NHL playoffs Thursday: Sharks advance to Western Conference Final

These were supposed to be the Games 7 that were promised. We prayed for a glimpse of heart-stopping elimination games past, but all we saw was a blanket of disappointment.

Poor Pekka Rinne was hung out to dry by his team too. Nashville had just eight shots combined in the first two periods to the Sharks’ 23. Though it evened out eventually, it’s no wonder Rinne was not happy after giving up the fifth goal of the game at the 44th minute.

After allowing five goals in a decisive Game 7, Pekka Rinne was really fed up with his hockey stick. Not only did he smash it against the goal post until it broke, he then chucked it away as he left the ice. He doesn’t need that stupid stick anyway ... especially because his team is going to be eliminated because he gave up five goals.

We don’t even want to know what he’s going to do to his glove. Probably put it under a hot lamp to expose the leather or something sinister.