NHL 2005-2006 Season / 2006 Offseason Thread

[Gertner]

lol poor jose.

[Zen v.W.o.]

Theo is gonna catapult sales of propecia big time.:lol:

He doesnt look like he was ever in need of the product however.

[Gertner]

lol he's so friggen busted. it'd be different if he had no hair, lol but he's got a full mane of it

[Terra Ryzin]

RANGERS!!!!!

and get to beat the leafs again tommorow :D

[Zen v.W.o.]

Jagr is so the fucking man.

[Lara Emily]

Pens beat the Canes WHOOOO

[BCWWF]

The Wild seem to be on some sort of surge lately. I think we are tenth in the conference, just beat Edmonton tonight, but still last in the division.

If the Wild can make a smart move or two at the deadline they could sneak into the playoffs and make my day.

Opinions?

[CNM]

They've got a winning record in the toughest division in the league so I'd say yeah, they have a decent shot at the playoffs.

[YOUR Hero]

Hate to have to play the Wild in the playoffs.

[MVP]

Hopefully Ottawa ends up in 1st again so if the Bruins get the 8th playoff spot we play them. Winning the last 3 games with 2 shutouts against Ottawa is a bit of a confidence boost.

[Zen v.W.o.]

hahahahahaha at Boston.:lol:

It's the Habs spot, and if not, then the Habs got 6th or 7th.

[MVP]

The Habs are no better than the Bruins man

[Kapoutman]

In the last 5 matches, they have been better than the Bruins.

[Zelda]

Poor Theo, he just broke his heel by falling down a set icy stairs. He will be absent for at least 6 weeks. And I'm not being sarcartic, he's not having it easy right now.

[Blitz]

And Toronto starts the end of the season off with a loss to Washington. Awesome.

[Blitz]

Yeah, so we're a week away from the deadline. Who would you like to see/think will make some moves?

I'd like to see the Leafs trade Belfour for a quality D man.

[weather vane]

Bruins need to trade Raycroft. I just want to see the Bruins pick up somebody good for a change.

[Gertner]

nobody is gonna take belfour. there's nobody good left at all to deal for except witt, who is half decent

[Blitz]

There's been rumours of CuJo going back to Edmonton...

[Blitz]

nobody is gonna take belfour. there's nobody good left at all to deal for except witt, who is half decent

Never said it would happen, just that I'd like it to. Leafs prolly won't make a single move at the deadline.

[BCWWF]

There was talk at some point that the Wild were going to trade one of our goalies for St. Louis or something. We need to make a run and make the playoffs, soooo close.

[YOUR Hero]

There's been rumours of CuJo going back to Edmonton...

or Vancouver

[Lara Emily]

There was talk at some point that the Wild were going to trade one of our goalies for St. Louis or something. We need to make a run and make the playoffs, soooo close.

T-Bay would be stupid to make that trade.

[KleptoKlown]

fernandez and roloson are both UFA at the end of the year arnt they?
if the Wild did trade one of them, they wont get much for a rental player. Especially not St Louis.

Only way I could see the Bolts trading him, is if they have Richards ready to sign a long term contract. Richards is a free agent at seasons end too, and TB probably wont be able to afford him without going over the cap.

[McDoogle]

Unless the cap goes up.

[KleptoKlown]

Im sure it will go up at seasons end, but by enough to add a contract like what Richards is going to want/will be able to get elsewhere? I don't think so.

[McDoogle]

I wouldn't be surprised if the cap went up by 5 or 6 million. I doubt Richards will get a 6 mill contract.

[Zen v.W.o.]

Man I :heart: Rivet!

This guy bleeds the CH...he stood up for Huet and showed Prospal not to disrespect him. Nearly tore his head right off.

Rivet, you are the man.

[Blitz]

Toronto loses to Ottawa 4-2. Lindros is apparently done for the season. Changes need to be made.

[Gertner]

woohooo leafs 5 habs 3. the domination of the habs continues

[Zen v.W.o.]

We were really tired and the refs were shit. Otherwise the Leafs wouldnt stand a chance.

[Blitz]

Coupla transactions: Boston acquires Mariusz Czerkawski off waivers from the Leafs (Mistake by the Leafs, IMO), and Edmonton gets Brian Roloson from Minnesota for a first round pick next in the 06 draft, and a conditional draft pick. Kinda odd, this one.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Can't believe we've traded Rollie the Goalie! :nono: :(

Sure, he's not had the best season but he still kicks ass! If we had to trade him, we could of at least sent him to another club instead of a divisional rival. He'll kick the shit out of us each time we face the Oilers now.

:wavesad:

[Zen v.W.o.]

Theo gone to the Avs for Aebischer.

The ONLY good thing about trading Theo to Colorado for Abby is the removal of alot of money. We save a lot of cap space now, and can then be aggresive perhaps tomorrow.

Otherwise Theo will return to form next season and probably be better then Abby, but for now, this trade is good, considering theo had an off year and plus he was injured.

