See above.

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I don't think the Hawks waited until midway thru 3 to make their move, no.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Teuvo and vermette both went peanut butter! Whoo whoo!

Did anyone else not hear Kucherov's name all night? Props to our shutdown guys.

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I meant to comment on this earlier in the game, but it was great seeing people with hawks gear right behind Tampas bench

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Mike Adamle just said Versteeg scored the first goal while doing the hilights, nice work.

See my strategy posts above,

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Elections have consequences.

What a clown!

Wow. Jon Cooper looks like a guy OUT OF IDEAS in his post game interview. He sounds like he has no idea what just happened.
Maybe he's just missing his "H".

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Too busy thinkin bout wrasslin.

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Cooper was completely pantsed by Q tonight. Q went to school on the Bolts for 30 minutes. Q & the Hawks have a knack for making a team change the way they play & Tampa Bay tried playing a style that is foreign to them. The Bolts are a speed & skill team that scores a lot. They aren't the type of team to go into a shell & try to protect a 1-0 lead...but thats exactly what they did. Cooper is afraid that if he opens it up, the Hawks might put 5 on the board, & he's right because Bishop let the Rangers score 5+ goals in 3 games in their series.
I told my Wife with about 10 minutes left in the 3rd that we know how this game ends...with 2 late goals & the Hawks win.
If Crawford continues his great play & Cooper continues to coach like he did in game 1, get out the brooms.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

slow way down on the talk of brooms and sweeps.

This Tampa team is pretty dang good.

1 game.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

There were 2 qualifiers to my statement & I stand by them. If Cro continues to stand on his head & Cooper continues to coach like he did in game 1, Tampa might not win a game. Hell is no longer serving breakfast!

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

What did you think of Crawford tonight?

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

I skimmed but I couldn't really find anything abhorrent about anything CH has posted so far.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

I think he found a seat on the bandwagon...but he doesn't like it. The rest of the bandwagoners are harassing him.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

The Hawks were very fortunate to escape with a win in Game 1. Firing 13 SOG through 2 periods was piss poor. Lightning won't be playing prevent anymore this series. No doubt they're going to be recklessly skating, pinching, and checking like in period 1 where they owned the Hawks. Hedman is developed into such a beast. His reach frustrated the Hawks so many times last night.

Game 2 is going to be a ugly.

However, Bolts forward depth is just horrible. Those 3rd and 4th lines are miserable. I think Hawks will be OK.

Tried looking it up and couldn't find it. Has a home team ever lost the first 2 and gone on to win series?

Lets go to twitter with that.....

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

He played well. Had a couple of really nice saves. Probably should have gotten that one though. Still don't like him much or trust him completely.

He should have gotten the one he let in? Crawford? Are you serious? That was a crazy re-direct.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Spaulding's opinion is set in stone. No amount of facts/info is going to change it.

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Team Cutler.

I just re-watched the goal. I have been a big Crow detractor mainly because of his salary. My goodness he was money last night. And no one stops that goal. I'll go away now. I have no right to an opinion on the Hawks anyway because I have been flat wrong most of the year.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

https://twitter.com/marklazerus/status/606302815821168640

Teuvo Teravainen: "When I scored the goal, I think the first thing was, ‘Oh, no, I have to go do media now.”

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Yes I'm serious. It was crazy a crazy redirect. Crawford was down long before the initial shot/pass. It wasn't even super fast but I felt he's was more caught off guard by the redirect.If he were up and moving toward the post he probably would have gotten it.

Pretty much. He has success I just don't like his style of play. I feel he is more lucky than skilled, his luck hasn't run out. I hope it doesn't but I don't have to like him. I find my self more relieved than confident in games.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

That's fair. He has had a couple of memorable eggs in important games. His style really doesn't lend itself to a lot of 'spectacular' type saves that find their way on Sportscenter so I think that hurts his perception at times. He's a bigger guy that 100% relies on being positionally sound.

That said, he's about to be a 2x Cup Winner.

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Team Cutler.

Speaking of memorable eggs, RIP Frank ...

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

This game reminded me of game 1 in 1992. Hawks on the road vs a far superior Pittsburgh team, Hawks had them on the ropes on game 1 only to let the Pens come back late and win it. Series was pretty much over at that point as you just knew that game 1 was the Hawks one chance to steal one and make it a series. Losing it you just knew it was over.

Same could be said for last night only the roles were reversed.

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