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targo
04-24-2007, 06:29 AM
It's the play off season and well Vancouver beat Dallas tonight in game 7, 4-1
Seems they play ANAHEIM next......
disregard
04-24-2007, 06:31 AM
go anaheim!
Usehername
10-24-2007, 11:52 PM
It's the play off season and well Vancouver beat Dallas tonight in game 7, 4-1
Seems they play ANAHEIM next......
From what I have gathered as a Canadian: Hockey + playoffs = not now. (Although baseball + World Series time = now.) One of these two factors is wrong, no?
ptgatsby
10-25-2007, 12:01 AM
From what I have gathered as a Canadian: Hockey + playoffs = not now. (Although baseball + World Series time = now.) One of these two factors is wrong, no?
This confused me too, cause I pretend to keep up to date on these things that I barely care about.
(Check the date of the OP ;) )
Uberfuhrer
10-25-2007, 12:22 AM
Damn Cleveland has only a minor league hockey team!!! :ng_mad:
I like Montreal, but not for any real reason. They're just so cool! :party2:
Usehername
10-25-2007, 12:48 AM
This confused me too, cause I pretend to keep up to date on these things that I barely care about.
(Check the date of the OP ;) )
aah. an unconsidered factor! thx ;)
Damn Cleveland has only a minor league hockey team!!! :ng_mad:
hey hey, cleveland is at least an American city. Its a CRIME than Winnipeg, a major canadian city, no longer has our beloved Jets. (I also morne for my Quebecois brothers and sisters who lost their nordiques)
targo
10-27-2007, 07:26 PM
you do know that more than 75% of all NHL players are Canadian and that only a very small percentage makes up actual American players?
Ms. M
10-27-2007, 07:39 PM
you do know that more than 75% of all NHL players are Canadian and that only a very small percentage makes up actual American players?
True, there are also a lot of European players in the NHL as well, I'd guess there are more Europeans from Sweden, Finland, Russia, and the Czech Republic than U.S.-born players. Of course, there are several NHL players who were born in Canada and overseas, but become U.S. citizens later on. So I tend to think of them as "Canadian-born" players instead of simply Canadian. :)
ETA - I believe the last two first NHL draft picks were both American-born, however. Times may be changing.
you do know that more than 75% of all NHL players are Canadian and that only a very small percentage makes up actual American players?
if this wasnt directed at me then ignore me. Anyway, its not so much about the player base as much as that there is no team representing two major Canadian cities, when many American cities have teams that are loosing money and no one cares about (like phoenix or tampa bay). I think that if your city cant yield a proper outdoor rink, you shouldnt really have a team :) (of course i dont actually think that way, but such statements are fun to make. The truth is, the LA Kings saved hockey financially in the 90's)
Usehername
10-27-2007, 08:46 PM
you do know that more than 75% of all NHL players are Canadian and that only a very small percentage makes up actual American players?
last stanley cup, although it was a canadian team playing an american team, a ridiculous percentage of the Ducks' players were Canadian. And so, you could be "more loyal" to your country by rooting for the Ducks. (they had 3 Europeans and 4 Americans and the entire rest of the team was Canadian.)
Ms. M
10-30-2007, 03:23 AM
if this wasnt directed at me then ignore me. Anyway, its not so much about the player base as much as that there is no team representing two major Canadian cities, when many American cities have teams that are loosing money and no one cares about (like phoenix or tampa bay). I think that if your city cant yield a proper outdoor rink, you shouldnt really have a team :) (of course i dont actually think that way, but such statements are fun to make. The truth is, the LA Kings saved hockey financially in the 90's)
Oh come now...we Floridians need to have our teams, if only to cheer on our hometown teams when they come to visit! Many of us were raised elsewhere - where there are Original 6 teams like Boston, Chicago, Detroit :)
yeah, perfect reason why you guys get a team and we dont! *grumble grumble grumble* :D Im actually not that upset, I dont much care for hockey, but it is a little embarassing that Winnipeg doesnt have an NHL team.
Ms. M
10-30-2007, 03:36 AM
yeah, perfect reason why you guys get a team and we dont! *grumble grumble grumble* :D Im actually not that upset, I dont much care for hockey, but it is a little embarassing that Winnipeg doesnt have an NHL team.
Not one, but two teams - the Panthers and Lightning. ;)
I agree that there needs to be better representation in Canada, though the arguments I've heard revolve around NHL-level hockey not being all that profitable in Canada (unsure of the veracity of that claim.) With the talk of possibly moving the Predator team to Hamilton, I think a team in Winnipeg would make more sense.
Everything Ive heard is that aside from a few american cities like detroit and NY (the pitsburgh with Crosby there), Canada is pretty much the only place an NHL team can be profitable
EffEmDoubleyou
10-30-2007, 07:27 AM
Most NHL franchises are profitable, the exceptions being new-ish teams in the warm weather areas of the US like the Nashville Predators and the Atlanta Thrashers. The reason that Canadian teams struggle financially compared to American teams is that player salaries are negotiated in US dollars. So Canadian teams received revenues in Canadian dollars but paid out salaries in the more valuable US dollars. Of course, with recent changes in the currency markets, this disadvantage has disappeared, so perhaps another Canadian team is now a more viable idea.
Ms. M
10-31-2007, 02:42 AM
Most NHL franchises are profitable, the exceptions being new-ish teams in the warm weather areas of the US like the Nashville Predators and the Atlanta Thrashers. The reason that Canadian teams struggle financially compared to American teams is that player salaries are negotiated in US dollars. So Canadian teams received revenues in Canadian dollars but paid out salaries in the more valuable US dollars. Of course, with recent changes in the currency markets, this disadvantage has disappeared, so perhaps another Canadian team is now a more viable idea.
Yes, I think now it's a level playing field in that sense. However, I think there's also a population component as well. Canada isn't nearly as densely populated as the United States. The Canadian cities simply don't have the concentrated population that the US cities do - Winnipeg has about 700,000 people, whereas the Miami area is around 7 million, Tampa 2.5 million, etc. It's justification for putting teams in large American cities - but doesn't mean that teams in Canada (where many people live and breathe for hockey) won't be successful.
I think Seattle deserves a team over a city like Nashville or Atlanta.
MacGuffin
10-31-2007, 03:37 AM
Did you see Jaromir Jagr get his teeth knocked out by the puck the other night?
Nasty!
EffEmDoubleyou
10-31-2007, 10:58 AM
Did you see Jaromir Jagr get his teeth knocked out by the puck the other night?
Nasty!
Those guys are nutso. I can't believe that more of them don't wear facial protection. Of course, since he's a Ranger I didn't shed any tears :)
Usehername
10-31-2007, 12:56 PM
Those guys are nutso. I can't believe that more of them don't wear facial protection. Of course, since he's a Ranger I didn't shed any tears :)
no kidding. and then they dive to block shots--what are they thinking?! put a cage on!
PinkPiranha
11-07-2007, 01:34 AM
I follow the Wings and the Canes, but I do keep an eye on Tomas Kaberle in Toronto. :D
I wish I had learned to ice skate/play hockey. Sport looks like a blast. I love to watch.
PinkPiranha
11-10-2007, 07:15 PM
I wish I had learned to ice skate/play hockey. Sport looks like a blast. I love to watch.
I got to watch from third row seats when the Wings and Canes played the last year Yzerman was on the roster. That was really great. :yes: I couldn't ever play the game though -- hahaha, I'm just too small.
I got to watch from third row seats when the Wings and Canes played the last year Yzerman was on the roster. That was really great. :yes: I couldn't ever play the game though -- hahaha, I'm just too small.
Haha. It's a rough sport indeed. I really enjoy it when the players get smashed into the walls. I dunno why. I need to go to a Canes game. They are doing really well this season. I honestly don't care for the team buuuut, hockey is hockey. It'd be rad to catch em when they play the Sharks. :cool:
EffEmDoubleyou
11-11-2007, 06:58 AM
There's nothing like live hockey. I've taken a couple of hockey virgins to their first game, and I love watching their reactions. I took a mild mannered girl to a hockey game once and Oleg Tverdosky took a cheap shot at Teemu Selanne. Tverdosky and another Duck circled each other and my mild mannered friend yelled "Are you going to dance with him or punch him!?" Another convert to the fold :)
PinkPiranha
11-11-2007, 07:29 PM
Haha. It's a rough sport indeed. I really enjoy it when the players get smashed into the walls. I dunno why. I need to go to a Canes game. They are doing really well this season. I honestly don't care for the team buuuut, hockey is hockey. It'd be rad to catch em when they play the Sharks. :cool:
Ah! You like San Jose! Anyone players in particular? I'm still a big fan of Irbe and he was a back-up goalie for the Sharks a million years ago.
There's nothing like live hockey. I've taken a couple of hockey virgins to their first game, and I love watching their reactions. I took a mild mannered girl to a hockey game once and Oleg Tverdosky took a cheap shot at Teemu Selanne. Tverdosky and another Duck circled each other and my mild mannered friend yelled "Are you going to dance with him or punch him!?" Another convert to the fold :)
LOL!! That's especially funny because Teemu is so even-keeled. I don;t believe I've ever watched him fight?? Tverdovsky never really gelled with the league. He played in Carolina for a short time, but there were always major issues with him.
Ah! You like San Jose! Anyone players in particular? I'm still a big fan of Irbe and he was a back-up goalie for the Sharks a million years ago.
LOL!! That's especially funny because Teemu is so even-keeled. I don;t believe I've ever watched him fight?? Tverdovsky never really gelled with the league. He played in Carolina for a short time, but there were always major issues with him.
I'm from the East bay area of CA, so yeah I'm kind of a Sharks fan by default. I really haven't followed the sport for long so I wouldn't say I really have any favorite players in particular. I'm trying to learn more though and become better versed in the sport. :devil:
EffEmDoubleyou
11-12-2007, 11:38 AM
Ah! You like San Jose! Anyone players in particular? I'm still a big fan of Irbe and he was a back-up goalie for the Sharks a million years ago.
