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2009/2010 NHL Season & Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread

JYork23 said:
Perhaps because it's been mentioned often as fact. Hmmmm.... :rolleyes:
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No. It is not fact. Just because you say it's a fact, doesn't make it so. It's your opinion, and everyone has one.

At this point, all I need to do is sit back and watch you spin, sir. For if you believe that your team's year-after-year ineptitude can, in any way, be explained any anything other than lack of hockey sense, then you have no hockey sense. :)
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I am not spinning. I just don't think it's fair for you to put the responsibility of bad management for the past 10+ years on Brian Burke, who hasn't even been GM for 2 full seasons. How is it his fault for what John Ferguson Jr. did (for example, trading Rask for Raycroft) when that guy was GM, or for what any other GM did in the past?:confused:

I find it amusing that you conveniently started your list without reaching to the Joe Thornton pick whereas I can easily reach back to 1991. Further I'm sure, if I cared to. :eek:
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It wasn't done out of convenience. I tried to stay within a relevant time period.

Allow me to help you with your list...Bruin draft picks currently playing in the playoffs for the Bruins since 2000 (you picked the year, not me):
2003 - Patrice Bergeron, Mark Stuart (injured)
2004 - David Krejci, Matt Hunwick
2005 - Vladmir Sobotka
2006 - Milan Lucic (the Pederson trade just keeps on giving)

Maple Leaf draft picks since 2000 currently on their roster (which means not in the playoffs):
2003 - John Mitchell (more penalty minutes than points)
2006 - Nikolai Kulemin (granted, this kid had a good year)
2007 - Carl Gunnarsson (15 pts, what can you expect from a 7th round pick?)
2008 - Luke Schenn (a +2 makes him 3rd best on the team)
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Kulemin, Gunnarsson, and Schenn are going to be part of the core of the team. Schenn had a typical softmore slump year, but he picked it up near the end of the season. Kulemin had a great year, and Gunnarsson was impressive for his first year in the league.

I think if you watch enough playoff hockey this year, you might get reacquainted with Mark Stuart, a current Bruin. Great playing today by Rask, don't you think? How's Raycroft working out for you? :p
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Again, Rask and Raycroft have nothing to do with current management. See my last post regarding further details on why JFJ made that and other trades and signings.

Or is it, "Once he has a proper team to play wtih...":confused:
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Kessel will have a proper team to play with. The Leafs now have direction and proper leadership. Burke will make a few moves during the off-season, and things will start rolling well.


I don't even dislike the Leafs. After the Whalers left town, someone had to be the division punching bag.
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Um.... they were never in the same division as the Leafs. The Leafs were in the Norris, and the Whale were in the Adams.:confused:
 
I can't believe that the Sharks are up 2-0 on the Wings. I really expected a 1-1 tie heading back to Detroit. Will this finally be the year that the Sharks get over the hump?

I think that the Blackhawks will win tonight, but it will be a tight game.... 4-3 perhaps.

robo
If your boys don't win tonight, the series is lost....
 
Surely said:
I can't believe that the Sharks are up 2-0 on the Wings. I really expected a 1-1 tie heading back to Detroit. Will this finally be the year that the Sharks get over the hump?

I think that the Blackhawks will win tonight, but it will be a tight game.... 4-3 perhaps.

robo
If your boys don't win tonight, the series is lost....
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Once again, too many guys watching the puck and not the man.:eek: The flyers MO all year.Sorry dude, defense wins games;)
 
robo said:
defense wins games;)
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I disagree with that. Look at the 2 top teams in the league; San Jose and Washington. San Jose's D isn't the greatest, but they have the offensive power to make up for it. Washington probably has the worst defense in the league...

San Jose in 5, Chicago in 7, Montreal in 7 and Philly in 6...
 
RudyGrow said:
I disagree with that. Look at the 2 top teams in the league; San Jose and Washington. San Jose's D isn't the greatest, but they have the offensive power to make up for it. Washington probably has the worst defense in the league...

San Jose in 5, Chicago in 7, Montreal in 7 and Philly in 6...
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San Jose has a decent defense, and Washington...... well, they ain't in the playoffs anymore.

The regular season means next to nothing. The true test is in the playoffs..... can you win when it really matters.....

Defense and goaltending wins Cups.
 
RudyGrow said:
Detroit will win one or two in a row, but no way they top my team :D
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I hope not...the sooner Detroit is out of it, the better :D

Since the Blues never made it in and the Avs are out, I no longer have a horse in this race, so as long as the Red Wings don't win, I'm happy.
 
I'm wondering, are the Bruins really that good? Would they (or Montreal) really have a chance against anyone that comes out of the West? I think the Pens could give someone a real run at it, but who's to say?
 
So amazing results tonight (well, only one game is over, but I'm pretty sure that Detroit can hold onto a 7-1 lead with 8 minutes left in the 3rd).

