Go Canucks Go!

[Lance]

go canucks go!!!

Pretty good start. Started out looking a little rusty but the boys have got 'er going now!

[parkinsn]

BOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!......... Just putting that out there......... Again BOOOOOOOO!!!!! thats all i have to say about that.

[Lance]

BOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!......... Just putting that out there......... Again BOOOOOOOO!!!!! thats all i have to say about that.


Somebody is a poor loser!
I figure you'd want us to stomp those ShitHawks for you guys.

[parkinsn]

Im not a poor loser the Flames played good for the first 4 games and never came out for the last 2 and thats that. I just think the Canucks have all the stanley cups they can handle :biggrin:. If you were an Edmonton fan i would say the same thing, minus the stanley cup thing :biggrin:. all the power to you to you to take the hawks out but......GO WINGS GO!!!!

[xtreme]

That 3 goal lead disappeared pretty fast..

[parkinsn]

That 3 goal lead disappeared pretty fast..

:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

[my2rotties]

I go for a walk and not its tied up... wow that sure went to hell in a hand basket quickly. Should be interesting now...

[Lance]

Whoa! That was too close for comfort. Blowing a 3-goal lead at home in the opener would have been a disaster.

[marie]

.... I just think the Canucks have all the stanley cups they can handle :biggrin:.

The canucks have stanley cups? when did that happen?

Not in the last 20yrs since I've been vaguely interested in hockey it hasn't, unless I missed something


But then I'm such a big fan of hockey I wait till after someone posts it on canreef to find out the score :lol:

[parkinsn]

The canucks have stanley cups? when did that happen?

It didn't :lol:

[marie]

It didn't :lol:

Oh good for a minute there I thought I missed a party :lol:

[Canuckgod420]

How many series have the flames won since their 1 and only stanley cup 20 years ago?

mmmmmmmm........zero

Go Canucks Go!!!!!!

[parkinsn]

How many series have the flames won since their 1 and only stanley cup 20 years ago?

mmmmmmmm........zero

Go Canucks Go!!!!!!

How many cups have the Canucks won since the conception of the team?

mmmmmmmm.......... zero

GO WINGS GO!!!!!! :biggrin:

In answer to your question....... 3 rounds in 2004...... and we had it in game 6 but due to a bad call well we know that ended.

[Tom R]

Wow we got lucky tonight.

The Canucks had this one totally under control and then 1 stupid penalty.

Tom R

[TheRealBigAL]

[QUOTE=
mmmmmmmm.......... zero

GO WINGS GO!!!!!! :biggrin:

In answer to your question....... 3 rounds in 2004...... and we had it in game 6 but due to a bad call well we know that ended.[/QUOTE]

You would cheer for an american team over a canadian team ? Whats wrong with you ? canada is the best at hockey but when was the last time we had a cup. Even if the canucks got knocked out and the flames were in it. I would cheer for the canadian team. Parkinsn your a disgrace to your country. dont come onto a canucks thread and talk smack when its obvious you dont have any hockey sense.

Canucks are my number one team but I would proudly cheer for another canadian team. Because Im proud to be canadian.

[Doug]

You would cheer for an american team over a canadian team ? Whats wrong with you ? canada is the best at hockey but when was the last time we had a cup. Even if the canucks got knocked out and the flames were in it. I would cheer for the canadian team. Parkinsn your a disgrace to your country. dont come onto a canucks thread and talk smack when its obvious you dont have any hockey sense.

Canucks are my number one team but I would proudly cheer for another canadian team. Because Im proud to be canadian.


Give it a break. I have been a Detroit fan since Howe played there and he is Canadian.

I also was a Bruins fan in the haydays of the Bruins/Canadians great rivalry,s. Took my fair share of ribbing then. Wish I could find some of those guys now. :lol:

Anyways, bad 3rd. period guys but great victory. Not a whoop dee do Canuck fan but as our only team left, I will cheer for them.

[fishytime]

Go Canaccchh.....Go canucaaahahh....pardon me, Im having trouble getting this out......Go Canucks.....whew...there I said it. Not a fan at all but will cheer for the last great white hope.

