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| Guest4377 |
Posted - 04/26/2012 : 18:42:52
With only two out of seven Canadian teams making the post-season, it was not a great year for Canadian (based) teams.
When was the last time there were no Canadian team's after the first round of the playoffs? I could check, but I'm sure someone will dig up the answer.
Sure, there are plenty of Canadian-born players on all the remaining teams in the playoffs, but with no Canadian teams in the final three rounds of the playoffs, I wonder who CBC will cover the rest of the way?
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| mandree888 |
Posted - 04/27/2012 : 08:27:25
i am not sure if this is the stations that will be showing or not i am seeing on nhl. com that the east has the CBC icon on bothe series and the west has tsn. again i have no idea if they are just sponsoring or that this is where the games will be broadcasted |
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Posted - 04/27/2012 : 07:51:07
Hmm, interesting thought - who does CBC give first dibs to show?
The early match-ups from the East:
NY Rangers / Washington: New York is a high profile team, no real Canadian superstars except perhaps for Brad Richards. Washington has Ovechkin, no Canadian superstars except for Mike Green perhaps.
Jersey / Philly: Claude Giroux is the best forward still playing, and a true Canadian boy. Jersey has Brodeur. And, this could be a high scoring, exciting series, especially since Jersey doesn't really play a true trap game anymore. Neither is considered a "high profile team", however.
Edge: Philly/Jersey, although hard to put New York and Lundqvist in any second tier category . . . still, I feel like this is a changing of the guard, and CBC should be doing their due dilligence in hyping the next big Canadian thing - Claude Giroux.
The late games out West:
Phoenix / Nashville: The Preds had Weber as a Canadian superstar, and even a key guy like Mike Fisher as well. Phoenix has . . . all the appeal of an adult diaper. Ugh. But, it's Shane Doan's last run in the playoffs perhaps? Mike Smith is from Kingston Ontario, where you-know-who is also from?
And lord knows, if two franchises needed some propping up, this is the match-up to do it for!
St. Louis / LA Kings: Nobody on St. Louis is a real star per se, but Elliot is from Newmarket. Other than that, this is a team that nobody knows much about, and nobody has seen play. LA is LA - and, they are the underdog, AND they have some star power of a Canadian bent in Doughty and Mike Richards.
Edge: I say it's a surprising Nashville/Phoenix, it's Nashville's coming out party I think . . . and as a scheduling thing, it's a natural to go with them first, and THEN if there is a game in LA, go that one right afterward to join in the 3rd period.
"Take off, eh?" - Bob and Doug |
| Alex116 |
Posted - 04/27/2012 : 07:41:02
Ah, i thought so. I was racking my brain for a "Lapierre", "Laperiere", "Pierre", or something that sounded somewhat similar. I guess "Giguere" does sound a little like it?  |
| Guest7752 |
Posted - 04/27/2012 : 07:38:38
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Originally posted by Alex116
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Originally posted by Guest7752
2007 : Beauchemin, Lapierre
Who's this Lapierre you speak of in '07??? I'm i forgetting some insignificant scrub from the Ducks championship team?
My mistake - I meant to include J.S Giguere, not Lapierre |
| Alex116 |
Posted - 04/27/2012 : 07:28:09
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Originally posted by Guest7752
2007 : Beauchemin, Lapierre
Who's this Lapierre you speak of in '07??? I'm i forgetting some insignificant scrub from the Ducks championship team? |
| Guest7752 |
Posted - 04/27/2012 : 06:13:05
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Originally posted by Shepsky
The majority of the NHL is Canadian, however only 7 out of 30 teams are based here. No matter what 'American' team wins the cup, chances are there are a lot of Canadian boys playing on the team, the cup comes to Canada every year when players bring it to their hometown, just a few years ago Matt Cooke brought the cup to my hometown, and it was awesome!!!
Every day is a great day for hockey
-Mario Lemieux
You are absolutely correct.
Off the top of my head and just in Quebec, within the Montreal area, I have seen NINE (9) home-grown Canadian boys show off the cup since post-lock-out. (and I’m sure I’ve missed some)
2011 : Bergeron, Caron
2010 : Crawford
2009 : Dupuis, Fleury, Letang, Talbot
2007 : Beauchemin, Lapierre
How many Americans can claim the same?
Cup visits more Canadian home towns than any US town year after year!!!
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| Shepsky |
Posted - 04/27/2012 : 05:19:23
The majority of the NHL is Canadian, however only 7 out of 30 teams are based here. No matter what 'American' team wins the cup, chances are there are a lot of Canadian boys playing on the team, the cup comes to Canada every year when players bring it to their hometown, just a few years ago Matt Cooke brought the cup to my hometown, and it was awesome!!!
Every day is a great day for hockey
-Mario Lemieux |
| hockeyfan |
Posted - 04/27/2012 : 04:27:12
I'm sure that Gary BETTMAN is happy with that...If it was up to him, there would be no Canadian hockey team in the NHL...no Stanley cup in Canada since 1993...how disappointing is that... |
| Alex116 |
Posted - 04/26/2012 : 22:36:42
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Originally posted by Guest4377
When was the last time there were no Canadian team's after the first round of the playoffs? I could check, but I'm sure someone will dig up the answer.
Heard on Sportsnet that it was 1996. Apparently 5 Canadian teams made the playoffs that year and NONE advanced! |
| Guest2755 |
Posted - 04/26/2012 : 18:58:55
With the absence of a Canadian team CBC usually likes to go with an original six team. With no Boston, Chicago or Detroit left in this years playoffs , I say the Rangers get the preferential treatment. |
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