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1st round:  ----------  PITT vs NYI:  PITT in 4.   It looks like a safe bet.  NYI has been bagging it of late. NYI and NJD have a showdown Friday night for the honour of Pittsburg anyway.  Pigsburg in 4.  WASH vs NJD:  WASH in 6.  I think that NJD have a solid team and will compete with WASH.  I agree though with WASH in 6.  BOS  vs BUF:  BOS  in 5.  The B's have been playing awesome hockey in the last two weeks.  The only question is how long will it last? Fuhr is a dud.  BOS in 4.  QUE  vs MON:  MON  in 7. It seems to me that MON is much like the VAN - no chemistry. The Habs seem to be not in stride. QUE in 5.    CHI  vs STL:  CHI in 4.  STL should not be in the playoffs. CHI in 4.  DET  vs TOR:  DET in 6. I am a diehard Leaf fan but ... It seems that the Leafs offense is shutting down in the last week.  Can they turn it around against Detroit.  As I recall, the last couple of time these two teams met, the Leafs were pummelled. I don't know if Bobbie is allowed in Canada yet.  If he is, DET in 5.  If not, DET in 6.  VAN  vs WIN:  WIN in 6.  Upset in the making here.  Another team with bad chemistry. There is something gone foul among Linden, Momesso and Bure. WIN in 6.  CAL  vs  LA:  CAL in 5. Anybody that says that LA could possibly beet CAL does not watch the Smythe a whole lot.  LA is a bunch of Geritols. CAL in 4.   2nd round:  ----------  PITT vs WASH: PITT in 4.  It seems to me that Pigsburg has some egos on their team.  Their saving grace though is Bowman.  He can put anybody in their place. However, if PIGS have a quick first round, they may be a little too high.  WASH could be there for a surprise.  Having said that, I will say PITT in 6.  BOS  vs MON:  BOS  in 6. MON will not be there.  BOS is surprising me of late. Cam is great. The couple of wins against QUE last week have sold me with the B's.  B's in 6.   CHI  vs DET:  CHI  in 7. Yikes.  This will not be pretty.  But DET is running like a machine of late.  They've had a non-busy end of the season in which they played like killers.  DET in 6.  WIN  vs CAL:  CAL  in 5. CAL has a solid team, a little weak in the nets.  CAL will out muscle WIN.  CAL in 5.  3rd round:  ----------  PITT vs BOS:  PITT in 5.   I hate PITT.  My logic eludes me.  The dark side will take over and give BOS the extra push it needs to dump PITT.  There may be something to this - if you think of the rivalry.  BOS in 7. CHI  vs CAL:  CHI  in 5.   Finals: ------  PITT vs CHI: PITT in 5.   NO, no, no.  We have BOS vs DET.  I don't know what to say here.  Both teams will be flying and overdue.  I will go with goaltending and muscle and say DET in 7.
>        - broadcast more home games than away games >        - broadcast very few road Pacific and Mountain time games >        - jack up my ticket prices from $27 to $38 in two years (not that I'm >                going to pay 120 bucks for 3 seats. I'll probably next to the >                virtual 107 folks) >        - not tell me my priority # >        - not let me sell my priority # >        - in order for me to get the free jacket, force me to order my tickets >                for next season before I get to select my section >        - not let me park at the new arena after paying for their  Grrrr, let's start a whole 'nother topic on show bad the sharks are doing on these things. I swear that ALL of my partial plan games were televised (I know, I'm exaggerating, but...). In order: -the new ticket prices suck -wait 'till people try to park at games next year. Public transit? Yeah right, I'd love to take caltrain for 3 hours to see a 3 hour game.  Shelling out hundreds of dollars for partial season plans for two years doesnt mean anything to the sharks, as I get to pick my seats after the dead rise from their graves to claim their seats! :-) -Frank
In article <1993Apr16.060010.10012@ncsu.edu>, cdkaupan@eos.ncsu.edu (CARL DAVID KAUPANG) writes: >  > It is really annoying to see all of these > predictions on the Net.  Who really cares > who you think will win?  Please stop with > the predictions, we all know the Caps are > going to win the Cup, so let it go at that. >  >  In the words of Doktor Kultur, in the Ottawa Citizen, "Remember to unhook the Nitrous Oxide before you leave the Dentist Chair!"  8^)
If I were Pat Burns I'd throw in the towel. The wings dominated every aspect of the game.  Trying to mix up the lines is a dead end.  Murray has too many combinations to counter with. My prediction is wings in 5.
