NHL and other ice hockey discussion

[deebakes]

:woot: burnside

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/DJKLfds.jpg

:thumbsup:

[FBD]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-15/hft-firm-ceo-seeks-taxpayer-dollars-save-his-hockey-team

HFT Firm CEO Seeks Taxpayer Dollars To Save His Hockey Team

The Florida Panthers finished this season with the 2nd lowest points total in the NHL and drew the 2nd lowest average attendance of 14,200 fans per home game. The team is losing $25 million annually. All of this is the exact opposite situation of the team's owner - Vincent Viola of HFT firm Virtu Financial infamy. As Bloomberg reports, Viola, whose high-frequency trading firm plans to raise millions in an initial public offering next month, is seeking tax dollars to help cover the bills for the hockey team he bought six months ago. Viola asked lawmakers in South Florida’s Broward County to use $64 million in taxpayer funds for arena bond payments owed by the team. In addition to taking over bond payments, which would be made over the next 14 years, the team wants concessions that would cost county taxpayers another $14 million in the same period.



As Bloomberg reports, officials in Broward, which encompasses Fort Lauderdale on the Atlantic Coast, disagree on how to proceed, with some saying that if they don’t pick up the tab, the team may move and leave taxpayers with $225 million in debt and an empty arena.

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should be illegal for a professional sports team to extort taxpayer money from localities to pay for their fkn stadiums.

[samarchepas]

BOS/DET - Red Wings in 7
MTL/TAM - Habs in 7
PIT/CLB - Pens in 5
NYR/PHI - Rangers in 7
COL/MIN - Avs in 6
CHI/STL - Hawks in 6
DAL/ANA - Ducks in 5
SJ/LA - Sharks in 7

[DemonGeminiX]

Game 1 results from yesterday:

Montreal 5
Tampa Bay 4

Dallas 3
Anaheim 4

Columbus 3
Pittsburgh 4

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Why the fuck does the Avalanche game start so late? :x

[DemonGeminiX]

Why the fuck does the Avalanche game start so late? :x

:-s

9:30pm EST? That should be 7:30 your time.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:-s

9:30pm EST? That should be 7:30 your time.

That's a late start for a game in the home time zone :hand:

We always get fucked in the Mountain Time Zone

[DemonGeminiX]

I thought between 7-8 was pretty much standard start times nowadays.

[samarchepas]

I thought between 7-8 was pretty much standard start times nowadays.

It is, Habs games USUALLY start at 7-7:30 EST...I hate afternoon games

[DemonGeminiX]

Lance just wants to see the games. He's going to miss the action because has to go to bed early. He has to be at work at a ridiculously early time.

Anyway, tonight's results.

Flyers 1
Rangers 4

Blackhawks 3
Blues 4 (3OT)

Wild 4
Avalanche 5 (OT)

Kings 3
Sharks 6

[RBP]

Lance just wants to see the games. He's going to miss the action because has to go to bed early. He has to be at work at a ridiculously early time.

Anyway, tonight's results.

Flyers 1
Rangers 4

Blackhawks 3
Blues 4

Wild 4
Avalanche 5 (OT)

Kings 3
Sharks 6

Triple OT in STL. :sad2:

[DemonGeminiX]

:empathy:

At least they put up a fight.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/BTQH58q.jpg

[DemonGeminiX]

:lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

Canadiens 4
Lightning 1

Stars 2
Ducks 3

Red Wings 1
Bruins 0

[DemonGeminiX]

You blink and the Blackhawks are back in the game and with the one goal lead with 8 minutes left in the game.

:lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

Wow! Nasty hit. Backes doesn't even know where he is right now.

[DemonGeminiX]

Seabrook's gone.

[deebakes]

Wow! Nasty hit. Backes doesn't even know where he is right now.

it was actually kind of scary seeing how dazed he was without any ability to keep his skates underneath him :shock:

[deebakes]

but the blues win 4-3 in OT over the Blackhawks...

[DemonGeminiX]

HAHAHAHA!!! Columbus beat Pittsburgh!!!

:lol:

[deebakes]

i've got a bad feeling about tonight :sad2:

[DemonGeminiX]

Blackhawks 3
Blues 4 (OT)

Blue Jackets 4
Penguins 3 (2OT)

Wild 2
Avalanche 4

[samarchepas]

I got 2 wrong tonight...but I'm not mad one bit :lol:! (Hawks in 6 is still possible...just unlikely :lol:)

[Godfather]

Awesome playoff series all around so far! I picked Stastny in my pool so that's awesome :mrgreen: I want to see an Avs-Habs final so bad.

[DemonGeminiX]

:woot: Flyers!

[DemonGeminiX]

Seabrook's been suspended for 3 games.

[DemonGeminiX]

Flyers 4
Rangers 2
Series is tied 1-1

Red Wings 1
Bruins 4
Series is tied 1-1

Lightning 2
Canadiens 3
Montreal leads series 3 - 0

Kings 2
Sharks 7 ( :shock: )
San Jose leads series 2 - 0

[DemonGeminiX]

Today's games (all times EST)

7:00PM
Pittsburgh @ Columbus (Series tied 1- 1)
Colorado @ Minnesota (Avalanche lead series 2 - 0)

8:30PM
St. Louis @ Chicago (Blues lead series 2 - 0)

9:30PM
Anaheim @ Dallas (Ducks lead series 2 - 0)

[FBD]

Wow! Nasty hit. Backes doesn't even know where he is right now.

*in the ol wendy's lady voice* where's the gif! :lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSNtMDkRjBA

[FBD]

ooof holy shit! its weird how 9 times out of 10 with better positioning, how seabrook did it was legit, but away from the boards a bit and shoulder to the head, that becomes a totally different thing.

[DemonGeminiX]

They're really going after the headshots, and leaving the feet driving into the boards hits.

[FBD]

for some reason, feet leaving the ground made me think of this time when we were kids playing football, we kicked off and the kid that received in ran down the sideline,

and the biggest guy on our team took a perfect trajectory for where he'd be, but instead of a tackle he took his full speed run, jumped into the air and made himself into a cannonball,

and hit the kid so hard his shoes fell off. that kid's mom yelled at us and he never played football again.

