Welcome to the fun thread, where nobody knows what they are talking about.

Here we are once again, this will be the 5th year we have some fun at the S&W forum regarding good old hockey.

All those that participated in the past were nothing but great fans of hockey, whether their teams made it to the finals or not.

Mild digging here and there in good taste, but nothing nasty at all, just a great group of fans.

I hope some of you guys show up again and join the fun, otherwise this thread will go south fast.

Pick your team and see why this is the most difficult trophy to win in all sports.

Let's get ready and drop the puck at the S&W Forum.

Playoffs begin on April 11, 2012

Good luck to all, GO BRUINS/2nd favorite GO RANGERS

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Doesn't hasta call me Johnson

My Pens are IN.....I already started my playoff beard.

It's baaaaaaack

GO WINGS

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Blackhawks barely made it. We need to wait until the very last game of the regular season to see who we go up against. Gonna be tough. GO HAWKS!

As a 30 year Red Wings fan......

I don't think they'll get past the first round this year. The defense has too many holes, and the scoring is inconsistant. Powerplay? What powerplay?

With what I've seen, sorry to say looks like the Pens have the best shot.

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Go pens...how can you not favor a team with NEAL(got #40 tonight), Malkin(sitting pretty near 50), Crosby(still has a chance at the scoring title...lol), Dupuis, and Letang. oh and i forgot MAF.

how does a coach defend against 2 number one lines and a 3rd line that is better than most other 2nd lines....you don't

i shaved for the last time tonight maybe...i usually don't start the beard until the playoffs actually start so i may shave again after their last game on saturday

Help me understand. I'm not a hockey fan but I'm forced to listen since I go to sleep listening to KMOX. I see how a player scores a goal but how do teams score points? I hear them say that a team might get a point even when they lose the game.

regulation is 60 minutes. a win in 60 min is 2 pts.
end the 60 min in a tie, each team gets one point. then a 5 minute over time period is played. if a team scores in ot, it gets the win and gets a 2nd pt. if neither team scores in ot, a shootout occurs. basically a penalty shot, best of 3 at the minimum. whoever wins the shootout, gets the 2nd pt

Go sharks!!! Man, I just hope they make it in this year. Great team on paper, injuries and inconsistency were major problems this year.

sharks are my "western conference team"...and you're right, they should be better...

I've heard there's a hockey team in St. Louis.

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a little off topic, and i'm asking as a "penguins homer", but what about mike milbury's comments about crosby and bylsma after sunday's game?

i won't comment being a pens fan, and please try to ut away any hatred you may have for crosby when commenting.

here it is for those that did not hear: Mike Milbury calls out Sidney Crosby for role in Penguins' brawl with Flyers - Winnipeg Free Press
on crosby: "Little goody two shoes (Crosby) goes into the corner and gives a shot to Schenn. Schenn was late to the party, he should have turned around and drilled him right away, but I guess better late than never," said Milbury, who is an analyst on CBC and NBC.

"So you know, Crosby gets cross-checked, big whoop. He said after he came back from his 35th concussion, 'I'm not going to do this anymore, I'm not going to get into this scrums, I'm going to stay away from that stuff.' He couldn't help himself because there's a little punk in Crosby.

"He's not the perfect gentleman. He's not the sweet kid you see in interviews with his hat pulled down over his eyes. I'd say screw him, hit him."

on dan bylsma: “I can remember being on a such a perch, or at least trying to climb over the boards to get at somebody to make a point. And I thought Dan Bylsma should have took off his skirt and gone over there. I thought it was pathetic.” Mike Milbury's Comments a Reminder of Where Hockey Must Still Change

Great start, keep the posts coming gentleman.

Hey those Pens whipped my Bruins butts this evening, not fare.

Spelled butts with only one t, corrected immediately, that Spelling Bee from Florida is sniffing around.

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St. Louis has a heck of a defense. they have more shutouts as a team than any other this year. they don't give up a lot of shots, but they also don't score a lot. that may make it tough for them in the playoffs.

