Ottawa vs. Buffalo - Eastern Conference Final

[T_Totler]

This should be a great series :)

[Bman]

Really looking forward to it!

Will watch it for sure - best series in several years.

Almost wish this was the final (unfortunately can't happen).


Cheers
Bman

[Mouse]

Very true.

Two good teams, but only one will advance.

And the opposition???

Blech.

[T_Totler]

Even Brodeur predicts a Sens victory :)....


...Brodeur and Emery met in the line after the Senators eliminated the Devils with a 3-2 victory.

"I said congratulations and told him the last guy to beat me (Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward) went on to win the Stanley Cup, so good luck," said Brodeur....
Full story here (http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Playoffs/Ottawa/2007/05/07/4160340-sun.html)

[Mischief007]

This will be a great series. These two teams always play well against each other. Either high scoring or low scoring :).

[Dan]

I ain't a sens fan, by any means, but I would like to see the cup back in Canada. where it belongs

[glitch]

I'm rooting for the Senators. If they win, this will put more pressure on the monkeys they call Leafs management.

Apart from that, it's going to be an awesome series.

[Limey32]

Wish I cared.. this has honestly been the first season as long as I can remember where every game bored the heck out of me.. post lock-out, the game blows. Can't watch. Hockey is dead.

[Ottawaman]

Want me to call you a waaambulance?:wln: :)

[Limey32]

LOL no.. Honestly though, all the penalties, constant powerplays and silly touch the guy hooking and tripping calls. I really couldn't watch this season, nor the playoffs. I was die hard man.. a die hard NHL fan. But yawn. With the teams left, my choice is Buffalo.. but I really couldn't care less.. and to anyone that knows me, that is saying something. :)

[eddyk]

You are cheering for Buffalo but you do not like the new rules that were designed to help small faster skating teams like Buffalo?

You sound like a jealous and disappointed Leaf fan to me.

Personally, I think the Sens will send the Sabres packing for golf in five games. A disappointment for those expecting a long exciting series but for us Sens fans, it is just another speed bump on the way to bringing the cup back to the Ottawa valley on the 80th anniversary of the last Senators cup win (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926-27_NHL_season).

[T_Totler]

Personally, I think the Sens will send the Sabres packing for golf in five games.
I'm betting Ottawa in 6 :)

[glitch]

You are cheering for Buffalo but you do not like the new rules that were designed to help small faster skating teams like Buffalo?

You sound like a jealous and disappointed Leaf fan to me.

Personally, I think the Sens will send the Sabres packing for golf in five games. A disappointment for those expecting a long exciting series but for us Sens fans, it is just another speed bump on the way to bringing the cup back to the Ottawa valley on the 80th anniversary of the last Senators cup win (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926-27_NHL_season).

One step at a time. You just reminded me why i hate the Sen fans.
I'm rooting for the Senators too, but predicting a victory already? Way to summon the karma gods.

[Limey32]

You are cheering for Buffalo but you do not like the new rules that were designed to help small faster skating teams like Buffalo?

You sound like a jealous and disappointed Leaf fan to me.

Personally, I think the Sens will send the Sabres packing for golf in five games. A disappointment for those expecting a long exciting series but for us Sens fans, it is just another speed bump on the way to bringing the cup back to the Ottawa valley on the 80th anniversary of the last Senators cup win (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926-27_NHL_season).


Geez.. why can't I say I now dislike the sport I have followed with gusto for as long as I can remember because of the rule changes, without being called jealous? I am a Leafs fan yes.. always will be.. but my disdain for the NHL has nothing to do with the Laffs.. ;) I couldn't watch their games at all this year either.. just boring boring hockey.. every team. Hooking call, holding call.. tripping all over the place. Non stop penalties and 5 on 3's.. the shootout.. please. As I said, I don't care who wins the cup.. Go Ottawa if that makes you happy.. :)

[Lee Anne]

Go West Go .. lol

[eddyk]

One step at a time. You just reminded me why i hate the Sen fans.
I'm rooting for the Senators too, but predicting a victory already? Way to summon the karma gods.

I am neither a Hindu or a Budhist but I think that you are getting karma mixed up with superstition. We are each responsible for our own Karma. Therefore, I can have no effect on the Karma of the Ottawa Senators by predicting their victory in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Karma is about positive thinking. If you think good thoughts, good things will happen to you. If you think bad thoughts, bad things will happen to you. My thinking good thoughts about the Ottawa Senators can have no more of a negative effect on the Senators chances of winning the Cup anymore then my thinking negative thoughts about the Leafs could affect their last forty years of failure.

Also note that I said "I think that they will win", not "I know they will win". I simply looked at the data available to me (regular season and play offs to date) and made an educated guess of what I believe will happen but I assure you that I am not claiming to be clairvoyant.

I hope this answer will appease your Karma Gods.


Geez.. why can't I say I now dislike the sport I have followed with gusto for as long as I can remember because of the rule changes, without being called jealous? I am a Leafs fan yes.. always will be.. but my disdain for the NHL has nothing to do with the Laffs.. I couldn't watch their games at all this year either.. just boring boring hockey.. every team. Hooking call, holding call.. tripping all over the place. Non stop penalties and 5 on 3's.. the shootout.. please. As I said, I don't care who wins the cup.. Go Ottawa if that makes you happy...

I do not expect you to make me happy and there is nothing I wrote that deserves such a patronizing response.