[Rbacchiega]

c'moooooooooooooooooon um, hawks. yeah, I said it. It was a hard series for me to watch (the one between Calgary and Chicago) but I've known Kris (Versteeg) for a couple years and realistically, the team is made up of mainly western Canadians...

bring on the hate....

[Doug]

Wholley doodle, :doh:. Both my Bruins & Wings went down yesterday. Hope the Canucks come back tonight.......:canada:

[Treebeard]

Chill out Al! Take a look down the Canucks roster and tell me how many players are Canadians!



You would cheer for an american team over a canadian team ? Whats wrong with you ? canada is the best at hockey but when was the last time we had a cup. Even if the canucks got knocked out and the flames were in it. I would cheer for the canadian team. Parkinsn your a disgrace to your country. dont come onto a canucks thread and talk smack when its obvious you dont have any hockey sense.

Canucks are my number one team but I would proudly cheer for another canadian team. Because Im proud to be canadian.

[Johnny Reefer]

Wholley doodle, :doh:. Both my Bruins & Wings went down yesterday. Hope the Canucks come back tonight.......:canada:
No Canucks game tonight. Tomorrow. Only game tonight is Caps/Pens.

[Johnny Reefer]

Wholley doodle, . Both my Bruins & Wings went down yesterday. Hope the Canucks come back tonight.......
No Canucks game tonight. Tomorrow. Only game tonight is Caps/Pens.

EDIT: Sorry for the double post. While submitting reply, I was getting this.....
"Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 19456 bytes) in /var/www/virtual/canreef.com/webroot/htdocs/vbulletin/includes/class_mail.php on line 751".
Tried post again, not realizing the first post actually went 'behind the scenes'. Can't figure out how to delete the second one.

Cheers,

[Rbacchiega]

go Caps! woot woot!

[marie]

No Canucks game tonight. Tomorrow. Only game tonight is Caps/Pens.

EDIT: Sorry for the double post. While submitting reply, I was getting this.....
"Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 19456 bytes) in /var/www/virtual/canreef.com/webroot/htdocs/vbulletin/includes/class_mail.php on line 751".
Tried post again, not realizing the first post actually went 'behind the scenes'. Can't figure out how to delete the second one.

Cheers,

Oh good, it's not just me getting those things then

[Doug]

No Canucks game tonight. Tomorrow. Only game tonight is Caps/Pens.

Well that will have to do then. :biggrin:

[Lance]

OK, Canucks. Best-of-Five now. Let's get our act together and take at least one in Chicago.

[Lance]

Now that was a better effort! :Banane35:

[Rbacchiega]

psst... Lance....you're talking to yourself again...

[Lance]

psst... Lance....you're talking to yourself again...

That's because I like to answer my own questions. That way I always get the answer I want to hear.

[PoonTang]

psst... Lance....you're talking to yourself again...

No he isnt....were all listening....only 2 wins away now.

[Lance]

No he isnt....were all listening....only 2 wins away now.

And only 10 wins away from the cup! :mrgreen:

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

And only 10 wins away from the cup! :mrgreen:

YEAH!!!!!! Counting 'em down baby! I can feel it this year...really love this team. I don't remember the last time Van had such a complete team. Well probably never, LOL. Not my lifetime. We (family) have had season tickets for years now and I never liked a team this much to win it all. After all these years of wasting money on half-ass teams, I want to see them finally do it!

Need Salo back though, really, really need Sami back! Man of glass or not, our record with and without him tell the story. Best two way D-man on the team by far. Hard guy to replace, it just sucks that he gets injured so much.

He skated today though, so could play in game 4 apparently.

All the pressure is on Chicago now...pretty much a must win for them Thursday. We'll see how the children respond.

[TheRealBigAL]

Chill out Al! Take a look down the Canucks roster and tell me how many players are Canadians!


Do be a hater because your team is done (Flamer). It doesn't matter where the individual players are from. Its about bringing a stanley cup to a canadian city and thats the bottom line.

But hey thanks for posting on the canucks thread :thumb:


GO CANUCKS GO :smile::smile::smile::smile::smile:

[Doug]

:dance: for the Canucks




:Cry: for Detroit.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

How many Canadians are on the Canucks? Well, let's do a head count.

