tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54166812011-07-14T14:31:18.992-07:00Puck You! The Legend ReturnsHabs 1: The entire Habs team
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Canucks 7: The entire Flames team<BR>
Habs 7: Glen Healy<BR>
Canucks 6: Greg Millen<BR>
Canucks 5: Mikka KiprusoffRadesnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3041100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-86279069185466492012007-05-08T12:35:00.000-07:002007-05-08T12:38:51.343-07:00Interesting round for predictions...all three of myself, Nick and Al each got two of four right. I've made my predictions for the third round, but Buffalo and Ottawa is going to be tight and potentially awesome. What a war this could be. Tons of offense, and an unmitigated hatred of each other should make it an exciting series.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-35800654716467841402007-04-24T03:02:00.000-07:002007-04-24T22:30:36.389-07:00Well, the first round is nail-bitingly over, and I have to admit that my picks were pretty bad. Granted, two were "sleeper" picks in Minnesota and Calgary, so I don't mind being wrong on those, but I was also wrong on Atlanta/NY Rangers, Tampa Bay/New Jersey, and Ottawa/Pittsburgh. Nick did quite well on his picks, getting 7 out of 8 correct(!). A 7-1 record, not too shabby. What makes it even Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-24745931913663084412007-04-23T23:03:00.000-07:002007-04-23T23:11:27.601-07:00:: Game 7 ::Despite showing a level of sucktitude in Game 6 not seen since their pre-Christmas slide, the Canucks bounced back to win Game 7 thanks to 40 minutes of dominating hockey, Trevor Linden, and Roberto Fucking Luongo. My quick post-game thoughts are here on my other blog, and seeing that I finished that post off by quoting a movie, I figured I'd do the same here.This is what springs to N.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13825420134059658503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-56015950744111191252007-04-23T15:56:00.000-07:002007-04-23T16:00:42.214-07:00Game six was one of the most pathetic displays of hockey I have ever seen. I can't recall a single legitimately good Canucks scoring chance for the entire game. They had a few shots, but no close rebounds, no game-saving saves by Turco...it was just a really lackluster effort on Vancouver's part. As soon as they got the two penalties in the first five minutes, and Dallas scored on the ensuing 5-Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-61090993275521789742007-04-15T21:39:00.001-07:002007-04-15T21:39:20.632-07:00PYATT SCORES! Good time for his first playoff goal!Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-982301244016179562007-04-15T21:19:00.000-07:002007-04-15T21:28:42.607-07:00My pick for Overtime winner: BRANDON REIDWait he's not playing? Fine...Morrison.Or for Dallas, Nagy.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-86501053379917740892007-04-12T01:43:00.000-07:002007-04-15T18:18:31.149-07:00Holy crap. And that was only Game 1!Great game but come on guys! Save those for the later rounds! (Or at least the weekends!)Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-76614478493198117062007-04-12T00:52:00.000-07:002007-04-12T00:56:18.863-07:00Holy Christ what a game. I'm absolutely exhausted, just from watching.That game goes into Nick Greenizan's memory bank right alongside the first round, Game 7 win vs. Calgary in 1994, and Game 6 of the 'Nucks/Rangers final in the same here.I am, however, worried about the injuries. It's only the first bloody game, and already it appears the following players are hurt:Sopel (cracker strain)Cooke (N.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13825420134059658503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-54294894120172248892007-04-11T19:04:00.001-07:002007-04-11T19:06:56.212-07:00Vancouver vs Dallas, game 1 is just about to start!I just heard one of the announcers say that Brent Sopel won't be playing for the Canucks tonight, because he twisted his back...bending over to pick up a cracker....What the hell?? Picking up a cracker! What does Sopel think this is, Major League Baseball?Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-82108751156454972422007-04-09T11:11:00.000-07:002007-04-09T11:53:12.086-07:00Here's the matchups, with my predictions bolded:ROUND ONE#1 Buffalo vs #8 Islanders - 4 games#2 New Jersey vs #7 Tampa Bay - 6 games#3 Atlanta vs #6 Rangers - 5 games#4 Ottawa vs #5 Pittsburgh - 6 games#1 Detroit vs #8 Calgary - 7 games#2 Anaheim vs #7 Minnesota - 5 games#3 Vancouver vs #6 Dallas - 6 games#4 Nashville vs #5 San Jose - 5 gamesROUND TWOBuffalo vs Pittsburgh - 7 games ***matchup ofRadesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-79877947513762617652007-04-05T16:31:00.000-07:002007-04-07T16:08:03.340-07:00Well ladies and gents (and Mike), it's nearly playoff time, so I figured it was high-time to make a post on this long-forgotten blog. Even though the matchups aren't yet set, I still have a pretty good idea of what predictions I want to make, so here goes.However, before I do that, I'd also like to point out that my pre-season predictions weren't that terrible, with the obvious screw up being N.