[Blitz]

Toronto acquires Luke Richardson from Columbus for a conditional draft pick

San Jose gets Ville Niemenen from NYR for a 3rd round pick

[Blitz]

Leafs trade Ken Klee to NJ for Aleksander Suglobov. I have no idea who that is, but we got rid of Klee!!! :love:

[YOUR Hero]

Theo is the better goalie, Abby hasn't even been all that good in Colorado this year. But more cash for the Canadiens to spend, so yeah.

[Lara Emily]

Recchi goes to Carolina

For a 27 year old rookie (Niklas Nordgren), waiver trash (Krystofer Kolanos, 4th team for this guy this year) and a 2nd rounder in 2007,

Great trade for Carolina.

Yet another terrible move by Pittsburgh.

[samichna]

It was up to Recchi though. He had to waive his no-trade clause for the deal to go through.

[McDoogle]

Pittsburgh has no choice. They can't afford a top tier player. They're just trying to survive right now even with a salary cap.

[MVP]

Bruins trade Sergei Samsonov for Marty Reasoner and Yan Stasny.

Good that we have two more centers so Primeau can play on the checking line. Sad to see one of my long-time fav players go though. :(

[MVP]

Also Carolina is even more disgusting now with Mark Recchi.

[Blitz]

Imagine how fucking thrilled Recchi was when he found out he could go from Pittsburgh to a Cup contender.

Interesting day, it's all about the defense. Good for Nashville picking up Witt (calling it now: Detroit/Nashville in the Western Conference Final). Dunno about Sens trading Bochenski for Arnason. Think Bochenski'll be damn good in a couple of years.

[RoXer]

Krystofer Kolanos

He's a beast on my Dynasty mode :cool:

[YOUR Hero]

I'm pumped about Vancouver getting Noronen and pretty happy about Carney. Noronen is a 2 time winner of some top prospect award. He's still young and I think this move will allow Vancouver to move Cloutier next season. Cloutier is ok, I think he's gotten a bit of a bad rap, however moving him out for a tandem of Auld and Noronen will free up more cap room for the Canucks.

[Lara Emily]

Pittsburgh has no choice. They can't afford a top tier player. They're just trying to survive right now even with a salary cap.

Oh horseshit, yes they are in a bad way finanically but this was not a money forced deal.

[Lara Emily]

It was up to Recchi though. He had to waive his no-trade clause for the deal to go through.

Yeah still doesn't mean that the trade didn't completely suck.

[Lara Emily]

Imagine how fucking thrilled Recchi was when he found out he could go from Pittsburgh to a Cup contender.

Interesting day, it's all about the defense. Good for Nashville picking up Witt (calling it now: Detroit/Nashville in the Western Conference Final). Dunno about Sens trading Bochenski for Arnason. Think Bochenski'll be damn good in a couple of years.

Arnason is going to thrive in Ottawa. I just can feel it, this is a guy who has 42 points and is a +5 on a terrible horrible Chicago team that is in ruins

[YOUR Hero]

Time for Pittsburgh to move to Winnipeg anyway.

[YOUR Hero]

Time for Pittsburgh to move to Winnipeg anyway.

[Gertner]

getting close to crunch time in fantasy hockey

[samichna]

Yup, I am in a do or die situation in my Yahoo fantasy league right now, trying to make the playoffs.

[Zelda]

Huet is still on fire.

[Gertner]

Yay, I qualified for the TPWW playoffs. Hopefully Hasek gets healthy cause I'll need him

[MVP]

Bruins pretty much need to make a deal with the devil to make the playoffs now. :(

[YOUR Hero]

Canucks are going to miss the playoffs. If they do, I'll laugh my ass off at those under achievers.

[Zen v.W.o.]

Habs are going to make the playoffs. Once they do, I'll laugh my ass off at those Leaf and Bruin fans.

[RoXer]

Coyotes :(

[RoXer]

But the Sharks have a chance at least :y:

[RoXer]

And one more post to make it 15 pages even.

[RoXer]

Beautiful.

[Shaved Monkey]

Yay, I qualified for the TPWW playoffs. Hopefully Hasek gets healthy cause I'll need him

Well, with the way Emery's been playing lately, I think that they might hold off on Hasek until the playoffs, and let him rest up.

I hope that they will alternate them a bit more often now though.

[Shaved Monkey]

Montreal vs. Carolina tonight. I hope Huet is prepared to be "on" tonight.

[Zen v.W.o.]

I hear it's gonna be Aebischer in nets tonight, not Huet.

[Blitz]

Go 'Canes.

[Skippord]

I hear it's gonna be Aebischer in nets tonight, not Huet.
I miss Abby :'(

[RoXer]

Way to go Sanford :n:

[Gertner]

lol damn it Hasek i need you back!

[Lara Emily]

Excellent weekend for the Ottawa Senators. They extended their lead on Buffalo to 5 points and took over first place overall in the east. Awesome

[road doggy dogg]

I can't wait for the playoffs

[RoXer]

Hey, San Jose has a chance. :cool:

[Blitz]

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: 5-1 Montreal over Toronto :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Zen v.W.o.]