The subject line says it all.  Is it terribly difficult to get tickets to Penguins games, especially now that they are in the playoffs?  Would it be easy to find scalpers outside of the Igloo selling tickets?
You should be ashamed to call yourself an Ulf Samuelson fan. Anybody who plays the way he does, does not belong in the NHL. There have been cheap shot artists through the history of the game, but a lot of them have been talanted players. Bobby Clarke, Kenny Linsemen, Pie McKenzie, Chris Chelios etc.. but nobody has been out right as dirty a cheapshot coward as Ulf. Violence in hockey has got to be curbed and players like (Should have been a Women) Samuelson don't belong. When players like Ulf, who's main purpose is to injure the better players in the league is allowed to continue, and the league won't stop it, the players should. A Christian Pro 1000 aluminum stick directed at his ugly head should do the trick nicely. If the Bruins get a chance to meet Pittsburgh in the near future, you can bet Neely will have his day. The sight of watching Ulf turtle up like the coward he is, is worth almost as much as a Stanely Cup. This wimp of a player almost ruined the career of one the best right wingers in the game. If you are to remove Ulf Samuelson from the lineup, the Penguins would not even notice he's gone. He's an eyesore on the game of hockey.
To those who are wondering what is happening in Minnesota:    From what I have seen in the local news (TV and newspaper), various people  in the area are trying to get a new hockey team.  A columnist for the St.  Paul "Pioneer Press" wrote an article giving the "inside scoop" on the  issue.  There are three local sites competing for a team and three possible  candiates to move to the Twin Cities.  First the sites: Target Center, Civic  Center (St. Paul), and yes, even the Met Center.  The columnist was pretty  confident that Minnesota will get a team, and that the Target Center will  ultimately win out.  He argued, however, that the competition from the other  two sites will delay the process considerably.  Without the  inter-site competition, the columnist (sorry, I can't remember his name)  believes that Minnesota would have a team by the 1994-95 season.  Also,  because of the situation with the Timberwolves, things will be delayed  until (unless) the city of Minneapolis takes over the Target Center.   However, they are unlikely to do so until the Met Center is destroyed,  because the city will lose money if there is competition from the Met for  conventions and short-term events (even with hockey at Target).  To add to  this mess, a STUDY (6 to 12 months) is going to be conducted on the future  viability of the Met Center, which obviously delays the process even  further.  I hope that the study is cancelled, which will have the effect of  knocking the Met Center out of the running and perhaps encouraging  Minneapolis to take over the Target Center sooner. The city would be be even more encourged if the wrecking ball is taken to the Met,  which may happen. 	Regarding possible candidates, the three teams are  Hartford, Tampa Bay, and New Jersey.  I would prefer the Devils (Minnesota " Ice Demons?") although the Lightning may have potential.  Although it hasn't  been announced yet, it looks like 6 neutral site games will be played at the  Target Center next year.  Apparently the Devils are interested in playing in  as many of those six games as possible, and I wouldn't be surprised to see  Hartford and Tampa show up there either.	So, Minnesota may end up  getting another team, but it may take a few years.  	 	Go Sabres!
In article <1993Apr19.211406.22528@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com> spiegel@sgi413.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com (Mark Spiegel) writes: >	According to the SJ Murky News the Team USA roster is (names and >	teams played for in 1992-93 listed): > >		Goalies >		------- ........ >		Forwards >		-------- >	Tony Amonte	New York Rangers >	Ted Drury	Harvard Univ >	Rob Gaudreau	San Jose' Sharks >	Craig Johnson	Univ of Minnesota >	Jeff Lazaro	Ottawa Senators >	Mike Modano	Minnesota North Stars >	Ed Olczyk	New York Rangers >	Derek Plante	Univ of Minnesota-Duluth >	Shion Podein	Edmonton Oilers >	David Sacco	Boston University >	Darren Turcotte New York Rangers >	Doug Weight	Edmonton Oilers >  It looks like the Edmonton Oilers just decided to take a European vacation this spring...  Ranford, Tugnutt, Benning, Manson, Smith, Buchberger, and Corson are playing for Canada.  Podein and Weight are playing for the US.  Is Kravchuk playing for the Russians...I know he had nagging injuries late in the season.  Podein is an interesting case...because he was eligible to play in Cape Breton in the AHL playoffs like Kovalev, Zubov, and Andersson...obviously Sather and Pocklington are not the total scrooges everyone makes them out to be...certainly in this case they've massively outclassed Paramount and the New York Rangers.
