Official NHL Playoffs Thread

[NewUserName]

I think the NHL has to be pretty happy about the Conference finals. The 4 best teams remain. Should be really good hockey. Predictions for this round.

 

Ottawa over Buffalo in 6

 

Wings over Ducks in 6

[jersey cubs fan]

I think the NHL has to be pretty happy about the Conference finals. The 4 best teams remain. Should be really good hockey. Predictions for this round.

 

Ottawa over Buffalo in 6

 

Wings over Ducks in 6

 

I'd think they are fairly happy. A couple big market teams, including SoCal. A traditional power in Detroit. Even though Buffalo is upstate NY, it gets considerable play in the metro area. There's a Canadian team as well, to boot. I'm sure they'd prefer Toronto/Montreal against the Rangers and Chicago against the Kings, or maybe Vancouver or even Edmonton. But this works.

[Drew Doughty]

Ottawa over Buffalo in 7

 

Ducks (BLEH) over Wings (MORE BLEH) in 6.

 

the western finals are pretty much a kings fan's worst nightmare.

[NewUserName]

Ottawa over Buffalo in 7

 

Ducks (BLEH) over Wings (MORE BLEH) in 6.

 

the western finals are pretty much a kings fan's worst nightmare.

 

 

Why do the King fans hate the Red Wings so much. Is it the Marcel Dionne thing. Wait that is why the Wings should hate the Kings. The Wings are also the team that produced your guy Avery

[rickrolled]

I'd like to see the Ducks and Sabres battle it out for the Cup, they've both had fantastic years.

[Guest]

Go Ducks!

[Drew Doughty]

Ottawa over Buffalo in 7

 

Ducks (BLEH) over Wings (MORE BLEH) in 6.

 

the western finals are pretty much a kings fan's worst nightmare.

 

 

Why do the King fans hate the Red Wings so much. Is it the Marcel Dionne thing. Wait that is why the Wings should hate the Kings. The Wings are also the team that produced your guy Avery

 

i don't really know. i just know that myself and a few other kings fans that i talk to online (not living in a place where there are major professional sports) sucks. I mean, they had Luc, they gave us Avery, we beat them in the playoffs in our most recent series win. Arbitrary hate I guess.

[Guest]

I don't blame anyone for hating anything from Detroit, it's only natural.

[NewUserName]

Ottawa over Buffalo in 7

 

Ducks (BLEH) over Wings (MORE BLEH) in 6.

 

the western finals are pretty much a kings fan's worst nightmare.

 

 

Why do the King fans hate the Red Wings so much. Is it the Marcel Dionne thing. Wait that is why the Wings should hate the Kings. The Wings are also the team that produced your guy Avery

 

i don't really know. i just know that myself and a few other kings fans that i talk to online (not living in a place where there are major professional sports) sucks. I mean, they had Luc, they gave us Avery, we beat them in the playoffs in our most recent series win. Arbitrary hate I guess.

 

 

We didnt give you Avery, we got Schnieder in return. We gave you Marcel Dionne

[NewUserName]

I don't blame anyone for hating anything from Detroit, it's only natural.

 

3 good sports franchises, several quality musical artists. Produce a good share of US born hockey players.

[Drew Doughty]

Ottawa over Buffalo in 7

 

Ducks (BLEH) over Wings (MORE BLEH) in 6.

 

the western finals are pretty much a kings fan's worst nightmare.

 

 

Why do the King fans hate the Red Wings so much. Is it the Marcel Dionne thing. Wait that is why the Wings should hate the Kings. The Wings are also the team that produced your guy Avery

 

i don't really know. i just know that myself and a few other kings fans that i talk to online (not living in a place where there are major professional sports) sucks. I mean, they had Luc, they gave us Avery, we beat them in the playoffs in our most recent series win. Arbitrary hate I guess.

 

 

We didnt give you Avery, we got Schnieder in return. We gave you Marcel Dionne

 

i know. but dionne was before my time, so i'm not really worried about it. and pffffft avery > schneider 8-)

[NewUserName]

Ottawa over Buffalo in 7

 

Ducks (BLEH) over Wings (MORE BLEH) in 6.

 

the western finals are pretty much a kings fan's worst nightmare.

 

 

Why do the King fans hate the Red Wings so much. Is it the Marcel Dionne thing. Wait that is why the Wings should hate the Kings. The Wings are also the team that produced your guy Avery

 

i don't really know. i just know that myself and a few other kings fans that i talk to online (not living in a place where there are major professional sports) sucks. I mean, they had Luc, they gave us Avery, we beat them in the playoffs in our most recent series win. Arbitrary hate I guess.

 

 

We didnt give you Avery, we got Schnieder in return. We gave you Marcel Dionne

 

i know. but dionne was before my time, so i'm not really worried about it. and pffffft avery > schneider 8-)

 

I didnt like the trade at the time. I liked Schneider but really like Avery. Schneider has been solid for us on the blue line. We also have Dan Cleary now who plays a similar style to Avery. At the time the Draper, Maltby and McCarty were still younger and fast. Maltby and McCarty got old quick.

 

I was about 5 when the Dionne trade went down. I dont think anyone in Detroit thought it would turn out the way it did.

[NewUserName]

Sens looked good tonight. Up 1-0

[NewUserName]

Did all the hockey people take the weekend off? Fun game last night. To bad the Ducks won.

 

 

Watching some of the game on Sat between the Sabres and the Sens. The Sabres need to learn like San Jose, playing really really hard for 10 mins is not always a great idea. You can burn yourself out. Great game though.

 

Out of the 4 games so far, 3 have been really entertaining. Game 1 between the Ducks and the Wings was a little dull.

[Post Count Padder]

Woo, Ducks won last night. I finally got to watch part of a game and I remembered why I love overtime hockey.

[NewUserName]

mclennan smacked franzen in the stomach pretty hard. and just to show that the message playfair was trying to send didn't sink in, detroit took a goaltender interference penalty. nice.

 

I can tell you right now that the Wings are going to be eliminated if they get to the Ducks. The Wings have never been a playoff team, their hearts aren't in it. You all see the Ducks, Wild, Canucks, and Stars playing their butts off, but when you watch the Wings games, they play like it's reg. season. And seeing as there were NO Wings to back up Franzen is just another observation of how much this team lacks.

 

I know the series isnt over and the Ducks can certainly come back in win. I think the Ducks are a more talented team. That just shows even more how wrong this post is. The Wings have played real strong for most of the playoffs. They are clearly not as talented as San Jose or Anahiem, yet they are in it.

[NewUserName]

Chris Pronger suspended for game 4. If the Refs got the right guy to begin with he probably wouldnt be getting the suspension. Too bad for Anaheim

[Schwarber Fan]

Not looking good for the Sabres :(

 

Gotta pull a Red Sox

[soccer10k]

And Ottawa is in the Stanley Cup finals.

[Drew Doughty]

wooo the only team i still care about wins!

 

GO SENS GO!

[soccer10k]

Wow. Niedermayer scored on a deflection for Anaheim with 47.3 seconds left to tie the game at 1. Anaheim was on a power play and had pulled the goalie so they had a 6 on 4 advantage. It's likely headed to overtime.

[soccer10k]

Selanne scores and Anaheim wins 2-1 to take a 3-2 series lead.

[NewUserName]

Selanne scores and Anaheim wins 2-1 to take a 3-2 series lead.

 

2 straight that Detroit has clearly outplayed Anaheim and lost. Even the Ducks game tieing goal was fluky.

[Post Count Padder]

Ducks win!!!!!!!

 

 

and they were outplayed all game. We got lucky.

[Guest]

Yay Ducks. One more.