2007 NHL Playoffs

Okay, here are the matchups. What are your predictions for Round 1?

East-
Buffalo-NY Islanders
New Jersey-Tampa Bay
Atlanta-NY Rangers
Ottawa-Pittsburgh

West-
Detroit-Calgary
Anaheim-Minnesota
Vancouver-Dallas
Nashville-San Jose

My picks-

East-
Buffalo-NY Islanders (Buffalo in 4)
New Jersey-Tampa Bay (New Jersey in 6)
Atlanta-NY Rangers (Rangers in 6)
Ottawa-Pittsburgh (Pitt in 7)

West-
Detroit-Calgary (Calgary in 6)
Anaheim-Minnesota (Anaheim in 5)
Vancouver-Dallas (Vancouver in 5)
Nashville-San Jose (San Jose in 6)

East-
Buffalo-NY Islanders (buffalo in 5)
New Jersey-Tampa Bay (NJ in 6)
Atlanta-NY Rangers (Rangers in 7)
Ottawa-Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh in 5)

West-
Detroit-Calgary (Calgary in 7)
Anaheim-Minnesota (Anahiem in 5)
Vancouver-Dallas (Dallas in 6)
Nashville-San Jose (Nashville in 6)

Go Peter and the Preds!

West

(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. ( 8 ) Calgary Flames = Flames in 6

(2) Anaheim Ducks vs. (7) Minnesota Wild = Wild in 7

(3) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) Dallas Stars = Canucks in 5

(4) Nashville Predators vs. (5) San JoseSharks = Sharks in 6

East

(1) Buffalo Sabres vs. ( 8 ) New York Islanders = Sabres in 5

(2) New Jersey Devils vs. (7) Tampa Bay Lightning = Devils in 5

(3) Atlanta Thrashers vs. (6) New York Rangers = Rangers in 6

(4) Ottawa Senators vs. (5) Pittsburgh Penguins = Senators in 7

Y'all must be watching a different Calgary Flames team than I am

East-
Buffalo vs NY Islanders: Buffalo in 5
New Jersey vs Tampa Bay: NJ in 6
Atlanta vs NY Rangers: Atl in 7
Ottawa vs Pittsburgh: Ottawa in 6

West-
Detroit vs Calgary: Detroit in 5
Anaheim vs Minnesota: Anaheim in 6
Vancouver vs Dallas: Vancouver in 4
Nashville vs San Jose: Nashville in 6

You think Datsyuk and a hurting Zetterberg and Bertuzzi can take a beating over 7 games? There's no one tough on that team, Lang and Schneider led the team in PIM's with 66! Hasek will have to stand on his head for the Wings to get past the Flames. I agree with you though, they have played like crap, I thought for sure Playfair would get fired. They're more of a playoff team though-great goalie, hard hitting D and talented grinders.

Buffalo vs NY Islanders: Buffalo in 4
New Jersey vs Tampa Bay: NJ in 5
Atlanta vs NY Rangers: NY in 5
Ottawa vs Pittsburgh: Ottawa in 4

West-
Detroit vs Calgary: Detroit in 4 (fuck Calgary)
Anaheim vs Minnesota: Anaheim in 4
Vancouver vs Dallas: Vancouver in 4 (I hope so)
Nashville vs San Jose: San Jose in 5

Calgary does not deserve to be in the pay off's, I hope they choke as they did during the regular season

East-
Buffalo-NY Islanders in 6
New Jersey-Tampa Bay in 5
Atlanta-NY Rangers in 4
Ottawa-Pittsburgh in 7

West-
Detroit-Calgary in 5
Anaheim-Minnesota in 6
Vancouver-Dallas in 7
Nashville-San Jose in 5

East-
Buffalo-NY Islanders -- Buffalo in 5
New Jersey-Tampa Bay -- NJ in 6
Atlanta-NY Rangers -- Rangers in 7
Ottawa-Pittsburgh -- Pitt in 6

West-
Detroit-Calgary -- Detroit in 6
Anaheim-Minnesota -- Ducks in 5
Vancouver-Dallas -- Dallas in 7
Nashville-San Jose -- Sharks in 6

East-
Buffalo-NY Islanders -- Buffalo in 5
New Jersey-Tampa Bay -- NJ in 7
Atlanta-NY Rangers -- Rangers in 6
Ottawa-Pittsburgh -- Ottawa in 6

West-
Detroit-Calgary -- Detroit in 7
Anaheim-Minnesota -- Ducks in 6
Vancouver-Dallas -- Vancouver in 6
Nashville-San Jose -- Nashville in 5

Buffalo-NY Islanders: Sabres are going to roll. In 5.
New Jersey-Tampa Bay: Brodeur has been on fire all year. Devils in 5.
Atlanta-NY Rangers: Thrashers in 6.
Ottawa-Pittsburgh: Heatley goes beserk, scores 4 goals in series. Ottawa in 5.