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: 5-1 Montreal over Toronto :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:


WE HAVE VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WE HAVE VITORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Adder]

Doesn't look too good for getting all 6 Canadian teams into the playoffs now

[Shaved Monkey]

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: 5-1 Montreal over Toronto :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Gonna do it again tonight. :yes:

There is no greater satisfaction then watching the Habs kick the Leafs asses.

[MVP]

Bruins fired GM Mike O'Connell as of 6 P.M. tonight.

I can't blame the Bruins office for being pissed off that all the moves they made failed at producing a winning season. I still say that trading Joe for Sturm/Stuart/Primeau is good for the long-run cause the team can build around Patrice Bergeron and Brad Boyes, and have Sturm be the scoring leader. Problem is that this isn't the year for the Bruins to do it, they need an off-season to change their game around. Hopefully the new GM will jump start next year's winning season.

[Blitz]

:mad: :rant: :nono: :'( Barely haning on to 12th place.

[asphyXy]

Lundqvist

[road doggy dogg]

Gonna do it again tonight. :yes:

There is no greater satisfaction then watching the Habs kick the Leafs asses.

Technically, the score in the second game was 6-2. But close enough. ;)

[road doggy dogg]

Also, speaking of Lundqvist;

Wouldn't it be messed up if he won the Vezina but not the Calder? Has something like that ever happened before?

[Lara Emily]

Tell me someone else saw the Sens vs Ranger games tonight. Jesus if you really needed any more proof that the Sens have amazing depth/kick total ass look no further than this game.

Gone from the lineup:

Chara
Redden
Phillips
Fisher
and of course Hasek and Havlat

Final score 4-1, Rangers get out shot, out played (though I admit that might have to do with the significant amount of penalties), Jagr gets completely shutdown (except for a nothing assisst on a nothing goal) mostly by the 20 year old Rookie Meszaros (amazing way to bounce back after one of the worst games of his career against New Jersey). The Sens without 3 of their top 4 D-men still manage to win and win convincingly, as I've said before when the Sens are motivated, almost nothing can stop them.

Also I fucking love watching Tyler Arnason play.

[Bazooka]

wicked if lightning strikes twice, their standings appear down from last year yet they could make it to the final game again (predicted 2004's playoffs accurate).

[Zen v.W.o.]

Need I say it again? Jagr is a fucking beast! This man is unstoppable.

[Lara Emily]

Need I say it again? Jagr is a fucking beast! This man is unstoppable.

Interesting time to make the statement, not that I don't generally agree but he was pretty much totally stopped by the Sens last night

[Zen v.W.o.]

Give Jagr a couple games or so vs the Sens and he'll do some damage, I'm sure of it.

Anyways, the Sens are quite the team, so if anyone team could somewhat contain him, it'd be them I guess.

[Gertner]

sigh i need a big comeback to beat zen

[Lara Emily]

Give Jagr a couple games or so vs the Sens and he'll do some damage, I'm sure of it.

Anyways, the Sens are quite the team, so if anyone team could somewhat contain him, it'd be them I guess.

He;s got 5 points in 3 games thus far against the Sens 3 of those came in one game.

[Zen v.W.o.]

sigh i need a big comeback to beat zen


I would suggest you just give up. Why make this diffifcult?;)


And yeah, about Jagr..I get this feeling he kept teasing Joe Thornton, giving Joe a little sniff at the art ross trophy, then yanking it away from him just for shits and giggles. He's toying with him.

[asphyXy]

PLAYOFFS! OH GLORIOUS DAY!

Just got myself a new jersey.

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[Gertner]

I still can't believe J.S Aubin hasn't lost in regulation yet

[Blitz]

Aubin :y:

Leafs got a lot of good up and coming goalies.

[Zen v.W.o.]

PLAYOFFS! OH GLORIOUS DAY!

Just got myself a new jersey.

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You should have gotten a Jagr. But congrats anyways on the jersey. Rangers have done damn well this season. I'm glad they are back in the playoffs.

Anyways, I have a feeling the Habs/Sens rivalry could get bigger this year, especially if they meet in the playoffs. The Habs fans were louder then the sens fans, in the sens arena tonight, and it was pretty much around 50/50 ratio wise in support of both teams. Poor Sens.

[Lara Emily]

You should have gotten a Jagr. But congrats anyways on the jersey. Rangers have done damn well this season. I'm glad they are back in the playoffs.

Anyways, I have a feeling the Habs/Sens rivalry could get bigger this year, especially if they meet in the playoffs. The Habs fans were louder then the sens fans, in the sens arena tonight, and it was pretty much around 50/50 ratio wise in support of both teams. Poor Sens.
Well keep in mind how much longer the Canadiens have had an NHL team. 13-14 years might seem like a long time but really if you think about it most hockey fans start as young children, the era where young kids grow up watching the Sens is only really begining, in another 10 years or more it'll be a different story.

