Category: Playoffs

Playoffs Dayoffs: Preview and discussion thread, 6/12

By Erik Johnsgard | Jun 11th 2019 | 8 min read |

It’s all come down to this. For the first time since 2011, the Stanley Cup Final is going to Game 7 and, just like in 2011, it’s the friggin’ Bo...

Playoffs Dayoffs: Preview and discussion thread, 6/3

By Erik Johnsgard | Jun 3rd 2019 | 5 min read |

After Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, and the St. Louis Blues’ 2-7 embarrassment at the hands of the Boston Bruins, Blues head coach Craig Berube c...

Playoffs Dayoffs: Preview and discussion thread, 6/1

By Erik Johnsgard | Jun 1st 2019 | 4 min read |

After spending the better part of the month of May in a strange and frightening hibernation chrysalis, the NHL Department of Player Safety has emerged...

Playoffs Dayoffs: Preview and discussion thread, 5/29

By Erik Johnsgard | May 29th 2019 | 4 min read |

San Jose Sharks fans watching Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final may have experienced a fair bit of schadenfreude as the St. Louis Blues were, for much o...

Playoffs Dayoffs: Preview and discussion thread, 5/27

By Erik Johnsgard | May 27th 2019 | 5 min read |

As it is written, the NHL has waited the requisite 40 days and 40 nights, and thus we prepare for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. I’m sorry, just o...

Playoffs Dayoffs: Preview and discussion thread, 5/14

By Erik Johnsgard | May 13th 2019 | 4 min read |

The San Jose Sharks have lost three consecutive Games 2 after winning three consecutive Games 1, and won two of those series in Game 7. For the second...

Playoffs Dayoffs: Preview and discussion thread, 5/9

By Erik Johnsgard | May 9th 2019 | 5 min read |

The San Jose Sharks are moving on and the Colorado Avalanche are going home. Any lingering bitterness from the heavy hitting, injurious, strangely off...

Playoffs Dayoffs: Preview and discussion thread, 5/7

By Erik Johnsgard | May 7th 2019 | 4 min read |

Games 7 are a coin toss. It’s a weird coin, and one side of it weighs a little bit more than the other, but with the amount of luck involved in a ga...

Playoffs Dayoffs: Preview and discussion thread, 5/5

By Erik Johnsgard | May 5th 2019 | 4 min read |

The San Jose Sharks seem to be taking turns putting the team on their backs this round and, while Martin Jones’ night didn’t return the results he...

Playoffs Dayoffs: Preview and discussion thread, 5/3

By Erik Johnsgard | May 3rd 2019 | 4 min read |

The San Jose Sharks seem determined to do everything the hard way. Losing nine of their last 12 games in the regular season ensured that the Calgary F...