NHL 2006-2007 Season Thread

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

FUCK OFF ANAHEIM!!!!!

Bastards!

[YOUR Hero]

Damn Canucks. Dallas played so much better in OT that I knew within 30 seconds that barring a fluke goal, They'd win.

And LOL the puck hit the outside of the post almost causing an own goal by Dallas on a delayed penalty to the 'Nucks. If that had gone in, I would have no way to be here today typing this as I'd still be huddled over with pains to my sides from all the laughter that would have ensued.

[Bazooka]

son of a bitch.

lightning is losing momentum, 3-0 shutout against the devils. Brodeur was on the puck tonight.

Tamba bay needs to win Sunday!

glad Sharks are doing great though, at least I got them to root for if Lightning is out (or the Flames).

[Fenix122]

bah stupid islanders

[Blitz]

Nashville :'( :'(

If Sullivan had played it would've been a different series :rant:

[Blitz]

WTF. Jamie McLennan just 2 handed Johan Franzen. Dumb dumb dumb.

[Blitz]

Iginla just got tried to start shit. Game 6 is gonna be a physical affair.

[road doggy dogg]

LMAO @ McLennan

Wonder if the Flames will ever learn to play on the road.

[YOUR Hero]

Big acting job, imo. McLennan's slash wasn't 'that' bad.

[road doggy dogg]

So I just read that Crosby played the last 2 and a half weeks of the season, plus the playoffs, with a broken foot. Ridiculous. He is still my dream lover.

[Blitz]

Big acting job, imo. McLennan's slash wasn't 'that' bad.
It was still utterly ridiculous.

[road doggy dogg]

Yeah definitely embellished, but at the same time entirely uncalled for.

[Blitz]

Like wtf, McLennan gets called in, and almost the first thing he does is this completely blatant 2 hander. Iginla's was arguably stupider, because if he gets suspended for hitting with the butt end, he's fucked them a lost worse then McLennan.

[Splaya]

WHAT A FUCKING GAME BETWEEN CALGARY AND DETROIT.

[road doggy dogg]

Too bad Kipp let in that incredibly soft goal, grats2Lang.

[Splaya]

The best part was that he is acclaimed for his glove saving abilities and he was beat on the glove side for the series ending goal

[YOUR Hero]

Yeah but that was an awesome shot. He was also moving one way and shoot through a screen in the opposite direction of the flow.


Hey Dallas meet Trevor Linden, AKA Mr. Clutch.

[Bazooka]

after sunday's game I have returned with my support for the sharks since Lightning are out. sucks for Lightning, and flames too.

nice Sharks taking it in 5 games yet again against Nashville.

[Zen v.W.o.]

lol, great Avery quote here..

"I'm sure there's going to be a little bit of adversity. I don't necessarily foresee us winning in four. I anticipate a long series. It could go six games or five."

Vintage Avery.

Lets go Rangers!

[Lara Emily]

lol, great Avery quote here..

"I'm sure there's going to be a little bit of adversity. I don't necessarily foresee us winning in four. I anticipate a long series. It could go six games or five."

Vintage Avery.

Lets go Rangers!

Avery had another great one, don't have the exact words but I guess he was asked what he is doing to prepare for the sabres and he replied with something like

"I'm already making up things about these guys in my head, about things they have done to me in the past, I'm identifying them so I know who to go after and who to get revenge on"

Total psycho lol

[Blitz]

How the fuck did Sean Avery manage to nail Elisha Cuthbert.

[YOUR Hero]

Avery is the type of player that could be very key for any team in a playoff run. As long as he keeps his head semi screwed on and displays his passion, he'll elevate his whole team.

Funny thing, he's not the type of guy you even want n your team for an entire season as his schtick wears thin over the course of a season, but for a playoff run....

[Zen v.W.o.]

Avery is a true pest. It's funny though, he's not dirty really at all. He doesnt go nuts on the ice, but he causes others to go nuts.

Take a guy like Tucker...he's dropped alot of the pesky shit Avery still loves to do, but Tucker was always much more of a ticking timebomb, unpredictable type. And he does go dirty.

Avery threatens another team only to get in their heads. Tucker sometimes threatens harm on others and goes through in trying to follow up on it.

They get compared alot but they arent really all that similar.