TT is my fav. goalie, fleury scares me at times. it was nice to see both back ups playing tonight. and hopefully johnson is out of his slump. it was a good game, both teams got away with some hinky stuff, but you'll see that in the playoffs.

i question either the first or 2nd penalty that put the bruins down by two men, but we all know those calls tend to even out. even on the plus side of that, i don't like to see a bad call create pp goals.

Once in awhile big Mike does put his foot in his mouth, Pens some great players they have.

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LET'S GO RANGERS

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Here is a bit of Trivia.

Back when the Stars won the Stanley Cup, I was allowed to "spend time with it" and personally handle it...

While I am not a real serious Hocky fan, I did consider it an honor to be able to touch it...

if you can ever make it to the hockey hall of fame in toronto, they will allow you to touch the cup if it is there at the time. have pics of my wife and i with it there...loved the hall of fame, hope to make it back someday soon

ABB.............

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Doesn't hasta call me Johnson

I have seen it but never got close enough to touch it, that doesn't sound right, reminds me of when I was 14, dating Maureen.

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sounds like my wife.


gotta be fair to her, it's that pesky 2 yr old and her 10 yr old sister that's the problem...hehehe

Yeah!! But Cindy I mean Sidney Corsby Slashed Shenn Before the cross check!!! Cindy Alway's gets away with cheap shots and now there just cauchting up to him!!
Just my 2 cents

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RANGERS!!!!

RANGERS!!!!

RANGERS!!!!

TOP TEAM EASTERN CONFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm Ready!!! Hope they are.

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WOW!!!!! Take a look at that avatar

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Yeah wheres yours? Lets get with it there labworm lol

LGR's

LGR's

LGR's

I'm into it this year

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If the blues play Phoenix in the first round it will be the most boring series ever played. They shouldn't even broadcast it. All you'll hear is turn over in the neutral zone and all the could do is chip the puck deep and change.

Just got home from watching the 'Yotes beat Columbus 2-0 on a 54 save shutout by Mike Smith, his third straight. Smitty is finding his groove at the right time, now the rest of the team needs to figure out how to score some goals. We need one more point, or Dallas to miss out on one point and we're in. We can still win the division, or miss the playoffs completely.

You don't have to be a serious hockey fan in this thread, force yourself to watch a few games, fast moving, hard hitting, one must be in great condition to play the game.

Pick a team and enjoy yourself.
PS Don't tell anybody, but no one knows what they are talking about when it comes to hockey, they just think they do.

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Crosby? - he's the "Jeff Gordon" of hockey. Instigates then whines. Either man up or back down, Cindy.

And I for one am looking forward to the Flyers/Pens 4 vs 5 matchup next week. It'll be one for the ages.

Can the Brooons repeat? The toughest trophy to win in back-to-back seasons and if the Canucks repeat winning the West - (they'll sail through Dallas/Phoenix/San Jose' in the first round) - I'll take that rematch any day!

I look for Nashburg to take out the Wings in the first round and go at least one more. As much as I hate them, they're looking like a contender. But you can never count out Detroit, they have a way of turing up the juice come playoff time.

Yeah, the next 10 weeks is the best time in sports!

the flyers, although one of the most penalized teams, also are up there in the league for the most power plays. why is this? because they instigate a lot, but don't get the original call, the opposing team gets the penalty for retaliating. this is one of the reasons they win games. their pp is good, plus it keeps the opposing team from getting into a "flow".

as far as crosby taking cheap shots and not getting called for them, well watch any player, you see it from anyone.

as far as the crosby/schenn exchange. lots of what sid did went on during the game. most from the flyers, hartnell to be specific if i remember correctly. that's normal in any hockey game. it may not be right, but it happens. what don't happen is a guy taking a shot, well after the whistle, to the back of an unsuspecting player who is on his way to the bench.

i digress...

but i said comment on the comments only, not your thoughts on crosby.

it wouldn't matter who milbury made those comments about. it was unprofessional. i'm not a fan of any of the announcers on that crew. olzcyk whines every game about being fired by the pens, like some one else said, milbury regularly inserts his foot into his mouth, and pierrre mcguire has no business near a hockey rink, since he is the only person on the planet that knows less about hockey than me.

you'd see more goals watching the 3 mighty ducks movies.

