NHL 2005-2006 Season / 2006 Offseason Thread

[MVP]

Fuck, the Bruins are the worst team in the NHL in the 3rd period. :mad:

[Lara Emily]

Sens win again, beat the heh Boston Bruins.

4-2 but could have easily been 6-2 or higher had Raycroft not made some nice saves, 40 to 24 in Ottawa's favour they dominated the game even with Redden and Neil out of the lineup.

This team is amazing, easily one of the best two way teams the NHL has seen in a long time.

the top line of Heatley/Spezza/Alfredsson each had a goal and 2 assists (all assits came on each others goals), Mezzaros netted his first nhl career goal. Great game to see live, two of the 4 goals were scored within the first minute of play of the 1rst and 2nd period (the 2nd period goal being at 9 seconds or so)

[Gertner]

Leafs beat the habs again!!!:):):)

[OssMan]

Are the Capitals, Rangers, or Canadiens good, they are the teams I like I guess.

[Lara Emily]

Are the Capitals, Rangers, or Canadiens good, they are the teams I like I guess.

Cpaitals are one of the worst teams in the league, Rnagers are first in their division, Montreal is second in theirs

[Zen v.W.o.]

To answer young Assmans question, Montreal does indeed own.

They were also robbed of a goal and then screwed at the end of regulation by the refs against the Leafs.

[Gertner]

hardly. they can't get the job done against my mighty leafs.

[Kapoutman]

To answer young Assmans question, Montreal does indeed own.

They were also robbed of a goal and then screwed at the end of regulation by the refs against the Leafs.

Agreed. That game should have been a victory for us. Then Markov gets angry and takes suspension. :(

[Zen v.W.o.]

lol at Boston trading their franchise player to the Sharks. Sturm and Stuart and Wayne are solid, but c'mon.....you could have done better.

But hey, any time the B's start tanking and crumbling, I'm a happy camper.

[YOUR Hero]

desperate times call for desperate measures. The Prince George Cougars (of the WHL) just panicked and traded their #1 overall player too. Like the Bruins, the team is in a funk and they are making a move in order to shake things up. It might be a short term solution that works, but long term, it's the wrong idea.

[YOUR Hero]

lol @ Boston

[Zen v.W.o.]

lofl at boston.

[John la Rock]

wow worst trade ever!!!!!

This is like if the Flames traded Iginla for a water bottle and 2 hockey sticks

[Lara Emily]

wow worst trade ever!!!!!

This is like if the Flames traded Iginla for a water bottle and 2 hockey sticks
Oh horseshit, Sturm is a pretty damn fine foward not Thorton level obviously but still pretty damn good, Stuart is a fine young defensemen, Primeau is well Primeau the weak link in the trade, if the B's were gonna trade Thorton this is a pretty decent (not great) return. Look at what other guys have gone for in the Past, Jagr for fuck nothing, Kovy for even less than fuck nothing twice!, Jagr again this time with half of his salary as well for the grand sum of Anson Carter who was then traded for nothing as well, Roenick for nothing granted that was to make cap room but still, and Fedorov for lol Tyler Wright. Let's not forget some classic oldies like Naslund for Alek Stojanov (granted that's mostly just bad in retrospect), Demitra for Christer Olsson, The Thorton trade, not that I quite understand it, is hardly the worst trade ever.

Sturm, Stuart and Primeau add up to way more than a water bottle and 2 hockeysticks.

That and Iginla is better than Thorton anyway.

[Gertner]

meh, it's not that bad of a trade. Sturm and Stuart are very good players and Primeau is a solid faceoff guy and penalty killer

[YOUR Hero]

Stuart has concussion problems.
Primeau is a 4th liner
Sturm is quality, but no 'Thorton' quality.

Sharks stole, they didn't even have to give up Marleau, which is the only way this trade would have made any sense.

I'm happy for Montreal though. Makes it easier for them to have a good season.

[VonErich Lives]

It's funny, the guy who does a lot of Bruins games also is a co-host on a 10-2 radio show and he started the show today by saying.

"The same people who are going to call me for the next 4hrs and tell me how the Bruins just dumped salary and made a horrible trade, are the same people who have been calling me for the last 3yrs telling me how Thorton has no heart, no guts, is over paid, over rated, etc... etc... "

Also, everyone had the same reaction when Nomar was delt and the "only got" Cabreara and Doug M.

Last couple of cup winners didn't have a lot of "stars".

yeah, talent for talent, the bruins gave up, probably one of the top 5 players in the league, but with all the holes the Bruins have, plus it frees up some money.

Dunno, not thrilled by it, but willing to see how it turns out.

I'm wondering what they're going to do with Samsanov, the original deal was Samsanov for Stuart.

Now, they might re-sign Samsanov, but there's talk of him being moved for a Center.

[Gertner]

Stuart has concussion problems.
Primeau is a 4th liner
Sturm is quality, but no 'Thorton' quality.

Sharks stole, they didn't even have to give up Marleau, which is the only way this trade would have made any sense.

I'm happy for Montreal though. Makes it easier for them to have a good season.


except when the Habs play the Leafs. I which case they get owned

[VonErich Lives]

interesting note, word is Thorton found out by getting a call from his parents.

He went to the Garden and while the Celtics were playing, cleaned out his locker and then went across the street and was scene sitting in his truck, some say closer to tears and some say crying.

Also, note that last week he took a public shot at the coach, might have had something to do with it.

[McDoogle]

Thorton is an incredible player but Boston in no way got robbed.

[McDoogle]

interesting note, word is Thorton found out by getting a call from his parents.

If thats true then it just shows you how fucking terrible the Bruins organization is. Thorton was their captain and leader and an amazing player and sacrificed a shit load for that team (anyone remember the series he played with a broken rib I think it was? And Boston still gave him shit for "poor play"). To give him that treatment is just pathetic.

[VonErich Lives]

If thats true then it just shows you how fucking terrible the Bruins organization is. Thorton was their captain and leader and an amazing player and sacrificed a shit load for that team (anyone remember the series he played with a broken rib I think it was? And Boston still gave him shit for "poor play"). To give him that treatment is just pathetic.

As for the Broken Rib series, he got crap during the series, no one knew he had the injury, rightfully so, the Bruins didn't want the oppnents to know, after he got credit from the fans.

I agree, if he found out from his parents thats a crap move.

Sinden praised him and then said he "never lived up to expectations, but maybe that's my fault by expecting too much of him".

O'Connel was asked if he was a top 5 player in the league "No" top 10? "Well, ya know, I really don't want to get into that".

The Bruins are getting hammered, that O'Connell pulled the trigger to try and save his job, and didn't shop around. Everyone seems ok that they delt Thornton, but the issue is they probably could have gotten more and apperently didn't try, since this was a trade that was originally for Samsanov and then grew, rather then shopping him around.

[McDoogle]

I'd be surprised if this move helps the Bruins out one bit.

[McDoogle]

Short term anyways. The only player I can see helping Boston out in the future is Stuart because he's still pretty young and has all star potential.

[MVP]

Remember that time the Bruins shut out the Senators and Marco Sturm got a goal and an assist?

[weather vane]

FUCK YEAHHHHHH

[weather vane]

WHAT POINT STREAK?

[Zelda]

Tonight's game against Buffalo frustrated me because we're missing our best players.