In article <C5sFJv.FA1.1@cs.cmu.edu>, lli+@cs.cmu.edu (Lori Iannamico) wrote:  > According to this morning's Post-Gazette: >  > The Pens will be carried by KDKA-Radio(1020 am), unless the Pirates > are playing.  When the Pirates play, the games will be carried by  > WDVE(102.5 fm).  WDVE will carry 12 games, starting with tonight's > game. >  > In fact, after this season, KDKA will no longer be the flagship > station for the Pens.  The Penguins and KBL have struck a new  > deal regarding the TV and radio rights to the games.  It seems > more than likely that WDVE will be the flagship radio station next  > season.  KBL will carry 62 games on tv,  with 17 of the games to be  > simulcast on KDKA-TV.  The remaining 22 games, as well as some of the  > early round playoff games, will be available by "subscription tv" only. > To receive the games, you'll have to pay a one time hook up fee, and > then a monthly fee of $11-12 dollars. >  > Also, under the new deal, there will no longer be radio/tv  > simulcasts.  There will be a TV broadcast team, and a radio > broadcast team.   >  > No word on who the announcers will be.  Mike Lange and Paul Steigerwald > are both under contract with KDKA, but their contracts expire at the > end of this season.  KBL President Bill Craig said he'd like to hire > Lange and Steigerwald. >  > Lori > Contact for the Penguins > lli+@cs.cmu.edu  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  Who's the mindscheme(?) behind this one -- Ted Simmons?  As the saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."  I'm 230 miles from home (during the school year) and will never be able to pick up DVE.  At least now I can sort of make out what Mike and Steigy say through all the static on KDKA.  This just may be enough reason for me to transfer to Duquesne and live at home.  Who's going to announce on DVE anyway?  Paulson and Krenn?  (Just kidding.)
spiegel@sgi413.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com (Mark Spiegel) writes:  >  Gaetz may or may not be back next >	year, but in either event the Sharks have to pick up others.  Gaetz won't be back. There's been rumors he was officially released right at the end of the season when his contract expired, but I haven't seen confirmation. It was clear from my talks with the Sharks doctors that he wasn't going to make it for a while, and the Sharks would have to sign him to a contract, which given his problems competing at the IHL level this spring, doesn't make sense.
In article <1993Apr21.213100.17414@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>, golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) writes: > In article <1993Apr21.160212.9413@adobe.com> snichols@adobe.com (Sherri Nichols) writes: >>In article <1993Apr21.144033.15925@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) writes: >>>John Madden picks Gary Clark of the Redskins for his All-Madden team >>>a lot, over much better receivers...for much the same reasons Cherry >>>sings the praises of Doug Gilmour...a little guy with heart...yet one >>>doesn't see a string of American posts saying that John Madden has >>>lost his marbles. >> >>Maybe because John Madden doesn't pretend that his All-Madden team is the >>team of the best players.  Maybe because John Madden doesn't feel the need >>to denigrate players he doesn't choose for his All-Madden team.  Maybe >>because Madden actually demonstrates some knowledge about football when he >>broadcasts a game. >> >  > Don Cherry doesn't denigrate players except those who dive, showboat, > wield their sticks as weapons while hiding behind visors, or > deliberating attempt to injure or aggravate the injuries of others.  Not always true. In fact, in the case of Doug Gilmour, he actually praises them.  Europeans that do those things are scum in Cherry's opinion. Canadian kids that do them are "tough, just like a real Canadian".   Ulf Samuelsson cheap shots Mark Messier's ribs and Don wants Ulf's head. Doug Gilmour breaks Tomas Sandstrom's arm and Don says Sandstrom had it coming.  Methinks Don is either very confused or just a bigot. Most likely the latter.  I used to like Don Cherry. I thought he was great. But I'm starting to see his true colors (redneck) and the more I see of them, the more I think he's just an asshole.
