[OT-NHL] The Annual NHL Playoffs Thread: 2003

[Tom Cashel]

EDIT: Why gum things up with another thread when the playoffs begin in a couple weeks? This one is a nice start...

Quote from New York Post, March 26, 2003:

"The Rangers weren't exactly broken, but Glen Sather's fixing them, anyway."

Isn't that what WotC is doing?

Who are you folks rooting for in the playoffs? I am, as always, rooting for the Rangers to make a miraculous appearance as the #8 team in the East.

 

[blackshirt5]

Not really rooting for anybody. I can get into playing hockey, but not into watching it.

 

[armac]

Who am I cheering for?

Gotta go with the hometown team:

Go Sens Go!!!

Other than that, I'll pull for the Leafs to win
far enough into the playoffs so they meet
the Sens. Revenge will be sweet.

Angus

 

[Tom Cashel]

Sens! What a great club you've got there.

The downside of my fervent wish for the Rangers to get the 8-spot...

...is that they'll play the Sens in the first round.

No smiley can fully embody my apprehension.

 

[Harlock]

I am forever a Bruins fan. Borque was/is my hero. Neely was superb. #4 left a legacy of defense in Beantown and I soooo love defensive hockey. What's great is these great defensive players are just as well known for their offense, Neely even more so as a winger. So anyway, go Bruins!

 

[schporto]

Well I'm rooting for the B's too. I actually get to see them tomarrow at Philly. My wife's a Flyers fan though.
Oh and a side note - I seriously hope the Ragners do NOT make the playoffs. This article on espn pretty much sums up my opinions why.
-cpd

 

[buzzard]

Well I am rooting against the Rangers to make the playoffs if that counts (I have great faith in the organization's ability to burn money to no avail). My Penguins have become a disgrace, so I can't very well be too concerned there. I suppose I could root for the Avs. Rooting against the Rangers won't last very long after all.

buzzard

 

[Drakron]

Err .... hire Glen Sather to revise the ranger class?

 

[Nightfall]

Glen can't seem to fix a skate much less the problems with the Rangers.

Flyers fan but considering the ups and down of the Flyers team for the past 8 years...let's just say I'm skepticial. Hopeful mind you. Hell if we had Amonte when the Flyers still had a healthy Eric Lindros, the debaucle of Wings/Flyers wouldn't have been so bad. (Course the Flyers had to have better d-men but that's another issue.)

In anycase I pick the Wings and Dallas to battle it out for the Cup. (At least the Western Version of it)

 

[Tom Cashel]

I seriously hope the Ragners do NOT make the playoffs. This article on espn pretty much sums up my opinions why.

Yeah, I read that article the other day...

It's tough to be a Rangers fan these days. How am I supposed to argue that Sather's not a hypocrite, or that my team doesn't suck?

I'll just say this: the jerseys I own don't say SATHER and they don't say COMCAST. They say RANGERS. I'm a fan of the team, and they've actually been playing like one for the past few weeks. Playoff hopes are so very slim, but they still exist. And if, by some Hockey-Gods miracle, they make it to the playoffs, I think they have the potential to beat any team out there.