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semin-rules
PickupHockey Veteran
Canada
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 Posted - 04/23/2007 : 20:56:17
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Poll Question:
After Vanouver beat Dallas, Vancouver will play Anaheim in the 2nd round. Who will win this series? For me, I htink Anaheim is going to take this game in 5 or 6. They can block out the offence and can find a way to beat Luongo. So Anaheim will win. What about you guys?
~~~~~Great season Stars, better luck next year~~~~~
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Guest4024
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Posted - 04/23/2007 : 21:07:03
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| as much as i want my nucks to win. i have major doubts.... |
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willus3
Moderator
Canada
1948 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2007 : 21:17:03
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Ducks sweep Nucks.
"Go chase headlights!" |
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1 Crosby fan
PickupHockey Veteran
Canada
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Posted - 04/23/2007 : 21:29:19
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I am a Canuck Faithful and i believe they could pull it off in another Game 7
Viktor Kozlov is my hero |
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bablaboushka
PickupHockey Veteran
Canada
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Posted - 04/23/2007 : 21:30:14
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| I want this to go to 7 but I think Anaheim will take this quickly. Vancouver won't be able to get away with low scores against the powerful Anaheim offense, if they can even score at all against Niedermayer, Pronger and Beauchemin. I'm looking at a 4-5 game series. |
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tctitans
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
931 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2007 : 22:26:47
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This could have been close, but i'm not so sure anymore. The games begin with only 1 days rest for my faithful, and they've endured one heck of a grueling series. I think it's going to be hard to compete at the required energy level after the 27 (or so) periods of hockey they just played.
Too bad - hopefully they can get a couple in thou... |
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Saku Steen
PickupHockey Veteran
Canada
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Posted - 04/24/2007 : 03:42:57
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I think that Vancouver will take it in 6. The will be running high after series but that rasis the question will they be to tired? I dont think so but all the games will be close in scoring.
I've figured it out, the guys gotta play like girls! |
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manninm
PickupHockey Pro
USA
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Posted - 04/24/2007 : 05:58:21
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wow, we have a lot of loyal 'nucks fans in here! Anaheim in 6...Vancouver's a good team, but the Ducks are better
Because the demands on a goalie are mostly mental, it means that for a goalie, the biggest enemy is himself." ~Ken Dryden |
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BigShow
Rookie
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Posted - 04/24/2007 : 06:45:00
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Anaheim in 6.
The Ducks are firing on all cylinders. Giguere vs Luongo should be very entertaining, but Luongo is going to put under pressure a lot more often. Van's defence is solid, but they don't move the puck any where near as well as Anaheim's big three do.
The forwards really don't even compare. As stated many times this season, Vancouver has the Sedins and nothing else. Anaheim not only has Selanne, who is having a great year, but their young guys are really stepping up as well. |
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Mikhailova
PickupHockey All-Star
USA
2918 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2007 : 13:03:56
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This should be an easy series for Anaheim.
Ducks in 5 |
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jbraiter
PickupHockey Pro
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Posted - 04/24/2007 : 13:19:08
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| Canucks in 7, Canucks big guns up front are going to start to score again! |
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fly4apuckguy
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
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Posted - 04/25/2007 : 08:07:37
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Ducks in 5. Just a guess, but Vancouver won't be able to go without a goal in three games and still win the series. In fact, maybe Ducks in 4.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. - Gretz |
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Guest2267
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Posted - 04/25/2007 : 10:40:38
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| i say vancouver in 7 its going to be a tough sereis again because of goaltending and defence |
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87CrOsBy87
Top Prospect
Canada
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Posted - 04/25/2007 : 10:42:30
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Originally posted by Guest2267
i say vancouver in 7 its going to be a tough sereis again because of goaltending and defence
i agree with you guest 2267 i think it will be a good series to watch
!Go Canucks Go!
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semin-rules
PickupHockey Veteran
Canada
1915 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2007 : 13:58:13
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I can't belive that Vancouver is winning this poll! Come on guys, do you honestly think a team that was shutout 3 times will beat a team that has forwards that are untouchable, defence that like brick walls, and a special team that is number one in the playoffs? NO.
