For one game, for a blow to the head of Dean McAmmond that went unpenialized at the time of the hit. Much like his hit on Holstrom in the Western Conference final.
Man, this guy gets hated everywhere he goes.
Prior to the hit, he actually had a hand in scoring the GWG for the Senators in the 2nd period. Funny enough it was Dean McAmmond that was credited with that goal. According to Pronger he was just trying to finish his check, but it was a late hit, and a hit to the head.
The Ducks did win game 4 of the Western Conference series without Pronger, but the Sens are back up to form and they better take advantage of his absence unlike the Wings.
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Sunday, June 3
Tuesday, May 29
Can one Canadian team really be "Canada's team"? Interesting SCF facts
Are the Ottawa Senators really "Canada's team" as CBC tries to spin them to be? Were the Flames and Oilers also "Canada's team" back in 2004 and 2006? Can fans across the country really cheer for another team that isn't their own; sometimes their team's bitter rival; just because they are Canadian based? Yes and no. I honestly half-heartedly cheered for the Flames back in 2004 since my Oilers missed the playoffs that season, but come 2006 when the Oilers were back in the playoffs and going to game 7 of the SCF, not too many of those Flames fans returned the Oilers fans favor. Fuck you Calgary. Not that I expected much from Flames fans anyways.
Now it's the Ottawa Senators turn. I doubt any Leafs fans are cheering for the Senators; but if it was the Leafs in the final, I doubt ANY of the other Canadian teams fans would be cheering for the Leafs. As much as the Leafs are loved by their fans, they are HATED by most, if not all, of their non-fans. But this isn't about the Leafs or their annoying disillusioned fans; its about the Senators and them being "Canada's team" in 2007. It's hard to really call them "Canada's team" when you know the Leafs fans are cheering for the Ducks in spite, and when the Ducks have more Canadian born players or their roster.
Like I previously blogged, it's hard for Oilers fans to pick which team to cheer for; as a Canadian born hockey fan you just can't not watch the SCF even if your team isn't going for it all; do you go with the "Canada's team" angle and cheer for the Senators with that little punk-bitch Comrie, or do you go with the "team that has the most Canadian born players" angle and cheer on the Ducks, even with the whipped (soon to be divorced as rumored) gap-tooth giant Pronger?
Both former Oilers that left in a less than desirable way? Both former Oilers referred to as Oilers fans "Public enemy number 1 and public enemy number 2"? The 'joke' (holy quotation marks Batman!) that went around when Pronger asked for a trade from the Oilers last season; "about the only person happy about this is Mike Comrie, as he will be Oilers fans public enemy number 2 now".
Pick your poison, pick your reasons to cheer for a team or against a team, choose to not cheer for either team if that's what suits you, but as game one showed, its going to be a helluva a series.
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Mike Comrie is maturing into a two-way player.
Wut?!
Are you fucking serious?
For serious. No lie.
Who whadda thunk it?
He also doesn't forget the whole fiasco that ended in him traded from the Oilers to Philadelphia instead of Anaheim.
So he's still a little bitch. :P
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A Canadian team or the Detroit Red Wings have won the Stanley Cup in every year ending in the number 7 since the NHL took full control of Lord Stanley's Cup as their official trophy.
Since it's Ottawa vs Anaheim and not Ottawa vs Detroit, Ottawa has to win to keep the trend going, correct?
Also, the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup was back in 1993 when the Montreal Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings. No California team has won the Cup.
So Ottawa REALLY has to win to keep both trends going.
The team that has won game one of the best-of-seven final has gone on to win the series 52 of 67 times or 77.6%, improving to 93% when winning the 1st two games.
Since Ottawa lost game one (FUCK) they better be praying to win game two and be praying even harder that they are in the 22.4% that wins Lord Stanley's Cup after losing game one.
No need to panic. Yet.
PLEASE DON'T BE LIKE THE OILERS AND SHIT THE BED IN GAME TWO.
Thanks Senators. I know you will do us proud.
If not, you'll be added to the list of past Canadian teams that failed to get it done. (Vancouver - 7 games in 1994, Calgary - 7 games in 2004, Edmonton - 7 games in 2006.)