LIKE WALL
PinkPiranha
11-12-2007, 07:04 PM
LIKE WALL
AHAHHA!! You remember that too! :D Good ol' scrappy Arch. We took in a practice once. Irbe was in a stormy mood and Jennifer made him laugh by standing in the middle of the street with her camera, shouting, "Gimme a smile, baby! Come on! Work it for the camera! You know you want to!" He started laughing and blushed to his hairline. A nice man. I don't say that about many people, especially pro athletes, but he was a very nice man. Still tending goal overseas, if you can believe it!
I see you're a Flyers fan? :)
No, Jesus is a Flyers fan. (apparently) heh
EffEmDoubleyou
11-13-2007, 09:42 AM
No, Jesus is a Flyers fan. (apparently) heh
We both are :) That picture isn't the first time I've had trouble telling Jesus apart from Bernie Parent.
PinkPiranha
11-13-2007, 04:04 PM
No, Jesus is a Flyers fan. (apparently) heh
We both are :) That picture isn't the first time I've had trouble telling Jesus apart from Bernie Parent.
hahahahah!!! Bernie and Jesus both have admirable taste and coiffured hair.
EffEmDoubleyou
11-14-2007, 02:12 PM
hahahahah!!! Bernie and Jesus both have admirable taste and coiffured hair.
That makes all three of us!
But my favorite player ever is Ron Hextall. I loved that not only was he a great goalie, but he was aggressive and wasn't afraid to be physical and stand up for his team. He's one of the only goalies that I think could have been a captain.
PinkPiranha
11-14-2007, 04:23 PM
That makes all three of us!
But my favorite player ever is Ron Hextall. I loved that not only was he a great goalie, but he was aggressive and wasn't afraid to be physical and stand up for his team. He's one of the only goalies that I think could have been a captain.
The NHL has Hextalls out the yin-yang! Wasn't Ron like the second goalie to score a goal??
EffEmDoubleyou
11-15-2007, 06:26 AM
The NHL has Hextalls out the yin-yang! Wasn't Ron like the second goalie to score a goal??
First! And also the only one to do it twice, and to do it in the playoffs.
He was the second goalie credited with a goal, but in the first case the team scored on itself and the goalie was only credited with the goal because he was the last member of his team to touch it. Hextall was the first to actually shoot and score.
And I don't know about out the yin yang, but Patrick Roy (sadly missed) and Ray Emery sort of have the same mojo.
PinkPiranha
11-15-2007, 06:36 PM
I was just rechecking the league stats and your Flyers are riding high on Atlantic division!
My Wings are in second overall, and the Canes are third. I'm already having a good NHL season! haha! :D
LadyJaye
11-16-2007, 02:11 AM
I was just rechecking the league stats and your Flyers are riding high on Atlantic division!
My Wings are in second overall, and the Canes are third. I'm already having a good NHL season! haha! :D
YAY Captain Nick! :D
Now, if Erik Cole will only stop landing head first into the goal post, I think we'll be doing good.
spartan26
11-16-2007, 05:54 AM
And I don't know about out the yin yang, but Patrick Roy (sadly missed) and Ray Emery sort of have the same mojo.
I kinda agree but I think Roy and Emery have more control of their emotions. Hextall would take some bad chops on opps legs and cost his team more than than firing them up.
Hextall was kinda fortunate to play, wasn't he? Wasn't he down in the minors when Pelle Lindbergh died? I was thinking the #2 goalie got hurt and that's how Hextall finally got in but otherwise he was barely trade bait as a prospect back when he started, though winning R.O.Y. I can't really remember.
Looks like I'm gonna get to go to San Jose vs. Vancouver when I go home to the bay area in Dec. It'll be my first time at an NHL game. =D
PinkPiranha
11-19-2007, 08:02 PM
Oh how exciting for you! I'm sure you'll enjoy it! :yes: Be sure to get decent seats -- bad seats ruin the fun. No "nose-bleeds"!! :D And take ear plugs just in case. Gets pretty loud. :)
Oh how exciting for you! I'm sure you'll enjoy it! :yes: Be sure to get decent seats -- bad seats ruin the fun. No "nose-bleeds"!! :D And take ear plugs just in case. Gets pretty loud. :)
I will do my best to get some decent seats. I don't think ear plugs will be necessary. I'm a drummer. :headphne: :party2: :)
spartan26
12-02-2007, 08:58 AM
Well, I went to my first game of the season. Avalanche visiting the kings. I have to thank the Good Ticket Fairy at work for setting me up right on the redline, six rows up from the ice. Five, if you count the announcer. One thing that amazed me were the number of people taking pictures of guys sitting in the penalty box. We're talking fourth line guys you think were walking the red carpet the way the flashes were going off.
This was my first chance seeing the new style sweaters. Definitely a Robocop/Stormtrooper look. May take some getting used to.
Price of a large, premium beer $10.50. Large soda in souvenir cup $5. No not going to do a MC commercial, just wondering how it compares to other arenas?
Biggest disappoint, well besides thinking it was going to be a first date w/someone but ended up going w/a buddy (which was cool, dgmw), was that my favorite player of all time, Joe Sakic did not play. :cry: Apparently hurt in last night's game against the Sharks. Speaking of which, a little weird seeing Scott Hannum in a Avs jersey.
I think both teams played the previous night, which can often trip the warning light to a possible snoozer of a game. Not so. Energy was up the whole time. Holy crap are the kings a team w/out an identity. They scored the first two on a couple of pretty good plays but man they suck. They were reasonably healthy. I thought they had some young players set to break out but by midway through the first, the ice started to be tipped in Colorado's direction. Kinda surprising since it was basically the Erie Bears or whatever their minor league team is, out on the ice.
One literally just called up. TJ Hensick scored his first NHL goal. He was still at Michigan when drafted but had a pretty stellar collegiate career. I saw Marion Gaborik's first career hat trick. At one time I thought he might end up in the HOF but now...prolly not. Of course he's still pretty young.
Ryan Smyth was by far the best player on the ice. He wasn't the quickest but he gets around the net all he needs is a smidgen of separation and he can move the puck. All three of his points were no look behind the back. It looked like the first two were assts from behind the net but one actually deflected in off a King so he got credited w/the goal. His final was a thing of beauty. He got hit coming off the bench and lost his helmet. He looked like Craig MacTavish out there for a moment. Play goes into the King's zone. I know he's a superstar but still wondering if one of the king's would get his stick up just for the opp but it doesn't happen. He circles in front, there a mild scrum, puck bounces off toward the right corner, there's no defender coming in to pinch and right as I'm thinking he should try to shoot behind his back because there's a thin angle, he does! Just outside the goalie's leg and just inside the far post. Video game/trick pool shot.
The rafters seemed to be full but there were quite a few empty seats in the lower level. They didn't announce it as a sell out. That's not so good for a Saturday night. Most of the empties were prolly season seats. Colorado's not the elite team it was but there were a large number of fans. Which makes me wonder what the place is like when Minn or Dallas is rumbling through.
Nashville's a rumored move. Not even five months removed from winning the Cup, no one's mentioning the ducks. A lot of people blame Bettman but the overall health of the league has to be spread out from just one guy.
EffEmDoubleyou
12-02-2007, 08:03 PM
Nashville's a rumored move. Not even five months removed from winning the Cup, no one's mentioning the ducks. A lot of people blame Bettman but the overall health of the league has to be spread out from just one guy.
I blame Bettman for a lot. While he can't do anything without the owners' approval, I think the decision to put games on Versus instead of taking less money to be on ESPN was a tragic mistake. ESPN did great production on hockey, and the league would have been immeasurably more visible. The NHL isn't in a position to be taking the money and running. The league has been battered, and the drop in popularity even compared to only six or seven years ago is staggering. They needed to build their popularity and visibility back up instead of grabbing for cash.
spartan26
12-02-2007, 10:22 PM
Now there's so much talk of expansion, KC, the northwest or Vegas, just because of the $115 Mil it'll shoot into the league. Talk about a quick fix, duct tape solution. More likely a swan song ponzai scheme.
Yeah, I remember thinking leaving ESPN was the stupidest thing they could've done. Especially at the time. I think even before the lockout their nightly production of NHL Tonight had been reduced to basically once or twice a week, whenever they broadcast games.
Then there was something I read that ESPN was saying "there's no economic model, [for how to set license fees for league that was already in decline and had missed considerable time in operation]." Basically the same argument studios are giving the writers for why they won't increase or recognize Internet usage. Some of the figures I read and points of contingency that were brought up made me think, 'well, given all that, I guess you do have to go w/another network. I think Spike TV was on the table at one time and there was someone else.
I think there was also a belief that more teams would have their own networks for broadcasting games. Apart from Fox Regional Networks or Barry Diller's group, ones like Altitude or NESN or YES, channels devoted to local franchises. While they have to hope that Dave in Indianapolis or Phil in Birmingham will turn into see what all the hoopla is about The Kid or Ovechkin, the first priority, (when crunched for resources), maybe should be Sam in Phily or Bill in Miami, places where existing teams can be supported. Not to suggest that owner greed didn't rear its ugly head, of course.
I think they need to put a team in Seattle. Screw Vegas.
I say this because I plan to move to Seattle in the next few years. :D
Going to Sharks/Canucks in an hour.
LadyJaye
12-14-2007, 02:21 AM
Going to Sharks/Canucks in an hour.
Have fun fella! Don't forget your earplugs! :)
Which team will you be pulling for?
Definitely Sharks. I'm a Sharks fan.
Earplugs? I'm a drummer, no need. ;)
Oh man... Amazing experience. I had no clue I was going to end up in front row , $140 seats. :O My aunt and uncle have had season passes in the same 4 seats for the sharks since they came to San Jose like 16 years ago. I figured the seats would be decent at best, not the best seats. Sharks won over the Canucks - 5/3. :)
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spartan26
12-15-2007, 04:35 AM
Cool shots - Marlau & Sedin!
Yeah. Those are crappy cell phone pics. I REALLY wish I would have had a digi cam with me. Mine got lost a while back. :doh:
I didn't realize there was twins on the Canucks until I was at the game. It was crazy. The Sedins look totally identical. They were skating together between periods. Pretty awesome.
Going to the Sharks/Mighty Ducks game tonight. Front row seats again. :D
Will have digi cam (not cell phone cam) this time so I'll post up some pics later.
Bye. :hi:
LadyJaye
12-19-2007, 03:02 AM
Those were some sweet seats fella! Glad you had such a good time. :) I can't wait to see your pictures.