Canadians:

Luongo
Burrows
Mitchell
Bieksa
Pyatt
Raymond
Bernier
Hordichuck
Johnson
Rypien
Wellwood
O'Brien
Davison
Labarbara

14 Canadians by my count out of 24 players on the roster.

Not too bad, eh?

Anthony

[Lance]

How many Canadians are on the Canucks? Well, let's do a head count.

Canadians:

Luongo
Burrows
Mitchell
Bieksa
Pyatt
Raymond
Bernier
Hordichuck
Johnson
Rypien
Wellwood
O'Brien
Davison
Labarbara

14 Canadians by my count out of 24 players on the roster.

Not too bad, eh?

Anthony


Yeah, and the first four are pretty damn important!

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Yeah, and the first four are pretty damn important!

Yeah the first four but then you can't forget how well Wellwood and Johnson have played! Made the difference in the first round. Raymond is getting better and better each game and any team would love to have Rypien in on the roster.

Any Oiler fans wanna talk about the Rypien vs. Stortini fight? I don't think Zach knew Rypien used to be a boxer :D He definitely didn't know to watch out for the lefts!

[blaster]

I think his dad was the boxer,but rypien was trained by him

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

I think his dad was the boxer,but rypien was trained by him

Ok yeah...I just know he can box and most other guys underestimate him cause of his size.

[Doug]

All I know is Detroit got ripped big time.

Oh well.

Must say the Canucks were a different team last night. Like Cherry said, they have been at home to long. Just need to get away and go out together for a couple of pops. :lol:

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

All I know is Detroit got ripped big time.

Oh well.

Must say the Canucks were a different team last night. Like Cherry said, they have been at home to long. Just need to get away and go out together for a couple of pops. :lol:

Yup the lay off didn't help. I was in Yaletown (area of the city) during that break and Mattias Ohlund was sitting outside Starbucks in the sun just relaxing with his bike. Not that it's a bad thing but right in the middle of the playoffs mid afternoon, not exactly normal for the guys to be just chillin'.

They really have been home for way too long. Needed to get out of the city and focus on hockey. All the pressure is on the young Hawks now. Going to be interesting to see how they can respond. So far they have been outscored 6-1 in first periods this series.

[Doug]

Well that sucks. Great game for 57.5 min. then loose it. Hope they can recover from that loss.

On another note. Yay Detroit. :D

[Lance]

Grrrrrrrrr! :bad-word: Well, that really sucked!
Back to Vancouver for a best-of-three.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Grrrrrrrrr! :bad-word: Well, that really sucked!
Back to Vancouver for a best-of-three.

Grrrrrr because why would you try to win 1-0??? Playing with fire!

Doesn't matter how good you are defensively, mistakes happen and a one goal lead is never enough. The problem with loosing a one goal lead like that is that you also loose all momentum and have to completely regroup.

Not a good game when Hordichuk is the only goal scorer...

[Lance]

Grrrrrr because why would you try to win 1-0??? Playing with fire!

Doesn't matter how good you are defensively, mistakes happen and a one goal lead is never enough. The problem with loosing a one goal lead like that is that you also loose all momentum and have to completely regroup.

Not a good game when Hordichuk is the only goal scorer...


Yup, you're absolutely right. I hate when they stay back like that and try to protect a one goal lead. They were doing fine until they went into their defensive mode. The big guns definitely didn't show up last night.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Yup, you're absolutely right. I hate when they stay back like that and try to protect a one goal lead. They were doing fine until they went into their defensive mode. The big guns definitely didn't show up last night.

No they played a 1-2-2 or even a 1-1-3 all third period and you just can't really do that with a one goal lead against a team like the Hawks. If Luongo hadn't stood on his head, it would have been 4-1. They needed to come out flying in the third and score an early goal. To see the Sedins one man in on the forecheck and not even deep in the corners was sad. Since when does Kesler not forecheck??? They played the system I think every Canuck fan in Vancouver hates.

Oh well...we'll take it in 6!

By the way, I am so envious of this Hawks team though! They are going to be so incredible in a few years! I am very jealous of this team. Hate to say it now during the playoffs but I would trade the teams in an even trade in a heartbeat. Just not until the playoffs are done ;) For now we need to teach them that tough lesson that is going to make them a better team in the future.

