Ozzy

"Obviously NOT related to Ryan Lindgren, Sam!!"

...Like, this just happened last night!!

I don't even think Brindy could save the Devils!

I'll take the over!

There's also a rule where you cannot touch the puck with your hands upon the drop of the puck. It's actually a 2 minute penalty for a "Faceoff violation". I think I saw that once this season.

I'm taking a stab, Philly...but I think what could be, is that if a team needed a line change badly, and to get a little bit of extra breather, they'd have a guy take the draw and get tossed for a few extra seconds of a rest.

Answers: 1. The linesman dropping the puck makes the call. The "why" part is a few reasons; think like a "false start" in football, for the most part. But the visiting team has to put his stick on the ice first, followed by the home team. Both have to come to a stop and wait for the drop. Both must have their skates square and even. All their teammates must be on the correct side of the circle and motionless. 2. They are lenient and not consistent with that call. Sometimes they call icing and other times they let it slide...nothing new under the sun with that call. It's been like that for eons! 3. Yes...actually Round 2 can't start until the teams clinch their Round 1 series anyway. Best of 5 went away when the NHL figured out they make more $$$ on more games played. I remember 2 out of 3, then 3 out of 5, before the last 2 rounds were 4 out of 7. 4. Probably not anymore, Big Guy. The days of beating a goalie that can see a puck from over 20 feet out is really a rarity these days. Back in the day, the goalie pads, and equipment was smaller...as were most of the goalies. Now you have goalies in there that are 6' 7" and take up 1/2 of the net. They are "better" in a sense, that the training, knowledge and scouting is much improved from the old days of Gump, Eddie and Rogie. 5. They can.... 6. They will... 7. They are... 8. It is...

No doubter this year!

This team is only going to improve as we move along in the Playoffs. I let the old Ghosts die after last season.... New Time....New (Better) Team....New attitude! Enjoy the ride fellas! This is going to be a fun one!

Isles didn't take much out of the Canes in 5 games....We're 100%. That's good enough for me. We got this!

Read my lips 6 We win

Wow, he's been bad in the first round!

He ain't goin' no place....Levy or whoever it was doing the broadcast last night made such a big fucking dramatic story out of this. The last 7 minutes of the game was a funeral for Christ sake. All for nothing in my opinion. The guy's getting a deal done there and he'll retire when he wants to....IN TAMPA. That's my call and I'm sticking to it!

Rempe

He's had a great career and there's really no reason for him to go through all that pain for a team that probably needs to rebuild/re-tool. I could see if they had one more kick at the can, but that team is pretty far from being a Cup contender. He's got what, one more year left on his contract? He's won a Cup, and was a really good player pretty much his whole career. I'm curious to see what he does, but I don't think he has anything left to prove at this point.

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TB got hosed last night...How many times we saw the same thing this season, just with Cuylle alone it cost us like 4 goals. But let's face it; the officiating in the league this season has hit an all time low. I think it was better with 3 officials on the ice. We have 2 refs and 2 linseman now, and they're fucking woeful out there. Gimme back the days of Dave Newell, John D'Amico and Ray Scapinello!!!

Wild series...I'm loving this one!

Bucky wins this one.

I'm really looking forward to listening to Bissonette after the inevitable happens to the Leafs here. Boston/Florida is what it looks like is gonna happen, and that's gonna be a DANDY of a series, if it actually shakes out that way (here's hoping).

I don't think Ovi cared one fucking bit about that series. He's got his ring He's got his legacy He's got his money He's going to be a first ballot Hall of Famer All he wants now is Gretzky's record, and he can't get that in the Playoffs. He's got 2 seasons to score 41 goals.... We'll see you next season Ovi!

I did notice on the handshake line Wilson did stop a little longer when he got to Fox. I gotta say, Wilson is a real dick to play against, but good christ I'd love him if he was on the Rangers! I think we can learn a lot from guys like Wilson going forward. Especially guys like Cuylle, and Rempe. Wilson is a game changer, whether we like it or not. He's also the sole reason the Caps were even in any of the games we played them. Winning playoff games against guys like that go a long way to adding to these kids experience. I think it's a feather in the cap to not cave in the face of intimidation from players like him. He may be the toughest player we face on our trip through the playoffs. We passed the test!

Yeah, this! I don't think Carolina is anywhere near as physical as the Caps are. It's that whole "death by 1000 papercuts" approach, and I'd rather have Igor face 6,000 outside shots, than being swarmed by guys the size of Tom Wilson and Co. Not that I'm afraid of the Isles, but for some reason or another, we just don't seem to play them very well. The matchups just didn't look to great when we played them recently. We'd beat them in 6 or 7, but I think the Isles would take a nice bite out of our ass.

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