BRV
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Post by BRV on May 30, 2013 12:20:45 GMT -5
Back in my playoff predictions in April, I called for Bruins vs. Penguins and Kings vs. Blackhawks in the respective conference finals. I'm not going to change my initial predictions now. (Though I want to)
Penguins over Bruins in six Blackhawks over Kings in six
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Post by darbus alan on May 30, 2013 15:10:51 GMT -5
Devils assistant coach Matt Shaw is leaving the team to be a head coach/GM of an USHL team.
And nothing of value was lost.
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Post by triplethreatmark on May 30, 2013 15:44:20 GMT -5
Devils assistant coach Matt Shaw is leaving the team to be a head coach/GM of an USHL team. And nothing of value was lost. Don't you guys hate your coaching staff by and large? Or is it just DeBoer who everybody loathes now?
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Post by Wolfpack Bitch on May 30, 2013 17:20:08 GMT -5
Regardless of which team from the East makes it, that flight back and forth to LA would suck. As a Pens fan, obviously I'm cheering for them... don't think Boston will be too much of an issue. Malkin is loomin' large and due to break out in a major way. Rather not have to face Quick, but I don't want Hossa near that Cup again.
Pens in 5 Kings in 7
If the Pens series goes beyond five games, I'm betting we'll see Flower back between the pipes. Then say Pens in 7.
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Steveweiser
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Post by Steveweiser on May 30, 2013 18:07:59 GMT -5
Stephen Walkom could be reffing the Hawks again this series. God almighty...
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2013 19:47:23 GMT -5
Damn you LA signing Robyn Regehr. He was one of the few good UFA defensemen this off season!
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Post by triplethreatmark on May 30, 2013 19:50:54 GMT -5
Damn you LA signing Robyn Regehr. He was one of the few good UFA defensemen this off season! Hey, Willie Mitchell might never come back and the Rob Scuderi situation is still up in the air. It'd be foolish to just let Regehr walk away.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2013 23:51:06 GMT -5
The Oilers signed KHL defenseman Anton Belov to a one year entry level contract. He is 6'4 so finally a giant is on the team and posted 9 goals and 17 assists in 46 games but is a -19. Is anyone familiar with the KHL or with this player in this being a good signing? I know the Penguins were interested in him
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Post by darbus alan on May 30, 2013 23:53:27 GMT -5
Devils assistant coach Matt Shaw is leaving the team to be a head coach/GM of an USHL team. And nothing of value was lost. Don't you guys hate your coaching staff by and large? Or is it just DeBoer who everybody loathes now? DeBoer's a mixed reaction, but most of the people I know blamed the players more than the coaches. I think PDB got a free pass for this year from most of the fans I talk to because it was a shortened season and he did get us to the Finals last year. The weakest part of the Devils' game this year (Brodeur and Kovy injuries aside) was, by far, the Power Play. Even when the team was in first place the power play was awful. So most of the hate for the coaching was focused on Matt Shaw.
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Post by Unocal 76 on May 31, 2013 2:46:33 GMT -5
Outside of Montreal, does ANYBODY have a power play that fans of certain teams don't bitch about?
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2013 2:50:26 GMT -5
Outside of Montreal, does ANYBODY have a power play that fans of certain teams don't bitch about? Edmonton Oilers. Last season they finished 3rd on the powerplay for a 29th place team and 5th this year on a 23rd place team. It's one of the few bright spots for us
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Post by armbar on Jun 1, 2013 3:05:20 GMT -5
Patrick Roy has, according to a Finnish hockey commentator, some serious interest in Aleksander "Sasha" Barkov.
About Belov, saw him at the World Championship. Was a decent defender, better than Fedor Tyutin at least, didn't shine in any way, but that was more of the whole Russian team than just him.
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Post by TCM on Jun 1, 2013 3:21:24 GMT -5
Because it's still hilarious:
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2013 13:51:10 GMT -5
Patrick Roy has, according to a Finnish hockey commentator, some serious interest in Aleksander "Sasha" Barkov. About Belov, saw him at the World Championship. Was a decent defender, better than Fedor Tyutin at least, didn't shine in any way, but that was more of the whole Russian team than just him. Well that's good. I was worried this might be more of a expensive AHL prospect rather then a inexpensive NHL player. So he may already be a 3-4 pairing guy on any team rather than a 5-6 guy which is a huge problem with Edmonton's D Corps. Outside of Smid and J. Schultz who are a 3-4 guys on any team with J. Schultz having potential of being a top pairing defender on any team, the others are all 5-6 or 7 and 8 on any team.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2013 16:41:23 GMT -5
Chicago dominates. Gets rewarded by the flukiest goal I ever seen. 1-0 LA
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 1, 2013 17:42:01 GMT -5
2-1 Hawks with not long to go in the 2nd. Sharp and Hossa with the goals.
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Post by TCM on Jun 1, 2013 17:46:20 GMT -5
Sharp's tying goal and Hossa's deflection of Keith's shot makes it 2-1 at end of 2nd. Let's keep it up boys.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 1, 2013 18:42:02 GMT -5
HAWKS WIN GAME 1. Game 2 tomorrow night.
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Post by Unocal 76 on Jun 1, 2013 18:57:07 GMT -5
Unlike Pens/Sens game 3, Chicago just demonstrated the proper way to handle a power play up 1 goal late in the third.
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Post by triplethreatmark on Jun 1, 2013 19:21:06 GMT -5
Oh boy....that game was...wow. I only managed to see half of the 1st and the entirety of the 3rd (went with my dad to Best Buy to fix some minor problems on his computer)but that was brutal. If the Kings are gonna play like that and having Rick get hit like that...Chicago might have already punched their ticket to the next round.
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