The BoC Race to Twelve
by Earl Sleek on Jun 16, 2010 9:05 AM PDT
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Kudos to commenter brokenyard for bringing this up a few days ago:
Here’s an interesting fact that I’m pretty sure is correct:
All 3 BoC teams currently have 11 playoff-series victories each.
Well, what do you know? It's a dead heat! Here's the listing of successful playoff series each BoC team has emerged victorious in over each franchise's lifespan:
| Anaheim Ducks | Los Angeles Kings | San Jose Sharks | |||||||
| Win No. | Year | Opponent |
Series | Year | Opponent | Series | Year | Opponent | Series |
| 1 | 1997 | Phoenix Coyotes | 4-3 | 1969 | Oakland Seals | 4-3 | 1994 | Detroit Red Wings | 4-3 |
| 2 | 2003 | Detroit Red Wings | 4-0 | 1976 | Calgary Flames | 2-0 | 1995 | Calgary Flames | 4-3 |
| 3 | 2003 | Dallas Stars | 4-2 | 1977 | Calgary Flames | 2-1 | 2000 | St. Louis Blues | 4-3 |
| 4 | 2003 | Minnesota Wild | 4-0 | 1982 | Edmonton Oilers | 3-2 | 2002 | Phoenix Coyotes | 4-1 |
| 5 | 2006 | Calgary Flames | 4-3 | 1989 | Edmonton Oilers | 4-3 | 2004 | St. Louis Blues | 4-1 |
| 6 | 2006 | Colorado Avalanche | 4-0 | 1990 | Calgary Flames | 4-2 | 2004 | Colorado Avalanche | 4-2 |
| 7 | 2007 | Minnesota Wild | 4-1 | 1991 | Vancouver Canucks | 4-2 | 2006 | Nashville Predators | 4-1 |
| 8 | 2007 | Vancouver Canucks | 4-1 | 1993 | Calgary Flames | 4-2 | 2007 | Nashville Predators | 4-1 |
| 9 | 2007 | Detroit Red Wings | 4-2 | 1993 | Vancouver Canucks | 4-2 | 2008 | Calgary Flames | 4-3 |
| 10 | 2007 | Ottawa Senators | 4-1 | 1993 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-3 | 2010 | Colorado Avalanche |
4-2 |
| 11 | 2009 | San Jose Sharks | 4-2 | 2001 | Detroit Red Wings | 4-2 | 2010 | Detroit Red Wings | 4-1 |
The table represents 33 seasons ended by a BoC team. Calgary has been eliminated by a BoC
opponent 7 times, Detroit 5 times, and both Vancouver and Colorado make the list 3 times apiece.
Now several of you Ducks and Sharks fans will be quick to note that the Kings had a 10 series-victory lead before either other franchise entered the picture, and for sure, there is that "Two Tortoises and the Hare" aspect to this storyline. But we mustn't raise too big a stink about that catch-up, even if it does make for an easy punchline -- it's largely because of L.A.'s popularity-driving success (particularly in the early 1990s) that either other franchise ever made it on the hockey map.
And besides, who gives a damn really how we got to this point? We're a forward-thinking blog. For whatever reasons, we're all tied up in this arbitrary measure of franchise success now, and that's exciting.
Props to Mario Kart.
Now certainly, there is still a full summer and season ahead of us before we start ramping up for somebody's series victory #12. It seems somewhat assured that one BoC team will get there, though; a BoC team has advanced past round one every season since 2000.
So join me in predicting: which BoC team(s) will win the Race to Twelve? And I guess if we're talking about the possibility of bringing the 2011 Stanley Cup back to Californian soil, then maybe we should be talking about the Race to Fifteen.
It's on, bitches.
Go Ducks.
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One thing I was mildly shocked by in researching this piece: Really? The Kings or Sharks have never been on the good end of a 4-game sweep?
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muhahahaha…..and ya know this just recently just happened….my mind escapes me on which team that was…..i think the team name rhymes with barks
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 16, 2010 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
What I’m thinking rhymes with fuck you.
San Jose Sharks - Hey, at least we didn't finish 11th in the West!
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The Finnish NHL ice hockey star Teemu Selänne’s extending of contract with his team Anaheim Ducks depends on the team’s plans for the near future.
The 2007 Stanley Cup winner and the all-time points leader in men’s Olympic ice hockey, who has played in the NHL since the 1992-93 season, told the Finnish daily Turun Sanomat that he will quit if the team announces plans to perform a rejuvenation operation and start building a new squad.
Selänne, who turns 40 early next month, said that his continuing with the team is likely "if Anaheim decides that is still wants to win next season and if it wants to keep the team more or less the same."
