Here's an interesting fun fact for the upcoming SCF- both these teams were taken to overtime in game 7 in the first round.
2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs
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Good point.....so whoever wins the Cup, was one bad bounce away from playing golf BACK IN MID-APRIL!!!
Just heard this game was the first playoff game without a penalty called in 20 years. Hmmmm.
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I thought it was the first penalty-free playoff game since 1953. Yikes! It was a very clean game and I guess when there are no fragrant penalties then the other stuff gets ignored. I'm glad they let 'em play last night. IMO, Boston is a much better 5-on-5 team than they are a speacial-teams team so the Bruins benefitted from a penalty-free game.
And when the 3rd period started, you were assured that unless it was an absolute penalty, nothing was gonna be called as the officials DON'T want to be the cause of a game being decided ....
Boston in 8 ....
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I want the Bruins, but don't think they will be able to pull it off, but we'll see.
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I want the Bruins, but don't think they will be able to pull it off, but we'll see.
Heart says Boston, head says Vancouver. Canucks in seven. 
Regardless, it's going to be a heck of a Stanley Cup Final.
Regardless, it's going to be a heck of a Stanley Cup Final.
The Bruins-Canucks series ranks as the longest distance between Stanley Cup finalists. Interestingly enough, the Canucks three Cup appearances are all in the top four all-time.
1. Bruins-Canucks 2011- 2,504 miles
2. Kings-Canadiens 1993- 2,469 miles
3. Canucks-Islanders 1982- 2,448 miles
4. Canucks-Rangers 1994- 2,429 miles
1. Bruins-Canucks 2011- 2,504 miles
2. Kings-Canadiens 1993- 2,469 miles
3. Canucks-Islanders 1982- 2,448 miles
4. Canucks-Rangers 1994- 2,429 miles
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Well, it's a good thing we don't put a team in Fairbanks Alaska.
Or knowing the NHL's sudden affinity for the Sun Belt.........Honolulu!
These team are similar- great goaltending, good defensive corps, solid forwards.
The crowds at Rogers Arena and the Garden are gonna be off the charts.
My prediction- no offense, Bill, but I am going Canucks in 6 hard-fought games.
The crowds at Rogers Arena and the Garden are gonna be off the charts.
My prediction- no offense, Bill, but I am going Canucks in 6 hard-fought games.
Friday night's Lightning-Bruins game 7 was the highest rated Conference Final game on cable since Avalanche-Red Wings game 7 in 2002 (Wings won that game 7-0).
Also, it was the highest rated non-SCF game ever on Versus/Outdoor Life Network.
Also, it was the highest rated non-SCF game ever on Versus/Outdoor Life Network.
A dark day for the NHL.
As the rest of the sunbelt, and then the lower midwestern teams colapse, the national interest dies, and the league becomes a non-entity south of I-70, and of no interest to any national broadcaster.
Enjoy watching the Stanley Cup finals on youtube.
As the rest of the sunbelt, and then the lower midwestern teams colapse, the national interest dies, and the league becomes a non-entity south of I-70, and of no interest to any national broadcaster.
Enjoy watching the Stanley Cup finals on youtube.
Well, it easily could have been much worse, Vancouver and TB would have been about the most you can get, short of Miami (Florida Panthers)
No catering to the NBA!
Anyhow I'm going for the Canucks to take the cup, in 5 games.
It was a total fluke the Bruins beat Tampa Bay in game 7
