NHL

[tmnt2513]

Hello, I was just wondering if there was any hockey fans here at he-man.org? I just wanted to drop a line about my favorite team and who I'm feeling a little down about right now. The Detroit Redwings... although unfortunatly they went out in the first round against the Ducks...I'm very proud of what this team has accomplished over the years..and they are to me...the best team ever...I'm down now...but I really believe in the saying .."you can't win all the time"...and that's the truth...I felt they played very well (the wings)...but that alot of luck was riding on the Ducks side and that there goaltender was running hot. So is it unfortunate that there already out?..well obviously...will I sleep tonight?...probably not as well as I normally do...but will the Wings come back to win again...your damn right. If you look at teams in the past that have either reached the finals or won the playoffs...the next year they didn't even make the playoffs...this happened to NYR, Dallas and NJ...and that's all I can think of within the last 10 years or so...but I bet there's probably more... but atleast the Wings did what they did this season and that they atleast made the playoffs...so what no parade next year...just gives me more time to plan for one...next year.
Go Wings!!! -Lance - :)

[Tetsu Deinonychus]

WOW!
All I know about Hockey is that the object of the game is to hit the goalie in the neck with the puck. :lol:

[GK Punk]

actually, this isn't He-Man.org, but that's ok :lol:

I also like the Red Wings, the Sharks and the Rangers... I haven't checked the scores lately, seems like all the teams I like have a bad habbit of losing anymore... Damn you Gretzky!

[Peanut]

The NHL is the best sport around. Nothing can compare especially basketball. Booooooooooooring! BTW LOL to GK. Detroit just got swept out of the playoffs last night by the Mighty Ducks who almost missed the playoffs. The Sharks and Rangers never even MADE the playoffs.

[Peanut]

Oh yeah BTW. HAHAHAHAHAHA to all the Wing fans! Joseph dropped the Leafs to join Detroit and now he's already playing golf! If you can't win one game against the ducks with that great Detroit defense....whew....you need some MEGA help. Maybe the old loser should retire.

[Mr. Snackpants]

3 outta 7 aint bad

[SlayerX]

Haha. The Red Wings go and spend millions of dollars, and don't even make it past the first round :lol: And the lasttime someone knocked a defending stanley cup champion team out first round was like 51 years ago :lol: But I felt bad when I saw some interview thing and CuJo started crying :( But whatever, there's always next season :D

Who you guys WANT to win, and who do you THINK will win. I want Colorado or Toronto to win, and I think that either Ottawa or Dallas will win :(

[GK Punk]

The NHL is the best sport around. Nothing can compare especially basketball. Booooooooooooring! BTW LOL to GK. Detroit just got swept out of the playoffs last night by the Mighty Ducks who almost missed the playoffs. The Sharks and Rangers never even MADE the playoffs.

Lol I know, it's so sad.. Call me a sucker I guess... I started as a Rangers fan when the Great One was still there, but the Sharks are kind of a home town thing scince I am from the same area.. You just gotta root them on right?

and poor redwings... poor poor redwings :lol:

[tmnt2513]

I know your not really a hockey fan....but still if you had watched any of the games...there was so much crap going on...if the refs could call the game the same way during the playoffs as they had during the season..maybe things would have been different...do you really honestly think that the Ducks were a "better" team?...I know everyone wants to chime in...well yeah they beat your team...lol..The Wings led the league almost all year long...they had people gunning at them everynight as if it were a finals game...(when your the defending champ...you have everyone coming at you game in..game out..at 110%) ..that type of schedule wears you down...besides the Wings have won the cup 3 out of 7 years...and people here in Detroit have set this incredibly high expectation for there hockey club...because Detroit couldn't put a puck past J.S.G, and because Cujo wasn't necessarily playing his best...doesn't mean the Ducks are better.....just that the ducks had a better goaltender for the playoffs this year...plenty of times a great team for some reason doesn't perform quite as well as they should and they land on there face..it happens all the time...hell it was either Dallas or N.J...that made it to the finals and won the cup and the next year didn't even make the play-offs ...yet they had a pretty damn good team...The ducks weren't a better team...they just had a hot goalie..and alot of luck...again count how many posts the Wings hit...and how many time J.S.G...stopped play for faulty equipment checks...(yeah that's against the rules) ...how many times were goals disallowed for the Wings?...yeah there ya go...next year....whew...next year...besides in the second round...the Ducks are going to get rocked...lol... yep! How many times has your (anyone that's making fun of Detroit) team won the cup in it's history? Yeah they spent millions of dollars not just to win...but to keep producing a Great team...and they do have a Great team...oh and the Best fans in all of the world...yeah that's why they call it Hockey town...even Gary Betman called it that...yeah the HOCKEY COMMISSIONER...say what you want canadian fans...but your just pissed that all "your" precious hockey clubs are getting sent to the south...yeah the Jets? Nordiques? .... :lol: ...Next year they'll win and that's fine...yeah I guess one of the best goalies in the last 10 years of hockey...is a LOSER...right? because he lost in the playoffs...yeah I guess only winning the stanley cup gives you the right to be a winner.....whatever that's a load of crap. 3 out of 7...yeah where's all your teams stats and odds at? You can't win all the time. I GUARANTEE they win it next year...I GUARANTEE.

