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  1. bukie
    I'll take it as we can get it.
  2. bukie
    Fixed.
  3. bukie
    Scoring chance analysis, and the best player of the game may surprise you: http://www.coppernblue.com/2010/6/7/1504960/blackhawks-7-flyers-4-game-5#storyjump
  4. bukie
    I think if the Hawks win, it'll be Toews or Kane. Maaaaybe Byfuglien if he has another performance like yesterday. EDIT: I'd actually like it if they somehow shared the trophy between Toews and Kane. Symbolic and all that.
  5. bukie
    It was a delayed penalty.
  6. bukie
    My favorite ones are the ones where they claim to be screwed by the refs.
  7. bukie
    I think Serbia really could win that group, which could potentially mean a lot should the US clear the group stage.
  8. bukie
    My biggest concern about Slovenia would be them bunkering in and managing a draw against both England and the US.
  9. bukie
    So...I guess we learned that the USMNT is better than the Asian teams. That's something. Although, the front line was encouraging with Buddle and Gomez.
  10. bukie
    I won't be wrong. I wasn't wrong tonight, was I? 1-for-1 in being right. I'll be right two more times and while you are feeling horrible that the Blackhawks lost, I'll be feeling horrible but also knowing that I was right. Is that better? Well, not really. That's where it sort of breaks down... If you, or anyone else, took this sort of mentality about a World Series between two random non-Cub teams all the stat geeks here would rightly be jumping down your throats about sample size and other stuff. This isn't so different then that. The stats geeks can shove it. About to be six straight Final losses. This time after being up 2-0 at home, a position from which 31 of 33 teams have gone on to win, plus a third-period lead in game 3. The odds of winning from there had to be over 95%, and they are in the process of blowing it. Cubs were in a position where stats geeks tell us they were more than 99% to win the NLCS and still lost. Then the stats geeks tell us it's incredibly improbable that any team could lose nine straight playoff games by multiple runs. But it happened. Sit on it, stats geeks. Improbable doesn't mean impossible. You're making an absolute fool of yourself here, Kyle.
  11. bukie
    Reggie is just cheering them on to victory, I imagine.
  12. bukie
    I'm sure your image just meant "Go Hawks", though.
  13. bukie
    I wasn't really ready to call it a choke until the end, I just knew other people would. But that was chokerriffic at the end. Your posts between the 2nd and 3rd period suggest otherwise.
  14. bukie
    I was right tonight. I'll be right two more times. Here is a situation where right and rational are as far apart as possible from each other. You could do a lot to stop actually rooting for the negative outcomes just so you can trumpet your irrational correctness on the boards during and after.
  15. bukie
    The Philadelphia pressure is what causes those bad defensive breakdowns. And yet, the D really needs to be more careful with the passes and the clears. Hjalmersson really killed them tonight with those two giveaways.
  16. bukie
    Three bad, bad defensive breakdowns negated what was, on the whole, a good showing for the Hawks in terms of puck possession. The PP disparity really killed momentum completely during the first two periods, but the Hawks really weren't dominated in today's game.
  17. bukie
    Yeah, that bouncing puck that led to the empty netter really lucked out for the Hawks. As for "mostly evened out", yeah, right.
  18. bukie
    It's a case of trying to make it look like the penalty calling has been even.
  19. bukie
    Bit of a dive there by Carter. But hey, as long as they're calling everything on one side of the ice, why not that too.
  20. bukie
    Versteeg again. It sucks because the Hawks really have been controlling puck possession, just can't get any decent scoring chances.
  21. bukie
    What the Hawks need to do is switch up the lines. Move Byfuglien to the Hossa line, and toss Brouwer on the Toews-Kane line, and see what Philly does with Pronger. If Pronger follows Buff, the Kane/Toews/Brouwer line will tear up Timmonen/whoever, just as the Hossa line has torn them up so far. If Pronger stays on the top line, the Hossa line can sit Buff in front of Leighton all day.
  22. bukie
    All the crap the Flyers are doing right in front of the refs, and they're "letting them play". One BS phantom slash, and it's a penalty on the Hawks. High time for a shortie.
  23. bukie
    I will say this about the Cubs: the biggest problem with the 2008 playoffs for the Cubs were the fans expecting things to go south at the first sign of trouble, and bailing on the team as soon as it did in game 1. I really hope something similar doesn't happen in game 5 here.
  24. bukie
    If anything, I hope this brings the stupidity of the insistence on the "human factor" playing such a crucial part in baseball. Humans make mistakes. If you want mistake-free rulings in a sports, there's plenty of technology already available to make that possible.
  25. bukie
    You must have watched a different game 1 third period than I did.
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