Hope one day the Canucks learn how to draft and rebuild properly. It would be so nice to have a team like that...costing nothing, young superstars, bright future...instead of a bunch of UFA's in the next two years. I think after next year though, the Canucks will start in that direction. Got a few young stars on the way up and hopefully a hot young goalie. He is suppose to be a bit of a Luongo clone so that could be good.

GO CANUCKS GO!!!!

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Predictions for tonight?

I say 4-1 Nucks :mrgreen:

One empty net goal...

Series finished off in Chicago in game 6.

[Doug]

Predictions for tonight?

I say 4-1 Nucks :mrgreen:

One empty net goal...

Series finished off in Chicago in game 6.


My, are we optimistic. :smile: But I hope your correct with that prediction. :smile:

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

My, are we optimistic. :smile: But I hope your correct with that prediction. :smile:

Have to be!!!!

Well Kesler said after the other nights loss that they feel they have only played well in one game and are lucky to be tied 2-2 in the series...so...gotta figure they are due for a great home game tonight!

I really do think the winner of tonight will win the series. I doubt either of these teams would win 2 in a row after this game.

[Lance]

Canucks 3-1 tonight. Chicago takes game 6 and Vancouver in game 7. Then bring on the Wings/Ducks!

[Doug]

Canucks 3-1 tonight. Chicago takes game 6 and Vancouver in game 7. Then bring on the Wings/Ducks!


Ducks??? Uh, dont think so. :lol:

[Lance]

Ducks??? Uh, dont think so. :lol:


Hope you're right.

[PoonTang]

:jaw::Cry:

[Doug]

:fear:



Where are the Sedins :yield:





:noidea:

[Piscez]

Arrrgh! How many stupid penalties are we gonna take? And it's seems everytime we take a penalty one of the nucks also breaks a stick and they score! I think that's happened like 3 times now!!!!!!!! :( :bad-word:

Oh well I guess we are going to have to take them in 7, instead of 5, this should have been all over by now

:popcorn:

[my2rotties]

OMG!!! I can hardly stand to watch now... I really wanted them to win:sad:

[Squiddy]

There's still time :confused:

[Trigger Man]

I think they ran out of time

[my2rotties]

It was so brutal to watch... I wanted someone to end the misery...

[Trigger Man]

And then there were no Canadian teams left, maybe we do need a 7th Canadian team to be brought in.

[heyfredyourhat]

Bring back the Jets.

[my2rotties]

I think we need way more... there are so many American teams... I am so sad. I might hang out with Chicago. I have been watching them wipe out my hopes of a Canadian winner. I know they are good and really fast.

And then there were no Canadian teams left, maybe we do need a 7th Canadian team to be brought in.

[Lance]

If someone would have told me Luongo would let in 7 goals in a deciding playoff game I'd have laughed his ass right out of town. Unbelievable!

[Johnny Reefer]

Question: Will a Canadian team ever win the Stanley Cup in the remainder of your lifetime? 16 years, and counting. I'm really getting sick of it.

Go Wings. Detroit is closest.

[my2rotties]

I like how you think:wink:

Question: Will a Canadian team ever win the Stanley Cup in the remainder of your lifetime? 16 years, and counting. I'm really getting sick of it.

Go Wings. Detroit is closest.

[Doug]

Agreed. Bring back the Jets. :D

Out shot by 40 shots. Enough said. See my previous post. And ya, I know one of them scored a goal last night. Whoop-dee-do. Just no offense. Always been their problem when it counted and still is. What they need is a couple of mobile defense to help the decent fowards they already have and to give Luongo some darn breathing room.

[Johnny Reefer]

Actually, one of them scored two goals....and got third star.

The TV analysts had been harping about how superb the referee-ing had been this series. Not so last night, IMO. The Kesler? interference call....well, the Blackhawk skated into him. Bad call. And there could have been a few more goalie interference calls too. In particular, when Bufflin (spelt how it sounds) tried taking off Lou's head with his lumber. A few crappy bounces, too. The Toews goal off of Edler's? skate. The crappy bounce behind the net, right on to Kane's stick for his second goal. And Kane's insurance goal, well that was a thing of beauty that Lou really had no chance on. I mean...he's following the shooter...what else is he supposed to do. Kane caught him by going the other way. If Lou can be faulted at all, I'd say it was the two (or three?) goals he let in glove side. His glove was weak last night. But then, where was the defense on some of those, too? Blackhawk allowed to waltz right in. Ohlund's pathetic check at the blueline. All in all, I think they played okay. Down 3-1 and fought back to take the lead. It's a tough one. A mix. They played well enough to win, but a mix of some lapses and bad bounces/breaks leads to tee time.