H/T to the NHL Arena
I like the sound of this, except of course for the natural contradiction about the team wanting to be the same and yet somehow be winning. :)
Whatever — come on back, Teemu. And bring that Saku guy with you.
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You should follow sleza’s blog, if you don’t already. Apparently Teemu is practicing just in case.
In Dinglebarn We Trust
Yeah, I should be reading that. Damn.
Still, I’m sold — he’s in. No way a team’s going to admit that it doesn’t want to win, and Selanne doesn’t have the heart to give the Ducks a shitty endorsement.
I’m smiley today.
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this is fantastic news…i cant see the ducks throwing in the towell with getz and perry in there prime…..this just has to be awesome…
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 16, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
It sounds like he may need to join another team that will make the playoffs and have a shot at the cup next year before he retires. Now i wonder what team could help him with something like that…
GO SHARKS
Nah, Teemu’s best asset is his singlemindedness — he’s pretty clear in his quote. If the Ducks don’t fit his fancy, he’s retiring.
I love one-team negotiations. :)
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It sounds like he may need to join another team that will make the playoffs and have a shot at the cup next year before he retires
I think that rules the Sharks out. Kings it is!
hands off!
i have a dream of koivu and selänne winning the cup together – well, it was originally olympic gold but since that ain’t gonna happen…. – and i will not be pleased if it’s ruined by kings or sharks
Мы в любовь играли,
И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
well im sure hell consider san jose after the warm reception hes gotten when hes played in the shark tank these past years
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 16, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoever slips on a banana peel next is the first one to lose.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jun 16, 2010 9:21 AM PDT reply actions
Well, it wasn’t really going to be Mario Kart until I saw it finished — I should have had some circling turtle shells and some question mark boxes.
Next time.
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I should have had some circling turtle shells and some question mark boxes.
Next time.
hahahahhaha..great cartoon
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 16, 2010 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Anyone like any free agents coming up? I would be pretty happy if we got Anton Volchenkov. Good shut down man. Not sure what kind of a raise he’ll be looking for but I imagine he’ll be affordable.
I'm against sigs......Fuck.
I haven’t speculated too much on specific names — a real factor here will be that cap ceiling and whether it gets a bump — Tom Benjamin and Tyler Dellow have good reads about that.
The OC Register had a piece a while back about the opportunity the Ducks would have if the ceiling did get bumped up by $2M, but the more I think about it, the Ducks may have more opportunity if the cap ceiling went down next season — there’d be tons less bidders on prime UFAs, not to mention that some teams will be shedding talent at the same time. We might not get to utilize both advantages, but it seems that we’d be a team with money to spend at a time when that’d be sort of rare.
So basically, I’m hoping the NHLPA votes down the cap raise. For one, it’s silly — league revenues aren’t climbing that crazily. And two — I think a lowered ceiling helps the Ducks this summer. It may even temper B-Ry’s raise and the money we end up paying Selanne, Koivu, and hopefully Niedermayer.
But yes, the Ducks do need a shutdown d-man; Vochenkov is a fantastic addition, if possible.
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I haven’t speculated too much on specific names
hearing this teemu news is starting to get me excited on the possibilities….one thing barstool does is “do somthing”…come on baby pull another rabbit out of your hat!!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 16, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
nice touch on the car colors
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 16, 2010 10:28 AM PDT reply actions
it’s really depressing that the Sharks and Ducks have as many playoff wins as the Kings, given their respective durations in existence…
or really REALLY amusing if your a ducks or sharks fan
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 16, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
well..we should be more gracious….earls right….
kings are the reason there are ducks and sharks in socal
but we totally ken griffey Jr.-ed you guys
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 16, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
No, seems more like breaking his wrist catching a ball.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jun 16, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah I’m with you on that statement … :)
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Props to Mario Kart.
i was hoping the ducks were more spy-hunter…dropping oil slicks and smoke screens
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 16, 2010 10:38 AM PDT reply actions
Spy vs Spy vs Spy? Who’s the Female Spy then?
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jun 16, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
sharks duuuh
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 16, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
It might be funny to mock the Sharks for being the girls, but female spy tends not to lose
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jun 17, 2010 5:18 AM PDT up reply actions
For you crazy World Cup soccer fans, here’s a link for you.
You can change the end of the URL to any site you’d like. :)
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UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is EVIL!!!!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
"It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves." -- Bob Newhart
So awesome. Vuvuzela the new Rickroll….
