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By: Wookie IP: 99.110.214.239 Date: - 5/18/2012 6:49:15 PM
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Don't forget very important!! The Memorial cup starts today!! Go dub!! Aka WHL for the uninformed out there.
By: Wookie IP: 99.110.214.239 Date: - 5/18/2012 6:48:06 PM
Speaking of intoxicants, $6 off your 1st drink tonight if you sign up "Yes" on fb.

9pm-2am Gold Star Bar, California & Polk. Ska, rocksteady, dub, ??? Free, 21+
By: cg IP: 66.245.141.226 Date: - 5/18/2012 6:07:53 PM
the banks propped the share price up so that it wouldn't drop below opening value on the first day
By: fozzie IP: 71.6.44.214 Date: - 5/18/2012 5:13:53 PM
oh dear - Batmans weird tobacco book

you can find a book or a web site that supports any angle you have on a topic

reminds me of those semen cookbooks that dc tried to get me to read :-)
By: Ian IP: 50.131.98.109 Date: - 5/18/2012 4:32:12 PM
Haha

By: http://www.rock-grot IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/18/2012 4:30:02 PM
i put in an order for some - but i dont know if it was filled
By: Ian IP: 50.131.98.109 Date: - 5/18/2012 4:14:52 PM
TD Ameritrade reported that in the first 45 minutes of trading, Facebook accounted for a record 24 percent of trades executed by its customers.


By: ap IP: 132.190.92.85 Date: - 5/18/2012 4:05:15 PM
speaking of Facebook, thank you George Takei!


By: jon IP: 38.104.225.106 Date: - 5/18/2012 3:23:45 PM
anyone here buying any?
By: ap IP: 132.190.92.85 Date: - 5/18/2012 3:06:11 PM
funny, facebook is priced at $38 for the IPO, and it closes the day at $38.23, but the headline is "Facebook falls flat in public debut" rather than something like "analysts beat the hype and price it right"

I know I'm naive about the market, but isn't this more or less how it SHOULD work?
By: jon IP: 38.104.225.106 Date: - 5/18/2012 2:36:05 PM
interesting tidbit I found out while looking for the proper spelling of Brockovich: Erin Brockovich-Ellis appeared in the movie as a waitress named "Julia R." Glad everyone there had a sense of humor about it.
By: jon IP: 38.104.225.106 Date: - 5/18/2012 11:17:09 AM
something to consider: tobacco is brilliant for soil remediation from heavy metal contamination.

in English - all that stuff that Erin Brockovich fought to get out of the ground water LOVES to go into Tobacco, so you can smoke or chew it.
By: jon IP: 38.104.225.106 Date: - 5/18/2012 11:00:47 AM
I watched the vid of Lawrie's K.
He thought he had drawn ball 4 on a pitch that was a ball, ran 1/2 to first base BEFORE the ump signled Strike II... then again it happens on Strike III and he loses it.

Toronto fans stick up for him and throw a drink on the Ump.

By: db IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/18/2012 9:32:04 AM
Lawrie decided to drop his appeal of the suspension.

By: db IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/18/2012 9:23:03 AM
the problem with whatever argument you or the tobacco multinationals put up is you focus entirely on the individual's health - whether tobacco is good or bad for you as a consuming individual. What this argument brilliantly blocks are the environmental, social and economic costs of tobacco, which are massive. A few facts: tobacco is one of the only plants that herbivores won't eat - probably something to do with its inherent toxicity. Tobacco can only be planted in the same field for about five years as it depletes the ground quickly of all nutrients. Of course heavy doses of chemical fertilizer can correct that, but with predictable effects on soil, water tables, etc. In the developing world where most of the world's tobacco is grown (e.g. Malawi (80% of GDP), Bangladesh), multinationals insist upon farmers curing the tobacco themselves. This leads to massive deforestation, which in turn leads to streams and rivers drying up due to erosion. Tobacco is a delicate crop susceptible to all kinds of insects (the only thing other than humans that will consume it), requiring routine pesticide use. As a result it's a massively labour-intensive crop that depends primarily on child labour for spraying and to be harvested. Often tobacco farmers have multiple wives (and who the fuck would want to do that) so they can have enough kids to bring it all in. Green tobacco sickness is a common illness associated with harvesting tobacco - because nicotine is an alkaloid it dissolves in water. Tobacco is harvested in the morning when the plants are wet, harvesters absorb nicotine through their skin and their bodies can't handle the tremendous dose of the drug.