[DemonGeminiX]

Penguins 4
Blue Jackets 3
Pittsburgh leads series 2 - 1

Avalanche 0
Wild 1 OT
Colorado leads series 2 - 1

Blues 0
Blackhawks 2
St. Louis leads series 2 - 1

Ducks 0
Stars 3
Anaheim leads series 2 - 1

[DemonGeminiX]

All times EST

3 Lightning @ 4 Canadiens 7:00PM
Montreal leads series 3 - 0

1 Bruins @ 8 Red Wings 7:30PM
Series tied 1 - 1

5 Rangers @ 6 Flyers 8:00PM
Series tied 1 -1

4 Sharks @ 6 Kings 10:00PM
San Jose leads series 2 - 0

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/93Q58MA.gif

Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuka!

[DemonGeminiX]

Lightning 3
Canadiens 4
Montreal wins series 4 - 0

Bruins 3
Red Wings 0
Boston leads series 2 - 1

Rangers 4
Flyers 1
NY leads series 2 -1

Sharks 4
Kings 3
San Jose leads series 3 - 0

[DemonGeminiX]

Today's games (all times EST)

7:00PM
Pittsburgh @ Columbus (Series tied 2- 1)

8:00PM
Anaheim @ Dallas (Ducks lead series 2 - 1)

9:30PM
St. Louis @ Chicago (Blues lead series 2 - 1)

[FBD]

hopefully I'll get around to catching a game or two before its hey look, stanley cup finals already

[DemonGeminiX]

Pittsburgh 3
Columbus 4 (OT)
(Series tied 2 - 2)

Anaheim 2
Dallas 4
(Series tied 2 - 2)

St. Louis 3
Chicago 4 (OT)
(Series tied 2 - 2)

Tonight's games (all times EST)

8:00PM
Boston @ Detroit (Bruins lead series 2 - 1)

9:30PM
Colorado @ Minnesota (Avalanche lead series 2 - 1)

10:30PM
San Jose @ Los Angeles (Sharks lead series 3 - 0)

[Godfather]

Fuck, Avs couldn't tie it with that big powerplay. Tie series. It's going to be closer than it first looked.

[deebakes]

the wild should have won game 1 also :sad2:

[DemonGeminiX]

Boston 3
Detroit 2 (OT)
Bruins lead series 3 - 1

Colorado 1
Minnesota 2
Series tied 2 - 2

San Jose 3
Los Angeles 6
Sharks lead series 3 - 1

Tonight's games (all times EST):

NY @ Philadelphia 7:00PM
Rangers lead series 2 - 1

Chicago @ St. Louis 8:00PM
Series tied 2 - 2

Dallas @ Anaheim 10:30PM
Series tied 2 - 2

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/Rl6fTA1.gif

http://i.imgur.com/2uXYael.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Fuck, Avs couldn't tie it with that big powerplay. Tie series. It's going to be closer than it first looked.

12 shots on goal for an entire game? Unacceptable, pitiful, and embarrassing for a professional hockey team.

[FBD]

was disappointed, went hunting around the tv for a game last night and got fkall :verysad:

[DemonGeminiX]

They're generally shown on the NHL Network, NBC Sports Channels, CNBC, TSN. If worse comes to worse, you can find them online.

[FBD]

nbc would be great except that this mythical sports channel doesnt appear to ever be available anywhere. I dont have cable anywhere I go and refuse to ever get it or pay for it, so basically unless these games are on broadcast, I'm assed out.

[DemonGeminiX]

Well, you need cable/satellite TV to get those mythical channels. Since you don't want cable, in that case, you're screwed.

You'll have to find a pirated stream online somewhere to watch the games. Sorry.

If it's any consolation, the Stanley Cup Finals might be shown on straight network NBC. But you're gonna have to wait a couple of weeks to get to them, we're only in the first round.

[FBD]

soooooonomabiches! :willie:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

nbc would be great except that this mythical sports channel doesnt appear to ever be available anywhere. I dont have cable anywhere I go and refuse to ever get it or pay for it, so basically unless these games are on broadcast, I'm assed out.

Then quit yer whinin' :hand:

I get all the channels and I can watch any and every game during the playoffs that I want :banana:

[DemonGeminiX]

Since I switched from Dish to TDS, I get them all too. It's nice to be able to watch hockey again, post ESPN hockey purge.

[DemonGeminiX]

:cheers:

[Godfather]

Another series tied eh DGX? Shit is close in the first round... love it.


The STL-Chi OT right now is crazy. These two teams facing off first round is almost too good.

[DemonGeminiX]

NY 1
Phila 2
Series tied 2 - 2

Chicago 3
St. Louis 2 (OT)
Blackhawks lead series 3 - 2

Dallas 2
Anaheim 6
Ducks lead series 3 - 2

Today's games (all times EST)

Detroit @ Boston 3:00PM
Bruins lead series 3 - 1

Columbus @ Pittsburgh 7:00PM
Series tied 2 - 2

Minnesota @ Colorado 9:30PM
Series tied 2 - 2

Los Angeles @ San Jose 10:00PM
Sharks lead series 3 - 1

[DemonGeminiX]

Detroit 2
Boston 4
The Bruins win the series 4 - 1

The Boston Bruins will face the Montreal Canadiens in the second round.

Columbus 1
Pittsburgh 3
The Penguins lead the series 3 - 2

Minnesota 3
Colorado 4 (OT)
The Avalanche lead the series 3 - 2

Los Angeles 3
San Jose 0
The Sharks lead the series 3 - 2

Today's games (all times EST)

Philadelphia @ New York Rangers (12:00PM)
Series tied 2 - 2

St. Louis @ Chicago (3:00PM)
The Blackhawks lead the series 3 - 2

Anaheim @ Dallas (8:00PM)
The Ducks lead the series 3 - 2

[Godfather]

Damn is LA ever swinging back, Daryl has them fired up. Hard to see this not going seven games at this point.

[DemonGeminiX]

Son of a bitch.

:meh:

[DemonGeminiX]

Balls.

