yep, me too, if vigneault wins next series, he will be ,'again' playing for the stanley cup, and i
will be happy for him, although i will be cheering for the west. if habs win next series, i will
be happy for them too.
How about them Canucks!
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yep, me too, if vigneault wins next series, he will be ,'again' playing for the stanley cup, and i
will be happy for him, although i will be cheering for the west. if habs win next series, i will
be happy for them too.
Just keep thinking Habs and Price all the way, they have all the ingredients! -
yes they do, and so does chicago, not so sure about anaheim and l.a., will have to see more of
those playoffs and see how each of them do.
i can't just think about one team, i don't operate that way, my western teams are important to me,
and although i want the habs to win over rangers, that isn't my only desire.
on team 1040 thats all they talk about, one would think there isn't any other team in the playoffs
but montreal, its annoying, as in my opinion chicago and minnesota was the best hockey, and
tomorrow there will be game 7 for l.a. and anaheim, and on team 1040 it is hardly mentioned.
just because it is a canadian based team, doesn't mean much, canadians are distributed all over the
nhl, and remember colorado avalanche has 21 canadians on their team, just happen to play out
of denver.
Yep, the western teams are important to me.........Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary in that order.-
Yep, the western teams are important to me.........Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary in that order.-
funny, unfortunately none of your favourites are in the playoffs, and no teams are more west than
anaheim and l.a., thought you liked our friends to the south, but as soon as our canadian kids go
south to play on one of those teams do they become less important than those north of the border,
personally i don't see the difference, NOW, if calgary, edmonton, calgary and winnipeg were all in
the playoffs i would be right there.
now, if colorado and montreal were in the stanley cup finals against each other, there is no way i would be pulling for montreal, way in the east.
colorado, in the west, with their 21 canadians on the team would be my
choice.
Sorry Talloola, we are going to have to differ, Montreal is by leaps and bounds my first choice this year. Your distinction is west/east, mine is north/south.-
Sorry Talloola, we are going to have to differ, Montreal is by leaps and bounds my first choice this year. Your distinction is west/east, mine is north/south.-
don'T be sorry, its your business to do whatever you want.
if montreal win the cup this year, they will take the cup out of the western conference, where it is
right now, with chicago, why would anyone want the east to take the cup away from our western conference,
we strive all year to win in the west, we cheer all year for our western conference, then all of a sudden
people here in b.c. are hoping for an eastern conference team to take the cup back there, doesn't make
sense.
of course if edmonton, calgary, winnipeg were in this right now, i would be backing them, they are
western conference teams.
so what you are saying is that you don't really recognize western conference from eastern conference,
that it really doesn't matter, and you are probably siding with the majority, but for me, it
makes a big difference, i would feel like i am jumping to the other side for no reason.
during the season when montreal, or any other eastern team makes their road trips to the west, i
never hope for the western team to lose to them, i like to see the eastern teams go back home
as losers after playing in the western conference, keeps the west strong.
it is a rivalry, and the east feels the same about us.
One problem is there is really no clear cut line between east and west. Toronto and Detroit have both been in the west a various times. Chicago is in the west but I don't think it as "west". Nashville and Columbus are in the west but I don't think of them that way.
P.S. Oooooh oooooooooh mea culpa, I just did some checking Cbs. is in the east.
columbus and detroit were moved this season, and winnipeg was brought into the west. conference.
they situated teams as close to north south as they could, isn't perfect, but it is all about
travel so that teams don't have the horrible travel schedules, and big time changes.
it doesn't matter how we think of east west, it matters 'what' is eastern and western conferences.
there isn't a big blank space in the middle to distinguish the two conferences, so that it is obviously
east and west geographically, that is impossible,
it is a true division on the schedule, and that is 'how' i see them, i know where all the cities
are, but that doesn't enter into my mind at all, unless i was to travel to any of them.
when one looks at the standings all season, it comes very easy to distinguish east from west, they
are completely separate.
change of subject:
it was disclosed today that during the season torterella went to owner/management and asked them to buy
out burrow's contract at the end of the season, as he didn't like the way he played. burrows was injured
a lot this season, and had lots of hardships, but for him to do that is ridiculous.
it was also disclosed that 'not once' did he contact 'green' the coach in utica. i've never heard of such
a thing, coaches are usually in regular contact with their american league head coaches to keep track of
how certain players are doing, for bringing them up to the main team from time to time.
