# NHL April+Playoffs. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 9, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681 "2014-04-09T01:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/301 "2014-06-02T02:58:30Z")
This is the best hockey I have ever watched. I feel sorry for hockey fans who aren’t watching this. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/302 "2014-06-02T03:03:23Z")
Do you guys watch this on CBC? Just curious. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/303 "2014-06-02T03:04:13Z")
Msnbc ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/304 "2014-06-02T03:07:58Z")
Isn’t this about the time Kane pulls something amazing off? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/305 "2014-06-02T03:10:02Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Isn’t this about the time Kane pulls something amazing off? Yes, and he just about did! ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/306 "2014-06-02T03:10:58Z")
: sigh : ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/307 "2014-06-02T03:10:59Z")
Ouch ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/308 "2014-06-02T03:11:09Z")
Wow. At least my pool looks good. ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/309 "2014-06-02T03:11:55Z")
Resilent finish by the Kings… My guys just couldn’t hold the lead… Ahh well… damn… ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/310 "2014-06-02T03:13:03Z")
Not this time. That’s okay. Hard to hate the Kings. They’ll kill the Rangers! ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/311 "2014-06-02T03:13:04Z")
Justin Williams is now 7-0 in Game 7s. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/312 "2014-06-02T03:16:07Z")
I feel for you Chicago fans. I really do. See you next year. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/313 "2014-06-02T03:22:40Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I feel for you Chicago fans. I really do. > > See you next year. Eh…it’s fine. I’m fine with as far as we got. And I’ll be rooting the Kings along. Am I disappointed? Yes. Yes. Yes I thought we would pull this off. But no matter. I’ll be cheering the Kings along. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/314 "2014-06-02T03:28:04Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Eh…it’s fine. I’m fine with as far as we got. And I’ll be rooting the Kings along. Am I disappointed? Yes. Yes. Yes I thought we would pull this off. But no matter. I’ll be cheering the Kings along. I think I’m gonna take the Rangers. I have a soft spot for Marty St. Louis. Not sure why, but he’s a class act and I’m going with the Rangers. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/315 "2014-06-02T03:33:57Z")
Gary Bettman must be ecstatic: Los Angeles and New York in the Stanley Cup final? Could there be any more publicity? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/316 "2014-06-02T03:33:57Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I think I’m gonna take the Rangers. I have a soft spot for Marty St. Louis. Not sure why, but he’s a class act and I’m going with the Rangers. I was cheering the Habs along, so fuck the Rangers for me. Is there any logic invloved for me? Not so much.Do I really hate the Rangers? No, I’ve not enough history to hate, but the overall sympathies help me along. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/317 "2014-06-02T03:46:35Z")
I started a thread elsewhere. The L.A. Kings are something else. Even I, a STALWART anti-L.A. sports fan, have to tip my hat to what they’ve achieved in these playoffs. Absolutely incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/318 "2014-06-02T07:53:57Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > This is the best hockey I have ever watched. > I feel sorry for hockey fans who aren’t watching this. Oh, shit yes. I’ve been watching NHL for 30 years, I always watch any playoff series, especially series like this due to games like 6 and 7. That game was UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE in all aspects!! There was gasping all throughout no matte who you were rooting for. Here in a San Fernando valley bar, surrounded by a lot of people that need icing explained, and also around people who remember stats of Gretsky-era games, it is a lot of fun. Blackhawks were incredible this postseason, but it’s someone else’s cup to get now, and I’ll root for the Kings, but the Rangers would be another great SC win in hockey history. Two underdogs, if anything this year. If I came to see my present self three months early from the future and I told myself, “Dude, it’s the Kings and Rangers in the cup this year!” I would have never believed that. Let’s see this Cup final. Gonna be fantastic. My pick: Kings in six. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/319 "2014-06-02T07:58:12Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I feel for you Chicago fans. I really do. > > See you next year. Ditto. Chicago pulled off all kinds of tricks in the postseason. Absolutely incredible team. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681/320 "2014-06-02T15:28:53Z")
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