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British Columbia Sport & Outdoor Lounge => Sport Chat => Topic started by: arimaBOATER on April 19, 2016, 01:41:47 PM
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Owner of Flyers & past great puck stopper Charlie Hodge passed away recently.
Hodge played for the Canucks.
Liked his style.
He covered angles well & was a stand up goalie.
RIP guys.
Mason Flyers goalie let in a goal from a shoot in shot.
Humble pie.
Caps/Flyers series very physical.
Blackhawks down in series.
Have not watched much play so far but check out the results.
Canucks & Leafs & all Canadian based teams who did not make the playoffs should have to stay in their city of employment & forced to watch the entire playoffs.
( or in the least watch every game on DVD so they can see what serious hockey is all about )
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Television ratings are down. Wonder why ?
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Television ratings are down. Wonder why ?
Yes it sucks.
No Canada team to cheer on.
Guess we have to cheer on the Panthers & Ducks as they have long time ex-Canuck players on their team.
Any of the 16 teams could take the Cup. Anybody's guess.
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Television ratings are down. Wonder why ?
Next year they will be way up as we get the Cup. ;D ;D ;D
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Next year they will be way up as we get the Cup. ;D ;D ;D
$500 bucks that says you won't :)
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$500 bet that Canucks & Leafs do not get Cup in 2017.
Chicago still has life with their OT win yesterday. St Louise have a big & fast team. High tempo.
LA & Detroit out. Quick let in a few stinkers.
Caps lost their game 2-0 tonight. They out shot Philly 40 something ...to 11.
Goalie for Philly pulled a King Richard act.
Pens in driver's seat.
Ducks & Nashville squared up.
Dallas & Wild series still active.
Chicago & Blues has non stop high tempo hockey.
Transition play zippo then it 's zappo.
Back & forth. Great hockey.
NYI & Panthers still alive.
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$500 bet that Canucks & Leafs do not get Cup in 2017.
You giving odds A-BOATER ?
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$500 bucks that says you won't :)
I just could not take your money, a Maple Leaf float is a better bet. ;D ;D ;D
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I just could not take your money, a Maple Leaf float is a better bet. ;D ;D ;D
Don't lose any sleep over it Chris. I'll be taking your money :)
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You giving odds A-BOATER ?
Talking about odds...even a good team making the play offs has only 1/16th chance of becoming champs.
Bye Red Wings Bye Kings Bye Rangers on & on...dropping like flies.
Chicago push series to game 7.
Really respect this team. A really close bunch of guys who never say never.
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Ready to welcome Matthews to my team on April 30. ;D ;D ;D
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Ready to welcome Matthews to my team on April 30. ;D ;D ;D
Poor kid, what did he do to deserve this punishment ? :)
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Poor kid, what did he do to deserve this punishment ? :)
If you could read his thoughts..." I want to play for a USA team "
On other issues : pens vs caps !
Have you noticed the St Louis Blues a team full of players that are tall big fast good hands good passers great shots super skaters....
They will be hard to stop.
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Ready to welcome Matthews to my team on April 30. ;D ;D ;D
As I predicted. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Change your Depends now Chris ;)
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Change your Depends now Chris ;)
Hope to see you at the fundraiser tonight for the Wild Salmon Caravan but I will understand if you donot make it after falling low in the draft you will be a bit depressed I am sure. :P FA of course will be in the same state of mind.
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Please keep the noise down over there Chris, lots of older people living nearby. Oh, and ask for receipts :D
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Make Beliefs need more than Austin Matthews to turn the team around. Funny to see the TSN crew falling over themselves talking about Austin. Will Austin Matthews become another Doug Wickenheiser or Alexandre Daigle ?
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The Canucks could have all the top 10 draft picks and they will still be losers..
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No 1 pick seems to be very mature off ice. Way beyond his years.
He may make a big impact.
Congrads to Leafs. ( & Chris. )
Maple Leaf fans were going "nuts" with the news.
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Please keep the noise down over there Chris, lots of older people living nearby. Oh, and ask for receipts :D
We sang your favorite song of course, will not post it here as not the right place but as you know they are all on my u tube Channel.
What a wonderful day, Matthews for the Leafs and the concert for wild salmon all on the same day. ;D ;D ;D
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No doubt Austin Matthews will lead the Leafs to where Mats Sundin lead them.............Nowhere ;D
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Blues vs Sharks Pens vs Lightning
Prediction: Finals will be Blues vs Pens.
