Stanley Cup Playoffs, day fourteen: Canucks look to avoid collapse; Montreal firefighters on standby
by Adnan on Apr 26, 2011 5:10 PM EDT
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There are three massive games tonight in the NHL. They should all be great games, or at least games with plenty of drama and one of them will very likely go into overtime. The NHL playoffs have had an overtime for seven straight days, with April 18th being the last day without an extra period (or two).
The Silver Seven Game of the Night (brought to you by Booster Juice, the official smoothie supplier of Silver Seven Sens) features the Chicago Blackhawks visiting the Vancouver Canucks. Here are my comments on each game:
8) Chicago Blackhawks at 1) Vancouver Canucks (10:00 p.m. on CBC, series tied 3-3)
The Blackhawks are looking to become only the fourth club in NHL history to come back from a 3-0 deficit. The third club, the Philadelphia Flyers, accomplished the feat last season. The Blackhawks will start rookie goaltender Corey Crawford, while the Canucks will counter with backup Roberto Luongo after All-Star Cory Schneider hurt himself on a penalty shot. Oh wait. Right.
This game starts at 10:00 and I have to work tomorrow, but I will definitely watch. Please don't go to overtime though. Please!
Adnan prediction: Canucks win; Adnan hopes: Blackhawks win
3) Boston Bruins at 6) Les Canadiens de Montréal (7:00 p.m. on CBC, Bruins lead 3-2)
Well this is just spectacular. The Montreal fans were riding high after winning the first two games on the road. Since then, the Bruins have pulled off three straight wins, including the last two in overtime. Montreal also blew a 2-0 lead in 2006 after winning the first two games in Carolina.
Tim Thomas will get the call for Boston tonight, going up against Carey Price. Price has not won a home playoff since April 24, 2008. That's over three years! Since then, he's gone 0-7 in home playoff games with a 4.02 GAA and stopping 87.3% of shots.
Adnan prediction: Bruins win; Adnan hopes: Bruins win
7) Buffalo Sabres at 2) Philadelphia Flyers (7:30 p.m. on TSN, series tied 3-3)
Well, this has been a fun series. The Flyers have started three different goalies. Brian Boucher will start tonight while Sergei Bobrovsky is the backup. This means both Bobrovsky and Leighton will have been starting, backing up, or not dressed at least once in this series. Ryan Miller will start for Buffalo.
Here's another interesting fact: the Flyers are 0-2 when they allow only 1 goal, but they are 2-1 when they allow 4 goals. It's been a rough series with plenty of controversy. In terms of pure hockey, this might be the best game of the night.
Adnan prediction: Flyers win; Adnan hopes: Flyers win
Who do you think will win tonight? Who do you want to win tonight?
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You must give two sets: what you think and what you hope!
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by Adnan on Apr 26, 2011 5:56 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That is what I hope!
I’m not as positive it’s what we’ll see, though.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Schneider's available to play
It was just a muscle cramp from dehydration. Apparently Vigneault made up his mind about playing Lu in game 7 before game 6 even happened. Here’s hoping Lu gets himself pulled in his third consecutive start!
Oh Captain, my Captain!
bodog.com is offering 5/1 Luongo gets pulled
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by Adnan on Apr 26, 2011 5:55 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I like those odds
Also my picks (both what I want to happen and what I think will): Bruins, Sabres, Blackhawks.
Oh Captain, my Captain!
Prediction: Canucks, Bruins, Philly
Want: Canucks, Bruins, Sabres to win but suffer massive injuries ;)
These past 8 years living in Vancouver have made me a Canucks supporter, but they’ve also made me hate most Canuck fans. So, while I do hope they win tonight, part of me will revel in seeing all the cocky bandwagon hate-any-team-that’s-not-Vancouver fans be devastated and shut up. They talk so much trash for a team that’s done nothing in 40 years, if they lose tonight, they will have nothing to say to anyone.
Additionally, if they lose tonight, Vancouver/Chicago will officially become the new Toronto/Leafs circa 2004.
You mean Sens/Leafs
Though I guess the city could have a rivalry with its own team. For having every game sold out, they sure did hate the franchise in its darkest days.
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I agree
I’m a diehard Sens fan, but there are lots of teams I don’t mind. Granted that list is getting smaller every season, but my hatred for other teams varies in terms of both how much I hate them and why – it takes more than not being the Senators. After all, if there were no other team in the league, it would be pretty boring watching the Sens just skate around.
