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Cheeky bugger. I'm waiting for the Aston Martin Cygnet :thumbup:

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All exciting stuff, and yes Canucks making hard work of this. But who would have though that Detroit would be coming back at San jose.....all games are hard fought and makes this an exciting playoffs.

Go Canucks Go:thumbup:

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OMG 2-0 to Van in the first already, Nashville given up?

That final looking closer already :unsure:

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And onto the giddy heights of the third round we go.

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I can draw parallels between Cauncks and England fans. They both want to believe but both know that it will more than likely end in huge disappointment! There's a nervous air every time they hit the ice.

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At least there is no chance we will be beaten in a penalty shootout by the Germans.

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Don't speak too soon.....the Germans might play a part yet:

Dany Heatley, San Jose winger, born Freiburg, West Germany.

Marco Sturm, Boston winger, born Dingolfing, Germany.......

;)

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Damn Germans are everywhere!

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And we have Cristian Ehrhoff, born Moers, Germany to counter.

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We need to throw some British guys into the mix.. Be like watch Bambi on ice!

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I guess you've all heard that theory about North American cities that host the winter olympics... the year afterwards the closest NHL team wins the playoff? Or something like that

Quick google revealed: http://www.blogtrot.com/sports/olymp...y-stanley-cup/

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If you read the comments after the blog, you'll find that your Nostradamus worthy theory is slightly off the mark. Not that my near namesake knew anything about iced hockey, just like me.

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i really hope they don't

before the playoffs i put $5 on tampa, and $5 on boston... that bet is looking pretty good now

i still think the winner will come from the east. the western teams will have been too busy beating the sh*t out of each other. whichever one makes it wont have the legs to go all the way. thats my opinion anyway


also, is it just me, or have you noticed the whole "you have to support a canadian team" attitude here. its a bit like the english teams in the champions league. personally i think its crap. if vancouver win, we'll never hear the end of it

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Yeah I really miss the banter that everyone has back home in regards to the team they support. Everyone here is cheering for the same team so yeah it's good when they do well.. but whenever they do crap or whatever it's so boring. That's what makes sports back in Europe so much more passionate and fan orientated.. rivalries. None of this one team per city crap.. so that the whole town can jump on and off the bandwagon when it suits them.

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It may be just you :p

My friends who support the Oilers, Leafs, and Flames are quite excited at the thought of the Canuckleheads being knocked out. They cheer the other teams quite vigorously, wherever they're from :D