stfu and go play some footie oOo:

Hockey is the best game ever. rock:

lmao at the picture!

Ok, picks for round 3:

EAST: Flyers over Lightning in (7)

WEST: Sharks over Flames in (6)

I'd much rather see Sharks vs Lightning for the cup

Lightning over Flyers in 6
Flames over Sharks in 7

rock:

At least we didn't go down in shame. Toronto outplayed Philly most of the game and it our game to win, but we lost. Unfortunatly we let two 2 on 1s in a row and Domi can't score when he has an open net.

Tampa Bay over Philly in 5
San Jose over Calgary in 6

Keep putting down philly, did it ever occur to you they have a great team this year?

ahhh the baby took his shit on the thread. I was wondering how long it would take ya to answer.

Better than Tampa bays? hardly...I think tampa swept the season series as well. Tampa will skate circles around the flyers.

i doubt it pyr0

Tampa is what the second or third best offensive team in the nhl...and the smaller leafs were able to own Philly at home.\

Philly scores mainly on their powerplay...martin st. louis is the best offensive defensive player in the league with the msot shorthanded goals.

And bulin is much better than Esche...Tampa will get at least 30 shots a game.

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awesome!!!! rock: rock:

well my 2 picks are gone! I dont get my Wings v Leafs.......boo hoo

I'm really looking forward to both series. They should be fast entertaining games.

I never thought I'd say this, but GO FLAMES!

could you imagine an all Southern US finals? San Jose v Tampa would be real wierd

No I couldn't. I really don't want to watch an all south final. I'd still watch it, but I don't really care who wins so its not exciting. If Calgary loses, then SJ/Phili would be OK. But Calgary won't lose. rock:

Latvia can kiss my ass!
We are going the whole way this year baby, and we dont even have Sundin or Forsberg on the team! rock:

Mass fucking slaughter is the theme we are playing by this year, btw.
No losses so far!

as a leafs fan i can honestly say that we did NOT deserve to win game 6... we had ample chances and could not capitalize on them, and yet another poor performance by the defense... some people think we played 2 good games (3 & 4), but really it was philly that played 2 shitty ones, they outplayed us in the series overall... time for a new coach eh? and maybe some new blood, and by new i mean younger...

Tampa will skate circles around philly, and will likely render thier physical play useless, i say they win it in 6 at the most...

I too will jump on the flames-wagon, and become an honorary Flames fan (if ninty will have me) as they have a great chance of going all the way...

well another season is over, and our hopes once again dashed... if this team was anywhere but toronto, the seats would be empty, and the team bankrupt, but i guess a litle blind faith never hurts...

leafs need to be re-structured, quinn needs to go, and we need a young fresh coach, kinda like how tortorella brought up the lightning. Ferguson couldnt make the moves he wanted because of quinn and his oldness but if we get rid of quinn, ferguson will have more freedom with who he picks. As for draft picks, dont get your hopes up. As long as the leafs make the playoffs every year they won't get a decent draft pick. In order to do that leafs need to come in 9th or worse, and the leaf fans wont let that happen.

i totally agree...

I feel that dave lewis is gone...his contract is up.

My suggestion..let stevie Y retire and Hire him as the new head coach...hell if daryl sutter and tony granato can coach I think yzerman would make an excellent head coach

Go philly

I love stevie Y hes a god to me, i wish he woulc be head coach. SO how fucked up is his eye? i havent heard anything about it.

He's supposed to make a full recovery.
I don't think Steve Yzerman would make a very good coach.

he broke the eye socket in 4 places...underwent hours of surgery and should make a full recovery...

Im interested in finding out why you dont think he would make a good coach...Hell Joey Kocur is an assistant with us right now.

He seems to have a good mind for the game....what makes granato or sutter more qualyfied...they had to start somewhere?

probably better than quinn...

honestly...he keeps in people who have been playing like shit...antropav...berg etc..and sits francis and johannason...and he broke up our best line in a do or die game...

I don't know I just don;'t see him as a coach. hes a leader on the ice, but on teh bench I don't think hes right for the job. Granato fucking sucks as a coach and sutter was a leader, but he wasn't an all star. Maybe if you've got yzerman as a coach some things don't work because he can't relate as well or the team plays diferently under him because of who he is. Sutter was just a regular player, who was a leader and stood up on the team.

Anyway, I've never met yzerman, so truthfully i don't know if hes coach material. If you ask the red wings i guess they could tell you.

tampa > phily

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I didn't make them, but I thought they were pretty good.

