NHL Eastern Conferance first round playoff predictions

[DMFJ03]

that was the most awesomest thing ever

My wife had to manually restart my heart several times.

God I love those bastards!!

[KyleMayket]

that game is going to be talked about for many years to come... way to be guy!


GO PENS!

[MeYatch]

How about Sykora calling his shot? I thought it was a little silly, but damn did he have Ozgood's number, he was just waiting for his chance.

Also how does everyone feel about the goalie interference calls? I don't know the rule like the back of my hand, but the one phrase that pissed me off the announcers used was "inconsistancy" that pissed me off. There was no inconsistancy, the penguins don't go bowling ozgood over every couple minutes. Its not sliding into home plate....

As a matter of fact the announcers were acting like detroit had already won the cup the whole way up to about halfway through the second overtime, until they finally pulled their heads out of their asses and realized there was a game going on.

[f.sciarrillo]

That game was greeaaaaaaaaaaaaat ! I was biting my nails off ... Hopefully they keep up the momentum and go home to win it ..

GO PENS !!

[Rich]

#1. Eddy O' is a wang... All he does is put his "former team" down!!!

As far as the goal tender interference... I don't know. I remember when a player couldn't even be "in the paint" when a goal was scored. Or they would automatically wave it off. No questions asked. They have changed that rule so many times, who knows. If there should have been anything called it should have been when they called the first one. After the whistle was blowed the one RW was laying on the ice kicking at Fluery with his skate, blade first.... Way after "the play"...

Does anyone think Malkin is hurt??? They maybe should check to see if he's color blind, at least...

!!! Lets' GO PENS !!!

[BDR]

r:>)

[ToonaRockGuy]

That was a game for the ages.

As far as the goalie interference, why is nobody pointing out that they didn't start calling it until Therrien started bawling like a baby about it? Some of the calls last night were friggin' ridiculous. Nothing came of it, since the Pens didn't get any PP goals in OT until the (correctly called) high sticking major that cost Detroit the game, but still. Jebus.

I predict the Pens win game 6, as the advantage of being younger kids after a 3-OT thriller.

But still...

GO WINGS!

[Rich]

Now, now.... the Red Wings got a few in an earlier game that were questionable...

That's what a coach is suppose to do. It either works or it don't... Players play, coach worries about everything else...

[DrumAndDestroy]

definitely a great game.

just glad we are still alive.

[KyleMayket]

goalie interference is called when a player crashes the net (with the puck or not) and impedes the goalie, without trying to resonably avoid contact, from making a play on the puck. If he is pushed into the goalie, it was not his fault, but in both cases last night, it was the right call. They were not forced into Fleury, they skated right into him. For those who say it was a bad call, how many times did the penguins run into Osgood? NONE, and we had several break away chances, but our players skate around the goalie after the shot, not straight into him.

GO PENS

[f.sciarrillo]

How about Malone getting smacked in the face with the puck? Man that had to hurt !

As for gaolie interference. It looked to me like the wings were trying to take Fleury out at times. I didn't see any done by the Pens ....

[bassist4life2004]

I think that the Penguins showed a lot of guts last night and those players injured or not, stepped up and played like hell. Malone took a puck straight to the nose, and walked back out on the ice after the next period, and Gonchar stepped up towards the end of the 3rd overtime to help. I have to hand it to Detroit too, and especially Ozgood, he did a bang up job last night.

As for the goalie interference calls, I think they were valid calls. If you could just rush in and crash into the goalie to make a shot, hockey wouldn't be a very interesting game. And the detroit players were doing everything they could to knock Fleury out of the way.

[Jim Price]

I was doing magazine deliveries around the Altoona area last night during the first three period (I had to listen to the game on AM 1130 in New York City, nobody local was carrying it). I about wrecked when Talbot scored the tying goal with 34 seconds left.

