Conference Finals: #1 New York Rangers vs #6 New Jersey Devils

[lakingsfan19]

I really want the rags to win. The Kings vs the rags would be a great cup finals. It would be physical with the possibility of Fights.

But I think the Devils will win in 6 or 7....

Still pulling for the rags!

[NickDoh]

In before the first trap!

[I_am_Belak_2]

Originally Posted by bigjack

Look at where the 4 teams are from. Two from the biggest market in the world in NY and just across the river in Newark. Then the second biggest market in LA and Phoenix!
Gary Bettman put out an APB for any teams from Canada and couldn't find any? Oh Canada, where are your hockey teams? We are looking for you, and can't find any teams!
What is Don Cherry doing now?
Montreal-no!
Toronto-no!
Edmonton-no!
Calgary-no!
Winnipeg-no!
Ottawa-out!
Vancouver-out!

This is the NHL, this is hockey and we have 2 teams from NY/NJ, one from LA, and one from Arizona-beautiful!

I'm trying to figure out why you said what you said in relation to Kidd's post.

And you're really calling Phoenix a big market????

[hazard5]

I hate to break it to some of you people in here...
I live in Los Angeles, and let me fill you in: while LA is a world class city, a city I can't see myself ever leaving, the Kings fan base here is PUNY compared to that of the Devils. No one gives a good god damn about the Kings in this town. You can hardly get good coverage of the Kings game on any of the 8 nightly 11pm newscasts.
LA is Dodgers & Lakers. Maybe a little love for the Clippers. And the fan base for the Kings looks to be about equal as it is for the friggin' soccer team.

In NJ everyone is a Devils fan because its the only team that bears the state's name. You can ask any random personon the street in NJ and have a good chance of them knowing if the Devils won the previous night. No one in LA knows if the Kings won. You'd be interrupting a conversation about the Lakers to ask.

I like the Kings but this isn't the RedWings or Chicago as far as marquee team for the playoffs. Its more like Columbus when it comes to fan base.

[CHLFan92]

Rangers in 6.

[bigjack]

Originally Posted by I_am_Belak_2

I'm trying to figure out why you said what you said in relation to Kidd's post.

And you're really calling Phoenix a big market????

Where did I write that Phoenix is a big market team? Yidd and I are NY guys and NY is the greatest city in the world and deserves a shout out along with the other American teams playing for Lord Stanley's Cup!
We always read about Canada this and Canada that and I am looking for the Canadien teams and can't find any?
Where are all those teams from Canada?

[pesadillamal]

Originally Posted by hazard5

Rangers in five?!?

Pray tell, how many players on the Rangers have actually won a Cup? Is there anyone besides Mike Rupp(who won it with the Devils?)?

This is the first time the Rangers have played a team in the playoffs with talent spread across all of its lines, with numerous players that have gone the distance. Experience is an essential component in the later rounds of the playoffs.
The question for Rangers is whether the real Gaborik will show up.
The question for the Devils is whether the real Patrik Elias shows up.

If Tortorella's system doesn't pay dividends immediately against the Devils, you will see this Ranger team wilt because Sergeant Fonzie will begin grating on them at the exact same time when the pressure, the media, and the punishment of their previous two series also does.

The Devils are peaking at the perfect time and DeBoer and Robinson have every player's ear.


Devils in 7

Fedotenko has won two cups and Richards has won one, besides Rupp. Rupp will score this series and fatback Marty will ride off into the sunset drowning his sorrows with chocolate cake.

[pesadillamal]

Originally Posted by hazard5

I hate to break it to some of you people in here...
I live in Los Angeles, and let me fill you in: while LA is a world class city, a city I can't see myself ever leaving, the Kings fan base here is PUNY compared to that of the Devils. No one gives a good god damn about the Kings in this town. You can hardly get good coverage of the Kings game on any of the 8 nightly 11pm newscasts.
LA is Dodgers & Lakers. Maybe a little love for the Clippers. And the fan base for the Kings looks to be about equal as it is for the friggin' soccer team.

In NJ everyone is a Devils fan because its the only team that bears the state's name. You can ask any random personon the street in NJ and have a good chance of them knowing if the Devils won the previous night. No one in LA knows if the Kings won. You'd be interrupting a conversation about the Lakers to ask.

I like the Kings but this isn't the RedWings or Chicago as far as marquee team for the playoffs. Its more like Columbus when it comes to fan base.

