The Official NHL Playoffs Thread

[Rubeskies]

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rangers fans love cheering after losses nowadays - and i bet some of these clowns cheering are the same people who boo a-rod.

seriously when did putting an effort become ovation worthy? i mean the attitude of my fellow devils fans disgusts me too, but rangers fans treat their team like they're members of the special olympics these days

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Wow, just wow.

Their fans make a classy gesture, celebrating a team that left it all out there. They played probably about as well as they could have against a great Sabres team and seriously almost stole that series. You can't tell me a single Sabres fan wasn't at least a bit scared during game 5.

Cheering for them is an awesome gesture and you're a terrible Hater for your comment.

[Triumph36]

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rangers fans love cheering after losses nowadays - and i bet some of these clowns cheering are the same people who boo a-rod.

seriously when did putting an effort become ovation worthy? i mean the attitude of my fellow devils fans disgusts me too, but rangers fans treat their team like they're members of the special olympics these days

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Wow, just wow.

Their fans make a classy gesture, celebrating a team that left it all out there. They played probably about as well as they could have against a great Sabres team and seriously almost stole that series. You can't tell me a single Sabres fan wasn't at least a bit scared during game 5.

Cheering for them is an awesome gesture and you're a terrible Hater for your comment.

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i guess you're right - i'm just thinking back to last year when the fans gave an ovation for getting swept out of the playoffs by their biggest rival. this one makes a lot more sense - the rangers did play some terrific hockey in this series and almost stole it.

[MacGuyV]

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sabres have really not had it all postseason - the senators really cut through NJ. i think it will be a much closer matchup than last year - also ottawa doesn't have that overrated pilon chara.

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No doubt. It's going to be very close, and the better goalie will make the difference, which is why I like Buffalo's chances.

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Yeah me too. I think a lot of the stuff about Ottowa being better this year is very results-oriented - nobody thought they were vulnerable before the Sabres series. Buffalo's expectations last year were not nearly as high, so they weren't scrutinized nearly as much when they lost a couple games in Philly.
Of course the series is likely to go more than 5 games - every game last year was extremely close.

[B00T]

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guess you're right - i'm just thinking back to last year when the fans gave an ovation for getting swept out of the playoffs by their biggest rival. this one makes a lot more sense - the rangers did play some terrific hockey in this series and almost stole it.

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That team was picked to finish dead last in the Eastern Conference heading into last season. After making the playoffs for the first time in 8 years, that was shocking enough and something that the fans could be happy with.

[Triumph36]

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guess you're right - i'm just thinking back to last year when the fans gave an ovation for getting swept out of the playoffs by their biggest rival. this one makes a lot more sense - the rangers did play some terrific hockey in this series and almost stole it.

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That team was picked to finish dead last in the Eastern Conference heading into last season. After making the playoffs for the first time in 8 years, that was shocking enough and something that the fans could be happy with.

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by one dummy SI writer - there was no way that team was finishing dead last in the NHL.

I still don't ever see myself giving standing Os to a team in that situation, but I guess I wasn't paying to see the tripe the Rangers trotted out there for so many years.

[B00T]

consider yourself lucky [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[MacGuyV]

Wow the Sharks are going out like the Wings usually do - look unstoppable on the verge of going up 3-1 then poof...
How is there no schedule for the next round yet?

[bluef0x]

GJ Refs... another bogus penalty. I've never seen that happen before. Markov gets a high-stick, play goes on for another minute. Then a double-minor gets called on Thornton. ?!?!?!

I've seen hundreds of games... that never gets called. Even when players are missing teeth. I'm all for penalty-reviews, etc.... but KEEP IT CONSISTENT. Almost every penalty tonight had been delayed by like 20 seconds.

[CrazyPsycho]

Buffalo/Ottawa starts Thursday. Pretty sure the full schedule is out there somewhere.

[donfrap]

Thursday 5/10 Ottawa at Buffalo 7p
Saturday 5/12 Ottawa at Buffalo 8p
Monday 5/14 Buffalo at Ottawa 7p
Wednesday 5/16 Buffalo at Ottawa 7p
Saturday 5/19 Ottawa at Buffalo 2p
Monday 5/21 Buffalo at Ottawa 7p
Wednesday 5/23 Ottawa at Buffalo 7p