When You’re Not Built For The NHL Playoffs

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Round 1 of the NHL Playoffs is ‘almost’ done, so let’s cover everything that’s happened so far.

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round one of the NHL playoffs is all bit over and we’re finding out quickly who’s built for it and who isn’t a lot has happened since Wednesday so let’s cover it all from where we left off Wednesday Deja Vu the injured reserves and the stars are in an absolute dog fight and after winning the first two games Dallas fought all the way back to make this a best of three series Dallas is trying to do God’s work here on behalf of the league by pushing the defending Cup champs and the Undisputed villains of the NHL to the brink of elimination to start the game it’s none other than Mark The Undertaker stone with a tip in front of the net to score a carbon copy of his first goal of the series on the power play the one- nothing lead lasted all but a minute as Dallas comes right back and aghni the father D andov buries a pass from stankoven to tie this game at one Dallas was the number one Rush team in the NHL for a reason and their Rush offense strikes big here fresh off the goal Dallas’s power play gets to work and it’s Matt duchaine on the doorstep ready to ring the doorbell and step into a one-goal lead with him cleaning up the garbage in front a busy first period would end with a dog shift from William ker spinning off a check along the wall and then catching ainger sleeping at the wheel to tie this game up at twos both of these teams would get some good looks in the second but it’s another Power Play goal from the stars as they take a 3-2 lead off a barard down rev from Jason Robertson now I don’t think we’ve seen the best of Jake ainger yet in this series but early in the third he makes a masterful save on on Chandler Stevenson to hold the lead but he just hits the Bruce Lee splits that right leg is built like an ox and he keeps the puck out to keep it 3-2 the Stars win this one to take a 3-2 series lead and the villains of the NHL are officially on the ropes as Dallas looks to finish the job in Vegas meanwhile the Oilers have a chance to knock out the kings in the first round for the third year in a row the 131 defensive trap that’s supposed to stifle Edmonton hasn’t done much of that in this series as their speed off the rush has created issues for the Kings Vander Kane shows that firsthand as a cheeky give and go play gets the Oilers on the board first Edmonton looked like they were going to head into the second with a one- nothing lead but a crazy bounce off the wall means steuart Skinner gets caught with his pants down and La ties it right before it heading into the second Islanders fans are getting PTSD watching that familiar bounce but sometimes the hockey Gods just want to shake things up after that the McD Sidle Duo just completely took over the game on the power play despite an early second period goal from the Kings the Oilers power play got an opportunity and McDavid and Dr Sidle connect on possibly the grossest passing play of the playoffs only to get robbed by David Riddick’s ridiculous glove save but hold on a second let’s call Gary bman because this one is actually in after review and that right there is the number one reason why goalies won’t wear white gloves with white meshing you can see the puck clearly in the net after review and Edmonton ties the game to follow that up the Oilers get another Power Play which the Kings finally kill kill off but with McDavid circling the wagon like he’s on a leisurely stroll through the park on a Sunday afternoon he waits patiently to find dry settle on the doorstep and the Oilers offense is officially humming Zach hman gets his playoff leading seventh goal right after another kill for LA to give Edmonton a two-goal lead heading into the third despite a late goal to cut the lead to one with an empty net the Kings fall short against the Oilers for the third year in a row and it’s deja vu that has to be extremely frustrating for the team and the fan base but the story of this series was ultimately special teams the Oilers went a perfect 12 for2 on the penalty kill and their power play was operating at a ridiculous 45% that is a really good sign for a long playoff run but next up is the second round for the Oilers and as for La you can pack your and book the tickets to Cabo Thursday this can’t be happening again the result of this game six between the Leafs and the brunes can set up a fascinating storyline for two choke artists something had given this game as Boston is 0 for five in their last five series clinching games whereas Toronto was 0 and six in their last six home games Austin Matthews would miss his second straight game with an unknown injury and really I don’t know why mlsc hasn’t just called Mark Stone’s doctor to help him heal magically emotions are high nervous energy on both teams but in the first period it seemingly affected the brunes more than the Leafs Toronto outshot Boston 12 to1 in the first period and that’s now two games in a row where Boston has looked clearly tentative in their play we broke down how both teams tactics have evolved over the course of the series in our last video but Toronto forek did a solid job of creating chaos in Boston’s End early on in the final minutes of the second Toronto takes advantage of Boston’s fourth line ice in the puck Leafs win the face off neander activates the Twinkle Toes he throws one on net and it finds a way for the Leafs to score the all important first goal of the game you never want to get scored on at the beginning or end of the period so that was a tough one for the Bruins to swallow Boston now only has 20 minutes to make a strong push to avoid another game seven but tono just didn’t give them much aside from a lone power play for Boston that didn’t generate a lot Joseph wall had to make a couple of huge saves to hold the lead with the brunes going all out in pressure to tie it Toronto shows great support on the wall to get the puck out but it’s this Nifty play by n to use his body to absorb the contact and then slip the puck over to the middle to neander he’s on a breakaway and he puts the dagger in this game Boston would ruin the shut out by getting a goal with 0.1 seconds left in the third but the Leafs forced Boston into seven for the ultimate choke Bowl both teams have demons with blowing leads and choking in big moments so Saturday sets up a game that we will all never forget Friday shut out the lights there was some nervous energy in Vancouver after they failed to close out their series on home ice in game five so JT Miller being the vet that he is he showed up to practice in his goalie dress shirt just a vet move by releasing some of the tension in the room before a big game six but we’re about to find out if it would work or not at the start it looked like Cavs was determined to get his dress shirt back as he made three or four big saves to stop the PRS from coming out