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Post by Vera on Apr 5, 2004 13:38:05 GMT -5
Let the fun begins ;D
Western Conference (1) Detroit (48-21-11-2, 109 pts) (8) Nashville (38-29-11-4, 91 pts) Season series tied 3-3-0 Oct. 30: at Nashville 5, Detroit 3 Nov. 8: Nashville 4 at Detroit 3 Dec. 20: at Nashville 1, Detroit 0 Jan. 5: at Detroit 6, Nashville 0 Feb. 3: Detroit 4 at Nashville 1 Mar. 14: at Detroit 3, Nashville 2
(2) San Jose (43-21-12-6, 104 pts) (7) St. Louis (39-30-11-2, 91 pts) Season series tied 2-2-0 Nov. 13: St. Louis 4 at San Jose 3 Dec. 18: at St. Louis 4, San Jose 2 Jan. 3: San Jose 3 at St. Louis 1 Feb. 29: at San Jose 1, St. Louis 0
(3) Vancouver (43-24-10-5, 101 pts) (6) Calgary (42-30-7-3, 94 pts) Canucks lead season series 3-2-1 Oct. 9: at Vancouver 4, Calgary 1 Nov. 29: at Calgary 4, Vancouver 4 Dec. 4: Calgary 4 at Vancouver 1 Dec. 26: Vancouver 2 at Calgary 0 Jan. 3: Vancouver 3 at Calgary 1 Feb. 11: Calgary 3 at Vancouver 2
(4) Colorado (40-22-13-7, 100 pts) (5) Dallas (41-26-13-2, 97 pts) Avalanche lead season series 3-1-0 Nov. 15: at Colorado 3, Dallas 0 Jan. 10: Colorado 4 at Dallas 2 Jan. 15: at Colorado 4, Dallas 1 Feb. 20: at Dallas 5, Colorado 1
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Post by Vera on Apr 5, 2004 13:38:48 GMT -5
Eastern Conference (1) Tampa Bay (46-22-8-6, 106 pts) (8) NY Islanders (38-29-11-4, 91 pts) Islanders lead season series 3-1-0 Nov. 20: at Tampa Bay 3, New York 2 Dec. 9: at New York 5, Tampa Bay 2 Mar. 16: New York 3 at Tampa Bay 1 Mar. 21: at New York 3, Tampa Bay 0
(2) Boston (41-19-15-7, 104 pts) (7) Montreal (41-30-7-4, 93 pts) Bruins lead season series 3-2-1 Oct. 28: Boston 2 at Montreal 0 Oct. 30: Montreal 1 at Boston 0 Dec. 16: at Montreal 1, Boston 1 Jan. 31: Boston 1 at Montreal 0 Feb. 26: Montreal 3 at Boston 2 Mar. 27: at Boston 3, Montreal 2
(3) Philadelphia (40-21-15-6, 101 pts) (6) New Jersey (43-25-12-2, 100 pts) Flyers lead season series 3-2-1 Oct. 30: at New Jersey 3, Philadelphia 2 Dec. 12: at New Jersey 3, Philadelphia 3 Dec. 13: New Jersey 2 at Philadelphia 0 Feb. 10: at Philadelphia 4, New Jersey 1 Mar. 9: Philadelphia 3 at New Jersey 1 Mar. 13: at Philadelphia 2, New Jersey 1
(4) Toronto (45-24-10-3, 103 pts) (5) Ottawa (43-23-10-6, 102 pts) Maple Leafs lead season series 4-1-1 Nov. 29: Toronto 2 at Ottawa 1 Jan. 8: Ottawa 7 at Toronto 1 Jan. 31: at Toronto 5, Ottawa 1 Feb. 5: Toronto 5 at Ottawa 4 Mar. 27: at Toronto 2, Ottawa 2 Apr. 3: Toronto 6 at Ottawa 0
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Post by Vera on Apr 5, 2004 14:05:57 GMT -5
Okay, I'm gonna post some playoff related news: Avs winger injured right ankle vs. PredsDENVER -- Colorado Avalanche star left wing Paul Kariya injured his right ankle late in the third period of Sunday's regular-season finale, putting in doubt his status for the playoffs. Kariya went down with 2:21 remaining. He was tied up with Nashville Predators right wing Scott Hartnell, twisted his right leg while falling to the ice and had to be helped to the locker room. Kariya did not return as the Avalanche lost 2-1 in overtime. "We'll know more (Monday)," Colorado coach Tony Granato said. "Hopefully, it looked worse than it was. That's all we know." The Avalanche host the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night in the opening game of the Western Conference quarterfinals. Kariya, 29, battled a wrist injury in his first season with Colorado and totaled a career-low 11 goals and 25 assists in 51 games. Poor Paul. I saw that on TV, it does look quite bad. I hope it's better than it looks.