I'm not even mad at Theo. :o

[Gertner]

Flames pick up Husellius from Flordia. Not a bad trade if Sutter can give him a kick in the ass

[weather vane]

BRUINNNNSSSSS

[road doggy dogg]

CANUCKSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[road doggy dogg]

(owned the Bruins last night)

[samichna]

Remember that time the Bruins shut out the Senators and Marco Sturm got a goal and an assist?

Remember that time when the Boston Bruins finished last in their division because they sucked with Thornton, and they sucked even more without him?

[YOUR Hero]

4 points in 2 games for Thorton. 6 points for Marleau. Gonna make things easier for MArleau.

[samichna]

I hope San Jose wins the Stanley Cup.

[The Miz]

I've been watching a little bit lateley, seems like Vancouver has no consistency again. How are they in first?

[YOUR Hero]

Always win at home 12-1 and under .500 on the road, 5-8-2

That equals a 17-9-2 record. Good, but not good enough for the potential they have.

Talk now (again) that Bertuzzi is unhappy in Vancouver, not because of the team, but just not getting past "the incident" with Moore and figures a change of scenery might get him out of the funk.

[Kapoutman]

Rumours are sending BErtuzzi to Montreal. Now just who would we have to give to get that guy?

[Skippord]

They should send him to the Avs :shifty:

[The Gooch]

Talk now (again) that Bertuzzi is unhappy in Vancouver, not because of the team, but just not getting past "the incident" with Moore and figures a change of scenery might get him out of the funk.

It worked for Heatley.

[McDoogle]

Canadian Press

12/7/2005 6:14:47 PM

PITTSBURGH (CP) - Pittsburgh Penguins star Mario Lemieux has been admitted to hospital after experiencing an irregular heartbeat.

The Penguins say he had the problem after practice and will spend the night in hospital for observation.

“Mario experienced an irregular heartbeat after practice today, and we thought the best precaution was to have him enter the hospital for observation,” said Penguins general manager Craig Patrick.

The 40-year-old team owner will miss Thursday's game against the Minnesota Wild.

His playing status will be day-to-day after that.


Hope he's ok.

[Zen v.W.o.]

Rumours are sending BErtuzzi to Montreal. Now just who would we have to give to get that guy?


Pierre Dagenais.:D

I also hope Mario is ok, he's been through alot.

Imagine what sort of numbers he'd have put up if he had not have missed so many seasons and games.

[Kapoutman]

Pierre Dagenais.:D

I also hope Mario is ok, he's been through alot.

Imagine what sort of numbers he'd have put up if he had not have missed so many seasons and games.
I don't think anybody would accept Dagenais for Bertuzzi. I think a guy like Zednik + some other random guy is the minimum they would accept.

[Gertner]

I hope Lemieux is alright. I have an irregular heartbeat as well. It gets very scary cause you soemtime have a panic attack while it skips.

[Kapoutman]

Yeah. I know what irregular heartbeat is like. I had a battery of tests done on me, and the doctors didn't identify what it is. They just said that the test they did covered the worst, so I should be fine. I just have to take deep breathes when it happens and it should stop.

Basically, I hope Lemieux has nothing bad. With the Hodgkin thing, his back and everything else, he deserves better than that.

[LoDownM]

Oh no. Mario :( Hope it's nothing serious.

[YOUR Hero]

They say he'll be fine, not life threatening. He'll take a week off I believe I heard.

[Lara Emily]

Havlat 's out for the season likely. :(

Then again you know you are an amazing team when you lose a top 6 forward and the guy you call up from the AHL to replace him scores 6 points in two games including a hattrick

[Skippord]

Fucking great game in Jersey today that dude we called up

KICKS ASS

[YOUR Hero]

Ottawa was lucky to get out of Vancouver with a point. They should be sucking Hasek's cock after that game.

[Zelda]

The game against the Mighty Ducks was terrible without Koivu and Kovalev.

[YOUR Hero]

CANUCKSSSSSSSSSSSSSS


(owned the Sens last night)


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[Blitz]

Havlat 's out for the season likely. :(

Then again you know you are an amazing team when you lose a top 6 forward and the guy you call up from the AHL to replace him scores 6 points in two games including a hattrick

Havlat being out: :y: :y: :y: :y: :y: :y: :y:

But yeah, as much as I hate most of the Sens, Bochenski's awesome.

[RoXer]

WOOO BRUINSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[RoXer]

Ladislav Nagy :heart:

[Gertner]

wow, Bertuzzi rumoured to the Sens for either Redden or Chara

[YOUR Hero]

Bertuzzi for Chara... As a Canuck fan I like it, yet dislike it. The Canucks are having more trouble scoring than they should. So giving up a guy that is considered a top scorer is hard. But Chara, I love him. Loved him when I watched him play in the WHL. I hear NHL commentators say he's come a long way since breaking in (true) that they never expected him to be so good. That part I disagree with.

[The Gooch]

Being a Sudbury boy I would love to see Bert suiting up with the Sens. However, giving up Chara to get him would be an idiotic move on Ottawa's part in my opinion. We already have a quality power-forward in Neil. Why give up one of the premier defenseman in the league to address a non-issue? Especially given the new offensive-minded NHL where having a top quality defenseman is a HUGE asset. If it was Redden that was on the table, I would would say go for it, but definitely not Chara.

[Lara Emily]

Being a Sudbury boy I would love to see Bert suiting up with the Sens. However, giving up Chara to get him would be an idiotic move on Ottawa's part in my opinion. We already have a quality power-forward in Neil. Why give up one of the premier defenseman in the league to address a non-issue? Especially given the new offensive-minded NHL where having a top quality defenseman is a HUGE asset. If it was Redden that was on the table, I would would say go for it, but definitely not Chara.

Redden maybe but even then I'd be wary but for Chara? No way I make that trade, period.

[Blitz]

wow, Bertuzzi rumoured to the Sens for either Redden or Chara

Either move would be very stupid for Vancouver. Redden's good, but not in Bertuzzi's league, and trading him for Chara is just trading a big man who can score for a big man who can't score.

[Zen v.W.o.]

I really want Kovalev back.

Jagr is a beast still.

I find Bertuzzi to be over-rated as an offensive player.

[Skippord]

Either move would be very stupid for Vancouver. Redden's good, but not in Bertuzzi's league, and trading him for Chara is just trading a big man who can score for a big man who can't score.

Also said big man who can score can also sucker punch the shit out of Colorado player FUCK BERTUZZI :foc:

[YOUR Hero]

Bertuzzi owns you.

[YOUR Hero]

CANUCKSSSSSSSSSSSSSS


(owned the Rangers last night)

[Gonzo]

GO DEVILS WOO GONNA WIN THE ATLANTIC THEN THE CUP!! :love:

[Zen v.W.o.]

The schedule is highly aggravating this year. Not good, but I guess they didnt know if there would even be an nhl season, so the bookers at the arenas had already filled up their calendars with other events.

It is screwing with my fantasy scoring.

[Gertner]

Eddie O Gone from Pittsburgh

[The Gooch]

The Pens can't do much better than picking up Therrien as far as available coaches go. I'm glad to see Michel back in the Bigs. Personally I thought Montréal giving him the boot was unfair.

[YOUR Hero]

did they fire him? - I thought they were rumours of it, but not the actual firing yet.

[The Gooch]

did they fire him? - I thought they were rumours of it, but not the actual firing yet.
According to TSN and what I heard on local radio the announcement will be made today that Olczyk is out and Therrien is in.

Big shift though. Therrien is all about the discipline.

[Zen v.W.o.]

