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How many coaches are out there right now?

Pat Quinn
Bob Hartley
Paul Maurice
Glen Hanlon (if he has some sort of out-clause)
Minor league coach promotion for teams without coaches
Patty Roy?
Pat Burns



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woof Flyers force game 5, still a huge uphill battle, just have to take it one shift at a time, and play like they did for the 2 first periods of Game 4.



Dallas survives to play another game. Interesting. Didn't expect that.



Is it safe to say goodbye Flyers.........down 6-zip with 5 minutes left?



Congratulation to the Penguins, good luck in round 4.

Man Philly could not get anything going in all but 2 periods of that series.



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But it's a definite improvement over last year, without doubt. And I'm sure you had much more fun watching the playoffs thus far, than you did last year, right?



cool48 - 5pts

Eastern Conference
Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh = Pittsburgh

Western Conference
Detroit vs Dallas = Detroit

Stanley Cup Champions: Pittsburgh

Desroko - 5pts

Eastern Conference
Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh = Pittsburgh

Western Conference
Detroit vs Dallas = Dallas

Stanley Cup Champions: Pittsburgh

Spire_VII  - 4pts

Eastern Conference
Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh = Pittsburgh

Western Conference
Detroit vs Dallas = Detroit

Stanley Cup Champions: San Jose

izaaz101 - 4pts

Eastern Conference
Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh = Pittsburgh

Western Conference

Detroit vs Dallas = Detroit

Stanley Cup Champions: Pittsburgh

cwbys21 - 4pts

Eastern Conference
Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh = Pittsburgh

Western Conference
Detroit vs Dallas = Detroit

Stanley Cup Champions: Colorado

Aj_habfan- 2pts

Eastern Conference
Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh = Pittsburgh

Western Conference
Detroit vs Dallas = Detroit

Stanley Cup Champions: New York

O-D-C - 2pts

Eastern Confernce
Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh = Philadelphia

Western Conference

Detroit vs Dallas = Dallas

Stanley Cup Champions: Philadelphia



So the only chance I have is for Dallas to pull off the miracle comeback.



Going a little off-topic: Cover of NHL 09?

There are strong cases to be made for Ovechkin, Thornton, and Iginla, but unfortunately they've all been on the cover recently.

Of course, I vote for Evgeni Malkin, but Datsyuk and Lidstrom for Detroit would be good choices as well. Kovalchuk, Gaborik, and Kovalev also come to mind.

NHL 2K9 chose Rick Nash, who definitely would not have been on my list. Good player, but not exactly a star.



I'd like to see a goalie, maybe Brodeur or Luongo on the cover for NHL '09