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Quoted from v8torino:
Not posting much of anything these days.Enjoy the NHL thread.............Mess with the NHL and Pay the Price !!
12 + yrs. on Pinside,RGP before that. Colorado Native,Played junior hockey here in the mid 70's when hockey was less popular than.....say soccer or croquet.
Entered Bracket Challenge under name of : avalancheparade
Quest for Lord Stanley's Cup,The best Trophy out there and a killer playoff structure that totally crushes it !!
Oh yeah - Pinball rocks it too !! Keep on flippin - Kirk in Colorado

How'd you manage to get in? The playoffs started last night. Bacon, do you need to lock in the picks?

meSz looks like you can still join. Just do it before the picks are locked in.

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#1103 1 year ago

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ImNotNorm

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Quoted from ImNotNorm:
How'd you manage to get in? The playoffs started last night. Bacon, do you need to lock in the picks?
meSz looks like you can still join. Just do it before the picks are locked in. [quoted image]

I read the fine print. Picks get locked in tomorrow (May 4th) 2 minutes before puckdrop.

So you have just under 24 hours to join. (@mesz)

Gluck to all!

#1104 1 year ago

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v8torino

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Yah never tried a bracket of any sort........... off work today and foolin around on Pinside........ran thru The Bracket Challenge rules and fine print,said you can enter picks up to like 2 minutes before "The game 2 start time".... said what the hell and just clicked a few picks and threw it together.
Good luck to you guys !!

#1105 1 year ago

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TheLaw

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Have the Pens been shorthanded
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The entire game?

#1106 1 year ago

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TheLaw

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Out-Muscled; got it

Fucking goons!!

#1107 1 year ago

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TheLaw

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Shell shocked.
Me5z was spot on, DeSmith only reason they aren't down by 3+

#1108 1 year ago

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TheLaw

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Copp was a HS QB in my own town...trader.

#1109 1 year ago

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ImNotNorm

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Game 1 going to OT between the Pens and Rangers!

#1110 1 year ago

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TheLaw

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Holy Avalanche!

#1111 1 year ago

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meSz

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Quoted from ImNotNorm:
Game 1 going to OT between the Pens and Rangers!

and now doubled OT

#1112 1 year ago

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ImNotNorm

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I picked the pens in 7 for the bracket challenge.

#1113 1 year ago

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TheLaw

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What is happening here?!

#1114 1 year ago

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hwyhed

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Malkin in triple OT!!!

#1115 1 year ago

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ImNotNorm

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Quoted from hwyhed:
Malkin in triple OT!!!

2 playoff games for the price of 1!!!

#1116 1 year ago

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hwyhed

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Quoted from ImNotNorm:
2 playoff games for the price of 1!!!

People on the east coast might be a lil tired for work 2mrw..but what an opening game to start the series.

#1117 1 year ago

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TheLaw

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The "Louie Domingue" game

A Pietrangelo Omen?

#1118 1 year ago

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meSz

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Quoted from hwyhed:
People on the east coast might be a lil tired for work 2mrw..but what an opening game to start the series.

Yeah I need to get back to the West Coast for the playoffs. Like it better when the games are all over by 930pm.

Quoted from TheLaw:
The "Louie Domingue" game
A Pietrangelo Omen?

I’ve said it before, goaltending hasn’t been issue with the pens. They’ve been good but the team in front of them has struggled.

#1119 1 year ago

DCD

cdnpinbacon

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Quoted from TheLaw:
Still drunk or is there a point to whatever the fuck you're babbling aboot?

MESZ is a secret Agent Law. Just thought he may have saved humanity in Paris..reason for non join

#1120 1 year ago

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Quoted from hwyhed:
People on the east coast might be a lil tired for work 2mrw..but what an opening game to start the series.

Glad I'm retired!

#1121 1 year ago

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ImNotNorm

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https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2022/05/04/wayne-gretzky-predicts-another-first-round-exit-for-the-maple-leafs.html?rf

23 minutes before Bacon's Bracket Challenge locks!!

Get your picks in gentlemen!!! We need more people to join....can't let poppapin win again!!

#1122 1 year ago

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Cobray

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LMAO!!

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#1123 1 year ago

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beergut666

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Carolina looking sharp!

#1124 1 year ago

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ImNotNorm

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Multiple "ref you suck" chants in Toronto. LOL

WWE atmosphere.

#1125 1 year ago

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OP
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So proud of my son and amazing daughter in law!
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Just listened to cats in the cradle and crying..

