The Official Neowin NHL Playoff Thread

[Cara Veteran]

I'm tempted to start supporting the teams I don't like, the ones I support seem to loose quickly. ;)

[djlethal01]

well its 5-1, whats up with the Canucks having these blowouts? I hope cloutier isnt pulling what he did last year..

[djlethal01]

Jarko Ruttu=Funny mofo..

[CatnipOligarchy]

well vancouver got owned by minnesota...can they pull it off again? i dont see why not...ducks/wild....who would have even imagined those teams might be matching up in the conference finals :laugh:

[Cara Veteran]

well vancouver got owned by minnesota...can they pull it off again? i dont see why not...ducks/wild....who would have even imagined those teams might be matching up in the conference finals :laugh:

In preparation...I'm going to go buy a Duck Call, Ducks Jersey, Hat...the whole 9 yards...

My secret strategy to get them to loose is pulling together! MUHAHAHA!

[CatnipOligarchy]

In preparation...I'm going to go buy a Duck Call, Ducks Jersey, Hat...the whole 9 yards...

My secret strategy to get them to loose is pulling together! MUHAHAHA!

then what are you gonna do with the stuff afterwards? perhaps sacrifice it to the hockey gods?...they might not be pleased

[Callaway]

Go WILD! Kiss the canucks goood bye? :punk:

[CatnipOligarchy]

Go WILD! Kiss the canucks goood bye? :punk:

i was kinda pulling for the canucks at first, but i figured they would have to play the avs this round...so im gonna go with the big underdog again...go wild!

[Stone Gaijin]

w00t Wild all the way to the Ducks !!! and onto the Cup.

(Hey, I'm in Minneapolis, what can I say?)

Oh yeah I know! WILD

[ISOPimp]

This is sad. Cancucks are playing like they got lead bars up their arses or something. They have no drive for the puck. I dont think cloutier played bad this game (game 6), he isnt getting any help from the defence (or forwards for that matter). The canucks better start skating or they will be hittin the links on friday.

[lawtai]

I think the canucks'll pull it out and win the series still

[briangw]

Oh yeah! First, my Buckeyes, now the Wild could get the shot! I love it.

[neowin_hipster]

Wake up call! Cloutier has always been a backup goalie. His puck handling skills are worse than mine, though I'm pretty good, he's got poor/non-existant technique (since forever. I wish the canucks finally got a good goalie coach. I've been years for one!), and he doesn't do well against rebounds. That goal last night, the stacked pads one, he had enough time to cover the whole net. It's an easy save. Trust me. Why the hell did he stack!?. Worse yet, he collapses under pressure if things don't go his way. Canucks have jugled goalies forever, some of them pretty good. I'm sure if you give some other backup goalies a chance they could do better or as good as cloutier. He's not yet ready for prime time but who else, skudra or auld. They should be in the AHL.

Well, since i'm not a bandwagon fan, like soo many people are, I still support the canucks. You shouldn't really blame it on cloutier though. He's doing his best but he just ins't ready. All good goalies thrive under pressure and step the game up seriously. Our "Top" line needs to start playing real hockey.

The only line on the canucks worth a damn is the one with jovo, klatt, and the sedins. They seem to be getting all the chances by playing tough hockey and creating traffic. The wild goalie's, both, aren't good in those situations. They're lucky the wild has good d-men to help them out. Naslund's up against fairly good D-men and all he does is try to be pretty. That ain't gonna work.

One more thing, the canucks get too frustrated. We easily owned the first period last night got some good chances but we didn't score and seemed to collapse in the 2nd.

RUUTU Should have cleared the bench. (you know, skate by and take off their heads with his stick :p)

[youm0nt Veteran]

Jarko Ruttu=Funny mofo..

:laugh: look at the guys whos laughing :laugh:

[BroChaos Veteran]

hey anyone going to any of the ducks vs. wild/nucks games? i got tickets to a game, but i'm not sure if it's game 1 or game 2. if you're gonna be there, lemme know!!

[bayrider]

isnt there a date on the ticket?

[BroChaos Veteran]

i haven't gotten em yet, but as soon as i do, i'll post it.

[bayrider]

well hopefully it will be a great game vs the Wild ;)

[djlethal01]

1 hour till game time, I cant wait!

[CatnipOligarchy]

hey anyone going to any of the ducks vs. wild/nucks games? i got tickets to a game, but i'm not sure if it's game 1 or game 2. if you're gonna be there, lemme know!!

i would go if any of those games were anywhere near here...traveling to minnesota, LA, or vancouver isnt exactly an easy trip for me though...maybe someone here will be going to some atlanta playoff games next season :)

[Steven]

2-1 Van 3:30 Left in 2nd.

[bayrider]

Canucks are losing their heat really quick after that wild goal...

[BroChaos Veteran]

man, what a crazy goal that was...

[CatnipOligarchy]

if minnesota keep it a 1 goal game for most of the 3rd period i think they will be able to pull it off in the end

[CatnipOligarchy]

minnesota tied it up...10 minutes left in someones season...unless OT is neccessary