I'm a huge Hockey fan. I may live in Denver, But I'm a huge Flyers fan. Tonight is game one for both the Alvalanch against San Jose, and the Flyers against the Devils. Since the Av's game is blocked out here, I'm watching the Flyers. Here is a link for the teams in the playoffs:
I'm paying good attention at the Sharks as they have and always have been my favorite team in the western division. My guess is that they will beat the Avalanche in 5 and have good chances to making it to the west division finals. Thorton + Heatley will eat the young Avalanche players like a starving fatty eats his lunch at a ALL YOU CAN EAT buffet. GO SHARKS GO!
2nd team I'm gonna watch is, of course, the Montreal Canadiens. I think Washington will be a great test for the core team players and if we wanna win this one Halak is gonna have to be F*kcing good. Scott Gomez and Giota will have to be on their best roll and the 3-4th line will need to give much much more. As for the defense, Markov as always been his best against Ovechkin and the series will be no different. GO HABS GO!
If the Av's win the first series, it will take 7 games to do it, but then get smoked in the second round. But, they may struggle worse than I think and will fall to the Sharks. I just saw the Senators and Penguins score, Sens up 3-1.
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Avs have looked pretty damn good against the Sharks all season. We kicked their asses opening night, and won the last game we played. The game before that, we would have won 2-1 if you took away all the goals that bounced in off the team's own players (we had 1, they had 3); that was definitely one of our best games in a while, and for sure the best since after the Olympics. That only leaves one game all year that the Sharks really deserved to win (and they beat the hell out of us). Of course, the Sharks have the experience card, but they also have the choke in the first round card, so...we'll see what happens. Should be an exciting round either way. Puck drop in 2 hours!!
Puck drops right after me Flyers, who are winning 2-0. Are the Av's blacked out here in Denver? Sometimes I can't get them on the NHL channels for Dish. Dead Wings play the Coyotes tonight too! Same time as Av's.
Sens/Pens update: 5-4 Sens.
Flyers/Devils: 2-1 Flyers.
Edit: Zajak just scored for the Devils.
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Wow. That was an awesome game.
I've watched 75+ games this season for the Avs, and I don't think we've played a better defensive game all season. The second period was a clinic...12-3 shot advantage against the 4th best offense in the league this season. If we play every game like we played that period, we'll win the Stanley Cup. Of course...that's unlikely to happen. But a man can dream... :whistling:
Also, the Rockies won on a 10th inning walk-off home run, so...good day to be a sports fan in Colorado. :biggrin:
Well...night and day from game 1, but still really entertaining. We definitely had some serious mistakes that directly cost us the game; mainly clearing errors that have been our bane all season. And we were so close to winning...20-some seconds left when they scored with their goalie pulled. Oh well, first game we showed that we can absolutely shut them down, tonight we showed that we can stay with them offensively as well. So, at least we can take that out of it, and now the next 2 games come back here! :biggrin:
P.S. I love T.J. Galiardi. He was my favorite player all year and he's been playing amazingly so far, even if it's not showing on the scoreboard (only 1 assist I think so far). Anyway, damn late California games, I'm off to bed.
Well...night and day from game 1, but still really entertaining. We definitely had some serious mistakes that directly cost us the game; mainly clearing errors that have been our bane all season. And we were so close to winning...20-some seconds left when they scored with their goalie pulled. Oh well, first game we showed that we can absolutely shut them down, tonight we showed that we can stay with them offensively as well. So, at least we can take that out of it, and now the next 2 games come back here! :biggrin:
P.S. I love T.J. Galiardi. He was my favorite player all year and he's been playing amazingly so far, even if it's not showing on the scoreboard (only 1 assist I think so far). Anyway, damn late California games, I'm off to bed.
I was able to catch the Third period after work. It was pretty good. Pens evened up the series so did the Devils. Dead Wings won also. I'm going to update the OP with standings later today.
@ Pryda, shame on you for rooting for the devils.
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I'm definitely rooting for the habs This Washington game is pretty intense.
Yeah, I had it on while I was playing some D2 earlier :smile:
That game was pretty much a carbon copy of last night's Avs/Sharks game, except the Caps had to come back from a 4-1 deficit to win it. Which is why I'm rooting for the Habs as well. Washington's a scary, scary club...we only played them once this season, but we got stomped, 6-1 IIRC. I'm not sure if we even saw Montreal <_< . Theodore was awful tonight though...2 goals against on 2 shots before getting yanked. I thought Nabokov was bad last night allowing 5 on 15 shots.
