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Category 5 thriller on tap (NHL Stanley Cup Finals)
The Edmonton Journal ^
| Friday, June 2, 2006
| John MacKinnon
Posted on 06/02/2006 9:20:09 AM PDT by Hat-Trick
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Kicking off the pre-finals banter - the quest for The Cup continues Monday night!
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posted on
06/02/2006 9:20:12 AM PDT
by
Hat-Trick
To: airborne; SZonian; retrokitten; hollywood; Alberta's Child; 6323cd; Betis70; ColoCdn; k2afe; ...
Hockey Ping!
A young(er) Mike Commodore
Freep mail/ping airborne or Hat-Trick if you want on or off the Hockey Ping List.
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posted on
06/02/2006 9:21:53 AM PDT
by
Hat-Trick
(Do you trust a government that cannot trust you with guns?)
To: Hat-Trick
I was pulling for the Sabres, too bad. Now it's GO OIL!
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posted on
06/02/2006 9:23:10 AM PDT
by
citizen
(Yo W! Read my lips: No Amnistia by any name! And the White House has a fence around it!)
To: Hat-Trick
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posted on
06/02/2006 9:23:36 AM PDT
by
FearlessFreep
(Excuse me. But are those your legs or are you riding a chicken?)
To: FearlessFreep
I could live with that, keeping the Cup in the SE division.
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posted on
06/02/2006 9:25:04 AM PDT
by
citizen
(Yo W! Read my lips: No Amnistia by any name! And the White House has a fence around it!)
To: Hat-Trick
He looked a little less stunned last night.
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posted on
06/02/2006 9:26:11 AM PDT
by
Argh
To: Hat-Trick
Go Oilers!
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posted on
06/02/2006 9:26:12 AM PDT
by
cowboyway
(My heroes have always been cowboys.)
To: Hat-Trick
A NC PINGO PUCKO from a native NC Grand National fan. (#21 - 'The Silver Fox')
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posted on
06/02/2006 9:26:14 AM PDT
by
RSmithOpt
(Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
To: citizen
Me too. I'm guessing that the Oilers don't have to pay (fan-friendly) cheerleaders to stand in the arena to get their fans fired up. Even though they have boo-ed the Star Spangled Banner, I'm still going to root for Edmonton.
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posted on
06/02/2006 9:27:11 AM PDT
by
Hat-Trick
(Do you trust a government that cannot trust you with guns?)
To: Hat-Trick
Having the Cup back in Canada is good for the NHL, Go Oilers!
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posted on
06/02/2006 9:32:27 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
To: Hat-Trick
Hah! The Canes cheerleaders look pretty hot but it seems to me they're not right for a lunch pail sport like hockey. A mascot is OK and kids playing goofy games on the ice between periods is all I need.
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posted on
06/02/2006 9:37:41 AM PDT
by
citizen
(Yo W! Read my lips: No Amnistia by any name! And the White House has a fence around it!)
To: Hat-Trick
I'm rooting for Carolina. They're my 2nd favorite team after the Minnesota Wild.
I've liked 'em ever since they moved to Carolina. Don't know why. Just do.
I watched all the play-off games in '02 when they made it to the Stanley Cup finals.
I hope they do better this time! GO 'CANES!
To: citizen
Doesn't matter who wins this, it was a great year for the NHL and the NHL fan.
My 10 year old wants Edmonton which means I have to go with the Canes.
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posted on
06/02/2006 9:49:18 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Democrats - The reason we need term limits)
To: Hat-Trick
Go Hurricanes!
And good luck to my Hershey Bears! Starting Game 1 of the Calder Cup Championships tonight in Milwaukee.
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posted on
06/02/2006 10:05:36 AM PDT
by
airborne
(Satan's greatest trick was convincing people he doesn't exist.)
To: Hat-Trick
Hopefully the upcoming series won't be an anti-climax to the Eastern Conference series -- that was worthy of a Stanley Cup Finals. Despite the adversity of losing their top four defensemen and key forward Tim Connolly, Buffalo showed a lot of heart in extending the series against a technically better team in Carolina.
Actually, it was the "Hillary Curse" that did the Sabres in ... (word to the wise, never let Her Thighness mention she roots for your team ;)
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posted on
06/02/2006 10:07:08 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Bring back the Blue & Gold!)
To: mikrofon
Actually, it was the "Hillary Curse" that did the Sabres in ... There's a thread going about the Curse:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642103/posts
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posted on
06/02/2006 10:17:11 AM PDT
by
citizen
(Yo W! Read my lips: No Amnistia by any name! And the White House has a fence around it!)
To: Hat-Trick
I was pulling for the Sharks, until they were beaten by the Oilers. Hard to choose between the Oil and the Canes,
both are fast skating clubs, thought Oilers have more
grit and Canes more leavened by veterans.
Brind'Amour and Recchi are both in the twilight of their
careers and a Cup would cap them nicely. Also, Peter
Laviolette has done a great job keeping the Canes in the hunt all season. OTOH Craig McTavishs' Oilers benefitted by a brilliant set of trades at the deadline and a late season win streak that placed them barely into eighth place in
the West. I think it will go Oilers, in six.
Looking forward to a hard fought series.
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posted on
06/02/2006 10:18:18 AM PDT
by
rahbert
To: Hat-Trick
I'm guessing that the NHL board of governors and league executives are sticking their collective heads in the oven right now. A Stanley Cup finals between Edmonton and Carolina will likely go down in history as one of the most inconsequential Finals in NHL history from the standpoint of TV ratings, media interest, etc.
It's really a shame, since it's probably going to be a very exciting series.
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posted on
06/02/2006 10:23:49 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
To: Alberta's Child
NHL ratings suck one way or the other. Who's playing doesn't matter. Even the Devils vs the Lanche (with interest from Boston fans because of Bourque) got crappy ratings. The league needs to do a lot of audience building across the board before the teams in the Finals have a serious effect on the ratings, as it sits right now the ratings will either be crappy or really crappy, hopefully someday they'll have the choice between good and so-so.
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posted on
06/02/2006 10:26:38 AM PDT
by
discostu
(get on your feet and do the funky Alphonzo)
To: Hat-Trick
What's with the Stanley Cup being played in June? Use to be the NHL Stanley Cup play-offs were over by mid-April, at the latest. If the Stanley Cup games are extended out all seven games this year it won't wrap up 'til mid-June ... which is ridiculous. Another few years down the road and the interval between when hockey wraps up for one season and pre-season games begin for the next ... will be down to about six weeks.
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posted on
06/02/2006 10:29:56 AM PDT
by
BluH2o
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