Hockey

[ila]

Originally Posted by shadows

It has been feast or famine for Montreal this series. Of course, it has been famine for three games, while the feasting only lasted one game.

Getting shut out in three games of a series. Has that ever happened before?

I honestly don't think they will be coming back from this 3-1 game deficit.

Don't count them out yet. It's always possible for them to take the next three games.

[smc]

A Black Hawks - Flyers series may, finally, settle one thing: the age-old dispute over whether the Philly cheesesteak or the Chicago Italian beef sandwich is better.

[Tranny Sore-Ass Rex]

11 goals in game 1!?!?! Holy Grail! Never saw that happening. Damn good game!!!

[GRH]

That was a crazy game for offense. At least it was consistently exciting.

[GRH]

Well, game 2 was exciting as well, albeit not as highly scoring as game 1. Chicago is up 2-0 in the series. Have people stopped following the Stanley Cup? Are they just not interested in the two teams in the final?

[smc]

Originally Posted by GRH

Well, game 2 was exciting as well, albeit not as highly scoring as game 1. Chicago is up 2-0 in the series. Have people stopped following the Stanley Cup? Are they just not interested in the two teams in the final?

I can't speak for any of the other hockey fans here, but I am still watching the finals. However, I don't have an allegiance to either team (although I do have lingering hatred of the Flyers that goes back to the days when they mercilessly beat people up throughout the league instead of playing actual hockey), though I am rooting for the Blackhawks mostly because they are an Original 6 team.

My main attention, though, has shifted to the Red Sox and Celtics. Oh, and also girls with cocks.

[ila]

Originally Posted by GRH

Well, game 2 was exciting as well, albeit not as highly scoring as game 1. Chicago is up 2-0 in the series. Have people stopped following the Stanley Cup? Are they just not interested in the two teams in the final?

I'm only following the results in the paper on the day following the game. I've got no interest in either team although I do hope that Chicago wins The Cup.

[Captn Sacto]

Originally Posted by GRH

Well, game 2 was exciting as well, albeit not as highly scoring as game 1. Chicago is up 2-0 in the series. Have people stopped following the Stanley Cup? Are they just not interested in the two teams in the final?

I don't have any real rooting interest, but I do hope the Blackhawks win. And yes, I am watching every game. It doesn't matter who is playing, I love watching playoff hockey. I hope there are couple of overtime games.

Captn

[shadows]

I am keeping a close eye on the series to see if Pronger gets some of his chicklets knocked out of his gob after pulling his juvenile antics at the end of the first two games.

It seems he took the game puck after the final horn sounded in both game #1and game #2. Perhaps he should realize it isn't fazing the Blackhawks like he thinks, and should try some other way of getting in their heads.

[Tranny Sore-Ass Rex]

Another hour and we see if San Jose can put off their demise for another game. My hope is they can pull off a "Philly Miracle", but I'm not holding my breath.

[Suzan]

We are the champions! Czech Republic won the World Championship Ice Hockey 2010 Germany!
Wow!

[smc]

Originally Posted by Suzan

We are the champions! Czech Republic won the World Championship Ice Hockey 2010 Germany!
Wow!

CONGRATULATIONS!!

We are very proud here in Boston Bruins land of our two Czech players, David Krejci and Vladimir Sobotka, and the Bruins will be opening the next NHL season in Prague!

[Captn Sacto]

Originally Posted by Tranny Sore-Ass Rex

Another hour and we see if San Jose can put off their demise for another game. My hope is they can pull off a "Philly Miracle", but I'm not holding my breath.

Well the answer was no. Congradulations to the Blackhawks!!

