The 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs are a good example of why I don't bet on sports.
Stanley Cup picks
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I wonder if it can be broken down somehow, and there are far more variables with hockey. Multiple rounds all best of 7. I don't gamble so I wouldn't know. Don't like games where I'm being skimmed. How would you like it if you bought auto parts and there were all different prices and different points of failure designed in, such that you lose every time
In the mid-'70s the opening round was best-of-3. After a few upsets, they moved to best-of-5, but upsets continued. Best-of-7 has probably helped, but upsets still happen.I wonder if it can be broken down somehow, and there are far more variables with hockey. Multiple rounds all best of 7. I don't gamble so I wouldn't know. Don't like games where I'm being skimmed. How would you like it if you bought auto parts and there were all different prices and different points of failure designed in, such that you lose every time
As far as the defective autoparts, they used to identify them here as Motomaster so you would know they were precision-engineered to fail on the 93rd day of a 90-day warranty.
Canadians will know.
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It's uncanny when an engineer does a superb job, and the part fails when designed, out of warranty!In the mid-'70s the opening round was best-of-3. After a few upsets, they moved to best-of-5, but upsets continued. Best-of-7 has probably helped, but upsets still happen.
As far as the defective autoparts, they used to identify them here as Motomaster so you would know they were precision-engineered to fail on the 93rd day of a 90-day warranty.
Canadians will know.
That was the case. According to some of the current Stanley Cup winners, the Las Vegas Golden Knights, the toughest team they faced in the playoffs was the Oilers. If the Bruins got past Florida, it might have been a different story, but they didn't.
The Panther trick of intimidation didn't work against a team that was bigger, faster, and more disciplined.
Florida was a crazy surprise. Bobrovsky salvaged the series against the Bruins, and then won the next two series almost single-handedly. He or the entire team finally ran out of gas against Vegas.
That was a kick in the pants as a Bruins fan...hard melt-down to watch.
I texted my long-time Bruins fan friend after the Panthers won Game 6 to tie the series, and said "Is it 1971 all over again?" (That was the year the high-flying Bruins were upset by the underrated Habs in seven.)
As it turned out ... yes.
The Panthers were clearly better than their regular season record suggested going into the playoffs and the Bruins were clearly not as good as their regular season record suggested. I've never been more frustrated by a team who couldn't clear the zone and would repeatedly give the game away with less than 3 mins left.
If they won this year they'd be one of the greatest Bruins teams of all time. With their exit from the playoffs and the way in which it happened, they are just a very good team that played exceptionally well in the regular season.
Very much like 1971 - the Habs (with something like 11 future Hall-Of-Famers) were far better than their regular season had indicated, and the Bruins, while an excellent team, were overconfident. Had the Bruins started Gerry Cheevers in Game 2 (in which the Bruins blew a 5-2 lead heading into the 3rd), the outcome may have been different.
The '82/83 Bruins were similar - strong contenders with an excellent regular season, but not good enough in the playoffs.
I’m rooting for the oilers. Been 31 years since Canadian team won the Stanley Cup
I suspect there are not a lot of Canadians outside Edmonton rooting for the Oilers.
Evander Kane burned his bridges here, and has continued to trash-talk Winnipeg. I suspect he doesn't have a lot of fans in Buffalo or San Jose either.
I'd be good with Dallas, Florida, or the NYT winning.
That is funny to hear from a Bruins fan (but I get it)! You wouldn't have heard that in, for example, 1972.
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What’s to hate about Tkchauk, his family is from your home state! If anything, I root for American players. And how can you root for the Rangers? Lol
As far as Evander Kane I always enjoyed him squaring up with Ryan Reaves.
I’m on an elliptical machine right now with a #11 Kings shirt. Believe it or not, 20 years ago I would have changed so as to not wear anyone else’s stuff. Now I don’t care. If a Flyers fan got in my face I’d laugh. When I moved here in 1999 all my stuff was Canadiens and I was a transplant. Took a lot of razzing back then.
Today I simply love the sport above all.
I’m pulling for the Oilers. I’d like to see McDavid win a cup. They are also the only team left with a non name goalie.
I’m a Leafs fan and as long as 34 and 91 are there we’ll be golfing before the end of April. Both are great regular season players but forget how to play in April.
Just my $0.02
I’m a Leafs fan and as long as 34 and 91 are there we’ll be golfing before the end of April. Both are great regular season players but forget how to play in April.
Just my $0.02
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Would gladly take 34 in Phila but we can’t afford him. 91 no thanks. It’s unfathomable to have Matthews, Marner, Tavares, Nylander, and not get to the 2nd round. I wanted Kings and Leaf’s and rooted wholeheartedly for both in vain. Toronto is a great world class city, and I’d hang my head high if I hailed from it.
Instead in Phila our motor vehicle code prevents cops from stopping vehicles for no plate, no valid registration, no inspection (many of you likely think I’m making this up—it’s the LAW). We’re world class too, in the burbs where cops have ramped up on such cars.
Go Panthers!
My fear is they will move 16 in the offseason or next year. It will be just like Hyman. Look what he’s done for the oilers. Last I checked he had 13 or so points in the playoffs.
The Leafs
the bed hiring Kyle Dubass. They had Hunter as an assistant GM and failed to promote him. So he returned home to London and continued to build their Junior hockey empire. They are enroute to winning another memorial cup tomorrow. London has had the most memorial cup appearances of any CHL team in the last 25 years. Now the Leafs have Trevilimg from Calgary who I’m not sure is any better.
Just my $0.02
