Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread...

Am I the only one that feels we have a duty to make this thread hit 200 pages by the time Gary Bettman is on the ice handing a trophy to somebody?

 

Don't forget, the NHL season doesn't officially end tomorrow night.

It ends Thursday night with the NHL awards, broadcast on CBC and OLN. So maybe five people in the US will be able to watch it.

 

Oh, I don't think that'll be a problem.

I was thinking about that and wondering if the awards should be posted on the all-purpose thread.

Yes, I think about shit like this WAY too much.

 

JJ, we'll never get to 200 pages if you do double quotes in a single post like that.

 

The hockey nuts will make sure this thread is over 200 pages by the time that sniveling little worm says, "Captain Jason Smith, come get the Stanley Cup!"

I was thinking about that and wondering if the awards should be posted on the all-purpose thread.

Yes, I think about shit like this WAY too much. I humbly suggest that the awards ceremony, draft result and free agency-goings on should be relegated to the all-purpose thread.

 

It shall be done.

 

I'll keep that in mind. Is this better?

 

Just want to make sure we don't come one post short of our 200 page goal. That would really suck.

 

NEW YORK (CP) — Past results of the seventh-and-deciding games in the Stanley Cup final heading into Monday’s last match in the 2006 series:

June 19, 2006 — Edmonton at Carolina
June 7, 2004 — Tampa Bay 2 vs. Calgary 1
June 9, 2003 — New Jersey 3 vs. Anaheim 0
June 9, 2001 — Colorado 3 vs. New Jersey 1
June 14, 1994 — N.Y Rangers 3 vs. Vancouver 2
May 31, 1987 — Edmonton 3 vs. Philadelphia 1
May 18, 1971 — Montreal 3 at Chicago 2
May 1, 1965 — Montreal 1 vs. Chicago 0
April 25, 1964 — Toronto 4 vs. Detroit 0
April 14, 1955 — Detroit 3 vs. Montreal 1
April 16, 1954 — Detroit 2 vs. Montreal 1 (OT)
April 23, 1950 — Detroit 4 vs. N.Y. Rangers 3 (2OT)
April 22, 1945 — Toronto 2 at Detroit 1
April 18, 1942 — Toronto 3 vs. Detroit 1
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Notes: The home team has won 11 of the 13 games (84.6 per cent); only in the 1955, ’65 and 2003 finals has the home team won every game; the 1964, ’65 and 2003 games ended in shutouts; the Red Wings’ Pete Babando (1950) and Tony Leswick (’54) are the only players to score the Stanley Cup-winning goal in overtime of a seventh game.

 

I guess the best part of being in a city out west is that you have more time to drink and party after the game is over. I was thinking that after Game 6, aware it was only about 9:10 p.m. in Edmonton.


By Michelle MacAfee

EDMONTON (CP) — What started in the early days of the NHL playoffs as faint hope — held only by the Edmonton Oilers’ most devout fans — has morphed into a frenzy now gripping an entire city just one win away from a Stanley Cup parade.

The party continued into the wee hours of Sunday morning throughout the city as jubilant fans celebrated the Oilers’ 4-0 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.

The pivotal win forced a deciding Game 7 Monday night (CBC TV 8 p.m. ET) in Raleigh, N.C.
An Oilers victory would bring the coveted Cup to Canada for the first time in 13 years, when the Montreal Canadiens hoisted it high above their heads.

Even fans who got up in time to head to a downtown church found they were among hockey friends.

“Hope springs eternal in the Oiler crest” read the billboard in front of McDougall United Church.

The office’s answering machine echoed a similar message : “It’s springtime in Edmonton. The flowers are coming up and the Stanley Cup is on the horizon.”

However, those who chose to worship their beloved team with alcohol and rowdy behaviour on the Alberta capital’s trendy Whyte Avenue kept police busy.

Officers arrested 394 of the more than 30,000 triumphant fans who congregated in the area, high-fiving and chanting “We want the Cup!”

Most of the arrests were for liquor-related offences. Of those, only six people were charged — for assaulting an officer, resisting arrest, mischief under five thousand dollars and outstanding warrants.

Edmonton police spokesman Jeff Wuite said it’s disappointing some fans aren’t getting the message about how to celebrate responsibly.

“In the arrest processing area you could hear people saying, `Oh man, all I was doing was walking down the street carrying a beer,’ ” said Wuite.

“Well that’s why you’re there. It’s not appropriate . . . that’s not just a ticket, that’s a night in jail.”

Wuite urged people to stay at home, win or lose, Monday night.

But he added police will be ready for anything and officers will continue their recent and effective trend of rounding up troublemakers early and forcing pedestrians to keep moving instead of congregating in one place.

The stricter enforcement is in keeping with Edmonton Police Chief Mike Boyd’s promise to curb the lawlessness that marred celebrations when the Oilers beat the Anaheim Mighty Ducks to win the Western Conference final last month.

A crowd of about 30,000 poured onto Whyte Avenue on May 27. Some well-lubricated partiers broke store windows and set bonfires in the street.

Several fans who gathered to watch the game at a pub on Whyte Avenue said they were hopeful about the Oilers’ chances, but afraid of being a jinx.

“I’m a superstitious fan, I don’t make any predictions,” said Alex Abboud, who writes a sports blog (www.sportsmatters.blogspot.com).

“Carolina has too much pride to roll over after a 4-0 loss, so it’ll be a good game and all I’m going to do is watch and hope for the best.”

 

anyone who thinks pierre lebrun has no clue is a complete idiot. pierre is well-informed, well-connected, and a hell of a good guy.

in the past ten years, few journalists have worked harder in this country to advance their career -- and been as successful -- as mr. lebrun. smearing him is a joke. there is not an important hockey figure who wont return his calls, and many call him first when they have news to break.

give me a freaking break.

 

Can we start a petition that says Game 7 must go OT? Hands down the best extra session format in sports.