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I hope your wrong also;)

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http://sports.nationalpost.com/2011/...es-in-windsor/

This is just bad. If this continues the leagues hand may be forced.

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FIRST: That is why I love hockey...what an amazing game.

SECOND: Congrats to the Tampa Bay Lightning. With a 1st year GM (Yzerman) and 1st year coach (Boucher), 10 of their 20 players new to the team, and without a trip to the playoffs in several seasons, they go to game 7 of the Eastern Finals. They should be a force to reckon with again next season.

THIRD: Steve Stamkos. That is a freaking hockey player.

FOURTH: Nathan Horton...first time in the playoffs in his career. Two Game 7 GWG. Wow.

FINALLY: Let's Go Bruins! Bring that Cup back to Beantown!! :wnr

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Sad news indeed, Mike.

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I hope the bruins win it in 6 or 7! That way I can be back in the states to see it!

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Understood....though I could live with a Boston sweep. ;)

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Great game last night,let me say I am not a Claude Julien fan and want his head on a stick.
Claude did a masterful job with personnel match ups and took ice time away from non performers instead of same old, same old, man is he a stubborn guy.

The B's aren't going to roll over for Vancouver. The Canucks are going to have to deal with Chara and Seidenberg, Thomas has never lost to Vancouver with two shutouts and a one goal game.

Should be physical series if the B's keep the penalties to a minimum, I like the Bruins in six.-(P

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I can't believe there wasn't a single penalty called in this game. Talk about skewing results. One team is 8% the PP and the other is almost guaranteed to score. I am sure that is why Boucher was pissed when the call was reversed on his own player.

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I could handle that as well!!

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The ref's don't blow whistles in game sevens,yeah they let a few go,it was a clean hard fought game.
What is in the past is in the past there is no guarantees that Tampa would have scored on the PP, for the most part they were shut down the whole series.
Tampa was lucky the score was just one they were dominated the whole game.

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We watched different games.

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I was looking at the Stanley Cup Finals Schedule and the NBA Finals Schedule, and there is a very good chance that the NBA could finish before the NHL this year.
If there is a sweep in both leagues or both leagues go to a game 7 or even if they go an equal amount of games to close the series the NBA will finish first. I don't think this has ever happened before.
I think this sucks! I don't think it's good for the Sport of Hockey in anyway
It goes way to late in the year, and with baseball in full swing and going up directly against the NBA finals, people can loose interest.
The five games the Bruins played in April to close out the season took almost 2 weeks.
They could find a way to move those games into the regular season and close the season out by the end of March or the first couple of days in April not the middle of April.:2

I mean the NBA Starts a month after the NHL, they Play the same amount of games and hockey takes longer.:bh

What do you think??

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Atlanta has officially sent it's NHL franchise North for a second time. I wonder if Winterpeg will choose to revive the Jet's name or go with a new one.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...rticle2041077/

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I for one would love to see the Jet's return! At least the teams have both gone to Canadian cities.

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If it had been Phoenix moving back to Winnipeg then I'm sure it would have been the Jet's without question, but given that the Coyotes are staying put are the Thrashers really the Jets? That'd be like moving the Hurricanes or Blue Jackets to Quebec City and renaming them the Nordiques despite the fact that the Avalanche are still around. Seems a bit uncomfortable to me.

True North also owns Vancouver's farm team the Manitoba Moose which already has a strong following in Winnipeg so they may choose to transfer that name to the NHL and sell of the Moose without a name and let that new owner (looking to be St. John's NL where ironically Moose would be a prefect name to connect local culture) re-brand that team for the local market.

Ultimately True North may not have any say, they need the fans support to make this acquisition work and the citizen's of Winnipeg have a deep attachment to the old Jet's name and franchise.

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I vote for the Jets!

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Joe I agree this is crazy. Taking a whole week break just raises eyebrows when its not needed. Well the Canucks I am sure wanted it as apparently eirhoff and Rome will get back and heard rumors of Manny. Dont think the Bs needed it.

Winnipeg is now the new smallest market in thr NHL this just seems to have the potential to backfire. An interesting thing is they are already placing residents in an interesting situation which apparently Minnesota did also. All seats require atleast a 3 year contract some a 5 year. The lower seats 129 in are demanding a 5 year commitment. Which is about 30 grand. Now given nobody gets one seat you are looking at a 60k guarantee for the next 5 years. This just seems like a bad sign already. I am sure that doesnt include a price freeze so you will end up over 60 for two in the end. Another interesting thing which I think is a sign of potential issues is while the lower seats are cheap compared to other rinks the cheapest upper seat is more then most arenas. Now they are asking for a 5 year commitment on those suprising cheap lower seats. I just see people being locked in and the team raising prices to be consistent with other teams and people getting pissed.

http://driveto13.com/price.php

Edit: holy crap 64.00 for third deck center area which is pretty wide. That pricing structure is pretty bad on a lot of seats outside of a few teams. I never thought san jose had great prices untill now. My seats would be almost $20 more per game.

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Can't we all just throw octopi and get along?



BTW, I agree with reviving the Jets name in Winnipeg. My fingers are still crossed for a move Wing's move to the East.

