New Jersey Devils(6) Vs. LA Kings (8)

[BurnTHalO]

Originally Posted by Sotnos

They scored 3 goals on the 5 minute major, but that didn't win LA the game?

They scored 3 goals on a 5 minute major a team that 12.8% including this past game, and they scored 3 times. The Devils set records at penalty killing this year, and allowed 3 goals in 5 minutes. Bernier was not on the ice for those five minutes, the Devils imploded and allowed those goals all by themselves because they (led by their coach) couldn't put behind them the Stoll hit.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Sotnos

They scored 3 goals on the 5 minute major, but that didn't win LA the game?

I don't think it won LA the game, either. They were dominating the first and chances were they were going to get something. It played a huge part, sure, but I don't think it won them the game. Their D and forecheck got them the game, IMO (Quick probably played a small role too).

HAH! I also thought about how this is a big f-u to the Flyers. Funny how things work out.

I want to ask those who follow Columbus...safe to say Carter was doggin it when he was there?

I really feel for Jack Johnson in this. Not only did he not win the Cup, but he also has to live in Columbus now... (sorry folks, lived in Mich for a time )

Carter is one of the few Kings I didn't want to see lift the Cup. It seems like he sulked throughout his tenure in Columbus, and that's not fair to the fans there. Adam Proteau had a good one liner that summed up my feelings: "Heartwarming to see a guy like Jeff Carter rewarded for his two-and-a-half months of hard work this season."

[gphockey]

Originally Posted by BurnTHalO

They scored 3 goals on a 5 minute major a team that 12.8% including this past game, and they scored 3 times. The Devils set records at penalty killing this year, and allowed 3 goals in 5 minutes. Bernier was not on the ice for those five minutes, the Devils imploded and allowed those goals all by themselves because they (led by their coach) couldn't put behind them the Stoll hit.

The third goal was squarely on the coach. You HAVE to call timeout and settle things down. I found myself gesturing the "T" sign at the TV.
Perhaps then, you get out of the 5 min PP down 2-0, well thats managable. Down 3-0...tough sledding.

Kings had a great run and congrats on their first cup. Good to see someone new. BTW, they have a few players on that team I would love to see come to Tampa.

Loved the audible gasp from the 18000 there....and millions on TV, when Gagne hoisted the cup.

On a side note, Has anyone got a still picture of the game 6 "non goal" from the 2004 series in Calgary?

[Jester47]

Originally Posted by gphockey

... BTW, they have a few players on that team I would love to see come to Tampa.

I believe a couple of their D that are UFAs but after winner a Cup, their cost will never be higher.

[astro]

Originally Posted by Jester47

I believe a couple of their D that are UFAs but after winner a Cup, their cost will never be higher.

None of their defensemen are UFAs. The only free agent that I would be interested in would be Jarret Stoll, but i think he will cost too much.

[Top Shelf]

Wow. Buncha firsts last night. For me, I'm old, and I've never seen a team score three goals on a single major penalty before. I didn't hear if that had ever happened in a Cup Final, but I'd bet it never decided a champion. Amazing.

Another first--never thought I'd see Marty Brodeur leave his game in his locker with a Cup on the line. Weak softies one after another, until complete surrender. GWG went in off the glove, that puck should've been caught. In that situation, in that game, with that goalie, that save needs to be made. The next one too, yeesh. Will he come back? Until that game he was fricken ridiculously awesome.

Congrats to the Kings after 44 years they finally got one. Seeing that Cup being skated around in all that black, silver & white sure brought a heavy rush of the memories...a lot of 'em, all at once. Pretty hard to handle.

Taking that boarding call was brutal. Getting no make-up calls is brutal. But taking a boarding call and then getting all bent out of shape over getting no make-up calls is weak -- esp. in the Cup Final

Oh crap. I just realized.

Hockey is now officially over.

Is it October yet?

[astro]

the final minute of the radio broadcast of game 6 gave me chills.

http://lakingsinsider.com/2012/06/13...ng-radio-call/

[Top Shelf]

Great stuff for Kings fans. Bravo--wallow in the victory, since you never know when or if you may ever have the chance again. For us the lockout feverishly sucked in every way imaginable except one: we got to keep the Cup for two years

Dave Mishkin this dude ain't, but then who is? Mish puts forth more raw energy when we score late to spoil a 6-0 shutout in November, but that's just his over-the-top zany style we've grown accustomed to. No doubt to people who've listened to Kings games on the radio over the decades of mediocrity, this was like velvet Elvis...(the voice, not the painting)

I tell ya, seeing that mass of black, silver & white mobbing that goalie up against the end glass once again definitely gave me the chills, like being right back up in 318 taking that scene in...massive déjÃ* vu...it'll probably keep doing that through the years whenever they show this clip

[The Great Zo]

Originally Posted by Sotnos

I want to ask those who follow Columbus...safe to say Carter was doggin it when he was there?

No Columbus fan is happy to see that guy lift the cup. Given his injury issues, his on-ice performance actually wasn't that bad in Columbus, though clearly not up to his full potential. His intangibles (especially to the fan base), however, were putrid.

Johnson's the complete opposite. Watching his old team win the cup will only make him more motivated.

[astro]

Here's an interesting article about how the Kings were built.

12 players were drafted and seven of them were top 60 picks.