NHL (National Hockey League) Discussion

[TCK]

I think that sports is a great metaphor for business. But especially the NHL. With the best of 7 format in the post-season it is a game of speed, endurance, skill, and mental fitness. The best teams improve as the post-season progresses and prove they want the Cup the most.

In the 2018/2019 season the Tampa Bay Lightning were the team with the record-tying most wins in a season. They were very impressive, said to have "no weaknesses and a lot of star power". Yet they were beaten in 4 straight games in the first round of the post-season by a wildcard team that barely qualified. Ouch.

Who do you think will be in the Stanley Cup final in 2019?

From what I've seen so far, my prediction is it will be Dallas Stars v Carolina Hurricanes.

 

[briguy]

Game 3 about to happen soon..
Predicting a St Louis win..4 - 2!!

Oops..me bad..game 4..prediction stays the same.

 

[briguy]

Well..game 5 tonight! My instinct tells me a Boston win 4 - 2!

Hoping my instinct wrong!

Chara playing with a broken jaw..

 

[briguy]

Interesting game so far. Impressed by the Boston players stopping the shots, which explains why St Louis has such low shots on net..Boston players are stopping them.

Start of the third period soon..score is 1 - 0 for St Louis, judging by the play so far..might be a shutout and or overtime!

Not as confident in my prediction as earlier..

 

[TCK]

Acciari looks like was tripped by Bozak. No call on play. St. Louis scores second goal.

I think that the refs made the right call. In replay it looks like Acciari took a bit of a dive kicking his left foot up into the air, but it backfired. There wasn't enough contact for such a fall and Bozak was playing the puck, not the player.

But of course, this is in Boston so everyone's going to cry foul.

 

[TCK]

St. Louis takes the lead 3 games to 2 with the final score of 2:1. They have a chance to win the Stanley Cup at home on Sunday.

 

[briguy]

Big game tonight...Stanley Cup will be in the arena...meaning should St. Louis win, the cup will be theirs. If they don't, there will be a game seven!

 

[TCK]

Game on!

Stanley Cup Final 2019 Game 6

St. Louis Blues v Boston Bruins

St. Louis leads 3 games to 2​

 

[briguy]

As of this posting.. 1 - 0 Boston
St Louis Must stay out of the penalty box.

 

[briguy]

Third period is about to start. Score still the same! St Louis has to score on their powerplays, 0 for 4 so far, ( 4 chances and no goals)

 

[briguy]

 

[briguy]

It's insane that fans have started to line up outside the Scotiabank Arena in the so-called Jurassic Park since Saturday for tonight's Raptors' game.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toro...k-toronto-raptors-game-5-nba-finals-1.5168332

They won't be inside, but only be able to watch the game on a big screen outside the arena. If you want to be inside, the average price of a ticket on the secondary market is $6,000 US. The cheapest tickets were listed at $2,500 US. Court-side will cost you over 100K. This is the most expensive NBA finals so far.

https://globalnews.ca/news/5369410/toronto-raptors-game-5-ticket-prices/

Just for one night! Where the home team may lose. You spend all that money with no returns and likely get deeper in debt, if you are the average fan.

Yet people are complaining about the prices of domains on the aftermarket!

True..but if they were domains..they be the "best of the best of the best"..uber-ultra-premium but with a limited "shelf life"

 

[briguy]

As of this posting...1 - 0 St Louis

 

[TCK]

May the best team win:

https://twitter.com/johnkrasinski/status/1138961511945330688

 

[TCK]

No scoring in period 2. Period 3 starts with 2-0 for St. Louis.

 

[briguy]

3 - 0 St Louis as of this posting..

 

[briguy]

Make that 4 - 0

 

[briguy]

St Louis Win it..

13 players are Canadian..

 

[TCK]

St. Louis wins 4:1.