NHL 2011 PLAYOFFS

Break The Sky

fox_mulderX wrote:

good for the nhl not suspending raffi torres.. i mean, it's not like seabrook was blindsided, hit in the head, and didn't have the puck.

Coming from the guy who celebrated the Chara cheap shot about five pages ago. . . :roll:

Torres should be done for the season. The fact that he wasn't even ejected from the game is a joke. There might as well not even be refs on the ice, because the players do what they want. Pretty soon we'll be renaming the Masterton trophy because someone else is going to die on the ice if the NHL allows this nonsense to continue.

polaris_x

i dunno ... the puck was in the vicinity ... and torres doesn't lift his elbows or anything to go directly for the head ...

Heisenberg

Bruce Boudreau on playing at MSG

"Well, the one thing, its reputation is far better than the actual building," Boudreau said. "I mean, it’s nothing. The locker rooms are horrible. The benches are horrible. There’s no room for anything. But the reputation of being in Madison Square Garden is what makes it famous. Also, our building’s a lot louder, too. So I mean, they can say what they want, but it’s not that loud in there."

Way to get 'em fired up for Game 4 Bruce.

Drowned Out

I'm an Oilers fan....I will NEVER cheer for another NHL team. The last thing I want is my Canuck-fan friends to rub in a Cup until the Oilers win one again in 3 yrs or so...I don't want to hear them talk about how 'their' team brought it back to Canada. I will never cheer for the sisters, and I would never expect (or want) a Canucks fan to cheer for the Oil...sacrilege, I say!

oh, aaaaaand....what's with everyone praising the Vancouver anthem guy over the crowd sing-along thing? How quickly everyone forgets.....That's OUR opera-dudes trademark! Donnelly wishes he was Paul Lorieau!

Break The Sky

polaris_x wrote:

i dunno ... the puck was in the vicinity ... and torres doesn't lift his elbows or anything to go directly for the head ...

And that's why he's not getting suspended. He targets the body 100% of the way and doesn't even try to play the puck. Intent to injure may not be black and white, but it sure looked like Torres had no other intentions. It wasn't a smart play and the fact that he's fresh off an earlier suspension isn't exactly a mitigating factor. I think when it comes down to it the reason he's home free is because Bettman has no balls.

fox_mulderX

Drowned Out wrote:

I'm an Oilers fan....I will NEVER cheer for another NHL team. The last thing I want is my Canuck-fan friends to rub in a Cup until the Oilers win one again in 3 yrs or so...I don't want to hear them talk about how 'their' team brought it back to Canada. I will never cheer for the sisters, and I would never expect (or want) a Canucks fan to cheer for the Oil...sacrilege, I say!

oh, aaaaaand....what's with everyone praising the Vancouver anthem guy over the crowd sing-along thing? How quickly everyone forgets.....That's OUR opera-dudes trademark! Donnelly wishes he was Paul Lorieau!

thank you. i'm glad another canadian has logic. it's the maple leafs (for me) or no one. i'd rather see the nhl fold than cheer for another (esp canadian) team. congrats on the #1 pick again, you bastard lol

and does anyone else want to see anthems stop being played at games? am i the only one who thinks it's a tradition that is just plain stupid?

polaris_x

Big Drop wrote:

And that's why he's not getting suspended. He targets the body 100% of the way and doesn't even try to play the puck. Intent to injure may not be black and white, but it sure looked like Torres had no other intentions. It wasn't a smart play and the fact that he's fresh off an earlier suspension isn't exactly a mitigating factor. I think when it comes down to it the reason he's home free is because Bettman has no balls.

i dunno ... from my objective opinion (having no personal interest in vancouver or chicago) - it looked like a hockey play ... seabrook has to have his head up ... it's sort of like throwing a football across the middle ... this is the playoffs and hitting is a big part of it ... all the pundits say it all the time ... it's a fine line between being aggressive and helping your team and crossing over ...

Drowned Out

fox_mulderX wrote:

Drowned Out wrote:

I'm an Oilers fan....I will NEVER cheer for another NHL team. The last thing I want is my Canuck-fan friends to rub in a Cup until the Oilers win one again in 3 yrs or so...I don't want to hear them talk about how 'their' team brought it back to Canada. I will never cheer for the sisters, and I would never expect (or want) a Canucks fan to cheer for the Oil...sacrilege, I say!

oh, aaaaaand....what's with everyone praising the Vancouver anthem guy over the crowd sing-along thing? How quickly everyone forgets.....That's OUR opera-dudes trademark! Donnelly wishes he was Paul Lorieau!

thank you. i'm glad another canadian has logic. it's the maple leafs (for me) or no one. i'd rather see the nhl fold than cheer for another (esp canadian) team. congrats on the #1 pick again, you bastard lol

and does anyone else want to see anthems stop being played at games? am i the only one who thinks it's a tradition that is just plain stupid?

