# NHL: The Playoffs **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 8, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187 "2012-04-08T17:26:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 25
**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 3, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/481 "2012-06-03T03:56:35Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > :):):):(:):p:p:p:p;););):(;):D:D > > Doughty…Hell Yeah. > > Quick…Oh Yeah. > > Carter…Fuck Yeah. So say we all! ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/482 "2012-06-03T17:47:46Z")
Brodeur: _tabarnak_ Damn good hockey being played; great series! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/483 "2012-06-03T20:44:55Z")
It’s really a shame that Bob Miller can’t call the game. One of the all-time great play-by-play guys in the league, hall of famer, Los Angeles mainstay and icon, sitting on the sidelines, just seems wrong. Mike Emrick is ok, but for me Miller personifies hockey announcing. ---
**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 3, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/484 "2012-06-03T23:16:08Z")
Well, well, well – look at this: [Teabag Thomas is taking a year off](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1206881-tim-thomas-confirms-1-year-hiatus-from-nhl-on-facebook) I wonder what brought this on. I don’t buy his explanation for a minute. :dubious: ---
**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 3, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/485 "2012-06-03T23:21:45Z")
With Brodouche slowly becoming the 4x6 size, he is WAY too lethargic. The Devil’s defense helps him out so much. Whenever it’s a one on none, it’s a goal for the Kings. The Kings are just showing up and playing great hockey every game this post season. This team is just playing in beautiful hockey harmony! Only drawback I see is the stagnant power play. 8 percent? Really? But their shorthanded goals/chances are really there, so I guess that makes up for it. KINGS IN 5! ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/486 "2012-06-04T03:00:50Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I wonder what brought this on. I don’t buy his explanation for a minute. :dubious: Five bucks says he’s doing it so he constantly post his Tea Party trash to Facebook during the election without the Bruins bitching at him. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/487 "2012-06-04T05:14:21Z")
What’s crazy is he still gets paid. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/488 "2012-06-04T16:41:05Z")
Vokoun to the Penguins. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/489 "2012-06-04T22:11:07Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > What’s crazy is he still gets paid. Am I understanding the suspension thing right - the Bruins can suspend him, therefore not have to pay him, but they still have a cap hit of $5M? I’d love for Teabag to not make a cent off of this decision. If it hurts the team…so be it 😛 ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/490 "2012-06-04T22:35:09Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > With Brodouche slowly becoming the 4x6 size, he is WAY too lethargic. The Devil’s defense helps him out so much. Guess that explains why he’s so terrible in shootouts. ---
**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 4, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/491 "2012-06-04T22:36:45Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > Vokoun to the Penguins. I’m gonna miss Brent Johnson. Love that guy. ☹ (Anyone else cry when their favorite players leave?) ---
**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/492 "2012-06-05T03:13:57Z")
Aha! There’s the LA Power Play. They found it in LA, under a 2-0 lead in the third. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/493 "2012-06-05T03:50:53Z")
:):):):(:):p:p:p:p;););):(;):D:D:D Penalty Kill: 100% Power Play: 100% Save %: 100% Domination: 100% WE WANT THE CUP! WE WANT THE CUP! WE WANT THE CUP! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/494 "2012-06-05T04:44:09Z")
We really, really do. I need to figure out some way to not get stuck missing half of the game on Wednesday because of my work schedule. ---
**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 5, 2012, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/495 "2012-06-05T06:51:30Z")
There is NO chance the Kings lose this! Hopefully they don’t lose a game Wednesday. Like to see them win it at home. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/496 "2012-06-05T12:33:02Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > There is NO chance the Kings lose this! Hopefully they don’t lose a game Wednesday. > Like to see them win it at home. when they lose, it will be you and your jinx that we blame. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/497 "2012-06-05T12:45:20Z")
Well, the way the unluckiest team during the regular system had everything fall into place at exactly the right time to steamroll their way to victory, they deserve to win… but I’m having a hard time coming up with a group of guys I’d less like to see hoist the Cup than all of the ex-Flyers. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/498 "2012-06-05T17:18:08Z")
Actually, you should celebrate the notion that the current Flyers organization will be watching (from their homes, golf courses, bars, etc.) the ex-players who they gave up on, who were very capable of bringing the cup to Philadelphia, lifting the Cup somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/499 "2012-06-05T18:45:03Z")
They didn’t give up on them, they got an extremely nice haul in return for them that will have them competitive for years to come (the pick from Columbus in which they picked Couturier was almost worth it on its own). While it does bring me some small amount of pleasure to know that Flyers fans have to watch players that led them to the Finals just a few short years ago that their GM traded away win while their team golfs, it’s overridden by the fact that though they took the dirtbags out of Philly they couldn’t take the Philly out of the dirtbags and one of the dirtiest pieces of shit in hockey in Mike Richards will hoist the Cup and have his filthy name engraved upon it. And that Jeff Carter whined and pouted his way out of Columbus like a baby until he could be reunited with his BFF, and he and his flying elbows will also. My hatred of Gagne has cooled over the years, to the point that I don’t even remember why I hated him to begin with, but I still don’t like him. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187/500 "2012-06-05T19:14:49Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > (Anyone else cry when their favorite players leave?) Cry? No. But I’ll be sad when Alfie retires, be that this summer or next. And I was pretty damn disappointed when the Sens unloaded Jarkko Ruutu, though that was moreso because I bought his jersey the season before. I’m hoping my Matt Carkner jersey doesn’t get relegated to a similar fate this July…☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-the-playoffs/618187.md?page=26)