San Jose well on their way to pulling another choke job. As a Red Wing fan I am loving it but what is the deal with the Sharks? Choke after choke by these clowns, seems like the Wings are the only good team that has a hard time with these assholes.
San Jose well on their way to pulling another choke job. As a Red Wing fan I am loving it but what is the deal with the Sharks? Choke after choke by these clowns, seems like the Wings are the only good team that has a hard time with these assholes.
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I know......WTF, it's almost like the Wings need their backs against the wall to be interested in playing these guys!
Coming back from 3-0 is an impossible task but makes for great hockey if "your" team is making the comeback.
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Sharks gutted out a tough game 7 win. Now Vancouver gets to finish the choke artists off. Bet the Canucks win in 5 if not sweep the Sharks.
I sure hope so, but it is going at least 6.Originally Posted by TFM_Dale
My prediction is that the Sedins get going in this series due to the more open style of play the Sharks play.
Kesler is all-world and a top 5 player in the league. I was saying this to anyone who would listen halfway through the season. He does absolutely everything well: top shut-down forward, 41 goals, PP, penalty kill, blocks shots, sits in front of the net getting hacked. Unreal player and an American!!!
Nucks are the top offensive and defensive team this year, which is an incredible feat. That will be the decider...being able to win the close games against a good Sharks team.
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BTW, if Atlanta does end up going to WInnipeg (which looks vey likely) the Wings would then move to the Eastern Conference where they belong.
For you Dale, this means a really weak conference and a very easy path to the Cup each and every year. Enjoy!
We have been in the West so long being in the East will be weird lol. Wondering why you think it will go 6, Sharks got their asses handed to them by Shitcago last year after playing the Wings and the Canucks seem like a better team to me.
I think it is near impossible to sweep this deep in the playoffs.
I personally don't really like some of the Sharks (Thornton), but Dan Boyle is a top tier D-man and Niemi is a good goalie. Thornton played well last night.
I like some of their younger players - Setogouchi, Ben Eager. Heatly will score as well.
San Jose is a big team and thus potentially a tougher matchup for Vancouver.
If the style is wide-open, the Nucks will dominate.
Also, no team with 18 Canadian players on their roster is going to be swept in the Conference Finals
http://www.yahoo.com/_ylt=AgtFaRQTVI...urn=nhl-wp4873
Terribly tragic news in the hockey world tonight as New York Rangers forward Derek Boogaard(notes) has passed away at the age of 28.
R.I.P.
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Looks like Atlanta to Winnipeg is all but done.
I am hearing that it will be another year before Detroit will go to the Eastern conference.
Winnipeg will be in the Eastern Conference this year, which makes sense given how quickly everything is happening.
Who knows...there is talk Nashville could go to the East and Detroit could stay.
Nucks dominated game #1. They are a third period team all year and last game was no different.
Sedins were the difference as I predicted. Still going 6 though
Still saying 5 if the Sharks are lucky.
With the Canucks up 2-0 game 3 will show us if it is the same old folding Sharks or if they have actually turned over a new leaf. My money is on them folding, maybe they can talk the Canucks into wearing a Detroit uniform so they can actually grow a set for a game and play Vancouver tough.
I'm enjoying the Sharks & Canucks series... I don't get to see either team play much, so I like it. In the East, I'm pulling for Boston because I can't stand Tampa...
The Sharks need to do some pretty serious regrouping after the complete disassembly they showcased in period 3 of game 2....
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Well that was a horrible game and I blame the officials. Was it 18 penalties?
That first on on the Canucks was ridiculous.
Basically, I do think the NHL is motivated to have these series extended. The refs in game 2 should have kept Eager under control and they over-reacted this game.
By not suspending Eager, we now have another more malicious blind-side hit on Canuck's D Rome.
He will be out for at least 2 games if not the rest of the playoffs. You can't start making up for lost calls the next game.
The nucks own the Sharks 5 on 5 and with a comparable amount of power plays. Canucks in 6
Bruins vs Canucks!
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Go Canucks, eh?
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The Nucks will win...in 5
Nice av Ford, But this one is better:
http://www.canadasflagking.com/cfk_s...anuck_flag.png
Johnny Canuck!!!!!
I'm pulling for Vancouver.. I'd like to see Roberto get a cup.
Best American in Hockey = Kesler= Beast
I'm going to go with Boston in six.
Best goaltender and the best 5 on 5 play in the NHL.
Best goalie? Not either of these two. I'd go with Buffalo's goalie as the best in the league,
Best 5 on 5? Maybe in the East.
The Eastern conference is the red-headed step-child of the NHL.
Canucks are going to physically punish the Bruins and out-skill them.
