The unloved Phoenix Coyotes are going to the Western Conference semi-final and the Chicago Blackhawks are going home..
Goaltender Mike Smith, doing his best Jaroslav Halak impression with a 39-save shutout, kept his team in the game through the first 33 minutes, until Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored on Phoenix’s fourth shot of the game.
Former Canadien Kyle Chipchura scored the final goal in a 4-0 win that ended Chicago’s season at a stunned United Centre.
They Coyotes won a playoff series for the first time in 14 tries, dating back to their time as the Winnipeg Jets.
They will face Nashville in the Western Conference semi-final.
The other series will match the L.A. Kings and St. Louis Blues.
Earlier on Monday night, the chorus at ScotiaBank Place in the Ottawa suburb of Kanata was “Refs you suck!”
Henrik Lundqvist would agree.
An emotional Game 6 turned on penalties and ended in a 3-2 win for the
Trailing 1-0, the visitors scored three unanswered goals in the second period to take control.
The desperate Senators narrowed the lead on a late goal that enraged Lundqvist, but 38 seconds wasn’t enough time to get the equalizer.
Game 7 will be at Madison Square Garden on Thursday.
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Why all the love for McGuire? Markov will be picking wood out of his butt,Pierre’s words without Komisarek.
NorthTOHab
in fairness markovs injured quite often since komiserak has left..
Mike Smith is a wall. He reminds me of Lundquist. Very deep in his net but stops everything. Go Yotes even if no one is cheering! I hope you get a great big tailgate in a parking lot. Kinda like Jersey or the Ducks when they won… Still it beats last… Go Yotes! Arrroooo!
Coyotes chasing The Cup. Should be a cliffhanger:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4ZyY9a6klM&feature=endscreen&NR=1
Richard R
Price is an oyster. Unfortunately not all oysters produce pearls.
Spelling error in your column title Mr Boone, and again, theres a difference between ‘not fawning over/ not deifying’ and ‘bashing’.
[Disclaimer]: I’m a hockey fan. I care about the habs, but probably not as much as you.
Ottawa and NY was a pretty good game until the refs decided that NY should win it.
[Disclaimer]: I’m a hockey fan. I care about the habs, but probably not as much as you.
Add Chicago to the list of teams who will be in on any Luongo or Floppy Tim moves this summer!
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The cerebral insight of PJ Stock:
“Le problem est Markov n’a pas jouer un seul game cette annee”
“Louis Leblanc est un kid locale”
Luongo to Chicago. Possible.
Richard R
Price is an oyster. Unfortunately not all oysters produce pearls.
Lets all agree on one thing. Flopper sucks and he has too many horse shoes where the sun don’t shine. Damn seals movin around, who woulda known that ended up in a lucky cup? I say screw Flopper and his Tea Bagging. This year Boston and the Tea Baggers both lose.
Sorry, i’m on mobile, cannot reply directly. I get what you’re saying. I have heard commentators say it repeatedly both on radio and tv, and also outside of Mtl.
I think what they mean is, that kind of performance is unexpected from non-established NHL goalies. If you pay attention, they say it for the likes of Holtby and Mike Smith. Nobody mentions Halak in talking about how well Thomas or Lundquist (sp) are playing.
I don’t think it’s a comparison of the actual performances per se. It’s about goalies from out of nowhere posting stunningly high level performances in the playoffs. At least that’s how I think sports commentators use the reference.
That is a good point, I never looked at it that way, being the reference for the “unproven” goalie.
Pittsburgh beat them selfs – they’re a little better than Philly – not by much – but they should have won in -7
So Mattz, you’re a Carey Price fan!?
Only teasing, it’s bed time.
Am I a Price fan, yes. Am I a Halak fan, yes. I am big fan of goaltenders in general, I have many “favorites”.
Phoenix, a team of mostly hand-me-down players nobody wanted.
Is that a testament to Don Maloney and Dave Tippet?
10 Million under the cap!
7 UFA and 3 RFA this summer!
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The cerebral insight of PJ Stock:
“Le problem est Markov n’a pas jouer un seul game cette annee”
“Louis Leblanc est un kid locale”
I know its seems to be the running joke here to say any goalie who plays a brilliant game or series his best impression of Jaro Halak. Maybe its me, but I find what Quick and Smith just did to be much more impressive than Halak. They both won in less than 7 games, never pulled in any game, save % over .940, what they did is insane. I know a lot of you are going to say that I am putting down Halak and such, but I am sorry if you feel that way. I am stating this because I don’t feel they should be compared to anybody, since they have done something remarkable and deserve the recognition for it.
