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vatstep said:
Eh, Higgins is a complete non-factor. I bet a lot of people don't even remember he was a Hab. In fact, I think this is the longest I've ever spent thinking of him. Lapierre, yeah, but only because he's a douche and has proven that he'll never grow up.

Anyway, everyone ready for the latest edition of Classlessness-gate?
This guy is really sensitive, huh? A gold medal and one win away from a Stanley Cup, and he still needs coddling, apparently. Opponents should try to stray from criticizing each other, of course, but I see no reason why they would need to throwing out compliments to one another in the middle of a series. Just seems like a weird thing to say.
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Seems like a fair defense from Luongo re: butthurt critics picking apart his words. Why is everything a controversy with you guys?

Yes I realize you ate your words a bit afterwards, but I can't be bothered to rewrite this, haha.
 
At this point, it's a game of telephone with the media. As I said earlier, I didn't think there was anything wrong with Luongo's comment from last night, but it's being reported much differently, even from supposedly non-biased media. So, the Bruins are hearing these mutilated versions of the quote out of context (I'm sure they're not reading articles, so they're just hearing about it from the reporters asking them questions) and now feel the need to "defend" Thomas — I've seen a couple of articles about this after today's media session. Considering that there's an extra day off between games, this shit is just gonna keep going and going and going...
 
Sanjuro Tsubaki said:
What about me? What about Luongo?

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I smirked.
 
vatstep said:
Eh, Higgins is a complete non-factor. I bet a lot of people don't even remember he was a Hab. In fact, I think this is the longest I've ever spent thinking of him. Lapierre, yeah, but only because he's a douche and has proven that he'll never grow up.

Anyway, everyone ready for the latest edition of Classlessness-gate?
This guy is really sensitive, huh? A gold medal and one win away from a Stanley Cup, and he still needs coddling, apparently. Opponents should try to stray from criticizing each other, of course, but I see no reason why they would need to throwing out compliments to one another in the middle of a series. Just seems like a weird thing to say.
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Video so it's not taken out of context: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=565565&navid=mod-rr-headlines
 
I just remembered a classy move some Canadien fans pulled on me earlier in the playoffs and wanted to share.

It was after Montreal had gone up 2-0 in the Bos-Mon series. I was playing EASHL games and we got matched up with a Montreal team (my team wears Bos uni's). it was an intense game as if the playoff atmosphere carried over. They ended up winning in the third period by a goal.

After the game they invited me to their party chat and when I entered I get the question: "Are you a Boston fan?" Me: "Yes." Them: "HAHAHAHAHORORHEEELOLOLOLOL" Me: "F- you guys."

Just in case those guys read this forum. Who's laughing now, bitches?

/storytime

I guess it doesn't suprise me that the classless Luongo is from Montreal.
i'm just trolling at this point
 
That is bullshit and I would never condone that type of behavior. There is a reason why they call people from around here Massholes.

I dont get why people would go to a rival arena to watch a game, it doesnt sound like a lot of fun to me.

Just so we quote the entire Bill Simmons article from the other day, he makes some interesting point about these situations.

It's a weird time for sports right now because, once upon a time, going into an opposing arena or stadium while wearing your team's colors was the ultimate sign of fan support. It meant you "risked" your life to support your guys … although, really, you just ended up getting heckled and that's it.4 That's the way it should work. You go into the lion's den, support your team, take the ensuing heat (mostly good-natured) … and that's where it ends. But once the secondary ticket market (StubHub, eBay, etc.) made it easier for out-of-towners to get tickets, the odds increased for something truly terrible to happen: like that poor Giants fan getting beaten into a coma outside Dodger Stadium recently. I don't know what to make of the "let's make miserable the rogue outsider who dared to wear opposing colors in our house" dynamic now, or know why an opposing fan would take that chance (especially in hockey), or know what the boundaries are for making that fan miserable. It's all in flux.
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SpectreFire said:
BUT CLEARLY, TAUNTING PEOPLE OVER THE INTERNET IS WAY WORSE.
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Clearly, you are an idiot because I didnt even come close to saying anything like that.
 
