Boston

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

VEGAS

PROVE THE DOUBTERS WRONG. GREAT SPORTS CITY.

VEGAS SOX?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Yes: Vegas, Toronto, Winnipeg, San Jose

No: Pittsburgh, Washington

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

See, I’d cheer for Toronto but if a Canadian team wins I want it to be one in the mountain time zone.

I think I could cheer for the lightning if I had too. If the Sharks do well my boy will watch with me as he likes them to piss his sister off. I just want good hockey and not a senators style team.

Yes: Winnipeg, Calgary, Toronto, Washington. Canada's suffered enough, Ovechkin deserves a ring.

No: Nashville, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Vegas. St. Louis if they get in, but they seem to have pulled the plug on this season.

Vegas winning the Cup would be a disaster for the NHL in this country. It'd give fuel to the "see, hockey is just RANDOM!" idiots in the local and national media.

France

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Winnipeg or Nashville.

Vegas will be first round exit.

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I think they will get rid of Stan.

Jackets on a 9-game winning streak; jumped up to third in the Metro. Panarin en fuego, with a hatty and game-winner last night.

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Not a mult.

I'd like to see the Lightning win as Stamkos has earned it.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

If Vegas plays LA or Colorado, I don't see them getting out of the 1st round.

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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.

And the 10-game win streak is over, thanks to the fucking Blues

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Not a mult.

Panarin just scored to tie the Red Wings at 4, after the Jackets were down 4-2 going into the third. That gives him 80 points, and he now holds the franchise record for most points in a season @ 80. Very impressive considering he got off to a really slow start. He has also improved his defense a bit. Makes the trade for Saad look that much worse for the Hawk.

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Not a mult.

And, they win in OT and clinch a playoff spot. WOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!

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Not a mult.

Not unthinkable that they knock off the Pens. Third time's the charm.

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Rather important game Thursday, as it could well determine home ice between the two for Round 1..

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Not a mult.

Some juicy matchups shaping up in the East. Toronto and either Boston or Tampa, Columbus and Pittsburgh, and even Washington and Philly will be entertaining. Love those 6 PM starts. The West can go spit until Nashville plays Winnipeg. I hope the bags from Anaheim put a beating on Vegas.

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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.

I guess I would like to see the Leafs get one. Ovechkin secondly.

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Elections have consequences.

Fuck Nashville

So, as a quick aside, the bar at the bowling alley my league is in on Tuesdays was just redone, complete with installing a new bar manager, who happens to be former Blackhawk Ryan Hartman's dad....who happens to be a giant douchebag. Anyway, Hartman's mom (or stepmom or something) is the new Tuesday night bartender. Other than the usual issues of her not knowing where most of the beers are, or how to pour a pint, or get a fucking food order right, since suckass Hartman got traded to Nashville, they've gone out of their way to turn this place into a "Preds Bar". Mind you, the color scheme and decor post renovation is 100% Blackhawks stuff, etc...so, enough backstory:

Last night, we're out on the lanes watching the Sox game on one of the tv's, and with their new system, the bar controls the TVs on the lanes, too. We look up before things got out of hand, and all of a sudden, Nashville/Florida is on all the TV's. So, I meander over to the counter and ask who we need to speak with to rectify this situation, and I'm pointed to the bar. I go in and ask them to kindly turn something that people actually want to watch on instead of Predators hockey. I'm immediately met with the sort of response like, "Don't you want to cheer my kid on?" type shit....which is immediately responded to with, "The only thing that made me cheer for your kid when he was on the Hawks was if he was a healthy scratch...why should that change now?" The channels were changed. All was well. The center manager came over to talk to me about 10 minutes later, and to paraphrase, she said, "thank you for telling them what we have all wanted to, but couldn't." And my bar tab was paid for...great success.

To answer the question, fuck it...Vegas in the West, Tampa in the East.

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Wouldn't mind the Leafs as it would help Canuck's fans lose their minds more...still can't stand that fan base...screw Nashville too...

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An unjust law is no law at all--St. Augustine of Hippo

Cause tried and true
I see the light in you
Oh, can you dig in my soul?
Could you smell my whole...
life?--Gener and Deaner

I just think it's cool how all the hockey people were wrong about Vegas. Great attendance. Great record. Great atmosphere. I know it's not in the middle of elk country in a place that gets snow 10 months a year but it's working.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Well, it helped that the NHL gave them the most favorable expansion draft in sports history. Minnesota and Columbus came into the league with the absolute dregs because it snows there, fuck 'em, they'll show up anyway.

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My hockey site deadspin claimed before the season that they weren't trying to win this year and were building for the future. They may be a dynasty in the making. Take that Columbus!

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

As annoying as the Vegas thing is, they'll probably draw Anaheim in the first round and lose to an even more annoying team.

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I'm cheering for Vegas just as a big fuck you to the NHL.

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I have an unhealthy hatred of all the teams in the Western Conference (cept Hawks of course) because of the various playoff series in the last decade. I want them all to lose, so I guess I'll just cheer for whomever comes out of the East.

I can't root for Vegas. An NHL team should never have been put there (see AZ).

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Not to hate St. Louis and Anaheim would be unhealthy.

I think I begrudgingly respect the Kings, by far our worthiest adversary.

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1) Preds
2) Leafs
3) Knights
4) Jets
5) Playoffs cancelled

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Team Cutler.

I don't have anything against Winnipeg. Nashville has never been baggish so they are fine too. Even St Louis doesn't have players I hate like in the past.

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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.

Better go get your babyshit yellow sweater while the gettin's good.

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