Goaltending, as well as beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder.
Well said, but sometimes we get caught up with being biased (myself included). The point of my post was to give credit where I felt credit was due. Just sharing my opinion, you don’t have to agree with it, you’re entitled to yours as well.
Sedin’s hit was like accidently burning someone with a cigarette.
Keith’s was retaliation with a blow torch.
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Good night HIO wherever you are……
Intent doesn’t matter!? Ok I get you.
So it’s okay to absolve Sedin of responsibility?
Ok, I get you.
How did I absolve Sedin of responsibility? I said he could use the EXCUSE that it was a hockey play gone wrong. The high hit happened in the flow of the game and probably deserved 2 minutes in the penalty box. But yes, I do mean Sedin did not deserve to be sneakily assaulted and concussed for it.
Now, it’s obvious you and I won’t find common ground, which is fine. You think intent doesn’t matter, I think it does. I would assume it’s an accident if somebody hit my car from behind, unless it turns out to be an ex-girlfriend or her new boyfriend…
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A big Centreman, please. Thank you!
So Tom Nickle, what’s your point? Sedin has the excuse of a hockey play gone wrong. Are you the kind to light someone’s car on fire because they hit your bumper!?
Are you the kind of person to assume that somebody who rear ends you did so without malice?
Intent doesn’t matter. Sedin if nothing else boarded Duncan Keith with what the league has deemed to be a reckless play, nothing was called, Keith retaliated.
Keith by the way, like Sedin, had never in his career faced supplemental discipline. Not a repeat offender. So why did Sedin get off the hook?
Because Sedin’s play was not as bad as Keith’s. You seem mystified, but it’s really not that complicated. Sedin’s was borderline, Keith’s was dirty.
Full Breezer 4 Life
Sedin skated from the hashmarks on the opposite side of the zone to Keith who had his back turned below the goal line.
Late hit, blindside hit, contact to the head.
Borderline?
I think I can handle a Philly win before another Boston win. Would be great to see them square off and just have a huge series.
The Minnesota Wild coached by Jacques Lemaire up against the New Jersey Devils coached by Jacques Lemaire could not produce a more boring series than what the Preds v. Coyotes series will be.
Has a goalie ever posted a .950 save percentage and lost a series?
If not, I’d be willing to bet that will happen shortly.
The 2nd Round of the Western Conference playoffs are going to be way more interesting than the East Nashville, St Louis, La and The Yotes one of those teams will be in the Finals would have never thought this would be round two haha
Quick who is the other Mike Smith ?
It’s bubbles for trailer park boys
Quick, who is the real Michael Jackson?
It’s Trevor from TPB.
Thursday night: Game 7 Ottawa/Rangers
or
NFL Draft?
Decisions,decisions.
Both !!!!!
Who is your team ? I like the Lions….
As a Packers fan I believe it’s my duty to tell you that while your team’s improvements are admirable I’m afraid it won’t result in them winning a Superbowl while Aaron Rodgers is in the NFL.
I always had a soft spot for the Lions with Barry Sanders, but my boy is Mad dog Suh.
They are undisciplined I wonder if Schwartz is the right coach for them. Harbaugh handed him his butt last year.
They’re doing a good job. I wouldn’t worry about Schwartz. They’re young and will grow up.
I like the Bills.
You and I certainly know how to pick em.
LOL.
I died a little bit for all 5 super bowl loses…..
It was only 4 losses…
But who’s counting,anyways?
I sit corrected, maybe I was thinking of 2012-2013 ????
Watched the comments by Lundqvist in the post-game reactions, he better get his money ready… IMO it was kicked in but that will always be up for debate…
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Tonight’s performance by Smith is almost equal to Roy vs the Rangers in 1986
Dear Duncan Keith, karma says hello. Also makes sweet promises for next year.
How quickly people forget that Duncan Keith had his head slammed into the glass by a player who blindsided him two shifts before his over the top reaction.
I dont if the refs would have called Sedin’s hit Duncan never would have retaliated
Tom, we’ll never agree but I won’t let it go without comment. The Keith hit on Daniel Sedin was orders of magnitude worse in terms of intensity and recklessness.
