The Official 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread

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  • pearljammin41
    pearljammin41 Posts: 465
    Pittsburgh has been MUCH better at home... hopefully they will turn it around.. may even score a goal or two
  • drivingrl
    drivingrl Posts: 1,448
    pearljammin41 wrote:
    you talking about the NBA???? heh heh... i hate the spurs

    lol, I thought I was watching a basketball game for a moment there.
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  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    Songburst wrote:
    Why am I watching this game? Seriously, nobody can tell me that they have seen an entertaining Wings game in at least 15 years. No retaliation. No aggression. No edge. Just 100% disciplined play and power play after power play. It's dreadful to watch. Even the players are bored. I saw Lidstrom reading a make-your-own barrel sauna book on the bench to pass the time.

    go watch your Classic Wild snore-fests
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  • Songburst
    Songburst Posts: 1,195
    smarchee wrote:
    go watch your Classic Wild snore-fests

    Are you going to tell me that you enjoyed that game tonight? It was fucking HORRIBLE. Worse than even I expected that it could be.
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  • righteousbabe
    righteousbabe Posts: 662
    Songburst wrote:
    Are you going to tell me that you enjoyed that game tonight? It was fucking HORRIBLE. Worse than even I expected that it could be.

    True what you say, This game was fucking horrible, as was it's predecessor, but that was the penguins fault, not the red wings. Come on penguins, gonna have to wake up at home. Do it for the wild fans.

    Let's go penguins.
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    I don't like pond hockey, so no, I don't think these games are horrible, at all.
  • Songburst
    Songburst Posts: 1,195
    Hmm. It must be me then. I can't stand watching powerplay hockey and I really can't stand unemotional hockey. Detroit's game will result in wins, but good god is it boring to watch. I didn't realize that the soccer-hockey game became fun to watch. I must be getting old.
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  • jackrabbit slim
    jackrabbit slim Posts: 565
    Man, as a pens fan this is brutal. I guess the western conference is way better than the east because the pens looked unbeatable until now.
    I had the whole positive vibe going for this, saying now they know the red wings style, but after 2 games it just looks like the red wings are clearly the better team.
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    Songburst wrote:
    Hmm. It must be me then. I can't stand watching powerplay hockey and I really can't stand unemotional hockey. Detroit's game will result in wins, but good god is it boring to watch. I didn't realize that the soccer-hockey game became fun to watch. I must be getting old.

    What are you expecting them to do, take retarded penalties, or throw dirty hits that might end a guy's career, or what? There's emotion there, its just not of the psychopathic variety. And I love Kronwall's hits. This is the most physical team the Wings have had in a while. They're just smart about it.
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    jackrabbit slim wrote:
    Man, as a pens fan this is brutal. I guess the western conference is way better than the east because the pens looked unbeatable until now.
    I had the whole positive vibe going for this, saying now they know the red wings style, but after 2 games it just looks like the red wings are clearly the better team.

    The Pens are young, and they need to lose badly a few times in order to improve their game. This is a team that will content for a long time, not to worry. This year ain't their year. Let us old fogey Wings fans enjoy this one. :)
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    According to Therrien, the Wings play "obstruction" and are basically cheating. Spoken like a true sore loser. Um, the refs call penalties when the rules are broken. Playing airtight defense is not breaking the freaking rules, its called "good hockey".

    "We haven't let faced a team who plays the obstruction game."
    translation: "We are mad because Ottawa, Philly, and the Rangers were too easy, and now we want to take our ball and go home."

    At least the Pens' players themselves are tactful.
  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    Skooled once more.


    How many Pens are going to slip on the ice and while on said ice hold on to a Red Wing stick and not get a penalty. Oh yeah, the league dosen't want 10-0 games in the finals.
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  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    Songburst wrote:
    Hmm. It must be me then. I can't stand watching powerplay hockey and I really can't stand unemotional hockey. Detroit's game will result in wins, but good god is it boring to watch. I didn't realize that the soccer-hockey game became fun to watch. I must be getting old.


    So super puck control and then actually turning the cheek when getting the jab in the face to go on the powerplay is a bad thing. You and Cherry are the only two I have ever heard say that. Maybe you should ask Malone how his three penalties by himself were. He sucked Datsyuk in once.
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  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    As much as I hate Detroit, they are passing the puck tape to tape and are soaring up and down the ice. They seem to be controlling/possessing the puck twice and much as the Pens. Hopefully the Pens wake up at home to make it interesting.
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Damn, that was an entertaining game last night. I'm glad the Pens stepped up their effort, and were rewarded by a couple of bounces.
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  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    Vancouver Canucks prospect Luc Bourdon died in a motorcycle accident this morning:(
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,320
    The Penguins played much, much better. I still thought the Wings looked great and had a chance to tie it up. It was amazing how a large man like Johan Franzen was able to skate his way through the entire Penguin's team and score. Hank had a few bounce off the post as well.

    As long as the Wings don't do any more direct passes to Sidney Crosby for breakaways, they should be OK.
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  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    Vancouver Canucks prospect Luc Bourdon died in a motorcycle accident last night :(

    :eek:

    holy shit, what a shame

    kid looked like he had a bright future, played well for the Canadian Junior team, but hadn't had the chance to stay in Vancouver for a sustained period of time
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  • Phantom Pain
    Phantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    Vancouver Canucks prospect Luc Bourdon died in a motorcycle accident last night :(

    Fucking motorcycles
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  • Songburst
    Songburst Posts: 1,195
    even flow? wrote:
    So super puck control and then actually turning the cheek when getting the jab in the face to go on the powerplay is a bad thing. You and Cherry are the only two I have ever heard say that. Maybe you should ask Malone how his three penalties by himself were. He sucked Datsyuk in once.

    "Super puck control" and the 1 guy in, 4 guys back game of Detroit is horrible to watch. Give me 2 teams that "hate" each other in a series and I will give you entertaining hockey. The games that I have watched in these playoffs have all lacked emotion and they were pretty dull to watch. Remember, at the end of the day, nobody really gives a shit who wins the Cup. We want to see hockey that we can talk about for more than a minute. Everyone that I have talked to has said that these playoffs have been boring as hell.
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