5/15/2009 4:12:09 PM

haha...how many times will we hear "I just received a text message from Linda Staal and she said the boys used to play on the rink that Henry made on the sod farm"

actually probably zero, as tripp will not be commentating (not FS Carolinas right??)

5/15/2009 4:13:11 PM

I just received a text message from Bridget Whitney saying that because all of the games are on Versus, Tripp Tracy won't be providing commentary.

5/15/2009 4:55:39 PM

anyone have any links to Penguins boards? i don't care for going there to post, i just like to see what all is being said by them

5/15/2009 4:57:09 PM

http://msgboard.pittsburghpenguins.com/

[Edited on May 15, 2009 at 5:02 PM. Reason : Bob Brind'Amour sent me that link in a text message]

5/15/2009 4:59:42 PM

Quote :

"The rivalry also extended off the ice where the elder Eric conceded victory to the younger Jordan in one key area. "His playoff beard is better than mine, mine is pretty bad," Eric admitted. "But he was a grown man at age 12 and I didn't hit puberty until age 20.""

5/15/2009 5:13:12 PM

Quote :

"Miroslav Satan answered minutes later before Matt Cullen scored on a powerplay,"

Satan is on their team? OMG Penguins are EVIL!

GO CANES!

[Edited on May 15, 2009 at 5:16 PM. Reason : b]

5/15/2009 5:15:17 PM

^^^MUST RESIST URGE TO TROLL....

5/15/2009 5:16:14 PM

Killemall00 reveals his hockey n00bery

5/15/2009 5:21:49 PM

that was a joke smart guy

5/15/2009 5:30:02 PM

that "joke" has been lame for more than a decade

5/15/2009 5:41:08 PM

gotta love this thread on the pens message board:

http://msgboard.pittsburghpenguins.com/index.php?showtopic=28337

Pens-whalers....

Quote :

"I'll never recognize those carpet bagging douchebags who stole Hartford's Cup back in '06.... screw Scott Walker, screw Eric Staal, screw Brind'amour, screw Ray Whitney, screw Bill Cowher, screw Cam Ward, screw Raleigh, North Carolina & the inbreds who live there..... they are an impediment in our way that will be removed.... "

5/15/2009 5:45:19 PM

I didn't say it was a good one, but OK, enough of this

GO CANES!

5/15/2009 5:46:36 PM

Quote :

"they are an impediment in our way"

these uppity Northerners are masters of the English language, clearly

5/15/2009 6:10:49 PM

true indeed. i chuckled when i saw that part as well

5/15/2009 6:13:21 PM

I feel the same about this series as the last, first team to 3 goals in each game will win. We dont have the offense to play them in a high scoring game like Washington did. I feel their offensive ability is greater than bostons but their defense also should be a bit weaker. Without Chara running around smashing everyone who gets near him I am hoping Staal can really get going.

5/15/2009 6:59:49 PM

Quote :

"The Carolina Hurricanes returned to the NHL playoffs by beating the team that they will not face in the Conference Finals."

OP gets one typo, right?

[Edited on May 15, 2009 at 7:18 PM. Reason : oh yeah, GO CANES]

5/15/2009 7:18:39 PM

hahaha

I swear I am not intentionally doing this either. Before I made the thread I was thinking "I hope I make a typo but I can't intentionally do it because it doesn't work that way".

Sure enough there it is. IT'S A SIGN.

5/15/2009 7:19:49 PM

hope that's the only one. I found it and stopped looking just in case, hahaha.

5/15/2009 7:26:37 PM

General thoughts: I think the game 5 and 6 wakeup call/s were good for this team in the end.
Kaberle showed some good stuff last night as well which bodes well for the defense.
Every time Cole touches the puck remains frustrating/exciting in an unfortunate, "oh shit what's gonna happen" way.
2 points, 16 penalty minutes, minus four for the playoffs, ughh. Maybe playing against Orpik will put the jump back in his step....................


[Edited on May 15, 2009 at 10:00 PM. Reason : .]

5/15/2009 10:00:25 PM

Any word on if there will be another college/discount night?

5/15/2009 10:52:31 PM

so we have played three of my four least favorite cities/places so far: New Jersey, Boston and Pittsburgh

my fourth least favorite city is Detroit (and the entire state of Michigan), I think this is a sign

5/15/2009 11:31:21 PM

Try http://www.hfboards.com/.

Its one of the better message board sites around. Every team's board is pretty active.

5/16/2009 1:35:01 AM

^^I would have the same list but I hate Philly more than any of the others

5/16/2009 1:44:59 AM

^^ several of us are already on there btw.

^^^^ they will wait to see if they can sell the tickets first. if they have no problem coming close to selling out then they won't.

[Edited on May 16, 2009 at 1:50 AM. Reason : ]

5/16/2009 1:49:40 AM

it really chaps my ass when people from north of the mason-dixon line try to call us rednecks. i guarantee there are more backwards-ass hicks from pennsylvania camped out at lowes motor speedway this weekend than people from nc.

5/16/2009 7:35:22 AM

Quote :

" Sergei Gonchar, Defenseman. One of the great offensive defenseman in the NHL. Missed most of the regular season injured and missed some playoff games after being hit knee-on-knee by Alex Ovechkin, but he's back and will be quarterbacking the Penguin powerplay."

