# 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:** 8
**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 10, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/141 "2016-06-10T01:14:55Z")
That was one hell of a first period! ---
**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 10, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/142 "2016-06-10T02:20:41Z")
Might be a lot of disappointed fans trying to leave at this point! Sent from my MotoE2(4G-LTE) using Tapatalk ---
**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 10, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/143 "2016-06-10T03:01:03Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > That sandwich looks great, Guin! Go Pens! Well I haven’t tried it yet myself, but Primantis is always good. If you’re ever in the Burgh, I’ll treat you to one. (Provided it’s still here – it’s not supposed to be a permanent addition. If not, I’ll still treat you to any sandwich there. Or any other person who roots for the Pens) > [@Leaffan](#): > > Might be a lot of disappointed fans trying to leave at this point! > > Sent from my MotoE2(4G-LTE) using Tapatalk Tell me about it. Oh well, I keep reminding myself it’s NOT an elimination game for us! (The League wasn’t too happy about that screen when it was first put up, but Mario basically told them fuck it. Don’t have a cite at the moment, but I’ll find it) [Ah, here we go!](http://pittsburghmagazine.com/core/pagetools.php?pageid=14438&url=/pittsburgh-magazine/january-2013/pittsburgher-of-the-year-mario-lemieux/&mode=print) > [@](#): > > A few nights prior, the Penguins were put on the brink of elimination after being decimated 5-0 in Detroit. Lemieux made a rare visit to the locker room after the game and was so uncharacteristically fired up that onlookers joked he was going to come out of retirement for a third time. On his way back out of the locker room, Lemieux turned to a Penguins official, still buzzing. “I want that big screen up,” he said, referring to the giant projection screen that the NHL had banned the Penguins from erecting outside Mellon Arena due to archaic broadcast rules. “I don’t care what the league says.” ---
**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 10, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/144 "2016-06-10T03:21:04Z")
Yay Sharks! ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/145 "2016-06-10T14:08:46Z")
Man, hockey is such a fundamentally cruel game in it’s randomness. It’s like being paid on commission, but you get paid in lottery tickets. The more and harder you work, the more chances you get, but that doesn’t mean you’ll actually get anything out of those chances. I mean, Smith made a couple amazing skillful saves, but when a point blank shot bounces off your facemask (and lands away from any opposing players), that’s not skill, that’s having the scratch ticket gods smile on you that day. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/146 "2016-06-10T18:26:26Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > [You should see the crowd downtown.](http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2016/06/09/fans-line-up-early-for-game-5-of-stanley-cup-final/) You know how they set up the big screen at Consol for home games? There are so many people that they went and put up a _second_ one over at Market Square! > > I can’t imagine traffic down there tonight – I feel for anyone who has to work tonight. It’s going to be mayhem. My cousins and I considered going down, but I’m kinda glad we didn’t. I mean, you probably couldn’t even get out of there until after midnight. Boy is it’s fun spoiling the party. Here’s hoping the **SHARKS** spoil the next party attempt next week. It’s nice to see my guys finally outplay them, even if it was mostly one guy doing the heavy lifting. Jones got in their heads, then Vlasic got under crybaby’s skin, and the whole Pens team looked mighty fine sitting heads down, degected. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/147 "2016-06-11T05:04:37Z")
Almost surreal contemplating Kessel going from the Leafs last year to (maybe?) winning the Conn Smythe with (maybe?) the Cup-winning Penguins. Of course I could end up eating my words with a Shark’s 7th-game series win. I hope Burns and Thornton had a beard-off, with measuring tape. ---
**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 11, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/148 "2016-06-11T21:21:08Z")
I love how Kessel has redeemed himself. The Toronto media ate him alive. Sent from my MotoE2(4G-LTE) using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [June 12, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/149 "2016-06-12T00:14:16Z")
(slight hijack) “You guys are idiots” I remember Kessel saying to the scrum in the dressing room at some point the previous season. **Leaffan** - I don’t remember the details of that situation too well - were the reporters being in fact douches, or was Kessel being a thin-skinned mollusc? Bet you’re happy to see Mr. Matthews around. ---
