Hockey Thread! (NHL etc.)

[Kong Wen]

Nashville.
St. Louis.
Tampa Bay.
Pittsburgh.

[SkyPikachu]

As long as St. Louis doesn't win the cup I'll live. San Jose would be nice considering a new cup winner would be refreshing.

That being said I think Pittsburgh is the strongest team

[Kong Wen]

As long as St. Louis doesn't win the cup I'll live. San Jose would be nice considering a new cup winner would be refreshing.

That being said I think Pittsburgh is the strongest team

My preference for teams winning the Cup would be Pittsburgh > Tampa > San Jose > St. Louis

Pittsburgh is looking good; they're lucky they're getting such good play out of their goalie.

[Claytone]

Quite the disastrous finish for the Preds. Here's hoping they come back hot next season.

Of the teams left, I'm in with the Lightning.

[Claytone]

Oof. Not really excited about this Finals at all. Between Pittsburgh and San Jose, I guess I'll pull for the team that didn't eliminate the Preds.

[Kong Wen]

Penguins have always been a third-choice team for me behind the Wings and whatever Canadian team can actually do well. Meaning they've been a second-choice team for me this year, and I'll be happy to see them beat San Jose. If anything, it means I'll get a home-town Stanley Cup parade pretty much down my street, so that'd be fun.

[VictorViper]

This should be a pretty good series, but I don't have much love for either team. I'll be backing San Jose just because they've never won a cup.

[SkyPikachu]

Half of me wants a new cup winner the other half of me want Phil Kessel to get a cup.

[VictorViper]

Fuck. Phil. Kessel.

[Kong Wen]

Fuck. Phil. Kessel.

Oh, shit, good point...

Damn, loyalties now divided.

On another note, the rosters for the World Cup of Hockey have been set. It's taking place in September in Toronto. Canada won the last Cup in 2004, and the US won in 1996. Before that, as the Canada Cup, it was won by Team Canada in 1991, 1987, 1984, and 1976, with the Soviet Union taking one in 1981.

The competing teams are Canada, USA, Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Russia, North American under-23s, and European under-23s. Interesting format.