Comments on: DG's Quick Hits- April 21, 2003

By: PeterPuck

PeterPuck — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 08:59:02 +0000

thanks nord, old age is settling in (short term memory, ha ha) when/or does it change.

By: -momo-

-momo- — Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:41:19 +0000

They didn’t give it their all because they have have 7 to fall back on? Are you mental? Lets hope tonight they don’t give it their all, because they have next year to fall back on.

By: -Swizz-

-Swizz- — Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:39:25 +0000

they say leafs fans whine??

flyers fans are just as bad..

By: Flyers_01

Flyers_01 — Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:00:37 +0000

Wish I could say last night's game was totally due to the Leafs good play while they did play better I think the TML invested heavily in the refs retirement funds. Of course it could just be that the Leafs do know how to play 2.5 periods of penalty free hockey and that levelling people without the puck isn't interference in an alternate universe.

Let's face it the Leafs were given carte blanche in that game while the Flyers were called for every little thing early on. I saw the Leafs do many worse things than grabbing a stick for a second (including their own stick grabbing) but the refs were feeling generous giving the Leafs a 5 on 3 and later a penalty shot on a judgement call.

Should be an interesting game in Philly tonight.

By: titans

titans — Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:51:30 +0000

SHUT UP!!

By: OldNord

OldNord — Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:50:09 +0000

No still the current standing.

By: mikster

mikster — Tue, 22 Apr 2003 14:49:13 +0000

SCORE GREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: PeterPuck

PeterPuck — Tue, 22 Apr 2003 08:17:57 +0000

i could be wrong but does not the standings go by overall points for the 2nd round, which would have ottawa and tampa bay playing and devils playing winner of leafs and flyers,,,,does anybody know

By: DG

DG — Tue, 22 Apr 2003 04:00:17 +0000

What I meant with the Tampa Bay Lightning comment was simply to raise the question of the viability of the two teams in the Florida market. There are many who think Florida should have just one team and not two, and, since the Florida Panthers bottomed out this year and the Lightning look like they may make some noise, the Panthers are the targets this time, since the Lightning have "proven themselves" this time around and the Panthers have not.

However, in truth, it is impossible to judge which team is "the one to go". Yes, the Lightning are doing great and the Panthers are doing crappy, but, backtrack several years and the opposite was true. It's quite possible that the Lightning are just a fluke and nothing more, like they were back in 1996. The problem with the Florida teams is that neither have ever had sustained success, often falling back to the cellar after a one or two year period of relative success. One could declare the Lightning to be the team to stay, but then in a year or two, Florida will supplant them and then the reverse in another few years. At this point, yes, Tampa does have a slight edge, but unless they can sustain their success for six or seven years (if not more), they do not make a strong case for them to stay over Florida.

RealityCheck

By: -Swizz-

-Swizz- — Tue, 22 Apr 2003 00:27:29 +0000

i dont personally know Leafs-Expert..but have read a lot of his stuff on the site....

where is he!! im sure he'd have a lot of "intelligent" stuff to say about the series..haha..nah im playin..i shoudlnt be bashing other leaf fans...he seemed like a good guy...