Sanjuro Tsubaki said:
Typical Canucks argument apparently. It's getting old.
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Yeah, a link from the Habs-Bruins first round series THIS playoff is totally way old and irrelevant to this conversation. Typical Bruins argument apparently.

MacAttack said:
I dont get why people would go to a rival arena to watch a game, it doesnt sound like a lot of fun to me.
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Plenty of reasons for that. Not everyone who lives in a city is a home team fan. Just cause you're a Habs fan living in Boston, why shouldn't you go watch a game when your team's in town?
 
MacAttack said:
I dont get why people would go to a rival arena to watch a game, it doesnt sound like a lot of fun to me..
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It's actually a ton of fun if you are smart enough. If you go in like it's your home arena, well good luck to you.

Only time I've had severe incidents was at a Mets game...against the Diamondbacks. Yes, the Sox weren't even playing. I got shoved to the ground and called a "n**ger". You don't see me saying that all of New York is racist.


SpectreFire said:
Yeah, a link from the Habs-Bruins first round series THIS playoff is totally way old and irrelevant to this conversation. Typical Bruins argument apparently.
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No. You are just being a fool. I can go search for Canucks fans being dicks and whatnot. All it seems to do is create troll posts and have people make general ideas about the entire location which isn't accurate. All MacAttack was mentioning was a few Hab yahoos playing on XBOX...my god.
 
I'm pretty sure Spectre Fire is just having some fun. It's just trolling versus trolling at this point in here. I don't think he's trying to make a point or anything like that... I don't see anything worth getting worked up over in Mac's post.

By the way, Boston is racist, not homophobic. Get it right, man, come on.
 
Sanjuro Tsubaki said:
Typical Canucks argument apparently. It's getting old.
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The truth hurts don't it, except it and move on. There's absolutely no reason in hell to try and make it look like you support a team/fanbase in which think they are of a higher class and have more respect then the Canucks and there fans do.
Both teams/fans have been suspect to plenty of shenanigans in the past. Next time you feel the need to cry foul against the canucks and their fanbase take a look at your own before you get all sandy vagina next time.
 
delta25 said:
The truth hurts don't it, except it and move on. There's absolutely no reason in hell to try and make it look like you support a team/fanbase in which think they are of a higher class and have more respect then the Canucks and there fans do.
Both teams/fans have been suspect to plenty of shenanigans in the past. Next time you feel the need to cry foul against the canucks and their fanbase take a look at your own before you get all sandy vagina next time.
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...what the hell are you talking about? I've never stated anything even remotely close about the Canucks. You should read more.


vatstep said:
I'm pretty sure Spectre Fire is just having some fun. It's just trolling versus trolling at this point in here.
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Tell me about it. Seems like everything is troll posts at this point. Don't let me down NHL-Age...this shouldn't get to NBA levels.
 
Sanjuro Tsubaki said:
No. You are just being a fool. I can go search for Canucks fans being dicks and whatnot. All it seems to do is create troll posts and have people make general ideas about the entire location which isn't accurate. All MacAttack was mentioning was a few Hab yahoos playing on XBOX...my god.
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You mean like you've being doing this entire series?

"Alex Burrows bit Bergeron? The entire Canucks team is dirty!!!"

You're the one who's been making most of the wild ass generalizations here about the Vancouver team. I'm just honestly fucking pissed and tired of Bruins fans bitching and moaning about how the Canucks are playing dirty and would disgrace the game if they won the cup. I mean fucking please.

And you know what? I wouldn't mind too much if if we were playing Tampa during the SCF and they were bitching about us being dirty because you know what? They've got a leg to stand on. I can see their point. But Boston? The Boston Bruins? Really? I would've thought, of all the fanbases across the NHL, the Bruins would at least feel sympathetic to us about all of this. Do none of you remember the shitstorm you went through with the Chara incident? You'd think of all people, you guys would know the feeling about being harshly accused and hated by the entire league.
 
place is salty. We should talk about all the important questions.

