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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 21:14:36 GMT -5
Yeah that should of counted as no goal. Bad call refs
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on May 27, 2015 21:34:37 GMT -5
Bleh
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Post by VRM: LET'S GO BLUESHIRTS!! on May 27, 2015 21:44:42 GMT -5
Both Conferences will play 7
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Post by bigalbass86 AKA Smokin Vokoun on May 27, 2015 21:44:59 GMT -5
Yes Virginia, there will be a Game 7.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 22:13:35 GMT -5
And I have a feeling Bettman and NBC executives are trying to plan a untraceable fix to get their dream finals. I can't believe how incredibly lucky the NHL is that one of their favorite seven teams have been in the finals since 2007-08. 6 out of the last 7 finals had at least one Bettman seven team. 4 out of the 7 finals featured two Bettman Seven teams. 5 out of the 7 times the chosen Bettman seven teams won with only LA being the only victorious non Bettman Seven team beating a Bettman Seven team in the finals. Seriously this dumb luck has to end sometime.
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Post by thegreatnodnarb on May 27, 2015 22:20:41 GMT -5
That's why there is no way the Lightning and Ducks both win. There's no money in that series. The NHL might give us one of them but even the odds of that to quote Gorilla Monsoon are "highly unlikely"
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Post by bigalbass86 AKA Smokin Vokoun on May 27, 2015 22:37:15 GMT -5
Man, Saturday I'm going to be a nervous wreck.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 22:46:09 GMT -5
That's why there is no way the Lightning and Ducks both win. There's no money in that series. The NHL might give us one of them but even the odds of that to quote Gorilla Monsoon are "highly unlikely" And that's exactly why the Lightning and Ducks should win the series. The less of Bettman Seven teams make it to the finals every year, the sooner they realize holy f*** let's promote other teams
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Post by Hit Girl on May 27, 2015 22:58:26 GMT -5
Man, Saturday I'm going to be a nervous wreck. Don't worry. The Ducks WILL prevail.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on May 27, 2015 23:04:07 GMT -5
That's why there is no way the Lightning and Ducks both win. There's no money in that series. The NHL might give us one of them but even the odds of that to quote Gorilla Monsoon are "highly unlikely" And that's exactly why the Lightning and Ducks should win the series. The less of Bettman Seven teams make it to the finals every year, the sooner they realize holy f*** let's promote other teams And the 'Ning are ripe for marketing. Simple logo, Tyler Johnson, Stamkos and Bishop are all marketable.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 23:23:32 GMT -5
And that's exactly why the Lightning and Ducks should win the series. The less of Bettman Seven teams make it to the finals every year, the sooner they realize holy f*** let's promote other teams And the 'Ning are ripe for marketing. Simple logo, Tyler Johnson, Stamkos and Bishop are all marketable. Hell so many teams are so marketable. With all the parity in the league I think every team for at least one season has been marketable within the last 5 seasons. But yeah I think the Lightning are like the most diverse team in the league. Like they have tons of high profile Americans, Czech's, Fins, Swede's, Russians. It's just not Canadians. Hell I think they have best collection of American players in the league with Bishop, Johnson, Callahan, Boyle, Carle. Only other team that comes close is St. Louis with Oshie, Statsny, Backes, and Shattenkirk.
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Post by Unocal 76 on May 28, 2015 0:33:13 GMT -5
Hockey will have Friday and Saturday all to themselves.
Thanks to the Golden State Warriors, no game 6 on Friday to compete with TB/NYR.
And CHI/ANA is now moved to NBC instead of NBCSN.
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Post by Unocal 76 on May 28, 2015 0:36:34 GMT -5
And I have a feeling Bettman and NBC executives are trying to plan a untraceable fix to get their dream finals. I can't believe how incredibly lucky the NHL is that one of their favorite seven teams have been in the finals since 2007-08. 6 out of the last 7 finals had at least one Bettman seven team. 4 out of the 7 finals featured two Bettman Seven teams. 5 out of the 7 times the chosen Bettman seven teams won with only LA being the only victorious non Bettman Seven team beating a Bettman Seven team in the finals. Seriously this dumb luck has to end sometime. Worth pointing out that back in the day, the NHL on FOX had terrible luck with the Finals. They missed out on Philadelphia-Chicago in '95, Colorado-Pittsburgh in '96, Detroit-NY Rangers in '97, Detroit-Buffalo in '98, Colorado/Buffalo in '99.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2015 0:51:59 GMT -5
And I have a feeling Bettman and NBC executives are trying to plan a untraceable fix to get their dream finals. I can't believe how incredibly lucky the NHL is that one of their favorite seven teams have been in the finals since 2007-08. 6 out of the last 7 finals had at least one Bettman seven team. 4 out of the 7 finals featured two Bettman Seven teams. 5 out of the 7 times the chosen Bettman seven teams won with only LA being the only victorious non Bettman Seven team beating a Bettman Seven team in the finals. Seriously this dumb luck has to end sometime. Worth pointing out that back in the day, the NHL on FOX had terrible luck with the Finals. They missed out on Philadelphia-Chicago in '95, Colorado-Pittsburgh in '96, Detroit-NY Rangers in '97, Detroit-Buffalo in '98, Colorado/Buffalo in '99. Chicago being marketable than Detroit in 1995 is bit debatable but I think Detroit was bit more marketable and I think Colorado/Toronto would be more marketable in '99 but yeah spot on and does make you think.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on May 28, 2015 1:10:37 GMT -5
Worth pointing out that back in the day, the NHL on FOX had terrible luck with the Finals. They missed out on Philadelphia-Chicago in '95, Colorado-Pittsburgh in '96, Detroit-NY Rangers in '97, Detroit-Buffalo in '98, Colorado/Buffalo in '99. Chicago being marketable than Detroit in 1995 is bit debatable but I think Detroit was bit more marketable and I think Colorado/Toronto would be more marketable in '99 but yeah spot on and does make you think. Chi was not marketable at all in the mid 90's. They were often pulling under 10k per game, some times substantially less, and when you went to the games it was more away team jerseys than home. It was like that until the mid 2000's at least. And outside of hardcore fans, they weren't selling much of anything, you had to hunt for it. I found Detroit, Philly, Pitts, and NYR stuff way more easily here and I am 70 miles from Chi.