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13825420134059658503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1158645507312533882006-09-18T22:16:00.000-07:002006-09-18T23:00:27.136-07:00You are correct, Mr. Eng, hockey is almost back. (About fucking time!)And with such as occasion comes predictions, or as I like to call them - mistakes. Here's a bunch of 'em: ( I expect the rest of you to make similar proclamations)During the regular season, the West will be won by Anaheim, led by Chris "My wife has my balls in her Gucci purse" Pronger, and Scotty Neidermayer. However, this N.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13825420134059658503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1158551721570920472006-09-17T20:55:00.000-07:002006-09-17T20:55:21.583-07:00Hockey is almost baaaaaaaaaaack!Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1150774344167841162006-06-19T20:30:00.000-07:002006-06-19T20:33:28.950-07:00I win.edit: I find it amusing that the only name visible in that picture is "frank".Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1150341420293723272006-06-14T20:13:00.000-07:002006-06-14T20:25:19.760-07:00DAMN, Oilers take Game 5, series is 3-2 Canes. Great game though, ended on a horrible giveaway by the Canes in their own end SHORT HANDED. Good play by Pisani to jump on a great chance, no doubting that. Oilers were lucky though, since Staios got a bad penalty by tripping up Recchi. LUCKY. The puck you goes to the Carolina player who made a CROSS-ICE PASS IN HIS OWN END IN OVERTIME. I mean, what Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1149735623859843852006-06-07T19:55:00.000-07:002006-06-07T20:00:23.930-07:00Ron McLean: What did you think of the refereeing tonight?Don Cherry: ...You're trying to get ME to comment on the referees? Aren't I in enough trouble with the league and CBC?5-0 shellacking by the Canes. Doesn't look good for Edmonton. I continued my streak of bringing goals with me - I turned on the TV and Carolina had 1 minute left in a power play. And with 20 seconds left in it, they Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1149563486783371562006-06-05T20:11:00.000-07:002006-06-05T21:33:13.950-07:00WHOA. Roloson won't be back in the series? That's a bit of a heavy hit. Link: http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-oilers-rolosoninjured&prov=ap&type=lgnsOh yeah and the Canes won.So Nick says that Conklin should be the PUCK YOU recipient for the first finals game. But I disagree, since it wasn't just his fault, he got crossed up with Smith so who's to say is really more at fault. We then Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1149561765398167962006-06-05T19:42:00.000-07:002006-06-05T19:42:45.396-07:00UH OHHHHConklin is in! What will this mean?Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1149561375979642542006-06-05T19:34:00.000-07:002006-06-05T19:36:15.993-07:00So I turn on the game at the end of the 2nd...and within like, 10 mins of play, Carolina comes back from 3-1 down by scoring 3 goals. Including one shorthanded! And Ward just made a freaking UNBELIEVABLE save. Been a good game so far, though the Canes fans wearing gut-exposing shirts (male fans) is very disturbing.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1149234889558503142006-06-02T00:53:00.000-07:002006-06-02T00:54:49.566-07:00VICTORY IS MINE!Didn't I tell you it would be this way?Edmonton in 5. Carolina in 7?I believe I did. And equally as important, I believe Mike did not.Some days I don't know how the rest of you live inside my shadow of awesomeness. It's baffling, to tell you the truth.As for Cup final predictions....Edmonton in 6.Go Oil.N.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13825420134059658503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1148150372176777162006-05-20T11:36:00.000-07:002006-05-20T11:39:32.186-07:00I'm impressed, I didn't think the Oil had it in them. I did awful that round, I only got Buffalo right. Nick got 2 right, Al got 1 right, Ryan got 3 right. Ry wins.Predictions:Anaheim in 7Buffalo in 6, but if Eric Cole returns, then Carolina in 6.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1147930116053928982006-05-17T22:24:00.000-07:002006-05-17T22:28:36.063-07:00The Oilers are victorious, 2-0 winners over San Jose. Okay, my predictions just downright suck this year. I was a dismal 1 for 4 that round, just pathetic. And once again, nobody picked the Oilers. ha ha.With the Oilers moving on, I'm hearing talk of the newly established Blue Mile like the Red Mile they had in Calgary. But I looked up oilersgirls.com on the Internet and it didn't bring up Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1147572267882449672006-05-13T19:02:00.000-07:002006-05-13T19:04:27.896-07:00The Senators are done! Buffalo scored a shorthanded goal in overtime to win 3-2. Canada's last hope for a Stanley Cup is the Edmonton Oilers. Go Oil go!Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1147488432273548002006-05-12T19:45:00.000-07:002006-05-12T19:47:12.283-07:00Make it a final! 6-3 for Edmonton! Back to San Jose for what should be another exciting game. It's a best-of-three now! Forget the Red Mile. Whyte Ave. is the place to be!Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1147487371607366922006-05-12T19:20:00.000-07:002006-05-12T19:29:31.616-07:00Wow, behind by two goals twice in this game, Edmonton has scored four unanswered goals to go up 5-3 on the San Jose Sharks! What a game! Vesa Toskala got chased, Evgeni Nabokov is in! Oh man!Also, one of the craziest goals I've seen tonight to tie the game up at 3. The Sharks, at the tail end of a powerplay, took a shot which had a crazy bounce back through centre ice. The puck moved towards the Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1147316735212343762006-05-10T20:02:00.000-07:002006-05-10T20:05:35.223-07:00One aspect of the Edmonton Oilers game I've always liked that makes them more exciting than their provincial rivals in Calgary is their team speed. They displayed that in the first period against San Jose tonight. They were outhitting, outshooting them and have a 1-0 lead going into the second period. Shots in the first period were 15-2 Edmonton! They're all over them. Although I predicted San Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1147231240061376212006-05-09T20:20:00.000-07:002006-05-09T20:20:40.073-07:00Lupul...4 goals in a 4-3 Anaheim OT victory? Gee, you think he was the first star?Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1147140680307124272006-05-08T19:08:00.000-07:002006-05-08T19:12:10.706-07:00WOW. Hurricanes vs Devils. Canes have been pressuring Devils the entire third period, and then with 30 seconds left the Devils score the go-ahead goal to make it 2-1. A total heartbreaker, right? A spirit-crusher? A good-as-won goal? Well of course, these are the playoffs and NJ is a strong defensive NOPECanes score with 0.04 seconds left! ZERO POINT ZERO FOUR! That, my friends, is playoff hockeyRadesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1146741188041556822006-05-04T04:03:00.000-07:002006-05-04T04:13:47.443-07:00DAMN! DAMN!!! Nick's going to rag me now. Crappy games by the Flames...blah. Don Taylor, regularly I hate his commentary but I did love his comment that he wanted the Flames to win just in the hopes that flamesgirls.com will be resurrected.First round prediction results:Nick went 5/8, didn't predict series lengths.Mike went 5/8, got 3 series lengths right.Al went 4/8, got 1 series length Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1146714034597233182006-05-03T20:39:00.000-07:002006-05-03T20:40:34.606-07:00Well I was 4 for 8 on my picks for winning teams in the first round. It could be worse I suppose. Damn you Anaheim, no battle of Alberta this year.Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1146543793062741862006-05-01T21:22:00.000-07:002006-05-01T21:23:13.070-07:00At least it was early in the game and not like, in the fourth overtime or something.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1146541212990535912006-05-01T20:39:00.000-07:002006-05-01T20:40:13.000-07:00I agree. The net was clearly moved and the goalie interfered with after Selanne scored. What a rip, and you gotta hate seeing missed calls in games of such high importance.Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1146541074392271002006-05-01T20:36:00.000-07:002006-05-01T20:37:54.403-07:00TSN Turning Point, 12 minutes into the Anaheim/Calgary game. Selanne scores but the goal is disallowed because of a dubious interference call. And not only does the goal not count, a Ducks player also gets a penalty! Horrible call by the refs on what should have been a great goal.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1146538451503986262006-05-01T19:52:00.000-07:002006-05-01T19:54:11.513-07:00Edmonton over Detroit? Entering the third period down by two goals and scoring three unanswered - including one with like a minute left - to win it? Wow. Crazy exciting game. I gotta say I didn't see that one coming.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1146120576686275722006-04-26T23:23:00.000-07:002006-04-26T23:49:36.756-07:00Yeah it definitely looks like I am not the only person that thinks the referees tonight deserved an enormous PUCK YOU! Not only do they not call anything on the Koivu play, but they give Komisarek a double minor with 4 mins left when Stillman bit his lip to get some blood going. Awful call in OT as well; how can they give us 6 pims in the last 8 minutes of the 3rd, then proceed to make that ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028918575674013507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1146118453850881902006-04-26T23:11:00.000-07:002006-04-26T23:14:13.860-07:00Okay I just learned of another PUCK YOU. Denis Gauthier on the Flyers speared JP Dumont in the gut, and Dumont was down for a few minutes. During this time, the Philadelphia public announcer asked the fans to "show some class and cheer when he gets up." Of course, they booed. Congratulations Flyers fans, you've earned your entire city a Puck You!Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1146104276011533522006-04-26T19:17:00.000-07:002006-04-26T19:17:56.023-07:00Official Puck You for Montreal vs Carolina Game 3: THE FREAKING REFS. Saku Koivu gets scraped in the eye with a high stick, out for who knows how long, and not even a call? That's just terrible, especially in the "zero tolerance" NHL.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1146103996723098422006-04-26T19:12:00.000-07:002006-04-26T19:13:16.736-07:00The Crow flies awayRe-hiring Pat Quinn would be the dumbest damn thing the Canucks could possibly do.He's no longer a good coach - too stuck in his ways, and just behind the times. What has he done with the Leafs?Nothing but relied on old, broken down players, resulting in no success. And dont even get me started on the last Olympic team.My vote goes for Ken Hitchcock, when he's (hopefully) N.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13825420134059658503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1146065416571908712006-04-26T08:28:00.000-07:002006-04-26T08:30:16.583-07:00It's about time! I'm surprised they had the guts to do it. Of course, now there's all the talk of the recently-released Pat Quinn coming back to the Canucks. Would this be a good thing? I'm thinking yeah, though they'll still have to smarten up the players a lot.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1146028829357479372006-04-25T22:19:00.000-07:002006-04-25T22:20:29.366-07:00Breaking news - Dave Nonis pulled the plug on Marc Crawford! I wonder what Nick will have to say about this one.Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145934371784918892006-04-24T20:03:00.000-07:002006-04-24T20:06:11.796-07:00My first official PUCK YOU!: Mike Ryder.Fuckin' newfies.(honourable mention goes to Eric Staal, who despite 4 assists, couldn't put the puck in the net in OT despite having more chances to score than a naked guy in a women's prison.)Go 'Canes! (or more specifically, go Cullen and Stillman!)Playoffs suck when who you cheer for is only determined by the guys in your office playoff pool. Where's N.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13825420134059658503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145933388037775742006-04-24T19:49:00.000-07:002006-04-24T19:49:48.050-07:00Michael Ryder johnny on the spot in double overtime! Montreal is going home 2-0! Oh man!Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145850357407291422006-04-23T20:44:00.000-07:002006-04-23T20:45:57.420-07:00Anaheim 4, Calgary 3Dang, Flames lost but that was an excellent game. Crazy action near the end, some good saves and good chances. For the Puck You, there wasn't really someone super deserving, but let's give it to Anaheim's Lupul because he played a strong game vs the Flames and plus, he's the Palindronian One.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145846118595810582006-04-23T19:34:00.000-07:002006-04-23T19:35:18.606-07:003-2 now Nick! I will say one unquestionably cool thing about Calgary, or more specifically, their fans. Chris tells me a big group of them were arrested for getting a giant duck horn quacker and going around the hotel Anaheim was staying at, and honking it. That's awesome.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145845097641450082006-04-23T19:17:00.000-07:002006-04-23T19:18:17.660-07:00Man I hate Calgary. For at least one game I'm glad to see them getting their asses handed to them.Go Ducks!That is all.N.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13825420134059658503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145842517704300202006-04-23T18:34:00.000-07:002006-04-23T18:35:17.713-07:00Wow. Niedermayer with a huge end to end rush breakaway goal. Fuck now I'm conflicted. Who do I cheer for, my chosen team the Flames? Or my favorite player, Scott Niedermayer? It was a shorthanded goal, too. Man that's highlight reel.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145822332427574212006-04-23T12:55:00.000-07:002006-04-23T12:58:52.440-07:00So in case anyone missed this bonecrusher yesterday, Philadelphia's RJ Umberger got absolutely DEMOLISHED by Buffalo's Brian Campbell. Check out the video here.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145759076948989962006-04-22T19:24:00.000-07:002006-04-22T19:24:36.950-07:00"Look at [Esche] stretch out. You try doing that as a normal humanoid!"Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145758707914400412006-04-22T19:16:00.000-07:002006-04-22T19:18:27.923-07:00Philly vs Buffalo, Campbell had a HUGE hit on Philly's Umberger. That was amazing. Umberger will wake up next month sometime. I also love the commentators' disgust at the Sabres rink team playing the hit again on the screen:Commentator: There's an unwritten rule that you don't replay a play where a guy gets injured....and they just showed it on the scoreboard.