The NHL Eastern Conference: Comedy? Or Tragedy??

I wrote this story last April:

NHL denies petition from Rangers and Panthers to refuse 8th seed

Change a few things around, and we could re-run it this year

For Boston, that one is on the coach for playing Tim Thomas and leaving him in after those two awful goals he gave in the first. Yes I know he had a shutout over the weekend but with as bad as he was on the first two you pull him. same thing happened to them vs nj two monday’s ago when he started thomas gives up 3, pulls him for rask and they lose 3-2.

only factual issue is florida could have moved within 3 not 2, but choked as usual w 3 min left and lost in OT so they are 4 back.

It really is sad that it is that bad because all the teams in the West that have nothing to play for like Stl, Dal, Ana, Min are all playing better than these teams in 7-10 in the East and the 80-81 points they have (if ana holds the 2 goal 3rd period lead) would make them contenders not 9 points back. How pissed would you be as a fan in calgary or colorado or la if their team ends up w 90-95 points and misses while one or more of these jokes makes it with 85?

It will get even worse tomorrow/later today if the Isles beat us, toronto beats atl, nj beats bos and tb wins. those results all at once would help the ranger chances of getting in the playoffs and improving their draft pick, pitiful.

great post. oldschool banter style.

and a good one by jim too…i’m afraid of a repeat of last year with the “relatively easy” sched the boys have left and the game in hand, still 14 pts up for grabs…this worries me.

Maybe with Slats’ propensity for cigars, we need the Marx Brothers?

“That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve EVER heard…..”

its set up for the craps to win the cup this year just like cindy did last year 2 of buttmans poster boys it went from gretzky to lemiex almost lindros to many head shots was his down fall and worthless hextall as his goalie past it on to yzerman and now a dirty punk russian do you really think if the rangers get the 8th seed that they are going to get a fair shot at the series if anybody breaths on ovie there will be a penalty lets see avery hoisting the cup or poster boy ovie hmmmm lets face it the craps have been crowned by mr. buttman next chump in line please ..