-Go Wings!....sorry I'm a real die-hard hockey fan and can get pretty touchy about it...lol
- Lance

[Peanut]

I'm not a real hockey fan? If you're directing that comment at me you're completely wrong. I bleed Maple Leaf blue. I shaved my head into a mohawk and dyed it blue just for the Leafs. I WATCHED what I could of the Detroit Anahiem series, a little bit of all 4 games and most nights the entire game. I won't disagree that Detroit completley out played Anahiem in every aspect except for the most important part of the playoffs GOALTENDING! Jospeh couldn't win here and he won't win there. And don't say anything about the ref calls. Toronto is the only team in the NHL to be down 2 men 4 times in a game and then to have even more penalties called on them afterwards. The Wings/Ducks series was called well in my opinion. I may not have seen all of the calls or non-calls but I'm pretty sure that powerplays didn't break a team like Detroit. The Wings are a very VERY arrogant team and I think they got too cocky, they probably thought they'd walk right through the Ducks without a scratch. I'm glad they're out. This proves once and for all that high payrolls won't win the cup. Wing out in first round and Rangers didn't even make the playoffs.

[SlayerX]

I shaved my head into a mohawk and dyed it blue just for the Leafs.

:o Can I have your autograph mister McCabe? :D
TMNT, if they have such a great team, why did they get swept out? By the AMD none-the-less... Poor little Cujo, leaving the Leafs, and going to the red wings, and getting knocked out :) Oh well, next year theyll do better, cuz theyll spend another 500k on players that wont do anything :D [/b]

[tmnt2513]

Yeah 3 out of 7 years right?... Payroll doesn't win playoffs?...recheck the payrolls of Colorado, and Dallas...okay? What about the Yankee's in baseball?...Oh yeah and the associate press out of Detroit and Cali said that the Ducks players during the hand shaking...told various players...we respect you guys highly and "we shouldn't had won this series" ....Thats the DUCKS SAYING THAT!!!...oh and Toronto guy...quit being so mad that you lost Cujo...he was like your marquee player and we stole him away...we'll come back stronger than ever next year....and the Wings arrogant?...hardly...We're a team of finesse and heritage...not just the highest scoring team in the league...but probably the best passing team in the league...while the Maple leafs...is a bunch of rough necks that can't cut it...even went out and brought in old Belfour - who couldn't handle Dallas anymore...yeah Tie Domi...great player...probably the biggest goon ever...I watched your series last year w/ Ottawa/New J...and so far this year's Philly series...you guys deserve every penalty you get ...goons....whew....Toronto is a dirty dirty team...atleast Detroit has class. Ottawa has your number this year...and the 3rd best Swede will be wondering what's going on...yeah that's your precious Sundin I'm talking about ...incase your wondering (#1 Lidstrom, #2 Forsberg...eerrr...actually Naslund is #3...oh well)

- Lance

[SlayerX]

:D They got class allright, class to get kicked out of the season, and let another team get TV time. Wow, you stole Cujo, and look what you did to him. Obviously Toronto was being held back when they had him, as THEY are the ones that have made it further than detroit with "old" belfour... you cant deny facts.

[tmnt2513]

Actually the fact is...last year Toronto (w/Cujo) got to the Conference finals...and this year there still not past the first round as we speak...yeah..good theory there! :lol: ...oh and the fact is...the Wings 3 for 7...Toronto???... yeah great argument here... :sleep: ..think before you speak...what type of progress did Toronto make last year and the year before?...where are they at right now?...still in the first round. NEXT YEAR...hopefully your club doesn't move down south also.

[Don]

Ottawa has the best chance at the cup: They've got great depth, offense, defence, goaltending,coaching, leadership, discipline and grit (all on one of the NHL's smallest payrolls). I've been a sens fan since they were formed 11 years ago, and after 7 years of early playoff exits I think we'll finally do some damage this year!

[Peanut]

Well obviously we're still in the first round! IT ISN'T OVER YET! At least we're going longer than 4 games and against a GOOD team not a team that scraped into the playoffs. You make no sense at all. Plus you can take Cujo and shove him. I never liked the whiny baby. Domi a goon eh? That's why he has 15 goals this season huh? More than both the Detroit "goons" Mccarty and Draper. Try to learn the hockey terms first before you use them. Face the facts that Detroit DID lose and YES it IS because they're arrogant! They make such beautiful passes through center ice and...oh no...the ducks pick them off. They took the Ducks lightly and now they're out!
BTW don the Sens aren't very gritty at all. If they faced ONE, good, constant checking team they'd have an injury list bigger than ours last year.

