2011 NHL Playoffs

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[FiddySicks]

Uggh, I'm starting to feel sick. If we blow a 3-0 lead after all of their playoff ineptitude, I don't know how I'm going to handle it. For one, I'll NEVER again pay more for cable just to watch regular season games. I'm still confident we can pull this out, but we had both of those games in the bag and blew it. Like I said earlier in the Playoffs. Protocol.

[ninersdd]

What's more embarrassing about is that Franzen missed some of the game with an injury, Zetterberg is coming off an injury, and Datsyuk playing hurt. They outworked us, plain and simple.

[Funky Bunky]

What's more embarrassing about is that Franzen missed some of the game with an injury, Zetterberg is coming off an injury, and Datsyuk playing hurt. They outworked us, plain and simple.

God must be a Ducks fan, because he seems to like messing with the Sharks a lot.

[Cujo]

Sharks always choke.

I'm just curious about what you have to say now. No, they haven't won the series nor have they gotten further than they did last year. It just seems that you have been awfully quiet lately.

There's one win....

And now there's two...

This is getting good, isn't it?

[Seadragon76]

Shark fans Anger Level: ELEVATED

This is starting to look like last season's Boston-Philadelphia series where the Flyers came back from a 3-0 series hole. San Jose needs to win Game 6... Last thing they want is a Red Wing team that's full of confidence.

[Roger Clemente]

What's more embarrassing about is that Franzen missed some of the game with an injury, Zetterberg is coming off an injury, and Datsyuk playing hurt. They outworked us, plain and simple.

God must be a Ducks fan, because he seems to like messing with the Sharks a lot.

I've always been saying that, because ducks don't need ice to walk on water. IMO, the only bad thing about being a Ducks fan is that the Letter D comes between the letters S and F on a keyboard.

[Corvus]

Uggh, I'm starting to feel sick. If we blow a 3-0 lead after all of their playoff ineptitude, I don't know how I'm going to handle it. For one, I'll NEVER again pay more for cable just to watch regular season games. I'm still confident we can pull this out, but we had both of those games in the bag and blew it. Like I said earlier in the Playoffs. Protocol.

Now you now how Canucks fans felt in Round 1. Or right now, for that matter.

I have a feeling that whoever comes out of the west might be so beat up that the eastern conf champ is going to win this thing.

[Lee.]

Between travel and an apparent inability to close, it's entirely possible. When the western conference encompasses 3/4 of the continent, there's definitely a bit of an uphill climb for the better teams

[GFB]

Believe me, there are plenty of Red Wing fan holdovers in Columbus. It's part of what makes the Red Wings so annoying. Every time the two teams play there's at least 5,000 Red Wings fans in attendance. In many cases I've seen people at a game wearing Blue Jackets stuff and then the very next game against Detroit they're in Red Wings gear. It's irritating as . One of my favorite Jackets games I've ever been to was a 1-0 overtime victory over Detroit, specifically because the several thousand Red Wings fans had literally nothing to cheer for.

As for me, I've hated the Red Wings since 1996, so pre Blue Jackets fandom. I didn't like their style of play, or their uniforms, or Mike Vernon and it's what drew me to the Avalanche.

Since the Blue Jackets came into the league my disdain for the franchise has grown. I'm jealous of their success and how spoiled their fans are. It's like I say about Steelers fans, it's easy to be a fan of the Red Wings. Red Wing fans my age don't know what it's like to be a fan of a crappy team. They don't even know what it's like to not make the playoffs and I hate them for that. I hated them "yankee-fying" their team in 2002. I hate them for sweeping the Blue Jackets out of the playoffs without even trying. I hate Holmstrom and Franzen and that their two best players were late round steals. I hate them for being the smartest team in the NHL both on the ice and in scouting and drafting.

I'm not over-embellishing how I feel. I can't wait until the Wings suck again, but I have a feeling I'll be waiting for a long time.

For the record though, I pulled for the Wings in both of the worst case scenario finals. I have a lot of respect for how the Red Wings operate and I would always rather Detroit get a title than the city of Pittsburgh.

I don't intend to get in the way of all the Red Wings hate being thrown around, but I have two issues with what you said:

1 - You have to realize that most Red Wings fans are also fans of the Lions or Tigers, so while we have high expectations, we do know how it feels to suffer through ineptitude for long periods of time.