[muck]

YESSSSSSSSS!!!
Sorry all you Van Fans but with the Oil not even in the picture this year I would love to see da 'Hawks and all their young talent make it far.
Plus my sister-in-law in Chilliwack sent my son a Canucks shirt for his birthday the other week. :nono:

Oh and the Sedins annoy me. So glad they don't play in E-Town...besides we already have Horcoff. :sad:

[xtreme]

^ I agree. Couldn't be happier to see them out now.

[Doug]

Just because your two teams suck guys, does not mean you should take pleasure when the last team remaining goes out..:lol: :lol:

[Canuckgod420]

typical oilers and flames fans.....cant do nothing but watch your players golf and make snide comments about teams who did make the playoffs, dont forget to mention your previous(more than 20 years now) stanley cups.

[Treebeard]

Yup, that's us. Refresh my memory....how many cups do the nucks have? :lol:

typical oilers and flames fans.....cant do nothing but watch your players golf and make snide comments about teams who did make the playoffs, dont forget to mention your previous(more than 20 years now) stanley cups.

[Johnny Reefer]

Yup, that's us. Refresh my memory....how many cups do the nucks have? :lol:
That would be a big fat ZERO. Ya....hilarious. :rolleyes:

[my2rotties]

:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

Yup, that's us. Refresh my memory....how many cups do the nucks have? :lol:

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

FWIW, both cities (Van and Calgary) have one cup. But what I don't understand is why Oilers fans are always able to refrain from living in the past even though they had dynasty teams and many Stanley Cups but Flames fans always have to go back and live in 1989??? Rare to hear the Oil throw their 5 cups in other teams face and even rarer to hear Habs fans back up loosing with "...yeah but we have 24 Stanley cups what about you?" LOL.

The Canucks didn't even come close to deserving to win this series and the best team by far won. I just hope we can finally rebuild!

Many free agents, let them go! Start young. Build a team around Hodgson, Kesler, Burrows, Edler, Bieksa and a few of the veterans like Mitchell and maybe the Sedins if they take a discount to stay (pretty sure they are gone though). Trade Luongo (to the East hopefully) for a YOUNG star forward (few of the Lightening kids come to mind) now if you can because otherwise he's probably gone for nothing after next season. Oh yeah, and new coach! the nucks were really out coached big time. Laviolette comes to mind.

[Johnny Reefer]

FWIW, both cities (Van and Calgary) have one cup. ....
Well, yes, Vancouver does have one cup. The Millionaires. 1915. Heck, even Victoria has one. The Cougars. 1925. The question asked was how many have the (Ca)nucks won. The answer to which all Albertans know is zero.

.... But what I don't understand is why Oilers fans are always able to refrain from living in the past even though they had dynasty teams and many Stanley Cups but Flames fans always have to go back and live in 1989??? Rare to hear the Oil throw their 5 cups in other teams face and even rarer to hear Habs fans back up loosing with "...yeah but we have 24 Stanley cups what about you?" LOL.
....
Perhaps because one is just slightly better than none, whereas with Edmonton having 5, there is less of a comparison.

Gotta disagree on trading Luongo. At least, not yet. Remember Cloutier? I think they should hang on to Lou.

What frustrates me is they seem to struggle year after year to build a legitimate "Okay, this a definite cup contender team. This is the team to beat." '82?...okay...kind of a fluke. '94?...came so close. A few years ago? Wasn't that a 105 point regular season? What happened? This year? This young Blackhawk team comes out of nowhere and becomes a better team so quickly. How'd they do that? The draft?

