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  1. UMFan83
    Unbelievably painful to kill 1:40 of a 5 on 3 and have them score with 1 second left. Really horrible breaks going against the Hawks right now.
  2. UMFan83
    Of course they score with 1 seconds left, killing that penalty and we are still a man down.
  3. UMFan83
    One good clear guys. Somehow some way do it.
  4. UMFan83
    Thank God for the quick whistle.
  5. UMFan83
    [expletive] a 5 on 3 unbelievable. Might as well call it 1-0 Sharks
  6. UMFan83
    I agree, great first period. I will definitely take 0-0 after 1. I expected SJ to come out and give a dominant effort and really outplay us. They didn't and now I'm convinced we are going to win the series, even if they steal one tonight.
  7. UMFan83
    Well, they were outplayed in the first period the first game and, I believe, for the first 10 minutes of the second game Yeah they are doing fine controlling the game, I just see too many cross ice passes in the neutral zone instead of the dump ins that worked so well on the road. most of the time they were doing that was when they were protecting a big lead But that's also the kind of stuff they said they did on the road well that they wanted to do at home. Not taking a lot of risks, dumping it in, and taking their chances when they come. Don't allow any odd man breaks, etc. It's more conservative, but against a team like the Sharks it can work at times.
  8. UMFan83
    Well, they were outplayed in the first period the first game and, I believe, for the first 10 minutes of the second game Yeah they are doing fine controlling the game, I just see too many cross ice passes in the neutral zone instead of the dump ins that worked so well on the road.
  9. UMFan83
    Nabby looks sharp tonight. They went into this game talking about having a road type game plan and so far I haven't seen that at least offensively
  10. UMFan83
    Too many short handed breaks for SJ to make that a good PP, but I've seen worse.
  11. UMFan83
    We deserve that call with the iffy penalty called.
  12. UMFan83
    NO GOAL!!
  13. UMFan83
    In retrospect these 2 days off to reflect on a 2-0 lead seem like the worst thing that could happen. All I hear about is people talking about how great it is that the Hawks are so close to a title, and all this stuff that makes it seem like the rest of this series is just a corronation for the Hawks. I hope the Hawks aren't hearing a lot of that buzz. There is still a series to win against a great team.
  14. UMFan83
    I always imagined that Cyno was waiting for the right moment to return, but in the meantime he had been compiling a list of horrible calls against the Hawks all year. And then on his return, his first post is that list of bad calls, and the list is so long, and has so many profanities contained that the board immediately crashes upon hitting submit.
  15. UMFan83
    For anyone who knows somoene going to the game, or doesn't mind going alone, ticketmaster has some 300 level singles available that just got released. No pairs I dont think though.
  16. UMFan83
    Why do you want the Hawks to get eliminated? 6-6 you mean right
  17. UMFan83
    Forgive my ignorance, but why is McCreary reffing an automatic loss for us?
  18. UMFan83
    I feel like we haven't played many Hawks games at home lately, and we haven't. Until today, we played at the UC only once in the last 17 days. That's roughly as long a stretch with only 1 home game as the Olympic Break was.
  19. UMFan83

    LOL

    UMFan83 replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk

    I'm assuming the funny part is Jeter. Was that a fan list or something an actual sportswriter came up with?
  20. UMFan83
    I am not looking forward to hearing the theme music to "The Natural" every time a Ranger goes deep this weekend. I remember how annoying that was in 2007. At least we don't have to worry about Sosa hitting a milestone HR against us.
  21. UMFan83
    Well 2 years ago it was blue, last year it was red, so naturally this year it's white.
  22. UMFan83
    Exactly. Colvin isn't going to net much at this point. Especially not for Travis Snider
  23. UMFan83
    Fair enough. I just don't want them starting to believe that they can't win at home.
  24. UMFan83
    3-3 Wins: Game 2 vs. Nashville - Fairly sound 2-0 win Game 5 vs. Nashville - This was the Kane comeback with 13 seconds left shorthanded game Game 2 vs. Vancouver - Got absolutely dominated in the first 8-10 minutes, fell behind 2-0, but clawed back to win 4-2 Losses: Game 1 vs. Nashville - Lost 4-1, but 2 of the goals were ENs Game 1 vs. Vancouver - Lost 5-1 and got dominated most of the game Game 5 vs. Vancouver - Lost 4-1 and didn't look as bad as game 1 but didn't look awesome either Goal differential at home this postseason 14-19 with a 1-2 differential in EN goals. All of that said, I'm not worried about a 6 game sample size, and no one should be afraid to play playoff games at home, especially if the team only lost 8 games in regulation there all year. If we lose all 3 of our home games this series causing us to lose the series, it was because we weren't good enough to beat the Sharks 4 times in 7 games, not because we didn't have our pregame stuff occur at a hotel.
  25. UMFan83
    You're telling your guys, "we stink at home and have to mix things up." What if they lose that game? Then what? They are in total control, what is the point of introducing gimmicks? They've been horrible in most of the home games in the playoffs. It may be a dumb gimmick, but I'm for anything that changes the mojo that we have entering home games. How about we just play like we do on the road at the United Center? Is that really too much to ask for? They've been horrible at home yet horrible means 3-3 against competition that is playing with 100% intensity. They also had I think the 2nd best home record in the league this year. They are a really good home team. Like jersey said, the Hawks are in complete control of this series. Why take a chance of throwing any doubt in the team's mind by going out of your way to make it not feel like a home game. There is a very good chance that the Sharks come out and beat us tomorrow night whether or not we change anything. Their whole season is on the line for them, so they are going to throw everything at us. If we start changing up stuff and then we lose, then the media goes big time on the "winning at home struggles" and that's all we'll hear about from Friday until Sunday at 2pm.
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