Hey,guess what's coming to ESPN for a change? A playoff which doesn't involve the Pens. Not that there is anything wrong with that...  ESPN games :  Thursday  Game3 Pens at Devils at 7:30(Gary Thorne and Bill Clement) Saturday  Game4 Caps at NY Isles at 7:30(Tom Mees and John Davidson)  ABC game :  Sunday    Game4 Pens at Devils at 1:00 (Gary Thorne and Bill Clement)  ESPN named its #2 broadcast team on Tuesday. It paired Tom Mees(play by play) with John Davidson(analyst).
In article <22APR93.02956996.0062@UNBVM1.CSD.UNB.CA>, Patrick Walker <F1HH@UNB.CA> wrote: >  > Who should get the Hart? > Gretzky, not in a million years.  At least not this year. >   He hasn't played all year. > Yzerman, though it would be nice, I don't think he'll get it, he's >  consistent, but not well known.  (Thought he should be!) > Mario.  Jesus NO!  It's bad enough for me just to utter the word >  without being extremely sick and pissed off.  They guy's a luber > I think he should become a stuntman after he retires.  Jeez, he ha > s enough expericene falling down.  Oope!  Stick didn't come anywhe > re near me, gotta fall, got to get a penalty against the other > team!  It's the annual "whine-a-thon" with today's host, Jerry > Lewis  By the way, I am Canadian, play a little, and watched > Hockey night In Canada, (Never Missed a Show!), not one of these, > Well, a, my home team is in the finals, and I was a hockey fan for > ten minutes now... Give me a f--king break with this Mario is the > best player ever.  What!  Did Gretzky die?  I wish Bobby Clarke > and the Broadstreet Bullies were still around, they'd know what > to do with a whouse like Mario! > They'd bounce him around like the puck. > Not that I condone violence, but I'll make an exception for Mario. > But if Mario is going to complain about being hit, someone should > give him and Scotty something REAL to complain about. > Sorry to ramble.  As you can see I hate Mario. > Pat Walker > UNB  You, along with Mario Lemieux, must be from another planet.  The only difference is that Lemieux comes from the one with Geo. Washington, Abe Lincoln (and many other great men and women of this world) whereas you come from the one with David Koresh.  Yeah, Mario is good at drawing penalties, but wouldn't you try do something (you do claim to play) to give your team an advantage?  I don't remember Lemieux getting any diving penalties this year, whereas many others did.  Finally, Mario has NEVER complained about being hit.  He knows it's part of the game; he gets back by dishing out an even bigger hit to the same guy or just scoring a few goals (or setting them up.)  Don't you have any compassion for a man who has gone through so much in his life?
In article <1993Apr20.184627.4585@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>, cs902043@ariel.yorku.ca (SHAWN LUDDINGTON) writes: |> Tampa Bay will either go for a russian Kozlov (I think that's it) or a  |>     defenseman Rob Niedemeyer (probably spelt the last name wrong)  Rob Niedermayer is a forward (center, I think) with the WHL Medicine Hat Tigers.  His brother, Scott, is a defenseman (now with the NJ Devils).
>KBL and the Penguins have just inked a new deal, giving KBL all  >TV and radio rights to Pens games.  Plans are that KBL would like >to have an entire night of hockey, starting with a 7:00 pre-game >show and running to a post game show that would sign off about 11:00 >(depending upon length of the game). >  >Don Cherry announcing Penguins games.  Yeah, and (to quote Pgh's >goofy mayor) I'm the Queen of Sheba. >  >Lori >Contact for the Penguins >lli+@cs.cmu.edu      Well I was watching Hockey Hotline last night and Stan said that the station (KBL) had been recieving calls all day concerning this subject.  And the verdict was that almost exclusively NOBODY wanted that load mouth, know it all blow hard, former Bruin whiner, Ulf Hating, scum sucking, Pr*ck of missery in Pittsburgh on a permanent basis.  That's not exactly what Stan said;  I did do a bit of interpriting.
