NHL Playoff's

Originally posted by Tomo:
<strong>go Canucks go! :D </strong><hr></blockquote>

Unfortunately they need a miracle now.
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Originally posted by Dans:
<strong>Redwings are OUT!!!

3-2 in OT to the Ducks.</strong><hr></blockquote>

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Can't believe the Wings lost. Only the second time that defending champs went out in the first round. Shows what a hot goalie can do.

Isles have no power play and it's killing them.

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FLYERS

back in it
 
Originally posted by RUDDY:
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FLYERS

back in it</strong><hr></blockquote>

Sucks. We need Mogilny back.
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Now can the Canucks win in St Louis?

Leafs to exit tonight...........

I get feckin Minnesota vs Colorado to watch tonight - the least exciting match up on offer.
 
Ok, so I got the Leafs Flyers score wrong - Leafs to exit soon ;)

And the Stars do the Oilers - niiiiiiiiiice. Bring on the Ducks, though I think this will be a tough series - a 7 gamer.
 
Ditto the wish for an all-Canadian finale. Hope the Sens take it all. I'm willing to buy (or rent)Lord Stanley's Cup from the trustee in bankruptcy.
 
Some big game 7s coming up eh! Leafs will be put away I reckon unless they're in their own building in which case I think they'll make it. Lets hope the Canucks can do the Blues, but it would be just like them to go and lose it all in front of their fans. And the Wild, well if they could even get to a game 7 then they'll have done amazingly well considering.
 
Hell yeah LEAFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And congrats to the Wild as well. Should be an amazing Tuesday night :D
 
Lucky lucky leafs ;)

What a comeback by the Wild! Now if both they and the Canucks could come through the next match that would be something eh?
 
Would be ace if Colorado and toronto went out. Because Kapanen is doing well in Philadelphia and wouldn't mind seeing Sundin, renberg, Forsberg, berg here in the world championships.
 
But would they play? The World Championship (yearly competition is it not?) seems to be a vastly overrated competition and especially so to those playing in the nhl.
 
Originally posted by Dans:
<strong>But would they play? The World Championship (yearly competition is it not?) seems to be a vastly overrated competition and especially so to those playing in the nhl.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Yeah, Sweden has a problem with their star players. Forsberg is a loyal player, but Sundin and these are different. They don't remember who made them into the players they are today in the first place.

The slovaks and us have the best team at the moment, russians are always good especially as they have such superb young players in their league. Besides, it is played in Finland this year and thus there is alot of audience for the games, all games are sold out already. Hockey is the biggest sport here. And the american and canadian NHL players usually come to drink during the first phase (and start playing in the playoffs) and because they've heard that the women are good looking as one of them said.

But the competetion is over-rated and shouldn't be played as often as now, but it is a good window for the players to show themself for the NHL teams. This you can see especially among the russians as they want to do everything themselfs.

And finally it is played on big ice, will be amazing to see Saku Koivu on big ice. He is half decent in NHL where he has less space but he is bloody fantastic on big ice. Forsberg is even better.
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I must say despite it being low on the list of priorities for many nhl stars I will be watching it with interest. Good to hear that there's a lt of interest in Finland and that the games are selling - atmosphere should help generate some interest I'd say. Shame this won't be the case in Canada or the US though.
 
Originally posted by Dans:
<strong> Shame this won't be the case in Canada or the US though.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Ahh, this is how it has always been because they have a better league running there at the moment. It is more of a european tournament and should work as a window to sell it here. But it is essentially impossible as football is so big and so few nations have ice in the first place and those from continental europe you speak to like NHL because of the fights. But there are always some players who will be the future NHL stars in it. We have only established players at the moment though, as we intend to win it. But Russia is always interesting.
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Thing is how can you sell a World Championships without the strongest teams from Canada and the US? It'll never have the credibility it needs to really sell itself. Take your point about it being a good stage for talent, but that alone isn't really enough when you are calling it a World Championships. I think if they reverted to the once every four years format then it might mean something. In between they can have Euro Championships or something - so long as the nhl players still wanna come back and play that is.
 
