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#87

The Red Army marches on, Marley. That team has been very good for the entire past decade. I think they’ll handle Calgary very easily. (Calgary is the only team in the West with less than 100 points in the season.) Olfactory, boozy…I just don’t see it happening for the East this year. The West is the best. Ride the snake. All that shit.

Right now I am enjoying the Dallas/Vancouver game. Dallas has come roaring back after losing Game 1. That goal in the second period was so good. The pass from Modano was a perfect saucer backhand pass. Nice and easy…the puck slowly rotated in the air…it floated right over the defenseman’s stick…BAM!!! Lundquist tipped/redirected it right up over the goalie’s shoulder and into the top of the net. That is what hockey is all about for me.
Third Period right now. Then Versus is showing another game (Anaheim/Minnesota) at 10:30. I know what I’m doing tonight.

#88

Round one is over. None of the winners were a big surprise to me. I did want Dallas to win that game seven last night, but Vancouver is fun to watch. Those Sedin twins are very entertaining.

Eastern Conference
Buffalo/NY Rangers - I pick Buffalo, but I do like the Rangers. Jagr is very cool.
New Jersey/Ottawa - I pick Ottawa. I like New Jersey, but I don’t think they have enough offense.

Western Conference
Detroit/San Jose - This should be a great series. I’ll go with San Jose.
Anaheim/Vancouver - I pick Anaheim.

So Buffalo/Ottawa in the Eastern finals and a sweet battle of California San Jose/Anaheim Western finals.

#89

National Honkey League in the house!

#90

Gotta love a Robert Lang game tying goal with 33 seconds left.

#91

NHL. ha! more like poop-HL. drunk.

#92

[color=red]GO WINGS!!!

#93

GO WINGS BABY!!!

Just one more round 'till the Cup!!

The Ducks are gonna be tough though. LET’s GO DETROIT PLAYOFFS!!!

#94

This thread gets its ass kicked by the NBA thread. Bummer.

I thought that Detroit would lose to San Jose. I really like Chelios, so I can live with it. Both conference finals should be great. I hope that both go seven games. I pick Anaheim and Buffalo. Then Anaheim will win the Cup.

#95

no no, the WINGS will win the cup. Uncle Joey just told me. It’s cool. yah. k. done.

#96

Eli, I’m soooooo disappointed in you…

WINGS!!!

#97

i’ll be going with the east coast and from America, lets go Buffalo

#98

gotta love a Wings 1-0 lead after the 1st period.

#99

and ya gotta love a 2-1 victory.

#100

I drove Jamie to the airport, and I missed most of the game. I walked in the door with about nine minutes left. Kind of a non-exciting goal by Detroit, but the only thing that matters is that the puck crosses the line. Brett, you must have loved being there. That place has to be buzzing during a playoff win like that. Shit, Marley can hardly contain himself, and he’s all the way across the continent.

#101

WOW!!! Can’t believe Buffalo scored with 5 seconds left. Game on!!!

#102

I went to a graduation fiesta for my cousin at a local mexican restaurant right when the game started. When I got home I walked around the block with my dog. I came back in right before the overtime started. Now I’m waiting for the second overtime. I still get to see lots of hockey eventhough I missed the whole game. Go Sabres.

#103

OK, not too much more hockey for me tonight. That second overtime didn’t go for very long. Great goal though. Damn Senators…took both games in Buffalo. Now they return to their lair in the Canadian capital. That’s where hockey comes from.

Speaking of where hockey comes from…GR is the only Canadian that we have around here, and I don’t think he even likes hockey.

#104

I can’t believe the Ducks won two games

#105

^ Woooo! Go Ducks!

Scott Niedermayer is my new favorite player. He’s so calm and focused. He’s an incredible skater. He has a killer playoff beard with some gray mixing in to show his age. He’s definitely on the NHL Jedi Council.

#106

What? There’s a hockey thread? Why wasn’t I informed of this? I’ve been all over the NBA but I’ve been definitely watching lotsa hockey. It was mostly just the Red Wings games but I’m making sure to watch the Finals too (and it didn’t hurt that the Spurs/Utah games that were on at the same time were both ugly, boring blowouts). I gotta admit, they’ve both been some VERY entertaining games. Even with Anaheim dominating the third period of both games, Ray Emery’s been out of control in net. I had a feeling that whoever came out of the West would beat Ottawa and Buffalo and so far it seems right. Personally I’m amazed that Ottawa got this far so kudos to them.

As for my Wings? I’m somewhat pleased. Yeah, we coulda won those games that we dominated but the exact same thing happened to San Jose where they dominated US and we still got the win in Game 4. That’s just hockey. Frankly, I’m pleased because I didn’t expect them to be this solid at the start of the year and definitely didn’t expect to be this close to the Finals. It’s a bummer but at least we have lots to build on. I just wish Mattieu Schneider didn’t get hurt…that didn’t help our defense but, hey, it happens.

Stevo