Blues will be the 2015/16 Stanley Cup Champions.
Blues are big good skaters good play making,physical,good passing,good shots,not afraid to go to the net,balanced lines,no weakness in goal,defence,& offence.
They will wear down ant team they play against.
Smoke clears & the Blues will be only ones standing.
Mind you I'd be very happy with a Blues or Pens winning it all.
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Glad to see Ovie out.......again.
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Hope you're right AB, Blues fans have been through almost as much as Canuck fans.
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Hope you're right AB, Blues fans have been through almost as much as Canuck fans.
Yes your right. Remember Orr scoring & Bruins winning Cup. Blues lost.
Blues vs Sharks should be a close series nevertheless as mentioned Blues taking series & move on to win the Cup. ;D
Gee ...thought Pens would do better against the Lightning.
In game 1 the Pens looked awful.
They were checked into the ice.
No room at all to skate.
By FA post assume he does not like the Capitals nearly as much as Toronto.
As for Ovie goes it seems a lot of fans do not care for him.
Mind you if he became a Canuck player the Vancouver fans would just love the guy.
99% of the time he truly goes all out & skates like a "bat outta hell".
Go Blues Go.
Pens better win the next one or they will have a steep hill to climb.
Possibly they were still trying to re energize mentally & physically after the very tough Caps series.
Tampa Bay very well rested.
1st & 2nd round series wins were taken in short order.
Possibly a Blues vs Lightning series would be more exciting in the final 2.
May the best teams get there.
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After Tampa won game 1 the Pens have won 2 straight.
Yesterday the game was intense. Pens for most part checked hard & in transition had good offence play.
They certainly went for long up ice passes or skated hard down the wings.
Tampa had to skate hard to get back into defensive mode thus they did not take too many chances offensively. Pens look hungry & want to make the finals.
What a big surprize.
Blues shut out at home. :o
Series tied 1-1
Long ways to go but maybe a Sharks vs Pens final.
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Sharks defeat Blue!!!!
Guess Blues got worn down via mind k& body && air miles in sky ...
Sharks face either Pens or Lighning..Hope it's the Pens.
Makes foe an extra interesting story ( drama)
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Not one Canadian team in the playoffs has kinda got fans up north boycotting this year's playoffs.
Becoming champs is a long grind as a team must get thru 4 teams & get 16 W's.
At home & going to 4 different cities.
It all has to come together.
Owner management coaches players....
Goaltending has to be steady throughout. Pens got it with Murray with exception of having 1 bad outing.
The guy played his angles well & stopped shots from every part of the ice.
Sharks like to get physical in front of the net & take close in shots & bang in rebounds.
He had save after save on close in shots. Sharks got frustrated.
Other teams the goalies fell or got unbalanced & flopped all over the place & Sharks would bury the rebounds.
Then the Pens just skated so fast.
They just broke out of their own end & went on the offensive.
They had solid lines.
Sid the kid is no longer young but a great great mature player who played his guts out.
The whole team played great.
They kept up the energy right to the end.
Joy of victory & sadness of defeat. (Sharks )
Sharks ran out of gas.
Game 6 loss to the Pens they got 2 shots in the third period !!!!
2nd period they got 15 or so shots against Murray.
Give credit where credit is due. Sharks beat out 3 other good teams & won 2 games against the Pens.
They easily could of won 3-4 possibly as games were close & they came up against a hot goalie.
If Fleury was in between the pipes the Sharks are champs in my opinion.
Side note ...ex Leaf & ex Canuck were a big part on the Pens team. ;D
Congrads to a great team with players who wanted it bad & skated their butts off.
Crosby really was a leader with the supporting cast of other talented players.
Stanley Cup goes to the Pens for the 4 th time I believe.
Mario L on the other 2 winning teams & Sid & Malkin winning 2.
2009 & 2016.
Canucks are zillion miles away from having a team that can grind out 4 series wins.
Plus happened with Ali & Mr Hockey Gordie Howe passing on...they were champions!!!!
Had to add or edit this to my post.
Seen both guys in person.
Ali boxed George Chuvalo ( 2 nd meeting between the 2 ) in Vancouver & I seen Gordie play against a Russian team in which he scored on a perfectly placed shot. Skating hard he let the shot go from the top of the face off circle & it found the top far corner of the net over the goalie's blocker arm pad.
My greatest hope these two greats are RIP.
Both had hearts of lions like this 2015/16 Pens team.
As mentioned...at least the Canucks & Leafs had ex players on the Pens.