Yeah I saw that on the tsn website like at around 4:30 this morning or something like that.
Well it was bound to happen, he got the job mainly due to his friendship with Mario. Most NHL head coaches should at least have first experience coaching in the minors or something.

[Arashi Kage]

Boo yeah!!!!!! Eddie is outta here. I've been waiting for it to happen since the day the Penguins won the draft lottery. I knew that even though they won Crosby, and signed Gonchar and Palffy, they would not succeed with Eddie O behind the bench.

I hope they turn it around, but Therrien wasn't my first choice, but he should be far better.

[YOUR Hero]

CANUCKSSSSSSSSSSSSSS


(owned the Flyers tonight)

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[The Gooch]

I hope they turn it around, but Therrien wasn't my first choice, but he should be far better.

Who's out there that you would choose? My personal favourite Ted Nolan is available, but I'm convinced he'll never land another NHL headcoaching gig because of the shit that went down between him and Muckler.

[Lara Emily]

Whooo 8-2!!!!!!!

Sens beat the Leafs, second straight 8 goal game against the Leafs.

All 8 goals tonight were socred by different players

Heatley, Fisher, Redden, Spezza, Smolinksi, Alfredsson, Vermette, Kelly

3 fights including Spezza beating the crap out of Coliacovo and Neil possibly rebreaking Belak's nose.

Spezza had a Gordie Howe Hat Trick

Sens went 6 for 11 on the Power Play (6 powerplay goals is a new franchise record)

All in all total domination by the Ottawa Senators. They have now outscored Toronto 16-2 in the past 2 games and 25-9 in the past 4.

[YOUR Hero]

I was reading some Yahoo article on a Yahoo's hockey analysis. He was ranking players so far this year. At the end he offers reader feedback. I came across a real LMFAO...


Reader feedback
I wanted you to know that I had a monkey throw darts at a list of names I randomly set up, and his Big Board ended up making more sense than yours – including the time one dart landed on a coupon for $2.00 off a can of beans. – Mike, New York, NY

[Lara Emily]

Man some Leafs fan are hillarious

from a comments left on TSN.ca

No. 61 Author: Feuer_Frei
The Sens didn't kill us....we did it ourselves. If it wasn't for our reckless penalties, it would have been a 2-1 game. And Sens' fans showed the lack of class. Chanting "Leafs suck" is purely classless, it shows disrepect for the opponent. NHL should look into this and impose some financial penalty on Sens for the action of their fans.

and:

No. 133 Author: GoLeafsGo_ForzaFerrari
I believe the last time the sens finished first in the league played toronto in the second round and guess what they lost 4 STRAIGHT! 1-1 at the end of the first then the refs went to work and called crap call after crap call. oh and i love the disrespecting of the ottawa fans of belfour and the leafs at the end of the game after belak and wilm and coliacovo beat the crap outta the panzi sens. keep celebrating, keep laughing and keep thinking you can beat the leafs in the playoffs sens fans because its really all u have. also a side note the sens are dam good at diving perhaps they should take up professional diving during the summer and also aki berg deserves 2 of the ottawa goals more specificly the 7th and 8th goal.


The game was awesome after a fight, they plaed Angle's theme song and the fans chanted Leafs Sucks instead of You Suck

[Gertner]

it's not hilarious cause it's happened 4 straight times. The sens always murder the leafs in the regular season, then the sens choke cuase they have no heart.

[Gertner]

Whooo 8-2!!!!!!!

Sens beat the Leafs, second straight 8 goal game against the Leafs.

All 8 goals tonight were socred by different players

Heatley, Fisher, Redden, Spezza, Smolinksi, Alfredsson, Vermette, Kelly

3 fights including Spezza beating the crap out of Coliacovo and Neil possibly rebreaking Belak's nose.

Spezza had a Gordie Howe Hat Trick

Sens went 6 for 11 on the Power Play (6 powerplay goals is a new franchise record)

All in all total domination by the Ottawa Senators. They have now outscored Toronto 16-2 in the past 2 games and 25-9 in the past 4.

btw spezza did not even come close to beating up coli, and the belak fight was pretty much a wrestling match.

how about wilm FUCKING up Pothier

[Lara Emily]

btw spezza did not even come close to beating up coli, and the belak fight was pretty much a wrestling match.

how about wilm FUCKING up Pothier

LOL, hardly. Pothier stood his ground, did you see the size difference, it looked more like a draw then anything if not a slight Pothier victory. Belak lost, and last time I checked being on the ice getting your face repeatedly punched in by Spezza kinda says I'm getting beat up.

[Lara Emily]

it's not hilarious cause it's happened 4 straight times. The sens always murder the leafs in the regular season, then the sens choke cuase they have no heart.

LOL. Yeah they have choked in the past but the Leafs haven't done any better. This is also a different Senators team, this is a totally dominating team.

[Gertner]

LOL. Yeah they have choked in the past but the Leafs haven't done any better. This is also a different Senators team, this is a totally dominating team.


lol every year its a different senator team

last year it was Peter Bondra and Todd Simpson. this year it's Heatley and Hasek. The Sens fans can't get over this inferiority complex that they have with the Leafs

[Gertner]

LOL, hardly. Pothier stood his ground, did you see the size difference, it looked more like a draw then anything if not a slight Pothier victory. Belak lost, and last time I checked being on the ice getting your face repeatedly punched in by Spezza kinda says I'm getting beat up.


Clarke Wilm 6"0 200 pounds

Brian Pothier 6"0 195

huge size difference . Wilm won that fight btw. You're kidding yourself if u say Pothier won.
The colicacovo/Spezza fight wasn't even a fight. and Spezza punched him once or twice on the ground.

[Gertner]

btw go to torontomapleleafs.com and click on the highlights. where are these phantom punches that sPezza threw?

[Lara Emily]

lol every year its a different senator team

last year it was Peter Bondra and Todd Simpson. this year it's Heatley and Hasek. The Sens fans can't get over this inferiority complex that they have with the Leafs
:|

You're comparing Bondra and Simpson to Hasek and Heatley (infinitely younger than every other in the list of 4)??? You're blind if you can't see that this time is leaps and bounds better than any previous Ottawa Senators team. They have a bonfide starting goalie, a better coaching staff. Inferioririty complex lol. You are the epitome of arrogant, know next to nothing Leafs fan. The leafs may have beaten the Senators in the playoffs but they still haven't won it all either and in fact have lost series to teams the Sens have beaten , no to tmention the Leafs team this year is weaker then most of the previous incarnations.

The Sens have gotten leaps and bounds better while the Leafs have gotten worse.

[Lara Emily]

btw go to torontomapleleafs.com and click on the highlights. where are these phantom punches that sPezza threw?
I was at the game. I will check out the game again when I finish downloading it. If it came acorss different on TV fair enough. Then again fights and who won em are probably the most subjective thing in hockey.

[Gertner]

:|

You're comparing Bondra and Simpson to Hasek and Heatley (infinitely younger than every other in the list of 4)??? You're blind if you can't see that this time is leaps and bounds better than any previous Ottawa Senators team. They have a bonfide starting goalie, a better coaching staff. Inferioririty complex lol. You are the epitome of arrogant, know next to nothing Leafs fan. The leafs may have beaten the Senators in the playoffs but they still haven't won it all either and in fact have lost series to teams the Sens have beaten , no to tmention the Leafs team this year is weaker then most of the previous incarnations.