Daniel Sedin was ‘finishing his check’, in hockey parlance, something which the NHL apologists blame him and his brother for not doing enough, the mucking and grinding and wallowing in the dirty areas. Duncan Keith was out for revenge and out for blood, and his hit was a borderline homicidal elbow. It qualifies as assault under the Criminal Code.
Stop minimizing the illegality and imbecility of Mr. Keith’s gesture by comparing it to a ‘true blue’ hockey play.
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How about it NHL? No fighting, just hockey?
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Ok now I remember why Chipchura was traded….hahaha
Still happy for him and Doan
0.000001 % of the population had LA, St Louis, Phoenix and Nashville in their pre- season predictions for the Western Conference final four
I had all other than Phoenix.
Rangers, Bruins, Flyers and Panthers in the East.
Over/under on the total goals in the Nash vs Pho series 15.
I say under, lots of 1-0 games, maybe 2 to 3 overtimes.
So I’m thinking Barry Trotz might just tell Shea Weber to aim high with his first shot of the inevitable Coyotes v. Predators series.
Thoughts?
Yup, I am still wondering if it’s going to be an exciting series or boring as hell
We’ll have to watch to find out but my money’s on a suckfest.
I am betting the under on every game.
Time for some milk and chocolate chipchura’s
Chipchura!!!
Who is the idiot GM who got rid of Chipchura ????
Haha. Bob Murray in Anaheim.
You know when we drafted him, I thought we finally had that Mike Keane/Brian Skrudland/Mike McPhee type player again.
Me too, he had all the makings of a leader, I thought for sure he would be the next Skrudland….
Oh well, good for him.
He was looking good until he tore his achille’s tendon…
True!!!
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Now THAT was terrible defensive zone coverage.
WHo has a worse goaltender situation Phily or Chicago ?
Toronto
The monster is a UFA I think, so I guess Burkie will go UFA shopping ? WHo is available ?
Vokoun
Nobody worth having as a starter.
Brent Johnson ?
Haha
He can hold his own fighting that’s for sure.
Chicago, at least Bryzgalov has shown at times he can be great.
He better show it in the next round….
Based on contract alone,philly. IMO anyway.
Chicago needs to score from the 3 goal line now
I think the fat lady is getting ready.
Wonder if stevie Y would like a do over in letting mike smith go?
in a heartbeat
He’s very lucky that Vlad Namestnikov fell into his lap last year at the draft.
Other than that, he hasn’t done the best job.
Smith is good. Maybe the difference in this series.
He’s the only reason, Phoenix has no real offense to speak of.
Leave it to Chris Lee to call a five late in an elimination playoff game.
I guarantee Roszival plays again in this game.
You don’t think that should be a 5 minute call? What were you watching?
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The call absolutely should have been five minutes. But not because of the reason that NHL officials are instructed to. They’re mandated like international officials to call major penalties where an injury is suffered. Leaves the call in the victim’s hands.
Lee told the linseman two minutes. Then changed his mind after Roszival was leaving the ice.
There’s no consistency and the call was made because of Roszival’s reaction to it. Not the hit itself.
Has to be a 5
I wonder what Jordan thinks of Hockey….mmm
Michael Jordan just asked if you score with a shot past the blueline is it worth more than one goal , mmm the two goal line.
Lecavalier for Luongo ?
Hawks need Harry Carey to stir them up.
I’m gonna commit Hari Kari if I have to see the Broons win it again or have to see Philthydelphia win it.
Boston won last year.
Philly could win this year.
Who’s gonna win next year..the Laffs?
You’re trying to kill me aren’t you?
That WOULD be quite a trifecta for us Hab fans,wouldn’t it?
Then Quebec gets the Yotes and they win the year after.
Terrible defensive coverage on Brule.
Meh. Picking up the second man going to the net is never easy. Very unexpected, Brule probably should have come down low behind the net there, smart play by him if he knew it would throw the Hawks off.
Ya, but defensive coverage is expected in the playoffs. I’d be tearing the paint off the wall in the room if I was coach and saw that.
Coach can’t get mad at that one. With a man already in front and Brule coming from out of position to the front of the net with somebody already parked there as I said is highly unexpected. Puck shouldn’t have gotten through to Brule, he’ll be more upset about that than anything.
Halak won’t be eligible to play in first two games of next round against LA.
Not good.
St. Louis will be hard pressed to beat the Kings.
They still have their starter.
heh heh
astute…
Exactly my point.
So the Blues will be hard pressed to beat the Kings without their backup for the first two games? You sure that was your point?