:meh:

[Godfather]

God I'd love to see the Blues season upset today. Go Hawks

[DemonGeminiX]

Fuck that. I want everybody to earn their places in 7 close brutal exciting games.

[DemonGeminiX]

Bye, TJ Oshie. Have fun playing golf.

:wavey:

[RBP]

:dance:

[DemonGeminiX]

Flyers 2
Rangers 4
NY leads series 3 - 2

Blues 1
Blackhawks 5
Chicago wins series 4 - 2
Chicago will face the winner of the Colorado/Minnesota series

Ducks 5
Stars 4 (OT)
Anaheim wins series 4 - 2
Anaheim will face the winner of the San Jose/Los Angeles series

Todays' games (yadda yadda yadda EST)

Pittsburgh @ Columbus
7:00PM
The Penguins lead the series 3 - 2

Colorado @ Minnesota
9:00PM
The Avalanche leads the series 3 - 2

San Jose @ Los Angeles
10:00PM
The Sharks leads the series 3 - 2

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/9mHk2gC.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/5Ybx2rw.jpg

[samarchepas]

Really Lance? ....ITS ON! (:lol: )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6IxtxfsNWg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftGo5FR6umY&src_vid=C6IxtxfsNWg&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_304591

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ReHL49eB5A

[DemonGeminiX]

Maybe we should keep a Sam/Lance trash talk score?

:-k

[Godfather]

Hoooooly SHIT, this Columbus-Pitt game is unreal.

I'm blown away by these fans, they were on their feet and wouldn't sit or stop cheering when it was 4-0 Pittsburgh. :lol:

They've now brought it back to 4-3. Let's see what happens!!!

[DemonGeminiX]

Pittsburgh 4
Columbus 3
Pittsburgh wins the series 4 - 2

Pittsburgh will face the winner of the NY/Philadelphia series

Colorado 2
Minnesota 5
Series tied 3 - 3

San Jose 1
Los Angeles 4
Series tied 3 - 3

Tonight's game:

New York @ Philadelphia
7:30PM EST
NY leads the series 3 - 2

[DemonGeminiX]

New York 2
Philadelphia 5
Series tied 3 - 3

Wednesday Round 1 Game 7s (all series tied 3 - 3, all times EST)

Philadelphia @ New York
7:00PM

Minnesota @ Colorado
9:30PM

Los Angeles @ San Jose
10:00PM

[Teh One Who Knocks]

So, do you think the back-to-back games in the Flyers/Rangers series helps Philly or NY? :-k

[DemonGeminiX]

It depends. Can Lundqvist bounce back and let a shitty performance go that quick? Do the Flyers have his number? Does scoring 2 goals in the last 10 minutes of the third period give something the Rangers can build off of? Are the Flyers better as a road team and can they bring the same intensity to New York in game 7 as they did at home in game 6? Will the Rangers be pissed off by losing so bad, enough so that they come in as a team possessed with the will to destroy the Flyers? Will the Flyers rise up to that level?

To be honest, I really haven't paid attention this season so I don't know how the Flyers are gonna react in a do or die situation away from home. I can tell you that the Flyers made some really shitty plays in the defensive zone and I thought the Rangers should have made them pay for it last night. Mason was awesome in that respect.

Otherwise, I have no idea.

[DemonGeminiX]

I guess it helps the Rangers more. :lol:

Ahhh, phooey.

[RBP]

I guess it helps the Rangers more. :lol:

Ahhh, phooey.

:empathy:

[Godfather]

I guess it helps the Rangers more. :lol:

Ahhh, phooey.

Sucked to see them lose tonight. That was an impossible series to predict. Bit of a funny year for the Flyers, very slow start from them and G. Maybe next year!

AV is a damn fine coach IMO. He turned the Rangers around in a hurry. I'm pulling for him to do well still even though I'm chapped the Rangers got through.

[DemonGeminiX]

Who's gonna win this Minnesota-Colorado game, GF?

[deebakes]

:cheer:

[deebakes]

http://i62.tinypic.com/111qryr.gif

[DemonGeminiX]

Philadelphia 1
New York 2
The Rangers win the series 4 - 3 and will face the Penguins in the second round

Minnesota 5
Colorado 4 (OT)
The Wild win the series 4 - 3 and will face the Blackhawks in the second round

Los Angeles 5
San Jose 1
The Kings win the series 4 - 3 and will face the Ducks in the second round

2nd round

Tonight's game

Montreal @ Boston
7:30PM

[Godfather]

:( Avs couldn't hold a lead. Real bummer, but the future is super bright for them. The Sharks on the other hand :rofl: Only the fourth team in history to blow a 3-game lead and lose a series.


The NHL has the schedule right. Game 1 of round 2, Habs-Bruins starts tomorrow!

[deebakes]

it's awesome being able to count on hockey every night, i love it :tup:

[DemonGeminiX]

So I guess I'm rooting for the underdogs... except for New York. I hate both teams in that series, so as far as I'm concerned they can both suck eggs.

[Godfather]

Fair enough DGX! This is off-topic and I hate to generalize but I really do think Americans share a love for the Underdog at the genetic level. Not a bad thing, it's just an observation. Is that an unfair one?


Anyways. I'm pulling for Pitt over NYR (Sid needs another Cup) and Habs over Bruins in the East. Hawks over Wild and Ducks over LA in the West (Teemu needs one last Cup).

[DemonGeminiX]

Fair enough DGX! This is off-topic and I hate to generalize but I really do think Americans share a love for the Underdog at the genetic level. Not a bad thing, it's just an observation. Is that an unfair one?


Anyways. I'm pulling for Pitt over NYR (Sid needs another Cup) and Habs over Bruins in the East. Hawks over Wild and Ducks over LA in the West (Teemu needs one last Cup).

I don't really think about that, but I think that is a fair assessment. If it's not my home team, not one of my home team's rivals, and it's not a yearly dominating team with star power galore, then I might root for them. I like to see underdogs do well; it makes for a more exciting playoffs. But I guess that's just me wanting to watch good games since I'm investing my time into watching them.