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145757056779744402006-04-22T18:49:00.000-07:002006-04-22T18:50:56.793-07:00Yeah, we were both wrong with our predictions too. Souray deserves the Puck You in an otherwise solid game because of his various defensive failures. It's his second PY now. Gerber let in some weak ones. I agree that the turning point was probably that 5 on 3. That could have easily spelt doom for the Habs but they stayed strong.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145756623112451042006-04-22T18:27:00.000-07:002006-04-22T18:43:43.123-07:00Recap:Well it didn't look good after Souray let Cullen go outside and poke in his own rebound past a shaky looking Huet 50 seconds in, but I'm proud of the effort of the Habs tonight. Sure they were outshot badly, but really a lot of those were perimeter shots and not really scoring chances. The habs buried what chances they got, even though Martin baby food didn't look so good. Really I thinkryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028918575674013507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145755354013353012006-04-22T18:22:00.000-07:002006-04-22T18:22:34.023-07:00Staal could still come back with a hat trick.........plus one.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145754955782401772006-04-22T18:15:00.000-07:002006-04-22T18:15:55.793-07:00OK i need to predict losses more often.ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028918575674013507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145752433334579182006-04-22T17:33:00.000-07:002006-04-22T17:33:53.336-07:004-1 Montreal, with a goal deflected off Gerber's ASS. Nice dive-pass on the play by Montreal though to set up the semi-breakaway that led to the goal.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145752367914458722006-04-22T17:32:00.000-07:002006-04-22T17:32:47.923-07:00where do i order my chris higgins jerseyryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028918575674013507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145752305311988632006-04-22T17:31:00.000-07:002006-04-22T17:31:45.320-07:005 on 3 for Carolina, Montreal's doing everything they can to let Carolina back into the game. Huet's doing well though, I have to admit.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145751027311330442006-04-22T16:57:00.000-07:002006-04-22T17:10:27.383-07:00nice play pleks, better finish by kovalevryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028918575674013507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145749817242468712006-04-22T16:49:00.000-07:002006-04-22T16:50:17.243-07:00Mike has already said this, but Souray is the early frontrunner for the prestigious PUCK YOU award.ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028918575674013507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145749331056515082006-04-22T16:42:00.000-07:002006-04-22T16:42:11.066-07:00BONKryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028918575674013507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145748549779968802006-04-22T16:27:00.000-07:002006-04-22T16:29:09.780-07:00nice dive gerberryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028918575674013507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145748420197209092006-04-22T16:13:00.000-07:002006-04-22T16:27:00.206-07:00BOULLION! THE CUBE! WOOOOOOryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028918575674013507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145747683697836722006-04-22T16:12:00.002-07:002006-04-22T16:31:01.903-07:00ALEXANDER PEROZHOGIN. I forgot about him. Screw my prediction, Perozhogin will axe down Carolina's top line and Montreal will win.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145747605587986492006-04-22T16:12:00.001-07:002006-04-22T16:30:39.080-07:00Annnnnnnd Montreal's down 1-0 50 second in. That was brutal defense by Montreal.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145747602081343162006-04-22T16:12:00.000-07:002006-04-22T16:13:22.083-07:00I could beat Souray 1 on 1.ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028918575674013507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145747532468427482006-04-22T16:11:00.000-07:002006-04-22T16:12:12.470-07:00Awesome! Jim Hughson is doing this series. On the SPac the other night he predicted the habs have a very good chance of upsetting the canes. Hughson is by far the best announcer in hockey.ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028918575674013507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145747060228136942006-04-22T15:41:00.000-07:002006-04-22T16:06:04.140-07:00Gonna look into my Cristobal and say: Carolina 5, Montreal 3 is my prediction. Carolina will be too much for them at home and fired up, but we'll put up a fight and get the split on monday. I also have the sabres-flyers game on the other TV, so i'll try to keep up with both games. On a more serious note, beer #2 has been cracked.ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028918575674013507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145746869464477852006-04-22T15:40:00.000-07:002006-04-22T16:01:09.536-07:00Prediction for the Carolina - Montreal game: Carolina 4, Montreal 2. On a related note, MAN it's been ages since I've actually sat down to watch Hockey Night in Canada!Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145597794200139112006-04-20T21:59:00.000-07:002006-04-20T22:42:04.596-07:00THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 2005/06 SEASON IN A NUTSHELLBefore the playoffs begin, let's reflect on the Toronto Maple Leafs season. As disappointing as it is for the Leafs faithful to miss out on the playoffs for the first time since 1998, the season wasn't actually all bad.First off, a few positives:1. A playoff push down the stretch - sure, they didn't make the playoffs, but they managed to finish Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145499669912861172006-04-19T19:17:00.000-07:002006-04-19T19:21:09.923-07:00First Round predictions....Everyone else should have to make 'em too..leavin' them in the comments might be a good idea.WEST(1) Detroit over (8) Edmonton(2) Dallas over (7) Colorado(6) Anaheim over (3) Calgary(5) San Jose over (4) NashvilleEAST(1) Ottawa over (8) Tampa Bay(2) Carolina over (7) Montreal(3) New Jersey over (6) NY Rangers(5) Philly over (4) BuffaloThere ya go. I'm sure I'll go 0-N.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13825420134059658503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1145435079648208342006-04-19T01:24:00.000-07:002006-04-19T01:24:39.663-07:00GO HABS GO. PS - GOLF LEAFS GOLF.ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028918575674013507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1142736953733382042006-03-18T18:49:00.000-08:002006-03-18T18:59:25.650-08:00dear the toronto maple leafs,you should all be benched. every single one of you. except maybe for wellwood, who played very, um, well tonight. ha.but the rest of you? honestly. disappointing passing (hi, exactly who was that pass to, because those people in the blue shirts AREN'T ON YOUR TEAM!), sloppy skating, and just overall being a non-cohesive team. seriously. you guys have 17 games menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1132972706225268362005-11-25T18:37:00.000-08:002005-11-27T16:56:59.993-08:00It's official: as of right now, not a SINGLE PLAYER on the Columbus Blue Jackets has a positive plus/minus. Seven players have a 0 (even) rating, but three of those seven are GOALIES (and thus, do not count).Go check for yourself.Also, I nominate the Blue Jackets as the Team With the Most Odd Names: - vyborny - zherdev - hrdina - fritsche - klesla - suchy - malhotra - tollefsen - goertzen - Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1132715785441483352005-11-22T19:12:00.000-08:002005-11-22T19:16:25.473-08:00Jiri Fischer's seizure and collapse on the bench in Monday's game between Detroit and Nashville must have been pretty scary to see live on TV or in person at the arena. Not much to say on it except that Fischer's treatment is an unquestionably positive thing about the "new" NHL - that there be emergency medical personnel immediately present at rinkside. Currently there is no such rule for NHL Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1131917600761372232005-11-13T12:56:00.000-08:002005-11-13T13:33:23.153-08:00LEAFS 5 CANADIENS 4 (OT)Wow, what a game last night. Despite being outshot 18-4 in the first period, Toronto escaped the first period without allowing a goal. Belfour was solid as usual, although he let a couple weak ones. That didn't stop Hockey Night in Canada from naming him the first star of the game. The final shots count was 35-24 in favour of Montreal.I knew the Leafs were among the Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1131431012844337912005-11-07T22:18:00.000-08:002005-11-07T22:23:32.856-08:00Flames 4, Canucks 3. HAHAHA! Flames sweep!Also, I just realized something as I watched Alex Auld in net for the Canucks. Cloutier is of course, out with a concussion suffered after Nolan Baumgartner collided with him, sending Cloutier into the goalpost. Which means that Baumgartner is my official nominee for Canucks MVP for the entire season. Heck, if he had saved the Cloutier Concussion (that's Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1131416331799804452005-11-07T18:18:00.000-08:002005-11-07T18:18:51.813-08:00First Flames vs Canucks game I've been able to watch so far this year! So far it's FLAMES 1-0! HAHAHAHA!Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1131010825824649652005-11-03T01:38:00.000-08:002005-11-03T01:40:25.836-08:00Wow, the Senators beat Buffalo 10-4 last night, with Havlat and Alfredsson both scoring four goals. That's crazy, and even crazier when you consider Heatley ALSO scored four goals against Toronto on Saturday. It was also Havlat's first game back from his five game suspension for kicking Hal Gill in the groin. He should get himself suspended more often.