Anyway the bottom line is - if you think tobacco only has an effect on you as an individual you're deceiving yourself of its true cost. And by buying tobacco you support beyond any doubt the nastiest corporations in the world. They hands-down beat weapons' manufacturers or big pharma. If you introduced tobacco as a new product today they would laugh you out of the room. But of course it was brought in at a different time and now these corporations will use whatever dirty tricks they can dream up to keep it available. If anything deserved true eradication from the world (e.g. communicable diseases, Habs' supporters), tobacco is it. There only no valid crop comparisons. Just meaningless junky justifications - and beware any peer-review paper you dig up to prove any tobacco-is-ok point. One of the well-known tricks the industry plays is to pay off "academics" to produce papers that align with their own perspectives.

Happy chawing!
By: sc IP: 108.74.161.130 Date: - 5/18/2012 9:21:46 AM
Btw, if you sign up on facebook as a "yes" before 6pm, you get $6 off your 1st drink. Yes, most of the drinks (& all of the beers) are under $6, so we're talking 'bout FREE booze!
By: cg IP: 66.245.141.226 Date: - 5/18/2012 8:51:58 AM
Tonight I'll be spinning ska, rocksteady, & dub at the Gold Star from 9pm-close. Stop on by, California & Polk in SF!
By: cg IP: 66.245.141.226 Date: - 5/18/2012 8:44:17 AM
Lawrie should have gotten more than 4 games for this. What a nut.
By: em IP: 38.110.155.163 Date: - 5/18/2012 7:49:56 AM
East vs. West in the NHL: You can make a lot of interesting comparisons, but hard to say which one is better. Same in Baseball - but its even more interesting in baseball because of the dh in one league, pitchers hit in the other.

The only real argument for which is better is the result of the finals. Best 2 squads from each side go toe to toe. Winner is the one that's better, and by how much.

Last year the Bruins were just a bit better than Vancouver - tougher, better D and in the end a better goalie (Thomas was shit-good last year).

By: db IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/18/2012 5:56:29 AM
Seriously though, if you're trying to quit smoking, chew is "healthy" option in comparison.

But enough of that bullshit. Lets talk about hockey...

By: db IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/18/2012 5:52:00 AM
Donny is right. The cause of oral cancer isn't tobacco, it's the shitty healthcare system in the Us that... wait, the liberals want to change but the conservatives don't? Do I have that right?

By: db IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/18/2012 5:49:30 AM
Read this book if you must...


Dr. Brad Rodu, Professor and Chair of Oral Pathology with the School of Dentistry with the University of Alabama at Birmingham, explodes all the myths and misconceptions concerning smokeless tobacco and it's health risks, including the big one that switchers trade one form of cancer for another. He includes many useful statistics to back up his claims, which are ignored by the fanatical anti-tobacco prohibitionists...

He compares nicotine to caffeine, as both drugs have similar effects on the body, are both addictive, and neither is thought to directly contribute to any serious disease or health problem.
By: Bateman IP: 68.47.215.218 Date: - 5/18/2012 3:45:35 AM
Read as much of those links as you like. It's certainly better than silly photos linked to google. Granted, smokeless tobacco might be worse than coffee, but it might not. It has been debated. University of Alberta did a full report on the issue 10 years ago and found that smokeless tobacco is >99 percent less harmful than cigarettes - Chew on that. Those images are from people who didn't address in time easily noticable gum issues, likely because of USA's terrible health care policy.
By: Bateman IP: 68.47.215.218 Date: - 5/18/2012 3:32:08 AM
I've had the most ridiculous fucks before and since tho.

