Posted on 05/13/2012 5:59:35 AM PDT by airborne
NHL announces dates, starts times, national TV coverage for Conference Finals
The National Hockey League announced today the dates, start times and broadcast information for the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference
Finals, which begin Sunday, May 13, when the Phoenix Coyotes host the Los Angeles Kings at 8 p.m. ET.
The Eastern Conference Final will match the New York Rangers against the New Jersey Devils.
Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final will be Monday, May 14, at 8 p.m. ET.
National rightsholders NBC and NBC Sports Network in the United States and CBC, TSN and RDS in Canada will provide exclusive national coverage throughout the Conference Finals.
(Excerpt) Read more at nhl.com ...
The Devilsin 6 would be fine, but I hope Marty doesn't retire any time soon. He's the tender the Hurricanes can beat the easiest (for some strange reason we have his number).
I've witnessed in person what might be his two lowest moments (Staal with 3 seconds to go in 2006 and Jokinin at the buzzer in 2009, both in Raleigh).
The Devilsin 6 would be fine, but I hope Marty doesn't retire any time soon. He's the tender the Hurricanes can beat the easiest (for some strange reason we have his number).
I've witnessed in person what might be his two lowest moments (Staal with 3 seconds to go in 2006 and Jokinin at the buzzer in 2009, both in Raleigh).
He turned 40 a couple weeks ago. Now he’s said in the recent past he’s thinking of doing a couple more seasons, but at 40 years old if they win the Cup I think the temptation to go out winning his last game will be too great. Better to go out like Elway than Jordan.
Oh I totally agree from Brodeur's standpoint. It would be fitting indeed.
I was just shamelessly using the topic of his win last night to bring up the fact that the Carolina Hurricane's have his number in the playoffs - and that I've been lucky enough to see two of this historic moments.
Rangers ran out of gas. Good season though.
Good luck to the Devils.
It is funny how teams get a guy’s number. Certain bad teams will score on certain all star goaltenders at will. Things like that make sports fun.
It is funny how match ups can go screwy. FTR though, those two Carolina teams were anything but bad teams. The 06 team won the Stanley Cup and the 09 team reached the Eastern finals.
Yeah NJD will work, likely the LA angle will be more important ratings-wise as for some reason, the Devils don’t have the NYC clout that the Rangers do, despite being a much better franchise for the past 20+ years.
And if the Kings win, wow, what a story that would be. Should be a fun series since I have no dogs in the fight.
What a playoff season this has been. I never would have dreamed that my Devils would be in the Finals!
Worse than the Jokinen goal in 2009 was the final 90 seconds of Game 7 that year ... when he gave up two of the softest goals you’ll ever see to give Carolina a 4-3 series win. I watched that one myself. The worst part about it was that I could see it unfolding over the course of the final two periods. Ugh.
Something to think about with regard to Brodeur is that in addition to this great run to the Finals that would serve as a great “curtain call” for his NHL career, the NHL may also be facing a work stoppage next year after the collective bargaining agreement expires. He’s already given pretty strong indications that he didn’t think he’s capable of coming back in top form (physically or mentally) after an extended layoff.
That’s exactly what happened to the Rangers. I think they would have beaten the Devils in 5-6 games if they had played in the first round. They didn’t lose the series against the Devils in Game 6 ... they lost it over the course of several weeks by playing seven games in each of the first two rounds before they even faced the Devils.
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