NHL Playoff Pool

[Swan]

Awesome, now I can rub it in my Boston loving bosses face

[ZebraRampage]

That was fucking awesome. We came back in the series and came back in game 7 from the same deficit. This was only the fourth time in the history of sports that a team has come back from a 3-0 series lead. I also can't believe that it's going to be a 7th seed vs. and 8th seed for the Eastern Conference Final!

[Dylflon]

Interesting round.


Go Montreal?

[ZebraRampage]

So far so good. Chicago and Philadelphia take Game 1 in each series.

[Dylflon]

Players everyone has left:

ZebraRampage - 7
Dylflon - 5
Swan - 4
BAB - 2
Typhoid - 0

[Typhoid]

Dylflon:
F- Patrick Kane (CHI) - 15
F- Jonathon Toews (CHI) - 20
F- Henrik Sedin (VAN) - 14 (Out)
F- Daniel Sedin (VAN) - 14 (Out)
F- Sidney Crosby (PIT) - 19 (Out)
F- Evgeny Malkin (PIT) - 11 (Out)
F- Alexander Ovechkin (WSH) - 10 (Out)
F- Niklas Backstrom (WSH) - 9 (Out)
D- Duncan Keith (CHI) - 6
D- Chris Pronger (PHI) - 11
D- Sergei Gonchar (PIT) - 12 (Out)
D- Mike Green (WSH) - 3 (Out)
G- Antti Niemi (CHI) - 8 wins 2 SO / 26 points
G- Roberto Luongo (VAN) - 6 wins/ 12 points (Out)
G- Martin Brodeur (NJ) - 1 win / 2 points (Out)
Total Points: 184

ZebraRampage:
F- Mike Richards (PHI) - 17
F- Joe Thornton (SJ) - 11
F- Dany Heatley (SJ) - 11
F- Jonathon Toews (CHI) - 20
F- Pavel Datsyuk (DET) - 13 (Out)
F- Henrik Sedin (VAN) - 14 (Out)
F- Alexander Ovechkin (WSH) - 10 (Out)
F- Niklas Backstrom (WSH) - 9 (Out)
D- Chris Pronger (PHI) - 11
D- Dan Boyle (SJ) - 9
D- Duncan Keith (CHI) - 6
D- Zdeno Chara (BOS) - 7 (Out)
G- Roberto Luongo (VAN) - 6 wins/ 12 points (Out)
G- Jimmy Howard (DET) - 5 wins/ 1 SO / 15 points (Out)
G- Ryan Miller (BUF) - 2 wins/ 4 points (Out)
Total Points: 169

Swan
F- Jonathan Toews (CHI) - 20
F- Patrick Marleau (SJ) - 7
F- Tomas Holmstrom (DET) - 7 (Out)
F- Alexandre Burrows (VAN) - 6 (Out)
F- Daniel Sedin (VAN) - 14 (Out)
F- Henrik Zetterberg (DET) - 15 (Out)
F- Sidney Crosby (PIT) - 19 (Out)
F- Ilya Kovalchuk (NJ) - 6 (Out)
D- Duncan Keith (CHI) - 6
D- Chris Pronger (PHI) - 11
D- Mike Green (WSH) - 3 (Out)
D- Niklas Lidstrom (DET) - 10 (Out)
G- Roberto Luongo (VAN) - 6 wins/ 12 points (Out)
G- Jimmy Howard (DET) - 5 wins 1 SO / 15 points (Out)
G- Ryan Miller (BUF) - 2 wins/ 4 points (Out)
Total Points: 155

Typhoid:

