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NHL PlayOffs |OT| Keep your hopes up, and your salt on the ice
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Was drunk and did some stupid things like post in the offseason thread, apologies
Have an interview in 2 hours and the manager thats interviewing me is a fan so perhaps we can cry over last night together
SuperSonic1305
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Every non-Leafs fan ever?
equippedwithtowel
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News flash, we don't have a monopoly on hating the Leafs.
Encouraging news from the morning skate.
Brian Boyle was on the ice today finally and seems to be skating just fine. Sounds like he might be back very very soon, maybe as soon as tonight.
Ryane Clowe was not on the ice but was working out off the ice, so that's promising improvement. Derek Dorsett seems to have graduated from his yellow non-contact jersey to a white jersey as an extra skater. Sounds like he might be making his Ranger debut during this series.
Marc Staal participated again as he's been doing for a while. Says his vision still isn't completely there yet, and he doesn't want to hurt the team, so that sure sounds like he's out tonight. Not that I expected him to be in.
This amused me: "Michael Haley tipped in a Derek Stepan pass and it elicited a large reaction from the Rangers."
Brian Boyle was on the ice today finally and seems to be skating just fine. Sounds like he might be back very very soon, maybe as soon as tonight.
Ryane Clowe was not on the ice but was working out off the ice, so that's promising improvement. Derek Dorsett seems to have graduated from his yellow non-contact jersey to a white jersey as an extra skater. Sounds like he might be making his Ranger debut during this series.
Marc Staal participated again as he's been doing for a while. Says his vision still isn't completely there yet, and he doesn't want to hurt the team, so that sure sounds like he's out tonight. Not that I expected him to be in.
This amused me: "Michael Haley tipped in a Derek Stepan pass and it elicited a large reaction from the Rangers."
Zombie James
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petethepanda
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Not really on topic but the Blackhawks just announced they're raising ticket prices again next season. Since 2009 our 300 level seats have increased by over 170%, and it'd be even higher if we had the numbers from 2007 laying around. Fucking hell.
Now we can complain that hitting is too easy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6tggtJBe7c&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6tggtJBe7c&feature=youtu.be
That's what happens when most of the league's revenue comes from ticket sales.
TV numbers are getting better though. However, teams will still milk fans for every last drop.
Lone_Prodigy
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For all the goaltending drama yesterday, practically no one is talking about it today. Luongo was solid, and Schneider would've been too.
One thing that worries me is that this isn't the 2011 Sharks. This Sharks team is better defensively, takes shooting lanes/rebounds away, and is healthier and more balanced. There's no loading up the top line, no brutal defensive gaffes, no laughable PK. While they're not as physically punishing as the Kings and Blues, they have a lot of scoring depth in their top 9.
Similarly, this isn't the 2011 Canucks. Despite icing almost the same lineup from that Cup run they look older and slower. Maybe Salo and Ehrhoff are irreplaceable.
I thought the Canucks were fine in the first two periods. But they don't have the forward depth of the Sharks and if Kesler is really hurt then they're a one-line team.
I think they need to step back from the physical play (maybe all that hitting tired them out) and focus more on puck possession and speed. Put in Ballard instead of Alberts and Jensen/Schroeder instead of Ebbett.
It's a long series, but the Canucks showed one of their recent problems last night; a disinterested, disorganized, third period. Last year they didn't take the Kings seriously until Game 3 and by then it was too late. They're close to falling into that trap again this year.
One thing that worries me is that this isn't the 2011 Sharks. This Sharks team is better defensively, takes shooting lanes/rebounds away, and is healthier and more balanced. There's no loading up the top line, no brutal defensive gaffes, no laughable PK. While they're not as physically punishing as the Kings and Blues, they have a lot of scoring depth in their top 9.
Similarly, this isn't the 2011 Canucks. Despite icing almost the same lineup from that Cup run they look older and slower. Maybe Salo and Ehrhoff are irreplaceable.
I thought the Canucks were fine in the first two periods. But they don't have the forward depth of the Sharks and if Kesler is really hurt then they're a one-line team.
I think they need to step back from the physical play (maybe all that hitting tired them out) and focus more on puck possession and speed. Put in Ballard instead of Alberts and Jensen/Schroeder instead of Ebbett.
It's a long series, but the Canucks showed one of their recent problems last night; a disinterested, disorganized, third period. Last year they didn't take the Kings seriously until Game 3 and by then it was too late. They're close to falling into that trap again this year.
slightconfuse
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LEts GO RANGERS!
The thing I think I'm most interested in tonight is how Nash fares. This whole "playoffs" thing isn't exactly something he's really used to, and his one previous experience wasn't particularly memorable.
This is precisely what he came to New York for, though. Time to earn his keep.
This is precisely what he came to New York for, though. Time to earn his keep.
This is kind of misleading since their ticket prices were so slow due to the team being shitty for a decade. Their average ticket price is barely above the NHL average right now but that'll creep up pretty quickly going forward.
SuperSonic1305
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Apparently Julien said Grabovski embellished the elbow to the face. You gotta be fucking kidding me.
Julien is always full of shit. I think he posts here under 'Sanjuro'.
Not sure if that link makes sense.
ActStriker
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Where'd you hear this? He didn't tell anything to reporters
Tough to see through all the sweaty fog.
wsoxfan1214
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What the fuck did Spectre do
Probably has something to do with this:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=56513148&postcount=152
wsoxfan1214
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So the fuck what. The guy even said he didn't really care and just wanted to tell GAF. How fucking stupid.
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Lone_Prodigy
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aren't the seats gold?
Yes.
I mean, it's possible there could have been a black seat there...or something else that color.
I think it could be the ad hominem attack against the "science reporter". His last three posts are all a bit stupid in their own unique way, though I don't think any of them deserved a ban.
Doubtful in Boston...
1. Give out 18,000 black t-shirts.
2. Instruct side opposite Reimer during 1st/3rd period to wear shirt at that time.
3. Instruct side opposite Reimer during 2nd period to wear shirt at that time.
Would be amazing.
wsoxfan1214
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I'm glad I didn't quote the guy and go "so what's the problem?" when he said he wasn't bothered now. I was going to but couldn't get any WiFi on the part of campus I was on.
Some of these bans..
CrazedArabMan
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It's a little Tabris-esque, but I kinda like what the Habs website is doing:
Presumably each win results in one torch being lit and the Cup getting brighter.
It's a shame we'll never see what the cup looks like all lit up on that screen.
Lone_Prodigy
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His ban history probably had something to do with it.
No Schneider at practice. Same D pairings.
Forward lines:
Sedin-Sedin-Burrows
Kesler-Roy-Higgins
Raymond-Lapierre-Hansen
Kassian-Ebbett-Weise
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