CamKneely

I'm available all week after 5 PM, let me know when we can get down to business.

Good games my ass. You deserved Tampa Bay about as much as Minno deserves the Miss Anorexia California Title. I hope they put this next to your title, which is about as legitimate as her kids.

Vocally Caged/jesusplaysnhl94

I agree completely with this (do I ever disagree with you? not that I can recall). I'd never show people with self-respect this forum...

HALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLELUJAH. HALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. HAL-LEL-LUH-JAH.

This times a million.

The President's Trophy winning Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers in their first round series, 4 games to 1. After years of playoff failures, Vocally Caged the Caps took one small step towards not crying myself to sleep this time the Stanley Cup Finals in a close, hard-won battle. Game One, however, belonged to Edmonton. Ales Hemsky scored the first goal of the series, and the Caps failed to recover despite a dazzling performance from Michael Neuvirth, who made several key saves to keep the Caps from getting completely embarrassed. Taylor Hall was the star of this one, scoring twice. Alex Ovechkin scored a goal late for the Caps but was stymied virtually every time he tried to get a shot off by the tough Edmonton defenders. Edmonton would score the first two goals of game 2 as well, drawing gasps and boos from the Capitals stunned fans, who thought maybe this was finally the year I'd the Caps would stop choking like dogs in the clutch. Eberle and Brule would strike 12 seconds apart in the first, and things looked bleak for Washington, until a charging call to Brooks Laich would change the series. Marco Sturm scored shorthanded, and if that wasn't bad enough, after Jeff Schultz took a penalty for charging as well right after the goal, John Erskine scored to tie the game at 2. Playoff veteran Jason Arnott would score 55 seconds into the third, giving the undisciplined Caps a narrow win. Game three was a wild affair, as the Caps finally settled down, getting penalized only once compared to game 2 when they were sent to the box 7 times, but their one penalty came at the worst time and nearly cost them the win. Semin, Knuble, and Laich all scored 46 seconds apart less than 2 minutes in, putting the Caps up big. This time a pair of shorthanded goals came in Edmonton's favor though, as Cogliano and Horcoff would both score on the same penalty kill, and Horcoff would then tie the game after the penalty ended. Backstrom scored to give the Caps the lead again, but a late slashing call to Mike Green with less than 2 minutes left opened the door for Cogliano to strike again and tie the game with 35 seconds left after being sprung by spunky rookie Linus Omark. The game ended on a really weird play. Washington was offside after a rush into the Oilers zone, then somehow Mike Knuble managed to swipe at the puck as it squirted out from against the boards...and beat Khabibulin! The Oilers fans screamed bloody murder and threw an assortment of beverages and food at the officials, as it seemed they had blown an offside call, but the goal stood as Washington escaped again. Ovechkin scored to open game four on a brilliant individual effort, bouncing off of four Oilers en route to the net, and it seemed the Oilers' spirits were broken. Knuble followed with a goal, drawing massive boos and hisses from the stands. Edmonton would battle back and tie the game at 3 after a Backstrom goal put the Caps up 3-1, but a devastating play happened with 4:55 left in the third. Parjavi was called for slashing right after Eberle ran Neuvirth, getting an interference call. The devastating 2 minute 5-on-3 for Washington finally paid off when Ovechkin scored with 16 seconds left on the penalty. Game 5 was total domination by the Caps, perhaps motivated by the whining of the Oilers fans that their series lead was undeserved. Knuble, Arnott, and Backstrom would score less than 2 minutes in. The tide seemed to be stemmed when Eberle scored, to make it 3-1, a shaky lead for the Caps all series, but another devastating shorthanded goal by Marco Sturm sent the Oilers down for the count for good. Sturm also scored the 9th goal, putting an explanation point on his strong series, as he helped lead the Caps penalty killers, who seemed to be on the ice for entire periods of every game except game 2.