The Sens have gotten leaps and bounds better while the Leafs have gotten worse.

i am in no way saying the leafs are going anywhere this year.

And am I hardly a know nothing leaf fan.

Ottawa is ALWAYS the better team going into the playoffs, but they don't know how to win big game and they have no heart, and yet again, the leafs will knock them out of the first round and lose the phili in the next round and all will be happy

[Kapoutman]

In the meantime, the Habs are continuing getting sucked into the tenth level of hell.

What happened to them? Kovalev, please come back. :(

[Gertner]

yeah, not doing so hott on the road as of late

[YOUR Hero]

it's not hilarious cause it's happened 4 straight times. The sens always murder the leafs in the regular season, then the sens choke cuase they have no heart.

Time will tell, but I believe those days are over. These are not the same Senators... nor it is the same Leaf team.

[YOUR Hero]

Damn Canucks had the Oilers by the throat, only to let them come back and then win in OT.

[Gertner]

it's just like the patriots vs colts. until the colts beat the pats in the playoffs i don't give a fuck what happens in the regular season

[Zelda]

I was surprised to see us win in shootout with Huet as our goalie, with all the good scorers in Ottawa.

[Gertner]

btw 9-6 leafs over islanders. i don't know how people can't like the new NHl. was an exciting game. btw the leafs need to start tellqvist more, cause belfour just isn't cutting it

[Zen v.W.o.]

Kovalev just took it upon himself to defeat the Sens. Gotta love that man.:love:

[The Miz]

Jonathan Cheechoo is the man. Cheechoo/Marleau/Thornton is an awesome trio

[Zen v.W.o.]

Talking about the selections for the canadian olympic team:

A few bad picks imo, and no, Bertuzzi isnt one of them. I could care less that he made the team. I dont like Draper. He's a mediocre player, nothing more, and I dont care if he's a great defensive forward or checker..with so much talent on one team, that should hardly matter much as I think scoring is what is most important on the team. But the thing is, we have a whole fucking line of checkers. Draper, Smyth and Doan. Which to me just proves that this team was already picked way beforehand pretty much.
Also, St,Louis..they wanted some speed, well Kariya has that in droves, and plus, I feel he is more talented then Martin. Kariya could have replaced him.

[The Miz]

Team Canada

Goaltenders
Martin Brodeur
Roberto Luongo
Marty Turco

Defense
Rob Blake
Adam Foote
Scott Niedermayer
Chris Pronger
Robyn Regehr
Ed Jovanovski
Wade Redden

Forwards
Vincent Lecavalier
Joe Sakic (C)
Joe Thornton
Simon Gagné
Dany Heatley
Jerome Iginla
Ryan Smyth
Martin St. Louis
Shane Doan
Brad Richards
Rick Nash
Kris Draper
Todd Bertuzzi

[YOUR Hero]

Smyth and Doan are hardly checkers, Zen. If that's the role they'll play (something they can easily do) Canada is laughing. Draper is known for his solid two way play. This year he's not putting up the numbers he did a couple years ago, but he's perhaps the game's best two way player and he'd make a Doan-Smyth line really aware of their first priority... going by your analysis.

[Gertner]

i'm surprised that draper made it and maltby didn't. i thought one would go with the other

[Gertner]

lol btw draper's stats. 1 goal, 6 assists and a MINUS 6. um yeah, good pick Canada.

[CSL]

<font color=white>Okay, so I've missed out on a lot of hockey what with the shit last year and Channel 5 over here not picking it up any more. So I have a few questions:

Why the hell does Paul Kariya now play for Nashville?

Did Theo Fleury ever play again?

Do the Rangers have a shot?

If not, will they ever?

Does Super Mario still kick ass?

Is glasshead Lindros still going?

The shootout thing? Wassup with that?

And how old is Hasek nowadays? I assumed he woulda retired by now</font>

[YOUR Hero]

lol btw draper's stats. 1 goal, 6 assists and a MINUS 6. um yeah, good pick Canada.

Wait a second.
Many of the greatest defensive forwards generally have negative +/-'s. Because they play against the other teams best players.
That's not the problem, it's the low production this year that makes his selection somewhat baffling. That's Gretzky though, loyal to what he believes in.

[YOUR Hero]

Okay, so I've missed out on a lot of hockey what with the shit last year and Channel 5 over here not picking it up any more. So I have a few questions:

Why the hell does Paul Kariya now play for Nashville? <font color=ffdead>-He has to play somewhere, why not there?</font>

Did Theo Fleury ever play again? <font color=ffdead>He's over in Berlin or some damn place, most likely drunk</font>

Do the Rangers have a shot? <font color=ffdead>They're doing good, hockey of all sports has underdogs win, so yes they do have 'a shot'</font>

If not, will they ever? <font color=ffdead>see above, Jagr is playing with enthusiasm, Lundquist, their goalie is looking awesome</font>

Does Super Mario still kick ass? <font color=ffdead> Not so much... he's battling an irregular heartbeat problem at the moment. His production is down.</font>

Is glasshead Lindros still going? <font color=ffdead>Looking alright in Toronto, wouldn't be surprised if he gets concussed any day</font>

The shootout thing? Wassup with that? <font color=ffdead> It's a good thing, always has a winner in the game. Yeah personally, I like it.</font>

And how old is Hasek nowadays? I assumed he woulda retired by now<font color=ffdead>I think he's 97. OK maybe not, but he's looking good on a very good team</font>

[RP]

SCOOOOOOREEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How much chicken can you eat?

[YOUR Hero]

Any of you guys watching the World Juniors?

[Gertner]

Wait a second.
Many of the greatest defensive forwards generally have negative +/-'s. Because they play against the other teams best players.
That's not the problem, it's the low production this year that makes his selection somewhat baffling. That's Gretzky though, loyal to what he believes in.

Draper's last 4 years in terms of plus minus

plus 17
plus 26
plus 6
plus 22

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

<font color=white>Okay, so I've missed out on a lot of hockey what with the shit last year and Channel 5 over here not picking it up any more. So I have a few questions:

Why the hell does Paul Kariya now play for Nashville?

Did Theo Fleury ever play again?

Do the Rangers have a shot?

If not, will they ever?

Does Super Mario still kick ass?

Is glasshead Lindros still going?

The shootout thing? Wassup with that?

And how old is Hasek nowadays? I assumed he woulda retired by now</font>

Channel Five are starting to show it again starting on Wednesday... 'Bout fu</>ckin' time too!

[YOUR Hero]

Draper's last 4 years in terms of plus minus

plus 17
plus 26
plus 6
plus 22

SO?

Does that mean what I stated isn't true?
Lets not forget that hockey is a team game, and the Red Wings are a powerful offensive team. Not so much this year, and it's part of what translates into a person's +/-

Like I stated, his offensive production (which adds to his +/-) is down, and that's what makes his selection baffling.

[RoXer]

Should I drop Lemieux from my fantasy team or do you think he'll be back this year?

[YOUR Hero]

If you have room on the IR just leave him there for now.

[Zen v.W.o.]

I dropped him from one of mine, but I had a really good offense even without him. I needed another goalie basically.

[Gertner]

SO?

Does that mean what I stated isn't true?
Lets not forget that hockey is a team game, and the Red Wings are a powerful offensive team. Not so much this year, and it's part of what translates into a person's +/-

Like I stated, his offensive production (which adds to his +/-) is down, and that's what makes his selection baffling.


it pretty muich does. great defensive players don't have horrible plus minuses, guy carboneau and bob gainey weren't minus 10 during a season

[Gertner]

here' a great hockey fight website. my christmas present to you

http://www.zen36114.zen.co.uk/

[Blitz]

Damn. Leafs just weren'tshowing much life last night. Hopefully we'll be better tonight.