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1130905226750263812005-11-01T19:58:00.000-08:002005-11-01T20:20:26.806-08:00BURE RETIRESAw, Pavel Bure retired today. Officially, that is. He's been gone for 2 years, and his knees are shot. But man could he fly. He MADE the fabled Canucks playoff run so exciting. I watched a highlight reel of him yesterday and he scored some absolutely crazy goals. I've still got his Canucks #10 jersey somewhere (in black, of course), from back when the Canucks logo wasn't a brutal Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1130812545030756002005-10-31T18:35:00.000-08:002005-10-31T18:37:06.740-08:00BwahahahahahahaContinuing my anti-Canucks campaign, I've started wearing my Canucks jersey to work the day following any Canucks loss, just to mock the many, many Canucks fans in the office.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1130030324115946652005-10-22T18:11:00.000-07:002005-10-22T18:18:44.120-07:00Three Puck YousOkay, I finally bit the bullet and decided to post some stuff.I had a good rant or two going last week, but I've since forgot. The only thing I remember from it is that my first "Puck You" of the season goes to whatever retard decided a shootout should be how ties are decided.Sure, there are 2o guys (19 I guess, not counting the backup goalie) who play for 65 minutes, work their N.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13825420134059658503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1129519093851687272005-10-16T23:10:00.000-07:002005-10-16T20:18:25.746-07:00um, hello.9-1 over atlanta on friday?3-2 over montreal on saturday? didn't see friday's game, but saturday's game was seen with lots of beer and wings (in a bar that i will never go back to because the waitress was a douchebag, but thats besides the point). third period was a little intense, but thankfully belfour was in fine form. i still have a problem with him leaving the net so much, even menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1129280295659855832005-10-14T00:40:00.000-07:002005-10-14T01:58:15.696-07:00Some interesting hockey so far.- Niclas Wallin scoring on his own net.- David Aebischer randomly PUNCHING A GUY IN THE HEAD and getting a minor penalty, which the other team scored the winning goal on- The Calgary Flames are.....sucking.- Sean Avery. Oh, Sean Avery.- Tie Domi has more goals than Todd Bertuzzi, Jarome Iginla, Joe Thornton, Martin St. Louis, Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg...the list Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1129074274476682182005-10-11T19:43:00.000-07:002005-10-11T16:44:34.480-07:00i promise as soon as the cbc starts airing leafs games, i'll post about them. my parents have satellite, and we don't get TSN, and thus, no hockey for me. so sad.i will say this: shootouts can kiss my ass. and leafs will be lucky to make it to the playoffs this year.also, sundin out after the first 7 minutes of the first game? THESUCK!!menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1128650983852254122005-10-06T19:07:00.000-07:002005-10-06T19:11:39.950-07:00Anyone remember that jackass Alexander Perezhogin? Al wrote about him in May 2004 (link here.) He's the jackass who while in the AHL baseball-swung his stick and hit another player in the face, causing immediate unconsciousness and on-ice convulsions. Well, Perezhogin's now in the NHL, playing for Montreal. He scored his first NHL goal tonight against the Rangers. Good to see the league cracking Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1128579257468686972005-10-05T23:10:00.000-07:002005-10-05T23:14:17.466-07:00THE NHL IS BACK! And so the legendary Puck You NHL Rant commentary returns WITH A VENGEANCE. The Puck You awards, let's leave those until the Playoffs...there's not nearly enough room on the side there to list a puck you for every game. If you feel there's a player deserving one in a regular season game, just post about them.Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1122985095670120842005-08-02T08:16:00.000-07:002005-08-02T05:18:15.676-07:00oh NO!roberts and nieuwendyk have LEFT TORONTO! and just after we signed buddy guy whose name i can't remember whom roberts was a mentor to!i understand the reason at not signing, because obviously the leafs are highly constrained in how they spend their last 10.3 mil on salary (they need 7 more players), but its still sad. i liked them both. :(menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1093998858440507682004-08-31T17:33:00.000-07:002004-08-31T17:34:18.440-07:00when asked on if he was enjoying the game..PM Paul Martin responds eloquently with "they are playing well"
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1093997864932281502004-08-31T17:16:00.000-07:002004-08-31T17:17:44.933-07:00i would pay to have the american goalie slip and impale himself on a skate..
