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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

Jim Rutherford is the new GM of the Pens. His last job was failing at Carolina. Strange hire.


601 posted on 06/06/2014 8:27:55 AM PDT by Varda
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To: Varda

Not much since 2006, but he was the GM when the ‘Canes won the Cup.


602 posted on 06/06/2014 3:43:48 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Hail Obambi, our Deer Leader)
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To: rfp1234

I’m trying to learn more about him. Some people say he built Carolina’s Stanley Cup team by selling off and trading young players and prospects. Others say he was forced to do that. I was impressed by his press conference. I hope there’s a lot more to him than good words.


603 posted on 06/06/2014 5:25:13 PM PDT by Varda
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To: Varda; All

I liked what Rutherford said at his press conference.

http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=721951&navid=DL|PIT|home

It sounds like he’s there to train one of the underlings - Guerin, Botterill and Fitzgerald - to take over as GM in a couple of years.

http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=721979&navid=DL|PIT|home


604 posted on 06/07/2014 10:27:47 AM PDT by airborne (My heroes don't wear capes - My heroes wear dog tags!)
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To: airborne; shove_it; Hat-Trick; SZonian; retrokitten; hollywood; Alberta's Child; Betis70; ...

Hockey Ping!

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(let me know if you want on or off the ping list)

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STANLEY CUP FINAL

N.Y. RANGERS @ L.A. KINGS - 7 PM (NBC)

(Kings lead series 1-0)

http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2013030412&navid=sb:preview

605 posted on 06/07/2014 10:32:36 AM PDT by airborne (My heroes don't wear capes - My heroes wear dog tags!)
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To: airborne

LA down 2-0 at the end of 1? No problem.


606 posted on 06/07/2014 5:10:59 PM PDT by dfwgator
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One of the many stellar saves by Rangers G Henrik Lundquist in the 1st period of Game 2
as New York gets the first two goals and leads the Kings 2-0 at the First Intermission in Los Angeles.


607 posted on 06/07/2014 5:30:38 PM PDT by mikrofon (Stanley BUMP)
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To: dfwgator
2-1 and pressing hard!

Doesn't seem to be a problem.

608 posted on 06/07/2014 5:47:22 PM PDT by airborne (My heroes don't wear capes - My heroes wear dog tags!)
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The Kings Jarret Stoll slides a seeing-eye shot past a helpless Henrik Lundquist early in Period 2 to narrow the Rangers' lead to 2-1,
but after trading goals, NY's Derick Brassard scores 11 seconds after the last L.A. tally to give the visitors the lead 4-2 at Intermission.


609 posted on 06/07/2014 6:30:45 PM PDT by mikrofon (Stanley BUMP)
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To: mikrofon

Deja Vu, going to OT at 4-4, again.


610 posted on 06/07/2014 7:09:30 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Now it’s a problem - OT.


611 posted on 06/07/2014 7:11:00 PM PDT by shove_it (old Old Guardsman)
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To: shove_it

No team has ever come back from 2-goal deficits in the playoffs three times in a row.


612 posted on 06/07/2014 7:11:56 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Gotta hit the sack, unfortunately ... it’s a real tossup, either deserve the ‘W’.


613 posted on 06/07/2014 7:20:03 PM PDT by mikrofon (Stanley BUMP)
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To: dfwgator

Well, we may see a new record tonight then. It’s just a brand new sudden death game. Those speedy little guys in the white sweaters may be getting tired, sore and disappointed.


614 posted on 06/07/2014 7:21:22 PM PDT by shove_it (old Old Guardsman)
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To: dfwgator
Yeah, but this is an unbelievable L.A. team. I watched them dismantle my New Jersey Devils in the Finals two years ago, and this team looks even better than the 2012 team did. Those 2012 Kings won 15 consecutive games in the playoffs -- sweeping rounds 1-3 and then going up 3-0 on New Jersey in the Finals before eventually winning 4-2.

The conventional wisdom here in 2014 is that the Rangers might win a tight series in seven games. I think it's the other way around. The Kings are so big and relentless that they wear opponents down in a long series, so I said coming into this series that the Rangers chances of winning the Stanley Cup decline with every game that's played unless they go into Game 3 up 2-0 (ain't going to happen) or Game 5 up 3-1 (very unlikely).

615 posted on 06/07/2014 7:23:00 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("What in the wide, wide world of sports is goin' on here?")
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To: Alberta's Child

I picked them to win the Cup right after they came back from 3-0 down to the Sharks.


616 posted on 06/07/2014 7:24:01 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
Good for you!

I figured any of the top three teams in the West -- Chicago, Los Angeles or Anaheim -- would have beaten any team that came out of the East. That's basically what happened in each of the last two years.

That Darryl Sutter sure knows how to coach a hockey team, and with that kind of depth up front it's simply impossible to match up against their forwards.

617 posted on 06/07/2014 7:27:40 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("What in the wide, wide world of sports is goin' on here?")
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To: Alberta's Child; dfwgator

Double OT !

Both teams have had great chances to end it but goaltending at both ends has been awesome !


618 posted on 06/07/2014 8:12:14 PM PDT by airborne (My heroes don't wear capes - My heroes wear dog tags!)
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To: airborne

Kings Win!


619 posted on 06/07/2014 8:39:35 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

What a game. That’s an unbelievable team ... and you can never predict who will score a game-winning goal for them because they get goals from up and down their lineup.


620 posted on 06/07/2014 8:44:30 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("What in the wide, wide world of sports is goin' on here?")
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