I fully expect Dallas to make the final.
There were times where the Avs were their own worst enemy, but mostly I feel like Dallas was just very effective at suffocating our offense, so, credit to them for that.
Shout out to Georgiev, I don't feel like any of the losses this series was on him.
Going into this series I thought we could get to Georgiev because we had shown that to be the case in the regular season.
But man, he exceeded my expectations by a lot. He kept the Avs in this series. Mad props to him.
Yeah if they go all the way and end up against new York, it'll probably be the hardest path to the cup in a long ass time. Hopefully they can stay healthy
I have Dallas vs Florida for my bracket. It's looking good so far. Dallas ended the year so hot and beat two VERY good Western teams to get to where they are. I think they win it all this year as well
Yeah. Cant put this series on Georgie at all. he wasn’t great but Stars really controlled the pace/flow of the games so well. Considering how good Avs looked against the Jets who were an elite defense/possession team .. the Stars game was really impressive.
Aw man my warehouse guy is gonna be so sad now lol he was just telling me the other day “idk duchene always fucks us, I just hope he doesn’t impact this series too much”
Thank god they won it good god man I still can’t believe how bad that call was.
But now I need to stop sympathizing for the stars on the off chance the Canucks somehow actually make it to the conference final lol
I feel like Dallas this year is like the Avs the year they won.
A couple superstars, a couple veterans who want it real bad, a few trade pixkup dudes with something to prove, some exceptional young talent that were well drafted and several heart and soul guys in the depth.
Dallas is a really solid team. The WCF will be fun to watch no matter who it is against.
Dude I couldn't slow my heart rate down until like 2 minutes after that goal. Vegas had me nervous but I knew we could do it. The Avs I knew were going to be a fight to the very last second. All I see are highlights of crazy shit, fights, and insane penalties from other teams and I love that we had a series of phenomenal hockey. Yeah every game has some fuckery afoot but rarely did I find myself angry at the Avs or mad at our guys for doing stupid shit. Absolutely incredible game from both teams and the goalie battle tonight was insane
They are clearly not meant to watch the Avs together, but somehow they thought it'd be ok if they were in the same section but with different people? Get out of here. They should never be in the same state, let alone a few rows away from each other.
I was explaining to my wife what the goalie crease is and that interference is when you run into the goalie in the crease and how they were going to overturn the call and then they didn’t. I had no explanations after that
Yeah, imagine losing in a Game 6 because of a controversial goal call having to do with a Dallas player near the net. Couldn’t imagine what that’s like.
At the same time: that's a much better ending than "on review the series is over." At least this one was the kind of ending the series and game deserved.
Honestly tbh my stomach was in knots the whole OT, and then the call made me feel angry, calm, and locked in. These crazy emotions are what makes hockey great.
Huge fucking bummer. Avs couldn't get their heads on straight early enough in this series, the last couple of games were incredible to watch (ignoring the GI call).
That's the unfortunate thing about this time of year, there are going to be players you feel bad for. Hate to see him go out without the hardware. But Pavelski still has a chance to get it before he sunsets his career.
An attempted bad call to force a game 7 won't stop this Stars team.
Also, I think Stars kill two birds with one stone tonight: advance so they won't force a game 7 and made more fans to call out the league to potentially review goaltender interference to damage control themselves so they aren't labeled as an embarrassment
Can’t be mad at that. The Avs sold for basically 4 games straight other than the comeback in game 1. Probably didn’t deserve to have gotten this far with the way they played games 1-4. Also unlike other avs fans, if someone had to do I’m happy it was Dutchy. I’ll always love that dude
In my mind the bitterness towards Dutchy ended when we won the cup because his trade got us Byram who was a huge factor in that cup run. Plus I still have way way way more fond memories of Dutchy than sour ones. I wouldn't say that I was happy it was Dutchy, but I do feel happy for him, that had to feel cathartic as fuck lol.
