Official NHL Thread 2010 Playoffs

[Tupac Shakira]

So what I was on Broad street yesterday and felt like posting that.

[Albertan]

The scary thing about philly is they are better now then at any point in the seasonand possibly years. They playoffs started with questionable goaltending and an injury to Carter.

Boucher gets hurt Carters back. This is a scary team don't get me wrong this playoff is all about Chicago. But Philly has the biggest Dcore and some top notch forwards to throw beside a big goalie who is not making mistakes. And if penalties are called the way they have been in the eastern bracket this sets up for an epic final. Better then any series Chicago has played so far.

[American Born Jr]

The scary thing about philly is they are better now then at any point in the seasonand possibly years. They playoffs started with questionable goaltending and an injury to Carter.

Boucher gets hurt Carters back. This is a scary team don't get me wrong this playoff is all about Chicago. But Philly has the biggest Dcore and some top notch forwards to throw beside a big goalie who is not making mistakes. And if penalties are called the way they have been in the eastern bracket this sets up for an epic final. Better then any series Chicago has played so far.

the sharks had a better chance than philly

leighton has played well bc he hasnt faced a top level offense yet. wont hold up when he has 40+ shots comin his way a game

and phillys D is not better nor deeper than chicagos

[ArtardFiesta]

I saw the clip the other day where Duncan Kieth got his teeth busted out and came back to play 7 minutes later, that's fucking insane. That dudes a fucking trooper. Spitting blood and chunks of teeth out in the post game interview.

[Black Dennis Nedry]

lol. Philly played a ranked 28th offense team and a ranked 30th. I'm sure the Devils are pretty low, too. This won't even be close.

How can you say Philly has better Defense with a straight face? Seabrook and Keith were the first D Pair for the Canadian Team. Duncan Keith is a Norris Finalist, and after that there is Campbell and Hjallmarson (or whatever).

[American Born Jr]

hg did you happen to see the hit ladd put on thornton in game 3?

[American Born Jr]

http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=35&id=70299

pronger will get this as well

[Black Dennis Nedry]

Yeah I ermember seeing that

[Albertan]

the sharks had a better chance than philly

leighton has played well bc he hasnt faced a top level offense yet. wont hold up when he has 40+ shots comin his way a game

and phillys D is not better nor deeper than chicagos

All I said was bigger guys and they are bigger then anyones in the league.

Great game last night this is going top get ugly if the refs keep no calling the contact but thats the way I like my hockey. None of this Mickey mouse PittsburghVsDetroit bullshit finally a stanley cup final thats more interesting then the memorial cup.

[Albertan]

the sharks had a better chance than philly

leighton has played well bc he hasnt faced a top level offense yet. wont hold up when he has 40+ shots comin his way a game

and phillys D is not better nor deeper than chicagos

The matchup vs Chicago is much diffrent due to speed and a deeper line up. Sharks the top line eats up too much cap space that the rest of the team is fucked they were better last year before losing erhoff a guy who made up for big Joe and Heatleys lack of speed.

Philly doesn't have weak links like Manny malholtra sp?

And honestly even the tops lines how much worse is Carter, Richards and Gagne compared to Joe Danny and marleau.

The D is better and deeper then SJ again I never said shit about chicagos D (one of you misread and one of you read the others post =) ). I expect many cups out of chicago maybe even a dynasty but this is no easy task right here the players in Philly are winners except the goaltending. I'd bring back Leighton for game 2.

[Black Dennis Nedry]

i cunt read

[Black Dennis Nedry]

I'm glad the game was an offensive explosion makes it exciting for the casual fans

[American Born Jr]

it was a great game...i wasnt happy with the lack of calls for the Hawks. i also wasnt happy with some of the goals Niemi let in. and they shouldve never pulled leighton. now his confidence is shot. not good for Philly, imo

[AMERICAN BONES]

soupy played like shit, he looked half asleep

[Albertan]

The ting to watch out for with Leighton is not his confidence being shot from the pull but the fact he knows a lot of guys on the team because he was drafted there. Sharp was saying some not very nice things as he went off the ice and a lot of that had to do with history.

