Friday, May 25, 2007

This is me not caring about the playoffs! :D

So yeah. I hate Anaheim, and am not the biggest fan of Ottawa either. So I'll just cut to the chase.

Ottawa in 7.

I'll go back to ignoring hockey now, kthx.

PS: I'm in Atlanta now. Kari Lehtonen: ...You better fear for your life. :D

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Your regularly scheduled roundly update

Though that is only because the entirety of the eastern finals were too painful to comment on and not just because of the loss. But here are my thoughts on the west:

Canada for the Cup!!

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Firefox ate my post.

So I had started a playoff predictions post earlier, and then my Firefox imploded, and I lost it. Gee, thanks, Firefox. SO MUCH.

Anyways. Here's a shortened version of what it was going to be.

Western Conference

(1)DET vs (2)ANA
So, I had this nice little paragraph written up about these two teams, and how I disliked them both at the beginning of the season, and now I have a stupid affection for the Wings. Seeing as I can't remember what it all said, I'm just gonna say this is going to be a very hard fought series.

My Prediction: Detroit in 7

Eastern Conference

(1)BUF vs (4)OTT
Gee, another matchup where I like one team and loathe the other. Again, both teams are very good, and it will be hard fought. Not to mention The Brawl that happened earlier this season. Will we see a repeat performance? Let's hope not. We don't have Martin Biron to go up against Ray Emery anymore. ...Though that could possibly be a good thing, no matter how much I love Marty. *pats him*

My Prediction: Buffalo in 7

So there you have it. I don't think I've been right so far, so who knows what'll really happen? :D

Saturday, May 5, 2007

So.

First of all, amazing win for Detroit earlier today. That game was just made of awesome.

I didn't get to watch a lot of the Sabres game last night, but I saw the last four minutes and the overtime goal, and that's all that really matters, jaayeah? ...I need to stop with the Finnish. Seriously.

Anyways. I have some news. I was planning to go to the NHL Draft in June in Columbus. Sadly, since I am moving to Atlanta in two weeks, I won't be able to do this...I'm seriously distressed about it, but there's not much I can do about it.

So, like, Steph, Drea, if you still want tickets or something, let me know, and I'll keep the tickets reserved for you.

So, right. I'm gonna go back to listening to Green Day and hoping I can watch more hockey later tonight. :D

Friday, May 4, 2007

Random ECHL Update, Whut?

Yes, that is what I am going to talk about. XD

So. I live about a half hour away from Dayton, Ohio, where the Dayton Bombers play. Well, they're in their playoffs right now, and my mom and I had kind of resigned ourselves that they were going to get eliminated, because they were down 3 games to 1 game. And wouldn't you know it...

Dayton Beats Cincinnati 5-3
Bombers Advance To American Conference Finals


They came back from a 3-1 game deficit to win the series. Way to go, boys!

That'll teach Mom and I not to count good ol' Ohio boys out, huh?

Sometimes I like to follow baby hockey...

...though I suppose this is more like pond hockey with college and minors being the babies. Meh. The point is in my beloved North Division the two worse teams possible had to face each other. That is the baby slugs (yes I do indeed call them that because you can't shorten Buffalo or Sabres to anything cute) and the baby habs had to face off. It's actually strange enough that I even care that much about Hamilton let alone enough to make them one of my favorite teams but it's no secret that it's probably all the fault of la famille Biron in particular le petit pas frerot. But then watching the team the depth of the habs organization started to emerge especially their ridiculous knack for amazing french goalies. Plus Jaroslav Halak who is sadly off being amazing at worlds but that just means one Yann Danis gets plenty of time to shine (and when the goalie he's facing is Dennis that makes for some amazing confused hilarity from the drunk college crowd let me tell you).
So before getting too into why there is love for them, the point is they beat Rochester and advance to face Manitoba (a shame it couldn't have been Grand Rapids if only for Steph but they were really only pulling off wins in OT) . The plus side is that the Sabres have pretty much called up all their prospects in a similar fashion to New York. I assume this is to give them a feel for the NHL playoffs (and many of them had already been called up for the regular season) and keep them a little busy for the rest of this run to boot. Or maybe Stafford was just lonely.

So it's all Hamilton and WBS from here. I can't really say I know enough about the other teams play to determine who will take series but it seems like Hamilton has a decent chance against the Meese. The team I'd be worried for is the Iowa Stars as the Wolves swept their first round opponent (the adorable Milwaukee Admirals with the cutest little skull logo in the whole of hockey shush don't deny it!) and dealt a brutal beating for game one. Atlanta can certainly remind us that a 7-0 shut out is no minor sting. I've seen them a little due to their solid fanbase and I think it's a safe bet to say they can take conference if they keep it up and I only hope that round will involve Hamilton so I can see them both at the end of the month.
As for the East (Hamilton and Rochester in the west? Weird huh?) WBS probably will have their hands full with the current defenders the Hershey Bears but if they can pull off the needed wins I think they puts them in a good position for finals. Otherwise I wouldn't mind seeing Hershey defend either. Now if only that success would translate up a level.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

So, uh, I had something to say.

Really, honest I did.

But then this happened.



...My brain is kind of dead.

That's my contribution for the day. :D

The picture is shit and I still stand by it...


As I told Skye. Either King Henrik's pads have sprouted cancer (and if so, it's such a shame that it's not contagious) or that's a puck I see over the goal line. And I can argue it with that kind of shit quality. I think that's the most blatantly BS call I've seen all season regular and post.

That said the slugs are still living up to that name and they shouldn't even NEED to be relying on these type of goals to have a shot at OT and relying on OT to have a shot at possibly maybe winning the game. They're a better team than that. I can't even watch them anymore because they lack energy and heart and grit and they don't even deserve to be called sitting ducks right now the way that team is showing up. It's like they're already polishing the golf clubs for all they care. Whatever they care about it certainly doesn't seem like the rest of this play off series with the cup waiting at the end. New York isn't even playing THAT much better save for Lundqvist who has been nothing short of a wall and I think the number of times I heard his posts ring was damn near heart breaking. If Buffalo stepped it up... if they could get even one line moving they'd probably be putting up and even fight.

If the rest of the series' continue the way they're going I dare say I will be left teamless by the end of this round. It's rather baffling to considering going into even conference finals full of indifference and I don't like it one bit. Someone better step up soon (No slight against you Vancouver, you guys have been playing your hearts out and it shows and I only wish it would show in the score)