I can't root for Pitt or NY. I'm not going to root for Boston since they've won the Cup recently, so I'm looking for Montreal to come out of the East. I can't root for the Blackhawks, nor the Ducks. Honestly, I think I'd like to see the Wild come out of the West. Probably not gonna happen, but what the hell? They've got one of those scrappy fight until their dead type of teams. They've been really fun to watch.

[DemonGeminiX]

Or maybe I can root for Boston given what happened last year. I rooted for the Red Sox in the World Series...

[DemonGeminiX]

Nah, I'm pulling for Montreal...

[RBP]

I really do think Americans share a love for the Underdog at the genetic level. Not a bad thing, it's just an observation. Is that an unfair one?

Interesting. I'd say very true. I never realized that was uniquely American; underdogs and other little-guy-does-good stories garner attention globally, do they not?

[RBP]

http://i62.tinypic.com/111qryr.gif

Wager? Say winner gets to bang Brit-Brit? :lol:

[FBD]

it's awesome being able to count on hockey every night, i love it :tup:

bastards :sad:

I caught half a period out at slider's last night though...needed mango habanero wings....

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/WKbSN2F.jpg

[Godfather]

http://i.imgur.com/WKbSN2F.jpg

:lol:

It's going to be one helluva series. Forget Habs-Leafs, the Bruins vs the Habs is probably the best long standing rivalry in the history of the NHL! Can't wait. 4:00 PST I think?

[DemonGeminiX]

7:30 EST
6:30 CST
5:30 MST
4:30 PST

[Teh One Who Knocks]

What about Easter Island Standard Time? :-s

[DemonGeminiX]

:hand:

They don't watch hockey.

[FBD]

shit, I either have to go to the bar or to my parent's house for a visit tonight :lol:

[deebakes]

Wager? Say winner gets to bang Brit-Brit? :lol:

could you actually arrange that? :pray:

[DemonGeminiX]

Is it just me or are players today whiffing on a ton of generic passes more often than players in the past have? It just seems to me like players in the past had better puck handling skills than they do today.

[RBP]

could you actually arrange that? :pray:

Me: "Listen, you banged Federline..."

Brit: "Fine, you're right..."

[DemonGeminiX]

Me: "Listen, you banged Federline..."

Brit: "Fine, you're right..."

It's worse. She banged Fred Durst.

[RBP]

It's worse. She banged Fred Durst.

Even better... we have a reasonable shot. :tup:

[DemonGeminiX]

Montreal 4
Boston 3 (2OT)
The Canadiens lead the series 1 - 0

Friday's games

7:00PM
New York @ Pittsburgh

9:30PM
Minnesota @ Chicago

[RBP]

8:30. That won't be over until 1:00 am. :snore:

[DemonGeminiX]

:idk:

[deebakes]

it's hockey, not football :lol:

[RBP]

I'm old dammit. :lol:

I don't get that channel anyway and can't afford the bar tab. Sunday's game it is.

[Godfather]

PK!!!!!

[samarchepas]

PK!!!!!

Yup! :lol: He REALLY stepped it up when the playoffs started.
First goal of the night AND the last BUT I have to say that if its not for Price, Boston wins that game EASY
48 saves tonight. Now I just hope that the big line will wake up next game (Desharnais,Pacioretty,Vanek line)
They didn't do much at all in game one.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Game 1 ;)

Detroit beat us in game 1 in Boston in the last series and we know how that ended. Plus, the last time we played Montreal in the playoffs, the beat us in the first 2 games in Boston and we still won the series. Not worried at all.

[FBD]

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/05/02/boston-strong-racist-reaction-after-subban-scores-game-winner/

ffs!

[samarchepas]

Game 1 ;)

Detroit beat us in game 1 in Boston in the last series and we know how that ended. Plus, the last time we played Montreal in the playoffs, the beat us in the first 2 games in Boston and we still won the series. Not worried at all.

I would not be worried at all if it was the other way around too, its just game one, I have Habs in 7

[Godfather]

By the way Sam, you called both GM and Coach getting canned in Van which I was dead wrong about :lol: Shit. Between that and the LA prediction you made before the playoffs the year they won the cup... I'm getting your input on my work hockey pool next year :P

[DemonGeminiX]

New York 3
Pittsburgh 2 (OT)
The Rangers lead the series 1 - 0

Minnesota 2
Chicago 5
The Blackhawks lead the series 1 - 0

Today's games

Montreal @ Boston 12:30PM EST
The Canadiens lead the series 1 - 0

Los Angeles @ Anaheim 8:00PM EST
Game 1

[Godfather]

Wow, there were 17,000 racist tweets after PK's game winner last night. Clearly not true hockey or Bruins fans... and if they were they'd remember that PK's brother plays for their organization and one of their stars Iginla is half Nigerian. Just sad to see that kind of shit.

[deebakes]

:sad2:

[RBP]

Wow, there were 17,000 racist tweets after PK's game winner last night. Clearly not true hockey or Bruins fans... and if they were they'd remember that PK's brother plays for their organization and one of their stars Iginla is half Nigerian. Just sad to see that kind of shit.

Meh. The internet is vile, especially when people get riled up. I am growing tired of selective outrage based on the chosen keywords that have arbitrarily been deemed verboten. It's all the same thing: a lack of public civility and discourse. If it wasn't nigger it just would have been some other word.

[deebakes]

and yet, everybody is up in arms over sterling :shrug:

[Godfather]

Well I thought it was disturbing RBP but I see where you're coming from.

Price looking good today! Go Habs!! Also I've got Vanek PK and pacioretty in my pool so this is good :P

[Godfather]

Shiiiiit the bruins are relentless

[deebakes]

bit of a collapse there, eh? :canada:

[DemonGeminiX]

Montreal 3
Boston 5
Series tied 1 - 1

Los Angeles 3
Anaheim 2 (OT)
The Kings lead the series 1 - 0

Sunday's games

Minnesota @ Chicago
3:00 PM EST
The Blackhawks lead the series 1 - 0

New York @ Pittsburgh
7:30 PM EST
The Rangers lead the series 1 - 0

[RBP]

:dance:

[deebakes]

would be nice if we had a goalie :shrug:

[DemonGeminiX]

Minnesota 1
Chicago 4
The Blackhawks lead the series 2 - 0

New York 0
Pittsburgh 3
The series is tied 1 - 1

Games for Monday, May 5th

Pittsburgh @ New York
7:30 PM EST
The series is tied 1 - 1

Los Angeles @ Anaheim
10:00 PM EST
The Kings lead the series 1 - 0

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Meh. The internet is vile, especially when people get riled up. I am growing tired of selective outrage based on the chosen keywords that have arbitrarily been deemed verboten. It's all the same thing: a lack of public civility and discourse. If it wasn't nigger it just would have been some other word.