Plus, you will also feel the wrath from Oilers fans for being the team that let Pronger win the Cup. You don't want THAT on your head now do you? DO YOU?!?!?!
Go Senators! Fuck the Leafs.
Now it's the Ottawa Senators turn. I doubt any Leafs fans are cheering for the Senators; but if it was the Leafs in the final, I doubt ANY of the other Canadian teams fans would be cheering for the Leafs. As much as the Leafs are loved by their fans, they are HATED by most, if not all, of their non-fans. But this isn't about the Leafs or their annoying disillusioned fans; its about the Senators and them being "Canada's team" in 2007. It's hard to really call them "Canada's team" when you know the Leafs fans are cheering for the Ducks in spite, and when the Ducks have more Canadian born players or their roster.
Like I previously blogged, it's hard for Oilers fans to pick which team to cheer for; as a Canadian born hockey fan you just can't not watch the SCF even if your team isn't going for it all; do you go with the "Canada's team" angle and cheer for the Senators with that little punk-bitch Comrie, or do you go with the "team that has the most Canadian born players" angle and cheer on the Ducks, even with the whipped (soon to be divorced as rumored) gap-tooth giant Pronger?
Both former Oilers that left in a less than desirable way? Both former Oilers referred to as Oilers fans "Public enemy number 1 and public enemy number 2"? The 'joke' (holy quotation marks Batman!) that went around when Pronger asked for a trade from the Oilers last season; "about the only person happy about this is Mike Comrie, as he will be Oilers fans public enemy number 2 now".
Pick your poison, pick your reasons to cheer for a team or against a team, choose to not cheer for either team if that's what suits you, but as game one showed, its going to be a helluva a series.
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Mike Comrie is maturing into a two-way player.
Wut?!
Are you fucking serious?
For serious. No lie.
Who whadda thunk it?
He also doesn't forget the whole fiasco that ended in him traded from the Oilers to Philadelphia instead of Anaheim.
So he's still a little bitch. :P
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A Canadian team or the Detroit Red Wings have won the Stanley Cup in every year ending in the number 7 since the NHL took full control of Lord Stanley's Cup as their official trophy.
Since it's Ottawa vs Anaheim and not Ottawa vs Detroit, Ottawa has to win to keep the trend going, correct?
Also, the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup was back in 1993 when the Montreal Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings. No California team has won the Cup.
So Ottawa REALLY has to win to keep both trends going.
The team that has won game one of the best-of-seven final has gone on to win the series 52 of 67 times or 77.6%, improving to 93% when winning the 1st two games.
Since Ottawa lost game one (FUCK) they better be praying to win game two and be praying even harder that they are in the 22.4% that wins Lord Stanley's Cup after losing game one.
No need to panic. Yet.
PLEASE DON'T BE LIKE THE OILERS AND SHIT THE BED IN GAME TWO.
Thanks Senators. I know you will do us proud.
If not, you'll be added to the list of past Canadian teams that failed to get it done. (Vancouver - 7 games in 1994, Calgary - 7 games in 2004, Edmonton - 7 games in 2006.)
Plus, you will also feel the wrath from Oilers fans for being the team that let Pronger win the Cup. You don't want THAT on your head now do you? DO YOU?!?!?!
Go Senators! Fuck the Leafs.
Sunday, May 27
2007 SCF edition; ex-Oilers Pronger vs Comrie
Oh joy.
I can't hardly wait.
Yukon Jack did a rant (his daily 'my big yap' rant on 100.3 fm the Bear radio station in Edmonton) on this subject; as Oilers fans who do we cheer for? Oilers public enemy number 1, or public enemy number 2? (He left it up to the listeners to decide who is 1 and who is 2.)
Basically he's boycotting the SCF this season. He has a good point, butttttttttttt even with Comrie, I gotta go with the Senators on this one. Like Yukon Jack I hold a grudge, but the grudge against Pronger's wife is fresher than the grudge against Comrie.