Can an away team force a victory this series?
Can the Bruins win 2 in a row?

If anyone else is surprised that Tyler Seguin isn't on the 2nd PP Unit?

Canucks aren't really dirty, just a lot of diving :p
 
I guess it was the ALL CAPS part that threw me off, Vatstep.

My intention was certainly not to stir up this particular debate again. I was just posting a funny anecdote I remembered from what seems like ages ago. I thought we had cleared up the fact that calling people classless was not serious anymore.
 
Spectrefire said:
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You keep talking about the past again. You clearly are prejudice and just blend us all together. I was probably the lone person in here without a problem with the biting incident (may have been another B's fan too).
 
Revenant said:
place is salty. We should talk about all the important questions.

Can an away team force a victory this series?
Can the Bruins win 2 in a row?

If anyone else is surprised that Tyler Seguin isn't on the 2nd PP Unit?

Canucks aren't really dirty, just a lot of diving :p
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Excellent questions Revenant!

Question One: I can't answer that. I'm superstitious
Question Two: I can't answer that. I'm superstitious.

HOPE THAT HELPS!
 
Sanjuro Tsubaki said:
Excellent questions Revenant!

Question One: I can't answer that. I'm superstitious
Question Two: I can't answer that. I'm superstitious.

HOPE THAT HELPS!
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:lol to be fair i was just trying to make a joke about how Eddie O couldn't stop asking everyone if they were surprised that Seguin wasn't on the PP.
 
Revenant said:
place is salty. We should talk about all the important questions.

Can an away team force a victory this series?
Can the Bruins win 2 in a row?

If anyone else is surprised that Tyler Seguin isn't on the 2nd PP Unit?

Canucks aren't really dirty, just a lot of diving :p
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Stuff:

For the third consecutive season, the home team has won the first five games of the Cup finals.

In 2009, the home team won the first six games before the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Detroit Red Wings in Game 7.

In 2010, the home team went 5-for-5 before the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in overtime of Game 6 at Philadelphia.

In the 20 years prior to 2009, the home team won the first five games just once, in 2003 between the New Jersey and Anaheim Ducks.
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As I'm sure some of you remember, the home team won every game in 2003. That was also the year J.S. Giguere won the Conn Smythe in a losing effort, even though he pretty much got lit up in the Finals. It was the WCF that really sealed it for him, as he gave up just one goal in the entire series — unreal. It would be interesting if this series mirrors that one, with the home team winning every game and the losing goaltender getting the MVP.

More stats:

On home ice this playoff season, Luongo is 10-3 with a .943 save percentage and a 1.70 goals-against average, including four shutouts. On the road, he's 5-5 with a .885 save percentage, 3.49 GAA and zero shutouts.

Thomas is 9-3 at home with a .945 save percentage, 1.76 GAA and two shutouts. Away from the Garden, he's 5-6 with a .928, 2.41 GAA and one shutout.
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I just feel like something's got to give eventually.
 
Revenant said:
:lol to be fair i was just trying to make a joke about how Eddie O couldn't stop asking everyone if they were surprised that Seguin wasn't on the PP.
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Enough bitching about Recchi and Seguin...the real question is WHY WAS CAMPBELL ON THE PP!? Claude. Notorious for NOT switching it up when we are embarrassing ourselves on the PP, finally switches it when we finally have some sort of success. There aren't enough dicks on the Canucks to slap him with.

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Yeah, the Campbell thing was truly a shocker. It's too late to change it, and we can win without it — it's only gonna make things worse at this point.
 
vatstep said:
I just feel like something's got to give eventually.
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I was watching the Movie "RED" today and I noticed one of the character's son's room was decked out with bruins stuff?

Is it a sign? Cosmic Forces!?

Then again I saw a shoe today at the puma store with eerily similar colors to the canucks....


honestly though, I'm feeling game 7. Van has been squeaking by thomas so it wouldn't be shocking to see the bruins find a way to win.
 