Go Kings
By: dc IP: 75.92.82.31 Date: - 5/17/2012 11:49:23 PM
PS: I haven't done drugs since 1997.
By: dc IP: 75.92.82.31 Date: - 5/17/2012 11:47:37 PM
Speed is the best drug to get supermodels, not tobacco.
By: dc IP: 75.92.82.31 Date: - 5/17/2012 11:43:26 PM
re your baiting of bleeding hearts, down with tobacco all the way. Thats the wrong drug, even in Tennessee. Long live weed!!
By: sc IP: 108.74.161.130 Date: - 5/17/2012 11:38:06 PM
on that topic of don,
By: sc IP: 108.74.161.130 Date: - 5/17/2012 11:34:26 PM
I forget what was concluding with there. Not I don. But
By: sc IP: 108.74.161.130 Date: - 5/17/2012 11:33:49 PM
Just watched condensed games on nhls iPad app. First I've seen of the semis so far. Ever since I was a kid the western conference seems miles better, way more entertaining than anything the east can put forward. LA is looking unstoppable. Never seen a goalie do so many splits as quick. Would be very popular in jail. I don
By: sc IP: 108.74.161.130 Date: - 5/17/2012 11:32:17 PM
Bruins had a long road last year with their shitty fluke artist team, and glorified goalie who was shit-great.

Quick has been shit-great since I moved here, and he has been shit-great until now. But the meat-pounders want to say he's elite. He's not. But he might still lift his own cup. Little Timmy the Michigan teabagger did.


By: dc IP: 75.92.82.31 Date: - 5/17/2012 10:57:47 PM
I mean St.Louis, not Nash.

By: db IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/17/2012 10:40:26 PM
Phoenix woulda shoulda won tonight... They played like shit in the 3rd period.
LA has enough offensive talent, just ask Vancouver or Nashville...

Looks like the Kings will have a good chance to close out this series early too.

I'd be worried if I were a Ranger or a Devils fan.
That series is looking like a long one, and for the Rangers, that'll be a long long road, while the Kings will just be all ready to go.

Devils got the split they wanted, now go all the way back to NJ and have teh home ice advantage for the moment.

By: db IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/17/2012 9:30:32 PM
NO proof is any worse for you than coffee.
By: Define "proof" IP: 50.0.193.253 Date: - 5/17/2012 7:01:11 PM
Sweet. Yeah, I've been winning tickets to one or two shows every week through KUSF, Slim's, etc. Bad run of luck with KALX/cg lately. But it looks like you've been scoring the big fish, while I get the minnows. Not complaining, though. You can't beat free.
By: . IP: 67.101.39.146 Date: - 5/17/2012 6:20:35 PM
Yep, that was me. I logged on and it was top of the feed and I totally cracked up. They asked for everyone's favorite Leonard Cohen quote and while everyone else went with poetry and lyrics I went with something that I truly believe in, "Never make a decision when you've got to pee."

BoDeans, nice score.

In the past month, I've won tix to Wilco, Beach Boys and Avett Bros/Jackie Green, which is cool because it's a great venue but also because it's close to my house.
By: em IP: 76.126.160.187 Date: - 5/17/2012 6:12:16 PM
JS - I assumed you didn't know, and that you'd heard the name on the radio

Don - I do agree re regressive taxes, generally
By: ap IP: 132.190.92.85 Date: - 5/17/2012 6:10:00 PM
A can of dip costs $1.89 here in TN, vs $6.00 in Cali, and $8.50 in NYC. Doesn't take any high priced lawyer to know that bleeding heart states are unfairly taxing the poor on a product that has NO proof is any worse for you than coffee.
By: Bateman IP: 68.47.215.218 Date: - 5/17/2012 6:03:57 PM
And its the price you pay. for something free. I've won enough tickets from various sources (including tix for the BoDeans tonight from KUSF) so I don't complain about that sort of thing.
By: . IP: 67.101.39.146 Date: - 5/17/2012 6:01:40 PM
I knew, AP, but was hoping to hear it from Ed.
By: . IP: 67.101.39.146 Date: - 5/17/2012 6:00:16 PM
JS, re KPIG - thanks to Mark Zuckerbag, we can all know that Ed won those tickets

https://www.facebook.com/pages/KPIG-Radio/198626756620

there is no privacy.
By: ap IP: 132.190.92.85 Date: - 5/17/2012 5:52:30 PM
holy crap, we aren't taxing energy drinks?

:-)

Don, I just read today that coffee drinkers live longer.

(and I do think that bubble gum, as well as energy drinks, are already taxed.)

