[sub]Let’s go Flyers![/sub]
And this differs from Laroque in what way?
I’ll be damned if I want to see another pathetic tailgate party for the holy grail of hockey - I’d much rather have it go to any other team (might as well be Canadian).
But it seems to me the Avalanche are looking pretty strong . . .
This just in…
Oilers 3 - Dallas 2
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! You should see me do the victory dance…
Most noteworthy was the hit Weight layed on Matvichuk at 10 minutes into the opening period. Weight took five minutes and a game misconduct while Matvichuk didn’t return to play for the rest of the night. Weight isn’t known for his aggressiveness so perhaps he was trying to send a message to his team. The message seems to have gotten through.
It was a seat of your pants affair with the Oilers up one going into the end of the third period. Muller found Keane in front of the net and another Dallas Edmonton tilt goes into overtime. I was screaming NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! because overtime against Dallas has not gone well in the past. Salo was 2-10 against them going into tonight’s game
Modano was so tired by the end of the game he could barely stay on his feet. The Oilers showed that they could be as good and in this case better than those fucking spawn of satan from Texas. Modano got ONE shot on goal tonight. Boo fucking hoo. Kudos to Marchant for being his fucking shadow.
Hatcher is a prick. Laraque is the toughest SOB in the league but he’s not a fucking goon.
So in OT Ryan Smith goes off after taking one to the face… after taking some stitches he’s back out there to set up the winning goal by Mike Comrie, a 20 year old kid who grew up watching the Oilers win five Cups.
I have to give a nod to Belfour because his performance was stellar but let’s not forget about the Swede who is parked between the pipes at the other end. Come on Eddie, play some more defense…
Dallas knows that this isn’t going to be easy and they could be the one’s playing golf in a very short period of time. They really looked beaten tonight as they slunk off with their pointed tails between their cloven hooved little legs.
Wolverine - Instigate me? That will get you five minutes and a game misconduct. You are probably on your knees praying to whatever deity you worship that the Wings don’t have to play this hot Edmonton team because it would be an ass kicking of fucking monumental proportions.
The Avalanche have been looking strong? Has anyone noticed that they could just as easily be down 3-0 to the lowly Canucks who have made them fight for every point?
Who said Toronto? Who the fuck are you kidding? I hate them with a passion reserved for child molesters and the tax man. I’m looking for Ottawa to play the way they can and win the next four. They should be able to beat the Leafs in their street clothes yet they are taking it right up the ass. It makes me shake my head and say “What the fuck?” I guess anything is possible in the playoffs… like Edmonton knocking off Dallas.
Anyways… it looks like we’re going back to Texas for game five and six and perhaps back here for game seven if the Oilers can’t perform an exorcism in Texas.
Yes sir. I’ll be on my best behavior sir.
Once Colorado defeats the Canucks, the Red Wings wouldn’t have to face Edmonton until the Western Conference Championship. By then, Yzerman and Shanahan should (on my knees praying to whatever deity I worship) be back, even if it is towards the end of the series. Then my money’s on the Wings.
Hopefully, Detroit can eliminate the Kings quickly. That means they’ll be healthy enough to play a scruffed up Dallas/St. Louis/San Jose withour losing too much momentum.
Go Wings!
Go Oilers!
[sub]Go Stars![/sub]
The message is: Send Jarbaby to my house on the double 
Yay Oilers!
In other hockey news…has there ever been a wilder game than last night’s Devils/Hurricane Smackdown 2001? Holy sweet Jesus…I thought the fans were going to jump onto the ice. Stevens…should just about be arrested, don’t you think? That was a crazily physical and emotional game for being such a thorough rout.(sp?)
jarbaby
What did we learn last night?
- The NHL is serious about cracking down on hits from behind. (Doug Weight)
2). The NHL is not serious about cracking down on hits to the head. (Jason Smith and Scott Stevens again)
3). Hi Opal
4). Tommy Salo may be the most improved player in the league.
What will we learn today?
1). That Colin Campbell is a woman. He sure won’t have the balls to suspend Weight.
Since the Caps won last night, I can rant without the appearance of sour grapes.
The officiating last night was horrendous. Zubrus was called for clipping for christ’s sake on a perfectly clean hip check. Fortunately, no harm was done on the power play.
However, the next two officiating fuck ups let the Pens back in the game. First, Lemieux leaves his feet to check a player into the boards right in front of the ref. Do you think the NHL’s new marketing campaign was called for a penalty? All hockey fans know that Lemieux is never called for a penalty. Within a minute, Ulf Dahlen is called for hooking. The hooking call was legit but wouldn’t have happened if St. Mario had been penalized. The Penguins scored on the power play to make it 3-2.
A few minutes later, Joe Reekie is sent to the box. He had his stick between Mario’s sainted legs like any good defenseman. Lemieux proceeds to hold Reekie’s stick and squirm around. Reekie is called for interference. This happened within two fucking feet of the ref. Even the commentators got off their Mario prayer rugs long enough to mention the call was bullshit. Penguins scored on the power play to tie the game.
Fortunately the Caps won it in OT. But the officiating sucked.
Remember what happened when they suspended Richard back in 1950 odd something? Suspending Weight would have the same effect here. Weight deserved the penalty but I don’t think this incident merits a suspension.
According to the media here Weight never intended to hurt Matvichuk, he stated that he expected Matvichuk to turn into him and when Weight realized he wasn’t going to it was too late.
Ottawa is gone. Swept up like yesterday’s trash. I still can’t believe it. Unless the Canucks pulled a rabbit out of a hat they too are polishing up the golf clubs this fine morning. I only watched until the last five minutes and Crawford had already pulled the goalie, Cloutier.