2 - You hated the Wings for "yankee-fying" their team in 2002, but you didn't seem to have a problem with Avs doing pretty much the same thing, yet you were "drawn" to them...

Sorry for interrupting, please resume.

[Coast2CoastAM2006]

Believe me, there are plenty of Red Wing fan holdovers in Columbus. It's part of what makes the Red Wings so annoying. Every time the two teams play there's at least 5,000 Red Wings fans in attendance. In many cases I've seen people at a game wearing Blue Jackets stuff and then the very next game against Detroit they're in Red Wings gear. It's irritating as . One of my favorite Jackets games I've ever been to was a 1-0 overtime victory over Detroit, specifically because the several thousand Red Wings fans had literally nothing to cheer for.

As for me, I've hated the Red Wings since 1996, so pre Blue Jackets fandom. I didn't like their style of play, or their uniforms, or Mike Vernon and it's what drew me to the Avalanche.

Since the Blue Jackets came into the league my disdain for the franchise has grown. I'm jealous of their success and how spoiled their fans are. It's like I say about Steelers fans, it's easy to be a fan of the Red Wings. Red Wing fans my age don't know what it's like to be a fan of a crappy team. They don't even know what it's like to not make the playoffs and I hate them for that. I hated them "yankee-fying" their team in 2002. I hate them for sweeping the Blue Jackets out of the playoffs without even trying. I hate Holmstrom and Franzen and that their two best players were late round steals. I hate them for being the smartest team in the NHL both on the ice and in scouting and drafting.

I'm not over-embellishing how I feel. I can't wait until the Wings suck again, but I have a feeling I'll be waiting for a long time.

For the record though, I pulled for the Wings in both of the worst case scenario finals. I have a lot of respect for how the Red Wings operate and I would always rather Detroit get a title than the city of Pittsburgh.

I don't intend to get in the way of all the Red Wings hate being thrown around, but I have two issues with what you said:

1 - You have to realize that most Red Wings fans are also fans of the Lions or Tigers, so while we have high expectations, we do know how it feels to suffer through ineptitude for long periods of time.

2 - You hated the Wings for "yankee-fying" their team in 2002, but you didn't seem to have a problem with Avs doing pretty much the same thing, yet you were "drawn" to them...

Sorry for interrupting, please resume.

if i remember correctly at one point the avs accounted for 3/5 of the nhl starters in the starting line up in the all star game one year.

[Don]

Canucks jump out to a 2-0 lead and Ryan Kesler continues his Conn Smythe pursuit.

[Sport]

Believe me, there are plenty of Red Wing fan holdovers in Columbus. It's part of what makes the Red Wings so annoying. Every time the two teams play there's at least 5,000 Red Wings fans in attendance. In many cases I've seen people at a game wearing Blue Jackets stuff and then the very next game against Detroit they're in Red Wings gear. It's irritating as . One of my favorite Jackets games I've ever been to was a 1-0 overtime victory over Detroit, specifically because the several thousand Red Wings fans had literally nothing to cheer for.

As for me, I've hated the Red Wings since 1996, so pre Blue Jackets fandom. I didn't like their style of play, or their uniforms, or Mike Vernon and it's what drew me to the Avalanche.

Since the Blue Jackets came into the league my disdain for the franchise has grown. I'm jealous of their success and how spoiled their fans are. It's like I say about Steelers fans, it's easy to be a fan of the Red Wings. Red Wing fans my age don't know what it's like to be a fan of a crappy team. They don't even know what it's like to not make the playoffs and I hate them for that. I hated them "yankee-fying" their team in 2002. I hate them for sweeping the Blue Jackets out of the playoffs without even trying. I hate Holmstrom and Franzen and that their two best players were late round steals. I hate them for being the smartest team in the NHL both on the ice and in scouting and drafting.

I'm not over-embellishing how I feel. I can't wait until the Wings suck again, but I have a feeling I'll be waiting for a long time.

For the record though, I pulled for the Wings in both of the worst case scenario finals. I have a lot of respect for how the Red Wings operate and I would always rather Detroit get a title than the city of Pittsburgh.

I don't intend to get in the way of all the Red Wings hate being thrown around, but I have two issues with what you said:

1 - You have to realize that most Red Wings fans are also fans of the Lions or Tigers, so while we have high expectations, we do know how it feels to suffer through ineptitude for long periods of time.

