Stanley Cup Picks

[sweetcell]

sonick made me lol!

[sonickteam2]

sudden death for the caps!!!!

[RatBastard]

6 games
5 goals by the caps tonight
4 home team wins
3 over times
2 road team wins
1 hell of a series

[sonickteam2]

you should work for Versus.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

And a partridge in a pear tree!

Oh, wait, nvm.

[sonickteam2]

by the way, we're down to 99,600 seconds.....as of the beginning of the 2nd period in Chicago

[sonickteam2]

anyone have any comments on the Scott Walker sucker punch now that we're talking dirty plays?

   Surely Lucic or Brashear would be suspended. Is this me being a Homer or what?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynS7OUUCLx8

[RatBastard]

That punch looked pretty damn bad.  The Bruins player was about dumb as a post for allowing that to happen.  He started the scrum punched #8 on the Canes and then just stood there.  I don't think it rises to the level of a suspension even so. 

[chaz]

6 games
5 goals by the caps tonight
4 home team wins
3 over times
2 road team wins
1 hell of a series

Incredible game last night...I almost had a heart attack about 5 times.  Great series too.  Now I just have to find my way into game 7 without breaking the bank.

[godsshoeshine]

i know its a great series
i know its only right it should go 7

still sucks

[sonickteam2]

That punch looked pretty damn bad.  The Bruins player was about dumb as a post for allowing that to happen.  He started the scrum punched #8 on the Canes and then just stood there.  I don't think it rises to the level of a suspension even so. 

  the NHL rulebook states that if you receive an 5 minute instigator penalty in the last 5 minutes of a game, it is an automatic one game suspension. 

  no matter what one thinks of the punch. the NHL office completely contradicted the official on the ice.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Now I just have to find my way into game 7 without breaking the bank.

what're your thoughts on this?

i found great seats on the upper deck red line for $100 each for game 7 of the rangers series... craigslist is looking like it might take double that to get similar seats

i'm thinking about just going down to the arena and scalping the night of

[chaz]

Now I just have to find my way into game 7 without breaking the bank.

what're your thoughts on this?

i found great seats on the upper deck red line for $100 each for game 7 of the rangers series... craigslist is looking like it might take double that to get similar seats

i'm thinking about just going down to the arena and scalping the night of

Yeah, prices are about $200 right now for 400 level seats...too much for me.  I got into game 7 against the Rangers for $100.  I'd thought about going down to that game and seeing what I could dig up, but I didn't see a single person selling tickets.  TONS of people looking though.  Granted, I wasn't really looking cuz I had my seats, but there were an awful lot of people with their fingers in the air looking for seats.

If you strike out at the arena, there's a few decent places close by to watch the game though.

[godsshoeshine]

pens/caps series doing monster ratings

FSN Pittsburgh earned a massive 21.38 rating for Saturday's Game 5, the highest-rated NHL game on any FSN regional sports network. Versus recorded a 1.2 rating during its national telecast of Game 2, making that the highest-rated and most-watched second-round game on cable since 2002.

nhl stoked

[vansmack]

anyone have any comments on the Scott Walker sucker punch now that we're talking dirty plays?

   Surely Lucic or Brashear would be suspended. Is this me being a Homer or what?

That replay doesn't show it but he was also the third man in too.  Ward was locked into a scrum with Cullen when Walker got there.  That's why Ward was just standing there - he was already battling with Cullen and didn't think he had to watch out for a haymaker from Walker.

I'm shocked they rescinded it.  I was watching it live and thought for sure he was going to miss the next game - I even told Smackette how stupid that was because they could avoid a game 7 and they need him.