[American Born Jr]

The ting to watch out for with Leighton is not his confidence being shot from the pull but the fact he knows a lot of guys on the team because he was drafted there. Sharp was saying some not very nice things as he went off the ice and a lot of that had to do with history.

i dont care where he was drafted

its game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals. you are one of the main reasons your team got this far and you get pulled for a goalie who might not be 100%. that will hurt anyones confidence

[American Born Jr]

soupy played like shit, he looked half asleep

sopel either plays with no regard for his body and makes great plays OR he skates around like he has a refrigerator on his back. hawks PK looked like shit. they are going to need to tighten it up. they also need to protect the crease. niemi will give up rebounds so they need to protect him

[AMERICAN BONES]

i meant campbell

[sher-bant]

That was awesome!

I agree with HockeyGoon...I "am" the casual, new, bandwagon fan, ans seeing all of that offence really helped to continue hooking me on the sport.

Go Hawks!

[Black Dennis Nedry]

yeah they shouldn't have pulled him the game was too close

[American Born Jr]

looks like Ladd isnt playing tonight. without him, the D should still be able to hold up. game 1 was such a shitty display of coverage and skating...hopefully they adjust today

[ArtardFiesta]

game on

[CensoredToezFlava]

I think I am going to watch my first hockey game of the year. You said Game 1 was sick.

[ArtardFiesta]

Definitely turn it on it's going to be a great game

[CensoredToezFlava]

Already beefin

[CensoredToezFlava]

LOL. This shit is pretty nuts. A few guys got smoked in the last couple of minutes.

[sher-bant]

Game two in progress...

End of the second period.

Blackhawks 2
Flyers 0

Oh yeah!!!

[CensoredToezFlava]

Good game

[Black Dennis Nedry]

yeah good game

[American Born Jr]

that goal Philly scored was such shit. Niemi wouldve had a shutout if it werent for the shitty ice at the UC

[American Born Jr]

Pronger is such a cunt. took both of the game pucks and threw them in the garbage. the fuck should worry less about mind games and more about winning games.

and if he thinks going back home to Philly means anything, he is wrong. hawks are riding a 7 game road winning streak, and embarrassed the sharks in the Shark Tank, which is considered one of the toughest places to play.

look for pronger and carcillo to get stupid penalties, as usual. gets pretty frustrating when a team is beating you at your own game

[AMERICAN BONES]

i hope we take a couple runs at that fuck tonight

[CensoredToezFlava]

I am definitely watching this shit at the bar tonight.

[American Born Jr]

i hope we take a couple runs at that fuck tonight

they need to get a 2 goal lead and then send eager and burish after that fuckin douche

[ArtardFiesta]

Another great game last night. I hate to see Philly win a game though, fuck Philly.

[American Born Jr]

Another great game last night. I hate to see Philly win a game though, fuck Philly.

they won for two reasons

the first and main reason was the Hawks were not hustling. the flyers should not beat them to free pucks. the hawks are a much faster team.

the second reason is chris pronger, while being known league wide as a dirty player, gets called for nearly nothing. while byfuglien gets 2 whistles, pronger is elbowing, slashing, and cross checking. obvious penalties yet no calls. further proof, in my eyes, the the league tells the refs to calm down with their whistles to make 6 or 7 game series more likely for the ratings and whatnot


but it is what it is. the only way the hawks lose this series is if they beat themselves

[Tupac Shakira]

Pronger is such a cunt. took both of the game pucks and threw them in the garbage. the fuck should worry less about mind games and more about winning games.

and if he thinks going back home to Philly means anything, he is wrong. hawks are riding a 7 game road winning streak, and embarrassed the sharks in the Shark Tank, which is considered one of the toughest places to play.

look for pronger and carcillo to get stupid penalties, as usual. gets pretty frustrating when a team is beating you at your own game

O'rly?