The Habs are looking good.... I totally expected the Pens to tie it up in the last minute of the game. Now we've got a best of 3 for the rest of the series.

Wouldn't it be unreal if the Wings were able to tie the series up, after being down 3-0? That would be one helluva game 7......
 
JYork23 said:
I'm wondering, are the Bruins really that good? Would they (or Montreal) really have a chance against anyone that comes out of the West? I think the Pens could give someone a real run at it, but who's to say?
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I don't think so know. Losing Krejci was a huge blow. He was arguably our best player and he was centering our best line with Lucic and Satan.
 
Surely said:
So amazing results tonight (well, only one game is over, but I'm pretty sure that Detroit can hold onto a 7-1 lead with 8 minutes left in the 3rd).

The Habs are looking good.... I totally expected the Pens to tie it up in the last minute of the game. Now we've got a best of 3 for the rest of the series.

Wouldn't it be unreal if the Wings were able to tie the series up, after being down 3-0? That would be one helluva game 7......
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I agree. I turned on the Sharks game at the Habs/Pens intermission and nearly had a heart attack. Todd McLellan better give his team a good talk... I'm still going with Sharks in 5 :)

I can see the Habs/Pens going to 7 games, but I really can't see Montreal coming out victorious, at the moment.
 
Surely
Sorry for the off topic post but did you get a chance to watch the " Broad Street Bullies" on HBO the other night. Dude if your into old school hockey like me you would love it;)

https://www.hbo.com/sports/broad-street-bullies/video/preview.html

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The Bruins are playing the same way against the Flyers that the Flyers did against the Dev's, ( winning faceoffs,blocking shots and getting traffic in front of the net):cool:

I'd rather see the Flyers lose against the Bruins then against the Pen's:(

And I am still a hard-core Flyers and Broad Street Bullies fan

Peace
 
Ok. Flyers had a good effort, and weak goals for both sides.

I'm very happy that the Flyers got one at home for the fans. If they have to lose this year, it's not to the Pens, the Devils or the Rangers. So I'm pretty cool with that.

Good job Chicago, that game was a blast.
 
robo said:
Surely
Sorry for the off topic post but did you get a chance to watch the " Broad Street Bullies" on HBO the other night. Dude if your into old school hockey like me you would love it;)

https://www.hbo.com/sports/broad-street-bullies/video/preview.html
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IMO, it's not off topic.... I didn't see it, but I'm going to see if it's on again so I can record it. My life has been crazy-busy(with great stuff though) in the last two weeks...... no time for anything.

Decrepit said:
Ok. Flyers had a good effort, and weak goals for both sides.

I'm very happy that the Flyers got one at home for the fans. If they have to lose this year, it's not to the Pens, the Devils or the Rangers. So I'm pretty cool with that.

Good job Chicago, that game was a blast.
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Ugh.... I only got to see the end of BOS-PHI, and I had to LEAVE DURING OT! I didn't see any of CHI-VAN.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to watch some Playoffs.....
 
Surely said:
Ugh.... I only got to see the end of BOS-PHI, and I had to LEAVE DURING OT! I didn't see any of CHI-VAN.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to watch some Playoffs.....
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Yeah, you missed two great games. But as a Flyers fan, I was about to have kittens until Gagne scored in OT. So it wasn't as exhilarating for me as it was for neutral hockey fans.
 
Really sad.Canucks only had two 3 game losing streaks this season. Both at the very beginning of the season. Now it's time for the ultimate come back! :D

Believe in blue!
 
Man, if my Sharks don't wake up tonight, I don't know what I'll do :mad:

But the Pens/Habs game should be amazing. Its basically to determine who will win the series.
 
Surely
Were not done yet:);
I'm still going with my boyz in seven and the Habs:cool:
 
robo said:
Surely
Were not done yet:);
I'm still going with my boyz in seven and the Habs:cool:
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That would be crazy...... and a Philly/Montreal series would be a good one.

Good for the Habs.... they have so many injuries, ESPECIALLY to their defense, and yet they find a way to win. I bet the Flames are kicking themselves for deciding not to re-sign Cammalleri....

Anything can happen in Game 7........ anyone can win one game......
 
Surely said:
That would be crazy...... and a Philly/Montreal series would be a good one.
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I'm inclined to believe that a Bruins/Habs series would be even better given the history. It would also be a great test to see if the Montreal ghosts really are trapped in that movie theater on Saint Catherine Street.
 
Here in Montreal, people are going nuts a day before the game. When they played game 6 here, Ste Catherine's street was blocked off an hour before puck drop, and every 2 feet there was a cop or a cop on a horse. The Bell Center is selling tickets for $7.50 to watch the game on the jumbotron. I'm going to my local movie theatre for free to see it! Its going to be one HELL of a game!

And I totally agree with JYork, Montreal/Boston would be fantastic. Just when you think the fans here couldn't get nuttier...
 
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