tlphoya
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Post by tlphoya on May 18, 2009 13:47:00 GMT -5
no no no don't root for Pittsburgh. Ever. In any sport.
I'm on the Hawks bandwagon for the rest of this season.
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hifigator
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Post by hifigator on May 18, 2009 15:22:51 GMT -5
Given there are only 4 teams remaining, if you had your choice, what would your ideal choice be:
Note: since the poll option isn't, anymore, I will use the following format:
1. Blackhawks over Penguins 2. Pens over Hawks 3. Red Wings over Pens 4. Pens over Wings 5. Hawks over Hurricanes 6. Canes over Hawks 7. Wings over Canes 8. Canes over Wings 9. Anyone but Hawks 10. Anyone but Wings 11. Anyone but Pens 12. Anyone but Canes 13. Only the Hawks (nothing else matters) 14. Only the Wings (nothing else matters) 15. Only the Pens (nothing else matters) 16. Only the Canes (nothing else matters)
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hifigator
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Post by hifigator on May 18, 2009 15:23:47 GMT -5
I will go 1. but 10. is really tempting.
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Boz
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Post by Boz on May 18, 2009 15:32:05 GMT -5
I want to see twenty more games, none of which is decided by more than a goal (not counting empty netters).
For me, that's all that matters.
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whatmaroon
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Post by whatmaroon on May 18, 2009 16:02:20 GMT -5
13, with a sub-preference for 1 over 5. With a WCF loss to the Wings, I'd prefer to see the best team (Detroit) win it. That's the one real saving grace of the NHL-except for ANH over OTW, every Stanley Cup Final series dating back to 1996 has ended with the right team winning it. Yeah, yeah, partisans of losing teams feel free to whine, and the best team doesn't necessarily make the finals (I still pine sometimes for a DET-DAL 2003 WCF instead of ANH-MIN), but I'll take some solace in that.
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hifigator
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Post by hifigator on May 19, 2009 14:13:06 GMT -5
Boz, I forgot that option. I am with you on that. Good close games ... dare I say ... OVERTIME? That sounds about right. How about this one: I want a Hockey game to delay the start of the game in the other conference the next day >>>>> Ok, not likely, but you get the drift.
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The Stig
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Post by The Stig on May 19, 2009 14:48:08 GMT -5
I want to see twenty more games, none of which is decided by more than a goal (not counting empty netters). For me, that's all that matters. Amen! The more great hockey, the better. I'd rather not see the Pens win it all, but if we keep getting great games and series and the Pens end up winning, I won't complain. It's sort of like the Frozen Four this year. BU was my least favorite team there, but I went home happy anyways just because the games were so great, especially the last one.
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on May 19, 2009 15:12:04 GMT -5
Go Blackhawks! I like the Pens as a franchise, but not Crosby. The Red Wings are more or less the good Yankees and I can't root for a hockey franchise south of DC.
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whatmaroon
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Post by whatmaroon on May 19, 2009 15:19:25 GMT -5
Damn Eric Staal for failing to direct that pass into the net. You robbed us of the chance to see overtime, you heartless fiend!
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Boz
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Post by Boz on May 19, 2009 16:13:34 GMT -5
Go Blackhawks! I like the Pens as a franchise, but not Crosby. The Red Wings are more or less the good Yankees and I can't root for a hockey franchise south of DC. Funny. I like Crosby, but not the Pens as a franchise. The Red Wings aren't the Yankees. Montreal is the Yankees, and they are just as evil. The Red Wings are really more like the Red Sox, just not quite so many years in between. After the 50's they were a very long suffering franchise, going Cupless until they resurged in the late 90s. And now, of course, like the Sox, they are pretty much there every year (with a few more titles to their credit, granted).
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on May 19, 2009 17:41:21 GMT -5
Well, I don't like the Red Sox, either.
Crosby is fun to watch, and I suppose my dislike of him is colored by being a casual fan. But he seems like he's constantly whining. In the NBA, he'd be a Rasheed Wallace who got someone else to fight for him.
I have a soft spot for the Pens since I lived in (North)western Pennsylvania until I was 11. I wasn't even aware of hockey then, but in moving to San Diego and paying some attention to the Lemieux years, they were my adopted NHL team for a while.
