Stanley Cup Finals

[LnGrrrR]

You know who I'm rooting for...

[lefty]

Another separate NHL season thread?

Jeez, Ln...

[lefty]

Another separate NHL season thread?

Jeez, Ln...

[lefty]

Double post

Sorry

[LnGrrrR]

Another separate NHL season thread?

Jeez, Ln...

It's the Finals. It deserves its own thread. :)

[lefty]

No worries....



Even NHL on NBC >>>>> NBA on ESPN/ABC


CBC still the best though

[The Gemini Method]

Go Canucks!

[lefty]

So

No 5 on 5 hockey so far....

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

crofl I just heard that one of the canucks bit Bergeron's finger at the end of the first. wtf?

NBC was probably psyched to see that, tbh.

[lefty]

Lulz

LnGrrrr is looking for a new TV

[Girasuck]

I thought Boston played about as well as they could've and still lost. Lefty is probably right...this series could be over quickly.

[lefty]

I thought Boston played about as well as they could've and still lost. Lefty is probably right...this series could be over quickly.
It depends on game 2

That game will be huge; if Boston wins it, and they can, we have a long series.
If Vancouver wins it, it's over

[LnGrrrR]

Lulz

LnGrrrr is looking for a new TV

I was stuck late at work, following it online. As soon as I saw that score update I screamed a few obscenities. Thankfully only my peers were around, and no bosses. :lol

[LnGrrrR]

I thought Boston played about as well as they could've and still lost. Lefty is probably right...this series could be over quickly.

Eh, Boston missed some chances. It would be nice to score a PP goal or two though. It's astonishing how bad it is. They really really really just need to stop the Kaberle experiment.

[LnGrrrR]

Another move that bugged me:


Chara had exclusively been paired with Dennis Seidenberg throughout the playoffs, but Julien elected to pair Chara with Boychuk, put Seidenberg with Andrew Ference and kept Tomas Kaberle with rookie Adam McQuaid for several shifts.

Why Julien? The Chara/Seidenberg combo has been owning throughout the postseason. I know you're worried about Kesler, but look, you split up the defensive pairing that was working and they still scored.

Remember when you had Chara/Seidenberg split up, and you lost the first two games against Montreal? Go back with what works. If they score on our second or third line, so be it. But the Chara/Seidenberg line has real chemistry, don't mess with that.

[JudynTX]

crofl I just heard that one of the canucks bit Bergeron's finger at the end of the first. wtf?

NBC was probably psyched to see that, tbh.

Now that's how hockey should be played. :lol

[LnGrrrR]

Here's hoping praying to the gods of hockey will help the Killer B's...

and if not, then TO HELL WITH YOU!

[LnGrrrR]

OT... Let's see if the Bruins can pull a rabbit out of their hats...

[Nick Manning]

wow...choke

[Nick Manning]

lol like 10 secs into OT

[LnGrrrR]

Wtf was that Boston? Tim Thomas made a horrible play.

[LnGrrrR]

That's gonna make it near impossible for Bruins to win this. I have no idea why Thomas came out so damn far. Bad decision-making.

[Nick Manning]

You couldn't script two more gutwrenching losses like that

[lefty]

Burrows early in OT-as he didcin game 7 vs Chicago

By the way, B's goals scored by 2 BC natives - Lucic and Recchi

This game is a win win for Vancouver :lol

[LnGrrrR]

Of course Burrows would score the GW goal. Shades of the Carolina GW scorer.

[Nick Manning]

When's the last time Canada won a cup? Habs in 93, or was it sooner?

[lefty]

When's the last time Canada won a cup? Habs in 93, or was it sooner?

My Habs in 93

[LnGrrrR]

When's the last time Canada won a cup? Habs in 93, or was it sooner?

Yup, '93.

[lefty]

Lapierre telling Bergeron to bite his finger :lmao

The King of all trolls, ladies and gentlemen

I miss Lapierre :-(

Fuck you Habs FO :pctoss

http://i53.tinypic.com/2ib128j.gif

[Nick Manning]

I hate all things Boston but i still can't push myself to root for Canada. Fuck them.

[cnyc3]

Wow great game. such a heartbreaker for the Bs though. Nucks better be ready for game 3. two more wins!! lets bring it home.

