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Social Forums => General Chat => Topic started by: Luther Lansfeld on April 22, 2010, 06:24:01 PM
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Since there is no hockey topic and I feel like musing on the games, I am making a topic.
Last night was such an amazing game. That Henrik Sedin goal may have saved the series. My officemate the Canucks hater is sulking like mad. I laughed.
Today, the Devils fight for their playoff life, but they are going back home so hopefully that will help!
I think Ottawa may be the first team eliminated today~
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I don't think my heart can take the way the Wings have been playing. It's fucking Phoenix, DESTROY THEM.
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Here's to hoping that Luongo gets back in his groove. Vancouver has been giving him plenty of support for once in the playoffs, but man he's not been himself.
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Gotta keep the faith, and hope the Habs will take out the Capitals.... but that's not gonna happen :'(
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Stupid Caps~
What does everyone think the most exciting series has been so far? I think Colorado/San Jose has been pretty exciting, and Van/LA of course bt I'm biased. :)
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Colorado/San Jose has been kinda exciting in a "How the hell is that goalie carrying their team like that?" sort of way(Seriously, every game has been a one goal game, but the Sharks are outshooting the Avs by 174-103 and it's tied two apiece), but the games I saw were pretty boring really since it's a lot of San Jose offense and the Avs weren't doing much of anything. I only saw bits of the middle two though, where SJ was really building that shot lead. <_<
Which has been the most exciting? Hard to say since I don't get Versus so I can't see most of the games. The only ones I've gotten to see are the Wing/Coyotes and that's been an up and down series as far as game quality is concerned.
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I don't think my heart can take the way the Wings have been playing. It's fucking Phoenix, DESTROY THEM.
Comments like this are why I'm cheering for the Coyotes (though I like the Wings well enough). Phoenix got 107 points this year (more than Detroit by the way), nobody is going to be just destroying them. How the hell are they still this colossal underdog? Watch more hockey.
I've been enjoying most of the series so far, particularly LA/Vancouver, Phoenix/Detroit, Pittsburgh/Ottawa, and the one Buffalo/Boston game I watched (4) was really good, too. Very competitive year, which is nice... every single series went to 1-1 which is apparently a first. Yay no sweeps.
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Welp, so much for getting home to NJ in time to watch at least one Devils playoff game. The wake was during the game. They didn't deserve to win anyway from the way I gather they were playing. Hopefully the coach gets fired, as it seems the players just got fed up with the lines being shuffled every 3 minutes during the last quarter of the year or so. The person I feel bad for is Kovalchuck. He seemed to be the only person actually trying and the whole reason he was excited to be there was the chance to actually get further in the playoffs.
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I don't think my heart can take the way the Wings have been playing. It's fucking Phoenix, DESTROY THEM.
Comments like this are why I'm cheering for the Coyotes (though I like the Wings well enough). Phoenix got 107 points this year (more than Detroit by the way), nobody is going to be just destroying them. How the hell are they still this colossal underdog? Watch more hockey.
Any hockey team from the Sun Belt should play at a level of mild retardation when faced with any team from a place where people actually play hockey. That's just how it should always be, forever.
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I'd go to a game if the tix weren't 150 dollars a person. Hoooly shit.
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I don't think my heart can take the way the Wings have been playing. It's fucking Phoenix, DESTROY THEM.
Comments like this are why I'm cheering for the Coyotes (though I like the Wings well enough). Phoenix got 107 points this year (more than Detroit by the way), nobody is going to be just destroying them. How the hell are they still this colossal underdog? Watch more hockey.
I've been enjoying most of the series so far, particularly LA/Vancouver, Phoenix/Detroit, Pittsburgh/Ottawa, and the one Buffalo/Boston game I watched (4) was really good, too. Very competitive year, which is nice... every single series went to 1-1 which is apparently a first. Yay no sweeps.
They were such a huge underdog at least partly because the Wings went in as one of the hottest teams in the league at the end of the season. The Wings were something like 16-3-2 after the Olympic break. Also, the Wings obviously have a hell of a lot more playoff experience than the Coyotes do, which counts for a lot for some people. So no, I really don't think considering the Red Wings a favorite is really all that far fetched despite the seeding. Expecting them to utterly destroy the Coyotes is probably going too far but considering them a favorite makes perfect sense to me.
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Phoenix was only like, one game worse post-olympics (and notably better before, of course). Nobody noticed because it's Phoenix.
