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The PHB comment is possibly valid, as I am not to up to date on Hockey, nor do i follow it anywhere near as closely as baseball. I do know that Shanahan scored over 40 goals last year, so he can't be too done just yet.
[ QUOTE ] Why are the Oilers saying hi? [/ QUOTE ] This was in reference to Summers(I think it was him) comment that they will make the playoffs, but are far from cup contenders. Just making the playoffs automatically makes you cup contenders. |
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The PHB comment is possibly valid, as I am not to up to date on Hockey, nor do i follow it anywhere near as closely as baseball. I do know that Shanahan scored over 40 goals last year, so he can't be too done just yet. [ QUOTE ] Why are the Oilers saying hi? [/ QUOTE ] This was in reference to Summers(I think it was him) comment that they will make the playoffs, but are far from cup contenders. Just making the playoffs automatically makes you cup contenders. [/ QUOTE ] This is true, and what makes hockey so great. This definition also makes 16 other teams contenders as well. |
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Fedor Tyutin is going to improve, and Karel Rachunek is an upgrade on Tom Poti. Aaron Ward should help out as well. While the Rangers defense isn't that good, Lundqvist makes up the difference - he's a top five goalie in the league.
The 'Canes and Sabres both advanced deep into the playoffs without anything resembling a #1 defender - the Rangers have a similar defense. While I think Marek Malik sucks (and Roszival too) - they played fairly decent last season. |
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Will be fun to see what Vancouver can do with a good goalie for a change. [/ QUOTE ] Get him shelled nightly. Their blueline is highly suspect, they have 1 decent scoring line, and their early schedule (9 out their first 11 are on the road) is absolutely brutal. |
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rangers biggest weakness is at center. nylander is ok at #1, but they are lost after that.
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CDN teams that miss playoffs Toronto and Vancouver and possibly montreal.
Most improved Calgary. Edmonton may be weak on defense but will score a ton. Ottowa not as good as before |
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Now that the Pens have a new owner, I can officially cheer for them again. Not expecting much, but it will be fun to watch all the young guys.
Stall has looked pretty solid for the first 2 periods, Crosby looks like he hasn't missed a beat, Fleury is having a GREAT game and word is Malkin will be back within the week. |
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Has anybody bought the EA or 2k video game this year? I'm interested in getting one and would like to hear some reviews; thanks.
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Everyone: Sens are on pace for a perfect season.
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It's only the 2nd intermission, but the 15 year 67 million dollar goalie has been shelled for 6 goals on 32 shots [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
Wonder how many are actually his fault. God, what a disaster this season is going to be on the Island. I don't live on LI, but I'm planning on catching a few games in Montreal and or Buffalo. If I do go, it's looking like I'm going to have to wear a paper bag over my head. |
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It's only the 2nd intermission, but the 15 year 67 million dollar goalie has been shelled for 6 goals on 32 shots [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Wonder how many are actually his fault. God, what a disaster this season is going to be on the Island. I don't live on LI, but I'm planning on catching a few games in Montreal and or Buffalo. If I do go, it's looking like I'm going to have to wear a paper bag over my head. [/ QUOTE ] Spare yourself the pain. This team is going to be bad and they won't stop being bad for a very long time. To the Islanders fans out there: I suggest training yourself to play hockey. If you get good enough, you might become the Islanders' backup and be in line to become their next GM - and perhaps you can fix this mess. |
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woohooo....Blues get a goal with 5.6 seconds left in the third to salvage a point
they lost in the OT of course promising first game against a solid Cup contender |
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Flames looked lazy in a 3-1 loss to the greaseballs.
Rematch on Sat night in Calgary. |
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Lundqvist makes up the difference - he's a top five goalie in the league... [/ QUOTE ] I disagree, after just one season Lundqvist has been too inconsistent to be considered a top 5 goalie. |
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The Carolina Hurricanes are going to do another banner-raising on Friday night against New Jersey. [/ QUOTE ] how brutal that in the first game of the season, Devils fans have to not only see the team that knocked us out of the playoffs last year, but watch them raise their Stanley Cup banner.....maybe it'll get Gionta and the boys fired up.... |
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I was seriously (and happily) surprised by the Canucks last night. They played a fantastic game, and I now have a hetero mancrush on Roberto Luongo. The man is a god among insects.
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The Hawks are on a pace to score over 600 goals this season!! It still doesn't sound right without Pat Foley behind the microphone.
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[ QUOTE ] The Carolina Hurricanes are going to do another banner-raising on Friday night against New Jersey. [/ QUOTE ] how brutal that in the first game of the season, Devils fans have to not only see the team that knocked us out of the playoffs last year, but watch them raise their Stanley Cup banner.....maybe it'll get Gionta and the boys fired up.... [/ QUOTE ] Watch them raise it again, no less - I wonder if they'll do it when Montreal and Edmonton come to town too. With Elias as the new captain, I think there's no doubt the team will be fired up. |
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It's OK guys, you can give up now. The Sharks WILL win the cup this year.
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i havent watched a full bruins game in years. doing so tonight. this can't possibly be more boring than baseball. will report back later.
