I know...although I am not a fan of these 8pm games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
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I know...although I am not a fan of these 8pm games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
the only thing I hate about NBC games....
pierre McGuire. GOD I can't stand that guy lol.
I saw part of this clip on a sports/comedy show the other day.
Love my sports and find that most of the hosts/announcers/play-by-play/color guys really suck.
Since the internet has come around, I can peek in to see some of the people I had only heard about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7J3YvnXuHA
Yes, there is a mention of pets in the last minute or so of the clip and Don Cherry is a car wreck that I can watch over and over again.:D
Penguins 4
Red Wings 2
See you Saturday night in Detroit.
Can't you wait until the game ends?;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
O.K. Here it comes, Best o' three with two overtime games :D
Whew, exciting! First two games, 3-1 Detroit. Next two, 4-2 Pens.
I'm hoping no OT - the washington/pitt series had 3 OT games and I almost lost my mind. I'm betting this goes 7 games.....
What's with the repeat scores? I wonder if Detroit will win 3-1 again on Saturday (I hope not!) Go Penguins!
It's a cost cutting measure!Quote:
Originally Posted by smokey the elder
The newspaper sports writers asked the NHL to repeat scores to save money on the people who write the headlines!?!
:D "cost cutting" love it!
Have you priced soy ink, lately?;)Quote:
Originally Posted by smokey the elder
Hey, down to the nitty gritty tonight. On Versus, they had a commercial that counted all the minutes in the NHL playoffs. It's down to 180-not counting commercials-and I hope they are the best of the year.
Rock on fans, you deserve it!!!!!
Sid is showing his age - and losing his cool.
RED WINGS 5
Penguins 0
Penguins taking really stupid penalties once again. Their frustration is showing. That's one thing about the Wings - those games they lost, they kept their cool.
Datsyuk being back made a huge difference.
This is related to hockey - and also to WWII. From the NY Times -
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The Red Wings’ P.A. announcer, Budd Lynch, was given a standing ovation on the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Lynch, 91, served in the Essex Scottish Regiment of the Canadian Forces in Normandy and lost his right arm during combat a few weeks after the invasion. Five years later, he joined the Red Wings as play-by-play announcer and has been with the organization ever since.
Wow!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
Ugh, I don't even want to talk about that game. The young guys got frustrated and lost it. They took WAY too many stupid penalities. They are going to have to pull it together for tomorrow night's game. They are the comeback kids, and they will be playing with their backs against the wall, so I do think that it will be a much better game. GO PENS!
Game 5 was a disaster!
Yeah, someone upset the delect repeating score syndrome.:eek::confused::mad:
Well it better not be a repeating score! I seriously doubt it will be, if the Pens do lose game 6 it won't be like that. I hope that they would at least go out with dignity. Not thinking about that yet though, just hoping that they force a game 7.
I think part of the Pens problem the other night is that they were overconfident going into the game, had some great chances in the first 10 minutes, then detroit scored and they got frustrated. They just didn't recover.
Dignity is not a word associated with the Penguins right now. Even Ron Cook of the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette compared them to a goon squad.Quote:
Originally Posted by JenBKR
I have to disagree. That was one game, and no it wasn't dignified. I am sad to see that people look at one game and judge the whole team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
It's not been just the one game. There were more than a few incidents in games 1 and 2. Remember Malkin and the "instigator" penalty that in normal situations would be an automatic one game suspension? But the NHL forgave him almost immediately.
The words "goon squad" are not mine - they come from a Pittsburgh reporter.
3 game misconduct penalties in the last 5 minutes of the 3rd period - how dignified is that? If you know you are going to lose, why do you attempt to do great bodily harm to your opponent? There were none against the Wings in games 3 and 4 - both of which we lost.
You are entitled to your opinion, and I am entitled to mine. I'm not going to argue with you. However, I have seen then Pens all year, not just this series. I don't agree with attempting to hurt the other team, and I am not condoning that. I'm not happy that they did that either. That is not typical of them (well most of them, there are a few players that I have gotten upset with before for doing stupid things like that).Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
Sorry, I have to stick up for my team. No team in the league is perfect, including the wings.
EDIT: I didn't like the way I came across so I edited my post. I know that there is a lot of dislike for the Pens, and I tend to get upset and take it personally. I don't really understand the dislike for them, but I shouldn't take it personally. They have been a very special team to me since I was in 6th grade, watching them win the Cup with my father. So..I apologize for getting hotheaded.