Originally posted by Dans:
<strong>Thing is how can you sell a World Championships without the strongest teams from Canada and the US? It'll never have the credibility it needs to really sell itself. Take your point about it being a good stage for talent, but that alone isn't really enough when you are calling it a World Championships. I think if they reverted to the once every four years format then it might mean something. In between they can have Euro Championships or something - so long as the nhl players still wanna come back and play that is.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Yeah, it has lost somewhat if its meaning now that the Russian (Soviet) players are allowed to play in the NHL. But when the Soviets had Makarov - Larionov - Krutov- Kasatonov - Fetisov there and were not allowed to leave Soviet alive and won it for 20 years in a row it was different :eek: . If you managed to beat the soviets it was already one hell of an achievement, we drew against in calgary and got silver and that was seen as one hell of an achivement. This same team kicked the canadians ass in the Canada cup when canda had all their best <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh Out Loud]" /> .

So the fall of the east has really made it into a second rate tournament.
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And the frequency of it ;)

Anyway, back to nhl - why have 4 teams got to play back to back games?? That can't be right, especially for a game 7.
 
Originally posted by Dans:
<strong>And the frequency of it ;)

Anyway, back to nhl - why have 4 teams got to play back to back games?? That can't be right, especially for a game 7.</strong><hr></blockquote>

They ended up in the lower end of the qualification table? You have to get some advantages. Knowing the yank system it could also be that they have rented the arena for some concert these days because it is more profitable and thus the teams have to re-schedule.
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I think it's the latter. Criminal. Same happened with Tampa and Washington. There was something going on in Washington's arena that they wouldn't reschedule and the owner has now said in the wake of the defeat that he will never allow his team to play back to back playoff games again.
 
Selanne is a free agent - interesting. He's playing for your lot too Ahmed.
 
Ruddy what is it with you and the city of Phildadelphia?
 
i lived in old city

followed them ever since

cant be accused of glory supporting can i ;)
 
Well that beats my reason for supporting teams from Dallas.
 
Originally posted by RUDDY:
<strong>cant be accused of glory supporting can i ;) </strong><hr></blockquote>

You can't be accused of glory supporting because they suck ;)
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Originally posted by mathiaslg:
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You can't be accused of glory supporting because they suck ;) </strong><hr></blockquote>

I think you may regret those words soon...... ;)
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and ive always been a fan of philly sports even before i went there for some reason
 
Dallas = the liverpool of hockey.

boring and defensive as hell. :eek: . they have 2 finns though who are not bad.
 
Defensive??? Bloody hell mate dunno where you get that from. They are one of the most attacking teams out there. Lehtinen had his best ever year goalswise.
 
Originally posted by Dans:
<strong>Defensive??? Bloody hell mate dunno where you get that from. They are one of the most attacking teams out there. Lehtinen had his best ever year goalswise.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Attacking, attacking is when you play Forsberg, tonguay and hejduk. Lehtinen - niko kapanen are defensive experts. Ok, so Niko wasn't before he joined Dallas he could actually play. But now the NHL has turned another one of our bright talents into defensive forwards. Playing with zubov they get their + points in order.
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Originally posted by mathiaslg:
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You can't be accused of glory supporting because they suck ;) </strong><hr></blockquote>

oi

this comment will be remembered
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Lehtinen and Kapanen are thrid liners - there to play the checking game. In fact Lehtinen is thought of very highly for his all round game, especially his defensive play. Think of Modano, Guerin, Arnott, Turgeon, Dahlen and Young for the first two lines and you have a pretty attack minded team wouldn't you say?
 
Originally posted by Dans:
<strong>Lehtinen and Kapanen are thrid liners - there to play the checking game. In fact Lehtinen is thought of very highly for his all round game, especially his defensive play. Think of Modano, Guerin, Arnott, Turgeon, Dahlen and Young for the first two lines and you have a pretty attack minded team wouldn't you say?</strong><hr></blockquote>

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This is the point. they are always put in the third line that is there to destroy the game. so typical of NHL, the fourth line has the goons. Well, Lehtinen has been voted the best defensive forward in the league but he has more potential than that.

It is the third line that wins Dallas their games, they are so good at stopping the other teams first lines. The first 2 with Turgeon and these aren't better than the competitors.
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Well I guess it's just a different game over there in the nhl then isn't it?!
 
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