Detroit-Calgary: Iginla does well, Kiprusoff shuts down the net like Ft. Knox. Flames in 5.
Anaheim-Minnesota: Hopefully Selanne can keep it going. I like the Ducks in 7.
Vancouver-Dallas: I'm going with "Pile Driver" Bertuzzi and gang on this one. Canucks in 7.
Nashville-San Jose: Oooo, this is going to be good. Nashville can light the lamp (highest scoring team in the west this year, I believe), but SJ is a little better on the goaltending. Should be a great matchup. Preds in 7.

lolz. Claus, you want to give him the news?

East-
Buffalo-NY Islanders = Buffalo in 4
New Jersey-Tampa Bay = NJ in 5
Atlanta-NY Rangers = Rangers in 7
Ottawa-Pittsburgh = Pittsburgh in 6

West-
Detroit-Calgary = Detroit in 7
Anaheim-Minnesota = Anaheim in 4
Vancouver-Dallas = Dallas in 6
Nashville-San Jose = San Jose in 5

Oh, oh and Claus just got over the break up. Crazy lovebirds! :p

Cool video- LINK

He he he he ....just goes to show how much that guy knows aboot our religion.

Another 48 hours and I will be in my seat

Holy shit Claus, that's some serious hate on for the Flames, quite flattering!
I predict the top seeds gone round 1.

He's just saying that to try and get a rise out of me knowing that I like the Flames. I'll jump on a bandwagon by the end of the first round, depends on which team I enjoy watching the most.

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Need I say More?

You could tell VW X-Man to go shit in his hat! Or do it for him?

Just to be fair....
Claus, if the Nucks can't support one of the best goalies ever and get knocked out.....

...don't cry, be strong! :p

You know, I totally forgot he got traded.

Well, if that wasn't a "fucking moron" moment!

My apologizes. I do follow hockey (granted, not as crazy about it as the rest of you fools), and that was pure stupidity on my part.

Carry on..

Caption:

Please don't trade me to Tampa...

I will be there tomorrow night and Friday...or should I scalp my tix for Friday and make a cool $1200???...hmmmmmm

I think you need to learn more "aboot our religion" before you try to brag about your tickets. Bertuzzi was traded to the Panthers not the Tampa Bay Lightning, then to Detroit. :p

As I said......Please Don't trade me to Tampa. which was the first rumor up here.

Ahhhh, the first rumor. Please try to be more specific next time, I'm only blonde.

10 more hours till the playoffs start....and Matsuzaka's Fenway debut!

Holy sweet fuck, the Pens look HORRIBLE.

Sens 2-0 early in the 1st period. Fleury is playing like shit. He looks rattled already.

I'm finding myself rooting for the Sens...actually, more rooting against the Pens. I'm just not a fan of Crosby.

Turco checks Bulis!
temper, temper!

You guys watching the Nucks/Stars game are missing a helluva game. Sharks/Preds going to 2nd OT. What an intense game. I love playoff hockey!!

Go Sharks.

Sharks win in 2OT, 5-4. Sweet pass by Patrick Marleau to Patrick Rissmiller who roofs it over Vokoun.

What a great fucking game.

Canucks up 4-2 now. That looks to be over.

Ducks and Wild tied at 1-1.

Uh-oh. I think I jinxed the Nucks. It's tied 4-4 now with 6 minutes to go in the 3rd.

I want another OT game!!

My remote is getting a workout tonight!

ssstill at the game..2nd OT...electricc

How is Dallas outshooting them by almost 30?? Some help for Luongo would be nice!

Still awake, E?

Past 2am on the east coast.

For the love of God, would someone just score!! For a triple OT game it's pretty lame. I wonder what the record is for give aways and shooting the puck around the boards??

4th ot..

claus aren't you suppose to be at the game? or are you surfing the net from your phone?? haha...it's officially midnight and i've officially been watching nhl playoff hockey for 7 1/2 hours...

finally...4 ot's later and a beautiful Sedin twin goal!

