I think Ottawa will beat Philly in the first place, but if not, I can see all four of the remaining Western teams, as well as New Jersey beating Philadelphia.

wow.

1-0 ducks win.

3-1 series lead...

i say wow because giggy (cant spell his fully name) made one of the most unbelieveable saves i've seen in a LONG time.

GIGUERE (;)) is god. FACT.

That was an AMAZING save, I don't care if Anahiem loses their remaining games, give Giguere the damn Conn Smyth RIGHT NOW.

And **** Dallas. :D I am LOVING this. Vancouver vs Anahiem Western Final, and Ottawa/Jersey Eastern Final? Damn I hope so.

i'm so excited. I've followed Van for a long time but it's been 8 years since i've seen them get past the first round. I'm looking forward to the nucks vs ducks series. Todd and Naslund will solve Giggy:)

GO CANUCKS!


lead series 3-1


and i'm scared. They aren't winning by much.

well thats a weird series. IMO it should be the other way around. feels like lucks been on vans side, but Minny has played a much tougher game.

Ahhhh A Western Confrence Final without Dallas, Detroit, or Colorado.

hell has frozen over....
The world has been turned around.
Black is white, Up is Down.

Strange stuff goin down i tell ya.

Cant believe that stupid goal lifted an inch but doenst matter to whether the puck got in but still counts as no goal Rule happened twice in that series. insane.

strong game by the ducks tho to take lead after giiving up tying goal.

Words cannot describe how great seeing Hatcher hang his head in defeat was last night.

I know... I just simply don't like Hatcher, lol.

I hate hatcher, and the dallas franchise. I'll never be able to understand how Hatcher is the captain of an NHL team.

PFFT you think YOU hate Hatcher?

I STILL think Hatchman's hit on Roenick cost the Blackhawks the Cup in 95'. That team lost to the wings in 5 in the west finals but all they needed was one more goalscorer in that series.

Look at this.

Game one

Wings 2
Hawks 1
OT

Game two

Wings 3
Hawks 2

Game three

Wings 4
Hawks 3
2OT

Game four

Hawks 5
Wings 2

Game five

Wings 2
Hawks 1
2OT

4 losses by 4 goals!

Give us Roenick back and lets see what happens.

Goddamnit, I was in a good mood too.

It doesn't matter what team I like, I'd still hate Hatcher. But I'm an OILERS fan, I think I got as much hate for Hatcher as anyone.

Tonight, the Minnesota Wild are gonna make history.
I can just feel it.:D

SHHHH!!!!! Dont Jinx It!!

*hopes and hopes the wild win* they've been the better team 5 out of the 6 games so far. Would really be dissapointing for them to lose it in game 7.

i'll be rooting for them the whole game. i hope they can finish what they started now.

Boo, we need an all-Canadian finals! I don't wanna see Minnesota and New Jersey battle in a trap vs trap series for the Cup :( An Ottawa/Vancouver series would be sweet though.

in a battle of skill vs cockyness? bleh. dont care who comes out of the east.

but minnesota deserves this series, they've played much harder and better then vancouver has played. I hope they have enough fight left in em to put a hell of a game up tonight and take it.

OHHHHH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WILD WIN! WILD WIN!!!!

now you get to hear my little rant. :)


IN YOUR )#*%#)% FACE YOU COCKY ASS BERTUZZI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

omg i hate him so much. to be so damn cocky as to tell the Minnesota fans after game 4 to not buy tickets to game 6 because there wont be one.. i can not explain how angry the guy makes me. put together with all his cheap shots on the ice.

then even the Vancouver fans, after game 4 were looking beyond the wild, saying it was over already. even people here at GT talking about confrence finals before this series was over with. NEVER OVERLOOK THE SERIES YOUR IN!

Hats off to the wild. KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE!!!! only team in history to fight back from being down 3-1 twice in a playoff year. they fight so hard. they deserved to of won this 6 games to 1 they way they played. i can not describe how happy i am.

GO WILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Allow me to predict that you aren't as happy about Anaheim's success. ;) Nobody in a million years would have guessed that the Western Finals would be Minnesota vs Mighty Ducks?

well. i wouldnt of been as happy about anahiems seccess after round 1... obviously. but i am happy they beat Dallas. lol so mixed feelings there. altho after round one seeing what teams were left. deep down i really wanted to see a anaheim minny conf finals. hehehe


and its insane that it ends up with these to teams. and funny as hell that Minny gets home ice in it. lol.

i'd expect this type of thing out of the East. never the west.

Dal Det or Col are always in Conf finals for west. weird seeing palyoffs without all of them.

What can I say, Minnesota just outplayed the nucks throughout the series.