Oh Captain, my Captain!
I don't know that I really hate any teams now....
I used to hate the Habs, but I’ve got connections to them now that are enough to make me not hate them (but not enough to really cheer for them).
I don’t really hate the Leafs anymore either – they’ve been pathetic for too long. I do still hate a large chunk of their fans though.
My Buffalo hatred passed years ago, as did my Detroit hatred. Rangers hatred went away with the salary cap.
HATE THE LEAFS
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree
Hating the Leafs always deserves massive emphasis.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I try, I really do...
But unless they’re playing the Sens, or are close to getting into the playoffs, I just have trouble doing it….. The rivalry really isn’t what it used to be.
Oh I hate a bunch
In no particular order, Philly, Toronto, San Jose, Pittsburgh. I also dislike the Sabres, the Bruins, the Habs, the Canucks, the Flames and the Caps to varying degrees. And I’m sure I’m forgetting some.
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That's already a third of the league.
Space for rent.
by awr.campbell on Apr 26, 2011 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
And someone gets added to the list every year, it seems
This year’s addition was the Habs.
Oh Captain, my Captain!
Sounds about right
Teams I hate: Toronto, Philadelphia, Anaheim, Atlanta, Boston, Calgary, Chicago, Florida, New Jersey, Tampa Bay, New York Islanders, Colorado, Buffalo
Teams I don’t like: Montreal, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Edmonton, Washington, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Detroit, Columbus, Chicago
Teams I can deal with: Carolina, St. Louis, Nashville, Phoenix, Minnesota
Team I love: Ottawa
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I disapprove of your lack of outright hatred of Montreal
They are vermin Peter, vermin!
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by Adnan on Apr 26, 2011 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
They're borderline
I mean… I don’t like them. But I like Cammalleri and Subban and Hamrlik, and I like how Carey Price has made Habs fans look like total assholes.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
My list is
Teams I absolutely hate: Pittsburgh (!!!!!), Montreal, Toronto
Teams I like watching: Washington, Detroit
Team that is the love of my life: Ottawa
Teams that are meh to me: Rest of the league
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The team itself isn't so bad
It’s the asshole fans that boo kids that I don’t like.
Oh Captain, my Captain!
Well if you want to go just by current team
Even the Leafs don’t have too many jerks.
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WHAT?!?!
Kessel, Komisarek, Armstrong, Orr, Kadri, Phaneuf, and Rosehill, to name a few hosers of the hoseriest variety.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't really hate any of them
Except maybe Phaneuf is a bit of a dolt, though. Certainly don’t hate anyone like I did Domi or Tucker.
Now on the Habs, I hate Subban, I hate Kostitsyn, oh and I used to that Lapierre, but he is gone.
But yeah most of the reason I hate the Habs is not players, but like you said entitlement. It’s like the NHL should be a shrine to them. Slimiest, most obnoxious fan base in the hockey world.
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See, I can't hate a team for it's fans
I can use that as justification to cheer against them, though – but only for important games.
It's why I started No Habs No!
That wasn’t because I hated the Habs. It was because I hated the self-entitlement that Habs fans walked around with.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, 2x philli hate
Make that 3×. Flyers are a bunch of punks – no wonder Pronger plays out there. Besides being punks, I can’t stand how they always win in the playoff series that they have no business winning. How does a team that loses 5 of the last 6 regular season games, including losses to NJD, ATL, our own Sens and Buffalo (!) end up coming back against the Sabres? Punks!
Probably a few here:
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=114905&part=sports
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
HELLO!
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 7:27 PM EDT reply actions
MOUNT ROYAL CANADIANS!
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 7:31 PM EDT reply actions
As the locals would say
!@#$ the Habs.
That is all.
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Chara: Smack that idiot Subban!
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Come on, Sabres!
Get a few goals to support Miller!
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 8:01 PM EDT reply actions
Haha Carey Price
TIE GAME! :D
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How on Earth did that go in?
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Alright I bet $2 on the Bruins
In game bets are good fun! :P
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Sure, I guess.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Definitely brutal
I’m still surprised he was kicked out of the game, though. Five, maybe.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Insane!
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Pretty good job by Bruins to only allow 1 goal there though
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Yup, that was impressive
Keeping the lead to just one is huge for them.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
BOOOOOOOOOO!
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Bob Cole: Canadiens doing a noble job killing this off
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Good start to the second for Buffalo
They kind of need to wake the hell up!
