# NHL Playoffs 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** hockey-nhl\ **Created:** [April 17, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821 "2023-04-17T22:25:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/21 "2023-05-01T11:27:33Z")
I’m disappointed that the Isles are out, but they put up a good fight. Two stunning upsets last night! Maybe I’ll get on the Kraken bandwagon. Did Pasta just take a dive to draw that penalty? I didn’t see any contact with his face at all. Does someone have a good video that shows he wasn’t just being a soccer player? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/22 "2023-05-01T11:48:23Z")
I noticed a few dives in the first round. One more game 7, I guess that the Devils are the favourites but there was only a 5 point difference between them and the Rangers this season. Toronto or Carolina must be the favourites in the east and I guess Dallas and Edmonton in the west. It’s wide open and I am looking forward to the second round now, almost as much as the first round. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/23 "2023-05-01T12:49:07Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Toronto or Carolina must be the favourites Maybe, but Carolina has had a lot of injuries and just squeaked past the Isles (and the Isles just squeaked into the playoffs). I think the winner of the Rangers/Devils series and Toronto for the eastern favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/24 "2023-05-01T14:01:42Z")
The Seattle Times couldn’t help but troll Russell Wilson a bit about the Kraken beating the Avalanche. > ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/25 "2023-05-01T14:33:18Z")
What I find interesting is that Bobrovsky was on the Blue Jackets team that swept the Lightning and is now on the Panthers team that beat the Bruins. So, while he didn’t really carry the Panthers during the season, I’m sure he was at least able to help in the locker room. Ouch for the Bruins. This is a veteran team and they ain’t getting any younger. Magical regular season and now they’re making golf plans. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/26 "2023-05-02T00:15:08Z")
Absolutely fucking fuck the Panthers organization. > **[Panthers restrict ticket sales to U.S. residents for home games against Maple...](https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/panthers-restrict-ticket-sales-u-135202408.html)** > > Maple Leafs fans planning to attend the team's road games in the upcoming second-round NHL playoff series against Florida may find themselves shut out of ticket options. The Panthers are restricting ticket sales for Games 3 and 4 to American... What a fucking shithead move - never seen this done in pro sports, other than footy matches in SA and Europe with the occaional empty stadium due to strife of some sort, but even _that’s_ not a solid comparison. And I’m not even a Leafs fan! Wow, the Bruins, as mentioned upthread, especially after the ridiculous season they had. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/27 "2023-05-02T03:57:11Z")
I’ve had it planned for days to watch the Leafs in a game 7 tonight, because it’s 30 years to the day since the Borschevsky goal. But they couldn’t even do that right and had to get their OT series winner a game early 🙂 😆 ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/28 "2023-05-02T04:51:37Z")
Funny headline on one of the Sports sites: “The Leafs haven’t lost a second-round series in 19 years!” ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/29 "2023-05-02T05:26:01Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Absolutely fucking fuck the Panthers organization. > > [Page not found](https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/panthers-restrict-ticket-sales-u-135202408.html) > > What a fucking shithead move - never seen this done in pro sports, other than footy matches in SA and Europe with the occaional empty stadium due to strife of some sort, but even _that’s_ not a solid comparison. I suspect the reason for it might be the insane Toronto fan base. Home game tickets are notoriously difficult to get even for regular season games, and the waiting list for season tickets stretches across generations, so it’s very common for Leafs fans to travel to see their beloved team in road games. The number of Canuck snowbirds in Florida may also be a factor if tickets are in short supply. > [@K364](#): > > Funny headline on one of the Sports sites: > > “The Leafs haven’t lost a second-round series in 19 years!” I thought I might have been there, because I always used to be present when the Leafs totally fucked up, which is one reason I hate them now. But no, the last time these overpaid complacent hicks were in the second round and got kicked out, in 2004, it was in Philadelphia and a 2-3 loss against the Flyers. I do remember being present in a playoff game where the Devils scored a goal early on, and the Leafs gave up. The game ended 1-0 Devils. Another time (not a playoff game) the Leafs got hammered 7-0 by the Sens. I was there. Did I mention that I hate the Leafs? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/30 "2023-05-02T10:38:13Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > What a fucking shithead move - never seen this done in pro sports, other than footy matches in SA and Europe with the occaional empty stadium due to strife of some sort, but even _that’s_ not a solid comparison. And I’m not even a Leafs fan! It’s quite common in the NHL. I remembered the Predators doing the same thing. [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/nashville-predators-ticketmaster-blocked-1.4632129](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/nashville-predators-ticketmaster-blocked-1.4632129) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/31 "2023-05-02T12:19:39Z")
Was anyone aware of the Valeri Nichushkin incident? It, apparently, involved booze and a Russian woman who may have had her passport taken by someone (possible human trafficker). ---
**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:** [May 2, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/32 "2023-05-02T13:44:47Z")
Ah yes, 🤦‍♂️ I forgot about that one. At least in that case the restrictions only affected the 100 upper level seats the team puts out for each playoff game, and at least they attempted to provide a reason - protecting tickets against bots (of which I have no clue to the legitimacy of that claim). Not sure about how common the practice is, though. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/33 "2023-05-02T17:11:49Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Was anyone aware of the Valeri Nichushkin incident? It, apparently, involved booze and a Russian woman who may have had her passport taken by someone (possible human trafficker). I knew there was an incident, I mainly use the Athletic for NHL news and they were extremely vague about it. I figured it was nothing good but not related to an injury or his play on ice. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/34 "2023-05-02T17:22:32Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > What a fucking shithead move - never seen this done in pro sports, other than footy matches in SA and Europe with the occaional empty stadium due to strife of some sort, but even _that’s_ not a solid comparison. Back in the 1990s, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were not very good, and played in the NFC Central Division, they had an annual home game against the Packers (a divisional rival). The Bucs didn’t draw fans well at that time, and Packer fans travel well, especially to warm-weather sites, which meant that the raucous Packer fans made those games in Tampa seem like a home crowd for the Pack. As a result, the Bucs tried to limit ticket sales to Wisconsin residents. An article from a Tampa newspaper, from 1998, about this: > **[Despite ticket limit, Packers fans party on](https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/12/08/despite-ticket-limit-packers-fans-party-on/)** > > Memo to Bucs officials: You can limit the availability of tickets in Green Bay. You can scatter Packers fans around Raymond James Stadium. Heck, you can even set up roadblocks on all southbound... ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/35 "2023-05-02T18:35:27Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I suspect the reason for it might be the insane Toronto fan base. I used to work in Seattle, very close to the stadiums. (I could literally see them from my office window.) Any time the Blue Jays were in town to play the Mariners, when I went out for lunch I saw nothing but Toronto jerseys and other merchandise. It was like I’d been transported to Canada. It was mind-boggling. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/36 "2023-05-03T01:40:59Z")
I actually might try to find a Toronto sports talk radio station to listen to tonight. Florida Panthers getting hotter. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/37 "2023-05-03T02:08:51Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It was like I’d been transported to Canada. It was mind-boggling. I can only laugh joyously at such a body snatcher scenario. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 3, 2023, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/38 "2023-05-03T04:29:19Z")
I really hope that the Stars do not waste the amazing effort from Pavelski… ---
**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:** [May 3, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/39 "2023-05-03T05:01:58Z")
And they did 🙄 ---
**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:** [May 3, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821/40 "2023-05-03T05:03:00Z")
Well, sadly, even a Texas sized hat trick from St. Pavelski wasn’t enough tonight, yeah. Oh well, there’s at least three more games. That was an excellent one, even though I wasn’t particularly happy with the outcome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs-2023/982821.md?page=3)