The OFFICIAL Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread

[Hurst2112]

I guess the whole chocking thing was referring to the fact that Detroit can take a controlling 3-1 lead in the series with a win tonight. Their job, despite any bullshit Ewing rule or whatever, has gotten easier with Pronger sitting out.

The way this series is going, a 3-1 series lead, at this time, is a strong statement and a huge swing of confidence.

Anaheim wins tonight? Then it's tied and they did it without Pronger. That would give me the queasys.

I am confident Detroit wins tonight. I'm prepared to eat crow if they don't but there are still guys on the team who know how to win a playoff series and get to the finals.

[bbor]

Attention Buffalo fans....Brad Rider is an Asshat.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by bbor

Attention Buffalo fans....Brad Rider is an Asshat.

I don't know who the hell Brad Rider is, but given your earlier Asshat apersions (see, e.g., post #770 of this thread), I must assume Brad Rider is super-cool.

[bbor]

HA!

Rider is on Buffalo sports radio......a complete asshat

[Hurst2112]

Ric Jackman sighting. Good goal.

[Hurst2112]

Anaheim wins tonight? Then it's tied and they did it without Pronger. That would give me the queasys.

fits i tell ya. fits

[Hurst2112]

ugh.

brought it back to 3 all. nice PP goal by getzlaff. shit.

[Hurst2112]

great last half of the 3rd period.

frustrating as hell. I'll eat a portion of crow for tonight's loss.

Wings outshot 2:1. Nice PPs for the Ducks.

I guess we are back to normal. Best of 3. I noticed the Wings getting great looks. They didn't make too many mistakes although Cleary's penalty was dumb.

Ducks played an all around better game tonight. hat is tipped to them. Great 3rd period all around. Best hockey to watch this year.

[Hurst2112]

The parting shot of the crowd was somebody holding up a 'fire millen' sign. NOICE!

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Hurst2112

great last half of the 3rd period.

frustrating as hell. I'll eat a portion of crow for tonight's loss.

Wings outshot 2:1. Nice PPs for the Ducks.

I guess we are back to normal. Best of 3. I noticed the Wings getting great looks. They didn't make too many mistakes although Cleary's penalty was dumb.

Ducks played an all around better game tonight. hat is tipped to them. Great 3rd period all around. Best hockey to watch this year.

Actually, I disagree. I thought the Wings looked the better team tonight. The looks, the shot difference, Jiggy desperately making saves showed that.

It was a weird reversal, kinda like the Ducks in Game One, where they clearly outplayed the Wings and lost. Actually, I think so far, the road team has been the better team in each of the first four games of this series.

Nice to see Teemu step up to my challenge (not that he knew about it). And Jiggy certainly didn't look like he had Game Three on his mind (although three goals is still too much to allow).

I have always felt this series was going to be a gutsy, tough one that would likely go seven. The winner will have won a marathon. Hopefully that team will still have energy to play the Sens (sorry Buffalo).

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Hurst2112

The parting shot of the crowd was somebody holding up a 'fire millen' sign. NOICE!

See, even without a football team, we pay attention to the NFL.

[Draft Dodger]

one good thing about Pronger being out of the lineup: they were able to have the female reporter do interviews on the Ducks' bench.

[Honolulu_Blue]

I thought the Wings out-played Anaheim for the most part in the game. As I see it, the out come of the game came down to two things:

1. Giguere. He was excellent and Hasek was just average. Giguere made a number of great saves and really stepped it up when he had to (no Pronger).

2. The Wings' inability to capitalize on two 5-on-3's. Sound penalty killing by the Ducks there.

[Maple Leafs]

Hey Chief, is Kunitz definitely out or is there any chance of him coming back next round?

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Hey Chief, is Kunitz definitely out or is there any chance of him coming back next round?

He's done. He had surgery.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by Draft Dodger

one good thing about Pronger being out of the lineup: they were able to have the female reporter do interviews on the Ducks' bench.

This took me a few minutes to catch, but jolly good show.

[Pyser]

this has nothing to do with the teams left alive, but i saw this and it made me think of pumpy

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Hey Chief, is Kunitz definitely out or is there any chance of him coming back next round?

Broken hand. Out for the season.

He should be back in September, of course.

[Chief Rum]

Oops, I mean, umm...

..."upper body injury"..."questionable for Game Five"

[Maple Leafs]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Broken hand. Out for the season.

Dammit.

[Dr. Sak]

If Buffalo wins this game they clearly have the momentum and Ottawa has to start feeling a little tightness in their necks.

[Dr. Sak]

Great game. To bad it ended on a less than stellar goal.

[RendeR]

I hate Ottowa....SooooooooooooOOOooooooooooOOooooooo....much....


Another series that was seriously marred by horrible officiating. both sides got jobbed on calls today again.


