WC Quarterfinals: Colorado (4) vs. Columbus (5)

[bma]

Main Storylines:

- Last regular season match won by Columbus in week 1: 8-7-1
- Ryan Miller is coming off an outstanding week posting 3 wins, 2 shutouts, and a .974 sv%
- COL is has won 2 of his last 3 weeks, beating DAL and EDM, and losing a tight one to NSH
- CLB has won 3 straight weeks, beating VAN, DAL, and LAK
- As a GM, Neel has been knocked out of the 1st round the last 2 years. Could his luck change this year?
- COL GM Neel is on vacation


Injuries:
CLB: Kevin Klein (questionable), Sidney Crosby (who knows), Pat Dwyer (2-3 weeks), Ryan O'byrne (2-3 weeks)
COL: Blake Comeau (questionable), Todd Bertuzzi (questionable), Drayson Bowman (questionable), Simon Gagne (indefinite), Andrei Markov (2-3 weeks)

Players to watch:

CLB: Ryan Miller, Dustin Byfuglien, Travis Hamonic
COL: Henrik Lundqvist, Keith Yandle, Alex Ovechkin

[bma]

soooooo Neel is on vacation right when playoffs start..gonna be so embarassing if I lose..

[Nick]

OHHHH classic matchup here.
The wannabe Dr, vs the wannabe wannabe Dr aka chiropractor


of course commented by the semi-wannabe other Dr.

[bma]

PHD's are doctors in my books.

[Chris]

PHD's are doctors in my books.

I'm in good stead then.

[bma]

well fuck. There goes Ryan Miller's shutout...

[bma]

wtf. Thorburn just dangled the shit out of Miller hahah

[bma]

it'd be nice if Neel showed up once in a while so I don't look like an idiot talking to myself in my own game thread.

[bma]

well the score looks lopsided..but every category is tight and can swing either way. Looks like a battle of the worst teams in the league right now..

Banter and excitement wise, Neel has to be the worst GM to play against in a playoff matchup. I feel like I'm playing against the computer on rookie mode in NHL 2012 and barely holding on to the lead.

[bma]

Ryan Miller picks up the fucking win!

Pascal Dupuis with a 3 pt night!..so far

Not bad considering I only had those 2 guys playing tonight..

[bma]

Yep,GWG for Dupuis..nabdaa(not a big deal at all)

[inferno31]

it'd be nice if Neel showed up once in a while so I don't look like an idiot talking to myself in my own game thread.

Hey
haha but yeah I agree horrible match up and my team is not set up to succeed, got caught in between deciding what to do with my team and ended up coming home for a few weeks. You deserve to win, but I don't think it'll be a landslide.

[bma]

Thank goodness Martin Biron is absolutely awful.

[bma]

I need Sidney Crosby in the worst way possible..offence is sputtering.

[bma]

Ryan Miller gets the shootout win..and the Blue Jackets win the "win category"!

[Chris]

Go team Orientals!

[bma]

SHUT UP

[Nick]

WOW Bryma wins in style!!