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i havent watched a full bruins game in years. doing so tonight. this can't possibly be more boring than baseball. will report back later. [/ QUOTE ] Looks like it will be a while before you watch another one. The Panthers have set up a number of pretty scoring plays and Bertuzzi is on fire. |
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[ QUOTE ] i havent watched a full bruins game in years. doing so tonight. this can't possibly be more boring than baseball. will report back later. [/ QUOTE ] Looks like it will be a while before you watch another one. The Panthers have set up a number of pretty scoring plays and Bertuzzi is on fire. [/ QUOTE ] yea i watched the first half of the game or so then switched over to the yanks-tigers. i'll give them some a couple more tries [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]. |
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I disagree, after just one season Lundqvist has been too inconsistent to be considered a top 5 goalie. [/ QUOTE ] While saying Lundqvist is top 5 after one season certainly is debatable, you cannot say he was inconsistent last year. How do you figure Mantooth? I mean he did get hurt last year, which was one of the main reasons that he and the Rangers faltered down the stretch, but you can't say he was inconsistent. He only had 4 or 5 bad games last year (5+ goals against). Brodeur on the other hand had 7 ot 8. |
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Shootouts
Philadelphia Simon Gagne shootout saved NY Rangers Jaromir Jagr shootout saved Philadelphia Mike Richards shootout miss NY Rangers Michael Nylander shootout miss Philadelphia Geoff Sanderson shootout saved NY Rangers Petr Prucha shootout saved Philadelphia Petr Nedved shootout saved NY Rangers Brendan Shanahan shootout saved Philadelphia Kyle Calder shootout saved NY Rangers Matt Cullen shootout saved Philadelphia Peter Forsberg shootout saved NY Rangers Adam Hall shootout saved Philadelphia Jeff Carter shootout saved NY Rangers Martin Straka shootout saved Philadelphia Joni Pitkanen shootout saved NY Rangers Nigel Dawes shootout miss Philadelphia Randy Robitaille shootout saved NY Rangers Blair Betts shootout saved Philadelphia Mike Knuble shootout miss NY Rangers Michal Rozsival shootout saved Philadelphia Sami Kapanen shootout saved NY Rangers Ryan Hollweg shootout saved Philadelphia R.J. Umberger shootout saved NY Rangers Jason Ward shootout miss Philadelphia Freddy Meyer shootout miss NY Rangers Marcel Hossa shootout goal [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] |
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Shootouts Philadelphia Simon Gagne shootout saved NY Rangers Jaromir Jagr shootout saved Philadelphia Mike Richards shootout miss NY Rangers Michael Nylander shootout miss Philadelphia Geoff Sanderson shootout saved NY Rangers Petr Prucha shootout saved Philadelphia Petr Nedved shootout saved NY Rangers Brendan Shanahan shootout saved Philadelphia Kyle Calder shootout saved NY Rangers Matt Cullen shootout saved Philadelphia Peter Forsberg shootout saved NY Rangers Adam Hall shootout saved Philadelphia Jeff Carter shootout saved NY Rangers Martin Straka shootout saved Philadelphia Joni Pitkanen shootout saved NY Rangers Nigel Dawes shootout miss Philadelphia Randy Robitaille shootout saved NY Rangers Blair Betts shootout saved Philadelphia Mike Knuble shootout miss NY Rangers Michal Rozsival shootout saved Philadelphia Sami Kapanen shootout saved NY Rangers Ryan Hollweg shootout saved Philadelphia R.J. Umberger shootout saved NY Rangers Jason Ward shootout miss Philadelphia Freddy Meyer shootout miss NY Rangers Marcel Hossa shootout goal [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Did you even watch it? It was horrible... you could have summarized it with "12 rounds of players shooting from 10 feet away without a deke. Finally one slips through." That had to be the worst shootout ever from the shooters. The goalies didn't do anything but stay in the center of the net to make the saves. Anyways, Sharks WILL win the cup. Nabokov looks so good. Vlasic (Who's 19 years old!) looks like he can be a top pairing d-man RIGHT NOW. He's been absolutely solid on d and great on the PP. He also plays on the PK... amazing. He looks like he's 12. Vlasic > Bourdon. I don't get why people rave about Bourdon when he was embarressed three times vs the Sharks in preseason. Vlasic is shutting down everyone. |
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] The Carolina Hurricanes are going to do another banner-raising on Friday night against New Jersey. [/ QUOTE ] how brutal that in the first game of the season, Devils fans have to not only see the team that knocked us out of the playoffs last year, but watch them raise their Stanley Cup banner.....maybe it'll get Gionta and the boys fired up.... [/ QUOTE ] Watch them raise it again, no less - I wonder if they'll do it when Montreal and Edmonton come to town too. With Elias as the new captain, I think there's no doubt the team will be fired up. [/ QUOTE ] LOL, I think we're done raising the banner at people--it doesn't seem to be working! They had decided to have Opening Night II here because the first one sold out before the general public could get tix. The first banner raising was cool, but I stayed in the bar until the puck drop for the second one. There's only so many times one can clap wildly for the frigging back-up equipment manager. Devils kicked our arses. I was happy because I got to sit behind Brodeur twice--awesome guy! The Canes played like the Chiefs (and continued to do so yesterday against Washington) and appear to be working off a summer of partying, but I'm just stoked that hockey is back. The bad thing is that I finally bought Center Ice and am getting in nooooo poker. Nice to see the western teams play--Sharks are looking good. |
