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Forum: NHLSun at 12:53 am
Thread: 2019 Playoffs Discussion Thread
Who watched the STL-WPG game? I watched it and for the first few periods, the Jets were not even close to good enough. It was NOT a good game for the Jets. They got two goals later in the 3rd but it was too late. They wasted their timeout early in the game on a dumb challenge (which was obviously a goal, not even close), and then when they needed it they didn't have their timeout to challenge the later STL goal which shouldn't have counted because of goaltender interference.

For the Blues, what a story. Last place in the NHL in JANUARY, and they somehow make the playoffs and win a round. Unbelievable. Definitely a great story. Jordan Binnington is a huge part of that. Craig Berube has been a very good coach, too. A lot of their struggling players got going, and now they'll play either Nashville or Dallas in the 2nd round. If it's Dallas, that's a rematch of the 2016 2nd round, and if it's Nashville, that's a rematch of the 2017 2nd round. But either way, home ice advantage will go to the team who didn't have home ice advantage last time.
Forum: GM Game 2018-19 & 2019-20Sat at 6:20 pm
Thread: 2018-19 GM Game - General Discussion
I'm not trying to be mean but why do people keep posting super un-important things in the News and Important Info thread? Examples:

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TMLSage</b></div><div>Why is senior Crack stepping down?</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Luc3</b></div><div>Do we vote for all 4 or just one matchup??</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bo53Horvat</b></div><div>: (</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HallforHart</b></div><div>WOOOOOOOOO</div></div>

I get that some of these are questions, but can't those be asked in the Messages to the BOG thread? Just pointing this out. If I see something's been posted in the News and Important Info thread, I always click on it to see what was posted, because I assume it's actually something important that everyone sees.
Forum: NHLSat at 12:20 pm
Thread: 2019 Playoffs Discussion Thread
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Brian2016</b></div><div>Crazy how both Tampa and CGY were absolutely steamrolled despite being #1 seeds. We could actually have 7 of the bottom 8 seeds advance to the 2nd round. NYI were seeded higher than PIT, but most people would consider that series an upset, especially in 4 games.</div></div>

It depends what "upset" means. There has been some disagreement about that. Some people think an upset is if the lower seeded team wins the series, and some think it's the team who was picked to win by less people wins. However, some people think not every series is a potential upset series. For example, whether it's Winnipeg or St. Louis who wins that series, maybe neither is an upset, because even though the Jets were probably the favourite going into the series, it was very close. IMO an upset is when the clear favourite who was getting way more picks to win the series than the other ends up losing the series. I wouldn't call the Islanders-Penguins series an upset, just because as much as Pittsburgh was the favourite, it was somewhat close. Columbus and Colorado were upsets in my opinion, because WAY more people were picking Tampa Bay and Calgary to win those series. I also usually don't think about number of games when talking about how big an upset it was. Sure, maybe it's more surprising, but if I'm looking for the biggest upset, I'm not thinking as much about the number of games. I'm trying to think of the biggest surprise series winner. So, for example, Montreal beating Washington in 2010 was a bigger upset in my opinion than Nashville sweeping Chicago in 2017, even though it took Montreal 7 games. Because even though Nashville and Chicago was an upset (because way more people were picking Chicago to win the series) and not a very high percentage of people were picking Nashville to win the series, there were more people picking them to beat Chicago than there were picking Montreal to beat Washington.