BTW, Canada winning the World Juniors :cool:

[YOUR Hero]

I loved the way the Juniors punk'd the Ruskies. Almost as much as I love the fact the favourites, the Americans, didn't win a medal.

[KleptoKlown]

here' a great hockey fight website. my christmas present to you

http://www.zen36114.zen.co.uk/


nice collection, been looking for something like this for a while, thanks

[D Mac]

St. Louis Blues :cool:

Wait a minute, we suck. :mad:

[The Miz]

Tuesday I think I will drive to Vancouver and see Canucks/Leafs. Haven't seen a hockey game live in about 4 years.

[YOUR Hero]

If I lived in Langley still, I'd meet up with you, Miz.

[Blitz]

Leafs win tonight
Ottawa loses today

:cool:

[Gertner]

lol leafs vs canuckleheads on tuesday. better hope to god the leafs don't win

[KleptoKlown]

Right now the Canucks are playing shitty, and the Leafs are playing good. Beating the Laughs, along with the win vs Calgary could be exactly what the Canucks need to get out of this slump.

[YOUR Hero]

What the Canucks need to do to get out of their slump is to start playing proper fundemental hockey. They were lucky to win VS the better Calgary team last night. Good I say, but they didn't solve anything with that win yet.

[Blitz]

What the Canucks need is goaltending.

[asphyXy]

Rangers get Sykora and a draft pick for Maxim Kondratiev. Maxim was up and down between Hartford and New York for a few weeks now, so it's not even a big loss. Anaheim is sending him to the AHL right away, too. Sykora should be a big plus right now with Blair Betts hurt for 6-8 weeks. All we needed was for someone to get hurt for Sather to pull the trigger on a Sykora deal. We had a reason to do so now. Perfect timing.

[YOUR Hero]

Blair Betts was lights out as a junior in the WHL. He played for the Prince George Cougars, I watched him play. He's had knee troubles, even when he played here. Is that what felled him again?

[Zen v.W.o.]

You know, the Rangers should just rename themselves the NY czechoslovakians....

Look at this team:

Jagr
Prucha
Straka
Sykora
Rucinsky
and a few more..

There top players are all czech. Jagr demands, Jagr recieves.

[asphyXy]

Yeah, knee injury. MCL.

Sykora + Rangers powerplay = Results?

[The Miz]

Don't forget Rozsival

[YOUR Hero]

Anaheim sure is shedding a lot of soft players. Good talented players though that they're not getting anything in return for.

[KleptoKlown]

So glad I didnt drop Sykora yesterday, was going to drop him among the others.

[Zen v.W.o.]

Amusing article from TSN, some fan crashed the Habs practice and decided to take shots on Theo:


http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=150086&hubname=

[Blitz]

Yeah, they showed it on Sportscenter today. Funny stuff. The security guard is shoving the guy, trying to get him to fight or something.

[Zen v.W.o.]

lol, I gotta see it on tv.

But I dont know, I think it's amusing, and I feel it's cool..good for that guy.
He proved to be anything but dangerous and was just trying to show off his skills.:D

[YOUR Hero]

Glad the Canadiens didn't crush him into the boards or something.

[YOUR Hero]

Tough spell for Gretzky. His mother recently passed away, and now his grandmother has died. She died today at the age of 84.

[YOUR Hero]

Wow. The Bolts waived Andreychuk.

Lightning waive captain Andreychuk

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Lightning (http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/team/66319) waived 42-year-old captain Dave Andreychuk (http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/player/66799) on Tuesday, saying the inspirational leader of their Stanley Cup championship team could not keep up with the speed the NHL's new rules have brought about.

###
http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/5236692


Not a very classy move, IMO. As true as it 'might' be, he's the Captain and he's enititled to be given a chance to retire. That whole Tampa team is struggling. If they weren't, Dave's stats would be higher too...

[Gertner]

wow. sorry to see Andreuchuk go. He was a great guy. Probaby scored the quietest amount of goals ever

[KleptoKlown]

Suck it Gertner :yes:

[Blitz]

Vancouver beat Toronto 4-3 :(

but Steen's goal was greatness :cool:

[Lara Emily]

Wow. The Bolts waived Andreychuk.

Lightning waive captain Andreychuk

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Lightning (http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/team/66319) waived 42-year-old captain Dave Andreychuk (http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/player/66799) on Tuesday, saying the inspirational leader of their Stanley Cup championship team could not keep up with the speed the NHL's new rules have brought about.

###
http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/5236692


Not a very classy move, IMO. As true as it 'might' be, he's the Captain and he's enititled to be given a chance to retire. That whole Tampa team is struggling. If they weren't, Dave's stats would be higher too...
Oh contraire read the full story on Tbay's official site

“John Tortorella and I met with David for almost an hour on Monday and discussed a number of options. Once again, the new CBA limited our options. Were David to retire, the Club would be relieved of its financial obligations under the contract. We felt that was not fair to David and his family and thus, in the end, our only realistic option was to place him on waivers today with the intention of assigning him to Springfield in the AHL once he clears those waivers, but not requiring that he actually report. This enables David to continue being paid this season without having to actually play in the AHL.
http://www.tampabaylightning.com/tbl/prdetail.cfm?pressreleaseID=1236

[YOUR Hero]

Well OK, that story makes things a little more understandable.

[Gertner]

Suck it Gertner :yes:

fucking leafs. if telly would have started we would have won

[KleptoKlown]

excuses.

nothing wrong with being beaten by a superior team.

[The Gooch]

excuses.

nothing wrong with being beaten by a superior team.

Well they have perfected forming excuses since 1993.

Fucking Gretzky. Fucking Highstick. Fucking Refs. :roll:

[RoXer]

Penguins? They suck.




Angry Penguins coach rips players
Associated Press
Posted: 2 minutes ago

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Edmonton Oilers center Shawn Horcoff's first three-goal performance in 309 NHL career games led to the first big blowup by Michel Therrien in his 11 games as Pittsburgh's coach.

Therrien ripped his team after Horcoff scored on a power play, short-handed and even strength during the Penguins' eighth loss in 11 games under the former Montreal Canadiens coach.
On a night his team was flat, Therrien was emotional and visibly angry.

"It's a pathetic performance," Therrien said of a team that has allowed a league-high 166 goals. "Half of the team doesn't care. ... They're doing the best job to be the worst defensive squad in the league. They turn the puck over, they have no vision. The guys don't care. They pretend to care, but I know they don't care.

Therrien repeated a vulgarity several times to describe his defensemen, including $25 million free agent Sergei Gonchar, who has been a huge disappointment. Still, only two Penguins defensemen were minus for the night - Ryan Whitney and Dick Tarnstrom were a minus-1 - and the other four were even.

"I'm really starting to believe the goal of our defense is to be the worst defensive squad in the league," Therrien said. "They're doing the best job to be the worst defensive squad in the league.

"They turn the puck over. They have no vision. They suck. I've never seen a bunch of defensemen suck like this. The guys don't care. They pretend to care, but I know they don't care."

That didn't appease Therrien, who has a reputation for being tough and demanding but so far has been mostly upbeat about a mostly young Penguins team that is tied with the Capitals for the fewest points (31) in the Eastern Conference.

