1. 05-22-13 08:38 PM #1
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    Playoff Hockey > every other U.S. professional sports playoffs

    .... with the exception of the Superbowl.

    Superbowl only surpasses it due to the entertainment factor. Nowhere near as awesome from a gambling standpoint.

    Absolutely love it. I realized this year, that I was being foolish by not following this sport more. NBC sports does a great job covering it.

    If you're watching the NBA diluted scripted drama, you're seriously missing out.

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  2. 05-22-13 08:40 PM #2
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  3. 05-22-13 08:41 PM #3
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    MLB playoffs tops it all
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  4. 05-22-13 08:42 PM #4
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    hockey has always been the best in the playoffs
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  5. 05-22-13 08:46 PM #5
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    ^
    what he said

    Who remembers Devils v.Avs ?
    Do I even have to tell you about Vancouver v. NYR?
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  6. 05-22-13 08:46 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by easyliving View Post
    MLB playoffs tops it all
    I eat, sleep, shit, and breathe MLB, but NHL playoffs are more intense.
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  7. 05-22-13 08:49 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by stevenash View Post

    Who remembers Devils v.Avs ?
    I'd rather not remember
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  8. 05-22-13 08:58 PM #8
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    ^
    ouch
    I'm a Devil fan too, that series gave me grey hair.
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  9. 05-22-13 11:03 PM #9
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    No doubt hockey playoffs are the best. And the Hawks are arguably the most exciting team to watch, so it works out well for me.
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  10. 05-22-13 11:10 PM #10
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    Absolutely love playoff hockey..

    Devils fan, sucks they didn't make it this year but hopefully there back in it next year for Broduer.
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  11. 05-23-13 12:44 AM #11
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    NFL Playoffs
    NCAA BB Tournament
    NHL Playoff Hockey

    My top 3

    Also a Devils fan....we'll be back next season, we have one of the best run franchises in the last 20 years or so
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  12. 05-23-13 12:53 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    hockey has always been the best in the playoffs
    For years I was consciously ignorant about this sport. I really do believe their TV contract had a shit ton to do with that.

    I only watched blackhawk games the few times I did tune in, and then obviously - they made a nice little run recently, but even then I wasn't that into it.

    This year, absolutely glued. I was planning on betting a shit ton of NBA, but couldn't be bothered at this point - stopped watching completely after The Heat beat Chicago in game 3.

    Hockey, is the only other sport this year (besides college basketball) I've been able to watch an entire game without any action on it. Absolutely impossible to do with NBA.
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  13. 05-23-13 12:55 AM #13
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    Chalky is sharp

    NHL on Fox almost killed it. NBC Sports is the nuts.
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  14. 05-23-13 12:56 AM #14
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    yessir
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  15. 05-23-13 12:56 AM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by El Nino View Post
    Chalky is sharp

    NHL on Fox almost killed it. NBC Sports is the nuts.

    The glowing puck
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  16. 05-23-13 12:59 AM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vegas39 View Post
    The glowing puck
    Fukking awful. Their commercials were funny, that was it. Who gives a fukk how fast a slap shot was. There was so much clutter on the screen...was unwatchable.
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  17. 05-23-13 01:01 AM #17
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    For those that missed it

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  18. 05-23-13 06:03 AM #18
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    well i hate to say it but the nba had a good night last night the game was very exciting
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  19. 05-23-13 06:39 AM #19
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    WWE
    WWE
    WWE

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  20. 05-23-13 07:12 AM #20
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    golf is more entertaining than the NBA

    playoff hockey > everything
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  21. 05-23-13 07:47 AM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ratpack View Post
    well i hate to say it but the nba had a good night last night the game was very exciting
    Everyone creaming their pants over a poorly defended layup

    NBA
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  23. 05-23-13 10:06 AM #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by stevenash View Post
    ^
    ouch
    I'm a Devil fan too, that series gave me grey hair.
    Big fan as well - even David Puddy was a Devils fan. Great Seinfeld episode!!
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  24. 05-23-13 10:29 AM #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by El Nino View Post
    Everyone creaming their pants over a poorly defended layup

    NBA
    no joke! plus in the NBA anyone gets touched it's a dang foul and if it's not called the players are crying. Pussies.
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  25. 05-23-13 10:30 AM #25
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  26. 05-23-13 10:35 AM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by Art Vandelay View Post
    Big fan as well - even David Puddy was a Devils fan. Great Seinfeld episode!!
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  27. 05-23-13 11:35 AM #27
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    Quote Originally Posted by El Nino View Post
    "gotta support the team"
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  28. 05-23-13 12:15 PM #28
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    Solid thread...arguing over which sport is better.

    Like trying to argue which ice cream flavour is the best.
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  29. 05-23-13 02:13 PM #29
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    Playoff hockey beats anything else in sport in terms of excitement and intensity.
    Overtime playoff hockey is incredible even as an impartial viewer.
    Game 7 overtime....nothing can beat that! Just gripping to watch.
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  30. 05-23-13 03:11 PM #30
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    Quote Originally Posted by Huckleberry Pig View Post
    no joke! plus in the NBA anyone gets touched it's a dang foul and if it's not called the players are crying. Pussies.
    Not to mention if the game in the NBA is within 5 points with 2 minutes left, those 120 basketball seconds takes 21 real time minutes to finish. Team down 5, 2 minutes left, scores a field goal, game down to 3 now, time out, 3 commerecials, back to the game, team down 3 now fouls, team a head 3 goes to the line, game clock stopped, team ahead makes 1 of 2 from line, 4 point game, 1:49 left now, another time out, so far it's taken 5 minutes real time, to play 11 seconds basketball time. When it's all said and done, 20 + minutes to play 2 minutes.............
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  31. 05-23-13 03:34 PM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by stevenash View Post
    Not to mention if the game in the NBA is within 5 points with 2 minutes left, those 120 basketball seconds takes 21 real time minutes to finish. Team down 5, 2 minutes left, scores a field goal, game down to 3 now, time out, 3 commerecials, back to the game, team down 3 now fouls, team a head 3 goes to the line, game clock stopped, team ahead makes 1 of 2 from line, 4 point game, 1:49 left now, another time out, so far it's taken 5 minutes real time, to play 11 seconds basketball time. When it's all said and done, 20 + minutes to play 2 minutes.............
    What a great post...... so true, LOL!!!
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  32. 05-23-13 03:47 PM #32
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    Toss up with NFL, but MLB doesn't even deserve to be on network TV. Boring ass shit. NBA isn't far behind MLB either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bobbyk1133 View Post
    MLB doesn't even deserve to be on network TV. Boring ass shit
    You are not a fan of the product, I get that, I love MLB, meaningful games late in the season to me is hardly boring.
    I'll watch a pennant race game in September over say a week 2 NFL game featuring the Bucs against the Rams.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stevenash View Post
    You are not a fan of the product, I get that, I love MLB, meaningful games late in the season to me is hardly boring.
    I'll watch a pennant race game in September over say a week 2 NFL game featuring the Bucs against the Rams.
    On top of being boring, MLB and NBA are a lot of EPL. Just a handful of teams/players trying to buy and/or load up for a championship. No competitive balance.
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  35. 05-23-13 04:54 PM #35
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    Glad to see this thread, as I don't remember it.

    That said, I agree with my intoxicated self. Hockey playoffs dominate.
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