**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 12, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/150 "2016-06-12T00:18:58Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > (slight hijack) > > “You guys are idiots” I remember Kessel saying to the scrum in the dressing room at some point the previous season. > > **Leaffan** - I don’t remember the details of that situation too well - were the reporters being in fact douches, or was Kessel being a thin-skinned mollusc? > > Bet you’re happy to see Mr. Matthews around. Considering how the reporters treated the guy during his time there, I don’t blame him. ---
**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 12, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/151 "2016-06-12T01:24:40Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > (slight hijack) > > “You guys are idiots” I remember Kessel saying to the scrum in the dressing room at some point the previous season. > > **Leaffan** - I don’t remember the details of that situation too well - were the reporters being in fact douches, or was Kessel being a thin-skinned mollusc? > > Bet you’re happy to see Mr. Matthews around. Reporters were trying to blame the firing of coach Randy Carlisle on Kessel, and his perceived uncoachability. Kessel called the reporter an idiot, or something. And the reporter was an idiot. It’s hard to play under the microscope in Toronto. I must say though, they’ve been doing this rebuild correctly, for a change. They have a lot of young talent and will be acquiring more shortly. It’s about time. They haven’t had a first overall pick since Wendel Clark in 1985 I believe. Wendel was absolutely fantastic, but he missed a lot of hockey because of his back. So, I’m pumped for the next few seasons as the Leafs really do rebuild. I’ll return you now to your regular programming. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/152 "2016-06-13T02:48:27Z")
Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Penguins. They were definitely the better team. And now we get to watch the most impressive sight in all of professional sports: the handshake line. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/153 "2016-06-13T02:56:36Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Penguins. They were definitely the better team. > > And now we get to watch the most impressive sight in all of professional sports: the handshake line. Get out of my head! 😃 Aye, 'grats to the Penguins! Time for everyone else to regroup! #100 starts in just 4 months! ---
**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 13, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/154 "2016-06-13T03:48:42Z")
WE DID IT WE DID IT WE DID IT!!! 😃 😃 😃 They’re showing the crowd outside on Carson Street on the news, and it is huge. I can’t imagine how traffic is going to be tonight. (And while I love Sid, I don’t think he deserved the Conn Smythe. It should have gone to either Murray or Kessel. Speaking of, I’m going to have a hot dog tomorrow in his honor.) ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/155 "2016-06-13T03:50:02Z")
Between this and Villanova, it’s been a good few months for Pennsylvania sports. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/156 "2016-06-13T16:14:14Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > (And while I love Sid, I don’t think he deserved the Conn Smythe. It should have gone to either Murray or Kessel. Speaking of, I’m going to have a hot dog tomorrow in his honor.) I wasn’t surprised … but I thought Murray or even Kessel had definitely earned a nod. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/157 "2016-06-13T16:19:41Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I love how Kessel has redeemed himself. The Toronto media ate him alive. I like how Kessel handled the media afterwards, as well. It was clear they were baiting him a bit but he went on to thank everyone who he’d worked with over his entire career. I have to admit though, it was hilarious when my 10-year old son blurted out “Suck it Toronto!” in perfect synchronization with Kessel hoisting the Cup. 🙂 ---
**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 13, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/158 "2016-06-13T16:51:13Z")
Well done, Pens! Maybe next year, Sharks…not a bad show for your first time. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/159 "2016-06-14T00:57:38Z")
Hilarious seeing Elliotte Friedman distinctly wincing during the first intermission when explaining how difficult it will be to select the Conn Smythe winner. ---
**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 14, 2016, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685/160 "2016-06-14T05:46:10Z")
I just love to think of Steve Simmons squirming after all the shit he gave Kessel. Now the guy’s got his name on the Cup, and Simmons has to eat Crow. Hee hee! (And I did indeed have a hot dog for dinner, and it was fucking delicious.) I might just be going to the victory parade – a friend and I are planning on it, if she can manage it. If so, I’ll definetely show pics! (I do think they should have scheduled it for Friday, because the weather’s supposed to be a lot better. Plus it’ll give our boys a chance to get some sleep!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs/751685.md?page=9)