Who's going to win the cup?

[Pyrrhonist]

Who do you think is going to win the Stanley Cup in the NHL playoff finals this year? As of right now, the series is tied 2-2 (best of 7), with Calgary winning games 1 and 3, and Tampa Bay winning games 2 and 4.

[Kevin 11]

Maybe I'm wrong on this, but hasn't the team that knocked Vancouver out of the first round gone on to win the cup everytime in the last 5 or more years???

I'm giving cowtown Calgary the nod...

PS - Vancouver still gave them the toughest series in 2004

[Pyrrhonist]

I'm not sure about that - but hey, it works for me. If you're right, Calgary still wins. I don't even want to talk about that Vancouver series; i'm still a bit bitter.

[seokid]

Flame 'em Calgary... I AM CANADIAN!!!!

[Kevin 11]

I think everyone responding to this post is Canadian. Where's Dilly when you need em? We need an American Tampa Bay loving perspective in here...

[Pyrrhonist]

I completely agree Kevin.

I'm surprised dilly hasn't joined in yet.

[Cyber-SEO]

tampa all the way - NOOOTTTT :)

You all know that Calgary Flames are gonna win this one.... its time the cup comes home to Canada where it belonds :D.

[dilligaf]

Unbelievable! Has no-one here any sense? If you haven't excluded duplicate ID's in the poll.... you should (smiley here). Game four was the kicker... got out-played, out hustled and out hit... and won. I say somebody forgets to hit St. Louis (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=1772) for about 3 minutes. Hell 5' 9" SEO Guy, your uber uber Mod self have gotta be able to relate. smiley here

Just don't tell uber Mod SEO Bob, cause I'm scared of him.

Thanks, Go Bolts

[dilligaf]

So you excluded the duplicates. snarl here

[Arizona Web]

Loggermouths all the way baby. Cool Hand Willie has a rebound to dribble ratio of at least fifteen. You can't stop that.



.........sorry that was absolutely unneccesary. I am becoming a forum junkie and really had nothing to say. :p

[relaxzoolander]

relaxzoolander is responsible for the yellow bar.
8-|

[Kevin 11]

it's nice to see a relaxzoolander post without an "edge" to it...lol
:)

Maybe we should have a "Hockey Basics for SEO's 101" thread in here.

[SEO_AM]

Hey you Canadians! You have to remember that Florida has mostly a thing called "sunshine" (It's that big yellow thing in the sky. I know you have seen pictures of it.). The poor Floridians have to search to find ice. :D

[relaxzoolander]

[QUOTE=Kevin 11]it's nice to see a relaxzoolander post without an "edge" to it...lol
:)
Maybe we should have a "Hockey Basics for SEO's 101" thread in here.[/QUOTE]
let me know the day you hold that class...i will make sure i am absent that day.

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[Kevin 11]

LOL... Let's not get grouchy here, it's all about having fun.

No hockey lessons for Relax, it's all good!

Regardless, whichever team is the best, no one can argue that Tampa Bay wins the contest for best beaches.

[Pyrrhonist]

Dilli,

I'm starting to become even more sure we're going to see a 7 game series - and a damn good one at that. Flames will win tonight, Tampa, on Friday, and then I wouldn't want to bet on game 7.

But in the end, the cup's comin home.

PS While everyone's watching American Idol or Friends in the states, everyone here is watching Hockey Night in Canada - programming gold!!

[Pyrrhonist]

Sorry I could'nt reply earlier, but it's spring now, and my Igloo is melting and shorted out the power :D

[I, Brian]

Huh?? And there was me thinking this thread would be about the Euro 2004 soccer tournament starting this month. Tsk. Some people have no sense of either priority nor perspective. :D

[dilligaf]

SEO Bob, I'll agree it certainly is getting to be a helluva series. I look for some fisticuffs early in the next one. Could be our downfall though (I'm guessing those winters make people meaner) but it's certainly time for it.

My only other prediction is that the flames are dead meat (http://www.seo-guy.com/forum/showthread.php?t=315).

Sorry to hear about your igloo, I'll fish a couple of cubes out of my cocktail if it'll help.

[Pyrrhonist]

Nah, I'll be all right. You just save that ice cube for LeCavailier's head after Iginla pounds him again.

But it's all good, I'll just sit back with my good, cold, Canadian 5% beer and relax to watch the game. You can sit in Florida with your girlie-drink margarita (or mai tai, coco loco, or whatever it is) and watch Tampa get facewashed into the mushy ice you've got down there.

[dilligaf]

Vinny needs the ice already and it's got nothing to do with Iginla. I'm thinking Nieminen might use what's left of the igloo. Thanks for the girlie drink compliment (anytime I'm associated with the fairer side I consider it a compliment) but I'm a beer drinker too (got Becks on tap at the house).

While I'm on it.... why's american beer like making love in a canoe?
They're both f%^&'n close to water.

And I guess if I weren't drinking beer, my girlie drink of choice would be sex on the beach. If you'd like I'll send you the recipe... as it's certain Lord Stanley will be a helluva lot closer to the real thing than those in the great white.

Go Bolts

[dilligaf]

SEO Bob, just wanted to make sure that you realize the previous post wasn't directed toward you. (genuflect here) It was another guy, in a different igloo... yea that's it.

[Kevin 11]

Looks like the gloves are off in here too!

Game 5 should be a good one.

[Dilligas]

I just happened by and thought I might participate in the survey. Amazing that guy dilligaf, heh? Bright, articulate and a great eye for future events. And that name... boy I'm sure glad we got different last names, hate to get anybody confused.

Why do you think he's so afraid of SEO Bob when everyone else seems afraid of SEO Guy?

[dilligaf]

I'm guessing you guys got the news up there too... Nieminen suspended for game five at his request, for his own protection. Apparantly he slid a note to the commissioner from the penalty box at the end of game four. They printed a copy of the note today in the times along with a few lightning player responses.

What's up with that Dilligas... certainly has good tastes and an ability to recognize talent. Never seen the flag look better either.

[sunny]

man..without any doubt, calgary :p

[SEO_AM]

[John Wayne voice] Ya know pilgrims, if us boys here south of that Canadian icebox ever really played your sport, ya would see some real damage. [/John Wayne voice]. ;)

[Pyrrhonist]

Did anyone else see the game last night? If i'm remembering correctly, Calgary won...

and the team that wins game 5 in the finals when the series is tied 2-2 has won 13 of the past 15 times... maybe i should make that 14 of 16 times

GOOO Flames

PS. I was a big fan of the girls coming out to scrape the ice though. That part was worth it.

[Kevin 11]

Last night was a good game. Tampa Bay was sluggish looking in the first two periods but picked up their game in the 3rd I thought.

I think if both teams bring their "A" game into game 6 it should be an incredible finish!

I hope Calgary brings some scantilly clad beauties on to scrape the ice too!

[Pyrrhonist]

Hmm... Dilli's been surprisingly quiet since the game last night. Maybe he's still crying over the loss.

[dilligaf]

[QUOTE=SEO Bob]Hmm... Dilli's been surprisingly quiet since the game last night. Maybe he's still crying over the loss.[/QUOTE]
You got that right. Last night was a tough one, not just because of the loss but being outplayed for two periods (if not for the Bulin Wall we should've been down at least two more goals) then deciding to play after getting even only to drop it in OT.

Two in a row, there's a first time for everything, and throughout the playoffs we haven't dropped two in a row so I'm still a believer. I just wish they'd start hitting/hustling before the third period.

[Pyrrhonist]

We need to combine the canucks with the lightning to make a super team... nucks can only play for the first 2 periods and Tampa can finish off for us. (of course the team would be located in Van, but we'd take the ice bunnies with us)

[dilligaf]

Sorry Bob, great plan but we wouldn't recognize it as hockey without the ice bunnies. I gotta tell you though, as much as it hurts, I've got a whole new level of respect for Iginla. He really does change the flow just by being out there.

[Pyrrhonist]

[quote=dilligaf]got a whole new level of respect for Iginla. He really does change the flow just by being out there.
[/quote]
If i was a spammy person i would post that in every single thread on this forum so you'd never forget :D

[dilligaf]

Trust me, unless they put some serious bodies on his a$$ in the next couple, I won't need any reminders. We need to take a couple of pages from the Flames playbook... the ones titled St. Louis. Thanks though.

[Cyber-SEO]

[QUOTE=SEO Bob]Sorry I could'nt reply earlier, but it's spring now, and my Igloo is melting and shorted out the power :D[/QUOTE]

LOL mine already melted a few months ago ;).

[Pyrrhonist]

*whisper*shhh... we don't want them to know that our igloos ever melt.*/whisper*

[dilligaf]

[QUOTE=SEO Bob]I'm starting to become even more sure we're going to see a 7 game series - and a damn good one at that.[/QUOTE]
2-2 2nd OT C'mon SEO Bob!

[dilligaf]

That was nuts! I post to uber uber mod SEO Bob (aka Nostradomus) during the break, 33 secods later... BANG!
I'm really scared of him now! Is this how relegions get started? (smiley here) I'll bet he's glad he's got that 5% beer tonight, I sure wish I did the last go around.

[Pyrrhonist]

ROFL Dilli,

That was an amazing game, wasn't it? It seemed like both teams were a bit sloppy. Did you see the "save" Kabi made in the third when he swept the puck with his pad? Damn, that looked like a goal to me (in fact, I'm convinced it was over the line). Whatever, the refs didn't call it, and Sutter didn't even complain about it - even he wasn't sure. It was a tough break for sure.

[SEO_AM]

SEO Bob, I know you Canadians are licking your wounds, so I will not rub it in. You have to admit that your southern cousins played one hell of a game. :D

[dilligaf]

[QUOTE=SEO Bob] Did you see the "save" Kabi made in the third when he swept the puck with his pad? Damn, that looked like a goal to me (in fact, I'm convinced it was over the line).[/QUOTE]
Yea, about 27 times. Looking from the front angle I was sure it was in, then from the top equally sure it wasn't.

[Dilligas]

Dilligaf, you have provided such keen observations throughout the series, I wondered what you expected in game seven at the Ice Place.
Examples:
[QUOTE=dilligaf] I say somebody forgets to hit St. louis for about 3 minutes.[/QUOTE] They did, and he did.
[QUOTE=dilligaf]throughout the playoffs we haven't dropped two in a row so I'm still a believer. I just wish they'd start hitting/hustling before the third period.[/QUOTE]They came out hustling, and still haven't dropped two in a row.
[QUOTE=dilligaf]Trust me, unless they put some serious bodies on his a$$ in the next couple, I won't need any reminders.[/QUOTE]They hit Iginla three ways: hard, fast and continually. I wonder if he felt like St. Louis?
BTW, what a great name and an even better avatar.
Regards, Dilligas

[dilligaf]

Dilligas, How kind of you to inquire. SEO-Bob was last seen mopping up the remnants of his winter home so I'll offer my opinion as his is quite a large task.

If SEO-Bob's hybrid Tampouver Lightnucks show up tonight (AKA a team that plays for three periods) and they continue to put bodies on Iginla it'll be a helluva game. In a series where the team scoring first wins, there have been no lead changes and no-one can spell two in a row... either Flames score first and Lightning win 3-2 or the Lightning score first and they win 4-1. If Brad Richards scores everybody can go home early.

Lightning Champions, Marty St. Louis MVP, Brad Richards Con Smythe

But then again... I could be wrong.

[morgan]

GO Bolts!

[seo guy]

Starting Lineups

Lighting = :useforce: :s&m: :cool: :bond: :shoot:

Flames = :flush: :gay: "pimp" <<<gerome iginla :eyes: :nap:

[Pyrrhonist]

Hey Dilli, that was one of the funniest posts i've read in a while.

[Pyrrhonist]

Rotflmgdaowstc

[Pyrrhonist]

I'm not going to make any predictions about the game tonight. Let's just leave that to the players.

If the flames win, all three of you (the dilli's and morgan) are going to have some egg on your face. If the bolts win, I haven't made any statements that could be cursing them.

[Kevin 11]

Well, it's intermission between the 2nd and 3rd period and Calgary looks baaaaad!

Unless they get it together, Lord Stanley will be soaking up the sun in Tampa Bay this year.

[SEO_AM]

Lord Stanley has taken out U.S. citizenship. He is now called "Bubba."

[Pyrrhonist]

Now that the cup's over, I'm seriously considering closing this thread before the dilli's start gloating.

[Pyrrhonist]

btw, all those previous posts were really seo guy pretending to be me. i'm a true vancouver fan and could never cheer for the team that kicked them out

[dilligaf]

[QUOTE=SEO Bob]Now that the cup's over, I'm seriously considering closing this thread before the dilli's start gloating.[/QUOTE] Another good call, and what the f#@% is Rotflmgdaowstc?

[Pyrrhonist]

rolling on the floor laughing my god damn ass off while scaring the cat

[Kevin 11]

To Dilly and all other Tampa Bay fans, congrats on the win!

Regardless of the outcome it was nice to see a couple of hard working teams with small payrolls kick butt on the mega-salary teams.

[Cyber-SEO]

I couldn't watch the game after the first two goals last night. I was thinking the cup would come home this year but guess not :(

[Dilligas]

What a series! I went to the game and ran into the owner, literally. He wants me to be an ice bunny. Dilligaf, how bout teaching me to skate? The pay sucks but the fring benefits are tremendous!

[dilligaf]

Dilligas, Congratulations. Unfortunately I think my wife may struggle with the concept so I may have to pass. Might I recommend SEO Bob, it's rumored that he's got some serious cutters hidden underneath that pancho. I guess we'll understand if we don't hear from you for awhile, and if we don't hear from SEO Bob...

Uber Uber Mod SEO Bob & His Uberness, Thanks for a great thread.

[dilligaf]

Hey, I know the last thing anyone wants to see here is another post from me but... this was too good!

