the playoff hockey thread

wellfleet · Apr 28, 2006, 02:04 AM

well i'm a hockey fan, and it's the playoffs and i'm rooting for montreal (but quietly because i don't want to jinx it) and my huz is rooting for his dallas stars and i'm a borderline colorado fan which makes our marriage rather tense right now...
anyone else interested in hockey playoffs?
any of our european posters watching their favourite players?

ManNamedTruth · Apr 28, 2006, 02:15 AM

My team is the Pens, no playoffs for us. They sucked this year with the exception of Crosby. But just wait another year or two and watch out for the Pens they'll be good again. But hey who knows they might not stay in Pittsburgh if we don't get the new arena. Looks like that odds are we'll get it though.
Still like watching playoffs. though haven't caught a game yet. Must remember.

fitzcarraldo · Apr 28, 2006, 04:13 AM

Big time hockey fan here Wellfleet. :), my Rangers are down 3 games to none from Jersey at the moment. :-/

Jaimoe · Apr 28, 2006, 08:08 AM

I'm pulling for the Oilers and the Flames. I don't care which of these teams takes the Cup. I hate Ottawa, Detroit, New Jersey, New York (they'll be out tonight). I have no love or hate towards the Habs.

peanut butter puddin surprise · Apr 28, 2006, 10:18 AM

the Leafs have always been my fav hockey team, but alas no playoffs for them....

Jellyfish · Apr 28, 2006, 01:07 PM

Go Canes!!!! :)

petemoss · Apr 28, 2006, 01:21 PM

I'm going for Montreal. They dominated the canes for the first 2 games, and the first half of the third game. But then Saku got injured, no penalty was called, and the game changed momentum. Montreal missed their chance to put the canes away. Now I fear Carolina is going to take the series. Im still pissed when i think about Koivu, I've been cranky for 2 days straight because of that hit. Montreal's chances just went out the window.

jrat · Apr 28, 2006, 05:34 PM

OTTAWA BABY!!!!! were putting a serious spanking on the defending champs, even though they have had over 30 power plays, to ottawas roughly 13(which we have scored on about 7 of them!). so fucking stoked for this years playoff run. LEAFS SUCK ASS HAIR CLING-ONS!!!! long live the Oil and the Flames

wellfleet · Apr 28, 2006, 06:55 PM

it's so funny, us montrealers used to be so blase about playoff wins. first and second round success was a given. now it's a two-game win streak and everybody gets excited. but i miss it. i miss how the city transforms into this community of bleu-blanc-rouge (that's blue white red) and everyone lives and dies together.
the last playoff game i went to (a win over carolina, but 2 years ago) with my brother, leaving the arena the streets were flooded with happy, screaming people, hugging, whistling, honking car horns, waving huge Canadiens flags, faces painted... a greek dude high fives an italian dude who hugs an arab who slaps the back of a senegalese... it's amazing.
i took my husband to a leafs-habs saturday night game in montreal (only canadians know the significance of this) and he was just thrilled...
everyone is nicer to everyone else when the playoffs are going well in montreal...

:'( :'( :'( :'(
i miss home
:'( :'( :'( :'(

Jaimoe · Apr 29, 2006, 07:12 AM

The Habs are done. No Koivu thanks to the ugly high stick to the eye, means Montreal are finished. Too bad. My favourite Euro.

wellfleet · Apr 29, 2006, 03:52 PM

fucking habs...
every year, EVERY YEAR since 1993 it's nothing but heartbreak and false promises.
the buzz out of montreal is that he may never play again. tough to play hockey when you don't have 100% eyesight... so sad. i remember watching the game against chicago a few years back when he was the leading scorer in the league and montreal was doing really well... gary suter (not a sutter!) took out saku's knee, torn ligament, bye bye saku for 3 months and he was never the same after that, he'd lost the extra step...
i hated that they made us wear full visors or cages in juniors, but i'm sure glad i can see with both eyes...

wellfleet · Apr 29, 2006, 03:53 PM

it's a long-running hockey joke...

it took players 50 years to start wearing helmets and only 2 periods to start wearing a cup...

Jaimoe · Apr 29, 2006, 04:21 PM

Cages are better than visors in the sense that you can hear and see better - no fog and the enclosed feeling.

I'm pretty sure that they won't know about Koivu's eye until the swelling goes down. The early word is that the injury is similar to Sundin's from earlier this season. I hope for Sak's sake it is.

I don't think Saku has been the same since his cancer treatment. He's just as fast as he used to be, although he's well into his early 30's too.

Jellyfish · Apr 29, 2006, 06:45 PM

Nice to see the Canes fight back to tie it up.....next game is sunday in Raleigh.I am trying to score some tickets.

wellfleet · Apr 29, 2006, 08:01 PM

i played goal, and fought our league long and hard to allow me to play with a cat's eye cage instead of the grid. you lose the puck sometimes. i was always partial to yellow visors, black on yellow is max visibility.

but on this carolina note, i feel like i need to go on record and say that hockey teams just don't belong south of, i dunno, pennsylvania. these carolina hockey fans... still looking for canes tickets on the 50-yard line. ;)

the people who go to stars' games, it's incredible. i've never seen so much fake boobage and bleached hair outside of, well, porn! they show up 10 minutes into the first, leave 10 minutes before game's end to avoid traffic. it's shameful!

Jaimoe · Apr 30, 2006, 01:40 PM

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but on this carolina note, i feel like i need to go on record and say that hockey teams just don't belong south of, i dunno, pennsylvania. these carolina hockey fans... still looking for canes tickets on the 50-yard line. ;)

America will never really embrace hockey. It's not part of their sporting culture - except in a few pockets like Minnesota or New England. I've long gotten over the need of trying to convince Americans to like hockey. I like seeing Jellyfish trying to score some tickets, but if I lived in Raleigh, I'd have season tickets. The Canes have one of the most dynamic young players in the game, plus the best American power-forward since John LeClair (although he's injured). Rod Brind'Amour and Mark Recchi have outside shots at making the Hall Of Fame too.

wellfleet · Apr 30, 2006, 03:52 PM

can i just say how much i LOVED john leclair? he was a hoss! built like a truck, not afraid of getting his nose broken, hard to the net... i think recchi has a better than average chance, too.

i don't know why more people here don't embrace hockey. it's fast-paced, exciting, with flashes of finesse and violence. it's the coolest game on ice don't ya know?

and man, i think colorado is about to piss away a 3-0 series lead and actually dump this series. theodore's been a total dog, and they've got no balls, no balls at all!

Form91225 · May 01, 2006, 12:33 AM

well, no worry about the gutless stars and their sieve-like tender, marty choke-o. they are done.

so, go OIL!

because if the stars must lose, then the only solace will be seeing detroit done as well...

Jellyfish · May 01, 2006, 06:23 AM

Canes have won 3 in a row....... ;D

Jellyfish · May 09, 2006, 06:36 PM

Canes have won 6 in a row....Go Canes!!!!!!! ;D

And who says we don't know nuttin bout that hockey down here! :P