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[Dark Knight]

Please post your thoughts, pictures and comments on tonight's games in this thread.

Colorado at Detroit
Philadelphia at Montreal

[Still MIGHTY]

Go
Go

[GLOVESAVE35]

1-0 Detroit after one on a goal by Franzen.

[GLOVESAVE35]

Wings up 2-0 on another goal by Franzen.

3-0 Wings on a garbage goal by Filppula. Guess Theodore's not quite over the flu yet.

[GLOVESAVE35]

4-0 Detroit on a nice goal by Zetterberg. Theodore pulled in favor of Buttage (Budjai). Another game, another pull.

[Still MIGHTY]

1 - 5 with 7:00 left in 3rd

ugh-lee

[OrangeDucky]

1 - 5 with 7:00 left in 3rd

ugh-lee

Yikes. I was going for Colorado. When my television shut off the score was 4-0...I did not think it could possibly get any worse.
Boy, I was wrong. But heyyyy at least Colorado scored.

[Duck304]

I can't picture Detroit being beaten by any team except maybe Dallas.

[GLOVESAVE35]

1-0 Philly in the 1st.

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Carter scores to make it 2-0 Philly.

[OrangeDucky]

I am glued to my computer speakers. I'm rooting for Philly.

[GLOVESAVE35]

LOL. According to radio announcers, both goals were softies allowed by Price. Crowd serenades the Habs in hopes of encouraging them.

[Dark Knight]

LOL. According to radio announcers, both goals were softies allowed by Price. Crowd serenades the Habs in hopes of encouraging them.

Not so sure about that, but Koivu just scored after histicking a Philly player in the face and no call from the ref

[UltraDavid]

Dang, Price is not playing well at all. Mistake trading Huet? It's looking like it right now. He was strong in some games last series but crappy in others, and he's looking crappy tonight. Loads of talent, obviously, he just doesn't seem to have the maturity to be consistent with it.

[Dark Knight]

Price just gift wrapped Philadelphia's 4th goal...

[lvsprt]

Detroit is making it look easy. Maybe that will not benefit them in the third round. Anything is better than the Sharks winning. (did you hear that GS35?)

[DropThePuck]

1 - Laperriere, I. (02:38 in 3rd)
5 - Franzen, J. (PPG, 04:22 in 1st), Franzen, J. (PPG, 04:04 in 2nd), Filppula, V. (05:42 in 2nd), Zetterberg, H. (10:11 in 2nd), Franzen, J. (SHG, 08:47 in 3rd)

Detroit's Darren McCarty and Colorado's Cody McCormick dropped their gloves and sticks for a fight shortly after the Red Wings went ahead 4-0. "Punches thrown, a lot of missed punches, lot of rust," McCarty said. "It was good for the fans." ... After an octopus was thrown on the ice before the game, Colorado's Cody McLeod picked it up, shook it in the direction of Detroit's Dallas Drake and threw it off the ice toward the Avs' dressing room. Why? "Just to let them know they were going to be in a battle," McLeod said.

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Chris Osgood #30 of the Detroit Red Wings keeps an eye on the puck between teammates Nicklas Lidstrom #5 and Brian Rafalski #38 and Ryan Smyth #94 of the Colorado Avalanche in Game Two of the Western Conference Quarterfinals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on April 26, 2008 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
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Detroit Red Wings winger Darren McCarty (25) and Colorado Avalanche winger Cody McCormick (11) fight during the second period of Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinal hockey playoffs in Detroit, Saturday, April 26, 2008.
(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)


Jose Theodore #60 of the Colorado Avalanche sits on the bench after being replaced in the second period to the left of Milan Hejduk #23 and Paul Stastny #26 while playing the Detroit Red Wings in game two of the Western Conference Quarterfinals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on April 26, 2008 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
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Johan Franzen #93 of the Detroit Red Wings scores a third period goal to complete a hat trick next to Henrik Zetterberg #40 and in front of Peter Budaj #31 of the Colorado Avalanche in game two of the Western Conference Quarterfinals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on April 26, 2008 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit won the game 5-1 to take a 2-0 series lead.
(Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

[DropThePuck]

4 - Umberger, R. (05:53 in 1st), Carter, J. (PPG, 08:39 in 1st), Briere, D. (13:33 in 2nd), Umberger, R. (17:39 in 3rd)
2 - Koivu, S. (PPG, 16:18 in 1st), Markov, A. (01:26 in 3rd)

Briere, who has been booed throughout the first two games at the Bell Centre, got his seventh goal of the playoffs 13:33 into the second to restore the Flyers' two-goal lead after Koivu scored on a power play late in the first.

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Two dogs, Microbe and Whippet attend the pre-game festivities in their team colours before Game Two of the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Montreal Canadiens on April 26, 2008 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-2.
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Steve Begin #22 of the Montreal Canadiens tries to intervene while teammate Saku Koivu #11 fights with Scottie Upshall #9 of the Philadelphia Flyers during Game Two of the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on April 26, 2008 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-2.
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Patrick Thoresen #25 of the Philadelphia Flyers get cross-checked hard to the ice by Maxim Lapierre #40 of the Montreal Canadiens during a scrum in front of the net in Game Two of the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on April 26, 2008 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-2.
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A fan of the Montreal Canadiens shows his disapproval of the refereeing by giving the finger to linesman Mike Cvic while Steve Begin #22 of the Montreal Canadiens and Vaclav Prospal #40 of the Philadelphia Flyers scuffle after the whistle during Game Two of the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on April 26, 2008 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
(Photo by Phillip MacCallum/Getty Images)

[GLOVESAVE35]

Detroit is making it look easy. Maybe that will not benefit them in the third round. Anything is better than the Sharks winning. (did you hear that GS35?)

Dallas winning isn't better than SJ winning. I don't understand why there isn't more hate for a team that just beat the Ducks than for a team that has never met them in the playoffs.

Not so sure about that, but Koivu just scored after histicking a Philly player in the face and no call from the ref

The announcers seemed sure about it.

[lvsprt]

It's about being the only California team to win the Cup, Ron Wilson and honestly the Ducks beat themselves more than the Stars beat the Ducks. Oh yeah, I have a friend at work that is passionate about his Sharks so there is a little enjoyment there as well.

[GLOVESAVE35]

It's about being the only California team to win the Cup, Ron Wilson and honestly the Ducks beat themselves more than the Stars beat the Ducks. Oh yeah, I have a friend at work that is passionate about his Sharks so there is a little enjoyment there as well.

I look at it the opposite way. I think it'd be great if the Cup stayed in California. If SJ won it, they'd have Cup hangover next year and be eliminated in the 1st round, thus making it easier for others (Ducks) to win it all.

[lvsprt]

I never looked at it that way. The Cup hangover is almost (almost I said) worth it to wish for the Sharks success. But I'll keep mildly interested in the Stars success while I'm at it.