye olde nassau coliseum

lotta weird bounces/ppl falling down in that game

which is fine, just strange

leafs are gonna do this again, huh

yikes tampa

They have studied at the feet of the caps. Although the (old) caps would have won the first two, then proceeded to choke.

This is what happens when half your team is former Rangers.

holy shit tampa

well, at least the penguins getting smoked wasn't the biggest story of the first round i guess

hockey is so flukey

Barry Trotz has moved into a tie for 2nd place for series wins by an #isles coach (1) with Jack Capuano and Terry Simpson. Al Arbour won the other 29. #NHL #NHLstats

— Eric Hornick (@ehornick) April 17, 2019

I interrupt your playoffs for a bout of joyous non-verbal grunting

On the 19th of April in 2019, No. 19 is coming home. https://t.co/se0kyvrNrM

— Detroit Free Press (@freep) April 19, 2019

❤️

first-round bloodbath

winnipeg is being out-shot 27-6 through two periods in a must-win game

Disappointing. Assuming the Leafs don't stage a miraculous comeback--befitting my bandwagon fandom, I'm ducking out for a movie--I really can't see them winning a Game 7 in Boston. Today was it.

So if the leafs don’t make it the only teams worth rooting for are NYI and NSH and the asteroid

short handed OT winners have got to be pretty unusual. crazy ending

Tomas Hertl’s game-winner for the @SanJoseSharks tonight was the first shorthanded OT goal beyond the first OT period in NHL history. It was just the second shorthanded OT goal for a team facing elimination (Fernando Pisani, EDM vs. CAR, Game 5 of 2006 Stanley Cup Final).

— Elias Sports Bureau (@EliasSports) April 22, 2019

hockey >>> g.o.t.

not a shocker

wild cards 3, division winners 0

The system works.

if columbus or colorado wins their next series I think it will be the first time, under the new playoff and division system, that a team wins a division it isn't part of

what kind of lead are we expecting the leafs to blow tonight

idk how that got in

rip jake gardiner

NO ONE WANTS THIS

insane back to back . Bs scrambling

welp

at least the leafs didn't have to worry about blowing any leads this time

Something less than a whimper.

o canada
no second round for you

tbh it was probably my fault; i was doing dishes when tavares scored but was watching for all the boston goals

Old ILX posts that haunt you: Clemenza retweeting God's blaming a Leafs defeat on a Ford brother

Honest to god, I don't remember that...wondering if that was someone else (I rarely post on the hockey thread).

that was . . . quite a third period in SJ

Per @EliasSports, #SJSharks 2nd team in Stanley Cup Playoff history to score 4 power play goals in under a 5-minute span (Blues, Game 3, 1998 West QF at Kings). #VGKvsSJS #StanleyCup #NHLStats

— Darin Stephens (@SharksStats) April 24, 2019

God help me am I pulling for old man thornton

i think i might have to root for . . . the blues?

idk, maybe i'll hate them once i actually start watching them

The blues ran Jamie storr in like 1997 I don’t root for the blues

potvin sucks

He truly does

mmm, tense

what is pat lafontaine doing right now

justin williams, man

love him for inventing the storm surge and contributing to don cherry's eventual aneurysm

Oh, Caps

wild cards 4, division winners 0

barry trotz 1, capitals 0

i guess the bruins are the favorites now? which means they'll probably get swept by lumbus

if the islanders lose any home games, i will totally be blaming their choice to play at barclays (even though that's bullshit)

this fucking guy

Brad Marchand punching the back of Scott Harrington's head while Harrington is down on his knees. pic.twitter.com/3JYYH8o89O

— Flintor (@TheFlintor) May 1, 2019

Marchand called Harrington punch “unnecessary” but doesn’t regret it. “It’s playoff hockey,” and he said DeBrusk was taking punches from two CBJs

— Matt Porter (@mattyports) May 1, 2019

let's
go
blues