NHL Playoffs: Blackhawks vs. Vancouver (VAN wins 4-3)

ChronicKerr · Post #21 » by **ChronicKerr** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:17 pm

WOW, just, WOW. I did not see this coming after being down 3 games to 0. We clearly have the momentum coming back home and if we force a game 7 anything can happen. I'm proud of the way we haven't given up.

Shootdabull · Post #22 » by **Shootdabull** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 6:17 pm

I'm glad I have not bet on this series. I can't think of another series where I have predicted so many games wrong.

Unfortunately for the Hawks I think there going take this one and send it back for a game seven. We need to keep scoring early and often.

Nice to have Bolland back.

SportsWorld · Post #23 » by **SportsWorld** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:23 pm

Yep I had this team dead in the water after game 2. Now I can't see how we won't be seeing a game 7 in Vancouver.

WEFFPIM · Post #24 » by **WEFFPIM** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:19 pm

SportsWorld wrote:Yep I had this team dead in the water after game 2. Now I can't see how we won't be seeing a game 7 in Vancouver.

Watching this team this season, I'm not putting Game 6 in the win column at all.

SportsWorld · Post #25 » by **SportsWorld** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:36 pm

WEFFPIM wrote:
SportsWorld wrote:Yep I had this team dead in the water after game 2. Now I can't see how we won't be seeing a game 7 in Vancouver.

Watching this team this season, I'm not putting Game 6 in the win column at all.

I think the Blackhawks at full strength are just as good as the Canucks and at home we should win and bring it back to Vancouver. Not sure if we'll take a game 7 though.

SportsWorld · Post #26 » by **SportsWorld** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 11:28 pm

Cory Schneider starting in net for the Canucks.

t-time · Post #27 » by **t-time** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:55 am

GAME 7!

SportsWorld · Post #28 » by **SportsWorld** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:57 am

Unreal

SportsWorld · Post #29 » by **SportsWorld** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:18 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDQVd2sgYSQ[/youtube]
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WEFFPIM · Post #30 » by **WEFFPIM** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:09 am

Jesus, what is happening?

mattbulls · Post #31 » by **mattbulls** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:11 am

Luongo's reoccurring nightmares are getting worse and worse!

GRADEN · Post #32 » by **GRADEN** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:24 am

has to be one of the oddest "sports" playoff series i've ever seen

I completely counted our guys out after game 2... I mean we just looked like an awful team not worthy of the playoffs at all.

3-0, 0-3? Beyond strange... The way it all went down? Even stranger.

Anyone else feel this way?? > Last 15min of the 3rd and first 15min of OT we were just trying not to lose and playing zero offense? I mean Crawford was making insane saves right and left,,, Some very very difficult grabs in the crease that he just plucked. I'm shocked he is this good, I really really am.

NHL playoffs are always the best... Does any other sport match this??

Ok, I thought about it.... Yea, the World Cup is better... But that doesn't count bc it isn't every year.

Playoffs for american sports:

1. NHL
2. March Madness
3. NFL
4. The Masters
5. NBA
6. The American Open
7. X Games
8. K Derby
9. Indy 5
10. MLB

Shootdabull · Post #33 » by **Shootdabull** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:26 pm

Kudos to the hawks making this a series. That third period seemed exceptionally long as it forever between shots on goal. I'm really surprised that the canucks didn't start luongo and went with schneider. Great play by hossa on smith goal. I can't wait for game seven, I have a feeling Crawford is going to have to come up huge.

Midway Bully · Post #34 » by **Midway Bully** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:00 pm

This is getting interesting.

Vancouver surely played its best game of the series last night...and still lost. They'll need to play a perfect game tomorrow if they want to win. That is asking a lot. That first goal will be key, especially against the mental psyche of Bobby Lu, who will playing in front of a crowd with a short temper.

Also, I didn't like what I saw in the 3rd period or OT. We were pretty much skating backwards the whole time. And what the hell was up with the crappy line change in OT? As inconsistent as Leddy has been this season (kid is still 19 for goodness sakes), that save was epic. We looked tentative out there after the 2nd period. I mean, Campbell had at least 3 chances, and he refused to shoot the damn puck. That being said, the pressure is still very much on Vancouver.

And thank God for that Frolik PS in the 3rd, or we'd be looking at a long offseason.

SportsWorld · Post #35 » by **SportsWorld** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:47 pm

Yeah I counted them out after game 2. They didn't look like they belonged. They had to win 4 of 5 against the best team in hockey. Good luck there. But they've turned it around in amazing fashion. And Frolik was the star of the game last night with Crawford a close 2nd.

SportsWorld · Post #36 » by **SportsWorld** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:20 pm

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Midway Bully · Post #37 » by **Midway Bully** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:24 am

SportsWorld wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIhbHgVVrd0[/youtube]

Wiedeman's call on 720 was epic.

Shootdabull · Post #38 » by **Shootdabull** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:02 pm

It's nice that the Hawks on late tonight so I can watch the and the hawks win their series tonight.

BeKuK · Post #39 » by **BeKuK** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:54 pm

WOOOOW...what a great series.....nobody expected this after 0 - 3 in games! Since I had the chance to watch one hawks game live in Chicago I'm truly a much bigger fan. So, lets go Chicago....beat them!!

Post #40 » by **TNBT** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:51 am

What a comeback in this series! Who would have thought we'd be going to Game 7 after the first three games on the series? Bolland is going crazy out there, and Crawford has been great. I'm so excited about having that guy in net for the next 5 years or so. He's really only finding his feet at the NHL level now, so he should get even better too!

As I posted on the Hawks boards on their website, the best part about this comeback has been that we've been doing it against the best team in the NHL with no scoring from Toews. Imagine how much better this team can be with him playing well too!

Lets go Hawks!