Tuesday, May 18, 2010

May 18 Stanley Cup Playoffs Open Thread: Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun, 2 Game 2s on Versus Is Better Than One

For the 2nd (and last time this year), the Conference Finals of the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs are being served once again as a double-header. Only instead of NBC showing one game and Versus showing the other, Versus has both games. Now the obvious question: what happens if Montreal and Philadelphia go to overtime? Will everyone miss out on Chicago and San Jose?

The answer: It depends. From a Versus press release Puck The Media.
If Philadelphia/Montreal goes past 10, San Jose and Chicago markets will be switched over to see start of Sharks/Blackhawks game and then the rest of the country would join the San Jose/Chicago game at the conclusion of potential OT Philadelphia/Montreal game.
In other words, fans in the CHI-SJ markets have nothing to worry about. Fans outside the CHI-SJ are hoping today is not the day the Flyers and the Habs decide to put on a multiple OT thriller.

Game 2: Montreal @ Philadelphia 7:00 (Versus - Joe Beninati and Daryl Reaugh, SR: Bob Harwood) (CBC - Bob Cole and Garry Galley, ItG: Glenn Healy, SR: Elliotte Friedman)

Game 2: Chicago @ San Jose 10:00 (Versus - Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk, SR: Charissa Thompson) (TSN - Chris Cuthbert and Pierre McGuire)

63 comments:

  1. You guys can use this thread to talk about the NBA Draft Lottery as well.

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  2. And it's Roy Halladay Bobblehead Night at The vault.

    Roy Halladay is tonight's starter, and #SOCUTTERED an A-Roid Bobblehead in the warehouse this past weekend.

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  3. It's the national anthem FFS, not a pop song. Why do we do this with God Bless America and Star Spangled Banner every time?

    And yes CBC airs the anthems.

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  4. man, I wish Joe B would stop with the 'exclusively on Versus' bit

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  5. @ SSR: I wish Versus would air the anthems (or in the Flyers case, they do God Bless America with Lauren Hart and Kate Smith during the playoffs). Then again, I the Hart/Smith duet gives me goosebumps everytime...

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  6. @ kt: Don't forget about the Pizza Hut Intermission Report! And the Flyers are in the "home orange."

    Maybe he likes Versus better than CSN DC...

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  7. Fill my galoshes with beef stew!

    /Mike Lange'd.

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  8. "How easy is it coming right now?" - Bob Harwood to Danny Briere.

    Bob Harwood asks quite the revealing question.

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  9. @JFein in terms of free products Pizza Hut IR > Pulte Homes IR

    /CSN DC'd

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  10. LOL at Larry Bird chatting it up w/ Ted Leonsis

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  11. Phils down 1-0 to PIT w/Halladay on the mound, last of the 5th.

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  12. "Hoobastank. Not afraid to let it out." - Joe Beninati after Versus used a Hoobastank song with the line "I'm not afraid not let it out."

    That might seriously be up there with "OMG" "That stands for Oh My God, right?"

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  14. @JFein at least Versus didn't use that dopey 3 Nights Grace or whatever it is song..

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  15. "My favorite was no pants Tuesday. Don't know where it was going, but it was going in a good direction." - Joe Beninati talking about The Daily Line on Versus.

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  16. @ SSR: Seahawks just signed an insurance plan in case Hasselbeck/Whitehurst don't pan out. Congrats on landing JP Losman!

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  17. Sixers in the draft lotto in the top three.

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  18. @JFein i do hope there are women on that show

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  19. Sixers will pick #2, as the Wizards will go first and the Nets will go third.

    The Nyets can't catch a break.

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  20. The Sixers are getting Evan Turner or John Wall.

    Holy fucking shit.

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  21. and I loved that Teddy Internet dropped an Ovechkin reference

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  22. Wall will go to DC likely, Turner to the Sixers.

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  23. Bucs lead 2-1 bottom sixth on Roy Halladay Bobblehead Night with Halladay pitching.