Shit, I don't even know, anymore.
By: ap IP: 132.190.92.85 Date: - 5/17/2012 5:49:31 PM
em - are you the Ed Murray who won the KPIG tickets for Leonard Cohen? If so - Congratulations! If not, well...
By: . IP: 67.101.39.146 Date: - 5/17/2012 5:32:53 PM
Prop 29 sounds f-ing horrible. Smokeless tobacco users are going to have to fund everything with all these crazy laws. It's outrageous to have such a massive tax burden on users of an almost harmless product to fund anti smoking campaign. They ought to tax coffee also if that is the case, and bubble gum, and energy drinks. All the bleeding hearts on this board must be against such a regressive tax on a refreshing product.

NO TO 29.
By: Bateman IP: 68.47.215.218 Date: - 5/17/2012 5:19:09 PM
Ken Morrow went from Olympic Gold to winning the Stanley Cup, can't remember if he played in the regular season or not. Neil Broten, maybe?

By: em IP: 38.110.155.163 Date: - 5/17/2012 11:03:14 AM

Morrow joined the team right after the Olympics. Gold medal in February and Stanley Cup in May. Not a bad few months.
By: Gary Doak IP: 76.115.41.113 Date: - 5/17/2012 4:49:24 PM
Hey folks, below are some handy bullet points on Prop 29 from UCSF Department of Medicine professor Stan Glantz. He's the prof to whom the "cigarette papers" were leaked in 1994 and is the Director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. Sorry it's long, but you may find it useful.

· Prop 29 would increase the tobacco tax by $1 a pack of cigarettes with corresponding increases for other tobacco products.
· The money would go to reinvigorate California’s anti-smoking campaign (about 23 cents), cancer and other medical research (about 70 cents, including some money for facilities), about 3 cents for law enforcement of tobacco control laws, 2 cents for administration.
· The biggest effect would be to create a dramatic drop in smoking, putting California within reach of realizing former Surgeon General Koop’s vision of a smokefree society.
· The research money would be managed by a committee consisting of the UCSF, UCB, and UCSC chancellors, cancer center directors and other experts and stakeholders, which grants made on an NIH model to California institutions.
· Our analysis estimates that, absent 29 passing, smoking will start in increase in the next 5 years in California. The reason for this is that the state’s current anti-smoking program, funded by a 5 cent cigarette tax passed by the voters in 1988, is running out of steam because inflation has seriously eroded the purchasing power of that 5 cents.
· On the other hand, if 29 passes, the combination of the price increase and reinvigorated anti-smoking program will drop prevalence from the 2010 value of 11.9% to 8.4% (with drops in consumption among continuing smokers).
· This decline in smoking will cost Philip Morris, Reynolds and other out-of-state tobacco interests about $1 billion a year in lost sales, which is why they are so aggressively fighting Prop 29.
· To date tobacco interests have put $40 million into the No campaign, more than any other campaign or PAC to date except Romney’s SuperPAC. My guess is that the tobacco companies will double that by the time of the election.
· The biggest supporter of the Yes campaign is the American Cancer Society (about $4 million) followed by Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong Foundation (about $1.5 million). The American Heart Association and American Lung Association are also vigorously supporting the campaign.
· The tobacco companies know that the more the public sees them as behind the No campaign, the more likely the public will be to vote Yes. That is why no tobacco companies are listed on the “No on 29” “About Us” page -- http://www.noon29.com/about-us . (The groups listed there are a who’s who of industry fronts and organizations that have taken money and carried water for Big Tobacco for years.)
· In addition to cutting smoking and funding research, 29 will have a huge positive impact on the state economy because 80% of that $1 billion not spent on cigarettes that current leaves the state to go back east to Philip Morris, Reynolds and their friends will stay in California, generating about $2 billion in economic activity and about 12,000 jobs.
· The tobacco companies’ main arguments against 29 are that the money will leave the state, that we don’t need more cancer research and anti-smoking programs, and that there will be a big bureaucracy. The truth is that Prop 29 makes it very clear that this is for tobacco control and cancer and medical research in California. The state has also proven that it knows how to run an effective tobacco control program as well as the Tobacco Related Disease Research Program, which runs on the same model as specified in Prop 29.
· The YES campaign web site is http://californiansforacure.org. The biggest thing that they need is word of mouth support and money. People have already started voting absentee, so getting the word out is important to countering all the tobacco industry propaganda.
· The NO campaign web site is http://noon29.com. They don’t need anything because they have all the money they need and are willing to say anything to try and generate “no” votes.
See other detailed analysis on my blog at http://tobacco.ucsf.edu/blogs/sglantz
-Stan Glantz

By: david IP: 23.24.207.122 Date: - 5/17/2012 3:35:54 PM
spider? what kind of hockey name is that? it's not tough sounding like Lafleur. What's that mean the Tiger?
By: jon IP: 38.104.225.106 Date: - 5/17/2012 2:57:45 PM
Eddie the Spider...never heard of him

Wikipedia: Edward Joseph "Spider" Mazur (July 25, 1929 in Winnipeg, Manitoba – July 3, 1995 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) was a Canadian ice hockey forward.

Mazur started his National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1951. He played in the 1951, 1952 and 1953 playoffs for the Canadiens prior to ever playing a regular season game in the NHL.[1] He became the first player in NHL history to score four playoff goals prior to playing a regular season game.[2] Chris Kreider of the New York Rangers since tied that mark. He would also play with the Chicago Black Hawks. He would leave the NHL after the 1957 season. He retired from hockey in 1965. He won the Stanley Cup in 1953 with the Montreal Canadiens.


By: BP IP: 66.129.224.36 Date: - 5/17/2012 11:43:38 AM
Just looked it up -- last time three original six teams won the Cup in a 3-year span was:

1961-62 - Toronto Maple Leafs

1960-61 - Chicago Blackhawks

1959-60 - Montreal Canadiens

...so exactly 50 years ago, meaning it hasn't happened since the league expanded from original six.
By: BP IP: 66.129.224.36 Date: - 5/17/2012 11:39:08 AM
working on slayer as i listen to that - ironic
By: Ian IP: 50.131.98.109 Date: - 5/17/2012 11:09:05 AM
Ken Morrow went from Olympic Gold to winning the Stanley Cup, can't remember if he played in the regular season or not. Neil Broten, maybe?

Did you ever give the answer to your trivia question?
By: em IP: 38.110.155.163 Date: - 5/17/2012 11:03:14 AM
For BP, from Wikipedia:

George McPhee and Ray Cote each had three playoff goals in a single postseason prior to their first regular season game.[29] The four playoff goals also equal the mark of Eddie Mazur, who scored his four playoff goals prior to playing a regular season game over the course of two postseasons.[29]
By: . IP: 67.101.39.146 Date: - 5/17/2012 11:01:41 AM
"Andrew Gross at the Bergen Record reports that Chris Kreider matched an NHL record last night scoring his fourth playoff goal and sixth playoff point without playing in a regular-season game..."

wonder who the other dude is he's tied with?

This kid is amazing, one month out of playing college hockey. Maybe his scoring can make up for Callahan, who has to be hurt -- he's not even trying to shoot.
By: BP IP: 66.129.224.36 Date: - 5/17/2012 10:49:25 AM
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By: EM IP: 38.110.155.163 Date: - 5/17/2012 10:48:04 AM
if I was gonna do it, I would have volunteered

but I think this should be something Cerberus undertakes. And I thought I remembered that someone is already doing this....
By: ap IP: 132.190.92.85 Date: - 5/17/2012 10:37:56 AM
Who is in charge of putting together a BASH group and connecting with the Bulls?
By: ap
By: self-answering query IP: 64.166.132.162 Date: - 5/17/2012 10:23:00 AM
Ugh, I'll root for Brodeur but I can't root for either of the remaining teams in the East. I guess the Devils are the lesser evil... gah.
By: cg IP: 66.245.141.226 Date: - 5/17/2012 10:17:02 AM
just fwiw, the Oct 3 Bulls game is exhibition, but we should still put together a huge group to attend. Regular season schedule hasn't been announced, yet.

[also fwiw, the Giants play at the Dodgers that night - last game of the season]

Who is in charge of putting together a BASH group and connecting with the Bulls?
By: ap IP: 132.190.92.85 Date: - 5/17/2012 10:03:43 AM
ISS May Rankings
1. Nail Yakupov
2. Filip Forsberg
3. Ryan Murray
4. Mikhail Grigorenko
5. Jacob Trouba
6. Matt Dumba
7. Morgan Rielly
8. Teuvo Teravainen
9. Cody Ceci
10. Griffin Reinhart
By: Latest IP: 75.3.249.249 Date: - 5/17/2012 9:10:29 AM
1 game suspension for Hanzal.

In other news the new SF ECHL team's first game is October 3.
By: em IP: 38.110.155.163 Date: - 5/17/2012 8:56:38 AM
Slovakia with a big win in World Championships. Jeff Hackett's nephew is a goalie on Canada's team
By: em IP: 38.110.155.163 Date: - 5/17/2012 7:06:06 AM
One of those Marty goals would not have gone in with a butterfly goalie. Butterfly goalie would have slid to the post. Marty flopped. Rangers look exhausted, but Devils did well on deflections. Not easy to repeat. But maybe they won't need to. NY looked like they can't skate another stride. Hyperbaric chamber, roids. pseudoephedrine, and lots of 5 Hour Energy drinks. Not having to travel should help tho. I still say Rangers.
By: dc IP: 75.92.82.31 Date: - 5/16/2012 11:41:07 PM
nice literary drop
too bad the wild(e) didn't make he playoffs
By: jmom IP: 74.95.203.94 Date: - 5/16/2012 6:34:26 PM
Marty just made out with his mask, didn't know he was a Dorian Gray.

By: MP IP: 71.142.66.200 Date: - 5/16/2012 5:40:13 PM
Future Unbearable Boston fans.
By: F*cking Travel Ian says: LOOK OUT
IP: 75.3.249.249 Date: - 5/16/2012 3:00:05 PM
Currently meaning for teh conf finals
By: dc IP: 75.3.249.249 Date: - 5/16/2012 1:47:10 PM
Phoenix would be one of the biggest comebacks ever, especially when you consider that Hanzal will probably get a game for that hit on Brown.
By: dc IP: 75.3.249.249 Date: - 5/16/2012 1:34:39 PM
Forget about getting a luxury box on my side. $12k for the next two conf finals games in LA. But only 18 people max allowed in.

I can imagine tix in the 300s for $250-300 tho. Currently selling for $120-150.
By: dc IP: 75.3.249.249 Date: - 5/16/2012 1:33:02 PM
I fell like I see that guy in the DISH commercial every day.

By: db IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/16/2012 12:33:01 PM
Or in Pheonix, or in New Jersey.

By: db IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/16/2012 12:30:55 PM
Actually game 6 in LA should be June 14 and a game 7 would happen in NY on either the Saturday or Sunday (June 16 or 17).
By: dc IP: 75.3.249.249 Date: - 5/16/2012 9:42:17 AM
NEw Dish Network commercials featuring a family from Boston are WICKED PISSAH!!
By: Scoot IP: 64.60.96.90 Date: - 5/16/2012 8:08:20 AM
You shouldn't worry about losing a bet...

By: db IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/16/2012 7:25:35 AM
Then again, Brodeur could sip yout juice and the Yotes could catch fire, so all bets are off.
By: dc IP: 75.92.82.31 Date: - 5/15/2012 10:15:39 PM
The Rangers would get home ice advantage, so game 6 would be the ticket to get in LA. Might see the Cup.

Last year the Boston-Van series started June 1. Game 6 happened on Monday, June 13. And game 7 was on a Wednesday. Assinine scheduling, but ratings were the big.

The Boston-Tampa series ended May 27, tickets for the finals went on sale May 31 and the first game in Boston was June 5.

So it will happen pretty fast.

Looks like the same schedule this year. Game 6 in the Rangers series would happen May 25 and game 7 on May 27. Same deal.

