Hockey 2010-2011

[smc]

I'm exhausted just from watching the first period. Even my television is sweating bullets!

[smc]

Wow, what an awesome hockey game.

Vancouver, here we come!!

[ila]

Originally Posted by smc

Wow, what an awesome hockey game.

Vancouver, here we come!!

Congratulations, Boston. I wanted Boston to win and they came through in a hard fought, exciting, and fast game.

I think Vancouver will have the advantage in the finals as they've had more time to rest throughout the playoffs. Luongo is playing great. Tim Thomas must be feeling quite tired by now. He hasn't had a game off since the playoffs began. Still, it's not going to be easy to get a puck past Thomas. Nor will it be easy to get past Luongo.

Then again the only prediction that has worked out for me so far this year is that Boston will win the East.

[ila]

Originally Posted by ila

...Then again the only prediction that has worked out for me so far this year is that Boston will win the East.

I went back to look at my predictions for this past season and I had predicted that Boston would beat Montreal in the playoffs, not that Boston would win. Still, I'm glad that Boston did win the East after eliminating Montreal.

[Captn Sacto]

Is there still hockey going on? I just spent the last week in Oklahoma City for work. As far as your thread about which cities don't deserve hockey. This place should be the top of the list. Lots of hotels don't have Versus, but you couldn't even get it in the bars. All televisions were set to watch the OK City Thunder vs Dallas Mavericks. As far as US cities where they should add a team, how about Seattle? If would be a natural rival for Vancouver, and Seattle is home to the first US team to win the Stanley Cup. The Seattle Metropolitans won the cup in 1917 and were in the finals two other years.

[smc]

Originally Posted by Captn Sacto

Is there still hockey going on? I just spent the last week in Oklahoma City for work. As far as your thread about which cities don't deserve hockey. This place should be the top of the list. Lots of hotels don't have Versus, but you couldn't even get it in the bars. All televisions were set to watch the OK City Thunder vs Dallas Mavericks. As far as US cities where they should add a team, how about Seattle? If would be a natural rival for Vancouver, and Seattle is home to the first US team to win the Stanley Cup. The Seattle Metropolitans won the cup in 1917 and were in the finals two other years.

To accept Seattle would subvert my basic criterion, which is that there must be a place for kids to play pond hockey (outside, obviously) when they're growing up. That is the basis for the hockey culture that exists in the deserving cities. That being said, I could be persuaded to accept Seattle because of its longitude, for a price.

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I just had to share this picture of Zdeno Chara (6'9") and Martin St. Louis (5'8").

[shadows]

Originally Posted by smc

Wow, what an awesome hockey game.

Vancouver, here we come!!

While I am rooting for Vancouver to win, it should be an excellent series to watch! I can't wait for it to start.

[smc]

Originally Posted by shadows

While I am rooting for Vancouver to win, it should be an excellent series to watch! I can't wait for it to start.

I assume you are rooting for Vancouver because it is a Canadian team. If so, I remind you that I rooted for Canada in the Olympics (and made that known here). Just as I believe that Canada's connection with hockey merits and Olympic Gold Medal, so too does Boston's status as an Original 6 team merit a Stanley Cup and being rooted for when one's own team is not a contender.