Okay, I wanted to do a bracket video before the playoffs get started.
Join this channel to get access to perks:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_AFyA9FqrZ57bb9QRH77wg/join
Join us on our discord to chat hockey, talk with others during the game, share pet pictures, and more.
https://discord.gg/thehockeyguy
Order jerseys from Ben H Sports while saving 10% off the listed eBay prices by sending him an email regarding jerseys you spot in his listings. ben.hoogenband@yahoo.ca Just tell him Shannon sent you.
Support The Hockey Guy via Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thehockeyguy
https://www.facebook.com/youtubehockeyguy/
Instagram: thgshannon and thg_cats
Spoutible: https://spoutible.com/TheHockeyGuy
TheHockeyGuy.yt@gmail.com
Contact me via snail mail at:
The Hockey Guy
PO Box 15038 Seven Oaks PO
Abbotsford, BC
V2S 8P1
In the USA:
Shannon Skanes
1125 Fir Avenue
Suite 119
Blaine, WA 98230
27 Comments
I think that you should be able to wear whatever jerseys you want for videos. I'm always excited to see what jersey you're going to wear regardless if it's for a team I cheer for. You do a very good job of being neutral in your videos and I think it just shows that the people who are getting upset about what jersey you wear are the same people that skip ahead to the end of your power rankings without listening to what you have to say. Either way try not to let the negative voices sway what you want to do/wear in your videos. Wishing you well and good luck to everyone and their teams in the playoffs.
My team did not make the playoffs but I managed to score a ticket in Boston tonight at a seat just a few rows back from corner near a goal for a good price. My first time seeing a playoff game live so look forward to the drama.
Canes fan here. I am rooting for them. I would love to see them win it all. But I'm afraid I don't see what the sportsbooks are looking at. Yeah, the stats are all there, they've been solid of late, and the additions of Guentzel and Kuz have been good. But I have consistently seen some really goofy things throughout the year that the Canes do. Sloppy play at mid-ice resulting in opponent breakaways. Passes coming off the boards in the defending zone, even out of the trap, fired across their own net, resulting in assists for the opponent. Goalies out of position – out in the face off circle, or chasing pucks behind the net and getting caught with their pants down. Yeah, I know it happens to all teams at some point, but it's a little too regular for CAR. And I am anticipating with dread that the Canes will defer to Freddy Andersen as the starter due to his "experience" over Kochetkov (who essentially got them here) – and if that happens they will definitely lose. I hate to be grumpy about it, but it feels like I've seen this movie before…I'm thinking Tampa in the East, and either Dallas or Edmonton in the West, but I made the argument before that EDM's ridiculous assist numbers bode really well for them come playoff time…Puck movement and unselfishness are aspects of hockey that the sportsbooks can't quantify…
Rooting preferences:
Rangers vs. Caps: Go Caps!
Canes vs. Islanders: Go Canes!
Panthers vs. Lightning: Go Cats!
Bruins vs. Leafs: Go Leafs!
Stars vs. Knights: Go Stars!
Jets vs. Avalanche: Go Jets!
Canucks vs. Predators: OK either way.
Oilers vs. Kings: Go Kings!
Too bad there is a jersey choice conundrum for videos. Those who are aggrieved by your choice to such a degree that they cannot take in the actual content of your videos should find themselves a cozy place in a dumpster, take a nap until trash pickup day, and ultimately land in their best habitat.
After such an insane, over the top season I just absolutely cannot wait for these playoffs. It should by all mean be ridiculous and awesome.
Shannon wear whatever you like! Please!!!
I enjoy watching your videos and like most of the jerseys you wear. Some of the 80's, 90's jerseys are hideous, but I enjoy them all.. Here's hoping Winnipeg goes far into the playoffs…
IMO Canucks could very realistically make the conference final. After that? No one knows.
Rangers in 5
Canes in 5
Panthers in 7
Leaf's in 7
Stars in 6
Jets in 6
Predators in 7 = Cinderella
Oilers in 7
Don’t worry about what other people say about the jersey. Keep doing you 99% of people love that you actually have an opinion
Dallas over Rangers is my cup pick
How about oliers vs rangers in the stanley cup finals hockeyguy
How many Jerseys do you have hockey guy looks like an awesome collection.
In the west …between vegas dallas col0rado and the jets…they may honestly wear each other out and leave a easy path for the oilers…might happen and may not let's watch and see…
I can't believe I've never seen this channel. What a great guy! Sub'd! Will, from just East of Dallas.
Shannon should mix in a referee jersey too Because the Refs always win
Joe Pavelski has been my favorite player of all time. Not the biggest or fastest, but his hockey IQ is off the charts and similar to Cliff he just finds a way to produce. IMO the best to ever tip a puck. 205th overall pick in 2003, That's the 7th round, and is one of the best ever American born players to ever play in the NHL
Wouldnt mind a rematch from the 06 Cup Finals. Oilers vs Canes.
The Isles "Small town feel"? What are they, 100 yards from the NYC border? Even if you just gave them the two suburban counties, they have more than live in any city other than NYC, LA or Toronto, and Toronto is not even 5% more.
I know what you mean about just rooting for a good series. Several years ago, I found myself in Dallas for a week for work. Went to the ballpark in the evening,. I was sitting there for a Rangers-As game, clapping for good play from either team, and the gentleman sitting next to me asked who was I rooting for? I explained I was in town on business, and a night at the ballpark certainly beat looking at hotel room walls, so i came out and was rooting for a well-played game, and was going to applaud good plays by either side. He wished me well and said he hoped I cheered more rangers plays.
Turned out to be a sloppy game, but the Rangers won.
I'm sorry but, my OCD won't let me not say that your brackets are backwards…West should be on the left, East on the right.
Keep the cat in frame lol.
I see canucks playing in stanley cup finals this season good defense and goalies question mark is their playoff experience and special units their only stanley cup winner is ian cole who has won 2 stanley cups also they have only 6 players that played 80 games this season so if they have injuries it's going to be tough and if their 2 lines get shutdown do they have enough capacity in lower lines to score even that the game has changed over the years still team with best defense always wins canucks is the blackhorse of the playoffs i'll say that stanley cup final this year is panthers vs canucks.
Meh, tbh, with the spectre of Corporate Gambling playing such a big and obvious role in professional sports, including the NHL, not one result is really without suspicion, sadly. Odd calls, blatant missed shots, flukey goals, startling 3rd period comebacks? Suspect. Sad, but for me, that’s what the opening up of pervasive gambling has done: make every result suspect.
You could wear yotes jerseys if you want a neutral look. Would be a nice send off.
just wear something appropriate as you decide, like you always do. No reason to change anything. nevermind the trolls
Eastern teams on the left?
Absolute madman.