All Playoff Talk, All the Time 2011

Sharks are shooting from everywhere...

Canucks up 1-0 after 1.

Boyle makes it a 1-1 game... Kesler limped off to the dressing room after that...

shabbs wrote:Boyle makes it a 1-1 game... Kesler limped off to the dressing room after that...

Was it from that "elbow" to the left of his jaw? He may have pulled something trying to sell that one.

Amazing. Van's rolling.

Van is off to the Cup Final... it's been 17 years since their return... oddly enough it was 17 years to the day yesterday, and a double OT win over the Leafs that put 'em there.

Roloson goes for the Bolts tonight...

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=366768

Eastern Conference Final Game 6 goes tonight...

Bruins @ Lightning - 8:00pm ET - Bruins lead the series 3-2 [CBC has the game]

normally I don't care to root for any canadian team in the final just cuz they're canadian....cuz really I didn't see the rest of this nation pull together for the sens during their time...

However, I think this time around, Vancouver needs to win this finally. It’s been too long since the cup visited the Prime minister and the canucks have been there twice before coming away empty-handed, which is rough. They’ve never won it before and any team that understands the pain canucks fans went through would probably be our fanbase. In fact, it’s been worse for them. I think it would be just right if they did win this once and for all.

Montreal hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics and a year after went on to win the Stanley Cup.
Calgary hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics and a year after won the Stanley Cup.

Food for thought.

Michallica wrote:normally I don't care to root for any canadian team in the final just cuz they're canadian....cuz really I didn't see the rest of this nation pull together for the sens during their time...

However, I think this time around, Vancouver needs to win this finally. It’s been too long since the cup visited the Prime minister and the canucks have been there twice before coming away empty-handed, which is rough. They’ve never won it before and any team that understands the pain canucks fans went through would probably be our fanbase. In fact, it’s been worse for them. I think it would be just right if they did win this once and for all.

It helps that I hate Boston and TB with vigor, but yeah, I think it's time.

Hoags wrote:Montreal hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics and a year after went on to win the Stanley Cup.
Calgary hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics and a year after won the Stanley Cup.

Food for thought.

What an odd coincidence that is.

Hoags wrote:Montreal hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics and a year after went on to win the Stanley Cup.
Calgary hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics and a year after won the Stanley Cup.

Food for thought.

Hmm maybe a Ottawa-Tremblant joint bid???? plz?

bah!

although, anyone else think its a little premature and weird to be blasting confetti just because you won the clarence campbell trophy? save that Dung for the cup finals, this isn't basketball.

Bad karma?

Don't know if anyone else has talked about it, but I know a lot are thinking it.

In the last week I've been on several fan sites (NHL) and one specific San Jose site. I can say that almost to a man, they are lamenting the Heatley trade right now. In fact the general consensus (take it with a grain of salt as they lost last night), but even though he had what you could say was his best game of the conf finals last night, most are willing to trade him and their first pick back to us for Milan.

Funny how perspective changes, but looking at that deal now, with how he played this year and in this playoffs, and his cap hit, I'm satisfied with the deal. I would have like the Edmonton deal better, but I'm ok with what we got.

22_4_ever wrote:Don't know if anyone else has talked about it, but I know a lot are thinking it.

In the last week I've been on several fan sites (NHL) and one specific San Jose site. I can say that almost to a man, they are lamenting the Heatley trade right now. In fact the general consensus (take it with a grain of salt as they lost last night), but even though he had what you could say was his best game of the conf finals last night, most are willing to trade him and their first pick back to us for Milan.

Funny how perspective changes, but looking at that deal now, with how he played this year and in this playoffs, and his cap hit, I'm satisfied with the deal. I would have like the Edmonton deal better, but I'm ok with what we got.

Even worse:

In order for the Sharts to get Heatley, they had to trade Ehrhoff for nothing. Then they lost Michalek in the deal (and Cheechoo, but they could have buried him or bought him out).

So...if you were to add Ehrhoff and Michalek to the lineup, do the Sharts come a lot closer to making the Vancouver series go long - or even win it? I think it's safe to assume Michalek would have scored more than 3 goals or whatever Heatley did and Ehrhoff would have been a monster on their backend - especially on their PP with Boyle, which struggled (and cost them the game last night).

In conclusion, I think that trade LOST them the series and a chance at the Cup this year...and there's 3 more years of it!

SpezDispenser wrote:

22_4_ever wrote:Don't know if anyone else has talked about it, but I know a lot are thinking it.

In the last week I've been on several fan sites (NHL) and one specific San Jose site. I can say that almost to a man, they are lamenting the Heatley trade right now. In fact the general consensus (take it with a grain of salt as they lost last night), but even though he had what you could say was his best game of the conf finals last night, most are willing to trade him and their first pick back to us for Milan.

Funny how perspective changes, but looking at that deal now, with how he played this year and in this playoffs, and his cap hit, I'm satisfied with the deal. I would have like the Edmonton deal better, but I'm ok with what we got.

Even worse:

In order for the Sharts to get Heatley, they had to trade Ehrhoff for nothing. Then they lost Michalek in the deal (and Cheechoo, but they could have buried him or bought him out).

So...if you were to add Ehrhoff and Michalek to the lineup, do the Sharts come a lot closer to making the Vancouver series go long - or even win it? I think it's safe to assume Michalek would have scored more than 3 goals or whatever Heatley did and Ehrhoff would have been a monster on their backend - especially on their PP with Boyle, which struggled (and cost them the game last night).

In conclusion, I think that trade LOST them the series and a chance at the Cup this year...and there's 3 more years of it!

I'm delighted by all this.

SpezDispenser wrote:

Hoags wrote:Montreal hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics and a year after went on to win the Stanley Cup.
Calgary hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics and a year after won the Stanley Cup.

Food for thought.

What an odd coincidence that is.

1980 Winter Olympics: Lake Placid, NY
1981 Stanley Cup Champions: New York Islanders.

I'm scared.

wprager wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

Hoags wrote:Montreal hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics and a year after went on to win the Stanley Cup.
Calgary hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics and a year after won the Stanley Cup.

Food for thought.

What an odd coincidence that is.

1980 Winter Olympics: Lake Placid, NY
1981 Stanley Cup Champions: New York Islanders.

I'm scared.

2002 Winter Olympics: Salt Lake City, Utah
2003 Stanley Cup Champions: Not Utah

Curse broken