2 - You hated the Wings for "yankee-fying" their team in 2002, but you didn't seem to have a problem with Avs doing pretty much the same thing, yet you were "drawn" to them...

Sorry for interrupting, please resume.

1. But when it comes to hockey your hockey lives are pretty easy. That's all I was talking about.

2. By the time the Avs really started loading up with free agents the Blue Jackets were my team and I had abandoned Colorado.

[charger77]

Believe me, there are plenty of Red Wing fan holdovers in Columbus. It's part of what makes the Red Wings so annoying. Every time the two teams play there's at least 5,000 Red Wings fans in attendance. In many cases I've seen people at a game wearing Blue Jackets stuff and then the very next game against Detroit they're in Red Wings gear. It's irritating as . One of my favorite Jackets games I've ever been to was a 1-0 overtime victory over Detroit, specifically because the several thousand Red Wings fans had literally nothing to cheer for.

As for me, I've hated the Red Wings since 1996, so pre Blue Jackets fandom. I didn't like their style of play, or their uniforms, or Mike Vernon and it's what drew me to the Avalanche.

Since the Blue Jackets came into the league my disdain for the franchise has grown. I'm jealous of their success and how spoiled their fans are. It's like I say about Steelers fans, it's easy to be a fan of the Red Wings. Red Wing fans my age don't know what it's like to be a fan of a crappy team. They don't even know what it's like to not make the playoffs and I hate them for that. I hated them "yankee-fying" their team in 2002. I hate them for sweeping the Blue Jackets out of the playoffs without even trying. I hate Holmstrom and Franzen and that their two best players were late round steals. I hate them for being the smartest team in the NHL both on the ice and in scouting and drafting.

I'm not over-embellishing how I feel. I can't wait until the Wings suck again, but I have a feeling I'll be waiting for a long time.

For the record though, I pulled for the Wings in both of the worst case scenario finals. I have a lot of respect for how the Red Wings operate and I would always rather Detroit get a title than the city of Pittsburgh.

I don't intend to get in the way of all the Red Wings hate being thrown around, but I have two issues with what you said:

1 - You have to realize that most Red Wings fans are also fans of the Lions or Tigers, so while we have high expectations, we do know how it feels to suffer through ineptitude for long periods of time.

2 - You hated the Wings for "yankee-fying" their team in 2002, but you didn't seem to have a problem with Avs doing pretty much the same thing, yet you were "drawn" to them...

Sorry for interrupting, please resume.

1. But when it comes to hockey your hockey lives are pretty easy. That's all I was talking about.

2. By the time the Avs really started loading up with free agents the Blue Jackets were my team and I had abandoned Colorado.

Aside from Kariya and Selanne what UFAs did Colorado go after? Most of LaCroix's handy work was done at the draft and trade deadline.

[Still MIGHTY]

Believe me, there are plenty of Red Wing fan holdovers in Columbus. It's part of what makes the Red Wings so annoying. Every time the two teams play there's at least 5,000 Red Wings fans in attendance. In many cases I've seen people at a game wearing Blue Jackets stuff and then the very next game against Detroit they're in Red Wings gear. It's irritating as . One of my favorite Jackets games I've ever been to was a 1-0 overtime victory over Detroit, specifically because the several thousand Red Wings fans had literally nothing to cheer for.

As for me, I've hated the Red Wings since 1996, so pre Blue Jackets fandom. I didn't like their style of play, or their uniforms, or Mike Vernon and it's what drew me to the Avalanche.

Since the Blue Jackets came into the league my disdain for the franchise has grown. I'm jealous of their success and how spoiled their fans are. It's like I say about Steelers fans, it's easy to be a fan of the Red Wings. Red Wing fans my age don't know what it's like to be a fan of a crappy team. They don't even know what it's like to not make the playoffs and I hate them for that. I hated them "yankee-fying" their team in 2002. I hate them for sweeping the Blue Jackets out of the playoffs without even trying. I hate Holmstrom and Franzen and that their two best players were late round steals. I hate them for being the smartest team in the NHL both on the ice and in scouting and drafting.

I'm not over-embellishing how I feel. I can't wait until the Wings suck again, but I have a feeling I'll be waiting for a long time.