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Post by Lee on Apr 5, 2004 14:07:34 GMT -5
Paul! I didn't notice Kariya is already 29. His baby face always reminds me of young boy.
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Post by Lee on Apr 5, 2004 14:09:34 GMT -5
Of all the first round matchups, I think Boston/Montreal will be the most exciting and tight one. The rivalry has history and vibrancy.
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Post by Vera on Apr 5, 2004 14:12:04 GMT -5
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Post by Lee on Apr 5, 2004 14:14:03 GMT -5
And I wouldn't want to see the Sens/Leafs series. Can't the Sens just beat the Leafs once in playoff May be they finally learn to! But I do want Nieuwy add another Stanley Cup ring with his 4th team although the chance is slim in my estimation.
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Post by Vera on Apr 5, 2004 14:15:24 GMT -5
Legace or Joseph? Who will start in net?
Which of these two talented goaltenders will the Detroit Red Wings pick to lead them in their quest for a fourth Stanley Cup in eight years?
Wings coach Dave Lewis has a difficult decision ahead of Detroit's opening-round playoff series against the Nashville Predators which starts Wednesday evening at home.
Of the two netminders, Joseph has the better playoff pedigree, leading the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Eastern Conference finals in 1999 and 2002.
Legace has been the go-to guy for the Wings this season after playing in a career-high 41 games, and posting a 23-10-5 record and .920 save percentage this season.
It's that impressive record, combined with Joseph's injury woes, that leads Legace to believe he will start between the pipes for the Wings.
"I'm thinking I'm starting Game 1," Legace recently told the Detroit Free Press.
Joseph sprained his right ankle on Feb. 11. He returned a month later but complained of pain before re-aggravating the injury in a March 23 practice.
An MRI exam on March 27th showed a small piece of cartilage had pulled away from a bone in his right ankle. After Joseph received a cortisone shot, general manager Ken Holland said that he expected to see the goaltender return before the playoffs.
Three days later, however, the Red Wings revealed that Joseph would sit out the last three games of the season.
Even though Joseph believes he's ready to go, he doesn't think he'll get the call to start Game 1.
"It's their decision, and obviously my health is a question mark right now and so is my playing time," Joseph told the Detroit Free Press last Wednesday.
"So I leave it totally in their hands, and I'm just going to be ready. I'm thinking that we're going to be on a long playoff run, so it's better not to get any setbacks right now."
Joseph signed a lucrative contract with the Wings prior to the 2002-03 season after Detroit netminder Dominik Hasek retired from hockey. However, Hasek returned to the NHL and the Wings prior to the 2003-04 campaign, creating a logjam in the Wings' net.
Joseph became the odd man out behind Hasek and Legace, but came back into the picture when Hasek re-aggravated a groin injury in December.
Now he's hungry to show he can lead Detroit on a lengthy playoff run, even if he doesn't start in the Wings' playoff opener.
"No. That would be too much to expect," said Joseph when asked if he expected to start Game 1 if he was healthy. "Do I want to play? Yes. But would I expect to play? No. Injury, question mark. Playing time, question mark."
