6-3 and he’s still in the net

Well, the Avalanche can of course score a few more, but the Jets might have 8 by then.

This one could turn ugly now

If you pull him, he's done for the year. His confidence is shot already.

He’s a professional goalie. Pretty sure he’d be fine if pulled. It happens

Avs get one back. 6-4

Yeah, if this ends up say 7-5 or something stupid, he'll probably get another chance in game 2... and I guess that's not the end of the world, but damn....

7-4

CAN WE PULL HIM NOW FOR ****'S SAKE

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RALLY CAPS FIRST TEAM TO TEN GOALS LFG!

Well, I'm sure you know better than everyone in the Avs media.

It ain’t over yet. 7-5. What a crazy entertaining game

Jeez, every time I decide it's over and put my finger on the channel-changer button, COL scores.

Did I say that? Goalies get pulled every year. Some more than others. They all seem to be fine. They do have short memories for good reason

PUT YOUR FINGER ON THE CHANNEL-CHANGER BUTTON 6 MORE TIMES PLEASE

I have a theory it'll be more difficult for the Jets to score when the Avalanche pull their goalie because they'll be shooting at the empty net from center ice.

And with a 2 goal lead compared to only one they will be trying even more to get to 8

Georgieve save percentage .696 (16/23)

Empty net save percentage 1.000 (1/1)

Georgieve save percentage .696 (16/23)

Empty net save percentage 1.000 (2/2)

I think I was using the wrong thumb. Switching.

7-6. This ain’t over yet

If only there were 2 minutes left.

holy crap it worked.

NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES

How did you know I wasn't wearing my cape?

Georgieve save percentage .696 (16/23)

Empty net save percentage 1.000 (3/3)

If this game is any indication how the rest of the series will go it’s going to be must see TV

Love playoff hockey so much. Great exciting game.

Nothing better in my book. One more to go

You'd be better off with that crazy rule of pulling a fan out of the stands to tend the net ROFL

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">why snort cocaine and ride a motorcycle out of a helicopter when you can simply watch this Avs and Jets game</p>&mdash; Mike Commito (@mikecommito) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikecommito/status/1782193524072464639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I'd be very surprised if our AHL goalie isn't starting in the next game.

Gross.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Avs pulled themselves together and put up one of their best games all season. <a href="https://t.co/4aeZzThrxR">pic.twitter.com/4aeZzThrxR</a></p>— Robin on the Avs [emoji1255] (@AvsRobin) <a href="https://twitter.com/AvsRobin/status/1782225160944103737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Yeah, a buddy said it's encouraging they got 6 goals by Hellebuyck, but of course the flip side is that's not going to happen every game and it was a wasted effort.

And at worst, they completely neuter their offense going forward trying to sit back and prevent anything.


On another note, the Canucks in the playoffs always reminds me of the good old days of pulling the division out of their grasp seemingly every season back in the day.... two guys softer than Matthews and Marner, the Sedin brothers.

This is a bit of a snooze fest especially after that last game. Shots are 3-2 Preds with 4 to go in first. No score. It has been physical though

I can't help but think how, for 99.9999% of the world, this move would be catastrophic.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thatcher Demko what a freaking save <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/canucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#canucks</a> <a href="https://t.co/bCssq5XkmQ">pic.twitter.com/bCssq5XkmQ</a></p>&mdash; Alex Micheletti (@AlexMicheletti) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexMicheletti/status/1782233733187223936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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My hip would explode and the round head bone on my femur would have been splattered on the glass like a snowball on a windshield.

Score 6 on the road against the likely Vezina winner and lose. You can't give up 7 goals on 23 shots in the first game of the playoffs and not expect to be riding pine in game 2. Time to sink or swim with Juice, I've seen all of Georgiev I need to see for awhile.

What's most amazing to me about that is that he was able to rocket to his right without a post to push off of.

That's so much strength in that left leg to drive that edge into the ice and throw his body across like that. Most of the time you see that aggressive move from side to side from a goalie they're able to use a post to shove off of. That guy just buries his left skate and gets all the way across the mouth of the net.

Hellebuyck is the worst good goalie I've ever seen. I don't get it.