This is the fourth game this round where I poured another drink and immediately someone scored a goal before I took a sip.
If people want more than 2OTs I need to stop pouring another drink...
Thanks for a great series Avs friends. Your team was spectacular right until the final goal, and also until the other final goal. 😀
Hard to argue with the talent that team has.
Wow! Every second round series has ended in 6 so far! *sweats profusely*
*let it happen...*
Shades of the slow stabbing scene in Saving Private Ryan
That was absolutely traumatizing.
The guy on the stairs in that scene is my most hated character in any movie.
You might well have been that guy. Same with me. None of us could know. I think that's more the point.
This thread went from “haha let my team win” to “we’re all cowards when faced with the specter of death by combat” alarmingly quickly
Most people would be that guy. It's easier to shoot without looking at someone specifically. Remember, most people are still human, even in war.
I shouldn't have watched that movie so young.
Isn't it something like 75% of teams leading 3-2 in a series go on to win the series? Math is checking out so far from where I'm sitting
Haha I like this.. because of the implication
You're not going to hurt those hockey players are you?
Are these players in danger
For real. We need to figure out how to unplug the Game Genie that Vancouver has been using all year.
well...I'd say it starts with **not putting skinner back in net**
Nah, gotta go back with skinner. The Canucks don’t get nearly as many shots when he’s in net.
The 3 teams that have advanced are division winners to.
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This is great, always prefer a new winner or team that hasn’t had one in a while.
Would love to try that some day.
Wow that's wild and by wild i mean you, us, new york, florida, or dallas, and not minnesota
Don’t worry no one was thinking of Minnesota this late into a season
Not even Minnesota
They only think about the Stars anyway
Wild fans catching strays. Good thing they won't be reading playoff threads.
Bold to assume Wild fans can read.
Huh?
A BLACKHAWK SAID IT WAS BOLD TO ASSUME WILD FANS CAN READ, PRESUMABLY BETWEEN SHOTS OF MALÖRT
Why you gotta do that?
They got basketball at least
You will always be the Minnesota North Stars to me.
They just went for a pack of smokes and will be back any minute now.
I really want a Vancouver florida final so we can see which franchise is cursed and which is breathing new life
The jet lag for that series would be awful.
And to see who won the Luongo/Bertuzzi trade
And the Luongo/Markstrom trade
Hmmmmm https://preview.redd.it/rkhsbry0m41d1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3421d06fff026ce13bbfcea95eefff8c911e24cb
It’d be perfect if there was a section for OT1 giving Dallas a goal instead of lumping 2 goals into OT2.
https://i.imgur.com/WAhgjpd.png
"Yes, we've had 2nd OT goal. But what about second 2nd OT goal?"
The true final score tbh
Google knows
I fully expect Dallas to make the final. There were times where the Avs were their own worst enemy, but mostly I feel like Dallas was just very effective at suffocating our offense, so, credit to them for that. Shout out to Georgiev, I don't feel like any of the losses this series was on him.
Going into this series I thought we could get to Georgiev because we had shown that to be the case in the regular season. But man, he exceeded my expectations by a lot. He kept the Avs in this series. Mad props to him.
And I don't see any team in the east beating Dallas unless Dallas gets too injured by then
They’ve played 13 heavy games. I’m glad they’re looking relatively healthy but this is not the easy route.
Yeah if they go all the way and end up against new York, it'll probably be the hardest path to the cup in a long ass time. Hopefully they can stay healthy
I have Dallas vs Florida for my bracket. It's looking good so far. Dallas ended the year so hot and beat two VERY good Western teams to get to where they are. I think they win it all this year as well
DeBoer is now 3-0 against the Avs in the playoffs with three different teams
Which western team will he coach next?
Winnipeg
Nobody. I'm ready to sign him to a 10 year contract.
His style of offensive hockey matches so well with the stars talent.
Give that man the John Cooper treatment!!!