of the gates hot going into game six both teams had scored 12 goals in this series for the five games have been decided by a single goal excluding empty Nets so this was more likely to be the same halfway through the second Nashville gets a 4minute power play off a high sticking penalty and both goalies had to be sharp after 40 minutes of play we had ourselves a good oldfashioned goalie duel as both teams traded chances but this series needed one last dramatic surprise in the final minute of the third period Vancouver throws a curveball by sending out Pon with besser and Suter the game is won and lost in these little battles and watch this play by Pon to just whoop Dodge the check by loon to get to the loose Puck and cycle it deep for besser the special players know their opponents better than anyone and considering that lozon was the NHL hits leader this season Pon knew that was coming that tiny battle gets the puck to besser he sends a beautiful pass out in front and it’s pce suor who shocks Nashville with just under two minutes left in the third just an incredible play that turns out to be the biggest Canuck goal of the season so far trying desperately to tie the game Nashville gets a power play pulls their goalie they’re throwing the kitchen sink at seavs the Canucks are doing everything they can to keep the puck out of the net and it’s enough as they hold on to go to the second round a fantastic series series between these two teams but the Canucks depth and goal ended up being a huge difference maker a shut out for coves and the Canucks meet the Oilers in the second round for an all Canadian matchup great season and run for Nashville but now it’s time for you to pack your and buy your tickets to the next U2 concert all that’s left now is for Dallas to bring Justice to the hockey world and eliminate the Vegas injured reserves if you like the goal tending battle on the Vancouver Nashville game you would have loved this one with Vegas looking to feed off the crowd they took it to Dallas and the first and ainger held down the fort for Dallas with a couple of big stops Aiden Hill sees that says okay anything you can do I can do better and he first robs Sean on the Breakaway robs father D donov on the rebound and then stops Sean again on the followup just a sick poppy of a play both of those Shooters must feel incredibly ill no one’s got an answer for either goalie until halfway through the third where Noah henen shoots through traffic and finally breaks through to give Vegas a one- nothing lead aen Hill and that Vegas Decor work their magic and just to piss everyone off a little bit more Mark Stone gets the empty net and this one’s going to seven Aiden Hill looked like the guy that back stopped them to The Cup last year and if he’s like that in game seven the hockey world is going to see the villain Prevail once again Saturday Maple Leaf curse we’ve got game seven Leafs versus brunes on a Saturday night it doesn’t get much better than this as one team can finally slay their dragon the Bruins are in danger of choking a 3-1 lead for the second year in a row while the Leafs may add to their collection of game seven losses to Boston good news for Toronto is that Matthews ended up visiting Mark Stone’s doctor and was cleared to return to the lineup of course if you’re a leaf fan happiness is a fleeting feeling that usually only lasts about a minute so after it looked like Matthews was back the lease would start elas samsonov over Joseph wall due to injury the first 40 minutes of this game was almost identical to games five and six both teams clogging up the neutral zone and trying to get their for check going to force the other team to make a mistake but it wasn’t until halfway through the third where the four check of Tyler bruzi forces Brandon Carlo to cough up the puck he sends it over to Matthews and the guy who always shoots decides to give it over to neander and he buries to make Leaf fans actually believe but remember happiness is a feeling that only lasts for minute intervals for leaf fans and after Joel Edmonson gets a glorious chance to make it a two- nothing game Boston’s for che forces mcabe to cough up the puck to cause Panic at the Disco first it miraculously bounces over the net and then it swings back up to hampus Lindholm and he throws a perfectly placed floater short side to tie this game up at one that goal horn sends shivers down every leaf fan spine and we have a tied game once again it was only fitting that this one needed overtime because it’s the ending that we all deserved 2 minutes into OT pasta gets a pass in the neutral zone and leaves it for lindol as lindol reaches the red line watch pasta build speed entering the Zone Boston is initiating a set play that we’ve seen countless times over the years but was actually made famous by the sadin as Defenders hold the line and are relatively flat-footed Wingers attack the Zone with speed the puck carrier dumps it into the far corner and the Winger is first to the puck due to the speed differential built at the Blue Line the Toronto playing the 131 trap Boston wants to catch Riley flat-footed so marner’s job here as he gets off the bench is to run a slight interference on patrak before he builds up all that speed marner’s looking at the puck instead of his men and by the time they both reach the Blue Line the speed differential is too much Marner and Riley realizes trouble samsonov is hesitant to poke or play this Puck because of pass the speed and it’s a beautiful set play that wins Boston the game and you can see me and my buddies watch this in real time because it’s too damn funny oh my God put you outside so just breaking this down you got me realizing that this Bank pass is going to go straight to ponac which is why I say oh my God my buddy who’s a Habs fan realizes it right away too and gets all excited my other friend on the ground here is enjoying a nice cookie but pauses as soon as he sees that bounce and then as pastron scores it’s absolute crickets the Habs fan looks over at me and can’t help but laugh I smile because what else can you do my buddy on the ground here goes back to enjoying the simpler things in life and finishes his cookie this guy’s about to turn into the Joker she’s like I’ve seen this movie way too many times and then to top it all off it’s the S fan trying to get her hopes up One Last Time by saying it may be offside me offside death taxes and leafs losing in game seven to the Boston Bruins Toronto ain’t ever beating the fraud allegations ever again and it’s time for them to pack their and head to the golf course so what did you think of the first round of the NHL playoffs what surprised you what pissed you off let us know in the comments down below the NHL is broken so even though the second round starts today we still have a game seven left between the injured reserves and the Stars we have tons of breakdowns coming for the rest of the playoffs so make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications so that you don’t miss a thing