[American Born Jr]

O'rly?

because you know nothing about hockey, im negging you

[ArtardFiesta]

4 minutes and 1 goal to tie the game, now it gets interesting.

[ArtardFiesta]

and it's going to 7

[American Born Jr]

and it's going to 7

or 6


hawks are disappointing me beyong belief right now. they are getting to caught up in playing a more physical game. and the flyers can thank Hjalmarrson for 2 of those goals and Versteeg's back for another. fuckin garbage

[Tupac Shakira]

because you know nothing about hockey, im negging you

I know enough. How many Blackhawk games did you go to this year?

[ArtardFiesta]

STFU Faggot

[Albertan]

Byfuglien needs to man up and take it to Pronger he acts like he just got beat by his step dad every time Pronger touches him and then goes looking to bully timonen lol.

Heres hoping to some blood on the ice today.
(the kind of shit they have to clean off with snow shovels.)

[American Born Jr]

Byfuglien needs to man up and take it to Pronger he acts like he just got beat by his step dad every time Pronger touches him and then goes looking to bully timonen lol.

Heres hoping to some blood on the ice today.
(the kind of shit they have to clean off with snow shovels.)

are you blind and/or just dumb?

since game 1, everytime buff takes it to pronger he gets called, and pronger gets called for nothing. he got called for several slashes on pronger after pronger got done cross checking him in the head

[American Born Jr]

I know enough. How many Blackhawk games did you go to this year?

lol so the amount of games i attended means anything? you are just as dumb as the 1000s of fans who think they are fans bc they just go to games

i only went to a few, but i watch every game. i also play hockey, which i think would safely make me a better "fan" than you

[American Born Jr]

im fucking sick of the influx of new fans who think they know a fucking thing. ever since kane and toews showed up, everyone in chicago thinks they are a die hard fan. people who dont know a fucking thing about hockey are buying up tickets and jerseys and calling themselves lifelong supporters. im all for a growing fan base, but ppl are full of shit.

and then there are fans like MNS. he may have gone to some Flyer games and watched the playoffs, but he will question my dedication based on how many games ive gone to. fucking tool

[Black Dennis Nedry]

Byfuglien needs to man up and take it to Pronger he acts like he just got beat by his step dad every time Pronger touches him and then goes looking to bully timonen lol.

Heres hoping to some blood on the ice today.
(the kind of shit they have to clean off with snow shovels.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe7wVr-eSg0

[Black Dennis Nedry]

Joey's right. If you haven't laced them up for even a small amount of time, you don't know shit about hockey. No offense.

[American Born Jr]

tonight is how every game should have looked. the hawks werent getting beaten to free pucks. they, for the most part, protected niemis rebounds in the crease, they finished off power plays....things they have done all year. the flyers got dominated tonight

and how about that cunt pronger not only getting airmailed by Buff, but going -5.....-5 for your best player in the finals HA

[Tupac Shakira]

I'll baste your turkey!

[Black Dennis Nedry]

Pronger is overrated

[AMERICAN BONES]

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[ArtardFiesta]

"their shoes are on little swords." LOL

[American Born Jr]

i destroyed MNS in this thread

[Black Dennis Nedry]

lol "By foooo glien"

[AMERICAN BONES]

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/2010/hockey/nhl/06/08/pronger.ap/chris-pronger-story-ap.jpg

[Black Dennis Nedry]

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/2010/hockey/nhl/06/08/pronger.ap/chris-pronger-story-ap.jpg

Hahah nice shop

[American Born Jr]

Hahah nice shop

that was in the Chicago Suntimes lol

some female american hockey player is making a big thing of it...she is gotten to

[Black Dennis Nedry]

that was in the Chicago Suntimes lol

some female american hockey player is making a big thing of it...she is gotten to

wtf it's HOCKEY if she hasn't been exposed to something like this yet she's a bender

[American Born Jr]

i wonder if MNS knows what a bender is seeing as he is a hockey aficionado

[HendoStu]

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=324299

[Tupac Shakira]

Eat shit Big Joey step on a mat with me.

