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The NHL Playoffs… I Cant Keep My Mouth Shut
Blog — By intheoradio on April 20, 2012 11:58 AMIt has been a while hasn’t it. Nothing like the Playoffs and a Roadie to rejuvenate the mind, body and soul. It also helps when the NHL Playoffs are absolutely insane, dare I say… a gongshow?
See what I did there? Gongshow is the name of this company too.
For those of you out there who haven’t seen my stuff or know who I am… I guess I am the resident big mouth tearing down everything there is and giving you nothing but skin and bones. For those of you who do remember me… Guess I am doing something good to be remembered. As I said above, a Playoff Roady helps gives you the bug to talk about what the heck is going on in Hockey. Whether it is the NHL or my specialty the OHL. It was in fact an OHL road trip to Saginaw this past weekend that got the juices flowing. It was also the cheap dip, barley and hops water, and of course the lovely blonde and a friendly bartender. Story about the trip in another post. Please endulge me for a minute…
It would be naive of me to think that any of you reading this has not watched a minute of the NHL playoffs. IF you haven’t seen a single second, what are you doing here? Rather than attempt utilizing my grade 7 English writing skills. I will make this easy for everyone.
- With the Vancouver Canucks on the verge of being swept in the first round, does it shock anyone else that it isn’t because of
poor goaltending that they are down 3-0 to LA. - Shea Weber is making WWE popular again, the only thing missing was him pointing to the crowd waiting for them to count along… 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9…. 10!!!
- The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers are the most entertaining series, during play and after the whistles…
but why are the more inexperienced refs being thrown to the wolves and made to look completely stupid with lack of enforcing the game. - Ryan Kesler… 2 seasons ago he was thought of as the next Todd Bertuzzi (Pre-Moore) in Vancouver… now he must be always playing Marco Polo. ‘Fish Out Of Water!’
- So let’s get this straight, Daniel Sedin cannot play Games 1, 2 or 3, let alone fly to LA with the team, but could miraculously
play in Game number 4… what happened to needing to be symptom free for a week? - Andrew Shaw… Did you guys see his brother Jason (@JasonShaw2) sound off on Twitter… oh you didn’t know he had a brother who plays in the OHL… wow I sound like OHLWonka right there…
- Speaking of Shaw, the kid gets 3 games? I spent 10 days straight talking to that guy during the Memorial Cup last year and let me tell you this. The kid will go all out and play his heart out, but never would he intentionally hit a goaltender for the sake of competitive advantage, he was getting out of the way and Mike Smith must have been taking notes from Kesler.
- Brad Marchand must have been also learning barrel rolls in gymnastics. Monday night was it? he took a hit, acted hurt,
looked up to realize the play is still going? Miraculous recovery. - Must be pick on Marchand day… Backstrom gets a game for Brad practicing his standing longjump. Did you see how far he jumped when nudged? It is like sneaking up behind a girl and poking her in the sides.
- PIT Aaron Asham makes me laugh… who does he think he is Matt Cooke from 2009/10
- Is it possible to watch an entire period of FLA and NJ without thinking… I wonder if there is a Keeping up with the Kardashian’s marathon going on right now.
- Raffi Torres… I can still say the only Raffi I like is the man who created the song, ‘Bananaphone’. Check it out!
- Claude Giroux says the Flyers have respect for everyone in the Pens dressing room while Crosby says we hate them over there
- Brendan Shanahan… Let me just sum it up like this… would you want his job?
I think that summarizes the first round so far… yeah I left out the James Neal suspension note, and some other points. but this is what is bugging me. Thank goodness we get a heck of a lot more Don Cherry this time of year. I love my baseball and all but as a Canadian… it is a sin to miss Coach’s Corner.
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66 Comments
This year’s playoffs are already some of the best I’ve ever seen and it’s only the first round. Every series has been amazing if you can get over the fact that either Pittsburgh or Philly has played like shit in every game.
i agree
Definitely best playoffs I’ve seen in awhile, the Philly Pittsburgh series is exciting to watch, but all the other series are just as exciting. As for Shaw I thought it was complete BS that he got 3 games for that, yea we want to protect goalies but you could see him try to get out of the way, and how about the acting job by Smith?
Weber gets nothing for slamming a player’s head into the glass.
Shaw gets three games for hitting a goalie while trying to avoid contact.
Neal gets nothing for leaving his feet and hitting a player in the head–that didn’t have the puck. Then on the very next play, he does the same thing, immediately going for another player’s head. One game.
Yep, great job, Shanny…
Non-suspension on Weber is a huge joke. How can that type of crap be tolerated? Slamming a guy’s head into the glass is nothing but deliberate attempt to injure. This year’s post-season will be remembered for years to come for this circus, and it’s only the first round.
one of most exciting playoffs ive seen in years
yea
Exciting playoffs indeed but some really wreckless play to say the least, the shannabans need to be much more consistent than they are or the point will never get across.
Craziest playoffs I have seen in my short time on this earth. Pit-Philly series is the definition of Gongshow. Blues and Sharks are all over each other to. Gotta love this time of the year
One of the best playoffs I’ve seen in a while…This is why The Cup is the hardest trophy to win
love the competition and aggression in the games
I second that! I wish it was possible to watch these playoffs in my sleep!
Nothing like this time of year, had some excellent series so far. Just imagine how much more intense it’s going to get as they get closer to the cup
playoffs have been unreal
unreal
unreal
great playoffs so far
nice post
That PIT-PHI series just ended and even though I’m a huge Flyers fan and we won, I was kinda disappointed such a good series would have loved to see a game 7!
Phillys gonna win it all this year
unreal
craziest playoffs I’ve seen in a while.
The only think that is consistent with these playoffs from the past is the Canucks playing terrible. Now I can rest easy.
great
I thought vancouver was winning the cup for sure… guess not
goaltending is key in the playoffs. IMO, the one aspect that can singlehandedly carry a team
I agree these playoffs are very exciting to watch.
the first round of the playoffs was nuts i cannot wait to see the second round games
wow been great so far
great so far
everyone is playing great hockey but the fighting has gone to far
Rough call on Shaw
this year’s playoffs have been unreal so far, the pens-flyers series is one of the best i’ve ever seen
old time hockey gotta love it
first of 3 game 7′s starting tonight, nothing better
Crazy 1st round
b e a utiful
If the second round is as good as the 1st then I’ll be happy! Hopefully less dirty stuff though!
Unreal thus far, keep it up in round 2.
These playoffs have truly made me speechless
surprising playoffs thus far
one good series
Unreal
nothing like playoff hockey
love these podcasts
nice
playoff hockey>
Shanny needs to ease up
good article!
get constant shanny
Unreal!
unreal storyy great read
good read
soild read
true
nicee
so damn true. i think i laughed at all of the points haha
unreal
sick
yudt
good stuff !!!!
nice stuff!
nice stuff!
yeah
cool
ha