I have mostly forgiven Pronger, but for the way he fucked over the Oilers due to his wife, I hope he never ever gets to pump Stanley around. He may be forgiven, but that doesn't mean I want to see him happy. Comrie was very much hated (and is still hated) by many Oilers fans for the way he left the Oilers, but his departure did not have the same impact as Pronger's departure did. Comrie did not lead the Oilers to within one game of the Stanley Cup and then bitch out for 'family reasons'. No, Comrie bitched out for more money, for a rumored dispute within the Oilers dressing room. Comrie was basically a little bitch, and we all hated him at the time, but time eases pain. The pain of Pronger dumping us has not subsided yet.
Good luck to you Comrie. Fuck you Pronger.
Thanks for the 1st round draft pick in 2008, but you can go to hell now Anaheim.
With my 10-4 prediction rate heading into the final, I fearlessly go with the Senators.
Todd Marchant doesn't deserve a Cup either.
SENATORS IN 6.
I can't hardly wait.
Yukon Jack did a rant (his daily 'my big yap' rant on 100.3 fm the Bear radio station in Edmonton) on this subject; as Oilers fans who do we cheer for? Oilers public enemy number 1, or public enemy number 2? (He left it up to the listeners to decide who is 1 and who is 2.)
Basically he's boycotting the SCF this season. He has a good point, butttttttttttt even with Comrie, I gotta go with the Senators on this one. Like Yukon Jack I hold a grudge, but the grudge against Pronger's wife is fresher than the grudge against Comrie.
I have mostly forgiven Pronger, but for the way he fucked over the Oilers due to his wife, I hope he never ever gets to pump Stanley around. He may be forgiven, but that doesn't mean I want to see him happy. Comrie was very much hated (and is still hated) by many Oilers fans for the way he left the Oilers, but his departure did not have the same impact as Pronger's departure did. Comrie did not lead the Oilers to within one game of the Stanley Cup and then bitch out for 'family reasons'. No, Comrie bitched out for more money, for a rumored dispute within the Oilers dressing room. Comrie was basically a little bitch, and we all hated him at the time, but time eases pain. The pain of Pronger dumping us has not subsided yet.
Good luck to you Comrie. Fuck you Pronger.
Thanks for the 1st round draft pick in 2008, but you can go to hell now Anaheim.
With my 10-4 prediction rate heading into the final, I fearlessly go with the Senators.
Todd Marchant doesn't deserve a Cup either.
SENATORS IN 6.
Tuesday, May 8
Haven't blogged in awhile, but I'm back!
Combined with work and not feeling up to par to blog lately, I just haven't done it. Tonight will be the West and East final predictions. Still working on my Oilers locker room sale story (complete with pictures!) for another day. (Maybe tomorrow).
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Finished with a 3-1 predicting record in the 2nd round, calling two series in the correct amount of games as well. (Sabres in 6 and Ducks in 5.) Heading into the West and East finals with a 9-3 record.
Called the Sharks/Wings series to go 6 games, but thought the Sharks could overcome the Mighty Red Machine, but like last season when they shot themselves in the foot and fucked up the series against the Oilers, they proceeded to do the same thing this season. Guess they didn't learn from their mistakes, unlike the Wings and Ducks (the other two Western teams the Oilers beat last year on their way to the SCF.)
Back to cheering for the Wings. Even though I don't hate Pronger, I hate his wife that much more for her hand in for screwing over the Oilers. The bitch has the nerve to leave him NOW, after we traded him in the hopes that his marriage could be saved. Chris never did give us Oilers fans (or anyone else for that matter) the real reason behind his request for a trade due to "family issues" but we all know it was his princess of a wife. What does this have to do with the 2007 Western Final you may ask? Well, as much as I have gotten over hating Pronger and directing that hate towards his (soon to be ex) wife, I miss the crap out of him and can't bear to watch him pump Stanley around in a Ducks uniform. If *IF* the Ducks beat the Wings and *IF* they do win the Cup, I just might break down and cry; worse than when the Oilers lost it last season. And let me tell you, it was a long and hard cry.
I hope the East wins it though, since the Senators are the last Canadian team standing, but if Buffalo takes them out, the Sabres deserve the Cup after those jerk Hurricanes took them out last season.
Match-ups from the regular season really mean shit in the playoffs, and I don't have the energy to get into the stats, so I'm just gonna wing it. Ha, wing it.
