NHL playoffs start now. It's the most wonderful time of year

[MegoMark71]

Your going to love this if you haven't seen it yet.
New York Rangers coach John Tortorella takes shots at New Jersey Devils - NHL News | FOX Sports on MSN

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I don't get what Torts is trying to do. Deboer and he have real animosity for one another. It can't be a welcome distraction to the Rags either. He probably frustrated that his team has been outplayed for most of the series but this kind of stuff usually comes out when your loosing and want to take the attention off of that. Meanwhile the Devils are reguarded as one of the good guy Hockey teams and I don't think they or anyone else are buying into his accusations. He just looks really bad and what he's doing is turning his team into the NHL's version of the Miami Heat....the bad guys that nobody wants to see win. Even the NY Radio guys are saying he's got to stop because his antics are becoming an unhealthy distraction for the team. Meanwhile, NJ has again said all the right things and DON'T GIVE A @#$%! Jersey does need to win tonight though and I think they will but I am expecting a more raucous game since the pot has seemingly boiled over on NY's side. Same thing with Philly..if NJ plays their game whistle to whistle and doesn't get sucked in to the Blue Shirts aggression,, they should do fine.

Also yesterday was the 1st game I missed of the Playoffs. Again, dumb decision to have a 3:00 start.

What really kills me today is I could have had 2 tickets for tonight's game and I had to turn them down because I am dog sick. I may even have to tape it and watch tomorrow if I can't stay awake.

[MegoMark71]

They were even talking tonight during the pregame how windbag is full of crap. I had to watch even though i hate bill smacky patrick. My biggest pet peeve are people who suck their teeth before talking and make that smack noise. Even before they show him i can tell it's patrick by the smack before he says a word. And it's every dang time he talks. So glad he doesn't call games. ESPN has a few announcers that do the same thing. OK see how much it ticks me off, got me off track.
Anyway, like i said in the other thread, i got your back tonight. Jersey just needs to keep doing what they are doing. Put the puck on net and they will get the goals. I think it will be a great game tonight.....if your pulling for the devils that is.

[MegoMark71]

And the Devils dominate for the win. So tired of the Rangers mookcoach, he is a disgrace to everyone in the league. His players are cheap shot artist and take direction from him. He is the one who tells them to do the crap that they do. He should have another player suspended and i hope he gets a fine. The way his team plays when they know they are going to lose is a direct reflection on his coaching. Everyone who watched tonight's game got to see the arrogant icehole in action. His smug look after one of his thugs does something says it all. Biggest jerk in the sport and will always be that till he gets kicked out of the game.
Sean i hope the game did make you feel better, whenever your able to watch it.

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Fell asleep before it started but I was able to watch in about an hours time. Loved Pete going right back after Torts and Kovy knows how to pick his spots too when push comes to shove. I didn't mind that he gave Callahan a little pitchfork there at all. Nice to see Parise score a couple of goals as well. He was their best player tonight by far. The Devils' responded big tonight and I think they're in the Rags heads a bit. They said in the post game the Rangers kept looking at the refs on every little thing for a penalty and that's what I was saying before about Torts saying the wrong thing. I think Rupp should get a game after his performance tonight. The guy was like a wrecking ball on that one play and while punching Brodeur won't do it, he did leave his feet on the right before that. This is how games 1 & 3 could have gone but the Devils just couldn't find the net. Again, the Devils have been the better team in this series but they just got outplayed 2 periods that resulted in 6 goals. It's a best of 3 series now but if NJ can win the next one and make it 2 in a row they've got a great chance to be playing for the Cup next week.

[MegoMark71]

Sudden death right now for the Coyotes.

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Suddenly I find the Kings a very unlikable team. Phoenix just lost out on 3 penalty calls and the refs handed LA that game. That may have been the most one sided horribly officiated period of the entire 2012 playoffs. The no-icing delay of game call no call was huge. and that play when Smith lost the glove should have absolutely been blown dead just on the fact that he was making the attempt to cover the puck and had it knocked off by an offensive player. Something like that should be in the rules and if Refs can get away with "intent to blow a whistle", they could have easily blown that play dead since Smith covered the puck and lost the glove at the same time and no one would have said a word about it. The Kings score on that play and you've got a huge series ending controversy there. The way Doughty lost his mind on the refs, I thought for sure he was gonna get 4 minutes (and I'm pretty sure he got called for interference cause the refs botched so many calls for Phoenix earlier, it may have been a case of "balancing things out") Brown does not come off looking good after this series either. Whether that last hit was knee on knee or thigh on thigh, it was dirty and considering all the plays he's been involved in like that, he made himself out to be a goon. Honestly if I was a player on the Coyotes, I would have just walked off the ice and skipped the whole handshake thing entirely with the dirty Kings. I didn't think the Yotes were going anywhere after going down 3-0 but for them to go out like this has got to be just terrible for them. They didn't play great in the 3rd or the OT but they've got to be feeling like they got rooked by the refs at the end there and you know what, they totally did.

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Also Mike Smith and J.R. going at in the post game is classic. Both are toolbags but I totally agree with Smith. The whistle blows and the play is dead. Browns gotta pull off once the play is over. A penalty had to be called there.

[Jordiway]

Suddenly I find the Kings a very unlikable team. Phoenix just lost out on 3 penalty calls and the refs handed LA that game. That may have been the most one sided horribly officiated period of the entire 2012 playoffs. The no-icing delay of game call no call was huge. and that play when Smith lost the glove should have absolutely been blown dead just on the fact that he was making the attempt to cover the puck and had it knocked off by an offensive player. Something like that should be in the rules and if Refs can get away with "intent to blow a whistle", they could have easily blown that play dead since Smith covered the puck and lost the glove at the same time and no one would have said a word about it. The Kings score on that play and you've got a huge series ending controversy there. The way Doughty lost his mind on the refs, I thought for sure he was gonna get 4 minutes (and I'm pretty sure he got called for interference cause the refs botched so many calls for Phoenix earlier, it may have been a case of "balancing things out") Brown does not come off looking good after this series either. Whether that last hit was knee on knee or thigh on thigh, it was dirty and considering all the plays he's been involved in like that, he made himself out to be a goon. Honestly if I was a player on the Coyotes, I would have just walked off the ice and skipped the whole handshake thing entirely with the dirty Kings. I didn't think the Yotes were going anywhere after going down 3-0 but for them to go out like this has got to be just terrible for them. They didn't play great in the 3rd or the OT but they've got to be feeling like they got rooked by the refs at the end there and you know what, they totally did.

agreed 100% no wonder the NHL is loosing fans

[MegoMark71]

Actually your statement couldn't be more wrong. Other than the games on the weekend during the day the playoffs have had great numbers. This year since NBC took over from VS has seen viewership way up as the coverage has been amazing. Best post season coverage i have seen since the days of espn and espn2 both having double header games. There have been a few games that were down, but overall the rating have been good.
As far as the call your talking about i actually don't agree. It wasn't as bad as it looked. Brown never changes his stance, only thing he was guilty of was the hit being a tad late. I had no problem with that call. And i don't like him. He has a bad attitude about him i just don't like. Now for the rest of the game, yeah the refs called that game like crap on several occasions. But i blame the Coyotes for not playing as hard as they should have been in a series close out game if they lost...and they did.

Now tonight's game i am enjoying but i am watching it on a delay so i can fast forward through the commercials and in between period's