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So who else is excited to see Colorado play Washington in the Stanley Cup finals? ;)

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Dude i am pretty pissed the Flyers blew it tonight. 4-2 and than washington comes back 5-4. how in the hell.

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By losing focus on Green and letting him score twice promptly followed by Ovi being Ovi and scoring the game winner. That's how. :cool:

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LETS GO CAPS!! I thought about going but decided to save the money for ATL. I got kinda scared when Alex didn't have any shots on goal through the first 2 periods, but he came through.

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I'm not much of a hockey fan, but as a former Montrealer I am of course cheering for the Habs. Poor Bruins - I think the Canadiens have beaten them 11 times in a row, now.

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You know what I'm not happy about?

My sister got 2 free tickets for the Sharks on Thursday! And I'm gonna be in Atlanta... :(

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3342832

Yeah, I saw that on VS when they were just figuring it was in the leg or something he could just walk off. Bad times for him.

Go Sharks!

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I hope not. I want my Wild to win at least one series, preferably more!

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Even though the one PP goal was pretty cheap. A man hurt on the ice and play wasn't called dead? Pretty gay. I think if he outs steve downie is be playing next game and that might get ugly.

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The way the game of hockey has been enforced for the more than 15 years that I've been a fan of it state that it's basically a referee judgment call. If they think the defending player struck by the puck isn't seriously hurt (puck to the face) then they won't blow their whistles. They don't want a situation where after every blocked shot the defender will stay on the ice to get a stoppage in play, especially after a series of a minute or more of constant pressure. It was obvious that the puck was nowhere near his face when it hit him, and hit him in his lower to mid-body. It's too bad he got hit where he was hit (luckily ESPN says he's alright enough not to have surgery), and it would suck to have your team (whether you're a part of it or a fan) scored against on a play where a player was hurt, but it has happened in the past and will happen in the future. It's part of the game.

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Agreed. Part of the reason I'm not a soccer fan is the "diving" that takes place late in games. I don't want something similar in the NHL.

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My boys pulled it off in game 2. Lets hope that they can take game 3.

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Go Sharks! That's just about all I can say

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yeahhhh

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Roho. I would love to see the Devils get past the first round. However, doesnt seem like it will happen.

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I'm cheering on the Avs...man, I wasn't sure how it was going to be against the Wild, but just wow, OT on both games:ahh: and man Sakic in the first game!...I'm hoping for the Avs tomorrow! woo-hoo I'm excited, they'll be back in their hometown.:D

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Brilliant game last night for the Devils... Madden's centering try going off Stahl's skate and past Lunqvist...absolutely brilliant...:D!

(hope I spelled/got all those names right- particularly Lundqvist)

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I like how NO ONE int he thread said anything about DET....
:)

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Let's go Red Wings! *clap clap clap clap clap*

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Yeah-- i can't believe nobody's said anything about the Whalers either...
Oh wait. I haven't really been able to watch hockey since 1997

</bitter>

Tom

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Oh Tom...I went to every single whalers game when I was a kid. :( Now I'm a Lightning fan. Cant wait to see what they do in the playoffs! ohhh, wait...:confused:

But really, I cant believe the Devils beat the Rangers in NY!

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Three games. Three trips to overtime. 2 - 1 series lead for Minnesota. The Avs-Wild series may be the best I've ever seen (at least so far). Great play and goal-tending by both teams so far in the series.

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Much as it pains me to say it, I'd like to see the Avs win this one. I would love to see a classic Detroit-Colorado series in the second round. (won by Detroit, of course!)

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Agreed. Both games were great last night :)

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Go Flyers! Their up 2-1 in their series against the Capitals.
Anyone else see Ovechkin take that dive in game three.

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I'm a Hurricane's fan... so theres nothing for me to be excited about :(

Aunt Bee really wants that big sliver BBQ serving bowl back! :P

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So Sean still excited to see Colarado Vs. Washington. Because I think the flyers might take the series

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Yup. The series is to four games, not two. Philly fans tend to get a little worked up about nothing (McNabb threw a incompletion!?!?! TRADE HIM! BOOOOOOOO!), and this is more of the same. It 'aint over until it's over.


