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Official NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread - OPENING ROUND
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TemplaerDude
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****ING YES ****ING YES ****ING CANUCKS TAKE THIS BITCH OH BABY STUFF THAT UP YOUR TURKEY TURCO ****ING YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAA BOOOOOOOOOOOOOIIII
KyanMehwulfe
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God...........................
Even I'm fatigued. I needed sleep 3 hours ago... No chance for breaks except between intermissions....
What a friggen battle.
Even I'm fatigued. I needed sleep 3 hours ago... No chance for breaks except between intermissions....
What a friggen battle.
TemplaerDude
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72 ****ing saves good i'll tell you. what a beast. naslund had a stellar game too. bieksa was hot out there. kesler moved a lot too.
Mike Works
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SEVENTY
TWO
****ING
SAVES
HE IS A GOD
KyanMehwulfe
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Cowan just never seemed to give up. Such surges of energy through all 7 periods.
Great work by the Sedins too. A little quiet for the 2nd and 3rd period, even the 4th and a bit of the 5th. But geez they just seemed to be able to get that cycle going in short surges in the 6th and 7th.
Especially relative to the play of others because really, by their general standards it wasn't dominant. But with all things considered, it's a wonder they could get it going at all. All that spinning must be so fatiguing with how sore and stressed their muscles must be by then.
I would of bet on the goal being either a bad bounce or just a gritty, overpowering goal where someone just threw himself and somehow got a skill-less goal.
But the Sedins came through....
Geez I can't say "god...." enough. What a marathon.
Great work by the Sedins too. A little quiet for the 2nd and 3rd period, even the 4th and a bit of the 5th. But geez they just seemed to be able to get that cycle going in short surges in the 6th and 7th.
Especially relative to the play of others because really, by their general standards it wasn't dominant. But with all things considered, it's a wonder they could get it going at all. All that spinning must be so fatiguing with how sore and stressed their muscles must be by then.
I would of bet on the goal being either a bad bounce or just a gritty, overpowering goal where someone just threw himself and somehow got a skill-less goal.
But the Sedins came through....
Geez I can't say "god...." enough. What a marathon.
KyanMehwulfe
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Post-game show btw if you guys aren't watching it:
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/stanleycup2007/hno/
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/stanleycup2007/hno/
Cold-Steel
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CBC's three stars are right on the button.
1) Roberto Luongo - 72 saves, nuff' said.
2) Marty Turco - Proved all the doubters wrong.
3) Henrik Sedin - GWG.
Good ****ing game to everyone who was cheering on both sides.
We had a hell of a ride.
1) Roberto Luongo - 72 saves, nuff' said.
2) Marty Turco - Proved all the doubters wrong.
3) Henrik Sedin - GWG.
Good ****ing game to everyone who was cheering on both sides.
We had a hell of a ride.
KyanMehwulfe
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Hahah.
"These guys are great athletes. As long as they don't bend down to pick up crackers they're alright." :lol
"These guys are great athletes. As long as they don't bend down to pick up crackers they're alright." :lol
KONEX. DO NOT RISE TO THE BAIT. IT WILL NOT END WELL.Barrage said:
:lol Awesome. Turco showed some mettle tonight, though. Give him that.BorkBork said:
Series 1-0!
And COWAN! Good God, Jeff was flying tonight, hitting everything in sight, skating like the wind, and creating tons of scoring chances. You could see the Sedins and Pyatt getting stronger and stronger as OT progressed, too.
Ladislav Nagy and Sergei Zubov = offense and defense personified. Nagy was dangerous all night and Zubov must have shut down 4 consecutive Canucks scoring chances in the 4th OT all by himself while the rest of the Stars were running around like chickens with their heads cut off.
Awesome, awesome game.
Mike Works
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i would just like to give a few shoutouts:
to Ryan Kesler- you were awesome
to rs7k- you're a ****ing moron. i mean it's one thing to get your 10th seed panties in a twist over fans being mean in a playoff game... but to then reference ****ing NASHVILLE as an example of a team that DOESN'T do mean chants? are you ****ing KIDDING ME? you do realize they have a DOZEN CHANTS that they PRACTICE including, "REF YOU SUCK" which they ****ING USED TODAY AFTER SAN JOSE SCORED ON THE CHEECHOO INJURY POWERPLAY?! get to the off season thread and shut you god damn mouth. have fun with samsonov and kovalev. maybe the three of you could go visit the wizard of oz some time. samsonov could get some courage, kovalev could get some heart, and i guess what we know would be left for you.
to Jeff Cowan- you were great tonight too
to Ryan Kesler- you were awesome
to rs7k- you're a ****ing moron. i mean it's one thing to get your 10th seed panties in a twist over fans being mean in a playoff game... but to then reference ****ing NASHVILLE as an example of a team that DOESN'T do mean chants? are you ****ing KIDDING ME? you do realize they have a DOZEN CHANTS that they PRACTICE including, "REF YOU SUCK" which they ****ING USED TODAY AFTER SAN JOSE SCORED ON THE CHEECHOO INJURY POWERPLAY?! get to the off season thread and shut you god damn mouth. have fun with samsonov and kovalev. maybe the three of you could go visit the wizard of oz some time. samsonov could get some courage, kovalev could get some heart, and i guess what we know would be left for you.
to Jeff Cowan- you were great tonight too
yodathesoda
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Vancouver very very lucky to win tonight. Luongo.. even though he made 72 saves, he still looks shaky and shit the bed in the third.
TemplaerDude
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i love you mike.
KyanMehwulfe
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Ha yeah it's great. AV is always throwing out a wise crack or two and busting out the smiles.Socreges said:
GaimeGuy said:
Bryz stopped the Wild cold... cold like Edmonton where's it's-a -32 degrees.
BigJonsson said:
For some reason I actually trust Bryz in the playoffs this year even though I shat a brick whenever he was in net during the regular season. So... no rush, Jiggy needs to take care of Jiggy Jr. (who apparently has some shitty eye condition).
Also, Selanne only needs one more goal to take the franchise record for postseason goals from that asshole Kariya. GO TEEMU GO.
Cold-Steel
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yodathesoda said:
I'm looking forward to watching your team tommorow.
So keep talking, please.
yodathesoda
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Cold-Steel said:
Carry on your Stanley Cup parade. Will make it even better when reality catches up to the Cannots.
Mike Works
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rebuking someone's claim that a goalie who made 72 saves through 7 periods looked shakey and shit the bed is always a surefire sign that one is planning a cup parade :lol
Cold-Steel
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yodathesoda said:
Reality is that my team ended up the division leader while your team barely made it into the playoffs. I bet a playoff spot on our 0-3 record at the beginning of the season and you are still an idiot.
Let the good times roll.
ForzaItalia
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I just woke up 20 minutes ago at 6am here. Is that when the game ended?:lol
Insane....
Insane....
You're saying I've got blinders? As I pointed out, the first period was plagued with bad calls against Nashville, leading to us getting outshot 14-6. You lost cheech so everything is done? Well, we lost Hartnell so I could use the same, stupid logic. The interference call on Zanon was weak saurce, leading to the 5 on 3 goal in the 2nd. We dominated 5v5 play and owned the 3rd period (13 shots to 2), you won because Nabokov stood on his head. If I were a Sharks fan who didn't have his head up his ass, I'd be very worried.Marty Chinn said:
Props to the Canucks! 4OT is nuts, I passed out somewhere in the second ot :lol
haha i didn't even notice he said that. ya, we're the most classless fans in the league. ref you suck, modano/chelios/yourfavoriteplayer is a sissy, goalie goalie goalie you suck, its all your fault, wah x3 when someone complains to the refs, get off your knees ref you're blowing the game, somebody hit yourfavoriteplayer, anyone hit yourfavoriteplayer, everyone hit yourfavoriteplayer. so on and so forth. that's great that he used nashville as an example of class, finally someone recognizes!Mike Works said:
found it!
What you heard was, "Thank you Nabokov, may we have another? He Shoots He Scores, you suck! *dramatic pause* Nabokov x3, you suck! It's all your fault x3rs7k said:
scissorfight
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They were probably too busy chanting "Red Wings suck". :lolrs7k said:
Also, ZOMG @ 4OT game. If only I could have watched it all. The first few periods were great.
KyanMehwulfe
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It was so relentless.X26 said:
They even stopped showing commercials almost entirely.