I would consider that as "class" - as in being one classy lady :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JenBKR
Thanks Grace, I appreciate that. I will just say that the team I was speaking about is in the same conference as the Pens and they have an intense rivalry. That does make for some fun games though!Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
I'm quite sure I know which team you mean, but I will not mention it.Quote:
Originally Posted by JenBKR
Back to the word "dignity" - using that in connection with the sport of hockey is oxymoronic, don't you think. Unless one goes back 40 - 50 years, to the Montreal Canadiens of Jean Beliveau and Henri Richard.
This is really going to p*ss people off -
From the Detroit News -
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Monday, June 8, 2009
NBC blocks Joe Vision broadcast of Red Wings-Penguins
Terry Foster / The Detroit News
Detroit -- There will be no "Joe Vision" broadcast of Tuesday night's Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals because NBC would not rescind its exclusive rights to the telecast.
The game will not be shown at Pittsburgh's outdoor plaza either.
At issue is television ratings, and a large crowd at Joe Louis Arena could be hundreds -- if not thousands -- of television sets not tuned into NBC.
"It is certainly something we wanted to show but were unable to secure the rights," said Steve Violetta, Senior Vice President of Business Affairs for the Wings.
NBC representative Brian Walker did not immediately return a phone message for comment, but NHL media relations vice president Frank Brown confirmed the situation while expressing sympathy to Red Wing fans.
"We are very much in tune and very sensitive to the great experience that fans have by coming to a great venue and watching a great hockey game," Brown said. "That said we need to be sensitive to the business end of things and that business is ratings driven."
Don't forget Gump Worsley.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
Watch, the Burgers will bombard NBC with calls and the game will air.
But, then again, you really can't trust a network that promotes Keith Olberman and Rachel Maddow:confused::eek::o
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Originally Posted by Grace
So true! Too much testosterone perhaps ;)
I know, NBC has been doing that in Pittsburgh too. They haven't been able to show any of the NBC games outside the arena. NBC just wants the ratings, and that's all they really care about :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
I know, that in the past, the Joe has shown the game - perhaps before the games were on NBC?
Anyway, they would charge a flat fee of $5, and all the money went to charity.
NBC - the Scrooge Network :mad:
It's 2:35 PST..On days when there is a big game I think about the players and try to think about how THEY feel hours from the opening faceoff!
Under pressure?:eek:
Well, Bernie Smilovitz just interviewed Zetterberg on the local news, and Z is definitely not showing any pressure. Maybe because he's Swedish?Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
Hopefully that is the case, as our team is chock full of them -Swedes, that is.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gXlbsb64iZ...edish+Flag.jpg
Cup Trivia.
In order to have ones name engraved on Lord Stanley's Cup, a player must play in 41 regular season games or one game in the Finals.
The NHL makes exceptions for players who do not meet the standard because of injury or other extenuating circumstances.
That is why you will find the name of Vladimir Konstantinov on the 1998 list - even though he has not played a game since game 4 of the finals in 1997. Vlady was the inspiration for the Wings 1998 victory.
Their motto for 1998 was Believe - верить
Penguins 2
Wings 1
See you Friday night in Detroit.
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Originally Posted by Grace
I forgot about him............Thanks for the reminder.
Isn't that what the SC is about?
60 minutes.:D
A game of bounces... And weird calls.... And a <gasp> mistake by Nick Lidstrom. He pinched in when he should have hung back on the winning goal.
All we can hope for is a game as good as this one was in a few days. This was, by far, the most competitive game of the series. Fun to watch.
My prediction for game 7. 2-1 Wings, early in the first overtime. (I hope I am wrong....LOL)
Pittsburgh sure redeemed themselves last night! I'm glad it's going the distance. Whoever wins will have earned it (still rooting for Mario's team, though.)
And it all comes down to one game. I am going to be sad when it's all over, it's been a lot of fun to watch. Of course, I will be able to breathe again..;) Both teams have worked so hard and they both deserve the Cup IMO. I think it will be a close game on friday. Other than that, I'm not even going to try to make any predictions, anything can happen at this point!
In one of those strange bits of scheduling karma . . . . . While Pittsburgh is playing in Detroit tonight, Detroit is playing in Pittsburgh tonight.
In their wildest dreams, do you think MLB thought that the Tigers and Pirates would be playing on the same Friday night in June that the Penguins and Wings would also be playing?
That's certainly an odd quirk of interleague play in sync with the Stanley Cup final!
That's a riot! Will the same city take both games? Will the home team take each game?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
Go Wings, go Tigers!