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WESTERN FINAL
Ducks and Wings. Oh, the bird teams. Excellent. Two teams that are still on a mission to rectify losing to the Oilers last season. Really, either team is capable of winning this series and the Cup. The same can be said about the two Eastern Final teams as well. But only one will be winning it all. Wings in 6, just cuz as I mentioned above, I can't bear the thought of seeing Pronger with the Cup after the Oilers run last season.
Which by the way, I can watch hi-lites from the 1st 3 rounds (Oilers wins over the Wings, Sharks, and Ducks) but not the 4th and final round against the 'Canes due to losing and all. Not even the hi-lites from the games the Oilers won; I still tear up.
Anyways, back on topic. I would be surprised if this series was won in less than 6 games.
WINGS IN 6.
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EASTERN FINAL
Sabres and Senators. Woooo boy. Should be a dozzie. Guaranteed to be a good hard hitting time.
Cheering for a Senators win, go Canada! But if Buffalo wins I'd be ok with that since they got the shaft in last season's East Final, with all their injuries they endured. Both teams are deserving on a trip to the SCF showdown, but only one will get there. Both teams have solid goal tending, but Miller is prone to choking slightly, say when the Sabres have a 2 0r 3 goal lead and letting the other team back into it.
SENATORS IN 6.
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Finished with a 3-1 predicting record in the 2nd round, calling two series in the correct amount of games as well. (Sabres in 6 and Ducks in 5.) Heading into the West and East finals with a 9-3 record.
Called the Sharks/Wings series to go 6 games, but thought the Sharks could overcome the Mighty Red Machine, but like last season when they shot themselves in the foot and fucked up the series against the Oilers, they proceeded to do the same thing this season. Guess they didn't learn from their mistakes, unlike the Wings and Ducks (the other two Western teams the Oilers beat last year on their way to the SCF.)
Back to cheering for the Wings. Even though I don't hate Pronger, I hate his wife that much more for her hand in for screwing over the Oilers. The bitch has the nerve to leave him NOW, after we traded him in the hopes that his marriage could be saved. Chris never did give us Oilers fans (or anyone else for that matter) the real reason behind his request for a trade due to "family issues" but we all know it was his princess of a wife. What does this have to do with the 2007 Western Final you may ask? Well, as much as I have gotten over hating Pronger and directing that hate towards his (soon to be ex) wife, I miss the crap out of him and can't bear to watch him pump Stanley around in a Ducks uniform. If *IF* the Ducks beat the Wings and *IF* they do win the Cup, I just might break down and cry; worse than when the Oilers lost it last season. And let me tell you, it was a long and hard cry.
I hope the East wins it though, since the Senators are the last Canadian team standing, but if Buffalo takes them out, the Sabres deserve the Cup after those jerk Hurricanes took them out last season.
Match-ups from the regular season really mean shit in the playoffs, and I don't have the energy to get into the stats, so I'm just gonna wing it. Ha, wing it.
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WESTERN FINAL
Ducks and Wings. Oh, the bird teams. Excellent. Two teams that are still on a mission to rectify losing to the Oilers last season. Really, either team is capable of winning this series and the Cup. The same can be said about the two Eastern Final teams as well. But only one will be winning it all. Wings in 6, just cuz as I mentioned above, I can't bear the thought of seeing Pronger with the Cup after the Oilers run last season.
Which by the way, I can watch hi-lites from the 1st 3 rounds (Oilers wins over the Wings, Sharks, and Ducks) but not the 4th and final round against the 'Canes due to losing and all. Not even the hi-lites from the games the Oilers won; I still tear up.
Anyways, back on topic. I would be surprised if this series was won in less than 6 games.
WINGS IN 6.
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EASTERN FINAL
Sabres and Senators. Woooo boy. Should be a dozzie. Guaranteed to be a good hard hitting time.
Cheering for a Senators win, go Canada! But if Buffalo wins I'd be ok with that since they got the shaft in last season's East Final, with all their injuries they endured. Both teams are deserving on a trip to the SCF showdown, but only one will get there. Both teams have solid goal tending, but Miller is prone to choking slightly, say when the Sabres have a 2 0r 3 goal lead and letting the other team back into it.
SENATORS IN 6.
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