Game 1 Edmonton 4 Washington 2 Goals: Hall (2), Hemsky, Eberle Assists: Gagner, Cogliano, Jones, Khabibulin, Paarjavi, Gilbert, Brule, Vandermeer Caps goals: Arnott, Ovechkin Assists: Schultz, Johansson, Neuvirth Game 2 Washington 3 Edmonton 2 Goals: Erskine, Sturm, Arnott Assists: Laich, Beagle Edmonton goals: Brule, Eberle Assists: Hall, Horcoff, Gagner, Paarjavi Game 3 Washington 5 Edmonton 4 (OT) Goals: Knuble (2), Backstrom, Laich, Semin Assists: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Semin, Arnott, Green, Hannan, Alzner Edmonton goals: Horcoff (2), Cogliano (2) Assists: Vandermeer, Eberle, Omark, Parjaavi Game 4 Washington 4 Edmonton 3 Caps goals: Knuble, Ovechkin (2), Backstrom Assists: Knuble (2), Backstrom, Johansson Edmonton goals: Hemsky (2), Gagner assists: Khabibulin 2, Peckham 2, Hall, Cogliano Game 5: Washington 9 Edmonton 1 Goals: Sturm 2, Backstrom 2, Knuble 2, Ovechkin, Semin, Arnott Assists: Ovechkin (4), Neuvirth (3), Backstrom, Chimera, Semin, Green, Schultz, Sloan GGs

Pittsburgh has the worst fans. I used to have two in my room, as soon as I got the second one, the motor quit running, and the one I have left...it doesn't cool me off half as good as the old one.

SOH and dcicon: Pittsburgh

You're welcome.

