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Author:  spanky [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:55 am ]
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One of the best parts of the sports year is the 1st round of the NHL playoffs, IMO. Those of you that are only casual fans or non-fans, I encourage you to watch the first period of as many "Game 1's" as you can, starting tonight. Each team likes to try and set a precedent for the rest of the series, and the first 20 minutes are usually brutal. Maybe watching the first period will convince you to watch more. Playoff hockey is definitely different than regular season hockey.

When I use the word "brutal", I mean the cool, fun to watch, hard hitting type of brutal. Not the "Illinois basketball only scores 12 points in the first half of a must win game" kind of brutal.
Author:  Northside_Dan [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:20 am ]
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spanky wrote:
When I use the word "brutal", I mean the cool, fun to watch, hard hitting type of brutal. Not the "Illinois basketball only scores 12 points in the first half of a must win game" kind of brutal.


:lol: :lol:

You can't use gold that like in the hockey section. No one of any significance will ever see it.

You are spot on about playoff hockey though. It can be night and day from the regular season. I would say that hockey has it's intensity ratcheted up the most compared to any of the major sports come playoff time
Author:  crosscheck [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:00 pm ]
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#1 San Jose over #8 Colorado 4-3
#2Chicago over #7 Nashville 4-1
#4 Phoenix over #5 Detroit 4-1
#6 Los Angeles over #3 Vancouver 4-2

#1Washington over #8 Montreal 4-1
#7 Philadelphia over #2 New Jersey 4-2
#4 Pittsburgh over #5 Ottawa 4-0
#6 Boston over #3 Buffalo 4-3

It has been spoken.
Author:  spanky [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:11 pm ]
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Pittsburgh/Ottawa starts in 2 minutes. You've been warned......
Author:  Urlacher's missing neck [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:16 pm ]
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I've got pitt/ott on here. Ott is winning the playoff beard battle so far. Lots of baby faces on the pens from the looks of the anthem lineup.
Author:  reents [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:23 pm ]
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1-0 Penguins, Go Penguins.
Author:  spanky [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:32 pm ]
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Quite a few heavy hits so far. Not an expert, but I'd say Ottawa just might be targeting Malkin in this one.
Author:  crosscheck [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:35 pm ]
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Those were pretty soft calls against the senators... CONSPIRACY!
devils game is about to start 8)
Author:  crosscheck [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:40 pm ]
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oh snap! 2-1
Author:  crosscheck [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:53 pm ]
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devils pwning this game thus far, but still scoreless... kovy looks damn good in the playoffs
Author:  spanky [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:57 pm ]
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crosscheck wrote:
devils pwning this game thus far, but still scoreless... kovy looks damn good in the playoffs

Where are you watching this?
Author:  crosscheck [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:00 pm ]
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spanky wrote:
crosscheck wrote:
devils pwning this game thus far, but still scoreless... kovy looks damn good in the playoffs

Where are you watching this?

NHLgamecenter.com they are streaming the tsn feed
Author:  crosscheck [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:12 pm ]
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wow... 3-1, didn't see this coming...
Author:  crosscheck [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:45 pm ]
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gap tooth gives the flyers the lead 8)
Author:  crosscheck [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:10 pm ]
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really? you can't stop craig adams? I mean it was nice, but still...
Author:  spanky [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:13 pm ]
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Did you know?

Craig Adams was born in the middle east - I believe in one of the United Arab Emirates or therebouts.
Author:  crosscheck [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:28 pm ]
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I can honestly say that I didn't know that spanky...


I think this Detroit series is gonna be good, it just has that feel to it.
Author:  Spaulding [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:29 pm ]
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How is Detroit different from last year?
Author:  crosscheck [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:32 pm ]
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Spaulding wrote:
How is Detroit different from last year?

a lot less scoring up front, they lost hudler to a russian league, and hossa to the hawks. And the pieces that they added to replace that scoring(williams, Burtuzzi) aren't really known for their scoring ability...

of course as I type this they score...
Author:  NearWessSideHussra [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:51 pm ]
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Hossa sucks ass in the playoffs. So losing Hossa is no big deal this time of year.

Wings had half the team on the DL from November to the Olympics.
Author:  crosscheck [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:59 pm ]
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NearWessSideHussra wrote:
Hossa sucks ass in the playoffs. So losing Hossa is no big deal this time of year.

Wings had half the team on the DL from November to the Olympics.

My bad, I should have said that it's not only the production that they are missing, it's also about the change in style of play, Jiri and Hossa added a lot of speed to Detroit's game, the loss of those two makes Detroit a lot less of a finesse team compared to years past.
Author:  NearWessSideHussra [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:15 pm ]
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Was that Jeremy Roenick shoving handful after handful of popcorn (?) in his face up in a suite at the Wings-Yotes game?
Author:  NearWessSideHussra [ Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:16 pm ]
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crosscheck wrote:
NearWessSideHussra wrote:
Hossa sucks ass in the playoffs. So losing Hossa is no big deal this time of year.

Wings had half the team on the DL from November to the Olympics.

My bad, I should have said that it's not only the production that they are missing, it's also about the change in style of play, Jiri and Hossa added a lot of speed to Detroit's game, the loss of those two makes Detroit a lot less of a finesse team compared to years past.



Yeah, that's probably true. Tho Miller/Tuzzi are more willing/able to check a guy into the boards and better able to handle being checked.
Author:  crosscheck [ Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:57 pm ]
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t-minus 4 minutes till we see what brown can do for you in the playoffs...
Author:  crosscheck [ Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:03 pm ]
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how the fuck was that not a penalty shot? let alone not a penalty?
Author:  Bucky Chris [ Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:11 pm ]
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Yes Montreal!
Author:  crosscheck [ Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:12 pm ]
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awesome shot, I'm liking all of these road wins, now lets get to the fucking kings game...
Author:  spanky [ Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:13 pm ]
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Get these timeshare commercials off my Tv and get me the next game!
Author:  crosscheck [ Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:18 pm ]
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damn, this is a frantic pace...
Author:  crosscheck [ Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:20 pm ]
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WHAT THE FUCK!!! MONSTERS IN THE MORNING COMMERCIAL INTURUPTING THE GAME!!!!!!!! :x :x :x
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