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[Let's Get Down]

yeh i don't like em and don't like the pens much either.

[sav]

Penguins V.S. Carolina --> Pens in 7

Detroit V.S. Chicago --> Det in 7

[Tay]

Those were some great games tonight, much better than last night's Pittsburgh-Washington blowout. The scheduling was bullshit again today, but either game you got to watch was entertaining. I'm glad the Canes won, I had a feeling they were going to. I don't really want to see a Pittsburgh-Detroit rematch, but I hope the Pens win if it is.

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

Chicago Carolina I think or Chicago Pens.


In no way should Detroit be involved.. PLEASE.

[MontrealCity's Most]

I call Detroit vs pitsburh round 2

[sav]

The Hawks need to bounce back! Can't wait to watch the game.

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

Fuck I keep missing the games!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jaydc555]

Its hard to balance out a social life nhl and NBA playoffs and the blue jays but somehow I manage

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

@ jay: Lol.  I see the series are at 2-0 (one just 2-1) so far..  Have they been lopsided games??

[Jaydc555]

Not at all.Two of the three games in the red wings-black hawks have gone to OT and the other was tied in the third then detroit scored two quick goals.The carolina-Pittsburgh first game penguins won by one goal and second game the teams went back and forth all night until penguins pulled away in the last ten minutes and ended in a brawl.

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

Alright, I'm gonna watch the Car/Pit game for sure today.

[Mo Z. Dizzle]

Pens swept the Canes and Detroit beat Chicago in 5.
Detroit-Pittsburgh, round 2; starts tomorrow night.

[sav]

This is gonna be a big final. 

[Tay]

Same matchup as last year, I think Pittsburgh in 6 this time around, with Malkin bringing home the Conn Smythe. He has played amazing this postseason, I am really tired of Detroit winning.

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

A Russian sports newspaper reports that the Montreal Canadiens have offered the team's captaincy to pending unrestricted free agent Alex Kovalev and that Saku Koivu is no longer in plans for the team.

According to Sovietsky Sport, the Canadiens don't intend to re-sign Koivu and would opt to re-sign Kovalev to a one-year deal worth between $6 million and $7.5 million. The story also claims that Kovalev would be awarded the captaincy.

The paper adds that Kovalev wants to remain with the Canadiens and negotiations with the team would continue when he returns from holiday. Sovietsky also reports that the Canadiens offered defenceman Mike Komisarek a multi-year contract worth $4 million per season, but the pending unrestricted free agent is holding out for $6 million per season.

Koivu, 34, has been the Canadiens second-longest serving captain. His nine seasons with the 'C' trails only the legendary Jean Beliveau, who was captain for 10 seasons.

"If I'm not signed by July 1, I don't think I'll be back in Montreal," Koivu said last month. "Finishing your career with one team would be awesome in a way, but it's too early to say because I don't know what the team's plan is. We lost yesterday, so I need time to sit down with my family and figure out what's best for us."

Koivu, Kovalev and Komisarek are among 10 Canadiens regulars heading toward unrestricted free agency on July 1. Forwards Alex Tanguay, Robert Lang and Tom Kostopoulos and defencemen Mathieu Schneider, Francis Bouillon, Patrice Brisebois and Mathieu Dandenault are also slated to be free agents.