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GBBob 06-06-2013 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by -BT- (Post 930893)
whooooooooooooooooooa there bob, you might want to pull them reins back

boston is playing the best hockey i've seen out of any team in the playoffs. As much as i want ANYONE from the west to beat this team it's going to be a tall order. Claude has got them boys dialed in, and don't let 'm get a lead on you, they'll milk the sh!t out of Chicago or LA in the neutral zone.

-bt-

I just think it's all relative..sure Boston's playing well, but this is the West where top to bottom the competition is so much tougher. The 7's and 8's weren't Toronto and Ottawa. LA or Chicago ain't giving up 6 goals in a game, which reflects a bit on how much competition Pitt really is.

MaTH716 06-06-2013 10:46 AM

I really believe that either Boston vs LA or Chicago could be an epic series. Boston feels like the destiny team this year. They were left for dead late against Toronto and ended up making a miraculous comeback. Brian's right, they are absolutely dial in right now. They are a solid/complete team, with many guy who can score, the Campbell injury will hurt, but they are very deep and with the way Rask is playing they will tough against anyone from the west.

hoovesupsideyourhead 06-06-2013 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by GBBob (Post 930892)
Good luck with that..LA or Chicago in 6

:tro: have to agree Chicago has the tools ..and wont be out hit. boston is good but they haven't played a team with all the pieces yet..the last game in la was a gimme..the team looked sluggish..imo

MaTH716 06-06-2013 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead (Post 930898)
:tro: have to agree Chicago has the tools ..and wont be out hit. boston is good but they haven't played a team with all the pieces yet..the last game in la was a gimme..the team looked sluggish..imo

What's Pittsburgh?

hoovesupsideyourhead 06-06-2013 10:59 AM

no goaltending..

hoovesupsideyourhead 06-06-2013 11:00 AM

chicagos comeback vs Detroit was stellar

MaTH716 06-06-2013 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead (Post 930903)
no goaltending..

Pittsburgh's D has done a horrendous job and have left Vokoun out to dry the entire series. He's done a good job since getting the nod. He had one bad game. It's been exposed cause the Pens aren't scoring 4 a game to cover for their D.

The story has been Rask, period.
He's given up 2 goals on 110 shots in over 215 minutes hockey against one of the top offensive teams in the league.
Now that's stellar.

hoovesupsideyourhead 06-06-2013 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by MaTH716 (Post 930905)
Pittsburgh's D has done a horrendous job and have left Vokoun out to dry the entire series. He's done a good job since getting the nod. He had one bad game. It's been exposed cause the Pens aren't scoring 4 a game to cover for their D.

The story has been Rask, period.
He's given up 2 goals on 110 shots in over 215 minutes hockey against one of the top offensive teams in the league.
Now that's stellar.

the same was said of the kings goalie who got drubbed in game 2..but I see your point..hope its a boston /hawks series..they might need bobby orr..lol

-BT- 06-06-2013 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead (Post 930904)
chicagos comeback vs Detroit was stellar

i think a lot of people are forgetting that the Hawks are the #1 seed IN THE LEAGUE, not just the West, and De-Trois was lucky enough to backdoor themself into the playoffs this season.

say LA takes the next game and Boston sweeps

who ever comes out of the west is going to be banged up while boston licks its chops and gets healthy.

-bt-

GBBob 06-06-2013 12:47 PM

Hawks have problems tonight w/out Keith

Danzig 06-06-2013 03:44 PM

boston's tough. they lost a couple guys last night, and still managed to hold on and then win the thing. pitt played their best of the series last night, and it wasn't enough.
i thought la looked tough at home the other night, but i expect chicago to bounce back this evening.

if la moves on (which i doubt) i'll pull for bos in the cup final. if it's chicago, i'll be pulling for the hawks.
either way, looking forward to some more good hockey.

docicu3 06-06-2013 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead (Post 930906)
the same was said of the kings goalie who got drubbed in game 2..but I see your point..hope its a boston /hawks series..they might need bobby orr..lol

Nice win to take control Mathew.....gotta finish with game 5.

Danzig 06-07-2013 06:12 AM

great game last night. la's first playoff loss at home.

Alabama Stakes 06-07-2013 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead (Post 930906)
the same was said of the kings goalie who got drubbed in game 2..but I see your point..hope its a boston /hawks series..they might need bobby orr..lol


after watching the Hawks beat a kings team that could barely get the puck out of their own zone down 1 with 3 to play. It was the most boring 3 minutes of a one goal game ever.. You guys might need to call in Stosh Mikita Bobby Hull and Pat Stapleton to beat the bruins.

