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All Star Reserve
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: England
Posts: 552
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2015/2016 Playoffs
I tweak goalie settings as Forsberg got more games than Igor.
Rnd1: We get Carolina and their fearsome Ovechkin/Kutcherov combo, but unlike last year we dont' need 7 after a 3-0 start and sweep them by a combined score of 31-12. The west, all 4 home teams sweep! Crosby's BJ's 'upsets' Phil, but both had 112 points in the season. Boston the lowest ranked team knocks out Kane's Maple leafs, and the Islanders beat the top taem in the atlantic.
Rnd2: We get Crosby's columbus, they also have the sedins twins and parise, Niemi in net. We swept them in the regular season and start with a 9-1 win. They shock us 6-5, only for us to win 10-2, thena 6-5 for us in OT after they score a 3 goal comeback in the 3rd! Then finish the last game 5-4.
Rnd3: Canucks vs Winnbipeg for the 3rd time in a row i believe. We get old rivals the Islanders. They are led by stamkos, with Panarian, Hedman, Streit, and Gaudreau. Their problem is netminders, neither are nhl calibre, and its why they are a wild card team and not a division challenger. They are swept easily
Stanley Cup Final:Jets make it through in 7. last year we struggled into the final after a dominant season to easily beat the Jets. This year after a dominant season we've dominated the playoffs in the same way, so by sporting law, we'll probably lose against the jets now! Pavelski, as always leads with 33 points in 17 games, Malkion injured but back now. kessel (26)Tavares(24) and Kopitar(24) all after 13 games. 14 players for us have 10 or more points, most at least a point a game! Winnipeg have the same team as ever, zuccarello lundqvist Barrie mcdonagh and keith, all world class still. Keith and Lundqvist just starting to show their age a bit. but are still star players.
Game1: Winnipeg 8-6 Rangers.Tyson barrie with 3 g and 2 assists, Dustin Brown 3g. This was a close game, and what a shoot out! Lead changes several times till a 3 goal burst late in the 3rd wins it for Winnipeg.
Game2: Winnipeg 5-3 Rangers. Yep we're in trouble, despite leading 3-2 after 2, anoher 3 goal 3rd give the Jets the win! Forsberg was in net for us here, even though its shold have been Igor!
Game3: Must win, and we....DONT! Winipeg, with another 5-3 victory, They go 4-0 after 6 mins of the second, all their top players getting a point, we make a comeback, to make it 4-3 after 10 mins of the 3rd, but Zuccarello ices it
Game4: Damn this Winnipeg team is good, this time Rangers dominate the play, but Lundqvist plays like he can. He keeps the jets in it after we go 2-0 up. Schenn and Saad score and its 2-2 with 2 mins left in the period. Lundqvist had 31/33 saves, but he lets shot 34 through for the 3-2 ranger lead after 2. The 3rd period is even, and it looks like we've blow our chance of a win as Schenn scores again. We've done well against Pavelski and Malkin, but its their depth which is hurting us. We go to OT, but its the Rangers thanks to Toews who get on the board.
Game5: Don't want to lose the cup at home and we....dont! Give ourselves a chance at a historic comeback here! We get the score we should have got last game, but this game is actually closely played. Lundqvist just has a shocker, 8-3 rangers thanks to a 4 goal blitz in the second kills what was a tight game. Kessel Carlson and Kopitar leading the way. Kessel, has 9 points though 5 games, its our 2nd and 3rd lines that are struggling here. Seguin and Hyma especially*
Game6: 5-4 RANGERS! We've come back from 3-0! Tarasenko, who had been ok so far with 5 points in 6 games and a -1, gets on top of the zuccerello-brown line for a hat trick! Rangers outplay winnipeg with 83 attempts compared to 51, and a 27-30 shot edge. Brown gives them the lead, but Tarasenko gets his first and then 2 kessel assists for Seguin and Zibanejad make it 3-1 after 1. Pavelski scores the only goal in the 2nd, but Tarasenko with 2 quick fire goals makes it 5-2, and we hold on despite 2 goals in 2 minutes by the Jets to make it a tense last 7 minutes. But we hold on!
Game7: Can we complete the comeback! Winnipeg score the only goal in the 1st, and the momentum just swings back in their favour Keith from Schenn. Its a tight first period with equal shots. Second period the Rangers come out hard, and lundqvist has 19 shots to face!, he can only save 16, as Kessel, Klingberg and Burns score. Lundqvist had made several excellent stops, and its only in the late part of the period that we got the goals from Klingberg and Burns. However, 6 seconds left and Slavin from Schenn makes it 3-2 Rangers. Another momentum shift.
Thirs period, the Jets can only muster 6 shots as the Rangers are all over them. Lundqvist has seen this before and has shut us down previously, but not today, Toews with a clutch goal early, and then with 8 mins to go, we finally break through again, Lundqvist plays well, but our quality shows. Klingberg with his second goal(his only two of the playoffs!) kills it. its 5-2. Slaven from schenn(3rd assit of the day) and Malkin threaten a come back, but an en goal from Hyman gives us a 6-3 win!
Pavelski and Malkin end with 6 and 7 points espectively for the series. Pavelski had a -4 rating in the last game! Somehow Rangers win in 7 from a 0-3 comeback. We previously had that done to us, but can't remember who it was.
Pavelski top points scorer with 39, Kessel on 38. Kopitar 32. Kessel was top points score in the stanley cup series, with 12 points, but not many in clutch situations! Each game seemed to be owned by a differnt person!
Hart: Phil Kessel
Conn Smyth: Phil Kessel(him and Lemieux have won Hrt and Conn Smythe in the same year twice)Bobby Hull the leader with 3,
Calder:Connor McDavid(111 pts)-Col
Norris:John Carlson(NYR)
Vezina:Jonathan Quick(LAK)
Vezina:
Last edited by lawrence97; 04-30-2026 at 04:09 AM.
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