The part of this post about NJ is the biggest load of bull. The Devils have few fans and that is why they are struggling financially. If everyone is a Devils fan they have an odd way of showing it. That is why you will find the Devils, who play in one of the most densely populated states, ranked 24th in attendance this year. Right below Carolina and Colorado and right above Winnipeg.

The truth is that the Rangers have more fans because anyone that has a family with roots in hockey is going to be a Ranger fan since it is passed on from generation to generation. The Devils got here around 1980 so they have a fan base filled with new age fans that are very uneducated in the sport. There is also a lot of inbreeding going on in that fan base. You go to a Rangers game you will see the stars all out to watch the game while if you find yourself in Newark watching a game you may see some idiot like Snookie or The Situation asking why the goalie just went to the bench with a minute left in the game.

[PotvinSucks]

Originally Posted by hazard5

I hate to break it to some of you people in here...
I live in Los Angeles, and let me fill you in: while LA is a world class city, a city I can't see myself ever leaving, the Kings fan base here is PUNY compared to that of the Devils. No one gives a good god damn about the Kings in this town. You can hardly get good coverage of the Kings game on any of the 8 nightly 11pm newscasts.
LA is Dodgers & Lakers. Maybe a little love for the Clippers. And the fan base for the Kings looks to be about equal as it is for the friggin' soccer team.

In NJ everyone is a Devils fan because its the only team that bears the state's name. You can ask any random personon the street in NJ and have a good chance of them knowing if the Devils won the previous night. No one in LA knows if the Kings won. You'd be interrupting a conversation about the Lakers to ask.

I like the Kings but this isn't the RedWings or Chicago as far as marquee team for the playoffs. Its more like Columbus when it comes to fan base.

LOL, youre kidding right? Werent the Devils offering $20 playoff tickets just to try to fill up the place? Seems to me like no one gives a sh*t about the devils in NJ. Since the Rangers are playing the Devils in the ECF, all weekend long on Sports Radio here in NY, people from jersey have been doing nothing but crying because the devils get 0, ZERO media attention, but random people are going to know if they won last night? Get the fukc out of here.

Oh and Rangers in 6. Let the games begin!!!

[Redtown]

Rags are the better team but eventually they will hit the wall and run out of gas but probably not this series. Rags in 6.

[Janssen25]

Didn't take long for us to see the "we have more fans" and "we get better media coverage" nonsense from the Rags faithful. Pretty embarrassing.

Not everyone has the luxury of being an Original 6 team who has the benefit of playing in the center of manhattan with well over half the stadiums seats owned by companies in the biggest sports city in the world.

The Rangers have a larger fanbase? Wow! Thanks for stating what's completely obvious.

I'd love to hear how many games some of these so-called diehard Rags fans on here go to.

I can almost guarantee that NYR Super Fan Pussadillamil sits at home with his two loser friends whove never been laid, having a pizza party with soda while wearing a Mike Richter jersey and a '94 stanley cup champions hat, talking to each other about how great the Rags are, how they sellout every game and how tough they are on HF.com

[Janssen25]

Originally Posted by PotvinSucks

LOL, youre kidding right? Werent the Devils offering $20 playoff tickets just to try to fill up the place? Seems to me like no one gives a sh*t about the devils in NJ. Since the Rangers are playing the Devils in the ECF, all weekend long on Sports Radio here in NY, people from jersey have been doing nothing but crying because the devils get 0, ZERO media attention, but random people are going to know if they won last night? Get the fukc out of here.

Oh and Rangers in 6. Let the games begin!!!

People who call sports radio are retarded, regardless of what team they root for.

[mikebflorida]

Originally Posted by pesadillamal

The part of this post about NJ is the biggest load of bull. The Devils have few fans and that is why they are struggling financially. If everyone is a Devils fan they have an odd way of showing it. That is why you will find the Devils, who play in one of the most densely populated states, ranked 24th in attendance this year. Right below Carolina and Colorado and right above Winnipeg.

The truth is that the Rangers have more fans because anyone that has a family with roots in hockey is going to be a Ranger fan since it is passed on from generation to generation. The Devils got here around 1980 so they have a fan base filled with new age fans that are very uneducated in the sport. There is also a lot of inbreeding going on in that fan base. You go to a Rangers game you will see the stars all out to watch the game while if you find yourself in Newark watching a game you may see some idiot like Snookie or The Situation asking why the goalie just went to the bench with a minute left in the game.