Rangers would have home ice, so if the schedule continues to parallel last year:

Date
#8 West vs. #1 East Network
Wednesday, June 1 Los Angeles at NY Rangers, 8 p.m. NBC, CBC, RDS
Saturday, June 4 Los Angeles at NY Rangers, 8 p.m. NBC, CBC, RDS
Monday, June 6 NY Rangers at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. VERSUS, CBC, RDS
Wednesday, June 8 NY Rangers at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. VERSUS, CBC, RDS
Friday, June 10 Los Angeles at NY Rangers, 8 p.m. NBC, CBC, RDS
Monday, June 13 NY Rangers at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. NBC, CBC, RDS --> this is the game to buy tix for
Wednesday, June 15 Los Angeles at NY Rangers, 8 p.m. NBC, CBC, RDS
By: dc IP: 75.92.82.31 Date: - 5/15/2012 10:15:01 PM
If we can find 40 people who want to spend $250 each, we could get a box:

LA Kings Western Conference Finals Suites
and the 2012-13 Hat Trick Special
STAPLES Center Buy Tickets
$11,500.00 - 13,500.00
STAPLES Center
By: dc IP: 75.92.82.31 Date: - 5/15/2012 9:34:37 PM
Finals tickets went on sale in Boston the Tuesday after they beat Tampa in game 7. So, more tickets could be released by the Kings as early as next Tuesday, officially. As for scalpers... that's not gonna be pretty if New York money is involved.
By: dc IP: 75.92.82.31 Date: - 5/15/2012 9:33:09 PM
Having the Boston, Chicago and LA markets all surge at the same time has to have an effect.
By: dc IP: 75.92.82.31 Date: - 5/15/2012 9:20:16 PM
Five years ago, the Bruins couldn't find a fan. Keep that in mind.
By: dc IP: 75.92.82.31 Date: - 5/15/2012 9:19:17 PM
Fewer diehard fans in LA? There are a million Canadians living in SoCal. You can guarantee the ratings will be high.
By: dc IP: 75.92.82.31 Date: - 5/15/2012 9:16:37 PM
A tiny bit of hype for hockey.
By: LA-NY? IP: 75.92.82.31 Date: - 5/15/2012 9:14:59 PM
I do know a guy selling nosebleeds for $120 for the upcoming Phoenix games. We'll see what he wants for later on tho...
By: dc IP: 75.92.82.31 Date: - 5/15/2012 9:11:30 PM
I looked a couple days ago on CL for fun. $420 per for the finals.
By: dc IP: 75.92.82.31 Date: - 5/15/2012 9:10:56 PM
Scalpers. aka Ace tickets, akaStub Hub.



By: db IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/15/2012 9:04:00 PM
"don't worry, we also need 50-60 volunteers to complain about the stats."



awesome

i was going to mention - i should get a win for the early game
By: Ian IP: 50.131.98.109 Date: - 5/15/2012 8:23:23 PM
fyi Kevin's helping with stats this summer. any other volunteers?

don't worry, we also need 50-60 volunteers to complain about the stats.

(not to pick on Nailor--I think we can all agree that the individual goals should add up to the team total)
By: chet IP: 50.0.193.253 Date: - 5/15/2012 8:21:47 PM
DC's getting us all tickets.
By: chet IP: 50.0.193.253 Date: - 5/15/2012 8:20:05 PM
i'm wondering the same thing - i'll be in NYC during the finals

if its rangers - i would totally be up for a game (2 maybe 3 tix)

if the devils win - i probably wouldn't venture off to jersey to see that.
By: Ian IP: 50.131.98.109 Date: - 5/15/2012 8:13:45 PM
Anybody know the best way to get tix to the Stanley Cup finals?
By: AE IP: 24.6.143.60 Date: - 5/15/2012 7:58:52 PM
phoenix is all fucked
By: db IP: 66.87.2.102 Date: - 5/15/2012 7:57:22 PM
Chet be the stat man.

Sure, we could take away Jarrod's goals. But then we would have to take away all of your team's goals. Seems fair.
By: . IP: 67.101.39.146 Date: - 5/15/2012 6:39:49 PM
"not that it matters much" - definitely wanted the points recorded, however, I was referring t o the outcome of the game with that comment. If we could take Jarrod's goals away we'd actually have won that game. Can we do that?
By: Nailor IP: 24.253.123.10 Date: - 5/15/2012 4:38:20 PM
Bowman blames Roger Neilsen for shot-blocking/cycling game.
By: dc IP: 75.3.249.249 Date: - 5/15/2012 4:27:56 PM
in a bit of irony, former Astro Hunter Pence homered off former Phillie Brett Myers to give the Phils a 4-3 win over the Astros
By: jon IP: 38.104.225.106 Date: - 5/15/2012 3:43:50 PM
"not that it matters much" ... Yeah, just trying to make sure Summer stats are accurate, right?
By: SJ < > IP: 24.6.71.104 Date: - 5/15/2012 3:39:36 PM
From: , -
Hi H (or whomever is doing the stats),