I was at the game..and what a game !!!!. I surf the internet on my phone for the scores. got home at 130am....Java time.

I fell asleep watching it, I was surprised not to see them still playing when I woke up.

The City is going nuts, one would think we are about to play the final

4 more hours 'til the puck drops in Detroit, GO FLAMES!

Here's yer warm up:

Flamers suck

Rissmiller should be very happy that he scored the winner since it was his inability to clear the puck out of his zone and subsequent turnover that lead to the tying goal.

Didn't even bother, thanks for the effort

Good luck tonight, you r gonna need it...

A little late putting my bid in but Red Wings are gonna win it all. Being a hockey player my whole life and living in Detroit im going with the Wings for sure. And its 10 mins into the first period against the flames, and Detroit is winning 2-0

Im hoping for a Vancouver-Detroit Western Conf final. I'd love to see Bert come back home as the opponent.

Poor Kipper...the team in front of him sucks balls. This game could easily be 6-0 without Kipper standing on his head.

4-0 Wings going into the third.

Wings win 4-1 over teh Flames.

Detroit outshot Calgary 46-20. Ouch.

I just got home...4-1???? what happened? Did Zetterberg play? Did the Flames just suck ass or was Detroit having a great night?

Yeah, Zetterberg played....he looked good. He had no goals or assists, but was +2, 4 sog, and had 4 hits. Datsyuk actually scored a goal.

Detroit looked really good. They were really precise with their passing. Kipper played great, despite giving up 4 goals. The rest of his team just didn't show up. Brad Stuart got abused. Iginla was for the most part, transparent. Phaneuf got knocked on his butt.

is it me or does that flame look somewhat mottled and unresponsive? If that were the hospital I'd call a code blue and start CPR.

un responsive?...you just described 2/3 of the flames.

'wittingly' describe I might add...

I would conform to venture it would be Factural.

well that was a slumber party...glad I stayed home with my friend Grey Goose

Nashville and Dallas even up their series with victories tonight. I haven't been able to see much of the games so far

Fucking Radulov with that dirty ass hit on Bernier. I'm losing a lot of respect for Nashville with the way they've played this series. Dirty as hell. Radulov was lucky he didn't break Bernier's neck. He'll get his in Game 3.

and to think, i was almost upset that i was missing the game because the wifey wanted to take a short culinary class.

Which i might add for you Vancouver folk, the Pacific Culinary Institute on Granville Island, wow! Great experience, a 2 hour gourment 3 course meal cooking/training session followed by a beautiful dinner in their fine dining area.

It was actually fun, especially after finding out from one of the servers, the score to the game.

I finished their level 3 Sommelier course last year. Fine insttitution indeed.

Hey Art, we should hook up for a drink sometime

Why haven't you seen many of the games? Been working?

Ya, Bettman didn't give me too many late gam,es to watch. I'm watching Pitt vs Ott now.

Im going to Hawaii next week to visit my brother. THANK GOD the Canucks are televised on the Versus network.

No, he won't. As you probably know by now, Radulov has been suspended for Game 3. It'll have to wait. Trotz and Wilson battling in the press is quite entertaining.

Can someone explain to me why the Flames are in the playoffs? They play like a midget team out there.

They get outshot by Detroit 51-15! Just like Game 1, if it wasn't for Kipper, the score would have been 10-1. Ugly, ugly hockey.

Also, when you get out-muscled by the Detroit Red Wings....something is seriously wrong. The Wings have been made fun of all season with how wimpy they play, in terms of physical hockey. The Flames are making them look like the Broad Street Bullies of the 1970's.

Here's an idea...Calgary is done. No more hockey for them. Let the Colorado Avalanche try!

What I said 8-9 posts ago, I watched their last game against Edmonton before the end run and saw the writing on the wall,

the avalanche would have won the series, and possibly the next. They were scary good at the end.

Way too much talent on Calgary for them to suck this bad. They look awful!
I wish I could see more of the Pitt-Ott series, it seems to be the only series that looks like playoff hockey. The playoffs are pretty lame this year, the games that I have seen lack the intensity and hitting that I'm used to seeing in playoff games.

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Watch the Sharks/Preds series...it's out of control. Both of the coaches are going at each other in the newspapers. Lots of bad blood already. Game 3 in San Jose is going to be nuts.