Then during the first overtime period, as I was finishing up my delivery route, most of my final stops were bars showing the game on television. I found myself racing into the Belmar when I heard a big loud cheer erupt; it turned out to be one of the times the Pens were getting a lot of shots on goal. I arrived at Pellegrine's and watched the other two overtime periods there; Adam D had to wait til the game ended shortly before 1 AM before he could start performing. But it was worth it!

If the Pens can get it done tomorrow night at Mellon Arena, Saturday's Game 7 will be all-out war!

[DrumAndDestroy]

I was doing magazine deliveries around the Altoona area last night during the first three period (I had to listen to the game on AM 1130 in New York City, nobody local was carrying it). I about wrecked when Talbot scored the tying goal with 34 seconds left.

Then during the first overtime period, as I was finishing up my delivery route, most of my final stops were bars showing the game on television. I found myself racing into the Belmar when I heard a big loud cheer erupt; it turned out to be one of the times the Pens were getting a lot of shots on goal. I arrived at Pellegrine's and watched the other two overtime periods there; Adam D had to wait til the game ended shortly before 1 AM before he could start performing. But it was worth it!

If the Pens can get it done tomorrow night at Mellon Arena, Saturday's Game 7 will be all-out war!

haha that must have been rough only getting to see bits and pieces each time you stepped into a bar!

i was watching the game at the knickerbocker last night and i saw you walk in, set your pa musicians on the bar, glance at the game and bolted right back out to your car! i didn't have a chance to even walk over and say hello.

[Mikey Wax]

I decided that I'm going to start a band with Max Talbot.



He might not be able to play an instrument, but hell, I can't either.

[DrumAndDestroy]

I decided that I'm going to start a band with Max Talbot.



He might not be able to play an instrument, but hell, I can't either.

post of the year!

[MeYatch]

as far as I know goalie interference is any contact with the goalie in the paint (obviously unless someone shoves you into the guy or something) and any intentional contact out of the paint.

The NBC announcers are really pissing me off, I wish it could go back to versus. I've never heard the word "cancel" so much in my life.

[f.sciarrillo]

The NBC announcers are not Pens Fans, then, neither are the announcers from Vs.

[MeYatch]

so, babcock is bitching about the goaltender interfence calls, as could be suspected.

here is the rule:
http://www.nhl.com/hockeyu/rulebook/rule78.html

and its clear that if they had scored, it would have been dissallowed, but its not particularly clear when a penalty is to be assessed.

Personally I'd just love to hear what babcock would say if instead of his guys getting penalties, it would have been Hal Gill plowing into Ozgood, and not receiving one.

[lonewolf]

As for gaolie interference. It looked to me like the wings were trying to take Fleury out at times. I didn't see any done by the Pens ....

After watching Detroit for 5 games, I have come to the conclusion that they are continuously on The Verge of interference all of the time.

Besides sharing a lot of time in the crease with Fleury, they have the most aggressive defense I have ever seen. They push it the limit and do it well. I am only surprised they don't get called more often.

[MeYatch]

That is there game plan. "traffic" in front of the net means "as close as you can get to goalie interference without drawing a penalty"

I won't complain about it too much, its (usually) legal and it usually works for them.

Its how they have played for years, probably since aquiring Holmstrom.

Nice capitilization by the way

[MeYatch]

heck of a game right down to the final second.

congratulations red wings.

wish we had those first 2 games back.

[ToonaRockGuy]

r:>)

I'll see that and raise you this...



Updated for 2008.

[/trash talk]

What a game. I about had a heart attack with the last push right before the end of the game. The Pens have absolutely nothing to hang their head about. I think they can get back next year, and provided Malkin shows up before Game 6, they can hoist the first of many cups to come with Crosby, Malkin and Fleury. Well played.

[DrumAndDestroy]

hell of a series.

here's hoping to a cup next season.

kev....you called it buddy.

[MeYatch]

we'll have to see what happens in the off season. Hasek will almost surely retire, probably chelios too. Roberts maybe. I hope we can resign Hossa and Orpik especially.