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I've been banned before when someone created an alt during one of my bans that wasn't even me. They extended my ban by 2 weeks. So it DOES happen.
(IST) WCF: (3) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (1) Anaheim Ducks
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I've been banned before when someone created an alt during one of my bans that wasn't even me. They extended my ban by 2 weeks. So it DOES happen.
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That's unfortunate. This site tends to punish people without hard evidence. How can they even prove you make an alt account?
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Sports Genius was hilar.
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Premature prognostication. At least wait for an actual game thread to be opened.
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Hawks in 7.
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Disagree.
Sorry.
Last season, whoever won the west was winning the Cup. The Rangers didn't have a chance.
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They do this year.
DMelt36
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Oh, definitely.
Rangers are better this year. Or so I'd thought, until the first few games of that Caps series. Still think they win, but I'm not as worried about them as I was a few weeks ago.
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And the Blackhawks have made a habit of destroying teams in the playoffs with good/great goalies.
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BGITW says hi.
5-1-2
.934 SV% 1.93 GAA in his career vs. Hawks.
Crawford vs. Rangers
1-2-1
.931 SV% 2.03 GAA
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That's what you said last year.
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No I didn't, not against LA.
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.003 percent difference, eh? You just made my argument for me.
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Wat? Your argument was that the Hawks made goods goalies look bad. They clearly haven't in this case. Has nothing to do with Crawford.
I just added his stats because I'm such a great contributor to this forum and never get any credit. You're welcome.
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It's in the playoffs when they do that. Just ask Jonathan Quick. And Pekka Rinne. And Tuuka Rask. And Roberto Luongo. And every other goalie that was supposed to be able to steal a series against the Hawks. Mike Smyth is the only that actually succeeded, but he did that against a shitty 2011 Blackhawks team.
The point I was going to make, which you made for me with those numbers you posted, is that the Rangers do not have enough of an advantage in net to make up for the advantage that the Hawks have at all of the other positions.
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We have no way of knowing that. Could Lundqvist have stolen the first two games and given the Rangers a damn good chance? He certainly could have. A couple bounces here and a couple bounces there. Sure, if the Blackhawks play that series they probably win 7/10 times, but that means the Rangers still certainly have a chance.
The Blackhawks were the better team...but the better team doesn't always win. It happens. People around here fail to even acknowledge that.
EDIT: I suppose I rather focus on the Ducks though instead of something that could have happened but didn't or something that may happen this year in two weeks. Atleast it is hockey talk I suppose...
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I know you're talking playoffs but let's take a look at career numbers against the Hawks for the other goalies you mentioned.
Quick
7-14-1
.908 & 2.84
Rinne
14-11-4
.918 & 2.54
Rask
2-1-1
.937 & 1.76
Luongo
15-12-4
.929 & 2.22
Only one that compares is Rask during regular season.
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And you fail to grasp that we're not being literal. You love arguing semantics. Yeah, sure, the Rangers had a certain mathematical probability that they could win. Perhaps Henrik could've went nuts. Perhaps Toews or Kane would've got hurt. Perhaps the Blackhawks would've all contracted AIDS at the same time and been forced to forfeit the series.
The point of what BHP (and everyone else) is saying that the Blackhawks and the Kings were, by far, the superior team to the Rangers last year and that any 7-game series between the teams would've ended up in favor of the Western Conference series representatives.
Note: "Any series" is not meant to exclude unforeseen circumstances such as players incredibly over-performing or acts of God on behalf of the Rangers.
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That was then this is now. I agree with you, last year the winner of Hawks/Kings was going to beat the winner of Habs/Rangers and it wouldn't be close. This year though, I think the Rangers and Lightning are a force to be reckoned with. I think the Hawks can beat them but they're not garbage. Caps and Habs aren't half bad either but I doubt either advances to the next round.
I'm confused. You say Hawks dominate good goalies than you list playoff fuckups Rinne and Luongo.
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Crawford vs. Ducks
9-4-1
1.88 GAA .926 SV%
Andersen vs. Hawks
0-2-0
3.52 GAA .900 SV%
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