# NHL April 2019/ Playoff Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 2, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923 "2019-04-02T15:04:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/101 "2019-04-17T00:42:07Z")
Curious what Kane and Reeves might be up to tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/102 "2019-04-17T01:39:06Z")
Congrats Blue Jackets. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/103 "2019-04-17T01:44:25Z")
This must be one of the biggest upsets in NHL playoff history, no one sane had the Jackets in a sweep. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/104 "2019-04-17T02:01:08Z")
Damn. _Epic_ choke. Almost wrote “Caps-worthy choke,” but not even the Caps got swept out the first round, ever. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/105 "2019-04-17T02:06:51Z")
Fucking amazing conclusion from the Blue Jackets. 7-3! Epic collapse from Tampa Bay! And now it looks like the Islanders are about to send the Pens packing… ETA: Sent! Two giant sweeps to start the post-season! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/106 "2019-04-17T02:56:34Z")
The only good thing about this is that at least I’m not a Tampa fan. THAT I think would hurt even worse. Now all I can hope is that Washington doesn’t win again. (Excuse me while I go drown myself in a keg of Iron City) ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/107 "2019-04-17T03:12:25Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > Two words… trade deadline. > > Ridiculous… especially after last year! puts his team in a hole again. Makes you wonder what goes on in his head. > > No one talking about the Ovechkin fight? > Nice punches but I’m not sure why Ovie would put himself at risk of injury. Where are his teammates? > > WTF is up with both of them throwing punches with helmets and visors on anyway? That’s just stupid. …cue the Don Cherry anti-European rant! 😃 > [@DCnDC](#): > > Caps really shit the sheets last night, but it was not unexpected. > > He was fighting a 19-year-old rookie, and he went full-on Gordie Howe on him. Knocked him out on his feet; did you see the kid go limp and collapse? Ovi’s boys know he can handle himself, especially against _that_. Kid seems like a good player, but a fighter he ain’t. > [@Sparky812](#): > > FTR, the kid challenged Ovi to fight but stupid of Ovi to bite. Of course, why wouldn’t you want to goad, arguably the league’s best player, into a fighting major. That’s like trading a pawn for a queen! I don’t think he expected to pay that price though. Well Svetch and Ovetchkin have been getting chippy the whole series. > [@Guinastasia](#): > > Now all I can hope is that Washington doesn’t win again. (Excuse me while I go drown myself in a keg of Iron City) We’ll see what we can do.🙂 although I do giggle that Brock McGinn has more playoff goals this year than Crosby or Jeff Skinner. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/108 "2019-04-17T04:59:40Z")
I’m flabbergasted with the Blue Jackets and the Islanders. It’s unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/109 "2019-04-17T05:12:53Z")
It’s like we spotted them the first game of the series as a prank… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/110 "2019-04-17T10:32:39Z")
Yaaasssss! Go Islanders! **Guin** , Iron City? Wasn’t the series punishment enough? At least drink IC Light which is less bad. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/111 "2019-04-17T12:10:01Z")
Like I’ve been saying all along…never doubt the CBJ. 😃 Guess Tortorella’s job is safe, at least for 2019-20. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/112 "2019-04-17T13:07:36Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > It’s like we spotted them the first game of the series as a prank… 😃 Yeah and I bought in to the prank! Now down 3-1, it looks like yet another postseason epic fail for San Jose. For 10+ seasons San Jose looks strong in the regular season but only to come up like playoff pansies and wimps, out-muscled, out-skated, out-desired, out-hustled, out-smarted, and out-coached. Fucking pansies, the San Jose Shirks. It reminds me of the movie, _The Natural_, when the loser team brings in the sports psychology to lecture their players on **Losing Is A Disease** — “_The mind is a strange thing, and you must begin by asking it, ‘What is losing?’ Losing, is a disease…”_ — [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WN-aCYVVtyo](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WN-aCYVVtyo) **Fucking pansies, the San Jose Shirks.** ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/113 "2019-04-18T00:36:34Z")
Strong start for the Stars. The power play shows up early and often. 3 goals on 5 shots. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/114 "2019-04-18T00:45:13Z")
Rinne is pulled after giving up 4 goals on 8 shots. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/115 "2019-04-18T03:18:53Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’m flabbergasted with the Blue Jackets and the Islanders. > > It’s unbelievable. Yeah, they were talking on the radio about it being the worst crater in around 100 years of pro team sports due to it being a sweep in a multi-game series of a team that tied a record for wins in the league. I totally expected them to win at least one game. For Tampa to be swept is just stunning. > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Rinne is pulled after giving up 4 goals on 8 shots. Wow, yeah. That’s where the power play was! The only thing to be sad about in that game for a Stars fan was Bishop’s shutout being taken away by a pretty gigantic screen. RE: Whether deadline trades make a difference. Zuccarello has certainly made a difference in the Stars’ offense. Even if he didn’t get to help a lot with the playoff push, in the one game he played with us before being injured he scored, then broke his arm blocking a shot. If you’re going to get injured, that’s the kind of game I’d want you to have. He’s scored in all of our playoff wins, two of which were won by a single goal. If nothing else, he’s added enough depth to make our second line a real threat. I’d say he’s been indispensable. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/116 "2019-04-18T15:06:15Z")
Nine teams finished with 100 or more points this season. Two of them, Tampa and Pittsburgh, were swept out of the first round. Calgary and San Jose could likely be out in five games. Boston or Toronto will be gone by the end of the round. And it is 50-50 for Nashville. The Islanders have played well so far and the Caps are looking okay. It is a tough first round on the higher seeds and that is what make the Stanley Cup playoffs so great. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/117 "2019-04-18T15:26:06Z")
I see former Cap backup goalie Philipp Grubauer is doing well in Colorado. Wish they could have held onto him, but they couldn’t afford him, and he deserved a chance to start somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/118 "2019-04-18T23:54:28Z")
Those dog-house Flames lose their last two by giving up late (within last 3 min.:mad:) leads. > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Rinne is pulled after giving up 4 goals on 8 shots. Consistently good during the regular season and consistently crummy in the play-offs, as ever. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/119 "2019-04-19T01:48:13Z")
Alright Sharks, here we go… ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2019, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923/120 "2019-04-19T07:04:09Z")
The Washington Capitals are suddenly looking like the Caps of old. Game 5 is a strongly suggested win, there is no way they should be even with the Canes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-2019-playoff-thread/831923.md?page=7)