~~~~~Great season Stars, better luck next year~~~~~ |
Edited by - semin-rules on 04/26/2007 14:02:03 |
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Mikhailova
PickupHockey All-Star
USA
2918 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2007 : 14:15:27
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| The only reason Van is winning is because there are so many Canucks fans on this board. C'mon guys, think about it. If they had a struggle against Dallas, they're going to get squashed by Anaheim. |
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Guest4029
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Posted - 04/25/2007 : 20:04:57
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| Yeah, I agree... Ducks are FAR TOO PLAYOFF READY to let a team, lifted only by their goaltender, to win... Dallas should have beat vancouver |
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perryfan
Top Prospect
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Posted - 04/26/2007 : 12:14:28
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Short of mass injuries to Anaheim, I really don't think the nucks can take more than one game. As a Duck fan, I'll sweat more when we have to play the Sharks or Redwings.
Disclaimer: Semin- Sorry, this is my first post outside the QFTC topic. I'm a 30 year old stay at home mom who's only been watching hockey for a couple of seasons, so I don't know much history, but I'm learning a lot from this forum. |
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1 Crosby fan
PickupHockey Veteran
Canada
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Posted - 04/26/2007 : 17:02:03
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Well Game 1 was down the drain for the Canucks and maybe if Salo or Bieska played played maybe they would have won and Mik I know stats don't lie but they did struggle against Dallas but remember anything could happen on the playoffs so they could pull of an upset(just like all the bottom seeds beating the top seeds last year in the west)
Viktor Kozlov is my hero |
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tctitans
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
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Posted - 04/26/2007 : 17:09:29
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I'm at the pinnacle of the Canuck fanatic graph and I must admit that Anaheim has a much superior team. They have good offensive depth and an enviable Defense (how can you not when you have at least 1 Norris trophy hall of famer on the ice for every minute of every game). This is the playoffs, so you never know, but it's going to be a huge uphill battle for the boyz in blue... especially in their fatigued state and with their key injuries.
Doesnt mean I still wont be cheering fer'em!
Hopefully we can at least get 1 game to go our way. :)
GO NUCKS GO! |
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PuckNuts
PickupHockey Veteran
Canada
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Posted - 04/27/2007 : 05:26:17
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Anaheim will take this series, Vancouver is having trouble scoring, and this is not the time to have a goal scoring drought…
it will be over quackly…
Lead, follow, or get out of the way... |
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fly4apuckguy
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
834 Posts |
Posted - 04/27/2007 : 08:27:35
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Originally posted by 1 Crosby fan
Well Game 1 was down the drain for the Canucks and maybe if Salo or Bieska played played maybe they would have won and Mik I know stats don't lie but they did struggle against Dallas but remember anything could happen on the playoffs so they could pull of an upset(just like all the bottom seeds beating the top seeds last year in the west)
Viktor Kozlov is my hero
Yep all they needed was Salo and Bieksa. And Gretzky in his prime. And Bobby Orr. And maybe Mario. Then it would have been close.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. - Gretz |
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Trevman12
Rookie
Canada
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Posted - 04/28/2007 : 08:57:09
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| so much for a sweep, series is tied 1-1. |
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jbraiter
PickupHockey Pro
577 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2007 : 08:58:20
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| ya GO CANUCKS GO! |
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Marian
Top Prospect
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Posted - 04/29/2007 : 10:16:54
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| I believe that Canucks will win, Anahaim has good defensive style once they score a go-ahead goal (having seen the Wilds series), but when they need to be creative it is much harder for them especially when there is a good goalie. |
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number1leafsfan
Rookie
Canada
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Posted - 04/29/2007 : 10:57:27
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i think anahim but its mostly because someone in my pool ahead of me has daniel and henrik sedin and i have selanne
Go Leafs Go |
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fly4apuckguy
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
834 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2007 : 21:44:18
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Who said Ducks in 5????
I did. Disregard the point I made after about it maybe being a sweep. I meant the first part.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. - Gretz |
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1 Crosby fan
PickupHockey Veteran
Canada
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Posted - 05/03/2007 : 21:51:21
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quote:
Originally posted by fly4apuckguy
Who said Ducks in 5????
