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Battle of Pennsylvania already spicy
I don't think either of these teams are very good, but they hate each other so it should make for good watching
Look at all those Dallas fans leaving
I get a comeback is unlikely but still so much time left and you paid good money for those tickets - embarrassing
I dislike the ads in very specific situations, because obviously you can pay to get rid of them

1. When I'm doing something else more work-intensive on my computer and I have to stop that to skip the ad - just distracting
2. If I'm listening to something calming/soothing at night and an ad pops up - thanks for completely ruining the mood and stopping me from drifting off to sleep assholes
Oilers-Ducks may average 7-8 or more total goals per game
McDavid may be 75% to record points total in a playoffs after the first round if it goes over 5 games :lol:
Very low event stuff going on in Canes-Sens
Canes did nothing with a minute of 5 on 3
I hate the Canes black home jerseys - especially playing the Sens I'm having a hard time figuring out which team is which. Stick with red please - they're also just better jerseys.
I'm going:
Avs in 5
Stars in 7
Knights in 6
Oilers in 6
Hurricanes in 7
Penguins in 6
Sabres in 6
Canadiens in 7

The Wild/Stars and Lightning/Canadiens are so tough - either lose in first round or maybe get to final
Tiger Droppings NHL Playoff Bracket

Here's link to the Tiger Droppings league for the NHL bracket challenge if anybody else wants to join

Toughest ones to pick here are Stars/Wild and Lightning/Canadiens
I think winner of the latter gets out of the Atlantic Bracket - wouldn't be surprised to Lightning/Canadiens make the SCF or lose in first round
I also think the Sens can push Carolina to 7 games but probably won't win
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m fairly new to hockey and the two teams i follow are not playoff teams. Who should be my team to root for?


Here are my descriptions of what you're looking for:

Avalanche - my favorite team, best regular season team, has two Top 5 players and very fun to watch
Stars - very solid team, hasn't been over the hump yet
Wild - not much playoff success, semi-fun to watch
Knights - everyone hates them, "new money", underachieved this year but still talented
Oilers - has McDavid, fun to watch offensively but goalie and D are bad, always good games
Ducks - young team first time in playoffs for years, fun offensive players
Kings - old boring team shouldn't even be in the playoffs
Hurricanes - like Dallas trying to get over hump but more likeable, very consistent but lack high end scoring
Penguins - Crosby enough said, massively exceeded expectation of being a lottery team this year to make playoffs
Flyers - how the hell are they here? Very hot, young players, not most exciting style
Sabres - broke 14 year playoff drought, fun offensive players and solid D, noboby knows what will happen with them
Bruins - also shouldn't be here but have been solid this year
Lightning - championship pedigree, Kuch and Vasi are incredible, but older team
Canadiens - fun offense, lots of young talented players, great home game atmosphere
Senators - hot second half of year, if they can get saves they will be dangerous, can goon it up at times

Everybody should be rooting for the Sabres
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Official NHL Playoffs Thread

Posted by metallica81788 on 4/18/26 at 8:16 am
The best postseason in sports starts today! Some really great first round matchups. I'm most looking forward to Stars/Wild and Lightning/Canadiens

Hurricanes v Senators - 2pm Central Saturday
Stars v Wild - 430pm today
Penguins v Flyers - 7pm today
Avalanche v Kings - 2pm tomorrow
Lightning v Canadiens - 445pm tomorrow
Sabres v Bruins - 630pm tomorrow
Golden Knights v Mammoth - 9pm tomorrow
Oilers v Ducks - 9pm Monday

Can update this with predictions, discussion, and hopefully it won't get stuck to the bottom of the page
If there's enough interest before 2pm today I could even start and link a TD bracket challenge on the NHL website.
As someone else said, there is no correct answer

However, disagree w Symphony of Destruction in favor of Hangar 18 if we're talking Megadeth. Honestly, Megadeth doesn't work here because the vocals are so terrible. It at least needs some real singing. That's why I wouldn't suggest Pantera as their vocals are too harsh without reprieve.

Thin Lizzy - just not metal. I wouldn't put Dream Theater here and they have some great "metal" songs.

For a Metallica contribution - Master of Puppets
Hallowed Be Thy Name is a great entry
Rainbow in the Dark or Holy Diver also good
A Killswitch Engage song like In Due Time also hits well if some screaming is allowed.

No real answer but I love the discussion

re: 7 Brew on Essen: WTF

Posted by metallica81788 on 4/17/26 at 1:17 pm to
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The one I got when I went was like 10-15 calories, but I haven't been back because I have all the stuff at home plus stuff they don't have.


Good to know - I legitimately didn't know they had reasonably caloric options
Don't get me wrong their stuff tastes really good, but I prefer not to drink my calories

re: 7 Brew on Essen: WTF

Posted by metallica81788 on 4/17/26 at 12:06 pm to
Their coffees are massive sugar bombs
I wanted something sweet and their flavors seemed good and found the smallest size was 16oz

Let's be honest it's not coffee - it's dessert

re: The Pitt Season 2 (Spoilers)

Posted by metallica81788 on 4/17/26 at 11:17 am to
They did a great job with this finale
The mom/baby scene was intense as hell but very glad it worked out
Went last summer and stayed at the Hallmark with beach view balcony
Totally worth it

re: Underrated movie quotes

Posted by metallica81788 on 4/16/26 at 2:41 pm to
She doesn't even go here

re: NHL 2025-2026 Thread

Posted by metallica81788 on 4/16/26 at 12:40 pm to
Last two series in the West goes down to the late games tonight

Will we get Oilers Kings round 5?!?!
I feel like they didn't really do anything this episode

But overall, don't really care, this was great and it better come back soon. 9 episodes wasn't enough.

re: Champions League QF 2nd legs

Posted by metallica81788 on 4/15/26 at 9:35 pm to
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City have to win, Arsenal dont.


Arsenal is going to park that bus so hard
It will be miserable game to watch, but hopefully City can pull through. Arsenal don't deserve anything this year.
I'm not an orange person, but Lava Orange hits really nicely

Gulf Blue is great. I like Miami Blue and Ipanema Blue. Sooo many options with PTS. Just really really hard to get an allocation for anything in PTS. I think it's hilarious there are base Macans out there with 13k PTS option that cost a quarter of what the card did.

Almost better to just get it wrapped and you get the PPF protection with it.
Okay I watched the video just now and it's pretty awesome

Maybe 20 years from now I can upgrade from my OT poor 911 Carrera cab
Although it might cost more then...

re: Oak Oven in Harahan Closing

Posted by metallica81788 on 4/14/26 at 9:34 pm to
It's a bummer since the Ridge and Harahan don't have a large amount of decent stuff

Their pizzas were fantastic - I'd forget how good they were since they were closed on Sundays.

Sophie's covers the Italian part of things now, but those pizzas aren't easy to replace.