On Sunday, Lewis revealed he won't name his starter until Wednesday afternoon, just hours ahead of Game 1 in Detroit.
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Post by Vera on Apr 5, 2004 14:19:55 GMT -5
May be they finally learn to! But I do want Nieuwy add another Stanley Cup ring with his 4th team although the chance is slim in my estimation. Emmmm, let me think...... Nope! Hehehe, no offense to Nieuwy, the Leafs is pretty low on my favorite list. And like Cloutier, Lalime needs to prove himself big time. I want them to win very badly. Well, when we played badly, Vancouver was always referred to the Sens of the West . So I want to Sens to actually do something in playoff just to shut their critics up. But it's not likely they'll do it this year . They just lost to the Leafs 0-6 yesterday in Ottawa , naturally, confident is not too high having to face them again in the first round.
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Post by Vera on Apr 5, 2004 14:22:46 GMT -5
More goaltender stories, which is of course what the playoff is about, who got the best goaltender ? All eyes on net in Ottawa CBC SPORTS ONLINE - As big, deep and dependable as the Senators' defence is, it can't prevent every shot from reaching Patrick Lalime. Patrick Lalime posted a 1.82 GAA in the 2003 playoffs. If you're an Ottawa fan, goaltending is the main concern as the NHL playoffs begin. What was a breakthrough season for Lalime in 2002-03 was the exact opposite this campaign. The regular season saw Lalime yield too many rebounds and soft goals. And now, the six-foot-three-inch puckstopper faces questions about his health after missing the Senators' final five games of the regular season with a sprained left knee. Ottawa opens the Stanley Cup tournament against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The first two games will be played at the Air Canada Centre, starting Thursday (CBC, 7 p.m. EST). In last year's playoffs, Lalime was brilliant with an 11-7 record, 1.82 goals-against average and .924 save percentage. He appeared to rediscover that form a few weeks ago. In his five most recent starts before getting hurt on March 27, Lalime was 2-2-0-1 with two shutouts. Before that, his up-and-down season drew the ire of Ottawa fans and even mild criticism from general manager John Muckler. "Patrick Lalime is our guy," Muckler would say later in the season. "We're confident he can get the job done." But Lalime stumbled in October and November. Part of the reason the Senators were fighting to avoid the Northeast Division basement over the first 20 games was the play of their No. 1 netminder, who was coming off a franchise-record 39 wins and 2.16 GAA in 2002-03. What the 29-year-old goalie has in his favour is a solid track record when the games matter most. Lalime boasts a miniscule 1.72 GAA and .930 save percentage in 34 career playoff games. He also has the NHL's most productive offence in front of him. The Senators scored 262 goals and didn't have sniper Peter Bondra (traded from Washington) and rugged centre Mike Fisher (elbow injury) for most of the season. Winger Vaclav Varada and centre Todd White also have returned from injury to add experience and depth to an already deep team. So, can a rusty Lalime turn a mediocre season into a solid playoff? "Sure, why not? Other guys have done it," former NHL goalie John Garrett told the Ottawa Sun. "Yes, it's tough to do, but he's done the job in the playoffs before." If Lalime falters, Martin Prusek gets the call. While he had a solid season (16-6-3, 2.12), his claim to fame is breaking the modern-era record for save percentage (.930) two years ago with Ottawa's former American Hockey League affiliate in Grand Rapids. Prusek's confidence seemed to grow with every start, but he has never appeared in an NHL post-season game. He's also injury-prone (back problems in March and December and a strained left knee in February). Toronto has won 12 of the previous 17 playoff games between the two teams and every series.
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Post by The Chloe on Apr 5, 2004 21:36:31 GMT -5
Woohoo! THE BATTLE OF ONTARIO IS ON, BITCHES! Sens :shoot: LEAFS! LEAFS! LEAFS! Go in for the KILL!