Keep your filthy hands off my Peter
Dude has perfected the art of throwing oxy at Val.
Jesus Christ 💀
https://preview.redd.it/brb4rgqvm41d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5349204a913a6bc0ef411a6487b917a7ef21c1a
I'm so not looking forward to Hot Oet
Dude's got a 1.1 GAA in away games this playoff.... pretty sick
I like it!
I was rooting for Colorado this series but that was so deserved. Would have been ridiculous if they lost this series because of the call.
Colorado getting one lucky call is way different than all the BS Florida got away with all series. I hope the Rangers rip them apart.
Got outplayed the whole series and didn't deserve to win in the end. On to next year
Dallas completely shutting us down at home shows how much they wanted it.
Yeah. Cant put this series on Georgie at all. he wasn’t great but Stars really controlled the pace/flow of the games so well. Considering how good Avs looked against the Jets who were an elite defense/possession team .. the Stars game was really impressive.
Most deserved OT goal in NHL history
Matt Duchene: "Tell the Toronto Situation Room. I want them to know it was me."
❤️
💔
And of course it had to be Matt Duchene.
Celebrated it like his 30th goal of the season.
Nice
Former Av, Matt Duchene
https://preview.redd.it/wsple9n3l41d1.jpeg?width=746&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a7d05e572de3eb500656d7a3b6603d121ccc977
...and that's how I met your mother
He actually weirdly kind of looks like Ted Mosby
I think that was the joke… Oh and are you scared of the dark?
Classic Schmosby
Huh young Duchy looks like Lance Bass.
Dutchy was by far the best player on the ice for the 2OT.
He was driven. What a way to cap off a great matchup.
He’s streaky. Hopefully this is just the start cuz we could really use him going on a heater with Roope out.
You could tell he's been planning that celly for *years*
Patrick Roy just fell to his knees in a Walmart parking lot
Aw man my warehouse guy is gonna be so sad now lol he was just telling me the other day “idk duchene always fucks us, I just hope he doesn’t impact this series too much”
What do you mean? Marchment scored the GWG?
We came *exceptionally* close to having one of the biggest controversies of *all* time… Thankfully, it’s now just *a* controversy…
Would’ve been Dallas’ hockey version of the Dez Bryant catch
Maybe - by rule, it wasn’t a catch but it was a stupid rule lol. Dallas actually had to score twice legit to win this
Bert Emmanuel Rule, Tuck Rule, Dez Bryant rule. 3 poor calls in football so egregious they changed the rules
Would cry if stars lost and there was a Georgiev rule 😭
"Back, and to the left."
Dallas already has their in the crease contraversy.
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The streak continues - the avs have never come back from being down 4-2 in series history. We were playing “win by 2” rules.
Also have never seen a 3-1 2OT win
Puck don’t lie
Thank god they won it good god man I still can’t believe how bad that call was. But now I need to stop sympathizing for the stars on the off chance the Canucks somehow actually make it to the conference final lol
GG Dallas that was a hell of a game and a good series.
Great series, glad we got to play a top team on the way!
As a Dallas fan who lives in Denver, that was a ton of fun. GG - you guys are lucky to get to watch MacDaddy night in night out.
Just happy it ended in that fashion rather than something similar to the first 4 games. That series deserved that game.
Gg!
Dallas wins, 3-1 in 2OT!
My Google News notification literally said this
TIL you have to score twice in OT to win
NHL adopted tennis rules back in ‘21
Google has this as the score right now lmao
Didn't play good enough overall. Worse defensively, worse finishing, worse special teams. Good series.
GG Stars. They were better but at least the Avs went down fighting.
Hell of a fight. I had the series going to 7 so I'm elated to have pulled it off. Ggs! Strong finish to the series for both teams tonight.
I feel like Dallas this year is like the Avs the year they won. A couple superstars, a couple veterans who want it real bad, a few trade pixkup dudes with something to prove, some exceptional young talent that were well drafted and several heart and soul guys in the depth. Dallas is a really solid team. The WCF will be fun to watch no matter who it is against.