Shut up cracker :hand:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:dance:


would be nice if we had a goalie :shrug:

Remember, Colorado won their first two home games against Minnesota and look what happened

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/jUEUFyE.png

VIA Massholesports

[DemonGeminiX]

My cousin told me that the city's full of racists.

:lol:

[Godfather]

Some paper published an article recently saying Twitter has run its course. It had an interesting run for sure, but the good stuff on there is absolutely buried under a high mountain of bullshit, attention seekers, and most vile of all - trolling. Seems completely accurate.

[DemonGeminiX]

I've never used twitter and I don't think I ever will.

[deebakes]

i was at a comedy show a month or so ago (audience about 75-100 people I would guess) and the comedian had some comment about, "who here uses twitter? you can follow me at ....". Dude seemed upset when it was crickets for the only response to his inquiry :lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

Pittsburgh 2
New York 0
The Penguins lead the series 2 - 1

Los Angeles 3
Anaheim 1
The Kings lead the series 2 - 0

Games for Tuesday May 6

Boston @ Montreal
7:00 PM EST
The series is tied 1 - 1

Chicago @ Minnesota
9:00 PM EST
The Blackhawks lead the series 2 - 0

[Godfather]

i was at a comedy show a month or so ago (audience about 75-100 people I would guess) and the comedian had some comment about, "who here uses twitter? you can follow me at ....". Dude seemed upset when it was crickets for the only response to his inquiry :lol:

All stand-up comics do that shit these days :rofl:

[Godfather]

Perry pouring water into Carter's glove :lol:

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/851637064.gif?1399344767

[Godfather]

MAF thanks the crossbar for a big save

http://fat.gfycat.com/ChiefPlaintiveHamadryad.gif

[Godfather]

Paul Martin must be ridiculously good or ridiculously lucky to make this defensive play.

http://cdn.bloguin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2014/05/paul-martin.gif

[FBD]

both!
that was a good pass, too....ripe for the upper left

[DemonGeminiX]

Perry pouring water into Carter's glove :lol:

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/851637064.gif?1399344767

:lol:

Hahahaha... What a dick move. I bet they pull shit like this all the time.

[Godfather]

Hell ya Habs!

Bruins almost caught up again... this series really looks like it's going 7.

[DemonGeminiX]

Boston 2
Montreal 4
The Canadiens lead the series 2 - 1

Chicago 0
Minnesota 4
The Blackhawks lead the series 2 - 1

Wednesday's game

Pittsburgh @ New York
7:30 PM EST
The Penguins lead the series 2 - 1

[RBP]

Tighter than the score implies... all late 3rd period.

[deebakes]

:woot:

[RBP]

:woot:

I'm still banging Brit. :hand:

[DemonGeminiX]

http://i.imgur.com/ilknHsm.gif

[DemonGeminiX]

Pittsburgh 4
New York 2
The Penguins lead the series 3 - 1

Thursday, May 8 games

Boston @ Montreal
7:30 PM EST
The Canadiens lead the series 2 - 1

Anaheim @ Los Angeles
10:00 PM EST
The Kings lead the series 2 - 0

[Godfather]

Only one game tonight, I feel so alone...

[deebakes]

:doggybanana:

[Godfather]

Shit

[Godfather]

Pretty cool to see Matt Fraser get the OT Winnter for himself there... wrong team though :P

[deebakes]

anaheim and boston won tonight...

[DemonGeminiX]

Boston 1
Montreal 0 (OT)
The series is tied 2 - 2

Anaheim 3
Los Angeles 2
The Kings lead the series 2 - 1

Friday night's games

New York @ Pittsburgh
7:00 PM EST
Pittsburgh leads the series 3 - 1

Chicago @ Minnesota
9:30 PM EST
Chicago leads the series 2 - 1

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Pretty cool to see Matt Fraser get the OT Winnter for himself there... wrong team though :P

http://i.imgur.com/hLqYu2W.gif

[deebakes]

wild :woot:

[DemonGeminiX]

New York 5
Pittsburgh 1
The Penguins lead the series 3 - 2

Chicago 2
Minnesota 4
The series is tied 2 - 2

Saturday's games (May 10th)

Montreal @ Boston
7:00 PM EST
The series is tied 2 - 2

Anaheim @ Los Angeles
9:30 PM EST
The Kings lead the series 2 - 1

[RBP]

Sunday late game on a channel I don't get. Fuck you. Sunday afternoon on NBC is all I get to see. :x

[redred]

Thats what pubs are for

[RBP]

With the cocktail prices it would be cheaper to pay extra for cable. :|

[redred]

Cocktails ? You can't watch sport drinking girly drinks , beer is whats needed

[RBP]

I use "cocktails" to refer to anything with alcohol. How much is a beer in a pub near you, Red? Nothing fancy, just a regular beer.

[redred]

£3 ish for a pint of cider at a pub , what about watching the game on the Internet ?

[Noilly Pratt]

Our beer is the same price as your cider. Cider is more expensive here as it is less popular. I like cider but my stomach doesn't - for some reason I can't have Apple anything without having a stomach ache afterwards -- always been that way even as a kid.

[RBP]

Our beer is the same price as your cider. Cider is more expensive here as it is less popular. I like cider but my stomach doesn't - for some reason I can't have Apple anything without having a stomach ache afterwards -- always been that way even as a kid.


£3 ish for a pint of cider at a pub , what about watching the game on the Internet ?

So $5 USD - that's about right for a beer here. Some places are more. I could go over to the Moose Lodge up the road, hadn't thought of that. Never been to that one.

