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Stanley Cup Playoffs

ark steel

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Just watched final few minutes of 3rd period of Blackhawks and Predators. Pretty exciting.
 
Anybody but the Habs.
 
I'm watching it, too. Good game. Pretty ballsy to take Crawford out. New goalie made some nice saves. Going to OT. Go Preds!

On a brighter note, the Craps got smacked tonight by the Isles.
 
Active OT. Goalies earning their money.

We got swept last year. Should put in much better performance this year.
 
here - I;ll just copy all the **** from the real hockey thread

Habs and Sens should be a good series - I gotta root for the Sens tonight.....on the NHL channel

yeah - what a wild *** game!

crowd amped up in beat down brawling game to the end - Habs win 4-3

Isles blow out the Caps and Hawks come back from 3-0 to tie it up - they are pounding the **** out of each other in this one too

2 OT in Nashville, Neal had some good chances

what a game
 
********. 2nd OT. I'm ready for bed, jerks.
 
*****, can't even stay up for his own thread

Chicago wins in a heartbreaker for the Preds


Flames win in the final 30 sec in a sloppy slopfest of a game - 2-1, in case anybody cares
 
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I'm watching these playoff games in Nashville and Montreal and the level of urgency/desperation on every shift.... was out of this world.
I hope the Pens bring the same energy
 
I bet the Preds take that loss as a back breaker. They haven't payed well in a while. Tough game to lose for them.
 
new blood

Harrington, Chorney, and Dumoulin interview

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http://video.penguins.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=912&id=808111&cmpid=pit-twt-penguins
 
Pump it up!

a little positivity...

Penguins a lively underdog vs. Rangers

If you are an underdog team looking to go on some unexpectedly deep run to the Stanley Cup, this is probably the year to do it. Quite frankly, there aren’t any heavy favorites expected to advance – Tampa Bay and St. Louis probably figure to be the chalk in their respective conferences, but even their situations are a bit untenable. While both are fantastic skating teams at 5-on-5, Tampa Bay’s special teams are a very real concern, and St. Louis is going with a goaltender, Jake Allen, that has played one playoff minute in his NHL career.

As a result, I think the most intriguing team in round one is the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins, of course, have had a ‘disastrous’ season by Pittsburgh standards – they’ve been beaten senselessly in the injury department, scraped into the playoffs despite lofty pre-season expectations, and wrapped up the final 20 games of the regular season by accruing just 17 total points.

Despite the handwringing about the abominable performance of Mike Johnston’s team, the Penguins still territorially dominated their competition on most nights – the possession just didn’t translate to goals in that small stretch, and what we are left with is the thought that the New York Rangers are going to just steamroll a dying team in four or five games.

But, this is still a team led by the likes of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. And, the underlying numbers – the numbers that are historically more predictive than past goal-scoring performance – still look fantastic. And, as a result, I think this series is going to be a lot closer than people are assuming.

http://www.tsn.ca/penguins-a-lively-underdog-vs-rangers-1.258554
 
Dave Molinari @MolinariPG
Ehrhoff, Adams, Harrington, Wilson and Pouliot still working out on ice. Safe to assume they're Game 1 scratches.
 
Wild grab game 1 from favored Blues. Nice effort all around for a Wild team that will need to keep the foot on the gas if they wish to advance to the second round.
 
Max Power said:
Wild grab game 1 from favored Blues. Nice effort all around for a Wild team that will need to keep the foot on the gas if they wish to advance to the second round.
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In WI and the game was blacked out on channel in my hotel room.

Lightning got punked by a rookie goalie. 0-7 or so on the power play. That last goal by the Red Wings was an awesome play though. Had to appreciate that through the cursing.
 
It was on 220 ark if you had direct tv in your hotel. The Pens gave it their all at least but we are out gunned I am afraid boys. Not looking good but Fluery did play a helluva game so if he can play like he did in period 2 and 3 the rest of the series we have a shot. It would be a huge upset though. I won't give up but I am not going to be disappointed if we don't take this series.
 
FordFairLane said:
It was on 220 ark if you had direct tv in your hotel. The Pens gave it their all at least but we are out gunned I am afraid boys. Not looking good but Fluery did play a helluva game so if he can play like he did in period 2 and 3 the rest of the series we have a shot. It would be a huge upset though. I won't give up but I am not going to be disappointed if we don't take this series.
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It isn't Direct TV, or, at least, not the full Direct TV channel. I did hear someone suggest that it was blacked out on NBCSN Standard Definition, but not NBCSN High Definition. Hotel has SD channel for NBCSN.
 
ark steel said:
It isn't Direct TV, or, at least, not the full Direct TV channel. I did hear someone suggest that it was blacked out on NBCSN Standard Definition, but not NBCSN High Definition. Hotel has SD channel for NBCSN.
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That blows. Go find a bar near you that isn't packed and I bet you can convince them to turn it to hockey for you next time.
 
Max Power said:
It's Wisconsin, even the Bars have Bars.
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I was amazed at the number of bars in La Crosse on my first few visits.

The helm in La Crosse has a one way mirror st the men's urinal. People in the bar see the mirror and you can watch them while taking a whiz.
 
ark steel said:
The helm in La Crosse has a one way mirror st the men's urinal. People in the bar see the mirror and you can watch them while taking a whiz.
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Same at Bettis 36 Grille in Pittsburgh. It is a really bizarre experience.
 
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