I did. Disregard the point I made after about it maybe being a sweep. I meant the first part.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. - Gretz
I am not coming back until the Playoffs are over 
Good Playoffs Canucks Better luck next season now i cheer the WINGS AND DEVILS GO |
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bablaboushka
PickupHockey Veteran
Canada
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Posted - 05/04/2007 : 09:23:51
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Well I kind of covered my bases and said 4-5 games, but I had the right idea. I love the irony in the deciding goal: a weak shot from basically the blue line.
I'm glad the Canucks lost, they had no business being this far anyways. I want SJ to win so much more now, because to have the SJ-Anaheim rivalry reborn in the Conference Finals would probably make for the most exciting hockey series to watch in recent memory. Detroit-Anaheim just doesn't seem right.
Jamie Baker called a SJ-Anaheim series in the playoffs, and well, we can't let him down...
By the way, I do agree with anyone who thinks that the Ducks' first goal shouldn't have counted. Either that, or the Isles' goal against Miller in the same fashion SHOULD have counted. Either way, there should be consistency. |
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Guest7418
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Posted - 05/04/2007 : 10:29:16
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Originally posted by fly4apuckguy
Who said Ducks in 5????
I did. Disregard the point I made after about it maybe being a sweep. I meant the first part.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. - Gretz
With the way that series went, i'm incredibly surprised that you are proud that you predicted ducks in 5. Ducks in 6-7 at this point would have shown you to be a better analyst. |
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Guest7418
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Posted - 05/04/2007 : 10:32:29
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Originally posted by bablaboushka
I'm glad the Canucks lost
It is quite obvious that you would be happy. You continual bias all over all the boards enlightens everyone to your true canuck-hater bias. That's fine, there will always be people who have their teams they like and dislike, but your continual statements that all your opinions are objective is quite laughable and surely degrades the integrity of any post that you write about them.
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bonfire420
Rookie
Canada
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Posted - 05/04/2007 : 10:44:36
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By the way, I do agree with anyone who thinks that the Ducks' first goal shouldn't have counted. Either that, or the Isles' goal against Miller in the same fashion SHOULD have counted. Either way, there should be consistency.
I think neither goal should have counted. I know all the commentators said that the Rob Niedermayer hit wasn't an elbow but if you look at the replay he clearly lifts his elbow ABOVE HIS SHOULDER after nailing Hansen in the head. If he hadn't moved his elbow at all I would agree that it shouldn't have been a penalty. I think to say the Canucks didn't have any business being this far in the playoffs is absurd. a) They won their division, b) they defeated an extremely deep Dallas team in the first round, c) they played more hockey than anyone up to this point in the playoffs so fatigue and injuries were definitely a factor, d) Anaheim is one of the most stacked teams in the league this year so no shame in losing to them, and e) we have the best goalie in the league... if anyone doubts that they probably didn't watch the game last night. |
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I HATE CROSBY
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
538 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2007 : 11:57:23
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The Niedermayer(Rob) hit was fine...Basically Hansen skated into Rob's arm...And did you see how low he was skating..... WITH HIS HEAD DOWN!!!!! Obviously it was going to be a "elbow to the head" when he skating head-first into Niedermayer's elbow!!!!
As for Luongo, poor guy. I hope nobody has the nerve to blame him. Obviously he would like that play back, but if that was the first goal instead of the winner, nobody would even mention it. So cut the 56-save hero some slack there....I mean, if he wasn't there, we all know Vancouver would have been 14th in the west.
Sugar Ray over Hasek any day! |
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Guest4462
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Posted - 05/04/2007 : 23:47:11
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Originally posted by I HATE CROSBY
The Niedermayer(Rob) hit was fine...Basically Hansen skated into Rob's arm...And did you see how low he was skating..... WITH HIS HEAD DOWN!!!!! Obviously it was going to be a "elbow to the head" when he skating head-first into Niedermayer's elbow!!!!
As for Luongo, poor guy. I hope nobody has the nerve to blame him. Obviously he would like that play back, but if that was the first goal instead of the winner, nobody would even mention it. So cut the 56-save hero some slack there....I mean, if he wasn't there, we all know Vancouver would have been 14th in the west.
Sugar Ray over Hasek any day!
