OT- Stanley Cup Playoffs Day 1 open thread
Games tonight:
- Senators vs Canadiens on now, CBC (for me) or NHL network
- Islanders vs Capitals on now, USA
- Blackhawks vs Predators. 8:30 on NBCSN
- Flames vs Canucks 10 on CBC or USA
With cable login I think you can get these all for free on NBC's Live Extra app or website.
want to play the Sens right now. They've been tearing it up the last 6 weeks or so.
Go Hawks. Kaner back, now to tear up the Preds
As a Red Wings fan now living in the Chicago area.. I say "anyone but Chicago" please.
I too still hate the Blackhawks even though the Wings are in the East now, but I must admit the Hawks are a pretty fun team to watch. And I don't really like the Preds either.
I'm a Chicagoan until Chicago ends so I say and have always said... F the Deadwings! Goodness, I almost hate Boston as much though if that counts for anything.
Also Pavel looks like Jimmy Neutron!
"Deadwings" stopped being a thing in the 80s. But nice try.
No, no they didn't. It's still a thing. 
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Did it go in?... I think it did, PLENTY of pucks get tipped. Game 7 Hawks vs Kings OT puck got tipped past. Kings still went on to win the Cup, shit of dip.
We will have fun being the Blackhawks of the NHL thank you. Good luck in the East and rebuilding after this year.
Good luck being the Notre Dame of the NHL.
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There's a lot that you can do about tipped pucks as a goalie. There's a lot that you can do about a tipped puck as a defenseman.
The gif doesn't imply anything idiot. The gif shows Seebs scoring the winning goal vs the Wings in game 7 OT. There's nothing to imply. Shit of Dip.
As for following another blog, didn't you join after I did? Go grab me a water rookie.
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Congrats. I was studying I've been here since '12. Just finally wanted to post this year. *thumbs up*
Regardless... Go Hawks!
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So, I take it you were recently banned and forced to re-register? (I kind of doubt that you just lurked for six years.) Maybe you want to tone down the name-calling.
April 15th, 2015 at 10:18 PM ^
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the team gets respect and has been a bellweather for pro hockey for nearly a 1/4 century. they have great rivalries, no referees that hand them games, and i don't know that i've ever met a wing-hater. i'm sure they exist, but when you bump into folks from montreal or toronto (for instance) they don't run the wings down, as indeed i wouldn't do to those storied franchises.
April 15th, 2015 at 11:05 PM ^
is full of Wing haters. Chicago and STL don't like Detroit much.
April 16th, 2015 at 10:22 AM ^
An ex co-worker previously from Michigan and myself are the only Wings fans I've met down here. Other than Chicago possibly, tend to be the most disliked team around here.
Have fun being the Spartan fans of the NHL!
I used to live across the street from the Tin Lizzy on Clark Street. The same fans showing up Saturday in green were the same ones showing up Sundays in red and white. I would suppose there are more fans that are sparty fans that are also red wings fans.
April 15th, 2015 at 10:24 PM ^
I'd give that award to Penguin fans.
April 15th, 2015 at 11:07 PM ^
As ignorant as Chicago fans are...Pitt takes the cake.
Now I understand why everyone hates Manchester City. Have fun with those franchise killing contracts. Maybe you can cash in on getting a couple of top draft picks before another salary cap comes down again.
Well this is awkward (I'm a currently furious City fan...should dump the whole team besides Kompany, Aguero, Silva and Zabaleta)
April 16th, 2015 at 10:24 AM ^
The alternative jersey in blue and yellow <3
Saw the City vs Chelsea game in town here and had a hard time choosing between honestly, Dzeko tore up the 2nd half and was an unstoppable beast.
I like city > Man U by far.
Yeah, but it isn't.
That definitely happened.
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Considering the Wings haven't missed the playoffs in 24 years and a won a handful of cups along the way, and the Hawks (until recently) made the playoffs once between 1997 and 2007, I'd be careful about the walls of the glass house you are residing in around Chicagoland.
Chicago fans might as well be from Miami. If the team isn't competitive, it ceases to exist.
It's cute to see how much people don't know about the NHL though. Ownership (just not giving a fk) was the reason Chicago wasn't on TV or doing much the past 2 decades after breaking up a great team.
I'll let you do some searching of the players and teams that they have had. Original 6 team. Loyal fan base even during the dark ages.
Go Hawks. Next you'll be saying that the Pistons are a better organization than the Bulls or same with the Lions.. smh.
Let me take a guess here and say that Go Blue, when facing or speaking of The Ohio State Buckeyes/Michigan St./Notre Dame, is often preceded and/or followed by a not so great comment about our bitter rival for most fans. Correct? Would that not translate to other sport rivalries? I'll let that idea sit there, nothing else is needed to be said regarding that. Did I say Detroit sucks or was not a model organization for the NHL or didn't have talent?... Pavel still looks like Jimmy Neutron. Go Hawks, was my original statement. I'm starting to think that complete reading and comprehending isn't a strong point for quite a few people tonight.