When the Blues won the cup, he made it possible. And as is his custom, the stats aren't even that bad. But he was always good for a bad goal when the Jets just couldn't have it.

Game 5 was the best example. Just a savage series to that point; home team had won every game and the energy was insane in both barns. The Jets take a 2-0 lead into the 3rd and he just spit the bit. 3 goals, 2 of which should've been stopped. Suddenly the Blues take the 3-2 advantage back to STL. And of course he promptly gets beat on the first shot of the game in Game 6...

And it's not like he's way better now than he was then. The season before that he ended up 2nd in the Vezina voting then won it the season after. He was this guy even then.

But I don't fear him at all. He's a guy who's always appeared to be lesser than his stats.

I always find myself pulling for the Maple Leafs. Besides having what appears to be the most rabid fan base in the NHL, they strike me as similar to the pre-Mahomes Chiefs: Always competitive, but can never get over the hump.

Gross.

The Maple Leafs are the Yankees minus the success. They bring the arrogance and hubris of Cowboys fans but don't have an interesting lunatic of an owner or even brief snaps of competitive relevance.

If Clippers fans had the arrogance of Lakers fans, they'd be Leafs fans.

I'd rather see Detroit or Colorado blinked from existence somehow, but the Leafs are a not terribly distant 3rd. And while I acknowledge that my hatred of the first 2 is exclusively due to my status as a Blues fan, I thought hating the Maple Leafs was pretty much universal among all hockey fans.

I was not aware of that. Shows what I know about hockey. LMAO

Yeah, he seems to get Craig Anderson hype.

Much like the Cowboys, I don't pay enough attention to sports media to really care about the Leafs, but at some point even the memes get tired.... between NFL_Memes' annual cycle of 2 or 3 Cowboys memes and the same on reddit for the Leafs (the former is more obnoxious since it's 12 months/year).

The only defense I'd give for Leafs fans in recent years is they should legitimately be pissed off at this point... everyone knows the Cowboys aren't all that great and that you can fake a good season in the NFL, but you just don't fake a 69 goal season and that level of talent, just to annually not even show up in the playoffs.

Winning in the postseason is ****ing hard, but the annual lack of urgency would be like getting ~2018-2020 Chiefs offense every regular season just to see Christmas Day every... damn... postseason.

(and they're probably not a Cup team at any point in recent years with their goaltending and defense, but still)

Will be interesting to see what the Leafs get for Marner this offseason because there's no way they can keep him long-term. Gotta be the most useless playoff performer I've seen in any sport.

That was a helluva pass at the end of the period.

Let's go?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ROSTER UPDATE: We have recalled goaltender Ivan Prosvetov from the Colorado Eagles. <br><br>In addition, goaltender Arvid Holm has been reassigned to the Colorado Eagles.</p>&mdash; x - Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) <a href="https://twitter.com/Avalanche/status/1782513633831833847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Don't really have much hate for the Leafs anymore, but I still have a lot of disdain for Marchand, and the Bruins in general. Still relish the memory of watching Marchand crying after losing to the Blues for the Cup in 2019.

Unfortunately, that makes me think Annunen is still sick and we'll likely still see Georgiev in net tomorrow.

Ooh, that looked like a dirty play. Chopped the guy's knee.

I enjoyed those tears too. Can’t stand him. But he’s a guy you’d take on your team in a heartbeat. Yes he’s a pest but you are going to get a true effort from him every game

Oh, yeah, that's probably true. If he were a Blue, I'd probably be secretly happy to have him. Pests like Marchand are very valuable assets in hockey.


But as he's not, I pretty much love to hate that guy. And just FYI (to anyone really), I rewatch the end of that Finals every year at some point just to watch him cry again.

Stupid sequence for the leaves while trying to finish out a 3rd period.

Nice to see them calling the slashes and what not.... at least for now.

Bruins weren't getting that call though unless Marchand dived like a soccer player.

Good Lord. NYI implosion.

Islanders just found out why a 3 goal lead is the worse lead in hockey. 4-3 Canes with 2 minutes to go

And now 5-3. My oh my

Canes outshot them 37-12 and I think(?) I heard them say NYI had 1 shot in the 3rd with like a minute left... and they led 3-0.

Hockey is nuts and the Islanders are awful.

