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Post by triplethreatmark on May 29, 2013 22:16:09 GMT -5
Seems I'm a bit outnumbered here. Lots of Blackhawks fans and just me and another poster are Kings fans. Anyways, I really like the Blackhawks and it's gonna be a hell of a series. Good luck to you guys and may the best team win.
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Post by BR329 on May 29, 2013 22:21:11 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2013 22:26:28 GMT -5
Last four champions in the Conference Finals Last year: LA 2011: Boston 2010: Chicago 2009: Pittsburgh I never thought I would see the Wings go up 3-1 in that series and it felt nice but in the end the Hawks were the better team. Congrats Chicago. Also known as Iginla's short list of teams he wanted to be traded too. He's a prophet alright
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on May 29, 2013 22:27:35 GMT -5
Well, for once........San Jose wasn't the choke artist.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2013 22:27:50 GMT -5
Seems I'm a bit outnumbered here. Lots of Blackhawks fans and just me and another poster are Kings fans. Anyways, I really like the Blackhawks and it's gonna be a hell of a series. Good luck to you guys and may the best team win. Hey wasn't last year just you vs. 4 devils fans?
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2013 22:34:00 GMT -5
Well, for once........San Jose wasn't the choke artist. Doesn't change the fact that they are eliminated.
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Post by Unocal 76 on May 29, 2013 22:36:54 GMT -5
Kind of fitting it was Seabrook that continued one of the best seasons in Blackhawk history- he's a Blackhawk holdovers from the bad old Wirtz days.
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Post by Spider2024 on May 29, 2013 22:46:31 GMT -5
Last four champions in the Conference Finals Last year: LA 2011: Boston 2010: Chicago 2009: Pittsburgh I never thought I would see the Wings go up 3-1 in that series and it felt nice but in the end the Hawks were the better team. Congrats Chicago. I noticed that too. Some consistency in the NHL, can this be?
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on May 29, 2013 22:52:19 GMT -5
Well, for once........San Jose wasn't the choke artist. Doesn't change the fact that they are eliminated. True, but they at least lost to a team that was in the series always one step ahead, yet took Los Angeles to the limit. Detroit had the series won, and couldn't get the job done in three tries.
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Post by triplethreatmark on May 29, 2013 23:02:34 GMT -5
Seems I'm a bit outnumbered here. Lots of Blackhawks fans and just me and another poster are Kings fans. Anyways, I really like the Blackhawks and it's gonna be a hell of a series. Good luck to you guys and may the best team win. Hey wasn't last year just you vs. 4 devils fans? Yes. Yes, it was.
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Post by Unocal 76 on May 29, 2013 23:12:33 GMT -5
Chicago, LA, Boston, Pittsburgh- NBC can't lose with any combo of these two in the Cup Finals.
Last year, you had the ratings specter of a Coyotes/Devils series looking over the conference finals.
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Post by darbus alan on May 30, 2013 0:13:05 GMT -5
Seems I'm a bit outnumbered here. Lots of Blackhawks fans and just me and another poster are Kings fans. Anyways, I really like the Blackhawks and it's gonna be a hell of a series. Good luck to you guys and may the best team win. Hey wasn't last year just you vs. 4 devils fans? We have a 4th Devils fan? Maybe they haven't posted in awhile, but it's usually just HMark, RT, and me. Chicago, LA, Boston, Pittsburgh- NBC can't lose with any combo of these two in the Cup Finals. Last year, you had the ratings specter of a Coyotes/Devils series looking over the conference finals. Don't the Devils usually do better ratings than the Kings? Granted, Coyotes/Anyone would be really poor ratings outside of the other team's home market.
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Post by Steveweiser on May 30, 2013 0:30:13 GMT -5
Glad we got that Wings monkey off our backs. Think we'll beat the Kings in 5, defending home ice will be very important this time round.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2013 0:35:43 GMT -5
Anyways I was 3 for 4 in predictions only getting the Sens and Pens series wrong.
Kings over Blackhawks in 6 Bruins over Pens in 6
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Post by triplethreatmark on May 30, 2013 0:42:01 GMT -5
Anyways I was 3 for 4 in predictions only getting the Sens and Pens series wrong. Kings over Blackhawks in 6 Bruins over Pens in 6 This is why you're my friend.
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Post by Unocal 76 on May 30, 2013 1:03:56 GMT -5
Gonna make my picks on Friday.
All I have to say- for the next 1-2 weeks, Steveweiser and triplethreatmark are about to go to hockey trash-talk war.
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Post by darbus alan on May 30, 2013 1:09:33 GMT -5
All I want from these two series is Game Sevens. Really don't have a strong rooting interest in either series, though I'd love to see an LA-Pittsburgh finals.
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Post by BearDogg-X on May 30, 2013 1:30:42 GMT -5
2 for 4, missed both Eastern Conference series, got both Western Conference teams correct.
East final: Bruins in 7 West final: Blackhawks in 7
Both could go either way, I think.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2013 3:01:29 GMT -5
Anyways I was 3 for 4 in predictions only getting the Sens and Pens series wrong. Kings over Blackhawks in 6 Bruins over Pens in 6 This is why you're my friend. The irony is before the 2011-2012 regular season started, I predicted the Stanley cup finals would be Boston beating LA. I was right in LA making it in the cup finals and I might be a year to late correcting the finals. I honestly want anyone but the Penguins. Put me in the LA or Boston bandwagon
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Post by Ben Wyatt on May 30, 2013 6:45:30 GMT -5
LA/Chicago: Hoo boy. Flip a coin here as either team could take this one. Home ice belongs to Chicago, so they're my pick Blackhawks in 7 Bruins/Penguins: So many fun storylines here. Iginla vs the team he jilted. Matt Cooke being Matt Cooke. Can Rask continue to be the guy in net. The Bruins went from looking dead in the water to a well oiled machine. The Penguins are an offensive powerhouse. The Bruins powerplay is better recently, but not great. The Penguins goaltending is their achelles heel. This one goes 6 or 7. Bruins in 6 (Come on, like I'd bet against them )
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