bustaheims
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Well, that should just about do it. I'd say the only question left is whether the Kings win in 4 games or 5.
2014 Stanley Cup Final
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crazyperfectdevil
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Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
I still think boston had a shot..but no..outside that
bustaheims
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crazyperfectdevil said:
A fully healthy Bruins team, maybe, but not the team that lost to the Habs. Too many kids on the blue line.
hockeyfan1
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Los Angeles 3 NYRangers 0. Los Angeles leads series 3 games to 0.
It certainly doesn't look like luck or rather, the hockey gods, are on the side of the New York Rangers. No matter what the Rangers did, no matter how they tried to score, no matter how they tried to skate, and on and on it can go, somehow everything went the opposite direction. It looked like "Peter Puck" refused to be scored by a player in a blueshirt.
It could be then that that puck was indeed re-directed and stopped, at times in spectacular stick fashion save by the real guy in the mask netminding the Kings goal -- Jonathan Quick. Not only did he rob the Broadway Blueshirts on several attempts throughout the game but he also provided solid, steady Stanley Cup style goaltending.
Aside from Quick, the L.A. Kings got some puck luck from some deflections & rebounds in which they took opportunistic advantage of the potential to pop the black disc behind Lundqvist. The best case in point was Mike Richards' goal that propped the Kings up by 3. On a two on one, Richards attempted to pass but the puck hit the skate of the Rangers McDonagh, bounced back to Richards who placed it in the upper deck before a valiant Lundqvist.
Many could feel that this game was going to belong to Los Angeles when Jeff Carter scored with just barely 1-2 seconds left before the end of regulation in the first period. The good fortune was already on the Kings side.
Whatever the Rangers have left, they'll need it all in order to avoid elimination come Thursday night in New York for Game 4.
Whatever the Kings will do, they will do to win it all and proclaim themselves as the 2014 Stanley Cup champions, as they surely will want it to be their crowning glory to their already glorious playoff run.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/kings-cashing-in-on-good-fortune/
It certainly doesn't look like luck or rather, the hockey gods, are on the side of the New York Rangers. No matter what the Rangers did, no matter how they tried to score, no matter how they tried to skate, and on and on it can go, somehow everything went the opposite direction. It looked like "Peter Puck" refused to be scored by a player in a blueshirt.
It could be then that that puck was indeed re-directed and stopped, at times in spectacular stick fashion save by the real guy in the mask netminding the Kings goal -- Jonathan Quick. Not only did he rob the Broadway Blueshirts on several attempts throughout the game but he also provided solid, steady Stanley Cup style goaltending.
Aside from Quick, the L.A. Kings got some puck luck from some deflections & rebounds in which they took opportunistic advantage of the potential to pop the black disc behind Lundqvist. The best case in point was Mike Richards' goal that propped the Kings up by 3. On a two on one, Richards attempted to pass but the puck hit the skate of the Rangers McDonagh, bounced back to Richards who placed it in the upper deck before a valiant Lundqvist.
Many could feel that this game was going to belong to Los Angeles when Jeff Carter scored with just barely 1-2 seconds left before the end of regulation in the first period. The good fortune was already on the Kings side.
Whatever the Rangers have left, they'll need it all in order to avoid elimination come Thursday night in New York for Game 4.
Whatever the Kings will do, they will do to win it all and proclaim themselves as the 2014 Stanley Cup champions, as they surely will want it to be their crowning glory to their already glorious playoff run.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/kings-cashing-in-on-good-fortune/
Stickytape
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Ugh, that was hard to watch. I figure there's a good chance LA chokes in game 4, but it doesn't look good.
GhostofPotvin29
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Thought Lundqvist would steal a game at least but not looking likely now. Rangers blew their chances in games 1 and 2.
crazyperfectdevil
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Potvin29 said:
to be fair to the rangers though, they're just outclassed. Also the LA Kings just don't die. they have the expierence of coming back in pretty much every situation including from 3-0 in a series in the first round. I'm sure the rangers look at the first two games and think..if only...but I look at those two games as ..2 goal leads weren't enough and when that's the case you're probably done.
GhostofPotvin29
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Tigger said:
He doesn't have to avoid it, but should live with the consequences of trying to go through the crease. Sometimes that will result in contact with the goalie, and in this case it should have negated the goal.
Kin
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You know, I know they're about to win the Stanley Cup and everything but I was thinking about it and if you had to come up with a list of teams in the NHL that you wouldn't mind seeing moving...wouldn't the Kings be on that list?
I mean, they've been in the league for 40+ years, they've built up nothing in the way of real history or rivalries, they've got a boring and bland uniforms, an All-Time Kings all-star team would largely be guys who are more associated with other teams plus Marcel Dionne and Luc Robitaille, they're like the 10th most popular sports team in their market, their fans are basically the very definition of fair-weather....would anyone really miss them? Outside of market size do they add anything to the League picture?
Even now, as they're about to win their second Cup in 4 years playing flukey, boring hockey...would anyone not prefer to see them in Hartford or Seattle or Quebec City?
I mean, they've been in the league for 40+ years, they've built up nothing in the way of real history or rivalries, they've got a boring and bland uniforms, an All-Time Kings all-star team would largely be guys who are more associated with other teams plus Marcel Dionne and Luc Robitaille, they're like the 10th most popular sports team in their market, their fans are basically the very definition of fair-weather....would anyone really miss them? Outside of market size do they add anything to the League picture?
Even now, as they're about to win their second Cup in 4 years playing flukey, boring hockey...would anyone not prefer to see them in Hartford or Seattle or Quebec City?
Redleaf
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Nik the Trik said:
Wow. Not a fan, eh? I think the Kings fans would object to your description of their team.
Gretzky put that franchise on the map. Before he played for them, they could be described as you have above. They now appear to be on the verge of becoming perennial cup champions.
Could it be that you're just jealous that a hockey crazy city like Toronto can't win the damn cup in 50 years, and the city of Los Angeles, that doesn't give a crap about hockey can win 2 in 3 years? I know I am.
bustaheims
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I don't think it's going to happen, but, I think it would be hilarious if the Kings blew a 3-0 series leads to lose the Cup in the same playoffs that they overcame a 3 game deficit to win their 1st round series.