"We should take 50 percent of their salaries because they play only 50 percent of the time," Therrien said.

Even super rookie Sidney Crosby didn't look like he was into the game, getting only two shots, both in the first period. He had eight goals and nine assists during a 10-game scoring streak.

"Horcoff had three great chances and he converted all of them," said Crosby, who preferred to talk about the game's scoring star rather than his own play. "He got it right tonight."

At least to Therrien, the Penguins got it all wrong.

"What's the solution?" Therrien said. "I'm going to find the solution."

The Penguins would have been shut out by Edmonton for their first time in their 39-year history if Ryan Malone hadn't gotten his stick in a Josef Melichar shot from the left point in the third period. No matter, Pittsburgh still lost its third in a row and 16th in 20 games.

Ryan Smyth set up the first two Horcoff goals as the Oilers ended an eight-game losing streak (0-6-2) in Pittsburgh that dated to Feb. 18, 1993, not long before the Penguins began an NHL record 17-game winning streak.

"It's a great feeling," the 28-year-old Horcoff said of his first hat trick since he played at Michigan State. "It was just a matter tonight of being in the right spots."

Edmonton had lost four of six overall, but improved to 13-8-2 on the road to 3-3-1 against Eastern Conference teams. The Penguins are 1-5 against the Western Conference and have lost 16 of 22 home games (6-11-5).

Crosby stayed out of the penalty box after drawing six penalties in two games last weekend against Atlanta, but that didn't make much difference. Pittsburgh managed 18 shots against a barely tested Jussi Markkanen, 11 in the first two periods as the Penguins twice took penalties to shorten all but one of their three power plays.

"I thought our defense played extraordinary," Oilers coach Craig MacTavish said.

Tarnstrom drew the game's first two penalties, then was on the ice when Smyth picked up a loose puck just inside the neutral zone and fed it ahead to Horcoff, who beat Marc-Andre Fleury between the pads.

Horcoff scored again in the first minute of the second period, skating down the slot to feather a backhander past Fleury, who turned aside 28 of 31 shots but only three of Horcoff's six shots.

Horcoff's final goal, his 14th, came in the final minute on a power play.

[YOUR Hero]

Pittsburgh needs to shake thing up big time.

[Gertner]

Well they have perfected forming excuses since 1993.

Fucking Gretzky. Fucking Highstick. Fucking Refs. :roll:

hey even fraser admitted he fucked up.



The nhl just doesn't want the leafs to win cause it doesn't boost any merchandise sales. they want small market teams in the U.S to win so the game will grow. Hence the refs picking on my leafs all the time

[YOUR Hero]

conspiracy theory 101

[The Gooch]

hey even fraser admitted he fucked up.



The nhl just doesn't want the leafs to win cause it doesn't boost any merchandise sales. they want small market teams in the U.S to win so the game will grow. Hence the refs picking on my leafs all the time

He should of said he blew his whistle in his head. :$

I've heard the NHL theory as well that they didn't want two Canadian teams in the Cup final and they wanted LA to push the league. It's logical, but so are most other stories which are complete bullshit. They still had a chance in game 7, but stunk up the joint.

[YOUR Hero]

I think baseball is the same way, as the Yankees never win anything.

[KleptoKlown]

The Leafs are Canada's version of the yankees...minus the championships of course.

[Gertner]

I think baseball is the same way, as the Yankees never win anything.


hockey is a niche sport and baseball isn't

[Adder]

Hockey is life in Canada. niche sport my ass.

[Gertner]

niche sport in the U.S where it counts

[YOUR Hero]

The States don't matter anymore. Not like they used to anyway.

Stop being silly.

[Zen v.W.o.]

I do believe Hockey is played in more countries than baseball.

Baseball is the true niche sport. A passive, rather dull american pastime.

[YOUR Hero]

Hate to disagree with you, Zen. Baseball is played in at least as many countries as Hockey is.

Anyway...


Gonna post the standings as of right now, basically the half way point (just past it a bit)

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=yspsctbg><TD class=ysptblhdr height=18>Eastern Conference</TD></TR><TR><TD class=ysptblbdr2><TABLE class=yspwhitebg cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=ysptblthbody1><TD class=yspdetailttl colSpan=2 height=18> Team</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>GP</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>Pts</TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD height=18> 1.</TD><TD>* Ottawa (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/ott)</TD><TD>43</TD><TD align=right>63 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD height=18> 2.</TD><TD>* Philadelphia (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/phi)</TD><TD>45</TD><TD align=right>63 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD height=18> 3.</TD><TD>* Carolina (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/car)</TD><TD>43</TD><TD align=right>62 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD height=18> 4.</TD><TD>Buffalo (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/buf)</TD><TD>44</TD><TD align=right>59 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD height=18> 5.</TD><TD>NY Rangers (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/nyr)</TD><TD>45</TD><TD align=right>57 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD height=18> 6.</TD><TD>Toronto (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/tor)</TD><TD>44</TD><TD align=right>51 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD height=18> 7.</TD><TD>Atlanta (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/atl)</TD><TD>46</TD><TD align=right>50 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD height=18> 8.</TD><TD>Tampa Bay (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/tam)</TD><TD>44</TD><TD align=right>47 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD height=18> 9.</TD><TD>New Jersey (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/njd)</TD><TD>44</TD><TD align=right>47 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD height=18> 10.</TD><TD>Montreal (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/mon)</TD><TD>42</TD><TD align=right>46 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD height=18> 11.</TD><TD>Florida (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/fla)</TD><TD>47</TD><TD align=right>43 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD height=18> 12.</TD><TD>NY Islanders (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/nyi)</TD><TD>44</TD><TD align=right>40 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD height=18> 13.</TD><TD>Boston (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/bos)</TD><TD>44</TD><TD align=right>39 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD height=18> 14.</TD><TD>Washington (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/was)</TD><TD>43</TD><TD align=right>33 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD height=18> 15.</TD><TD>Pittsburgh (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/pit)</TD><TD>44</TD><TD align=right>31 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD class=yspscores colSpan=3 height=18> * = Division Leader</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=yspsctbg><TD class=ysptblhdr height=18>Western Conference</TD></TR><TR><TD class=ysptblbdr2><TABLE class=yspwhitebg cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=ysptblthbody1><TD class=yspdetailttl colSpan=2 height=18> Team</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>GP</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>Pts</TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD height=18> 1.</TD><TD>* Detroit (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/det)</TD><TD>45</TD><TD align=right>63 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD height=18> 2.</TD><TD>* Dallas (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/dal)</TD><TD>44</TD><TD align=right>62 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD height=18> 3.</TD><TD>* Calgary (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/cgy)</TD><TD>45</TD><TD align=right>57 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD height=18> 4.</TD><TD>Nashville (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/nas)</TD><TD>44</TD><TD align=right>59 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD height=18> 5.</TD><TD>Los Angeles (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/los)</TD><TD>47</TD><TD align=right>58 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD height=18> 6.</TD><TD>Vancouver (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/van)</TD><TD>45</TD><TD align=right>55 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD height=18> 7.</TD><TD>Colorado (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/col)</TD><TD>46</TD><TD align=right>55 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD height=18> 8.</TD><TD>Edmonton (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/edm)</TD><TD>45</TD><TD align=right>53 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD height=18> 9.</TD><TD>Anaheim (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/ana)</TD><TD>43</TD><TD align=right>46 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD height=18> 10.</TD><TD>Phoenix (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/pho)</TD><TD>45</TD><TD align=right>46 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD height=18> 11.</TD><TD>San Jose (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/san)</TD><TD>42</TD><TD align=right>45 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD height=18> 12.</TD><TD>Minnesota (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/min)</TD><TD>44</TD><TD align=right>44 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD height=18> 13.</TD><TD>Chicago (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/chi)</TD><TD>44</TD><TD align=right>34 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD height=18> 14.</TD><TD>Columbus (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/cob)</TD><TD>45</TD><TD align=right>32 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD height=18> 15.</TD><TD>St. Louis (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/stl)</TD><TD>42</TD><TD align=right>25 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD class=yspscores colSpan=3 height=18> * = Division Leader</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

[RoXer]

Coyotes came back to beat the Leafs last night. If they can stay consistent they might make the playoffs.

