There were some great playoff intensity games last night. Fun night to watch.
SJ and LA definitely got their hate on. St. And Van was super nasty

Good get ready for the playoffs video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUlN0UpEOPk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Alex Burrows is a douchenozzle.

Holy crap so if a player steps on the puck and falls it's a trip ... I guess against the bruins it is, I haven't seen calls this bad in a long time, even my buddy from new york called me up and just started laughing in the phone .. but i was classy and hung up on him. :-)

As a Sabres fan I have to disagree about the bad calls but you have to admit the salute to the fans at the end of the game was awesome.
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Columbus moves into 8th for the time being, if I were the Hawks I would rather face the Wings. :-)

All im going to say is I have predicted this downfall for a few years now. Infact a review of the last few pages of last years thread will confirm this. Wings may not make it this year. They better open up that checkbook and over pay this summer if they expect anyone to come. They tried not to this summer and they got tootoo. Unless of course some of their kids become amazing, but that doesnt appear to be the case. I think most of us expect that Z and Dats will do enough to get them in.


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Torres he has played well I have to admit. He is a good passer and has done well in his first few games. That said I still hate him and wont cheer him. Was at the local b&m the other night watching the game when he scored in the shootout to win. Got into a discussion qith some others who now "like him". The guy is and was a dirty pos. I cant cheer the guy.

Wings downfall may be in progress, but I am not counting them out of the playoffs just yet this season.

Nice win for Sharks last night. Thought they looked very dominate and had that killer instinct which is often not there.

And the Sabres slim playoff hopes are officially over with a stellar 8-4 loss to the Rangers. Way to play like yourseason was on the line. :-) At least my wife will be happy. I wont be yelling at the tv for a while.

The Wild surel don't look like a team that is hitting it's stride for the playoffs. It looked like they out played the Flames, but they ran into another hot goalie.

Too bad you didn't play the Bruins a few more times, you've owned us all year it seems :-)

Adam its funny you mention that. I was just discussing that fact that we held our own against some of the top teams in the East ( Boston, Montreal, Pit) but got our arses handed to us by the South East division. The Sabres never cease to amaze me. :-)

Now the Avs want to win games...

Taking second to last, you don't get a trophy...

LA vs Dallas has been fun...

Good Allah... Looked like LA was playing 4-3 all OT...

No, but you get a decent shot at the #1 pick. :-)

Loving the last week. It looks like it will come down to the last day for multiple teams. Love all 3 California teams being in.

Watching buddies who are Wings fans twist in the wind is awesome also.

Looking at the 8 9 battle. CBJ plays Dallas and Nasville. Redwings play LA,Dallas and Nashville. Both teams goalies are hot. While I wouldnt normally pick Det over LA, the kings played an extremely physical game against Minnesota last night then jumped on a plane to fly and play a 430PST. This looks like Dets chance to squeeze back in. Then it becomes who does better against Dal and Nashville.

San Jose back in the dance for the 9th straight year snd yet again they appear to not have a legitimate chance of doing anything. Torres is still the second biggest Dbag in the league, but he has been a factor in many of the Sharks recent wins.

I agree, Mike, this last week has been a blast. Sorry to see the Jets lose last night, I was really rooting for them to get in.

Stars blew their chance to make it in without help last night as well.....Wings-Kings is HUGE foir the Detroit fans. I'll be watching, at least right up 'til the Hawks game starts. :-)

Bruins lose five of the last six limping into the playoffs.

Three games to get it together or it's one and done.