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Post by The Chloe on Apr 5, 2004 21:37:21 GMT -5
And I wouldn't want to see the Sens/Leafs series. Can't the Sens just beat the Leafs once in playoff Sens :shoot: ;D
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Post by Lee on Apr 6, 2004 11:17:08 GMT -5
'This is going to be a war,' says Sens' BondraCanWest News Service April 6, 2004 Senators left-winger Peter Bondra survived the hit by Toronto's Tie Domi that knocked him out of Saturday's game. However, as a start to this playoff season's war of words, Bondra made it clear Monday he thought Domi's hit was a cheap one. "It was a hard hit and I took it,'' Bondra said. "I saw him at the last minute and tried to get out of the way, but my leg was still twisted the other way. "He obviously wasn't looking for the puck, though. He was looking for my head. "This is going to be a war, I guess.'' © The Calgary Herald 2004 ******************************************* Sparks are flying already between Leafs and Sens
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Post by Lee on Apr 6, 2004 11:21:24 GMT -5
Jarome's dad predicted Flames playoffElvis boldly picked Calgary over Edmonton Grant Robertson Iginla a Real Stand-Up Guy, Says His Dad: Edmonton lawyer Elvis Iginla poses with a life-size poster of his son, and Calgary Flames captain, Jarome Iginla. CREDIT: Larry Wong, CanWest News Service Calgary Herald Tuesday, April 06, 2004 Last spring, people thought Elvis Iginla had lost his mind when Jarome's dad made a bold prediction about the Calgary Flames. "Next year for sure, the Flames will be there -- back in the playoffs," Iginla said 12 months ago in Edmonton where he runs a small law firm under the family name. Then came the real zinger. "We'll probably knock off Edmonton to get there," Iginla told the Herald, undaunted as the city around him erupted in Oilers playoff hoopla in April 2003. It was the kind of declaration that made Edmontonians cackle with delight, an optimistic -- if not outlandish -- prognostication about their rivals to the south. Calgary, having just fired a coach, turfed a general manager and missed the playoffs for the seventh-straight year, did not look like a team that was making plans for the post-season anytime soon. For Iginla Sr., the reaction in Edmonton was as consistent as a sitcom laugh track. "Everyone thought it was a joke," he said Monday, chuckling to himself as the Flames prepare for their first playoff game since 1996 on Wednesday. "They're not laughing anymore." Edmonton's exclusion from the post-season has flipped the fortunes of Alberta's two NHL cities. And even though it was the Vancouver Canucks that sealed Edmonton's fate Saturday, Iginla's prediction that Calgary would have a role in the Oilers' demise has proven accurate. The Flames took 10 of a possible 12 points from the Oilers during the regular season, losing just once on their way to a 4-0-1-1 record. Turn the tables on those games and it's Edmonton -- not Calgary -- that hits the ice in mid-April. Still, the elder Iginla has a soft spot for Edmonton, which means he also has a bone to pick with the Canucks. "It wasn't very nice that Vancouver took them out like that," he said. "We'll have to avenge that. It's payback time for Vancouver." Elvis will be there to watch Jarome in Vancouver, and for as many games as possible after that, he hopes. How many games will there be? After nailing his predictions last spring, the question must be asked: What does Iginla see in the Flames future this year? "I'm predicting that, by the grace of God, we'll be in the finals," he said. Iginla knows more than just Oilers fans will be snickering at his latest prediction. He isn't bothered. "I'm serious," he said. "Jarome has been fortunate to play with some really great guys over the years, but I tell you, this is the best team with respect to cohesion and unity and the guys looking out for each other. "I think a lot of that is going to show in the playoffs. I think they'll rise to a new level." grobertson@theherald.canwest.com © The Calgary Herald 2004
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Post by Vera on Apr 6, 2004 12:33:05 GMT -5
lol. I bet Iggy's dad made that prediction of Flames over Oilers every year ever since Iggy became a Flame . He finally get it right ;D. And we all have a soft-spot for the Oilers. When we were watching the final game and cheering for the Nucks, we have to keep telling ourselves not to feel bad for the Oils . It's hard not to. Not until the last 5 mins when they got really rough and flying their bodies around at our players and finally someone checked Keane into the board and left him bleeding all over the face that we were able to not feel sorry for them. Still . But hey, better them than us .
