2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs

That's ridiculous. That's condoning assault on somebody. The league can't do that.

I mean, wrestling isn't professional anything, it's a horrible circus man-show for men who like being manly. I'm surprised they get away with that.

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Originally Posted by Dyne

Make it like the wrestling companies do. If a fan crosses the barricade they're fair game. So in this instance make throwing water or anything else on the team an extension of the fans themselves and let the team react accordingly. Fight in the old style. Hemp and resin.

People as a whole need to accept personal responsability. Just because your paying to sit in a seat shouldn't make you exempt from being an asshole. If you do that outside an arena, you bet your ass you're getting punched in the face. Be glad it was just water.

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This all sounds good in theory, except that the fan Tortorella hit is not the same one that was causing the problem.

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Originally Posted by Cowutopia

That's ridiculous. That's condoning assault on somebody. The league can't do that.

I mean, wrestling isn't professional anything, it's a horrible circus man-show for men who like being manly. I'm surprised they get away with that.

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They're both entertainment in an arena setting. Doesn't matter if one is real sport or not.

Assault is illegal no matter where it is.

So we had three types of series after 4 games:

• Three sweeps (Boston, Detroit, and Vancouver)
• Three 3-1 (Anaheim, New York, and Pittsburgh)
• Two 2-2 (Chicago and New Jersey)

All three 3-1 series went to 3-2, and both 2-2 series saw the home team win game 5.

Now we get to see if the 3-1 series all end in game 6, as Pittsburgh's did, and if both 2-2 series end in game 6 as well.

It's somewhat odd with all the possible combinations that there have been so few different ones so far.

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Originally Posted by Cowutopia

Assault is illegal no matter where it is.

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If somebody is dumb enough to not exercise personal restraint and jump a barricade I'm totally for them getting the shit beat out of them. Allowing people to do shit like that without repercussions is what's wrong with this country.

To Yoshi, I was thiking last night we were going 7.

for real, Yoshi.

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Originally Posted by Cowutopia

Assault is illegal no matter where it is.

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Careful. Next time Clarkson drops the gloves, I don't want him arrested.

Like Bertuzzi?

From my best-friend/best hockey friend, who is hoping the Devils successfully beat out Detroit for team of the decade with a win this year.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Congratulations to Atlanta, Florida, and Columbus for failing to win a single playoff game all decade. Honorable mention to NYI, Phx, and Nsh for failing to win a series (Isles haven't won one since 93, no idea if Phx/Win ever has). Caps and Hawks get the benefit of the doubt for now, but it would be impressive for Was to close out the decade with 4 dvision titles and 0 playoff series victories. [These are the things I think about as I'm falling asleep during playoff season.]

Caps-Rangers has been very typical of an upset by a badly overmatched team (3 1-goal victories, 2 blowout losses), while SJ is lucky to even have 2 wins. I don't know what that means about which favorite is more likely to pull of the comeback, but it seems to indicate that the Rangers will get blown out by Bos and that Anaheim is still an elite team that decided to take the regular season off. I think we want Was rather than Pit, if only so that Bos doesn't coast into the 3rd round.

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