Luongo is down, looks like his elbow got bent the wrong way.

Nevermind, he's up. As a sigh of relief is heard from Vancouver!

Another Nucks OT, thank God it wasn't 4 OT's!

yeah Baby, we finaly got some legs in the 3rd. how aboot the Rookie Hansen, His 2nd NHL game ever and he is kicking ass

Yeah good enough to not make playoffs. Woulda shuoulda coulda is all this is. Dont be mad the Wings are back to a team them is Stanley Cup material.

What did you just say?

Who said anything about being mad at the wings anyway?

Don't worry though, they'll get their asses kicked next round

Damn, I was hoping for more rough stuff in the San Jose-Nash game. Good game though.

When are we gonna see Mason take over the net...I love Vokoun but c'mon...and I own a Vokoun jersey!

Yeah, the Sharks played disciplined hockey. Preds took a ton of stupid penalties. Sharks dominated the play, most of the game. Sharks PP looks horrid, but I'll take the win.

Vokoun is the ONLY Nashville player who showed up tonight. Without him, the game would have been 7-1 easy. He played great.

Kariya who? I think I saw his face on the back of a milk carton.

Just stating that they are dreaming about something that has past already. I hate talk of what if in sports. But it didnt happen end of story. Thats all just talking trash having fun
Sorry I find it hard not to talk trash to Colorado fans. Asses kicked by who? The Ducks.

Vancouver

Is it too early to play Golf in Texas????

Flames finally show some life. They're making kipper work pretty damn hard. This was the first Det-Cgy game I've been able to see...has Phaneuf been playing like a 5th-6th defenseman the whole series? He looked like crap in this game.

JMO, but Phaneuf is overrated...and a punk.

Kipper played great tonight.

Vancouver, Rangers, and Senators are one win away from advancing. Thrashers looked terrible tonight.

the weather over there around this time of year is suppose to be just beautiful...

I'm surprised Dalls made the playoffs. Atlanta? Wow!!! To lose 7-0 in the playoffs???

Rangers sweep the Thrashers 4-0. Brutal.

Devils win in OT on a sick shot by Gomez to tie the series at 2-2

Sabres win again on the road. Up 3-1 on the Isles

Sharks win again at home, they're up 3-1 on the Preds. Nabby stood on his head. Mike Grier is the heart and soul of this team. He's a lot of fun to watch. Mr. Hustle.

YEah Im giving it to Kipper he is playing well. Its a shame his team is making him work like. Oh well.
That NYR game just wow plus a total sweep wow. Devils to tie the series. Thats going to get interesting. Buffalo to strong right now. San jose I dont get it. But they are looking like a team that wants it. Van vs. dall this sereis has gone the way I didnt think it would.

Looks like Crosby will be able to play in the World Championships.

What a great game between Calgary and Detroit! Calgary evens up the series, way to go boys!
Kiprusoff absolutely stood on his head tonight, he's quicker than I thought. Let's hope Calgary keeps up the pressure.

This was the first playoff game I've gotten to watch this year.

And it looked like a playoff game! The playoffs have been pretty dull this year for the most part. I type that as I change the channel to Dallas and Vancouver 0-0 in OT.

Dallas lives another day. A big "doh!" to the Nucks on the 6 on 5. Whoops!

So much for Turco having the label as a playoff flop. Second shutout of the series.

All the shit I talked about Calgary for their first two games, but they play like a completely different team at home. Very strange.

I'm glad the Pens are done. Crosby can whine on the golf course now.

Ducks are for real. Very physical team.

Go Sharks on Friday night!!!

Turco has definetly played his best playoff hockey in this series. If they do go out to lose this series, it won't be his fault but the lack of offense as the nucks defense has been outstanding.

Turco has definitely silenced the critics. What the hell was that cheap shot-cry baby crap at the end of today's Cgy-Det game?? Nilson and Iginla should be more concerned with their teams' crappy play especially on the road than trying to get of all people, Draper and Schneider, to fight. :rolleyes:

wow, i just lost all respect for Calgary. not that there was much to lose but still. What a bunch of goons. Putting in Mclennan to act like a jack ass and hammer players with his stick.

I hope it's just frustration, there's way too much talent on that team to be dominated like they have been by Detroit. Playfair has got to go! Still, there's no excuse for that cry baby bullshit. Should make for an interesting Game 6 tomorrow though!