What a series it would be though. Great Uniforms that have been roughly the same forever. Fans who know whats up. Blood and guts. They'll be showing reruns of "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" on the old movies channel. I was actually at the Bruins Hawks game where they filmed the scene with Robert Mitchum, I can remember my dad saying look son they're shooting a picture with Mtchum in the balcony. Someone got the hat trick that night, which was a cool thing for a little kid to see live. Finish the La La boys off, and let's get it on.

-BT- 06-07-2013 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by GBBob (Post 930916)
Hawks have problems tonight w/out Keith

first goal i would definitely say brookbank had some fault in. second goal, if you're a hard core *******, you could say he should have tied up penner, but if you really want to look at it, he didn't give him much, penner barely got a touch on it. Crawford has got to control a slow roller like that, didn't do him or his defense any favors on that one at all.

what i've noticed. Patrick Kane is awful
don't know if he set the world on fire in previous series, but he's unnoticeable in this one. He doesn't play defense, takes stupid penalties, can't create his own shot, DIVES (that really pissed me off last night, when penner barely caught him up high and he laid on the ice for 2 minutes like a sniper got him from the rafters after the whistle to try and draw a call), and it looks like he's salty he's not a factor on the top 2 lines. When Q puts him up with Toews and Hossa he looks all world, otherwise he just gets into the zone and waits. And that “goal” he had last night….yeah, that was Bickell’s.

Bickell, i don't think he's that great, but he's really feeling it right now, and the guy is gonna get STUPID money from someone in the off season. His scenario = Dustin Penner. Relatively unknown in the regular season, guy gets on the national stage and shines, all the sudden he's a household name, and just like Penner getting big bucks to go to Edmonton on an offer sheet, the same will happen with Bickell.


-bt-

GBBob 06-07-2013 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by -BT- (Post 931023)
first goal i would definitely say brookbank had some fault in. second goal, if you're a hard core *******, you could say he should have tied up penner, but if you really want to look at it, he didn't give him much, penner barely got a touch on it. Crawford has got to control a slow roller like that, didn't do him or his defense any favors on that one at all Agreed..the second goal was all on Crawford..he has to control that puck


what i've noticed. Patrick Kane is awful
don't know if he set the world on fire in previous series, but he's unnoticeable in this one. He doesn't play defense, takes stupid penalties, can't create his own shot, DIVES (that really pissed me off last night, when penner barely caught him up high and he laid on the ice for 2 minutes like a sniper got him from the rafters after the whistle to try and draw a call), and it looks like he's salty he's not a factor on the top 2 lines. When Q puts him up with Toews and Hossa he looks all world, otherwise he just gets into the zone and waits. And that “goal” he had last night….yeah, that was Bickell’s. I don't know on Kane...He has had a bad series against LA because he's a "space" guy and that just disappears in the playoffs. He had an unreal defensive reg season as he really embraced back checking and only took 8 penalties all year and is nominated for that Chick award.

Bickell, i don't think he's that great, but he's really feeling it right now, and the guy is gonna get STUPID money from someone in the off season. His scenario = Dustin Penner. Relatively unknown in the regular season, guy gets on the national stage and shines, all the sudden he's a household name, and just like Penner getting big bucks to go to Edmonton on an offer sheet, the same will happen with Bickell.
Bickell= Dustin Bfgulyn from 3 years ago, although he is light years more talented offensively than Buff was. Bickell is gone..He'll get a 4 yr deal from someone and I think he will be a 30 goal scorer

-bt-

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hoovesupsideyourhead 06-07-2013 10:37 AM

Crawford let in a garbage goal..im happy they got one of two at the la home ice. hawks will close out la at home sat resting a bit for boston.playerwise some of the comments here baffle me . they found a way to win without a key guy last night.jagr wont be cruising around for 23 min a game vs the hawks..they will hit him.and make him try and skate with the upbeat game we have...its going to be a good series.but by no means are the hawks not able to handle bostons best game. they will find a way to make bostons goalie look mortal toews .will start scoring in the last series imo

-BT- 06-07-2013 07:48 PM

pierre mcguire just announced that shawn thornton knows how to "win championships"

he might be the most irrelevant player on either team, right next to the back up goalies..... respect what the guy does, but he got a free ring in anaheim and did the same in boston a few years ago...knowing how to "win championships" is more then just a roster spot

and i just hit mute on my tv

-bt-

3kings 06-07-2013 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by -BT- (Post 931167)
pierre mcguire just announced that shawn thornton knows how to "win championships"

he might be the most irrelevant player on either team, right next to the back up goalies..... respect what the guy does, but he got a free ring in anaheim and did the same in boston a few years ago...knowing how to "win championships" is more then just a roster spot

and i just hit mute on my tv

-bt-

Pierre just said the Caps suck and Pittsburgh is the nicest city in the USA.

hoovesupsideyourhead 06-07-2013 09:37 PM

ouch mulkin just wiffed at the wrong time:zz:


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