[Tupac Shakira]

OR THE OCTAGON!!

[AMERICAN BONES]

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=324299

i was there, it was insane, heres a couple of the pics i took

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[AMERICAN BONES]

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[Tupac Shakira]

Good, less traffic for Comic con imo

[ArtardFiesta]

Good, less traffic for Comic con imo

stfu douchebag

[American Born Jr]

nice pics bro...ill get mine up when i get them off my camera. i was at Washington and Wacker when the trolleys were rolling through...then we ended up watching the screen from where they parked the trollies bc it wasnt crowded and we didnt wanna be in the fucking mob sweating our balls off

[AMERICAN BONES]

we were right by the daley center for the parade, we followed the busses down washington for awhile, then cut down garland all the way to lake and worked our way through the sweaty masses on michigan to south water street until we couldnt advance any farther, we were still like a block awa from the rally but we had a good view of the screen and at times could see the stage, the whole thing was fucking nuts

[American Born Jr]

we were right by the daley center for the parade, we followed the busses down washington for awhile, then cut down garland all the way to lake and worked our way through the sweaty masses on michigan to south water street until we couldnt advance any farther, we were still like a block awa from the rally but we had a good view of the screen and at times could see the stage, the whole thing was fucking nuts

hell yea it was

[American Born Jr]

i love how everyone boo'd dan quinn and mayor daley...fuckin cocksuckers

[Tupac Shakira]

http://totallylookslike.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/rod-blagojevich-totally-looks-like-cabbage-patch-kid1.jpg

[American Born Jr]

http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz98/jscalise7/Q101JamboreeHawksParade076.jpg
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz98/jscalise7/Q101JamboreeHawksParade075.jpg
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz98/jscalise7/Q101JamboreeHawksParade074.jpg

[American Born Jr]

http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz98/jscalise7/Q101JamboreeHawksParade073.jpg
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz98/jscalise7/Q101JamboreeHawksParade072.jpg
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz98/jscalise7/Q101JamboreeHawksParade071.jpg

[American Born Jr]

and then there is the Mobile Pretzel Wagons

http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz98/jscalise7/Q101JamboreeHawksParade059.jpg

[AMERICAN BONES]

lol at the fucking pretzels, the guy coulda filled his cart with water bottle and sold them for 5 bucks a pop i bet

[American Born Jr]

lol at the fucking pretzels, the guy coulda filled his cart with water bottle and sold them for 5 bucks a pop i bet

they did have water bottles lmao

there were a few of these pretzel units...they meant business

[Tupac Shakira]

lmao @ mobile pretzel wagon. That's a fucking shopping cart.

[HendoStu]

lmao @ mobile pretzel wagon. That's a fucking shopping cart.

I'm pretty sure it's a Mobile Pretzel Wagon. You can tell because there are pretzels on top.

[American Born Jr]

under the pretzels was a tray with burning coals...they cooked the pretzels as they carted along

[Tupac Shakira]

That actually sounds pretty good.

[HendoStu]

NHL Entry Draft (http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=325704)

I should be able to catch a few games and see Hall live this year.

[SuperNatural]

lets go kings, sign Kovalchuk

[Black Dennis Nedry]

RIP Bob. My enforcer idol

[HendoStu]

WINDSOR, Ont. -- Family, friends and fellow hockey players paid tribute to Bob Probert on Friday, remembering the former NHL tough guy as a gentle giant with a big heart.

About a thousand mourners gathered at the Windsor Christian Fellowship Church to say goodbye to one of the most feared fighters in NHL history.

