caps swept, zero points on six shots for ovi
appreciate it, but fuck the rangers too
― mookieproof, Monday, 29 April 2024 02:53 (one month ago) link
is there any possible way the kings leafs win this in OT
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 01:52 (one month ago) link
My first thought when I read your question was, "Depends which is more painful--getting swept in five or losing in seven?" So I guess losing in seven must be worse.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 02:02 (one month ago) link
they're still gonna lose but i respect the effort
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 02:28 (one month ago) link
if only the isles did not have *two* games where they gave up 2 goals 8-9 seconds apart…oof.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 03:16 (one month ago) link
THE ENDIS KNIES
― francisF, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 03:23 (one month ago) link
fanbases that deserve better: winnipeg, buffalo
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 05:21 (one month ago) link
otm
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 12:43 (one month ago) link
leafs have held boston to four shots halfway through regulation but are not winning
i love their commitment to the bit
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 May 2024 01:25 (one month ago) link
Boston can’t blow another 3-1 lead can they?
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 3 May 2024 02:43 (one month ago) link
god bless the leafs for ramping up the heartbreak
(totally rooting for them, of course)
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 May 2024 02:45 (one month ago) link
WILLY & THEGREAT WOLL
― francisF, Friday, 3 May 2024 02:50 (one month ago) link
Tonight I became a leaf’s sympathizer
― tobo73, Friday, 3 May 2024 02:55 (one month ago) link
what a moment for the vancouver canucks
― mookieproof, Saturday, 4 May 2024 01:48 (one month ago) link
Watched that game and had my opinion reenforced the kings are crud
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 4 May 2024 01:54 (one month ago) link
I was in Cambridge this morning, so I was able to catch about an hour of call-in sports out of Toronto. Weird: a lot of it was about Nylander, or how much pressure was on the Bruins, or whether Matthews at 75% was a plus or a minus, etc., etc., but the whole time, you felt this, yes, invisible elephant in the room, that every caller and all the hosts knew exactly what's going to happen tonight.
Even I'm on edge, and I'm as bandwagon as it gets. I played tennis this afternoon with a paramedic in town who'll be working tonight; suggested he stay close to the phone if the Leafs fall behind by more than a goal.
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 May 2024 20:02 (one month ago) link
i think it helps that they're kind of playing with house money -- no one expected them to win the last two, especially without matthews
worst-case scenario is, of course, they have a three-goal lead halfway through the third, and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdvoDFTcTLw
― mookieproof, Saturday, 4 May 2024 21:28 (one month ago) link
that was the most soul-crushing sports thing i've ever seen
― mookieproof, Saturday, 4 May 2024 21:30 (one month ago) link
Still remember a teacher I was working with at the time telling me about his grandson, five or six at the time and just becoming a fan, crying uncontrollably. Hooked for life, no doubt. Was thinking today about my own odd connection to the Leafs: born in Toronto, lived there till we moved 30 miles away in the summer of '67, a month or two after the last Cup (which I wasn't fan enough to remember--I became a fan for the next three or four years, till that got pushed aside for baseball around '71).
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 May 2024 21:38 (one month ago) link
Well, Leafs are certainly the team to show them how it's accomplished
― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Saturday, 4 May 2024 23:35 (one month ago) link
Baseball anxiety I can handle; hockey, much tougher.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 May 2024 01:07 (one month ago) link
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 01:29 (one month ago) link
Toronto's played tough so far. Whatever happens, I don't think they've at least avoided the stupefaction that accompanied some of their recent disappointments.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 May 2024 02:14 (one month ago) link
(eliminate that "don't")
here we go
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 02:41 (one month ago) link
lol
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 02:44 (one month ago) link
who names their child 'hampus'
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 02:54 (one month ago) link
The Leafs didn't fall apart when they lost the lead, so that's something. Not sure I should subject myself to the overtime. Genuine sympathy for the real fans who live and die with them.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 May 2024 03:06 (one month ago) link
I was going to say the same thing
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 5 May 2024 03:06 (one month ago) link
Re: hampus
this has all the makings of a four-overtime game
which means it will probably end within the first five minutes
will there be an odd number of penalties called? i say no
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 03:09 (one month ago) link
HOCKEY IS THE BEST
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 03:10 (one month ago) link
well fuck
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 03:21 (one month ago) link
at least they made it nearly as painful as possible
― mookieproof, Sunday, 5 May 2024 03:25 (one month ago) link
Sigh. That was a beautiful goal, and also kind of fluky to get such a perfect carom. But the announcer called it a hometown goal, that the puck was intentionally placed to get exactly that carom, so I'll defer to him. Sorry to all the Leafs fans here. I was all set to send a gloating email to those guys I bowl with.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 May 2024 03:30 (one month ago) link
That was 100% a set play
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 5 May 2024 04:55 (one month ago) link
MAPLE LEAFS MODEL OF CONSISTENCY
― francisF, Sunday, 5 May 2024 12:54 (one month ago) link
i'm gonna need the rangers to lose a fucking game
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 03:15 (one month ago) link
(not that i don't appreciate pittsburgh's own vincent trocheck)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 03:18 (one month ago) link
End of bos/fla game 2 is tiresome
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 9 May 2024 02:07 (one month ago) link
good luck vancouver
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 May 2024 02:49 (one month ago) link
xp yeah it's absurd but also those are two teams i don't mind getting punched
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 May 2024 02:51 (one month ago) link
this Canucks team is unbelievable
― symsymsym, Thursday, 9 May 2024 05:24 (one month ago) link
god bless them
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 May 2024 05:25 (one month ago) link
wow, bruins didn't even bother cheap-shotting ppl much in the third tonight
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 May 2024 01:57 (one month ago) link
symsy how are you doing
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 May 2024 05:13 (one month ago) link
(fwiw i wrote that before the goal, sorry)
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 May 2024 05:21 (one month ago) link
that was another intense one. canucks are not capable of playing a normal playoff game
― symsymsym, Saturday, 11 May 2024 05:32 (one month ago) link
the McD breakaway goal was a beauty. too bad he's allowed to high stick canucks with impunity.
oilers are such a one-line team, but their best line can still dominate half the game. hard to see it working against colorado or dallas.
― symsymsym, Saturday, 11 May 2024 05:35 (one month ago) link
was having steve nash flashbacks when quinn hughes was sent to the bench for bleeding from the uncalled high stick
― symsymsym, Saturday, 11 May 2024 05:39 (one month ago) link