Official NHL thread?

[Recon]

The teams that are considered "West" and the teams that are considered "East" makes no sense at times.

But I don't know what can be done about it?

I mean, geographically speaking there simply aren't enough cities on the western portion of the continent. Somebody from the "east" has to be in the Western Conference...

But why take one of the original 8?


Take Ottawa and throw them out west of florida.....keep the 8 together and yes move chicago back east to..make it like the NE vs the S and W

[r'aggro]

Move a team (I almost don't care which) to Portland Oregon. I would kill for a ~local nhl club and there's a big gap between SJ and Vancouver BC.

Hell, give us the Florida Panthers. I'd even get a Ballard jersey.

Anyway, from there realign one of the western teams into the eastern conference.

[r'aggro]

...and, we're done.

This is all Sarah Palin's fault.

[dyne]

Fingers crossed for my Hawks. That game last night was amazing.

[dyne]

Aaaaaaaaand they're in round 2.

[Recon]

to bad chicago and the wings were not matching up.....that would be a fun series back to the old days of the rivalry

[Spank_Me_Hard]

No more easy teams left in the West.

Both Chicago and Detroit will have their hands full with Vancouver and Anaheim respectively.

[Recon]

ya most of the reason I wanted chicago is 7 o'clock starts move to 8 o'clock..when its Cali team its freaking 10 o'clock

[Spank_Me_Hard]

Chicago and Detroit... if that's what is in the cards... would be a good matchup too.

I thought that both Chicago and Anaheim had the biggest tasks in the 1st round. Maybe both of them will be tired?

I don't know what is more advantageous... dispatching your first opponent quickly and getting a rest or going the full 7 games.

[Recon]

when ozzy is hurt winning in 4 =)

[dyne]

to bad chicago and the wings were not matching up.....that would be a fun series back to the old days of the rivalry

That's what the Western Finals are for silly

[Spank_Me_Hard]

Holy crap!

I passed out B4 the end of the Devils-Canes game. Sounds like I missed quite a shocking finish!

[Spank_Me_Hard]

Ok. This is every bit as embarrassing as Semin's hissy fit slap fest earlier this year:

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=420770

By the time things settled, Vancouver defenseman Shane O'Brien had been taken hard to the ice by a referee trying to keep him away from Adam Burish, who was challenging top-line forwards Daniel and Henrik Sedin, and Canucks agitator Alex Burrows was caught on tape twice grabbing a handful of Duncan Keith's long hair and pulling hard.

HAIR PULLING?!?

What is the NHL coming to?!?

[r'aggro]

Crosby and Ovechkin each with a hat trick tonight in DC. If you're Gary Bettman, that **** is better than Christmas.

Good game though, one of those two teams will likely be repping the East in my opinion.

[dyne]

Ok. This is every bit as embarrassing as Semin's hissy fit slap fest earlier this year:

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=420770



HAIR PULLING?!?

What is the NHL coming to?!?

A shadow of what it once was. Remember Bettman was leading the NBA during the point shaving scandal.

At the end of our game 2 (Hawks/Canucks) one of our players (might have been Sharp) got dumped on his can well after the closing horn and nothing was done.