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[EatTheGlass]

God we suck on the power play.

You can thank Jamie Kompon for that.....why do you think the Kings canned his ass after last season?

[alecjonsludge]

The Ottawa Senators have sold their arena naming rights to Canadian Tire. The former Scotia Bank Place will now be known as The Canadian Tire Centre. That's led to numerous "pay their players in Canadian Tire money" jokes on social media today. There's also been this pic floating around as well:

[Tenacious_Dio]

No sleep til Brooklyn.

[Lardbucket]

God we suck on the power play.

Yes. Yes they do. They spend way too much time looking for the perfect shot when they should just be shooting. Good things happen on rebounds assholes.

Yep. Get a body in front to screen and shoot the damn thing. Good things happen when you crash the net.

[NeverSurrender]

Whatta' series.

[pieceofme]

This game is goals galore. 5-5 atm.

[Facedown]

Boston blew a two goal lead twice and lost.
Your turn Chicago.

[pieceofme]

Boston are going to win this for sure.

[Facedown]

Chicago doesn't read my posts.

[John Simon Ritchie]

Damn...awesome game...awesome series.

[pieceofme]

Boston are going to win this for sure.

I'm glad I was wrong.

[LouDoo]

Notice how I didn't say a word??


Go Hawks!!!

[Aerosmith87]

Overtime goals are the most deflating thing ever. It's super exciting then - it happens. Either you're even more excited, or you just kind of leave the arena.

[johnk5150]

Damn...awesome game...awesome series.

For the first time in the 4 games they've played I have a semblance of hope that Seabrook isn't retarded.

That was an epic game.

[WOLF]

Like I said, Chicago has to play their game, which is UPTEMPO. If you go down, you go down, but at least you go down playing your game and not somebody else's. Look at Pittsburgh - for whatever reason they wanted to match Boston's physicality and they played right into the Bruins' hands.

Chicago did the same thing early in the series and finally seemed to have wisened up. Yeah, 6-5 is scary, and there were blown leads galore, but the Hawks play with the confidence of a team that KNOWS they can score a goal if they give one up; that's a good thing!

[chungasrevenge]

Great series. These ratings should increase over the last few games. We might have the most watched finals game coming up:

NBCSportsPR‏@NBCSportsPR4m
Last night’s Chi-Bos OT received 4.6 HH rating, +109% from Gm 2 of last year's Stanley Cup Final (LA-NY, 2.2, was second NBC gm of series)

NBCSportsPR‏@NBCSportsPR3m
Top Five Markets for last night's Bos-Chi OT Gm 4: Boston (28.9), Chicago (22.0), Providence (20.0), Buffalo (8.7), Detroit (6.4)

Steve Lepore‏@stevelepore42s
Top 10 away markets for G4: Buffalo, Detroit, Minneapolis, Hartford, Ft. Myers, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, W Palm Beach, San Diego, Las Vegas

C'mon Kelly...

[Anne_Thrax]

Did anybody Fallon making fun of the players, this is hilarious

http://www.hulu.com/watch/502510

[NeverSurrender]

Great series. These ratings should increase over the last few games. We might have the most watched finals game coming up:

NBCSportsPR‏@NBCSportsPR4m
Last night’s Chi-Bos OT received 4.6 HH rating, +109% from Gm 2 of last year's Stanley Cup Final (LA-NY, 2.2, was second NBC gm of series)

NBCSportsPR‏@NBCSportsPR3m
Top Five Markets for last night's Bos-Chi OT Gm 4: Boston (28.9), Chicago (22.0), Providence (20.0), Buffalo (8.7), Detroit (6.4)

Steve Lepore‏@stevelepore42s
Top 10 away markets for G4: Buffalo, Detroit, Minneapolis, Hartford, Ft. Myers, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, W Palm Beach, San Diego, Las Vegas

C'mon Kelly...

2 cities in Florida made the top 10?



I love it.

[pieceofme]

Great series. These ratings should increase over the last few games. We might have the most watched finals game coming up:

NBCSportsPR‏@NBCSportsPR4m
Last night’s Chi-Bos OT received 4.6 HH rating, +109% from Gm 2 of last year's Stanley Cup Final (LA-NY, 2.2, was second NBC gm of series)

NBCSportsPR‏@NBCSportsPR3m
Top Five Markets for last night's Bos-Chi OT Gm 4: Boston (28.9), Chicago (22.0), Providence (20.0), Buffalo (8.7), Detroit (6.4)

Steve Lepore‏@stevelepore42s
Top 10 away markets for G4: Buffalo, Detroit, Minneapolis, Hartford, Ft. Myers, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, W Palm Beach, San Diego, Las Vegas

C'mon Kelly...

I'm not surprised the ratings are good for the finals in comparison to last year. I mean LA vs NJ. It was so predictable what was going to happen in that series.

[HollywoodRose]

I haven't watched hockey for awhile. time for nhl.com. and hockey on tv.