I got bored so I went ahead and did all the division stats up to this point... Washington: G: Backstrom: 14 Ovechkin: 22 Laich : 7 Semin: 9 Knuble: 7 Schultz: 3 Erskine: 3 Arnott: 6 Johansson: 5 Hannan: 2 Beagle: 1 Green: 1 Sturm: 1 Chimera: 1 A: Laich : 8 Knuble: 9 Green: 5 Backstrom: 15 Ovechkin: 11 Arnott: 7 Semin: 5 Beagle: 1 Neuvirth: 9 Alzner: 7 Hannan: 5 Sturm: 4 Sloan: 2 Johansson: 3 Carlson: 2 Chimera: 1 P Backstrom: 29 Ovechkin: 33 Laich: 15 Semin: 14 Knuble: 16 Schultz: 3 Erskine: 3 Arnott: 13 Hannan: 7 Beagle: 2 Green: 6 Sturm: 5 Chimera: 2 Tampa Bay G: Lecavalier: 11 Moore: 6 Stamkos: 28 Gagne: 14 St. Louis: 16 Purcell: 5 Hall: 1 Brewer: 3 Bergenheim: 4 Ohlund: 4 Downie: 1 Roloson: 1 Malone: 6 Hedman: 1 A: Downie: 4 Bergenheim: 10 Gagne: 14 Malone: 9 Lundin: 1 Lecavalier: 13 Hedman: 12 Ohlund: 5 St. Louis: 9 Roloson: 12 Brewer: 6 Purcell: 2 Stamkos: 8 Kubina: 4 P: Lecavalier: 24 Moore: 6 Stamkos: 36 Gagne: 28 St. Louis: 25 Purcell: 7 Hall: 1 Brewer: 9 Bergenheim: 14 Ohlund: 9 Downie: 5 Roloson: 13 Malone: 15 Hedman: 13 Buffalo G: Sekera: 1 Ennis: 3 Connolly: 18 Myers: 4 Boyes: 4 Gaustad: 8 Vanek: 10 Leopold: 1 Niedermayer: 3 Mancari: 3 Pominville: 5 Gerbe: 2 A: Stafford: 1 Boyes: 2 Gaustad: 4 Hecht: 3 Vanek: 8 Montador: 7 Leopold: 3 Connolly: 13 Gragnani: 1 Myers: 6 Sekera: 2 Pominville: 12 Miller: 4 Ennis: 4 Gerbe: 4 Morrison: 4 Mancari: 7 Butler: 1 P: Sekera: 3 Ennis: 7 Connolly: 31 Myers: 10 Boyes: 6 Gaustad: 12 Vanek: 18 Leopold: 4 Niedermayer: 3 Mancari: 10 Pominville: 17 Gerbe: 6 Gragnani: 1 Butler: 1 New Jersey G: Parise: 14 Rolston: 5 Zajac: 11 Tedenby: 7 Volchenkov: 5 Kovalchuk: 11 Elias: 7 White: 3 Clarkson: 1 Tallinder: 1 A: White: 6 Rolston: 6 Kovalchuk: 5 Elias: 8 Parise: 6 Volchenkov: 7 Tedenby: 7 Tallinder: 7 Salvador: 3 Clarkson: 3 Brodeur: 6 Zajac: 4 Zubrus: 1 Hedberg: 5 Fayne: 1 Martin: 1 Steckel: 1 P: Parise: 20 Rolston: 11 Zajac: 15 Tedenby: 14 Volchenkov: 12 Kovalchuk: 16 Elias: 15 White: 9 Clarkson: 4 Tallinder: 8 Martin: 1 Steckel: 1 Vancouver G: Torres: 3 Samuelsson: 5 Higgins: 9 Salo: 1 Burrows: 9 Kesler: 19 Raymond: 3 Hudgson: 1 Lapierre: 3 H. Sedin: 11 D. Sedin: 1 Ballard: 1 Hansen: 1 Edler: 1 Bieksa: 1 A: Raymond: 2 Lapierre: 3 Kesler: 8 Samuelsson: 13 Luongo: 6 Higgins: 6 Edler: 4 Burrows: 4 Bieksa: 4 D. Sedin: 4 Salo: 4 Torres: 2 H. Sedin: 5 Ballard: 1 Hamhuis: 1 P. Torres: 5 Samuelsson: 18 Higgins: 15 Salo: 5 Burrows: 13 Kesler: 27 Raymond: 5 Hudgson: 1 Lapierre: 6 H. Sedin: 16 D. Sedin: 5 Ballard: 2 Hansen: 1 Edler: 5 Bieksa: 5 Hamhuis: 1 Minnesota G: Koivu: 6 Bouchard: 4 Cullen: 7 Zanon: 1 Brunette: 1 Brodziak: 1 Barker: 1 Madden: 3 Falk: 1 Clutterbuck: 5 Stoner: 1 Havlat: 2 Burns: 2 Schultz: 1 Miettinen: 1 A: Clutterbuck: 3 Havlat: 5 Miettinen: 4 Stoner: 1 Zanon: 2 Koivu: 4 Kobasew: 1 Cullen: 3 Spurgeon: 1 Schultz: 2 Falk: 1 Latendress: 1 Zidlicky: 2 Burns: 1 Barker: 2 Brunette: 3 Brodziak: 1 Backstrom: 1 P: Koivu: 10 Bouchard: 3 Cullen: 10 Zanon: 1 Brunette: 4 Brodziak: 2 Barker: 3 Madden: 3 Falk: 2 Clutterbuck: 8 Stoner: 2 Havlat: 7 Bouchard: Burns: 3 Schultz: 3 Miettinen: 1 Backstrom: 1

Washington 4 Dallas 3 Washington goals: Ovechkin (Backstrom), Ovechkin, Ovechkin (Green), Semin (Neuvirth) Dallas goals: Richards, Richards (Benn), Goligoski

I might be the only one.

Thibault and Gonchar weren't really 'aging veterans' when we signed them right when the lockout ended.

Yeah good thing HABS has only 6 left to go, since he died

I guess my expectations may have been inflated because we took him in the mid-1st round and he got to play with Sid. They were pretty good friends. One of the funniest things I ever saw was when I went to camp in '06 and they paired off with each other for the passing drill. Sid kept faking passes to him and keeping the puck to himself the whole time for like ten minutes.

Armstrong stinks.

confirmed

That's not Glenn Healy in the 93 one either...it's Richter.

How about two Art Ross winners, a 30 goal Selke candidate, and a goalie who HAS won the Cup? Pretty sure we don't envy you.

5 compatible Canadians on at once, refusing to play me and ComebackKing. What's that I smell? I think it's...it's...

*clears throat* Yeah, like I said, I'm totally on board with this idea.

I'm on board with this for sure.

Confirm this and Kingraph's win