As a Sharks fan, I wished the series would have lasted a little longer. With the exception of game two, the series was very competitive. The sharks played well, but Niemi was the series star. He made a number of unbelievable saves or the series could have gone the other way. Penalties killed the sharks in the third period. Boyle shooting the puck over the glass, Clowe's nice takedown ot Toews and Heatly's slash in the offensive zone. They were all stupid, undiscipled penalties. You knew the Blackhawks would cash in eventually, and they did. End of Story

[Tranny Sore-Ass Rex]

Originally Posted by Captn Sacto

Well the answer was no. Congradulations to the Blackhawks!!

Sad. It would have been great for the Sharks, a team that's never been there before, to be in the finals. I'm glad I decided to forgo the holding of my breath. Good to see a team besides Detroit or Pittsburgh get their shot at glory, it's time the cup belonged to a different organization for a bit.

[smc]

Originally Posted by Tranny Sore-Ass Rex

Sad. It would have been great for the Sharks, a team that's never been there before, to be in the finals.

I've said it before in this thread and I'll say it again. There shouldn't be NHL teams in places where hockey could never be played under, for want of a better word, "natural" circumstances. San Jose is one of those places.

[shadows]

With the 4-2 defeat, Montreal has been eliminated from the playoffs. It is now Chicago VS Philadelphia for all the marbles!

I must admit that I am surprised that Jennifer has not made any mention of her beloved Flyers throughout their playoff journey.

[Tranny Sore-Ass Rex]

Originally Posted by smc

I've said it before in this thread and I'll say it again. There shouldn't be NHL teams in places where hockey could never be played under, for want of a better word, "natural" circumstances. San Jose is one of those places.

Are you suggesting that the NHL only be allowed to play in cold weather climes? That's absurd. With that line of thinking, Baseball should only be played in warm climates, and New York should forget about hosting the Super-Bowl in 2014.

[smc]

Originally Posted by Tranny Sore-Ass Rex

Are you suggesting that the NHL only be allowed to play in cold weather climes? That's absurd. With that line of thinking, Baseball should only be played in warm climates, and New York should forget about hosting the Super-Bowl in 2014.

1. Yes. There should be no NHL teams in warm-weather climes. Period. I am not the only one on this site who thinks so.

2. Baseball is played in places that all have reasonably long periods of appropriate weather for the major part of the season, with some outliers in April and late September/October. Hockey could NEVER be played outside in San Diego, any month of the year, or in Florida, or other places with NHL teams.

3. If there were never another Super Bowl, I wouldn't care. I have absolutely no interest in American football.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by ila

Don't count them out yet. It's always possible for them to take the next three games.

Yeah, but unlike the other series that they were behind in their offense has totally disappeared(except for one game). Anything can happen of course, but I just think they may have met their match. Game #5 for all the marbles. I hope it will be a good game.


And San Jose is gone, having been swept in the series by losing 4-2 in today's game. I am really glad that Heatley has been denied the Stanley Cup Ring that he did all the whining to try and get.

I wonder if this latest setback will help or hurt the Sharks next season? Will they try to tinker with the lineup or will they leave it as is?

[ila]

Originally Posted by shadows

Yeah, but unlike the other series that they were behind in their offense has totally disappeared(except for one game). Anything can happen of course, but I just think they may have met their match. Game #5 for all the marbles. I hope it will be a good game.

I too hope it will be a good game. Both the offence and the defence have known all season that Halak and Price can't win the games alone yet the forwards and defencemen refuse to do their part when required. I'm very disappointed in the first and fourth games. Montreal has the potential to win, they have to show they deserve to win.

Originally Posted by shadows

And San Jose is gone, having been swept in the series by losing 4-2 in today's game. I am really glad that Heatley has been denied the Stanley Cup Ring that he did all the whining to try and get.

I like this. I wanted Chicago to win. I want to see an all original 6 Stanley Cup final.

Originally Posted by shadows

I wonder if this latest setback will help or hurt the Sharks next season? Will they try to tinker with the lineup or will they leave it as is?

I'll bet that they leave the lineup as is. They don't really need to make changes. They need to keep their players out of the penalty box, as Captn Sacto has so eloquently pointed out.