[tmnt2513]

yeah Kris Draper...a goon...(what the hell?!?!)..yep your going to game 7...you know I'm half canadian and I actually like the leafs...but I want them to lose because of people like you... quite honestly you don't know very much about hockey...and I'm getting tired of discussing it with you...you have your opinion and I have mine...The Wings were arrogant....true...but then again to win 3 Cups within 7 years in this day and age is quite an achievement...don't worry I know that resentment is bred from jealousy...and that's fine... next year we'll take it... it's people like you that have all the fun in the world when your "team" is on top...but quite honestly your on the brink to...oh yeah and how would Toronto fair if it were still in the Western Conference????....yeah arrogant Detroit may be...perhaps cocky...but then again...when was the last time Toronto won the cup?....93?... hmmm...I hate the Flyers...but I really want to see them squash the Leafs....oh and Cujo had a better first round than Hasek had for us last year....as far as numbers go. So maybe you should take a look in the record books and relize that just because your from Canada...eh..(or is it "a")..doesn't mean that your the almighty hockey god... simply because we're seperated by a lake...and it takes me 30 minutes to drive to your "homeland" eh

[Peanut]

Ok there pal. I know plenty about hockey. PLENTY. I don't care if my teams on top or on the bottom. I'm NOT a bandwangoner. I admit I may have made a mistake calling Draper a goon. I also respect your opinion, but there is no need at all to take the stance on your opinions that you did. I wasn't trying to get offensive. I was trying to get a good conversation going about the NHL, but obviously you (like most Wings fans) don't want to hear anything except that your team is the best.

[R-iZZy]

I just wanna say that I'm going for


the LIGHTNING!!!!!

[SlayerX]

Actually the fact is...last year Toronto (w/Cujo) got to the Conference finals...and this year there still not past the first round as we speak...yeah..good theory there! :lol: ...oh and the fact is...the Wings 3 for 7...Toronto???... yeah great argument here... :sleep: ..think before you speak...what type of progress did Toronto make last year and the year before?...where are they at right now?...still in the first round. NEXT YEAR...hopefully your club doesn't move down south also.

Yea, unlike Detroit, we can last more than 4 games... And oh yea, the Wings 3 for 7, WOW! 3 years they won a cup! Thats great! Let's all throw a huge ass party becauase they won 3 cups in the last 3 years. Seriously, who cares? It is in the past! Noone cares about how many cups you won years ago, they care about cups you win now, and in the future. You ask what progress Toronto made last year and the year before? Who cares, they never won the cup so obviously not much. How much did Detroit make this year? And then you get all offensive and start dissing Canada lmao, you need to relax if you get this worked up over talking about hockey

[Don]

tmnt2513: "when was the last time Toronto won the cup?....93?"

Haha actually they last won it in 1967, but Ottawa hasn't won the cup in like 70 years (whether they were in existance or not), so I geuss I should keep quite.

[tmnt2513]

yeah Don...your right...lol...I meant 63"...lol..but even then i was wrong...geeez I need to reread things once i'm done writing them...grrr...
- Lance

[Peanut]

We just lost. Blown out. I'm not disapionted though. Unlike SOME people I can handle the fact that my team lost.

[Shadow]

i too am a red wings fan. infact...in my family if you're not...you get disowned....no joke. A great many of us hail from detroit.

This was a sad year... :cry: but...props to the mighty ducks...they played really hard...and that's what it takes to get to the cup.

Plus, this was the first year without scotty and a majority without stevie y....
time to regroup!!

Go Wings...There is always Next year!

[tmnt2513]

Oh yeah BTW. HAHAHAHAHAHA to all the Wing fans! Joseph dropped the Leafs to join Detroit and now he's already playing golf! If you can't win one game against the ducks with that great Detroit defense....whew....you need some MEGA help. Maybe the old loser should retire.