Those were some sweet seats fella! Glad you had such a good time. :) I can't wait to see your pictures.
The seats were way sweet. I'm so glad and fortunate to have made it to two sharks games in those seats on my visit home. The game tonight was a lot of fun but we lost to the Ducks, 2-0. :( There was a couple of good fights. Gotta love rivalry teams.
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5219/imag0013jo9.jpg
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Sorry for the huge/pixily pictures. Beats the camera phone though.
MacGuffin
12-19-2007, 11:55 PM
What about that 30 game suspension?
I saw the highlight that brought it on, nasty!
What about that 30 game suspension?
I saw the highlight that brought it on, nasty!
You talking about Chris Simon from the Islanders?
So I found out that there is a ice rink not too far away that offers adult skate lessons as well as hockey lessons. I'm gonna do it. :party2:
There hasn't been any activity here in a while.
What's new people? How is your team doing? Been to any games lately?
My team, the San Jose Sharks have won 13 of their last 14 games. I'm obviously very pleased about that. It sucks living on the east coast and not getting to see almost any Sharks games though. No shortage of 'Canes games but that's not who I want to watch :mad:.
The Sharks are currently first in their division (Pacific) and second in their conference (right behind the Detroit Red Wings). I hope the Penguins get a chance to play the Sharks in the playoffs (one of my best friends is from Pittsburgh and we like to be competitive with our teams) so the Sharks can stomp them. :devil:
Haight
03-21-2008, 07:21 PM
:cry:
EffEmDoubleyou
03-21-2008, 07:47 PM
The Sharks are on an absolutely red-hot roll. But you have to worry about their playoff history...traditionally they tend to underachieve in the playoffs.
My team is making me pull my hair out. The Flyers sit very tenuously in the 8th and last playoff spot in the East. Normally I'd be happy since they had the very worst record in the NHL last year. But they were SO good early in the season that it feels disappointing. I hate sports! :steam:
The Sharks are on an absolutely red-hot roll. But you have to worry about their playoff history...traditionally they tend to underachieve in the playoffs.
My team is making me pull my hair out. The Flyers sit very tenuously in the 8th and last playoff spot in the East. Normally I'd be happy since they had the very worst record in the NHL last year. But they were SO good early in the season that it feels disappointing. I hate sports! :steam:
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Do you think I'll be able to catch Sharks playoffs games here on the east coast?
EffEmDoubleyou
03-21-2008, 08:22 PM
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Do you think I'll be able to catch Sharks playoffs games here on the east coast?
I know that Versus will be carrying some games in the early rounds, but of course at this point you can't tell what teams they'll feature. The Stanley Cup Finals will be split between Versus and NBC, with Versus getting Games 1&2, and NBC getting the rest. I suspect the NHL Network may carry some playoff games, as they carried regular season games, but I'm not sure.
Unless you have DirecTV though, you probably don't get the NHL Network, and maybe not Versus either.
I get Versus here, the rest of the games I watch are on FSN. No NHL network. :(
Do you know when the schedules should be posted for the opening playoff games??? I only started following hockey this past year so... I'm kind of a noob.
EffEmDoubleyou
03-21-2008, 10:41 PM
I get Versus here, the rest of the games I watch are on FSN. No NHL network. :(
Do you know when the schedules should be posted for the opening playoff games??? I only started following hockey this past year so... I'm kind of a noob.
Well, not until the season is over, because the matchups won't be set until then. The last day of the regular season is April 6. I'm sure that by that night, NHL.com will have all the matchups, dates and times.
nottaprettygal
03-21-2008, 10:55 PM
My team is making me pull my hair out. The Flyers sit very tenuously in the 8th and last playoff spot in the East. Normally I'd be happy since they had the very worst record in the NHL last year. But they were SO good early in the season that it feels disappointing. I hate sports! :steam:
Yeah. I'm sorry, but I'm going to need the Flyers to keep losing. My Capitals are two points behind them at the moment, and they need that last spot. Thanks.
Well, not until the season is over, because the matchups won't be set until then. The last day of the regular season is April 6. I'm sure that by that night, NHL.com will have all the matchups, dates and times.
Thanks!
Well, not until the season is over, because the matchups won't be set until then. The last day of the regular season is April 6. I'm sure that by that night, NHL.com will have all the matchups, dates and times.
Thanks!
Yeah. I'm sorry, but I'm going to need the Flyers to keep losing. My Capitals are two points behind them at the moment, and they need that last spot. Thanks.
http://www.luminomagazine.com/2004.03/spotlight/officespace/images/lumbergh/lumbergh1.jpg
From what I have gathered as a Canadian: Hockey + playoffs = not now.
Does this also mean that you are a hockey fan? Or does your use of "gathered" imply a passive, unavoidable interest?
EffEmDoubleyou
03-22-2008, 07:37 AM
Lumbergh is not a Caps fan. He would have to be a fan of a team from the Sun Belt that has no history at all. Let's say...Phoenix Coyotes?
(I could have said Sharks, but I laid off.)
Also, the Caps and Sabres are hereby invited to stay exactly where they are. THX.
Lumbergh is not a Caps fan. He would have to be a fan of a team from the Sun Belt that has no history at all. Let's say...Phoenix Coyotes?
(I could have said Sharks, but I laid off.)
Also, the Caps and Sabres are hereby invited to stay exactly where they are. THX.
I wouldn't have figured Lumbergh to be a Caps fan, it's just the way notaprettygirl made her request, it was very Lumbergh-esque and it immediately made me envision a picture of the man. hah
P.S.
The Sharks beat Anaheim last night. I smell a Stanley. ;)
alicia91
03-23-2008, 01:03 PM
Big hockey fan here! Took me 7 years on a wait-list but I finally got seasons tickets at Joe Louis last year.
Go Red Wings!!
Big hockey fan here! Took me 7 years on a wait-list but I finally got seasons tickets at Joe Louis last year.
Go Red Wings!!
That's freakin' awesome. Congrats. I think it was this thread that I mentioned (and posted pictures) of the San Jose Sharks games I went to sitting in row 1, right on the glass. My aunt and uncle have had season passes to those seats since the Sharks went to San Jose (16 years or something. I'm real jealous.). Really nice arena.
I already posted pics before but I'll just post this one 4 the hell of it:
http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/2614/imag0013wq7.jpg
alicia91
03-23-2008, 09:52 PM
Very cool!! Great seats - I'm jealous. Mine are up in nose-bleed territory, and I wasn't offered a good move-down option this year - hopefully next year. At Joe Louis it takes years to move down. But I'm just happy to be there.
philonightmare
03-23-2008, 09:55 PM
Very cool!! Great seats - I'm jealous. Mine are up in nose-bleed territory, and I wasn't offered a good move-down option this year - hopefully next year. At Joe Louis it takes years to move down. But I'm just happy to be there.
Heck, even nose-bleed seats at the Joe are great! Well, at least we have those center screens :)
Ah man, I'm craving a good Wings game something fierce. How often do you go?
Very cool!! Great seats - I'm jealous. Mine are up in nose-bleed territory, and I wasn't offered a good move-down option this year - hopefully next year. At Joe Louis it takes years to move down. But I'm just happy to be there.
Heck, even nose-bleed seats at the Joe are great! Well, at least we have those center screens :)
Ah man, I'm craving a good Wings game something fierce. How often do you go?
Yeah, I can only imagine the demand for Red Wings seats. Maybe we (San Jose Sharks) will see you guys in the playoffs.
;)
alicia91
03-24-2008, 05:49 PM
Maybe we (San Jose Sharks) will see you guys in the playoffs.
Sounds like fun!
Ah man, I'm craving a good Wings game something fierce. How often do you go?
Me too. I'm going this Friday to see the Wings play St. Louis. I usually go every other week. In between my husband takes clients to games.
FM, you gonna watch the Flyers/Rangers game tonight? I finally get to see a Sharks game! Sharks Vs. 'Yotes on Versus at 10:30et. :)
And the Caps will be fighting their way into the playoff spot, playing the Canes tonight.
nottaprettygal
03-25-2008, 10:06 PM
And the Caps will be fighting their way into the playoff spot, playing the Canes tonight.
Yesss. Tonight is a huge night for the playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. I hope everyone's teams do well, unless of course they are not my team.
EffEmDoubleyou
03-25-2008, 10:33 PM
FM, you gonna watch the Flyers/Rangers game tonight? I finally get to see a Sharks game! Sharks Vs. 'Yotes on Versus at 10:30et. :)
And the Caps will be fighting their way into the playoff spot, playing the Canes tonight.
Bet your ass I am! :) The Flyers have won a couple games in a row, and with all division games coming up, this is a really important time. notaprettygal is right, the Eastern Conference is SO tight and competitive that all these games are important. At this point, just getting in is the thing, all the teams are so close that playoff positioning matters little.
Yesss. Tonight is a huge night for the playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. I hope everyone's teams do well, unless of course they are not my team.
You're a Caps fan, right?
I like the Canes but tonight I'm hoping the Caps take the win because like FM said the teams are all close so the Canes losing tonight doesn't really matter, Canes are in no matter what. I'd like to see the Caps in the playoffs.
nottaprettygal
03-26-2008, 03:02 AM
I'd like to see the Caps in the playoffs.
C-A-P-S CAPS CAPS CAPS!
They just won in a shootout (although I would have preferred a regulation win). Unfortunately Boston is winning as well. :(
C-A-P-S CAPS CAPS CAPS!
They just won in a shootout (although I would have preferred a regulation win). Unfortunately Boston is winning as well. :(
That was an awesome game.
Haight
03-26-2008, 04:18 AM
:static:
:static:
You make a cute cheerleader, man. (no homo)
EffEmDoubleyou
03-26-2008, 05:56 AM
Nothing sweeter than beating the Rangers, except beating the Rangers in overtime! :)
This clip is pretty much the most awesome thing I've ever seen. Patrick Roy's son Jonathan is also a goalie, and he plays in the Canadian juniors. Here's a clip of him in action...gotta love the double barreled "greeting" to the fans at the end. He's definitely his father's son :)
YouTube - Jonathan Roy Vs Bobby Nadeau LHJMQ 22 Mars 08 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=sWRBsYzG_rw&feature=related)
Nothing sweeter than beating the Rangers, except beating the Rangers in overtime! :)
This clip is pretty much the most awesome thing I've ever seen. Patrick Roy's son Jonathan is also a goalie, and he plays in the Canadian juniors. Here's a clip of him in action...gotta love the double barreled "greeting" to the fans at the end. He's definitely his father's son :)
YouTube - Jonathan Roy Vs Bobby Nadeau LHJMQ 22 Mars 08 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=sWRBsYzG_rw&feature=related)
haha.