Ya, if the Oil ever moved, I'd just stop following the NHL and watch major junior, or whatever level of hockey we ended up with here.
Anthems - I could do without the displays of nationalism. No reason for it, really.
And thanks! I wouldn't want to be a scout for the Oil this year...there is no clear cut #1 choice, so they're gonna be scrutinized even worse this year than they were with the Hall/Seguin drama.

demetrios

Hopefully tonight will be the night.

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demetrios wrote:

Hopefully tonight will be the night that boston goes down 3-0.

:P

Heisenberg

Lindy Ruff looking dapper tonight.

haffajappa

Drowned Out wrote:

I'm an Oilers fan....I will NEVER cheer for another NHL team. The last thing I want is my Canuck-fan friends to rub in a Cup until the Oilers win one again in 3 yrs or so...I don't want to hear them talk about how 'their' team brought it back to Canada. I will never cheer for the sisters, and I would never expect (or want) a Canucks fan to cheer for the Oil...sacrilege, I say!

oh, aaaaaand....what's with everyone praising the Vancouver anthem guy over the crowd sing-along thing? How quickly everyone forgets.....That's OUR opera-dudes trademark! Donnelly wishes he was Paul Lorieau!

dream on
donnelly started that ages ago, this is by far not the first season he's done it.

haffajappa

Drowned Out wrote:

fox_mulderX wrote:

Drowned Out wrote:

I'm an Oilers fan....I will NEVER cheer for another NHL team. The last thing I want is my Canuck-fan friends to rub in a Cup until the Oilers win one again in 3 yrs or so...I don't want to hear them talk about how 'their' team brought it back to Canada. I will never cheer for the sisters, and I would never expect (or want) a Canucks fan to cheer for the Oil...sacrilege, I say!

oh, aaaaaand....what's with everyone praising the Vancouver anthem guy over the crowd sing-along thing? How quickly everyone forgets.....That's OUR opera-dudes trademark! Donnelly wishes he was Paul Lorieau!

thank you. i'm glad another canadian has logic. it's the maple leafs (for me) or no one. i'd rather see the nhl fold than cheer for another (esp canadian) team. congrats on the #1 pick again, you bastard lol

and does anyone else want to see anthems stop being played at games? am i the only one who thinks it's a tradition that is just plain stupid?

Ya, if the Oil ever moved, I'd just stop following the NHL and watch major junior, or whatever level of hockey we ended up with here.
Anthems - I could do without the displays of nationalism. No reason for it, really.
And thanks! I wouldn't want to be a scout for the Oil this year...there is no clear cut #1 choice, so they're gonna be scrutinized even worse this year than they were with the Hall/Seguin drama.

its funny that when they moved the grizzlies out of vancouver i don't think anyone even noticed :?
move one of our hockey teams in this country, and there'd be chaos!
well they did try that once and now they're moving it back anyways.


take that, bettman. SWINE!

fox_mulderX

haffajappa wrote:

its funny that when they moved the grizzlies out of vancouver i don't think anyone even noticed :?
move one of our hockey teams in this country, and there'd be chaos!
well they did try that once and now they're moving it back anyways.


take that, bettman. SWINE!

bettman's an agent of chaosssssss-ah

Break The Sky

Heisenberg wrote:

Lindy Ruff looking dapper tonight.

Just wait until the second period. He can progress from dapper to grizzled very quickly.

Heisenberg

Big Drop wrote:

Heisenberg wrote:

Lindy Ruff looking dapper tonight.

Just wait until the second period. He can progress from dapper to grizzled very quickly.

He lloks like he's gonna do a set at the Copa after the game.

Break The Sky

Heisenberg wrote:

Big Drop wrote:

Heisenberg wrote:

Lindy Ruff looking dapper tonight.

Just wait until the second period. He can progress from dapper to grizzled very quickly.

He lloks like he's gonna do a set at the Copa after the game.

I'd buy a ticket.

Heisenberg

For the record Big Drop you and I are getting worked over in the 5 Hole Against 1 Playoff Hockey Challenge right now.

Break The Sky

Heisenberg wrote:

For the record Big Drop you and I are getting worked over in the 5 Hole Against 1 Playoff Hockey Challenge right now.

Ha! I saw! I think Mayday is cheating. No way he should have picked Neuvirth as his goalie. If Varlamov ended up starting he would have been screwed. Thems the breaks I guess. :roll:

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Some nasty dirty hits in the tb pitt series