Go Canucks Go!

[dave]

Check out who's cheering for the Canucks (http://video.canucks.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=0&id=116795)

[Girasuck]

LMFAO Lucic

[John Basedow]

Now the announcers are quoting scripture...NBC can't wait till this shit's over

EDIT: It's on Versus tonight, I guess two games was too much

[LnGrrrR]

Holy crap Bs! Where was this offensive output in the first two games? Now even it up at home, at least make a fight of it.

[lefty]

Damn that was mean :lmao

[LnGrrrR]

Wow, even I didn't expect him to get four games.

[lefty]

Ah, the NHL double standards

If you are an all-star like Mike Richards or Chara, you get no suspension for dirtier plays, but if you are a nobody automatic 4

[LnGrrrR]

The Chara play was pretty bad, but I think Romes was more of a cheap shot... Rome hit him a few secs after the pass, hit his head, and left his feet.

[Girasuck]

I'll be honest...I didn't expect the B's to win the last two 12-1.

[lefty]

Crofl Canucks
Lol Luongo
Lol Sedins

Lol Erhoff
Lol Dirk

Lol Lebron

[LnGrrrR]

Alright! Fuck those Canucks! :lol

Honestly, they have no prob with Burrows biting, Maxim taunting and they thought the Rome hit was a good one.

But Tim Thomas pushed one of our Sedins! What a brute!

Man, I really hope we can keep this momentum going and wreck them in Game 5. It's going to be a long flight but never know what can happen. Get to it Killer Bs.

[lefty]

http://cdn.smosh.com/smosh-pit/032011/Hockey_twins.gif

[lefty]

Lapierre!!!!!!


Fuck you Pierre Gauthier

[Rip-Hamilton32]

oh Canada, we're finally taking the cup home

[lefty]

oh Canada, we're finally taking the cup home

Dont jinx it!

Dammit!

Bruins the best, Vezina Norris Adams Calder bigbad!

[LnGrrrR]

Vancouver has installed a force field around their net at home. :lol Did the Bruins forgot to pack their offense?

[LnGrrrR]

What a god damned crazy series this is. I've never seen such a Jekyll and Hyde team as these Bruins. This has to be the most prevalent home court advantage, on both sides, that I've ever seen.

[lefty]

What a god damned crazy series this is. I've never seen such a Jekyll and Hyde team as these Bruins. This has to be the most prevalent home court advantage, on both sides, that I've ever seen.
Actually, Jekyll and hyde applies to Luongo, not the Bs

Luongo has been a POS on the road

[LnGrrrR]

Actually, Jekyll and hyde applies to Luongo, not the Bs

Luongo has been a POS on the road

Good point actually. Still, crazy series :D

[LnGrrrR]

You better damn well be cheering for the Canucks lefty :D

[lefty]

Good point actually. Still, crazy series :D
Yep, going the distance ! :tu





Go Bruins!


Unbeatable!!!!!


Vezina Norris Adams Orr tradition depth can't lose destiny!!!!!!!!!!

[LnGrrrR]

:lmao

Bruins, please please please score in Vancouver.

[JudynTX]

http://cdn.smosh.com/smosh-pit/032011/Hockey_twins.gif

:lol:lol Love it! *saving this*

[DarkReign]

Boston has really surprised me. I thought they'd be a cakewalk for the Canucks. I could not have been more wrong.

Every game in Van-city has been a nailbiter, every game in Boston has been a blowout.

Seeing as 7oungo is a sieve and a choke artist, I can actually see Boston taking game 7.

Im all aboard the bandwagon.

[lefty]

Boston can actually win game 7 on the road (no jinx attempt)

And I'm starting to love Brad Marchand asa troll :lol

Not a bad player either

[LnGrrrR]

Boston can actually win game 7 on the road (no jinx attempt)

And I'm starting to love Brad Marchand asa troll :lol

Not a bad player either

Did you see that one sequence in Game... 5 I believe it was, where he hit a Vancouver player in the head, then flipped another over, then started a fight? :lol Pretty damn funny.

