Originally Posted By Labuda Nice to see the Sharks are continuing to be the biggest choke artists in the NHL. Go Hawks! Oh, and in the east, I'm cheering for Philly. I hope they win the Cup this year.
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE The Hawks are winning, but have been out chanced , they are scoring on shots that usually should be stopped, the next hurdle for the hawks though is to win at home , hope they lose one game at least so GoofyDH can see game 5 back in the Shark Tank... Right now Philly looks good , Hab Town will be a noisy place . Just have to wait to see if Philly shows up, or if the Habs come back to life .once more..
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Seriously, if a team is going to keep blaming officiating or other external forces when they get to this level, they'll never improve and go to the next one. Last year, the Hawks lost in the Conference Finals. Rather than say they got ripped off, they looked inward and made some changes. They signed John Madden, Marion Hossa, let Khabibulin walk, settled on a tandem of Huet and Niemi and then just Niemi for the playoffs. Vancouver, well, they repeated last year.
Originally Posted By Labuda SPP - you managed to hit on, in post 64, exactly why I don't want the Hawks to win the Cup - Hossa. I'm still pissed that he up and left Detroit after we lost the Cup last year.
Originally Posted By brotherdave Don't forget that Hossa left the Penguins when they lost the Cup to Detroit the year before. Hossa's been to the Cup twice in the last two years and lost it twice. If Chicago gets to the Cup finals (and it looks like they possibly will), beware of the Hossa curse!
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Oh yeah, Hossa's a mercenary, no question. He's only 31 and has already played for Ottawa, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Detroit and now Chicago. He signed a 12 year deal with Chicago, though, so maybe he's staying put. The Hawks also signed Duncan Keith to a 13 year deal, so I guess they'll all grow old together.
Originally Posted By Labuda Yeah, right now I'm just glad I didn't buy any Hossa Red Wings gear, I guess. LOL I only have Datsyuk and Ozzy and Stuart's names on my NHL clothes.
Originally Posted By brotherdave Same here with Penguins' Hossa gear! Funny thing is I know of someone who wore his Penguin's Hossa shirt for Game 7 and swears that by doing that he jinxed him and the Wings last year! Bad for Labuda's team, good for mine!!!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 3-0 Hawks ! Even with 2nd game of the series where officials seem to be trying to keep it close 5-0 in penatlies game 1 and 6-2 this game..including two complete flops by Sharks players...they're done. btw-- have my Hossa throw back jersey - like him because he's from same country as one Grandma....
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Let me repeat- all the Blackhawks do is win. Stan Mikita was in the house tonight, ensuring all was well.
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Stan Mikita was one of the best hockey players in Chicago's history , We grew up watching these players ,,Eric Nesterenko was brilliant as was Glenn Hall, Toni Esposito so many hawks, now those were great players....just to name a few We enjoyed meeting many of the players in our home , John Ferguson, Bruce Gamble, Jean Beliveau, Charlie Hodge, Bobby Hull, Barry Beck, Gary Lupul, The Gumper....we used to baby sit Troy Gamble when he was a youngster.... Pavel bure, Gino , I always made sure when the Russian players signed our jerseys and pictures they signed their name in Russian ... Igor Laronov signed our soccer ball for us...... Pass holder...yes it is true Chicago is winning, to-nite they did not deserve to win in regulation time , in ot they did.... scored a brilliant ot goal, were you trying to rub a lil salt in the canucks wounds there, passholder, well only if you were.. no matter how far the Hawks go , it doesn't matter, had the Vancouver Canucks not played the series against Chicago on one leg with all the injuries they had, even the poor officiating in game 3 , would not have made a difference, hawks would have been done like dinner, so gloat all you want you have won that honour ...but leave the ridcule out of it, if it was there,that is old news......the sharks may be done now, but the hardest game to win is the last, just ask the Bruins, the hawks still have not proven they can win at home, this to nite was not a win it was a close shave....now I like the Hawks, I always have...hope they play the habs, could be a real fast skating series...who do think will win the philly series....if it goes seven...i would give it to the Habs ..Dave your in this one too ...ha ha ha...your team has done well, great ot goal, to nite..
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE passholder..I am only joshing you, the Canucks were beat by a very talented Hockey Team , you know the fans here have been after these guys to bring in players like Keith , Seabrooke , Toews, they had their chances to sign Pronger, along with a few others , the real reason they lost to Chicago is because they were out coached...having talented players is one thing as both teams did, placing those players in a system they believe in is another thing, sure the canucks beat the hawks soundly in game one, sure they should have won game two, sure bad calls highloghted game three, but they still had enough quality chances to over come that and they didn;t , game four they had chances early but stupid penalties and injuries made it easy for chicago to out wit them, game five chicago forgot all they learned in game four, game 6 chicago remembered all they forgot in game five....Canucks were hurting, but in our mind they just would not be able to go any further if they had of won, this makes for a great final against who, i have no idea, so enjoy your team, you just never know what next year brings we unfortunately do, unless they make some serious moves....
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I would like Montreal- only to avenge the 1973 loss in game 7 @ the Stadium-- broke my heart 3-2. glad you mentioned the coaching - as Denny Savard would not have the Hawks where they are today - way too close to the players. Glad he is still with organization, but not as coach. Tink - met many of the same players you did - in fact just pulled out Stadium game guides - all autographed from 1964 -- 65 -66 etc.. Hawks and Rangers - Bruins- Canadiens etc. did you ever go to the Billy Goat afterwards to hang with the players as well ? good times
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Back in those days we were just kids with the likes of Bruce Gamble, Ferguson , Hodge, others, they were really good friends with my Dad...who has now passed away... The older years I played soccer with Barry Beck, was a friend of Larry Hale who played for the LA Blades of the Western Hockey Leaque...Willie O'ree was just the fastest skater ever.. Many of the Canucks Lupul, Steamer, Courtnal brothers, Snepts, Tanti, Gradin, they all headed to the Admiral from time to time.. Really had our Canucks not made Luongo Capt , had Luongo not changed his stlye into being a butterfly flopper, instead of a Ceasre Maniago, Ken Dryden, Glenn Hall, Eddie Giacomin Goal tender , many goals would have been saves instead.. We simply had too many injuries, no bench strength, were out coached by a Great Coach...Chicago may find they may lose some players because they will demand so much money...this happens to a lot of teams...all we needed was a Pronger, Hossa, Keith, Chelios, speaking of Chelios, I would take him for a year , what an asset to help building a solid blue line, he was a fav of mine alright..
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Watching Russia right now play Germany 1-1 tie , Russia on a power play, four minutes to go...winner goes to final...Russia pretty well has their Olympic Team...there, Canada had a B team and were bounced by the Russians, they didn;t have much of a chance, all our best players are still playing, with a few not wanting to go, they had some good players, Russia just scored, Datsuk to go ahead 2-1 with a minute or so to go...they deserve it..
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Russia barely held on for the Victory, Germany almost tied it up, Russia deserved the win though, they had so many chances...
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Habs are in trouble , they looked tired especially in the 2nd , forgot it was an afternoon game, so silly, game should have been this evening . Philly looks like they want it more, Habs need a goal in the 3rd..pretty quick...
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Habs seemed to have nothing left compared to the team that played the last game , 3 shut outs for Leighton , this kid has really done well.. 23 seconds left....game over 3-0 Philly..habs absolutely should be blasted, only Halak came to play , this was a very poor performance....and Philly was great ethier but they were 100 per cent better than the Habs..
