# NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 9, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685 "2016-04-09T19:17:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/101 "2016-05-26T18:21:29Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > I’ll watch it. I’m a Sharks fan whose been waiting for this for forever. To continue my own thoughts, people in the Bay Area are definitely watching. Locally, yesterday was the highest rated Sharks game ever televised. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/102 "2016-05-26T19:02:43Z")
Congrats SHARKS fans…as much as it pains me to say, the better team won! Word on the street is the BLUES are adding the Cubs logo to their uniform next year as we are the Cubs of hockey. tsfr ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/103 "2016-05-26T19:57:24Z")
Yeah, the Blues have let this long-suffering fan down once again\*. Jeez, are we _ever_ going to win a Stanley Cup? - You might say I have the St. Louis Blues blues. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/104 "2016-05-26T21:49:56Z")
Tickets just went on sale a couple of hours ago to the home games in San Jose for the finals. Thought I might try to get some, it would be great to see the Sharks in the Stanley Cup finals finally. Nope. All games are completely sold out already. Stub Hub has some available, minimum $500. Guess I’ll be watching at home. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/105 "2016-05-27T01:07:58Z")
> [@ThisSpaceForRent](#): > > Word on the street is the BLUES are adding the Cubs logo to their uniform next year as we are the Cubs of hockey. I think the Caps are going to fight for that title. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/106 "2016-05-27T02:20:39Z")
How this Tampa/Pitt series got to a game 7 is a freakin miracle. Tampa is being outshot 3:1 literally every game, and they’re somehow still in it…however thin it may be (at the time of this post) ---
**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:** [May 27, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/107 "2016-05-27T02:25:41Z")
It’s hard to imagine that Pittsburgh could lose the game at this point, but hey, game 7. ---
**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 27, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/108 "2016-05-27T02:38:53Z")
I can not believe that Stamkos is playing. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/109 "2016-05-27T02:55:51Z")
Rust never sleeps. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/110 "2016-05-27T03:42:13Z")
I am so high – I feel like I’ve taken every single drug in the history of mankind. Like I’ve just drunk a vat of espresso and followed it up with a tank of Moutain Dew. I’m so giddy. I don’t know how I’m going to sleep tonight. Seriously, we just worked so hard for this. If you had told me at the beginning of the season that this would happen, I’d have thought you were smoking crack. LET’S GO PENS!!! 😃 (If you don’t like the Pens, btw, it’s okay if you trash talk. I love trash talk – it’s fun) ---
**Author:** ![cardinal\_fang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal_fang/32/15316_2.png) [@cardinal\_fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardinal_fang)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/111 "2016-05-27T04:33:58Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I am so high – I feel like I’ve taken every single drug in the history of mankind. Like I’ve just drunk a vat of espresso and followed it up with a tank of Moutain Dew. I’m so giddy. I don’t know how I’m going to sleep tonight. > Seriously, we just worked so hard for this. If you had told me at the beginning of the season that this would happen, I’d have thought you were smoking crack. > > LET’S GO PENS!!! 😃 (If you don’t like the Pens, btw, it’s okay if you trash talk. I love trash talk – it’s fun) Congrats! And good on Sid for picking up the tin. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 27, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/112 "2016-05-27T22:59:33Z")
> [@cardinal\_fang](#): > > Congrats! And good on Sid for picking up the tin. 🙂 Last time he did it, we won. Last time he DIDN’T touch it, we lost. So… ---
**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:** [June 2, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/113 "2016-06-02T03:30:34Z")
I’m gonna bump this again, because I am so freaking excited and nervous at the same time. I know it’s only the second game, and I do not expect a sweep, but damn. (IF we win, I nominate Murray for Conn Smythe) BTW, a wee bit off-topic, but Evgeni Malkin’s fiance gave birth yesterday to their son, Nikita. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/114 "2016-06-02T03:39:48Z")
Sharks ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/115 "2016-06-02T04:53:14Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > Sharks ☹ Yeah ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/116 "2016-06-02T21:56:47Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > (If you don’t like the Pens, btw, it’s okay if you trash talk. I love trash talk – it’s fun) Wait until the Penguins get to the Shark Tank. The Sharks will chew up their feathery little butts! GO SHARKS! And 'Quakes and A’s and Giants and Warriors! ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/117 "2016-06-05T03:33:40Z")
Sharks WIN!!! ---
**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 5, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/118 "2016-06-05T03:35:38Z")
Good game. Gotta give it to The Sharks. (Or is that _the_ Sharks? lol) ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/119 "2016-06-05T16:26:06Z")
Grrrrr… Was it just me, or did the crowd seem kind of subdued, at least for a play-off game? I would think that this being the first time the Sharks have been to the finals, they’d be a lot more pumped up. Especially during OT. Other than some periods of “LET’S GO SHARKS!”, and a few rally towels, they didn’t seem all that into it. The last three series people were going nuts. (Especially Washington) Or maybe I’m just too used to home games. Oh well, this just means we’re back to Consol for Game 5. 😃 ---
**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 5, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/120 "2016-06-05T19:50:09Z")
I must have been watching a different game. The Shark Tank seemed pretty wild and crazy, and loud. Of course they don’t have an idiot blowing away on one of those stupid horns during the game, annoying everyone, like some other stadium does… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685.md?page=7)