# Official: NHL Playoff Thread **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-nhl-playoff-thread/46500 **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [April 9, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-nhl-playoff-thread/46500 "2008-04-09T12:03:46Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 203
### Author: ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey) #### Post date: [April 21, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-nhl-playoff-thread/46500/203 "2008-04-21T17:58:42Z")
> [@Pass McGrass](#): > > 9 times out of 10? Really? The kid is good, but Thomas has proven to be a very consistent goalie all year. Price…not so much. Price came in so late so it’s somewhat difficult to tell what he could do with an entire season. Then again, he’s 20 and playing pretty unbelievable. Thomas is what, 30+ and just starting to come along. I give Thomas a hell of a lot of credit because he did his time and earned his spot in the NHL, but Price is still way better. > [@JayS](#): > > I just think it’s funny that I predicted Price would crack in a later round and everyone thought I was nuts. Turns out the kid cracked against the offensive juggernaut that is Boston. :lol: This is gonna be a great debate until Montreal exits the playoffs. I still think Price will carry this team. Like I said, better to make the mistakes early when your team can bail you out against an 8th seed instead of cracking in the Cup Finals. And when they need him, such as this game 7, he’s rising to the occasion. And if you’re right, well then you do get the last laugh… > [@Carbonfiberhooded](#): > > They only really lost Penner to Edmonton. They added Matthew Schneider to replace the then retired Scott Niedermayer. Then they got Niedermayer back and to make salary cap room they traded Andy McDonald to St. Louis for Doug Weight. Then Teemu came back from retirement. They also traded Bryzgalov to the Coyotes but had a decent backup move in from their AHL team. > > So all in all, on paper they looked to have a better team if not even to last years team. Especially on defense. > > Definitely fell short from their expectations, thats for sure. Anaheim’s penalty kill was the death of them in the series against Dallas. And they couldn’t make up for the loss with their PP. Special teams, physical play, and goaltending (in no particular order) win playoff games. Anaheim just couldn’t save themselves on the PK. 5th year in a row now the Cup champions have not advanced past the 2nd round. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-nhl-playoff-thread/46500)._