2. go canes!

4/18/2009 5:56:16 PM

did i just hear Ric Flair on Boston's PA system?

4/18/2009 8:39:38 PM

nah their announcer stole our idea and goes WOOO after the announcement of each goal

4/18/2009 9:11:31 PM

When was the last time Montreal had a good playoff series? 2002?

4/18/2009 10:32:01 PM

fucking capitals.

4/18/2009 11:00:13 PM

this pitt/philly game is getting fun to watch

they are knocking each other over 3 at a time

4/19/2009 5:29:49 PM

as much as i hate philly, that was an awesome game, got pretty dirty.

fun to see Sid get knocked around too

4/19/2009 5:56:34 PM

Quote :

"No. 2 Capitals vs. No. 7 Rangers Upset Potential: Low. The Blueshirts may have re-upped with Torterella and Avery, but they're no match for the Caps."

And now the Rangers are up in the series 2-0 and heading into MSG...fuck all of you who picked the Caps.

4/20/2009 12:16:23 AM

Annnnd the Ducks make it 2-1 with 10mins left. . .

4/20/2009 12:17:06 AM

ducks have stunned SJ.

ducks lead 2-0.

4/20/2009 12:38:31 AM

Choochoo tried to get something going. This feels like bizarro world.

4/20/2009 12:39:34 AM

i jsut saw somethign about Ovechkin sneaking into rangers practice and then getting thrown out? true? theres an article on ESPN but i cant click on it

4/20/2009 2:12:07 PM

It may very well be the biggest non-story of the year:

Quote :

"A few minutes ago, all the media members buzzed quietly when Alex Ovechkin came out to watch the Rangers' morning skate. This, several veterans said, was slightly unusual. Then they buzzed again, when Ovechkin was tapped on the shoulder by a Caps' PR staffer and abruptly left. Turns out a Rangers official had apparently asked Ovechkin to vacate the bench. The Caps PR folks offered Ovie a seat in the stands instead. He declined. Playoff hockey is fun for all. UPDATED: Tarik and I pretty much took care of asking the principals what they thought. I bit the bullet on Tortorella: "Oh, God, I didn't even know," he said. "This is the first I've heard of it. Ask me a question about the game, not that [bleep]." Tarik took care of Ovechkin: "I just [wanted] Tortorella [to get ticked] off -- and he was," he said, explaining his motivation. "Because they afraid of me," he added, when asked why he was made to leave. "

Players watch the other team's skate all the time. I can't believe this shit is a story.

4/20/2009 2:15:36 PM

oh ok, agreed.

4/20/2009 2:18:15 PM

^maybe he learned how to backcheck from ryan callahan

4/20/2009 4:58:56 PM

Given game 2, maybe he learned to SCORE from Ryan Callahan

4/20/2009 5:06:58 PM

The Rangers could use some more Callahan scoring, though are getting a lot of Callahan hitting posts.

4/20/2009 9:00:50 PM

rangers lost this one in the first by coming out flat.....they controlled the game for the first few minutes in the washington zone but didn't pick up semen and kind of deflated after that. The question is whether or not the revitalized rangers (after a good torts lashing) on wednesday will be able to shut down whatever momentum the caps got from this game. And that will be the series.

Also, Avery took some bad penalties...wonder how the team/torts will react to it.

That being said Go Rangers and keep working hard Naslund/Callahan/Dubinsky/lundqvist

4/20/2009 10:17:22 PM

Avery was a fuckin joke tonight. All of those penalties were just fucking stupid. The guy is a pretty talented player, but he'd rather be a douche than play w/skill.

4/20/2009 10:58:08 PM

taking the extra swing at varlamov and thinking no one would see it might be the single stupidest thing i've seen avery do...it's stupid in general, but to think that he'd get a reaction after the kid didn't move at all on the first swing just shows how the wheels turn up there in avery's head

4/21/2009 3:23:15 AM

flames hawks series is getting mean...while it's great to watch, having a war in the first round isn't really conducive to going all the way

4/21/2009 7:39:31 AM

4/22/2009 9:38:28 PM

Normally I wouldn't consider Avery's first penalty intentionally trying to hit the other player... but I see Avery do that shit too much. He's been the Capitals best players the past 2 games.

Seems like every goalie plays at their best against the Capitals in the playoffs.

4/22/2009 9:48:18 PM

avery is alienating the rangers fans fast....although he had a phenomenal game up until that last penalty..... good win though go Hank!

4/22/2009 9:50:05 PM

King Henry gonna get fined...

4/22/2009 9:51:42 PM

For what?