Not that it matters much, but I had the 5th goal for Kevin & The Chipmunks (slapshot). Should be 2 goals and 1 assist for me on the stats as you only have 4 of our 5 goals listed.
By: Nailor IP: 24.253.123.10 Date: - 5/15/2012 3:33:00 PM
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By: Pacquiao = Homophobe IP: 75.3.249.249 Date: - 5/15/2012 2:48:31 PM
It's up to Brodeur. If he doesn't elevate his game, they are done.
By: dc IP: 75.3.249.249 Date: - 5/15/2012 2:47:06 PM
Either way, this will be a series.

Devils have proved they can score. Last series the Kovalchuk-Zajak-Parise was prolific...
But that was the Flyers shitty D and shitty goaltending.

Rangers are by-far the best defensive team. They're going to block most of your attempted shots, then you get King Henrick (I hate that nickname).


By: db IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/15/2012 10:50:38 AM
There.

you just jinxed the Devils.


By: db IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/15/2012 10:43:09 AM
Rangers' only two-day break will come Friday. Until then it's every other day. Not sure they will make it. LA-Jersey final? Oh boy..
By: dc IP: 75.3.254.116 Date: - 5/15/2012 9:23:04 AM
"THN’s Take: The prevalence of shot-blocking and dip in scoring as these playoffs progress has some pundits (not this one) up in arms and Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final likely did nothing to quell the anti-block movement’s concerns. The Rangers were outplayed for two periods, but blocked so many pucks (26) they actually outshot the Devils 27-21 and found their legs in time to solve Martin Brodeur, once via Dan Girardi slapper and once via Chris Kreider wrister, before Artem Anisimov’s empty-netter clinched the ‘W.’"
By: THN IP: 75.3.254.116 Date: - 5/15/2012 9:20:55 AM
Whatever team gets out of this series - they are gonna get clobbered.
By: dc IP: 75.3.254.116 Date: - 5/15/2012 9:19:43 AM
Brodeur's game is all over the place again. Not square to the shooter, overplaying the puck, like he did in 2003. But he was able to correct it late in the playoffs and go on to win the Cup.

Ironic that it's the Rangers who are now playing a shitty defensive style and it's the Devils that are opening it up and attacking.

Lundqvist to the rescue. Rangers will have a hard time getting out of this series though. They looked exhausted yesterday. Girardi could barely stay on his feet. I will always hate Gauthier for suggesting that McDonough should be traded for Gomez. I'm going to have to watch this guy play awesome D for 15 years in New York now.
By: dc IP: 75.3.254.116 Date: - 5/15/2012 9:18:30 AM
I stand corrected. Sorry.

That's weird though, isn't it? RedSox owners just want to remind everyone that they won in 2004.

By: db IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/15/2012 7:58:34 AM
Thanks for the correction, Ed.
By: Ap IP: 76.220.52.205 Date: - 5/15/2012 7:55:51 AM
article does say "I knew there was an opportunity for me to buy another one." The big deal was that John Henry and Tom Werner and Larry Lucchino presented it to him, rather than sending it over with the assistant trainer.
By: jon IP: 67.164.102.139 Date: - 5/15/2012 7:54:02 AM

And that's the first Mp post I've EVER seen on this here BMB.

C'mon Mikey.... Tell us how you (the Rangers) are going to beat New Jersey...


By: db IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/15/2012 7:01:12 AM
...and if you believe the RedSox "bought" a replacement ring for Lowe... you are a gullible little child. They paid him his salary, gave him his ring and let him go. There's no replacement ring is on us.




By: db IP: 72.72.38.45 Date: - 5/15/2012 6:59:43 AM
Lowe pitched against the A's in 2003 playoffs, started one game, saved another. RS beat the Angels and (famously) Yankees in 2004 playoffs.
By: em IP: 38.110.155.163 Date: - 5/15/2012 6:36:20 AM