I got nothing against the Hawks. Toews is one of my favorite current players.

But I want to see them lose in the final...in game 7.

...just so I can make a Marian Hossa motivational poster again. PLEASE.

^lol but it just so happened last year hossa was in the picture and looked dejected when one of the penguins were celebrating...

we'll need some luck this year to pull off a blackhawks loss and capture such an epic picture lol

Fucking Hawks and wtf @ the Sharks, how the hell could you go down 3-0???!!!!!!!!

History will be made.

^ post the previous ones to remind us of the epic lulz :haha:

I hate these noon playoff games. NBC doesn't pay the NHL anything and they get to dictate the schedule on weekends. Complete BS, when you have CBC paying the NHL to broadcast games...

I want my HNIC.....even if it starts at 4pm.

Being Canadian + Living in Vancouver + Weather + Day Game = :fuuuuu:

^ blame bettman

DID SOMEONE SAY BETTMAN?


I think it's been posted a few pages back, not sure too lazy to check lol

FUUUUUU that was a nice individual effort by giroux

leino nice goal.

wow what a save by burgeron on empty net

wow 3 shutouts for leighton...

leighton is hacking.

^saved an almost sure goal right there with 3 mins to go

and montreal is complaining of lag right now :D

That's why it's not an absolute necessity to have a world class goalie. It doesn't hurt, but history has shown that any goaltender playing well at the right time is sufficient to take the team deep into the playoffs.

Halak is out of mana to activate his god mode ability
:haha::haha:

I know history has shown that any goaltender playing well at the right time is sufficient to take the team deep into the playoffs, but there's no consistency. I'd rather have a world class goalie. Sure Halak and Leighton got hot for their teams this year, but next year it will be two other no name goalies that get hot at the right time. The problem is, we don't know who these goalies are going to be. That's a risk I wouldn't want to take. Look at how many years the Flyers have had awesome forwards and dmen and yet no proven goalie in net.

Exactly. It's not something you can foresee and count on. A lot of GM's would be under a lot of heat if they just relied on hoping their magical backup goaltender will get hot when the time is right.

There are few goaltenders who are consistently good year after year. Luongo seems to be, or at least we all expected to be, that kind of goalie and unless he crashes and burns (which I don't think he will) from here on, we're lucky to have him.

With World Cup coming up, I was listening to England's soccer song...remembering what it was like to sing it with England fans at a pub when I was in London in '06. Seriously, a great sports song...it's their version of "The Good Ol' Hockey Game".

It's basically about how England hasn't taken the World Cup for years and years and they were so close but missed on a penalty. But this...THIS would be the year.

If you have no idea what I'm talking about...it's this song:


Then I wondered what it would sound like if it was about the Canucks. Y'know...since we were so close in '94...and thought it up while driving home today.

Flyers vs Hawks.

its the Chris Pronger effect...the first year after being traded to a new team, that team makes it to the conference final.

^ if that truly is the case, i reallllly hope the flyers take the cup away from hossa!

We should have a starter and then a decent backup who plays a different style. Play 60/20 split in the regular season and go with the other if one isn't working in a playoff matchup.

Reminds me of Turco in 06-07 playoffs.