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The Official '07 - '08 NHL Season Thread
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Ottawa can still miss but the thrashing they gave the leafs helped stave that chance. Vancouver is out. Nashville in. The West is set, but the order is not.
Out East there is much more doubt. If the Canes, Caps, Bruins, & Flyers all won out their 1 or 2 games and Ottawa lost their final, they'd be out. Too many scenarios. Head is going to explode. Must watch games to find out.
It's really coming down to the wire in the East. Forget the Wild West.... it's the Wild East.
Ottawa plays Boston in Ottawa tonight. Hopefully the B's can take care of business. I wonder if Gerber or Emery will start? Even though he is a headcase, my guess is Emery, especially since they played Gerber last night. Emery's been their star in the playoffs for the last couple of seasons, and this would be a good test to see if he can carry them again. But, maybe they won't want to risk it. I think it would be a bigger risk making the playoffs with Gerber and having him start. He just hasn't proven to be a starting goalie.
Hopefully they lose tonight and that won't matter at all.
I'd like to see the Caps make it in. That would be quite impressive- going from 14th in the Conference at game #41 to making the playoffs. Good on their coach for rallying this team.
Weird how the 'Canes have played so well ever since Brind'Amour when down with an injury, eh? Staal and the boys have had to step up and lead.
I've always hated the Flyers, being from Toronto and all, but I hate Ottawa way more, so Go Flyers! Hopefully they could beat Jersey tonight- is Brodeur starting?
Screw the Canucks. Their management is horrible. How can you get a gift like Luongo and squander him like they have? They put no team around him. It's the usual story for him- he had no supporting cast on the Isle, in Florida, and now in Vancouver. If he had a good team around him, or at least a good defensive system (like Brodeur has had all his career), his stats and his teams would be amazing. How can they expect him to carry the team for the whole season and in the playoffs? Bad planning. It's like how my Leafs have squandered Sundin all these years.
Must be nice to have Forsberg back. I'd like to see the Avs go far in the playoffs this year. It must be exciting to have #s 19 and 21 back together again. That never should have broken up in the first place. Wasted years.
It's weird living out in Los Angeles (I moved here from Toronto in February). All the eastern games start at 4 or 4:30 pm. It makes it impossible for me to watch any of the eastern games. I guess I'm going to have to start following the West a lot more closely. Unfortunately, the Kings are in the basement, so there won't be any hometown hockey for me this post-season. And yes, I have been used to that being from Toronto during the past couple of seasons, but living in Toronto I had CBC Hockey Night in Canada, TSN, and Sportsnet with multiple games on every night of the week, including east then west double headers. Picture in picture was a beautiful thing. So much free hockey to watch.
I may have to get the NHL package for the playoffs.
/Long ramble over.
It's LOLcat speak. It was supposed to be funny. I guess not.
But yes, you should get the NHL package to watch said playoffs. Mmmmm playoff hockey. Let's Go Whatever Team Plays The Rangers!
I have to figure out if it's worth it for me to get NHL Center Ice or not. Being on the west coast, by the time I get home I'd miss all of the east coast games.
On the plus side, it's always sunny and warm here.
P.S. Enjoy having Bryan McCabe back next season after he waives his no-trade clause this summer.
I have to figure out if it's worth it for me to get NHL Center Ice or not. Being on the west coast, by the time I get home I'd miss all of the east coast games.
On the plus side, it's always sunny and warm here.
P.S. Enjoy having Bryan McCabe back next season after he waives his no-trade clause this summer.
I envy your sun and warmth.
I don't want McCabe. Everyone in the Islanders Orginization needs to be fired or let go and start from scratch. This GM committee system needs to go immediately if not sooner.
We don't want McCabe anymore either!
Apparently, Fletcher's plan is to have McCabe waive his no-trade this summer and to deal him back home to Long Island. The apparent sticking point is that Fletcher wants a first rounder, and for now, Backup Goalie- I mean GM- Snow hasn't budged.
It's a mess in Toronto and it's a mess in Long Island. At least Captain Highliner isn't on you jerseys anymore.
There is no chance in hell we're giving up our first round draft pick in such a deep draft. We're gonna have a top 5 pick. If Snow gives that up, I'm gonna be at my breaking point.
And that's the Gordon's Fisherman, thank you very much. And no Ranger fans, you can't have fishsticks.
Prepare yourself for that breaking point then. With Cliff Fletcher and Garth Snow involved, anything can happen. Maybe we'll throw Jason Blake in too.
most cable and satellite has VS. which is carrying the first 2 rounds of the playoffs exclusively. On Dish we get the HD version in our package as well and NHL network which carries some games. I also get Altitude and Altitude HD for my Avs games, so the Center Ice package hasn't been necessary.