It wasnt a penalty, but dont give me this crap about Hansen skating into his arm. Rob line him up, and hit him right in the head, on purpose. Under the rules this is not a penalty (Rob's arm/elbows were down and Hansen was bent over)... for now. This is exactly what the league is looking at trying to get rid of.. These sorts of dirty head shots will soon be penalized and taken seriously.. Mark my words... |
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I HATE CROSBY
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
538 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2007 : 00:13:19
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THAT'S NOT A DIRTY HEAD SHOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is a minor league player skating around bent over with head down.......He was so low Niedermayer couldn't hit him anywhere but the head....So unless you want to take hitting out of the game entirely, dumb players like Hasen are gonna get hit in the head...That's the way she goes...I mean, watch a game now-a-days, check out how many times you see a player not look when he goes into the boards to get a puck, then he gets hit, his head flies into the boards, and it's called a "dirty hit"...I think alot of these head injuries come from the recipient of the hits being careless...Back in my early hockey days, one of the first things taught was to angle yourself into the corners so you can see what's coming at you...And of course the other thing all hockey players are taught from a young age is KEEP YOUR HEAD UP!!!!!!!
Sugar Ray over Hasek any day! |
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Guest4462
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Posted - 05/05/2007 : 11:07:12
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Originally posted by I HATE CROSBY
THAT'S NOT A DIRTY HEAD SHOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is a minor league player skating around bent over with head down.......He was so low Niedermayer couldn't hit him anywhere but the head....So unless you want to take hitting out of the game entirely, dumb players like Hasen are gonna get hit in the head...That's the way she goes...I mean, watch a game now-a-days, check out how many times you see a player not look when he goes into the boards to get a puck, then he gets hit, his head flies into the boards, and it's called a "dirty hit"...I think alot of these head injuries come from the recipient of the hits being careless...Back in my early hockey days, one of the first things taught was to angle yourself into the corners so you can see what's coming at you...And of course the other thing all hockey players are taught from a young age is KEEP YOUR HEAD UP!!!!!!!
Sugar Ray over Hasek any day!
Bullcrap. Rob could have easily pasted Hansen into the board with a clean bodycheck to Hansen's shoulder/body but he chose and aimed directly for the head only. Don't blow this statement out of proportion because it's not like it doesnt happen or that this was the dirtiest hit ever, or ... But it was a choice he made, and it was dirty (directly to the head) and watch it again... I see this as a plain and simple fact. |
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bablaboushka
PickupHockey Veteran
Canada
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Posted - 05/07/2007 : 12:31:58
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Originally posted by Guest7418
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Originally posted by fly4apuckguy
Who said Ducks in 5????
I did. Disregard the point I made after about it maybe being a sweep. I meant the first part.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. - Gretz
With the way that series went, i'm incredibly surprised that you are proud that you predicted ducks in 5. Ducks in 6-7 at this point would have shown you to be a better analyst.
How could that make him/me (seen as I predicted that as well) better analysts? We both didn't give credit to a team that didn't really deserve any. We both said (or implied) that Luongo being the amazing goalie that he is would steal a game but the rest would be all Anaheim. Predicting 6-7 game series is too easy and look, I predicted that all of the semi-fnal series would end in no more than 6 games and look, 3 of them have been won in 5. I also am 3/3 in predicting the winners of those series, so I'd say that my analysis of this round has been pretty accurate. I may have been a little off on the length of the Det-SJ series, but I am still confident that I will be correct about the winner. Nonetheless...
7148, I am not biased negatively towards the Canucks, in fact they are the only team in the West that I don't mind. What I DO HATE is the hometown bias, where people side-step reality to exaggerate the quality of their team. Or, where people use that bias to dismiss any educated, third-party analysis of that team which may not agree with what the former party believes. Sure I am a little biased towards the Sharks and I do admit that I talk them up a bit, but if anyone wants to offer their opinion of them in an educated manner, I will debate it (if I don't agree) but certainly consider their opinion with respect, whether or not I agree. I will NEVER dismiss it or treat it as stupid if it fits that criteria because that is just wrong. I think that your accusations towards me of not being objective imply hypocriticism on your part. Now I am locking this thread because the series is over and there is no more need to discuss it. If you feel you want to further discuss your issues with me then feel free to email me from my profile. However to do that, you will need to register as a member. |
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