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Horrible. Absolutely horrible.

Ted seriously needs to fire the coach at this point. Way too much talent on this team to not at least have gotten past the second round.

Wonder if Tampa's going all the way to the finals.

Ugh... I'm a big Boudreau fan, but you gotta wonder... I really liked how he revamped the team this season, with the intent of avoiding, well, just this...

Down the stretch of the regular season they were really clicking, grinding out close games. That's just a craptacular way to end the season.

Nuts...

Valete,

JohnS

Caps swept right out in 4. Boston up 3-0. If SJ wins they'll be up 3-0. The 2nd round is going by at light speed.

And Ovie has still shown us all that his nemesis is the better player/leader.



Sharks win in OT. too bad they couldnt go another OT, because I personally love seeing them wear themselves down more for the Canucks

Ensis Ferrae wrote:And Ovie has still shown us all that his nemesis is the better player/leader.



Sharks win in OT. too bad they couldnt go another OT, because I personally love seeing them wear themselves down more for the Canucks

Agree about Ovie. A lot of people dump on Crosby, but come on 2 Stanley Cup appearances, 1 Stanley Cup, 1 Olympic Gold - where he scored the winning goal in OT. He is the real deal and is already a Hall of Famer. Ovie reminds me of a lot of Russian players who are brilliant for a few years and then vanish without any lasting impression. I reckon Ovie is on the decline. This year wasn't as good as the previous ones. Whatever. Time will tell. Who knows maybe he'll get a Stanley cup ring eventually.

Crosby's definitely a guy to build a team around unlike OV. Pens miss him big time. Anyways, time for Caps to fire their coach.

Its looking like the Flyers just don't have an answer for the bruins this year..... Prepping my fork for them, they about done this year.

^^ Too bad. Hartnell's hair and beard are enough to want me see them in the finals again.

They fought back last year from the same deficit, just don't look like they have the same drive this time around. Last game they just looked.... tired.

That's what you get for trying to take down the green men Nashville!

It's looking more and more like Canucks and Sharks for the Campbell Conference Final. Oh the poetic justice if Kyle 'Fats' Wellwood scores the series winning goal...

helgrenze wrote:They fought back last year from the same deficit, just don't look like they have the same drive this time around. Last game they just looked.... tired.

I think it is more accurate to say that last year the team they played suffered a massive implosion/collapse. They didn't come back against a team that was still playing top-notch to the end. they took advantage of an opponent that ran itself off the rails and gave up.

That is: the Flyers didn't excel as much as the Bruins stopped playing.


From what i have seen this current series the Flyers are just being killed by their own goaltending (or lack thereof).

A number of the the goasl the Bruins scored last game had "soft" written all over them. Combine that with Briere becoming a ghost thus far despite all the pre-series talk about how he was going to be virtually unstoppable, etc.

Fact is Thomas has thus far played like a machine and The Flyer's goalies have massively underperformed.

What I find even more amazing is that the Bruins have gotten this far with NO powerplay production (not a single PP goal), and many of the expected goal scorers going cold (Lucic seems to have forgotten he scored 30 goals in reg. season, etc.).

If the Bruins powerplay can come alive even becoming average and Thomas stays on track I think the the Bruins will take the whole thing...

Khornholio wrote:It's looking more and more like Canucks and Sharks for the Campbell Conference Final. Oh the poetic justice if Kyle 'Fats' Wellwood scores the series winning goal...

That'd be the oppoosite f poetic justice. He's the one being mouthy.

CT.... possibly, but honestly the Flyers, goalies included, just looked tired in the last few games. Straight up wore out.
Carter, their top scorer, is back and expected to play most of this game, but Pronger, their top defenseman, may not play.
Still, All support to them and their effort, I don't like their chances for the rest of the series.

Don't count the Flyers out till they're actually out!

KamikazeCanuck wrote:Don't count the Flyers out till they're actually out!

The fork is in..... They looked more tired than I feel after pulling a double.

'nuff said...

Well, I may have been wrong - I think tonight is going to be the night that the Canucks finish in 5. I'd still like it to be 6, but I think they've got Pekka Rinne figured out, and they're at that stage where they're able to work shots past himfrequently enough to stay ahead.

Of course, them walking away heads up high all depends on whether or not their (Canucks') D plans on playing tonight, and whether Lou is going to be flopping about like a fish, or stopping pucks.

Time will tell. Puck drops at 5PM Pacific

metallifan wrote:
Time will tell. Puck drops at 5PM Pacific

Curse Mother's Day for being on Sunday, and being in Germany, where I'd have to stay up to ungodly hours to watch the game live.

What, your base doesn't have TiVo?

Hey he said "LIVE".... not after he learns who won.

Ehh, just found out who won on the Nucks website... I doubt that the sports channels I have access to on the TV would have shown the game anyhow.. I woke up to Baseball on ESPN America.

THEN I WASN'T WRONG! HOT DIGGETY! NUCKS IN 6 Y'ALL

metallifan wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:As a Bruins fan I'll readily admit that that quick whistle that went aginst them was a Horrible call in the opening minutes of the Bruins habs game (Should have been a Habs goal), but as usual the classy Habs fans quickly remind you of why they are so despisable...

Of course the refs made up for it at the end of period one by buying prices blatant dive to get a goalie inteference call...

The cheapness of Frenchmen suprises you?

Oh right... you Yankees are lucky enough not to have any. And before you say 'Louisiana', THEY'RE CAJUN, NOT FRENCH! THEY EAT TWICE THE CHEESE AND SURRENDER ONLY HALF AS MUCH!

"New England" is full of people of French Canadian descent. Both my grandmothers, for example. Expecially Vermont and New Hampshire, but a lot of Bruins territory overall has them. We are extremely familiar with them; even those who never travel and have never met a cajun.

Mannahnin wrote:

metallifan wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:As a Bruins fan I'll readily admit that that quick whistle that went aginst them was a Horrible call in the opening minutes of the Bruins habs game (Should have been a Habs goal), but as usual the classy Habs fans quickly remind you of why they are so despisable...

Of course the refs made up for it at the end of period one by buying prices blatant dive to get a goalie inteference call...

The cheapness of Frenchmen suprises you?

Oh right... you Yankees are lucky enough not to have any. And before you say 'Louisiana', THEY'RE CAJUN, NOT FRENCH! THEY EAT TWICE THE CHEESE AND SURRENDER ONLY HALF AS MUCH!

"New England" is full of people of French Canadian descent. Both my grandmothers, for example. Expecially Vermont and New Hampshire, but a lot of Bruins territory overall has them. We are extremely familiar with them; even those who never travel and have never met a cajun.

A good deal of French Canadian blood runs runs through my veins. I was born and raised in Maine.

^^This is why I don't think the Canucks will win the cup; they don't have enough French guys. Lapierre and Burrows (and I'm suspect about Burrows) are the only two. A lot of Europeans though. The Sharks have the same amount of French guys, but less Europeans, so I think that might give them an edge in the next round....provided both teams get there.lol

Just as long as they have enough wine to keep them going. You know they'll refuse to play unless they're paid in grape blood

Canucks don't have an American or Canadian Captain. Only one of those has ever won and its because he'd played longer on his team than he lived in Sweden. Plus the experience of winning several cups while not being the captain.

Speaking of which, it's nice to see the Wings battle back. They seem to be figuring out the Sharks a little bit. Winning two in a row is doable.