NHL 2011 PLAYOFFS

lukin2006

MFCarissa wrote:

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

Nope...come playoff time I root for the Canadian teams though...

haffajappa

Indifference71 wrote:

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

Yeah! You guys definitely gave BC a collective heart attack. So many people had written you off by the end of game 3, which pissed my superstitious self off so royally!

MFCarissa

lukin2006 wrote:

MFCarissa wrote:

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

Nope...come playoff time I root for the Canadian teams though...

Dang, I thought I had you pegged as a Leafs fan before you said you were from Windsor. If I had a nickel for every Leafs fan who shows up to a game where they're not playing with a Leafs jersey on...

Sens?

polaris_x

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

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

oh ... we'll have our hockey!!! ... you can't beat the play by play of jim hughson!! ...

it's been a great first round ... overtimes all over the place ... 7 game series ... pretty awesome stuff ...

Johnny Abruzzo

81 wrote:

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.

I don't have any problem with the Red Wings - they are winners. They play that European style, which works for them. It's not what we're used to in Philly, but whatever.

But I don't see why somebody has to start mocking us right after a big Game 7 win when there really isn't any rivalry between the Wings & Flyers at all. I mean, there was a Final that wasn't even remotely competitive 14 years ago. Flyers finally won a game at Detroit this year breaking a 22-year drought, but it was regular season so who cares? Between the lack of actual matchups, geographic distance and the general one-sidedness it's by no means a rivalry.

It's not like I look back at the 97 Finals at all - we never had a chance. The series that haunt me are 96 Panthers, 00 Devils and 10 Blackhawks.

polaris_x

MFCarissa wrote:

Dang, I thought I had you pegged as a Leafs fan before you said you were from Windsor. If I had a nickel for every Leafs fan who shows up to a game where they're not playing with a Leafs jersey on...

Sens?

he hates toronto! ... haha ... like everyone else in canada! ...

Johnny Abruzzo

polaris_x wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

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

oh ... we'll have our hockey!!! ... you can't beat the play by play of jim hughson!! ...

it's been a great first round ... overtimes all over the place ... 7 game series ... pretty awesome stuff ...

I know - very exciting so far. Tonight should be awesome! I wonder if the Pens will ever score a PP goal again.

Sometimes the first round is so great and then the rest of the playoffs are boring, so we'll see how it goes.

I'd like to see the Flyers win a "boring" series. (like last year vs. Montreal )

lukin2006

polaris_x wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

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

oh ... we'll have our hockey!!! ... you can't beat the play by play of jim hughson!! ...

it's been a great first round ... overtimes all over the place ... 7 game series ... pretty awesome stuff ...

agree about jim hughson...on tsn i like ray feraro's analysis.

lukin2006

polaris_x wrote:

MFCarissa wrote:

Dang, I thought I had you pegged as a Leafs fan before you said you were from Windsor. If I had a nickel for every Leafs fan who shows up to a game where they're not playing with a Leafs jersey on...

Sens?

he hates toronto! ... haha ... like everyone else in canada! ...

haha...since chatting with you i've softened on toronto... . Actually I did't think Burke would turn it around, but I see hope in Toronto, maybe playoffs next year, and yes I'll be rooting for them if they make the playoff.

polaris_x

lukin2006 wrote:

haha...since chatting with you i've softened on toronto... . Actually I did't think Burke would turn it around, but I see hope in Toronto, maybe playoffs next year, and yes I'll be rooting for them if they make the playoff.

:shock:

... you need to visit more often ... assholes only make up like 15% of our population ... haha

MFCarissa

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

I don't have any problem with the Red Wings - they are winners. They play that European style, which works for them. It's not what we're used to in Philly, but whatever.

But I don't see why somebody has to start mocking us right after a big Game 7 win when there really isn't any rivalry between the Wings & Flyers at all. I mean, there was a Final that wasn't even remotely competitive 14 years ago. Flyers finally won a game at Detroit this year breaking a 22-year drought, but it was regular season so who cares? Between the lack of actual matchups, geographic distance and the general one-sidedness it's by no means a rivalry.

It's not like I look back at the 97 Finals at all - we never had a chance. The series that haunt me are 96 Panthers, 00 Devils and 10 Blackhawks.

It's because The Fixer was being his usual self a few pages back, which incited Cavstarr. Just a little silly/sarcastic trash talk. I don't actually care enough to get into it with Flyers fans. I picked the Caps to come out of the East anyway, I just think they are different than the Caps of the past several years.

haffajappa

polaris_x wrote:

MFCarissa wrote:

Dang, I thought I had you pegged as a Leafs fan before you said you were from Windsor. If I had a nickel for every Leafs fan who shows up to a game where they're not playing with a Leafs jersey on...

Sens?

he hates toronto! ... haha ... like everyone else in canada! ...

Hahahaha... so true..

haffajappa

Man, how good was Crawford last night? Actually throughout the whole series I've been impressed. He should be very proud!

So relieved Burrows buried that, we had so many chances and got robbed

MFCarissa

haffajappa wrote:

Man, how good was Crawford last night? Actually throughout the whole series I've been impressed. He should be very proud!

So relieved Burrows buried that, we had so many chances and got robbed

He's an RFA. I wonder how much $$$ he'll get.

lukin2006

81 wrote:

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.

Håkan Andersson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Håkan_Andersson_(ice_hockey)

It's this fellow who makes it look easy for Ken Holland...he's a huge reason the wings have been so successful.

However I believe they no longer have an advantage in Europe...I think about '90 they were really concentrating their efforts in Europe, there really wasn't a ton of Europeans in the NHL at that time. Now I think every team spends a significant amount in Europe and they have really closed the gap.

If the wings were not winning they'd have an half empty arena...as it is now during the regular their are a lot of empty seats.

Rygar

haffajappa wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

MFCarissa wrote:

Dang, I thought I had you pegged as a Leafs fan before you said you were from Windsor. If I had a nickel for every Leafs fan who shows up to a game where they're not playing with a Leafs jersey on...

Sens?

he hates toronto! ... haha ... like everyone else in canada! ...

Hahahaha... so true..

LOL

lukin2006

haffajappa wrote:

Man, how good was Crawford last night? Actually throughout the whole series I've been impressed. He should be very proud!

So relieved Burrows buried that, we had so many chances and got robbed

Yeah Burrows went from hero to could be goat to hero in one game...impressive.

lukin2006

polaris_x wrote:

lukin2006 wrote:

haha...since chatting with you i've softened on toronto... . Actually I did't think Burke would turn it around, but I see hope in Toronto, maybe playoffs next year, and yes I'll be rooting for them if they make the playoff.

:shock:

... you need to visit more often ... assholes only make up like 15% of our population ... haha

I wanted to...I wanted to go to soundgarden...then when I figure the cost of tickets x2...gas...meals...just to expensive...thats when I started thinking we need a high speed rail link like they've been talking about forever.

MayDay10

lukin2006 wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

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

oh ... we'll have our hockey!!! ... you can't beat the play by play of jim hughson!! ...

it's been a great first round ... overtimes all over the place ... 7 game series ... pretty awesome stuff ...

agree about jim hughson...on tsn i like ray feraro's analysis.

I think Bob Cole is the best, even presently

lukin2006

Does Crosby play tonight? If he don't play tonight and Pittsburgh advances I think he's been shutdown for the year.