It was a great game and an interesting atmosphere (I was there). Some really stupid chants though such as the NA NA NA NA Hey Hey Goodbye chant, that one was just nonsensical and just plain dumb. If the Canadien fans were louder it's also because they had really much more to cheer about by the end of the game. It's really a shame the Sens had their top 4 d-man out or the game would have been (esepcially in the third period) much more interesting. The first two periods were kickass hockey though, well except for the non fight lol.

[Zen v.W.o.]

Well keep in mind how much longer the Canadiens have had an NHL team. 13-14 years might seem like a long time but really if you think about it most hockey fans start as young children, the era where young kids grow up watching the Sens is only really begining, in another 10 years or more it'll be a different story.

It was a great game and an interesting atmosphere (I was there). Some really stupid chants though such as the NA NA NA NA Hey Hey Goodbye chant, that one was just nonsensical and just plain dumb. If the Canadien fans were louder it's also because they had really much more to cheer about by the end of the game. It's really a shame the Sens had their top 4 d-man out or the game would have been (esepcially in the third period) much more interesting. The first two periods were kickass hockey though, well except for the non fight lol.

Yeah, that non-fight was hilarious. 10 minutes each for delay of game and annoying the refs.

[Lara Emily]

Yeah, that non-fight was hilarious. 10 minutes each for delay of game and annoying the refs.

Yep.

Didn't help the Sens either since it forced the other 5 already exhuasted d-men to absorb the half period of play that Norton sat for.

[YOUR Hero]

Vancouver just won a game they had to. They were up 2-0 with the 3rd period half over. Calgary tied it. If the Canucks lost, it might be game over. Anyway, Jovo scored in OT to give them the win.

Incredible that Vancouver is in such a dire position.

[Y2Ant]

Anaheim > Vancouver

playoffs here we come!!!!!!!!!1

[samichna]

I think that Edmonton has a better overall team than Vancouver, and since only one of the teams is going to make the postseason, I would have to say I'm going to be rooting for the Oilers to take the 8th and final spot. :-\

[samichna]

GO LEAFS GO

(lol)

([:(])

[YOUR Hero]

On paper Vancouver should dominate the Oilers, but they play the games on ice. *wooooooo*

After Vancouver lost last night, I've lost complete interest in them. I'm cheering for the Oil as well.

[RoXer]

Chan HoChe Charks

[Lara Emily]

Sens got Chara and Redden back tonight, they combined clocked almost an hour of icetime

Chara nets two goals, Sens beat Bruins 4-3 in OT, only reason this game went to OT is because of Tim Thomas, he stopped 40 shots for Boston, unbelievable.

[Shaved Monkey]

Sens got Chara and Redden back tonight, they combined clocked almost an hour of icetime

Chara nets two goals, Sens beat Bruins 4-3 in OT, only reason this game went to OT is because of Tim Thomas, he stopped 40 shots for Boston, unbelievable.

Awesome game, I really enjoyed it. Also now, as it stands, Ottawa won't be playing my beloved Habs in the opening round. Which is a good thing.

[Lara Emily]

Awesome game, I really enjoyed it. Also now, as it stands, Ottawa won't be playing my beloved Habs in the opening round. Which is a good thing.

it was great, glad I decided to go to the game.
On a random note That penalty shot call was the strangest call I've seen in a long time

[Blitz]

Toronto can still make it! They just have to win every game! (/false hope)

Nah, but if Toronto can't make the playoffs, I'm rooting for the Flames. Also wouldn't mind seeing the Predators win it all (since Sullivan and Kariya are awesome), but that's not looking real good now that they've lost Vokoun.

[Shaved Monkey]

Toronto can still make it! They just have to win every game! (/false hope)

Nah, but if Toronto can't make the playoffs, I'm rooting for the Flames. Also wouldn't mind seeing the Predators win it all (since Sullivan and Kariya are awesome), but that's not looking real good now that they've lost Vokoun.

Losing Vokoun hurt, I feel bad for them.

[Shaved Monkey]

it was great, glad I decided to go to the game.
On a random note That penalty shot call was the strangest call I've seen in a long time

Seriously. What was up with that?

[samichna]

LOL fucking Sundin.

[Blitz]

Woulda been nice to see Mats that good a little earlier in the season.

[McDoogle]

He hadn't played for an entire year during the lockout. I bet he's finally in form now. He's going to be a monster next year.

[YOUR Hero]

Did you guys hear about Darren McCarty? - He filed fot bankruptsy today. They were showing a list of people/places he owes money to. Lots of gambling debts.

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Darren McCarty files for bankruptcy


Associated Press

<!-- dateline -->Detroit<!-- /dateline --> — Former Detroit Red Wing Darren McCarty, one of the city's most popular professional athletes in recent years, has filed for bankruptcy.
In documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit, McCarty listed assets of $1.9-million (U.S.) and debts of $6.2-million.

In addition to at least $185,000 owed to casinos in Detroit and Las Vegas, he listed debts to banks, credit card companies, friends, utilities, law firms and a roofing company.

McCarty, 34, said in court filings that many of his assets are tied up in insurance polices, his NHL pension and $490,000 in business loans that are unlikely to be repaid.