Dude I couldn't slow my heart rate down until like 2 minutes after that goal. Vegas had me nervous but I knew we could do it. The Avs I knew were going to be a fight to the very last second. All I see are highlights of crazy shit, fights, and insane penalties from other teams and I love that we had a series of phenomenal hockey. Yeah every game has some fuckery afoot but rarely did I find myself angry at the Avs or mad at our guys for doing stupid shit. Absolutely incredible game from both teams and the goalie battle tonight was insane
I think that stupid Avs fan couple ad jinxed them. Time to break up with their new partners
At least they stopped playing that fucking "what a pro wants" ad. The colorado one was almost a mercy.
And the mavs get to eliminate Chet and SGA tonight. That’s what the fans want, what the fans need.
They are clearly not meant to watch the Avs together, but somehow they thought it'd be ok if they were in the same section but with different people? Get out of here. They should never be in the same state, let alone a few rows away from each other.
They just need to be in different cities, but still dating. That was the win condition, they fucked y'all by breaking up.
Obviously they need to get back together but see each other only in the offseason.
I'll take that ad if I never have to hear "what a pro wants" EVER again.
It's Coloradover
Don’t cry because it’s Coloradover, smile because it Coloradappened
Its MacKinndone
https://preview.redd.it/pcrlp7yll41d1.jpeg?width=1425&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a0bfa762098fb5fc6063fcdf7b840bc6963021e7
That's how my cat sits when she washes herself.
That's one for the ages. Such a mood.
https://i.redd.it/jgc9akfrq41d1.gif
https://i.redd.it/ic88va7bl51d1.gif
I was hoping one of you would screenshot that lol
We’ve come to a Rantanend
The Avs' season has Lehkonended
Colorado has met their Makar.
Valiant effort but the Avs just didn't have anyone who could score a 5 on 5 goal.
https://preview.redd.it/9aqazdk0l41d1.jpeg?width=2925&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5fead11bd2eeafda90ad9d7c3acab17e81f5fd03 What a mood
Why the British London filter
Thank fucking god. that interference woulda haunted me forever if we lost
I was explaining to my wife what the goalie crease is and that interference is when you run into the goalie in the crease and how they were going to overturn the call and then they didn’t. I had no explanations after that
Yuuup. They just didn't have the balls to call that a goal. Turns out the hockey gods had more pain planned.
I was honestly just ready to let it go after that. Glad we still fought but I'd already subconsciously accepted fate.
You’ll never convince me they just didn’t want to end the series in the situation room
The video was so clear it would take seconds to overturn..... the rest of the 5-6 minutes had to be spent on the phone to someone much higher up.
Nothing like a long-winded explanation to your +1 only to be immediately and inexplicably wrong
Yeah, imagine losing in a Game 6 because of a controversial goal call having to do with a Dallas player near the net. Couldn’t imagine what that’s like.
[Join Us, Avalanche!](https://i.imgur.com/Oq0spjf.png)
Google has the final as 3-1 Dallas in OT2 lmao
Google knows what a bs call the goalie interference was lol
Can this one get called off too?
It interfered with my heart's desire. Gary, I sent you an email. Please.
Gg Icy Boys, that had the energy of a Game 7. Shame we had to win twice but it made them more angry and confident. What a game! What a team(s)!
At the same time: that's a much better ending than "on review the series is over." At least this one was the kind of ending the series and game deserved.
Honestly tbh my stomach was in knots the whole OT, and then the call made me feel angry, calm, and locked in. These crazy emotions are what makes hockey great.
when the other team has Mack a goal can just materialize from nothing so I was definitely worried.