Yup. Elliot playing WAY over his head. Bound to come down to earth.
You told me Giroux wouldn’t put his team on his back yesterday and deliver a win after I said that he would. You’ll have to forgive me for not sharing your opinion.
Hadn’t figured on Fleury being an absolute SIEVE.
You haven’t followed Fleury’s career all that closely then.
Game 7 of the second round two years ago ring a bell?
It CERTAINLY does. Fleury was HALAKED.
Fleury gave up four goals on 13 shots early in that game seven.
Halak had almost nothing to do with the outcome of that game.
No,YOU and I had nothing to do with the outcome of that game.
Halak had somewhat of an influence.
They have to pin their hopes to a guy with a .949 SV% in the playoffs. Their doomed, doomed I tell ya.
Jonathan Quick >>> Elliot or whoever will be in the nets.
I havent seen all the games from all the series but I think the ‘soundest’ team-hockey is being played in the Boston-Washington series.
And the best coached team is St. Louis. I know they have good players but the whole is better than the sum of the parts there.
The most surprisingly weak coaching has been Torts in New York. They may win the series but man are they playing scared and unimaginatively. They won this game on one power play sequence.
Oh I have to disagree.
Dan Bylsma has been the runaway winner of worst coach in these playoffs.
Didn’t manage his timeouts competently, nor his goaltending and he lost control of his team in the series’ first three games and couldn’t light a fire under them in the 6th game. They quit in that last game.
I think Pittsburgh could not overcome Fleury and were coming apart from the mountain they had to climb with all the injuries.
What injuries?
And this point like everything else is debatable but he had to go with Johnson at some point, I don’t care how bad he’s been, a sixth skater would have been better than Fleury for a large part of that series. You can’t let that ship sink. On top of all of that, he didn’t use his timeouts effectively at all. So many times in that series his team needed to be calmed down and he just didn’t seize the opportunity.
Anyone going to watch Barca vs Chelsea tomorrow ?
My money is on Chelsea, they are on a roll and Barca looks out of sync.
Agree with the out of sync comment. Also dont be surprised if Drogba has a bigger impact on the game than Messi.
If this were hockey Drogba would be a power forward and Messi a Gretzky. With players like Messi when they get out of sync which may be hardly ever for the best of their ilk) i really shows. For player slike Drogba.. they are just plain beasts.
Bob McKenzie has mastered the art of riding a fence post when it comes to never really calling out anything. His ass must be full of splinters. I don’t mind the guy, but he really is the artful dodger.
haha, I like him. As far as I’m concerned he’s the epitome of profesionalism when it comes to the media. He’s one of the few talking heads in the media who I couldn’t tell you what team he roots for. that’s refreshing these days.
Good on Lundqvist for speaking his mind. Hard to argue
He’s right. but there were too many non-calls against the Rangers. Just when I think there is a conspiracy I start thinking that the NHL is just plain incompetent.
Just plain incompetent.
Yah to clarify, I am not big on the conspiracy theory, but the interference and the kick were pretty obvious. The NHL is incompetent and I can imagine the conversation in Toronto. Well Ottawa still won’t win, so lets let them have this goal, just to appease them.
I vote for incompetent for sure.
The incompetence is very true for the on ice officials. But it’s only a result of the league rule emphasis.
In addition, before getting on the league pushing for the Rangers to win had you considered that Tortorella more than anyone questions the league publicly? If there’s one guy they don’t want going deep in the playoffs it’s him.
I agree, And I see your point. But, my point is it goes beyond coaches and players and it revolves around owners who are in the inner circle of the Gary Bettman, NHL mafia.
The Time has come for video review or some sort of coaches challenge, not just on goals.
I agree. I’m all for transparency.
I Was talking to this guy from Sudbury at the Hymus Pub at Lunch,
I told him the only thing to come out of Sudbury are Hockey Players and hookers,
He told me HEY my wife is from Sudbury
I said what position does she play
Sudbury is the only place in the World where I was kicked out of a bar before actually getting into the bar.
Door people caught me finishing a roadie in the limo. Who woulda thunk that a limo in Sudbury would’ve attracted unnecessary attention?
A limo in Sudbury, good title for a song or a sitcom
Had just won the Big Nickel tournament funny enough.
Celebratory.
Canucks President and players will be speaking to the masses tomorrow. Conspicuously absent will be Alain Vigneault. Reportedly had a ‘previous’ engagement and will speak tot he masses at a later date.
