http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/80...rien-new-coach


hey, at least this way montreal gets mentioned in a post-season discussion. :p


can't believe they went back to therrien-but i never understand why a team goes back to a coach a second time if they let him go once already. but hey, at least he can speak french. :rolleyes: because when one has been in a drought this long, that's what really matters.

The referee doesn't make illegal stick calls, the stick has to be challenged by the opposing team.

Devils actually get 2 past Quick tonight and it's good enough to get the series back to Newark.

yeah...too bad.

I'm just psyched the games aren't starting at 10:00 like they do during the rest of the West Coast playoff games.

That was big. The Devils D and Marty were very, very good last night. I won't be a bit surprised to see a game 6 back in LA. Game 5 will bring some violence and action into the series which I think suits the Devils a little more. I don't think they can win the series but I do see it going back to LA.

guess who's staying near the meadowlands sat. night
if belmont goes well we might have to re-rally and head to the rock

2 cups, one day?

-bt-

The Devils deserve a lot of credit for that win last night. They could have folded the tents after the Kings scored their first goal on the power play, after a ridiculous call on Clarkson. I thought they were done. But Marty outplayed Quick last night. Obviously they are still up against it big time. I think the series ends in game 5, hard not to like a team that has been perfect on the road for the entire post season.

You know the Rock and the Meadowlands isn't exactly across the street?
Good chance I'll end up at the Big M, zero percent chance that I end up in Newark.

it's jersey, everything is relative to one another (ala meadowlands and rock)


meadowlands sat. night eh? you know how well thought out plans go on days like saturday right?

-bt-

I've milkshaked mine and it doesn't help.

I always wanted to see Richards, Carter and Gagne hoist the cup. It was supposed to be in orange though.

If they had a goaltender half as good as Quick, your dream would have probably come true.

There was a Simon Gagne sighting? Who knew?

I still think it's mildly humorous that the Kings basically traded Jack Johnson for Mike Richards and Jeff Carter.

ETA - well, not exactly.

Bumping after another big win by the Devils Saturday night. If they bring the pain again tonight and keep making the Kings pay for every decision they make they just might pull this off tonight. That said, I am thinking 2-1 Kings in double OT.

I'm not the biggest hockey fan in the world, but leaving your goalie in with 5 minutes to go and down 4-1 seems pretty idiotic. At least try to get it to 4-2 with an extra man. Do they care if they lose 6-1 or something?

As if on cue, they pull him and give up an empty netter!

Congrats to the Kings, finished off a tremendous run in grand fashion.

the last time i remember 3 goals being scored on a major was when the blues did it to the kings in the 98 playoffs. helped wipe out a 4-0 lead in a game and series the kings lost.

i particularly like that ron hextall was there when the conn smythe was given to quick. i'm sure he pointed out his name on the trophy. i hope hextall stays with the kings for as long as possible but i think he'll be a gm somewhere else soon.

quick was a slam dunk for the award. the devils outplayed the kings in game 2 and just couldn't get it past him. he was insanely good other than the two obvious flubs.

Quick was the difference in every game. The Devils scored about 2 goals in the entire series that weren't deflected or because of a wierd bounce.