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Official NHL April Thread: welcome to the Raycroft Memorial, take off your shoes plz

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bishoptl

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DopeyFish said:
psst: the leafs aren't out yet
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Wolf said:
"The only reason the Leafs are in the hunt is because of exceptional goaltending." -Healy
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A few more games and no more Maple Laughs on HNIC. God, I can hardly wait.

GO CANUCKS GO
 
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ForzaItalia

Banned
DopeyFish said:
jesus ****ing christ you stupid retarded leafs

YOU HAVE A GAME TO WIN WTF ARE YOU DOING

STOP ICING THE PUCK FROM YOUR OWN ****ING ZONE WHEN YOU ARE BEING FORECHECKED GOD DAMNIT IT'S NOT A ****ING HARD THING TO PASS

lakjgldfksjgdklsjglsjkdfgldfsglkjsdgjklsd

oh look! stajan is being a ****ing moron again

oh and someone teach everyone on the leafs how to pass... the rangers might have had like 10 icings in a row, but the 9 in a row before that for the leafs were from passes and not clearing attempts.

SAD

and look! it's 6-2

go to hell you piece of shit team. You guys are checking like you're 4 year old girls. **** can we let the entire team go for breach of contract? we signed them to play hockey, damnit.
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BigJonsson said:
Am I the only Leaf fan who hasn't broken down?

I'm quite calm

I didn't expect a win last night, so the loss tonight doesn't matter as much
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TemplaerDude said:
no offen... no wait, yeah, bigjonsson, you're really dumb.
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BigJonsson said:
Ducks have always been my West team :p

Selanne FTW
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BigJonsson said:
I have had that Ducks jersey for almost 10 years, so don't accuse me of being a bandwagoner
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WTF??!!:lol :lol :lol
 
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bishoptl

Banstick Emeritus
enough rehashing of the past, Forza, let's look forward to the future - together!

A glorious, high-definition, Leafs-less future.
 
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ForzaItalia

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bishoptl said:
enough rehashing of the past, Forza, let's look forward to the future - together!

A glorious, high-definition, Leafs-less future.
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Come on dude....Leafs in HD followed by the Canucks in HD as I lie in bed watching the late game.

The Leafs need to be there for the "annoyance" factor....
 
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SA-X

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Current Eastern standings after Sunday's games:

Rank / Team / GP / Points
1. Buffalo 78 107
2. New Jersey 79 102
3. Atlanta 79 93
4. Ottawa 79 102
5. Pittsburgh 79 101
6. NY Rangers 79 91
7. Tampa Bay 79 90
8. Montreal 79 88
9. Toronto 79 87
10. Carolina 79 86
11. NY Islanders 78 84

I'm hoping the Leafs squeak into 8th if only so I can watch their implosion against Buffalo. Also hoping for a Sens/Pens 1st round 4th/5th seed brouhaha.
 
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Mike Works

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i'd rather see Sabres/Leafs or Sabres/Hurricanes than Habs (or Lightning).

i'd personally rather see Toronto and Montreal make it in, just because every story needs a villain (and Montreal has some good history with some teams)
 
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Solo

Member
Manics said:
It actually did hurt. Before the loss the Habs were in the driver's seat as they controlled their own destiny as long as they won. Now the Leafs have the upper hand with the game in hand. Of course that could all change again tonight.
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... and we're back to square one. If Montreal can win 3, then nothing else matters. I cant wait for Saturday though. If Montreal and Toronto both win the 2 games beforehand, then Saturday night will effectively be a one game playoff series.
 
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scissorfight

Banned
So Kronwall is out for the playoffs with yet another long-term injury. I'd be pissed if he hadn't been the worst of the regular 6 this year. Even Lilja has a better +/-.

