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Post by Joe Rogan on Mar 28, 2014 11:09:26 GMT -4
I'm one of the biggest Ciampini bashers around these parts but I will admit he's played well in the 1st round. It's really only his brutal skating and 2nd overall draft position that draws all the criticism. He doesn't really make bad plays that end up in our net or anything. He just blows a lot of potential plays with his brutal foot speed. Good to see him being productive. Although it's still fun to chirp him at the Metro Centre when he makes mistakes lol
There was nothing wrong with that breakaway. That's how fast he skates lol. He slowed down a bit at the end because he had some room. He scored, that's all that matters.
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Post by Porkchop on Mar 28, 2014 11:11:26 GMT -4
There is a good chance our clubs will be playing in round two. I hope so! Should be a great series with excellent, fast hockey. Congrats on an easy victory, just like we had over the Screaming Eagles. Things are going to get a lot tougher now. What more could we ask for than playoff hockey? Who would you pick in a Gatineau/Halifax matchup? Halifax played a very weak team in our division 1st round, the 15th place team.....Cape Breton was a much better team throughout the season, and Gatineau handled them easily, the 9th place team overall.....I think it would turn out to be a great series, and tough to call.
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Post by stooy44 on Mar 28, 2014 11:17:20 GMT -4
I would expect a long series, 6 or 7 games. I think I would give the edge to the Mooseheads. You have better goaltending, the experience of last season, the best junior player in the world, and home ice advantage. But it will not be easy. Gatineau have a lot of firepower and an under-rated defense. We are tough to get a lot of scoring chances against. Sometimes we take too many dumb penalties, and our goaltending and overall play has been inconsistent this season. If les Olympiques put it all together, though, they are a very good hockey team.
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Post by bois on Mar 28, 2014 11:31:56 GMT -4
congrats guys.... even tho i hated it at the time.. it was fun watching some pond hockey last night with Drouin and Ehlers and Weegar especially
I don't think it will matter who you play in round two to be honest..... should win in no more than 5 games
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Post by Porkchop on Mar 28, 2014 11:43:03 GMT -4
congrats guys.... even tho i hated it at the time.. it was fun watching some pond hockey last night with Drouin and Ehlers and Weegar especially I don't think it will matter who you play in round two to be honest..... should win in no more than 5 games I think round 2 in anybodies.....what do you base your 5 games thoughts on? thrashing the weakest team in our division that made the playoffs? I think Halifax would probably take Gatineau because of their star power and a better backend, but think it would be a longer series than they've seen in a couple years.
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Post by melly on Mar 28, 2014 12:08:14 GMT -4
There is a good chance our clubs will be playing in round two. I hope so! Should be a great series with excellent, fast hockey. Congrats on an easy victory, just like we had over the Screaming Eagles. Things are going to get a lot tougher now. What more could we ask for than playoff hockey? Who would you pick in a Gatineau/Halifax matchup? Halifax played a very weak team in our division 1st round, the 15th place team.....Cape Breton was a much better team throughout the season, and Gatineau handled them easily, the 9th place team overall.....I think it would turn out to be a great series, and tough to call. Yes, we played a weak team, but we played as we should, controlling the games. Ducharme sat the stars at the right time, and gave some valuable playoff experience to the depth guys. That will help down the road. As far as CB, something went wrong there. That couldn't have been the CB team that played Halifax so tough, and actually had some impressive wins against Que teams higher in the standings. Gat shredded them and scored at will.
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Post by stooy44 on Mar 28, 2014 12:22:24 GMT -4
We expected to beat the Screaming Eagles in about five games, but we never thought it would be that easy. We completely out-skated them, total domination. Our second line was our big line, Reway/Tardiff-Richard/Karabacek. Our first line of Dunn/Burke/Poirier played well, but not like they probably should have.
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Post by CrazyJoeDavola on Mar 28, 2014 12:26:34 GMT -4
Who would you pick in a Gatineau/Halifax matchup? Halifax played a very weak team in our division 1st round, the 15th place team.....Cape Breton was a much better team throughout the season, and Gatineau handled them easily, the 9th place team overall.....I think it would turn out to be a great series, and tough to call. Yes, we played a weak team, but we played as we should, controlling the games. Ducharme sat the stars at the right time, and gave some valuable playoff experience to the depth guys. That will help down the road. As far as CB, something went wrong there. That couldn't have been the CB team that played Halifax so tough, and actually had some impressive wins against Que teams higher in the standings. Gat shredded them and scored at will. Yeah we outscored them 28-7 in 4 games with a heavy advantage in shots and gameplay, while missing our best defensive forward and best defensive defenseman. And PEI aren`t THAT bad. I think they would have given some of the other top teams a tougher time. Hard to discount what Halifax did - they did what they should have if they are indeed a contender.
