IF ILYA BRYZGALOV IS SO GREAT WHY HAS HE BEEN ON FOUR TEAMS IN TEN YEARS: THE NHL 2011-2012 THREAD (INCLUDING VANCOUVER RECONSTRUCTION, BOSTON HANGOVER AND OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

while this is true i have great faith in the sharks + i think they wont take as many penalties? really i dont know v much about hockey i just like the sharks so i picked them to win

really i dont know v much about hockey i just like the sharks

it's cool -- we already have bill magill threatening to pound anyone who disagrees with his dumb shit

during the wings/hawks season finale eddie o was rambling on about how teams who lost to a playoff opponent in the regular season series would suddenly kick their ass once in the playoffs, probably trying to rationalize a way to the hawks beating phoenix despite losing the season series

and iirc bill is now threatening poundings on ilnfl which is too bad, I miss his passion for the game

mmhmm

too late for picks?

nux 6
sharks 6
yotes 7
red wings 6

rangers 5
bruins 5
devils 7
flyers 7

but hockey series can't be picked on things like "evidence" or "logic" or "seeding" anyway imo

yeah that's why I avoid making them, that and I don't know enough about most non-division teams to predict. wings in 6 seems safe since that's how many they've needed to beat nashville in previous playoffs, but beyond that... ¯\(°_o)/¯

mike babcock: "the referees are trying to get to the stanley cup finals like the rest of us" -- calls have been pretty surprising thus far

haha i have no real faith in my predictions (except for san jose) but i figured why not. going to a bar to watch the canucks game in half an hour have my fingers crossed

how many games does shea weber get for that

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/shea-weber-predators-fined-zetterberg-head-slam-shanahan-174039330.html

garage league

"soccer-style feigned injuries" -- did Bill Magill write this article?

http://cantstopthebleeding.com/wordpress/img/2012/04/Screen-Shot-2012-04-12-at-7.26.58-PM.png

that last logo of the retweets is also pretty funny. everyone in canada definitely includes everyone living here who is originally from another city with a hockey team (which is a lot of people).

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god brad marchand is such a little prick

wtf was Spike Lee doing at the Rangers-Sens game - I thought he hated hockey?

shit was getting pretty real at the end of the blues-sharks game, and not least because andy mcdonald slew-footed logan couture well after the whistle

that rangers game is exactly why there should continue to be fighting in NHL

Good thing that 2500 dollar precedent has been set nice work shanny

did anyone ever try and answer the thread title? reason he left Anaheim after (he helped them) winning the cup was 'cuz J.S. Giguere was their #1. dunno what happened in Phoenix, prolly has a expensive contract. i thought he was fantastic the few times i saw him play for Anaheim.
anyhoo, LA Kings have really surprised so far. hope they can keep it up tonight. fuck. the sharks.

hard to believe marc-andre fleury won a cup once

i don't think i've ever seen a team/athlete so completely inside another's head as the flyers are in the penguins' right now

Good thing that 2500 dollar precedent has been set nice work shanny

otm. the rationale that a one-game suspension in a seven-game playoff series is like an 11-game suspension over an 82-game season is absurd. alfie or zetterberg or whomever is no less concussed because it's the playoffs

This might be the bloodiest series I've seen since Wings/Avs 97

And I mean 98 too if you want

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congratz jimmy. i'm starting to get the feeling this might not be the canucks' year

canucks more like canSUCKS goddam it

and i have game 7 tickets! ;_;

http://nhl-red-light.si.com/2012/04/16/mayhem-reigns-in-stanley-cup-playoffs

otm

http://www.faceoff-factor.com/1pittsburgh-penguins/4522/black-mark-for-the-black-and-gold

also otm

gf scored tix to hawks/coyotes game 4 on thursday, stoked for the playoff madness even if I think hawks = lamestains

both goalies pulled in new jersey!

three goal lead is very dangerous, even worse then 2 goal

Wow no idea Brodeur is still playing.

Just saw Hossa get laid out big time

That was a Bill Magill special if there ever was one.

three goal lead is very dangerous, even worse then 2 goal

haha this is ridiculous, but god knows the penguins believe it

damn preds just got totally totally robbed on a goal call

legwand sonned by a bettman in a hockey beef etc

And then they get one legit, and Detroit equalize on a crazy shot from the point. Craziness.

should i name my future cat legwand y/n

y

a lot of the predators have quality names for cats imo

'hal gill'