[Blitz]

Would not be surprised at all to see either the Canucks or the Rangers swept this round.

[Splaya]

Canucks will lose in 6
Sharks will lose in 6
Sabres will win in 6
Ottawa wins in 7

[Zen v.W.o.]

Would not be surprised at all to see either the Canucks or the Rangers swept this round.


Rangers in 7.

[Fenix122]

Rangers in 7.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Blitz]

Rangers in 7.
lol now you're just taking the piss.

[YOUR Hero]

Rangers have a decent chance I think. They gotta play their game perfectly, but if they do I can see them winning.

[Zen v.W.o.]

I'm still going with my prediction.

[Blitz]

Buffalo/Ottawa gonna be a hot series.

[Fenix122]

I'm still going with my prediction.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

but seriously when they won those two games i was guilty of thinking they were going to do it.

[YOUR Hero]

Come on Sharks.

[YOUR Hero]

Ottawa 4 da Cup

[Blitz]

Either my most hated team wins the cup and it comes back to Canada, or they lose and the cup remains in America.

:'(

[YOUR Hero]

paradox!!!!1

[YOUR Hero]

Looking good for Ottawa right now. Up 4-2 with 2 min utes left in the 3rd period.

[Blitz]

It kills me to say this. But I will always cheer for Canada over America.













*sigh*













Go Sens Go.

[Zen v.W.o.]

That's a weird argument to me. I could care less about nationalty shit unless it's a world championship or the olympics.

Meanwhile Buffalo may actually have more Canucks on their team than Ottawa, I dunno. I dont care though. That's not how I root for them.

[YOUR Hero]

Oh ZEN, you know it would be nice to have a lowly little Canadian based team win the Cup. Or are you one of those separatists????????????11

[Zen v.W.o.]

I despise seperatists with a passion unrivalled. You dont even wanna go there dude. I bleed red and white.

Plus though, I dont like the senators. Has to do with Spezza and Heatley.

But I'm not that into the sabres either, so I guess I'm in a bit of a conundrum.

I like rooting for the result that will dissapoint the most people.

[YOUR Hero]

apology accepted

[Zen v.W.o.]

LOL, this is why I'll always like Roenick:

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The guy is great for the sport. He shows passion for it and has fucking charisma.

[Lara Emily]

JOE FUCKING CORVO

[Y2Ant]

lawl @ Roenick

[LoDownM]

Y2ANT!

[YOUR Hero]

Come on Ottawa. Do this thing.

[Y2Ant]

Yeah come on Sens, I wanna be able to make fun of Mike the Metal Ed when the Ducks beat you in the final.

p.s. hi LoDownM :wave:

[YOUR Hero]

2 and a half minutes to go, 1-0 Sens. OMG the Bisons just aboot scored

[YOUR Hero]

Heart is pounding like a mo-fo

[Y2Ant]

gay ass red wings :mad:

[YOUR Hero]

can't blame the Wings for Giggy sucking so bad

[Y2Ant]

:(

[YOUR Hero]

So Buffalo gets a win. Pretty much predictable

[Adder]

I think Ottawa is going to close it out tonight.

[Y2Ant]

Ducks in 6!!!!!!!!11

[Blitz]

Ottawa advances. Gotta say, I wasn't expecting it.

[weather vane]

Huge win for the Sens. This is going to be an interesting Stanley Cup to say the least.

[Fignuts]

MOTHERFUDGEING COCK-A-TOO SPERM FAG SUCKING CUNT DROP MOTHERSHITTERS!!!!!

[Fignuts]

No, for real.

I hope a giant hippopatamus the size of 20 godzillas sits on ottawa, smothering the entire populace to death with its giant hippo hemoroids, then stands up and takes a giant crap on all their corpses.

[Mike the Metal Ed]

:)

[YOUR Hero]

No, for real.

I hope a giant hippopatamus the size of 20 godzillas sits on ottawa, smothering the entire populace to death with its giant hippo hemoroids, then stands up and takes a giant crap on all their corpses.

Buffalo was out classed in this series. They loked small. Like they are. They need more size and grit.

