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I would put five bucks on the Canes at whatever the Vegas odds are in that series.

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Just got 4 tickets to Sunday game 2 at the Joe! Sweet!:tu

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I will try to be at your place by 5, James. :dance:

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Game starts at 2:00pm EST Tom. Unless you were talking about the night before!

Here are my predictions for the next series.

Wings over Ducks in 5.
'Hawks over 'Nucks in 6.
Bruins over 'Canes in 6.
Penguins over Caps in 5.

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Wish I could really go, James, haven't been to a playoff game in the Joe since 94-95.

I won't make predictions as too many things can happen...but here is what I would like to see happen.

Wings beat the Ducks.
Hawks beat the 'Nucks.
Canes beat the Bruins. (sorry Paul)
Caps beat the Pens.

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Always knew that the Irish machine from Chicago would stab the Irish machine from Boston in the back when given the chance.:r:r:r I still want a Boston v Chicago final.

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I would not be at all opposed to an Orignal Irish 6 Finals, I just get nervous when I see a team with a guy who is bigger on skates than I am (Chara). :r

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Thanks, Al... but Mr. Broody has accepted the challenge. (Don't think he is a Bruins fan by nature, but he dissed my 'Canes chances, so it is on! :D

Maybe barney would take on one of the Massholes if they feel up to it. :tu

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Would love to see these happen just don't think they will. Can always hope though.

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That is the problem with Avery. He could play real hockey, but he reverts to being a punk most of the time.

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I dunno, Capitals are on a roll.... ;)

Like so many before him...has the skills, but it head is just messed up most of the time.

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Hoping the Hawks and Wings win in the West. In the East, Caps and Cans, but doubt both of those will happen.

I think the Wings will be able to put away the Ducks in 5 or 6 games, depending on how they come out in the first game. I always think it takes teams a bit of time after they have had a long break in the playoffs. I think 3 days is a good break, but anything more than that, and I start worrying about getting back the intensity. There is a huge difference between preparing, and actually doing.

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I hope Chigago beats Vancouver, it's been long overdue for the Blackhawks. It's great to see them getting better. I remember some of the great playoff series between them in the late 80s and early 90s. Heck I would sneak out of bed to watch them on a crappy black and white TV in my room as a kid.

In the East, it's great to see New Jersey go down. They always seem to play the Wings tough. I kind of like to see the Canes do well, if for no other reason than the Karmanos/Detroit connection, and my step-dad works for CompuWare. However, I love the original six teams more. Go Bruins.

Caps/Pens, honestly I couldn't care less. I guess some of this boils down to the fact that I think the only team left that can beat the Wings in a series is the Ducks. Hopefully the Wings can make it past them and cruise on to another Stanley Cup.

I'm sure the flaming will commence now....:fu:fu:fu

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It amazes me that Avery gets more bad press (here and in the papers/news than that "hit" Brashear's pulled on Betts.

Is Avery an a$$? No doubt, but come on.


I don't get it.

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Man Wilsons press conference yesterday was intresting. He is always mr. calm. He was not for the first time in years. He said there would be BIG changes. The ownership said his job was safe and Wilson said the coaching staff was fine. I think Joe and Marleau are in the crosshairs.

In a post game interview Marleau stated he had a stained acl. Wilson when asked about this said I dont want to hear any excuses. If you arent hurt at this time of year there is something wrong with you. Appears Boyle has earned the captain C and Marleau has lost it. Wilson even implied the team may get rid of more than a few key plaayers and not be as competitive next year.

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Tonights game @ channelsurfing.net

Chicago at Vancouver 9:00PM EST

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B's vs Hawks would be great. Any O six Final would be great.

Canes will not take the series they may come out flying in the first game but that will be it B's in 5 or 6.

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Can you watch full games there? Are all NHL playoff games streamed live?

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I saw the quotes that they had, and I could tell he was not a happy guy. They would show him during stoppages in the 3rd period of game 6, and he had a look of disgust on his face. He wants results, and he should get them with what he has done for the team. I hope ownerships keeps him around for a long time, as he has a desire to win, and makes good decisions. He say anything about ticket prices?