Ottowa is just the worst matchup possible for Buffalo. I blame Jersey for not doing their job and taking them out in the 2nd round

*sigh* Just goes to show that the best team doesn't always win the title.

[Pyser]

Originally Posted by RendeR

I hate Ottowa....SooooooooooooOOOooooooooooOOooooooo....much....


Another series that was seriously marred by horrible officiating. both sides got jobbed on calls today again.


Ottowa is just the worst matchup possible for Buffalo. I blame Jersey for not doing their job and taking them out in the 2nd round

*sigh* Just goes to show that the best team doesn't always win the title.

sure looked to me like the best team won that series.

[B & B]

Originally Posted by Pyser

sure looked to me like the best team won that series.

Uh, yeah. What he said.

Now with the presidents cup holding Sabres done, Buffalo can look ahead to JP LOSMAN and whats left after the fire sale of the Bills.

[Fidatelo]

Definately the better team won in that series. I was rooting for the Sabres, but I can't deny that the Sens pretty much mauled them. The winner of the Wings/Ducks series is gonna be in tough.

[NoSkillz]

Originally Posted by RendeR

I hate Ottowa....SooooooooooooOOOooooooooooOOooooooo....much....


Another series that was seriously marred by horrible officiating. both sides got jobbed on calls today again.


Ottowa is just the worst matchup possible for Buffalo. I blame Jersey for not doing their job and taking them out in the 2nd round

*sigh* Just goes to show that the best team doesn't always win the title.

Sorry but as a fellow Sabres fan and one who saw them in action all year in person, including today, I must ask...

Have you even watched this series?

Congrats to Ottawa. Plain and simple, they wanted it more.

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by NoSkillz

Sorry but as a fellow Sabres fan and one who saw them in action all year in person, including today, I must ask...

Have you even watched this series?

Congrats to Ottawa. Plain and simple, they wanted it more.

All y'all whining about my best team comment can stfu and root for those maggots from fart-o-wa.

We may be out, that doesn't mean they're better

[Maple Leafs]

Originally Posted by RendeR

Ottowa is just the worst matchup possible for Buffalo.

Given how they're a better team, I can see how that would work.

Oh well, at least you'll have everyone coming back next year. Oh, wait...

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by Pyser

this has nothing to do with the teams left alive, but i saw this and it made me think of pumpy

He makes me angry, that's for sure.

[bhlloy]

Originally Posted by Fidatelo

Definately the better team won in that series. I was rooting for the Sabres, but I can't deny that the Sens pretty much mauled them. The winner of the Wings/Ducks series is gonna be in tough.

Call me a homer, but I think the winner of the Ducks/Wings series is going to have an easier time with the Senators than any of the teams in the East have had so far. Both teams have a great shut down line that should keep the Senators big scoring line relatively in check (at least at home where they can get the match ups). I'd like to think the Ducks are physical enough to deal with the Senators as well.

EDIT - before I get jumped all over I'm not guaranteeing a 4-0 series for the Western Conference team or anything The Senators are undoubtedly a very good team, way better than anyone gave them credit for.

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by bhlloy

Call me a homer, but I think the winner of the Ducks/Wings series is going to have an easier time with the Senators than any of the teams in the East have had so far. Both teams have a great shut down line that should keep the Senators big scoring line relatively in check (at least at home where they can get the match ups). I'd like to think the Ducks are physical enough to deal with the Senators as well.

EDIT - before I get jumped all over I'm not guaranteeing a 4-0 series for the Western Conference team or anything The Senators are undoubtedly a very good team, way better than anyone gave them credit for.

BAhhahahahahahahahahahhahahaha


Doesn't matter which team gets tehre from the west, The Sens win the cup. GOnna be a short series too.

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by B & B

Uh, yeah. What he said.

Now with the presidents cup holding Sabres done, Buffalo can look ahead to JP LOSMAN and whats left after the fire sale of the Bills.

Actually, speaking as a non-bills fan living in Buffalo, The Bills have made HUGE improvements to the team. There was no fire sale. They lost a couple guys to FA and they traded away a lame duck running back who had more attitude than fortitude.

They drafted a RB who can run hard between the tackles, they added O-lineman who are 2 steps above what they had before. Loseman, while not a favorite of mine, is a solid starting QB now and with the improved line could actually pick up his game.

Do I think the Bills are playoff contenders? not really, but they came awfully close to it last season with a team that was shit compared to the guys they have in place now, and its also the second year under the new regime. Things could look a lot worse for the Bills, so the next time you want to make a smart ass remark about Buffalo, wait until you have a clue as to wtf is really happening.

[Chief Rum]

F____ YEAH!

[Chief Rum]

P.S. A most undeserving tie, IMO. We should have lost this game. But I'll take sttill being in this one.

[Pyser]

im so torn on niedermeyer as a devils fan

but i think i hate him. hes so good.

maybe he'll come back in 2 years. fuck.

yes, i hate him.