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Post by bigalbass86 AKA Smokin Vokoun on May 28, 2015 1:18:25 GMT -5
Chicago being marketable than Detroit in 1995 is bit debatable but I think Detroit was bit more marketable and I think Colorado/Toronto would be more marketable in '99 but yeah spot on and does make you think. Chi was not marketable at all in the mid 90's. They were often pulling under 10k per game, some times substantially less, and when you went to the games it was more away team jerseys than home. It was like that until the mid 2000's at least. And outside of hardcore fans, they weren't selling much of anything, you had to hunt for it. I found Detroit, Philly, Pitts, and NYR stuff way more easily here and I am 70 miles from Chi. Also it didn't help that the Blackhawks didn't have home games on TV until 2008.
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Post by Unocal 76 on May 28, 2015 1:21:53 GMT -5
Chicago being marketable than Detroit in 1995 is bit debatable but I think Detroit was bit more marketable and I think Colorado/Toronto would be more marketable in '99 but yeah spot on and does make you think. Chi was not marketable at all in the mid 90's. They were often pulling under 10k per game, some times substantially less, and when you went to the games it was more away team jerseys than home. It was like that until the mid 2000's at least. And outside of hardcore fans, they weren't selling much of anything, you had to hunt for it. I found Detroit, Philly, Pitts, and NYR stuff way more easily here and I am 70 miles from Chi. 1996 was the last time the Blackhawks were relevant under Wirtz. In '95, they still had Belfour/Chelios/Roenick. And you think THAT is not marketable?
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2015 1:24:25 GMT -5
Chicago being marketable than Detroit in 1995 is bit debatable but I think Detroit was bit more marketable and I think Colorado/Toronto would be more marketable in '99 but yeah spot on and does make you think. Chi was not marketable at all in the mid 90's. They were often pulling under 10k per game, some times substantially less, and when you went to the games it was more away team jerseys than home. It was like that until the mid 2000's at least. And outside of hardcore fans, they weren't selling much of anything, you had to hunt for it. I found Detroit, Philly, Pitts, and NYR stuff way more easily here and I am 70 miles from Chi. I thought the early 90's up until 97 Blackhawks were marketable when they made it to the cup finals, bunch of conference finals, a presidents trophy, and had lots of big name players both legendary and upcoming like Roenick, Belfour, Chelios, Hasek, Bernie Nichols, Steve Smith, Tony Amote, Steve Lamar, Brent Sutter, and Darryl Sutter or Mike Keenan coaching through the majority Plus Wayne's World
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on May 28, 2015 1:24:59 GMT -5
Chi was not marketable at all in the mid 90's. They were often pulling under 10k per game, some times substantially less, and when you went to the games it was more away team jerseys than home. It was like that until the mid 2000's at least. And outside of hardcore fans, they weren't selling much of anything, you had to hunt for it. I found Detroit, Philly, Pitts, and NYR stuff way more easily here and I am 70 miles from Chi. Also it didn't help that the Blackhawks didn't have home games on TV until 2008. But we got almost every road game, and got to watch them lose, a lot, unless they could screw up another team's playoff chances, then they played like demons.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on May 28, 2015 1:27:57 GMT -5
Chi was not marketable at all in the mid 90's. They were often pulling under 10k per game, some times substantially less, and when you went to the games it was more away team jerseys than home. It was like that until the mid 2000's at least. And outside of hardcore fans, they weren't selling much of anything, you had to hunt for it. I found Detroit, Philly, Pitts, and NYR stuff way more easily here and I am 70 miles from Chi. 1996 was the last time the Blackhawks were relevant under Wirtz. In '95, they still had Belfour/Chelios/Roenick. And you think THAT is not marketable? It should have been, but not really. The ownership seemed to actively hate the fans and success. Fans didn't get invested in players because "well, they will be traded" and often to rivals. Hell, they had great guys like Hackett, Daze, and Amonte later too who could be marketed, they just never were because it cost money and the owners were never going to spend. If he didn't die the team would still be a joke. They spent about a decade or more trying to not lose money instead of trying to make money. It was awful.
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