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NiX
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For you Americans who have heard a CBC broadcast and wish you could get that kind of commentary, if you use HotSpot Shield and go to the CBC website, you can stream the playoffs. Not as appealing as a large TV, I know.
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Abagadro
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Well that was quick.
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Azaroth
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Slayerik, I thought it was going to say "Jumped".
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Whoa. Red Wings are blowing defensive assignments, not used to seeing that in the Finals.
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NiX
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They are crumbling. I don't get it.  |
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Abagadro
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Crazy. That 4th goal by Penn was very nice though. Great Crosby pass.
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Azaroth
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Pens are just getting all the powerplays imo. It's bullshit. Imo.
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NiX
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This goes beyond powerplays. The wings are dropping their men on D, scrambling, which is opening up passing opportunities and just generally throwing the game away.
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Azaroth
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Henry Ford was a Nazi and Bettman has had it in for Detroit ever since?
Come on, help me out here.
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You could sell me on Bettman being a Nazi. What with cock blocking a new Canadian team in an area where it would thrive.
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Azaroth
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Ahhhh, a good strong night of laughing at Detroit bandwagon shit talkers on sports forums coming up.
I <3 Trolling.
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They are crumbling. I don't get it. Looks like fatigue set in. 4 games in 6 nights. If only Red Wings could take a 5 minute mulligan, they would have won… Glad to see Jordan Staal really bust out, that SH goal changed the tone of the game. Fleury made some clutch saves too. A few inches though, game could have looked a lot different… I started to cringe everytime I saw Orpik and Gonchar out together with Penguins holding lead… Goals #3 and #4 were beauties… Officiating again is awful (McCreary you really suck), but Red Wings fans might have a beef on this game, though they did get away with a lot of stuff too… Finally, WTF was that one handed hot dog Kunitz? |
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Azaroth
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One handed hot dog was being hooked. The rulebook says being hooked heading clear to an empty net is an automatic goal. McCreary is a fucking moron.
Babcock just called Filppula "Fill-a-pool-a". lol.
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Bettman is not a nazi.
He definitely has a Napoleon complex though.
As far as the game goes, yeah fatigue.
Still, Wings in six.
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Azaroth
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Pens in six. Home ice cup hoisting.
As epic as a game 7 would be, it'd be on Detroit home ice. I much prefer playing in Pittsburgh, so I think it's uber important to win game 5 in Detroit.
I think it's fun how each game keeps getting more and more important. Epic.
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Not much to say here....we got outplayed.
But hey, I've seen this before I believe. Even with this loss, we still got home ice. i hope you guys never bring up non-calls again though :)
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Slayerik, I thought it was going to say "Jumped".
You know it was as legal as a hit gets. |
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Azaroth
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Kronwall is the master of the last-second jump. He often makes it look very legal.
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NiX
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You know it was as legal as a hit gets.
It was dirty, we all know it. A well placed dirty hit, but still dirty. And, yes, I get what you're saying. |
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Special J
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Pens in six. Home ice cup hoisting.
As epic as a game 7 would be, it'd be on Detroit home ice. I much prefer playing in Pittsburgh, so I think it's uber important to win game 5 in Detroit.
I think it's fun how each game keeps getting more and more important. Epic.
They have to win game 5. If they don't get their road win there, I really don't see it happening in game 7. Glad they evened it up; we have a series now. |
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Great game. The Pens skaters finally showed up. That Staal short-handed goal was really the turning point, and it was fucking awesome. Osgood was just completely flummoxed. The passing on the 4th goal was fantastic too. It was nice to see some shots that didn't dink off the posts.
As usual, the officiating was just shit. Cross checks, punches, interference, clutching and grabbing, it was all in evidence. I just don't get it. The announcers keep saying "These were the least penalized teams in the playoffs" like that means something. Of course they are the least penalized now - you fuckheads aren't calling ANYTHING.
Still, it got me excited for Game 5. I just hope the Pens show up in Detroit this time. The refs, however, I'm not sure if it'll matter if their plane goes down in a fiery ball of suck. I can't tell their on the ice most of the time.
