First round in full swing and the Bruins and Canes are living up to expectations. The rest of the series are 2-1 and there is a bit of everything going on. Every fanbase seems mad at the refs, are they that bad or are expectations ridiculous?    Listen Here:  iTunes  Google Play  Stitcher  Direct MP3   iHeart Radio

Episode 422

Banter

Title Player Walt Poddubny - conncect to Jon Tavares

Walt Poddubny - 89-90 Devils Brendan Shanahan -> President of Leafs Tavares

News

Lots of injuries, targeting of key players - Pavelski, Ekblad, Cernak, Hedman, Krejci, Bergeron, Teravainen - 

Wes McAuley - is conflict of interest with Keefe an issue? 

Don Cherry was right - no one is watching to see linesmen - drop the puck!

Officials are like traffic cops

Guess the 5th

Playoffs Series

East

Leafs 2 / Lightning 1

Huge OT win - O’Reilly goal late

Game got nasty

Vasilevskiy

Given up 14 on 31+37+27 = 95 shots 85.2%

Bunting suspended 3 games

Tavares with hat trick in game 2

Hedman / Cernak out

Marner getting all the love

Matthews - not a huge factor so far

How did they call that Corey Perry goal in? In review referee says review showed it completely crossed the line - what? https://youtu.be/wcBghqg4s5s

Bruins 3 / Panthers 1

Bergeron / Krejci out but Bruins prevail

Hurricanes 3 / Islanders 1

High stick non-call in Carolina game - Mike Rupp breakdown on Twitter

Islanders 4 goals in 2:18 in game 2

Devils 1 / Rangers 2 

2 5-1 games

Devils dress rookie goalie Schmid and win game 3

West

Oilers 1  Kings 2 

Some very dodgy penalties

OT winner - review inconclusive - tough one

Kings playing rope a dope 

Yamo passenger

Diving by Kings

Woodcroft - rattled in post game

Wild 2 / Stars 1 

Wild alternating goalies - will they go with Gustavsson for game 4?

“Wild” swings - 3-2 Wild, 7-3 Stars, 5-1 Wild.  

Dumba hit on Pavelski - dirty? legal? 

Avalanche 2 / Kraken 1

Kraken keep pushing back when I expect them to fold

Kraken win game 1, then up 2-0 in game 2 but Avs come back 

Jets 1 / Golden Knights 2

Comeback to tie 4-4 in game 3 but lose in OT

Whiteout

Jets big win in game 1 

Is Broissoit good enough?

Crazy Stat

DOPeS

Bunting  3 games https://www.nhl.com/news/maple-leafs-michael-bunting-suspended-3-games/c-343697644?tid=277549076