McCarty played 11 seasons for the Red Wings. The defenceman's combativeness, charitable work and sideline as a rock guitarist made him a fan favourite. McCarty also scored the winning goal in the clinching game in 1997 as Detroit won its first Stanley Cup in 42 years.

The Red Wings bought out McCarty's contract in July after a lockout of NHL players cancelled the 2004-2005 season. He currently plays for the Calgary Flames.

McCarty listed his income as $2.1-million in 2003, $1.5-million in 2004 and $193,959 in 2005. According to court documents, McCarty received $538,729 from the Red Wings when they bought out his contract, but his ex-wife Cheryl received 75 per cent of that -- $404,046.

Marty Fried, McCarty's lawyer, blamed the bankruptcy on last season's NHL lockout, the divorce that was finalized in February, 2005, and a smaller contract with the Flames.

“He's not making the money he used to make,” Fried told the Detroit Free Press in a report published Wednesday. He said McCarty now makes about $850,000.

The Free Press said it could not reach McCarty for comment.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060412.wmccarty0412/BNStory/Sports/

[Lara Emily]

Well the Canucks played themselves officially out of a playoff spot tonight.

[Y2Ant]

West is all done and dusted, fuckin Sharks need to go back down to 6th, I don't want the Flames in the first round :mad:

[YOUR Hero]

Wouldn't want to be playing the Sharks, ANT

[RoXer]

*Charks

[The Miz]

Joe Thornton's ability to make an above average player in Cheechoo look like Gretzky is amazing

[Zen v.W.o.]

Fuck Thornton!

[YOUR Hero]

Cheechoo was a rising star. It's true Thorton helped speed things up, but he was the real deal to begin with.

[Zen v.W.o.]

I hope Jagr goes on a tear in his next game. I dont want glass eye Joe winning the art ross.

[YOUR Hero]

I want Joe to win it, if for no other reason as to rub the Bruins face in things.

[Gertner]

Aubin for vezina

[Y2Ant]

Shit. Oh well, gonna get owned by the flames in round one I guess =/

[Blitz]

At least your team made the playoffs. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

[Y2Ant]

LOL GG rangers, ended up in 3rd hahahahahah

so we got:

ottawa vs. tampa bay
carolina vs. montreal
new jersey vs. new york rangers
buffalo vs. philadelphia

detroit vs. edmonton
dallas vs. colorado
calgary vs. anaheim
nashville vs. san jose

hmmmmmm

[Zen v.W.o.]

Ponder it people, then we all make our predictions for each series.:y:

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Senators for the cup!

[YOUR Hero]

montreal
new jersey
philadelphia

detroit
colorado
calgary
san jose

ottawa

[Blitz]

ottawa vs. tampa bay-Ottawa in 5
carolina vs. montreal-tough one. I'll go with Montreal in 6
new jersey vs. new york rangers-Rangers in 6
buffalo vs. philadelphia-Philly in 6

detroit vs. edmonton-Detroit in 4 :(
dallas vs. colorado-Colorado in 7
calgary vs. anaheim-Calgary in 5
nashville vs. san jose-Nashville in 6

[McDoogle]

How can you possibly choose Colorado over Dallas? Or Nashville over San Jose? What is your reasoning behind those picks?

[Mike the Metal Ed]

ottawa vs. tampa bay - Ottawa
carolina vs. montreal - Carolina
new jersey vs. new york rangers - Rangers
buffalo vs. philadelphia - Philly

detroit vs. edmonton - Detroit
dallas vs. colorado - Dallas
calgary vs. anaheim - Calgary
nashville vs. san jose - San Jose

[McDoogle]

ottawa vs. tampa bay - Ottawa
carolina vs. montreal - Carolina
new jersey vs. new york rangers - Jersey
buffalo vs. philadelphia - Philly

detroit vs. edmonton - Detroit
dallas vs. colorado - Dallas
calgary vs. anaheim - Calgary
nashville vs. san jose - San Jose<!-- / message -->

[Blitz]

How can you possibly choose Colorado over Dallas? Or Nashville over San Jose? What is your reasoning behind those picks?
I haven't been paying much attention to Colorado or Dallas much this year, so I just kinda went with my gut. With Nahville/San Jose, I'm just hoping for Nashville to win.

[McDoogle]

Dallas is probably the most underrated team this year. They're fucking amazing.

[Blitz]

So the Leafs got rid of Quinn. It's gonna be a damn different team next year.

[Gertner]

I'm gonna take Dallas to win the cup. Solid d, dewis shots allowed in the nhl, great goaltending, balenced scoring.

[road doggy dogg]

lol wow, Pens fired Craig Patrick. About damn time. As for playoff predictions,

OTTAWA vs Tampa Bay
Carolina vs MONTREAL
NEW JERSEY vs New York Rangers
BUFFALO vs Philadelphia

DETROIT vs Edmonton
DALLAS vs Colorado
CALGARY vs Anaheim
Nashville vs SAN JOSE

[YOUR Hero]

nice predictions, Tony!

I see San Jose beating Nashville. In fact it wouldn't surprise me to see them playing for the Cup.

