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I can’t believe the Jets shellacked Nashville like that, Rinne pulled, not a good ending for Nashville.
Last year, Rinne was pulled after three goals in the first period of game five in the Finals against Pittsburgh.
The next game, Pittsburgh won the Cup with a 2-0 score.
Nope..not a good ending for the Preds at all BUT what a year for the Jets...éblouissant...congrats. Paul Statsny...quelle acquisition pour les playoffs...son expérience vaut son pesant d'or..et ce n'est pas fini....les Jets ont flairé la bonne affaire....chapeau:yo:
Rinne was miserable in the playoffs BUT le paradoxe est qu'il va probablement gagner le Vézina...pâle consolation.
Rinne was miserable in the playoffs BUT le paradoxe est qu'il va probablement gagner le Vézina...pâle consolation.
Impressive win by the Jets...Hellebuyck was the difference tonight!...
Rinne was just horrible...I would not want to be in Rinne's shoes in the Nashville locker room!
Rinne was just horrible...I would not want to be in Rinne's shoes in the Nashville locker room!
Goalis are often overexposed during the playoffs...
The difference was in front of the net, yes... But not only because of the netminders. The Jets defenders and their wingers shut the door.
How many quality shot did the Predators take? Not many... Hellebuyck was having it easy.
Rinne was horrible? You could say that... But he was pulled out early and that did not change anything... Nashville's defense could not contain their opponent's attacking waves. Josi WAS horrible. Subban was slow. Ekholm was nowhere around to be seen... Only Ellis showed something. But he's not a bruiser. He's a finesse puck handler and could not find his passing lanes because of the monster wingers on Winnipeg's side.
Where was Fiala? And Johansen? And Arvidsson? Last year, the first two were on hospital beds during the Finals. This year, they looked lost on the ice, as if they were still on medication... Myers, Byfuglien, Chiarot and Trouba dominated them. Johansen ZERO shot on goal yesterday. Fiala and Arvidsson had five each, but mostly from outside the crease to create rebounds that went nowhere near another Predator attacker.
Winnipeg could have win this series in 5 games... The second one, in OT, was a luck one for Nashville, who was not smashing a lot. In their 4 victories, Winnipeg scored 4, 7, 6 and 5 goals... Nashville does NOT have the firepower to score 5 goals or more on every night. That has nothing to do with the goalies.
You are absolutly right on for game seven, but I don't think it was that clear cut in the whole series, in fact no team was able to win two consecutive games.
There were long stretches of the game where Hellbuyck wasn't even tested, which cannot happen in a game 7 on home ice, ever. I think Winnipeg showed they were the better team with more firepower which also never had to pull its own Vezina nominated goalie. I still can't believe Rinne managed to get himself pulled in critical playoff games 2 years in a row. The first goal was a bit fluky as it caromed off Rinne's stick into a tiny ass crease between his pad and the pole. On that second goal though, Nashville's defensemen were slow and lazy to contest the shot although Rinne didn't seem to play the puck well and I can't recall last time I saw a goal go behind the goalie's back like that. What good is a Vezina Trophy when you not only can't come through for your team in the playoffs but manage to get pulled in a game 7 on home ice?
Going sleeping yesterday...was thinking of....Price being trade to the Preds...and back with Subban and Emelin...and Rinne coming in Montreal with Weber.....de belles et grandes retrouvailles...non ??? Un changement d'air qui leur ferait du bien.....de plus les 2 DG s'entendent à merveille......lolllllll
Ovechkin is really having one of the better playoffs he has ever had. It is like all the frustration he built up over the years is being released.
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