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Ok, the second round is about to start.
Pairs are:
Rangers vs. Sabres
Devils vs. Senators
Ducks vs. Canucks
Red Wings vs. Sharks
I'm personally cheering for Sabres and Ducks the most. I wouldn't mind at all them taking Stanley Cup. The only sad thing about is that should they win, it'll be most certain that Teemu Selänne retires after that. But out of all Finn hockey players, he deserves the cup most :up:
Well, the only chance I have in winning my playoff pool is for the Sabres and Wings to go to the finals.
I think the Sabres will do it, but I'm begining to have doubts about the Wings. The Sharks have a younger, more aggressive team and I think they're now fired up for the next round.
This has been doing the e-mail rounds recently in Calgary...
Cruel... :s
And this pic was taking by my buddy's sister-in-law in Kelowna B.C...
(This one really hurts :mad: )
I'm surprised it wasn't of the leafs .. :/Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Leafs re-sign Boyd Deveraux for another 2 years....
..I like the Sabres.. and maaybe even Ottawa(belive it or not :s ) Onething I hope for is that the ducks shut up the crowd over here in Vancouver..
Ducks vs Sabres for the Cup, you hear it here. They are the two best teams, with honourable mention going to the Sharks and Sens.
Schmenke, I have told all my Habfan buddies that they better get used to being just another team, they used up a Century's worth of luck and Karma winning all those cups, but in the "new" NHL, they wont get a sniff.....
Very soon I am going to prescribe to NASN which means i'll finally get to watch live NHL games !!!
You going to be awake in the wee hours of the morning to watch them live? :p :
yep.
The times aren't that bad, there's none right in the middle of the night (4-5) they're mostly on earlier (1-2) or later (5-6)
IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO TODAY I remember that night when the Leafs last won the cup. The Chief scored the empty netter to seal the deal in Game 6.
I remember that year the Leafs played a game in Detroit and thrashed them so hard that Frank Mahovlich left the game in disgust halfway thru the 3rd period. Leafs won 13-0 IIRC.
40 years, eh?
Been only 14 for the Habs :mark:
Schmenke, if you had to suffer through an owner as inept as Harold Ballard, you wouldn't be so smug, and remember this also. The Habs are unlikely to win another for another 14 years as well. You guys were just plain lucky, and unlike some Habs fans, you are actually from Montreal. The Hab's fans I deal with grew up around here, and just locked onto a winning team as kids because they didn't have gumption to just cheer for the team in their own town......I have little time for THAT.
I wasn't trying to be smug :mark:
Yes, I was born and raised in Montreal, and as a kid I remember attending games in the old Montreal Forum, watching Lafleur with Lemaire and Shutt flying down the ice, with the Robinson and Savard on defence. Man, that was something special! The atmosphere was overwhelming! Loyalties are built up from experiences like that. How can I NOT be a Habs fan!
No matter where I live, my alegiance will always be intact ; :D
i remember guy lafleur too, he was very good skater.Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Tomi, saying he was a good skater was like saying Pope John Paul was Catholic. Lafleur was one of the best skaters of the era, and the only guy in that decade who could outskate him was my favourite, Bobby Orr. The two of them apparently were fast friends as roomates in 1976 in the first Canada Cup. Apparently the two of them had similar pre game routines, and it only was a problem because both of them liked having the dressing room to themselves and the ice in the afternoons to themselves.
Schmenke, even I had a soft spot for those late 70's Hab's teams, since I liked Robinson as much as I liked Orr in many ways, and he was the guy I tried to emulate playing myself. Of course, I didn't have his talent, but hey, a kid dreams don't he? I especially enjoyed the @ss kicking they gave the Flyers to win that first cup of the 4. I wasn't a big Hab's fan, like I said, but man, I loved seeing the Flyers get put down like rabid dogs. My dislike of Bobby Clarke and the Flyers has continued to this day, and they may be the one team I would always cheer for the Habs over!!!
Have you guys heard anything about the negotiations of possible Victoria Cup ?? What I heard they have a dream to make a three team cup where two of the teams comes from Europe and the third would be Stanley Cup holder. I find it very interesting as we could really see the level of European team hockey comparing to NHL.
Also, they have some sort of plans to build up a champions league in Europe, which they have already tried a few times but this time the model should be taken from soccer champions league. That at least has proved to be very succesfull consept. I guess this time, to make it really work, the reward money is in the different league than it used to be. That should motivate the national top teams to participate.
if I'm not totally wrong, they might use the champuons league finalists to take part to Victoria Cup which I mentioned earlier. I'm not just sure if NHL is interested of this plan :mark:
Bit of IIHF championships for a change.
Semifinal games are:
Russia - Finland
Canada - Sweden
I can't believe USA didn't win Finland today, our team gave the four goals to work with.
Lehtonen was in good form today, i almost for got his 7 goals few weeks ago. :)
Is Bobby Orr still living near Toronto? I met him once in my friends sport shop, he was here promoting CCM skates, he is a nice guy, pity he had so bad knees.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Not sure where he's living these days, but he's always been a real class player :up: One of the best skaters there ever was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomi
Bit of NHL trivia... he still holds the NHL record for a season-high plus/minus... at +124! :s hock:
:hot: :bounce: :hot:
Finland vs. Russia 2-1
We're in the finale !!!!