[The Miz]

San Jose will sneak in

[RoXer]

I hope so. Rooting for them too. They'll probly finish 9th though.

[YOUR Hero]

not really sneak, Miz, as they were an early pre season favourite for the cup.

[Scott Delaney]

San Jose will sneak in


Two teams that have to be FEARED if they sneak in are San Jose and Minnesota.


San Jose have all the tools to cause a first round upset.

-Two top line centers
-A top-tier goalie that is DEADLY when playing well
-Grit

Minnestoa Wild can also be a potential nightmare for a top seed.

-Excellent goaltending
-Excellent special teams
-Work hard every night


Two teams that I can see falling out of the playoff picture in the West, are the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers. The Canucks are one of the most talented teams in the league, but they are also one of the laziest. That's NOT to say that the Canucks aren't gritty when they want to be....because they can....but they are far too inconsistent.

The Canucks' goaltending, defense, and overall grit is far too inconsistent for them to do anything at this point. The Canucks' top players (Naslund, Bertuzzi, Jovanoski) seem to fade away when needed the most as well.


The Oilers have great hussle and team chemistry, but they may have the worst goaltending in the ENTIRE league. This could haunt them down the stretch.

[YOUR Hero]

FYI - The San Jose Sharks are the front runners for landing Owen Nolan from what I've been told.

What type of cap room do they have left?

[Gertner]

god damn leafs. they really need to trade for a d man

[Scott Delaney]

What type of cap room do they have left?


I'm not quite sure.

All I heard was that the San Jose Sharks were the front-runners for Owen Nolan's services (Flames and Leafs were the other two teams interested).

Given the Sharks interest in Nolan, I'd assume they have enough room to get him.

Regardless of what happens however, Sharks could be a 1st round nightmare for any team they face if they sneak in.

[Blitz]

god damn leafs. they really need to trade for a few d men

Fixed.

[Blitz]

btw, anyone see Ovechkin's 2nd goal against Phoenix today? Insanity.

[RoXer]

I was about to go to the game with a friend of mine, but he backed out. Good thing, didn't want to see a 6-1 loss. Way to stay consistent.

[The Miz]

They were due for a bad game, they've been playing great. They need to get Toskala in there more though.

[Lara Emily]

annnnnnnnnnnnnd

Palffy retires :|

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=151267&hubname=nhl

[BCWWF]

Ziggy Palffy retires

[road doggy dogg]

LOL what just read that elsewhere, Palffy retires wthg

[Blitz]

Pens just can't catch a break, can they?

[The Miz]

Damn,

[Blitz]

Penguins aquire Eric Cairns

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/hockey/nhl/wires/01/18/2040.ap.hkn.penguins.panthers.trade.0101/

[YOUR Hero]

LOL @ Palffy. I guess this is his answer to Therien.

Nice bit of heart thurrr, Palffy.

[YOUR Hero]

Penguins aquire Eric Cairns

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/hockey/nhl/wires/01/18/2040.ap.hkn.penguins.panthers.trade.0101/

Not going to read the link, but (and I'm sure it mentions this) it's about time they get some protection for Crosby.

[Skippord]

Avs are on a roll

[YOUR Hero]

Brian Berard tests positive for steroids. It wasn't an NHL test, but a ?olympic? test. Anyway, he gets a 2 year ban from international play but is still considered in good standing with the NHL. - I find that latter part ridiculous.

[Gertner]

i guess he took two tests after the olympic test and past

[The Icon of Elisim]

Whatever it is this doesn't help the NHL's image of being weak on drug users, luckily for the NHL no one in the states cares so there will be no pressure for them to change

[OssMan]

OVECHKIN

[Skippord]

SVATOS

[Zen v.W.o.]

BOOGAARD

[Gertner]

BEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLAAAAAAAKKKKKKKK!

[asphyXy]

Ovechkin
Lundqvist
Prucha

Top three candidates for the Calder. Crosby sucks.

[Zen v.W.o.]

Jagr = MVP, and dont anyone ever forget it.

NJ is up 2-0 right now, damnit. I hate this fucking team. I was pretty happy seeing them out of a PO spot, but now look..fuckin Elias.

[RoXer]

Of all the games on NBC, they show the one I have no interest in. Yeah, Detriot and Colorado have a good rivalry, but I'd rather see Crosby or the Sharks.

[Zen v.W.o.]

I'm getting Pens vs Flyers, but I guess they are closer to me regionally then Avs/Wings.

I then have the Leafs vs Sens at 7ish..followed by Habs at Nucks.

[Kapoutman]

Ovechkin
Lundqvist
Prucha

Top three candidates for the Calder. Crosby sucks.

Ovechkin is doing better than Crosby, but putting Prucha and Lundqvist above him without thinking about Phaneuf or Svatos is just wrong.

[Lara Emily]

7-0 Sens

outscore Leafs 23-2 in past 3 games.

[Skippord]

Svatos > Crosby

[The Gooch]

7-0 Sens

outscore Leafs 23-2 in past 3 games.

There is some conspriacy as to why this is so. We are just waiting for the Leaf fans to come up with it.

[Gertner]

Until Fraudawa beats my leafs in the playoffs, they can kick the living shit out of us in regular season all they want, cause they are the dictionary definition of choke

[YOUR Hero]

BOOGAARD

PG Cougars represent :cool:

[Blitz]

There is some conspriacy as to why this is so. We are just waiting for the Leaf fans to come up with it.

I've been a Leafs fans for about 10 years now. But we are absolutely sucking this season.

[Zen v.W.o.]

Dont worry, the Habs are sucking right now too. I find it a bit amusing that the three most storied franchises in the east and more specifically the NE division, are the teams sucking bucketloads.

[McDoogle]

It's all about ups and downs....the Leafs are down right now, they'll get on a roll and everything will be alright.

[YOUR Hero]

There's talk of dumping Quinn.

[McDoogle]

The leafs need a complete overhauling, coach included.

[Blitz]

There's talk of dumping Quinn.

I would cry with joy if they dumped Quinn. It's time for a change.

I think it might be time to think about getting rid of Belfour.

But above all else, DEFENSE.

[RoXer]

oh son of a bitch, Khabinbulinnih is injured for like 6 weeks when he JUST came off from injury. I'm thinking about dropping him and Lemiuex real soon.

[YOUR Hero]

The leafs need a complete overhauling, coach included.

Quinn was let go in Vancouver for the same reasons. You know, the guy is a pretty good coach, but he doesn't take teams over the top.

[Gertner]

quinn ahs nothing to work with at all right now.

[Blitz]

Lost to the Sens again, and lost Colaiacavo. What a night.

