captain potato strikes again! can't believe the blues put up less of a fight than us :lol

The flyers mentality, they brought it to LA :ilied:

KINGS VS FLYERS FINALS

Kings Rangers, you wait and see

nasty hit, but I can't say its THAT dirty. Guy that threw the hit got his elbow up in a split second for who knows what reason, maybe it was intent to injure maybe it was just a reflex to somebody who's about to run into you full steam. Not justifying the elbow at all, but sometimes these things can happen with the speed of the game.

Had the guys elbow been down, puck carrier still would have been destroyed on an otherwise clean hit arm to head. He was fed a suicide pass into the middle of the ice and had his head down and his head was leading. Guy that threw the hit was taller, any hit at all would have been to the head whether it was on purpose or not--there was no way to throw a hit and not hit guys head.

I must be the only one hoping Brodeur to win it one last time...

Nope, you're not the only one :)

Big jersey fan here :)

im half glad that the canucks are already out..i have so much time to do other things...

Although the ratings in the States have been pretty damn good this second round, I wonder what they are for here in Canada?

Once the Canucks are out, I usually watch the western teams more so than the east, but this years matchups have produced some not very entertaining games. The two series in the east have been pretty damn good though, whereas the west has been kind of boring. Maybe it's because the series are closer in the east, but in the west, its boring. It's funny though, because yesterday Don Cherry was saying how much he is enjoying the Kings-Blues series. "How hockey is suppose to be played" - voiceover on a shift by the Kings where they are just punishing the blues on the boards and it is all board work.

I really enjoyed the Kinda series but I like hard played on the boards hockey like that. Because it's the grinding that takes you places and it's not all about the fancy and nice plays in the playoffs.

^for sure. I've become a recent believer this year that your 3rd and 4th lines are what wins you a cup. Your top 2 lines get you into the playoffs, but playoff success is determined by how much your bottom 6 can turn it up.

This is the kind of thing that shows grit and determination. Something that I must say has been missing on the Canucks for a few seasons. Hell even the guns on Detroit can dig that puck out of the corner and start something.

^ It's true. In the playoffs, your top lines are so focused on that the opposing team tries to shut them down. You then need your scoring to come from your bottom lines.

That's why I think Washington can come out of the East. Their scoring is pretty spread out. Isn't Knuble, Ward, and Aucoin their fourth line?

Plus they can send out Ovie near the end of the game to win it.

^that, and Ovi playing 13 mins a game, he's 100% fresh and ready to go at the end of the game if needed. 13 mins is only like 6 of his regular shifts :D

Watching this year's playoffs makes me appreciate last year's team and season/run that much more. We made it to within a game of winning it all really with 2 lines, that were not even firing simultaneously. Sure the grinders chipped in a bit here and there, but for all intents and purposes they were not difference makers in the least.

That's why I'm more than willing to give MG a pass this year for trying to change up the formula of the team from 3 offensive lines to 2 at the trade deadline. When was the last time we saw a team score their way to a Stanley Cup?

Uh, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh tried doing it... :p

Giroux gone for one on his hit against Zubrius

The Flyers don't have a chance with him gone... I'm happy about that he deserved the supension.

It really shows that you need 4 lines rolling and for AV, he never really had 4 lines, it was always 3 lines for all these years.

But you gotta give props to Mcphee where he was inches away from getting fired. But look at the players he added last off season and how he's getting the returns now. Brouwer, Ward, Hamrlik. At first, I'm :suspicious , then now..:ahwow:

Patrick Kane celebrated Cinco de Mayo exactly as you’d expect Patrick Kane to celebrate Cinco de Mayo | ProHockeyTalk

hahaha awesome, Kaner knows how to have fun, hopefully no cab drivers were harmed this time!

A Sportsnet article about the decision makers for the Canucks. Who really calls the shots?

Spector on Canucks: Who calls the shots? - sportsnet.ca

HOLY SHIT...the one on the right is like a mix of Conan and Jay Leno..

Burrows posted on his blog today.

More here

Wait I thought Steve Moore doesn't play hockey anymore?

The blonde next to Kane in the second picture is pretty. :whistle:

PK is partying it up with college girls.

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