Mamatha Devineni Ratnam <mr47+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: > >I can't understand how someone in the sports dept. can't even recognise >the name of playoffs shown on the very same station he works for.  You think that's bad ... one year, we had all three New York teams in the playoffs and the cableco operator (SCNY once shared a channel with BET but someone forgot to throw the switch at 6PM) didn't know what I was talking about ...  While it's nice that the NHL is back on American network TV, it faces the same problems as it did with the All Star game.  Local preemptions and zero promotion (okay, I don't watch that much TV so I'm just foaming all right?).  The league should have made sure that it was solid on cable before going to the networks.  In year one of the new ESPN contract, the saturation coverage of SCA (all other games shown to completion, like the Quebec-Montreal and Sabres-Bruins overtimes) is missed around here.  gld
lli+@cs.cmu.edu (Lori Iannamico) writes:   >In an article published in this morning's Pittsburgh Post Gazette, >KBL (the Pgh. cable sports channel) President Bill Craig has  >confirmed that he has had preliminary talks with the Mouth of >the North, Don Cherry.  Craig said he is interested in hiring Cherry >as color commentator and for post game duties.  >Others being considered for the open broadcasting jobs are current >Pens announcers Mike Lange and Paul Steigerwald (Craig spoke to >both yesterday), KBL's Stan Savaran and Guy Junker, ESPN's Mike >Emrick, MN broadcaster Doug McCloud, and TSN's Jim Hughson.  >KBL and the Penguins have just inked a new deal, giving KBL all  >TV and radio rights to Pens games.  Plans are that KBL would like >to have an entire night of hockey, starting with a 7:00 pre-game >show and running to a post game show that would sign off about 11:00 >(depending upon length of the game).  >Don Cherry announcing Penguins games.  Yeah, and (to quote Pgh's >goofy mayor) I'm the Queen of Sheba.  Considering how often and how badly he has slammed the Pens on Coach's  Corner on Hockey Night in Canada, it would surprise me as well.  But then, people will do anything for money, won't they?   >Lori >Contact for the Penguins >lli+@cs.cmu.edu
Brad Gibson (gibson@nukta.geop.ubc.ca) wrote:  [Much text deleted]  :   plus/minus ... it is the most misleading hockey stat available.  Not necessarily the most misleading, but you are right, it definitely needs to be taken in the proper perspective. A shining example is if you look at the Penguins individual +/-, you will find very few minuses. That only makes common sense, since they didn't lose many games.  :   Until the NHL publishes a more useful quantifiable statistic including ice :   time per game and some measure of its "quality" (i.e., is the player put out :   in key situations like protecting a lead late in the game; is he matched up :   against the other team's top one or two lines; short-handed, etc), I would :   much rather see the +/- disappear altogether instead of having its dubious :   merits trumpeted by those with little understanding of its implications.  Unfortunately, you will need to keep a ridiculous number of stats to really come up with a statistic which really shows a player's value. Let's just enjoy the game and not overanalyze it. (like I'm doing now, excuse me!)
In article <AfnKOVK00UhB01RDtJ@andrew.cmu.edu>, Robert Angelo Pleshar <rp16+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: > 	<kfnJYea00Uh_I1VmUs@andrew.cmu.edu> > NNTP-Posting-Host: po5.andrew.cmu.edu > In-Reply-To: <kfnJYea00Uh_I1VmUs@andrew.cmu.edu> >  > from Anna Matyas: >>>Now if we could just clone Chelios's personality and transplant it >>>into all of the defensemen on the Islanders, Capitals, and Devils... >>>  >>>Gerald >>  >>In other words, you want to turn them all into assholes so they >>will spend lots of time in the penalty box and get lots of >>misconducts? >>  >>And this comes from a Chelios fan... >  > Yeah, and also be second in the team in scoring and play about 35 > minutes a game and play on the power play and kill penalties and be the > best defenseman in the league. I'd take a whole team of Chelioses if I > could. (That way, when one got a penalty the others could kill it!) >  > Ralph  >HOW TO BEAT PITTSBURGH???
In article <1993Apr4.051942.27095@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca>,  maynard@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Roger Maynard) writes:   > And after the Leafs make cream cheese of the Philadelphia side tomorrow > night the Leafs will be without equal. >  > The Leafs are the best team in the Campbell Conference. >  > cordially, as always, >  > rm >   > --  > Roger Maynard  > maynard@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca   More like Philadelphia making dust out of dead Leafs. Roger why do you continue to embarass yourself with your brash predictions?  They got whitewashed by a last place team.  Granted Philly is pretty decent but the "best team in the Cambell Conference" would have beaten a last place team.
In article <1rhddoINN4l9@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>, admiral@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Steve C Liu) says: >Okay, the Caps AGAIN are about to break out the golf clubs but before they >do, does anyone have the history of the Washington Capitals' futility >record in the playoffs? I remember that Terry's first year was the first