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NHL '12 Playoffs |OT| "The Cup is our destiny this year."

Nashville's going to be extremely lucky to win this game after this period, so many chances that have come so dang close. Sadly this recent play will make a loss even worse than a blowout or not showing up to play, why couldn't they have played like this early on?!?!
 
It's amazing how many golden chances the Red Wings have managed to miss.

Rinne has been scrambling all over the place all period long.
 
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Can't win if you can't score.

They can't beat Rinne with regular shots--it takes an amazing steal by Datsyuk and they have to score on a goalie who isn't even looking.
 
After hating the Wings for a decade for being annoyingly elite and never regressing like i expected them to it's a bit sad to actually see them diminished like this. Maybe I'm just not giving the Preds enough credit, but watching the wings this game it's like sublime talent, great play, no goal 3 guys fall down and nothing comes of it.
 
That's okay. Let the hate flow through you.

In the NFL thread last year people asked me why I dislike Chicago fans the most. I wrote a diatribe about how the only White Sox/Bears fans I've ever met were humongous douchebags. That's no joke--I've never met a White Sox/Bears fan that wasn't a gigantic douche. It's amazing.

You're new here, but you seem to be ready to continue on the long tradition.

I still won't root for Phoenix, though. They need to go to Quebec ASAP.
 
This is why none of you should ever doubt us Wings' predictions, haha. I've been around this team far too long to know what's going to happen.
 
Stuart on the ice for all 3 predator goals this game, and 6 of their 8 in the series.

He reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where George asked Kramer if he was really going to California and Kramer pointed at his head and replied, "Up here, I'm already gone."
 
In the NFL thread last year people asked me why I dislike Chicago fans the most. I wrote a diatribe about how the only White Sox/Bears fans I've ever met were humongous douchebags. That's no joke--I've never met a White Sox/Bears fan that wasn't a gigantic douche. It's amazing.

You're new here, but you seem to be ready to continue on the long tradition.

I still won't root for Phoenix, though. They need to go to Quebec ASAP.

If it makes you feel any better, I'm a Panthers fan. Hate the Bears.

If you expect me to even remotely like the Wings as a Hawks fan, I'm not sure what to tell you. Not going to happen.
 
Hard to believe the Wings lost that one. 0.1 seconds more on the clock in the 2nd and things would have been different.

Gotta think The Wings will take this series anyway. Preds have nothing but Rinne, dumb luck and Stuart going for them. Can that carry them to the 2nd round?
 
Did you guys watch the game? Because Backstrom took two or three whacks at Thomas' glove when he clearly had it covered. Refs aren't going to protect someone who pulls that bush league crap.

edit: You can see the last slash he takes (after the whistle) at the beginning of the clip, but everyone wants to ignore that.

The indefensible play by Thomas was when he tried to kick the legs out from under one of the Caps players for hovering in his crease after a whistle.

TT: "Don't tread on me!"

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lol
 
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