Soooooo…
Game five tonight in Dallas, I am going to start practicing my victory dance just in case. Game six is going to be something else, if the Oilers can knock off Dallas at home (Saturday) all hell will break loose around this city.
*Feynn lines up Wolverine for his [sub]“go stars”[/sub] comment…
So yer a baseball fan, eh?
I wonder if that was the same look that everyone from Vancouver had when the Avs scored three in 38 seconds last night
Although, I still refuse to call Patrick Roy, Patrick WAH. It’s ROY, for gosh sakes, like Roy Clark!
You know, that’s a fetish I’ve just never been able to get into.
I can see what you are saying as an Oiler fan, but look at it from a different perspective. What he intended to do does not really factor into the equation, or at least it shouldn’t. In overtime Langenbrunner got called for high-sticking, but he didn’t intend to high stick whoever it was. The Oiler player lifted Langenbrunner’s stick and got hit in the face. The NHL expects a player to be in control at all times.
An unintentional high stick leads to an Oiler power play and an overtime win. A hit from behind lead to Matvichuck getting a concussion and knocked out of the game.
I don’t believe that Doug Weight is a dirty player (Jason Smith and his headhunting is a different matter), at least not like Bryan Marchment. I saw where Weight said he expected Matvichuck to turn like he does 9/10 times. That means that Weight knew there was a 10% chance that he wouldn’t. That means he should get a suspension. I would suggest 1 or 2 games. Also, I would like to see it at the start of next season, rather than the playoffs. The NHL needs to have its best players on the ice, plus I wouldn’t want a fresh Doug Weight on the ice for a game 7 if it got that far.
So I’m doing my best to stay awake and watch my beloved Wings take their series with L.A. by the throat last night/this morning. (Being the only Western Conference team in the Eastern Time Zone does often suck at this time of year.)
I begin to nod off after 1 a.m. There’s eight minutes to go, and the Wings have things well in hand. They’re up, 3-0, and they’ve been dominating the entire game. I’m stirred from my sleep for some reason a while later. The game is still on. There’s a minute left. It’s tied 3-3! That will wake a Wing fan up in a hurry. I was quite awake for the conclusion of the Staples Center Shocker. L.A. 4, Detroit 3, OT.
What … the … mother … fuck … happened?
Does anyone know a voodoo high priestess or something that can rub healing chicken bones over little Yzerman and Shanahan dolls?
Wonder if Bowman will go with Manny Legace in goal Saturday? My guess is no. That goal that barely went across the line was kind of bad, as was the rebound that the Kings scored on in OT, but Osgood actually played pretty good.
Still, when you have an historic collapse like that, you’ve got to shake things up. You’ll be seeing some names you non-Wings-fans have hardly heard of in the lineup Saturday.
Hey, the playoffs are all about adversity. That’s what makes them great. Hopefully this will be the kick in the ass that gets the Wings shit together for the long haul (are you listening, Fedorov?).
jarbabyj: LSSU and Bowling Green are in the same conference. If you went to their games around '90, you probably saw him.
WHAT A FUCKING GAME!
Dallas 4 - Edmonton 3 In overtime, again.
The only thing that could have improved it would have been if we had won this one in Dallas. The boys woke up after napping through two and were going for it in the third period, scoring three goals in under three minutes. It was those grumpy old fucks who spoiled what looked like a miraculous comeback. Muller scored the winner in OT, his first goal in 30 games. I have to admit that he has always been one of my favourite players since his days as a Canadien.
FUCKITY FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!
In regard to suspending Weight, Matvichuk even stated tonight that it was just some bad luck that the buckle on his helmet gave out when Weight hit him and he knew there was no evil intended on the part of Captain Doug. End of discussion.
And one more thing… it is not pronounced ROY. It is more like “Ruah”, I can say it but maybe someone can spell it phonetically for these french challenged individuals we have here. Matt??
Okay, two more things…
Spooje - baseball… what a perfect excuse to suck back some beers and have a good long nap. When you grow up watching hockey baseball is a snoozefest.
Guess who got hurt in a knee to knee hit on Tuesday?
Bryan Marchment. He isn’t the only person in the league who makes questionable hits, and I don’t think that he intentionally goes out trying to hurt people. Most of his big hits come in open ice against a skater who has his head down, which everyone knows is a big no-no.
I think you both mean soccer, right?
If the Oilers would play for 60 minutes like they did in game 4 they would be better off. They can’t play only 5 minutes like they did last night or 1 minute like in game 3 and expect to win. It just won’t happen.
True. Marchment is not the only player in the league that makes questionable hits. However, he is one of a very small number that make questionable hits on a regular basis. Say what you want be he has shown time and again that he will drag his leg and make the knee on knee hit. Many players are guilty of making knee on knee hits, but they usually only do it once. Marchment has done it again and again.
Plus, if you don’t think that he tries to injure people, look at his hit on Nieuwendyk in the playoffs back in 98. He had Nieuwendyk in a vulnerbal position and then, quite clearly, lifted his knee and drove it into the boards. He had only one intent when he made that play. Plus, why do you think that the Oilers got rid of him?
it was in '55. I was born 9 months to the day after the riot. Coincidence ?
Avalanche and Devils…but the Devils will, righfully, take it in 5 games. The Devils have no problem packing away Colorado. I just hope Washington can knock off Pittsburgh because the Devils can’t beat them and basically only them. But luckily, with Toronto sweeping Ottowa, the Devils won’t have to play Pittsburgh until at least the third round if The Devils beat the Maple leafs, and the Pens beat the Sabres, as it’s shaping up now…