Interesting!
Also would be fun to watch Luongo.
If Luongo speaks voluntarily, he’s a class act. Always been a hard book to read for me so tomorrow will be telling from my position.
Which one is worse the Gomez contract or the Luongo contract ?
FOr the past two years and the next two Gomez, after that Luongo wins the booby prize.
Lecavalier?
At least he still is a useful player when healthy
As is Luongo.
COmpliments to you Mr. Boone for another doubleheader blog night, much appreciated!
Man Chicago fans suck more that Habs fans, geez they are at 30 shots on goal. And they cannot beat a HOT goalie, you don’t need to booo them.
Morons….
Before Toews and Kane were drafted they were selling tickets for $2.00
Before you ask, that’s not a typo.
I remember the Wurtz family blacking out games for the longest time
and now they’re averaging more fans per game than the Habs. It’s really unbelievable when you think about it. Bill Wirtz killed that franchise till his son took over.
Just asking, but given that the Habs sell out and the Bell Centre is the biggest arena in the league, how are the hawks averaging more fans?
Go Habs Go!!
“Fans are great, but the quickest way to start losing is to listen to them.” – Sam Pollock
Hawks arena is the biggest, more seats than the Phone Booth.
Edit: I said that based on memory, but having researched they are saying Montreal is biggest. I am sure I recall that Hawks could seat 23,000 at one time, now listed as 20,500. Weird.
Guess your right man.
Edit #2 According to this site Chicago is bigger and the girl in the detroit shirt looks believable.
http://coedmagazine.com/2011/05/12/the-best-worst-nhl-arenas-fans-poll/
Box score from game 3 in Chicago says paid attendance of 21,627 which would be more than the Bell Centre.
I’m guessing it’s because their arena is bigger. I’ve been wondering for a few years now how Chicago ends up ahead of the Habs in average attendance, and the only thing I can think of is that their barn holds more butts than ours.
Not sure what to believe anymore.
http://statshockey.homestead.com/info/nhlarenas.html
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Every time I see Doan’s name, I think: Terry Ryan
How about Jarome Iginla?
Wow. I didn’t realize he was picked 11th. Man, that was a run of terrible drafts that lasted… 10 years?
Anyone else want to see the Flyers and the Kings in the cup finals? I love both of these teams, not to mention that we’d get to see Mike Richards and Jeff Carter against their former team. Did Paul Holmgren make the right move by trading Richards and Carter away? If only Simon Gagne could come back for the finals…
The Flyers got Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds and a 2nd round pick for Richards.
They also got Sean Couturier and Jakub Voracek for Carter.
I’d say they did a little bit better than “the right move”.
It was a Grand Slam.
Agreed. Holmgren has retooled the Flyers on the fly. Amazing job.
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Getting Voracek and a top ten pick for a guy who was slamming a teammate’s wife is a good start.
Richards was a child with the media as you know and didn’t get along with Pronger.
Quite a return for two guys you want to get rid of.
And I didn’t even touch on the Dry Island deal.
His one big goof , is one big goofball Bryzgalov
I’m not buying that it’s a goof just yet. If not for Bryzgalov they very well could have found themselves golfing right now.
Think they’ll regret that contract if they win a Cup or two before it’s all said and done?
maybe
nope
You would have to think Mike Smith will win goalie battle against Cindy Crawford 100% of the time
Perhaps if this game goes to triple overtime instead of playing more hockey they can have a bathing suit competition surely Cindy Crawford would beat Mike Smith in that gimmick competition no?
as long as Aliya Jasmine represents the networks and not Cassie Campbell
I’d prefer Larionov’s daughter. Wow.
actually i would have to agree with you on that one
Chicago just does not have any of the depth that team had 2-3 years ago. Phoenix is a well coached team and do not give the Hawks any time or space on the ice.
When Phoenix moves to Quebec, can we hire Tippett and allow him a year or two to learn french?
Which is why the lovefest for a Stan Bowman pupil as the Habs next GM blows my mind.
And more reason to wine and dine Dale Tallon.
Too late. We shoulda done that when he was available. He’s now under contract and happily living in the sub-tropics. Like me.
For the right price we could get you back in Canada, lifetime membership at Chez Paree, golf membership at Royal Montreal etc. etc….
Oh hells ya.
The problem for Chicago is that they are going against a goalie who is totally zoned in, and Chicago has a goalie who cannot stop a beach ball, worst is that his own teamates know it.
