# LORD STANLEY'S CUP. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 16, 2001, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158 "2001-04-16T14:26:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/121 "2001-05-09T13:19:32Z")
What could have been any better than Mario scoring to tie the game in what was looking like the last minutes of the Pens season last night? With their backs to the wall the Pens managed to get some redemption aginst the Sabres who seemed like they couldn’t hit the net in the third period. It’s been a great playoff season so far and pretty soon we can start making our picks for the next series. I truly hope that the Pens and Leafs end up going head to head while St. Louis plays L.A. I’ll have my fingers crossed this evening. ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/122 "2001-05-09T15:36:59Z")
I’d love to discuss last night’s come-from nowhere victory, but I’m still a bit too happy. \ Onward to Game 7, boys. Onward. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/123 "2001-05-10T05:14:53Z")
So much for Cinderella stories–the Leafs and the Kings turn into pumpkins at the end. Hopefully the Pens will do better. I’d have to make the Devils favorites over either the Pens or Sabres, and I’m going with the Blues in the West. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/124 "2001-05-10T21:39:24Z")
Dear God, I thank you for the blessed luck of having one television in my post last night, and it was stuck on ESPN. I thank you for the goal that broke Cujo in the 2nd, and the three that followed unanswered in that period. I thank thee for the blessed intervention in the 3rd that smacked a heavenly one-timer past an overrated goalie, taking vengeance for the dopey goal they got two games ago at the slight miscalculation of Colin White. I thank you for the good fortune, and promise to say my “Hail Neidermeyers” tonight. Thank you. Sincerely, Tripler Your Devil Worshipper. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/125 "2001-05-10T23:00:16Z")
In about a half hour I will be watching my beloved Penguins beat the Sabres. If they should lose, due to some freak occurrence, be prepared. They say Hell hath no fury like woman scorned? Hah. Just wait and see. But I digress. The Dominator will soon be dead. Long live Mario. And hopefully Jagr will play like he wants to win, instead of a pantywaist. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/126 "2001-05-11T01:59:45Z")
And EVERYONE is lucky that Forsberg is out for the season. Drat. I was looking forward to attending the Stanley Cup celebration again. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/127 "2001-05-11T03:15:55Z")
Can we say…the next round? Eat shit and die, Sabres fans!!! 😃 Bring on the Devils!!! I’m happy. Can’t you tell? ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/128 "2001-05-11T05:19:49Z")
Yee Haw! I was wrong. I gave up on the Pens, and they gutted it out. Now they take on the Devils…and the Pens were the last team to beat New Jersey in the playoffs. I’m still picking the Devils to make it to the finals…but the Pens are more than welcome to prove me wrong again. 😃 Yee Haw! ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/129 "2001-05-11T14:09:25Z")
That makes me four for four picking losers. Go Devils I suppose. Who the hell cares anymore. jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![DZ42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@DZ42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZ42)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/130 "2001-05-11T15:11:19Z")
It’s a good day for hockey - nobody really wanted to see those pesky Sabres win anyway… Anyway, just want to pass on the quote of the series, for anyone that hasn’t seen/heard it yet: “I own Hasek” - Darius Kasparitus, right after the game Bring on the feeble Devils ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/131 "2001-05-11T22:33:39Z")
All I can say to last nights game is: Koo-koo-ka-freakin’-choo! Anybody see the interview with Kevin Stevens in the locker room after the game? “I don’t think I’ve ever seen Kasper score in PRACTICE, let alone a game.” Marvelous. I remain convinced that the only reason that Kasper made that goal was that he was trying to hurt Hasek. God bless his series-winning little heart, he was aiming for the Dominator’s head, and missed. The goal’s just as good, though. They can always run Hasek down in the parking lot.😃 Man, what a series. On to the next round! ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/132 "2001-05-12T04:50:41Z")
**jarbabyj** said: > [@](#): > > That makes me four for four picking losers. > > Go Devils I suppose. Bless you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/133 "2001-05-12T05:49:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*That makes me four for four picking losers. > > Go Devils I suppose. > > Who the hell cares anymore. > > jarbaby \*\* I do!!! I’m not sure if you mean this to be a loser team or not, but I’m going for my hometown boys as far as they can go! LET’S GO DEVILS!!! Tripler Devil Worshipper since 1982. And I have the pennant to prove it. ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/134 "2001-05-12T13:43:33Z")
Woe be it to the team I cheer for because they will lose. With this in mind I have come up with a plan for the next series that cannot fail. GO DEVILS! GO AV’s! ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/135 "2001-05-12T13:44:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tripler \* > > I’m not sure if you mean this to be a loser team or not, but I’m going for my hometown boys as far as they can go! LET’S GO DEVILS!!! no no…_sigh_ I’m rooting for the Devils. Just don’t be surprised when they go down because, like I’ve said I picked four teams, and all four have lost. (although the blackhawks don’t count since they weren’t ever in) jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/136 "2001-05-15T13:25:01Z")
I might have to look into performing some arcane rituals in addition to my repeated chants of “Go Avs, go Devil’s”. Can anyone get me a lock of Roy’s and Brodeur’s hair? ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/137 "2001-05-15T18:33:05Z")
I was gone all last week. Didn’t get to see any of the hockey. All of the series looked good but please tell me the games were horrible and I didn’t miss anything. (Wasting away in boredom in Detroit. At least the Tigers have been doing better.) ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/138 "2001-05-15T23:00:59Z")
Stay relaxed Lemieux, don’t let that keener Holik get to ya! eh? ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/139 "2001-05-15T23:32:24Z")
Okay, I have to do this… GO DEVILS! Please please please sweep the fucking Penguins. I hate them SO damn much right now…almost as much as I hate the Dallas Cowboys in football. Grrrrr. (Happy, Trip? You made me a Devil worshipper…) ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158/140 "2001-05-16T05:16:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Falcon \* > \*\*(Happy, Trip? You made me a Devil worshipper…) \*\* It just means you are beginning to see the light. Dear God, I thank you so much for the exitement of the last series. I pray that I am able to drink beer from the Stanley Cup this year, as I supply my own Sam Adams when it’s on display in the Meadowlands. I ask for forgiveness when I get my picture taken hoisting it over my head in my Devils jersey. I thank you for the good fortune we’ve had already, and pray that I can serve you more through the Gospel of Stevens and Brodeur. Thank you. Sincerely, Tripler Because even my Chaplain finds it funny. . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-stanleys-cup/62158.md?page=8)