Have to admit Jim, nice to see you all pumped up.
Especially after last year. In order Strato, Mike From St. Pete and james56

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gotta stay with Detroit, if nothing else it's my home town

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but i said comment on the comments only, not your thoughts on crosby

Comments are also thoughts, and the whole incident revolved around Crosby's cheap shot antic's. Bring up controvresity on the forum and you'll get coments like it or not!! All in good fun that is.


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what don't happen is a guy taking a shot, well after the whistle, to the back of an unsuspecting player who is on his way to the bench

Happened right after the whistle. Watch the replay, and yes it was a well deserve cheap shot. The whole point Milbury was making and he did it "inappropriately" I must say was Crosby didn't learn his lesson on giving cheap shots and will be concussed again and may not able to continue his Great NHL carrier. He's way to Great a player to continue his lowly antics. Mario needs to sit him down and give him a talking too, like he did with Matt Cook. The Great ones in Hockey's past, never acted like him, they alway's rose above this kind of play.

Sorry but not every hockey player takes cheap shots and not every game has them and yes they will alway's happen!! but what do I know lol

Great teams and Great player's rise above instigating like the Rangers have against Philly last night and the other last 7 games they played the Flyers. The Flyers have way to much talent to play that way. Instigating breaks "there" momentum against well disciplined teams and in the end works against them as it has. It just doesn't work against well disciplined hockey team's. Peter Laviolette know's this but continues to use this approch and in the end will get him fired like it has in the past. The difference in a good coach and a so so coach is that the good coach brings out the talent in his players.

But what do I know the more I think I know the less I really do, lol

Like the great "Labwrom" stated; Mild digging here and there in good taste, but nothing nasty at all, just a great group of fans.

I myself enjoy listening to the NBC Hockey Guy's, Dont always agree but think there very good compared to some crews. Alway enjoy Milbury's comments never know what he'll say as with JR's & Jonesy is usally spot on Brian E. & Eddie also. Pierrre well he's just another whole ball off wax, lol. Loved his play by play there between Lav and Granato "Hilarious"

Good Luck to all of you and your Teams this will be a great if not greatest Playoffs Ever.

James

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Oh Man I love this

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Why not, throw all the stats out the window, a new season is starting, and anything can happen.

Last year, people said the Bruins didn't have a world class goalie, and the Bruins couldn't score on the power play. Boy did we fool everyone.

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LET'S GO RANGERS

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Just another brick in the wall

What kind of STANLEY do you drink in your cup, my SPEEDWAY doesn't serve any Stanley at all?

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Wings have been shakey as of late but this the 21st year in a row to make the playoffs.
Lets not forget the setting home game win streak record this year!

It will be interesting and since I am now retired I can watch all the games!

Boo Boo Boo Boo

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Doesn't hasta call me Johnson

Things are looking up for the Hawks
Thanks to NHL Center Ice I've seen all but 2 of their games this year. What a roller coaster ride!

As they ring the Mad House On Madison with

LET'S GO HAWKS! - LET'S GO HAWKS!

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In dog years I'm dead.

Welcome aboard Elmer Moose Vasco

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A little Stat some may find interesting.

Last year we had 1,246 Posts and 19,220 observers (Views)

Remember, good behavior is our goal, talk about a play on words.
Goal, get it.

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LETS GO YANKEES

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Come on, that's hillarious

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Heck - We're upto 44/200 and The Regular Season hasn't ended yet...

While I'd REALLY like to see the BLACKHAWKS win it again - I sure hope the cup goes to one of The Original Six

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Where is he?

Waiting for the famous mike from st pete to check in.

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Thats me far end on the bench " lmao " After the Rangers were dispatched early lol

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I've heard that from several lasses

I'm sticking with the team I watched last year-I think it was the Bruins-are they the ones with the ugly yellow and black uniforms?

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