But I digress, as I have not followed the game closely enough in recent years to know, or even pretend to know, what the answers are. I suppose, too, that patience is a virtue. Apparently, some "in the know" picked the Canucks to not even make the playoffs this year. Just, that patience is running thin and I, as I'm sure others, are not getting any younger. I'm beginning to understand what it feels like to be a Cubs fan. I used to go to Canuck games as a kid in the early years of the 70s. Cheap seats in the nosebleeds with tickets from the Royal Bank. I'd like to see them win the damn thing at least once in my lifetime. And yes, I know that the Hawks have not won the cup since '61. Good luck to them.

[Rbacchiega]

I just cant believe that you used the word digress when talking about hockey. You win

[Canuckgod420]

Well I guess having won 5 cups is worth mentioning for an oilers fan....I'm sure it makes them feel better to think that when they are watchng 16 other teams make the playoffs!!!
At least over the last 20 years the nucks have made the playoffs on a consistant basis....It would be great to win the cup for sure.

If I where a flames fan I would be embarrased to have my team only win 3 series since they won the cup...whats even more funny is the fact that they won all 3 in the same year....lol

[Doug]

:violin:


Dont get to carried away guys. Mine was meant as a joke but I have seen these threads get goofy. Plus I can remember the great Boston/ Montreal rivals and where I was always on the receiving end being a Bruins fan. Darn near ended in fights several times. :lol:

Dont want to :closed_2:.......:lol:


On another note , Glad the Bruins made it to game 7. What a cheap shot sucker punch though and of course Campell does dick. Great job bud.....NOT.

Cant believe the Ducks took the Wings down last night either. Home they win at home, although not totally against Ducks moving on. Good bunch of Canadian boys and would be a good series with the Hawks.

I like Hawks versus Ducks

and

Bruins versus Capitals

with a Hawks/ Capitals finals......:D

[Rbacchiega]

:morning:

+1 to the Hawks/Capitals cup final....that'd be a great series

[Doug]

:washing: The Caps are being taken to the cleaners and its barely into the 2nd. period.



:rip:

[Trigger Man]

I know, the Caps were the other team I was cheering for. Great, now who will I cheer for.

[Doug]

:Banane53: Well, only 4 down with a period to go..:help:

[dsaundry]

Cheer for Boston.....:biggrin::biggrin:

[Doug]

Cheer for Boston.....:biggrin::biggrin:

Yep..yep...:mrgreen:

[subman]

I really wanted to cheer for Boston they really have a ton players with great stories like Tim Thomas's rags to riches and Lucic the man child but... The Bruins fans are unbelievably annoying more than any other team that I can think of! OK OK maybe I listen to to much sports talk :rant :lol:

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

:morning:

+1 to the Hawks/Capitals cup final....that'd be a great series

This is what I was hoping for! Would have been incredible I think.

It's all about the Hawks for me now...

Maybe Hawks/Pens. Two young, fast teams. Lots of scoring.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Cheer for Boston.....:biggrin::biggrin:

Never...LOL!

Hawks all the way! I would even rather see the Pens win it all than Boston. Heck Detroit again would be fine as long as it means Boston looses.

But mainly I just want to see the two young teams (Hawks/Pens) try to out score each other!

[dsaundry]

GreenSpottedPufferQuote:


Never...LOL!

Hawks all the way! I would even rather see the Pens win it all than Boston. Heck Detroit again would be fine as long as it means Boston looses.

But mainly I just want to see the two young teams (Hawks/Pens) try to out score each other!

Sorry, diehard Bruins fan here...put up with the lousy years and while I like the young guns of the Penguins, I am going to cheer for my Bruins all the way...As for a Hawks/Pens match-up..Don't think it would be that great, IMO the Pens would crush the Hawks...but thats Hockey...who knows.:biggrin:

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

GreenSpottedPufferQuote:


Never...LOL!

Hawks all the way! I would even rather see the Pens win it all than Boston. Heck Detroit again would be fine as long as it means Boston looses.

But mainly I just want to see the two young teams (Hawks/Pens) try to out score each other!

Sorry, diehard Bruins fan here...put up with the lousy years and while I like the young guns of the Penguins, I am going to cheer for my Bruins all the way...As for a Hawks/Pens match-up..Don't think it would be that great, IMO the Pens would crush the Hawks...but thats Hockey...who knows.:biggrin:

Fair enough but...

You seriously think the Pens could crush the Hawks?!? The Hawks were not 6th in league (3rd in the west) for no reason. 2nd most goals in the west and 3rd least goals against. Very complete team.