Speaking of goalies, Cam Ward of Carolina had an amazing game last night (despite the loss in the shoot out).
Big hits are always fun to watch - YouTube - Here comes the boom - hockey hit (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Qae8dXk1hU&feature=related) <--- he freakin choke slams the dude at 2:10-2:12 lol, and "This is why we don't like baseball in Quebec" at the end. :laugh:
And holy shiatzoo:
YouTube - The Hardest Hockey Hit in The World Watch It its Hilarious (http://youtube.com/watch?v=N-_AwyH099U&feature=related)
EffEmDoubleyou
03-27-2008, 12:40 PM
The hit that destroyed one of the best, most fun seasons of hockey I ever had. The Stevens apologists will never be able to convince me that this isn't a cheap shot. Elbow right to the face that basically ended Lindros' career, at least as an elite player.
YouTube - Stevens Hits Lindros (http://youtube.com/watch?v=16Z7-XRPcrw&feature=related)
pure_mercury
03-27-2008, 03:57 PM
The hit that destroyed one of the best, most fun seasons of hockey I ever had. The Stevens apologists will never be able to convince me that this isn't a cheap shot. Elbow right to the face that basically ended Lindros' career, at least as an elite player.
YouTube - Stevens Hits Lindros (http://youtube.com/watch?v=16Z7-XRPcrw&feature=related)
That hit haunts me (and his arm/elbow was extended!). I was 17 and pulling for the Flyers all the way. To shake those memories out, here is Eric Lindros breaking Andreas Dackell's face, legally.
YouTube - Dackell hits by Lindros (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgmfsDbJG9s)
I am trying to find the Konstantinov hit, where he crushed him and the guy couldn't skate or think or speak, and just kinda fell over after trying to recover. I think it was taken down.
nottaprettygal
03-27-2008, 05:08 PM
The hit that destroyed one of the best, most fun seasons of hockey I ever had. The Stevens apologists will never be able to convince me that this isn't a cheap shot. Elbow right to the face that basically ended Lindros' career, at least as an elite player.
Lindros was such a goon anyway. I couldn't stand him (Stevens is just as bad). I wonder how many concussions I would have to sustain in order to finally hang up my skates.
Another big night tonight. Go Maple Leafs!
The hit that destroyed one of the best, most fun seasons of hockey I ever had. The Stevens apologists will never be able to convince me that this isn't a cheap shot. Elbow right to the face that basically ended Lindros' career, at least as an elite player.
YouTube - Stevens Hits Lindros (http://youtube.com/watch?v=16Z7-XRPcrw&feature=related)
That hit was in the big hits video I posted.
pure_mercury
03-27-2008, 05:46 PM
Lindros was such a goon anyway. I couldn't stand him (Stevens is just as bad). I wonder how many concussions I would have to sustain in order to finally hang up my skates.
Another big night tonight. Go Maple Leafs!
That "goon" won the Hart Trophy and was the best forward in the game for about 3 years, and was still half-decent as an injury-riddled Maple Leaf.
EffEmDoubleyou
03-28-2008, 02:02 AM
That "goon" won the Hart Trophy and was the best forward in the game for about 3 years, and was still half-decent as an injury-riddled Maple Leaf.
Werd.
So if the Sharks win against the Ducks tonight, they earn the division title...
Go Sharks!
For a grey vehicle which would look better?
http://www.spiritofsportsapparel.com/images/sharkscf.jpg
or
http://www.realsportsfanstuff.com/images/newcsy/lg/lg_9474621975.jpg
I personally like the white one better but am wondering if the black would look better on a grey vehicle.
AND GUESS WHAT....
THAT'S RIGHT BEEEOOOTTCCCHHESSS
http://aycu26.webshots.com/image/48985/2004065960396883681_rs.jpg
Sorry but I'm happy.
spartan26
03-30-2008, 03:23 AM
The hit that destroyed one of the best, most fun seasons of hockey I ever had. The Stevens apologists will never be able to convince me that this isn't a cheap shot. Elbow right to the face that basically ended Lindros' career, at least as an elite player.
YouTube - Stevens Hits Lindros (http://youtube.com/watch?v=16Z7-XRPcrw&feature=related)
I remember the first time I saw the hit they showed a different angle and it didn't look that bad. Then they showed another clip and it was longer so you could see Stevens did do some head hunting. One thing that's really clear from this clip was how long Lindros had his head down. Waaay, waaay too long. He wasn't ready to be back up there playing. If anything he needed some minor league starts.
He'd often get his stick way up when hitting guys in the corner so it wasn't a surprise to see guys come at him high later in his career. I can always say I saw the Legion of Doom play live but I was never a big fan of his. I am glad he threw his little protest in going to the Nordiques. It was one of the biggest components in building the Diques/Avalanche powerhouse. I'd take Peter the Great over him any day. How many times did the Flyers (or any of his teams) make the Cup finals? Did anyone else hear the conspiracy rumors that the Wings were supposed to throw the series against the Flyers the year they played? Not all were in on it but some of the Russian players in to the Russian mafia? That limo crash that wiped out those two players wasn't so accidental. Anyone???
Anyway, I'd always list Lindros along with Gary Coleman, Debbie Gibson and Macaulay Culkin as why it's a bad idea to have your parents manage your career.
Speaking of cheap shots, check Pronger of Anaheim's leg stomp BS in a recent game. What a punk. At the "Shark Tank" in San Jose everyone boos everytime Pronger has the puck. It's awesome.
YouTube - Pronger Stomps on Kesler's Leg *NEW ANGLE* (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bt5rBWarx6A)
pure_mercury
03-30-2008, 10:05 PM
AND GUESS WHAT....
THAT'S RIGHT BEEEOOOTTCCCHHESSS
http://aycu26.webshots.com/image/48985/2004065960396883681_rs.jpg
Sorry but I'm happy.
Congrats. I've always been a Thornton fan, and you guys freakin' stole him from Boston. Wish we could have gotten into that race. Sturm, Primeau, and Stuart was (turned out to be, anyway) junk for a superstar.
Congrats. I've always been a Thornton fan, and you guys freakin' stole him from Boston. Wish we could have gotten into that race. Sturm, Primeau, and Stuart was (turned out to be, anyway) junk for a superstar.
Oh yeah, Thornton's the man. Chief of assists in the NHL. :party2:
Welp, if Carolina wins against the Caps tonight they clinch the division title. However, it's a must win for the Caps tonight if they want in the playoffs. Should be a good game. :party2:
EffEmDoubleyou
04-05-2008, 11:03 AM
PLAYOFFS! :)
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/8218/phigw2.png
Haight
04-05-2008, 03:27 PM
Welp, if Carolina wins against the Caps tonight they clinch the division title. However, it's a must win for the Caps tonight if they want in the playoffs. Should be a good game. :party2::hi:
pure_mercury
04-05-2008, 04:48 PM
FLYERS!!! I hope that Pittsburgh rests their starters and we can whup them tomorrow.
BTW, the standing are wrong when they have the Caps in first in the Southeast. The Capitals have to win or lose in OT/shootout tonight to make the playoffs. The Canes have the first tiebreaker (1 more win).
PLAYOFFS! :)
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/8218/phigw2.png
Congrats. That's awesome. :nice:
Haight
04-06-2008, 12:20 AM
The Jew scores!
Go CAPS!
PinkPiranha
04-06-2008, 12:23 AM
When the Wings took the President's Cup, I blacked out from glee.
Carolina's chances are looking bad. :(
nottaprettygal
04-06-2008, 01:16 AM
Carolina's chances are looking bad. :(
Don't jinx it!
Oh no. Florida scored.
Look what you did.
ay yo notaprettygal:
Haha. Thought this was cool. Just saw this on a bulletin by one of my favorite metal bands - Darkest Hour. They are from DC and they just released a Caps fight song in honor of them making it in the playoffs (the tune is actually from one of their albums just some new "Go caps!" lyrics).
Here's the band Darkest Hour:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...d2-da1376595b2e (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=6440334&MyToken=ba8b0ebd-cba8-49d5-aed2-da1376595b2e)
And then their fight song page:
MySpace.com - LETS GO CAPS - Washington, Washington DC - Metal / Rock - www.myspace.com/letsgocapsmusic (http://www.myspace.com/letsgocapsmusic)
Carolina's chances are looking bad. :(
:(
EffEmDoubleyou
04-07-2008, 02:35 AM
Haight, Notta....it's on! :)
(3) Washington (43-31-8, 94 pts)
vs.
(6) Philadelphia (42-29-11, 95 pts)
:duel::9436:
Haight, Notta....it's on! :)
(3) Washington (43-31-8, 94 pts)
vs.
(6) Philadelphia (42-29-11, 95 pts)
:duel::9436:
Sorry, FM but Caps take it in 6 games.
Here it is guys -- dates, times and national broadcast information for Stanley Cup playoff quarter-final round which begins Wednesday the 9th:
NHL.com - 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs (http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=359445)
I'm so pumped. :woot:
So me and my friend who lives up in Pittsburgh just made a deal. If the Penguins take the cup this year I buy him a jersey. If the Sharks manage to get it, he buys me one. I'm honestly a little nervous about it, but I presented the bet. :devil:
pure_mercury
04-08-2008, 01:03 AM
So me and my friend who lives up in Pittsburgh just made a deal. If the Penguins take the cup this year I buy him a jersey. If the Sharks manage to get it, he buys me one. I'm honestly a little nervous about it, but I presented the bet. :devil:
I think that the Sharks have a better shot at it. It's gonna be harder to get out of the West, but Pittsburgh isn't there yet. They need another top-4 defenseman, and MAF needs more playoff seasoning.
I think that the Sharks have a better shot at it. It's gonna be harder to get out of the West, but Pittsburgh isn't there yet. They need another top-4 defenseman, and MAF needs more playoff seasoning.