It does not bother me who you root for and it is not that I have anything against what you said about the rule changes. There is a lot about the new rules I also do not like. But I would still enjoy watching playoff hockey even if my team was not in the fight. I simply said that I could not understand how you could complain about the rule changes and yet say that you want the Sabres (who are the one team that has benefited the most from the rule changes) to win.

So rather then risk being misunderstood again, let me ask you a direct question, would you still be this disinterested in the playoffs if the Leafs were competing for a spot in the Stanley Cup final?


Go West Go .. lol

Where do you want the West to go?

[T_Totler]

Game 2 tonight at 8pm (http://www.cbc.ca/television/) :) ...

GO SENS GO!

[Mouse]

Might be worth a look, if not comatose.

Buffalo will need to bring their A game, to avoid going 2 down and going to Ottawa for 2.

:eek:

[glitch]

Wow what a game.
That's 2 - zip for Ottawa. It would be a major feat to take down Buffalo in 4 games that's for sure.
I don't think anybody would be able to stop 'em after that.

[Lee Anne]

Game 2 tonight at 8pm (http://www.cbc.ca/television/) :) ...

GO SENS GO!



Boo Hiss :d


Go Wings or Ducks Go .. lol

[T_Totler]

Great game last night :bsu:

Winning 2 in Barffalo, Ottawa is clearly in the driver's seat now :)

[eddyk]

Go Wings or Ducks Go .. lol

Patience. Give them enough time and they will be gone too.


Winning 2 in Barffalo...

That is not a nice thing to call the "Queen City". Right now Buffalo sports fans (if not all members of the Sabres Nation) are very sad and need a good hug.

I think I will start with the Buffalo Jills...
http://www.capeziodance.com/images/dance_teams/005_buffalo_jills/003.jpg

[Mouse]

That's a postcard.

http://thebecketts.com/images/Dave009.ipg.jpg

[T_Totler]

The models on "Deal Or No Deal" are better looking :d

[Mouse]

Maybe, but this is a Hockey thread.

[eddyk]

If the women of "Deal or No Deal" (http://www.nbc.com/Deal_or_No_Deal/game/) want a hug from me, they are going to have to let me on the show.

[Mischief007]

2 down and 2 to go in this series. 6 more to go for the cup coming to Canada.

[T_Totler]

Another one in the bag! - congrats Sens :bsu:

One more to go :)

[glitch]

I'm sorry, but that was a total beat down by the Senators. Truly amazing.

[BillD]

Especially that elbow by Alfredson, behind the net, in overtime.

[glitch]

Especially that elbow by Alfredson, behind the net, in overtime.

There was no OT.

[Limey32]

Was thinking that too :) But it was a good game. Boy, Emery is sure making me a believer. I will admit that the last couple O/B and A/D games have been good.. got me interested again.. mainly because they have put the whistle down.

[eddyk]

Here is a photo to send to your friends in Alberta:
http://images.theglobeandmail.com/archives/RTGAM/images/20070515/wsptnhlgallery14/harperCP.jpg
PMSH has gone native. Send out the hounds.

[Frosty]

lol. Harper has sold out! :D

He'd wear a Canadiens jersey and sit through one of their games too, if they looked like a sure bet to make it to the final.

[Mouse]

At least he's wearing his glasses.

Vanity must be a terrible weight to carry.

[glitch]

Wow...Sens going to the finals.
They are king ass and taking names.

[Mouse]

Kickin' ass and takin' names. ;)

[awesomejs]

i would like to see the sens win i just hate there couch and alfy

[Mouse]

Hey, solidarity.

Go Canada.

[glitch]

Kickin' ass and takin' names. ;)

Sorry, I was a bit too excited when I wrote that. Thanks for correction.

[glitch]

i would like to see the sens win i just hate there couch and alfy

Hate Alfy all you want, he's probably playing the best hockey he has every played.
Sure he has a supporting cast just as good as him, but he's playing dandy that's for sure.

[Mouse]

No problem. :d

[Ottawaman]

Go Sens go!
The streets were loud with honking, even the cops were blaring their horns in support.
Ottawa deserves it. Good hockey town here. People care.
Cheers

[Lee Anne]

C'mon Wings, C'mon Ducks, C'mon Western conference :d

[T_Totler]

Personally, I think the Sens will send the Sabres packing for golf in five games.
You were bang on eddyk :)

[T_Totler]

I was almost caught off guard with the 2pm start to the game. I thought it was going to be on in the evening.

[T_Totler]

I was almost caught off guard with the 2pm start to the game. I thought it was going to be on in the evening.
Here's a good piece relating to the above...

Thank you NHL for ruining Saturday night.

Sabbath's eve is meant for hockey, that much we agree upon.

But thanks to the NHL's constant kowtowing to NBC we -- especially west of the Centre of the Universe -- are stuck with these absurd afternoon games out east that become early clashes here.

The CBC shells out big money to the league (too much money for a company that receives our tax dollars to stay afloat but that's another rant for another day) and deserves to receive its just desserts of first choice when the puck drops on weekend games. That would mean games starting at 5 p.m. Calgary time on Saturday nights.

Instead, the NHL lets NBC -- which doesn't have to pay out a single greenback -- pick game times.

Constantly turning a blind eye to the true fans and true supporters is shortsighted and foolish.
Full piece here (http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Playoffs/2007/05/18/4190415-sun.html)

[Werefox]

not a sens fan..but GO SENS GO
bring the cup back to canada

[binhereb4]

not a sens fan..but GO SENS GO
bring the cup back to canada


I totally agree! I (usually) despise them :) but they're the only Canadian team left and they deserve to make it to the final!