Yea that was a great game boys!!!! Wooohooooooooooooo!

Everyone in Canada was watching Jeceris. That penalty kill is amazing playoff caliber, the focus is champion like in your guys, ALFREDSSON!!!

crtBud420 I love watching those Sabres, that Affiniganov reminds me of Pavel Bure so much, not as good, but plays just like him. I love this matchup! Goaltender was big.

S T R A N G L E H O L D!

Earlier predictions, to which i could quote were: Det Van - Van Ott - Ott Buff.

I still wish it was Van and Ott, but the baby steps are working.

No disrespect to Sabres... but i haffi root for my Canadian brothers.

Kak says...

GO SENS GO!




PS nucks need vinny cavilier.

Without saying too much....5 more wins, Jeceris, just 5 more wins.

*sigh*

I appreciate the kind words about the Sabres and how tight the game was, but that was a pathetic game. We had 4 shots in the first period, even though we had 2 power plays. We really are not playing like the team i have been watching all season. These guys just don't look like they want it anymore...

I'm tryin to hold on to the faith right now, and still think we could pull something off, but it's very hard to really believe this. These Sabres aren't giving me too much of a reason to keep telling people they're going to make it. I do need to give Miller the credit he deserves 110%. He is our star player this series. As bad as we have been doing, there is still a glimmer of hope; tomorrow's game. The least we can do is prevent the humility of a sweep. This season has been too great for them to let it end this way.

Come on Sabres! Get it together! Let's turn this series around, you only have one more chance!!!

oooh mannnnnn. don't go and jinx it.
i kid you not when i talk about friends and people i know not watching the whole game here, because they think when they watch the sens will lose.
i look at them and say, "yeah, and i watched them lose in the playoffs too, but i've watched every game so far."

ticket prices for the stanley cup round were posted today, IF it happens.
$200 for the cheapest seat, nosebleed.
sure it could be first ever stanley cup final in this city, for who knows how many years, but i'll be watching from home, unless i win tickets.

i don't know what more to say, the sabres of the regular season haven't shown up.
and the sens that we've always thought we had, have shown up.
game 4. we'll see

Ottawa has certainly been kicking butt...Alfredson is easily the best player on the ice everytime he's out there...

even with the prospect of losing Drury and Briere in FA, I still like the way the team looks for next year.

Hi...i'm fairly new here and had i found this earlier, i would have been posting when I joined...I didn't get a chance to read all the threads, but i'm a fan...yea, i know it's sad, but I have to go with the senators right now...Although I have a soft spot for the ducks...holds over from when scott neidermeyer was with us....So go Senators, kick butt, and get your first stanley cup.....

Looks like The Red Wings are taking care of business in the west, not sure who I'll root for in The Finals, lol....but I think that Hockeytown has had it's fair share of Stanley Cup wins in the past.

saw a wierd stat on hockey night in canada.
every year that has ended with 7, from 1927 to 1997, the stanley cup winning team has either been a canadian team, or it's been detroit.
so if both the sens and wings make it, stat will still stand.

Man, that's weird, Detroit being an "original six" hockey team probably has alot to do with that(poor Blackhawks, lol), but a neat stat nevertheless.

I'll take the Sens over Detroit....I'll take ANYONE over Detroit. Our corporate office is there....and so's Hasek.....grrrr.....

...psssst......mule.....................think they'll pull out a win tonight or what? i'm actually getting really confident about this game for some reason... don't know why, but i think we're gonna win tonight.

hopefully for this game's sake, the season ratio of 3-8 (about 1-3) will take effect and the sabres will draw the series out!! lol, i guess some would say it's wishful thinking, but hey... it is!

regardless, i feel good about tonight. these sabres want to show us that they're not going out in a sweep at the least.


LET'S ^GO BUFFALO!!!

sweeps are hard to come by...

1-0 after period one.

