Commandant Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 And without the numbers, you have the problem of not creating enough of a gap in supply and demand to be able to charge the high prices that the northern teams charge. Hence lower revenues, and tougher to make things work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbp Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I want to know peoples thoughts of the match ups in the second round... 1st round saw, LA-Vancouver, Boston-Washinton upsets Great division rival showdowns in Ottawa-NY and Philly-Pits (obviously), plus the always interesting match up Nashville-Detroit Surprisingly competitive Florida-NJ and Phoenix-Chicago Even the SJ-STL series had some solid hockey being played... This round we have... Division rivals Philly-NJ Washington-NYR will be interesting to see if the caps pull another upset in the west we got LA-STL which looks like there will be a lot more firepower on display then people expected Nash-Phoenix... more scoring here then expected as well. Personally I haven't seen the teams continue their first round fire (I'm not talking Philly-Pits level) but in general it doesn't seem to have the heat the first couple games in the first round did. What are others thinking? Are the teams just trying to cool'r down and conserve energy for the next two rounds? Or am I completely off the wall with my thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 The first round was built on personal rivalries. LA vs. Vancouver has always been a tough game in the season, Philly/Pitts and Nash/Detroit were big time rivalries played out. Ottawa made it personal for the Rangers and Florida had no quit in them. This time not so much. The only Finals I could see having some real heat is Los Angeles vs. New York. Talk about a big time series for the NHL and the Richards/Carter dynamic would create an unbelievable story. Otherwise I don't know what we'll see. Or what I would want to see. That said, I'd love to see Washington surprise everyone and make the finals after Bob McKenzie made it sound like Dale Hunter won't be back next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 AK46 and Radulov suspende for breaking team rules. And people said AK wasn't a headcase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I guess they were both out partying until 4AM. Radulov is still a top talent. Kostitsyn will always be wasted potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I guess they were both out partying until 4AM. Radulov is still a top talent. Kostitsyn will always be wasted potential. Sounds like they were spotted after midnight local at a bar in Scottsdale (~45 minutes from the hotel) the night before a 5 PM local start time. There is another report that now says 4 AM interestingly enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakiqc Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 The first round was built on personal rivalries. LA vs. Vancouver has always been a tough game in the season, Philly/Pitts and Nash/Detroit were big time rivalries played out. Ottawa made it personal for the Rangers and Florida had no quit in them. This time not so much. The only Finals I could see having some real heat is Los Angeles vs. New York. Talk about a big time series for the NHL and the Richards/Carter dynamic would create an unbelievable story. Otherwise I don't know what we'll see. Or what I would want to see. That said, I'd love to see Washington surprise everyone and make the finals after Bob McKenzie made it sound like Dale Hunter won't be back next season. If you talk about Richards/Carter, what about a PHI-LA finals? THAT would be something.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 If you talk about Richards/Carter, what about a PHI-LA finals? THAT would be something.. that's totally what I meant Haha oops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakiqc Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 that's totally what I meant Haha oops Hahaha But you're still right about the NYR-LA series, in the sense that it would be a finals between 2 strong markets for the NHL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Wow, a team suspending two key players for a critical game 3 over the curfew. I suspect this was more the last straw then a one time offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 We all know Bettmen wants LA vs NYR in the finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 We all know Bettmen wants LA vs NYR in the finals. Who wouldn't want that series as a businessman or in the media? It's much like Canadian media wanting to see Montreal vs. Toronto in the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 The interesting part with by the Coyotes.. imagine having to play against the league owned team in the finals. Conflict of interest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 The interesting part with by the Coyotes.. imagine having to play against the league owned team in the finals. Conflict of interest? Why not go all in and have NJ-PHX, the all NHL-funded final? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLassister Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Callahan or Backstrom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 The interesting part with by the Coyotes.. imagine having to play against the league owned team in the finals. Conflict of interest? League would want the Coyotes to get to the finals, go 7 games and lose, so that they can get all the "Stanley Cup Champion" merchandise on the winning team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Great game last night between the Rangers and Capitals. Man did they ever look tired. It looked like I could keep up with them by the middle of that third over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Time fo the NHL to do a serious investigation on the delay of game penalty. I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXx..CK..xXx Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I completely understand the saying that hindsight is 20/20 but even before the game today I was thinking that Trotz went a little too far in benching Kostitsyn and Radulov for game 4 as well. In my opinion, Nashville did not win last game because of the players who were added into the lineup but more because of home ice advantage. The message was sent to the players in game 3 that fooling around is unacceptable but to bench a player of Radulov's stature and even Kostitsyn for an extra game was nothing more than a mistake. I can somewhat understand why he did it, but the team is paying the consequence now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbp Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Any legitimate reports on what the two did? I know it was curfue violation, or thats what has mainly been reported, but what were they out doing? If they came back trashed on a game night... I think Trotz did the right thing. Let them come back now and try and make it up to their team. (I think Phoenix will have a difficult time stopping these to the rest of the series) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Any legitimate reports on what the two did? I know it was curfue violation, or thats what has mainly been reported, but what were they out doing? If they came back trashed on a game night... I think Trotz did the right thing. Let them come back now and try and make it up to their team. (I think Phoenix will have a difficult time stopping these to the rest of the series) Spotted at 4am drinking at a Scottsdale Arizona bar. The bar was 40+ minutes away from their hotel. It was 4am, on the morning of a 5pm start for game 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbp Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Spotted at 4am drinking at a Scottsdale Arizona bar. The bar was 40+ minutes away from their hotel. It was 4am, on the morning of a 5pm start for game 2. So say there were leaving that moment or so... 5am back at the hotel... yeah... I kinda agree with the way trotz handled this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsy Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Keeping those two in the press box for one game was fine. The second was overkill. And they get shutout. If I'm a player on that team, I'm furious with the coach and GM. In a round about way, Barry Trotz penalized the rest of the team by not icing the best possible line up. Ok coach, you proved your point, now let's go golfing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Keeping those two in the press box for one game was fine. The second was overkill. And they get shutout. If I'm a player on that team, I'm furious with the coach and GM. In a round about way, Barry Trotz penalized the rest of the team by not icing the best possible line up. Ok coach, you proved your point, now let's go golfing. I can see it both ways. They won Game three without them. Why break up a winning combination in the post-season? At the same time, you do not healthy bench your most talented forward (Radulov) for two straight games. You got him out of calculated luck and now you don't utilize him? In the end it was a mistake. Kostitsyn and Radulov may have come out of game four on fire, wanting to prove themselves to their team to win the game. Instead, when they get back in the lineup in game five there is likely going to be no passion. Kostitsyn may leave and the Predators will be fine with Radulov signing an offer sheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbp Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 LA Cruises over the second best team in the west in 4 after taking out the canucks in 5 :/ Will they find a way to knock Phoenix (or Nashville) out in 3! This is scary good hockey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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