It isn't all about numbers but anyone who thinks this Hawks team is lucky or some kind of feel good story is very wrong. They are a legitimate contender and the only reason people did not take them seriously before the playoffs was their age--they have proven that wrong.

They came out and took the Canucks game and threw it back in the Nucks face. It was no secret that the Canucks came into the series ready to bang and crash the Hawks. Did you see the hand shake after game 6? Said it all...the Hawks looked like a team that was ready for the first game of the playoffs and the Canucks looked like they had just gone through a war. Canucks had ALL the bumps, bruises, cuts yet the Hawks are the team that played a rough and tough first round against the Flames while the Canucks sat around in Yaletown.

All I am saying is that this Hawks team is going to be very tough for anyone to beat. Everyone knew they could outscore most teams in the league but I don't think most knew how tough they were. They also can play any game you want--they have a great stanley cup winning coach.

[dsaundry]

Fair enough but...

You seriously think the Pens could crush the Hawks?!? The Hawks were not 6th in league (3rd in the west) for no reason. 2nd most goals in the west and 3rd least goals against. Very complete team.


It isn't all about numbers but anyone who thinks this Hawks team is lucky or some kind of feel good story is very wrong. They are a legitimate contender and the only reason people did not take them seriously before the playoffs was their age--they have proven that wrong.

They came out and took the Canucks game and threw it back in the Nucks face. It was no secret that the Canucks came into the series ready to bang and crash the Hawks. Did you see the hand shake after game 6? Said it all...the Hawks looked like a team that was ready for the first game of the playoffs and the Canucks looked like they had just gone through a war. Canucks had ALL the bumps, bruises, cuts yet the Hawks are the team that played a rough and tough first round against the Flames while the Canucks sat around in Yaletown.

All I am saying is that this Hawks team is going to be very tough for anyone to beat. Everyone knew they could outscore most teams in the league but I don't think most knew how tough they were. They also can play any game you want--they have a great stanley cup winning coach.

Yes I know the Canucks were beaten, but lets face it, the Canucks aren't that great..their goalie was the only real strength they have. Their defence is like swiss cheese and their forwards inconsistant at best. Chicago is a good team but I still think in the long haul they would lose to the Pens...Still going to cheer for my Bruins....Still the Beasts of the East:biggrin:

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Yes I know the Canucks were beaten, but lets face it, the Canucks aren't that great..their goalie was the only real strength they have. Their defence is like swiss cheese and their forwards inconsistant at best. Chicago is a good team but I still think in the long haul they would lose to the Pens...Still going to cheer for my Bruins....Still the Beasts of the East:biggrin:

Defense is like Swiss cheese? Do you watch this team at all? Can't really take you serious after that comment!

Only 6 teams had less goals against this season in the whole league. Your talking about a defensive team with one of the best top 4 D-men in the league. Ohlund, Bieksa, Mitchell, Salo...yeah they do kind of suck, huh?

I am not saying they are better than what they did this playoffs.

[dsaundry]

Only 6 teams had less goals against this season in the whole league. Your talking about a defensive team with one of the best top 4 D-men in the league. Ohlund, Bieksa, Mitchell, Salo...yeah they do kind of suck, huh?

I am not saying they are better than what they did this playoffs.

Like I said...good goalie...but it was sure evident in playoffs when Luongo wasn't on his game it was lots of goals scored.
Boston had the least goals against.:lol:

[Doug]

:hurt:

Boston is out. At least Detroit is still in but I may be leaning towards Chicago now.

Ya know, I have no problem with Carolina advancing but I think it shows how much of a joke the NHL rulers are. That guy that scored the winning goal should not have been playing.

How a sucker punch and knocking another out flat like he did and not be suspended is unreal. However being the NHL, I understand. :lol:

That ruling would be made by the same people that dont wish to allow a franchise thats flat broke and nobody cares to be moved by someone with a ton of backing. Again....:lol:

So.............. hoping for a Crosby/Chicago finally. That may be worth watching.

[Lance]

Yup, I could really get into a Hawks/Pens final. Youth and skill all over the ice. The "Brothers Staal" showdown in the conference final should be fun too.