Skip navigation

 Login or Register | Member Centre

And then there were four

ALAN RYDER

Globe and Mail Update

Latest comment posted at 11:04 PM EST 08/05/08

Stats guru Alan Ryder breaks down the conference finals ...Read the full article

This conversation is closed

  1. Sissy Schuss from Canada writes: agree with this assessment completely

    Detroit in 6
    Pittsburgh in 6
  2. Montgomery C. Burns from Springfield, Canada writes: Ditto for me.
  3. Scot Loucks from Pickering, Canada writes: I'm 10 for 12 .... Missed both Dallas series.

    Makes me wonder if I should bet on Dallas in this round..... uh no.

    Dallas has that chip it out mentality, they play the trap.... Detroit is a puck control team.... meant to beat the trap. Dallas will just give it back to them and they will circle and attack again.

    Detroit in 6. (probably 5)

    btw; Winner of this series wins the cup.

    Both the Flyers and Pens are loaded with youth, potential and inexperience. The fact that Biron is 30 and finally getting his chance leads me to give the goalie edge to the Flyers.

    I like 3 things about Philly. 7 players with more than 20 goals... and that doesn't include Umberger. Bigger size wise..... Second best powerplay in the league this year and it's still working in the playoffs.
    I am really looking forward to watching this series .... and I am going to go against majority opinion.

    Flyers in 6.

    Cheers
  4. bob orr from Amish Country, United States writes: Scot, I guess we'll be a minority of two, although I think the Flyers will need 7 to subdue the Pens.

    I should ride the underdog in the other series, just for the fun of it. Ah, what the heck. Dallas in 6. Can't let a European captain (Detroit's Lidstrom) lift the Cup, eh?

    Ken Hitchcock will referee the finals then.

    And there's no truth to the rumour that they'll use Beaver Stadium (the home of Penn State football) in this all-Pennsylvania series. Gettysburg, maybe, but not Beaver Stadium.
  5. Scot Loucks from Pickering, Canada writes: bob orr... only because it really is your name :)

    Check out this thread... I just said the opposite.

    http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080506.wspthabs6/CommentStory/GlobeSportsHockey/home

    btw.... my family is Pennsylvania dutch and I grew up in Amish country Canada (kitchener/waterloo).... last name started as Laux, Lookes, Louckes, etc.

    Cheers
  6. R Miller from Halifax, Canada writes: How's this for a prediction:

    "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home"

    -Ken Olson, President, Chairman and Founder of Digital Equipment Corp in 1977.

    Cheers.
  7. R Miller from Halifax, Canada writes: Ken Hitchcock is currently coaching Team Canada in Halifax, NS

    Sid Crosby is from Cole Harbour, NS.

    'Nuff said.

    Cheers.
  8. R Miller from Halifax, Canada writes: bob orr from Amish Country, United States:

    Gettysburgh???

    But Pittsburgh is further North then Philadelphia...

    Surely you are not suggesting that we will see a re-enactment of Pickett's charge from your Flyers ?

    Cheers.
  9. bob orr from Amish country, United States writes: R M from NS: It's gonna be a war, pure and simple.

    But if you look at it in another perspective: The Confederacy had the big-name generals -- Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson... much as the Penguins do today in Crosby and Malkin. The Union had a second-tier leader in George G. Meade (Grant and Sherman were busy in the south at the time of the battle).

    If you are so inclined and ever have the opportunity, you should visit the battlefield park. It's truly an experience. (Off-topic, but...)

    I just wish these series were starting sooner. Once the playoffs start, it's tough to go a day without a game.
  10. R Miller from Halifax, Canada writes: bob orr from Amish country, United States:

    re. Gettysburgh --- Been there, done that, bought the book...

    All kidding aside -- Gettysburgh was a fantastic experience and is a site that I highly personally recommend that all North Americans should see... Saw it as part of a summer that I took off to drive across the good Old USA.

    PS Stonewall ... that would be Fleury.

    Cheers.
  11. Brian Marto from Toronto, Canada writes: These are going to be two hard fought conference finals, the speed and finesse of Detroit vs the gritty Stars.The Stars have nothing to loose I think this one will go down to the wire with Wings taking it in 7 ,
    The Pens and Flyers another tough one to call , Flyers are deep can throw 4 lines, my heart goes with the Pens on this one but I am sensing a upset, but I am going with the Pens in 7
    The finals will be two tired teams Detroit vs Pittsburgh I will go out on a limb here again, the Pens can skate and so can Detroit but both teams will tighten up it will come down to the goalies, I am going to take Pittsburgh to win the cup in 7
  12. Dave The Rave from Ottawa, Canada writes: Wings completely flattened Dallas tonight; geez, this game could've been 6-1 for the Red Wings. Philly just lost their key shutdown guy in Timmonen. Hopefully these two series will be over soon so we can see Detroit and Pittsburgh battle for the Cup.

Comments are closed

Thanks for your interest in commenting on this article, however we are no longer accepting submissions. If you would like, you may send a letter to the editor.

Report an abusive comment to our editorial staff

close

Alert us about this comment

Please let us know if this reader’s comment breaks the editor's rules and is obscene, abusive, threatening, unlawful, harassing, defamatory, profane or racially offensive by selecting the appropriate option to describe the problem.

Do not use this to complain about comments that don’t break the rules, for example those comments that you disagree with or contain spelling errors or multiple postings.

Back to top