So sweat :bounce: :hot: :bounce: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by A.F.F.
pahkeinen
C'mon you DUCKS
I with the Sabres could win against those Sens.. :( .. 3-0 series in favour of Ottawa... just BRUTAL!
ahh yes I wish I was alive to see the leafs win the cup in 67..
It does suck that the upstart Sens will get where my Leafs haven't gone in 40 years......
Well, they're not there yet... :mark:
You got that right schmenke. Ducks will hold the Cup.
I imagine Schmenke goes to sleep at night with the voice of that annoying Forum PA announcer in his head.....
"...et le troisieme etoille, Rejean Houle!"
Gawd that always annoyed me!
Brings back memories that... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by edv
A.F.F. Ducks shut out in Anaheim 5 - 0... :s With play like that they won't be holding any cup soon... :mark:
I hear you. Just noticed myself :mark:Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
I cant believe I go away for a week and a half and NO ONE mentioned on here on who won the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS!!! The Canadians normally wouldn't mention it because we realize the best players are often still in the NHL playoffs or licking wounds from being eliminated from them. The Euros however are silent...mmmmm would that be because CANADA WON!!!!!!!!!
I was stuck in the US, and you don't get even get box scores of the NHL in some newspapers. So I had no idea until I got the newspaper in Windsor on Wednesday and saw a reference to it. Gotta like that......shame on you guys for not making some note of it.
Tomi, as for the whereabouts of Bobby Orr, he lives mainly in Boston, where he runs his player agency. He took it over after apprenticing under famous sports agent Bob Woolf. Woolf died in the late 90's and Orr took over the hockey side of the business. It is ironic the one player who was hurt so much by Alan Eagleson became an agent himself, but it makes the story of Orr probably more intriguing.
Orr's story is a cautionary tale to what happens to hockey players who don't pay attention to the business side of the equation when the big pay checks roll in. He has a rudimentry high school education, and he trusted Eagleson implicitily and was basically out of a career and broke in the late 70's through this. He took his fame, and the opportunity of being well known in Boston through his hockey exploits, to become a successful businessman and did a lot of work for charity in Boston, and back home here in Ontario. He is a very private guy, but I do know that he always goes back to Parry Sound Ontario where he grew up for visits and I am sure he has a cottage up there, but he remains based mainly in Boston.
I am envious Tomi, he is my hockey hero and yet I haven't managed to meet him....
Be careful Mark, you're too close the truth. Obviously i can't speak for other Finns out there but when it comes to me, damn right it's because Canada won. Things are different here in Finland. Do you have the slightest idea what it feels like to lick our empty fingers after we lost the finale for SEVENTH god damn time ??? This time it was easier because from the first minute of the game, it was clear that Canada will win. Team Finland's hockey was spiritless, worthless pathetic game and only the third period saved us from the total emberrasment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Having said that, Con-****in-gratulations Canada, once again ;) :D
What comes to Stanley Cup, my dream finale, Ducks vs. Sabres is slowly turning to my nightmare, Senators vs. Red Wings.... :mark:
Sabres are still alive... barely :p :
AFF, I hope you guys win one. I always cheer for the Finn's over the Russians, Czechs, Slovaks, Swedes, Swiss, Americans and Germans. Just you keep coming up against Canada when the chips are down and that hasn't worked out too well for you Finns.....
Schmenke, you do realize of course tho for me, this playoff is a horror show? I hate Ottawa, growing up in Southern Ontario means you know how insuffrable Buffalonians are when they are winning, so I have no dog in this hunt. Detroit will be my cheering faction because I lived in Windsor for a few years, but it is hard to cheer against a Canadian team with my Dad...he becomes an instant fan of the Canadian team in any final, and gets ticked when I adopt a team based on a player or two that I like as a person.....lol
Anyhow, I hate the Ducks. No matter who gets in from the East, they automatically will have my support of that jerk Brian Burke gets near a Stanley cup....
Can't have the Wings winning the Cup again, the Wings suck!!! Can't stand that organisation, ......aagghh!!!!
Don't worry Andy, Anaheim might use them up enough that Ottawa will likely win....
Don't know why you dont' like the Wings organization though. Ken Holland, Jimmy D, Scotty Bowman, Mike Babcock and Jim Nill are all quality people. Mike Illitch just lets them do their thing and they do it well. Chris Chelios is likely go on to the longest career in NHL history. A good guy too is Chelly, even if he spouts off. Ya Hasek is a bit of a loon, but he is a good goalie, and the fans there are enthusiastic, if not a little naive (Detroit is "hockey town?" Good lord, there are about 5 places in the US that could take that title over Detroit, and I wont even get into how stupid that sounds with Canadian cities lumped in)
That said, I like the old school uni's, I like Stevie Y and he is still on the management team in Detroit ( he also helped pick the Canadian team that just took the IIHF Worlds too) and the city of Detroit will still be a dump when the Wings win their cup. That city has taken a lot of knocks, and I don't mind them winning at all. God knows Ottawa fans will be insufferable if they win....
The Ottawa Senators are going to the Stanley Cup final with a 3-2 win in OT over the Sabres
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The Sens haven't choked yet whats the heck is going on here!!! :eek: .. nightmare for TO fans thats for sure...Quote:
Originally Posted by MD24
Well, it was sort of mentioned in post#261 :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
YES !!! Ducks in the final :bounce: