Done in 6? Or Game 7?

[Commish Bub(NYR)]

Whaddaya think? I say BOS wins 2-1 tonight.

[GM Office Q]

I was thinking 3-2 Boston, but I don't know if Vancouver can score twice on Thomas in one game at the TD Garden right now. That said, can Thomas really keep up this out-of-his-mind play for an entire series + game seven of the previous series?

[Femur]

i agree TT has been stellar, but he ain't the only reason BOS is where they are...teams look fairly even to my bloodshot eyes in VAN and the 'Nucks look like horse droppings on the road.

[Jets GM]

Gregory Cambell isn't enough, VAN wins tonight.

[Virtual Jarmo]

Boston in a thriller. We have to have two days to talk about Luongo potentially choking under the pressure of a Game 7.

I thought Boston played better for the first two periods in Game 5. I think they can build off that.

[SharksGM]

Home ice advantage seems to be huge in the Finals, so I'll go with a 7th game.

[Oilers_GM]

I may live in Canada but i'm cheering for the Bruins. I still work outside the Oilers locker room during the season and I don't want to see or hear the jeers from the 'nucks fans next year and the season after and the season after.... Go Bruins!

[Jungle Cats]

I hope for a game 7 for Drama Power.

6-1 Bruins tonight.

[Montreal Canadiens]

The Canucks know they completely fucked up in Game 3 & Game 4. They had 2 days travel between the two games so I think we're going to see a strong game by them tonight. I don't know if I can handle the nervousness of watching a Game 7 again, so I'm really hoping they can win tonight. It's probably better for Vancouver that they win on the road as well.

[TorontoGM]

Van wins 1-0 tonight.

[Virtual Jarmo]

LOLuongo has returned.

Wow.

Might be all for naught heading back to Vancouver, but this really makes Game 7 interesting.

[CapsGM]

lovin it

[Jungle Cats]

I was close.

[SharksGM]

I predicted 4-2 before the game; clearly I didn't give Brad Marchand enough credit. Where the hell did he come from this playoff run?

[Jets GM]

That was LOLuongo. Huge game for his legacy on Wednesday, he looked shocked on the bench after getting pulled. I imagine that whole game was a pretty surreal experience, spend 48 hours thinking about doing anything and everything to win it. Then, it's over in 7 minutes.

gl VAN

[Montreal Canadiens]

Hank, Kesler, Samuelsson, Hamhuis, Raymond, and Ehrhoff are all injured. Rome is out too. It's not fair.

[TorontoGM]

I really cant tell which team Colin Campbells son plays for.......

[Montreal Canadiens]

I'm also curious where the puck was when Boychuck rammed Raymond into the boards.

[Virtual Jarmo]

Hank, Kesler, Samuelsson, Hamhuis, Raymond, and Ehrhoff are all injured. Rome is out too. It's not fair.

I'm sure all the Bruins are feeling great too.

I'm also curious where the puck was when Boychuck rammed Raymond into the boards.

I honestly can't tell what to think about that play. I don't see anything malicious about it. He's pinning the guy up against the boards with the puck gone, which is definitely interference. I can't say I see any intent to injure Raymond. He was in a prone position, though, that's for sure. Either way, it was definitely a minor for interference, but nothing more than that, IMO.

I really cant tell which team Colin Campbells son plays for.......

Cue the excuses. 3 of Boston's 17 home goals in this series are on the powerplay. None were on the Rome major and one was with 31 seconds left in a 7-1 rout, in a game that got really chippy.


You guys have played like shit on the road and played very good at home. Don't blame anything other than that. And god forbid Boston gets any credit.

[Virtual Jarmo]

That was LOLuongo. Huge game for his legacy on Wednesday, he looked shocked on the bench after getting pulled. I imagine that whole game was a pretty surreal experience, spend 48 hours thinking about doing anything and everything to win it. Then, it's over in 7 minutes.

gl VAN

I expected Vigneault to go back to him at the start of the 2nd period to try and get him right. Give him a little confidence entering Wednesday's game. But, I guess he was afraid that he'd completely crumble and be beyond repair.

He bounced back in Game 5. There's no reason to believe he won't bounce back again.

[Commish Bub(NYR)]

Cue the excuses. 3 of Boston's 17 home goals in this series are on the powerplay. None were on the Rome major and one was with 31 seconds left in a 7-1 rout, in a game that got really chippy.

You guys have played like shit on the road and played very good at home. Don't blame anything other than that. And god forbid Boston gets any credit.

This.

Outside of the 4:14 when the Nucks were LOLuongo'd, I thought VAN carried much of the play. And there were several times when pretty obvious penalties weren't called on Vancouver guys last night.

Fact is, if Luongo shows up Wednesday night, you guys should win. I don't think I've ever seen a finals that has been so Jeckyll-and-Hyde from one venue to the other. Crazy how good the Bruins O works at home, but then sucks huge on the road. Is that just the match-ups?

[Montreal Canadiens]

Yeah this was by far the Canucks best game of the 3 against Boston. Even at 5, they could have had this game tied at the least. Hank missed the open net, Daniel and Hansen hit the post, Thomas made a good save on Burrows, and Hansen shoots wide on a breakaway.

Raymond fell, as he was getting up with the puck on the OTHER SIDE OF THE ICE, Boychuk rams him back first into the boards. You can't tell me that was an accident at all. It was an accident he got seriously injured, as was with the hit on Nathan Horton, but the puck is nowhere near the two of them, why are you throwing a guy into the boards anyway?

The fact there wasn't atleast a 2 minute minor on the play was a complete joke, but I'm not surprised. Chara chops Henrik down and Henrik is called for a dive, uh huh. With the puck along the side boards, Lapierre is thrown down behind the net, no call. Even when it's 5-2, and it's time for the refs to make a statement, they let a piece of garbage rookie Brad Marchand punch Daniel in the face 4 times, and they hand Daniel a 10-min misconduct? Are you joking?

The 2nd goal was a bit soft, but I mean look at how that play developed, it was a 3-on-1 almost, I don't think Luongo was guessing he was shooting five-hole. Would it have been awesome for him to make that save? Sure, but I mean if they score on an odd-man rush or a breakaway, I personally can never fault the goalie. First goal was just a complete snipe show by Marchand. Third goal was unlucky, as was the 4th. Just how it went for the Canucks, how many times have they missed the net by like an inch? Or have a puck loose in the crease that a Boston player pokes away at the very last second? About a dozen times.

Good for the PP to score, good for the Sedins to get on the board. I think we can come home with a fair bit of confidence. Everyone makes light of the Canucks struggles in Boston, but how about Boston struggles in Vancouver? Only 2 goals in 3 games.

I have complete faith in Luongo, every time he's "down", everytime he's the goat, he always bounces back and everyone goes back to saying how awesome he is. With that being said, if Boston scores the first goal, especially if it's somewhat early in the game, please call your timeout AV. Boston has scored in bunches, so at the very least a TO would help cool off the B's.

Let's go Canucks. It's been 40 years, you didn't win the President's Trophy for nothing. Do it for Raymond.

Although I obviously don't know for sure, and this is just speculation on my part, but I don't see any Bruin player that looks like he's labouring at all.

[Virtual Jarmo]

OK, attempting to post without pissing you off, Brad. Ever think that maybe the Canucks are the result of all the non-calls? Burrows is a chicken shit cheap shot artist who CONSTANTLY whacks, hacks, and trips guys behind the play. Lapierre is a whiny douche, who plays his pest role well, but does himself no favors with the officiating. Torres is nothing but a hack. Saw him a lot with CBJ, he's a cheap, dirty player. The Sedins are savvy veterans who know when to try to embellish a call.

By no means are the Canucks the only team who have guys like that, but EVERYTHING is going to be magnified solely because it's the Stanley Cup Finals. If you're going to bitch....and openly, and publicly, criticize the officiating throughout the entire playoffs...why should you get calls?

The Youtubes I've seen of the Raymond-Boychuk incident don't look malicious at all. Raymond was not "thrown in to the boards". He was in a prone position, head in Boychuk's midsection, and Boychuk applied body pressure and pinned him to the boards. This wasn't a grown man tossing a midget around. It looked like an innocent enough play to me. Innocent in the sense that it wasn't intent-to-injure or a major penalty. An interference minor for excessive contact after the play, yes.

On the Daniel 10, were you on the ice? Did you hear what he said to the officials? No? Neither was I, but I'm willing to bet he said something that he shouldn't have. I'll grant you the Marchand point, he should have gotten something.


I'm sure there are Bruins players hurting. Everyone should be hurting right now. You're looking at 9 months of hard ass work, from training camp to this point. Laboring? Maybe not. But to say it's "not fair" is just sour grapes. None of them, except for Raymond, are a result of dirty or questionable plays in this series. Hamhuis and Samuelsson are injury prone to begin with. Henrik's been dinged for a while. Kesler's just running out of gas and wearing down I think.

Good teams get to this point and can't finish it off. Great teams can. The great team will be decided tomorrow night. Whichever team sacks up the most wins. And, whichever goalie plays better.

[Virtual Jarmo]

Can't believe Raymond got a compression fracture in a vertebrae from that play. Looked so innocent to me. Boychuk clearly applied some pressure as he directed him backwards in to the boards.

Still not a suspendable play in my eyes, though.

[Commish Bub(NYR)]

Can't believe Raymond got a compression fracture in a vertebrae from that play. Looked so innocent to me. Boychuk clearly applied some pressure as he directed him backwards in to the boards.

Still not a suspendable play in my eyes, though.

Once again, I find myself agreeing with our wonderful, awesome commish. Watch at the end of the play, how Boychuk skates over to Raymond with this "Wtf just happened?" look. Just a bad injury from a simple play.

[Montreal Canadiens]

Yeah, it wasn't malicious, but there was still no point in "guiding", if you want to use that word, Raymond into the boards.

Lapierre and Burrows are pests, absolutely, same as Shawn Thornton, Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic, etc.

Has Lapierre embellished a bit? Sure but so has people like Peverley and Marchand. No matter what, the call should be made no matter who it is involved.

[Femur]

...Torres is nothing but a hack. Saw him a lot with CBJ, he's a cheap, dirty player...

hear, hear! - signed the Chicago fanbase

as to the Raymond injury, when i first saw the replay, i thought Boychuck was pushing him off what he thought was the puck between Raymond's feet...kinda looked like he was looking for it. BUT, Raymond was really bent over. i could see how he broke his back. and i have a pretty low tolerance when it comes to hits that come too late when a player relaxes his body. could have been whistled, imo

[Femur]

just watched the vid again, and change my answer: Boychuck had to have known the puck went between his legs, and so this was a case of him "finishing the check" definitely should have been called, imo. not for intent, but certainly a charge, ruff, or probably boarding actually.

[Montreal Canadiens]

There is 100 % no way that Boychuk thought Raymond had the puck. Raymond lost an edge to start for sure, and as he was trying to get his balance back, he finishes him into the boards. It's not "malicious", but it's a cheap play nonetheless.

[TorontoGM]

Apparently people don't know what sarcasm is.