EastCoastNiner

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This Penguins and Flyers series........... notsureifsrs.

"New York State Human Rights Law prohibits employers from refusing to hire or employ an "individual eighteen years of age or older… because of such individual's age." That's only New York, and many other states have the same exact laws. The way their rules are written NOW are discriminatory and illegal. If they want to re-write their rules and phrase them in a different manner, there could be more leeway, but right now they are clearly discriminating. Now, I know people are going to claim that the NBA isn't discriminating on their "age", but rather that they must be one year removed from high school, but that's complete an utter crap, and just arguing semantics. Spencer Haywood took the NBA down in court in terms of their "rules", and it would happen yet again if the NBA were taken to court over this issue.

It's illegal and I can't wait for someone to take the NBA to court soon in order to get rid of this rule.

I'm sticking with Neal getting no games, and Asham getting four. I really have no clue though.......

Shannahan needs to just go. How the hell does Shaw get three games for a play that never should have been a major, in which Smith embellished to the absolute maximum. If Neal doesn't get suspended, it will be absurd.

Except you are pumpkin, as you've mentioned in on AIM multiple times. Good try though.

He's trying to troll, thinking that I will say Rondo is the best PG, which I will not claim.

He just received a three game suspension. That is ridiculous. Normally, based on the hit I would not have a problem with it, but by not giving Weber anything, this is just dumb, dumb, dumb, and some more dumb. The Rangers got SHAFTED! Oh, and on that note. How many games for Asham? Howe many games for Neal? I'm going to guess four for Asham and none for Neal.

Am I a wizard or what? This game was crazy as shit today!

I guess not. . This is the most intense game yet.

Greater in terms of ratings and popularity? Sure. Greater in terms of anything else? No, not even close. There is nothing like a playoff overtime game between two heated teams. It's intense and nerve-wracking as hell.

Still mad I owned your hypocritical self earlier tonight? It's funny how certain comparisons only "make sense" when you want them to make sense. .

Since the NBA playoffs haven't started, I HIGHLY recommend tuning in and watching some NHL playoffs. There's games on from 12:00 tomorrow afternoon all the way to a 10:00 p.m. start time. Each team has only played two games at the most so far, and there have already been seven overtime games. In the NHL, they settle in like men in sudden death overtime. Seriously though, tune in tomorrow, especially for the Penguins and Flyers game, and I promise you will not be disappointed.

The playoffs are always great, but I honestly don't remember a first round like this in a while. Has there been a bad game or lopsided game yet? I'm thinking maybe only the Rangers and Senators in game one and the Kings and Canucks in game two. The Bruins and Capitals games have taken off about six years of my life.

Meh, I guess I don't dislike Boyle that much, but he just comes across as a tool sometimes. At least he stands up for himself when he pulls some of the stuff he does. He didn't have to go with Neil, but he did. I don't dislike Lundqvist. Outside of Thomas, he's possibly my favorite goalie. I guess my knocks against him are more in defense of Tim Thomas sometimes, thinking he is still the best goalie in the NHL. I do still think that Lundqvist needs to prove himself in the playoffs though. My knock on the Rangers the entire season has been the same thing all year, which is goal scoring. However, they seem to have been able to figure it out lately, so maybe they can surprise me. After watching the first two games of the Penguins and Flyers series, I would have to give serious consideration to picking the Rangers over both of those teams if they were to play. It's becoming more and more apparent that great goaltending is absolutely needed. Putting the Capitals aside for a moment, the two teams that would scare me the most are the Flyers and Rangers. The Rangers make me nervous because of their style of play and success against the Bruins, and the Flyers because of their powerful offense and incredible offensive depth. I'm not super confident with the Bruins right now either. It's the same story every year in the first round. The top two lines just aren't getting it done so far. They have no true offensive super-star. Yes, they have Seguin and some other talented forwards, but they still need to prove they can be consistent and take a game over. If they survive this round, I'll be much more confident.

Yes, since I have said the Rangers would lose in the first round, it means I must hate them. I guess I love the Flyers too since I picked them to beat the Penguins? I don't have much of a problem with the Rangers. They are very similar to the Bruins in many ways, but I just don't think they're good enough to win it all, that's it. I'm not a huge Boyle fan, but at least he mans up when he needs to, or is asked to. I respect him for that, but I think he's somewhat of a douche. As I said earlier, the Carnaker play was complete shit, and I wouldn't be surprised if he was done for the series. On the other hand, I like the way the Senators responded for the rest of the game sticking up for their players. What Boyle did to Karlsson in game one is something that Lucic would probably do, and I've said he's a cheap player sometimes, and that I don't always like the shit he pulls. Anyways, I'm just hoping for a good series, and hopefully Karlsson and Spezza can score a lot because my playoff pool team is probably the worst team assembled in history. Tim Thomas Antti Niemi Zdeno Chara Brent Burns Erik Karlsson Duncan Keith Evgeni Malkin David Krejci Marian Hossa Joe Thornton Jason Spezza Ilya Kovalchuk What the hell, man? I'm getting absolutely destroyed right now. I chose some of the players because you can lock them in for better prices during future rounds if you pick them in the first round. It's pretty fun to do, but I'm just getting destroyed right now. I can't believe I took Joe Thornton over Claude Giroux. .

I have no problem with the Senators sending a message, as the Rangers have been the bigger tools this series outside of the Carnaker hit. I guess if you're going to get some revenge, get some good revenge so the other team will actually think twice about going after your star players. Boyle is a total douche though. And, I love how the Senators all stand up for each other. They have some really tough players on that team as well.

I still can't get over that Carnaker bitch move. He was just straight up punching away while Boyle was on the ground, and that was in addition to the original sucker punch. The NHL really needs to fix the third man in rule for crap like that. I think may be done for the series, but Shannahan is a joke, so who knows?

It's pretty pathetic that you would support this then. It's not different than what Blake Griffin does. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqS5U4lSSVg

That's a bitch move by Carnaker. It was worse than I originally thought from the first replay they showed. You can send a message, but don't put your team on a 5 minute OK to start the game. Also, I hate that ejection of Dubinsky. What's he supposed to do there? Watch his teammate get the shit beaten out of him while the officials just.......well.........stand there? I want the Senators to win, but that whole sequence was full off bull-shit.

No one here willingly goes out of their way to bash Griffin. He brings it upon himself by being a flopping bitch. You go out of your way to defend him by claiming that flopping is perfectly normal, everyone does it, and it's not an embarrassment. That's a complete joke and an embarrassment to sports.

Jalen is a tool. Skip and Steven A. Smith were owning his bitch ass.

What the [expletive], man? I could have sworn I took Giroux in my pool. I guess I took Thornton over him. .

I took him in my pool. Too [expletive]ing bad I didn't go with what I had been wanting to go with right up until the playoffs, which was taking the Kings to beat the Canucks, but I changed my mind at the last second because I wanted to see a Bruins and Canucks rematch. Also, I probably should have taken Detroit as well, but I still think this may be Nashville's time to beat them