Stanley Cup Playoffs - Second Round Review

Stanley Cup Playoffs - Second Round Review

Round one was so good it's hard to imagine how the second round could ramp up the intensity. Before we get started on the second round matchups we must say goodbye to eight teams. The Tampa Bay Lightning, Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings, Columbus Blue Jackets, St Louis Blues, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, and, like the inevitability of a Tim Peel intent to blow call we say goodbye to the true nearly men of the league, the San Jose Sharks.

PODCAST - December 17th Edition

Between The Pipes - December 17th Edition

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First of all we'd like to apologise if any of our technical difficulties effect the quality of this weeks podcast.

In this edition Nick, Ross and Junaid go over the weeks headlines, including Shawn Thornton appealing his suspension, Stamkos skating a month after breaking his leg. We also give our picks for goals and saves of the week, and make our prediction league picks for this week. In "Four Teams" we talk about Boston, LA & Tampa Bay.

Saves of the week

Nick's pick - Josh Harding - Minnesota Wild vs Anaheim Ducks



Ross' pick - Kevin Poulin - New York Islanders vs Phoenix Coyotes



Junaid's pick - Martin Jones - Los Angeles Kings vs Montreal Canadiens



Goals of the week

Nick's pick - Matt Duchene - Colorado Avalanche vs Winnipeg Jets



Ross' pick - Benoit Pouliot (shootout goal) - New York Rangers vs Calgary Flames



Junaid's pick - Alex Ovechkin - Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers



Prediction League

TABLE

Nick - 14/18
Ross - 12/18
Junaid - 7/18

This weeks games/picks:
Nashville @ Tampa Bay
San Jose @ Los Angeles
NY Islanders @ NY Rangers
Detroit @ Toronto
Washington @ Carolina
Winnipeg @ Edmonton


Nick: NSH, LA, NYR, TOR, WSH, EDM
Ross: TB, LA, NYR, TOR, WSH, EDM
Junaid: TB, SJ, NYR, TOR, WSH, WPG



NEXT WEEK....... We are ACTUALLY doing our NHL themed 12 Days of Christmas. After neglecting it last week and our technical difficulties this week.



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Stars - best of Tuesday 26th November

Stars is our daily look at the previous night's action in the NHL and who stood out amongst the rest.

There was only one game last night so this thing practically writes itself today.

FIRST STAR

 

Ryan Garbutt - DALLAS STARS vs Anaheim Ducks

Garbutt picked up a brilliant goal and two assists as the Stars came back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat the Ducks 6-3.




SECOND STAR

 

Antoine Rousssel - DALLAS STARS vs Anaheim Ducks

It was a two goal night for Antoine. Doubling his tally for the season.




THIRD STAR

 

Vernon Fiddler - DALLAS STARS vs Anaheim Ducks

Fiddler's two assists came on both Roussel goals. The first was the primary assist as he just throws it into the Ducks' crease. See video above.


Honourable Mention

Erik Cole had two assists on the night also. On the goals from Cody Eakin and Alex Chiasson.


MY PICKS..... or PICK

Dallas won so..... yeah.

Podcast - November 26th Edition

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In this edition Nick, Ross and Junaid go over the weeks headlines, our picks for goals and saves of the week, and make our prediction league picks for this week. In "Four Teams" we talk about Calgary, Nashville, New Jersey and San Jose. Ross gives us his "Things that happened since the Red Wings last missed the playoffs" stat.

Saves of the week

Nick: Martin Brodeur vs San Jose on Logan Couture - 23/11/13



Ross: Reto Berra vs Columbus on Jack Johnson - 20/11/13



Junaid: Cam Ward vs Ottawa on Colin Greening - 24/11/13



Goals of the week

Nick: Max Pacioretty vs Minnesota (2nd goal) on Josh Harding - 20/11/13



Ross: Jonathan Toews SHG vs Edmonton on Devan Dubnyk - 25/11/13



Junaid: Alex Ovechkin vs Montreal on Peter Budaj- 23/11/13



Prediction League

TABLE

Nick - 2/6
Ross - 2/6
Junaid - 0/6

This weeks games/picks:

Anaheim @ Dallas
Boston @ Detroit
Toronto @ Pittsburgh
St Louis @ Colorado
Toronto @ Montreal
Vancouver @ New York Rangers

Nick: ANA, BOS, PIT, STL, MTL, NYR
Ross: DAL, BOS, PIT, STL, TOR, NYR
Junaid: ANA, BOS, TOR, STL, MTL, NYR

THINGS THAT HAPPENED SINCE DETROIT LAST MISSED THE PLAYOFFS
by Ross Chaplin

The Berlin Wall wasn't officially finished being pulled down until Detroit had already started the first season of their run of consecutive playoff seasons.


And finally, Nashville's ode to all things American........





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The Night Ahead - Tuesday 26th November 2013

In "The Night Ahead" we take a look at a selection (well, five) of the upcoming games for the evening (early hours here in the UK) and add a preview and opinion on the match ups.

Just the one, that's right, one game in the NHL tonight.

ANAHEIM DUCKS @ DALLAS STARS

Dallas go into tonight's sole NHL fixture 6-3-1 in their last ten but find themselves bottom of the uber competitive Central Division on 24 points after Winnipeg won in New Jersey last night. Anaheim find themselves in quite the opposite situation, sitting atop the Pacific Division, joint for 2nd best in the league with St Louis on 37 points.

Dallas have been heavy reliant on the play of Benn, Seguin and whoever lines up with them, not to mention the excellence of Kari Lehtonen. Whilst the Ducks form is down to the usual suspects, Getzlaf, Perry and free agent pick up Dustin Penner.

The Stars are on a two game skid and the Ducks have own two in a row after a five game losing streak.

I'm picking the Ducks in this game.


Tonight's pick: Anaheim.