[NHL] Official Playoffs 2011 Thread

Kerosene31 said:
Actually the TV contract is expiring and it is strongly rumored that ESPN, VS/NBC and someone else not named are bidding. It isn't crazy to think that ESPN wants hockey back.
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Fox and Turner are the ones that isn't officially named to be looking to land the NHL contract. It makes sense for Fox since they already have a lot of the regional coverage. Although with the way it's been reported, Fox would put the NHL on FX and Turner would put it on TruTV.
 
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sports on cable is the only reason I haven't cancelled my cable....and they know it too. A lot of the chicago games are on comcast sportsnet....go figure.
 
I was unable to see any of the games except for most of the Vancouver-Chicago game. Complete role reversal from the past 2 meetings in the playoffs.
 
Xcursion said:
Fox and Turner are the ones that isn't officially named to be looking to land the NHL contract. It makes sense for Fox since they already have a lot of the regional coverage. Although with the way it's been reported, Fox would put the NHL on FX and Turner would put it on TruTV.
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Maybe they'll bring back Fox Trax? That made it so much easier to see the puck! :heart:
 
the caps dominated the rangers through the entire game.

they just couldn't get the puck in the net until the 3rd period.
 
Pagy said:
you mean the other two times vancouver won game 1? :p
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No, I mean how they were in control of the momentum and played a shutdown game. Vancouver got a lot better defensively during the off-season and finally have all of their defensemen healthy. Chicago lost a chunk of players that helped them win last year.
 
Xcursion said:
No, I mean how they were in control of the momentum and played a shutdown game. Vancouver got a lot better defensively during the off-season and finally have all of their defensemen healthy. Chicago lost a chunk of players that helped them win last year.
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VAN got a little lucky... CHI was getting a ton of chances and hit the posts a couple of times. I guarantee you that it won't be an easy series for either team.
 
Xcursion said:
No, I mean how they were in control of the momentum and played a shutdown game. Vancouver got a lot better defensively during the off-season and finally have all of their defensemen healthy. Chicago lost a chunk of players that helped them win last year.
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well i guess i didn't see it that way. They won game 1 5-1 last year in a much more convincing fashion than last night.

chicago hit a few posts and came very close last night... the 2nd nucks goal was a bad play by chicago's best defenseman... it was a lot closer than you're giving credit for.
 
Pagy said:
well i guess i didn't see it that way. They won game 1 5-1 last year in a much more convincing fashion than last night.

chicago hit a few posts and came very close last night... the 2nd nucks goal was a bad play by chicago's best defenseman... it was a lot closer than you're giving credit for.
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I didn't seethe start of the game so I actually missed the goals. But from what I did see, Vancouver was keeping control of the game and playing to protect their lead and not build on it. I saw a Chicago team that barely squeaked into the playoffs playing like the team that barely got in. Not like the defending Stanley Cup champions. I saw Vancouver playing as a fairly strong team that is better than their regular season form since all of their main defensemen were there. They certainly can be exposed, as evident by their 2 loses to Edmonton at the end of the season. I don't think Chicago will win more than 2 games in this series.
 
chicago looks they have the finals hangover... it's hard to play 82 games that matter, win the cup, have a limited summer and back at it this year...

their player losses impacted it a bit but i don't think as much as people claim... i think the loss of players will impact them now more than the reg season
 
That's 1 for Nashville. Be nice to take game 2 Friday and set me up to see a potential sweep at home. *fingers crossed*
 
Pagy said:
hopefully fish can get the sens another draft pick by winning a round haha
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lol

it's a weird feeling just before game 1, because it's really hard to tell if the sharks are about to start a fun/entertaining/deep playoff run & hopefully win the west at least, or they're about to begin being swept out of the first round lol
 
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