That makes me feel better to hear. Luckily my friend (though he likes to play like he's a Penguins fan) he really doesn't follow closely. He thinks his Pens are going to take it all because A. they are in the stanley playoffs and B. they have a prodigy of a player (Crosby). Penguins are good, no doubt, but I hope what you say is true. Whether it's the final two teams or not I hope the Sharks get a chance to play (and massacre) the Penguins. :devil:
EffEmDoubleyou
04-08-2008, 03:14 AM
I agree with pure_mercury. I don't see the Pens winning the Cup. It doesn't happen very often that a team wins the Cup the first year that they're really good. They need some playoff seasoning first. Of course, I could be completely wrong, because the Sharks' disappointing playoff experience might actually be a hindrance and because in the NHL you get a headscratcher of a champion sometimes like the Hurricanes in 2006.
On another note, I was disappointed to discover that every game of the Flyers/Caps series will be nationally televised EXCEPT Game 7 (if necessary). I'll just have to hope it doesn't go that far. I like the Flyers' chances because I think that they've been a little better over the course of the season and because their talent is diverse with six 20-goal scorers. The Caps are definitely heading into the playoffs on a tear, which is worrisome. But so much of their offense is tied up in Ovechkin that if he slumps or doesn't rise to the occasion in his first taste of the playoffs, they're toast.
pure_mercury
04-08-2008, 04:04 AM
I agree with pure_mercury. I don't see the Pens winning the Cup. It doesn't happen very often that a team wins the Cup the first year that they're really good. They need some playoff seasoning first. Of course, I could be completely wrong, because the Sharks' disappointing playoff experience might actually be a hindrance and because in the NHL you get a headscratcher of a champion sometimes like the Hurricanes in 2006.
On another note, I was disappointed to discover that every game of the Flyers/Caps series will be nationally televised EXCEPT Game 7 (if necessary). I'll just have to hope it doesn't go that far. I like the Flyers' chances because I think that they've been a little better over the course of the season and because their talent is diverse with six 20-goal scorers. The Caps are definitely heading into the playoffs on a tear, which is worrisome. But so much of their offense is tied up in Ovechkin that if he slumps or doesn't rise to the occasion in his first taste of the playoffs, they're toast.
They may not be the two best teams in the playoffs, but I think that this will be the most entertaining first-round matchup. Flyers in 6.
spartan26
04-08-2008, 06:09 AM
Well, barely 24 hours since coming in 2nd in my fantasy hockey league, I come in 2nd in my NCAA tourney pool. My second place prize = my entry fee back. Had I won...$400! D'OH!! I'm so gonna grind the enamel off my teeth.
I'm not looking forward to any of these match ups. Rangers-Devils might be a good series. If Calgary wakes up theirs against the Sharks could be good. Nice to see an original 6 w/Montreal but I think Boston is farely weak. Maybe the Sens will get their offense going but they don't look too cohesive.
Last season I thought there was a clear cut team to beat, the Ducks, with SJ I thought having a complete squad. This year, I have no clue.
EffEmDoubleyou
04-08-2008, 10:16 AM
Ducks/Stars is going to be a WAR. That's the best first round series in my opinion. I'll call the Ducks in 6 tough games. Devils/Rangers has the same potential and might get nasty. I'll pick the Devils in 7.
PinkPiranha
04-08-2008, 06:31 PM
Go Wings. :)
Ducks/Stars is going to be a WAR. That's the best first round series in my opinion. I'll call the Ducks in 6 tough games.
Agreed, and agreed. Ducks in 6.
PinkPiranha
04-10-2008, 12:50 AM
I'd put a hex on Teemu, but Mike Modano is a clown-shoe and must bite the big one.
Go Anaheim.
Fuggg. :tongue10::ng_mad:
:sadbanana:
spartan26
04-10-2008, 07:02 AM
No real surprises for me in tonight's games. Fluerry has been so amazing the past 3 weeks. I was wondering if he ever was going to play like an elite goalie. Like seriously look to move the guy if they got tossed out of the series 4-1 in the first round again. Pens D isn't great but all year long they'd given up quite a few goals. You gotta have a goalie who's capable of stealing a game or two when the offense doesn't show up and until mid March that hadn't happened since the guy came into the league.
SJ is another team that gives up a few too many goals. Even when they went on their tear over the final six weeks, it wasn't much of the 1-0, 2-1 variety. Calgary's D might be the best in the league but Kip has been soft most of the season. I wonder does Keenan let up a bit now or ride him mercilessly like an inexperienced jockey.
I'm rooting for the Avs to come out of the west and take the Habs out of the east. Montreal having a much more likely time of getting there. Lunquist I could actually see stealing a few games and helping the Rangers advance a few rounds but NJ has that same style of play. I'm stoked Sakic had another O-T goal. If the Avs score early they can open up the ice and score on anyone but their PK and 3rd line can't shut down anyone for crap and will let teams stay in games. I'd to see a first round exit but rather possible.
I'm sure I'll watch some of the Ducks and Stars. Dallas has so under achieved the past couple of years. I really wasn't expecting much of a series. I gues it was about 7-8-9 years ago, when Dallas would be one of the top seeds and Edmonton would be one of the bottom teams but they'd have THE most exciting first round match ups. The series would always go six-seven games, there'd be some O-T games, four goals being scored in the 3rd period. That's what I'd love to see. Boston's so over matched in their series but I'm sure they had blood on their mind for the hurt Montreal put on them all season. Maybe some wild, all out play.
pure_mercury
04-10-2008, 02:30 PM
This Friday start for Flyers-Caps is BS! I am jonesing something terrible right now.
Wings and Preds tonight. I tend to root for n00bs/underdogs.
Go Preds! (Sorry Pinky!)
Anyone watching the Preds/Wings game?
Was that a friggin raw Octopus that someone threw on the ice? Holy cow. haha
EffEmDoubleyou
04-11-2008, 01:00 AM
Sure was. I thought they finally outlawed throwing octopi a few years ago. There was a bit of a brouhaha around it, too. I guess people are still finding ways to sneak them in.
Sure was. I thought they finally outlawed throwing octopi a few years ago. There was a bit of a brouhaha around it, too. I guess people are still finding ways to sneak them in.
lol. So apparently it's a tradition...
(I've only followed hockey the past year :()
EffEmDoubleyou
04-11-2008, 01:27 AM
lol. So apparently it's a tradition...
(I've only followed hockey the past year :()
It's a tradition in Detroit. Back in the beginning of the NHL, only four teams made the playoffs, so it took eight wins to win the Stanley Cup. Eight arms = eight wins, so the octopus became a symbol of winning the Stanley Cup in Detroit. It got out of hand when they were very good in the mid and late 90s, with octopi all over the ice, so they outlawed it. One of the Wings fans here might be able to explain how long ago it started, but I am pretty sure it was over 50 years ago.
It's a tradition in Detroit. Back in the beginning of the NHL, only four teams made the playoffs, so it took eight wins to win the Stanley Cup. Eight arms = eight wins, so the octopus became a symbol of winning the Stanley Cup in Detroit. It got out of hand when they were very good in the mid and late 90s, with octopi all over the ice, so they outlawed it. One of the Wings fans here might be able to explain how long ago it started, but I am pretty sure it was over 50 years ago.
That's dope. Thanks for that bit of knowledge.
Ouch... 3 PP goals by Dallas on Anaheim. The Ducks shouldn't have trouble figuring out what to work on at their next practice (which may be sooner rather than later if they don't get their shit together) - 4 on 5.
Funny story (pathetic rather):
Tonight, watching the Stars/Ducks game, some cat comes into the room and starts talking about how he used to play hockey in high school and how he was pretty good and stuff. He said he'd get put in the penalty box a lot for "icing," because he liked to spray people with the ice... :doh: Ehh, I didn't call him on it but I hate when people make up stories for no good reason. He also said his favorite NHL team was the "Providence Bruins" when I asked him. :doh: x2
I need to print out 'Fail' pictures so I can just pull it out of my pocket at times like that, hold it up for a few seconds and then quietly put it back in my pocket and never say a word.
pure_mercury
04-11-2008, 04:57 AM
The Stars are going to be tough to beat if they keep capitalizing on their chances like this. I don't know that this year's Ducks team has the same mojo as the 2006-07 team.
EffEmDoubleyou
04-11-2008, 07:09 AM
I'm frankly shocked. I thought the Ducks were a deserving champion last year and they were my pick to repeat. I haven't seen them beat down like that all season. Game 2 will show a lot about their fortitude.
MacGuffin
04-11-2008, 12:48 PM
Red Wings!
Big night tonight - Caps/Flyers. There's more than one person on these boards waiting for this.
EffEmDoubleyou
04-12-2008, 12:13 PM
What a debacle! No self-respecting playoff team should melt down like that. Giving games away is not a good way to win a series.
pure_mercury
04-12-2008, 04:33 PM
What a debacle! No self-respecting playoff team should melt down like that. Giving games away is not a good way to win a series.
I hope that really shames them. Did you see that Thoresen may lose a testicle from the slap shot when the play wasn't whistled dead?
Haight
04-12-2008, 04:52 PM
What a debacle! No self-respecting playoff team should melt down like that. Giving games away is not a good way to win a series.You say "Giving," I saying taking. :static:
pure_mercury
04-12-2008, 05:06 PM
You say "Giving," I saying taking. :static:
That was a straight-up giveaway. The Flyers came out tired and uncoordinated. The penalty leading to the goal was terrible. The Caps played well in the 3rd, but not well enough to win without a lot of help.
Haight
04-12-2008, 06:48 PM
Sure, man. . . whatever makes you feel good.
They lost because the other team was better on that occasion. A "give away" is a weak argument. I remember using that as an excuse for a poor basketball performance when I was in Jr High and High School. Stop making excuses and suck it up. Your team got beat because O scored another goal.
It's as simple as that. But again, if the "We didn't lose. . . we gave it to you" line makes you feel good, then let's role with it. Hopefully, they'll give more games "away." *wink-wink nod-nod*
PinkPiranha
04-12-2008, 07:12 PM
Wings and Preds tonight. I tend to root for n00bs/underdogs.
Go Preds! (Sorry Pinky!)
