Playoff round 3: Buffalo (1) vs Washington (3)

[thom54]

The two top Skater lineups in BBKL go head to head in the Big Eastern Conference Showdown ... the perennial almost maybe kinda vs. the perennial champ


Washington: "Why spend cap on Goalies?"
Doesn’t matter, it’s all about Sunday Funday McElignneeieey

Buffalo: "Do I have an achilles Heel?"
John “Mr. Glass” Gibson

[Bruyns]

Thanks Thom was hopping on to make this. GP could be a factor, you had a lot more last week and I have a lot more this week. I have a feeling goaltending could decide this..

[thom54]

Ya hence my risk it all on McBackup ...presumably on Sunday ... I gotta hope to nullify your goalie advantage. Otherwise Stats i think break down like this:
G - coin flip (pavelski addition helps me catch up, Bennett becoming the next Jamie Benn too )
A - should be you, lower variance and you have a strong (the strongest?) team in Assists
P - well... you
+/- - coin flip as per usual
PIM - you
SOG - You, especially b/c of GP advantage
GWG - coin flip
STPts - coin flip with Pavelski and Bennett now not being in CGY... but still edge to you of course likely
Hits - you
BLk, FOW, SHTOI - should be me ... but the GP advantage maaay swing SHTOI.
So really I need to win my share of the coin flip stats then hope on McBackup not exploding on a sunday

[Bruyns]

Ya I see it this way as well, I dressed 3gp Dowd over 4GP Rakell to try and win SHTOI. Gibson getting a win to at least tie wins would be really helpful.

[thom54]

Ya I see it this way as well, I dressed 3gp Dowd over 4GP Rakell to try and win SHTOI. Gibson getting a win to at least tie wins would be really helpful.

i imagine you getting wins (60% chance ish?)

[DApolloS]

So, we're hoping Buffalo loses, right?

[thom54]

Just checked the voting ... surprised it's 4-4 (i voted for Buffalo )

[thom54]

So, we're hoping Buffalo loses, right?

Kimmer hopes I lose for sure

[DApolloS]

So, we're hoping Buffalo loses, right?

Kimmer hopes I lose for sure

Kimmer hopes everyone loses.

[Bruyns]

So, we're hoping Buffalo loses, right?

I think everyone is tired of Steve and I in the finals constantly.

[Matthew]

I want Bruyns to win so I can end him in the finals.

[thom54]

Calgary is looking kinda stupid with how they handled Bennett ...

[Bruyns]

Calgary is looking kinda stupid with how they handled Bennett ...

Big night for him, it's not like he didn't get opportunities in CGY they used him with Gaudreau and Monahan and he still sucked. A lot of people online thought it was an overpay and he was a replacement level player. Change of scenery has done wonders, but I wonder if he can keep it up or if it's a hot streak like he has had in past playoffs.

I'm happy with how things look after two nights, especially after Marchand got a GWG to tie that up.

[KapG]

Gotta go with my warzone squadmate here

[thom54]

Calgary is looking kinda stupid with how they handled Bennett ...

Big night for him, it's not like he didn't get opportunities in CGY they used him with Gaudreau and Monahan and he still sucked. A lot of people online thought it was an overpay and he was a replacement level player. Change of scenery has done wonders, but I wonder if he can keep it up or if it's a hot streak like he has had in past playoffs.

I'm happy with how things look after two nights, especially after Marchand got a GWG to tie that up.

hate that rat bastard

[kimmer]

good things shouldn't happen to bad people

[dave1959]

yeah, we got it kimmer!

[thom54]

I’ll hear no bad things said about Sam “Jamie Benn” Bennett

[thom54]

That wasn’t a great night for the capitals

[Bruyns]

Feeling pretty confident after that Gibson start.