I have no problem with considering the Wings the favourite (don't think I agree, think they're too close to have an easy favourite), but it's comments like Rob's being common which just irked me. It's easy enough to see why, since it's a combination of Phoenix disrespect (lol Bettman) and overrating the Wings (who seem worse this year, they aren't the offensive threat they used to be with the loss of Hossa and Samuellson, and Lidstrom is starting to look like he might only be top 10 defencemen material instead of Mr. Norris Trophy). It makes sense, but it still annoys me.
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Wait, the Flyers won? That's allowed?
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Or Vancouver can just put up 7 goals a game... that strategy works too!
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Be fair. Lu was quite good! Just not really needed.
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So far the three teams I am actively cheering for are: 3-2, 2-3, 2-3. Really hope Phoenix/Buffalo can pull out the next two victories, but losing at home hurt for Phoenix.
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The gross fangirlism of the announcers on the Red Wings is making me want to barf. I don't think you noticed but the Red Wings are uh losing.
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It's professional sports. The Red Wings are the Lakers/Yankees/Cowboys of the NHL world.
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The score is 4-1 and still all they are talking about is how easy it is for the Red Wings to come back. -.- C'mon.
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Lets see... I have 4 other friends intersted in hockey and oddly enough all 5 of those series are done and none of "our" teams played each other.
Canucks win
Sharks win
Pit wins
Philly wins
Sabres lose
Looks like Canucks got their work cut out for them if I want bragging right this year.
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It's professional sports. The Red Wings are the Lakers/Yankees/Cowboys of the NHL world.
If I was to compare them to one team in other sports, it would be the Spurs. Not because they play a terrible, boring version of the game, but because they have made the playoffs for long enough they are expected to make them forever. Which is good, because the city of Detroit has shit else to be proud.
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I'm actually kind of sad Boston took it in 6 (even though it meant a home ice series win). A Rask/Miller Game 7 Duel could have been one for the ages with the way that series went.
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It's professional sports. The Red Wings are the Lakers/Yankees/Cowboys of the NHL world.
If I was to compare them to one team in other sports, it would be the Spurs. Not because they play a terrible, boring version of the game, but because they have made the playoffs for long enough they are expected to make them forever. Which is good, because the city of Detroit has shit else to be proud.
The Red Wings have that random fan factor though. Maybe it's just people I talk too... I'm definitely not as knowledgeable about hockey as I am Basketball and Football. Just seems like random people that don't live in a city with a team are fans of the Red Wings, kind of like with the other teams I mentioned. Spurs have made the playoffs forever, but they're not really a national favorite like the Red Wings are.
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It's professional sports. The Red Wings are the Lakers/Yankees/Cowboys of the NHL world.
If I was to compare them to one team in other sports, it would be the Spurs. Not because they play a terrible, boring version of the game, but because they have made the playoffs for long enough they are expected to make them forever. Which is good, because the city of Detroit has shit else to be proud.
The Red Wings have that random fan factor though. Maybe it's just people I talk too... I'm definitely not as knowledgeable about hockey as I am Basketball and Football. Just seems like random people that don't live in a city with a team are fans of the Red Wings, kind of like with the other teams I mentioned. Spurs have made the playoffs forever, but they're not really a national favorite like the Red Wings are.
Maybe if the Spurs could be entertaining, they would be.
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Auuuuuuuuuuuugh. Terrible day in sports. *roots for San Jose in 4!*
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"Hey, Caps-Habs game 7 should be on right now, and I believe Versus was on the sheet of channels I'm getting via satellite, might as well check it out..."
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ARGH. 200+ channels and I still can't watch the NHL playoffs even if I want to! Can't we find some Canadian diplomat willing to sacrifice for the greater good and take Gary Bettman out, then claim diplomatic immunity when the cops arrive?
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I wish I was a diplomat :(
On another note, currently 1-0... woo!
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lol Bettman, as always.
So guess it's:
Sharks vs Wings
Hawks vs Canucks
Penguins vs Habs
Bruins vs Flyers
Any bold predictions here?
