Stanley Cup playoffs

[J Flex 188]

Gah, I agree with you totally Bill and the one aspect that Bettman, Campbell or whoever else (especially our lovable friend Don Cherry) is going to fall back on is the fact that its "play off time" but the respective series' have been pretty ugly thus far, especially the Isles and May, 20 game suspension. Maybe they finally listened to you Bill Western Finals, Ducks vs Sharks is going to be nuts! (Never thought Calgary would come back 2 games like that either)

On another note... GO RAPTORS

Originally Posted by Bill Gold

A 1 game suspension for Radulov is wholly inadequate. There was no difference between that hit and Bertuzzi sucker punching Steve Moore. If the NHL refuses to enforce its rules that disincentivize late, knowingly dangerous, and blatantly illegal hits like this then the Sharks should guarantee that whoever wins this round will not be able to even dream of beating the team they play in the second round. They should leak this or outright say it to the media. It’s Slapshot time, and Colin Campbell and the league are to blame.

[PatrickN]

Originally Posted by J Flex 188

Gah, I agree with you totally Bill and the one aspect that Bettman, Campbell or whoever else (especially our lovable friend Don Cherry) is going to fall back on is the fact that its "play off time" but the respective series' have been pretty ugly thus far, especially the Isles and May, 20 game suspension. Maybe they finally listened to you Bill Western Finals, Ducks vs Sharks is going to be nuts! (Never thought Calgary would come back 2 games like that either)

On another note... GO RAPTORS

Wasn't that suspension just for drug policy violation? The message sent could be even worse this way... It's 1 game for attacking someone and 20 games for doing something to yourself...

Goooo Flames!

[J Flex 188]

Oh yeah, my bad, it was for drug policy violations, though its weird that it just came in the midst of the playoffs.

Originally Posted by PatrickN

Wasn't that suspension just for drug policy violation? The message sent could be even worse this way... It's 1 game for attacking someone and 20 games for doing something to yourself...

Goooo Flames!

[Bill Gold]

Yeah, Sean Hill (Islanders) got the 20 games for a drug policy violation, but there was also the Brad May (Ducks) punch which netted just 3 games.

Gotta love that Scott Nichol spear tonight as well as Vokoun doing his best Patrick Roy impersonation (and I don't mean the winning part). The Predators can't even fight fair. 2-2 heading into the third, here's hoping it gets closed out tonight.

[meaubry]

Up late last night - good thing the Wings came through.

I wouldn't have wanted them to come back and play another one, after the stupid schedule (what the heck was the league thinking? back to back games 3 time zones apart?), and 2 extra periods on top of it.

I hope that we get Dallas next, this Western conf. time zone thing is killing my sleep pattern.

[Vince lau]

I hope Vancouver wins tonight.

and Go Raptors Go

[billy9083]

Go Rangers! Thrashers got swept.I think the islanders had the two longest suspensions of the season. Hill and Simon.