Equally Obnoxious Hockey Trash Talk Thread, eh?

[Bulls Beers]

If Chicago win their series that sets the last 4 Stanley Cup champs in final four as - 09 Pens / 10 Blackhawks / 11 Bruins / 12 Kings..Crazy

 

[McBrewskie]

Leave it to a SF/SJ fan to come out with a derogatory anti gay slur because the sharks lost game 7...Go Kings GO!

Missing how that is derogatory or anti-gay.

 

[ICWiener]

Right. That's why the east was so tight and the west was largely blowouts. Uh huh, makes perfect sense.

Yeah...the 7-3 and 6-2 wins for Pittsburgh were real nail-biters.

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

Not to mention game 7's in both semi final series. But alas, the East is a tight conference. Let's Go Mooseheads!

 

[ICWiener]

Man....what a drag. I had a feeling the Kings were gonna win it last night, only because the home team had won the prior 10 games. But still....I was hoping the Sharks could pull it out. They fought hard...hell of a game.

The problem isn't the Kings. They're a great team, they deserved to win. The problem is their fans. LA sports fans are the worst. My brother is one of them. He's going to call me, about a week from now, to ask me who won the series. Then he's going to rub it in because "his Kings" beat my Sharks. Infuriating.

 

[Xpertskir]

Not that I wouldn't be thrilled to see the Hawks in the Finals, especially against Boston, but I think LA will be tough to overcome. They're really big and physical and the Blackhawks struggle against teams like that. If they do pull off, I think home ice wins game seven.


*notice Canadians, if the Balckhawks go to the Finals against either team out east, home ice belongs to a team from ~gasp~ the Western Conference this year. Must be cuz the East is so much better. Go Halifax, eh!

The fact that the Blackhawks have the presidents trophy says little about which conference is better. Its certainly a much more complicated conversation that that.

Oh, and no way Boston wins.

Pens in 5. Boston wins game 3 and that's it.

 

[CityOChampBrew]

Yeah...the 7-3 and 6-2 wins for Pittsburgh were real nail-biters.

Don't worry the pens will do that to boston and the western victor as well.

 

[ICWiener]

Don't worry the pens will do that to boston and the western victor as well.

It'll be interesting to see, won't it?

I have no rooting interest in any of the teams left. So good luck to your boys. They are going to have their hands full with Boston.

 

[McBrewskie]

Man....what a drag. I had a feeling the Kings were gonna win it last night, only because the home team had won the prior 10 games. But still....I was hoping the Sharks could pull it out. They fought hard...hell of a game.

The problem isn't the Kings. They're a great team, they deserved to win. The problem is their fans. LA sports fans are the worst. My brother is one of them. He's going to call me, about a week from now, to ask me who won the series. Then he's going to rub it in because "his Kings" beat my Sharks. Infuriating.

How did you end up rooting for rivals? Just brothers trying to stick it to eachother?

Also, I agree LA fans of all sports are terrible. I cannot stand any LA team, hate them. Clippers are the only ones that don't bother me. Other than that nothing but long standing burning hate for all LA teams.

 

[ICWiener]

How did you end up rooting for rivals? Just brothers trying to stick it to eachother?

We grew up down in the southern central valley. Everyone down there roots for LA teams. I moved to Norcal in '96, which is when I started watching hockey. Had I stayed there, I'd probably be a Kings or Ducks fan now. But then I would be stupid.

My brother doesn't even watch hockey (like most Kings fans. Zing.). He just roots for the Kings to piss me off. The only player he can name is Dustin Brown. I tell him that doesn't count because Dustin Brown is an inbred hayseed.

 

[Bulls Beers]

Tortorella's out as head coach of the Rangers...

 

[emjay]

Not that I wouldn't be thrilled to see the Hawks in the Finals, especially against Boston, but I think LA will be tough to overcome. They're really big and physical and the Blackhawks struggle against teams like that. If they do pull off, I think home ice wins game seven.

*notice Canadians, if the Blackhawks go to the Finals against either team out east, home ice belongs to a team from ~gasp~ the Western Conference this year. Must be cuz the East is so much better. Go Halifax, eh!

I agree they'll have a difficult time with the Kings. In fact, I predicted way back that the Kings would beat the Hawks in the conference finals.

Your second paragraph only serves to prove my point. There was 0 inter-conference play this year. All it shows is a greater disparity among WC teams.

 

[schmoe]

I picked boston before the first round was over, they beat chicago in 7

Chicago still has to beat the wings and Kings before that can happen though

 

[MeatyPortion]

1-0 Hawks

 

[ArcticBear]

The fact that the Blackhawks have the presidents trophy says little about which conference is better. Its certainly a much more complicated conversation that that.

Oh, and no way Boston wins.

Pens in 5. Boston wins game 3 and that's it.

