Lord Stanley Brandy 2011 -- HNiC NHL Playoff Pool

[WayAbvPar]

Also, this made me ROFL-

[MuffinMan]

I think my biggest emotion will be relief, both at winning and finally getting rid of my goddamned playoff beard. I look fucking ridiculous. I keep forgetting about it and then catching a glimpse of myself in reflections. 

Please telll me you're at least shaving your neck.

[Bunk]

Blasphemy! My goatee is now about three inches long, and has migrated down to about my adam's apple. The worst part is how patchy my beard grows on the sides, its about twice as thick on the left cheek as my right. Oh, and my mustache is long enough for me to curl up the ends now if I want.

I've also not been cutting my hair, just in case. I have friends insisting that I cut my hair the moment the playoffs end. It's just about five inches long now in the back, and a crazy wavy mess.

I'm not wierd or anything. Really.

[WayAbvPar]

I think my biggest emotion will be relief, both at winning and finally getting rid of my goddamned playoff beard. I look fucking ridiculous. I keep forgetting about it and then catching a glimpse of myself in reflections. 

Please telll me you're at least shaving your neck.

And anger the hockey gods? Surely you jest. Unlike Bunk, I am still cutting my hair. Well, shaving my head. If i had a head of hair when I started I would have let it grow though.

[Ingmar]

Blasphemy! My goatee is now about three inches long, and has migrated down to about my adam's apple. The worst part is how patchy my beard grows on the sides, its about twice as thick on the left cheek as my right. Oh, and my mustache is long enough for me to curl up the ends now if I want.

I've also not been cutting my hair, just in case. I have friends insisting that I cut my hair the moment the playoffs end. It's just about five inches long now in the back, and a crazy wavy mess.

I'm not wierd or anything. Really.

So basically you look like your avatar.

[Bunk]

So basically you look like your avatar.

Yeah, I almost actually posted that.

[WayAbvPar]

Was supposed to be out of work 10 minutes ago, but got some last minute emergency stuff that is delaying me. Might end up listening to the first period on the radio  Nauseous and jittery as hell. ONE TIME, SPORTS GODS.

[Strazos]

Please to be stepping on the Bruins' throats tonight, kthx!

[Paelos]

Didn't take 5 minutes for Luongo to already botch it.

EDIT: And 7 minutes to REALLY screw it up. Take him out now.

EDIT #2: Too late, they didn't listen. 3-0 now in the first 9 minutes. Bad coaching, bad penalty, bad mental mistakes. See you in Game 7. This could get really ugly before it's over if the refs don't get involved.

EDIT #3: 4-0 in 10 minutes. Vancouver fans everywhere should turn off the TV now. At least that wasn't a bad goal.

[Strazos]

I sure as shit turned mine off...

[01101010]

wow... I barely got espn radio on and it was 2 nothing. Now 4? Well, at least they still have two periods left

[Paelos]

wow... I barely got espn radio on and it was 2 nothing. Now 4? Well, at least they still have two periods left

Won't matter. They look braindead. And Thomas has already made two saves standing on his head.

[WayAbvPar]

Luongo is a 5 year old girl mentally. So soft. So sick of it.

[naum]

Good thing Vancouver had home ice advantage for the series…

Of course, anything can happen in a game 7 (not to rule out a game 6 miraculous comeback, but that appears highly improbable at this juncture)…

[murdoc]

I could not possibly be any happier with the result tonight.

"Fact: If you look up "absolute worst case scenario" in the dictionary, the book will fly out of your hand and beat Roberto Luongo top shelf."

[Bunk]

It's called "drama" 

Oh, and congrats to Boychuk for figuring out how to hit a guy hard enough in to the boards to break his back, and have it labeled "a hockey play gone wrong".

[murdoc]

Chara started that.

[WayAbvPar]

It's called "drama" 

Oh, and congrats to Boychuk for figuring out how to hit a guy hard enough in to the boards to break his back, and have it labeled "a hockey play gone wrong".

I heard it on the radio when it happened...went back and watched my TiVo of the CBC broadcast to see how it happened. It seemed more like bad luck than anything else. MayRay was one of the few bright spots recently; this really sucks.

Oh and I will be pacing around my office all damned day. And maybe vomiting.

[Bunk]

The problem I had with it, was that Boychuk finished his check by riding Raymond in to the boards - while Raymond was in a vulnerable position. He wasn't pinning him to the boards to keep Raymond away from the puck, the puck had already been picked up by another Canuck twenty feet away and passed across the ice before they actually hit the boards.

They are calling it "bad luck" because Raymond was facing away from the boards. Had Raymond been facing towards the boards, it would have been an automatic ejection. But since you almost never see a player get hit while effectively touching his toes, nothing in the rule book covers it. Thus, it's not dirty, just unlucky - according to the league.

And now I will drop it, becuase I'm starting to sound like I'm whining and making excuses. If I were to do that I would bring up things like the Bruins now having two deffencemen still in the playoffs, even though they both severely injured other players with late hits.

Should be a hell of a game.

[Paelos]

Canucks win 2-1 tonight. Calling it now.

[WayAbvPar]

God I hope so. As long as they are up 2-0 and Boston scores at 19:59 of the 3rd period, I might live to see the end of the game. I should probably stop for beer on the way home. And drink a couple on the way.

[Paelos]

I think it's going to OT 1-1 before the Nucks win it.

In the 3rd OT! 

[Ingmar]

I'd like to see Vancouver win, but IMO the fact that they're winning close games but getting blown out in the losses doesn't bode well.

[Bunk]

It's bad when I'm having to sit down at work and do yogic breathing exercises three hours before the game even starts.

GO CANUCKS

[WayAbvPar]

I was stuck in the car when game 6 started (had to drop a rush project off for work at Fed Ex- had planned to be home by then). I was getting so keyed up that I ran across the street from Fed Ex into a bar, saw the 4 goals, drank 3 beers, and left my credit card there (after paying my tab!). The beers calmed me down enough that I didn't drive off the road.

[murdoc]

It all hinges on Luongo and where his mind is at. You should be able to tell pretty quickly how the game is going to go.

[Paelos]

It all hinges on Luongo and where his mind is at. You should be able to tell pretty quickly how the game is going to go.

He is going to be solid at home.

[Fordel]

Should we keep the paramedics on hold for our Vancouver friends? 

[Strazos]

So just tuned in during the first intermission...

I am not pleased, sirs. 

[01101010]

Canucks win 2-1 tonight. Calling it now.

NEXT! 

Wait, that's not the Pens out there in black and white and gold? FFFFFUUUUUUUU!!! 

[Strazos]

Wow, this game is descending into total Boston bullshit. 

Crashing into the goalie is a legal way to score goals now?

Fuck, I am so sick of Boston sports. Even before the shorthanded goal it looked bad, with Thomas making lucky saves (or getting miraculous support).

[Numtini]

Don't be bitter.

[Ginaz]

Don't be bitter.

Too late.

[Surlyboi]

Fuck it, stick a fork in these bitches.

[Strazos]

Yeah, they're not generating enough chances, and not cashing in on the few they've had.