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

[Datt]

GO STARS! I think this series is going to go 7 games, don't they always go 7 games?, with Dallas winning it. Of course that means they have to face my Ducks. But since we are going to sweep Detriot, I think we can give the Stars a good run for it!

 

[Tom Cashel]

Go Stars! Win the Stanley Cup by cheating AGAIN!

 

[Nightfall]

Think someone needs to get over it. I've watch the game. Even if Bret's goal was disallowed, (not that it should be), Buffalo STILL had to score to win. And believe me, that's easier said than done in that game. Dallas clearly had the horses going. Buffalo didn't.

In any case, some great hockey last night. Looking forward to great hockey tonight too.

 

[mikebr99]

...and what the HECK is Shane Corson thinking? I'm not a Leafs fan by any stretch of the imagination but come on, that's just a terrible attitude to have. I hope he's blackballed and no one picks him up (highly unlikely, but one of those things you'd like to see happen after something like that).

I actually think he did the right thing by resigning and getting out of the spotlight, and allowing his teammates to focus on the game instead of throwing public temper tantrums about lack of ice time etc.

My $0.02... YMMV... IMHO... etc.


Mike

 

[MarauderX]

the Caps were robbed last night. ROBBED! Robbed like a rogue who steals a wizard's spellbook... just not right.

 

[Paragon]

1. don't even get me started on the "no goal" the NHL head of officiating who was at the game said GOAL.

2. and how did dallas cheat last night?

3. Dallas in 6. We don't want to have to play a game 7. anything can happen in game 7. any team can beat any other team in a game 7. Period.

4. I will be at the game thursday. sorry oilers.

5. dallas has to respect the oilers. i think that has been the problem in the series. they have to bring it every night. i think they get cocky and don't play for 60 mins unless they felt they "had to", if they don't and they lose on thursday, i have a bad feeling about this.

6. dallas can be the ducks. i like the ducks, i like kariya and oates and giguere. we beat them during the regular season and giguere has to come back to earth and play like a mortal at some point

I think that was it.

Paragon

 

[Harlock]

I actually think he did the right thing by resigning and getting out of the spotlight, and allowing his teammates to focus on the game instead of throwing public temper tantrums about lack of ice time etc.

My $0.02... YMMV... IMHO... etc.


Mike

Well My mileage does vary and here's my humble opinion: Corson should have sucked it up like a big boy, kept his trap shut and taken one for the team. Tantrums are bad, and shouldn't happen when your team is in the playoffs. Saying resigning was better than tantrums is sort of like saying AIDS is a better way to die than cancer. Either way you're dead, so who cares? It wasn't a lack of ice time he quit after, it was being a healthy scratch. On top of that you're team is in the playoffs busting their collective butts trying to get to the next round. It's playoff hockey. I would have been cool with resigning over continued problems during the regular season but let's face it, playoff hockey is all about playing through injuries be they to your foot, your jaw or your pride. I say phooey to Corson. This was a bad distraction for the Leafs and I almost hope they win the whole thing so he sits back without a ring. I also think it shows he's not a team player when it counts most and since he's a free agent after this season that should hurt him too.

 

[Datt]

6. dallas can be the ducks. i like the ducks, i like kariya and oates and giguere. we beat them during the regular season and giguere has to come back to earth and play like a mortal at some point

Paragon

Sorry to burst your bubble but Giguere isn't scheduled to start playing like a mortal until well after July 4th!

 

[Welverin]

Think someone needs to get over it. I've watch the game. Even if Bret's goal was disallowed, (not that it should be), Buffalo STILL had to score to win. And believe me, that's easier said than done in that game. Dallas clearly had the horses going. Buffalo didn't.

That's always bugged me too. Not only would they have had to score a goal in that game, they had to win the next goal too! Yet we never hear the end of it.

 

[Broken Fang]

Oh well since last night looks like things have changed:

On Mogilny - "He had a downturn yesterday," Quinn said. "There were enough symptoms to say he should not play tonight. They are taking a precaution."

Avs need to win tonight and then end the series at home! Go Avs!