NHL 2013

[siouxweet]

they actually look like the team to beat to win the whole thing.

they will win the whole thing. hawks can't hang with them and neither team in the east will last past 5. start talk of a kings dynasty.

[MafiaMan]

they will win the whole thing. hawks can't hang with them and neither team in the east will last past 5. start talk of a kings dynasty.

Iceberg! Dead ahead! Board the lifeboats! Abandon ship!

[siouxweet]

Iceberg! Dead ahead! Board the lifeboats! Abandon ship!

let's see. the Kings are dominating in every aspect of this series:offense, defense, goaltending, special teams and they seem to want it more. the stat that tells it all. with like four minutes left in the third last night the Kings were outshooting the Hawks 13-2. they wree up by one but playing with desperation like they were down by one. it doesn't help when Kane, Sharp and Hossa are non existent this series. if they lose tomorrow it will be abandon ship.

[Goon]

This series is far from over. The Blackhawks have face a lot of adversity the last four years.

[MafiaMan]

let's see. the Kings are dominating in every aspect of this series:offense, defense, goaltending, special teams and they seem to want it more. the stat that tells it all. with like four minutes left in the third last night the Kings were outshooting the Hawks 13-2. they wree up by one but playing with desperation like they were down by one. it doesn't help when Kane, Sharp and Hossa are non existent this series. if they lose tomorrow it will be abandon ship.

You're kidding me, right? The Blackhawks were in complete control of game 2 until they got lazy in the 3rd and it all went to hell in a handbasket.

Did you push the panic button this soon last year when the Red Wings were up 2 games to 1? Or did you wait until Detroit was up 3 games to 1?

[scpa0305]

You're kidding me, right? The Blackhawks were in complete control of game 2 until they got lazy in the 3rd and it all went to hell in a handbasket.

Did you push the panic button this soon last year when the Red Wings were up 2 games to 1? Or did you wait until Detroit was up 3 games to 1?

Completely agree however it is so tough to win back to back cups. The seasons are so long. Hopefully the hawks can sneak one out tomorrow and then take the first game back in Chi. The way they have been losing leads is somewhat odd though.

[siouxweet]

You're kidding me, right? The Blackhawks were in complete control of game 2 until they got lazy in the 3rd and it all went to hell in a handbasket.

Did you push the panic button this soon last year when the Red Wings were up 2 games to 1? Or did you wait until Detroit was up 3 games to 1?

3-1, but I also felt they had a chance to come back against against detroit because they were by far the better team. you can't say that about LA.

[MafiaMan]

3-1, but I also felt they had a chance to come back against against detroit because they were by far the better team. you can't say that about LA.

Yea, no doubt, game 7 overtime goal...by far the better team. By far.

[siouxweet]

Yea, no doubt, game 7 overtime goal...by far the better team. By far.

so basically what you are saying is the Hawks are fu@&ed. because if you thought the Hawks were barely the better team against a mediocre Detroit club there is no way they can be better than LA.

[MafiaMan]

Pouliot, WTF?

[MafiaMan]

so basically what you are saying is the Hawks are fu@&ed. because if you thought the Hawks were barely the better team against a mediocre Detroit club there is no way they can be better than LA.

Sorry, but mediocre teams don't extend last year's Blackhawks to OT in game 7. If Filppula doesn't go down courtesy of a Blackhawk slew-foot, Detroit wins that series, and quite possibly the Stanley Cup.

[MafiaMan]

Wow, Martin St Louis. Wow.

[Blackheart]

Beauty of a shot, eh?

[MafiaMan]

Dustin Tokarski has been unbelievable this series though...

[farce poobah]

... But every time an announcer says "Tokarski", I hear "Koharski".

[Blackheart]

... But every time an announcer says "Tokarski", I hear "Koharski".

have another donut?

[Goon]

have another donut?

I went to game seven of that series, it was awesome.

[siouxweet]

Sorry, but mediocre teams don't extend last year's Blackhawks to OT in game 7. If Filppula doesn't go down courtesy of a Blackhawk slew-foot, Detroit wins that series, and quite possibly the Stanley Cup.

really?

[MafiaMan]

really?

Um...yea. Detroit was down 3-2 to Anaheim in the quarterfinals and won the last two games, including game 7 in Anaheim to advance to the conference semi-finals. You see, had they held on to beat Chicago, they would have been in the Western Conference Finals. Hardly far-fetched to think they could have won that series and made the Stanley Cup Finals. They were a #7 seed, big deal. We all know seeds mean little in the NHL playoffs. See also: Kings, Los Angeles.

[Goon]

Just for the record, I thought that Detroit was going to be a team on the rise this past season because of their play last season.

[scpa0305]

This doesn't look like the hawks. Kings are capitalizing on every chance. Q might have to consider pulling Crawford. 3 goals on 4 shots.

[Fetch]

? ? ? Ok that's enough keeping it interesting

[MafiaMan]

Alright, probably time for Chicago to push the red "panic" button in this game, siouxsweet...

[MafiaMan]

This doesn't look like the hawks. Kings are capitalizing on every chance. Q might have to consider pulling Crawford. 3 goals on 4 shots.

Patrick Kane is playing like this is some Olympic bronze medal throw-away series...

[scpa0305]

Patrick Kane is playing like this is some Olympic bronze medal throw-away series...

True...other than the first shift I never noticed him. Crawford's numbers look about as bad as a goalie's numbers can look the past 3 games, however, it has been the guys in front of him letting him down.