Interesting that you should mention Burrows, talloola as he was injured again today in Canada's game against Italy at the World's. No word yet on his status. Also wanted to let you know that Cody Hodgson is having himself a heck of tournament. He got a hat-trick on Thurs and today he got a pair. There are a few comments on TSN about the Canucks trading Hodgson - many of them wondering why they ever did.
i wouldn't take that trade back for anything, zack kassian has had a very good season, and getting better
all the time, he is big, he skates like the wind, and he thinks well on the ice,
and he is a year younger than hodgson.
good for cody hodgson, on the big ice he has lots of room to skate, as his skating is his only weak
point, and he is a great thinker on the ice, and it shows in this tournament.
no, i am very glad of the trade, hodgson didn't want to stay on the canucks, whined thAt he wanted
more ice time 'now', not later, didn't feel that he should wait for anyone.
sure hope burrows is going to be ok, wonder if his knee is blown out.
l.a. came to play, and anaheim didn't, it was obvious on the drop of the puck, and they didn't look
back, 3-0 at the end of first period, so now we'll see if anaheim can fight their way back, will
be difficult, as l.a. has one of the best defenses in the league, and of course we all know about
jonathan quick.
update: late in the 2nd period, 5-1 l.a.
final score l.a. 6 anaheim 2, l.a. goes on to play chicago sunday afternoon in
chicago, first game of conference final
i would like to mention this was the final game for teemu sellane, a wonderful
player, a great human being, and it was nice to see the l.a. kings stay on the
ice, and all tap their sticks on the ice in appreciation for 'his' career.
it was a very special few moments after the game, but i did hear that one of
his sons has been drafted in the u.s., a junior i would imagine, so probably
won't be long till that name surfaces again, and we can start over again.
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well, for me this couldn't be better, i don't really care which team wins, cause when rangers scored, i
was very excited and cheered, same for habs.
if vineault wasn't coaching, it would be different, but i've been cheering for 'him' all along, and i'm
not going to stop now.
it would be great if he made it to the finals again, he deserves it, and if not, it would be great if
the habs got there, so its a win win situation for me.
as i said previously, i wanted to see the first game to see just how these teams matched up, so i see
and, regarding burrows, i heard that he might play next game, so that injury wasn't
serious, charlie horse i understand, not a knee injury.
that rangers have the speed just like habs, and a couple of very high speed forwards, kreider for one.
habs were not ready for that speed, big bad bruins are gone, and they were not that fast, but rangers
have it, so this series will be lots of fun to watch, whomever wins.
and regarding burrows, i heard on the radio that he might play next game, not a
knee injury, more of a charlie horse thing, so not serious, but painful.
he has had more than his share of injuries in the last year, doesn't need
any more.
was very excited and cheered, same for habs.
if vineault wasn't coaching, it would be different, but i've been cheering for 'him' all along, and i'm
not going to stop now.
it would be great if he made it to the finals again, he deserves it, and if not, it would be great if
the habs got there, so its a win win situation for me.
as i said previously, i wanted to see the first game to see just how these teams matched up, so i see
and, regarding burrows, i heard that he might play next game, so that injury wasn't
serious, charlie horse i understand, not a knee injury.
that rangers have the speed just like habs, and a couple of very high speed forwards, kreider for one.
habs were not ready for that speed, big bad bruins are gone, and they were not that fast, but rangers
have it, so this series will be lots of fun to watch, whomever wins.
and regarding burrows, i heard on the radio that he might play next game, not a
knee injury, more of a charlie horse thing, so not serious, but painful.
he has had more than his share of injuries in the last year, doesn't need
any more.
I guess you just can't take any team lightly, Rangers must have their minds made up. Reminded me of that game when the Canucks got shellacked by a similar score against Ottawa. Oh well sh*t happens. -
I guess you just can't take any team lightly, Rangers must have their minds made up. Reminded me of that game when the Canucks got shellacked by a similar score against Ottawa. Oh well sh*t happens. -
reminded me of last nights game with anaheim and l.a., one team came to play and the other didn't,
each put on a bit of a push later in the game, but too little too late.
rangers are fast, that is what i wanted to see, now i know they are just as fast or maybe player for
player rangers might be a bit faster than the habs.
a team can come with a mind set to do anything, but if the other team does it better, bye bye charlie.
i'm sure the habs started that game with winning in mind, but seems they just weren't 'ready', and
rangers came out of the gate at top speed.
both goalies are great.
next game could be totally different, habs have to get bAck to the drawing board.
and of course they can't take any team lightly, that is a recipe for losing.
i've seen much worse goalie collisions than that all thru the playoffs, player tried to go under his
legs as he slid into him, just couldn't get completely under. top of price's body wasn't touched, just
part of one leg. it was krieder, and as he was pushed, then fell and slid at a fast pace, in my
opinion he could have made things much worse for price, but didn't.
i'm watching this sort of thing from a completely neutral position, not favouring one team or the other.
there was no penalty, so official didn't see it as goalie interference, and also there was no penalty
for the montreal player who gave him the push to keep his momentum going.
this sort of thing, 'and much worse' is happening to the goalies all the time, if they don't want
goalies touched, they better change the rules, cause they allow all sorts of contact with them,
all thru the season and well into playoffs.
Glad to hear that Alexandre is okay, talloola. Thanks for the update. Missed the game today as I had to take my little guy in for his Rabies and Parvo boosters but a lot of people were telling me how it was going - especially when they saw I was wearing my Montreal Canadian T.
Maybe I'll start paying a little more attention to the Rangers now. I just found out today that Dominic Moore is my niece's husband's cousin, but I think my chances of getting rich because of it is rather slim. -
Don't know how I'll handle it having never been connected to fame before. -