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2014 NHL PLAYOFFS - LIVE THREAD
NHL web site ^ | 4/15/14 | various

Posted on 04/15/2014 8:23:59 AM PDT by airborne

EASTERN CONFERENCE - ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS

BOSTON BRUINS (1) vs DETROIT REDWINGS (4)

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (2) vs MONTREAL CANADIENS (3)

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (1) vs COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS (4)

NEW YORK RANGERS (2) vs PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (3)

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WESTERN CONFERENCE - ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS

COLORADO AVALANCHE (1) vs MINNESOTA WILD (4)

ST. LOUIS BLUES (2) vs CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS (3)

ANAHEIM DUCKS (1) vs DALLAS STARS (4)

SAN JOSE SHARKS (2) vs LOS ANGELES KINGS (3)


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: hockey; nhl
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To: airborne

Gonna be good for hockey….NYC and either LA or Chicago in the Cup Finals.


561 posted on 05/31/2014 6:02:13 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (Do NOT suffer fools gladlyÂ…and message boards are full contact arenas)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Remember, the last strike was over revenue from the TV contract with NBC.


562 posted on 05/31/2014 6:43:42 AM PDT by airborne (My heroes don't wear capes - My heroes wear dog tags!)
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To: BeadCounter

One thing for certain in these Playoffs is that you can’t be certain about anything ... So many twists & turns and changes of momentum, from one shift to the next it seems. You’d think that the Kings edge by the middle of the 3rd would have carried them on to clinch, but Chicago still had a couple surprises in store. It bodes well for the Blackhawks going into Game 7 that PK appears to have woken up – maybe he had an encounter with a cabbie in the last few days ;-)


563 posted on 05/31/2014 6:46:08 AM PDT by mikrofon (South Buffalo Hockey BUMP)
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To: BeadCounter
We’ll see. Kings have done better on the road, we will see for all of those thinking the Blackhawks have won the series.

We will.

I was at the CIO Synergy event in Chicago on Thursday, one of the panelist/speakers was a CISO from Los Angeles who's a big Kings fan.

Started off his part on a panel related to Enterprise Security by making a statement that the series was headed back to L.A. after the Hawks win on Wednesday night.

I yelled out "You're damn' right, and you'll be back in Chicago Sunday!"

750+ people in attendance all cheered.

GO BLACKHAWKS!

564 posted on 05/31/2014 6:59:17 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: mikrofon
You hit on an important point, especially as it pertains to last night's game: much of the scoring seems to happen in bursts and on the shift changes.

Hawks scored 2 in 2:21 off a shift change, Kings scored two in 97 seconds off a shift change.

I will say this about the Kings: They're a fine team. They're younger than the Blackhawks, are an incredibly physical team (their Hits ratio vs. the Blackhawks last night was something else) and they're fast.

No doubt the Blackhawks have had their hands full in this series, and there's been some GREAT hockey played. Best I've seen in a very long time. I think whoever wins is going to just tear the Rangers up. Probably moreso if it's the Kings, but either team (IMO) can beat the Rangers.

565 posted on 05/31/2014 7:02:56 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: airborne; Varda; All
FWIW -

Malkin Meets Putin

 photo Malkin-meets-Putin_zpsc77c14cb.jpg

http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=721256&navid=DL|PIT|home

566 posted on 05/31/2014 9:38:42 AM PDT by airborne (My heroes don't wear capes - My heroes wear dog tags!)
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To: airborne
LOL, interesting Mutt-n-Jeff contrast there…
(Reminds me of a similar meeting – with two better-looking people :)


567 posted on 05/31/2014 10:29:36 AM PDT by mikrofon (M. Malkin & S. Palin)
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To: airborne

Malkin seems thrilled. I’m would be surprised if he didn’t finish off his career in Russia.


568 posted on 05/31/2014 4:51:45 PM PDT by Varda
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To: Varda

That would be interesting, considering how he pretty much “snuck out” of Russia to play for Pittsburgh.


569 posted on 05/31/2014 5:27:07 PM PDT by airborne (My heroes don't wear capes - My heroes wear dog tags!)
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To: Varda
WBS Penguins down to St. John's - 3 games to 1

Right now tied 1-1 in the 2nd period.

570 posted on 05/31/2014 5:31:56 PM PDT by airborne (My heroes don't wear capes - My heroes wear dog tags!)
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To: airborne

Yes but things seem to have changed. A couple seasons ago, he told the Russian press that he needed to go to the Worlds because he wanted to win that championship (this was while the Pens were playing the Flyers in the playoffs) and last year he was encouraging Crosby to play in Magnitogorsk. Recently, he told Rossi that if the Pens tried to trade him he would go to the KHL. I don’t think he’ll leave anytime soon but he seems like a guy who will end up going home.


571 posted on 05/31/2014 6:19:28 PM PDT by Varda
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To: airborne

Thanks for reminding me.


572 posted on 05/31/2014 6:23:49 PM PDT by Varda
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To: Varda

Baby Pens win 4-2!

Trail the Ice Caps 3-2 in the series.


573 posted on 05/31/2014 8:07:31 PM PDT by airborne (My heroes don't wear capes - My heroes wear dog tags!)
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To: airborne

It sounded like a good game. Kobasew, Depres, Gibbons, Sill, there’s a lot of familiar names on that team.


574 posted on 05/31/2014 8:31:31 PM PDT by Varda
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To: Varda
Several of those names are players that management wanted brought up during the playoffs.

I'm surprised they haven't hired a new GM - and still have Bylsma as head coach.

575 posted on 06/01/2014 5:38:14 AM PDT by airborne (My heroes don't wear capes - My heroes wear dog tags!)
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To: airborne

Columnist: Penguins should make run at Mike Babcock as next coach

http://www.freep.com/article/20140516/SPORTS05/305160086/pittsburgh-penguins-mike-babcock

I’ll bet nobody calls Babcock “Babs” to his face.


576 posted on 06/01/2014 7:24:53 AM PDT by shove_it (long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
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To: airborne

I’m not surprised, I thought it would take about a month. Right now the rumors are that Brisbois, Mciver, Gorton and Fitzgerald are the candidates. The local press has been trying to push the idea that Pierre McGuire would be a good GM. I think that’s nuts. Mciver seems like a good candidate and has the credentials they say they want, particularly the ability to evaluate talent.


577 posted on 06/01/2014 5:32:08 PM PDT by Varda
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Great, Kings score, hope they win. Even the pundit at half-time said both penalties let alone 1 that were called on the Kings were weak calls and the Blackhawks got two power play goals.


578 posted on 06/01/2014 7:27:30 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: BeadCounter

4-4! About 7 minutes left in regulation.


579 posted on 06/01/2014 7:29:48 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: BeadCounter

Overtime!


580 posted on 06/01/2014 7:46:09 PM PDT by dfwgator
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