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You have a feeling Tampa will at least force a Game 7, because Toronto will have to face that ghost (maybe). Going to be fun to watch. Crazy 3rd period, though.

Didn't say my opinion matters any more than the guys on the ice, but just because they want to be mad about it or the Caps just defend Oshie because they're on his team, doesn't make it the end all be all decision on it. These days guys get gone after for perfectly clean hits just because teams...

So many penalties

As far as whether the hit was a legal/not legal hit, guys on the ice opinion doesn't mean anything. Either team could go win or lose Game 5 and it means nothing as far as that hit itself. Each team will just back their guy no matter what. In other news, man...this could get really bad for...

his hands are easily down at chest level, where the contact clearly is initiated. If he doesn't dip his head and raise his stick like he does, he likely takes far less head contact (from Oshie or his own stick). The comments about him cutting into Oshie's path are also true. It's not a...

Guess nobody found all the angles for the hit that were posted. I mean, his own stick is what gives him the "headshot".

Well that fucking sucked.

If I were Trotz, I would probably want to go to an established team with plenty of talent already that just needs some discipline in their game.

The Carolina one seemed pretty wtf, too. We had one late in the season that was similar with the puck loose and sliding slowly towards the net and a player used their stick to push Samsonov's pad into the net and the puck slid in behind it (the player may have made slight contact with the puck...

I assume this is about the GI thing, and not the fact you guys got two 3rd period PP's in a 4-4 playoff game yesterday. All normal missed/bs stuff because you're playing the Penguins aside, Rags definitely had their chances yesterday.

Toronto going to Toronto.

Not sure I'd say our 4-2 Game 1 win with an empty netter to seal it right at the end was a blow out.

Now this is a little more like it.

Rags putting up a terrible game right now.

Should it, though? Playoff Bob, frankly we were tied for best record in the league at New Year's. I'm not saying we're going to be consistently on that level anymore with the age and injuries we inevitably get, but really the only question for us was goaltending. When one of our guys plays...

Not sure why people would pick a team that got outscored 17-1 in the 3 game series they played in the regular season. Our goaltending issue showed up tonight, although Samsonov came in and stopped everything he saw in the 3rd. Goalie decision coming up for us in Game 3.

Pretty much everyone universally notes that post SB patch content is way better than 4.0 itself (so 4.1-4.5). ShB is just far and away superior, too, no concerns there.

Was there any confirmation on DeSmith's injury? I wouldn't be shocked if he was just having some cramping issues given the game length, etc.

OT is so great when your team isn't involved.

Well...we were a great road team this year. Played pretty well to be honest, probably should have scored a few more but Bob played pretty well and we choked some easy goals. Goaltending held up. Injuries might be an issue, though.

That was pretty amazing.

Time to see if we can even be competitive against Florida. I don't have high hopes. If one of our goalies could step up it would help

Commanders going to keep on Redskinning/FootballTeaming/Commandering.

Tonight felt like watching a bunch of smart teams other than us do the draft while we fucked it up as much as possible

Yeah simply no shot that shit was real.

Well if we look like this without Ovechkin we'll get swept if he doesn't make it back for playoffs. Samsonov continues to suck.

Definitely reading a lot out there that Draft going to be pretty crazy. Kind of excited to see how bad we can fuck up at #11.

Well that's how you give away a win. Amazing. Ovechkin possibly hurt, too.

fwiw, Bob's career record against the Caps is...less than stellar.

I still remember being short a tank or 2 for 4H, and having 2 of our fury warr in Vanilla strap on their t2 sets and act as tanks. Wasn't ideal, but still workable.

Samsonov really blew it in the 3rd period. I've never seen a goalie who loses their stick as much as he does. Ovechkin salvaging a point for us ties us with Pitt with 5 games each to go. They have tiebreaker edge, though.

Ovechkin with a pair tonight to hit 50 for a 9th time. Unreal. Now if the rest of the team can step up and just win this game.

Valuable to fantasy players. That kind of mileage will make teams hesitant to give him a lot of guaranteed money, I bet.

We have a checkered history when it comes to goalie interference rulings.

There was some discussion on whether he had hit the puck first before he started pushing on the pad. Not sure if it's a situation where the ref has to blow the whistle for a frozen puck first or not. It didn't burn us in the end, but seems a weird precedent to possibly set.

That's a pretty huge win. 1 point behind Pitt for 3rd with a game in hand, also 1 behind Boston for 1st WC (Boston with a game in hand).

So apparently you can just push a goalie's pad/leg into the net to let a puck go in behind it and it's not goalie interference. Good to know.

Yeah, I mean I remember reading a stat that most years, the teams in playoff position either by Thanksgiving or turn of New Year are usually the ones at the end of the season...barring maybe one outlying team potentially getting in. East was definitely separated this year in a top 8 and the rest.

Honestly, this might be the best track to take long term for them. Go for it with Lamar for the next couple years, but don't get stuck into a long term deal when he's likely to be injured or just past his prime where he can make as many plays with his legs. The guy is a better passer than some...

Well, thanks Toronto. 8 playoff teams in the East are set.