Alright Michaelangelo...I do know how to just have a nice sports discussion...and I do know how to accept a loss here in hockeytown...but you came onto this thread and started something with the Wings fans...(look on up at your quoted post) How do you expect me not to get defensive...when your making fun of my favorite team. Honestly in Detroit...there's nothing bigger than the Wings...and the fans here set a very high standard for the team...and frankly we're used to the parades and the cup traveling stories...and it hurts to lose this year...because like I said we're real use to winning...(is there something wrong with that?) I know your not aware of what a stanley cup championship season is all about..since 67" was your last.(sorry but you started the dirty comments on this thread) I'm capable of having a great conversation about hockey with pretty much anyone...if you want we can talk hockey...and talk it in a less opionated matter...whatcha say?.. because if what you say is true..that your not a bandwagon jumper...then that's awesome...because I hate that... I was watching the Wings way back when Stevie Y was the only good thing going on. As it stands right now...I'm still watching the hockey playoffs...wouldn't miss them at all...even if my team is out...(sometimes it's alot more fun to watch a game that your not "emotionally" attached to..lol) As Shadow said...it's true the Wings were without captain Stevie Y for the majority of the year...and it's the first without Scotty...(that and Fischer was out also...) but no more excuses...the Ducks beat us...we'll get them next year... no biggie...and yeah Toronto played pretty horrible tonight...and Belfour didn't have much help...it just goes to show...that it wasn't Cujo holding the Leafs back. Anyway man...so both are teams are out...and wether or not...one was from a sweep or the other by a 7th game knockout...both are losses...oh well...like I said before.... there's always next year...Go Wings!!!!!
- Lance

[Peanut]

Respect pal. Nothing but respect. Anyways I'm glad there are actually people who can actually have a decent conversation about the NHL. How about those Wild? Whew! The Wild are my second team next to the Leafs and I was jumping with joy when Brunette scored. (As he is my favorite player) Whenever I play NHL videogames I play as the Wild. They played great. It's been a year of upsets so far. Detroit and now Colorado. Two teams I thought would be in the Western Conference Finals. TBay over Washington. I only wish the Islanders beat the Sens and the Oilers beat the Stars. It would make for a very VERY interesting cup. As long as either TBay or the NYI's made it into the Eastern Conference Finals. BTW sorry for everything I said to you that you may have taken to offense. I've met many a Detroit fan on the internet and it's never been a very good encounter. They've all been brainless, know nothing, bandwagoners. I'm glad to have finally met a TRUE fan! :)

[tmnt2513]

Apology accepted, as long as you accept mine :) Yeah it's funny because everytime I run into a Canadian hockey fan on the internet, they go off like there a know it all...lol and that really bugs me. So it's funny that you've had some nasty run ins with Detroit fans. It just goes to show how many band wagon jumpers there are. But it's nice for once to have run into a true hockey fan. So to go on, yeah I bet Dallas is jumping for joy right now, no Colorado, No Detroit. If someone would have told me before the playoffs that both the Av's and Wings would be out in the first round...I would have laughed and gave them a smack in the face. Not to say that the Ducks won't give the Stars any problems, although they (the Ducks) have been on quite a long break and I'm not sure if they have the experience to be able to pick up the playoff momentum they had. I can't believe it, the Av's up 3-1 in the series and lose in the 7th game...just goes to show that a teams not out...well..til there out..lol Vancouver and the Wild will be a nice series, and I'm interested in seeing how the Ducks fare against the Stars. I'm pretty excited for the rematch of the Flyers v.s. the Sens from last year. Just hoping the Sens can beat the Flyers again! Go Sens! Tampa and N.J will probably turn out to be quite a series...with the goaltending match-up these two teams have. I don't even want to start with series predictions...lol...because with the way the playoffs went so far...I wouldn't be surprised to see the Ducks v.s. Tampa (I know Philly is 4th, while Tampa is 3rd..but I have a harder time seeing the Lightning in the finals than the Flyers.) So anyhow I'll talk to you later, nice to have cleared things up, wondering if Roy will ever shake the 7th game ghost that the Wings gave him last year..and the Wild this year....2 years of 7th game failures....wheww
- Lance

[tmnt2513]

So I'm double posting....oh well...lol.. Alright wow what a game last night with the Ducks and Stars. These Ducks are quite the real deal, and really have a chance this year to do some (more) damage. My predictions before last night were NJ over Tampa in 5, I wanna say Ottawa over Philly...but I'm not too sure...because Philly is looking for revenge this year....grrr...Ottawa over Philly in 6...(for some reason I'm feeling Philly in this one ...though...lol) My buddy thinks the Ducks will beat Dallas in 6...so I'll say 5...my gut is telling me the Stars...i'm thinking they'll finally crack the Ducks) Minnesota over Vancouver in 7.
Well I'll be back to write later...have to go...adios
- Lance

[Peanut]

Wild just lost. It made me pretty angry. Ohlund grabbed Park by his jersey and hauled him to the ice while Bertuzzi sat on top of Wes Walz during the last 5 seconds so Vancouver could score. There should have been a penalty on one of the plays at least. I also just noticed Klatt gave Fernandez quite a few shoves to get him off the puck after he stopped it too. The whistle should have gone. Poor Wild. That WAS a crazy game between the Stars and Ducks. I thought it would go forever. Glad the Ducks won though. Sens over Philly. I was happy about that one. I'm hoping Tbay can bounce back from that opening loss like they did against the Caps.