It's helped the Coyotes and Rangers so far. As long as the Devils aren't hoisting the Stanley Cup this year, I'm good.
home ice "advantage", who needs it...
It's helped the Coyotes and Rangers so far. As long as the Devils aren't hoisting the Stanley Cup this year, I'm good.
Lol at the new Kings fans popping up here
I hope "your team" gets c-stomped in the Stanley Cup Finals
But TBH, Kings are more than legit; impressive so far
GO KINGS! Life-long fan here.
Devils suck.
Caps @ NYR game 7 tonight !
Road warriors
Just saw Barry Melrose on Sportscenter right now talking about how to beat the NY Rangers, and he says the way to beat them is to score goals on them... who knew out scoring your opponent could be a effective way to winning a game. I think he may be on to something here. He just may be the best sport analyst EVER.
Melrose
THe guy lost it since he lost the Cup to the Montreal Canadiens when he wss coaching... the Kings
Kings
L.A
Bandwagon fans
Gretzky
ROy giving a wink to a Kings player after a save
You seem to be lost, this is the playoffs thread, here is the habs thread: http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5875348
Kings
"Fans"
Popping up here only when they win
gots
My Kings are taking care of business this year!
Wasn't that Gretzky guy on the Kings?
Anyways GO KINGS!
Off topic: IIHF WC power ranking
WTF?
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/dale-hu...9698--nhl.html
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) Dale Hunter quit as coach of the Washington Capitals on Monday after less than one full season in the job, telling the team he wants to return to his family in Canada.
''It was the right thing to do,'' Hunter said.
He is the owner of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League, a junior hockey team currently playing for the Memorial Cup. One of his three children is an assistant coach with the Knights, and Hunter's brother Mark took over as head coach when Hunter left to join the Capitals in November, replacing the fired Bruce Boudreau.
''I'm going home,'' Hunter said, a couple of hours after delivering the news to Capitals general manager George McPhee. ''I've got a good thing going there with the family, so I'll stay home.''
Hunter met with McPhee at the team's practice facility on Monday morning, two days after the Capitals were eliminated from the playoffs in the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 2-1 loss to the New York Rangers in Game 7.
''We could have very easily won that series,'' McPhee said.
The GM said he didn't even attempt to change Hunter's mind, because ''there's no gray in Dale's life.''
''I'd rather have him for six months than not at all,'' McPhee said.
Hunter went 30-23-7 - a .500 record - in the regular season after agreeing to a one-year deal to take over for Boudreau, helping the Capitals squeeze into the playoffs. Playing a defense-first, possession-oriented system with an emphasis on blocking shots, Washington eliminated reigning Stanley Cup champion Boston in the first round.
''He got everything out of this team that he could,'' McPhee said.
Another key move by Hunter was limiting captain Alex Ovechkin's minutes, saying it was dictated by game situations and the opponent's line changes. But it was clear that Hunter wanted players to focus on preventing goals more than scoring them.
''You put skill with a hard-working, gritty team, and you've got a winner,'' Hunter said.
McPhee doesn't have a specific timetable for finding a replacement, saying it might happen by the NHL draft in June or perhaps not until August.
''I'm not in any rush,'' McPhee said.
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