Great cartoon, Sleek.
and on the 93rd postseason of the National Hockey League, the Slovakian-hockeygod Zeus commanded from high atop Mount Figueroa..."RELEASE THE MEAT TRAIN!" And it was good.
by DodgerBlueBalls on Jun 16, 2010 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
So join me in predicting: which BoC team(s) will win the Race to Twelve?
So my prediction – Sharks reach 12 first. Followed by Kings then Ducks.
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
"It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves." -- Bob Newhart
Four more wins than last series, eh? :)
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suck it!
(said with much love)
:)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
"It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves." -- Bob Newhart
Just hope that it’s not a head-to-head series. We know how that one goes.
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One time does not make a trend.
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
"It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves." -- Bob Newhart
super nintendo mario kart………the original one. Mushroom Cup 150cc, I cant be beat.
Amo la manera una haba y el burrito del queso siente alrededor de mi pene.
Is it lame that I was always Toad? Everyone always made fun of me for picking him but his turning radius was awesome.
Everyone was always Toad or Yoshi. If there’s a third friend playing, he’s basically riding bitch.
"The Big Pavelski" sounds like something you'd name your cock.
No way — I was Donkey Kong. He was toughest to get going, but if you could race cleanly he had the best top speed, I think.
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no way im with rudy..toad was the shit…he could cut those corners like a champ
koopa was fun to play with to fuck people up though
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 17, 2010 6:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Yoshi? Get the fuck out of here. He had the wildness of Bowser and Donkey Kong without the top end speed. He and Peach were the worst in the game.
mario and luigi are the same.
peach and yoshi are the same.
bowser and kong are the same, and
koopa and toad are the same.
koopa and toad had the best handling, and on 150cc dominated. If anyone argues this, then I know I can easily beat you.
however in battle mode peach and yoshi are usually the best choice due to their quick acceleration, although character selection is not as important in battle mode.
dont fuck with me…….I’ll super start all over your ass.
Amo la manera una haba y el burrito del queso siente alrededor de mi pene.
dont fuck with me…….I’ll super start all over your ass.
uh … hmmmm … why does this sound so like something my boys would say?
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
"It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves." -- Bob Newhart
There’s nothing more satisfying in the world than railing someone with a green shell when they’re 10 feet from the finish line. I’ve gotten in many a fight over that.
funny to hear the noise of them spinning around after they get hit …its great
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 17, 2010 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Never played a Mario Kart with Koopa in it.
"The Big Pavelski" sounds like something you'd name your cock.
sorta related … when my boys were very young, I tried that whole “not buying you a toy gun thing” but when I realized fingers will do the trick just fine and gave up I told them they were only allowed to shoot goombas, not each other … so many times they would say the goombas was behind one or the other to justify pointing the toy gun at each other. ugh! :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
"It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves." -- Bob Newhart
That’s dumb, I had a rubber band gun when I was a kid and I turned out fine. …Well, except that I got hit by a rubber band in my right eye and only have 70/20 vision out of that eye now. But other than that, I turned out fine.
you were close to having to get a glass eye…that would have been cuu…could have changed it out…put one with a kings logo on it…or a bullseye….or just go pirate
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 19, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
If anyone is really bored tonight and needs a dose of hockey, I’m headed over to Anaheim Ice tonight to watch my pals’ fun-time hockey league at 9:20 tonight. It won’t be exciting at all, but I have some backup plans on my iPhone.
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I won’t lie — it was nice to see some hockey played, even if the final was 11-1. I still was mesmerized. :)
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at the risk of falling for this
congrats?
High sticking, tripping, slashing, spearing, charging, hooking, fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, roughing… everything else is just figure skating.
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by mssjsclowie29 on Jun 17, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
tsk … don’t you know it’s best to ignore … :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
"It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves." -- Bob Newhart
LOL D'OH!
High sticking, tripping, slashing, spearing, charging, hooking, fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, roughing… everything else is just figure skating.
- Anonymous
"My hope is that we put him (Couture) on a line with Seto and CloweThen you get the Coochy-Goochy-Clowe line." - Cerise
by mssjsclowie29 on Jun 17, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
i would if i didnt live in tim-buck-too
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jun 17, 2010 6:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Dang...
If I didn’t live in Nor Cal I’d go with you. I’m seriously thinking of just crashing Sharks Ice just to watch hockey even if I don’t know anyone its cool. :((
High sticking, tripping, slashing, spearing, charging, hooking, fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, roughing… everything else is just figure skating.
- Anonymous
"My hope is that we put him (Couture) on a line with Seto and CloweThen you get the Coochy-Goochy-Clowe line." - Cerise
by mssjsclowie29 on Jun 17, 2010 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
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82 | 46 | 27 | 9 | 101 |
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