Woot round 2 is coming! Redid the OP again with my crappy Photoshop ~~skills~~! ^_^;

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Poll: Rangers or Capitals?

Capitals (16)

80%

Rangers (4)

20%

20 total votes

Your vote: Rangers or Capitals?

(Vote): Rangers
(Vote): Capitals

Poll: Flyers or Devils?

Flyers (12)

71%

Devils (5)

29%

17 total votes

Your vote: Flyers or Devils?

(Vote): Flyers
(Vote): Devils

Poll: Blues or Kings?

Blues (11)

69%

Kings (5)

31%

16 total votes

Your vote: Blues or Kings?

(Vote): Blues
(Vote): Kings

Poll: Coyotes or Predators?

Coyotes (8)

50%

Predators (8)

50%

16 total votes

Your vote: Coyotes or Predators?

(Vote): Coyotes
(Vote): Predators

Poll: How many games go to OT this round?

6-10 (4)

50%

1-5 (2)

25%

10-15 (2)

25%

None (0)

0%

15-20 (0)

0%

20-28 (0)

0%

8 total votes

Your vote: How many games go to OT this round?

(Vote): None
(Vote): 1-5
(Vote): 6-10
(Vote): 10-15
(Vote): 15-20
(Vote): 20-28

It should be exciting for a lot of these teams to be in the hunt for Lord Stanley's Cup still, history to be made and repeated for teams.

Orcasgt24

Canada3238 Posts

April 27 2012 08:03 GMT

#1784

Gonna be alot of OT played in the west I think. It's 5 hot goalies spread between 4 teams. Expecting alot of 1 goal games. Wash/NYR will probably play a bunch of OT games too.

Im excited for tonight!!!

JimmyJRaynor

Canada16711 Posts

April 27 2012 08:47 GMT

#1785

which financially troubled NHL team will end up playing in Markham's new $325 million play pen?

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1169089--markham-council-approves-massive-arena?bn=1

Kralic

Canada2628 Posts

April 27 2012 15:32 GMT

#1786

On April 27 2012 17:47 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
which financially troubled NHL team will end up playing in Markham's new $325 million play pen?

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1169089--markham-council-approves-massive-arena?bn=1

Depends on what the board of Governors decide, Toronoto and Buffalo will vote no on a team moving to Markham and will most likely swing the other Governors to vote no as well.

This Arena in earlier articles was built to mostly host live shows and events, getting a sports team would be a bonus, but not the priority for them(guess that changed).

Rob28

Canada705 Posts

April 27 2012 16:22 GMT

#1787

Sens... always choke in the playoffs. Always. Very unfortunate.

sharkeyanti

United States1273 Posts

April 27 2012 17:42 GMT

#1788

On April 28 2012 01:22 Rob28 wrote:
Sens... always choke in the playoffs. Always. Very unfortunate.

Well, considering they took a much better team to a game 7 it' might not be a choke. The 3rd/4th line guys did pretty well, and the defense was pretty good. They controlled the play for good stretches of the game and got some great chances at Lundqvist. Sometimes a goalie wins a game, and King Henrik clearly helped the Rangers a lot. Considering the inexperience of a lot of the Sens forwards, this was a pretty good showing.

EPO

Canada341 Posts

April 27 2012 18:17 GMT

#1789

On April 28 2012 01:22 Rob28 wrote:
Sens... always choke in the playoffs. Always. Very unfortunate.

An 8 seed losing in 7 games to the #1 seed is a choke? Come on...

StarStruck

25339 Posts

April 27 2012 18:17 GMT

#1790

That's really old news and it has been discussed to death. Considering Bell and Rogers are stepping in for the Teacher's Pension plan and the biggest concern was television rights I really don't know. Before they sold that stock it still wouldn't happen. MLSE don't want anyone on their territory and they want a complete stranglehold.

We'll really have to wait and see what transpires, but they've been discussing that building for ages now.

On April 28 2012 03:17 EPO wrote:

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An 8 seed losing in 7 games to the #1 seed is a choke? Come on...

New season man.

I figured it would go to 7 considering Ottawa owned them like they used to own the Leafs at the turn of the century when it came to the regular season and just like the TML the Rangers found a way to beat them in 7 to make them 0-5 in game 7's.

Good experience for the Sens and they shouldn't be disappointed with the way they played. They did very well this season, but if Alfie retires. Those points will have to come from somewhere. I think he might stick around for another season before calling it quits. They have a pretty good hockey club over there right now.

QuanticHawk

United States32063 Posts

April 27 2012 19:02 GMT

#1791

Yeah there is no way that was a choke. A team that was probably picked to finish near the basement took the 1 seed to 7.

GolemMadness

Canada11044 Posts

April 27 2012 20:25 GMT

#1792

Saint Louis in 7
Nashville in 6
Philadelphia in 5
New York in 7

domane

Canada1606 Posts

April 27 2012 22:47 GMT

#1793

NJ living up to their namesake. I would have been 8 for 8 if the Panthers had moved on to round 2.

StarStruck

25339 Posts

April 28 2012 03:37 GMT

#1794

What a hockey game. This is going to be a great series between Phoenix and Nashville! :D

Sub40APM

6336 Posts

April 28 2012 04:49 GMT

#1795

i guess the preds and 'yotes' didnt get the memo about making it 'boring' and playing the trap for 60 minutes.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada16711 Posts

April 28 2012 05:35 GMT

#1796

On April 28 2012 03:17 StarStruck wrote:
That's really old news and it has been discussed to death. Considering Bell and Rogers are stepping in for the Teacher's Pension plan and the biggest concern was television rights I really don't know. Before they sold that stock it still wouldn't happen. MLSE don't want anyone on their territory and they want a complete stranglehold.

We'll really have to wait and see what transpires, but they've been discussing that building for ages now.

no, the news is current. the 11-2 vote occurred a few days ago.
the Bauer financial guy has just started explaining how he plans to compete with the Air Canada Centre.
i can apply "we'll really have to wait and see" for every question ever asked.

the atlanta move was clean, but the next move might be an al davis style rogue move and if it is that owner now has a couple of options.

StarStruck

25339 Posts

April 28 2012 05:49 GMT

#1797

On April 28 2012 14:35 JimmyJRaynor wrote:

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The vote may be current but all the news radio stations and Markham the city itself has been talking about building and financing the building for a lot longer man. I keep hearing the FAN 590 bringing it up on all their talk shows.

This doesn't mean they are getting an NHL team.

BioSC

United States636 Posts

April 29 2012 00:45 GMT

#1798

STL v LAK already living up to the hype - 1 - 1 after one period.

Quick being a beast, but hey, that's not surprising. Glad the Blues got the first one, looked real sharp there up until the end of the period. It's gonna be a long, entertaining series. Let's go Blues!

StarStruck

25339 Posts

April 29 2012 02:34 GMT

#1799

All those penalties killed any sort of momentum for STL at the end of the game.

BioSC

United States636 Posts

April 29 2012 02:45 GMT

#1800

I agree. Terrible end to a hockey game that could have easily ended the opposite way if not for Quick. I would be lying if I said I wasn't a bit angry at the boarding penalty on Pietrangelo. If he's concussed, it will be a tough loss. Time to regroup and take the next game. Similar to the first round, we really can't go into LA down 0-2 and expect more than a 3-1 LA lead. They are just too good.

Lets see if the Bluenotes can come back with fire and take game 2. LGB.