No worries, my dear Beat! :smile: I'm just going to have to make out with Yzerman poster to calm my hurt feelings. :devil:
No worries, my dear Beat! :smile: I'm just going to have to make out with Yzerman poster to calm my hurt feelings. :devil:
:violin:
:D
EffEmDoubleyou
04-12-2008, 09:31 PM
Whoa, whoa, whoa...let's all not get out of hand or someone's going to lose a testicle up in here ;)
I just meant that a playoff team should never blow a two goal lead in the third period. That should be a W every time. I didn't mean the Caps didn't deserve to win, just that the Flyers melted down. They can both be true.
PinkPiranha
04-13-2008, 02:01 AM
I'm so excited that D-Mac is playing again. Yay. For me. Woot! The first and only goal in period one of Game 2. That's showing 'em, Mac!
Someone losing a testicle may or may not be considered fun. All depends on the scenario. My Yzerman Poster-Boyfriend sez: "Take out your frustrations on me, Pink. I'm Canadian - whatever breaks off will just grow back."
pure_mercury
04-14-2008, 01:47 AM
Sure, man. . . whatever makes you feel good.
They lost because the other team was better on that occasion. A "give away" is a weak argument. I remember using that as an excuse for a poor basketball performance when I was in Jr High and High School. Stop making excuses and suck it up. Your team got beat because O scored another goal.
It's as simple as that. But again, if the "We didn't lose. . . we gave it to you" line makes you feel good, then let's role with it. Hopefully, they'll give more games "away." *wink-wink nod-nod*
Sorry, buddy. Today was a example of one team taking it to the other team, and keeping them offtheir game. Friday was a collapse; today was execution. Big difference.
pure_mercury
04-14-2008, 01:49 AM
Whoa, whoa, whoa...let's all not get out of hand or someone's going to lose a testicle up in here ;)
I just meant that a playoff team should never blow a two goal lead in the third period. That should be a W every time. I didn't mean the Caps didn't deserve to win, just that the Flyers melted down. They can both be true.
Exactly. The Caps got the W on Friday because they capitalized when the Flyers went into a shell in the 3rd period. That is still a victory on the scoresheet. Hell, I'd take 16 collapses by the other team this postseason. :party2:
Calgary is up 3-2 against San Jose. A whole period to go.
http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/scared/scared0014.gif
EffEmDoubleyou
04-14-2008, 05:44 AM
Sorry about the game, Beat...that's a tough one to take. That's the kind of game that turns a whole series, especially since the ghosts of playoffs past have to be working on the Sharks' heads at this point.
EffEmDoubleyou
04-14-2008, 06:45 AM
Ahh, language...
Patrick Thoreson of the Flyers was hit in the groin by the puck while blocking a shot in Game 1 of the Flyers/Caps series. At first it was thought he might lose a testicle, but he is now fine.
I just saw him on the NHL Network being interviewed. The interviewer asked him what his girlfriend thought of his clean bill of health and the Norweigan Thoreson answered, "She is happy. She is glad my nuts are okay." For some reason that was ten times funnier because he spoke in stilted, deliberate English.
We're glad too, Patrick :)
Sorry about the game, Beat...that's a tough one to take. That's the kind of game that turns a whole series, especially since the ghosts of playoffs past have to be working on the Sharks' heads at this point.
Yes, this is sad. :(
Ahh, language...
Patrick Thoreson of the Flyers was hit in the groin by the puck while blocking a shot in Game 1 of the Flyers/Caps series. At first it was thought he might lose a testicle, but he is now fine.
I just saw him on the NHL Network being interviewed.
How much higher pitched is his voice now?
pure_mercury
04-14-2008, 05:33 PM
I am making a "THORESEN'S GOT BALLS" sign for the Flyers Playoff Block Party tomorrow.
narticus
04-15-2008, 01:18 PM
Go Nashville!
Go Nashville, indeed!
I have game four tickets, and a couple of times last night I was worried we'd be down 0-3. Then BANG-BANG: the nine seconds that turned the tide. Time to blow the roof off the Somet Center.
Go Preds!
I really wish I could have seen the rest of that game. I was watching until a few minutes into the 3rd period, where Detroit scored and put them ahead 3-2. I lost possession of the TV at that point so I couldn't finish it :(. I really didn't expect Nashville to come back and win. I figured that early goal in the 3rd by Detroit was the end of it, despite Nashville's good run in the 2nd. I was wrong. :)
I'm not a Preds fan per se but I go for the under dogs in these situations and Nashville is my favorite "southern" city hah. So, good for them. Hopefully this gets the momentum going for them for the rest of this series and maybe they can come out on top...
Now, San Jose tonight... Hopefully they haven't given up completely. SHARKS FTW.
MacGuffin
04-15-2008, 06:58 PM
What kind of lame-o sport changes the rules in the middle of the playoffs???
EffEmDoubleyou
04-15-2008, 07:42 PM
The kind that deals with a childish, annoying %$&#@ like Sean Avery. It's so excellent that the winning goal in that game went off his skate and into his own goal.
I'll admit it's semantics, but I don't think they changed a rule so much as clarified one. They'd simply never encountered someone as blatant as Avery.
The kind that deals with a childish, annoying %$&#@ like Sean Avery. It's so excellent that the winning goal in that game went off his skate and into his own goal.
I'll admit it's semantics, but I don't think they changed a rule so much as clarified one. They'd simply never encountered someone as blatant as Avery.
Agreed.
What a chump. That was the stupidest crap I've seen. Brodeur handled it well I'd say. Kinda funny when he tapped Avery in the nuts with his stick.
pure_mercury
04-16-2008, 03:52 PM
Great win by the Flyers, and brutal embellishment by Ovechkin. I like him a lot; I don't want to see him doing shit like that.
Great win by the Flyers, and brutal embellishment by Ovechkin. I like him a lot; I don't want to see him doing shit like that.
What'd he do?
A win by the Sharks last night :party2:. Series tied 2-2. This is going to be a nail biter. I'll be at the pub for the game tomorrow. :cheers:
pure_mercury
04-17-2008, 02:01 AM
What'd he do?
A win by the Sharks last night :party2:. Series tied 2-2. This is going to be a nail biter. I'll be at the pub for the game tomorrow. :cheers:
Umberger clipped him with his skate as he was going by, and Ovechkin drew the tripping penalty with an egregious, Crosby-esque dive. Surprising coming from him, but I guess he was trying to get that PP to get his team back in it.
EffEmDoubleyou
04-17-2008, 09:04 AM
:nice: to the use of "Crosby-esque" as an adjective! If he ever decides to give up hockey, he could probably win an Olympic medal in diving.
For the last few years Detroit has played the regular season like it was the playoffs and the playoffs like it was the regular season. They're not going to lose this series, but they're already underachieving. Their next opponent (Calgary? Colorado?) is going to have a little something waiting.
I've never seen anything like Ottawa this season. After making the finals last year and starting this year 13-1, they slumped terribly, barely made it into the playoffs, and then got swept in the first round. Except for last year, the team has never carried their regular season dominance into the playoffs. It would have sounded insane as recently as four months ago, but is it time to blow it up in Ottawa?
Their next opponent (Calgary? Colorado?) is going to have a little something waiting.
Screw you, man. :ng_mad:
PinkPiranha
04-17-2008, 07:18 PM
You may cheer for Nashville all you like. The Red Wings (aka The NHL Overlords) shall prevail. :D
EffEmDoubleyou
04-17-2008, 10:06 PM
Screw you, man. :ng_mad:
Hah, I wasn't discounting the Sharks. They won't be Detroit's next opponent even if they beat the Flames. Detroit will play the lowest seed still playing.
pure_mercury
04-17-2008, 10:33 PM
Prediction: Flyers beat up on the Ovechkins tonight, go back to Washington and lose a tight one, then clinch on Monday back in Philly.
pure_mercury
04-18-2008, 03:37 AM
Uhhh, anyone who can watch Flyers-Caps Game 4, tune in now. 2nd OT is starting, and it's been unbelievable so far.
Uhhh, anyone who can watch Flyers-Caps Game 4, tune in now. 2nd OT is starting, and it's been unbelievable so far.
So I was confused when I saw this game go into double overtime... That must be exclusively a playoff procedure to go into a Double OT instead of a shoot-out?
EffEmDoubleyou
04-18-2008, 11:33 PM
Yeah, the shootout for regular season games was only instituted three years ago. Before that, there was one five minute overtime after which the game was declared a tie, and before THAT there was no overtime at all. You can't have a tie in a playoff game, so overtime remained in the form of full periods for playoff games.
When the shootout was introduced, it was decided that it would not be applied to the playoffs. The shootout is really a concession to expedience and finishing games in a reasonable amount of time while still always declaring a winner. In the playoffs the balance of expedience to a fair outcome is understandably slanted far in favor of the latter.
Ahh, I see. I was assuming that but wasn't sure.
What a great Detroit/Nash game tonight! Preds tied it up 1-1 within the last 45 seconds of reg time. Lost shortly into OT though :(. Better luck in game 6 at Nashville. Detroit was playing mean offensively though, I'm surprised Detroit didn't come out with a higher score. They sure had a hell of a lot of shots on goal. Nashville was able to manage the onslaught. Some good goal tending tonight.
EffEmDoubleyou
04-19-2008, 06:37 AM
Yeah, Dan Ellis must be ready to put a hit out on his whole team. He's the only reason they're still in this, and I'm not sure they actually are still in this. They really needed to get that win in OT, it was a game they had no business winning and they could have stolen it. And stealing a game is what could have helped them win the series.
pure_mercury
04-19-2008, 06:38 AM
Also, in the regular season, the overtime period is 4-on-4 hockey, but it's the normal 5-on-5 in the playoffs. Which is idiotic. I hate the shootout, and it should be one 10-minute sudden-death OT, and then a tie. Ties didn't bother me in the least. A gigantic amount of 3-point games does. The NFL has ties (they almost never happen, but they do). They shouldn't settle there game with field goal HORSE.
EffEmDoubleyou
04-19-2008, 06:45 AM
I actually don't mind the shootout too much, at least in the regular season. It's undeniably exciting. And the only reason it was adopted in the first place is that nobody was trying to win in overtime in the old format. Everyone went into a shell for 5 minutes to preserve their 1 point from the tie. With 3-point games, at least people are trying to win in overtime.