Edmonton, Nashville and Anaheim would surprise me to play for the cup, the other teams, I could see in the finals out west.
In the east I'd be surprised to see Montreal, Carolina, Buffalo in the finals. All the others I can see making it to the finals.

-I just realized that RDD capitalized his picks... Way to be different, TONY!

[Blitz]

If Nashville had Vokoun, I could see them making the finals.

[Bazooka]

Anaheim > Vancouver

playoffs here we come!!!!!!!!!1

Anaheim, the disney team. Where's the lightning spirit... oh they're going first with the sens this year. I still stand by tbay.

tampa bay (only one)
carolina
new jersey
philadelphia
detroit
colorado
calgary
san jose

[weather vane]

PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Round 1

(1) Ottawa vs (8) Tampa Bay - Ottawa in 6

(2) Carolina vs (7) Montreal - Carolina in 5

(3) New Jersey vs (6) New York - New York in 7

(4) Buffalo vs (5) Philadelphia - Buffalo in 6

Round 2

(1) Ottawa vs (6) New York - Ottawa in 5

(2) Carolina vs (4) Buffalo - Buffalo in 6

Round 3

(1) Ottawa vs (4) Buffalo - Ottawa in 7

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Round 1

(1) Detroit vs (8) Edmonton - Detroit in 6

(2) Dallas vs (7) Colorado - Dallas in 6

(3) Calgary vs (6) Anaheim - Calgary in 6

(4) Nashville vs (5) San Jose - San Jose in 4

Round 2

(1) Detroit vs (5) San Jose - Detroit in 6

(2) Dallas vs (3) Calgary - Calgary in 5

Round 3

(1) Detroit vs (3) Calgary - Calgary in 6

STANLEY CUP FINALS

Ottawa vs Calgary - Calgary in 7

[Zen v.W.o.]

Here is who I WANT to see win:

Habs
Rangers(fuck the devils)
Sens
Flyers(because the Habs can beat their asses later)

Avs
Wings
Ducks
Preds(for kariya, and to mock Joe even more)

[McDoogle]

New York is toast. They better hope Jagr isn't seriously injured.

[Skippord]

We're totally gonna get raped

[Lara Emily]

Anyone who is not watching The Sabres/Flyers game is missing the greatest OT I've seen in a long time

[McDoogle]

Nice fucking body check.

[Lara Emily]

Nice fucking body check.

Campbell (great guy btw met him when he was with the 67s) sent Umberger to LALA land.

[road doggy dogg]

Watched the Buffalo/Philly game tonight, awwwwwwwesome game. Kinda rooting for Buffalo, don't really care much for Philly at all.


Campbell's hit was fucking immense.

[CNM]

We're totally gonna get raped

Did you miss the game today? Let's not forget, the Avs beat a very similar Stars team in the playoffs 2 years ago. They're not scared.

[YOUR Hero]

Be nice to see Buffalo beat out the Flyers. The Flyers are always a favourite, but I can't help but root against them.

[samichna]

Detroit over Jersey in the Finals.

[samichna]

Joe Thornton's ability to make an above average player in Cheechoo look like Gretzky is amazing

It's more like Thornton is playing the Gretzky role. Cheechoo is Jari Kurri, Bernie Nicholls, etc.

[samichna]

Did you miss the game today? Let's not forget, the Avs beat a very similar Stars team in the playoffs 2 years ago. They're not scared.

Yeah, but that was a very different Avs team.

[Loose Cannon]

Detroit just scroed a pretty hillarious goal. the puck was bouncing off everywere and went in

[YOUR Hero]

Red Wings have had 'puck luck' on their side so far this series

[McDoogle]

I wouldn't be surprised at all if I saw a Devils vs Sharks final.

[Skippord]

Did you miss the game today? Let's not forget, the Avs beat a very similar Stars team in the playoffs 2 years ago. They're not scared.
Did they win? I never saw it.

[Nervous Ferret]

The only two teams I care for play each other in the 1st round :mad: Devils all the way, I guess

[samichna]

Montreal-Carolina is going to OT in a couple minutes.

Go Habs

[road doggy dogg]

lol 8-2 Buffalo,

[Zen v.W.o.]

Is there anything better than playoff hockey? The answer is fuck no!


Go Habs Go!!

[Skippord]

Fucking Sick game Stars V Avs

[road doggy dogg]

Man, Montreal is SO lucky they didn't lose that game, they practically gave it away in the 3rd.

[road doggy dogg]

And yes, I agree, that Colorado/Dallas game was awesome

[Blitz]

I hope Gautier's done for the rest of the year for that hit on Vanek.

[McDoogle]

I can't believe the Avs are up 2-0. Unbelieveable.

[road doggy dogg]

LMAO CHARA VS LECAVALIER

[Skippord]

And yes, I agree, that Colorado/Dallas game was awesome

Brett Clark FTW

[Lara Emily]

LMAO CHARA VS LECAVALIER

Dunno why LeCav took the first swing, what an idiot. Chara was basically just holding him off until he got swung at.