All arguments are invalid..by your logic, The caps won their division..that says a little about divisions...they still sucked and had a horrible record, just happen to be the best in one of the worst divisions...like being the smartest kid with downs...

 

[ArcticBear]

Wow... If that wasnt a gift to detroit....

 

[schmoe]

Wow we got lucky there.

 

[urbanmyth]

What bullsht

 

[copyright1997]

Wow, what a call. Hope Detroit wins so we have something to talk about besides which conference is "better".

 

[schmoe]

Aaaaand game over

 

[copyright1997]

And it gets decided on a soft goal. Back to the conference discussion, I guess.

p.s. All of the discussion is bull, given no inter-conference play. But, going back to last year, Pittsburgh had a pretty impressive record in inter-conference play. Just sayin.

 

[ICWiener]

All of the discussion is bull, given no inter-conference play.

It's dumb either way. Fifteen teams in each conference. About 10 good ones. Picking which ones are better based on geography is like TSN deciding which team Canada should root for based on how many Canadians are on their roster.

 

[PintoBean]

Hawks all the way. No doubt.

 

[ArcticBear]

Hawks all the way. No doubt.

Still a lot of games left....



And reverting back to a previous thought (didnt feel like double posting) after watching a bunch of the western conference games, i still stand by my previous statement of its more finesse play, less hard hitting. There are a lot more one man break outs, a lot less contact after shots/passes contact, not a whole lot of physicality to it. Granted it's playoffs and no one wants to be hurt or lose players to penalties..but the eastern conference certainly has a lot more grit to it. A lot more contact, a lot of dump and chase, a lot more of that in your face style of play.

I still say the east takes it..whoever it ends up being.

 

[emjay]

Still a lot of game left....

And reverting back to a previous thought (didnt feel like double posting) after watching a bunch of the western conference games, i still stand by my previous statement of its more finesse play, less hard hitting. There are a lot more one man break outs, a lot less contact after shot/pass contact, not a whole lot of physicality to it. Granted it's playoffs and no one wants to be hurt or lose players to penalties..but the eastern conference certainly has a lot more grit to it. A lot more contact, a lot of dump and chase, a lot more of that in your face style of play.

I still say the east takes it..whoever it ends up being.

I was among those talking **** about the WC, but if you don't think the Kings have grit and physicality you haven't really watched much hockey at all.

 

[ArcticBear]

Maybe its the lack of adrenaline from watching a game that i don't REALLY care about either team.

Im not saying there isn't any physicality or grit, i just don't think it is as prevalent as in the EC...

Is what it is. For every thing said in this thread, theres undoubtedly going to be someone to disagree

 

[copyright1997]

And reverting back to a previous thought (didnt feel like double posting) after watching a bunch of the western conference games, i still stand by my previous statement of its more finesse play, less hard hitting. There are a lot more one man break outs, a lot less contact after shots/passes contact, not a whole lot of physicality to it. Granted it's playoffs and no one wants to be hurt or lose players to penalties..but the eastern conference certainly has a lot more grit to it. A lot more contact, a lot of dump and chase, a lot more of that in your face style of play.

I still say the east takes it..whoever it ends up being.

Talking my book, but I think Pittsburgh still has the best chance/underlying structure to win. They combine great skill and finesse players, but also able to grind it out and play a high contact game.

The reality is that any of the remaining four can win in terms of none would be a huge suprise in terms of talent. Detroit (now eliminated, 2008 Stanley cup winners), Pittsburgh (2009), Chicago (2010), Boston (2011), LA (2012)...the final teams. Another homer statement, but Pittsburgh has a considerably stronger team than the one that beat Detroit in the Stanley Cup finals in 2009...with the possible exception of defense shutdown when they also had Scuderi and Hal Gil (not to mention Gonchar as an offensive D- man).

 

[copyright1997]

I was among those talking **** about the WC, but if you don't think the Kings have grit and physicality you haven't really watched much hockey at all.

I almost put in my other post....the Kings are like a EC team
Edit: Maybe even like an Atlantic Division team....which a bunch of their players are from.

 

[ArcticBear]

Talking my book, but I think Pittsburgh still has the best chance/underlying structure to win. They combine great skill and finesse players, but also able to grind it out and play a high contact game.

I agree, but thats because pittsburgh (much like the yankees in baseball and the heat in the AHL (african handball league)) are essentially trying to buy a championship. They had a solid team before the trade deadline and then it was almost sad with how desperate they look scooping up any talent they could.

Yes, yes, i understand every team would do it if they had the funds etc blah blah blah,

On top of being a bruins fan, i would like to see the bruins advance just to stick it to iginla. He verbally committed to Boston before backing out and going to pittsburgh and then came out to say he had a better shot of winning in pitt. On paper i agree the pens have a better team, but i think it'll be a good series and i know rask is going to shake off the game 4 rangers jitters and play better than ever.

 

[MeatyPortion]

So he pulled a Bourque?