Maybe the best solution is no overtime and a shootout that awards only two points to the winner. Or, alternatively a full OT period awarding only two points. You can't go into a shell for an entire period.
pure_mercury
04-19-2008, 04:35 PM
I actually don't mind the shootout too much, at least in the regular season. It's undeniably exciting. And the only reason it was adopted in the first place is that nobody was trying to win in overtime in the old format. Everyone went into a shell for 5 minutes to preserve their 1 point from the tie. With 3-point games, at least people are trying to win in overtime.
Maybe the best solution is no overtime and a shootout that awards only two points to the winner. Or, alternatively a full OT period awarding only two points. You can't go into a shell for an entire period.
I have no problem with a 2-point OT as opposed to 3-point OT. The owners and players would never make it 20 minutes, so I think 10 minutes is a good compromise. 2 points for a win, 0 for a loss, but bring back the tie after a 10-minute OT. It may make for a couple of snoozefests earlier in the season, but teams will want the extra point bad enough once the playoffs are approaching. I am not a hidebound purist, but I don't like the idea of things being settles with non-hockey. It bothers me in soccer, as well.
narticus
04-19-2008, 05:08 PM
Opinions on the 3 pt/gm proposal I've seena few times?
3 pts for a regulation win
0 pts for a regulation loss
2 pts for an OT win
1 pt for an OT loss
At least it makes all games equal in terms of points as well as giving incentive to try to win in regulation.
spartan26
04-19-2008, 08:35 PM
:nice: to the use of "Crosby-esque" as an adjective! If he ever decides to give up hockey, he could probably win an Olympic medal in diving.I'm not "for" it, but I think he's gotta do it. It's kinda like superstars in NBA games, they jump into guys whenever they go in hard to the paint and try to draw the foul and 3 pt play. I'm sure coaches tell them to try to draw the penalty. Scotty Bowman would have his players wear their helmets loosely so they'd fly off to embelish any sort of high sticking or potential elbowing penalty. For a while you'd see the tripping/diving penalties being called but not so much of late.
For the last few years Detroit has played the regular season like it was the playoffs and the playoffs like it was the regular season. They're not going to lose this series, but they're already underachieving. Their next opponent (Calgary? Colorado?) is going to have a little something waiting.
I've never seen anything like Ottawa this season. After making the finals last year and starting this year 13-1, they slumped terribly, barely made it into the playoffs, and then got swept in the first round. Except for last year, the team has never carried their regular season dominance into the playoffs. It would have sounded insane as recently as four months ago, but is it time to blow it up in Ottawa?I thought the wings upgraded their D this past season but I still didn't see them winning as many games as they did. Playing in their division helped for sure. Offensively, I didn't think they were so deep. A second round series that would be low scoring would favor Calgary. Colorado would have to score some goals but they tend to abuse Osgood. I wouldn't have wanted to head into the postseason w/the Dominator as my #1. I think he's done now. They gotta hope Oggie can carry them.
I think that's kinda the deal w/Ottawa. I think they needed to ride out some storms over the season and not flip flop in net. Emery didn't start off the season well. I think it divided the dressing room w/the flips because the team dynamic would be so different depending on who was in net. It's important to have a solid backup, but I think it's a waste to have two #1's. Not that I'm so in love with Gurber (is that the other goalie???) but if he's the hot guy, stick w/him and send Emery away for another D since they just lost whatshisface to Boston or add another weapon on wing.
PinkPiranha
04-20-2008, 12:25 AM
Frankly, after sitting through the exciting but HUGELY marathon-lengthed Canes vs. Wings match-up in 2002, I'm a big fan of the shoot-out. When you're laboring through the third OT, you feel your eyes rolling back in your head.
Detroit will reign supreme tomorrow. You have all been advised. :D
spartan26
04-20-2008, 07:15 AM
Opinions on the 3 pt/gm proposal I've seena few times?I don't think it'd kill things. It does make sense to have all games have the same potential amount of points. So far though I don't believe the sort of phantom points have pushed one team into the playoffs over another that had quite a few more wins. I believe wins is the first tie breaker is it not? Maybe second to head to head. Personally, I like the shootout. I think 4x4 in OT for 5 works well too.
So I have to admit I'm surprised that Boston came back to make it a series against the Habs. I think if they'd split the initial first two games I would've been more apt to believe it'd go 7 games but not them take two on the brink of elimination.
Colorado really had an impressive game this evening. They'd out play Minn for much of the series, at least for the first 2 periods of each game and then give up a couple of goals in the 3rd. I kinda wondered about age and speed. Tonight, even when Minn was down a goal w/the season on the verge, the Avs were able to maintain pressure and beat the wild to the puck.
I'd like to see a Rangers-Montreal or Rangers-Pens series. I think I'll be more intrigued by second round matches in the west as well.
EffEmDoubleyou
04-20-2008, 11:07 AM
Frankly, after sitting through the exciting but HUGELY marathon-lengthed Canes vs. Wings match-up in 2002, I'm a big fan of the shoot-out. When you're laboring through the third OT, you feel your eyes rolling back in your head.
I don't mind the shootout in the regular season, but I love the long overtimes in the playoffs. I remember the 5-OT Flyers/Penguins game in 2000, and it was one of the most exciting things I've ever seen. It was absolutely riveting.
I don't mind the shootout in the regular season, but I love the long overtimes in the playoffs. I remember the 5-OT Flyers/Penguins game in 2000, and it was one of the most exciting things I've ever seen. It was absolutely riveting.
Holy crap, 5 OT's?
EffEmDoubleyou
04-20-2008, 09:11 PM
Yep, it started at 7:00 Eastern time and I think it ended after 1 in the morning. It was about two and a half whole games, the third longest game in NHL history. At that point, if you're the loser it just CRUSHES you. The Pens were winning the series 2-1 coming into this game and the Flyers won three straight to win it 4-2.
YouTube - Keith Primeau 5th Overtime Goal (http://youtube.com/watch?v=YT4_Ic04_8A)
EffEmDoubleyou
04-22-2008, 03:18 AM
Anybody get the license plate number from that truck? I was walking along happily and then all I saw was a blur of red and blue and then everything went black.
I am not liking our chances in Game 7.
spartan26
04-22-2008, 04:25 AM
I hear Betman's trying to get the Pope to spinkle holy water holy water in front of the Caps home goal in hopes of a Pens-Caps series.
Four game sevens in the first round. Too bad nobody's seeing any of it.
nottaprettygal
04-23-2008, 01:30 AM
This game is fucking bullshit.
This game is fucking bullshit.
:(
Yall are still in it though with that goal just scored by Ovie.
nottaprettygal
04-23-2008, 01:44 AM
:(
Yall are still in it though with that goal just scored by Ovie.
I'm dejected. The refs are terrible. I still can't believe that miscall.
pure_mercury
04-23-2008, 03:07 AM
And the Flyers advance! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
nottaprettygal
04-23-2008, 03:08 AM
Great. A game decided by the refs. That was bullshit.
Can't wait to see the Flyers destroyed in the next round.
pure_mercury
04-23-2008, 03:15 AM
Great. A game decided by the refs. That was bullshit.
Can't wait to see the Flyers destroyed in the next round.
Don't drown in the Haterade.
nottaprettygal
04-23-2008, 03:22 AM
Don't drown in the Haterade.
I'm going in and out of anger/depression. My actions are unpredictable.
:emot-emo:
pure_mercury
04-23-2008, 03:26 AM
I'm going in and out of anger/depression. My actions are unpredictable.
:emot-emo:
The crowd was throwing shit at the Flyers on the way out. I hope that other people in the league start to realize that fans everywhere get stupid in some situations. We Philadelphians have such a bad reputation, but it's everywhere. European and South American soccer fans are way more loutish. Great series, though. Huet got hung out to dry on a number of occasions. The Caps need another top-4 defenseman badly, and some secondary scoring wouldn't hurt. Bring on the Habs!
nottaprettygal
04-23-2008, 03:31 AM
The difference is that the fans in Philadephia (generalizing, I know) show general disrespect for everyone. My guess is that Caps fans were more pissed at the refs than the Flyers team. Usually Caps fans sit on their asses and barely make any noise.
It was a good series, and both teams played well. However, I still can't get over the non-call. It decided the game, and that should never happen.
pure_mercury
04-23-2008, 03:42 AM
The difference is that the fans in Philadephia (generalizing, I know) show general disrespect for everyone. My guess is that Caps fans were more pissed at the refs than the Flyers team. Usually Caps fans sit on their asses and barely make any noise.
It was a good series, and both teams played well. However, I still can't get over the non-call. It decided the game, and that should never happen.
Your generalization is wrong. The Caps fans were THROWING GARBAGE AT THE FLYERS. Come on. Even if they were noobs to hockey, they know that is wrong. If it happened in Philadelphia, we'd never hear the end of it. It's not our fault that we have the most passionate fans in American sports (Eagles and Flyers fans in particular). Professional sports really are more important here than almost anywhere else.
pure_mercury
04-23-2008, 04:23 AM
JR with the goal to take the lead for the Sharks! Way to go, man!
Sorry notaprettygirl, that's rough.
Congrats FM and Merc on the Philly advancement. :cheers:
And a smiley onslaught in honor of the Sharks' advancement -
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EffEmDoubleyou
04-23-2008, 08:51 AM
And congrats to you, too, Beat! I was glad to see Roenick do so well, he's always been one of my favorite players.
As for the officiating in the Flyers/Caps game, no call could have been missed as egregiously as Sami Kapanen being blatantly tripped in overtime about two minutes before the call that led to the winning goal. If you're referring to the sequence when Huet got knocked over leading to a goal, that was not a penalty. The Caps player that crashed into Huet was playing the puck, which makes the Flyer check legal. Even if it was determined that the Caps player was pushed into Huet, it's not a penalty as long as the players involved are fighting for the puck. Frankly, I'll take it either way after the way Huet was babied the whole series by the refs.
It was a tremendous series that was played well enough to win by both teams. I do agree that it was marred at times by some poor officiating, but on the whole I think it balanced out.
EffEmDoubleyou
04-23-2008, 09:06 AM
If it happened in Philadelphia, we'd never hear the end of it.