I think they might win just to agonize me into spending a saturday afternoon watching them blow the series. Sad part is...they HAVE a good team, they've just played like crap the entire playoffs...

man i thought the same thing, no golf saturday, have to go watch the game after emery let that third one in, very soft.
but then...then...buffalo fell asleep in their end again and the sens are right back in it.
3-2 after three.
sens have played their best hockey in the third, so we'll see.
c'mon, c'mon.....sens!

Detroit took it to Anaheim! 5-0!


Did anyone see the nasty hit Niedemayer and Pronger put on Holstrom? Pronger should get suspended too!

^^^ but pronger did get suspended, frog.


aaaaahhhhh crap!
too much to think the sweep would happen, and buffalo is dangerous and will build on it.
4th game is the hardest to win blah blah blah.
but it means saturday is ruined as well, sitting in a pub, sipping cold stellas, with a bunch of friends, it.....oh well maybe not all that bad, supposed to rain anyway.
well the sens have shown they can win in buffalo, a lot this year, so, saturday it is.

yeah.....rain saturday....please!!!

ugly win....sabres played the last 10 minutes as if they were just killing time. They got a power play with about 8 minutes left, the sens got the puck and were content at that time to kill the penalty. it looked like the sabres thought, "OK...let them kill the two minutes"...then with about 6 and a half left they kept playing like that....kill the time....then they got another power play with 2 and a half minutes and again, they looked like....lets let the sens kill the penalty. Well, bozos....the sens weren't about to KILL it THAT time! They were still trying to tie it. The sabres looked like they didn't understand THAT concept...

Until this game today, it looked as if the Sabres were playing like the Sens of old. The team that would make the playoffs but with no damage done. This year that is all water under the bridge,
Sabres will need to pull up their socks even more... this is evident from the cuts that Lindy ruff will make to anyone.

The Sens need to get back to all that massive defence that won them the first 3.

Great series so far, love that Afinighanov.

And aswell...

That hit was so cheap, just reminds of how much i can't stand Progner (meathead) broke back brother Neidermiyerr... Js Gigiere,
watching the Ducks play, Selannie, Brian Burke...that whole orgaization entirely. Missed all the games so far.
( no anamosty )

Tuzzi is the man go DETROIT.... but THE CUP IS COMING HOME BABY... GO SENS!

haha... for a laugh...

Well they did it, despite their lack of ambition in the third. They did sit back to kill time, and it worked! Barely, by the hair on their chinny chin chins (which isn't a lot for briere ), but they did it. I'm not complaining. They did what they came to do this game and that was evident when they scored those first 3 goals. Who thought it was going to stay 3-0? I knew it wouldn't be a shut out, but a win's a win. They know they can beat the sens in this series now, it's just a matter of winning on saturday. Baby steps fellas, don't count this team out just yet.

And kak, playing like the sens of old? How about playing like Buffalo does everytime they come to the playoffs. Or how about this comparison; playing like the Bills everytime we're in it for the Super Bowl. We just can't seem to get over the pressure... but maybe this year will be different... or maybe not

I heard the news after I typed that. Yes, I hate Pronger. Wings in 5.

sorry frog, i didn't notice the time on your post.
late start tonight, but i think the wings will do it again, and the ducks WILL miss pronger.

now it's supposed to be nice saturday, and i'm gonna be in all afternoon watching the game. curse you bettman and your marketing ploys with nbc!!!!!

Congrats Sens....they totally outworked and out hustled the Sabres. Good luck in the finals!

yeah what a win!!!
sens going to the final. i sat out back on the deck with a few beers and broght one of the tv's out and watched it with my girlfriend and it was brilliant.
didn't bother going downtown after, as elgin st was full of partiers.
but today, celebration done, get ready for the next challenge, and i hope it's detroit.
and now have to wait a week, most likely before the next game, oh well, shouldn't complain.

..oh and alfie for the con-smythe, without a doubt!!!!

He was definately THE man for them....

Without saying too much, Congrats Jeceris, 4 more wins.

I agree with the Alfie for M.V.P. statement with Emery a close second.