I see Vancouver replaced Jarkko with Burrows as the new yappy, whiny little pussy of the team. :rolleyes: I hate that shit.

We're going to game 7 baby!!!!

WOW what a great game. Dallas dominated that entire game!!

GO STARS!!!!

Agreed. They are an embarrassment to the league. Iginla, Phaneuf, McClennan, Langkow....gooning it up.

Dude, do not comment unless you see the whole transaction.....you are better than that

Dallas did not dominate, canucks played like shite......trust me if that is dominating, Wings, Ducks, Senators..will be bored

i don't know claus, after watching that game the nucks seemed pretty dominated on. The only reason it was a relatively a low scoring game was because of Luongo yet again. They couldnt penetrate the Dallas blue line without getting smothered and losing the puck. The Canucks looked pretty flat out there and if they put up another performance like that on monday then they deserve to squander the series.

I'd be lying if i said i wasn't nervous, the momentum has definitely swung but I think it'll be a great game 7 back home.

I was refering to the type of player/person Ruutu and Burrows are. Not a fan, doesn't matter the team-your's, mine...I'm not a fan of "tough guys" that hide behind shields or give another player a cheap shot then hide behind the linesman.

OT in Calgary! Mt remote is getting a workout tonight, bewteen this game and the Red Sox-Yankees game.

Buh-bye Flames. Kiprusoff got zero help in front of him.

not gonna sleep....game 7 tomorrow,

Good to see Detroit win that series...they deserved it. Kipper should bitch slap his entire team. 2 games they gave up 50+ shots.

How fitting that Franzen gets the series winning goal after getting slashed in the gut in Game 6 by McLennan. Karma, bitch.

I'm rooting for the Canucks BIG TIME tomorrow night. As a Sharks fan, I want nothing to do with the Ducks. Nucks win, and the Sharks play Detroit.

Congrats to Calgary for a great game six (and series) against Detroit!

I'm glad Detroit didn't win while on that 4 minute high sticking penalty. I like to see a win when they are even strength!

I hope Vancouver wins this game. Dallas has nothing besides Turco. Unfortunately the only player showing up for Vancouver is Louie, I don't expect much out of Naslund or Morrison but the Sedins-Pyatt line?? Wake up!! Go Nucks!
I'm hoping San Jose and Anaheim meet in the Conference Finals, that would be a great series!

Way too many penalties being called with 8 minutes left. Just let them play!!

At least there's still one team from Western Canada in the playoffs.

Yeah, that was really bullshit to watch. Put the whistle away in these kinds of games, especially late. I think Vancouver got lucky with some of those penalties that went their way, but in the end...they deserved to win the game.

They put a lot of pressure on Turco, and pretty much shut down the Stars offense.

Good luck against the Ducks....you're gonna need it. I'm glad we're playing the Wings. I don't want any part of the Ducks...yet.

My second round picks:

West

(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) San Jose Sharks = Sharks in 6
(2) Anaheim Ducks vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks = Ducks in 5

East

(1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) New York Rangers = Sabres in 7
(2) New Jersey Devils vs. (4) Ottawa Senators = Devils in 7

ahh, forget the small talk. Detroit over the Devils in 7!

WELL I can die happy...what a fucking game, the party is still on downtown...Ducks next, I am kinda torn about playing the Ducks, Brian Burke is my homie and has put together a helluva team, even with that dink from Edmonton

My picks-
West

Detroit-San Jose.......San Jose in 6
Ducks-Nucks......Ducks in 5

East

Sabres-Rangers......Rangers in 7(tough pick)
Devils-Sens......Devils in 6

Even though I picked the Sabres and Devils to advance, I could easily see them lose as well.

It's hard to bet against Brodeur, you know? I know he didn't have a very good series against the Lightning, but when you look at a guy like Ray Emery vs. Brodeur....how do you bet against the Devils?

West

Detroit-San Jose.......Detroit in 5
Ducks-Nucks......Nucks in 7 (quintuple OT)

East

Sabres-Rangers......Sabres in 4
Devils-Sens......Devils 6

Canucks vs Sabres in the Final...Canucks in 4

Ooooo. Tickets to Game 3 at the Shark Tank on Monday. Me likey!

Round two boys, crack open the wheat and barley juice!

Invited a couple off neighbors over....there are now 23 of them coming. BBQ, Brew and Puck ohhhh yeah

damn that sounds good! we're cracking the barbie on over here too in hawaii. We got live coverage on the versus network. Ill have to say its not as good as watching it on CBC but ill take what i can get.