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Post by Dissident on Apr 6, 2004 22:35:18 GMT -5
Becca, you gotta save some of those bullets for the other games, you know... GO AVS!! DIE STARS, DIE STARS!!
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Post by Dissident on Apr 6, 2004 22:39:51 GMT -5
Oh, and these are the teams I want to win: Nashville Predators (Death to the Wings!! ) San Jose Sharks Calgary Flames (I wouldnt mind the Nucks winning, either, though...) COLORADO AVALANCHE (yay!) NY Islanders (time for the Bolts to get back to reality ) Montreal Canadiens (dont like the Bruins at all) New Jersey Devils - Philadelphia Flyers (tied, hate them both.) Ottawa Senators (I dont mind the Leafs, but I always go with the red against blue. )
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Post by Lee on Apr 7, 2004 0:50:11 GMT -5
Some playoff team stat:
Average age from youngest to oldest:
CALGARY FLAMES 27.3 SAN JOSE SHARKS 27.7 NASHVILLE PREDATORS 27.8 OTTAWA SENATORS 28 VANCOUVER CANUCKS 28.4 NEW YORK ISLANDERS 28.5 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 28.6 COLORADO AVALANCHE 28.8 MONTREAL CANADIENS 29 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 29.1 BOSTON BRUINS 29.5 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 29.9 ST. LOUIS BLUES 30.7 DALLAS STARS 31.5 DETROIT RED WINGS 31.6 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 31.7
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Post by Lee on Apr 7, 2004 0:52:08 GMT -5
Average weight from lightest to heaviest:
DETROIT RED WINGS 197.8 DALLAS STARS 197.9 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 200.2 NASHVILLE PREDATORS 200.6 MONTREAL CANADIENS 201.7 COLORADO AVALANCHE 202.3 ST. LOUIS BLUES 204.9 VANCOUVER CANUCKS 206.7 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 206.8 OTTAWA SENATORS 207.3 CALGARY FLAMES 207.5 BOSTON BRUINS 207.5 NEW YORK ISLANDERS 207.7 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 208.6 SAN JOSE SHARKS 209.3 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 209.4
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Post by Lee on Apr 7, 2004 0:53:03 GMT -5
Average height from shortest to tallest:
DETROIT RED WINGS 6 DALLAS STARS 6 NASHVILLE PREDATORS 6 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 6.01 MONTREAL CANADIENS 6.01 COLORADO AVALANCHE 6.01 ST. LOUIS BLUES 6.01 PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 6.01 OTTAWA SENATORS 6.01 CALGARY FLAMES 6.01 NEW YORK ISLANDERS 6.01 SAN JOSE SHARKS 6.01 VANCOUVER CANUCKS 6.02 BOSTON BRUINS 6.02 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 6.02 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 6.02
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Post by Lee on Apr 7, 2004 0:56:10 GMT -5
Doesn't look like height will be a factor in playoff but let's see age and weight will make any difference or not
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Post by Vera on Apr 7, 2004 1:36:22 GMT -5
lol. So the Wings are old, small and short . Yet most ppl pick them to win. Here's a poll I saw on ESPN. 11) Who will win the Stanley Cup? 21.7% Detroit Red Wings 13.5% Toronto Blue Jays 9.2% Vancouver Canucks 8.9% New York Islanders 6.8% Boston Bruins 6.5% Philadelphia Flyers 6.5% Colorado Avalanche 5.0% San Jose Sharks 4.6% New Jersey Devils 4.5% Dallas Stars 4.1% Ottawa Senators 3.3% Tampa Bay Lightning 1.9% St. Louis Blues 1.5% Calgary Flames 1.3% Montreal Canadiens 0.7% Nashville Predators can you believe they mistaken the Blue Jays for the Leafs :lmao: . I wonder if it's a honest mistake or them being sarcastic. For the series that we care: 7) Calgary Flames vs. Vancouver Canucks 53.8% Flames 46.2% Canucks 8) Dallas Stars vs. Colorado Avalanche 52.7% Stars 47.3% Avalanche
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Post by Vera on Apr 7, 2004 1:44:05 GMT -5
And we can do endless hours of analysis, or we can ask Maggie the Monkey what it's gonna be ;D. For those who don't know who's Maggie, well, she successfully beat the TSN's analysts consensus last year by picking the Mighty Ducks out of the pack . So here's Maggie's first round picks: NYI BOS PHI TOR NAS STL VAN DAL
