I think NJ will walk through Ottawa. NJ's got better goaltending and I think a better D core and the offense is about even.

no more Stars!!!!!

I'd like to lean back, kick my feet up right now, and offer a HUGE contented *SIGH* to my fellow Wild fans. I feel pretty excited that we got this far and regardless of how much further we drive into the playoffs, it sure is nice to say that we SPANKED those beer swillin, bacon eatin' bastard canadians for 5 (five) goals in the second period!!

JEEEZ, that was nice. :p :p

Totally agree PNUT!! I stayed up till midnight watching the game, when I should have been studying for my final...well worth it though!

I have come to the realization that the Canucks are a bunch of chippy babies!! I have developed a great hatred for Cooke, what a cheap ass baby!!

You have to love the game though... they cheap-shot Gaborik (jeez, i hated that! You're down by 5 goals, why hit somebody?), and immediately our bench shoots across the ice to smack THEIR star player. He made no bones about it, skate... skate.. skate, SKATE, SKATESKATESKATE SMACK!!

Hockey rules!

Because that's the game.

You may be down, but you aren't out.

You play to win.

I didn't see the game, but it sounds like the 'Nucks stunk it up pretty bad. I hate to admit it, but I would love to see a #7-seeded team advance to meet the #8-seeded team . . .

Playoffs hockey rules!!

By the way, Ken, 60% of the Wild team is Canadian.
28% is non-North American (Europe and S. Korea).

And a whopping 12% of the team (a whole three players) is American.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/roster?team=min

You sure showed those Canadians . . . :rolleyes:

Have a little more respect for Canadians (especially Fernandez and Roloson). They might just win the series for you . . .
:p

What's your point? 80% of our baseball players are Cuban too, but I'd root like hell for them to beat the Cuban national team.

I realize that this isn't the Olympics :rolleyes: and I'm not rooting against Canadians in general, nearly as much as I'm rooting against Claus in particular!

I dont think NJ has a chance against Ottawa. Ottawa's D is bigger and more mobile, thier forwards are deeper, Brodeur is the only equalizer. After seeing what they did to the Flyers, they are a machine. I think they are going to win it all.

Cool.

Maybe they'll start getting paychecks again, too . . .

Well damn. I guess I will root for the Ducks from here on out in the East, and Ottawa in the West. I wouldn't mind seeing Ottawa win it all. Go Mavs!

I especially liked it when the goalies went after each other!!

You know you are watching a good game when the goalies are fighting.

Old Time Hockey!!!!

Cloutier was just embarrassed.

Never a good sign. I think it's why Crawford took him out of the game. Not because his game was off, but because the Wild messed with his head, and won.

They knocked Cloutier out of the game mentally . . .

Kinda like Belfour in game 7 against Philly. As soon as I saw Belfour elbow what's-his-name in the corner, I knew Philly had taken him out of the game mentally. Then the Flyers just raped the Leafs . . .

By the way, is it too late to say Fuck the Leafs!?

Its never too late to say Fuck the Leafs!

Fuck the Leafs!!

So what did I ever do to piss you off?. The Canucks STUNK last night no doubt. Is it boring Hockey, Yes I thik so...does the Canucks have 2 more chances...they sure do...So Pnut take a pill and let the best team win :p

Funny... that wasn't your attitude when you posted "Eat your heart out!"

Yes it was!. I still think Vancouver is going to do it. I met Ronnings parents today BTW. Nice folks.

So who wants to put up or shut up?

Yeah that's right I'll take my Ducks against any other team in the WC finals or for the Cup after that for a case of beer (Fat Tire or you name it?) shipped to the winner.

Deal Brian!
IF I lose, Ian will send you the beer directly. From Denver. The Mile High City. Where it's tough to get a tee time because the Av's are F'ing DONE!

7 minutes left in the game, and MN leads 4-1

Looks like we are headed to Vancouver for game 7!!!

Edited to add: Wild win!! 5-1

Gotta give props to the Wild. They have fucking OWNED the Canucks the last two games.

The Wild versus the Ducks could go down as one of the great series of all time if this keeps up.

I still pay attention to the playoffs. Nice to see my Caps were eliminated after they blew a big series lead. AGAIN! :rolleyes:

It actually may come down to 3 of 4 teams in the final 4 are expansion teams. How would that be for a new world order? Anahiem, Minnesota, Ottawa, wow.

Go Canucks.

Go PENS!!!

OK, I just thought I would throw that in there for my own sake. I loved seeing the Flyers ousted. I loved seeing the Caps ousted. I loved seeing the Red Wings ousted. Who's next??? I would love seeing the Canuks ousted.

Have you checked out ESPN.com lately? I haven't seen anything but bling bling nba photos on their main page for almost 2 weeks.

Wow. How must it feel, being a fan of a talented veteran team with their eye on the cup; and LOSING a 3-1 lead to an expansion club from Minnesota??

OH, wait... I'll ask Ian! He knows!

You kinda get the feeling that if the Wild score first tonight....it's all over. The Wild are in Cloutier's head and I'm sure the Canuck fans will be quite the boo-birds if Minnesota jumps out on top early.

You poor guy. I went to see the Phantoms (Philly's AHL affiliate) play the Scranton-Wilkes Barre Penguins (duh) in a game in October. The majority of the players I saw then were in the game against the Flyers late in the season. If they dont get a new arena or a better deal, I could see the pens fold, or worse, move.