For the record though, I pulled for the Wings in both of the worst case scenario finals. I have a lot of respect for how the Red Wings operate and I would always rather Detroit get a title than the city of Pittsburgh.

I don't intend to get in the way of all the Red Wings hate being thrown around, but I have two issues with what you said:

1 - You have to realize that most Red Wings fans are also fans of the Lions or Tigers, so while we have high expectations, we do know how it feels to suffer through ineptitude for long periods of time.

2 - You hated the Wings for "yankee-fying" their team in 2002, but you didn't seem to have a problem with Avs doing pretty much the same thing, yet you were "drawn" to them...

Sorry for interrupting, please resume.

1. But when it comes to hockey your hockey lives are pretty easy. That's all I was talking about.

2. By the time the Avs really started loading up with free agents the Blue Jackets were my team and I had abandoned Colorado.

Aside from Kariya and Selanne what UFAs did Colorado go after? Most of LaCroix's handy work was done at the draft and trade deadline.

Who were both huge busts with their worst seasons in Colorado.

[charger77]

Believe me, there are plenty of Red Wing fan holdovers in Columbus. It's part of what makes the Red Wings so annoying. Every time the two teams play there's at least 5,000 Red Wings fans in attendance. In many cases I've seen people at a game wearing Blue Jackets stuff and then the very next game against Detroit they're in Red Wings gear. It's irritating as . One of my favorite Jackets games I've ever been to was a 1-0 overtime victory over Detroit, specifically because the several thousand Red Wings fans had literally nothing to cheer for.

As for me, I've hated the Red Wings since 1996, so pre Blue Jackets fandom. I didn't like their style of play, or their uniforms, or Mike Vernon and it's what drew me to the Avalanche.

Since the Blue Jackets came into the league my disdain for the franchise has grown. I'm jealous of their success and how spoiled their fans are. It's like I say about Steelers fans, it's easy to be a fan of the Red Wings. Red Wing fans my age don't know what it's like to be a fan of a crappy team. They don't even know what it's like to not make the playoffs and I hate them for that. I hated them "yankee-fying" their team in 2002. I hate them for sweeping the Blue Jackets out of the playoffs without even trying. I hate Holmstrom and Franzen and that their two best players were late round steals. I hate them for being the smartest team in the NHL both on the ice and in scouting and drafting.

I'm not over-embellishing how I feel. I can't wait until the Wings suck again, but I have a feeling I'll be waiting for a long time.

For the record though, I pulled for the Wings in both of the worst case scenario finals. I have a lot of respect for how the Red Wings operate and I would always rather Detroit get a title than the city of Pittsburgh.

I don't intend to get in the way of all the Red Wings hate being thrown around, but I have two issues with what you said:

1 - You have to realize that most Red Wings fans are also fans of the Lions or Tigers, so while we have high expectations, we do know how it feels to suffer through ineptitude for long periods of time.

2 - You hated the Wings for "yankee-fying" their team in 2002, but you didn't seem to have a problem with Avs doing pretty much the same thing, yet you were "drawn" to them...

Sorry for interrupting, please resume.

1. But when it comes to hockey your hockey lives are pretty easy. That's all I was talking about.

2. By the time the Avs really started loading up with free agents the Blue Jackets were my team and I had abandoned Colorado.

Aside from Kariya and Selanne what UFAs did Colorado go after? Most of LaCroix's handy work was done at the draft and trade deadline.

Who were both huge busts with their worst seasons in Colorado.

Bourque, Fleury, Kasparitis, etc... were all trades.

[Viper]

Needing a goal to stay alive, the Preds basically mailed in the last 30 seconds or so. They just dumped it into Vancouver's end a couple of times, still managed to get off a last-second shot but it wasn't enough, and now the Canucks are in the West final.

[Roger Clemente]

So now that Vancouver has moved on, this means that all six Canadian teams have made it to at least the conference finals in the last nine seasons.

The only upside to the Predators being eliminated is that Barry Trotz now has more time to market his swimsuit calendar.

[Evil Doctor]

The better team did not win this series. enjoy getting swept in round 2, nucks.

I think we need to be reminded of this post.... :

[NEW.ERA]

Go Sharks/Wings.

Preds just didn't get nearly enough Quality shots in this series, that and Ryan Kesler proved he IS the Canucks best player.