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Post by Vera on Apr 7, 2004 1:53:32 GMT -5
Some more reading while we wait for the playoff to start, just 16 hours and counting down : Playoffs could produce more than a Cup champBy Terry Frei Special to ESPN.com The dream scenario? The upcoming playoffs get everyone so excited, from commissioner Gary Bettman and players association chieftain Bob Goodenow on down, on both sides of the bargaining table, that the pressure builds -- to get the collective bargaining issue settled. That could involve scheduling a secret marathon meeting at the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago, meaning Bettman, Goodenow and their underlings could be secure in the knowledge that they wouldn't be recognized in an NHL city. Or they could meet in New York or Toronto, for that matter, with media hordes camped out in front of the buildings. Whatever it takes. Regardless, wouldn't it be great if this collective bargaining agreement mess gets settled, forestalling a work stoppage, and it happens soon enough to allow the World Cup to become a celebration of the sport, not a somber prelude to the shutdown? We only can hope that the way the first-round matchups fell into place turns out to be portentous of a great postseason -- and that, if this indeed turns out to be the case, it truly matters. It would have been difficult for the NHL to gerrymander the matchups any better than the way they turned out. In the East, especially. Start with the battle of Ontario, with the mayor of Ottawa presumably preparing to patrol the Corel Centre concourses and censure anyone wearing Maple Leafs jerseys; the Bruins-Canadiens reprising a deep-rooted, Original Six matchup; the Flyers-Devils rivalry, which always is interesting because so many Flyers fans come up the New Jersey Turnpike; and even the Islanders posing the relatively easy first question in the on-going testing of the Lightning as legitimate Stanley Cup contenders. Even in the West, having Nashville in the postseason can provide a shot in the arm for the NHL as it continues to dismiss the need for and the possibility of contraction. Even if the Wings sweep, the Nashville guitars won't be sounding mournful choruses. The Predators and their fans are just thrilled to be there. And the other first-round series, including a replay of the back-to-back Western Conference finals matchup from 1999 and 2000 (Dallas-Colorado) and the other Canadian series between Vancouver and Calgary, make for great drama. Here's how the whole thing could play out best for the NHL. - At least one Canadian franchise makes the Stanley Cup finals. Having a Cup Finals in Toronto, Ottawa or Vancouver would be doubly invigorating for the league. For one thing, the truly diverse and thoughtful nature of the Canadian fan base would be in the spotlight -- perhaps even for those American journalists who excessively generalized about the sport's fan base during the Todd Bertuzzi furor. For another, the excitement would be catching. For Jose Theodore to have a terrific run and draw even more comparisons to Patrick Roy would be great for the league. Heck, even if Ed Belfour and Brian Leetch are staunch for the Leafs, causing the Barenaked Ladies to write a song about them, that would work, too -- and Leetch's involvement might even keep the folks in that most provincial of markets, New York, paying attention to hockey. - The Devils, who play eight miles from Manhattan but might as well be on the other side of the world, are ousted early. Nothing personal, New Jersey. But it would not only increase Toronto's or Ottawa's chances of making the finals, it would prevent the Devils from, in effect, slipping the finals a lingering dose of tranquilizers when the league needs them to be energizing. - The virtually fighting-free playoffs, played on edge and with the sort of intensity that makes it the most grueling postseason test in professional sports, reinforce the idea that the NHL could live without quasi-legal fighting. Even a reprise of the evolved Detroit-Colorado rivalry, and perhaps even Colorado-Vancouver, could serve to illustrate that for all the enmity, the game doesn't have to be dragged into the gutter