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I agree!

A recap of my thoughts yesterday:
Going into the game I thought the Ducks were going to dominate the Blackhawks.  Sure enough, they do exactly that to start the game.  I remember looking up at the clock and half the first period had gone by and the Blackhawks were still without a shot on goal.  Then 15 minutes had gone by and still without a shot on goal!  Sure enough the Ducks end the 1st period with a 3-0 lead and a 11-3 shot advantage.  Complete domination.  I'm elated during intermission just thinking okay Ducks come out strong in the second right away and don't give them a chance.  Sure enough Freddie gives up an unreal softy to start the second period.  The Blackhawks carried the play for most of the second period, but still as the period was winding down the Ducks had a 2 goal lead.  I'm thinking, just get to the 3rd with a two goal lead and we will be fine.  Sure enough, Seabrook beats Freddie on not quite a soft goal but a puck that he will stop more often than not with under 30 seconds to go in the period.  Shit.  How are the Blackhawks back in the game.  I stew for the first few minutes of intermission but then think to myself, "Well, its 3-2 Ducks after 2 periods.  The teams are tied at 16 shots a piece.  If you told me that before the game I would be pretty damn stoked."  
 
The Ducks came out better in the third period than the second with both teams getting their chances.  Finally with a little over 5 minutes left to play Maroon finishes a beautiful tic tac toe play and puts the game away.  I can breathe again!  We are going to go to the Stanley Cup!  What a phenomenal day this has been!  150 seconds left to play, Crawford heads to the bench.  Let's find that empty net is all I can think.  Under 2 minutes to play, "CLINK".  ****IN Towes.  Ok, we have a game again.  It's okay though, just no score for 2 minutes and we will be fine.  FREDDIE WHAT THE ****!  HOW IN THE HELL???  Blackhawks fans around me are celebrating wildly.  I sink into my chair not believing what I just witnessed.  The Ducks come out and play the best period of hockey I have ever seen them play and lead 3-0.  Somehow it is now 4-4 and the game is headed to overtime.  
This was all I could think about for all of the intermission.  Are both socal teams that made the playoffs this year going to just absolutely give away a series?  We're Vlad, GA, and Teemutrout really right?  Is this just the same old Ducks team?  I can't take a Ducks loss here.  It would just be too painful.  No way they could comeback from a loss like this.  They absolutely must win in overtime, but how?  I felt deflated, every Ducks fan in the crowd and at home felt deflated.  How on earth could the Ducks come out and win in OT after giving away this game?  Can Freddie even stop the 1st shot he faces?  
 
No.  Instead of feeling deflated and dwelling on how they gave Chicago a chance, THEY GOT MAD.  They were determined that it was their time!  Then boom, right out of intermission, less than a minute into overtime.  Kessler and Bels catch Chicago on a bad change, Kessler shoots and Belesky puts the rebound in the wide open net!  PANDAMONIUM at the Honda Center!  DUCKS WIN DUCKS WIN!  As I get into the car, the feeling I feel most, a sense of relief.  A relief that the Ducks didn't break my heart they way they had each of the previous 2 years at home.  A relief that we now have a free roll in Chicago in game 6 (a game I think the Ducks will win).  A relief that no matter what we get at least one more game at the Honda Center this year.  I'll close out my story with this: WE WANT THE CUP!

nice to see the ducks bail out freddy.
not his best effort, but he has been lights out all playoffs.
a game like this was bound to happen.
best part is we walked away with the W on our goalie's worst performance.
ill take it.

3 of the 4 goals Andersen gave up were soft. Hopefully he turns the page

Thank god we didn't trade Belesky lol.

lol@ all the loser responses in this thread. It's worse than the main board with the knee jerk and fail stuff.
 
Would be cool if GA holds true to his word and whoever mods this forum can ban Vlad the troll so this place can be enjoyable the rest of the playoffs.

Keep mentioning how it was 12 years ago. That's super relevant.
The dude is a fukcing child-diddler. Are people getting that part of the story? At 15 I knew touching little kids was wrong. There is no societal or developmental reason why he shouldn't have known that. So fukc this guy.
Hey Blarg. Earlier you mentioned that they obtained the information illegally. What law was it that they broke? I haven't read that anywhere.