8-4 final, Sens take a 2-1 series lead.

[YOUR Hero]

Cgy Vs Ana. has been a good series so far too. Anaheim is looking a lot more solid as a team that I realized. They've got some good yopung scoring talent.

OH and the Canucks fired MArk Crawford today.

[Lara Emily]

Cgy Vs Ana. has been a good series so far too. Anaheim is looking a lot more solid as a team that I realized. They've got some good yopung scoring talent.

OH and the Canucks fired MArk Crawford today.

I liked Nonis' Press conference he didn't pull any punches.

[YOUR Hero]

Hopefully I'll catch it tonight on a reply. I only heard of it on the radio on the way home from work.

[Lara Emily]

Hopefully I'll catch it tonight on a reply. I only heard of it on the radio on the way home from work.

He basically maide it quite clear that this is not the end of the changes to the team and that this firing does not absolve the players of responsiblity for this season.

[YOUR Hero]

He's been saying that all over the place, to anyone that'll listen to him since their season ended. I think he feels pressured from above as well to justify himself.

[Lara Emily]

He's been saying that all over the place, to anyone that'll listen to him since their season ended. I think he feels pressured from above as well to justify himself.

No doubt I just hope for the Nucks' sake he's sincere

[Lara Emily]

It was a Canadian sweep tonight.

Sens win, Flames win and thanks to a double OT goal from Jarrett Stoll the Oilers win.

Excellent!

[YOUR Hero]

I didn't have a chance to catch all the Calgary game last night, glad they won.

Edmonton. Man. They lost the 1st game in OT. IF they had won that game (as they should have) they'd be up 3-0 already.

As it is I'd be in fear of Detroit if I were them. They better play 10x harder now, because you know the Red Wings will be.

[Blitz]

He basically maide it quite clear that this is not the end of the changes to the team and that this firing does not absolve the players of responsiblity for this season.

I sure hope the Leafs take that tack as well.

[Skippord]

My friends are going to the Avs game tonight and it pisses me off

[Zen v.W.o.]

Habs got jobbed tonight by the refs. Regs handed the Canes a win.

We have dominated them in this series, but they've hung around only to the zebras. Simply awful.

Fuck the Canes.

[weather vane]

FUCK MONTREAL

[weather vane]

ERIC STAAL!!!

THAT'S MY THUNDER BAY BOY!

[Zen v.W.o.]

FUCK MONTREAL


FUCK YOU!!!

FUCK THE CANES TOO!!

FUCK THE BLIND AND BIASED REFS!!

[Gonzo]

Devils going to sweep.

[Skippord]

Avs FTW

[Lara Emily]

Annnd Turco fails to show up for yet another playoffs. I wonder if he and Lalime are best friends or something

[CNM]

The Avs own Turco

[Skippord]

I think Turco may go insane and kill people tonight

[FearedSanctity]

Avs :heart:

[Zelda]

Saku Koivu will probably be missing the rest of playoffs due to a serious eye injury. "The extent of the damage won't be known for several days as doctors wait for the swelling and bleeding in the eye to subside before conducting more tests."

[YOUR Hero]

come on Montreal.

[weather vane]

New York gone

[Lara Emily]

Tampa gone, Sens take it in 5 as I predicted.

[YOUR Hero]

New Stanley Cup Champion coming. I'd expect the Bolts will make some big changes for next year.

[Lara Emily]

New Stanley Cup Champion coming. I'd expect the Bolts will make some big changes for next year.

Well Grahame won't be back

[YOUR Hero]

and replaced with whom?

[Lara Emily]

and replaced with whom?

My point was he`s a free agent. I doubt he`ll personally want to re-sign.

[Skippord]

BYE BYE STARS

[samichna]

BYE BYE PREDS

[Blitz]

BYE BYE PREDS
:'(

[Zelda]

Aebischer will probably goal tomorrow. We don't know how he's gonna play during the playoffs. You can't say it's Huet's fault, he played very well up to now.

[road doggy dogg]

HEMSKY

[Lara Emily]

THE OILERS WIN!

THE OILERS WIN!

THE OILERS WIN!

THE WINGS ARE OUT IN 6!

[Blitz]

:y: :y: :y: :y: :y: :y: :y: :y: :y: :y:

[MVP]

Roloson for playoff MVP

[road doggy dogg]

Pronger is doing more for them than Roloson tbh

[Zelda]

Huet goaled but we still lost in overtime. Stillman tried to dump the puck toward Huet from the blue line. Rivet tried to block it, the puck rebounded off his stick and went top corner.


:'(

[weather vane]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA

[samichna]

Go Bruins

[weather vane]

I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THE CANADIENS GOT "BLOWN HUET"

[samichna]

Yeah you could say that.

[samichna]

IF YOU WERE A GAY!!!

[Zen v.W.o.]

Huet should have had that honestly. Not Rivets fault at all. Ryder also took way too long on that shift and made a mistake.

Fucking hell though, Habs had that series, they outplayed the Canes.