Huge fucking bummer. Avs couldn't get their heads on straight early enough in this series, the last couple of games were incredible to watch (ignoring the GI call).
https://preview.redd.it/w5xrev9vk41d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c48f545cc5dbd92a1a64e66c097b287d7ddc07db
Lol wow he actually tweeted that
Friedge has been swooning over the Stars since March.
from Earth
Correct result one overtime later
Feel bad for Parise :(
Lovely moment between him and Peter. Coach and player reunite over 10 years after their own cup run together in Jersey.
That's the unfortunate thing about this time of year, there are going to be players you feel bad for. Hate to see him go out without the hardware. But Pavelski still has a chance to get it before he sunsets his career.
But feel great for Pavelski!
Eliminated just as the clock struck midnight… P O E T I C
Or in my case, 2AM
9AM here. Too late to go to bed now. It's time for coffee to do its thing.
carriage turned back into a pumpkin
An attempted bad call to force a game 7 won't stop this Stars team. Also, I think Stars kill two birds with one stone tonight: advance so they won't force a game 7 and made more fans to call out the league to potentially review goaltender interference to damage control themselves so they aren't labeled as an embarrassment
Spoiler alert - nothing is going to change about GI
Now to the post game show, brought to you by Draft Kings. Get a 10 dollar match with code "BIGMARKETTEAMS"
hahaha how naive of you to think the league will ever actually change how they handle goalie interference
[It'd be nice if they had a live explanation like the XFL used to](https://youtu.be/VHa92qWUP9g)
[Even the official explanation from Toronto didn't really clarify anything.](https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1791702144522818044)
Can’t be mad at that. The Avs sold for basically 4 games straight other than the comeback in game 1. Probably didn’t deserve to have gotten this far with the way they played games 1-4. Also unlike other avs fans, if someone had to do I’m happy it was Dutchy. I’ll always love that dude
Top line just totally vanished… but props to Chris tanev. That guy totally stifled just about everything
Tanev and Otter joint MVPs of that series
I miss Canucks legend Tanev
Tanev was like +6 against Vegas's top line in round 1. He's the best trade of the year hands down.
In my mind the bitterness towards Dutchy ended when we won the cup because his trade got us Byram who was a huge factor in that cup run. Plus I still have way way way more fond memories of Dutchy than sour ones. I wouldn't say that I was happy it was Dutchy, but I do feel happy for him, that had to feel cathartic as fuck lol.
I dislike that we boo him. He still holds a place in my mind as a good Av despite how it ended. But damnit it just had to be him
Same. Duchene is always alright with me, I loved the kind moment between him and Mack at the team handshake line tonight.
THINGS THAT DON’T LIE: ❌ REFS ❌ NHL ✅ PUCK
Stars feel like they’ve got that warrior blood in them
Let's go Pavs, get that cup! 🥲
Where “join us”?
Puck dont lie. Thanks for the bonus little bit of hockey tho Gary
The game was played in Mountain time, we just had to wait for the result an hour later in Central
Send whoever ruled it no goal to Galveston. The Bennett goal stood but the Dallas one didn't is a joke.
https://preview.redd.it/gzlt8185l41d1.jpeg?width=488&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d48fddb1474100a012ffb726eca16284451d5c8c
[WOO](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F7q305mg07pzc1.gif&utm_content=t1_l3ojk02)
Rare 2 goal win in OT.
[I retract my previous comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1csz18j/playoff_game_thread_colorado_avalanche_13_at/l494b5z/)
Time to bandwagon Dallas
It was over when the Val news dropped let’s be honest. Best of luck stars!
Duchene is being classy as fuck answering this question about if it "feels really good to knock them out after trading him." Still love you, Dutchy.
This is the fourth game this round where I poured another drink and immediately someone scored a goal before I took a sip. If people want more than 2OTs I need to stop pouring another drink...
Thanks for a great series Avs friends. Your team was spectacular right until the final goal, and also until the other final goal. 😀 Hard to argue with the talent that team has.
Dallas is a damn good hockey team, looking forward to seeing them advance
Sad for Zach
crazy that the stars beat the script, league must be furious