F- Sidney Crosby (PIT) - 19 (Out)
F- Henrik Zetterberg (DET) - 15 (Out)
F- Evgeny Malkin (PIT) - 11 (Out)
F- Henrik Sedin (VAN) - 14 (Out)
F- Pavel Datsyuk (DET) - 13 (Out)
F- Jason Spezza (OTT) - 7 (Out)
F- Alexander Ovechkin (WSH) - 10 (Out)
F- Ilya Kovalchuk (NJ) - 6 (Out)
D- Niklas Lidstrom (DET) - 10 (Out)
D- Zdeno Chara (BOS) - 7 (Out)
D- Mike Green (WSH) - 3 (Out)
D- Drew Doughty (LA) - 7 (Out)
G- Roberto Luongo (VAN) - 6 wins/ 12 points (Out)
G- Martin Brodeur (NJ) - 1 win / 2 points (Out)
G- Ryan Miller (BUF) - 2 wins/ 4 points (Out)
Total Points: 140

BAB
F- Claude Giroux (PHI) - 11
F- Scott Gomez (MTL) - 11
F- Pavel Datsyuk (DET) - 13 (Out)
F- Ryan Kesler (VAN) - 10 (Out)
F- Sidney Crosby (PIT) - 19 (Out)
F- Tomas Vanek (BUF) - 3 (Out)
F- Derek Roy (BUF) - 2 (Out)
F- Ilya Kovalchuk (NJ) - 6 (Out)
D- Alex Goligoski (PIT) - 9 (Out)
D- Christian Ehrhoff (VAN) - 7 (Out)
D- Niklas Lidstrom (DET) - 10 (Out)
D- Mike Mottau (NJ) - 1 (Out)
G- Marc-Andre Fleury (PIT) - 7 wins 1 SO / 19 points (Out)
G- Roberto Luongo (VAN) - 6 wins/ 12 points (Out)
G- Martin Brodeur (NJ) - 1 win / 2 points (Out)
Total Points: 135

[ZebraRampage]

Dylflon, I think Niemi made the difference for you.

[Dylflon]

Originally Posted by ZebraRampage

Dylflon, I think Niemi made the difference for you.

Yep, I rule.

[The Germanator]

Flyers have scored 13 consecutive goals without answer. Leighton with two straight shutouts. Crazy stuff. Two more wins for the finals.

[ZebraRampage]

Originally Posted by The Germanator

Flyers have scored 13 consecutive goals without answer. Leighton with two straight shutouts. Crazy stuff. Two more wins for the finals.

Leighton has given up no goals for 8 consecutive periods, if you include the 2 periods from Game 7 vs. the Bruins.

[The Germanator]

Yeah, he's about one period away from breaking Boucher's scoreless playoff streak from 2000.

[KillerGremlin]

I wish I gave a shit about hockey, I really do. Chicago is in an uproar though, and all the bars have been packed during the hockey games. I'm suspect of the sudden popularity of the Blackhawks....I suspect many people have jumped on the bandwagon. This could be good for the Hawks though in terms of gaining new fans.

[Typhoid]

The Blackhawks have always had a pretty strong and proud fanbase, but obviously people are going to jump on the bandwagon if their team is going to the finals.

It would be like if people suddenly gave a shit about the Blue Jays.

[ZebraRampage]

My Dad used to work for a radio station in Chicago, when he was living there, and they carried the Hawks. During the period that he was living there, in, the early 80s, he noticed that if they weren't doing well, the arena was empty, but if they were doing well, the fans packed the place. It's an original six team, so obviously there are loyal fans, but I hope that they're more consistent than what my Dad's comment suggests.

I'm glad it's a Chicago vs. Philly final too. Both teams have gone through 5 Stanley Cup finals since winning their last one. Chicago has the longest drought though. I think Boston's drought is pretty long too.

Go Flyers!



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Okay, so I just looked up the drought situation on wikipedia. Chicago does have the longest Stanley Cup drought. I thought that was the case.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...eason_droughts

In terms of teams that HAVE won the Cup in the past, the longest droughts are Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, NY Islanders, etc etc. It's on the list in the middle of the page. It seems like there are a lot of different variations on this.

[The Germanator]

Hmm.

Do I trade a Flyers loss for a Roy Halladay perfect game? Probably not, but at least was a really fun game to watch. At least the Flyers stayed with them all night, except lots of the 3rd...