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Shootouts Philadelphia Simon Gagne shootout saved NY Rangers Jaromir Jagr shootout saved Philadelphia Mike Richards shootout miss NY Rangers Michael Nylander shootout miss Philadelphia Geoff Sanderson shootout saved NY Rangers Petr Prucha shootout saved Philadelphia Petr Nedved shootout saved NY Rangers Brendan Shanahan shootout saved Philadelphia Kyle Calder shootout saved NY Rangers Matt Cullen shootout saved Philadelphia Peter Forsberg shootout saved NY Rangers Adam Hall shootout saved Philadelphia Jeff Carter shootout saved NY Rangers Martin Straka shootout saved Philadelphia Joni Pitkanen shootout saved NY Rangers Nigel Dawes shootout miss Philadelphia Randy Robitaille shootout saved NY Rangers Blair Betts shootout saved Philadelphia Mike Knuble shootout miss NY Rangers Michal Rozsival shootout saved Philadelphia Sami Kapanen shootout saved NY Rangers Ryan Hollweg shootout saved Philadelphia R.J. Umberger shootout saved NY Rangers Jason Ward shootout miss Philadelphia Freddy Meyer shootout miss NY Rangers Marcel Hossa shootout goal [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] sick. i was half watching this on cbs.scoreline and wondering why the [censored] the shootout was taking so long. i had the rangers btw. |
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[ QUOTE ] I disagree, after just one season Lundqvist has been too inconsistent to be considered a top 5 goalie. [/ QUOTE ] While saying Lundqvist is top 5 after one season certainly is debatable, you cannot say he was inconsistent last year. How do you figure Mantooth? I mean he did get hurt last year, which was one of the main reasons that he and the Rangers faltered down the stretch, but you can't say he was inconsistent. He only had 4 or 5 bad games last year (5+ goals against). Brodeur on the other hand had 7 ot 8. [/ QUOTE ] Brodeur may have been inconsistent in some games last year due to being hurt some in the beginning of the season and because of playing so many games. Comparing Lundqvist to Brodeur is crazy. |
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Brodeur may have been inconsistent in some games last year due to being hurt some in the beginning of the season and because of playing so many games. Comparing Lundqvist to Brodeur is crazy. [/ QUOTE ] Pegging Lundqvist as inconsistent is crazier. The only reason I chose Brodeur is because I know you are a Devils fan. You can choose almost any goalie in the league and I bet the stats are similiar. Also those are two of the WORST excuses that you could possibly make up. Goalies have bad games. It's not necessarily because of playing time or injury, they just have bad games. |
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Lundqvist had one good year. Comparing him to Brodeur is ridiculous. The stats over one season for a goalie mean very little. I would not put him in the top 50% of goaltenders just because he's had one good season. There's no way to tell how he'll play this season. He could be good again, or he could be a scrub.
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Zurvan, I agree. Labeling Lundqvist as inexperienced, young, unproven, etc. are fine with me. Labeling him as inconsistent is not. This is where I had issue with Mantooth's comment. If I had one word to describe Lundqvist it would actually be: consistent.
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Well they made one good move in signing Ted Nolan. He is a very good coach. But he has nothing to work with.
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Well they made one good move in signing Ted Nolan. He is a very good coach. But he has nothing to work with. [/ QUOTE ] How is he a good coach? He won a Jack Adams with the best goalie in the league - wow. The Islanders actually aren't that bad on paper, but they will be bad on the ice - partly thanks to Nolan. |
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[ QUOTE ] Well they made one good move in signing Ted Nolan. He is a very good coach. But he has nothing to work with. [/ QUOTE ] How is he a good coach? He won a Jack Adams with the best goalie in the league - wow. The Islanders actually aren't that bad on paper, but they will be bad on the ice - partly thanks to Nolan. [/ QUOTE ] Those Sabres teams played their tails off for him. They had very little talent, but still did very well for themselves. |
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He won the QMJHL title in Moncton last year with a team that really wasn't that great.
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Well they made one good move in signing Ted Nolan. He is a very good coach. But he has nothing to work with. [/ QUOTE ] How is he a good coach? He won a Jack Adams with the best goalie in the league - wow. The Islanders actually aren't that bad on paper, but they will be bad on the ice - partly thanks to Nolan. [/ QUOTE ] Those Sabres teams played their tails off for him. They had very little talent, but still did very well for themselves. [/ QUOTE ] Hardest working team in hockey. The fans in Buffalo loved him for how much he got out of those teams. Thought he got the shaft with the one-year offer... not that any of us are complaining now with Lindy taking the reins. |
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Someone please explain the scheduling of the NHL for me. The Devils play @ Dallas on Saturday. Their next game isn't until Thursday at home against Toronto. What is this about?
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