I thought from the first post-game interviews, that Boyle deserved the C. I like Marleau a lot, but maybe he needs to be out of the spotlight. I still don't think they should trade him, as he is the best performing player in the playoffs. Everyone got on him a couple of years ago for his showing in Detroit, but the series before that he played well, and in the Detroit series nobody did.

It is going to be an interesting offseason, and I am sure that there will be a lot of changes, either in quantity, or magnitude. I would bet money on one of the core players being gone, as well as one or two secondary players. I don't see them keeping Cheecho, especially with the way Setoguchi played. Cheecho hasn't been right since that hit in the playoffs against Nashville. I'm actually excited for the offseason to see how everything ends up.

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Can't wait till 6 o'clock tonight! I find the Hawks to be an exciting team to watch, hopefully they can put some past Luongo. Canucks are going to have to make sure they don't take nearly as many penalties though, can't do that with the Hawks.

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I think the Hawks could give the Wings a better series than the Ducks. :2

Hopefully, they both win and we can see. Khabby is going to have to play big against Vancouver for the Hawks to advance though.

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Agree thst the Blackhawks would be a tough test for the Wings! But right now I just want to get by the hot playing Ducks.

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Sounds like an XXX Movie, James.....Hot Playing Ducks. ;)

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Hawks... Wings... Ducks... anybody else getting hungry?

Makes me want to order some hot wings and roast duck. :D

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Bear steaks aren't bad Joe. :tu

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I want roast Canuck! :D

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That sounds good, and after we can have roasted wings:tu

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That would make me smile. :)

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This guy has gotta have his stuff tonight! If hes on, the hawks wont have any trouble.:2
http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008...lin_sq_300.jpg

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Luongo is a beast too, we need Byfuglein and the boys to create some traffic, and we need the power play to stay as hot as it has been the last couple games. :tu

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Definately:tu Im pumped for this series:dance:

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1-0 'Nucks, chit. I'm cheering Tom, I'm cheering.

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3-0 now

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Ouch.

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3-1, they cracked Loungo.

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Hawks are playing better, but this one might be out of reach...They need to steal Saturday's game if they don't come back tonight.

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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
SHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeet!
3-3
the Hawks decided to play there game in the 3rd

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:dance::dance::dance::dance:

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5-3 'Nucks, Chit!!

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Unbelievable. Come back from a 3 goal deficit, and loose the game with 1:13 left. The trailing guy stopped skating for the hawks, and cost them that goal. After the initial save, he stopped striding and glided in instead of covering his man. Turned into a good game though, and the Hawks showed they can score on Luongo. It is a start though, build the confidence that you can score on him.

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Well if the Hawks play like that for 60 minutes on saturday they should take the game no problem.:D

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Another classic game! Great comeback... these young Hawks appear to be fearless, if not a little reckless. Has the makings of a good series. :ss

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Looks like it's going to turn out to be a pretty good series. Hawks need to be more disciplined, can't be taking so many penalties.

Looking forward to tomorrow night, and the Wings/Ducks game. Interesting to see how Detroit comes out after such a long break. I'm thinking they may start the first 5 min or so slow, but then will get into it.

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That's what I am hoping...Let's Go Hawks! :D

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Yeah, will take a little bit of time to get there legs up to game speed. But then it's duck hunting time!

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I hope so! Pretty bad when I'm a Sharks fan, and the past 2 seasons I have had to root for the Wings. I don't see the Ducks keeping up with them, they have as much or more skill as the Sharks, but actually get it out of their players.

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Let's hope so, puck drops at 7:00pm!!:tu

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So what happened early in the Wings/Ducks game? I screwed up, and was thinking in West coast time... Heard someone got a game misconduct.

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Nice win by the Bruins to start the series.

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Just saw the hit on the Wings player, that was brutal. Puck was gone for enough time, and the guy went straight for the head. Hopefully he is suspended for some time.

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that was terrible hit but hudler came back out to play oh and by the way 3-2 wings victory....GO WINGS!!