playoffs!!!

[Mickstix]

Bishop kept the Stars in it as long as he could.. They didn't look "as bad" as the Caps in the 1st OT, but the Blues just looked starving style hungry!! I fell asleep during intermission but saw they won it in 2OT.. Guess I'll root for Gruby and the Avs in the other game 7..

[DC_1908]

Well it sucks that The Stars lost, but god damn that was one of the best games I’ve seen in YEARS!


Stl looked absolutely SICK.  If they aren’t utterly gassed after that, and keep playing like that SJS or Col will have little chance.


I wish to hell we had their system, and a roster that would play like that.

[Mickstix]

Oh well, Grubi out too.. Sharks/Blues should be a good series. I "think" Boston is gonna thump NC.. 

[richkrt99]

So Williams is the only player left from last year's Cup team still in the hunt?

[alta]

So Williams is the only player left from last year's Cup team still in the hunt?

umm, nope. He hasn't been a Cap for a couple three years now

[richkrt99]

umm, nope. He hasn't been a Cap for a couple three years now

Um..yeah, that's what I meant...


So NOBODY left in the playoffs, then.

[Mickstix]

Oh well, Grubi out too.. Sharks/Blues should be a good series. I "think" Boston is gonna thump NC.. 

Best playoff sign I've seen so far.. 

[alta]

there is a good possibility that Boston could have a week off

[Mickstix]

Unfortunately, it's lookin that way.. Just hope whoever comes out of the west can handle em'. They've got enough hardware for one city..

[DC_1908]

Well, STL lost on a hand pass . . 

[Mickstix]

That was some BS.. How does the official not see that? Isn't he supposed to be watching the puck? Something else they need to add to the "review" list..

[Chris19]

Um..yeah, that's what I meant...


So NOBODY left in the playoffs, then.

well I guess you could consider Chief Berube - he was a Cap and is doing a fine job as head coach in STL

[DC_1908]

Unfortunately, it's lookin that way.. Just hope whoever comes out of the west can handle em'. They've got enough hardware for one city..

Well the Bs are up 3-0, and  this year,every team that has swept a series has lost in the next round

[ArJunaZ]

Well, STL lost on a hand pass . .

One of the most horrendous, but not uncommon bullshit calls by the NHL. I don't know why we watch when I see crap like that. Obviously it's a rigged outcome. They had every chance to get it right. No question it was a hand pass.

[richkrt99]

I don't really care about either of these teams, but that made me sick and angry to see the game decided like that.  I can't imagine how the blues players feel.  I realize it was just a missed whistle, but it impacted the game.  I mean, the Blues SHOULD have ended it in regulation and this could not have happened, but man, that has to be tough to deal with for them.


Hope they come back with a great effort and win the next one.


I pretty much could care less who wins the Cup at this point.  I guess I'm pulling for anyone but Boston at this point.


Fucking Caps should have cruised thru this playoff path to the Cup final. 

[zerofox]

I don't really care about either of these teams, but that made me sick and angry to see the game decided like that.  I can't imagine how the blues players feel.  I realize it was just a missed whistle, but it impacted the game.  I mean, the Blues SHOULD have ended it in regulation and this could not have happened, but man, that has to be tough to deal with for them.


Hope they come back with a great effort and win the next one.


I pretty much could care less who wins the Cup at this point.  I guess I'm pulling for anyone but Boston at this point.


Fucking Caps should have cruised thru this playoff path to the Cup final.

I'm rooting for the West. Would be the first Cup for either team. Boston won already and Marchand is a piece of shit.

[DC_1908]

Bs with the sweep!  We’ll see if the “sweep effect” continues.   But OT and hand passes could help make it easy on them.

[alta]

gotta say I was disappointed the Cains went down so easy, I really don't care for Boston either. It would be a good time to see the chief get a Cup

[BarfingMonkey]

Can someone explain why the Sharks hand pass was illegal?
TIA!

[PUCKNRUSH]

Can someone explain why the Sharks hand pass was illegal?
TIA!

Hey Barf!!
How ya doing? It’s been a while!👍


Anyway, a hand pass, in and of itself, is NOT illegal. It can LEGALLY be used by ANY skater on the ice, BUT, it has to be a LEGAL hand pass. If it is NOT a LEGAL hand pass, then the officials MUST blow the whistle, and stop play!


So the question is, what defines a LEGAL hand pass?
IMO, it’s easier to define what an ILLEGAL hand pass is, that would then cause the officials to stop play!


Ok, so a hand pass is illegal IF, in the opinion of the officials, it is “swatted” toward the direction of a fellow teammate on the ice, OR where the players hand pass has created an ADVANTAGE for their team!


Essentially, the only hand stop, or hand pass, that IS allowable, is one where the skater, who uses his hand to stop the puck, drops the puck to himself, in close proximity, and he retrieves his own puck in the continuation of his skating, OR he can “swat” randomly, at the puck, but the end result, CANNOT be advantageous to HIS team, in the opinion of the on ice officials!  If so then play must be stopped!


Obviously, the San Jose hand pass was VERY advantageous to their team, which already makes it illegal, secondly, the pass went to a fellow teammate, which again made it illegal, so that as soon as the hand pass was touched by another SHARK teammate, officials should have blown the whistle, and stopped play!


They didn’t stop play because, believe it or not, NONE of the four officials claim to have SEEN the hand pass!!....(Are you frickin kidding me?)!!  ALL FOUR OFFICIALS MISSED IT!!!!


There you have it, buddy!
  I think that even the San Jose fans know they got away with one, big time!!


Hope that helped,


Rush