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)

yeah it's so painful when your team sets a record* for consecutive home wins and makes the playoffs for the 21st straight year

i rmde at u

It's hard to explain, but it hasn't been a fun or enjoyable season for me. There's been seasons I've had a lot more fun with where the wings have done much worse.

imo it's the big home winning streak and looking pretty damn good throughout the first like 2/3 of the season before injuries etc brought it all down and the loss to nashville was a bit of an inevitability

i was not expecting these results

and while bless said teams for doing what needed to be done, i'd like a *little* bit of offense at least

the WCF makes me nauseous just thinking about it. Phoenix? Really? Can't even be up against, like, the red wings or some BS? It's bad enough the ducks have a cup

Hoping now for a Tortorella vs Sutter final rematch.

Definitely not hoping for that on my end. Goddam I love eliminating the Flyers ESPECIALLY IN PHILLY. If we eliminate the Rangers too, I dont even care if we win the Cup. This would be the perfect season.

Kovalchuk fucking rules

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GM disappointed by Ilya Bryzgalov

"His job is to stop pucks and help us win games," Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said. "It's not Comedy Central."

The man known around these parts as "Bryz" still has eight more years left to figure it all out.

"Most of Eastern Pennsylvania dissapointed by Paul Holmgren"

"His job is to find a goaltender, which we have not had since Ron Hextall", Eastern Pennslyvania said. "It's not Comedy Central".

The man known as a complete idiot in these parts probably doesnt have much more time to figure it out.

IF ILYA BRYZGALOV IS SO GREAT WHY HAS HE BEEN ON FOUR TEAMS IN TEN YEARS

Holmgren making a complete fool of himself in that interview. Love it, as a Devils fan. Keep it up Flyers.

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This guy is a complete asshole:

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I love the guy chewing his fingernails, that's what i'll be doing when the puck drops tonight.

During the hunt he tweeted, “In Alberta trying to kill a few bruins. #unleashthefury,” followed by, “Just killed a Chara-sized bruin! 7ft black bear - 21in skull.”

^fucking loser. My grandfather used to call these guys "pot shotters"-the ultimate in cowardice.

The human cost of keeping the Phoenix Coyotes was paid Wednesday by 49 employees of the city of Glendale, Ariz.

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it's all rob scuderi

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mike smith can't do this all by himself tho

u_u

btw waht are you willing to pay to see the kings in the finals at the garden/rock?

idk I've thought about it. maybe 500 bux if it was a potential clinching game

which means either game 5 or 7

you might wanna root for the devils imo

I am totally rooting for the devils but I don't think that's in the cards. I mean the rangers have the potential to wipe los angeles off the face of the earth

also these assholes have to win one more game to even have this conversation

i dunno. i haven't seen the kings much at all, but i think they have at least as much offensive talent as the rangers (i.e. maybe not a whole lot). and the caps took them to seven with a rookie goalie.

they'll have to practice their picks, of course, lol torts

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welp

gif me jimmy

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i might start crying

also phoenix really turned into a bunch of hatchet men there, dinnit

also clean hit on a late whistle gimmie a break

Send that guy chewing his fingernails out East, still work to do here.

awesome game, we close it out friday

I am totally rooting for the devils but I don't think that's in the cards. I mean the rangers have the potential to wipe los angeles off the face of the earth

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either just a diehard R's fan or Jimmy hasn't been paying attention to the western conference side of the playoffs, imo

I grew up with the LA Kings so I know what I speak of. They will find a way to fuck this up.

Devils-Kings will go 7 no matter what. Kings would probably take Rangers in 5, especially if Lundquist keeps the .500 save percentage he sported last night.

I may fly out to LA for one of the Devils-Kings games out there.

@ Jimmy The Mod two posts upthread

i, too, grew up with the kings and what difference does that make? for the last month they've been the best team in the nhl basically with the stingiest netminder. i just don't understand what "rangers have the potential to wipe...." is even supposed to mean at this point

hubris

fair enough
i'd srsly consider taking a couple days off work for a game (live in sf) but i'm not enough of a fan of scalpers and esp their $400 tix. that comment stuck in my craw and seemed a little bit odd 'cuz the Devils have kinda dominated the R's as far as forecheckingways throughout the series anycares.

you are not incorrect, but. it's okay for *me* to say that, as a non-kings fan, but not you staring at 45 years of futility.

i suppose i'll root for the kings over either the devils or rangers, but the presence of mike richards bugs me. fuck that guy.

if the devils beat the rangers, i hope marty gets tix for roy.

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