[EatTheGlass]

Great series. These ratings should increase over the last few games. We might have the most watched finals game coming up:

NBCSportsPR‏@NBCSportsPR4m
Last night’s Chi-Bos OT received 4.6 HH rating, +109% from Gm 2 of last year's Stanley Cup Final (LA-NY, 2.2, was second NBC gm of series)

NBCSportsPR‏@NBCSportsPR3m
Top Five Markets for last night's Bos-Chi OT Gm 4: Boston (28.9), Chicago (22.0), Providence (20.0), Buffalo (8.7), Detroit (6.4)

Steve Lepore‏@stevelepore42s
Top 10 away markets for G4: Buffalo, Detroit, Minneapolis, Hartford, Ft. Myers, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, W Palm Beach, San Diego, Las Vegas

C'mon Kelly...

I'm not surprised the ratings are good for the finals in comparison to last year. I mean LA vs NJ. It was so predictable what was going to happen in that series.

Yah, because everyone knew LA would win since they've won so many cups in the past. WTF are you talking about?

Try blaming it on the markets (NJ and LA)....as opposed to major hockey markets like BOS and CHI....not to mention, original 6 teams.

Try not to be stupid.

[pieceofme]

Great series. These ratings should increase over the last few games. We might have the most watched finals game coming up:

NBCSportsPR‏@NBCSportsPR4m
Last night’s Chi-Bos OT received 4.6 HH rating, +109% from Gm 2 of last year's Stanley Cup Final (LA-NY, 2.2, was second NBC gm of series)

NBCSportsPR‏@NBCSportsPR3m
Top Five Markets for last night's Bos-Chi OT Gm 4: Boston (28.9), Chicago (22.0), Providence (20.0), Buffalo (8.7), Detroit (6.4)

Steve Lepore‏@stevelepore42s
Top 10 away markets for G4: Buffalo, Detroit, Minneapolis, Hartford, Ft. Myers, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, W Palm Beach, San Diego, Las Vegas

C'mon Kelly...

I'm not surprised the ratings are good for the finals in comparison to last year. I mean LA vs NJ. It was so predictable what was going to happen in that series.

Yah, because everyone knew LA would win since they've won so many cups in the past. WTF are you talking about?

Try blaming it on the markets (NJ and LA)....as opposed to major hockey markets like BOS and CHI....not to mention, original 6 teams.

Try not to be stupid.

Everyone knew LA were going to win because of how they had played in the playoffs that season, and after they won the first couple of games the interest obviously declined. It's pretty fucking obvious Chicago and Boston are bigger hockey markets than NJ and LA, especially LA. I was adding an extra element to why this years final is receiving better ratings.

You're welcome.

[Anne_Thrax]

1 more!

[ArielPlath]

Woohoo!!!! I was out at a club and had to check this - go Blackhawks!!!!!

[LouDoo]

I refuse to comment on the Blackhawks...

[johnk5150]

I refuse to comment on the Blackhawks...

Just keep Internet silence DURING the games.

[Gibsonite]

Leafs acquire goaltender Jonathan Bernier from the Kings.Hopefully the next move will be to shore up the D

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Tr ... 21826.html

TORONTO - The most highly-contested battle for the Maple Leafs in training camp will take place in the Toronto goal crease.

Jonathan Bernier versus James Reimer. Let the competition begin.

In Reimer’s case, he says bring it on.

“It’s definitely a challenge,” Reimer told the Toronto Sun in a phone interview early Sunday afternoon. “It makes you a better person and better goalie.”

Ever since Dave Nonis replaced the bombastic Brian Burke as general manager in January, he has had various flirtations with other goaltenders in order to add depth to the position. He kicked tires on both Vancouver’s Roberto Luongo and Calgary’s Miikka Kiprusoff, but both attempts failed to come to fruition.

On Sunday, Nonis finally bolstered his team’s fortunes between the pipes by acquiring Bernier from the Los Angeles Kings for forward Matt Frattin, backup goaltender Ben Scrivens and Toronto’s second round pick in either the 2014 or 2015 NHL Entry Draft.

Reimer learned of the deal from a text sent to him by his buddy Scrivens.

Bernier, 24, is a restricted free agent who earned more than $1.2 million his past season. You have to figure Nonis felt he could ink Bernier to a reasonable deal when he first pulled the trigger on the trade.

Serving as the backup to 2012 Conn Smythe Trophy winner Jonathan Quick, Bernier’s record in 2013 was 9-3-1 with a goals-against average of 1.88 and a save percentage of .922.

Bernier was the 11th overall pick in the 2006 entry draft. He won a gold medal as part of Canada’s world junior team two years later.

Bernier was aware of the trade chatter that had been making the rounds recently.

“It’s actually exciting,” Bernier told espn.com this past week. “But I really can’t control anything. It’s up to (Kings GM) Dean (Lombardi). If there’s the right trade for him, I’m sure he’ll make the right call.”

Lombardi did just that.

When you compare the head-to-head numbers, Reimer has played more NHL games (104-62); has better save percentage (.915-.912): and more shutouts (10-6) than Bernier.

Whichever goalie you fancy, this much is certain: The Toronto Maple Leafs are stronger today at the NHL’s most vital position than they were at the conclusion of the 2013 season.

[johnk5150]

Chara is -5 the last 2 games.

[johnk5150]

I'm convinced if these 2 teams played 100 games they'd each win 50.

[LouDoo]

I'm convinced if these 2 teams played 100 games they'd each win 50.

Yeah, they are so evenly matched. It's a perfect finals. I would have preferred to play the Penguins, as a 'Hawks fan, but this series has been epic.