Since these start in about two hours...

Schedules:
Eastern Conference Finals: (7) Flyers vs. (8) Canadiens
Sunday, May 16 7p.m.: Montreal at Philadelphia VERSUS, CBC, RDS

Tuesday, May 18 7p.m.: Montreal at Philadelphia VERSUS, CBC, RDS

Thursday, May 20 7p.m.: Philadelphia at Montreal VERSUS, CBC, RDS

Saturday, May 22 3p.m.: Philadelphia at Montreal NBC, CBC, RDS

Monday, May 24 * 7p.m.: Montreal at Philadelphia VERSUS, CBC, RDS

Wednesday, May 26 * 7p.m.: Philadelphia at Montreal VERSUS, CBC, RDS

Friday, May 28 * 7p.m.: Montreal at Philadelphia VERSUS, CBC, RDS

Western Conference Finals: (1) Sharks vs. (2) Blackhawks
Sunday, May 16 3 p.m.: Chicago at San Jose NBC, TSN, RDS

Tuesday, May 18 10 p.m.: Chicago at San Jose VERSUS, TSN, RDS

Friday, May 21 8 p.m.: San Jose at Chicago VERSUS, TSN, RDS

Sunday, May 23 3 p.m.: San Jose at Chicago NBC, CBC, RDS

Tuesday, May 25* 9 p.m.: Chicago at San Jose VERSUS, CBC, RDS

Thursday, May 27* 8 p.m.: San Jose at Chicago VERSUS, CBC, RDS

Saturday, May 29* 8 p.m.: Chicago at San Jose VERSUS, CBC, RDS

Canadiens in 6
Blackhawks in 5

Canadiens in 5, Sharks in 7

Philly in 6
Chicago in 6

Philly in 6 - As much as I hate them, I have to give them credit; they're built well for the war of attrition.

Sharks in 7 - They have a lot to prove, so I think they make go the distance.

Helluva Game 1. CHI had to kill a penalty in the final minute of the game to preserve a 2-1 lead.

CHI wins Game 1. The winning goal scored by Bugfu--, Buyfu--, uh, that guy.

CHI in 7.
Montreal in 6.

Sharks had too many chances to score. Not gonna happen next time Hawks. Awesome game, though.

They were also 5-to-0 for power play chances too. THAT isn't gonna happen again either. I think Chicago is on their way to the Finals after seeing this game. They were fantastic defensively(Keith especially) and just kept chipping away after San Jose really took it to them in the first period. Patrick Sharp had a damn good game too. They're just clicking on all cylinders right now and I don't see the Sharks posing a problem for them.

Fuck. If Chicago beats San Jose, that means Montreal or Philadelphia will win the Stanley Cup.

You're kidding, right? Have you watched CHI the last couple of seasons? They are damn good. They didn't get here by accident, or by a supposedly better team's failure.

Marian Hossa.

Chi in 7
Mtl in 7

SHIT

Motherfucker

It's looking like this is a bad matchup for the Canadiens. Flyers could be going to the Finals as a #7 seed.

I guess the Habs aren't winning this one.

Really, Montreal? Really?

"Jesus" Price is in the game now.

Could this be a Ken Dryden moment for the Habs?

In every series, Halak got pulled and then came back and was invincible.

So today was an interesting day for me. As I may have mentioned before my Marching Band teacher (one of the best teacher I've ever had) is a major Flyers fan. A bunch of my friends and I organized for him to get a special gift at our annual awards ceremony from the seniors. Everyone chipped in and we got him a Bobby Clarke NHL vintage jersey. The look on his face was priceless when I gave it to him and I can tell he's going to treat it like Blue treats his gamers. So I get a text message from him today saying that he's at the game wearing the jersey that he subsequently got autographed! Thought that was really cool, but I hope he puts it away for the rest of the playoffs so Montreal can win!

Oh and he's the ONLY Flyers fan I respect because he's the man.

The jury is still out on their goalie situation.

Having said that and knowing Nabakov is not an automatic either, I think this series is going the distance with Sharks winning it in 7.

Coming off from a very emotional and mentality draining series, I didn't expect the Habs winning the 1st game. I think the speed from their forward is going to pose problems to Phillies "D", which I think is not nimble. Let me roll the dice and say Habs in 6.

