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jackknife77 wrote:and Miller is not Hasek.

You're right on this one and that's a good thing for Buffalo actually.

BTW I've opened a Playoff chat thread if you want to talk about the playoffs so we can all look back to see who was right without going back 500 messages to do it lol

Minstrel wrote:You're right on this one and that's a good thing for Buffalo actually.

I think he meant the '07 Miller is no '99 Hasek. A '99 Hasek would be good for anyone.

Cept the Sabres. I think Dallas won the cup that year, with Belfour in net???


2nd place never counts.

Do you know the difference between a Jackstrap and the Buffalo Sabres??

The jackstrap have a cup..

batdad wrote:Cept the Sabres. I think Dallas won the cup that year, with Belfour in net???

2nd place never counts.

I thought Hasek was like the only reason Buffalo even got to the playoffs that year?

Nah...that was Lindy Ruff...Michael Peca, Miro Satan...Hasek just floundered around like a fish and got lucky!!!

batdad wrote:Nah...that was Lindy Ruff...Michael Peca, Miro Satan...Hasek just floundered around like a fish and got lucky!!!

+1

Man just looked at tomorrow's schedule... four HUGE games tomorrow in the playoff races:

Tampa Bay vs Carolina
Montreal v Ottawa
Dallas v Detroit
NY Isles v Buffalo

Good stuff

Just for fun

1. GO TAMPA
2. GO OTTAWA
3. GO DALLAS
4 GO ....Isles? Sabres? oh who cares, No huge fans of those teams here.

But really I want Tampa (I so love Richards, Boyle, and St Louis), Ottawa (preissing rocks! Niinimaa not so much) Detroit(Bertuzzi> Lindros in jerkville) and Buffalo (RUFF RUFF ts Miller TIME!!!

These should be awesome games.

jackknife77 wrote:Do you know the difference between a Jackstrap and the Buffalo Sabres??

The jackstrap have a cup..

So the jackstrap has a better record than Canucks!! Nice!! Thank you Mark Messier



Edit: Swapped Vancouver for Canucks. the Millionaires are dead so their legacies

3rd period. 4-2 Habs. Why is Conklin in net??

CatchUp wrote:3rd period. 4-2 Habs. Why is Conklin in net??

Shhh, they're doing you a favor.

Why Thibeault in net for pittsburgh vs Toronto...

Cause both Buffalo and Pittsburg can rest their starters now. And the starters need a rest.

Expect to see Dany Sabourin in Vancouver as well. Just the way it goes...once a team clinches a spot...they can rest their #1 guys.

And yeah..Buffalo did Montreal a big solid favour dressing Conklin.

The Flames are getting hot at exactly the right time. Six game winning streak right now. They beat:

Detroit at home.
Nashville at home.
Chicago on the road.
Minnesota on the road.
Minnesota on the road again.
Vancouver on the road.

They played like rubbish against Chicago, and the first game against the Wild, but it gave them the confidence that they can win on the road...

Right now it seems quite likely that all eight playoff teams in the Western Conference will have 100 points or more.

Calgary is defnitely playing better right now. However, both Vancouver and Calgary better figure out it takes 60 minutes (not 40 like Calgary last nite, or 20 like Vancouver last nite) to win a playoff series. Both of em better smarten up or they are gone 1st round.

batdad wrote:Calgary is defnitely playing better right now. However, both Vancouver and Calgary better figure out it takes 60 minutes (not 40 like Calgary last nite, or 20 like Vancouver last nite) to win a playoff series. Both of em better smarten up or they are gone 1st round.

Right, but Calgary as a chance...They'll certainly end 8th in West, and if Red Wings finish first, it would be easy to knock them in the first round

Shadd666 wrote:

batdad wrote:Calgary is defnitely playing better right now. However, both Vancouver and Calgary better figure out it takes 60 minutes (not 40 like Calgary last nite, or 20 like Vancouver last nite) to win a playoff series. Both of em better smarten up or they are gone 1st round.

Right, but Calgary as a chance...They'll certainly end 8th in West, and if Red Wings finish first, it would be easy to knock them in the first round

Never underestimate that old cerberus called Hasek

Hasek is maybe the only Red Wings player that doesn't become useless when its playoff time So i don't worry that much

Shadd666 wrote:Hasek is maybe the only Red Wings player that doesn't become useless when its playoff time So i don't worry that much

Yup Datsyuk has a slight tendency to vanish suddently......

and Hasek has a tendency to:

1. Flounder like a fish diving.
2. Pull his groin...or at least say he pulled his groin. Not sure where he was last season!!

And Shadd---as I said, everyone in the West has a chance. It is impossible to predict this conference correctly without a whole ton of luck,.

I don't think Calgary played like "rubbish" in the first Minnesota game--I think they were outplayed but they hung on and Kiprusoff bailed them out, just like old times. It was a pretty effective road game, all things considered--they were physical and (compared to how they had been playing previously) very tidy defensively. The key is that they're finding different ways to win games--grinding out a close one against Detroit, coming from behind against a very strong Nashville team, fighting to a stalemate against Minnesota then playing an incredibly effective game with an early lead, and now hanging on for dear life against a suddenly inspired Canucks team. It's still going to be much more difficult than most Calgary fans think to clinch that spot--San Jose will be a challenge and Colorado/Joe Sakic are going to be absolutely fierce. If it comes down to Edmonton having a chance to knock us out of the playoffs, that's a scary situation.

I just bought the ninth season of South Park and saw the little league episode. I'm going to assume that's the locus for your name, batdad?

Nope it is not. But heh. Check out the name thread. I think I posted there. If I did not, I will....

Have you seen that episode? If not you should check it out, you'll get a good laugh.

Shadd666 wrote:Hasek is maybe the only Red Wings player that doesn't become useless when its playoff time So i don't worry that much

Lang did pretty well last year(Although I hate him). Zetterberg had 6 goals in 6 games I think.

Shadd666 wrote:Hasek is maybe the only Red Wings player that doesn't become useless when its playoff time So i don't worry that much

Nicklas Lidstrom with his Conn Smythe Trophy as well?.