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hifigator
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Post by hifigator on May 19, 2009 23:15:51 GMT -5
Well, I don't like the Red Sox, either. Crosby is fun to watch, and I suppose my dislike of him is colored by being a casual fan. But he seems like he's constantly whining. In the NBA, he'd be a Rasheed Wallace who got someone else to fight for him. I have a soft spot for the Pens since I lived in (North)western Pennsylvania until I was 11. I wasn't even aware of hockey then, but in moving to San Diego and paying some attention to the Lemieux years, they were my adopted NHL team for a while. I know what you mean, but doesn't it sound somewhat funny that "growing up in (North)western Pennsylvania .... wasn't even aware of hocket .... but in moving to San Diego ...." Again, I know exactly what you meant, but to the "casual" observer, you've got to admit that it looks odd at first glance.
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hifigator
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Post by hifigator on May 19, 2009 23:25:08 GMT -5
By the way, I'm sure I am showing my ignorance with this question -- yes, I know the door is wide open for many comments -- in any case, I just heard the comment "winner, winner Little Caesar's Dinner" in the coverage of the Red Wings' victory tonight, on sportscenter. I know the lame expression, that I thought was a southern saying of "winner, winner! Chicken Dinner!" But I don't know the reference to the (at least in my opinion) somewhat crappy pickup pizza chain. Is there one?
P.S. "Pizza-Pizza!" was a rather unoriginal and uninspiring ad campaign slogan anyway.
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on May 19, 2009 23:31:32 GMT -5
Mike Ilitch, the owner of the Red Wings, made his money via Little Caesar's.
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whatmaroon
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Post by whatmaroon on May 20, 2009 9:17:09 GMT -5
Man, the Hawks had a great chance to win that game. They were much better in terms of puck possession and peppered Osgood with shots, though the Wings did a great job of closing in on shooters. But, again, the odd man rushes against were really just too much.
Like Game 1 against Vancouver, they tie it up but give up an odd man rush in the last minute. Then, of course, the 3-on-1 in overtime, which is totally inexcusable. Cleary's breakaway goal in the second to make it 2-1 really bugs me-it was a nice finish, but to get the breakaway, Seabook's dump-in (i) had to be blocked (ii) outside the zone (iii) to a place where only Keith had a play on it, and then (iv) the puck jumped over Keith's stick. If any of those doesn't happen, no breakaway. The 3-on-1 is easier to explain, because Campell's pass just got picked off. I know, the attack has benefited from the defensemen jumping up in the play, but they were definitely doing more, especially after they tied it up, to keep 2 guys back at the blue line.
Now, it's home for a couple games. Hopefully they can continue the good starts they've had the first two games, only take and hold a lead this time. That'd be a nice change.
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The Stig
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Post by The Stig on May 21, 2009 21:08:05 GMT -5
I can't stand Malkin, but that hattrick goal was pretty damn impressive.
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The Stig
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Post by The Stig on May 22, 2009 19:50:48 GMT -5
The officiating in this Detroit-Chicago game has been AWFUL. That hit on Havlat was hard for sure, but it was clean. If anything it might have been 2 minutes for charging, but it clearly wasn't interference.
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whatmaroon
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Post by whatmaroon on May 23, 2009 15:07:00 GMT -5
I admit it, that wasn't a very good call on Kronwall. It could and should have been a penalty, I thought, but 5 and a game was harsh. I thought it could and should have been a penalty-for elbowing, probably, though charging was another option, but for 2.
Beyond that, the Hawks had the sort of fast start I'd been asking for, but should've have come out at least 3-nil (when Kane had the puck go through his legs with an open net on the power play late) and maybe 4-nil (if Kane had finished that and they'd done anything on the major power play). And, you know, I wasn't surprised when the Wings came back-puck possession in the offensive zone + bodies in front of the goaltender is normally a winning formula. Of course, the Hawks know that formula too, as they proved on the winning goal. I was glad to see Huet played reasonably well, and seeing him again Sunday shouldn't be a disaster. I'm really hoping Havlat will be back-the dropoff from him to Skille or whoever they play instead is pretty significant, and his line with Ladd and Bolland presents some nice balance between defensive responsibility and offense.
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The Stig
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Post by The Stig on May 23, 2009 15:19:29 GMT -5
What has Skille been up to this year anyways? AHL?
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whatmaroon
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Post by whatmaroon on May 23, 2009 17:48:13 GMT -5
AHL, mostly. A little bit of NHL time, not much. I followed them little enough I have nothing intelligent to say about how he's developed.
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