West

(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) San Jose Sharks = Wings in 7
(2) Anaheim Ducks vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks = Ducks in 7

East

(1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) New York Rangers = Sabres in 5
(2) New Jersey Devils vs. (4) Ottawa Senators = Senators in 6

:p

Well, I hope your BBQ was good Claus...because your team stunk it up. I guess it's too be expected though. Ducks are damn good.

RODNEY KING !!!!...

Cooke,Salo,Bieksa,Kesler you are missed

Yeah what a dominating performance :rolleyes:

I thought you were on the Golf Course with Igggy and the other Flamers..


It was Game 1 it stunk, 3 more to go (atleast).

LOL this is gonna be fun, you know what they say about pay back!

I like Luongo and the Sedins but I just don't see the Nucks getting past the much more talented Ducks.

Ducks vs Sharks in the Conference finals will be far more entertaining than the Cup finals.

Eat your words.."much more talented Ducks" play their game and there is a way, they are big and throw it around but can be defeated.....

We are missing 4 of our KEY defence guys, and still managed to totally dominate. it aint over by a long shot.

and FUCK, yes FUCK all the fair weathered fans that seems to call the season for 1 throwed game, all over the radio, print etc. you either are a fan or you just follow....

i have to agree with my man Claus, the Canucks dominated majority of that game. It wasnt until the overtimes that Anaheim started taking over.

Both teams played soo well and that was pretty exciting.

haha, for the sake of the city of Vancouver.. I hope they win. Calm down, Claus!!

Amy Calmer and I would be a Sloth, The canucks can lose the rest of the series, I will still be happy about the team, the effort and write another 8k checque for seats next year..

:p

I finally get to see Detroit and San Jose tonight!

What a game. Well, from a Sharks fan's perspective, the first 30 minutes-or-so was basically hell. The Sharks looked flat and if it weren't for the posts and Nabokov, they would've been in a deep hole.

Thornton played like he was possessed in the 2nd half of the game, though. I swear Wilson was almost triple-shifting him. The line combinations were as different as I've seen them since Guerin joined the team.

I got a nice lapful of nacho cheese, too. A puck came way up over the net and hit the wall 2 rows behind us and the guy (drunk, of course) in front of me decided to stage dive in reverse right over my head. I might not have been been so upset if he had at least ended up with the puck.

Wow, what a choke by the Canucks..absolutely devastating. They looked like the owned the ducks for the first two periods and then in Canuck fashion they crumble. I dont think I can bear to watch the next game.

Speaking of choking...way to go San Jose!

Yeah aint it sweet. Nothing like winning in ot to go back home. Go Wings.

Louie, watch the puck..not the ref! That sucks. What a bad way to lose a game.
Congrats, Ducks. Go Sharks!

Thanks for coming out Claus, Iggy and I need two more for our foursome, how about you and LUUUUUUU.

Even an avid Canucks fan as myself can appreciate the humour in that. Oh Samuel L...Damnit, now I have to cheer for the Sens.

Anybody see the Buffalo victory? Crazy ending.

I know, it's all in good fun.

:p

Well, the East finals are set.
Sabres vs Sens

Watched the game at a bar across the street from "The Pond"; insn't it ironic, donchya think.

Yes sir xterrapin!!! Gotta love the Wings!

Hats off to the Wings. The "dinosaur team" looked really good against my Sharks. They certainly deserved to win the series.

Sharks just never played a whole 60 minutes. I hope Ron Wilson gets fired. He's a great regular seasonn coach, but I think he's taken the Sharks as far as he'll ever take them. Patrick Marleau could get traded...he was invisible in the second round, and he's not much of a "Captain." Guerin was a terrible last minute trade. We'll lose Scott Hannan to free agency. I'd love to see the Sharks go after Chris Drury, and Brian Rafalski. We need an offensive, puck moving defenseman in the worst way. They need some playoff vets to compliment the stable of young guys....a player like Gary Roberts comes to mind.

Go Wings. I can't root for the Ducks.
Go Sabres. The city deserves a championship.

The Sharks were very "flat" they didn't look good at all.

As a wings fan, I can say I was very worried about the sharks. They dominated the first 3 games and were up 2-1. Something happened during game [5]. After that 4-1 loss, it seemed to affect game 6 for the sharks.