Yeah, I'm kind of sick of that crap, too. The "thuggish Philly fan" is just one of those things that is an easy angle for a lazy writer and soon becomes an accepted truism. Kind of like "Republicans like to cut spending" and "Carbs are bad".
A perfect example is the Mike Wise column in the Washington Post after I think Game 3 where he basically said the Flyers and their fans are an embarrassment to the NHL because the fans chant not-nice things and because the Caps' skilled skaters aren't allowed to skate freely. Um, has he ever been to a hockey game?
When you always have to go back to the 1960s for an example (the infamous Santa Claus episode), that's a pretty telling sign.
P.S. Santa was booed because he was drunk and scaring children.
nottaprettygal
04-23-2008, 01:34 PM
Your generalization is wrong. The Caps fans were THROWING GARBAGE AT THE FLYERS.
I hope I didn't give the impression that I was condoning the throwing of garbage. Of course not. That's childish.
As for the officiating in the Flyers/Caps game, no call could have been missed as egregiously as Sami Kapanen being blatantly tripped in overtime about two minutes before the call that led to the winning goal.
I think in overtime they just let them play, which is fine. So the refs let the first trip go, but felt like they had to call the second. I didn't really have a problem with the call.
If you're referring to the sequence when Huet got knocked over leading to a goal, that was not a penalty.
I'm too depressed to actually look at the play again, but it looked like he was purposely shoved into the goalie to me. I still think it's goalie interference even if a Philadephia player did not make contact with Huet (that was the explanation given by the NHL).
The Caps had a goal disallowed for the same thing (although less obvious) a few weeks ago.
I'll never change my mind about the goal. It was bullshit.
Frankly, I'll take it either way after the way Huet was babied the whole series by the refs.
Geez. Talk about a difference in perspective. If they were babying him then the refs wouldn't have given him penalties for retaliating when the Flyers were constantly knocking him over.
It was a tremendous series that was played well enough to win by both teams. I do agree that it was marred at times by some poor officiating, but on the whole I think it balanced out.
I agree for the most part, and usually I think NHL officiating is pretty good. I still want the Flyers to lose really bad.
I still want the Flyers to lose really bad.
They will if they get to the Sharks. :devil:
I'm still wondering how a game can go into 4 periods of OT without one goal scored... 80 minutes of no goals????
pure_mercury
04-25-2008, 04:05 AM
Well, there it goes. The Flyers get the Montreal Screwjob. YouTube footage proves that Richards led with the shoulder, and, therefore, it wasn't a trip on Kovalev. That sucks.
EffEmDoubleyou
04-25-2008, 04:58 AM
I didn't get to see the game because it wasn't on Versus, but the replay of the disputed Montreal goal I saw on ESPN shows that the player's stick slammed down onto the crossbar after tipping the puck in. Why isn't that evidence that the stick was above the crossbar when it hit the puck? The Richards clip does seem to show that he led with his shoulder, but that's a bang-bang kind of thing that the officials just miss sometimes. The disputed goal is something they had a chance to review on video and still did not correct.
I'm not going to complain too loudly because I did listen to the game on the radio and it sounded as if the Canadiens pretty much carried the play throughout the game. Still, it hurts to lose one that the Flyers could have stolen. I hope that losing a game that they led with 30 seconds left doesn't get in their heads too much.
pure_mercury
04-25-2008, 02:38 PM
I didn't get to see the game because it wasn't on Versus, but the replay of the disputed Montreal goal I saw on ESPN shows that the player's stick slammed down onto the crossbar after tipping the puck in. Why isn't that evidence that the stick was above the crossbar when it hit the puck? The Richards clip does seem to show that he led with his shoulder, but that's a bang-bang kind of thing that the officials just miss sometimes. The disputed goal is something they had a chance to review on video and still did not correct.
I'm not going to complain too loudly because I did listen to the game on the radio and it sounded as if the Canadiens pretty much carried the play throughout the game. Still, it hurts to lose one that the Flyers could have stolen. I hope that losing a game that they led with 30 seconds left doesn't get in their heads too much.
The argument was that he initially made contact with the heel of the stick, which was just below the crossbar. Supposedly, RDS had an angle that we never saw on Comcast that backs this up, though it's not iron-clad.
The Richards penalty was BS, though. There is a YouTube already, and it's clear that the initial contact was made with his shoulder into Kovalev's side, just above his hip in the lower rib/kidney area. It shouldn't have been called. At first glance, though, it looked like a trip from the speed and the leg whip from Kovalev.
Pittsburgh - NOT on point.
excelleennttt :devil:
spartan26
04-26-2008, 10:55 PM
Wow, Colorado has not shown up at all. :cry: Does anyone know if Yahoo will be carrying any more of the Vs. games?
pure_mercury
04-27-2008, 04:24 AM
The Flyers come out and take one in MTL tonight. Biron looked amazing. Let's take two at home, baby!
P.S. Habs fans are being complete bitches tonight.
EffEmDoubleyou
04-27-2008, 08:22 AM
BIRON. If anyone needed more evidence that the playoffs are 90% goaltending, there it is.
I don't know whether to be upset that the Canadiens have completely outplayed the Flyers for two games, or to be optimistic because the Canadiens have completely outplayed the Flyers for two games and we got one, almost both. Being that I'm from Philly, I will probably go with Option 1.
Also, completely off-topic, I :heart: DeSean Jackson.
pure_mercury
04-27-2008, 03:24 PM
BIRON. If anyone needed more evidence that the playoffs are 90% goaltending, there it is.
I don't know whether to be upset that the Canadiens have completely outplayed the Flyers for two games, or to be optimistic because the Canadiens have completely outplayed the Flyers for two games and we got one, almost both. Being that I'm from Philly, I will probably go with Option 1.
Also, completely off-topic, I :heart: DeSean Jackson.
And Lito is still an Eagle as of right now. Does he move to safety? Seems like a reach.
EffEmDoubleyou
04-27-2008, 08:59 PM
And Lito is still an Eagle as of right now. Does he move to safety? Seems like a reach.
If Lito stays, Sheldon Brown is much more equipped to move to safety...he's bigger and is more of a hitter. I really want Lito to stay because I feel this is an ideal scenario, especially with the shaky situation at safety. Samuel won't be the player he was in New England on the Eagles, but Samuel, Sheppard and Brown would still give us the best CB group in the NFL. I think Lito is really upset with his contract and with the Samuel signing though, so I don't think it's realistic he stays. I would guess they'll try to package him with some of the extra picks they got this weekend and try to trade for a wideout over the summer.
/football derail
So FM, what are you thinking now in regards to the Penguins? Do you think they have the momentum they need to propel them to a Stanley? I'm getting nervous here. I don't wanna spend $120 on my friend. lol
pure_mercury
04-28-2008, 01:08 AM
So FM, what are you thinking now in regards to the Penguins? Do you think they have the momentum they need to propel them to a Stanley? I'm getting nervous here. I don't wanna spend $120 on my friend. lol
Flyers-Pens ECF. Book it.
God damn Sharks, not on point. God damn Modano.
EffEmDoubleyou
04-28-2008, 05:36 AM
So FM, what are you thinking now in regards to the Penguins? Do you think they have the momentum they need to propel them to a Stanley? I'm getting nervous here. I don't wanna spend $120 on my friend. lol
I would be shocked if the Penguins were not playing in the finals. However, once they're there it'll be tough to beat Detroit or Dallas. Do you have a bet?
I would be shocked if the Penguins were not playing in the finals. However, once they're there it'll be tough to beat Detroit, Dallas or San Jose. Do you have a bet?
FYP. I WILL remain optimistic.
Yeah, a bet that I proposed actually :dont: -- If the Sharks manage to take the cup this year my friend buys me a SJS jersey (#19 - Joe Thornton ;)) and if the Penguins win the cup I have to buy him a Crosby jersey...
So there's no guarantee of a winner but the Penguins are way solid and (so far) they're playing like they know that. Playoff angst doesn't seem to have a grip.
pure_mercury
04-28-2008, 09:12 PM
Flyers-Habs will be INSANE tonight. I wish I were going. :( I have to save up for Eastern Conference Finals tickets, though. :devil:
EffEmDoubleyou
04-29-2008, 07:00 AM
I feel almost stupid saying this, but I still think the Canadiens are dominating the Flyers despite the Flyers' 2-1 series lead. They got outshot 34-14 tonight, and only a career game by Biron and some great shot-blocking kept them in it. They need to crash the net on offense and start clearing the zone better on defense.
pure_mercury
04-29-2008, 05:07 PM
I feel almost stupid saying this, but I still think the Canadiens are dominating the Flyers despite the Flyers' 2-1 series lead. They got outshot 34-14 tonight, and only a career game by Biron and some great shot-blocking kept them in it. They need to crash the net on offense and start clearing the zone better on defense.
The Canadiens didn't score a goal at even strength the entire game. In fact, I think that they have 3 ES goals in 3 games so far. That is absolutely not getting it done. And more than Biron's great game was Carey Price looking like a beer leaguer (and calling out his own teammates before the game!). If we win Game 4 at home tomorrow, they are in big, big trouble.
Sharks are being pathetic. Put them out of their misery. Dallas is giving a shit and the Sharks don't. :mad:
pure_mercury
04-30-2008, 02:35 PM
Every 2nd round series has been a washout except Flyers-Habs. I really, REALLY hate the Penguins, but I would be mightily proud of the Flyers if they made it to the ECF and lost to a more skilled Pens squad. And I want to see them get blown the fuck out by Detroit or Dallas.
EffEmDoubleyou
05-01-2008, 07:11 AM
Flyers up 3-1. Who woulda thunk it? If you showed someone the stats of the four games and covered up the score, any reasonable person would think the Canadiens were up 3-1. At least. A couple of timely goals changed everything. The question going into Game 5 is who plays goal for the Habs? There are arguments for and against either Halak or Price, and I'm not sure there's a right or wrong answer. If it were up to me, I'd throw Price in there. Sending in Halak has two outcomes, both bad. If he stinks, you're eliminated. If he's good, you have effectively removed the option of putting Price back in unless there's a complete meltdown, and I don't think anyone will argue that Price is the more talented player.
Nice gutsy win by the Sharks tonight, too. Scoring late in the game on the road to seal the win shows some stone