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This is truly awesome. Light and horn going off in the house would be epic... though I suspect there would be a significant delay from the time you see the goal scored on your TV and when the light goes off.

 

On a similar note, been wanting one of these for awhile... hitting a button to set off your own light wouldn't be so bad:

 

http://us.thegoallig...116&id=15439010

 

My brother has a red light that looks just like a goal light, it spins and whatnot.

He has it hooked up to The Clapper, so when there is a goal and someone claps or even a loud, sharp "YEAH!!", it goes off.

Pretty cool...and not much $$.

Rarely does the #8 seed go anywhere after knocking off the #1 seed.

Since the current playoff format was adopted (and prior to this year), there have been ten #8 seeds that have knocked off a #1 seed

But only the 8th seeded Edmonton Oilers in 2006 & 8th seeded Montreal Canadians in 2010 made it out of the 2nd round...and neither played a #2 seed in the 2nd round.

So a #8 seed has never beaten a #1 & #2 seed in rounds 1 & 2.

I'm not saying LA can't do it...I'm just saying it's never been done before...so maybe there is a reason for that.  Maybe a team letdown after the big upset or simply running out of magic...or whatever.

LA is going to be tough.  Their performance against Vancouver is exactly why I was hoping to stay away from them in Rd. 1.

Quick is a shut down goalie, but I wouldn't say that LA has better goaltending, as others have mentioned here.  Elliott has been better than Quick all year long and has the numbers to back it up...and he's going to start at least the first 2 games due to Halak' injury...and Halak may be the backup if/when he does return.

I think this will be a long and low scoring series.  If LA had home ice, then I'd be a little more concerned about winning this series.  But with all factors considered, including home ice advantage for St. Louis, I think the Blues can get it done in 7.

I've met more annoying Blues fans than most people here have.    

I can't imagine how they'll act if they actually win something.

See St. Louis 2006 and 2011 when the Cardinals won the WS recently.  Imagine that, with a lot more emotion & excitement since it would be our first Cup.

St. Louis has always been well behaved when winning championships.  But if/when the Blues win a cup, it will be the first one, so a bunch of long time die-hard Blues hockey fans will obviously be pretty damn excited...so you never know what will happen.

If it ever happens, and it happens at home...I've heard some loud crowds in my day, but the roof would be blown off Scottrade for sure.

I fail to see how this should warrant a suspension or fine.  Kind of overreacting here guys.

It's an unsportsmanlike play and could have drawn an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, but that's about it.

If I'm a Wings fan, I'm pissed.  If I'm a Preds fan, I'm laughing.  But I'm neither...so I'm just impressed that he was able to get away with it.

this is true.  It will be interesting to see how he reacts to the playoff pressure.  He was great in game 2, but coming off the bench might be easier for the nerves than starting.

He didn't have the best numbers for Ottawa in the playoffs in 09-10.

Elliott looked good last night.  San Jose got a couple late ones with the Blues being a bit lax with the game in hand and their goalie pulled.

Elliott isn't the same goalie he was back in '09-'10.  Hard to compare that year to this one.

How is Burns not suspended for at least one game for the elbow to the head last game?

Great question.  It wasn't even reviewed.

How about hitting them with a clean hit of your own. I think the idea that hitters have to be fighters, some are but some aren't and that is fine, they are different roles. I think it is reasonable to think that if you lay down a good clean hit you better keep your head up and be ultra-aware that the other team is going to be going out of their way to lay a couple of good clean hard hits on you. I don't think however that it is reasonable to think that any time you lay a good clean hit on a guy you have to fight some 4th liner who is on the team primarily as a fighter. Kronner for example is not a fighter and shouldn't get into fights with any heavy weights (or even middle weights for that matter) and is a great Dman hitting aside. He shouldn't be lost for 5 minutes each time he lays a good clean hit.

That's not what I said at all.
Keep the hits clean, and just hit them back to let them know that if they dish out a hard hit, they are going to get one of the same or worse in return.
Otherwise, your guys will be getting run all game long.
Sure, there will be some fights when it's your 3rd and 4th line guys getting hit, but that's more their role.

i also know that in the history of the league i cannot remember a player killing a penalty with no stick to go off and change and make it a 5 on 3.

Oshie tried that exact thing in overtime this year when the Blues were killing a 4 on 3 against Vancouver.
He had broken his stick and he tried to get off the ice for a change since the Blues bench was in that end, but Vancouver scored on the 4 on 2 before the change could be completed.

It was a ballsy try, but it ended up being the wrong decision at the time.  After the game, Hitchcock took the blame and said they called Oshie over to make the change...but still.

Apparently, Andy McDonald's helmet was almost cracked completely in half from a shoulder to the head hit against the glass in game #2.  truehockey.com said McDonald showed it to the reporters after the game.

That's two in a few days??
Damn...I guess I stand corrected.  I've played hockey a long time and I have never seen a helmet crack as badly as Zetterberg & McDonald said their helmets cracked.  I've never had a helmet crack, and I've taken some shots, even a couple that left me a little whoozy.

I also can't recall ever hearing about a helmet cracking like that in an NHL game until these two.  I'm not saying it's never happened, but I don't remember hearing about it.

And to answer a couple comments...
I never said I didn't think helmets weren't designed to crack to displace a severe blow.  I had just never seen it happen and didn't think they could crack that easily.

I wish they'd publish photos of these cracked helmets.  I'd love to see how they cracked.

If you google "cracked nhl helmet" the first two links are the Zetterberg & McDonald incidents from the past few days.

McDonald's cracked helmet from an elbow he took in Game #2 vs. San Jose.



Crazy.  Again...I stand corrected.

The rough stuff after a clean hit is fine...and often necessary.

You have to let the other team know know that if they do that stuff, they are going to have to answer for it.
Clean hit or not, you don't want the other team thinking they can dish out hard hits all game long without repercussion...so next time, maybe they think twice about dishing out a hard hit.

It's all about team toughness and sticking up for your teammates.

No-Check, No-Slap pick up games don't apply here kid, glad you play hockey and you finally found a way to fit that in to a discussion.  

I played growing up, then in college, and then after college in men's leagues.
But hey...you can call 'em "no-check", "no-slap" if you like.
Whatever makes you feel superior on the interwebs.  

Maybe I'm wrong.  But I just don't see it.  I'd love to see a pic of the helmet to see how it broke.

Wow that's going a long way to explain away his helmet cracking.  

While I believe you've been wearing a helmet most of your life,

I expect better from a mod.  Shame on you.

from your expert opinion as someone who wears NHL helmets, you can tell that there's no way it cracked in three places?  In spite of you having not been at the game.  Not having touched or inspected the helmet, or having even gotten a good look at the helmet before or after the headslam.  Given that total lack of information, the most logical conclusion to you is obviously Zetterberg's lid was ready to blow at any second from general use over the course of this season, not from him getting his head slammed into the glass.

Makes sense.

I've seen helmets take a lot more abuse than the turnbuckle play on Zetterberg and be fine.
I'd like to see a pic of the helmet where it cracked.  I'd bet the helmet itself didn't crack, but the cracks occurred on the shield where it attaches to the helmet.

And to the rest of you tossing personal jabs.  Stay classy.
I'm just discussing the play.  Sorry if you can't handle it.

Oh yeah?  Somehow I don't find it hard to believe it was your screen name attached to this post.

Anyone who has played hockey (like I have for most of my life) and has worn NHL level helmets, knows a helmet shouldn't crack, and in 3 places no less, from something like that.

Again...maybe the visor cracked where it attached to the helmet, which I can see...but not the helmet itself...no way.  Sorry.  If it did indeed crack, it was probably already weak from previous impacts over the course of the season.

Maybe he just needs to switch helmet brands.

http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2012/04/red_wings_henrik_zetterberg_fe_1.html


This league is a joke sans punchline. Pathetic. Shanahan fines him peanuts and then says "but NEXT TIME, boy will he be in trouble". Shanny, I've lost all faith in you.

Zetterberg said he was mad after the hit, which cracked his helmet in two places

I find it very hard to believe his helmet was cracked in two places.  Sounds like an ad-lib by a reporter.

Maybe his visor was cracked, which I could see...but those helmets are made to withstand much worse blows than that.

Chicago sports radio was even on the Wings side for this. They say since Duncan Keith got 5 games for hit on Sedin, that this was even more deliberate and playoffs shouldn't matter in the number of games.

But playoffs do matter.
Playoff games are considered more important and therefore missing 1 playoff game is like missing 2 or 3 regular season games.
Someone said this before the season...Shanahan or someone.

Zetterberg hit Weber high against the boards, could have been a boarding call...which is why Weber was upset.
But yeah, Weber overreacted and should probably get a 1 game suspension.
If this were the regular season he would probably get 2 games.

I'm not sure what he was thinking.  If he was upset, he should have just dropped the gloves and said, "let's go".  Zetterberg of course would skate away, but at least Weber would have made his point.  But instead, he did something stupid.