to be sharp-edged, tension-filled and dramatic. One of the reasons the NHL got into this fix in the first place is that it isn't taken seriously in enough places. We're not just talking about the flatlands of Kansas, but in major markets. It's time to stop talking about how unfair some of the perceptions are about the sport, and instead aggressively combat them to give any new economic order that comes out of the new CBA more of a chance to succeed. (An aside to those who hold fighting in the NHL so dear: Your season is over, right? Or do you just tune in once you hear that a relatively rare blowout is unfolding, increasing the possibility of dropped gloves and "message-sending'' mayhem?) - The NHL has a drug controversy during the playoffs. No, not involving steroids or other illegal substances. Someone slips truth serum into the water bottles, prompting hockey players to say what they really think more often -- rather than the one-game-at-a-time political correctness that is the norm. - A dynamic skater, such as Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis or Colorado's Peter Forsberg, or even an outspoken one, such as Detroit's Brett Hull or Philadelphia's Jeremy Roenick (neither of whom needs to be slipped truth serum to get him going), puts on such a show that he ends up sitting in the chairs next to Jay Leno and David Letterman. Jean-Sebastien Giguere made some of the rounds a year ago, but that had more to do with him playing in Southern California than it did with his story captivating a nation. - A billionaire stumbles onto the NHL during the playoffs, catches the hockey bug and makes the Wirtz family an offer that can't be refused for the Blackhawks. - Reason prevails. Finally. A new CBA is signed. And soon.
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Post by GBFH on Apr 7, 2004 7:26:23 GMT -5
Becca, you gotta save some of those bullets for the other games, you know... GO AVS!! DIE STARS, DIE STARS!! *ahem* i hear there's a wolf loose in the avs organ-EYE-zation, and the stars are taking appropriate measures to exterminate it. forsberg <----- :shoot: <----- stars
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Post by GBFH on Apr 7, 2004 7:27:36 GMT -5
And we can do endless hours of analysis, or we can ask Maggie the Monkey what it's gonna be ;D. For those who don't know who's Maggie, well, she successfully beat the TSN's analysts consensus last year by picking the Mighty Ducks out of the pack . So here's Maggie's first round picks: NYI BOS PHI TOR NAS STL VAN DAL isn't she the amazon woman who reads scores during the intermissions on TSN? she'd be hotter if she didn't have such a mannish voice.
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Post by GBFH on Apr 7, 2004 7:29:24 GMT -5
Oh, and these are the teams I want to win: Nashville Predators (Death to the Wings!! ) San Jose Sharks Calgary Flames (I wouldnt mind the Nucks winning, either, though...) COLORADO AVALANCHE (yay!) NY Islanders (time for the Bolts to get back to reality ) Montreal Canadiens (dont like the Bruins at all) New Jersey Devils - Philadelphia Flyers (tied, hate them both.) Ottawa Senators (I dont mind the Leafs, but I always go with the red against blue. ) gonna have to disagree with ya on TWO counts, hit. STARS and DEVS will win their first round series. that's all.
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Post by Lee on Apr 7, 2004 16:42:40 GMT -5
And we can do endless hours of analysis, or we can ask Maggie the Monkey what it's gonna be ;D. For those who don't know who's Maggie, well, she successfully beat the TSN's analysts consensus last year by picking the Mighty Ducks out of the pack . So here's Maggie's first round picks: NYI BOS PHI TOR NAS STL VAN DAL My picks are pretty close
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Post by Dissident on Apr 7, 2004 20:51:12 GMT -5
LOL! These playoffs will be big fun!
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Post by GBFH on Apr 7, 2004 21:45:12 GMT -5
LOL! These playoffs will be big fun! especially if your team's dominating, eh? as i type, the stars just finished a PP...and are STILL losing 2-0.
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