Injury-ridden bust so far. *sigh*
 
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Manics

Banned
Solo said:
... and we're back to square one. If Montreal can win 3, then nothing else matters. I cant wait for Saturday though. If Montreal and Toronto both win the 2 games beforehand, then Saturday night will effectively be a one game playoff series.
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Yup. If both the Leafs and Habs win the next 2, Saturday night will be like a game 7.
 
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Manics

Banned
Wolf said:
This is it boys, the last week of the season. Dreams will be realized, hearts will be broken, and by the end of the week, manics will be banned.
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:lol

We'll see my man. It's either you or me for the 1st round of the playoffs. It's a pity we can't both get in, but one of us (you) will be banned for the 1st round.
 
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DopeyFish

Not bitter, just unsweetened
i hope the leafs casually make it in the playoffs just to eat away at your soul bish :)

All Leafs, All the time! Hockey Night in Canada!
 
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The Internet

Member
scissorfight said:
So Kronwall is out for the playoffs with yet another long-term injury. I'd be pissed if he hadn't been the worst of the regular 6 this year. Even Lilja has a better +/-.

Injury-ridden bust so far. *sigh*
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Didn't Detroit sign Kronwall to a nice fat contract earlier this season?
 
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scissorfight

Banned
The Internet said:
Didn't Detroit sign Kronwall to a nice fat contract earlier this season?
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Yeah, and I wasn't thrilled then, either.

scissorfight in 11/06 said:
Wings lock up Kronwall - 5 yrs/15 mil

http://tsn.ca/nhl/teams/news_story/?ID=185649&hubname=nhl-red_wings

I know they're high on this guy, but he really hasn't done shit in the NHL yet...besides get injured.
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Most Wings fans love this guy....I don't get it. He hasn't even come close to his international level of play yet. If I hear one more person call him Lidstrom junior I'm going to ****ing puke.
 
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DopeyFish

Not bitter, just unsweetened
speaking of kronwall... i wish staffan kronwall would hurry up and heal. he played incredibly well until he slammed into the boards and screwed up his ankle. Much better than he did in previous years
 
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Alucard

Banned
Pens have got the Sabres, Sens, and Rangers to close out the season. Good tests, all. I REALLY want them to get home ice in the playoffs. They play so much better at the Igloo.
 
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R_GILL

I'm tanking for Kabanov!
DopeyFish said:
speaking of kronwall... i wish staffan kronwall would hurry up and heal. he played incredibly well until he slammed into the boards and screwed up his ankle. Much better than he did in previous years
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Yeah he was damn good til he got injured, I heard though he was upset that the Leafs called up White, Bell and Woz before him when he is arguably better than those 3.
 
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Kingpen

Member
Alucard said:
Pens have got the Sabres, Sens, and Rangers to close out the season. Good tests, all. I REALLY want them to get home ice in the playoffs. They play so much better at the Igloo.
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I'm the biggest fan of the pens in the world and have all the confidence in them.... But the realist in me knows that we are not getting home ice in the playoffs unless we get some help from Ottawa or Jersey losing as much as us....

I don't know if we can pull a 3 for 3 out of those games... Gonna be really hard....
 
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BigJonsson

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scissorfight said:
LOL WUT
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I shit you not

Dude from TSN was doing the sports news on CTV and was like...uhh this just off the wire from the CP, as bizarre as it sounds the Devils have fired coach Claude Julien
 
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Jason

Member
Devils fire Julien

Canadian Press/TSN.ca

4/2/2007 1:02:11 PM

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (CP) - The playoff-bound New Jersey Devils have fired head coach Claude Julien with less than a week to go in the regular season.

The surprising move comes with the Devils second in the Eastern Conference with a 47-24-8 record and 102 points.

The move was confirmed by a team spokesman.

Julien, a former Canadiens coach, took over the Devils on June 13, 2006.

Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello has done this before. On March 24, 2000, he fired coach Robbie Ftorek with eight games left and the Devils in first place. Assistant Larry Robinson was given the job of turning things around before the playoffs and New Jersey responded by winning the Stanley Cup.
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http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=202500&hubname=
 
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fallout

Member
Kabuki Waq said:
just sayin...... Lou must have thought it would improve the team or else he would not have done it.
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Oh, I know. I wasn't really directing that at you. Was directing it at the hypothetical decision making process.
 
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Alucard

Banned
Must be some personal troubles within the team if that news is true. Wow, crazy. Your team is leading the division and you fire the coach with 3-4 games left in the season? Wacky.
 
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Kabuki Waq

Member
Alucard said:
Must be some personal troubles within the team if that news is true. Wow, crazy. Your team is leading the division and you fire the coach with 3-4 games left in the season? Wacky.
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The thing is... from all the interviews i have heard with Lou he does not build teams just to make the playoffs he builds them to win the cup. (unlike my leafs MLSE seems to build teams to sell Jerseys and keep the sheep happy)

There must have been something about his coaching that did not mesh with the team.
 
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ShutEye

Member
I hate the New Jersey Devils. I hope this blows up in Lamoriello's face. That guy has done no good for hockey as long as he's run that organization.
 
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ShutEye

Member
So Lamoriello is going to be the coach (like last year) according to TSN now.

In much happier news two of the leagues most exciting forwards are set to return this week.
 
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Mike Works

Member
Man, I just realized how close we're getting to a shootout potentially knocking a team out of the playoffs in the East. please please please please please happen.

Kingpen said:
I'm the biggest fan of the pens in the world and have all the confidence in them.... But the realist in me knows that we are not getting home ice in the playoffs unless we get some help from Ottawa or Jersey....
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BigJonsson said:
WTF

The Devils fired Julien
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:lol
 
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Wolf

GO HABS GO
So everyone I know is going wild over what Saturday's game could offer, though I'm looking more toward the two games before that, no need to get excited over something that could mean nothing in the end.

But if the Habs and Leafs really do meet in a one game series to determine who gets in, I can't even imagine how hard it's going to be to watch that game. I've wanted a Habs/Leafs playoff series since I was a kid, and Saturday's game might just be the closest we've ever come to that possibility.


One game at a time though, starting with the Bruins tomorow.
 
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Kave_Man

come in my shame circle
BigJonsson said:
One of my friends won a private box for the Leafs vs Habs this Saturday

I hope I make the cut and get to go lol
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I made the cut, I'm going. :D

And yeah Jonsson has been a Ducks fan for a long time, he's just not as vocal with it as with the Leafs.
 
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KilledByBill

Member
The thing is... from all the interviews i have heard with Lou he does not build teams just to make the playoffs he builds them to win the cup. (unlike my leafs MLSE seems to build teams to sell Jerseys and keep the sheep happy)

There must have been something about his coaching that did not mesh with the team.
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This move is stunning (especially as a fan of the team) but this seems to be the answer. The most successful coaches the Devils have had are the kind who command immediate respect whether it was Lemaire and Robinson who had success as players that's second-to-none or someone like Pat Burns who won "Coach of the Year" practically every where he went.

I was skeptical of Julien when he was hired for that reason because he did not have that pedigree. He was winning me over this year because the team was playing so well, and looked unstoppable from Christmas through the all-star break. But many of those wins were games where the Devils came from behind to tie it up or win it in the final minutes of regulation after playing mediocre for long stretches of the game. When the injuries mounted the Devils didn't have it in them to pull out those kinds of wins. In recent wins over bottom-feeders like Philly and Boston the Devils have come out flat, even with crucial points in the standings on the line. That's not going to cut it in the playoffs and management didn't need to see the team fold in the early rounds to prove it.

In Lou We Trust.
 
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Wolf

GO HABS GO
Alucard said:
Whoever pays that much to watch a hockey game isn't thinking straight. Or they have too much money.
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Leaf fans seem to meet both criteria's it seems...


oh well, having a get together at my place will do the trick just fine.
 
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