We don't get the NHL Network out here in the land of Kings and Ducks.
Thanks for the tip about Versus, I'll look into that. I think I get that channel, but it always seems hard to find.
On a side note, I remember seeing that VS. has a show called Hockeycentral, but the name of that show already exists on The Fan 590 Toronto and on Sportsnet. You can listen live or download their podcasts (you can subscribe on iTunes) M-F. It's a good show with good inside info and good guests, but it can be a little Toronto-centric since they are based in Toronto.
I listen to the podcast of hockeycentral from toronto almost daily. great show. but yes VS. uses it to to essentially call their in game, pre game and post game (sportscenter for hockey) that.
listening to the podcast around may last year, one of the guys on the show came up with a great idea to use what they have in a european league where all teams should play each other equally regardless of conference or division and that at the end of the season the top 16 records go to the playoffs where teams 1-7 get to choose their opponent for considerations such as who is hot or not, matchups, and travel.
Ends Garth Snow's life.
NHL.com has free streaming radio. Though it's so much better to watch, it's better than nothing.
Never listened to that. I'll have to give it a listen when I get home.
I remember that, I thought it was an interesting idea too. It would be very difficult for every team to play every team equally because of the travel factor. They could still do that system within each conference though- that would be awesome. It would be really exciting and interesting to see how each team chooses their opponents.
They really need to change the way things work. The point system is ridiculous the way it is, and it just doesn't allow for enough movement. It seems like it's really exciting right now because of the divisional play that is going on, but in actuality it's false excitement. The extra point for an OT and SO loss is an awful idea (don't get me started about the SO. What was so bad about ties anyway?). Kypreos talks about this a lot.
Check out another podcast out of Vegas called The Blueline Talk Radio hosted by a guy name Millian. Funny guy. Lots of attitude.
Just subscribed and loaded it onto my iPhone. Thanks
I see it's weekly- updated Sundays?
I got what you meant lol.
That was some game last night. I wound up sitting real close it was nice. I got a lot of great pictures. I was right by the Rangers tunnel, where they have that beer tent. I got a cool picture of Valiquette, he looked at me and smiled it was funny. For some reason he was sitting a few rows in front of me the whole night, he wasn't on the bench at all that I can remember.
I hate that we don't get Versus at school, I'm gonna miss a lot of great western games.
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!!!
Fine, I'll get my own
well i'm happy both the B's and the rangers made it and the isles look like they will be saying goodbye to hempstead turnpike until the fall
Now how far will they both go...not very far
Now how far will they both go...not very far
well i'm happy both the B's and the rangers made it and the isles look like they will be saying goodbye to hempstead turnpike until the fall
Now how far will they both go...not very far
true but what is crazy is that a ranger win sunday but that 4 hosting the devils in the 1st round and a loss on sunday plus a boston win puts the rangers in 6 against the caps (or canes) with the b's facing the devils.
Crazy night tonight, eh? I think it's retarded that Washington can jump from 9th to 3rd in one night without even playing. I guess all will be decided in the next 2 days. Should be a good playoff.....
Speaking of playoffs, does anyone know if an iCal NHL playoffs subscription calender has been created? I'd love to pop that into iCal to have an instant schedule on my MacBook and iPhone. Thanks Puckheads
Speaking of playoffs, does anyone know if an iCal NHL playoffs subscription calender has been created? I'd love to pop that into iCal to have an instant schedule on my MacBook and iPhone. Thanks Puckheads
Crazy night tonight, eh? I think it's retarded that Washington can jump from 9th to 3rd in one night without even playing. I guess all will be decided in the next 2 days. Should be a good playoff.....
Speaking of playoffs, does anyone know if an iCal NHL playoffs subscription calender has been created? I'd love to pop that into iCal to have an instant schedule on my MacBook and iPhone. Thanks Puckheads
Nothing Yet, but that could be because they want to wait to see who will be playing who..keep checking this site, mon-tuesday at the latest.
http://icalshare.com/index.php?topic=hockey
On Sunday, the NHL Playoff Thread will be created following the conclusion of the Devils/Rags game.
Go Devils!
One game of importance tonight. Florida v Caps. Caps win, they're the Southeast Division Champs.
Go Caps!
Go Devils!
One game of importance tonight. Florida v Caps. Caps win, they're the Southeast Division Champs.
Go Caps!
Nice, dude. Thanks.
Another interesting night tonight.
For now I've got the UCLA v. Memphis game on- I live in Westwood, which is where UCLA is, so it's my duty to watch it.
Versus is showing some light-middleweight boxing match and then bullriding. Yeah, that's much better than showing the Caps game or the Leafs/Habs game. Good deal with Versus, NHL.
I hope the Caps make it- I miss all those triple and quadruple Overtime games that they always used to be in.