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  24. @JC don't bet against Ernie Grunfeld's stupidity

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  25. "He's been probing the whole time." - Razor

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  26. Oh, get on the Harley Grandma, the bingo game's ready to roll!

    /Mike Lange'd again!

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  27. OMGAGNE! SIMON MAKES IT 2-0 FLYERS!!!!!!

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  28. And right about now, Habs fans are pissed off about the "ole ole ole" chant.

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  29. i just can't stand to watch the Flyers win anything

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  30. @kt: You just can't stand to watch Les Habs win anything after this year!

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  31. I liked Wyshynksi's quote earlier today in describing the Flyers right now: "Everything your disappointing team wasn't."

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  32. Flyers are one goal away from having the all time playoff record for most consecutive unanswered goals scored against. They have 12 now, which ties the previous record.

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  33. Actually I think that might be a Flyers record. I'm confused.

    Regardless, they are 1 away from getting it.

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  34. Beninati just said Timonen was in an "ornery mood."

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  35. "Fans offering their commentary on the officiating." - Joe Beninati

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  36. "That's a goal wrapped up in Angora." - Razor
    "You mean it's soft. Extremely soft." - Joe Beninati

    Beninati with Razor = 100% comedy.

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  37. OLE OLE OLE OLEEEEE OLEEEEEEE

    OLE OLE OLE OLEEEEE OLEEEEEEE

    OLE OLE OLE OLEEEEE OLEEEEEEE

    OLE OLE OLE OLEEEEE OLEEEEEEE

    OLE OLE OLE OLEEEEE OLEEEEEEE

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  38. "That man keeps everybody's attention at the same time with his moves at the end of the game." - Joe Beninati

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  39. AND HE BEAT THE GOALIE LIKE A RENTED MULE!

    /Mike Lange'd yet again.

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  40. "Another orange crush inside of Wachovia Center. 3-0 Flyers win." - Joe Beninati

    "Only the Lord says more than Leighton." - Razor

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  41. And he made a rapier-like save!

    /Danny Galavan'd

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  42. Suggested new subhead: "OLE THIS, MONTREAL!"

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  43. Nothing says playoff hockey quite like Hoobastank.......

    /Versus'd
    //They're not afraid to let it out!

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  44. i can't believe how well the Celtics are playing

    or is NBA banned in here?

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  45. Per Frank Seravalli on Twitter, modern day record for consecutive playoff goals is 13 (Anaheim), which the Flyers have tied.

    The all-time record is 19 and is held by the 1921 Ottawa Senators.

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  46. @ kt: You're good.

    Especially since the Sixers are now guaranteed a shot at either John Wall or Evan Turner.

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  47. Magic finally get the lead back

    3:35 to go, ORL up 1

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  48. maybe someone's around to talk Keith off the ledge?

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  49. Pierce shooting 2

    Boston 93-92 34.8 to go

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  50. LOL VC...misses 2 FT's with the Magic down 3

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  51. Celtics win after JJ Redick screwed the Magic over

    what a good game

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  52. a mic picked up a linesman yelling "offside, that's offside"

    Edzo: "I thought that was a hockey mom yelling"

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  53. 4-1 Blackhawks!

    Hjalmarsson from Hossa

    Goal should have been wiped out on contact w/ Nabokov

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  54. Sharks are not looking good defensively this game and Antti Niemi is really stepping up his game.

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  55. San Jose is just not convincing me they will be able to hang with Chicago in this series. Such a shame, I had higher hopes for them.

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  56. @JFein IDK, Chicago has struggled at home so far in the playoffs. I'm not writing the Sharks off yet.

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  57. Marleau again...4-2

    "There's a chance." --Doc

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  58. Some people are going to be quick to call this a San Jose choke. There is no choke here. Chicago has just proven themselves better.

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  59. Hopefully a video pops up on YouTube tomorrow that consists of both Leino's goal and Razor's Angora quote.

    If not, I'll just have to post the CBC video of the goal that I just found.

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