*sigh*

[cyrano]

I'm glad I didn't go through a lot of effort to avoid being spoiled on the nail-biting overtime victory last night that put the Sharks up 3-0 in the series against the Red Wings.
Because the DVR decided, instead of watching three and a half hours of the Sharks game (bumped an extra half hour in case of overtime), it was going to watch a random thirteen minutes of the Pittsburgh game.

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[tersa.livejournal.com]

I'd say your DVR got confused the way the TiVo sometimes does and watched VERSUS instead of the FSN-Detroit broadcast. The game was carried nationally on VERSUS in progress after the Pens game was over, but the local stations were carrying it in its entirety.

As I expect you're considered 'local' to the Detroit feed and, from what you hinted at, it was probably blacked out on VS in your area, use FSN-D for the last however many games as the same arrangement covers Games 4-7. :)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

That would make a lot of sense. And I was definitely recording on Versus, so I'll just track down which channel is FSN for Thursday's game.
So which would you prefer, finishing the series in game 4 with a sweep, or finishing it in game 5 in front of the home crowd?

[tersa.livejournal.com]

Vesa says "FORE!" by the way. ;)

So which would you prefer, finishing the series in game 4 with a sweep, or finishing it in game 5 in front of the home crowd?

If I got to guarantee the Sharks would win the series, I'd say Game 5. :) But as I kind of view Detroit like a rabid dog and Round 2 like the bane of my existence, putting them down ASAP would make me pretty happy. Also, it'd mean I'd get the money I paid in for Game 5 as a credit (+++ money back)

As much as the idea of Detroit winning one and threatening to make a series of it gives me hives, I'm also worried about the Sharks winning it and having too much time off before Round 3. They're a day ahead of the other Western Semi (VAN vs. CHI), with that series already guaranteed to go to 5 games. If the Sharks win it tomorrow (eep!), they won't have an opponent until at least Sunday night--which is already 3 days off--and quite possibly not until next Thursday--an entire week off.

Some rest is good. That much rest, at least historically for both the Sharks in the playoffs, is frequently bad, at least going into Game 1. And that's all they need, is to go down a game at home again. :P