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Post by Porkchop on Mar 28, 2014 12:58:10 GMT -4
Who would you pick in a Gatineau/Halifax matchup? Halifax played a very weak team in our division 1st round, the 15th place team.....Cape Breton was a much better team throughout the season, and Gatineau handled them easily, the 9th place team overall.....I think it would turn out to be a great series, and tough to call. Yes, we played a weak team, but we played as we should, controlling the games. Ducharme sat the stars at the right time, and gave some valuable playoff experience to the depth guys. That will help down the road. As far as CB, something went wrong there. That couldn't have been the CB team that played Halifax so tough, and actually had some impressive wins against Que teams higher in the standings. Gat shredded them and scored at will. maybe the thing that went wrong, was the fact that Gatineau played in a very tough division all season, and finally got one of the easy Maritime teams. they played in a division where 4 teams had over 40 wins....the Maritimes couldn't get 4 teams with 30 wins. This division is a lot weaker than most care to admit, and I'm wondering if this Gatineau win is confirmation of that.
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Post by CrazyJoeDavola on Mar 28, 2014 13:07:14 GMT -4
Yes, we played a weak team, but we played as we should, controlling the games. Ducharme sat the stars at the right time, and gave some valuable playoff experience to the depth guys. That will help down the road. As far as CB, something went wrong there. That couldn't have been the CB team that played Halifax so tough, and actually had some impressive wins against Que teams higher in the standings. Gat shredded them and scored at will. maybe the thing that went wrong, was the fact that Gatineau played in a very tough division all season, and finally got one of the easy Maritime teams. they played in a division where 4 teams had over 40 wins....the Maritimes couldn't get 4 teams with 30 wins. This division is a lot weaker than most care to admit, and I'm wondering if this Gatineau win is confirmation of that. You have been bringing the weak division up every second post like nobody realizes it. I don`t know one person on this board who has suggested the division was not weak. Everyone going back to last summer talked about how awful the division looked. It has been a common theme to posts all year.
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Post by Porkchop on Mar 28, 2014 13:11:17 GMT -4
maybe the thing that went wrong, was the fact that Gatineau played in a very tough division all season, and finally got one of the easy Maritime teams. they played in a division where 4 teams had over 40 wins....the Maritimes couldn't get 4 teams with 30 wins. This division is a lot weaker than most care to admit, and I'm wondering if this Gatineau win is confirmation of that. You have been bringing the weak division up every second post like nobody realizes it. I don`t know one person on this board who has suggested the division was not weak. Everyone going back to last summer talked about how awful the division looked. It has been a common theme to posts all year. The person I quoted obviously didn't realize it. Why not just give your point of view on the topic instead of trying to turn it into crap? so are you saying Gatineau's win is confirmation, or are you just trying to somehow take a shot at me?
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Post by bois on Mar 28, 2014 13:12:01 GMT -4
congrats guys.... even tho i hated it at the time.. it was fun watching some pond hockey last night with Drouin and Ehlers and Weegar especially I don't think it will matter who you play in round two to be honest..... should win in no more than 5 games I think round 2 in anybodies.....what do you base your 5 games thoughts on? thrashing the weakest team in our division that made the playoffs? I think Halifax would probably take Gatineau because of their star power and a better backend, but think it would be a longer series than they've seen in a couple years. i don't drink the Gatineau koolaid like so many posters do every year come playoff time Halifax will likely do to Gatineau what Gatineau did to cape Breton.... if that even winds up being the second round matchup
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Post by Jacques Strap on Mar 28, 2014 13:11:59 GMT -4
maybe the thing that went wrong, was the fact that Gatineau played in a very tough division all season, and finally got one of the easy Maritime teams. they played in a division where 4 teams had over 40 wins....the Maritimes couldn't get 4 teams with 30 wins. This division is a lot weaker than most care to admit, and I'm wondering if this Gatineau win is confirmation of that. You have been bringing the weak division up every second post like nobody realizes it. I don`t know one person on this board who has suggested the division was not weak. Everyone going back to last summer talked about how awful the division looked. It has been a common theme to posts all year. And the Moose dominated the division like they should have. It would be a different story if we struggled against teams in the division.
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Post by bois on Mar 28, 2014 13:12:34 GMT -4
You have been bringing the weak division up every second post like nobody realizes it. I don`t know one person on this board who has suggested the division was not weak. Everyone going back to last summer talked about how awful the division looked. It has been a common theme to posts all year. The person I quoted obviously didn't realize it. Why not just give your point of view on the topic instead of trying to turn it into crap? so are you saying Gatineau's win is confirmation, or are you just trying to somehow take a shot at me? i've never argued the division wasn't weak....
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Post by Porkchop on Mar 28, 2014 13:14:25 GMT -4
The person I quoted obviously didn't realize it. Why not just give your point of view on the topic instead of trying to turn it into crap? so are you saying Gatineau's win is confirmation, or are you just trying to somehow take a shot at me? i've never argued the division wasn't weak.... never said you did......Crazy man quoted the post I made to melly, not you.
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