I hope it's Detroit, also....but things don't look good after going-down 3-2 to The Ducks, we'll keep the faith.

SENS VS. RED WINGS FINAL!!!

I feel the same way. Good luck in the finals Sens!!

One more thing...
Thank you Sabres for giving us ONE HELL OF A SEASON! I'm glad to have watched it from the start.

Something tells me that the eastern conference finals will have much the same look NEXT year, lol. I hope The Sabres can re-sign they're key guys in the off-season(I think that Drury and Briere are both FA's...not too sure about that, though).

CONGRATS JECERIS!!!!!

Looks like the Ducks have other plans....

GO SENS!

you guys should check out this story.
a little 3 year old boy fighting cancer died hours after the sens won the game putting them in the stanlye cup final, mike fisher had been by to visit the little boy earlier in the week and told him the sens would win the cup.
The parents said, " it was like he hung on until he knew they made it"
sad story, sorry for the parents, and maybe a little too melodramatic, but there you go. 'tis the media.

http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story....108&k=94987

^^I read that story, I actually cried, it's so sad. Poor little boy.


I am so excited for the finals! It will be amazing if the Sens win the Cup. Oh, the orderly parties that Ottawa will have....

Damn, it's a great human interest story, but that's just plain depressing, especially since I have a two year old son, and I know you have a young son Jeceris.......may God rest his soul, and may he play pond hockey and be happy all for eternity

yeah it hits home onyx, but well said onyx, well said.

RIP little one, yes.

Let's see if the hockey "gods" can give that kid a cup.

And jeceris too... !!!

CANADA WANTS IT HOME!!!!

the little guy will probably be watching the games with roger neilson.
neilson will be breaking the games down for him on video, if they have that there.

hoping for detroit tonight.

4 - 2 Anaheim in the 3rd period....

Roger Nielson! He'll always be missed! Thanks for reminding me of him.

Well, it's official now, my predictions slightly off, need a new crystal ball....

RIP DETROIT


Ducks have so much D. Brian Burke, what chyah expect?





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!GO SENS!

Roger Nielson was the original head coach for The Pathers and will always have a special place in the hearts of Panther fans...great coach...great hockey-man period.

Damn, I was hoping that The Red Wings could pull it out, but it's wasn't meant to be, it should be a great Cup Finals Series....Sens in 6

I like Chris Chelios, even when he was with The Blackhawks, but what he did by not lining-up and shaking the hands of The Ducks players was pretty lame, I don't care WHAT point in your career you are at, it's a tradition that's been around for longer than his a** and he should respect that.

Dis! never knew you were the hockey fan, but you gotta be excited when your hometown team makes it, right?
Do you spend the nights watching the games on elgin st? and then wander into the frey? the mayor is shutting down elgin st every night there's a game, so if you do head down, enjoy, and watch for gropers.



absolutley agree onyx, you'd think chelios would be classy enough to do that, but maybe pissed after losing to what i'm sure he thinks is a dirty team.
and i did hope the wings would make the final, my son was cheering for the ducks to make it, and i asked him why, (as he was putting on another of his many autographed sens shirts) and he said that just in case the sens lost, at least the kid from our town, huskins for the ducks, would bring the cup home.
stupid logic, can't believe he's mine, but i didn't tell him that.

ok, sens will do it again in 5. seems the trend.

If The Red Wings players could line-up and shake Claude Lemieux's hand after what he did to Chris Draper, then Chelios can line-up and shake those players hands and wish them luck in the next round....it was weak, no matter how you slice it.

I always watch the playoffs, but I generally don't have time to follow the whole season. I know lots of the die-hard fans hate that, but I don't think it matters, I love the Sens and will support them no matter what.

I'll be on Elgin most nights during the games, I'm looking forward to it! It was pretty intense when they beat Buffalo, I couldn't imagine the party when we bring home the cup!

And jeceris - tomorrow at noon there's a big Sens rally at City Hall. You should go!

Heard the rumors...?

Tories vow to help Winnipeg Jets return!!