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Azaroth
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You know it was as legal as a hit gets.
It was dirty, we all know it. A well placed dirty hit, but still dirty. And, yes, I get what you're saying. It was as legal as a dirty hit gets. Fixed that for you.  |
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Currently #333 in the CBC pool. What pisses me off is that if I had put the star on Malkin instead of Crosby like I was pondering, I'd be at 306 points. #10 is 308.  |
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I'm sort of in the same boat. I starred Crosby instead of Malkin.
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Azaroth
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Well, when you're picking for round 3 and 4, how the hell do you not star Crosby after what he did against the Capitals?
Clearly I should have put the star on Gonchar as well, but I wasn't exactly sure how badly he was hurt. He's playing pretty decent, and that decision was a mistake too.
What the fuck can you do. I could have been in the top 10.
Maybe I'll just lie when I tell the story about how I did in the CBC pool to someone.
"And then, in a couple of shrewd and ballsy moves that put me over the top, I put stars on Gonchar and Malkin (like I had been doing ALL FUCKING PLAYOFFSp until this point), and I WON THE TOYOTA PREVIA or whatever"
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Well, when you're picking for round 3 and 4, how the hell do you not star Crosby after what he did against the Capitals?
Well, I called it right re:Malkin — I figured he'd bust out in Carolina series, predicted to my family and then watched in glee as he did just that. Unfortunately, as far as the pool goes, a "starred" Malkin represents nearly half of my round 3-4 segment total. I think I only have a couple of Penguins — Geno and Tanger. I should have loaded up with just players from 2 teams instead of picking from all 4 (duh!)… |
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Have I mentioned this yet?
I tried to say it on TSN, but they moderated my posts out any time I mention it.
CBC is pushing Bob Cole out. Not allowing him to do the finals, and only "5-20 games" (CBC president quote) next year.
Jim Hughson sucks fucking monkey balls. Bring back the legend.
Fuck it if he's 80 and can't follow the play sometimes. People understand he's old. In other sports they respect their legendary announcers.
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That was pretty good. :)
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My wishes for 7 may be coming true!
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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Azaroth
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I'm no longer in favour of a seventh game.
If we win game five.... maybe. I guess. It wouldn't be THE WORST.
But if we lose all three in Joe Louis and then go in for game 7?
Ehhhhhh.
Plus, Pittsburgh has never had a major sports championship won on home turf as far as I know.
Mainly, it's very important to win tonight. I also don't want to have to hook a toilet up in the living room to watch game six back in Pittsburgh if we lose game five.
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You could sell me on Bettman being a Nazi. What with cock blocking a new Canadian team in an area where it would thrive.
Remember, he learned at the feet of David Stern, who is as big a cocksucker as I can imagine. Fuck both of them. |
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You could sell me on Bettman being a Nazi. What with cock blocking a new Canadian team in an area where it would thrive.
Remember, he learned at the feet of David Stern, who is as big a cocksucker as I can imagine. Fuck both of them. I did not know that. Fuck, no wonder he's such a douche. |
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Have I mentioned this yet?
I tried to say it on TSN, but they moderated my posts out any time I mention it.
CBC is pushing Bob Cole out. Not allowing him to do the finals, and only "5-20 games" (CBC president quote) next year.
Jim Hughson sucks fucking monkey balls. Bring back the legend.
Fuck it if he's 80 and can't follow the play sometimes. People understand he's old. In other sports they respect their legendary announcers.
I heard about that on Leaf Talk radio here, earlier in the year. It was like December or January or something, and announcers just talking during a break or whatever and the other dude asks "So when are we seeing you back here (ACC), haven't seen you in awhile?" and Bob was like "This is my last game here for the season, I'm going to leave it at that". |
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Azaroth
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Fuck CBC.
I got sick of their broadcast (The horrible Dos Equis Don Cherry ripoff anyone? etc) a couple of games ago and tried to switch to NBC.
I immediately changed the channel back.
CBC is fucking awful and I'd love there to be an alternative. But NBC is not it.
Versus is really not it.
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