The only chance I ever had to get up for a piss or a snack was during the intermissions.
Speaking of which, it was hilarious seeing how Ron, Craig, and Kelly changed during the 6 intermissions. You could tell even they were getting fatigued. Kelly was stacking drink cups to match some guy in the arena that had built up a stack of 20 or so beer cups by the 6th period.
Mike Works said:
SEVENTY
TWO
****ING
SAVES
HE IS A GOD
I can't believe he wasted so many ****ing years with the Panthers. So much wasted time. This was his first playoff game! Insane.
Tampa should have pulled out all the stops to acquire him. But no, we had to pay a shitload of money for somebody we're scratching for the playoffs. We'd rather have a rookie back up Holmquist. Morans.
The Internet
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Well, the critics that were claiming that the 'Nucks rely on their goaltending too much haven't really been silenced after that marathon game. Pretty good game though.
That Sharks/Preds game was amazing, Gaylord was pretty rockin' last night. I can't beleive I predicted Rismiller to score, and it came true.
Oh and please stop showing Dave Nonis in the pressbox. Something about him that wants me to punch him in the face. Good GM though.
That Sharks/Preds game was amazing, Gaylord was pretty rockin' last night. I can't beleive I predicted Rismiller to score, and it came true.
Oh and please stop showing Dave Nonis in the pressbox. Something about him that wants me to punch him in the face. Good GM though.
blah141 said::lol
are you being sarcastic?
your lucky you guys took out cheechoo, or else it would've been over in regulation
As a Sharks fan, I've got to say my team was playing like crap last night. That overtime really should have been Nashville's. Only wasn't because Nabokov rose to the occasion.
And on the note of Cheechoo, Ron Wilson seems to think we'll see him back sooner rather than later.
Meh. Every great playoff team relies on their goalie to some extent. Maybe not that extent, but they played a fairly solid game right up until the middle of the third period. Luongo really proved himself last night and has been echoed many times in this thread, so did Turco. I can't wait for more of this.The Internet said:
I find it a little annoying that some people are so up in arms that we now have an awesome goaltender after OUR general manager (part of the overall Canucks institution, among other institutions that similarly feature components as integral to success as the players on the ice) had the balls to unload both attractive players (at least at that time) and money to get him. That was a gamble. The Canucks lost several core/promising players and/or the ability to go out and get some other sweet FAs. They now lack a potent offense and depend on four lines to contribute something each offensively and play gritty, responsible, defensive hockey every night, which is often just enough to win by one goal given that they have a great goaltender. SO WHAT. IT WORKS. WE WIN. YOU DON'T.*
* maybe you do, but if you are among those that I speak of then well you probably ****ing dont
* maybe you do, but if you are among those that I speak of then well you probably ****ing dont
The Internet
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Socreges said:
Hey, I'm not one of the critics that I was talking about in my post. I actually think the 'Nucks are a pretty good all 'round team. I'm an Oilers fan, I saw your team alot this season unfortunately.
Kabuki Waq
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Socreges said:
wait what?
from the Get go everyone knew this trade was a rip off. any GM in the world would have made that deal in a heartbeat at the time. Mike Keenan got fired soon as he made the deal. This trade did not take any balls....all it took was a crappy GM on the other side.
Its funny alot of this season the canucks sorta remind me of the Wild
TemplaerDude
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Kabuki Waq said:Its funny alot of this season the canucks sorta remind me of the Wild
which shows how often you watch the canucks.
Mii said:
I dunno man. It seemed like after we scored those goals to make it 4-2, we lost all our momentum because our first line (Grier, Thornton, and Milhalek) haven't been playing together lately. Cheechoo has been one of the best goal scorers in the league. It seemed like Marleau was playing great, we just need some of our other lines to step it up (and try to stop clearing it when we can make a good pass instead).
BTW, to Sefkillz, that hit to Cheechoo was freaking cheap as hell man. The knee to knee wasn't intentional (but that's probably where his injury is), but the dude who hit him also elbowed him in the face, and made him lose a tooth. Come ****ing on.
Kabuki Waq
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TemplaerDude said:
well yea that is sorta true.....
I have only seen a hand full of games. point taken.
But reall the rest of what i said is true.
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