[DemonGeminiX]

Montreal 2
Boston 4
The Bruins lead the series 3 - 2

Anaheim 2
Los Angeles 0
The series is tied 2 - 2

Games for Sunday, May 11

New York @ Pittsburgh
7:00 PM EST
The Penguins lead the series 3 - 2

Minnesota @ Chicago
9:00 PM EST
The series is tied 2 - 2

[RBP]

:cheerlead:

[DemonGeminiX]

Pittsburgh 1
New York 3
Series is tied 3 - 3

Minnesota 1
Chicago 2
The Blackhawks lead the series 3 - 2

Games for Monday, May 12

Boston @ Montreal
7:30 PM EST
The Bruins lead the series 3 - 2

Los Angeles @ Anaheim
10:00 PM EST
The series is tied 2 - 2

[Godfather]

Habs!!!!!!

[DemonGeminiX]

Boston 0
Montreal 4
Series tied 3 - 3

Los Angeles 3
Anaheim 4
The Ducks lead the series 3 - 2


Games for Tuesday, March 13

New York @ Pittsburgh
7:00 PM EST
Game 7

Chicago @ Minnesota
9:00 PM EST
Game 6: Chicago leads the series 3 - 2

[DemonGeminiX]

Game 7!

[Godfather]

Pens lost... there will probably be some significant changes there as a result. Maybe Nucks will have another head coach to select from.

[DemonGeminiX]

See I don't get that. Lots of teams miss the playoffs, and half of the ones that get through lose in the first round. People are happy about that. Then you've got a team like Pittsburgh, wins the Cup, becomes a perennial contender, and they lose in the second round and dammit heads are gonna roll! Given that the rest of the league is watching from their couches, the team, the front office, and their fans should be happy they made it as far as they did.

I don't care who's on the team, you can't win all the time.

[Godfather]

See I don't get that. Lots of teams miss the playoffs, and half of the ones that get through lose in the first round. People are happy about that. Then you've got a team like Pittsburgh, wins the Cup, becomes a perennial contender, and they lose in the second round and dammit heads are gonna roll! Given that the rest of the league is watching from their couches, the team, the front office, and their fans should be happy they made it as far as they did.

I don't care who's on the team, you can't win all the time.

I'd agree if this was the first let-down since winning or almost winning a cup, but I don't think it's a knee-jerk reaction this year. Bylsma's been the coach with a pretty similar core for five seasons since they won their last cup which is a lifetime for a coach. In the last 5 years they've finished first or second in their division each year, but only won 4 rounds of playoffs total. That's pretty miserable when you have two franchise players in Crosby & Malkin, and some incredible supporting pieces. Simply not good enough for a team like this that doesn't have another 5-years together.

This year especially the Pens showed no real killer instinct in the playoffs... the Blue Jackets gave them a scare, they should have finished off the Rangers ages ago.

[RBP]

Kaner!! :dance:

[Godfather]

Pissssss. I like the Hawks but my that doesn't bode well from my hockey pool :lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

Chicago just won

New York 2
Pittsburgh 1
New York wins the series 4 - 3

Chicago 2
Minnesota 1 (OT)
Chicago wins the series 4 - 2

Wednesday's games

Montreal @ Boston
7:00 PM EST
Game 7

Anaheim @ Los Angeles
9:30 PM EST
Anaheim leads the series 3 - 2

[DemonGeminiX]

I'd agree if this was the first let-down since winning or almost winning a cup, but I don't think it's a knee-jerk reaction this year. Bylsma's been the coach with a pretty similar core for five seasons since they won their last cup which is a lifetime for a coach. In the last 5 years they've finished first or second in their division each year, but only won 4 rounds of playoffs total. That's pretty miserable when you have two franchise players in Crosby & Malkin, and some incredible supporting pieces. Simply not good enough for a team like this that doesn't have another 5-years together.

This year especially the Pens showed no real killer instinct in the playoffs... the Blue Jackets gave them a scare, they should have finished off the Rangers ages ago.

So they fire the coach, get rid of some key players, then miss the playoffs for the next 10 seasons while trying to figure out what went wrong.

[Godfather]

Or settle for a perennial underachiever in the playoffs because their star players aren't coached to limit ice time and they have no discernible system? A good GM shouldn't be afraid to make a coaching change and some roster moves to improve just because they're already good if the formula isn't working year after year.

[FBD]

boston game 7 tonight eh....hmm....where can I find a place to watch this...

[Teh One Who Knocks]

For the record, I absolutely hate Game 7's...too nerve racking

[FBD]

:lol: that's only when you have something invested in a certain team winning. its great when you totally dont care who wins (even though at times, you want one to win over another anyway)...then its just give me a good game! that said of course I want boston to win :D

[DemonGeminiX]

Or settle for a perennial underachiever in the playoffs because their star players aren't coached to limit ice time and they have no discernible system? A good GM shouldn't be afraid to make a coaching change and some roster moves to improve just because they're already good if the formula isn't working year after year.

No really, I'm all for the Penguins sucking. I hate the fuckers.

:thumbsup:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/2za1KPY.png

[DemonGeminiX]

Yeah, that's really underachieving, isn't it?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Definitely, didn't even make it back to the finals even once in all those good years after winning the Cup.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Just saw that Henrik Lundqvist of the NY Rangers has now won his 5th straight game 7 in the playoffs....that's a new NHL record.

[DemonGeminiX]

Good for him... the bastard.

:meh:

[Godfather]

:dance: Habs Habs Habs!

[Godfather]

Just saw that Henrik Lundqvist of the NY Rangers has now won his 5th straight game 7 in the playoffs....that's a new NHL record.

Mike Richards is something like 7/7 too! Insane. Some guys are just incredibly clutch.

[DemonGeminiX]

Montreal 3
Boston 1
The Canadiens win the series 4 - 3. They will face the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Anaheim 1
Los Angeles 2
The series is tied 3 - 3.

Games for Friday May 16 (no games scheduled for Thursday)

Los Angeles @ Anaheim
9:00 PM EST
Game 7

The winner will face the Chicago Blackhawks in the Western Conference Finals.