Oh yeah sure. The league needs the Coyotes to do well to get a buyer so they call Chicago’s best penalty killer and faceoff man for a bogus penalty and pretty much shoot the puck into Chicago’s net themselves on the powerplay.
Typical.
Gary Bettman upon the Coyotes winning the Cup will call all other 29 NHL owners to center ice and hand them the cup. The first person to get the Cup will be Larry Tanenbaum of the Maple Leafs as this will be the closest the Leafs ever get to winning the Cup.
Should that qualify as an old joke yet?
My apologies……
No need. I didn’t say it wasn’t funny still.
Too transparent. The NHL mafia is much smarter than that. Jacobs and Snyder are the two owners who have paid Bettman the cash it takes to get your team the right calls in the playoffs.
Right on schedule….hahahhaaaa
Crawford is bad….
I’ve always liked Quenville as a coach.
And here comes the Phoenix goal….
Good call.
That one was easy. It’s going to take a lot to beat Smith. He’s so money baby..
Yeah, if the Canadiens had drafted Doan they would have traded him for a bag of pucks after a couple of years.
haha, so true. It boggles my mind how much this organization has mismanaged prospects.
Chicago knows they need to shoot 40 times against Smith, but Phoenix knows it only takes 1 shot.
WHO IS THE COYOTES GOALTENDING COACH?
Sean Burke
I think he played a big part in bringing Smith over to Phoenix as well.
Thought I read something about him pushing for Smith as far back as a couple of years ago too.
Maybe not though.
Haha. Sean Burke. Ya know what they say. Those who can’t do teach.
Well his grasshopper has learned well
I’d say so. Not to suck up but I love Mike Boone’s point. Smith wasn’t good enough for Yzerman. How’d that work out.
Mr. Yzerman isn’t off to the greatest of starts I’m afraid.
I am lost when i say his grasshopper has learned well, I mean Mike Smith has learned well from Sean Burke’s tutorship.
Burke had his moments. Just was never an “elite” goalie.
Haha. His career wasn’t much to write home about. A couple of good seasons.
haha, I dated a teacher once. Let me say, not only could she do, she could teach.
was her name Jonathon Toews
Nope, Stephanie. I’m sure you dream of men though don’t you?
Anyone have a stream for ‘Hawks-’Yotes?
Google firstrowsports many good ice hockey links, sorry but i think mods keep deleting when i attach URL
Good.
For the Senators fans trolling this site.
Comment from Henrik Lundqvist when asked about the second Sens goal.
“It’s a joke….somebody wanted them back in the game”.
There ya go Sens fans, maybe, just maybe the Rangers weren’t favoured tonight. And the evidence in this case greatly outweighs the conspiracy theories.
Pierre McGuire has this 7 player thing that he says all cup contending teams has to have.
A first line center and a second line center, a power forward, a specialist player, 2 good dmen, and a goaltender.
The Habs:
First line center: ?
Second line center: DD, I think DD’s under estimated because of his size and all, but I think he could be a great player.
Power forward: Pacioretty
Specialist player: Not sure if the Habs have any, but maybe Eller?
2 Dmen: Subban, Gorges, and we have more coming up.
Goaltender: Price
So we need a first line center, but we could go with DD and Plec but then they need to play with big wingers.
And maybe a specialist player.
Then there we have a 7 player core, just need to surround them with good players.
I heard PM say the Habs lacked BOTH centers in the 7 player profile. (he might have referred to DD as a specialist.)
It was near the trade deadline and there was talk of Pleks being traded, possibly to Chicago. McGuire went on to say the trade would be a great move by Chicago because, along with Toews, Pleks would be the 2nd center in their 7 player profile.
Pleks on Chicago == 2nd line center
Pleks on Habs != 2nd line center
!!??
Lungqvist getting fined.
He might have been vague enough that he could get away with that.
Of course he is. NHL mafia at work.
In my dreams I see Toews in a Habs uni.
too much info dude
Dude, don’t infer your homo-erotic fantasies on my posts s’il te plaît.
Dont think we can ever swing that deal. Man it would be awesome.
There’s still game 7 to play.
It’s gonna be fun. As fun as watching a non-hab game can be.
Holy crap, just realized there’s another game on.
I am sure everybody is aware that the league is enforcing a gag order on all officiating. No friggin’ kidding. Ka-ching baby!
ok a useless tool then..