Stanley Cup Final: New Jersey Devils vs. Los Angeles Kings

[Jntg4]

I love the Kings as a story this year, can't really say I like another Western Conference team though.

[Matt]

Kinda hope the Kings lose game 5 so they can win it in L.A.

[EmpireWF]

Screw that, I want LA to rip apart the hopes and dreams of Jersey on their home ice. Not even a blowout, a close game that they take with 120 seconds left would be just right.

[Ravin]

I just wanted it to end last night. It is so hard to watch this night after night. And of course, another two days off to get the game on Saturday night.

[riley420]

Hey everyone....

This shit ain't over yet. Poor Rangers/Flyers, the golfing weather here hasn't been all that great lately.

[Juggernaut]

I'm just happy this series wasn't a sweep

Last 3 games were good watches.

[leaffan]

I was going to say I've been bored out of my mind with this series. Not a lot of passion shown (even though it started a bit last night) and watching a guy like kovalchuk making all that money and being the laziest pile of shit is just disheartning.

[ram29jackson]

3 goals in the first period alone !!!!!!!!

finally broke out !!!!

[EmpireWF]

lolBrodeur

[Rudi]

Glad to see the Kings win it on their home ice.

[Tailback U]

Lol at Brown dropping the f bomb in the post game interview. Pretty dumb but whatever.

[Ravin]

You knew eventually the Kings were going to break out for a huge game. I will say though, the Bernier hit is something I wish could be addressed more in the NHL, as I felt Scuderi put himself in the bad spot by turning his body. If he keeps going around the net and dumps the puck off, it would be a clean hit, but because he turned, he gaves drove into the boards. The call had to be made, but it just sucked that is how it had to go down.

[Senser81]

I will say though, the Bernier hit is something I wish could be addressed more in the NHL, as I felt Scuderi put himself in the bad spot by turning his body. If he keeps going around the net and dumps the puck off, it would be a clean hit, but because he turned, he gaves drove into the boards. The call had to be made, but it just sucked that is how it had to go down.

The puck gets caught along the boards and is barely moving. Scuderi is playing the puck back to a teammate. There is no way for Scuderi to "keep going around the net" without slowing up to play the puck, and he doesn't have enough momentum to play the puck and continue around the net. And there is no way for it to be a "clean hit" by Bernier, because if Scuderi was somehow able to keep going around the boards, the angle Bernier was taking wouldn't have allowed him to even touch Scuderi...Bernier would have ended up about 10 feet behind Scuderi.

It was a terrible hit by Bernier, because you can tell Bernier shifts his angle to the right well after Scuderi played the puck and slams full force into Scuderi. Maybe you can explain to me what Bernier was trying to accomplish...if Scuderi magically was able to keep going around the net, Bernier is still about three seconds late getting to the puck and can make no play. If Scuderi plays the puck, his back has been to Bernier the entire time so Bernier has to know that he's going to get called for boarding.

[Ravin]

It is all perspective really. If you stop the video, Bernier is at the goal line at 52 seconds, and has finished the hit at 54 seconds. It is so quick to judge. Scuderi played the puck behind him and turned his body. The reason I get pissed off is, he had to knew someone was coming for him, and he turned his body around. Players do it all the time, and I wish they would get out of the habit. He could have easily played the puck behind him and then got up against the boards to brace for a hit. I say that because he had enough time to turn his back to the play.

[Senser81]

It is all perspective really. If you stop the video, Bernier is at the goal line at 52 seconds, and has finished the hit at 54 seconds. It is so quick to judge. Scuderi played the puck behind him and turned his body. The reason I get pissed off is, he had to knew someone was coming for him, and he turned his body around. Players do it all the time, and I wish they would get out of the habit. He could have easily played the puck behind him and then got up against the boards to brace for a hit. I say that because he had enough time to turn his back to the play.

Bernier is nowhere near Scuderi, and there is no chance that Bernier gets close enough to Scuderi to disrupt the play. The puck bounces off the corner of the board and loses momentum. Scuderi has to virtually stop just to play the puck. Also, Scuderi doesn't have enough momentum himself to magically jet himself around the net. I don't know what you are expecting Scuderi to do in that situation...Bernier is in the wrong, not Scuderi. Scuderi had enough time to turn his back to the play, and Bernier has enough time to change the direction of his momentum and slam full force into Scuderi's back well after the puck has been played. Again, if Scuderi was somehow able to keep going around the boards, the angle Bernier was taking wouldn't have allowed him to even touch Scuderi...Bernier would have ended up about 10 feet behind Scuderi.

Weren't you the guy bitching about Andrew Shaw's hit in the Phoenix series?