[samichna]

Mario Lemieux has officially retired (again).

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=152104

[Arashi Kage]

The first time Mario retired, I stopped following hockey until he came back out of retirement. This time, rather than stop caring about hockey, I have teams like Calgary and Ottawa to cheer for.

Too bad that Mario won't have a chance to play with Crosby and Malkin next year.

[LoDownM]

:(

I think he's done for good this time.

[YOUR Hero]

OH for sure, he's gone for good this time. His medication is tiring him out too much. It's sad, but don't forget he's getting pretty old. Hell, I think he's even older than me.

[Zen v.W.o.]

Goodbye to the best player I have had the privelege of watching in my lifetime. He was seriously, the man.

[Lara Emily]

Goodbye to the best player I have had the privelege of watching in my lifetime. He was seriously, the man.

Indeed.

I still remember watching him, Jagr and Francis play live. To this day I'll never forget how amazing it was to watch them work their magic, especially on the powerplay.

[Gertner]

he should have went a long time ago. He was a tremendous player.

[Kapoutman]

Mario Lemieux didn't play regularly, but when he did, he was something to see. I met him sooner this season, he is just as nice as you expect him to be. The NHL will miss him that's for sure, as he was a great ambassador for hockey.

[Zelda]

After numerous bad performances, Theodore gets benched and we win 5-3 with Huet in the net. The medias are just starting to mention that Theo is having a bad season. It sucks that in Montreal, it is almost forbidden to speak against Theo when they keep blasting each and every other players on the team. The worst is that it is now too late to get rid of him. He has no value anymore.

[Kapoutman]

Théodore is only proving what I have been thinking since before the season started.

[Zen v.W.o.]

Indeed.

I still remember watching him, Jagr and Francis play live. To this day I'll never forget how amazing it was to watch them work their magic, especially on the powerplay.


I could cry recalling the Mario/Jagr duo. They made me like the Pens second only to my Habs...

Mario:heart:

[Lara Emily]

Until Fraudawa beats my leafs in the playoffs, they can kick the living shit out of us in regular season all they want, cause they are the dictionary definition of choke

k so we'll talk to you in 2006-2007 then?

[Lara Emily]

Pens trade Tarnstrom to Edmonton for Jani Rita and Cory "I'm a useless fuck" Cross.

I know fuck all about Rita but I goddamn hate Cory Cross, the fucker is one of the most useless players in the NHL. If there was ever a list of players I would never want to see put on a Pens jersey Cross would be high up there. I really really really hate this fucker. Sorry I can't look at this trade objectively, I've always hated Cory Cross.

[YOUR Hero]

Cory Cross will make you jump jump jump. Uh-huh uh-huh.

[Blitz]

Cory Cross will make you jump jump jump...off a building,

[YOUR Hero]

Martin Brodeur signed a 6 year extention with the Devils.



Brodeur signs contract extension with Devils
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=AtGHN6tXT78d1qWD7G8OOe17vLYF?slug=ap-devils-brodeur&prov=ap&type=lgns

[MVP]

Damn Bruins :nono:

Went to the game tonight. 3rd period Brad Boyes scores a 1-timer to take the lead then we lose all momentum by giving up 2 goals in 2 minutes, to the Islanders. The fucking Islanders.

[RoXer]

Edmonton just scored a goal off the faceoff with 2 seconds left to tie it up.

Unreal.

[Blitz]

St. Louis trades Doug Weight and Erkki Rajamaki to Carolina for Jesse Boulerice, Mike Zigomanis, a pair of draft picks and the rights to Magnus Kahnberg.

http://www.carolinahurricanes.com/

Damn, Carolina's gonna be a force in the playoffs this year.

[MVP]

Carolina was nasty to begin with, now they're looking like Stanley Cup contenders.

[Blitz]

If the playoffs started tomorrow, I say it'd be Carolina/Ottawa in the Eastern Finals, and Detroit/Nashville in the West.

[Gertner]

haha take that 8 game losing streak. btw the leafs should make a play for weinrich. another friggen d man goes down

[YOUR Hero]

Carolina gave up wayyyyyyyy more than San Jose did in acquiring Thorton. They are making a run for it. I don't know if what they gave up for Weight is justified, *but* , you gotta give them props for showing the team and fans they're serious.

[Zen v.W.o.]

The Habs are spanking the Canes tonight. Mark my words.

[Zen v.W.o.]

The Habs are spanking the Canes tonight. Mark my words.


:shifty:


:nono:

[Kapoutman]

José Théodore on the bench again.

Even though he's proving what I said when the season started, I can't really be happy. :(

[Zen v.W.o.]

I think it sucks. I have no confidence in any of our goalies. Theo sucks right now, and well Huet isnt a great goalie. He's not a legit starter. I am worried.

[YOUR Hero]

You guys are playing Theo tons of money. You got to stand behind him. You guys are ruining his confidence.

[MVP]

Remember that time Bruins beat Ottawa for the 3rd time in a row with a 5-0 SHUTOUT?

Too bad we can't play like that against shitty teams like NYI

[Kapoutman]

You guys are playing Theo tons of money. You got to stand behind him. You guys are ruining his confidence.
It's ridiculous. When you're paid 5 million dollars a year, you're expected to stand pressure. That goes for every player in the NHL.

[YOUR Hero]

yeah, but when you're in a slump, you'd hope for some mental support from the team, management, fans. Montreal fans they say arer passionate, I know they are, they can also be very cruel. Too much like the press.

[Zelda]

The medias have only been on Theo's case for the last two weeks, and even now, some are still saying he's a great goalie. Things like that happened in the past a lot of times, and when we traded the player, nobody made a fuss about it.

[Terra Ryzin]

Damn its nice having hockey back. Since the rangers took the last 7 years off

Jagr is back and is great to watch. The line of Jagr/Straka/Nylander was awesome tonight. 5-5 and they played like they had a man advantage.

strong showing by weeks tonight after not playin for a while, great for him to get a win.

Colton Orr can can throw hands!!! keep him in the lineup. they need some protection on the ice.

King Herny and Prucha have been huge surpises, its great having 2 top rookies on the rangers. also tyutin has been in their shadow and should get mentioned more.

poti is actualy playin very well recently, and there whole dfence actualy

tied with philly and 4 behing ott. 2 games with flyers and 1 with sens before the break.

Taking first for the olympics!!!!

[Blitz]

Fucking Leafs lose again. Something's gotta give.

[Gertner]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Slightly-Used-Washed-up-Habs-Goalie-Jose-Theodore_W0QQitemZ7216762273QQcategoryZ79765QQrdZ1QQcmd


hilarious

[Blitz]

LOL I'm about ready to put one of those up for Belfour.

[Terra Ryzin]

RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

spanked sens 5-1

[samichna]

LOL I'm about ready to put one of those up for Belfour.

Belfour was on his head against the Thrashersssss

[Blitz]

Yes well, I posted that 5 days ago when he was absolutely sucking.

My problem with Belfour is that when he's hot, he's unstoppable. But when he's cold, a one armed retard can put a puck past him.

[YOUR Hero]

Why can't the Canucks beat the fucking Blues? :'(

[McDoogle]

So Theodore tests positive for a masking agent. Pretty tight.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=154231&hubname=

[Zelda]

Theo is a pretty boy. :rofl:

[YOUR Hero]

I bet a lot of men would use that type of product if they were losing hair. In fact it's a known fact that they do.