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I'll start with the Stanley Cup Playoffs this year .....
Only one word can sum up the first round games we've seen this past week:
WOW!!!!!
--- Didn't think TB would get swept....
--- Looks like Kings might suffer the same fate (f*ck Jeff Carter)....
--- How about Kane's OT goal last night to tie up the series 2-2 .... just caught the highlights this morning, that's a great series. Good match up between STL and CHI.
--- Excited to see if the Wild can tie up their series tonight, and come on Boston!! Put the hurt on the Wings!
--- Rangers seem to be having their way with Philly in those 1st & 3rd games, looking forward to the game tomorrow.
--- And how about the MF'in Bluejackets/Pens series. Are you kidding me? The final score of 4-3 everytime, and the team with the 3-1 lead ends up losing in all the games.....can not wait for Saturday's game. Bet Fleury is kicking himself today for trying to play that puck behind the net last night with only 30-ish seconds left in the game and jackets with 6 skaters on....Johnson dumped it deep, Fleury bobbled behind the net then Johansen pops it out to the high crease to find Dubi all alone, shoots between 2 Pens dmen to find the open net and tie the game with under 30 sec left.
OMFG.
IN case you missed it:
I have never been so excited for a goal in my life. Fate, destiny, luck, call it what you want but that was one of the best goals I've seen all season.
Then Foligno calling the GWG in the locker room during intermission prior to OT and then comes out and not eve 3 mins into OT he gets the puck and shoots it from just inside the blue line to beat fleury glove side. wow.
are you freakin kidding me. crazy.
you couldn't make this up if you tried to....i'm still in awe.
I'll start with the Stanley Cup Playoffs this year .....
Only one word can sum up the first round games we've seen this past week:
WOW!!!!!
--- Didn't think TB would get swept....
--- Looks like Kings might suffer the same fate (f*ck Jeff Carter)....
--- How about Kane's OT goal last night to tie up the series 2-2 .... just caught the highlights this morning, that's a great series. Good match up between STL and CHI.
--- Excited to see if the Wild can tie up their series tonight, and come on Boston!! Put the hurt on the Wings!
--- Rangers seem to be having their way with Philly in those 1st & 3rd games, looking forward to the game tomorrow.
--- And how about the MF'in Bluejackets/Pens series. Are you kidding me? The final score of 4-3 everytime, and the team with the 3-1 lead ends up losing in all the games.....can not wait for Saturday's game. Bet Fleury is kicking himself today for trying to play that puck behind the net last night with only 30-ish seconds left in the game and jackets with 6 skaters on....Johnson dumped it deep, Fleury bobbled behind the net then Johansen pops it out to the high crease to find Dubi all alone, shoots between 2 Pens dmen to find the open net and tie the game with under 30 sec left.
OMFG.
IN case you missed it:
I have never been so excited for a goal in my life. Fate, destiny, luck, call it what you want but that was one of the best goals I've seen all season. Then Foligno calling the GWG in the locker room during intermission prior to OT and then comes out and not eve 3 mins into OT he gets the puck and shoots it from just inside the blue line to beat fleury glove side. wow.
are you freakin kidding me. crazy.
you couldn't make this up if you tried to....i'm still in awe.
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Sorry DZR --- I got the Stars in 7
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And WTF Sharks --- you let LA score 6 goals!!!!!?????
Dang Jim that sucks man.....you need to upgrade your cable package!!!
NHL.com and TSN.ca/nhl have pretty good highlights & articles.
And you can sometimes find live streams of the games online for free....I'll send you an email with some info today.
I agree though, on paper and looking at the regular season stats pit is the better of the 2 teams. and pit won all the regular season matches probably figured it would be a cake walk, there was lots of pessimism on the columbus hockey blogs before the series started
But you can tell CBJ wants this ....
And this is the loudest and most excited I've ever seen the fans at NWA....haven't been to a game but a friend was at game 4 and said it was unreal. I've heard the isolated crowd audio on tv and radio streams....the crowd was on their feet still cheering CBJ even after pens went up 3-0 in game 4. The fans want it, the players want it....they are playing their hearts out.
Both goalies have played well, and there's been some outstanding individual efforts IMO but Fleury has kept pit in this series. I know he's catching flack for giving up that late game-tying goal and then (what should normally be an easy save) GWG in OT (heck I've made some comments about it), but he made 42 saves in game 4....that really says something about CBJ's offense, or maybe it's the lack of Pens defense, but probably some of both.
And you are right .... CBJ has effectively shut down (at least up to this point) pit's star players....I agree Crosby is the top player in the nhl and our guys have done a fantastic job at keeping him in check and limiting his chances.
Also, CBJ has outhit the pens 215 - 124 this series....just think about that stat for a minute.
yeah
And I'm not normally superstitious but maybe there's something to the "3-1 lead" curse, it's hurt both teams ..... I'll drink a cup of that kool-aid.
LOL, nahhh nothing against the ducks. if they win i'll be happy for them too.
picked the stars simply because i thought they'd have a little spark in their game, looking to win for rich peverley
LA dang, hats off to them, keeping things interesting....I had written them off but they aren't giving up
Avs and wild --- another OT game?!?? Fun to watch.
And damn. Cbj got out hustled by pit last night.....pit had 50 shots compared to cbj had 24....most revealing stat of the game IMO. Bob was on fire though, only allowed 2 goals (3rd was empty net), wow he played great but our offense just couldn't get going,,.,,,,sigh. Back in columbus on Monday.