[Chief Rum]

TEEMU!

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Pyser

im so torn on niedermeyer as a devils fan

but i think i hate him. hes so good.

maybe he'll come back in 2 years. fuck.

yes, i hate him.

I can understand that. I would be similarly mixed on a longtime star and popular player leaving for another team of his own will.

All that said, you have to admit he went to the one situation that would have enticed him to leave: the chance to play with his brother. I am on the other side, so I am biased, but I would think you would acknowledge a family reason like that is one of the few that is at least a little justifiable.

[Chief Rum]

We didn't deserve the game in regulation. We didn't deserve it as a whole.

But I thought we deserved it from our play in overtime. We just plain worked harder in the extra frame. And that's a shame for Detroit, because they certainly deserved a win here today. I don't know if it was just a situation where they had been putting their hearts and efforts out there so long, that the equalizer just sapped their energy or what. But they seemed much less dominant in overtime than they did in regulation.

Ice ownership doesn't matter in this series. Game Six is going to be brutal, and it could go either way. I am afraid of coming back here to Detroit, so I will wish fervently for us to hold our ice on Tuesday.

We haven't been the best team on the ice, IMO, since Game Two.

[Maple Leafs]

I don't know who that defenceman was on the OT goal, but I guess I'll find out when the Leafs give him a $20M deal this off-season.

[fjvieane]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

I don't know who that defenceman was on the OT goal, but I guess I'll find out when the Leafs give him a $20M deal this off-season.

Lilja (sp?) I think is who it was, lol.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by fjvieane

Lilja (sp?) I think is who it was, lol.

I paid more attention to Teemu, so I missed who it was, but if it was Lilja, weird how it turns around. He was an unexpected scorer of Detroit's only goal.

[Hurst2112]

congrats to Anaheim fans.

Franzen made a bad play in the Wings zone on the ducks goal in regulation. Lidstrom tried to stop it but it bounced off of his stick. Bad play and bad luck in a matter of seconds.

I KNEW that the ducks would find a way to win in OT. Bad Lilja. Just a bone head move for a defenseman. Stupid, stupid move.

No excuse. Teemu was spot on. Great veteran vision to score.

80% of teams that win game 5s (after a 2-2 series) go on to win the series.

Wings have been part of the 20% before but I don't think they got the chops for it this time.

Oh, and Giggy was effin awesome today. Wow.

[Honolulu_Blue]

A brutal loss. The Wings should have won Game 4 as well. The Wings were the better team yesterday. They had more shots and more opportunities, but just blew it at the end. Chelios and Franzen should have cleared the zone, Lidstrom shouldn't have had his stick on the ice, and I have no idea what Lilja was doing in overtime. The Wings have had 3 5-on-3's in the last two games, all at critical junctures, and have failed to score. Definitely huge opportunities wasted.

The Wings are definitely in trouble.

Giguere has been the difference in the last two games for sure.

[B & B]

RendeR, youve already set a low bar for yourself in this thread regarding your hockey knowledge and predictions. Please dont continue into the pigskin.

The Bills are a better team starting out in 2007 than in 2006?

Even Brett Hull and Scottie Norwood could get together and have a beer at the Buffalo Sports Garden and laugh at that one.

[Karim]

I think I've watched all of Anaheim's playoff games the last two seasons. Is Niedermayer like Bobby Orr? I don't think there's anyone here old enough to answer that but I can't imagine Orr being that much better.

[Karim]

Knob hockey has been updated. The 'Too many Niedermayers' is the best.
http://www.heavy.com/channel/2468

[bbor]

Originally Posted by Karim

I think I've watched all of Anaheim's playoff games the last two seasons. Is Niedermayer like Bobby Orr? I don't think there's anyone here old enough to answer that but I can't imagine Orr being that much better.

Nieds is VERY good (although i really don't think he is playing great right now) he is nowhere near Orr.In all honesty orr on one leg(which is how he played most of his career) would skate circles around Niedermeyer.

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by B & B

RendeR, youve already set a low bar for yourself in this thread regarding your hockey knowledge and predictions. Please dont continue into the pigskin.

The Bills are a better team starting out in 2007 than in 2006?

Even Brett Hull and Scottie Norwood could get together and have a beer at the Buffalo Sports Garden and laugh at that one.

"the next time you want to make a smart ass remark about Buffalo, wait until you have a clue as to wtf is really happening."

Perhaps you missed the last phrase, get a clue asshat.

If you want to insult me, start your own thread, get off it in this one. This is about the NHL Playoffs. I responded regarding the Bills because I thought you were in need of education, but alas you were just being an asshole.

[Maple Leafs]

Trivia question: the pick used to draft Scott Neidermayer originally belonged to the Leafs. Who did they trade the pick to the Devils for, straight up?