I'd like to see the Sharks win for the sake of my buddy, Woody. But, if the 'Hawks win, the start times of the Finals games would be more better. Oh, and YAY anybody but philthy.

I think Niemi is becoming less of an unknown by the game. He's gotten stronger as the playoffs have gone on.

Yeah, he has. I'm gonna go ahead and change my opinion to say that Chicago will beat San Jose. Nabakov is just not reliable at all, and since both teams are pretty evenly matched in talent, the series will likely come down to whose goalie is better.

The Philly series is interesting. During the regular season, Philly is about the most guilty team in the NHL of clutch-and-grab, so Montreal's big defensive advantage in the past two series is negated somewhat in this one. Philly is strong with the puck and physical, which hurts teams that rely on speed to win. Add in having Pronger shadow Cammerreli (nobody shadowed him in the last two series), and suddenly Montreal seems to be perhaps a bigger underdog against Philly than they were against Pittsburgh or Washington. Nevertheless, the biggest factor is (like in the last two series) goaltending. Philly is playing with a backup backup goalie, while Montreal is riding the hottest goalie in the League. Halak needs to be strong if Montreal wants any chance to win, especially with Philly's best sniper, Jeff Carter, set to return.

Phuck. Montreal is down 1-0 already

I am not actually watching the game, but just by looking at the shot totals, Montreal is dominating play. It's only a matter of time before they get one past Philly's backup-backup goalie.

Halak seems to have finally come back down to Earth... Montreal is doomed.

They are down 2-0 now. They just had an amazing shot, but Leighton is playing out of his mind. Like Guigere in 2003

Ironically, Halak has been compared to Guigere a bunch this postseason.

Who's the Dancin' Larry wannabe at the Wachovia Center?

besides Halak looking crappy has anyone else noticed that in the mike green geico zamboni commercial the caveman's makeup looks almost NOTHING like the normal ones that have been showing all along? That douche probably looks more like what the actual show used for makeup. Still cant believe they made a caveman sitcom out of it although ive never seen it.

Leighton must have stolen Halak's mojo.

Way to suck, Nabakov.

If Philly wins the next game, I'm gonna have to root for them in game 4. I'd love to see what kind of a fit the Montreal fans would pitch if their Habs got swept in their own building. I hate Philly, but seeing the Habs fans go batshit crazy would be satisfying enough for me to overlook my hatred for one game.

That said, this could be a very short conference finals, since it looks like the Hawks are taking a 2-0 series lead back to their home.

Marian Hossa sucks.

Somehow, I just can't support anything that gives happiness to philthy fans. So, here's to the Habs losing one more, then winning 4-in-a-row just to really fuck those fucking fuckers the fuck up. There'd be weeping, moaning and hair pulling in the streets. It would be allsome.

what. I can dream, can't I?

[quote name='S.D.Willie' date='May 19 2010, 01:27 AM' post='348254']
besides Halak looking crappy has anyone else noticed that in the mike green geico zamboni commercial the caveman's makeup looks almost NOTHING like the normal ones that have been showing all along? That douche probably looks more like what the actual show used for makeup.

I think the caveman was Tyler Kennedy!

This sentence sums up how utterly shitty the Eastern Conference is:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy



The same career backup Michael Leighton that had never played a playoff game before last week. Gotcha.

Cammel is back!

That's a goal.

19-9 shot advantage for Montreal. Mmmm.

Philly is getting dicked on.

Stay classy, Philthadelphia! Don't you ever change.


Jerks.

And that's all she wrote. Montreal 5 on 3 for the remainder of the game.

Brian Gionta is tiny. PSP=Pocket-size player.

Yay Habs yay.

When this series started, I was having a hard time deciding who I hated less, and then tonight I realized that I must be out of my goddamn mind.

GO GO GO GO GO HABS GO GO

Go Hawks!

...and just to start some trouble, let's hear from everyone who said Byfuglien sucked when I posted that he was a clutch playoff performer....

Get rid of the kicking motion rule, it's ridiculous.

The ice is for shit tonight, both sides are fanning on passes and shots like it's going out of style.