2011-2012 NHL playoff thread.
 

Favorite time of the year.
Parking myself down for Flyers-Pens.


Let's go Rangers!

Stop it.

I've got the Quebec Nordics over the Hartford Whalers in six.

Stop what?


Potvin sucks

Considering NHL playoffs take 6 months to complete...don't hold your breath waiting to cash that ticket.

Is this better?

Flyers look slooooooooow.

Oh yeah and Bryzgalov sucks.

The NHL playoffs is basically when all of the fist fighting and scoring stops --- but all of the checking and diving in front of slap shots start.

Or am I still in 1995?

Buffalo had the greatest goon line I've ever seen. Brad May, Rob Ray, and Matt Barnaby ... and Bob Boughner as a defenseman.

I think they had 4 of the top 10 players in fighting majors in one season.

How was that not icing?

I wonder if Bryzgolv's night is over.

I still have a Dale Hunter Quebec Nordics sweater :( I'm old...

What was really funny was before realignment/expansion it was the same format... They played an entire season just to determine who the 5 worst teams were. :)

i still find it odd to see him behind the bench, wearing a suit.


let's go caps!!


and flyers vs pens...can't stand either team! but ought to be an interesting series after their last regular season match.

Better period for Bryz and the Flyers. They still have a lot of work ahead of them.

I thought Bryz played ok in the 1st too. None of the goals where his fault IMO.

I thought the first 2 could have been saved. Crosby with a floating backhand and then even on the second goal, Kennedy didnt get all that shot. The third was a bit flukey.
Compare the goals vs some of the saves Fleury made, most notably Jagr on the breakaway and Hartnell on the 2 on 1. That's the difference so far, Fleury made big saves early while Bryz did not.

Wow. Flyers look like a totally different team since the first period.

Overtime

I left DC in 1999, but was a season ticket holder for years - I was thrilled when he came to the Caps - As a kid, he was and still is my favorite player - A good friend was in the front office and got me this as a going away present -

That was a pretty gutty comeback for a team on the road that looked absolutely dead in the first period. Bryzgalov also picked his game big time.

very nice. we moved down here in 94. only things i miss from up there are hockey and steamed blue crabs. got my husband hooked on hockey while we lived up there just glad they came up with nhl center ice, i get that every year. started going when the team started, i was 7.

i have a signed pic of adam oates in my office. gets some funny looks! not many around here who know anything about hockey. my oldest was a dino cicarelli fan back when he was 6-7 years old. still have one of his signed cards.