bestkeeper_14

Ok so I tried being civilized durimg the Minny thread and got ripped for being soft and not knowing my hockey but I can asure I do! And what I have to say is I have a deep respect for Red Wings and hockey town. I am very excited to see the best hockey in the NHL, and glad that I can share this hockey with friends and roommates who have never witnessed hockey like the Avs and Red Wings bring. Also I would like to say for the most part that Red Wing fans are smart (way smarter then those Minny fans who are just ignorant homers) and most of the Wing fans that have come to our boards are very hockey smart and respectful. I just want to be able to enjoy smart hockey conversations, and I feel that in this series we all can enjoy this. Now for my take on this series... You guys have one of the best Defense man of all time, not the best, but one of the best!! Your D is your advantage with out a doubt. Our offense was starting to click at the end of the season, and continued in the Minny series.... Now I know no one here likes Foppa, because he dives, which i agree with sometimes, but you can't deny that he was one of the best players in the game... and bad news for Wings fans is that in game 6 he started to play like Forsberg of old, no joke, none of the highlights show it but he hit the post twice on amazing plays where he did all the work. I hope he can keep that play he showed, and if so our offense will have a huge boost. Oh and by the way, everyone argues that Smyth sucks, but he was one of our best players in round 1, not just on the scoreboard but because of how hard he played every time on the ice. Our defense is so-so, couple of weak spots like Sauer and Finger.. but Foote and Salei have been playing well, but like I started off with you guys have the advantage. As for goaltending... well this is the question, we both have capable goalies that when they play there best can blank any team... so this one I consider a push, and we will have to see... Even though everyone here says that Theo is inconsistent, needs to look at the last 37 games of the regular season and the series against Minny.. Quote-"But in his past 37 regular-season starts, Theodore went 21-13-2, with a 2.24 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage. Then, against the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the playoffs, he took it to yet another level, stealing the pivotal Game 5 of the six-game series and finishing with a 1.88 goals-against average and a .940 save percentage." So it will be interested in seeing this series play out because I believe we are pretty even currently at this point... this series will be an amzaing series of pure hockey, the way the game was supposed to be played. Physical yet full of finesse and scoring... So to end this I would like to say... LETS PLAY HOCKEY!! Oh yea and... LETS GO AVS!

I like where you are coming from!! oh and go Arsenal!!

Yea the Red Wing logo is very well done!

Second one is my most fav between the boards, the photoshop skill is the best, looks like it really matches up!!

Well however this plays out, I was just wondering if I could think that guy was complete idiot... but yea these are great arguments for both... but i can honestly say I respected Stevie Y as one of the best...

Thats what I thought too! but he continues to make stupid remarks like it!!

I love your rules and will abide by them, both Sakic and Yzerman are gods of hockey, and therefore i would never talk bad about them! One question that has come up on our boards which I have argued regulary and it was started by one of the more disrespecting wings fans on our boards, but do you gys think that hasek is a better overall hockey player then Sakic his quote was "Hasek is the greatest current hockey player that is an automatic bid for the hall" I said what about sakic really not trying to be a homer, and he said no they aren't even close, hasek wins.. What do some of you smart Wings fans think?

As an Av fan i would love to answer your questions 1.For puck moving D, Liles is probably our best, but isn't very good on the D side 2.Salei has been simply amazing, the steal of the trade deadline... he has been a two way player so far, contributing greatly on offense and defense. Much better then the guy we traded for him!! 3.during the regular season, when we played the wings, we never had all our players, we were missing sakic in the first, stastny Smyth, Sakic, second... and so on and so on. We never had them all. Plus we added Foppa, Foote, Salei too which they never played in the series this year. One thing I know for sure, this will be either 6 games or 7 for sure... because both teams are playing well.. and I don't see any blow outs either... mostly will be one goal games. I say Avs in 7 Great series though and it will be exciting!!

I am so glad you feel that way, and you guys are way more respectful then the Wild already... this will be a great series for sure, and very exciting!! Lets play hockey!

One from the Avs board... ) Sorry had to add this one... please don't be offended...

You can copy and paste the link I gave, put it in the adress bar and you will get the Versus channel for free loaded into windows media player... IT'S GREAT!!

Well thanks, the Wild fans are the ones that are uncivilized!! But yea, I can't wait to enjoy this series!

Did you realize I already posted it?

Here it is!! Versus Direct Link: mms://a1729.l2168647534.c21686.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1729/21686/v0001/reflector:54953 Put it in your adress bar, it should open in either Windows Media Player, or Quick time... Oh and if for some reason you hit the buffering bar and it restarts just enter the firct link again and it will pick up where you left off... But this is the one you need to use!

If you like I can post the direct Versus link in this thread when it becomes available from the Avs board... Works perfectly, I have used it the entire playoffs, and never had a problem... way better then the sopcast streams!!