4/22/2009 11:37:22 PM

wow Chicago is firing back

just tied it with <1 min left in the 2nd on a power play


damn i thought it was 3rd period

[Edited on April 22, 2009 at 11:39 PM. Reason : ]

4/22/2009 11:39:05 PM

what a bitch move by Price tonight, raising his hands in response to the Bronx cheer by the Montreal fans. He should be waived for that.

4/22/2009 11:56:35 PM

Roy did that the night he quit the Canadiens.

Look what happened.

The Habs play like shit and everyone blames Price, when Price is the whole reason they made the playoffs. They should know better.

4/23/2009 3:44:23 AM

blue jackets with a couple quick ones to tie it w/ the red wings

and the red wings go right back on top

[Edited on April 23, 2009 at 8:17 PM. Reason : asdfadsf]

4/23/2009 8:17:02 PM

All aboard the Cheechoo playoff fail train...

4/24/2009 12:14:58 AM

I just don't get it.

How can they so consistently do this? It's hard to say that they need to blow up their roster and start over considering how impressive their lineup is, but at some point you've got to do something.

4/24/2009 1:20:21 AM

2 words: Joe Thornton. he's -4 w/2 assists in the playoffs.

4/24/2009 10:24:54 AM

Patty Marleau is a shitty fucking captain too... motherfucker goes periods at a time without even looking at the net and he's soft.

They remind of the Mets. Fucking gutless when the gauntlet is down.

(I'm not a HUGE Sharks fan but I follow them and generally like them -- Rangers 1, Canes 1B, Sharks 2)

[Edited on April 24, 2009 at 12:08 PM. Reason : x]

4/24/2009 12:06:56 PM

^^ It's pretty sad when Shawn Thornton has more goals in the playoffs than Joe Thornton.

4/24/2009 12:10:01 PM

So back in December Adam Proteau at The Hockey News picked 4 teams that he was already ready to write out of the playoff picture. He also included a bet on what he would do if that team ended up making it.

He was correct on Ottawa, Colorado, on Atlanta. On Columbus, not so much.

Quote :

"COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS I feel awful for long-suffering Blue Jackets fans. But I cannot in good conscience put any faith in a team that currently has a 9.9 percent power play efficiency rating. That’s right – nine-point-nine stinking percent. Is it possible to decline penalties like they do in the NFL? If They Make The Playoffs, I Will: Attend a Blue Jackets game wearing a Civil War-era military uniform and sit quietly while Doug MacLean regales me with his draft record as Columbus’ GM."

4/24/2009 7:25:38 PM

Not to double post or anything, but for anyone who missed the Rangers/Caps game:

Ovechkin scored another insane physics defying goal where he dangled through two defenders and then scored from the ground again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79L_3efnmQY

More importantly, a Caps fan poured a beer on John Tortorella in the middle of the game and Torts picked up a stick and had to be restrained. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh9wY6qb8ac

[Edited on April 24, 2009 at 9:42 PM. Reason : .]

4/24/2009 9:36:09 PM

Yeah both of those were rather Torts should have invoked the ghost of Tie Domi.

4/24/2009 11:44:27 PM

Rob Ray too care of busness once http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eElspvew7rw

I hate it when fans get involved like that, way to go "spectators".

4/25/2009 2:56:44 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfioEUkF2eg

hahahaha

Every time I see Torts losing his mind over something all I can think of is drinking at the top of the Clarion Hotel in Raleigh and talking to this guy in town to umpire a State baseball game who said he lived next door to Torts in Tampa and he would not shut up about how he was the classiest of the classiest and just the nicest guy you would ever meet.

4/25/2009 9:43:23 AM

wtf Goons. You were up 3-0, your boy won the fight and now your are tied 3-3. . .

4/25/2009 5:04:34 PM

4-3 Pens now. This is an absolute disaster.

4/25/2009 5:14:55 PM

So was the fight some sort of distraction while the San Jose Sharks got into Flyers uniforms and took their spot?

4/25/2009 5:20:36 PM

Damn.... That fight must have really fired the penguins up

4/25/2009 5:26:58 PM

4/25/2009 5:46:53 PM

Attn Kiprusoff: The game started just after 9:00. Those three goals you let by in a 2 minute period were not practice shots.

4/25/2009 9:37:41 PM

John Tortorella has been suspended for Game 6 tomorrow afternoon.

4/25/2009 9:56:40 PM

aha, remember when coach-whoever-it-was ripped the tongue out of that mascot a few years ago

4/25/2009 10:08:22 PM

Sharks score in OT, still trail series 3-2

4/26/2009 12:57:35 AM

this 5 day gap is fucking killing me

4/26/2009 1:06:59 AM