Bourne trolls the Rangers

Heyyy, it’s long weekend Friday! Today we talked about:

* Toronto’s mayor (you’ll have to forgive us this indulgence)

* Brad Marchand and his role

* The glory of Patrice Bergeron (and Henrik Lundqvist)

* The Raffi Torres suspension

* The Kings late rally

* Puck-over-glass penalties

* Terrible hockey logos

* And much more

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Via Deadspin, here’s a Leafs’ fan who attached a GoPro camera to the top of his TV to catch him and his buddies celebrating a Leafs victory.

Here’s how he sets it up on YouTube:

Had my gopro out in hopes of capturing some memorable playoff moments for Toronto but instead got this. Though loss but still had a great time watching the leafs in the playoffs and seeing how nuts all the fans were. I’m sure leaf fans...

The Bruins overtime winner last night was a beauty of a goal, but it left me scratching my head a bit. The play on the offensive side of the puck was obviously great, but how do you end up in situation where Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and Jaromir Jagr have a 2-on-1/3-on-2 on Anton Stralman and Mats Zuccarello?

Well, I came up with five reasons. Well, four true reasons and one “that could have been done better.”

In the interest...

Last season during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, I put out a morning “noteworthy” column in the style of Trey Kerby’s “Things Of Note” posts on The Basketball Jones. This year I’ll be doing something similar (I think with some upgrades on my own previous attempts) using the NHL’s morning press release (“Stanley Cup of Joe,” they’re calling it), my own opinions, and some videos, .GIFs and appropriate pictures. Quoted passages are from the NHL...

The NHL has suspended Raffi Torres in a way that rarely, rarely happens (Matt Cooke and Todd Bertuzzi were subject to something similar). He’s been suspended for the second round of playoffs. Whether that be three more games or six, that’s his deal. He can’t play in round two.

I doubt the NHLPA will love this, it’s just…odd. How can you say a play is worth X… but possibly Y if other things unrelated to that play happen? Something is worth...

Howdy! Sorry for the late show today, Noon was busy rescuing kittens from trees today.

* Can Jimmy Howard hold off the Hawks?

* Why did Roszival try to kill Abdelkader

* TOEWS

* Boston Bruins/New York Rangers preview

* Kings/Sharks Game 2

* And more

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With the playoffs on the horizon, I wanted to put together previews of each series, but more specifically, I wanted to put together the type of previews I’d want to read. Bite-sized, few stats, and little splash of opinion for seasoning. This is my attempt at providing that.

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4) Boston Bruins vs. 6) New York Rangers

Head-to-Head in 2013: One win for the Bruins, two for the Rangers, haven’t played since Feb. 12th

A stat: Two squads haven’t met...

As I wrote prior to the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs:

This may not be the case for all hockey fans out there, but when I turn on the TV to watch a hockey game, my enjoyment of said game is affected by the uniforms being worn, the way they work together, and how they work with the crowd around them. I can barely watch the Panthers, for example, regardless of opponent.

A couple simple things matter:

*...

Via Toucher and Rich, The Fonz’s John Tortorella’s yearbook photo from Concord-Carlisle High in Massachusetts has surfaced, and you won’t be disappointed, mostly because he includes the phrase “bathroom brawls” in his…what were those things called, “bequeaths?”

Some thoughts:

* “Lanas Garage” – him and his buddies leaving certain special dates/locations for posterity?

* MAN, his friends had cooler nicknames than mine. Snake, Mendy, Musky…bad to the bone.

* B.D.W.B? Bhat Dould Webus Bo? That can’t be right. Bacon Derby...

Brad Richards has been staggeringly bad at hockey this season. That doesn’t make him unique. What does though is the fact he makes $6.66 million per season through 2019-20, which is a lot of money to pay someone who acted as a fourth-line center during the first round of the playoffs.

Richards turned 33 years old in May and will be 40 years old when his contract expires. Whether the season of the New York Rangers comes to a conclusion...

One of my favourite things about older players is that they’re more prone to honesty, given everything they’ve been through in the NHL. They’ve built their reputations, proven themselves, and tend to open up a little bit more as they get on in years.