As for the hopeful Avs-Wings series, I'd love to see that too. That rivalry hasn't quite been the same the last couple years, and I'd love to see it renewed, especially now that all the old Avs stars are back and playing well. Of course we know that Colorado will take it in the end, but it's always fun to watch. ;)


Unrelated side note, I'd love for more and better national coverage of games. Although I get Versus here, local games are covered by comcast (and Versus isn't allowed to some them). This means that I have to endure the pro-Flyers commentary rather than the closer to unbiased coverage of a nationally-broadcasted game (on NBC or Versus). I'm not saying CSN shouldn't also be able to cover them too, but it shouldn't have to be exclusive.

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Man, last night's Avs-Wild game was intense....yay Avs!! Theodore was just amazing on his saves and starting out with a different line-up it all quite interesting...still waiting on Stasny's first playoff goal though...hopefully tomorrow night:D

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:D WOOOO!! YAY AVs Advance!!! :D
Sunday night looks to be a real clincher for the rest of the western conference, it's going to be interesting...

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Go Red Wings!

I hope San Jose wins so the Wings can play the Avs. Hopefully the rivalry can be renewed.

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Detroit vs. Colorado.
Time to dust off the old rivalry, let's do this. *cracks knuckles*
Sakic, Forsberg, Hejduk, and Foote vs. Lidstrom, Chelios, Hasek, McCarty and Maltby. Feels like the good 'ol days.
LET'S GO AVS!

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Man, I'm excited for the Wings vs. Avs series, Theodore's been saving goals like mad...it's going to be awesome:D

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Now lets be serious. Anyone watching the flyers game knows the flyers got robbed no doubt.

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Only robbing is the robbing the Philly players do every time they cash their paycheck.

Flyers is the kinda team that good players start out on when they don't know better. And good players end at when the bums forgot what they knew. :yikes:

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So... the Stanley Cup Finals are set:

Eastern Conference: [Pittsburgh] Penguins beat the [Philadelphia] Flyers 4 games to 1.

(I find that rather nice... I should write my school board...)

Western Conference: [Detroit] Red Wings beat the [Dallas] Stars (finally) after a 4-1 Victory tonight in Dallas, winning the series 4-2.

*end neutrality here*
GO WINGS!!!

It's been 10 years since we won a second straight, it would be nice to win #4 out of 11 years!!!

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Renewing my "anybody but Detroit" mentality...

LET'S GO PENGUINS

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*shakes head*

LET'S GO RED WINGS *clapclapclapclapclap*

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Looking forward to a great finals with Detroit vs Pittsburgh.

I tried to get finals tickets today for any game in Detroit but came up empty. Anybody that has 3 available for game 1 or 2 at a "reasonable" price let me know. I was planning on driving my 2 Wings fans from Georgia to the "Joe".
Dave

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Even though I have a hidden hatred brewing for next year's Stanley playoffs if my Stars return to a series with Detroit, I'm going to have to back up the Western Conference and stand with the Red Wings. Take it home, Ozzy!

Good luck boys!

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First off I'm totally bummed that Carolina is playing golf already!
That and I'm sure the price for my box is going to go up again for next season.
Me and Aunt Bee want that BBQ dish back!

So we have the Wings vs the Pens... reminds me of the elections.... :(

Anyhow... enough sitting on the fence.

GO PENS!

-p:cool:

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go wings!!!

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Red Wings will bring it home, complete with octopi (octopuses??)!!!

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Let's Go Detroit!

Pitts Has NOTHING!!!!;)

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I can't wait until the Red Wings have only one game left to win the cup, so that I can comment about how the Penguins are getting 'Desperate'...:rolleyes:



If you don't get it, check out Beth's team name...

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Red Wings in 3. The Penguins are going to quit. :p

Seriously though, while the Penguins have the energy, we have the depth in our defense, and it'll be that depth that gets us the Cup.

LET'S GO, RED WINGS!

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playof...ohn&id=3405758
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playof...ory?id=3407741
http://www.sportsline.com/nhl/story/10837831

Summary:
Buccigross - Pens (6)
Amber - Pens (6)
Burnside - Pens (6)
Cohn - Wings (7)
Hradek - Wings (6)
Melrose - Wing (6)
Goldstein - Pens (6)
Lavery - Pens (7) ;)


Hey, I called the Ducks in 5 last year and got it right. :rolleyes:

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Uh... if your current location in your profile is the same as it was last year, then that call was correct probably due to you being in the Eastern Conference area of teams, calling a victory for a Western Conference team, thus making it an unbiased call.

