NHL Playoffs 2012 Edition

neilybabes86

big night of games..sweeet

plus i can relax until tomorrow night :corn:

neilybabes86

love the wings tonight ....the nucks..... and the pens

Phantom Pain

neilybabes86 wrote:

big night of games..sweeet

plus i can relax until tomorrow night :corn:

Only one series is worth watching...

MFCarissa

Indifference71 wrote:

MFCarissa wrote:

Something ironic about that joke of a $2,500 max CBA fine to Weber... NHL players have to pay a $2,500 privilege tax to the state of Tennessee for every away game they play there (capping out after 3 visits per year). So, Zetterberg has paid the state of Tennessee 3 times Weber's fine just for the "privilege" of playing the Predators this season. http://www.columbussports.com/content/writers/kayleigh_curtis/the-tennessee-privilege-tax-and-why-it-sucks.shtml

I never knew that. That is fucking crazy! Is there anything that government won't tax???

The craziest thing is that it's a $2,500 tax for every player regardless of salary. So, if you get called up from the minors for a game in Nashville (even if you are a backup goalie and don't sniff the ice), you are out $2,500, same as an $8 million dollar a year player. I only know about it, because Brian Rafalski was trying to fight it when they put it into effect. http://www.ontheforecheck.com/2010/3/26/1392444/tennessees-privilege-tax-draws

Johnny Abruzzo

MFCarissa wrote:

Indifference71 wrote:

MFCarissa wrote:

Something ironic about that joke of a $2,500 max CBA fine to Weber... NHL players have to pay a $2,500 privilege tax to the state of Tennessee for every away game they play there (capping out after 3 visits per year). So, Zetterberg has paid the state of Tennessee 3 times Weber's fine just for the "privilege" of playing the Predators this season. http://www.columbussports.com/content/writers/kayleigh_curtis/the-tennessee-privilege-tax-and-why-it-sucks.shtml

I never knew that. That is fucking crazy! Is there anything that government won't tax???

The craziest thing is that it's a $2,500 tax for every player regardless of salary. So, if you get called up from the minors for a game in Nashville (even if you are a backup goalie and don't sniff the ice), you are out $2,500, same as an $8 million dollar a year player. I only know about it, because Brian Rafalski was trying to fight it when they put it into effect. http://www.ontheforecheck.com/2010/3/26/1392444/tennessees-privilege-tax-draws

Love the ridiculous taxes from the red states. (sorry about the politics, but it's fucking hilarious)

Nami

Heisenberg wrote:

Could we please re-sign Darren McCarty for one game to beat the ever-loving piss out of Weber. I guarantee he could still do it.

Bert set the tone pretty good and early. Great games scary in the end with the preds coming close. Back to the Joe ...

i know 2-1 score right now for LA but got a feeling they might take this series...

MFCarissa

You wouldn't know Jonathan Quick was the goaltender with a 1.8 million dollar cap hit by watching this series. Things aren't looking good for Vancouver.

PJ_Soul

Nami

PJ_Soul wrote:

yup pretty much ...

you guys see any major upset tomorrow night?

norm

We apologize in advance for anyone this tweet offends: #LAKings lead series 2-0

https://twitter.com/#!/LAKings/status/1 ... 0746521600



we better not fuck it up in la

PJ_Soul

norm wrote:

We apologize in advance for anyone this tweet offends: #LAKings lead series 2-0

https://twitter.com/#!/LAKings/status/1 ... 0746521600



we better not fuck it up in la

not all canucks fans are poor sports. That was funny.

eeriepadave

The latest edition of Sports Illustrated had a quick NHL playoff preview. The had Vancouver and Nashville in the West. And Pittsburgh and Boston in the east with Pittsburgh beating Vancouver in the finals

Johnny Abruzzo

eeriepadave wrote:

The latest edition of Sports Illustrated had a quick NHL playoff preview. The had Vancouver and Nashville in the West. And Pittsburgh and Boston in the east with Pittsburgh beating Vancouver in the finals

Long way to go in both series. Flyers have been mediocre at home all year.