A fair number of people in Buffalo wouldn't. I like Ryan Miller, but he had an off year, and he's yet to win a really big game so he has his haterz here. Then again, if the Sabres' defense corp hadn't suffered more casualties in 2006 playoffs against Carolina than the Army did in Iraq, I suspect he would have taken home the Cup...
And the Canucks might well out-skill the Bruins, but they ain't going to push them around like you think...
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Canucks are not big, but they play big. They lead the league in hits in the playoffs and it is not even close.
Homerism aside, I don't know how anyone can rationally think the Bruins can win a 7 game series against these Canucks.
The Canucks led every category this year, offensively and defensively.
The only way this series even gets to 6 or 7 games is if Bettman decides that the refs keep their whistles in their pockets.
I would be shocked if Vancouver does not win their first Cup.
GO B's!
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Mark Recchi's going to hit them with his cane (with a small skate on it)!
There were many who didn't think the Bruins would beat the Habs...or the Flyers...or the Lightning. The Canucks are next on the list.
Gotta love Recchi. Chara is scary, but the Canuck's D is the best in the league. Watch them move the puck. The Bruins will be in shock at how fast this game will go. Imagine the Habs, but this team can hit you and make it hurt.
Oh yeah, they have 2 guys on the same line who lead the league in scoring in the last two years and this year's Selke winner (Kesler) who scored 40 goals!!!
Its gonna be great to watch
You already know this Nickd, but true hockey fans do not recognize the 1999 Cup that Dallas won. (that Buffalo could have)
It was a BS rule to begin with, but many a goal was nullified for the Crease rule all year long. To have a Triple OT goal decide the Cup that was a crystal clear infraction was a complete rip-off.
I wonder why I watched any hockey that year after watching that unfold.
For those who don't recall:
http://proicehockey.about.com/od/history/f/no_goal.htm
For those conspiracy theorists...I ask the question how it is possible that there could be no penalties called in Game 7 of the Lightning Bruins series?
The NHL head office is suspect in my opinion. Justice must not also be done, but must appear to be done.
That is not the case in the NHL. The Bruins just so happen to have the worst power play perhaps in the history of the NHL playoffs.
There doesn't necessarily have to be any direct communication (althought there may have been) for a ambitious referee(s) to call teh game teh way the league would prefer.
I just can't see how there can be 21 penalties called and then another with zero.
I watched both games (21 and 0) and there were penalties in both...no way you can call zero penalties in that game.
We also have the pending controversy - Colin Campbell has a nephew on the Bruins!!!! How can he be objective should there be a controversial hit, etc and need to render an unbiased decision on a suspension?
My prediction. The refs will call penalties for the first couple of games, and then it will be a free-for-all, which of course benefits the Bruins.
Discuss...
oh yeah...there hadn't been a game without a penalty for 20 years.That is a 2 and a zero - 20.
Also, Tampa had the second most productive power play.
I don't really care how the game is called, just make a decision and stick to it. From the start of the season until the end.
Otherwise, you can't help but think it is dirty pool.
classic NHL, call it one way for the season and another for the Playoffs. You are preaching to the choir man, I long for the days that officials don't decide pro sports but more times then not it is out of the player's hands and in the hands of the fuck head with a whistle.
Correction!!! It's Colin Campbell's son!!!!! rofl
http://sports.nationalpost.com/2011/...stepping-down/
At least they did the right thing...probably should have done this earlier.
Bettman knows that as a lawyer it is the appearance of a conflict that is at issue. Here it is more than an appearance but a huge conflict.
It is the dream of all parents to see their kids succeed...10 times the case for a Canadian Dad to see his son lift the Stanley Cup.
Unbelievable he held the position at all in my opinion.
Well, Game #1 was like Men against Boys. The Bruins weren't much of a threat offensively.
Thomas played well and kept it close, but really, it's just a matter of time before the Canucks learn that Thomas gambles and adjust accordingly. He always bites on the first move.
So for the Nucks to lose the Bruins need to win 4 of the next 6. Just can't see it.
The Canucks are too strong.
Kesler's toe drag kept the play onside and he made the perfect pass to Hansen. Kesler is a beast.
Lucianno Pavarotti came back from the dead to sing the Canadian anthem? That's cool, but they could have brought him a decent microphone for fucks sake!
Overtime lasts a whole 11 seconds - Canucks win 3-2 and lead the series 2-0
But even if the Canucks sweep this, it ain't gonna be easy wins.
Keep gambling Thomas! What a story Burrows is. He had to try out for his East Coast Hockey League team!!
Bruins played better than game #1, but how do you stop these Canucks? All year we have been so strong in the third period because of our speed and constant checking.
These aren't your Big Bad Bruins anymore.
They are the best team in a weak Conference.
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