I find the west pretty hard to call. Detroit was all over the place in the first round and will face a better team this round, which makes me want to pick San Jose, but there's just something about picking San Jose in the playoffs which doesn't sit right to me. Especially over Detroit who are kind of the opposite in that regard. Guess I'm picking the Wings, though I'll admit this is half wishful thinking as I really like the Canucks in a series with the Wings, but god do we hate the Sharks. Of course, this bias of mine may be pointless! Hawks/Canucks I think should be closer than last year, a lot of Canucks have just improbably improved, but if you forced me to bet I'd probably think the Hawks should still have an edge, because I just see Keith and Seabrook giving the Canucks offence too much of a headache, whereas bereft of Willie Mitchell the Canucks don't really have the ability to do the same in return, plus the special teams differential. Hoping I'm wrong!
East I feel more confidently about. Pittsburgh is probably blinking and wondering what the hell just happened, since the other best teams in the east choked and now they're a massive favourite to get back to the finals. Halak could steal another series of course, but I'm not going to bet that way. Penguins have played in 9 series in the last 25 months, I have to think they have the discipline to deal with a hot goalie and they have a vastly superior team otherwise. Boston I think has a notable edge over Philadelphia because Tuuka Rask has been just that good (Boucher had a good first round series numerically, but I blame much of that on the Devils just looking awful), and if Marc Savard can play at any reasonable level it shores up the Bruins' big weakness this season, offence.
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Any bold predictions here?
Canadiens over Penguins.
You heard it here first.
No real statistical backup for this upset prediction, just a gut feeling from being a Bruins fan and knowing how utterly obnoxious and resilient Montreal can be when they want to be.
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Does "Vancouver over Chicago because dammit that's what I want to happen" count? :D
If Halak stands on his head for another few games, Kilga's prediction could be correct~
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Also, HANK FOR HART! My Hart Trophy winner didn't even make the final three... anti-goalie bias! Henrik just plain had a better season than Crosby and really stepped his game up when his brother was out, which was great. Ovie is basically not even on the table for me due to his own fuck-ups causing him to miss games (his injury being a direct result of his own stupidity). I don't care how good your points per game is if you actively harm your team by doing stupid shit.
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The fact that the Caps played really damn well without Ovechkin also kinda highlights why he shouldn't be MVP to me this season; take him off that team and they are still really damn good offensively because Backstrom and Semin rule and nobody notices because they're on a team with someone even better. On the other hand, Crosby looks good to me this year because Malkin had a bit of an off year and I do think that if you took him out of the Penguins lineup they wouldn't make the playoffs.
I'd unabashedly like Henrik to win for obvious reasons (*hides Canucks #33 jersey*) and he does certainly have a case though I tend to feel the Canucks could survive without either one twin, but would be pretty dead without both. Granted, Daniel missed 20 games, so if Henrik had missed those too this could easily have cost the Canucks their playoff spot.
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Sharks, Canucks, Penguins,and Flyers. Fate wills it to be so.
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Man, everyone on this forum hates Boston sports. :(
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Everyone everywhere hates Boston sports, Kilga.
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Everyone everywhere hates Boston sports, Kilga.
The more ESPN tries to make us like them, the more we hate them.
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Man, everyone on this forum hates Boston sports. :(
That just makes it more fun when we advance.
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I don't mind the Bruins or uh the basketball team. Celtics! That's it!
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Yeah. I don't care about the Bruins or Celtics either.
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LUUUUU! LUUUUU!
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Man, Marc Savard is awesome. <3
Another pleasant surprise: coming home and learning that the Habs tied the series up. Never thought the Habs winning would be a pleasant surprise, but hey, rather them than the Penguins in the ECF.
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Jeez, Detroit, where was this in the first three games?
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They just needed the Sharks to remember to be the Sharks in the playoffs.
I somehow doubt they'll repeat it three games in a row, though if they do the mockery will be endless.
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At least the Flyers remembered to suck
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Stavin' off elimination~ Nucks need to play this way the entire rest of the series~ Especially Lu.
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Hawks were pretty strong in the first two periods (Hell, they dominated the first outside the goals). They just let those goals get by them. It was their game to lose and they lost it, really. Didn't watch the 3rd.
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Halak for Godlike.
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Halak for Godlike.
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Fuck.
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This round sucked ass.
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This round kicked ass.
I agree.
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You are so lucky I don't have post editting powers on this forum.
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I do, but it's really not worth the bother. Some people just fail. >_>
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It's still true. Regardless of their outcomes, the Western Conference series were great games to watch, and the Montreal/Pittsburgh series was amazing. The Flyers... eh. I never really cared who won that, so the whole coming back from 3-0 is awesome (especially when they do it coming back from 3-0 in Game 7 too.)
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At least the Flyers remembered to suck
What
The
Fuck