After the parade they introduced St. Louis in the forum with Louis, Louis blaring. My 13 year old's dancing and the shorties (slang for younger children) are singing! She's apparantly got a crush now on Lecavalier. Maybe I'm just glad for the break from Rocco Baldelli.

[RideQ]

Hey, I bet Tampa Bay wins!
Whos takin bets?
:cool:

[dilligaf]

I just couldn't resist.... What's the latest cup sighting? Tampa, Boston, Prince Edward Island...

[jocelyn]

I don't know if some one looking like my avatar could be a cheer-leader ?

[wyrickj]

lmao Joc. your avatar is really making me laugh. It don't looks just right with that head of yours.

[jocelyn]

[QUOTE=wyrickj]It don't looks just right with that head of yours.[/QUOTE]
Rest assured that I will not ask you to help me put my SEO* braw on, with comments like these... how rude... I'm gonna have to talk about this one in my group therapie now... me and my 5 shrinks...

*Super Energetic Orthopedic

[wyrickj]

lol I am j/k Joc. It's funnier then I'll get out. I just can't decide if I like Google Joc. or Pink Dress Joc. Oh heck I like both. They make me have a good laugh lol.

[dilligaf]

Cahoon's Cove (http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/08/Lightning/Richards_treats_Stanl.shtml) Escorted by Brad Richards

[SEOBob]

You know, dilli, i'm getting a bit sick you sending this thread to the top

[Pyrrhonist]

At least the poll will always show calgary winning - the people have chosen

[dilligaf]

[QUOTE=SEOBob]You know, dilli, i'm getting a bit sick you sending this thread to the top[/QUOTE]
Dude, I'm counting on it. Just be glad I wasn't around when the Buc's won the superbowl.

The bitch is I figured it would have to stop when training camp started.... It could be awhile.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=Who%27s+going+to+win+the+cup&btnG=Google+Search

[dilligaf]

SEO Bob keeps PMing me about the latest cup sightings.... well here's one where it actually disappeared. (airline mix-up)

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/29/Lightning/Unscheduled_stop_tick.shtml

[Pyrrhonist]

Do I really have to bury/close this thread, dilli?

LOL

[jocelyn]

I object your honnor... heuuu... seo bob.

This thread has no bad content, it's BS relevant, no flaming or has no reason to be closed.

[Pyrrhonist]

rofl... you should refer to me as "Your Highness", joc... I like the court jester avatar today as well..

Oh yeah, i read the article dilli posted, and one thing struck me... everything that has happened to the cup has happened in Canada. I didn't notice any reference to the US in there at all. even tho we didn't win - we still brought the cup home.

[jocelyn]

Can I ask his hugness if we kept the cup for a particular reason... it's a made in canada cup or what... just curious, but I won't read the articles, so. Unless his mugness is too busy...

[Pyrrhonist]

Joc, every player on the team gets the cup for a couple days/weeks and gets to take it home and out partying. It's the only major trophy you can do that with. Dilli just pointed out an article talking about the adventures it's been on this summer... and they all seem to involve being in Canada

[jocelyn]

I'd like to thank his rugness for taking time to answer me...
I think I have to clean my KB, it's not responding well when I try to type bugness... see again...

[dilligaf]

[QUOTE=SEO Bob]rofl... you should refer to me as "Your Highness", joc... I like the court jester avatar today as well..

Oh yeah, i read the article dilli posted, and one thing struck me... everything that has happened to the cup has happened in Canada. I didn't notice any reference to the US in there at all. even tho we didn't win - we still brought the cup home.[/QUOTE]
It went to Buffalo for a little while... but sure hasn't spent much time down here.

So ya think Vinny and Jerome are spanking beers laughing about their wrestling match now that they're wearing the same uniform.

That's gonna be a tough team not to root for.

[Pyrrhonist]

Oh yeah, world cup of hockey is starting isn't it? Who are you cheering for dilli?

[dilligaf]

[QUOTE=SEO Bob]Oh yeah, world cup of hockey is starting isn't it? Who are you cheering for dilli?[/QUOTE]
Well... if you promise not to tell my neighbors (they're not very understanding)... "Oh Canada...." Shhhhhh

[dilligaf]

Damn that's tough to see in a sig.... Shoulda known better, you did warn me. Glad the neighbors don't check in.

[dilligaf]

Could it be... two games away from the ultimate delimma in the world cup (USA vs Canada)? Was gonna start a new thread but I though SEO Bob might appreciate this more. (efficiency and all)

[dilligaf]

Hi Bob... Hey if they lock out for the entire season, do we get to put our names on it again? (smiley here)

[Pyrrhonist]

Why do you insist on pushing this back up to the top, dilli? Sometimes i just don't understand you floridonians

[dilligaf]

One last bump... Just had to post this http://www.sptimes.com/2004/10/12/stanley/