Hawks @ Wings game # 5

[SportSavant]

what do you think the line will be?

anyone giving the Hawks a chance here in this impossible situation?

 

[HawkN-Flight]

If Lindstrom plays and Habibulin is out.

det -280

Wings will play with urgency, seeing Pit is going to win in a short series and the Wings need to get some rest for their injured.

 

[dg84]

agree, i think at least -240. hawks totally fell apart & lost their heads today. if the wings score first it could get ugly quick. i can't see them letting chicago off the mat. detroit could definitely use the 9 days off a game 5 win would provide.

 

[Bushay]

agree, i think at least -240. hawks totally fell apart & lost their heads today. if the wings score first it could get ugly quick. i can't see them letting chicago off the mat. detroit could definitely use the 9 days off a game 5 win would provide.

E.J. Hradek of ESPN is now claiming if they both wrap up their series by Wed. that the finals will begin on Sat with game 2 on Sunday.

 

[HawkN-Flight]

E.J. Hradek of ESPN is now claiming if they both wrap up their series by Wed. that the finals will begin on Sat with game 2 on Sunday.

It,s all about TV show times. How can the NHL play every round so far this year with a rest day in between, sometimes two days and now play back to back on Sat,Sunday. If they use this schedule, they will most likely be playing on the following Saturday , Sunday. I know Detroit,s back to back games this year were on the losing side in the second game.

Advantage to Pittsburgh, the lower seed whose is healthier now.Will the Wings have a say in this considering their banged up ?

 

[CityChicken]

E.J. Hradek of ESPN is now claiming if they both wrap up their series by Wed. that the finals will begin on Sat with game 2 on Sunday.

It doesnt matter if the Pens sweep or if Detroit closes out their series in 5 games, The Stanley Cup Finals will start on june 5th due to tv obligations

 

[dg84]

saw that schedule yesterday during the game. first two games are the 5th & 7th.

 

[Bushay]

It doesnt matter if the Pens sweep or if Detroit closes out their series in 5 games, The Stanley Cup Finals will start on june 5th due to tv obligations

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2009/news?id=4203658

According to multiple sources, if the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings can wrap up their respective Conference final series by Wednesday night, the Stanley Cup finals likely would start on Saturday, May 30 in Detroit. In this scenario, Game 2 would be played on Sunday, May 31.

This is a change from a May 22 press release from the league that indicated that the championship series would begin on Friday, June 5, if both Conference final series didn't end in four-game sweeps.

The Penguins can close out their series with a victory over the Hurricanes in Raleigh on Tuesday night. The defending champion Red Wings, meanwhile, have positioned themselves to advance with a win over the Blackhawks on Wednesday in Detroit.

For the past several days, the league has been working behind the scenes with NBC, which has limited prime time real estate to devote to the Cup finals due to important "sweeps" week programming and the Tonight Show re-launch with new host Conan O'Brien.

The possible change would spare the league an embarrassing, television-created, eight-day hiatus and the competitive nature of the playoffs wouldn't be compromised by an unusually long layoff for both clubs.

 

[dg84]

i hope that's the case. i believe we had a 6 day break last year between the conference finals & finals which was too much. 8 or 9 days would just about kill me & also kill any momentum the pens or wings have.

 

[CityChicken]

I really hope they do start earlier, waiting until june 5th would take away alot of the excitement of the Stanley Cup finals and I think it would not only hurt the NHL but the players and fans would have a hard time waiting that extra 9 days... Good post Bushay