[Skippord]

lol at Fignuts

[Lara Emily]

The City is going crazy here. My god, parties everywhere last night, thousands upon thousands upon thousands filled Elgin street, I walked that and saw the guys at the Airport. Corvo was leaning out the car window, almost half body, smiling and slapping fans hands. Crazy shit

[YOUR Hero]

^ Pens fan that rooted against the Sens :mad:

( ;) )

[Lara Emily]

^ Pens fan that rooted against the Sens :mad:

( ;) )

That first round was an awesome time for me as a hockey fan, totally win win.

Oh and guess who has tickets to the Cup Finals ^_^

[Zen v.W.o.]

You know now that I think about it, it should really be The Habs in the cup finals..they always have to carry the load for Canadian teams.. But they deliver when they get there.

The Nucks, Oilers, Flames and now Sens have all been there...but none of them won it. We shall see now.

[Y2Ant]

TEEMU SELANNE IS GOD

[Splaya]

Congrats to the Ducks in just an awesome 6 game series. But the only reason Anaheim won this series was because of Giguerre.

[Mike the Metal Ed]

A Sens-Ducks final. Ready Ant? :D

[Blitz]

Sigh......





go sens go.

[Y2Ant]

READY TO WIN THE STANLEY CUP BABY

[Blitz]

So Jim Balsille, following his failure to acquire the Pens, has a tenative deal to purchase the Nashville Predators, and possibly move them to southern Ontario.

I tell ya, Preds in Ontario might just push Toronto out of being my favourite team.

[YOUR Hero]

I hope this happens. Then I hope more US teams in poor markets move to Canada. The Florida's, Atlanta's, etc. The US networks don't contribute anything to the hockey revenue. It's all Canadian, so why should we still be catering to US cities that really couldn't care. I'm not saying there are no strong US teams, but come on.

[Lara Emily]

Ugh.

[Y2Ant]

GO DUCKS GO

USA USA USA

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Don't blow it now... :'(

[Y2Ant]

I want to make love to Samuel Pahlsson

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Well, I'm not optimistic, but we're back in it, at least.

[Lara Emily]

Pronger should be out for the series

[Lara Emily]

Pronger is a fucking dirty playing douchebag. Bet ya the NHL doesn't have the balls to keep him out for the series (I doubt he even gets a game). What a fucking joke.

[YOUR Hero]

That was a crazy game last night. Mediocre goal-tending on both sides and less than perfect defensive zone coverage. It all added up to an exciting game. As for Pronger he should get at least a game. I heard some people saying he didn't elbow him that hard, that it wasn't with intent, so he won't get a suspension. I dunno, from my perspective he should.

[YOUR Hero]

Pronger got a one game suspension.

[Lara Emily]

Pronger got a one game suspension.

Should have been more.

[Y2Ant]

Chris Pronger is a fucking dickhead. I guarantee we are going to lose tonight now.

[Blitz]

Alfredsson is a huge dick. Nice shot right at Niedermayer.

Hope they lose now.

[Y2Ant]

Yeah Alfredsson is as huge of a faggot as Chris Pronger is, I hope they both die of AIDS.

Also I would love the Ducks to win it at home, whether it be in 5 or 7. I think i'd prefer 5 to save a bit of stress, but saying that 7 would probably be more enjoyable.

Either way Samuel Pahlsson has to win the Conn Smythe (so far)

[Bazooka]

pretty good series, not the two teams I originally wanted to see in the playoffs but deserving teams no less. Coach was talkin about the elbow pad being so huge that he doesn't blame Pronger for the hit, but it's pretty blatant, not much worse than a fight imo aside from being a nasty cheapshot.

anyway, I look forward to seeing the next game(s).

[YOUR Hero]

Anaheim is a solid team, it's just too bad they are in Anaheim and are under appreciated. Like Tampa Bay and Carolina before them, they might win the cup and be popular for right now, but they are a franchise (like those other two) that don't sell out their rinks and hardly get coverage in their own market.

I hate that shit. Makes me pretty mad.

[ClockShot]

Gordon Bombay's Mighty Ducks are running away with this.

[Blitz]

Your Stanley Cup Champions....the Anaheim Ducks.


Bah.

[Lara Emily]

What a terrible series, garabge goals, non calls, dirty shit everywhere, the Ducks play such a terrible style of hockey, and the refs let them get away with it

[YOUR Hero]

They were also better than Ottawa by a wide margin.