#1126 1 year ago

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Pinfidel

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ALL HAIL CALE!!!

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#1127 1 year ago

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TheLaw

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Pens game went just aboot how I figured; Domingue played pretty well other than dropping his stick twice and I'll take a split. They could pushed around a bit but Crosby Goal was a thing of beauty.

But the Avalanche are utterly terrifying.

#1128 1 year ago

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Pinfidel

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That line of Crosby, Letang and Malkin is nothing short of amazing. I mean, think of this...they have played together on the same team and same line with eachother for 16 years! That's insane! That's like, not even possible. Lol That's an all time NHL record that will never be beat. On top of that, they've made the playoffs every year and have won 3 Cups together.

#1129 1 year ago

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I dont think they are on a line together. Letang is a dman and I thought Crosby and Malkin are both centers. But yes, they are on the same team.

#1130 1 year ago

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Quoted from finnflash:
I dont think they are on a line together

Correct, Malkin is 2nd line unless they need to get wacky & on PP.

#1131 1 year ago

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TheLaw

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Fuuuuuuuuuuuddddge DeSmith out with surgery

#1132 1 year ago

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ImNotNorm

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Chuck refuses to touch the Stanley Cup. Classy guy!

#1133 1 year ago

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meSz

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Game 3 Leaf’s still playing in front of the home crowd!!!

#1134 1 year ago

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ImNotNorm

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Quoted from meSz:
Game 3 Leaf’s still playing in front of the home crowd!!!

Leaf fans are like Yankee fans....they are everywhere!!

#1135 1 year ago

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Quoted from ImNotNorm:
Leaf fans are like Yankee fans....they are everywhere!!

Fixed:
Leaf fans are like Yankee fans....they are the worst.

#1136 1 year ago

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Quoted from Canuck_pinhead:
Fixed:
Leaf fans are like Yankee fans....they are the worst.

I wouldn’t say that, as each fan base has it’s good/bad.

#1137 1 year ago

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wolverinetuner

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Nice one-timer by Colton on a pretty pass on the Lightning power play.

#1138 1 year ago

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Quoted from hwyhed:
I wouldn’t say that, as each fan base has it’s good/bad.

My wink face didn't load

#1139 1 year ago

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Can the Leafs hang on? I have my doubts…

#1140 1 year ago

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Quoted from wolverinetuner:
Can the Leafs hang on? I have my doubts…

Leafs win!!!

#1141 1 year ago

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Quoted from ImNotNorm:
Leafs win!!!

They managed to fend off everything the Lightning threw at them. Congrats to Leafs fans, maybe they’ll prove Wayne Gretzky wrong in predicting Leafs not making it past the first round.

#1142 1 year ago

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ImNotNorm

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Oilers laid a wicked beatdown on the Kings tonight. A battle of Alberta would be great to see for round 2.

The atmosphere in the province would almost be carnival like. lol

#1143 1 year ago

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Quoted from ImNotNorm:
A battle of Alberta would be great to see for round 2.

If the brackets have them then I guess I approve; but I like to spread out as many Canadian teams as long as possible.

#1144 1 year ago

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Quoted from ImNotNorm:
Oilers laid a wicked beatdown on the Kings tonight. A battle of Alberta would be great to see for round 2.
The atmosphere in the province would almost be carnival like. lol

I'm praying for that match up.

Will be straight carnage.

#1145 1 year ago

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ImNotNorm

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Quoted from TheLaw:
If the brackets have them then I guess I approve; but I like to spread out as many Canadian teams as long as possible.

That's what I picked in the bracket challenge. Fingers crossed!!

Quoted from Canuck_pinhead:
I'm praying for that match up.
Will be straight carnage.

Yea it would be a doosey!!

My wife thinks they'll be street brawls. I'm not so sure about that but these days ya never know....crazier stuff has happened.

After all, they did burn a baby crib on Chris Prongers front lawn when he used to play for the Oilers. Lol
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#1146 1 year ago

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cdnpinbacon

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Blues in must win situation..highest scoring during season but lowest in playoffs?

#1147 1 year ago

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Quoted from Pinfidel:
ALL HAIL CALE!!!
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What a special player ..another Star developed by US national hockey program.

#1148 1 year ago

DCD

cdnpinbacon

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Quoted from ImNotNorm:
Leafs win!!!

Of course they do Hue.

#1149 1 year ago

TIM

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Florida might really mess up my bracket

#1150 1 year ago

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