lordstanley

I would have liked some insurance. Bichette is up 3rd and Guerrero would be up 4th.

Regular season points and NHL overall rank of 5 teams left in playoffs. Toronto - 108, #4 Dallas - 106, #5 Edmonton - 101, #9 Carolina - 99, #10 Florida - 98, #11

Such a rough day for Mark Scheifele. His dies last night, then he is sitting in penalty box as Stars score OT winner to knock them out. He had to take the penalty though, it was a breakaway.

The AL Central’s 1st place team has the best record in MLB and has won 30 of past 42. Its 3rd place team has won 12 straight. Its 4th place team had a recent stretch in which they won 16 of 18. Its 2nd-4th place teams are all in wildcard position. The AL East has 4 teams under .500.

I’d say Windsor has more Tigers fans than Jays fans and Sarnia has a roughly equal split of Jays fans and Tigers fans. I’d say Windsor has a roughly equal split of Wings fans and Leafs fans and Sarnia has considerably more Leafs fans than Wings fans. Games being shifted from Channel 4/20/50/PASS (available in Canada) to Fox Sports Detroit and the like (not available in Canada) was a blow. The Lions are huge in Windsor and Sarnia, the most popular NFL team, but even still I’d say in Sarnia half cheer for a team other than the Lions, a wide assortment.

Evans' biggest mistake at 3rd was getting picked off of it.

The Rogers Centre roof was open for a game for the first time this season on a Thursday, but drizzly forecast today. Might be open tomorrow.

This is Canada’s Victoria Day long weekend. Wearing camo to defend Queen Victoria’s honour.

Suck it, Toronto.

Looks safe to me but Jays announcers think he was out.

Jays get the run after all. 4-3.

Ovie eliminated last night. The Capitals have only made it past the 2nd round once in Ovechkin's 20 year career, that being the Cup year of 2018.

My dream for tonight is that the Tigers pound the Jays and as dejected Jays fans leave the stadium they rub shoulders in Maple Leaf Square with wailing Leafs fans distraught that the Leafs are being knocked out of the playoffs in Florida.

I've also heard rumours of a stomach bug or food poisoning - that's the theory of my daughter's boyfriend too - but that may just be wishful thinking from fans who can't accept their team is collapsing again for no good reason.

Red Sox announcers have the sads.

Two higher ranked teams - Washington and Winnipeg - down 3-1 in their series will try to stay alive tonight. This is my favorite time of year on HFBoards because invariably a fan of a team facing a big deficit will pull out the “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor” line. And then without a fail a bunch of Swedes or Finns will jump in to say how stupid are Americans and Canadians for not knowing it was the Japanese. Europeans really need to become better educated in classic film history.

The Wings’ years of playoff disappointments were shorter though. Playoff streak started in 1992 and they won a series. By 1995 they were in the SCF, another conference final in 1996 then the Cup in 1997. And those regular seasons were great - #1 overall in 1995 and 1996. In contrast, this is the Leafs’ 9th straight year in the playoffs starting in 2017 and only have two first-round series wins to show for it. Their regular seasons have been good or very good but not great - two division titles, started on the road in the 1st round five of those nine years, never higher than #4 overall in the t regular season. I agree though about keeping Matthews and that they need to be less soft - Marchand would have helped.

Matthews has 3 goals in past 21 playoff games.

And of course Skinner then goes out and posts back to back shutouts to close out a 5-game series win. Just like everyone would have predicted.

Last night was beautiful. Leafs fans were too stunned and beaten down to even boo much, they just walked out midway through the 3rd.

Or Week 8, Bye (October 26) could have shown inside of Comerica Park to represent all of us taking a Lions break to watch the Tigers in the World Series.

If the Tigers simply play .500 the rest of the ball they still win 88 games.

Dan D's call of the walkoff hit. malloy walkoff over bosox.mp3

If the season ended right now, the AL Central would have two wildcard spots with the Twins and A’s tied for the third wildcard.

So who is going to be the Wings’ Javy Baez, lol. Compher? Tarasenko?