[lefty]

Did you see that one sequence in Game... 5 I believe it was, where he hit a Vancouver player in the head, then flipped another over, then started a fight? :lol Pretty damn funny.
Yeah that was good :lol


Oh, and this one is for Burriws ans Lapierre: http://fans.blackhawks.nhl.com/community/uploads/av-135038.png

[lefty]

Holy shit


CBC sure knows how to get you pumped up for a hockey game


Lol NBC

[spyder]

F Canada

[lefty]

Bruins, bitches !!!!!!!!!!!!!



LnnnnnGrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Girasuck]

This game is eerily similar to the Pens/Red Wings game 7.

[baseline bum]

CROFL Canada.

[lefty]

This game is eerily similar to the Pens/Red Wings game 7.

My thoughts exactly



LOL another weird bounce goal



Bruins must have some wizards

[resistanze]

CROFL Canada.

A lot of Canada is against the Canucks, lol.

Lolcouver

[lefty]

A lot of Canada is against the Canucks, lol.

Lolcouver

Habs are still the last Canadian team to win the Cup



Buahaha :D

[lefty]

Roberto LeBronGo

[tlongII]

Looks like the Bruins got this. Too bad since I want Vancouver. I gotta stick up for my Pacific Northwest brethren!

[lefty]

Looks like the Bruins got this. Too bad since I want Vancouver. I gotta stick up for my Pacific Northwest brethren!

:tu

[Budkin]

:lmao

Bruins, please please please score in Vancouver.

Boston is going to be going nuts tonight... get out there LnGrrrR!

[LnGrrrR]

WOOHOOO!!! Buying jerseys for the family! Gotta decide between Thomas, Chara and Bergeron. Thinking I'll go with Patrice!

[resistanze]

:lmao @ the rioting in Vancouver

[lefty]

WOOHOOO!!! Buying jerseys for the family! Gotta decide between Thomas, Chara and Bergeron. Thinking I'll go with Patrice!

Thomas and Bergeron!

[LnGrrrR]

Boston is going to be going nuts tonight... get out there LnGrrrR!

I'm stationed in Honolulu. :(

But I'm sure my brother is getting drunk as hell somewhere :D

[LnGrrrR]

And how nice were the Vancouver fans, booing us in the stadium?

Stay classy Vancouver!

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Fuck you, Boston. All four in a decade.

With multiples thrown in.

But I was rooting for the Bruins. Better them than those cunts from BC.

[LnGrrrR]

I'm very biased here, but BC were a bunch of floppers and whiners. I know Boston had their flops, and cheap hits. But I don't think they had them on the level that Vancouver did.

[symple19]

:lmao @ the rioting in Vancouver

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/06/15/bc-stanley-cup-fans-post-game-7.html

lol ^^^ Stupid Canadians

congrats Boston

Thomas is a great story

[lefty]

I'm very biased here, but BC were a bunch of floppers and whiners. I know Boston had their flops, and cheap hits. But I don't think they had them on the level that Vancouver did.

Obviously biased :lol

[lefty]

:lmao @ the rioting in Vancouver

Like in 94

Good times

[LnGrrrR]

Obviously biased :lol

Self-admitted :)

But c'mon! When I saw Marchand punching Sedin, and him just taking it, I mean wtf? How can you respect a guy who just takes shots to the face? It wasn't even like the game was in doubt! Rack up the PIMs you damn Swede! :lol

[lefty]

Self-admitted :)

But c'mon! When I saw Marchand punching Sedin, and him just taking it, I mean wtf? How can you respect a guy who just takes shots to the face? It wasn't even like the game was in doubt! Rack up the PIMs you damn Swede! :lol

Yeah I was like WTF Sedin

:lol

[lefty]

Lol at those riots

Amateurs


Here in Montreal, we rack up riots just after a round 1 win

[cnyc3]

Congrats to the bruins, Thomas was amazing.

btw the boos were for Bettman. Lucic and Thomas got a huge ovation

[LnGrrrR]

Congrats to the bruins, Thomas was amazing.

btw the boos were for Bettman. Lucic and Thomas got a huge ovation

Ah glad to hear that then. I was on the phone with family and just heard booing. (Lucic is from BC, not too surprised he got a huge cheer.)

