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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Stanley Cup Playoffs Begin!

People have been lining up outside the bars since noon. I'm not the biggest hockey fan in the world, but this series has been something else, and tonight's game is a must see. I'll be walking down to Granville St. soon. Cheers to all the "redusers".

VANCOUVER... VANCOUVER ( :
 
Productivity in Canada tomorrow will be low as a result of game 7. Whatever happens we will see the cup hoisted tonight...which would look ridiculously wicked at 300 frames per second.
 
did not think it would affect me as much as it has...like a weeping school girl...great job vancouver, i love your city, but when i was there last year for a job the whole crew and the hotel staff ripped into me for wearing kings gear and they never let forget that the canucks took the kings out of the playoffs (i work for the kings from time to time). well what they didnt know is i grew up in the boston area and experienced those wins in 70 and 72 at 7 and 9 years old...so i am much more black and gold than purple and yellow...great win boys!
 
There was no doubt. Boston showed up and Vancouver was the spectator. In hockey one thing matters: you have to want the puck more than the other guy, and that was clear with the B's. Congrats, and with Hnidy I look forward to the cup coming back to Manitoba!
 
Jeremy Torrie said:
There was no doubt. Boston showed up and Vancouver was the spectator. In hockey one thing matters: you have to want the puck more than the other guy, and that was clear with the B's. Congrats, and with Hnidy I look forward to the cup coming back to Manitoba!
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as a long time coach and member of many high level teams as either a player, coach or staff; one locker room speech stands out that addresses your point...we call it the 1,000 battles speech. 333 battles per period, 5-10 per shift, win more battles than the other team and you will win the game, pure and simple...the B's in fact delivered on that tonight.
 
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What a night, what a game, what a season! This has been quite a journey. I grew up after the legendary teams of the early 70's. Started with O'Reilly, Middleton, Cashman, Park that group of guys. Then it was onto Neely, Bourque, Janney, Sweeney, Oates, etc. Unfortunately, despite some good teams, they could never finish the deal. This current group has shown promise over the past couple of seasons, but let the drought continue as they choked down the stretch. Last year against Philadelphia was probably the single biggest choke job in Boston sports since, well, the Red Sox in 86. I was cautiously hopeful that the Bruins might get past the second round this year and at least get to the conference finals but didn't see them winning it all until Game 7 against Tampa, at which point I realized there is something special about this team. Like the country we live in, they tend to do their best work when their backs are against the wall. Down 2-0 against the Canadiens, they storm back and win 2 games in Montreal. They then have to face a Philadelphia team that came back from a 3-0 deficit the previous year and embarrassed the Bruins. The Bruins wiped that memory out in 4 games, including a thorough beating in game 2 of that series. Then it was on to Tampa, a team with some advantages, namely speed and a tremendous power play. They battle them for seven games and win a game 7, again.

Suddenly, this was not the Boston Bruins I had grown up with. This looked like a team that could win in the clutch, could win game 7s. And then, they lose the first two games of the Stanley Cup and reality starts to set in. Maybe they have overachieved. Maybe we should be happy they have made it this far. But there was something in the back of fan's minds that made us believe this series wasn't over. It was the Montreal series. They had dropped 2 games at home and still came back to win. Games 1 and 2 against Vancouver were very close games on the road. We all know the rest. A classic series, where home team won out in every game, except one, the most important game. Game 7 against Vancouver is what Boston Bruins hockey should be, and has always aspired to be. Play the game the right way, leave it all on the ice, finish every play, get hit then hit harder, and defend your net like every goal could be the last goal. Vancouver is a very good team. There is a lot of skill, but in the end that's only part of the story. The Bruins solved the other half of the equation. The Bruins now join the other three major sports teams in this town as champions, and hopefully they can inspire a new generation of kids to not only play hockey, but to work hard, live life the right way, and never give up no matter what challenges come along.
 
Kemalettin Sert said:
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This is unfortunate. I can understand fans being disappointed. We would be here in Boston as well if the Bruins had lost. But this seems uncalled for. Vancouver fans should feel more embarrassed by their own actions than those of the team, which despite losing and sometimes really getting under the skin of the Bruins and their fans, actually played some solid hockey at times in this series. They were let down by their goaltender and two brothers who could not seem to get it going against a relentless Bruins attack on them. I also believe they made some mistakes from a psychological perspective with the biting of the finger, the cheap shot on Horton, and the way the Sendins and Luongo talked in the media. But, you live and learn and maybe they will come out stronger as a result.
 
Wow. These people rioting don't even play for the Canucks... it's not like "they" won or lost anything. I can guarantee that besides the cash they pay for tickets, the players don't really doesn't give a **** about them. What vapid lives these fans must live...
 
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