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1093997618476507932004-08-31T17:13:00.000-07:002004-08-31T17:13:38.476-07:00I second mike's FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEACK!!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1093997540762584132004-08-31T17:11:00.000-07:002004-08-31T17:12:36.393-07:002-0 CANADA! Take that, US FEEEYACKERS!!!!!
Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1093997447197856982004-08-31T17:08:00.000-07:002004-08-31T17:10:47.196-07:00Good lord i don't know what is going on with the jerseys for team canada this year, but it looks like they're wearing camels!! Mike has just informed me that they are supposedly "classic" jerseys...You know..when the camera zooms out, it's kinda like little moving blobs of puke on the ice.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1086552159279297302004-06-06T12:52:00.000-07:002004-06-06T21:20:03.876-07:00Well, my prediction of Tampa Bay in seven is looking good at this point, and I'll only be a loss off if Calgary wins. But they won't. They will lose, breaking the hearts of every bandwagon jumper in this great nation of ours.
Great game last night I must say. Khabibulin kept the Lighting in the game as he has all playoffs. For all you critics who don't think Khabibulin has the edge in this Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1085719084467283312004-05-27T21:17:00.000-07:002004-05-27T21:38:04.466-07:00Well what can I say about this last game. Calgary was clearly outplayed although they did have their moments... none which were really capitalized on though. The Nieminen goal was nice, but a little too late to make a difference. Hmmmm what else. Well there were turn overs on both sides, way too many on both sides none resulting in a Calgary goal however. There were also penalties out of the katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890555315560668487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1085704093340199552004-05-27T17:24:00.000-07:002004-05-27T17:28:13.340-07:00Jim Swanson, Citizen Sports Editor: Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay
1-0 Tampa on a goal by Fedotenko!Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1085589770723927932004-05-26T09:29:00.000-07:002004-05-26T10:12:01.756-07:00You have to have determination to make it to the finals with all these injuries... And even more during Calgary's game last night. I thought it was anyone's game during the third period, when Tampa down by 2, but it was pretty much over nearing the 2 man advantage for Calgary. Calgary seems to play well away from home, but Tampa will rise up and they'll take it to game 7.
I have to say, the chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14531734249334738679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1085547772428994862004-05-25T21:45:00.000-07:002004-05-25T22:02:52.426-07:00Mike was complaining because Chris and I hadn't posted in a while, however we assumed that that no one would be posting on the blog now that Calgary is the last Canadian team in the playoffs. After all the blog name IS Go Canadian NHL teams, except Calgary. It would seem though, that some people are still posting.
Anyways the game tonight was fantastic, at least I thought so. I am admittedly katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890555315560668487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1085432410348490632004-05-24T13:35:00.000-07:002004-05-24T14:00:10.346-07:00TAMPA BAY VS CALGARY - SERIES BEGINS AT TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA, AT 5 P.M. PT ON TUESDAY, MAY 25.
This series should be a dandy. Thank goodness the Flyers didn't make it, boy would that have sucked. JR, you aren't winning a Stanley Cup in your lifetime.
My prediction is Tampa Bay in seven. Like Anaheim last season, Calgary will be really close but not close enough. But expect a long exciting Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1083972264764077432004-05-07T16:23:00.000-07:002004-05-07T16:28:56.186-07:00Playoff prediction recap:
Teams correctly picked:
Al: 1 out of 4
Nick: ZERO out of 4
Mike: 2 out of 4
Mark: 2 out of 4
While we were watching the last game at Boston Pizza of the Philly/Leafs series, I called that Toronto would tie up the game in regulation but Philly would take it in OT. I was right. Once regulation time ended, Silv predicted that the OT winner would, if Philly won, be scored Radesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1083776865698088492004-05-05T09:31:00.000-07:002004-05-05T10:10:59.060-07:00Text message I received on my cell phone last night: "Hey al...ROENICK!"
Mike Eng sent me that message literally seconds following Jeremy Roenick's OT goal that send Philadelphia flying past Toronto. I then, like any hardcore fan, went on to flip out over the phone about how Roenick and the Flyers team should all rot in hell.
But now that the dust has settled and it's a new day, let's just Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5416681.post-1083767272796524632004-05-05T07:24:00.000-07:002004-05-05T07:31:04.810-07:00well, thats it. we're done.
as in typical leaf fashion, they waited until the third period of the game to actually PLAY hockey....i missed the first period, caught bits of the second (i have a stupid presentation tomorrow and had to work on it) and bits of the third as well. second period looked a bit better than sunday in philly, but not much (from what i saw). third period was good, as theymenoreply@blogger.com