NHL 2011 PLAYOFFS

Johnny Abruzzo

Congrats Canucks!

No Blackhawks, you will not be joining the 0-3 club.

zarocat

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Congrats Canucks!

Whew ...

MayDay10

The Sabres are eliminated which means I jump on my yearly Western Canada bandwagon, which is normally prioritized to Vancouver.

Jason P

Congrats to the Canucks! (even though I was hoping you would lose so I could avoid 10:30 pm games between the Sharks and Redwings )

Also, congrats to the Hawks for showing some real heart and taking this series to the brink.

Indifference71

That was a heartbreaker last night. What a great series.

polaris_x

wow ... how do you give up a SH goal at the end of regulation!?? ... i was pretty sure if they lost - there would be a riot in vancouver!! ... hahaha ...

thank goodness they won ...

i say they beat nashville in 5 ...

Johnny Abruzzo

polaris_x wrote:

wow ... how do you give up a SH goal at the end of regulation!?? ... i was pretty sure if they lost - there would be a riot in vancouver!! ... hahaha ...

thank goodness they won ...

i say they beat nashville in 5 ...

I hope some games from that series end up on TV. I'd like to check out this Shea Weber guy. It's not like we get to see Nashville that often around here.

polaris_x

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

I hope some games from that series end up on TV. I'd like to check out this Shea Weber guy. It's not like we get to see Nashville that often around here.

you do NOT want to be within 10 feet of his slap shot ... he fires rockets ... we're lucky up here ... we get every single game on tv ... and that's without any special package ... i pay $30 a month for satellite and it includes tsn/tsn2 ...

lukin2006

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

MFCarissa wrote:

Jeez, one dominating performance over a 7th seed with significant injuries (and a center playing his first game since December) and you guys are already planning the parade.

Who the fuck is planning a parade? Your boy came into our thread talking shit about the Finals. I hadn't even thought about Detroit. I'm still not.

GO SHARKS!!!

Try living surrounded by Wings fans...if you didn't hate the Wings before, it wouldn't take you long before. I think they are the most annoying fans in sports...they go on and on about we made the playoffs 20 straight years...since '90 they've only won 1 more cup than Pittsburgh and New Jersey...and I suspect Pittsburgh could win a few more with Crosby and Malkin, if healthy.

lukin2006

polaris_x wrote:

wow ... how do you give up a SH goal at the end of regulation!?? ... i was pretty sure if they lost - there would be a riot in vancouver!! ... hahaha ...

thank goodness they won ...

i say they beat nashville in 5 ...

I know I couldn't believe they gave up a SH goal, I thought they would have played it more conservatively...but Toews is amazing. Chicago looks like they have a bright future in goal and maybe looks like they may be contenders again next year.

Johnny Abruzzo

lukin2006 wrote:

Try living surrounded by Wings fans...if you didn't hate the Wings before, it wouldn't take you long before. I think they are the most annoying fans in sports...they go on and on about we made the playoffs 20 straight years...since '90 they've only won 1 more cup than Pittsburgh and New Jersey...and I suspect Pittsburgh could win a few more with Crosby and Malkin, if healthy.

Oh is that what 20 years means? BFD - Flyers have only missed the playoffs once since 1994. Obviously I am insanely jealous of anyone who has won any Cups in the last 20 years. :twisted:

People in Canada like the Wings? They're a team that plays in USA and is full of Swedes. :?

Indifference71

polaris_x wrote:

wow ... how do you give up a SH goal at the end of regulation!?? ... i was pretty sure if they lost - there would be a riot in vancouver!! ... hahaha ...

thank goodness they won ...

i say they beat nashville in 5 ...