What, you expect them to text in words longer than three letters?

Wait until their girlfriends find out bae is Dutch for poop.

The claim that all the backlash is because the guy is conservative is absolute nonsense. I've never heard of this guy. I've never heard of this family. I've never heard of their TV show. I believe I've heard of the FRC but I'm not sure. I certainly don't know what it stands for or what they represent.
This dude molested children at an age where he knew it was wrong. I find that appalling and unacceptable. Should he lose his job, house, kids? I don't know. Should he be shamed in public? Meh. But if he didn't want people to talk about how he molested little girls 12 years ago then he should have thought about that before he molested little girls 12 years ago.
The cover-up of these events is even more problematic. If it turns out to be true that the family did cover it up then I understand people's crusade to get them of the air. I personally don't care. I don't watch the show. I found out it's on TLC. I haven't watched that network in 15 years. So they can keep them on the air for all I care. And all the child molester supporters can tune in every night to watch these monsters.
I guess liberals hate child molestation.

Lol @ "resolved." Tell that to the victims.
And to answer your question, nothing else can transpire because the state trooper helped cover it up for the family. I'm just astonished at the lengths some will go to defend the perp.

What a great game last night!  Pretty awesome to be one of the few Ducks fans in a sea of red.  I was very suprised at the lack of crowd noise (with the exception of the national anthem) during the game.  Both games 1 and 2 at Honda Center were much louder.  Good job Ducks fans.  Let's take game 4 tomorrow and close it out on Memorial Day!

srsly.
B let's gas up and head out for the casinos.
First round of keno and zima on me.

No, because child molester.

You're probably a blast to watch sports with

We played the lightning waaaay back in february.
A pee-wee team could have beat us that week, we were just awful.
 
We are a completely different animal the second half of the season, and especially since the trade deadline.
 
We lost to the rangers 7-2 in march, but we also lost to the blue jackets that week.
Do you thus think we would have zero chance of beating the mighty blue jackets in a series? What about when we got smoked by florida 6-2? Should we just stop wasting time and crown the panthers the honorary western conference champs, because they are obviously better than the ducks.    You don't follow hockey very much if you think the way we played in february has much relevance to the way we would play in the stanley cup finals.
 
I can't guarantee we would beat them, but both those teams are on level beneath the hawks.
And we are out-playing the hawks.
The lightning would pose more of a threat of the two teams in the east.
The rangers are really here because they get to play the caps every year in the playoffs.

As a Kings fan I really want the Ducks to lose but at the same time I'm kinda hoping someone says "I agree" in response to vladdy's posts at the end of the playoffs.
I think if the Ducks win the Stanley Cup, vladdy has to post only positive things about our government in the political forum.

lol nice math

I happen to be going to the midwest for a wedding this weekend where I will be in Chicago Thurs night.  Just picked up tickets to game 3 for me and my sister (damn those are much more expensive than in Anaheim).  So stoked!  First time going to Chicago for me, hopefully I will see a Ducks victory!

I happen to be going to the midwest for a wedding this weekend where I will be in Chicago Thurs night.  Just picked up tickets to game 3 for me and my sister (damn those are much more expensive than in Anaheim).  So stoked!  First time going to Chicago for me, hopefully I will see a Ducks victory!

I happen to be going to the midwest for a wedding this weekend where I will be in Chicago Thurs night.  Just picked up tickets to game 3 for me and my sister (damn those are much more expensive than in Anaheim).  So stoked!  First time going to Chicago for me, hopefully I will see a Ducks victory!

I agree with this completely.  2 full games were pretty much played last night.  The Ducks have the luxury of being able to put in a very fresh Wiz now for game 3.  On the other hand I believe each of the Blackhawks top 4 Dmen played more than 46 minutes with Keith playing damn near 50 minutes.  

What I don't get is that when you watch a game on MLB.com, you don't see the commercials. Why not?
Seems to me the reason mlb doesn't want someone in LA watchjng the Angels on MLB.com instead of FSW is because you're hurting the ratings of FSW, which is paying big bucks for the games, if you do.
But you're still watching. They just need to track your viewership (and still show you the commercials) if you're on a computer.

Wild things is another plot twist movie