Van had way more shots on net but it seemed that even though Minny had fewer scoring chances they were much better chances. The nucks D never covered the last man in throughout the whole series. I saw this outcome when van was up 3-1 in the series. All the games were too close. It could have been anyone's series.


Onto dan cloutier.

ahem. I've stuck with this guy for 2 seasons now, but he just hasn't proved he can deliver in the playoffs. Look at all the teams that have advanced to their conference finals. Giguere....Roloson....Brodeur....They've packed their teams through the playoffs. Cloutier is good, but he isn't awesome. Van has the most potent offense in the league but they can't perform out there with confidence if they're worried about their netminder the whole game.

Tonight's game was a bitch. Minny's first goal was chance. It was a good one but still really lucky. The second one was a bad read by clouts...bounced off the skate. 3rd goal was the ****. That's a shot that is a general stop for any goalie. His angle was way off. Fourth was bad also.

Oh well, I honestly don't think Burke is going to trade cloutier in the off season. Good goalies come at a hefty price. There's a lot of pressure for the glass to be upgraded at GM Place. We'll see.

Oh and the Bertuzzi thing. Bertuzzi's game isn't anymore dirty than the rest of the guys out there. He's a big guy who can through his weight around. That's his play. No other forward in the league has his ability. The guy's a beast out there but his stick handling is up there with the snipers. Don't pick on Bert like that. That's how he plays and it's effective. The last penalty tonight was ****ed up. Bert came in on his check with the normal amount of shove that he should do. The guy just fell forward. Refs didn't signal a penalty until Ronning(god bless his little heart) gave them an earfull over Roloson's gimped body.



**** it all. There's next season. I like the wild. They're my second favorite team. I would've liked to see van go on but that's the way she goes. I'd like to see Paul Kariya get a cup. But, i'd rather have minnesota go to the finals. In the end i hope Ottawa gets the cup. bleh.

doesnt matter how much shove he gave him. That was blatent interference by bertuzzi, he gets away with it so often. i was about to flip out when i thought there wasnt a call on him. that was SO the right call.

Watching the game this morning(4:30 replay on espn2) I believe the reason they won was because that Dupuis goal was just too shocking. The crowd would not shut up and goal was so quick that the light never even came on.
Bertuzzi's interference ended the game officially to me. It was just over in my mind.


I think this may be a shifting in phases out West. Perhaps the Avs, Red Wings, and Stars won't be so much better than everyone else for much longer.

Unless there's a strike coming up, then I'd still think that Colorado, Detroit, and Dallas will still be among the top teams in the West for a few years to come yet. Anaheim will probably make it to the play-offs regularly now, and Minnesota isn't like Carolina where it's a huge suprise. They actually have a very good team, coach, young players, system... They'll probably be one of the top teams for the next years.

And about Bertuzzi, I don't care about that specific call, but I think people are way too hard on him. He takes so much that isn't called (every notice how many times he gets high-sticked and it's not called? More than twice as much as any other player), so don't forget about that either.

its not how bertuzzi plays. he's one of thoes players thats hated around the league, but one you would love to have on your team. there are many players like that.

And i had no prob with him. untill he starts showing his arrogence and cockness and runs his mouth all the time. Its his attitude i dont like. not his play on the ice.

How do you know what Bert's like in the dressing room?

And it's only a show. Pissing off the opposite team's fans is just part of the game.

It's funny how you didn't have your little Bertuzzi rant until the canucks were out of the running.


If Bert was in Detroit you'd think he was a god. He gets the most bull**** around the league. No one can keep up with him so he's slashed and hacked and interfered with.

Speaking of asshole players...Chelios:rolleyes:

What a baby whiner.

you need to read more carefully befire you take things so personnally. as i said. he's hated around the league. and for good reason. but he's one of thoes players even tho you hate you'd want to have him on your team

And of course i dont have my rant untill thier out. duh. I dont take a series for grantant and go off about something untill its OVER. i dont claim a series is over and forget about it and talk about confrence finals before the current series is done *cough cough*

im a hockey fan. aka supersticious.

And i dont care what he's like in dressing room.

point in case, as i stated above, he goes on TV and tells Minny fans not to buy tickets to game 6 cuz it wont happen.

That goes far beyond making fans dislike you. thats showing a very cocky arrogent attitude.

perhaps if he just said 'were going to win' i could accept it a tad more. (altho still cocky, not as arrogent) what he did was shove it in a teams face while they're down. and it came back and bit him in the ass too.


And if he was on my team i'd be happy. honestly tho man. God? with the players detroit has? hardly. tho yes, he's one of thoes players that you hate but would love to have on your team.

wont even touch on the chelios issue because your basically just trying to do something to get at me cuz i dont like a vancouver player *shrug* i never liked cheli when he was on chicago. he's one of thoes players too.