[FBD]

DAMMIT I forgot hockey was on last night :x

[samarchepas]

Ray Shero (GM of the Pittsburgh Penguins) just got fired today :shock: (Nothing officials yet but words are that Bylsma will get the boot too)

[Godfather]

Yep. That team is tough to figure out. Everyone thought they'd be a dynasty when they made the finals two years in a row and won a Cup. Now Lemieux is saying his team lacks character. They certainly lack grit when Sid gets beat to shit every series with nobody to stand up for him.

So sam, what are you saying for the Rangers-Habs series?!

[Godfather]

For one little rant :

Lucic should grow the fuck up. I used to love his style of blue collar hockey, but now I think he's a big baby. Regardless of whether Weise should have said anything or broke a code, we can all read lips and it would have come out anyways. Telling two guys he's going to fucking kill them in the handshake line, and ignoring other players, barely sticking on the ice to salute the fans, then going on a rant in the post-game interview? Even a guy like Thorton who is easy to hate, shook hands like a man. You can't question Milan's desire to win and the Habs-Bruins rivalry runs deep - but I have no respect for his actions in that moment.

The handshake line is special to hockey. This is what the good old hockey players do :
http://i.imgur.com/L6uwkza.jpg

[samarchepas]

He SHOULD get a fine or a suspension, I'd say the same if it was Emelin or any Habs players that did that crap, not because he's a Bruins.He's saying he's going to kill Weise during the handshake, which is the COMPLETE opposite of what the handshake is meant to be for. (Patrice Bergeron said to Brière, "Go get that cup", class act)...know what is the most ironic with it?...Lucic recently released a book against bullying...
And about the Rangers, I'll wait till tonight's game is done before making predictions :lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

Danny Briere, Jeff Carter, Mike Richards, and Justin Williams were all former Flyers. The idiocy of our front office to get rid of these guys.

:dunno:

[DemonGeminiX]

Los Angeles 6
Anaheim 2
The Kings win the series 4 - 3

The Kings will face the Blackhawks in the Western Conference Finals.

I think you Chicago fans better be afraid. :lol:

Game for Saturday, May 17

NY Rangers @ Montreal Canadiens
1:00 PM EST
Game 1


Hats off to Teemu Selanne. It was a fantastic career.

[Godfather]

Danny Briere, Jeff Carter, Mike Richards, and Justin Williams were all former Flyers. The idiocy of our front office to get rid of these guys.

:dunno:

That's true... all clutch playoff guys Philly could you. Voracek for Carter is still a good trade though, points wise right?.

[DemonGeminiX]

Actually, it looks like they're a bit even. The variance is small and they trade off seasons here and there. We'll have to see Carter's stats when the playoffs are over for the Kings to get this year's comparisons. But still, the word is that Voracek is lazy. I'm not sure if there's any truth to that, or if it's any worse than the word about Carter when he was with Philly (Richards and Carter supposedly were drunks).

[DemonGeminiX]

If you Canadien guys let the Rangers win this series after beating Boston, I'll be very disappointed.

[-(

[Godfather]

Shit... Price is hurt.

[DemonGeminiX]

New York 7
Montreal 2
The Rangers lead the series 1 - 0

Tomorrow's game

Los Angeles @ Chicago
3:00 PM EST
Game 1

[samarchepas]

Shit... Price is hurt.
Thankfully, according to Michel Therrien, Price is not injured...but he pulled him off because the players in front of him were playing like shit and wanted to
wake the team up and protect Price. 7-2, they probably were already thinking about the Stanley Cup, that's a big wake up call.

[DemonGeminiX]

You better lend your team your mojo Sammy. I don't want the Rangers to win the Cup.

[-(

[Godfather]

Thankfully, according to Michel Therrien, Price is not injured...but he pulled him off because the players in front of him were playing like shit and wanted to
wake the team up and protect Price. 7-2, they probably were already thinking about the Stanley Cup, that's a big wake up call.

Definitely good news, and definitely hope it is a wake up call.

Reminds me of the Canucks in January the season after they lost in the Cup Final to Boston. They played Boston in this hugely hyped crazy regular season game. It was a nasty hard-fought game that the Nucks did win but it seemed as if they treated it like this great big redemption victory instead of just a game. They played like absolute shit for the remainder of the season and were killed in 5 games to the Kings in the playoffs... it was complete joke. So Montreal needs to look ahead very quick if that's what the problem is.

[samarchepas]

Losing 7-2 is probably the best wake up call you can get, playing that bad (good 2nd period, till the last 2 minutes and the 3rd)
its better that way than losing 2-1 and have them say "well it was close"

[DemonGeminiX]

Mojo, Sammy. Mojo.

[-(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

For one little rant :

Lucic should grow the fuck up. I used to love his style of blue collar hockey, but now I think he's a big baby. Regardless of whether Weise should have said anything or broke a code, we can all read lips and it would have come out anyways. Telling two guys he's going to fucking kill them in the handshake line, and ignoring other players, barely sticking on the ice to salute the fans, then going on a rant in the post-game interview? Even a guy like Thorton who is easy to hate, shook hands like a man. You can't question Milan's desire to win and the Habs-Bruins rivalry runs deep - but I have no respect for his actions in that moment.

The handshake line is special to hockey. This is what the good old hockey players do :
http://i.imgur.com/L6uwkza.jpg


He SHOULD get a fine or a suspension, I'd say the same if it was Emelin or any Habs players that did that crap, not because he's a Bruins.He's saying he's going to kill Weise during the handshake, which is the COMPLETE opposite of what the handshake is meant to be for. (Patrice Bergeron said to Brière, "Go get that cup", class act)...know what is the most ironic with it?...Lucic recently released a book against bullying...
And about the Rangers, I'll wait till tonight's game is done before making predictions :lol:

:wah:

If the players can't take it, I hear there's some openings at the Bolshoi :roll:

[Godfather]

Meh, I think Boston fans would feel the disgust if PK or a Hab had done it. Anyways, like it or not - I love this shirt :lol:

http://i.imgur.com/b0vnYvj.png

[DemonGeminiX]

:wah:

If the players can't take it, I hear there's some openings at the Bolshoi :roll:

I disagree. Lucic's behavior was piss-poor sportsmanship. The series is over. Man up and congratulate the winner. The players in the NHL aren't just players. They're emissaries for the sport. If they can't act like adults and put forth a good example for everyone else to follow when all is said and done, then they shouldn't be on the ice. There are kids watching this game. Lucic's antics sends the wrong message. Grow up and show them how a real man is supposed to act... with class.