Ouch. I couldn't help but laugh though because it's all true.

The NJ fans try to make a rebuttal but they know they have a McFranchise, they just don't want to admit it. 24th in attendance in a building they just spent a lot of money on to build is pretty bad.

Before you make fun of the Lightning and its fan base, they were 13th in attendance, ahead of......wait for it.....the Rangers! Los Angeles!! Boston!!!

Just teasin', all 3 of those teams draw 100% and the Lightning is 96% but still, you'd think a team in NJ would do well but it's in Newark. NEWARK! What were they thinking?

The owner of the basketball team is moving out of NJ to Brooklyn or something. Hmmm......The governor say good riddance but that's just bluster, it's got to be a big concern that they have a nice arena in a state where people make a lot of money and they can't draw fans for either of their sports franchises. What's wrong there?

Anyway, go Rangers. Richards and Fedotenko are former Lightning players who won a cup for us so I don't mind rooting for them and Torts was the coach who won the cup here so I definitely give the Rangers the advantage in experience but NJ is no pushover, I'm just hoping they are overconfident after beating a totally broken down Flyer team that just didn't give a crap.

[tim13]

Originally Posted by Janssen25

Didn't take long for us to see the "we have more fans" nonsense from the Rags faithful. Pretty embarrassing.

Well, in their defense (Rags pom poms?), it did start with Hazard's ludicrous "everyone in NJ is a Devils fan" comment.

In reality, the southern half of the state is all Flyers and the northern half has more Rags, so the New Jersey Devils are really just the third most popular team in their own state. Which is unsurprising because, as you said the Rags are an original 6 team that plays in NYC and the Flyers are, well, they're the Flyers.

But that doesn't change the fact that the Devils have had the better of the results on the ice compared to both teams over the past 20 years, so while the Devils may have had no choice but to parade their Cups around an empty parking lot, neither of our fan bases can say much about what has happened on the ice for the last couple decades. Nor would it be much fun to attempt to do so, as those fans up there at the Prudential Center are kind and welcoming beyond belief. Truly lovely people. I had only been there for regular season games before so I thought maybe the bad element among Devils fans would come out for a playoff game. Nope, sweet as can be.

But I digress...

As far as this series is concerned, it's really tough to pick. The Devils put up a total masterclass of a performance against the Flyers last round but the Rangers probably would have done the same as they also had the Flyers figured out.

And then there's the Lundqvist factor, and his numbers against Brodeur, etc. But this isn't Lundqvist's territory right now, it's Marty's. This is new to Lundqvist whereas Marty has been there, done that and then some.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Devils in 7. (Sorry Pesa, I flirted with the idea of Rags pom poms but you just can't go against the heart. )

[Janssen25]

Originally Posted by mikebflorida

Ouch. I couldn't help but laugh though because it's all true.

The NJ fans try to make a rebuttal but they know they have a McFranchise, they just don't want to admit it. 24th in attendance in a building they just spent a lot of money on to build is pretty bad.

Before you make fun of the Lightning and its fan base, they were 13th in attendance, ahead of......wait for it.....the Rangers! Los Angeles!! Boston!!!

Just teasin', all 3 of those teams draw 100% and the Lightning is 96% but still, you'd think a team in NJ would do well but it's in Newark. NEWARK! What were they thinking?

The owner of the basketball team is moving out of NJ to Brooklyn or something. Hmmm......The governor say good riddance but that's just bluster, it's got to be a big concern that they have a nice arena in a state where people make a lot of money and they can't draw fans for either of their sports franchises. What's wrong there?

Anyway, go Rangers. Richards and Fedotenko are former Lightning players who won a cup for us so I don't mind rooting for them and Torts was the coach who won the cup here so I definitely give the Rangers the advantage in experience but NJ is no pushover, I'm just hoping they are overconfident after beating a totally broken down Flyer team that just didn't give a crap.

Listen creepy Mr. Hooters guy. Please spare us you're analysis of the Devils, their arena and location. You're clearly not informed and you're opinion on the matter is irrelevant just like the the 10th place non-playoff Lightning are to this discussion.

Also, enough with this conspiracy theory "Flyer team that didn't give a crap" nonsense. Talk like that is almost as embarassing as going to a Hooters style restaurant and hitting on the college wait staff that's half your age.