Jaromir Jagr is one of those “on in years” players, and in reflecting on his time with the New York Rangers prior to playing them in a best-of-seven series (starting tonight), he made some awfully interesting...

Last season during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, I put out a morning “noteworthy” column in the style of Trey Kerby’s “Things Of Note” posts on The Basketball Jones. This year I’ll be doing something similar (I think with some upgrades on my own previous attempts) using the NHL’s morning press release (“Stanley Cup of Joe,” they’re calling it), my own opinions, and some videos, .GIFs and appropriate pictures. Quoted passages are from the NHL...

With the playoffs on the horizon, I wanted to put together previews of each series, but more specifically, I wanted to put together the type of previews I’d want to read. Bite-sized, few stats, and little splash of opinion for seasoning. This is my attempt at providing that.

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1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. 7) Detroit Red Wings

Head-to-Head in 2013: Chicago 4-0-0

A stat: The Hawks were 18-3-3 at home this year.

*** ALL STATS REGULAR SEASON ***

Goal differentials: ...

Last night Raffi Torres threw a dicey hit on an opposing player (as balloons, confetti and streamers fall from the ceiling rewarding me for typing that for the 100th time), and we’re going to take a look at it. So far, the NHL hasn’t followed up on it, so it seems like there won’t be any supplemental discipline.

(Update: Yeah there will be.

SJ’s Raffi Torres will have disciplinary hearing with NHL for hit on LA’s Jarret Stoll. Sounds...

Howdy friends! Nice, concise show today. We went through:

* Ottawa’s lack of push-back vs. the Pens

* Tomas Vokoun’s play

* Jonathan Quick killin’ it

* More valuable: Matt Cooke or Chris Neil?

* Any way Detroit can hang with Chicago?

* And much more

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Jack Edwards is one of the best in the business. If you’re a Bruins fan, this is one hell of a goal call. If you’re a Leafs’ fan…here’s what you got.

(S/t @adater)

A thousand monkeys poking at a thousand typewriters might, given enough time, compose the complete works of Shakespeare, but not even such a diligent menagerie could ever script a crueler heartbreak than the one which befell the Toronto Maple Leafs this past Monday night. It was not exactly a tragedy and not exactly a comedy, but more of a vicious joke, as black as humor ever gets. The set-up: seven seasons outside the playoffs, an unexpected run of luck, a...

Ugh

Yesterday was a weird day.

The gamut of emotions that Leafs fans have been run through in the last seven days has been unlike anything I have ever experienced as a sports fan. You all know what happened by now, you don’t need a recap. Hell, I don’t need a recap. Ever. Walking into the office yesterday, seeing five screens all replaying the worst heartache I have ever experienced in sports, I mean…how do you even begin to justify...

With the playoffs on the horizon, I wanted to put together previews of each series, but more specifically, I wanted to put together the type of previews I’d want to read. Bite-sized, few stats, and little splash of opinion for seasoning. This is my attempt at providing that.

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5) Los Angles Kings vs. 6) San Jose Sharks

Head-to-Head in 2013: Split, with both teams winning their two home games.

A stat: This is the first time the Kings have...

With the playoffs on the horizon, I wanted to put together previews of each series, but more specifically, I wanted to put together the type of previews I’d want to read. Bite-sized, few stats, and little splash of opinion for seasoning. This is my attempt at providing that.

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1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. 7) Ottawa Senators

Head-to-Head in 2013: Penguins won all three match-ups this season.

A stat: The Penguins have three players in the top three (including ties) in...

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Some people had bad nights on Monday, while others chose MAD nights.

(S/t to @MTLDrivefor25)

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Update:

@jtbourne Not that it matters but the “smashed TV” Kijiji ad is a fake, albeit a funny one. I’m friends with the guy facebook.com/thealexoliveira

— Scott Carefoot (@scottcarefoot) May 15, 2013

But not much more. We discussed:

* Boston’s unprecedented comeback

* Blame for the Leafs or love for the B’s?

* Toronto going forward

* Bruins vs. Rangers

* The Rangers Game 7 destruction of Washington

* Series previews

* And much more

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