Stanley Cup 2014

[fred41]

awesome time of year....NY Rangers win seven game series against Flyers and now play Penguins (Rangers won yesterday in O.T.) in what will be an interesting series. Not much rest for the Rangers here...but so far their game is solid (though they did break down in the second period).

Watching Boston/ Montreal right now...always good to see an original six match up.

Let's Go Rangers!!!





P.S. Potvin sucks.

[fred41]

Wow...aided by an incredibly lucky bounce in the third to tie it....the Bruins come from behind to win game two..
Still ....glad Montreal at least got a split so far.

[fred41]

Christ...Rangers shutout again...just kill me already.

[fred41]

Nobody's gonna read this, but I don't care...NY Rangers showed incredible heart to come back from behind and win 3 in a row...their goaltender - Henrik Lundqvist - being an absolute wall when he had to be.
It seemed that the gutsy performance of Martin St.Louis, playing with the passing of his Mom a few day's before Mother's Day lying heavy on his heart, galvanized his team.

If anyone would like to comment on his favorite team in this playoff series, please do. There are some terrific battles going on.

[ralyear56]

Nobody's gonna read this, but I don't care...NY Rangers showed incredible heart to come back from behind and win 3 in a row...their goaltender - Henrik Lundqvist - being an absolute wall when he had to be.
It seemed that the gutsy performance of Martin St.Louis, playing with the passing of his Mom a few day's before Mother's Day lying heavy on his heart, galvanized his team.

If anyone would like to comment on his favorite team in this playoff series, please do. There are some terrific battles going on.
Awesome series! I was at game 4 and after that no-show I was sure we were done in 5.

[fred41]

Awesome series! I was at game 4 and after that no-show I was sure we were done in 5.

Hey ralyyear56,...you, me and practically everyone else thought they were done after that...(sorry you had to witness that farce live)
...but aside from St.Louis' personal tragedy a couple of other important things took place - Chris Kreider came back from his injury (probably a broken hand) to add much needed grit, speed, skill and willingness to take punishment in the opponents crease.....and I believe Ryan McDonagh might be healing from the shoulder injury that seemed to plague him.
...honestly, after game four I was happy to just take one game at a time as an enjoyable extension of the series...but then they played better as a team...and Lundqvist became...well...Lundqvist....and so here we are.

[ralyear56]

Hey ralyyear56,...you, me and practically everyone else thought they were done after that...(sorry you had to witness that farce live)
...but aside from St.Louis' personal tragedy a couple of other important things took place - Chris Kreider came back from his injury (probably a broken hand) to add much needed grit, speed, skill and willingness to take punishment in the opponents crease.....and I believe Ryan McDonagh might be healing from the shoulder injury that seemed to plague him.
...honestly, after game four I was happy to just take one game at a time as an enjoyable extension of the series...but then they played better as a team...and Lundqvist became...well...Lundqvist....and so here we are.
I can't wait to see how we match up against the Canadiens. Those games are going to be fast breaks both ways. Lundquist will have to be great almost every night since Price is so good.

[fred41]

Congratulations to the L.A. Kings for winning the Stanley Cup....

Proud of the NY Rangers. Many fans, including myself, never thought they'd go past first or second round...but they won anyway and we believed they could go all the way. Got love for the team and big time respect for AV and his coaching staff.
...and what a final game.
...still...

damn I wish there was a game six Monday.

[transfan8591]

Props to the Kings.

___________
"Look in my eyes, what do you see?....The Cult of Personality."

[Ben in LA]

I WAS gonna rub it in, but I've gotta show good sportsmanship like you did. Unfortunately we're in the minority; the haters were out in full force (on Twitter at least) saying the Kings didn't deserve the championship and such. I hate that shit.

[fred41]

I WAS gonna rub it in, but I've gotta show good sportsmanship like you did. Unfortunately we're in the minority; the haters were out in full force (on Twitter at least) saying the Kings didn't deserve the championship and such. I hate that shit.

Thanks for not rubbing it in Ben...I'm not sure how much it means to you...the team, the sport. IRL there are more important things, but when it comes to sports -I love hockey and I love the NY Rangers...
...so it kind of meant a lot to me.

The Kings were the bigger, stronger team. It can even be argued that they faced, and beat, better teams to get to the finals than the Rangers did.
That's not speaking from my heart...that's speaking from what I see and know, about these teams and the sport in general. The LA Kings are an excellent team that earned the cup they got to carry on the ice. For me to say otherwise would only demean what the NY Rangers have accomplished this season...
...if the Rangers would have found a way to win it all...it would have been spectacular...for them and for their fans...it isn't always the most skilled team that wins....sometimes it just takes that extra heart and effort. On paper it looks like the LA Kings demolished the NY Rangers, after all - they won it in five games...
...but...we all know it wasn't that simple: three of the games went to O.T....with the final game going to a heart stopping double OT....(and the Kings had to come from behind in at least three of the games)

I don't know what the haters are saying because I don't get into all that...I'm assuming that they're arguing the questionable call against Mats Zuccarello...and maybe the non interference call against Lundqvist in the previous game - please...calls go both ways - that's the nature of the sport...the Rangers got two PP chances in OT and they couldn't capitalize on them..
NY Rangers had more flaws, but they gave us an awesome ride here in NY...and Alain Vigneault and his staff have done an outstanding job, in my eyes, because they had bit less to work with...and the team will certainly look different next year.


But damn it...it sure would have been nice.
It would have been awesome.