Other NHL games 2013-2014 season

[Lt. Dish]

I wish more teams would touch that trophy.

If it were a bowl, they could put MSL in it and skate around in a victory lap.

Yes, a bad short joke. I'm very short, myself, so I'm using my license.

[GSdrums87]

This is going to be a whooping for the Kings or Hawks...this Rangers team is just so WEAK.

Which ticks me off all the more. Oh, Pens! :evil:

My cousin and I are just sitting here so frustrated...it seriously should be us, but the Pens were just a bunch of cheese dicks.

[brwi]

This bums me out.

I can only root for the Rangers if they play the Flyers. That's it--not even if they play the Caps. It's not sour grapes; it's a lifetime of disliking the Rangers and Rangers fans.

I hope they get steamrolled by the Hawks or Kings.

I totally agree. Cannot stand the Rangers and hope the West annihilates them, which I think is pretty likely.

[Orlando Penguin]

I wish more teams would touch that trophy.

If it were a bowl, they could put MSL in it and skate around in a victory lap.

Yes, a bad short joke. I'm very short, myself, so I'm using my license.

Someone needs to Photoshop something like this quickly.

[cheesesteakwithegg]

Still baffled by the Habs letting the Rags off the hook for running Price (not like it made a difference though)

[Lt. Dish]

An LA or CHI vs. NY Cup final should bring in $$$ that could bump up the Cap higher than projected, right? Those are the top 3 markets in the U.S.

[Lt. Dish]

This is going to be a whooping for the Kings or Hawks...this Rangers team is just so WEAK.

Which ticks me off all the more. Oh, Pens!

My cousin and I are just sitting here so frustrated...it seriously should be us, but the Pens were just a bunch of cheese dicks.

Meanwhile, at stately Burkle Manor, Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle are watching the NYR celebration with the white-hot anger of 1,000 exploding suns.

I think.

[MRandall25]

I wouldn't necessarily say we would've had an easy road to the finals. There's no guarantee the Pens would have injured Carey Price, and it's perfectly plausible to say that Carey Price could've kept the series close and maybe give the Canadiens a chance to win.

[Kovy27]

I wouldn't necessarily say we would've had an easy road to the finals. There's no guarantee the Pens would have injured Carey Price, and it's perfectly plausible to say that Carey Price could've kept the series close and maybe give the Canadiens a chance to win.

We wouldn't have hurt Carey Price because no one goes to the net. I think the Habs were spent after that Bruins series and would have needed Carey Price to win a series against us. Then we would have gotten slaughtered by LA or CHI.

[dodint]

NYvLA SCF has cliches written alllll over it. Hell, ESPN might even mention it once or twice a day.

[Lt. Dish]

NYvLA SCF has cliches written alllll over it. Hell, ESPN might even mention it once or twice a day.

The celeb factor would be nauseating.

[nocera]

I wouldn't necessarily say we would've had an easy road to the finals. There's no guarantee the Pens would have injured Carey Price, and it's perfectly plausible to say that Carey Price could've kept the series close and maybe give the Canadiens a chance to win.

Plus we're only considering the opponent. We all know the Penguins toughest opponent is themselves.

[DocEmrick]

Well...I think it's safe to say that Chicago or LA will be taking the cup home this year.

[Lt. Dish]

Well...I think it's safe to say that Chicago or LA will be taking the cup home this year.

Alain Vigneault is familiar with both of those teams. I suppose Sutter and Q are familiar with Vigneault.

I'm serious when I say I mean no disrespect to MSL and his mum. But I still wonder why the Pens couldn't just give flowers or food instead of a whole playoff series.

[Pavel Bure]

Habs just seemed gasses. They put up a real good fight, knocking off the Bruins was huge but in the end they ran out of energy.

[shafnutz05]

First lines from the ESPN recap

NEW YORK -- We know of at least one fan who got into Madison Square Garden without a ticket Thursday night.

France St. Louis was there, all right, there was no mistaking it.

[columbia]

Yoi

[Humperdink]

I am in agreement with everyone whose frustration level has not subsided (re: seeing the Rags in the SC finals instead of the Pens). Maybe we would not have beaten Les Habitants, let alone the LA or the Hawks. But we coulda/shoulda. Argh, grumble, murmur, whine. Sorry for the mini-rant.

There is a bright side. We still have our award winning coach (sarc off).


BTW, I may be alone here, but I think the Rags will acquit themselves fairly well in the SCF's.

[Pavel Bure]

First lines from the ESPN recap

NEW YORK -- We know of at least one fan who got into Madison Square Garden without a ticket Thursday night.

France St. Louis was there, all right, there was no mistaking it.

[llipgh2]

First lines from the ESPN recap

NEW YORK -- We know of at least one fan who got into Madison Square Garden without a ticket Thursday night.

France St. Louis was there, all right, there was no mistaking it.

NBC Sports narrative throughout the final will be, in no particular order:

1. St. Louis
2. First appearance since 1994
3. Lundqvist's first Cup appearance

LA and to an even greater extent Chicago will get cursory references, but that's all.

[MRandall25]

If it's LA, all they'll talk about is "Gretzky played for both these teams".

With a few Mark Messiers sprinkled in.

[dodint]

Yeah, when I heard the '20 years since 1994' spill out of Docs face last night I knew it would be one of the centerpieces for the next few weeks.

[Gaucho]

First lines from the ESPN recap

NEW YORK -- We know of at least one fan who got into Madison Square Garden without a ticket Thursday night.

France St. Louis was there, all right, there was no mistaking it.

*retch*

[mikey287]

I don't think that story is accurate. I've been to MSG a few times, and security is pretty tight. I doubt she got in without a ticket like some sort of scoff law...

[pens9192]

The Pens just needed to win one more game, one more f'n game. Sigh..

Can't wait to see all the celebrities in the Cup Final, yay. "Who is up in the suites tonight, Doc??!!" "Why its Justin Timberlake, Pierre." "I didn't know he was a hockey fan, Doc."

Also can't wait for the "team of destiny" crap, ugh. "Winning the Cup for Marty's Mom" stuff that will be rammed down our throats. If only the Rangers won in Montreal, the Habs fans probably would've threw stuff on the ice.

Oh, and Dominic Moore? GTFO. Funny story is during one of my Eastside Hockey Manager seasons Moore was the second leading scorer on my team right behind Ryan Whitney. Yeah…my team wasn't too good that year.