Ottawa did a good job on Buff, 5-2.

Finally a team is giving Buffalo a run for their money. Hopefully Emery has a solid series, i still don't really like that guy but I'll cheer Ottawa nonetheless...remember when Martin Gerber had a stellar regular season with the Hurricanes last year...I know, Martin who?

Damn, Ottawa looked GOOD.

Heatley-Spezza-Alfredsson = best line in hockey

Nobody can touch that line.

Is it just me or did The Sharks look tougher than The Ducks did last night?

Whatever, we won; I'll take it!

Well it helps that the Sharks only have 2 players under 6'0", one of which is the goalie, and their lowest weight is 195lbs... i think it's safe to say they are a pretty big team. Give toughness to to San Jose but credit speed to Anaheim

Toughness helps in what the playoffs used to/should be but, apparently speed and a hot goalie is all you need now. The playoffs are no different than the regular season this year.

I'm really liking Ottawa!

ditto on that one. It's reality check for the Sabres. To win 4 in a row against Ottawa's defense is highly unlikely. With that said, if any team can win 4 straight it would be Buffalo

Sabres go Bye Bye today....

Detriot and Ottawa would make a helluva final....Fuck Pronger

That's right Bitches ......I AM Rick James

I'm all for that!!!

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

PS-Ducks are up 3-2, why is it every team you route for loses? Start cheering on the Ducks, see if that works. :p

I actually would like to see an ottawa/anaheim final..ducks are taking it next game

Me too, I'm sick of Detroit.

GO SENS GO!

Would like to see the Wings beat ANA, would make life easier for the Sens!

Fuck Pronger!

Well, it's nice to see people from other parts of Canada cheering on the Sens.

I can say that I hopped on the Edmonton bandwagon last year, and I was cheering them all the way through after my Sens got ousted by Buffalo in 5 last year.

Poetic Justice is a real bitch, ain't it Buffalo!

Representing from Ottawa,

GO SENS GO! GO SENS GO!

Claus, do me a favor..in the year 2072 when the Bruins finally make the playoffs, don't route for them. :p
Thank you Ducks for knocking out the Wings.

2072 I will be 106 years old...i'll flip yer the Bird from above.

hopefully we still have Luongo by then...

Game 7 will be June 7th, is it just me or are the playoffs running much later this year?

no, last year's Game 7 with Edmonton/Carolina definitely ended in June. I still remember getting my truck stuck after i couldnt bear to watch the game anymore.

I think it seems like its running late because our respective teams (Boston/Van) never make it this far...

The fact that the playoffs are fucking soft and lame as hell doesn't help either.

NHL, take a little longer in starting the finals. There hasn't been a game in almost a week, it's almost June....a lot of people will lose interest. Do they have any idea how to market their sport, their stars, run their league?????? Way to F*ck it up, Bettman. Go Red Sox.

No, No, and No!

Go Ducks!!! Since Canucks or Flyers are nowhere to be found. What will I do after the NHL season is over? Guess I have not choice, but to watch yet another Sox/Yankees game on TV.

Then get the MLB Extra Innings cable package.

PS-Welcome aboard

I came close to getting the extra inning package. But the wife talked me out of it. I can watch about every Mariners game on TV here. So that will have to do.
Thanks for the welcome. You will see alot of me in this section... As long as there is hockey talk. For that matter, I just got back from my game and got a shutout. So what I only faced 12 shots.

Ouch! Ass whoopin!
Congrats to the Ducks!

Who wudda figure a SoCal team would win the cup... WOO HOO!!! Ducks rule, baby!!

- Air B

NBC had the lowest rating for a prime time show EVER for Game 3. Bettman has to get the axe, the NHL is in big trouble.

I agree...boot his ass. Maybe Don Cherry should be commish?

That would make for huge publicity. I second that notion. NHL is dying in the US.

At least the ducks have the cup and i win a case of beer for it! woot woot

Get rid of the instigator rule. That would alow the enforcers to do there job. The more fights, the more viewers would tune in.

I agree with you, but keep in mind the lack of fights in the NFL and NBA hasnt hurt them on the ratings. The US needs fights to watch the NHL? i guess...

The thing that I can't stand? They wanted to speed the game up by cracking down on hooking and holding, there's a friggin penalty every 5 minutes which slows the game down a hell of a lot more! The dump and chase, let the goalies come out so that teams can't dump the puck in every time they come down, it's the weakest play in sports.