81

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Long way to go in both series. Flyers have been mediocre at home all year.

exactly....gone be HUGE game for both road teams. not quite do or die yet, but close. you know both the canucks and pens are gonna come out fired up

eeriepadave

81 wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Long way to go in both series. Flyers have been mediocre at home all year.

exactly....gone be HUGE game for both road teams. not quite do or die yet, but close. you know both the canucks and pens are gonna come out fired up

true dat. Can't forget a few years bak when the Flyers came back from a 3-0 deficit and beat the Bruins in 7 games

lukin2006

Pittsburgh and Canuck fans Boston lost first 2 at home last year and look at how it ended for them.

The Canucks really need Daniel back...but it wouldn't surprise me if he's done for the season. I think Crawford starts tomorrow.

Pittsburgh need to play a little D and get better goaltending.

lukin2006

Near the end of coach's corner Don gives the explanation for Weber's action...and he made a point of saying what Weber did was wrong.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockeynightinc ... 2222305498

smarchee

went out for beers and wings last night to watch play-off hockey in the bar

this time of year rocks

thank you Bertuzzi for giving Detroit fans their pound of flesh

polaris_x

wow ... are the games tight or what!?? ... it seems like half the games are going into OT ... awesome ..

can't believe how rough the series are getting ... i partly blame shanny for that ... his joke of a call on weber pretty much meant it was open season ... he's got a lot of video to review ...

gotta say - liked seeing boyle get punched ... if you are going to play the role of dirtbag - you have to suffer the consequences ... that's old school hockey ... good to see ottawa taking it to the rangers on that front ...

lukin2006

I blame The NHL for it being open season...remove the instigator rule...incidents like Weber would be fewer and if you take liberties you'll pay.

lukin2006

Note to Detroit...if you're going to call yourself hockey town you might want to try filling those empty seats in the lower bowl...just saying.

Heisenberg

Could Nashville catch any more breaks?

MFCarissa

lukin2006 wrote:

Note to Detroit...if you're going to call yourself hockey town you might want to try filling those empty seats in the lower bowl...just saying.

It's been sold out for days. Can't help if people go pee and get beer.

lukin2006

MFCarissa wrote:

lukin2006 wrote:

Note to Detroit...if you're going to call yourself hockey town you might want to try filling those empty seats in the lower bowl...just saying.

It's been sold out for days. Can't help if people go pee and get beer.

Those in the lower bowl are likely season ticket holders for whatever reason are not at the game...not that many people are in the washrooms/concessions. Never see a Canadian rink with empty seats at playoff times...especially if one called themselves hockey town.

MFCarissa

lukin2006 wrote:

MFCarissa wrote:

lukin2006 wrote:

Note to Detroit...if you're going to call yourself hockey town you might want to try filling those empty seats in the lower bowl...just saying.

It's been sold out for days. Can't help if people go pee and get beer.

Those in the lower bowl are likely season ticket holders for whatever reason are not at the game...not that many people are in the washrooms/concessions. Never see a Canadian rink with empty seats at playoff times...especially if one called themselves hockey town.

Probably business owned tickets or something. I don't see what that has to do with anything. If they are sold, they are sold. If they are wasting them, that's a shame. They should give them to me and my friends.

Heisenberg

Totally dominant for 2/3 of the game and still lost...The Wings are in trouble

lukin2006

I thought Nashville was better in period 1...the second even and the 3rd to the Wings...but most importantly Nashville was 1 goal better.

Bruce Beadrue on CBC seem to insinuate that the shot counter for Detroit was upping Detroits shot total. Maybe he doesn't know that only shots the goalie saves count as shots.

lukin2006

But really for the building to empty out the way it did with 2 minutes left...the hockey town logo should be removed :P

lukin2006

Pens vs Philly now...this will be a great game.

Heisenberg

lukin2006 wrote:

But really for the building to empty out the way it did with 2 minutes left...the hockey town logo should be removed :P

Do I sense some bitterness that by the end of the next week or so, there won't be any Canadian teams competeing for their own trophy?