2017 NHL Playoffs

[kham]

Nashville wins again
4-1
This Series is TIED
The air gets pretty fucking THIN now, boys
Halfway to the peak of Mount Olympus. This is where men, become GODS

[Duncan Edwards]

If, and I realize it's a substantial "if", we win in Pittsburgh, the crazy will reach most way to Heaven on Sunday night. The major music festival of the year begins here that night too. Downtown is going to be epic off the charts.

And my woman and I will be right in the middle of it.

[Fred588]

Be careful. With all the alcohol likely to be consumed, things like that can erupt pretty quickly.

If, and I realize it's a substantial "if", we win in Pittsburgh, the crazy will reach most way to Heaven on Sunday night. The major music festival of the year begins here that night too. Downtown is going to be epic off the charts.

And my woman and I will be right in the middle of it.

[Duncan Edwards]

Be careful. With all the alcohol likely to be consumed, things like that can erupt pretty quickly.

If, and I realize it's a substantial "if", we win in Pittsburgh, the crazy will reach most way to Heaven on Sunday night. The major music festival of the year begins here that night too. Downtown is going to be epic off the charts.

And my woman and I will be right in the middle of it.

Fortunately the arena is located in an area that is door to door with honky-tonks and taverns. Anchored on the corner by Tootsie's Orchid Lounge which, despite it's modest appearance, seems able to hold about 38,000 people at once on busy days and was here before Native Americans arrived. Drinking is not permitted outside and everyone has a convenient spot to fall down.

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Things have changed a lot over the decades but Nashville is still Nashville. Sort of. An indication of which might be that in a crowd of 50,000 revelers on Sunday night there were six arrests for punk in drublic. That equals the number of arrests for attempting to sell counterfeit tickets and they were all foreigners from New York and such places. They should know that nobody here is going to trust a damnyankee to make a deal no matter how drunk they are.

The ever-vigilant MNPD did make some changes last night when it was realized that there were three times as many people outside the arena blocking the exits as were inside. The downtown amphitheater was opened and several thousand made their way in there. It was much more orderly last night. Everyone is kind of aware of their surroundings if you know what I mean after the evil in London. My biggest fear is that any incident would turn lower Broadway into the largest shooting gallery since Beirut. The CMT Musicfest, always a big draw, is scheduled for the same area at the same time as game 6. That might turn into a crises as hooch runs low. The city fathers are contemplating a pipeline from Lynchburg.

In all seriousness it is an area I have known well since my youth and you know I will be one of as many as five completely sober people there. Should be great fun. Great practice for our next SuperBowl party in a couple of years.

Can you get enough Jack Daniels in the Stanley Cup for 100,000 people to have a taste?

[Fred588]

Be careful. With all the alcohol likely to be consumed, things like that can erupt pretty quickly.

If, and I realize it's a substantial "if", we win in Pittsburgh, the crazy will reach most way to Heaven on Sunday night. The major music festival of the year begins here that night too. Downtown is going to be epic off the charts.

And my woman and I will be right in the middle of it.

Fortunately the arena is located in an area that is door to door with honky-tonks and taverns. Anchored on the corner by Tootsie's Orchid Lounge which, despite it's modest appearance, seems able to hold about 38,000 people at once on busy days and was here before Native Americans arrived. Drinking is not permitted outside and everyone has a convenient spot to fall down.

tootsies.jpg

Things have changed a lot over the decades but Nashville is still Nashville. Sort of. An indication of which might be that in a crowd of 50,000 revelers on Sunday night there were six arrests for punk in drublic. That equals the number of arrests for attempting to sell counterfeit tickets and they were all foreigners from New York and such places. They should know that nobody here is going to trust a damnyankee to make a deal no matter how drunk they are.

The ever-vigilant MNPD did make some changes last night when it was realized that there were three times as many people outside the arena blocking the exits as were inside. The downtown amphitheater was opened and several thousand made their way in there. It was much more orderly last night. Everyone is kind of aware of their surroundings if you know what I mean after the evil in London. My biggest fear is that any incident would turn lower Broadway into the largest shooting gallery since Beirut. The CMT Musicfest, always a big draw, is scheduled for the same area at the same time as game 6. That might turn into a crises as hooch runs low. The city fathers are contemplating a pipeline from Lynchburg.

In all seriousness it is an area I have known well since my youth and you know I will be one of as many as five completely sober people there. Should be great fun. Great practice for our next SuperBowl party in a couple of years.

Can you get enough Jack Daniels in the Stanley Cup for 100,000 people to have a taste?

Based on what has happened in other cities with similar events, the biggest risk could come from a negative outcome to your city attributable to an apparently bad referee call. A few drunks might then try to express their anger with violence. It doesn't take many. A second risk could come following a win, especially a win of the Cup itself. After 99.999 percent of the crowd starts a wild celebration a few morons might decide to take advantage of the chaos by looting.

[kham]

Stop trying to suck the fun out of things


And, the cup could probably hold a lot of Jack, It has been used in a lot of venues, usually for being filled with champagne. So JD would not be that far beyond the pale. It's exploits are probably recorded on a site someplace, some of them fairly hairy

[Fred588]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_ ... _Snelgrove

[kham]

Well, it's over
Pitt wins
With a chitzy goal complete with goaltender interference not called
I will not congratulate them
That alone, whould tell the depths of emnity I have for these assholes
Choke on it, Pitt

The better team did NOT win