Watch the video peoples.

Will Jets take off soon?

WOW!!! That would be GREAT!!! Now if we could just get the Nordiques back in Quebec, lol.

I don't know if I'm in the minority or not, but that's never stopped me from opening my mouth in the past, so in the spirit of consistency I'll open my mouth once again. I think that Comissioner Betman and the powers that be in the NHL have done a TERRIBLE job of promoting the game of hockey in areas that promotion is needed most, the strike nearly killed the game of hockey in the US, and it's not a coincidence that hockey is not even considered one of the "big four" sports in the US anymore(NFL, NBA, MLB, and NASCAR......FREAKIN NASCAR!!!??). ESPN dropped The NHL like a bad-habbit and Betman and Co. could do NOTHING???!!!

The great game of hockey is alive and well, is better than ever, and needs to get a bigtime T.V. contract to get people interested again, it lies at the feet of the Comissioner and his staff to get that done.

i won't be going near elgin st during the stanley cup final, but have a good time, as if you couldn't.
and i saw that there's a rally downtown today at noon, but i'm not going for two reasons.
1. i don't work downtown anymore, so the trip is a little too much
2. stuntman stu is MCing the thing and i can't stand him( for other, stuntman is a local morning radio guy with the wit of a ham sandwich)

and check this article out, good one about how the sens stuck with things to make it work, and stuff about buffalo, thrashers, et al.

http://sports.sympatico.msn.ca/Screen+Shot...ct=&abc=abc

Interesting article, I remeber The Sens when they were the laughingstock of the league(kinda like The Panthers today), I remember Sylvain Turgeon and Mark Lamb and Mike Peluso etc......now who's laughing?

another intersting tidbit re superstition and the cup and the sens.
remember i told you about the deal with the year ending "7".
ok.
well something else has surfaced, worthy of the unexplained mysteries forum.
going way back, the sens won the stanley cup quite a few times in the 20's, the cup was only 7 inches tall then.
anyhow, the story goes, that, after the ottawa team won the cup in 1923, they traded the great "king clancy" to toronto.
the "king" was so mad, he apparently put a curse on the ottawa team and said, "ottawa will never win another cup at least until 20 years after i die"
king clancy(1903-1986)

oooooohhhhhhhhhh

Did he happen to mention anything about a certain Panthers team winning The Cup in the next millennia, did he?

^^^ no sorry onyx no mention of the panthers in those tales.

man, what a long time to wait for this series to begin, it feels like the season has allready ended, i've gone a whole week without watching the sens, aaaaaagggghhhhhhhhhhhh!
one more sleep.

Oooooohhhh it's STARTING!!!

I am so nervous. And all the players look crazy nervous too!

It's almost hard to watch.

IT BEGINS-STANLEY CUP FINALS FROM ANAHEIM-AP-JECERIS

It's been so long you wonder if either team would remember how to play the game, but tonight Ottawa and Anaheim faced off in the Stanley Cup Finals. As Steven Stills murdered the american anthem, I wondered if the ducks would be just as nervous, against a senators team that has proven they know how to find the back of the net. And it didn't take Ottawa long to find it once again in these playoffs, as Mike Fisher beat Giguere on the first powerplay of the game, showing that maybe Anaheim has to stay out of the penalty box, and to do that, maybe ease off on the hitting. Well Jackman seemed to miss the memo, but not the senator players, and rattled them as the first period moved on. The sens seemed to be a little dazed and confused in the California sun, as Miller knocked Redden off the puck, and MacDonald fired it straight in the top corner to beat Emery and tie the game.
AND THEN, the hitting really began, and Anaheim showed Ottawa, just like the Gov'ner, in the stands, they indeed were back. Arnie must've grinned when he saw May pushing around Neil, and Pronger run Phillips. Must've reminded him of trying to get a drink at the Kennedy's last bar-b-q.
But there we are after one, tied and it only looks like it's going to get rougher.

Bringing you up to date, period by period, it's Jeceris from the Honda Center.