I agree but ya gotta know a New York/Los Angeles series (the 2 biggest media centres in the league) has to be Bettman's wet dream.
Go Yotes & Devils

Cheers
JB

We'll do our best.

Awesome fact, thanks. I've been rooting for the Rangers but they basically stink, even if they win Saturday night. I liked Dale Hunter as a player & Torts has been an ass. I still don't like Overcheckin. At this point who ever wins, wins. Lets hope for a good game.
Interesting enough all the league's stars are out. No O-fense left. Not sure if I like that, jury is out.


Have no affiliation but...

GO OYTES!

I doubt that. It is very risky for the league. If the numbers were bad all their excuses are gone.

Safer for the NHL to see Phoenix and New Jersey and wish the other two teams were there.

Kings in 4

I'll be at Staples Center Thursday night and then Sunday afternoon for the sweep!

^^^^^^ Sure is starting to look that way. The "other shoe" seems to have dropped on the Yotes.

Cheers
JB

ya it is interesting if your idea of interesting is listining to a blow hard who's trying to control popular/unpopular belief, Torts is a turd IMO and I only watch to see what an "a" hole he comes accross as, must be the NY hype but he'd get eaten alive in Canada as a coach/diver
The Yotes are toast, sad to say but I think its true, I just hope the Kings have some gas left for the Devils.
Its not that my Canucks are out but I have found this years playoffs not quite up to par, I blame Bettman, giving 4-5 day breaks when there should be none, just another reason why he deseves the lead treatment. GB is so pro eastern that it sucks and his changes to our game have left nothing but sour tastes. He should just die and that would be his biggest gift to all hockey fans.
We need a re-release of Maclean & Maclean's hit , "Dolly Parton's Tits" using Torts and bettmans names, it would probably go gold at home.:D
Finn

Hey Finn

Haven't thought of those guys (Maclean & Maclean) in years. "Toilet House Rock" was one of their albums I believe. Good stuff. Torts is a coprolite & quite the hypocrite to boot. He treats the media like crap but once he gets 'gassed' by team management, he crawls back for a job as an analyst. I have to agree with you, the Kings look like the team to beat.

Cheers
JB

I often wonder if Torts is just putting on an act deflecting attention from his team. It is the sort of thing Glenn Sather would approve of.

Say what you will, Brad Richards came back to play for him, and without Brad they wouldn't be this close to the final.

One more thing: Imagine you had a job where you had to manage publicly and be asked questions by people that may not know as much as you do about your trade. I have a VP that does that once a month, and it really pisses me off. I couldn't bear to do it 82 times a year. And if I was a writer, I can see a lot of fun in 'poking the bear'.

+1
I don't think Torts gives a rat's you-know-what about what anyone thinks. He's there to support his players and win games. Last I checked, he's doing a pretty good job on both. You've got to give him bonus points for not pulling punches.

Kings in 5
Rangers in 6

The result is a true East/West showdown.

The worst part about NBC coverage? Pierre McGuire....man he sux on every level.

OK FB, what don't you like about him? Did he insult your NJ demons?

Copy that flatbutt, I'm not a big fan of McGuire either, IMO nothing comes close to the Canadian broadcasts of the games, probably it's because I'm used to it but Hockey Night in Canada does a way better job.
What I'd like to see during the playoffs is a series of interviews, kinda like a where are they now series, Kelly Hrudy could do the interviews of the retired greats, my pick for first interview would be Bobby O, as a kid he was my idol and after these guys retire you hardly hear about them anymore. Espo, Lafleur, Gretskey, Bure, the list would be huge. I could watch that stuff all day long.
Devils in 6
Kings in 5

Finn

Same Q to you Finn. What specifically do you not like about McGuire?

It's Gretzky

Steve

Specific examples would be tough to come up with but I seldom agree with him on his hockey views, now thats no reason to dislike a person because of a difference of opinion over a game, I'd have to say that more importantly I don't find him entertaining and thats what its all about, that said, we are talking about him so he must be doing something right and he does have a job that a few of us would like to try our hand at. Some people don't like Don Cherry, Coach's Corner on Hockey Night in Canada, I love him, when McGuire talks I seldom listen but when Grapes talks Canada listens, he's an icon, PM doesn't have have that sorta pull.
Joe, Q back for you or any other hockey fans south of the border, when you watch a game, say Boston at Toronto is it telavised by CBC or is it picked up by an American afiliate, do you guys get to watch Coach's Corner is the question.
Finn

Thanks Steve, You'd think that a Canadian fan would know that :eek:
Finn

Maybe you'll see me on the evening news tipping over police cars after the sweep!:D
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Don't be too hard on yourself especially since they spelled it wrong in his press release when they signed him and several times in news articles when he was playing here.