By me, the Detroit Red Wings are called the Deadwings. Calling the Buckeyes the "Suckeyes" doesn't take away from their talent or championship ability, correct?
Please read before commenting. I don't really care about the downvoting I really haven't the faintest idea what that even means or does.
Right. Calling the Red Wings the Deadwings or OSU the Suckeyes doesn't take away from their talent. It is, however, infantile and that is generally frowned upon in these parts.
April 15th, 2015 at 10:26 PM ^
when your point total reads -99999
April 15th, 2015 at 10:30 PM ^
Probably not but who knows? I can't read the future.
Did you know: The 17-65 Chicago Bulls (99-00) led the NBA in attendance?
A whopping TWO years removed from an NBA title (their sixth in eight years)! What diehards.
... and continued to be in the top 5 of attendence through the entire awfulness of the 00's. Say what you will about Chicago fans, but I don't think their loyalty should ever be questioned.
I second that... as a life-long die-hard Cubs Fan.... sigh.
April 16th, 2015 at 10:25 AM ^
Who are the Cubs?
April 16th, 2015 at 11:16 AM ^
That OTHER team that Theo Owns... would have been my answer 2 years ago lol. They actually looked very good towards the end of last season and with the talent this year should contend for the pennant (on paper). Lotta youth but we shall see.
Would say that the Blackhawks has a wall of glass anywhere near their organization. Those contracts are loaded and deserved yet they don't take away from the rest of the team or the cap rising next year. ALSO, I have a feeling that Q and Bowman will be okay with resignings and calling up from the AHL for a few years out.
Detroit looks to have quite a few of the same issues resigning players even with the cap going up 5 million.
I unfortunately don't have CapGeek anymore to prove this, but that's not true at all re: the respective caps. For one thing Chicago was shopping Sharp (not just cuz he was schlupping his teammate's wife) due to his cap hit. The new deals for Kane and Toews are certainly deserved, but depending on how the cap rises it could significantly impact their ability to sign UFAs or re-up Saad without an offer sheet.
The Wings have cap concerns, sure...Howard if he isn't the goalie going forward and Weiss are concerns. But Kronner, Pav and Hank are on good cap hits. Weiss and Ericsson are kinda bad contracts, but don't have a ton of term. And then Franzen could be a problem with cap recapture, but the Hawks have the same problem if/when Hossa retires (unless he retires due to injury). Franzen will most likely get LTIR'd like Pronger/Savard/etc and not be an issue to the cap.
The Blackhawks have done a nice job of drafting (with the benefit of being awful a few years ago and getting top picks) and development, but they are going to have trouble retaining the whole of their core.
Okay regarding the cap. The Blackhawks are at 65 Million and the Wings are at 64. That's the point there. Secondly the hawks have to decide on Sharp, Bickel, Hossa, Seebs. Maybe one of those players is going to go, I doubt if any. Sharp had hints of being shopped to see what was being offered for a younger player. I doubt he goes anywhere. Oduya is probably gone as is Carbomb and Roz. Richards may retire. Saad is only 21, he will be resigned.
I don't see where any core players would be not returnind minus Oduya/Richards. If the cap doesn't go up I'm sure Saad won't sign for 5 million and Kruger won't get 3. We are pretty solid minus the question about the 4 I named earlier. Sharp/Bick/Richards/Hossa. Bickel and AHL player dealt maybe to sign Saad if need be.
It's not about 65 vs 64 it's what makes up those numbers and who is tied up long term, who is still on entry deals etc.
You're flat out wrong if you think that's a better cap situation than the Wings. Not better team, because obviously I'd love to have two starslike Kane and Toews in their prime on the Wings, but the Wings have virtually no choices like the ones you mentioned. We can resign Tatar, Nyquist and the young d- prospects we have fairly easily.
It's a nice problem to have, one of the pitfalls of having a pretty good team.
The 64 and 65 million dollar issues are similar because of the players that we do have locked up and who's not locked up. Yes, Bick/Sharp/Saad/Richards/Hossa are amazing players. But to think that they won't sign at least 3 of them back is crazy. The only choices we have are the 4 that I mentioned and that's just getting rid of one. I'm not saying that the Hawks don't have an issue but I don't see it as a huge issue. Signing our youth will be easy this year and we have some very long contracts out there. Next year it might be even easier. The only people we have to worry about signing are those 4. Maybe Darling for depth.
I'm sure quite a few other teams would love to have these types of issues. LA is getting old, very old. Boston... lord knows about them. Pitt needs defense something bad, same with Washington. Blues look good, Wild look good and Preds are building something nice there. Habs and Rangers and Islanders could be doing something nice there but that was said about Vancouver a few years ago, and until you do... you don't.