Sports → [NHL] Stanley Cup Playoffs!

I guess that was retribution for the 1992 sweep.

LOL! One of the announcers at the start said something about talking to someone on the Penguins and telling them that "There is a team to blow a 3-0 lead, and it was the Bruins." which made me laugh, because I REMEMBER that.

Huh? Pens swept Bruins 4-0 in 92. That was the sweep I was referring to.

The Pens also blew a 3-0 lead, against the Islanders back in the '75 quarter-finals.

And the Bruins came within 2 minutes of blowing a 3-1 lead in this years' playoffs.

2 lousy, stinking minutes that will live in infamy.

Kaner!

with the hattrick to send the Hawks to the Finals.

Should be a good one with the Hawks winning in 6.

As a former NHL referee, I will tell you guys to stop wasting time with this sport and I think all other sports in general because they are all corrupt in some way. I can only speak for the NHL because that is where I officiated but I don't think any of the other sports are clean either, just look at soccer scandals in Europe and the NBA refs that were paid off.

In my day, I was involved with some shady individuals that apparently worked with some bookies, at least that is what they told me, there could have been other people that pulled there strings to fix games and they were just the middle guys to hide the true identity of the people involved but considering the gambling market in the USA, I wouldn't be surprised if it really is gambling.

The individual I was mostly in contact with, I called him my "agent" would tell me how to call some games if I wanted to make some extra cash + there were other ways I could make money, let's say a team is down by 4 goals in the third, if I could get the team to come back and win from the deficit, I could get a bonus. I wasn't forced to call the game the way he wanted, In the end the choice was mine but the temptation is huge especially in big games I could make more money then the players themselves.

Over my career I banked huge amounts of money and have stashed millions in offshore accounts that were setup for me under fake names my agent set up. I am afraid as time goes on you will hear about me on the news, while I am fairly well versed in technology and hiding my tracks, I think the American government is on my tail with the technology that has been exposed with the PRISM scandal.

When the time comes I don't think I will be the only one taken out because there are other referees just as corrupt as I am and this playoffs has shown that to be true more then ever if you look closely at the games. Enjoy the games but remember that your team won't win if someone is not able to make a lot of money from your team winning. This is the reality of sports in America, possibly more then anywhere else in the world.

I was talking about what the announcers were talking about in the Bs blowing a near sure thing. I think it was the 04 series where the Bruins blew a lead (3-0 or 3-1) to Montreal and got bounced from the playoffs. As a Boston sports fan (minus basketball and baseball) I'm used to my share of disappointment and blown opportunity.

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As a Boston sports fan (minus basketball and baseball) I'm used to my share of disappointment and blown opportunity.

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Boo-hoo

Try being a Buffalo sports fan. The football team is dysfunctional, the hockey team lacks leadership and an identity and the basketball team moved away after 8 seasons. Yay! Go us!

Ummm......riiiight..... Thanks for coming to DLSR to share with us. Now can I borrow 20 bucks?

Are you Rick Tocchet?

LOL

Nah, he's Kerry Fraser...

I don't give a damn about an asterick I just want another Cup for them Bad Boys From Boston! And I only wish Chris Chelios was out there in his walker so we could cheap shot him like he did Bourque.

Wow, what a game 1! I thought the Bruins kinda slacked off a bit in the D dept that 3rd period, as the Blackhawks were all over Rask. The 2 goals at the end (tie / OT win) were both shots that if you TRIED to do them, would never go in the net, just crazy redirects/deflections. Still, an amazing game with 3 OT periods full of action. Looking forward to Sat.

You may want it, but you're not going to get it as the Hawks will win in 6.

Great game last night with lots of hits and quality saves on some tough shots by both teams. Bergeron's one timer in the 3rd was one hell of shot and loved the sound of the puck hitting the goal.

I thought the Blackhawks just looked really fast that period more than the Bruins defense slacking off. They just seemed to have more energy that period.

It is disturbing to us Penguin fans that Chi was able to score more goals in one game against the Bruins than the Pens were able to score in an entire series.

Yeah our defense looked very tired the last OT but what a crazy good game 1.

Awesome second game even if they did look like they were wading through concrete at times. Tied 1-1 heading to the Garden and looking forward to another great game tomorrow night.

2-0 shutout game 3! Woooooot! Go Bruins! Rask is awesome!

I thought tonight the Bruin's O finally matched the D's with stick work especially in-between the blues. Tons of batted in off a stick over the blue. I love this style hockey. Let's grind like the old boys (minus being pissed drunk and stoked on coke).

Just got back from the game. Not sure how it looked on TV but it sure seemed like the ice was titled in the B's favor. And where was Hossa? I'd argue that he's the most dangerous person on the ice for the Hawks and he was a no-show? Stanley Cup finals, you normally have to lose a leg before you get scratched.

B's are looking pretty comfortable.

I agree, the ice did seem a bit tilted towards the B's. Hossa was a late scratch, after taking the warmup. Upper body injury and day-to-day, is all I've seen so far.

Blackhawks' Hossa day-to-day after late scratch for Game 3I still think Hossa will be an amnesty buyout after the season is over; great player (we still miss him here) but with a bad contract as far as cap costs are concerned.

K, B's I tilted the ice!

Anyone else notice none of the finals games are on regular network TV? At least not yet. I think thats pretty lame.

Uhh.....all the playoffs have been on either regular network TV (CBC HNIC) or on a specialty sports network (TSN). At least, they are here.

I'm pretty sure tomorrow's game is on NBC.

I've been watching them out in the garage (so wifey can sleep) and I have to say NBCSports stream has been very good.

What a game last night! A real roller coaster with all those swings in score.