I don't know why this dude is hyped up so much. He's merely solid at defense, and he's nothing special at all on offense. He shoots it every time he touches it and is more likely to hit one of his teammates in the face than he is to get it in the net. He has a lot of assists mostly because he fires it at the net, misses wildly, and Crosby/Malkin clean it up off the boards and score.

5/16/2009 9:31:32 AM

Will miss game 1, but am reppin down here in St Lucia. This is killing me

5/16/2009 9:56:25 AM

5/16/2009 10:43:16 AM

A lot of people don't think we'll win; hopefully the Pens go in to confident.

5/16/2009 10:59:09 AM

yeah, vote and check out these poll results... anything with the hurricanes name is dead last.

http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/poll/index?pCat=46&sCat=389

a pretty good preview of the series here*:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2009/news?columnist=burnside_scott&id=4167857



*minus the Pittsburgh pick.

5/16/2009 11:07:42 AM

^^same drill as before. for the 3rd time the canes will be the underdog.... for the 3rd time the canes won't care

[Edited on May 16, 2009 at 11:08 AM. Reason : .]

5/16/2009 11:08:06 AM

The Carolina Hurricanes announced on Saturday that forward Scott Walker's wife Julie has been diagnosed with cervical cancer. The team said her illness is considered treatable, and she is expected to make a full recovery.

"My wife is an amazing person and we are looking forward to a positive outcome from this challenge," Walker said in a press release.

Walker will address the media after the team practices today in Raleigh. It is unknown if he will miss any games in the Eastern Conference Final, which begins on Monday in Pittsburgh.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=278921

[Edited on May 16, 2009 at 12:37 PM. Reason : ]

5/16/2009 12:36:35 PM

No wonder he was so emotional after the game.

[Edited on May 16, 2009 at 12:40 PM. Reason : at least i'm assuming he already knew this at that point]

5/16/2009 12:40:42 PM

Is Cullen 100%?

5/16/2009 12:57:05 PM

Courtesy of The Hockey News:

Quote :

"Carolina has a no-name, lunch-bucket defense corps that offers little in the way of offensive punch or depth. Joni Pitkanen is the all-around leader. He plays the most minutes (26:30) and has the most points (seven assists) this post-season. He, Dennis Seidenberg, Joe Corvo and Tim Gleason all played more than half of Game 7 against Boston. After notching 22 points in the final 24 games of the regular season, Anton Babchuk has disappeared and was a scratch the final game of the Boston series. Frantisek Kaberle and Niclas Wallin are the fifth and sixth defenders now. Edge: Pittsburgh"

Fuck THN. Little in the way of offensive punch or depth?

Here are our top 7 defensemen totals:
Corvo: 14 24 38
Babchuck: 16 19 35
Pitkanen: 7 26 33
Seidenberg: 5 25 30
Gleason: 0 12 12
Wallin: 2 8 10
Kaberle: 1 7 8 (in 30 games)

Total: 45 121 166

Pittsburgh's top 7
Letang: 10 23 33
Goligoski: 6 14 20
Gonchar: 6 13 19 (in 25 games)
Orprick: 2 17 19
Scuderi: 1 15 16
Gill: 2 8 10
Boucher: 3 6 9

Total: 30 93 123

We have 4 30 point defensemen, they would have only 2 with a full year of Gonchar.

Go Canes!

5/16/2009 1:05:59 PM

that looks like a 5th grader wrote that

5/16/2009 1:15:23 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2009/news?columnist=burnside_scott&id=4167857

Quote :

" • This one is going to be a ton of fun to watch, but, in the end, the Canes don't have an adequate answer for Crosby and Malkin. As long as Fleury doesn't completely lose his mind, the Pens should be able to dictate how things go in this one. Penguins in six. Scott Burnside covers the NHL for ESPN.com."

and there it is....an indicator for a Canes victory!

5/16/2009 1:18:29 PM

they have been predicting us up until this point, so maybe not.

5/16/2009 1:20:37 PM

it was the "in 6" part I was referring to.

5/16/2009 1:33:37 PM

^^^ that was a well-reasoned column and i am convinced that the penguins will win

5/16/2009 1:36:13 PM

Quote :

"they have been predicting us up until this point, so maybe not."

TSN's Maggie the Monkey picked us again so we're money in the bank

5/16/2009 2:16:01 PM

has anyone had luck getting cheap tickets at the gates for the previous games? i'd love to go to one of these, but 85 bucks on ticketmaster is pretty steep

5/16/2009 2:34:43 PM

where is mootduff? One of the users of that account is a Penguins fan.

5/16/2009 2:36:13 PM

here's a tip:

don't use ticketmaster. go to the box office to buy your tickets. saves over $10 a ticket in convenience charges.

5/16/2009 3:09:42 PM

The NHL gave this series one of the most retarded schedules I've ever seen.

5/16/2009 4:38:26 PM

^yep

5/16/2009 4:44:40 PM

are the canes going to stay in pittsburgh in between games?

5/16/2009 5:26:18 PM

...for page 2


Also, did anyone ever post the updated MO METER for Bruins Game 7?

[Edited on May 16, 2009 at 5:35 PM. Reason : .]

5/16/2009 5:35:25 PM

yeah, vulcan91 did.

5/16/2009 5:36:00 PM