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  1. 2013 -14 NHL and assorted hockey stuff

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    Posted · Edited by Mike Schwartz

    Stanley Cup opponents to be decided today.

    Rangers awaiting the winner of Kings/Blackhawks game 7 today.

    3rd consecutive 7th game for L.A.

    I believe I heard that the 21 games played thus far ties a record for most games played prior to playing for the cup.

    NHL game 7's rarely disappoint....

    20 years ago [ last time the Rangers skated the cup ] I was out here in Cali preparing to move here and watched them win at a sports bar with many many other NY transplants celebrating.

    On the trip home watched the Knicks loose game 7 of the NBA playoffs in an airport awaiting a flight change.

  6. 2013 -14 NHL and assorted hockey stuff

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    Hockey stinks.

    I'll be back into it tomorrow, but tonight calls for serious drink and rabid railings against the Sharks who choked one away again.

    To get off to the lead they built and lose this miserably outscored 16-5 and 0-15 on the power play in the last 4 games is the equivalent of folding like a $2 shotgun. None of the Sharks so-called top players contributed on the losses while all or most of the L.A. for_real top players contributed throughout and took over as the Sharks were collapsing.

    My condolences to Sharks fans, but was this choke really a surprise? Honestly, once LA got the series back to 3-2 I assumed they'd take the next 2. And there's obviously a history of playoff underachieving on the SJ side (if I wanted to be really obnoxious I'd dig up a YouTube clip of the infamous "Marleau bunny-hopping the slapshot" incident...).

    TD....I guess only you and Nostradamus knew ahead of time :crazy:

  7. 2013 -14 NHL and assorted hockey stuff

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted · Edited by Mike Schwartz

    Hockey stinks.

    I'll be back into it tomorrow, but tonight calls for serious drink and rabid railings against the Sharks who choked one away again.

    To get off to the lead they built and lose this miserably outscored 16-5 and 0-15 on the power play in the last 4 games is the equivalent of folding like a $2 shotgun. None of the Sharks so-called top players contributed on the losses while all or most of the L.A. for_real top players contributed throughout and took over as the Sharks were collapsing.

  8. 2013 -14 NHL and assorted hockey stuff

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    Posted · Edited by Mike Schwartz

    Nobody could have expected a Sharks sweep of the Kings, but they [sJ] put up a decent game against a desperate and veteran team. Too many trips to the penalty box.... Sharks have the only road win out of all the Western Conference games thus far. It would behoove them to wrap tomorrow and not stretch this thing out.

    Bruins game at Detroit was terrific....have long admired Iginla who got the winner in OT.

    Brutal brain_fart from Penguins goalie Fleurry the end of last game casually wandering out of the net allowing essentially an empty net goal with 12 seconds remaining in regulation, and the soft goal allowed in OT.

  13. 2013 -14 NHL and assorted hockey stuff

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    Best sports tourney on the planet is underway!

    Numerous overtime games the first night...

    Anaheim predictably up 2-0 as well as the only Canadian entry Montreal.

    2nd night Detroit gets the only tally in what has to be considered an upset, though the flu bug disrupted the Bruins locker room.

    Colorado ties it's game with 12 seconds in regulation, then wins in OT.

    That just scratches the surface!

  16. Oregon (the band)

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    Beautiful band. I came to them in the late 70s off the back of Towner's 'Solstice' album - 'Out of the Woods' was quite widely available over here where their earlier records had vanished if they'd ever been around outside the metropolitan centres.

    They are probably too pretty for the more hair shirt jazz aficionado. But I've always found their melodies very strong, balanced in with improvisation and a real sense of tonal colour. I enjoy their more recent records too, where the synth is held in check rather more than in the early ECMs.

    I agree wholeheartedly....a beautiful band, having caught onto them early on, both on recordings and in concert.

    No arguments from me on what they're NOT.

  17. Billy Cobham picks 10 essential drum recordings.

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    I like them all except Buddy Rich and they are all the foundation of this music but one guesses that nothing matters much for the past 40 years.

    Same as it ever was for most.

    Fwiw I loved Birds of Fire when I was 20 and I think Cobham on that record and Jack Johnson plays with a rare fire and new invented groove.

    I've never been tempted to want to listen to him on anything recorded since that time.

    However Mr. Reynolds, and not surprised by that take, it is the West Side Story album and Buddy Rich is nothing short of a MF on that date, which is probably why it was chosen.

  23. 2013 -14 NHL and assorted hockey stuff

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    Rich Peverley collapsed while on the Dallas Stars' bench tonight. The game against the Columbus Blue Jackets was postponed as a result. Must be pretty serious.

    The NHL released the following statement: "Dallas player Rich Peverley is doing well and is in stable condition. He has been transported to the hospital. As a result of the emotional state of the players on both teams caused by the medical emergency, the game is being postponed.

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