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Get Fired Up For the NHL Playoffs on 2/5/13 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Yes, they have already started. Still...
NHL Playoffs: Last Word (Before They Drop the Puck) on 11/4/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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The only hope is that the Stanley Cup Final is not a case of my neurologist can beat your neurologist. Michael Farber(via SI.com) , setting the scene for the start of the NHL Playoffs. (More NHL Playoff preview tips here.)
NHL Playoff Preview: Picks on 11/4/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Pittsburgh wins the Cup with the League's deepest roster and most reliable stars., once again validating the Penguins Model. Greg Wyshynski(via Yahoo Sports)
NHL Playoff Preview on 11/4/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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The truth is that hockey was already a game with a great slice of luck running through it -- getting a bounce, as they call it -- and the salary cap has created more parity, and the playoffs have become more of a lottery than ever. Bruce Arthur(via National Post) , who throws the wild card of concussions into the "luck" mix.
This Week's SI Cover: Henrik Lundqvist on 10/4/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Click on the image to read the cover story.

DON'T MISS: The "longish" New York Times profile of Lundqvist from this weekend, by Ben Shpigel.
A Canadian's Take on the Stanley Cup on 16/6/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Some year, however distant from now, the Cup will be ours again. And however happy Boston felt last night, however happy that city feels this morning, we'll feel that a thousand times more, and we'll feel it together. Let's go Toronto. Let's go Montreal. Let's go Ottawa, Edmonton, and Calgary. Let's go Vancouver. Let's go Winnipeg. Let's f$#%ing go. Chris Jones(via Grantland)
Today's Name to Know: Tim Thomas on 16/6/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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So now here’s the question: Will we spawn a new worldwide generation of flopping, diving, sprawling, swatting, generally pro-active goaltenders now that 37-year-old Tim Thomas has carried the Boston Bruins to a Stanley Cup championship? Bob Ryan(via Boston Globe) , on the Bruins' 37-year-old goalie who put together a season -- and playoff run -- right up there with any goalie in NHL history, made all the more amazing by his unlikely path to a championship.
Bruins Are Stanley Cup Champs on 16/6/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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When this often antagonistic series finally ended, the triumphant Boston team and its fiercely loyal fans earned the right to dismiss Vancouver with the same smugness with which the Canucks so often treated them. Pump this up, Luongo. Take a bite of this, Burrows. The Boston Bruins are Stanley Cup champions. And it wasn't even close. Jackie MacMullen(via ESPN.com)

And as ESPN's Scott Burnside noted: "It's amazing, really, to consider this team's journey. A year ago, they were a laughingstock."
Front Pages: Boston on 16/6/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Boston Globe(via Newseum)

Two very different takes from Vancouver: From the Sun, "NOBLE IN DEFEAT," and from the Province, "MAYHEM."
Video of the Night: Drinking From The Cup on 16/6/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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(via Greg Wyshynski/YouTube)

The celebration raged in the Bruins locker room after Game 7. Scroll down for the stunning riot scene outside the arena.

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