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Fair old series in the West. Kings looked dead on their skates, I thought the Hawks were skating all over them and it was just time before they got the shot on goal they needed... Bang Kings score. Game. Series. Now they need to get it together for the final series. Rangers to win the first and maybe second but Kings to win it all.

Would be amazed if the Kings did not win it all, they look a step above. Hawks as someone said as the playoffs started just step up when the beards come out. Habs rangers game today was nuts.

Was wondering if that was going to be any good Jazza. Started a tv series on a plane flight recently called Peaky Blinders. Set in post WW1 Birmingham about the local gangs. Interesting, hard. Sam Niell is one of the main characters. Also got back into Gavin and Stacey with the wife, a great little UK comedy about an Essex boy who falls for a Welsh girl. Very amusing, Essex and Welsh stereotypes.

Looking forward to tonight, caught up on the recorded sessions today. Cadel looks good but the little Columbian Q is a real danger he looked very relaxed last night. Can't wait to see the final stage as well, have just got back from Europe and spent a little bit if time in the stunning Trieste. Wonderful place.

Looking forward to the Giro and le Tour even more this year having spent time and driven through the south of France and into the Swiss and Italian alps recently. In awe of these guys even more.

Uh live? The usual last 2-3 hours of each stage Macca?

Funny how things can turn so quickly, start of the season it was all about improvement. It exploded from there and finished with a bang in the regular season. Would have taken just missing finals before the year started but to have finished top was totally unexpected. The series started well but we just had to many injuries and too young a team and our ability to not allow high scores was always going to hurt us. Would have been great to make it into the second leg but this will set us up for next season where the expectations will be much higher. Wow those Sharks just can't seem to get it right can they, big series loss for them. I am tipping the Ducks or Kings to win it all but in hockey who knows.

.... Dropped the last 2 games, Barrie has been a big loss. Struggling to put the puck in the net now even with the defence tightening up. Wild have adjusted well.

Was feeling very confident about our changes to get past the Wild and be competitive in the next round, Barrie getting deliberately taken out knee on knee by Cooke is a worry. He was on fire over the last few months. If we can't win when Varly has 40 saves we will struggle to go much further as our defence is our most vulnerable area.

Bad boy buddy and Freddy gets fingered in front of it?

Avs 1-0 up but can they keep pulling off high scoring late wins with the goalie on the bench???

Apparently he was really good in his pro day, first time I have seen a player let alone a QB wear full pads at a pro day too.

Allen gone to the Bears, 4 years (really 3) is steep for a D lineman of his age.

It is really tough for the Western teams this year as they seem to be so much better than the majority of the Eastern teams. THis makes it tough for one of the top Western teams who will be eliminated int he first round but that's playoffs. The Avs best chance would be facing the Hawks I think, they have beaten them the last 2 or 3 times they have played and looked really good matching up against them. It has been a good year but I am really expecting things to progress over the next 1 to 2 years for the AVs where they will be able to sustain a full season and playoff run as they mature.

Broncos going large on the D front. Will it make the difference?! Ware in the house now too. 3 big signings.

Martin at the 9'rs along with the legend Blaine Gabbert....

Ah ok, glad I did...

Usual NFL offseason with player issues. Ray Rice knocking out his lady in a lift.

Another one I've just watched is Generation War. 3 part German series about 5 friends from Berlin in World War 2. Found it fascinating, could have gone on for 1 more ep as there is just so much to tell. Gripping on what people had to do to survive.

Not heard of it DA, will have to have a look for it. Started watching Rectify last Thus nights on SBS. Aden Young (look out for Metal Skin and old 90's movie. Very dark) is a guy who comes off death row, escaping the death penalty on a technicality. it is about him trying to assimilate back into a society that has changed in 15 years he has been in jail and a community with people wanting to hurt him, people totally unsure and a family scared by the experience to date.

Watched Sarah's Keyast weekend... French flick of a lady who learns some things about her family apartment during WW2 and the people who used to live there and what happened to them. Gut wrenching. House of Cards the Netflix series with Kevin Spacey is on the go at present. Interesting series about politics in Washington. Has its moments, I get horrified of what people are capable of doing for themselves rather than the people who elected them and the pressures applied by lobbiest, interest groups and these so called not for profit organisations.

Flower gone now KP has been told he will never, ever be selected for any England team again... Total and utter devestation dealt to the Poms in the tour down under this summer... loved it!!!

Well now the NFL is over time to concentrate back on the hockey. Avs still hanging around and all but assured of a play off spot. How much damage they can do is a different story. Plenty of goals has been the theme of the season to date, plenty for and plenty against. While Varlamov looks like a top line met minder the rest of the D lets him get to many looks at a puck. We can score plenty on our night but look to still be a year or two from serious contention. Here is hoping the rest of the season is fun and we can maybe get close to a first round play off win that would show some real development.

Obviously haven't seem the end of the thread and missed the sad news. It is such a horrible disease and what it does to people and their families. Having recently seen someone else go through it and had major issues with health professionals I can understand Twos frustrations with the health systems and then the optimism and hope of the maybe they will get through. RIP Two sheds, my old Dad (who was a mad Dees man), my wife's mum and dad.

So you don't watch many Melb games then.. Tackling?