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 8:43 PM EDT reply actions
How did Marchand not score there!?
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Nose got in the way?
ZING!
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
BOOOOO EVEN MORE!
I hate Briere.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions
3-0 Philly
Sorry Peter, the hockey pool gods do not like your lack of Habs hatred. They favour me!
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I don't know what I did to anger them.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you have a bunch of Sabres?
Or did others have a bunch of Flyers?
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The latter
There are a lot more Flyers out there than Sabres.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Also
I’ve got a bunch of Capitals and Penguins, and I don’t want them to play against one another in the second round. A Buffalo win would guarantee that, should Pittsburgh win against Tampa.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Well on the other hand
It would guarantee you get 2 more rounds out of one of them.
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Truth
But I want two more rounds out of both of them!
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn Flyers
Damn useless Sabres.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 9:21 PM EDT reply actions
I hoped for it
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Political commercial count so far
3 NDP
0 Tories
0 Liberals
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I've seen at least one Conservative
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Boston dominating, Habs hanging on...
Good finish!
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Pretty intense hockey!
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Tory commercial - woman doing budget again!
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Hahaha... what a dumb commercial
The GST cut is such a backward idea. Let’s bring down a tax on consumption so that we can raise personal income taxes!
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I just love the fact
That while she is budgeting for her family, she realises how awesome Stephen Harper is, and how terrible Ignatieff and Layton are.
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Politics are always on her mind!
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Ugh...
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Hawks/Nucks
This is going to be something!
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We'll see, I guess!
It could be over early, if the Hawks get a quick start.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I kinda hope it is, one way or another
Then I can go to bed before it’s over.
I'm heading to bed now
I’ll watch from there. Goodnight, everyone!
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 26, 2011 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Things getting a little rough
To be expected in game 7, I guess.
Shorthanded goal with less than 2 to go!
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Holy #%^&!#%&@$^*
SH goal for Taves at 1:56 left in the 3rd.
I am going to be one sleepy guy at work aren't I!
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You & me both
At least I’ve got free coffee at work.
Game 7 AND overtime
What a series.
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Only way it gets better than this
Is when it happens in a later round.
Oh my Jeebus...
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by Speedy_McEachern on Apr 27, 2011 12:51 AM EDT reply actions
I am just hoping for a finish so I can go to bed
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NOOOO!!!
ANYTHING BUT THAT!!
GOD DON’T DO THIS TO THEM!! NO ONE DESERVES THIS BUT LEAFS FANS!!!
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by Speedy_McEachern on Apr 27, 2011 12:57 AM EDT reply actions
Luongo just saved the season there
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Wow, Sharp was in PERFECT positioning for that chance
And Luongo in perfect positioning for the save.
I get the feeling this is going to be a long OT....
I hope not though.
Time after a PK is always the worst
A Goal Horn Haiku
Hoooonk hoooonk honk honk hooooonk
That's the sound the train horn makes
Suck it, Toronto
GOAL
A Goal Horn Haiku
Hoooonk hoooonk honk honk hooooonk
That's the sound the train horn makes
Suck it, Toronto
I think they should play Chelsea Dagger
Just out of spite.
Well good for the Canucks - finally got over the hump
They’ll easily beat Nashville now I think.
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Go Preds. >.>
A Goal Horn Haiku
Hoooonk hoooonk honk honk hooooonk
That's the sound the train horn makes
Suck it, Toronto
Boo no
I want the 21st pick!
GO CANUCKS!
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Campoli coughed that one up. Whoops
A Goal Horn Haiku
Hoooonk hoooonk honk honk hooooonk
That's the sound the train horn makes
Suck it, Toronto
That would have just been the cruelest ending in sports history if Chicago had won.
Good for the Canucks. Hopefully it’s scared their fans into not being entitled assholes for the rest of the playoffs, but that might be too much to hope.
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by Speedy_McEachern on Apr 27, 2011 1:06 AM EDT reply actions
Probably just a heat-of-the-moment thing
That was, what, hours after an overtime win in game seven? He was on quite an emotional.
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by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 27, 2011 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Minutes after
He said it in the on-ice post game interview.
And with that, bed time
Have fun kids!
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Wonder how the Blackhawks feel about the Campoli trade now?
Not saying one play makes it a bad deal, but Potulny’s doing great and Hawks are out in round 1 in exchange for their round 2 pick (~#50?)
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