Probert, who played for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks between 1985 and 2002, died Monday after collapsing with chest pains during a family boat trip on Lake St. Clair. He was 45.

Former Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman remembered his former teammate in a eulogy.

"He had nicknames for everyone and lit up the dressing room, airplane and bus with his personality," Yzerman said. "And away from the rink, he had a kind heart and was a gentle giant."

Yzerman was joined at the funeral by many other members of the hockey community, including Red Wings owners Mike and Marian Illitch, Detroit general manager Ken Holland and former players Dino Ciccarelli, Doug Gilmour, Stu Grimson, Darren McCarty, Joey Kocur, Tie Domi and Gerard Gallant.

Despite his off-ice struggles with drugs and alcohol, Probert had a significant impact on the game, said former Detroit assistant coach Colin Campbell.

"We had many challenges with Bob early in his career," said Campbell, who shared the podium with Yzerman. "But he battled through them all to become one of the biggest impact players in the NHL.

"I always used to think that I was helping Bob, but looking back now I realize that he was giving me life lessons."

During his days on the ice, Probert never shied away from a fight. He was part of many memorable battles, often exchanging punches with an opponent until his elbow and shoulder pads had fallen to the ice. The list of his fighting partners reads like a who's who of NHL tough guys: Grimson, Domi, Marty McSorley, Basil McRae and Donald Brashear.

Domi was visibly moved following the service.

"Everyone thought that Bob and I hated each other, but we had a great mutual respect," said Domi, a native of nearby Belle River. "I always loved playing against Bob because he always competed so hard."

But Yzerman said Probert was more than just a tough guy.

"Bob was one of the single biggest reasons for the rebirth of the Detroit Red Wings back in the 1980s," he said. "Bob Probert was not just a one-dimensional hockey player. Yes, he had fists of stone, but he also had a soft scoring touch."

A lengthy procession from the Families First Funeral Home on the city's far east side to the church in the south end led by 54 motorcyclists, many of them wearing Probert jerseys. It was a tribute befitting of Probert, who was an avid motorcycle rider. Probert's casket was transported to and from the church in a motorcycle side car.

Hundreds of fans also lined the streets during the procession to pay their respects.

"I can tell you with absolute certainty that Bob did not know how much he was loved," Probert's father-in-law Dan Parkinson said during a eulogy. "The response of the city of Windsor today has been overwhelming. To see so many people lining the street to pay their respects to Bob is very special."

Parkinson, a retired Windsor police officer, then paused for a moment before making light of Probert's numerous brushes with the law.

"Bob was more fascinated with my career than I was with his," he said as the audience broke out into laughter. "He took every opportunity to interact with members of law enforcement agencies both in Windsor and Detroit."

Probert is survived by his wife Dani and his four children: Tierney, Brogan and twins Jack and Declyn.

One of the most touching moments of the service came from Probert's daughters.

"On July 5, 2010, my father was called to heaven," said Tierney. "Heaven will never be the same."

"I had the goofiest, most embarrassing dad ever," Brogan said during the service. "But he was my dad, and I will always love him."

[SuperNatural]

The Kings signed Kovi for 15 years at 80 mil

[American Born Jr]

The Kings signed Kovi for 15 years at 80 mil

at first i was going to bash this, but then i realized how stupid it would be and checked ESPN.com....7 years/$47 mill isnt too bad for him

[ArtardFiesta]

If any of you guys haven't seen any of the episodes of 24/7 road to the winter classic you should definitely check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/user/247NHL

[ArtardFiesta]

New episode tonight at 10 eastern

[ArtardFiesta]

And Crosy's streak may finally about to come to an end.

[ArtardFiesta]

The Islanders have turned it around in the last few games.

[SuperNatural]

The Kings are looking beastly

[SuperNatural]

and as I finished typing that Phoenix scores another goal, great

[gumby]

Pens

[ArtardFiesta]

Fuck you Pittsburgh.

[gumby]

Pens