[Y2Ant]

bye bye Flyers :wave:

[Lara Emily]

bwhahaha what a way to go down losing 7-1 gotta love it. Kiss my ass Flyers

[Blitz]

WTF, Calgary didn't even show up tonight :rant:

[weather vane]

WOWWWWW FLAMES!

What an upset.

[YOUR Hero]

Both Tampa and Calgary out in the 1st round.

Anaheim completely shut them down. Bryzgalov had only allowed 3 goals in the 11(/) periods he played. That's a sub story right there. I wouldn't be surprised if Giguere is traded in the off season.

[weather vane]

Oh he will be traded for sure.

[The One]

YES! YES! YES! YES! ANAHEIM WON! Not that I give a rat's ass about the Ducks, I am just so fucking excited because now I get to see the Avs kick their ass on TV, and they will actually AIR it in the LA area! :) :y:

[Blitz]

So round 2 matchups are:

Ottawa Vs Buffalo
Carolina Vs New Jersey

San Jose Vs Edmonton
Colorado Vs Anaheim


I say:
Ottawa
New Jersey
Edmonton
Colorado

Wow, all 4 top seeds in the west are gone.

[road doggy dogg]

I only caught glimpses of the 2nd and 3rd periods last night, but damn. Calgary played like shit. Something like 3 shots in the 2nd? Terrible. Their passing was way off, they kept dumping it in and doing nothing. Was painful to watch.

[The Icon of Elisim]

I have no clue who is coming out of the East, I wouldn't be surprised by any 4 of those teams in the finals

[McDoogle]

Good job Calgary. They had to pick game 7 to decide they weren't going to show up. Dick heads.

[MVP]

I have no clue who is coming out of the East, I wouldn't be surprised by any 4 of those teams in the finals

[YOUR Hero]

Give credit where credit is due. Calgary looked as bad as they did because Anaheim shut them down so effectively.

[AareDub]

I have no clue who is coming out of the East, I wouldn't be surprised by any 4 of those teams in the finals

I'd be surprised to see Carolina in the finals, but the other 3 is a toss up. I picked NJ in my bracket, so I'm pulling for them, but damn Ottawa and Buffalo are going to be tough.

[YOUR Hero]

Yeah, Carolina I don't see. In fact I said that from the start, gotta give Cam Ward some props though.

West, well I think Edmonton will loose out, lots of teams that pull off the big upset become emotionally spent and come up flat in the next round. I'd love to see them go on, but I don't see it. Not sure what to make of Anaheim/Colorado. I can see both those teams winning. My hunch however is that The Avs end up taking it in 5 or 6

[YOUR Hero]

I can hear the Ottawa fans crying for Hasek now.

:lol:

what a fucking disaster

[Lara Emily]

I can hear the Ottawa fans crying for Hasek now.

:lol:

what a fucking disaster

Terrible defensive break downs was the story of that game. Can't honestly blame the goalie that much, though having a guy known for making the impossible look easy inbetween the pipes wouldn't hurt right now

[The One]

WHAT THE FUCK! Seriously, the Avs are fucking sloppy as hell tonight. Granted Anaheim is on their game, the Colorado is just bending over for them. :rant:

[YOUR Hero]

Anaheim knows who to make their opposition look bad.

[RoXer]

I don't know wheter to have a San Jose avatar or a Phoenix Suns avatar.

[weather vane]

CAROLINA VS EDMONTON IS MY NEW PICK FOR THE FINALS

Brodeur is going to come back in Game 2 and be insane thooooo

[LoDownM]

Anaheim in 5 Av fans.

[CNM]

It was nice to see the Penguins make the playoffs this year. Wait...

[Y2Ant]

Hi, Anaheim is greater than your favorite team, kthx.

Would be nice if it was Giggy getting the shutouts though :wavesad:

[road doggy dogg]

Canada stomped Norway this afternoon, 7-1. Booyeah.



I'm curious how NJ will rebound in game 2... no way they're gonna let Carolina roll over them like that again.

[LoDownM]

It was nice to see the Penguins make the playoffs this year. Wait...

Yeah well...I don't see the Av's with back2back cups.

[YOUR Hero]

Bryzgalov is the new Giggy

[The Miz]

Voskala

[The One]

Hi, Anaheim is greater than your favorite team, kthx.

Would be nice if it was Giggy getting the shutouts though :wavesad:

They are rapping us royal. How come I don't get to see my Y2Ant around here more.:(

[RoXer]

Can't wait to see a Gigure-Nabokov matchup :love:

[RoXer]

...wait :shifty:

[YOUR Hero]

Carolina, damn.

Gonna have me eating my words pretty soon.

[MVP]

BuffalOWN cleaning up Ottawa once again. :cool:

Hope Connolly isn't out for the playoffs though.

[The Miz]

lol @ the Oilers not scoring with their whole team against Kyle McLaren

[YOUR Hero]

If Anaheim wins this OT game tonight, it's over for the Avs.

[Skippord]

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

[Lara Emily]

WHat a game for Joffrey Lupul

[YOUR Hero]

4 goals. Looked like a superstar tonight with that wristshot of his.