[DemonGeminiX]

Los Angeles 1
Chicago 3
Chicago leads the series 1 - 0

Game for Monday, May 19

New York @ Montreal
8:00 PM EST
New York leads the series 1 - 0

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Meh, I think Boston fans would feel the disgust if PK or a Hab had done it. Anyways, like it or not - I love this shirt :lol:

http://i.imgur.com/b0vnYvj.png

The shirt is awesome....and if a Habs player (or Rangers or Flyers or anyone) had said it, I couldn't care less. It was said on the ice and it belongs there...unless you are a little bitch and need to go whine to someone about it.


I disagree. Lucic's behavior was piss-poor sportsmanship. The series is over. Man up and congratulate the winner. The players in the NHL aren't just players. They're emissaries for the sport. If they can't act like adults and put forth a good example for everyone else to follow when all is said and done, then they shouldn't be on the ice. There are kids watching this game. Lucic's antics sends the wrong message. Grow up and show them how a real man is supposed to act... with class.

If you guys think that Lucic is the first and only guy to say something in the handshake line, then you guys are naive as hell.

I've said all I am going to say on this, I'm out.

[DemonGeminiX]

I'm sure you're right, but that doesn't change the fact that it's wrong. You can call us naive all you want, but it doesn't change the fact that that behavior does not belong in a professional game's post series handshake. It's childish and unprofessional. These guys are supposed to be the best of the best. They should act like it.

[samarchepas]

Yup...this is horrible...Price is out for the rest of this series. Tokarski better be good (better than Budaj, at least)

[DemonGeminiX]

Sorry, Sam.

[samarchepas]

Well at least Tokarski won on every levels he's been on (Telus cup when in midget,Memorial cup, Calder cup and won the gold in world championship)
He knows what pressure is but is still just a kid with no experience in the NHL playoffs.

[DemonGeminiX]

I wish him the best of luck










Because I hate the Rangers.

[samarchepas]

No worries...I hate every team in the old division :lol: (Senators,Leafs,Bruins,Sabres...Less for the last ones but still )

[RBP]

What the hell did I just watch? :doh:

http://i.imgur.com/PJpluZf.gif

[Godfather]

:lol: Pretty accurate

[DemonGeminiX]

What the hell did I just watch? :doh:

Your team getting their asses beat at home.

[samarchepas]

Similar to what happened to the Habs on game 1 ...but they didn't blow up a 2 goals lead in the process :lol:

[RBP]

How did that go under his pad? Ugh. This is a great game but I am getting worried. The Hawks have to score on the power plays!

[Godfather]

The Kings being the top scoring team in the playoffs is crazy! Hawks have got a big challenge here.

[DemonGeminiX]

The Rangers have the Canadians against the ropes.

[DemonGeminiX]

And the Kings have the Blackhawks against the ropes. Kings and Rangers both lead their series 3 - 1.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

The Kings are the only team left in the playoffs that I can even remotely stand

[DemonGeminiX]

That 2nd goal by Montreal was really smooth.

[Godfather]

Dorsett snowing that kid was a dick move, but hilarious gif :lol:

http://giant.gfycat.com/GrayWelltodoGrasshopper.gif

More Dorsett nonsense late in the night headbutting :lol:

http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/fan_shot_images/330829/854719144.gif

[deebakes]

OT :woot:

[deebakes]

2 OT's :woot::woot:

[deebakes]

Blackhawks win in 2nd OT. 5-4. Series is now 3-2 in LA's favor.

[Godfather]

Fuck the Rangers, bunch of plugs.

The only story I like there is that A.V. is doing so well for himself, the Canucks fired the wrong guy.

[Godfather]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hMKvUbmRYs

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Fuck the Rangers, bunch of plugs.

The only story I like there is that A.V. is doing so well for himself, the Canucks fired the wrong guy.

1993

[DemonGeminiX]

:-k

What happened in '93? Besides me graduating from high school?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:-k

What happened in '93? Besides me graduating from high school?

The last year a Canadian team won the Cup ;)

[FBD]

when's the stanley cup start?


yes hal, I got a tv. only because 1) want to watch stanley cup, 2) want to watch football, 3) want to watch movies on something besides my laptop and 4) preposterously cheap deal, 40" RCA, $279.

oh and 5, I put a lightning bolt into my old 27" widescreen monitor I used to use as a "tv" and it dont work no mo'

[DemonGeminiX]

Still waiting for a winner in the West Finals. Game 6 is tonight. LAs up 3 - 2 but the Blackhawks are fighters, so it could go 7.

[DemonGeminiX]

There will be a game 7.

[RBP]

YES!

[FBD]

Game 1 Rangers at Blackhawks/Kings Wednesday, June 4
Game 2 Rangers at Blackhawks/Kings Saturday, June 7
Game 3 Blackhawks/Kings at Rangers Monday, June 9
Game 4 Blackhawks/Kings at Rangers Wednesday, June 11
*Game 5 Rangers at Blackhawks/Kings Friday, June 13
*Game 6 Blackhawks/Kings at Rangers Monday, June 16
*Game 7 Rangers at Blackhawks/Kings Wednesday, June 18

[deebakes]

OT game 7 western conference final :clap:

[deebakes]

LA Kings beat Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 in game 7 and are headed to the Stanley Cup to face the NY Rangers

[RBP]

:sad2:

[deebakes]

:empathy:

[DemonGeminiX]

Let's see if the travel from one coast to the other wears down on the teams.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Kings in 6

[FBD]

oh nice, stanley cup starts tonight! I can finally WATCH SOME FKN HOCKEY

[deebakes]

you could have been watching all the games if you put effort into it :shrug: