JV wrote:

This is hilarious. But be forewarned, it's rife with gratuitous insults toward the Blues and the city.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/eulogy--remembering-the-2013-14-st--louis-blues-215110580.html

You had me at "syphilitic badger."

Can't wait to read the eulogy for the Sharks.  Ugh, how do you blow a 3-0 lead?

Well I was 3/4 in picking the west. Missed Colorado/Minnesota.

Anaheim vs LA - I gotta go with Anaheim on this. LA managed to save that series with San Jose but .... I think the Ducks win this.

Minnesota vs Chicago - Chicago.
 

artie_fufkin wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

Can't wait to read the eulogy for the Sharks.  Ugh, how do you blow a 3-0 lead?

You start by naming Joe Thornton as your captain. Great hands. Big body. Exceptional vision. No testicles.
 

For a minute I thought you were describing the gal that used to play center for Baylor's women's basketball team.  But then you said no testicles so I knew you weren't talking about her.

If Boston loses this game Lucic will have nightmares about that open net he whiffed on.

I can relate to that Artie... The Blues series with Chicago had a lot of Overtime... Games 4 and 5... So many missed chances in each of those games... Whiffs, posts, failed breakaways.... I've come however to understand that the Blues have a bit of a curse on them, and like the Cubs, failure is a bit expected and not as painful. For a Bruins fan, it's probably a little more traumatic, since you guys are actually expected to succeed!

"the Blues have a bit of a curse on them, and like the Cubs, failure is a bit expected and not as painful. For a Bruins fan, it's probably a little more traumatic, since you guys are actually expected to succeed!"

Everything changes for the Bruins when they see the CH on those red sweaters. The Bruins didn't beat the Canadiens in the playoffs for something like 45 years. It's been a little more even lately, but there's a lot of history working against the Bruins.

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Well, at least Big Ben still hasn't raped anyone in a bathroom this week.

Interesting Artie. We're both not bad at picking this game.

I'm still only 1 series being wrong (Colorado/Minnesota), you as well (Pittsburgh/NY Rangers) although you passed on picking the Philadelphia/Rangers series.

I think going 7-2 together is pretty decent work! If Anaheim and Boston advance we're 9-2.
 

"you passed on picking the Philadelphia/Rangers series."

Yeah, the three teams I can't be impartial about are the Rangers, the Flyers and the Canadiens, all of which I've despised from back in the '70s. The one and only one time I've ever shed tears when one of the teams I've rooted for lost was when the Bruins lost to the Canadiens in the '71 playoffs. And the Boston Globe's lead hockey writer brings up that series every time the Bruins face the Canadiens in the playoffs.
The Flyers almost ruined the NHL in the mid-'70s, when they put a bunch of thugs on ice skates. The Rangers are just, well, the Rangers - perennially under-talented and overrated by the New York media. 

Where to begin? The Bruins were out-played, out-hustled, out-performed, just about out-everything but out-shot last night.
The FanBoys are blaming the first line, Marchand, the young defense, the referees, but it's none of the above. First of all, you've got a coach who is married to a system. You're not going to win every game, 1-0, and there are occasionally times you're going to need a forward or two who doesn't necessarily have to keep one eye on his own net while he's shooting at the other. Phil Kessel or Tyler Seguin would have been nice to have in this series, but they don't fit the system.
Secondly, I think you trade Rask the day after he wins the Vezina Trophy in a few weeks, when his value is never going to be higher. He's one of the best goalies on the planet, and he makes all the saves he's supposed to make, but in order to win a Stanley Cup you need a goalie who will carry a team through a mediocre game, or even a mediocre series. Lundqvist did it. Price did it, and nobody does it better than Quick. 

"and nobody does it better than Quick"

If Quick can do it for one more game and one more series thereafter, I should win our fantasy hockey league.  Otherwise I'm looking at 4th place.