Its NHL playoff time!

Go Stars :thumbs: I think a Stars-Pens final would be entertaining.

 

Well, it didn't take long to decide Game 1 - a 2 man advantage goal and then a 1 man advantage goal in the first period. Now I can go spend some time with my wife instead of watching the rest of the game.

Unfortunately, I just don't see how the Stars avoid losing in five games, maybe even in a sweep. The Red Wings are clearly head and shoulders above the Stars this season.

However, the Stars have greatly exceeded expectations in these playoffs and have laid the ground work for a future run(s) at winning a second Stanley Cup.

 

Detroit looked good last night. After having survived a real fight in the 1st round with the Predators, the Wings have kicked it up a notch.

 

It was Turc oh no!

Ah well on to game two - the only postitive - the Wings should have scored about 8

I can only hope the Stars were just tired and will play better the rest of the series

Did not comment earlier today - was down at Texas A&M watching the proudest member of the fighting Texas Aggie class of 2008 (my daughter) graduate!

 

Kudos to you & your family

 

Thanks guys - she was a great student - and will be again in September - some kids just wont grow up!!! By the way - A&M is a wonderful institution, I cant recommend it highly enough. Plenty of opportunities for christian kids to have a great witness and great Christian fellowship. As far as major universities go, A&M is probably the most conservative out there - although you do still have to contend with the occasional gay proff...

Now onto the important stuff - no suspensions for Robero or Osgood. I personally think, and am WAY biased, that Osgoods butt end of the stick to Robero's face was much worse than the slash to the padding of Osgoods uniform. Osgood should have gotten a penalty for poor acting imho. did you notice that he was writing around on the ice - motioned to the bench, and then commenced to writhe a bit more HA! As the boys on the TV said, Osgood probably needed ONE ice cube to ice down his injury.

That said - no excuse for what Robero did, the stars need him too badly to let his emotions take control (even if he could have lost an eye with that butt)

Stars are in must win territory for the next two games, Zubov must play better, Stars must score more than two goals, I really need Turco to stand on his head. Detroit is playing great hockey

 

The Red Wings are playing GREAT hockey. If they don't win the Stanley Cup this season it will have to be considered one of the biggest disappointments in the history of the Red Wings. They are head and shoulders above any of the teams left in the playoffs.

 

A bit more mind candy from Razor Ray - "the Stars look as lost as a woodpecker in a petrified forrest"

He also compared this series against back in the day when the Stars were playing Edmonton in the playoffs - the Stars always had an answer for Edmonton. In the same vein Detroit is playing at another level. I really thought that Dallas would win last night, Detroit has proven that they are amazing.

By the way - no doubt that Ott should have been suspended from my point of view. I heard Osgood's interview after the game where Ribero so severly wounded him that he had to take half a baby asprin to get over it He said O did I hit him (as in I wasnt trying to hit him, I didnt even know he was there) then I was only protecting my player (from the noted 160 pound ruffian Ribero). So which was it - he didnt know he was there or he was trying to "protect" his teammate with the butt end of his stick to Ribero's face

I think the NHL did the right thing by not suspending Ribero, even though he is the one that would have gone. fortunately Ribero hit Osgood where he is probably the most protected

I do not want to take anything away from the way the Detroit D is playing, from their back line to Osgood. They have been stellar. I think I heard that they would be the first team since 91 to win the presidents cup and the stanly cup if they continue to take care of business

 

Wow! I didn't think that the Stars would actually make a series of this.

What must the Red Wing players be thinking as they prepare to fly back to Dallas for game 6?

 

I dont see the Wings losing 4 in a row, that said - can you imagine the pressure on them if the Stars manage another win tonight??

the Stars D has really stepped up only allowing one goal in each of the past two games. I think the Stars only chance is to continue that level of defensive play - highly improbable against that Detroit unit. At least a series that looked like a snoozer has turned into a good one.

 

I agree, with the NBA close behind.

 

The difference in the NHL and the NBA - in my opinion, is that the reffs in the NHL feel compelled to give the "make up" call. It is seldom that the penalties dont average out over the course of a game - and even a stars homer like me would argue that Holstroms penalty in game 4 was a makeup for his not being called for interference in an earlier game - butt in the crease, classic.