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Yeah for the intraweb.

From a Jets' forum, live riot feed:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=8193381

[cnyc3]

fucking idiots .. feel so ashamed of my city

[MannyIsGod]

WTF I thought Vancouver was like Seattle and a bunch of hipsters. Since when do hipsters riot?!?!?!?!?

[Kai]

http://watch.ctv.ca/news/clip485355#clip485355 another feed. This shit is bananas

[Kai]

God damn, this shit is so weird seeing white people doing all this :lol

The game ended hours ago, this is just destructive opportunism.

[Kai]

]http://www.theprovince.com/4953948.bin?size=620x400

http://www.theprovince.com/4953946.bin?size=620x400

http://www.theprovince.com/4953944.bin?size=620x400

http://www.theprovince.com/4953825.bin?size=620x400

http://www.theprovince.com/4953854.bin?size=620x400

http://www.theprovince.com/4953791.bin?size=620x400

http://www.theprovince.com/4953617.bin?size=620x400

[Frenzy]

Was it rubber bullet time?

[LnGrrrR]

See, Vancouver fans don't deserve a championship. :D

[symple19]

It's still going on???? :lol

Just imagine if they had won

Vancouver doesn't have a championship in anything, do they? crofl

[symple19]

]
http://www.theprovince.com/4953617.bin?size=620x400

perfect, homer street :lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[dave]

Lol at those riots

Amateurs


Here in Montreal, we rack up riots just after a round 1 win

you guys are just weird, riot when you win, but are quiet as hell when you lose
(example: game 7 against boston this year, ste-catherine was reopened at like 10PM)


but yeah, overall very embarrassing for the city, its sad how calgary is the classiest city in dealing with these events

[lefty]

you guys are just weird, riot when you win, but are quiet as hell when you lose
(example: game 7 against boston this year, ste-catherine was reopened at like 10PM)


but yeah, overall very embarrassing for the city, its sad how calgary is the classiest city in dealing with these events
Of course it's quiet after a loss

Habs fans are bipolar :lol

[lefty]

Wow



Disgusting

http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg737/scaled.php?tn=0&server=737&filename=b4aj.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640

[dave]

The great thing is this time around most people will have cellphone cameras and whatnot (lots of moron rioters uploading pictures of themselves onto their facebooks too), so hopefully the police will be able to identify the idiots that started this

[Ashy Larry]

damn, those Latinos and blacks sure know how to ...... wait ..... er, never mind.

[dave]

Wow



Disgusting

http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg737/scaled.php?tn=0&server=737&filename=b4aj.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640

ive read that this guy actually threw the first punch

[lefty]

ive read that this guy actually threw the first punch
Yep, I read the same thing

[lefty]

http://imageftw.com/uploads/20110616/kingoftheworld.jpg

[dave]

http://imageftw.com/uploads/20110616/kingoftheworld.jpg

she must be related to luongo

[lefty]

KR8rpXsuy6E

[IronMaxipad]

http://imageftw.com/uploads/20110616/kingoftheworld.jpg

Dat ass

[lefty]

Alex Burrows busted !

http://technaute.cyberpresse.ca/images/bizphotos/569x379/201106/16/341407-certains-pilleurs-plus-facilement-trouves.jpg

[LnGrrrR]

I was rewatching that shorthanded goal, and I didn't even realize Bergeron seemed to carried it into the goal with the butt of his stick. I guess that's legal, since he only interfered with the goalie due to ERhoff pushing him, but still a weird play.

[Jacob1983]

WTF? Has anyone figured out why the Canucks' fans went ape shit? I know that their team lost but damn. Was it because of the way the Canucks lost game 7 or just because they lost period? Boston fans can't bitch anymore at least not for a long time. All of their teams have won championships in the last 9 years. Talk about being spoiled :lol.

So the last two years original six teams have won the Cup and ended long Cup droughts. Is Toronto going to be the champ next season?

[lefty]

WTF? Has anyone figured out why the Canucks' fans went ape shit? I know that their team lost but damn. Was it because of the way the Canucks lost game 7 or just because they lost period? Boston fans can't bitch anymore at least not for a long time. All of their teams have won championships in the last 9 years. Talk about being spoiled :lol.