I think Vancouver-Nashville is going to be a great series. Nashville is really tough...I can see this one going 6-7 games.

polaris_x

lukin2006 wrote:

I know I couldn't believe they gave up a SH goal, I thought they would have played it more conservatively...but Toews is amazing. Chicago looks like they have a bright future in goal and maybe looks like they may be contenders again next year.

yeah ... dave bolland was a series-breaker ... i think if they had him from game 1 - it might not have turned out this way ...

lukin2006

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

lukin2006 wrote:

Try living surrounded by Wings fans...if you didn't hate the Wings before, it wouldn't take you long before. I think they are the most annoying fans in sports...they go on and on about we made the playoffs 20 straight years...since '90 they've only won 1 more cup than Pittsburgh and New Jersey...and I suspect Pittsburgh could win a few more with Crosby and Malkin, if healthy.

Oh is that what 20 years means? BFD - Flyers have only missed the playoffs once since 1994. Obviously I am insanely jealous of anyone who has won any Cups in the last 20 years. :twisted:

People in Canada like the Wings? They're a team that plays in USA and is full of Swedes. :?

I live across the river from Detroit...so I'm surrounded by them...I'm not trying to take away from their accomplishments...20 straight years in the playoffs and 4 cups are very good accomplishments...but their not only 1 cup better than Pittsburgh and Jersey...and their fans start planning the parade in August...but far better accomplishments...Edmonton 5 cups in 7 Years (late 80's)...Islanders 4 straight (early 80's)...Montreal 6 (70's), 4 (60's), 6 (50's)...I think it was last week that Jimmy Devellano president of the wings was in the paper saying that they should be considered a dynasty because of the salary cap you'll probably never see someone win a lot of cups in a row. Well Jimmy your run started about 15 years before the cap came into place...just arrogance.

81

detroit is a well run organization, no doubt, and they have had a ton of success.

their fans are generally knowledgable, although like any fans of a team with a lot of success, they can be annoying.

cubs fans are by far the worst. they flap their gums non stop at wrigley, yet never win and when they do have a decent team the fans act like they are going for a six peat.

Indifference71

polaris_x wrote:

lukin2006 wrote:

I know I couldn't believe they gave up a SH goal, I thought they would have played it more conservatively...but Toews is amazing. Chicago looks like they have a bright future in goal and maybe looks like they may be contenders again next year.

yeah ... dave bolland was a series-breaker ... i think if they had him from game 1 - it might not have turned out this way ...

I couldn't agree more. Bolland's return made a huge difference.

MFCarissa

Lukin2006, you are a Leafs fan, aren't you?

Johnny Abruzzo

polaris_x wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

I hope some games from that series end up on TV. I'd like to check out this Shea Weber guy. It's not like we get to see Nashville that often around here.

you do NOT want to be within 10 feet of his slap shot ... he fires rockets ... we're lucky up here ... we get every single game on tv ... and that's without any special package ... i pay $30 a month for satellite and it includes tsn/tsn2 ...

My understanding is the new TV contract starting next year stipulates that all playoff games will be on some NBC network or Vs.

haffajappa

polaris_x wrote:

wow ... how do you give up a SH goal at the end of regulation!?? ... i was pretty sure if they lost - there would be a riot in vancouver!! ... hahaha ...

thank goodness they won ...

i say they beat nashville in 5 ...

Yeah, we all knew, there would either be a riot or a party like no body's business.
Luckily it was the latter!

haffajappa

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

I hope some games from that series end up on TV. I'd like to check out this Shea Weber guy. It's not like we get to see Nashville that often around here.

you do NOT want to be within 10 feet of his slap shot ... he fires rockets ... we're lucky up here ... we get every single game on tv ... and that's without any special package ... i pay $30 a month for satellite and it includes tsn/tsn2 ...

My understanding is the new TV contract starting next year stipulates that all playoff games will be on some NBC network or Vs.

This is such a bizarre concept to me, as a Canadian I guess, to have to hope that some playoff games make it to TV :shock:
I guess its a hard time when the NBA is on, we had to beg the guy at the bar in Vegas to switch one of the 10 TVs from basketball to the Canucks game!