Offical 2021 Stanley Cup Playoff Thread

[mikethompson]

Anyone else watching this year?

 

[daytonsean]

Yes. I’m looking forward to the Pens winning another cup, and Boston going out in the 1st round.

 

[jpmcwjr]

I will eventually.

 

[drrock]

Absolutely! This is when hockey ramps up the competition for the hardest trophy in all sports - Lord Stanley's cup.

GO WILD!!!

 

[ashdigger]

 

[STP]

 

[ashdigger]

I’m still on the fence who I’m rooting for.

 

[ashdigger]

 

[BarrelProof]

Anyone else watching this year?

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Of course. This is one of the greatest things to happen each year in sports. Without it, when paired with Pens fans, how would we ever know how incapable NHL referees are?

 

[jpmcwjr]

Yes. I’m looking forward to the Pens winning another cup, and Boston going out in the 1st round.

Why the hate on the Bruins?

 

[danimalia]

My Sharks are out of the playoffs, a pretty unusual occurrence in this century, but one I suspect will be a bit more common in the next few years at least. So I guess I am left to root against the teams I dislike, namely Vegas and Boston. I suppose it would be nice to see a Canadian team win for the first time in ages.

Hockey is a.fine sport, but a clear #4 for me. During the regular season, Basketball, Football and Baseball usually take priority with my sports watching, but I enjoy catching games from time to time. The Stanley Cup playoffs are usually a great product, and for years they filled the void of playoffs in the spring, as my Golden State Warriors were a perennial doormat. It was because of how bad the Warriors were that I learned to never take success for granted, even if a team doesn't win it all. The Sharks never closed the deal over the past 20 years, and had some embarrassing early exits, but they also had a pretty awesome run of success as annual contenders and kept hockey interesting into May most years. I'll always appreciate the era now that it looks over as hell.

 

[prairiedruid]

Go WILD!!!!

 

[kcghost]

Could not care less, but I wish your team well.

 

[KafkaStoleMyBike]

Crosby has to win one last cup, and I have to drink entirely too much beer for 6 weeks!

 

[crawdad]

Go Pens!

 

[Servant King]

I don't care who wins, as long as it's an American team. May the Canada Cup Curse continue! (It's punishment for the dishonorable method by which Montreal obtained their '93 "championship").

I'm a Kings fan, so I'm used to caring slightly less about hockey come May...

 

[mikethompson]

Looks like I'm the only Oilers fan around here? Fair enough. Living in Ontario I'm used to it.

I'm a Kings fan

My buddy is as well, living in Ontario. He's been on a roller coaster that's for sure.

 

[Servant King]

Looks like I'm the only Oilers fan around here? Fair enough. Living in Ontario I'm used to it.




My buddy is as well, living in Ontario. He's been on a roller coaster that's for sure.

Roller coaster indeed. Vomiting included (especially watching them on the power play).

Edmonton is the last Canadian team to honorably win the cup, back in 1990. And sans Gretzky, no less! I guess I'd be okay with them breaking the spell, but the Habs must always lose!

 

[danimalia]

I don't care who wins, as long as it's an American team. May the Canada Cup Curse continue! (It's punishment for the dishonorable method by which Montreal obtained their '93 "championship").

I'm a Kings fan, so I'm used to caring slightly less about hockey come May...

The first time I remember getting into hockey and watched it semi -regularly, it was that season and I was a Kings fan. I guess I was 10 years old. Liked them mainly because their uniforms looked so much like the Raiders' and they had Wayne F'n Gretzky, and Barry Melrose's amazing hair... I was bummed when they lost to MTL, and grew to hate and respect Patrick Roy.

Then my grandpa was like, "Hey, you know we have a team here, right?" and then I became a Sharks fan over the next few years and was duty bound to hate the Kings.

 

[Servant King]

The first time I remember getting into hockey and watched it semi -regularly, it was that season and I was a Kings fan. I guess I was 10 years old. Liked them mainly because their uniforms looked so much like the Raiders' and they had Wayne F'n Gretzky, and Barry Melrose's amazing hair... I was bummed when they lost to MTL, and grew to hate and respect Patrick Roy.

Then my grandpa was like, "Hey, you know we have a team here, right?" and then I became a Sharks fan over the next few years and was duty bound to hate the Kings.

Ah yes, the infamous Melrose mullet! Or the Mellet, as it was called back then. As for P.R....please don't even mention that name in my presence!! And it was just another round of terror in '01 when he was with Colorado. Ugh. I think I'm ill now.

I know, it's a requirement to hate them, just like the Dodgers. I don't hold it against you, and I don't hate the Sharks, though; I'd rather they win 10 cups than the Anaheim D*cks win another. It's bad enough they even have one! Ugh, illness is increasing...

My mom's from Pittsburgh, so I guess I'll join the couple others on here in rooting for them, even though I hate to see the networks' collective east coast bias get rewarded for the umpteenth time. But seriously, just keep the Habs off the cup in perpetuity, and I'm a happy guy. Not to mention less ill...