High and Wide Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 (N3) Winnipeg Jets vs. (N4) Montreal Canadiens SERIES SCHEDULE: REGULAR SEASON RECORDS: Jets: 29-23-3, 61 points Canadiens: 24-21-11, 59 points SEASON SERIES: WPG 6-3-0; MTL 3-3-3 [table=width: 650, align: center] [tr] [td]THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] The Winnipeg Jets and the Montreal Canadiens have never faced off against each other in the playoffs, in either of Winnipeg's stints in the league. The Winnipeg Jets are 16-23 in playoff appearances since moving from Atlanta. The Montreal Canadiens are 431-315 all-time in playoff matches. The Jets have made the playoffs each of the past four seasons, advancing to the conference finals in 2018, but losing to the Vegas Golden Knights. The Canadiens last made the playoffs in each of the past two seasons.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]THEY'RE NOT WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td] Both the Jets and Canadiens pulled off massive upsets in the first round against the Oilers and Maple Leafs respectively. While both teams enjoyed underdog status in the first round, the Jets are heavily favoured against the Canadiens. [/td] [/tr] [/table] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karan Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 If and only if Playoff Price continues to be Playoff Price, then I could see MTL having a shot of taking this in 7. Otherwise it ought to be WPG in 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphinity 2.0 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Neither of these teams are very good. Not sure what we're doing here. Winnipeg in 6 I guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valriera Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 lets go with carey price in 6 but who cares really none of these teams are winning the cup except maybe wpg in an alternate universe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karan Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 The winner of this series is just going to be cannon fodder for the Avalanche on their run to the Cup anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karan Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Had to get in the wrestling related post just for Phil. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Scheifele just absolutely leveled Evans while he was in the process of putting in the empty net goal. I'm not sure I hate it tbh. I hope Evans is ok. He looked in rough shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Valriera Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 $5k fine probably but that hit was dirty and I would expect nonsense next game if there’s no suspension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Damn!!!! I’d suspend him until 2024 but porn stache will give him a fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Someone explain to me why that was dirty Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valriera Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Same reason Graves’ hit the other night was - you are preying on a guy who is defenseless, late, with the intention of hurting him. Cant look at that play and tell me this was about stopping a goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Someone explain to me why that was dirty Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk U serious, Peter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Same reason Graves’ hit the other night was - you are preying on a guy who is defenseless, late, with the intention of hurting him. Cant look at that play and tell me this was about stopping a goal Sure you can. An eye blink earlier and he's preventing an empty net goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Sure you can. An eye blink earlier and he's preventing an empty net goal. Thats exactly what the porn stach would say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valriera Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Lol come on man it’s not even a close one you are trolling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Sure you can. An eye blink earlier and he's preventing an empty net goal. Yepp exactly. Stops skating a few seconds before contact, shoulder to chest, doesn’t lift off the ice until after contact, elbow doesn’t come up until after contact. Was it unnecessary? Okay maybe but it wasn’t dirty. The Montreal player went flying so it looks a lot more vicious than it was IMO Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Thats exactly what the porn stach would say Personal attack. If I was a mod I'd lock your account unless you paid a $5k donation fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karan Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 A decade ago that would've been considered a clean hockey hit. But unfortunately not in today's NHL. Aside from that, it was a beauty of a hit though. Keep yer head up kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Another look in full speed: https://twitter.com/TheHockeyNews/status/1400275327692193792 Way too close to call this late. Evans made a pretty quick, nifty move to execute the wrap around unexpectedly quick. Even with that, the only reason he was able to put the puck in the net was because Scheifele stopped skating around the hashmarks and glided the rest of the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sod16 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Let the apologists chime in on what was, whether "dirty" or not, one of he more dangerous plays I've seen. Primary hit to upper chest? I don't know, the forearm was up and it hit the jaw with such impact that it turned his head around like Linda Blair in sickening fashion. He's concussed or worse on a forearm to the jaw with the force of a 200 foot dash behind it. I'm sure the doctors in the hospital will say "oh, primary point of impact was upper chest, no problem!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I love it. “It’s late in the game”, sure but it’s early in the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Perfectly legal hit, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Let the apologists chime in on what was, whether "dirty" or not, one of he more dangerous plays I've seen. Primary hit to upper chest? I don't know, the forearm was up and it hit the jaw with such impact that it turned his head around like Linda Blair in sickening fashion. He's concussed or worse on a forearm to the jaw with the force of a 200 foot dash behind it. I'm sure the doctors in the hospital will say "oh, primary point of impact was upper chest, no problem!" Ban wrap around empty net attempts then, knowing they might be challenged physically from the front of the net. I don't know what Scheifele is supposed to do there. Let him score for free? It was bang bang and he almost prevented that goal. The reaction is purely because of how vicious the hit looked and the fact the kid got his bell rung pretty good. I hope he's ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karan Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 If Evans had peeked around his shoulder, he would've seen Scheifele coming, picked up the puck and stopped behind the net and maybe waited for someone to pass it to. Instead he blindly skates it around the net, fully focused on scoring the goal and oblivious to everything around him. Wasn't even a late hit. I would say 0.3-0.4s after the puck left his stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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