^^ clever lol ^^

well now fuck, i just saw on TSN on the ticker, that the Maple Leafs announced Pat Quinn will return as Head Coach next year. Looks like we will have to wait at least 2 more years for a cup, unless Quinn goes crazy and actually brings some young guys on the team oOo:

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bummer... i was really hoping they would make some drastic changes... looks like two more years of slow-skating, dumping the puck, and injuries...

oh well, go leaf go...

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CALGARY ROUGHNECKS WIN CHAMPION'S CUP
NLL
May 7, 2004


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NLL Commissioner Jim Jennings presents Roughnecks Captain Tracey
Kelusky the NLL Champion's Cup in front of a sellout crowd at the Saddledome.



The Calgary Roughnecks defeated the Buffalo Bandits, 14-11, in front of a sellout crowd of 19,209 fans at the Pengrowth Saddledome on Friday night in the National Lacrosse League Champion's Cup Final. Curtis Palidwor was named Championship Game MVP with 41 saves. The Roughnecks used a balanced attack, with nine different goal scorers, including four defensemen. Lewis Ratcliffe scored three goals and added an assist to lead the Roughnecks, while Jesse Phillips also added a hat-trick, including the game-winning goal.

The sellout crowd certainly played a factor, as the Roughnecks won their first-ever Championship in only their third season. The win also marked a first in Calgary professional sports history; the Roughnecks were the first team to win a Championship while playing at home in Calgary.

Ted Dowling scored two goals and two assists in his final NLL game. Dowling and Tyson Leies (2A) announced they will retire after this season.

Kaleb Toth (1G, 4A), Kyle Goundrey (1G, 2A), Tracey Kelusky (1G, 1A), Grant Hamilton (1G), Brad MacArthur (1G) and Andrew McBride (1G) each scored a goal apiece for Calgary. MacArthur and Rob Kirkby dominated in the faceoff circle, winning 20 of 29 draws.

Buffalo was led by John Tavares (3G, 3A) and Mike Accursi (3G, 1A). Jason Crosbie was Buffalo's playmaker, recording four assists. Pat McCready scored two goals, both on breakaways, while Mark Steenhuis (1G, 2A), Neal Powless (1G, 1A), and Jonas Derks (1G) added singles for Buffalo. Steve Dietrich was impressive in goal, recording 45 saves.

Buffalo jumped out to an early lead, with a pair of power-play goals early in the game. John Tavares scored the first goal of the game only 51 seconds in, and Mike Accursi followed it up to put the Bandits up 2-0. Ted Dowling put Calgary on the board with an outside shot, however, Buffalo answered back with another pair of goals to make the score 4-1. Steenhuis dove through the crease to score, and Neal Powless beat Palidwor with the outside shot to close out the first quarter.

The second quarter was a different story, as the Roughnecks scored six consecutive goals to take command of the game. Ted Dowling started the barrage with a power-play marker, and Lewis Ratcliff scored two straight to tie the game at four. Jesse Phillips gave the Roughnecks their first lead of the game with a breakaway goal, putting Calgary up 5-4. Kyle Goundrey scored on a rebound, and Kaleb Toth scored Calgary's third power-play goal of the game to make the score 7-4. John Tavares cut the score to 7-5 at the half with an outside shot, but Calgary clearly dominated the quarter, outscoring Buffalo 6-1.

The Roughnecks came out of the locker room on fire. Veteran defensemen Grant Hamilton and Brad MacArthur scored to put the Roughnecks up 9-4, but Buffalo was able to capitalize on a 5-on-3 power play, as Mike Accursi put the ball past Palidwor. Andrew McBride scored from the defensive end, and Lewis Ratcliff followed it up by powering past the Bandits defense to complete his hat-trick. Pat McCready cut the Roughnecks lead to 11-7 with a breakaway goal with eight seconds remaining in the quarter.

Buffalo started the fourth quarter determined, with Mike Accursi, Jonas Derks and Pat McCready each scoring to cut the lead to 11-10. However, Jesse Phillips answered back, scoring the eventual game-winner, as the ball trickled past Dietrich to make the score 12-10. John Tavares cut the lead back to a goal with a goal with 3:10 remaining, but Tracey Kelusky answered back with a goal only 34 seconds later. Calgary was able to run out the clock, and Jesse Phillips completed his hat-trick with an empty net goal with 3.8 seconds remaining to bring the 19,209 fans to their feet at the Saddledome.

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What a fucking awesome game. Crowd was nuts. I've been to probably 15 roughnecks games over the past 3 years and its never been this loud or this crazy, (for obvious reasons). Absolutley insane. Best game i've ever been to. A thriller to say the least. The Rock Dynasty is over. Say hello to the Roughnecks.

'thats scambled eggs right there Bill'...