This time around however... you live pretty darn close to the team you predict to win... :D

Sorry dude, Wings reach apparent victory in 3, and enjoy game 4 (or 5) with some fabulous show, obtaining victory.

(Then again, this is bias on my end... :p)

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Even if you did use my current PA residency as a marker, it would be flawed. For one, I'd be a Flyers fan (which I'm not). Secondly Detroit and Pittsburgh (286mi) are actually closer than Philadelphia and Pittsburgh (305 mi). ;)

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The Stewie-like voice in my head is going "____ you Google Maps [or whatever]" for the insane trivia of it all... (and truth).

But hey, 4-0 shut out tonight, Wings up 1-0! :yikes:

(meanwhile Pistons lost, but that's so another thread...)

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Of course... I'm always better at picking the losers...
Former NY Rangers fan for 30+ years
Hurricanes fan... :(

GO PENS!

-p :cool:

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I am hoping that the Pens win the Cup, but unfortunately I dont think that they will.

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Whalers in 4

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Penguins will win! I'm from colorado so I have to root for them, it's just the natural order of life...:p

Really- Round 1:detroit up 2-0 in series and the 8th seed (Nashville) comes back and wins 2

Round 2:Moving on...

Round 3:Wings blow a 3-0 lead and allow Stars to come back and win 2 games. (WOOHOOO Turco!!)

Round 4: If detroit stuters for a moment then Crosby (4 goals and 17 assists!!) and the Penguins will rip Osgood apart. Of course it can go either way, Detroit has Zetterberg (12 goals and 10 assists) Franzen (12 goals and 3 assists) and Datsyuk (9goals and 10 assists) who will and have done damage to Fleury

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They have not stuttered yet: up 2-0 in the series, and another shut out @ 3-0.

wOOt!

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Maltby said it best... the Penguins are getting desperate... :D

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sid the kid looked like a 1504 in that 3rd period

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Amazing goal by Maxime Talbot to push Game 5 to overtime...can the Pens pull out this win? I hope so- :D.

EDIT: So they did! 3 OT's! Game 6 is on in Pittsburgh.

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And there goes my prediction... *sigh* The fact that I decided to stay up for all that just really made me mad. I had a feeling that the game was over once that one Wing drew blood for a 4 minute major, and it was... :mad:

That said, GO WINGS! Let's bring it home tonight (with it being the Cup and not game 7).

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You know, this set of finals is almost making me not want to watch hockey anymore. I think that the refs are trying to single-handedly determine these games. These penalties are ridiculous. The Penguins and Wings do the exact same things, yet somehow it's only a penalty for the Wings... Guess we gotta fight everyone wearing black on the ice...

All I have to say is that it's a good thing that FIRST refs are better than these guys!

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*sigh*
...Congratulations to the Red Wings.

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IMHO...the Red Wings were like 1114 this year. They were the best and deserved to win it all, and did (with a little bit of a scare in the finals)...

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Scare is quite correct. Them last two seconds of game 6 were enough to make me sweat and go a bit pale.

Amen to that one. Also, my dad was making note as a conclusion between him and his coworkers that NBC was being biased to one team (the Penguins).
I found that, and the fact that Gary Bettman was literally shaking when he presented the cup to Lidstrom to be a bit... odd, and I will leave it a that.
That all said:
GO WINGS!!!

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I think that may just be you reacting out of your bias towards the Wings. I felt the coverage was very even, if not a slight bit biased towards Detroit*. There wasn't as much Malkin-bashing as on ESPN, but that isn't the job of the NBC crew.

*The on-ice commentary was balanced, but the reports from Pierre on the bench tended to favor the Wings. That may just be reality of the two benches though, so it's not a real issue.


As for Gary Bettman, keep in mind he had been sitting in a nice heated VIP suite the whole game, and then was on the ice. That temperature transition might give some the shivers. ;)

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I'm glad that the games were good and I hope it was good for NBC... Being a long time hockey fan, I was very happy to see it on prime time and I hope it worked out well enough for it to continue...

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I really do not like the announcers for the major networks like NBC when it comes to hockey. They don't seem to have very much enthusiasm(spelling).