So the last two years original six teams have won the Cup and ended long Cup droughts. Is Toronto going to be the champ next season?

Toronto?

Not a chance :lol

[LnGrrrR]

WTF? Has anyone figured out why the Canucks' fans went ape shit? I know that their team lost but damn. Was it because of the way the Canucks lost game 7 or just because they lost period? Boston fans can't bitch anymore at least not for a long time. All of their teams have won championships in the last 9 years. Talk about being spoiled :lol.

Er... last 7 1/2 years, actually.

Pats 04
Sox 07
Celtics 08
Bruins 11

Yup, the PATRIOTS are the team that has gone the longest without a championship. Too bad we couldn't seel the deal in 2007 against the Giants, or it'd be a 4 1/2 year window in which all Boston teams won.

[Jacob1983]

The 9 year period I was talking about goes back to 2002 when the Patriots won the Super Bowl for the first time. A lot of parades and championships for Boston in that 9 year period. Patriots did it three times, Red Sox did it twice, Celtics did it once, and the Bruins this year. That's 7 championships since 2002. Must be nice.

[LnGrrrR]

The 9 year period I was talking about goes back to 2002 when the Patriots won the Super Bowl for the first time. A lot of parades and championships for Boston in that 9 year period. Patriots did it three times, Red Sox did it twice, Celtics did it once, and the Bruins this year. That's 7 championships since 2002. Must be nice.

Yeah, honestly, I feel damn lucky. I know there's eventually going to come a 10, maybe 20 year window where none of the teams win, and I'll just have to look back to these happy days.

[LnGrrrR]

One of the more interesting moments from last night's game was Horton pouring the bottle of Boston water on the ice before the game. I love sports superstitions.

[LnGrrrR]

An interesting fact:




NEW YORK (AP) -- The Boston Bruins (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/teams/bruins)' Stanley Cup-clinching victory over the Vancouver Canucks (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/teams/canucks) on Wednesday night earned the highest television rating for an NHL game in 37 years.
...

The game earned a 43.4/64 in Boston, the best for a hockey game since records began being kept for the market in 1991. That's higher than any game in the Celtics' last two NBA finals.


Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/hockey/nhl/06/16/stanley.cup.final.tv.ratings.ap/index.html#ixzz1PUx9iMms

[Jacob1983]

I think it's funny how people were saying that the ratings were going to be bad because of Vancouver and Boston. Hockey is kinda becoming like the NFL in that there is a different champion every year. A team has a pretty good run and winds up with the championship.

[dave]

WTF? Has anyone figured out why the Canucks' fans went ape shit? I know that their team lost but damn. Was it because of the way the Canucks lost game 7 or just because they lost period? Boston fans can't bitch anymore at least not for a long time. All of their teams have won championships in the last 9 years. Talk about being spoiled :lol.

So the last two years original six teams have won the Cup and ended long Cup droughts. Is Toronto going to be the champ next season?

Most likely bored rich kids from the suburbs looking for an excuse to wreck things.

It didn't help that the media kept on hyping up the '94 riots.

[lefty]

Lakaluva is a Canucks fan !!!!!

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cR94y0bZy0uR/x610.jpg

[lefty]

http://www.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Luongo-Doesnt-Always-Play-Like-A-Bag-Of-Sh.jpg

[LnGrrrR]

Did you hear why Sedin couldn't win the Stanley Cup?

He just didn't have the Hart for it.

BA DUM CH

[lefty]

Did you hear why Sedin couldn't win the Stanley Cup?

He just didn't have the Hart for it.

BA DUM CH
Nice :lol



Hey by the way, the Flyers had a firesale yesterday :wow

Dumped salaries, got great young talents, signed Bryzgalov


And drafted Sean Couturier today - they got a high draft pick in the Carter trade

Couturier is a great pickup



Eastern Conference = f:lolck:lold

[LnGrrrR]

What about Dougie Hamilton falling to the Bruins at nine? I figured he would definitely be gone by then.

[lefty]

What about Dougie Hamilton falling to the Bruins at nine? I figured he would definitely be gone by then.
Phil Kessel trade :lmao

Seguin, Hamilton


Maple Leafs :lmao