we drank 6 of those last night (the bubbas), i'll see if we have a digital pic.

sorry i thought you were talking about something else, no knock on joe he's a solid player.

i'll admit it, the leafs are looking solid and don't want to meet them in the playoffs. If they can get past philly and a typical slow playoff start, they could be deadly.

that's okay. . .
what games are on tonight?
it makes me sad that it is april. . .:(

i only have to wait until the first of october again

You're not gonna welsh on our bet are you?

HELL NO!
I'm just giving credit to where it's due, that t.o.-philly matchup will be awesome...some teams are really tearing it up down the stretch, and they're (philly) one of them. T.B.'s looking solid too, so i'm hoping nj has a traditional playoff slump and goes out in the first round...thereby, leaving ottawa with the easiest road to the east finals.

This is shaping up to be one of the better playoff runs---there is hardly a team going in that doesn't look solid. I see alot of 7 game series'.

the second round should be a lot more interesting, i don't see any upsets (especially in the west), but you never know. I was worried when i saw big chara throw 'em with oliwa. Christ, Martin, he's the second best defenceman in the league, don't let him get injured!

When i saw chara holding his wrist as he went to the bench i thought for sure he had broken it. That would have been a major loss to the senz. i hope T.O. and Ott meet up in the eastern conference finals, guarenteeing a Canadian Team in the cup finals.

yeah, they still have great defence without chara, but he is their best player....good game on tonight, just a tie and we clinch the prez cup.

also, did anyone hear the good news? The world cup (former canada cup) is coming back in 04, hasn't been around since '96 when the states beat us in the final game in montreal.
More european cities will host some games, with the final being only one game (instead of a best of 3) to be played in t.o.

European Pool
Czech Republic
Finland
Germany
Sweden

North American Pool
Canada
Russia
Slovakia
United States

I saw that this morning on Sportsdesk. The best part of it is NO SHOOTOUTS!!!!!! It will all be settled by sudden death overtimes.

Playoff Match Ups

Western Conference
Dallas (1) vs. Edmonton (8)
Detroit (2) vs. Anaheim (7)
Colorado (3) vs. Minnesota (6)
Vancouver (4) vs. St. Louis (5)

Eastern Conference
Ottawa (1) vs. NYI (8)
New Jersey (2) vs. Boston (7)
Tampa Bay (3) vs. Washington (6)
Philly (4) vs. Toronto (5)

I haven't seen a better playoff grid in Quite a while---GO LEAFS GO---GO CANADA GO!!

Yeah, pretty good match ups...but I think Toronto is going down to Philly. My pre-playoff prediction is Detroit and New Jersey in the finals...although this may change after I see the first couple of games.

I don't know about that Ottawa is strong, T.O. is strong, NJ is strong, in all honesty i can't put coin on the games yet--everybody is strong! i think Col-OTT finaL!