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The Jets are in Phoenix, they need a new name. ;)

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:td

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X2

Our new doormat is not allowed to leave. We have a few more years worth of revenge in us. I think I would actually miss the Sharks Nemesis. Life would be boring if we couldnt hate the wings.

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Yes! Bring back the Whalers!~

:lr

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:wo :tu

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I don't understand why anyone would want to move a team to Winnipeg?
This franchise is doomed from the start?

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I believe a city have to meet season ticket criteria before the NHL will even consider them, so Winnipeg must have shown them something.

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OUCH...that is an S5.





Agree with what most said here, I don't understand/am frustrated with the long layoff...

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That's it? Wow, that pricing is a bargain for a Canadian market team. The equivalent upper bowl seat in Rogers Arena would be $85 for a game that no one cares about, $110 - $120 for a premium game like Original 6 or divisional rival. Lower bowl tickets run $110 - $200+.

That franchise has a better chance than most of the struggling Southern US markets. Most market studies have shown that you need a min pop. of 800,000 in a Canadian market to support an NHL team. Winnipeg meets that and, despite not having had an NHL franchise for 15 years still has some of the most loyal fan base in the league. It'll never be a big market like a Montreal, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, NY, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, etc but it'll more than support itself.

A large part of what drove the Jet's out in the mid-90's was the cost of replacing an ancient stadium that no longer met NHL standards combined with a weak CDN dollar vs player's salaries paid in USD and a run away salary market plus a weak economy. None of those issues are factors anymore.

The long layover has been very frustrating, I think it's mostly trying to work around scheduling conflicts with other events in the 2 rinks. I'm betting there was also a component of wanting to make sure that the Eastern winner had enough rest to make it an entertaining series. Yet again the West Coast gets screwed by the NHL's slavish devotion to the TV market in the Eastern time zone, 5PM PDT starts for all games is BS... God forbid someone in the east might loose some beauty sleep from having to watch a hockey game that starts later than 8PM. All that said, can't wait to get this series rolling tomorrow night!

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I just want to see that giant portrait of the Queen! :D

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http://www.globalwinnipeg.com/topics...?size=sw380nws

http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/ph...n-portrait.jpg

5x7m. Apparently has been in storage in Whitby, Ontario and for sale since 2007 :r

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Game 1 tonight! Gonna get me some good beer and watch this with my dad. Lets go bruins!

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'Bout time...........

But wouldn't you know it, I'll have to watch it on DVR. Not that I would be watching hockey during the live broacast, it will just be 14-18 y/o skaters...:ih

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Of course...it has been CUT IN HALF!! :r

I have my own game tonight as well and will be doing the late night TiVo.

LET'S GO BRUINS!

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About time, listening to all the trash talk coming out of Vancouver and the talking heads, I don't know if the B's should even show up tonight? :r
Lets get it on!!

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I think it was always two separate paintings instead of one massive (377.2 sq ft) canvas.

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Colin Campbell is resigning as head of disciplinary action. Apparently Shanahan is the favourite to replace him.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...rticle2043139/

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Thank God. Campbell is a POS. Hopefully the wheel of justice is gone and there will be some consistency. There was no doubt Stars were given much more rope with him.

Think someone in Canucks organization has nudes of Bettman. :r Long break before cup giving Eirhoff and Rome extra time to heal, team moving back to Winnipeg, and now Campbells out just before the series starts.

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God Save the Queen!! :D

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Always liked Shanahan. Of course I'm partial to guys that have hoisted the cup wearing a winged wheel.

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Great player, but I always wanted to smash him in the face.

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lol! Campbell would have recused himself from the Finals anyways given that his son is playing. In reality he's being forced out because the old boys club is afraid there will be an incident involving his son that will result in the NHL having egg on it's face, that and they're tired of the fact that his Spinning Wheel of Randomized Justice has become the laughing stock of the game (if not professional sport in general).

The Canucks only had a long break because we didn't need 7 games to advance to the Final... and you forgot about Malhotra ;)

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Can't wait for tonights game either...and the Panthers announced their new manager today, Kevin Dineen, spent the last 6 years coaching AHL in Portland, hopefully he can help turn things around down here...

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Nope I mentioned him on the last page wherr I comented on the long break go check.

I got to get to chicago and go to a cubbies day game. Just watched the game with the boy. Said it looked like fun there.

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Wrigley is great, except for all the losing and everything, Mike. :r

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Must have missed that. If the rumor floating around town today are correct it should be quite a pre-game show... apparently the Canucks entry song will be performed live ;)

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I think it would be fun with dad and uncle hog. :tu

Lets go Boston! As hard as that is to say, the alternative is harder.

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:tpd:

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Music to my ears :r:D

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I'm In! :D

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Just got to keep you out of the beer garden.

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BOOM, scratch 1!!! 3 more to go ;)

Again with the ref'ing in consistency. Zero penalties in the Boston-Tampa Game 7 to that schmozzle? What joke. They really need to pick how they want to call the games and stick with it. Game 2 will be another one where the whistles are put in the ref's pockets :bdh