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Kenny Lawler

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Amazing season. Division title, President’s Trophy. Thrilling win for the ages over the Blues. Frankly played the Stars even if not outplayed them if you look at the series as a whole. Just too much adversity to overcome, not enough puck luck, and just enough missed opportunities to make the difference. Now we’ll hear the injury report that Morrissey likely playing with a busted shoulder and now torn knee ligaments. Scheifele playing with a concussion. Valardi a back or shoulder injury that never healed. Ehlers coming off a broken leg and not 100%. And I’d wager a bunch more we don’t know about (Schoen, Gus, Stanley, maybe Connor). Loss stings now, but what a tremendous year.

Just got evacuated from the Whiteshell last night. Hopefully my home is still standing when I return. We need a solid steady downpour for a couple of days.

KFC!!!!!

FIFY. 😁 Games like last night are why I love sports. Threads like this are why I hate sports fans Now I am picking on @captaincanuck12 but I will say to your credit you have been here all year, win or lose, and even if you have thrown in the towel the odd time you speak as a fan who wears their heart on their sleeve and will always come back with hope for the next game. Your negativity is borne of frustration in the moment, but you don’t quit on this team in the big picture. You are good to have around and are ultimately a loyal supporter, no doubt. What drives me nuts are those “fans” who were silent all year when this team marched to the President’s Trophy, and then crawled out of the woodwork after game 4 to remind how lousy this team has always been when the chips are down, how Hellebuyck is a fraud, how Cheveldayoff must be fired, etc. and then constantly disappear and are quiet when the team wins and proves them wrong for the 60th time this year, just waiting for their next chance to say “see I told you they suck” at the next moment of adversity. It’s beyond feeling upset and negative in the moment, it’s like they can’t be happy unless they get to feel validated moaning and bitching about how useless the team is. I will never get those who seem to want to be perpetually angry and prefer to tell everyone “I told you so” if the team doesn’t win it all, which given the pure mathematical stats of it is about as safe a bet as you can make (31 out of 32 teams fail every year). The old adage is true - “sports is not there to make you happy, sports is there for you to be miserable in a large group”. I just don’t get the appeal of watching and acting like you hope they lose so that you have the opportunity to complain about how lousy they perpetually are and validate your negativity to the public at large. Why watch at all? Tough way to go through life. Now, the Jets may crash and burn in 4 straight next series, and it won’t change what’s great season this has been, how hard they have worked, and what entertainment they have brought us all year. Their achievement should be celebrated, not maligned. Rant over. See you in Round 2. P.S. It was never in doubt, says this Jets fan. 😉

Tibia is a leg bone

Panthers lost game 3 huge.

View from the upper deck after 1: very sloppy period by the Jets. Lots of passivity in their own end, both goals on missed assignments and turnovers in their own end. Refs don’t seem to have a handle on the game yet, tossing players on the faceoffs, no clear indication of what they will let go and what they will call. All that said, the Jets showed how quickly they can flip the switch and take over the game. I think they will get the jitters out of their system and start to take over from here. Perfetti has come to play.

6 years $42 million.

April 17 update: The playoff brackets are complete: West - Winnipeg (C1) vs St. Louis (WC2) Dallas (C2) vs Colorado (C3) Vegas (P1) vs Minnesota (WC1) Los Angeles (P2) vs Edmonton (P3) East - Washington (M1) vs Montreal (WC2) Carolina (M2) vs New Jersey (M3) Toronto (A1) vs Ottawa (WC1) Tampa Bay (A2) vs Florida (A3)

Yeah. Nothing.

April 14 update: Winnipeg Jets - Everyone else - Eliminated

Wonder if this will be in the building tonight with Bill Daly?

April 15 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot Dallas - Clinched playoff spot Vegas - Clinched playoff spot Colorado - Clinched playoff spot Los Angeles - Clinched playoff spot Edmonton - Clinched playoff spoke Minnesota* - 1 St. Louis - 3 ——————— Tragic # Calgary - 3 Vancouver - Eliminated Utah - Eliminated Anaheim - Eliminated Seattle - Eliminated Nashville - Eliminated Chicago - Eliminated San Jose - Eliminated East - Magic # Washington - Clinched playoff spot Carolina - Clinched playoff spot Toronto - Clinched playoff spot Tampa Bay - Clinched playoff spot Florida - Clinched playoff spot Ottawa - Clinched playoff spot New Jersey - Clinched playoff spot Montreal - 1 ——————- Tragic # Columbus - 1 Detroit - Eliminated NY Islanders- Eliminated NY Rangers - Eliminated Buffalo - Eliminated Pittsburgh - Eliminated Philadelphia - Eliminated Boston - Eliminated *Hold the tiebreaker advantage ** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage Remaining clinching/elimination scenarios: Montreal clinches playoff spot and Columbus is eliminated if: - Montreal gains a single point or better against Carolina April 16, OR - Columbus does not earn regulation wins in both their games against Philadelphia April 15 and against NY Islanders April 17 Minnesota earns a playoff spot with: - a single point or better gained against Anaheim April 15, OR - a loss of any kind by St. Louis against Utah April 15, OR - a loss of any kind by Calgary in either game against Vegas April 15 or Los Angeles April 17 St. Louis earns a playoff spot with: - a regulation win against Utah April 15 (would hold the tiebreaker against Calgary), OR - a win of any kind and a regulation loss by Minnesota against Anaheim April 15 OR anything less than two regulation wins by Calgary, OR - a point gained against Anaheim and anything less than two wins by Calgary, OR - a regulation loss by Calgary in either game, or losses of any kind in both games Potential playoff match-ups: Washington (M1) vs. Montreal/Columbus (WC2) Carolina (M2) vs. New Jersey (M3) Toronto/Tampa Bay (A1) vs. Ottawa (WC1) Tampa Bay/Toronto (A2) vs. Florida (A3) Winnipeg (C1) vs. St. Louis/Minnesota/Calgary (WC2) Dallas (C2) vs. Colorado (C3) Vegas (P1) vs. Minnesota/St. Louis/Calgary WC1) Los Angeles (P2) vs. Edmonton (P3)