And away we go NHL thread!!!!

[goodwood]

if hockey starts to stop as much as play does in the NBA i'll promise all of you
that i'll take the fall and go to prison for choking bettman. i absolutely love hockey, i have for 40 years now,
but i really think it has lost something along the way.

Yes, Bettman is in the business of hockey for himself not for hockey. He lets his pride get in the way and won't let things happen as they should. He's a d!ck. A really pencil-necked weasel.

[clifffclaven]

if hockey starts to stop as much as play does in the NBA i'll promise all of you
that i'll take the fall and go to prison for choking bettman. i absolutely love hockey, i have for 40 years now,
but i really think it has lost something along the way.

It has. There was a memo sent to all teams before the playoffs basically stating "any scrums after the whistle, the refs are instructed to send someone to the box". Thats why theres no hate, no intensity, no passion. No one wants to put their team down a man. Its fucking bullshit.

[6string40]

And no 'message sending' or you'll get suspended.

[Spivonious]

If you could break the guy's stick as a valid defensive play, we'd see 10 broken sticks on every line change.

I hate to agree with Buttman, but they should be going after the puck, not slashing the stick or the man.

Flyers better turn it on or I'm sensing a sweep. The Boston defense has won the first two games.

[atomic charvel guy]

if I were commisioner I'd let them carry and use high compound explosives out there.
you can't take a naturally violent sport and turn it into badminton.

[Shawn Lutz]

Spiv, the sticks are breaking because they are not sturdy enough. Last night I saw two sticks break on the same shift, one player was giving a pass and one player was receiving a pass...those dueds should be in the sin bin for breaking their own sticks LOL. It shouldnt be a penalty when someone love taps ya and the PoS composites snap like a toothpick....thats a no harm, no foul call...somethng I'd like to see the refs use better judgement on. Is a one handed hook really impeding a players progress? if not then they shouldn't call it. Let the guys battle a little bit, these games have no flow for all the penalties the refs are calling.

[Rupe]

Goalie battle in Montreal...hopefully Fleury can keep it up. Nice win.

[Razor]

That was a real nice win for the Pens and a solid game by Fleury. It was nip and tuck for a while, and the Habs were in it until the bitter end. Go Pens!!!

On a side note. Any one want to make wagers that Price gets moved to a new home? Halak has been stellar and looks like the real deal.

[atomic charvel guy]

anyone happen to catch the HBO documentary tonight on the Flyers?
it was great, the Broad Street Bullies, make a note to watch it if you can, it doesn't suck.

[Shawn Lutz]

Red Wings long 20 year run of putting a competitive team on the ice is over. The page has turned....Go Vancouver!

[clifffclaven]

Red Wings long 20 year run of putting a competitive team on the ice is over. The page has turned....Go Vancouver!

If theres one team i would not count out down 3-0, its detroit. That being said, they had that game in the bag last night. The old detroit teams wouldve put their foot on the gas and made it 5-1 or 6-1. Dunno what it is, maybe theyre just outa gas from two straight finals runs.

[Shawn Lutz]

They had a shot really but all 3 games in the series were one goal games. You can't have a netminder give a soft goal in each of those games, he gave up 2 last night.

Pride may win them a game or 2 in this series but they are not goingto beat San Jose 4 straight games with the way they've been playing in the playoffs this year.

Last nights loss was in part on Mike Babcock. You don't have 2 rookies on the ice with a worthess Jason Williams in an OT of a must win game. Rookie D man joins the rush, Jwil blows a shot high and wide (typicall for him) and the puck comes all the way out to center ice for an odd man rush w/ Rookie D man Ericsson caught in the offensive zone. Big personnel mistake imho. In Scotty Bowmans world, those players would not have seen any action in OT and if they did, not all out there together at the same time

[atomic charvel guy]

i'm still not convinced the Wings are out.

[Shawn Lutz]

very unlikley Tommy but I'll keep hope alive. I had a dream the night before game 3 that the Wings won the cup so who knows. It will take a miracle, luck for the Wings and extremely bad luck for the Sharks for that to happen and that perfect storm is unlikely.

The Sharks want it and are hungry, Detroit isnt

[6string40]

i'm still not convinced the Wings are out.

You also guaranteed me a Caps win in game 7 and look where that got me!

Sorry Tommy...just had to go there bro!