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The Lightning win Game 1 against Montreal.

PLUS Vinnie got his first two goals of the playoffs. Khabibulin was fanstastic!! And there was a big fight right at the end but I'm pretty sure that the Lightning weren't penalized at all, but I couldn't really tell because the ESPN2 Commentators were talking about upcoming games.

Plus they kept talking about useless stuff or repeating the same thing over and over like each time they talked about a player it was the first time EVER someone might have heard about them.

Dude. At this point EVERYONE knows about Marty's round to the Lightning unless they haven't been watching ESPN at all. Or maybe they don't know all the details but they know he's short, he's fast, he's the top scorer, and pretty much going to be the MVP.

At least they weren't like the ESPN commentators and say that Eric Perrin was a childhood friend of Vinnie's and implied that Eric and Marty just kinda knew each other. Marty and Eric were childhood friends.

I would have liked to see the game on Sunshine Network but it was blacked out in favor of college baseball. Okay fine the home team was playing but who cares! I want to watch hockey on my preferred channel.

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(bouncing in chair)

And my Sharkies seriously kicked the Av's asses last night, after sending the Blues home in five. Even the Colorado papers said the Avs "acted like Beavis and Butthead". MAJOR fighting.

Isn't this fun? Of course, if it's a Sharks/Lightning Stanley Cup final, we have to arrange to talk about anything else in the world...

There were a couple of minor scuffles that I didn't get to see because ESPN was talking about other than hockey so that was disappointing to me. I like the fighting that happens.

I didnt' watch the Sharks destory the Avs because I had to go to bed the other night. I probably won't be able to watch the Sharks play on Saturday because the two games are on at the same time. And seeing that the Wings are the team geographically closest to this area that's what they will show.

It's really quite wrong not to have Canadian teams in the Cup.

I'm hoping for a nice, traditionaly Toronto/Montreal series. You can't beat that kind of hatred.

No way! Tampa is going beat Montreal!

They showed a comparison of the Bolts and the Habs---years as a team, playoff experience--that sort of thing. And Tampa Bay's numbers were so small. I love watching Tampa play they are so fast and exciting.

BTW there was another lj comment you made that I have to reply to but I need to go find it.

Hockey in Florida is just so unnatural...

Hey! We have indoors we can have ice!

Plus there is street hockey and wahtever you call hockey on rollerblades. I've been reading in more than one place that the problem with the game is too many teams and that teams should be cut. Amazingly enough most of the teams mentioned are in warmer climates.

And in the same posting there are worries about how the fan base isn't growing. It maybe weird that there is hockey in Florida but...well...they are a lot of transplants from the North. And also, hockey is a great game and when people can watch it they can get hooked.

Unnatural... Like cats and dogs living together.

Also if there is more hockey down here and more Canadian players around the nation, especially in the south, we may finally get so used to hearing Canadians that we forget about the accent. :)

We don't have accents... I keep telling you.

You have to ignore the commentary. They rarely have anything useful to say. But hasn't it been a fun second season so far?