It's strange. Canucks and their fans have to feel really confident right now. But, caveat...

Everything points to a Bruins win in Game 6. They've been dominant at home. And the Canucks haven't proven that they can play in Boston.

Then we'll have a Game 7 with Boston carrying the momentum (though arguably momentum is meaningless between games).

I actually can see Vancouver taking Game 6. They've just got to adopt the villain mentality and play hard as fuck. The problem will be, as always, getting pucks past Thomas. Dude is insane.

CCF23 said:
For the yanks that don't get to see them, the CBC intros for the games are usually awesome and I thought game 5's intro was especially good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1kH6PJtZwM&feature=share

Of course I'm also a huge Matthew Good fan, but the song seems to fit well regardless.
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Fantastic. I didn't actually catch that yesterday. Thanks for linking.
 
Socreges said:
I actually can see Vancouver taking Game 6. They've just got to adopt the villain mentality and play hard as fuck. The problem will be, as always, getting pucks past Thomas. Dude is insane.
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The Canucks had a fantastic road record in the regular season and have won at least 1 road game in every series so far. I think you can throw out games 3 and 4 in this series. I expect a game a lot like the 3 games in Vancouver so far, and would not be surprised in the least if the Canucks clinched the Cup on Monday.

You also have to figure something has to go right for the Canucks big guns and/or power player sooner or later. Can you really hold the Sedins and Kesler to a single goal over a 7 game series? If you get a goal or two from any of those players, all the sudden all bets are off.
 
sazabirules said:
I think Vancouver can definitely win Game 6 if the Sedins finally step it up.
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The Bruins having last change will make it a bit harder for them to do that.

The Canucks know how hard it is to win a close-out game (certainly against the Blackhawks, and to a lesser extent the Predators). I'm sure they'll play better than they did the last two games here, but I still see the Bruins getting it done somehow.
 
CCF23 said:
For the yanks that don't get to see them, the CBC intros for the games are usually awesome and I thought game 5's intro was especially good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1kH6PJtZwM&feature=share

Of course I'm also a huge Matthew Good fan, but the song seems to fit well regardless.
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Haha, poor Lu. I do really feel bad for him; he seems like such an emotional wreck half the time when he's down. I'm just glad Vancouver didn't boo him at the beginning of game five, haha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqtLatvBxmE&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_92892

This is my favourite of the openings that I've seen so far. I just really love the song and the montage gets you so pumped!
 
Those CBC intros are awesome. At one point Vs. was giving us intros featuring the Green Lantern. :/ Shameless. I dont think NBC has done a great job of promoting hockey in the US.

Ive always been happy with the way NESN handles the Bruins broadcast, those intros get me sufficiently fired up. I miss the bear roaring after the intro video and more importantly I miss Kathryn Tappen.

Monday is going to be brutal at work and Wednesday will be worse if it comes down to that. As noted earlier by others I will be happy to get back to a normal routine after this series is over. I will miss the fun thats been had in this thread, thanks to everyone for making this thread classy.
 
MacAttack said:
Monday is going to be brutal at work and Wednesday will be worse if it comes down to that. As noted earlier by others I will be happy to get back to a normal routine after this series is over. I will miss the fun thats been had in this thread, thanks to everyone for making this thread classy.
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I agree, it's already tough just waiting for the game on Monday, but no matter what happens, this is my first playoff thread and it's been amazing.
 
I dont know what they are playing before the playoff games. This was for early in the regular season thats why there are highlights from 2009-2010 season.
 
It's OK. We won. We don't need to suffer that moment anymore.

I like how there is just enough distance from Game 5 that we can all get along decently. By tomorrow we'll be hugging and singing Kumbaya.
 
Socreges said:
It's OK. We won. We don't need to suffer that moment anymore.

I like how there is just enough distance from Game 5 that we can all get along decently. By tomorrow we'll be hugging and singing Kumbaya.
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Monday.

Downtown Vancouver.

BIG CELEBRATION.
 
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