I just want hockey cities to win this stuff, that's my beef.

Hats off to the Ducks. Happy for Selanne and Andy MacDonald.

[Lara Emily]

They were also better than Ottawa by a wide margin.

I just want hockey cities to win this stuff, that's my beef.

Hats off to the Ducks. Happy for Selanne and Andy MacDonald.

I blame TSN's monkey.

Anyway I am happy for Selanne and Andy, Ric Jackman too, I don't hate the Ducks they aren't the worst team to win it, that happened last year.

[Bazooka]

Ducks!

pretty good game; Sens slipped up quite a bit (scoring on themself, slipped penalty shot) and I am glad Aneheim won, they've been a great, consistent team for the past few years.

next year it's Lightning's time to win again, it's been 4 years (though one of those years doesn't count) - I can also see Flames and/or Sharks making it to the playoffs 08.

[Lara Emily]

You know despite my disappointment and despite the fact that these past few seasons have seen teams in badish hockey markets win cups, each year has provided a good story. Andreychuck in 04, Brind'amour in 06, Selanne in 07 guys that have been in the league for years and finally get their cup.

[weather vane]

Called this so long ago. This team was just too good. In a league of their own.

lol @ George Parros moustache ride

[YOUR Hero]

I was reading old posts to see if I picked a favourite to win the cup. Loks like I didn't. Had I, I would have went with either Anaheim or San Jose in the West and Buffalo or Ottawa in the East. I know it's easy to say that now, but through it all, things basically played out as it would have been expected.

[mrslackalack]

Congrats Ducks for winning the Stanley Cup, I am interested to see the ratings as the previous 2 NBC games had scary 1.1 and 1.9 ratings which are all time lows for primetime T.V for a major network.

[YOUR Hero]

Fuck NBC, they didn't promote it and they didn't give it any respect. I hope NBC goes bankrupt.

[Y2Ant]

CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!

I am so happy for Teemu and Andy McDonald and Rob Niedermayer and Giggy and kfsdaflsdjfahsjd yessss

[Zen v.W.o.]

That's the best trophy in all of sports. Congrats to the Ducks. I like their style. Habs better start getting more physical, that's the way to go.

Sens always have problems against bigger, more physical teams. Look at what the Leafs used to do to them all the time when they were nothing but thugs.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Fuck NBC, they didn't promote it and they didn't give it any respect. I hope NBC goes bankrupt.
Are you really blaming NBC for the low ratings? Come on

[Zen v.W.o.]

I blame bad marketing on the leagues part, and awful taste on americans parts for watching other sports over something as exciting as Hockey.

[YOUR Hero]

Are you really blaming NBC for the low ratings? Come on

No that was a sarcastic post.

[YOUR Hero]

I blame bad marketing on the leagues part, and awful taste on americans parts for watching other sports over something as exciting as Hockey.

2 strikes in @ 10 years doesn't help. Too much player movement as well (imo)

Right after the '94 season where hockey was on a high, the Rangers have the cup and what are they talking about? Strike. What do they do? Strike. Hockey shot itself in the foot. Also, there are far too many southern hockey teams that no one watches. Not the home towns, not the corporations, not the tv/radio/prin media. So many poor decision on hockey's part in the last 20 years or so.

[Zen v.W.o.]

2 strikes in @ 10 years doesn't help. Too much player movement as well (imo)

Right after the '94 season where hockey was on a high, the Rangers have the cup and what are they talking about? Strike. What do they do? Strike. Hockey shot itself in the foot. Also, there are far too many southern hockey teams that no one watches. Not the home towns, not the corporations, not the tv/radio/prin media. So many poor decision on hockey's part in the last 20 years or so.


I agree with your final paragraph. You pretty much nailed that point.

However as for the player movement thing, which mind you, I dont care much for either, since it's hard to build a cohesive team together and feel like you can relate to your team, every league is now like that, especially the NFL. And it's still loved. I think the NHL could get past that, but like you said, they arent starting off on the right foot in order to do so because of numerous errors they made in the past.

[Zelda]

I just think that it's sad that the winning team is once again a city where nobody cares about hockey.

[YOUR Hero]

3 NHL years in a row. Actually 4 because New Jersey doesn't really have fans either.