Islanders didn’t have a shot on net until 7 minutes to go in the first

Stone back for Vegas and of course he scores the first Knights goal. Vegas up 3-2 in first. Looking like another Jets/Avs game

29 regulation wins.... the Coyotes had 28. :doh!:

Elite spinorama by McDavid.

First player I remember doing that was Stan Makita. Yes I’m dating myself

They have to fix the LTIR loophole during the next CBA... right?

Vegas takes Eichel off LTIR, puts Stone on.. picks up Hertl with their $15 million in free playoff money... Stone scores in the first 30 seconds. Guess that spleen is fine. :rolleyes:

You'd just expect Vegas to be like $200 million over the cap one of these offseasons.

(and 1000%, if Landeskog was available, he'd be off LTIR in a second... but he's, you know, hurt)

Figured they would of had this fixed by now since Tampa Bay did it already

I don't even mind it much if a team legitimately doesn't know if a player will be back for the playoffs... it's still sketchy (like if Landeskog was suddenly healthy), but in a way you aren't being punished by players under contract being injured and not being able to act at the trade deadline accordingly.

And then a couple teams make it blatantly obvious they're taking advantage of the system, and they'll **** it up for everyone.

Granted.... Vegas was more watchable last year with Eichel and far more watchable now that they're $20 million over the cap. :shrug:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I didn&#39;t realize last night, but Marchand gets slashed in the right leg, but grabs his left leg....<br><br>He grabbed the wrong leg. 🤣🤣<a href="https://t.co/kSmsE2QAKP">pic.twitter.com/kSmsE2QAKP</a></p>&mdash; Leafs Truth (@leafs_truth) <a href="https://twitter.com/leafs_truth/status/1782721141875834962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Diving pays off.

That's a terrible replay of it, probably for the purpose of creating clicks and drama... there are already plenty of good reasons to hate Marchand without making up stuff, he was clearly slashed in the back of his left knee and it was a really, really easy call. Probably hurt, too.

...why do people hate Leafs fans though?!?


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bertuzzi is called for slashing on Marchand <a href="https://t.co/dDmWfqBNbA">pic.twitter.com/dDmWfqBNbA</a></p>&mdash; Omar (@TicTacTOmar) <a href="https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1782585383164715190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Bertuzzi is an idiot to "slash" Marchand in that fashion after a whistle, but that's a clear dive to exaggerate for a call and it worked. Almost always does in all these sports if you play it off right.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Marchands going to play in the premier league now.</p>&mdash; Danielle (@danielleevans44) <a href="https://twitter.com/danielleevans44/status/1782586409531965834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dude folded faster than a steel chair in a TLC match. <a href="https://t.co/nwxMrR3xeN">pic.twitter.com/nwxMrR3xeN</a></p>&mdash; AJPunk15 #LeafsForever (@AJPunk15) <a href="https://twitter.com/AJPunk15/status/1782590157142589873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Marchand is an embarrassment. Bring back fines for embellishment</p>&mdash; Leafs Fan (@leafsfaan) <a href="https://twitter.com/leafsfaan/status/1782585878931820730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is shameful stuff from marchand, and the refs should feel embarrassed, but you can see Bert decide he&#39;s going to do this from all the way in the corner. It&#39;s his lack of discipline in that moment that kicks off the the chain of events that gives marchand the chance to flop.</p>&mdash; Chaniel JD (@chanielJD) <a href="https://twitter.com/chanielJD/status/1782598027569459338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The NHL playoffs are awesome.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s gonna be Georgiev in net for Game 2. <br><br>Without a doubt, it’s the biggest start of his career.</p>&mdash; Jesse Montano (@jessemontano_) <a href="https://twitter.com/jessemontano_/status/1782817147296661546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


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Nothing better

That was one sweet shorty by the Rangers. 4-2 Rangers in the second

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WHAT A SAVE BY BOBROVSKY! 🙀 <a href="https://t.co/bs0F1TpkC2">pic.twitter.com/bs0F1TpkC2</a></p>&mdash; Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1782941689960616165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I'm sure Georgie will have a save equally spectacular tonight.

Well, this part might not be too far off.


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I'm biased, but men's choruses are great for national anthems.

Laughed at the Bronx cheer.