Canucks and Kings are in OT right now, but I gotta be at work at 6am, so I gotta turn in rather than watch that. I'm not sure who I like in that series. Obviously as a division opponent, I like the Canucks less, but both those teams have played really well against us this year. I guess I have to differ to the Kings on this one. :yucky:
I watched the Sens/Pens game earlier, Pens won 4-2. But, I was really impressed with the Sens' game; when they get it low, they can run the cycle very, very well. Didn't help em out tonight though. :tongue:
The Avs game tonight was...nerve-wracking to say the least. Anderson was absolutely amazing in net with a 51-save shutout. And...the OT game-winner...that was one of the weirdest goals I've ever seen. :huh: But we'll take it. When Andy came out for the First Star interview, the crowd just went apeshit and they couldn't do the interview for like a minute. It was awesome. :woot:
Also, with the Hawks winning tonight, all 8 series split the first two games 1-1. :blink:
NHL Playoff bracket.
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Standings East:
Washington:1
Montreal:1
Pittsburgh:1
Ottawa:1
Buffalo:1
Boston:1
Philadelphia:1
New Jersey:1
Standings West:
San Jose:1
Colorado:1
Phoenix:1
Detroit:1
Vancouver:1
Los Angeles:1
Chicago:0
Nashville:1
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2nd team I'm gonna watch is, of course, the Montreal Canadiens. I think Washington will be a great test for the core team players and if we wanna win this one Halak is gonna have to be F*kcing good. Scott Gomez and Giota will have to be on their best roll and the 3-4th line will need to give much much more. As for the defense, Markov as always been his best against Ovechkin and the series will be no different. GO HABS GO!
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Sens/Pens update: 5-4 Sens.
Flyers/Devils: 2-1 Flyers.
Edit: Zajak just scored for the Devils.
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Wow. That was an awesome game.
I've watched 75+ games this season for the Avs, and I don't think we've played a better defensive game all season. The second period was a clinic...12-3 shot advantage against the 4th best offense in the league this season. If we play every game like we played that period, we'll win the Stanley Cup. Of course...that's unlikely to happen. But a man can dream... :whistling:
Also, the Rockies won on a 10th inning walk-off home run, so...good day to be a sports fan in Colorado. :biggrin:
Sens 5 Pits 4, now that's impressive !
Flyers won 2-1. Next game Friday night. I'll be at work so I'll have to DVR it.
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Avs 5
Sharks 6 (OT)
Well...night and day from game 1, but still really entertaining. We definitely had some serious mistakes that directly cost us the game; mainly clearing errors that have been our bane all season. And we were so close to winning...20-some seconds left when they scored with their goalie pulled. Oh well, first game we showed that we can absolutely shut them down, tonight we showed that we can stay with them offensively as well. So, at least we can take that out of it, and now the next 2 games come back here! :biggrin:
P.S. I love T.J. Galiardi. He was my favorite player all year and he's been playing amazingly so far, even if it's not showing on the scoreboard (only 1 assist I think so far). Anyway, damn late California games, I'm off to bed.
@ Pryda, shame on you for rooting for the devils.
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Yeah, I had it on while I was playing some D2 earlier :smile:
That game was pretty much a carbon copy of last night's Avs/Sharks game, except the Caps had to come back from a 4-1 deficit to win it. Which is why I'm rooting for the Habs as well. Washington's a scary, scary club...we only played them once this season, but we got stomped, 6-1 IIRC. I'm not sure if we even saw Montreal <_< . Theodore was awful tonight though...2 goals against on 2 shots before getting yanked. I thought Nabokov was bad last night allowing 5 on 15 shots.
Canucks and Kings are in OT right now, but I gotta be at work at 6am, so I gotta turn in rather than watch that. I'm not sure who I like in that series. Obviously as a division opponent, I like the Canucks less, but both those teams have played really well against us this year. I guess I have to differ to the Kings on this one. :yucky:
Game three for some East and West games. Go Flyers, go Avs.
I updated the OP with standings for both Conferences.
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The Avs game tonight was...nerve-wracking to say the least. Anderson was absolutely amazing in net with a 51-save shutout. And...the OT game-winner...that was one of the weirdest goals I've ever seen. :huh: But we'll take it. When Andy came out for the First Star interview, the crowd just went apeshit and they couldn't do the interview for like a minute. It was awesome. :woot:
Also, with the Hawks winning tonight, all 8 series split the first two games 1-1. :blink: