NHL 2006-2007 Season Thread

[weather vane]

Here it is boys. This season is going to be amazing. Talk about anything and everything hockey in here.

[Stickman]

You're a couple weeks early.

[Blitz]

Nah not really. Pre season starts on Monday.

LEAFS ARE TAKING IT.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I found myself becoming a bit of Blue Jackets fan last year since their's were the only games I could watch because I don't get OLN. Perhaps I should jump on the bandwagon while there's still front row seats available.

[Stickman]

Nah not really. Pre season starts on Monday.

LEAFS ARE TAKING IT.


Leafs will be terrible as usual.

[Blitz]

Columbus signs Anson Carter :n:

Also, fuck you Stickman.

[Stickman]

Anson Carter is an idiot for leaving Vancouver. He will not have the same season as he did last year.

Also, Fuck all leaf fans.

[Lara Emily]

LEAFS ARE TAKING IT.


TO THE GOLF COURSE!

[Lara Emily]

The joke that is the New York Islanders continues with the 15 year 67.5 million dollar a year contract handed out to Rick Dipietro.

[MVP]

Pretty sure I'm going to TD Banknorth Garden today to meet Patrice Bergeron, Brad Boyes, Marco Sturm, Zdeno Chara, PJ Axelsson, and others and getting their autographs. :cool:

[Gertner]

Belak for hart!

[Stickman]

It should be interesting to see how the Canucks do this year. They were a solid team for the past 3-5 years and now have done a 180 turn with personnel. Also, Fuck you Bob Clarke.

[weather vane]

Pretty sure I'm going to TD Banknorth Garden today to meet Patrice Bergeron, Brad Boyes, Marco Sturm, Zdeno Chara, PJ Axelsson, and others and getting their autographs. :cool:

SHUT UP!

[dablackguy]

The joke that is the New York Islanders continues with the 15 year 67.5 million dollar a year contract handed out to Rick Dipietro.


Yeah the Yashin deal worked out so well for the Islanders, they figured they could do 15 with a mediocre goalie

[dablackguy]

Here's a question, I drafted Yanic Perreault for my fantasy team, but have heard nothing on the guy at all. He was in Nashville last year but ended the year injured. Did he retire? Where in the world is Yanic Perreault??

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I think Perreault is still unsigned.

[Gertner]

It should be interesting to see how the Canucks do this year. They were a solid team for the past 3-5 years and now have done a 180 turn with personnel. Also, Fuck you Bob Clarke.

the canucks are in serious trouble this year

[Stickman]

the canucks are in serious trouble this year


Theyr'e a team that is completely unknown of how they'll do this year. You can't even make a relevent prediction. They could suck because their D and RW is lacking, they could be great because they're unknowns like Buffalo and Carolina were last year. A hard working team infront of Luongo could do some damage. The salary cap really really really hurt this team. They were onto something good before the lockout.

[YOUR Hero]

Anson Carter is an idiot for leaving Vancouver. He will not have the same season as he did last year.

Also, Fuck all leaf fans.

Anson Carter signed for more money than he could have ever got out of Vancouver, even before the Kesler events. So he's not an idiot. As a Canuck fan, I hope he does shitty in Columbus, but he'll be playing with Nash and Fedorov (reports say) so I think he'll most likely do better or as good as he did last season.

[MVP]

SHUT UP!

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/7379/bruinsplatebu6.jpg

[weather vane]

I want to be on you. Biggest Bruins fan on here for sure.

[Stickman]

Anson Carter signed for more money than he could have ever got out of Vancouver, even before the Kesler events. So he's not an idiot. As a Canuck fan, I hope he does shitty in Columbus, but he'll be playing with Nash and Fedorov (reports say) so I think he'll most likely do better or as good as he did last season.


Columbus comes out of the east so I take back my Carter remark.

[MVP]

I want to be on you. Biggest Bruins fan on here for sure.
lol

It also helps that I go to college 30 min from Boston.

[LoDownM]

As long as the Penguins aint last in the league this year i'll be happy :(

[Gertner]

they still have no defence and an inconsistant goalie, so it may be another long season for the pens

[MVP]

They got Recchi back, but he is too old to keep up with the fast teams. He's still good for scoring though.

[Gertner]

i'm totally not questioning their offence. It'll be solid with Cros, Armstrong, Ouelett, Recchi, Malkin, LEclair etc.... it's their defence that scares me. They've shown no effort to address it what so ever be it through the draft or free agency

[Crippla]

I will come back to this thread when the Bruins are good again which isn't any time soon....

[Lara Emily]

Columbus comes out of the east so I take back my Carter remark.

I hope you don't mean Eastern conference cause the Jackets are in the West

[Lara Emily]

i'm totally not questioning their offence. It'll be solid with Cros, Armstrong, Ouelett, Recchi, Malkin, LEclair etc.... it's their defence that scares me. They've shown no effort to address it what so ever be it through the draft or free agency

They did add Eaton and Ekman is a solid defensive forward, they've upgdraed their 3rd and 4th lines, they won't make the playoffs but they shouldn't be worst in the East either.

[weather vane]

STICKY THIS

[Skippord]

Avs will probably suck this year

[Fignuts]

Colorado teams suck at everything.

btw I see Jake Plumber is back in usual shitty form.

Buffalo better take the division this year. New uniforms better not be gay either. At least they'll have the classic blue and gold for home.

[Skippord]

Alright I'll give you the Rockies and the Nuggets but the Broncos are usually good and the Avalanche havent missed the playoffs

[CNM]

Yeah the Nuggets have sucked their way to the playoffs 3 years in a row

[Blitz]

New Buffalo unis

http://www.sabres.com/newsarchive.cfm?id=627

[Blitz]

Toronto's got Buffalo tomorrow for their pre-season opener.

Goin' down, Fig.

[Lara Emily]

Sabres new unis are terrible

[Stickman]

I hope you don't mean Eastern conference cause the Jackets are in the West

Goes to show I don't know my geography. Since they're in the west, they won't go all the way. They'll make the playoffs.

[weather vane]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/Buffalo_Sabres_Primary.gif

terrible

[KleptoKlown]

gg LeClair

[Gertner]

lol leafs finally beat fraudawa

[YOUR Hero]

I kinda dig those Buffalo uniforms

[Gertner]

leafs looking at bondra. He'd be better than what they have right now

[Lara Emily]

lol leafs finally beat fraudawa

Congratulations on scoring 3 goals against Jeff Glass.

[YOUR Hero]

Whhy is Bondra still unsigned? Welcome to the salary cap, boys and girls.

[Blitz]

Leafs should not sign Bondra.

[Gertner]

We can't go into the season with Tucker and O'Neill as our top 2 wingers.......we just can't.

[Blitz]

Agreed we need a winger, I'd just prefer someone other than Bondra.

[Gertner]

lol there really isn't anybody else.

[YOUR Hero]

Anson Carter sooooo wanted to be a Maple Leaf.

[Blitz]

I know :(

Rumours were they were gonna trade Nik Antropov to free up some room for Carter. Damn I wish they had.

Prolly just end up either getting Bondra or trading either Tellqvist or Aubin for something.

[YOUR Hero]

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/2e/full.getty-71958919ab001_florida_panth_11_50_26_pm.jpg


Hey, I got an idea. How about some exhibition games in places like WINNIPEG ~fuck!

[YOUR Hero]

gonna sticky this topic.



Hey Bobby Clarke, why did you make this goof your captain? Should have been Gagne.

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/db/full.getty-71865673lr010_ottawa_senato_10_35_08_pm.jpg

[YOUR Hero]

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060923/capt.0d5c2578c09a4b16b2539ea582c8110b.nhl_sabres_senators_hockey_ottj129.jpg

I think that logo needs legs. Also some colour bands on the lower half or something. I do like it well enough, but the buffalo needs to be fully formed and perhaps a bit bigger in the jersey or like I said some colour bands.. or one big one on the bottom. It's too far away from a traditional hockey jersey as it stands right now.

[YOUR Hero]

Just to further explain my point.

Look at this similar logo for Phoenix.
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060923/capt.1e898b88676f4aca9ce509c9c29d0e56.coyotes_stars_hockey_dna101.jpg

It was smart enough to look all new but still add the colour bands.borders on the bottom of it's uniform to complete it. Otherwise the jersey looks incomplete. I do like the player's number on the jersey's front like the Sabres have...

[KleptoKlown]

<img src=http://www.rivercitysports.com/thumbs/large/63648.jpg>

Should have kept it at that one :y:

[KleptoKlown]

<img src=http://www.rivercitysports.com/thumbs/large/71384.jpg>

Phoenix should look like that.

[Blitz]

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/2e/full.getty-71958919ab001_florida_panth_11_50_26_pm.jpg


Hey, I got an idea. How about some exhibition games in places like WINNIPEG ~fuck!
They did have a game in Winnipeg.

[YOUR Hero]

http://www.rivercitysports.com/thumbs/large/63648.jpg

Should have kept it at that one :y:

I agree, but since they did change, I think the should have been a little close to what I stated.

[YOUR Hero]

http://www.rivercitysports.com/thumbs/large/71384.jpg

Phoenix should look like that.

That uniform is still awesome.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

It's no Whalers jersey.

[The Miz]

Did hockey seriously start again already

[samichna]

Pre-season is going on right now. The regular season begins on October 4th I think.

[samichna]

I just realized that three of the six Canadian teams have Swedish captains.

[MVP]

http://patmar.joueb.com/images/nordiques%20jersey_t.jpg

:heart:

[Stickman]

ANy Canucks fans here? I'm getting really worried about this season. They dont' have any toughness. No power forward, no depth on Defence. No heart... They will miss Jovonovski because of everythign he brings.

[Gertner]

hilarious Wade Belak video


http://baystreetbullies.com/videoz/0607/06...ak_1st_line.rar (http://baystreetbullies.com/videoz/0607/06...ak_1st_line.rar)


fav player ever!

[YOUR Hero]

ANy Canucks fans here? I'm getting really worried about this season. They dont' have any toughness. No power forward, no depth on Defence. No heart... They will miss Jovonovski because of everythign he brings.


This pre-season isn't providing any break out players. Kesler has looked good, Burrows not too bad, but no one has snuck up and made a person go 'wow'. Remember though, it is just the pre-season.

[Blitz]

Leafs have had an interesting pre season. Alexander Suglobov has looked prety good, and I also wouldn't mind seeing Bates Battaglia make the team. But there's still no clearcut choice for backup goalie (IMO).

[Skippord]

http://patmar.joueb.com/images/nordiques%20jersey_t.jpg

:heart:
looks like that thing I have in my Closet

[BCWWF]

Lol I know. I saw that a while ago. I liked the older one with the two swords

[BCWWF]

Oops, I think my comment is about the last article on the first page, the Sabres new logo

[weather vane]

They did have a game in Winnipeg.

ya Hero you dummy

[Zen v.W.o.]

The Canes basically gave Jack Johnson away for nothing much.

Also, Latendresse is a Hab. I hope he replaces perezhogin.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Blue Jackets finally signed Zherdev. If Zherdev and Brule both reach their potential a Nash-Brule-Zherdev line could be pretty terrifying. The rest of the team might suck but whatever.

[YOUR Hero]

Nash-Fedorov-Carter

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Actually I believe when everyone is healthy the front line will be Nash-Fedorov-Vyborny. Carter will be on the 2nd line

[YOUR Hero]

either way, they are stacked up front. Plus they have grit. They have decent defense and solid goaltending (although I think Ward may be over his head) They will again be one of the favoured teams.

[Heyman]

Actually I believe when everyone is healthy the front line will be Nash-Fedorov-Vyborny. Carter will be on the 2nd line

I agree with this.

Also - I'm not so sure about Columbus' defense. They have an aging Adam Foote, and a "damaged goods" Bryan Berard. Who else do they have?

Pascal Leclaire (Columbus' goalie if I'm not mistaken) should be pretty decent.

The team that makes me sick however, is the friggin' Ducks. :nono: Thank god the Canucks aren't in that division. :y: Pacific Division is far and away the toughest division this year IMO. San Jose and Anaheim should be insanely good, while the Kings and Dallas won't be too shabby either.

Phoenix, with Jovanovski, Roenick, and Nolan, might put themselves back into playoff contention as well.

[Caged Heat18]

The team that makes me sick however, is the friggin' Ducks. :nono: Thank god the Canucks aren't in that division. :y: Pacific Division is far and away the toughest division this year IMO. San Jose and Anaheim should be insanely good, while the Kings and Dallas won't be too shabby either.

Phoenix, with Jovanovski, Roenick, and Nolan, might put themselves back into playoff contention as well.

San Jose should be amazing. I think Dallas will be really strong as well. They added some good fowards, in Lindros, Ribiero, and Stefan. While Stefan hasn't lived up to being a number one pick he still is a quality foward. Plus Turco's great in the regular season.

I don't think Phoenix will be anything this year. Jovanovski defintely helps, but Roenik is old, Nolan hasn't played in two years. Nagy's good, as his Doan, but who else can score?

[Caged Heat18]

Did anybody see how the Devils pulled off their miracle of getting Malakhov and Mogilny's contracts off the salary cap. They just resigned Gionta, Martin, Hale, Clemmenson, and Rasmussen. I understand that a lot of people will be unhappy with Lou, but he pulled it off within the rules. I am a huge Devils fan, so this is great news for me.

[road doggy dogg]

Season starts tomorrow night WOOOOOOO

[samichna]

"WoOoOoOoOoOoO"

[Caged Heat18]

I can't wait for tomorrow. Carolina/Buffalo in a rematch of the Eastern Conference Finals, Sens/Leafs, and Avalanche/Stars is a pretty good opening night.

[Gertner]

lol one game in and i'm banned from mapleleafs.com again. 4th time

Your account has been temporarily suspended. This suspension is due to end on Jul 31 2007, 10:28 PM.


ouch, they mean business this time lol

[Blitz]

What'd you get banned for?

Also, it could be another long (or short) season for Leafs fans :'(

[Gertner]

What'd you get banned for?

Also, it could be another long (or short) season for Leafs fans :'(

this time i posted a thread stating that suglobov and wozniewski are about as useless as a asexual whore.

well they deleted my thread.

so i posted a thread stating "God forbid we criticize anybody on here and that it's good to see that Hitler and Stalin are alive and well"

for some reason u aren't allowed to critcize anybody on the message boards. i used to get banned for riding Aki "Ice" Berg constantly

[Blitz]

lol I thought everyone hated Aki Berg.

And Suglobov's not bad :mad:

[Caged Heat18]

Anybody see the Stars/Avalanche game? Awesome ending in overtime with Turco sending a long pass to Sydor coming out the pentaly box, and then roofing it on a breakaway to win the game and complete the comeback. I really think the Stars are going to be great this year.

[Caged Heat18]

And Suglobov's not bad :mad:

No he's not. He was a Devil's prospect, and played one game for them last year and scored a goal. He didn't have a bad year in Albany either. I wish the Devils didn't trade him.

[weather vane]

HOW BOUT THEM LEAFS!!!

lol

Blitz get ready to wear a Bruins avatar

[Blitz]

One game. Big deal.

It's not like we played horribly. We got quite a few quality chances, just couldn't convert.

[samichna]

nice avatar, Blitz

[weather vane]

One game. Big deal.

It's not like we played horribly. We got quite a few quality chances, just couldn't convert.

nah I agree with you

you guys got a lot of quality chances and you can't blame Raycroft

D was pretty sloppy though

[Blitz]

Agreed, the D has been Toronto's achilles heel for a long while.

Didn't help that Kubina had to be a fucking moron in the last pre-season game, resulting in Belak being back on D :n:

[Gertner]

lol I thought everyone hated Aki Berg.

And Suglobov's not bad :mad:

he's an abortion defensivly.

[road doggy dogg]

Man what happened to the Avs. They were DOMINATING the first period, like ridiculously. Then I wathced Futurama during the 2nd and watched the third and it was all Dallas. That was a crazy comeback, esp. with the OT goal right outta the box. Hot.

Can't wait for tonight, sooooo many games on

[Blitz]

6-0 TORONTO BEATS OTTAWA!!!!

THERE'S MY BOYS!

[road doggy dogg]

lol 8-6 chicago

[Blitz]

Glad I picked Vokoun in the fantasy league :(

[road doggy dogg]

Don't even get me started. All my goalies I had playing tonight:

Vokoun
DiPietro
Esche
Toskala

Ow.

[RoXer]

Yeah, was just about to tell you that the Coyotes put 6 past Dipietro :love:

[Gertner]

had flurey playing tonight :)

[Stickman]

Detroit goes 0-9 on the powerplay and Luongo shuts the door.

Oh, Leafs suck. Ottawa's goaltending is awful.

[Caged Heat18]

Devils opener tonight. I'm excited.

[LoDownM]

Pennnnss :cool:

[road doggy dogg]

So the Pens finally sold their team, and of course the relocation rumors are flying once again. The main goal is to get them a new arena in Pittsburgh, but if that doesn't go through they might move to Hamilton or Kitchener maybe. That would be so hot.

[road doggy dogg]

Also, woot @ them destroying the Flyers. Rather, @ Fleury bailing them out.

[samichna]

lol Kitchener is the worst place

[Blitz]

Yeah, really can't see a team in Kitchener.

[road doggy dogg]

Yeah Hamilton is much more likely. I'm fine either way.

[samichna]

Dunno where else to put this.

It's a short clip of a back-and-forth between Jeremy Roenick and Patrick Roy from a few years ago.

Pritty funny.

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[KleptoKlown]

lmao, patrick pwns him

[YOUR Hero]

Winnipeg for the Pens. That would be sweet... and justice served.

[MVP]

WOW, Bruins get owned 3-8 in season opener. That's what happens when every single Florida player beats us to the puck, and when they always have a power play.

[Caged Heat18]

Winnipeg for the Pens. That would be sweet... and justice served.

:y:

[Zen v.W.o.]

Leafs got owned. Suck it Leafs, suck it!

[Blitz]

O hplease. We lost in overtime on the shootout.

[Zen v.W.o.]

O hplease. We lost in overtime on the shootout.


And thusly got owned.

[Skippord]

I love Marek Svatos so much

[Crippla]

*re-subscribes*

[Caged Heat18]

I love Marek Svatos so much

Me too. I have him on one of my fantasy teams.

[Caged Heat18]

Flyers vs. Rangers on Versus tonight. A big rematch from the 13 round shootout from the other night. The Flyers need a win, but the Rangers have been looking real good to start the season.

[Lara Emily]

No way the Pens end up in Hamilton.

[samichna]

Hamilton is in both the Leafs' and Sabres' markets, so, yeah, I doubt that will happen. And the other option, Kitchener, is just ridiculous.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Blue Jackets offense is looking pretty good in the first couple games here. And Rick Nash is real sexy if you haven't been paying attention.

[BCWWF]

Big match tonight for the Wild, start out 3-0 with a win over Vancouver

[MVP]

What's up with Keri Lehtonen getting 2 shutouts in the first 2 games? Didn't he suck last year?

[Gertner]

Kari has always been great, his defence just sucked in the past.


btw Go Leafs :)

[Caged Heat18]

What's up with Keri Lehtonen getting 2 shutouts in the first 2 games? Didn't he suck last year?

He'll be real good, if he can stay injury free all year. That was his problem last year.

[Fignuts]

woooooooooooo buffalo

[Lara Emily]

Hamilton is in both the Leafs' and Sabres' markets, so, yeah, I doubt that will happen. And the other option, Kitchener, is just ridiculous.

Wayyy too Small market even, heck I'm not convinced Hamilton is a big enough market either.

[Blitz]

Pavel Kubina may have a torn ACL, which would put him out for like 4 months.

Jeez, it'd be nice to have one injury free season for Toronto :n:

[BCWWF]

Wild 3-0-0!

[Caged Heat18]

The Wings really handed it to the Coyotes. Schneider had a hat trick and an assist.

[Caged Heat18]

Pavel Kubina may have a torn ACL, which would put him out for like 4 months.

Jeez, it'd be nice to have one injury free season for Toronto :n:

They do always have hard luck with that. My Devils home opener tomorrow against your Leafs.

[Blitz]

Wow, Devil's are just now playing their home opener?

[Caged Heat18]

Wow, Devil's are just now playing their home opener?

Yeah, it is only their third game too. It seems every October the Devils have so long in between games.

[Caged Heat18]

Wild 3-0-0!

Good for them too. They deserve that, and I think they will make the playoffs this year.

[samichna]

Yup, they're doing great under Lemaire (who just got a contract extension).

Also, I :heart: Brian Rolston. Got him in my pool. :cool:

[YOUR Hero]

The reason Kitchener is being suggested is because Toronto is such a huge hockey market, that they could feed off it. Since they don't want to put a second team in Toronto, (like New York) this is what some are considering.
I think if they move it, they should look at Winnipeg. With the new cap structure in place, it would once again be a viable market that has a history of really good attendance record. We'll see.

[MVP]

Wow, Devil's are just now playing their home opener?

Bruins home opener is NEXT Thurs

[Caged Heat18]

Yup, they're doing great under Lemaire (who just got a contract extension).

Also, I :heart: Brian Rolston. Got him in my pool. :cool:

I think he's one of the most underrated players in the league.

[Blitz]

Man, Leafs blow a 6-3 lead and lose to Jersey in the shootout. Lame :n:

[samichna]

lol for realz? That's pretty lame.

I don't have Leafs TV. :(

[Blitz]

Aubin was in net, and wasn't looking very good. We had a hell of a second, but didn't do much in the third.

[Caged Heat18]

Aubin was in net, and wasn't looking very good. We had a hell of a second, but didn't do much in the third.

I'm happy the Devils won, but they should consider themselves very lucky. They did not have a good first two periods at all.

[road doggy dogg]

wooo pens

[samichna]

stupid leafs

[BCWWF]

Looks like the Wild are are going to win again, up 2-0 on the Blue Jackets. I still don't expect to win the division, but I think this is the kind of team that can get hot in the playoffs, and that's all that matters.

[YOUR Hero]

BCWWF, I'd consider The Wild very capable of winning their division.

[BCWWF]

TBH, I am out of the loop. We weren't that good last year, and neither were the Blues, so I had barely any interest or exposure. I am just trying to get back into it all.

It looks like Colorado might finally be fading away, but isn't Edmonton, Vancouver and Calgary still potentially really good teams?

[BCWWF]

Also, Buffalo shouldn't be allowed to be 5-0 right now purely because of their new logo

[samichna]

Minnesota are freakin' unreal. Get in the loop, gaylord.

[BCWWF]

Two of the games wins have been in shootouts though, I mean obviously it is a pretty good team, but I am not getting my hopes up to win the Western Conference at this point.

[YOUR Hero]

Vancouver, Edmonton are on the decline. Calgary is sort of 'just the same'. Well Vancouver might improve, but they aren't considered cup favourites anymore. Avs are on the decline, Ducks, Kings should show improvement. Dallas, @ the same I think. Minnesota has a scary offensive team.. on paper (sort of like Vancouver was for the last few years). St Louis is improving, but they've got a long way to go. Wings are declining, but still good. These are teams the Wild will play a lot. I think they'll do well.

[BCWWF]

This Wild team kind of reminds me of the Lightning from '04, or am I just making that up?

[Blitz]

Wow, anyone see the shootout from Dallas/Anaheim last night? Turco made a beauty of a save on Ryan Shannon, who tried a nifty spin-o-rama move.

[BCWWF]

Colorado failed to sellout for the first time in like 487 games

[Caged Heat18]

Nabokov with a shutout and the Sharks with another win. Bell returns with a goal. This Sharks team is going to be real good. My bet on making it to the finals for the Western conference.

[ClockShot]

Damn. Philly Flyers got torn apart again. Had to send some vets to the minor leagues.

[Caged Heat18]

In Malkin's NHL debut versus the Devils he scores a goal, but the Devils won 2-1. Brodeur becomes the third goalie to reach 450 wins in NHL history.

[samichna]

What a junk goal for the first of his career though.

[MVP]

Bruins finally have their home opener tonight. My roommate is there right now. I could've gone with him, but I held out for next weeks game vs. the Habs. :cool:

[road doggy dogg]

Flyers are looking BAD right now. First the Buffalo game, and they just looked brutal last night against Tampa. Forsberg out for however long too... team's going downhill.

[LoDownM]

2 wins in under 10 games. Hot year for the Pens, I can see it :cool:

[RoXer]

Fucking Yotes go back to Winnipeg

[Caged Heat18]

Flyers are looking BAD right now. First the Buffalo game, and they just looked brutal last night against Tampa. Forsberg out for however long too... team's going downhill.


Yeah, the team is in absolute shambles. Sending Nedved, and Dimitrakos down, along with Baumgartner shows management is trying to send a wake up call, but judging by their game last night, the players did not answer.

[road doggy dogg]

I think after the Florida game something big will go down, ie someone's gonna lose their job

[YOUR Hero]

Clarke brings bad mo-jo to the Flyers.

[MVP]

Gagne scored 2 goals tonight yet they still lost

[YOUR Hero]

Gagne shoud be that teams captain.

[BCWWF]

FUCK. First loss.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

FUCK. First loss.

I second that "fuck!"

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I'm not crazy about Buffalo's white sweaters, but how can you say Afinogenov does not look badass in the blue one?

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/9d/full.getty-71799118rs008_ny_montreal_c_9_54_43_pm.jpg

[YOUR Hero]

Those jerseys, I dig.

[Zen v.W.o.]

I like their old Sabres jerseys. The one's they wore against the Flyers.

btw, Gagne is frikkin overrated.

[YOUR Hero]

perhaps, but they've invested a ton of time and money in him and they gave their captaincy to a guy they got as a free agent. that's a bad decision by the Flyers... not that I'd have expected anything different.

[Caged Heat18]

btw, Gagne is frikkin overrated.

Atleast, he scored last night without Forsberg. He can finish, but he definately needs a great playmaking center to set him up.

[YOUR Hero]

AHAHA

Clarke resigns. I bet they let him off easy. I bet it was either quit or be fired.

They also fired Hitchcock.

What a fucked up organization that is. Maybe was now, now that Clarke's gone.

[weather vane]

WOWWWWWWWW

this is pretty nuts

[YOUR Hero]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=yspsctnhdln>Flyers shakeup: GM Clarke resigns, Hitchcock fired</TD></TR><TR><TD height=7><SPACER height="1" width="1" type="block"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>By DAN GELSTON, AP Sports Writer
October 22, 2006</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Flyers general manager Bob Clarke resigned and coach Ken Hitchcock was fired in a dramatic shakeup Sunday, with Philadelphia off to its worst start in more than 15 years.
Assistant John Stevens will become head coach, and assistant general manager Paul Holmgren will be the interim general manager, trying to become the latest combination to end their 31-year Stanley Cup drought. The Flyers are 1-6-1 and have the fewest points in the NHL.

[...] http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=Arp0N6znfF_UCdOBUvdVOTZivLYF?slug=ap-flyersshakeup&prov=ap&type=lgns

[Caged Heat18]

The Flyers are in shambles. They need more than a new coach to turn it around.

[samichna]

What do you think they need to do?

[YOUR Hero]

The best thing to happen to the flyers, has happened. Clarke is gone.

[weather vane]

I agree

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Wow, anyone see the shootout from Dallas/Anaheim last night? Turco made a beauty of a save on Ryan Shannon, who tried a nifty spin-o-rama move.

Just saw that on the NHL.com plays of the week. Great save.

[Blitz]

lol bet the Flyers hire Quinn.

[weather vane]

would be great for them

[BCWWF]

I think the complaint is with the Sabre's new logo rather than the uniform color

[Caged Heat18]

What do you think they need to do?

For starters they need to solve their goaltending problems. Esche is not a number one goalie, and Nittymaki hasn't been playing like one. I am not sure how much money they have under the cap, but Nabokov or Toskala from San Jose is available, as well as Biron from Buffalo. Both of those guys are huge upgrades. Hatcher is not fit well for the new NHL, and the entire defense needs work. Their offense has a nice blend of young and vetran players, but they are just not getting the job done right now. Forsberg out hurts, but their offense needs to start to finish.

[YOUR Hero]

Quinn might be the right guy for the Flyers. I think he tends to stick around too long in places. But as a new guy coming to that organization, I think it would be good.

[Fignuts]

WWWWWWOOOOOOOOO

7-0 YOU COCKSUCKERS!

But yes the new logo looks like a banana with horns. And I don't like that bright shade of yellow. Should have went gold instead. All this after I finally got my red and black sabres jersey btw.

[Gertner]

Quinn is not the right guy for any team. His style doesn't fit in the new nhl

[YOUR Hero]

sure it does, he's always been an offense kind of guy. Just because he didn't have the talent in Leaf-land, doesn't mean he can't be successful.

[BCWWF]

Gaborik out for about two weeks with a pulled groin

[YOUR Hero]

did you pull it? :naughty:

[Caged Heat18]

Sabres move to 9-0. So much for Ninimaa's prediction. One more win away from tying the most wins to start a season.

[Caged Heat18]

Malkin has another nasty goal, and an assist. He is looking remarkable in his first four games.

[YOUR Hero]

Some guy named 'YOUR Hero' picked him up in the draft. That same guy 'YOUR Hero' also got Ovechkin last year. I think this 'YOUR Hero' guy might be a super-genius.

[Zen v.W.o.]

If anybody has Darcy Tucker, send him my way. K thanks.

[Fignuts]

This is afucking awesome. Switching my sig now.

[LoDownM]

I hope the Pens keeps this up all year.

[YOUR Hero]

Bertuzzi on the IR. Damn.

[samichna]

I have the Leafs/Sens game on mute and every time I glance over at the TV, Ottawa is celebrating a goal. :(

[Blitz]

Just as I read that, I switch over to the game and see Ottawa celebrating a goal :(

[samichna]

Haha yeah, go figure.

[Blitz]

Motherfucking 7-2 with 15 left in the 3rd :nono: :nono: :nono: :'(

[samichna]

dang yo

[samichna]

nice avatar btw

[Nervous Ferret]

Got "Gold Circle" tix to the Devils/Isles game on Thursday, will be fun I guess

[Caged Heat18]

Buffalo wins again, and starts the season 10-0. They are playing unbelievable right now.

[Lara Emily]

Ha ha man I love going to Leafs/Sens games.

[Fignuts]

Buffalo wins again, and starts the season 10-0. They are playing unbelievable right now.

Yeah, tbh, if you watched the playoffs last year, Buffalo played more cohesively as unit than any other team I saw. They just couldn't finish. Not having that problem this year, it seems.

[samichna]

Buffalo was the best team in the playoffs last year. They were absolutely decimated by injuries (especially to their defence) though.

They are playing outstanding so far this year, and it's great to see.

BTW tonight they tied the 1993-94 Toronto Maple Leafs for the record for best start to a season (10-0). :y:

[Triple A]

Buffalo wins again, and starts the season 10-0. They are playing unbelievable right now.
THIS POST MADE ME WANT TO WATCH HOCKEY HIGHLIGHTS. The word "unbelievable" makes it sound so exciting even though I don't watch hockey.

[weather vane]

not watching hockey would be sucha boring life

[Hanso Amore]

I hate Sabres new (Old) Unis, but I love how they have built this team. After the no Goal loss in the finals, and the Regis family adelphia fiasco, I thought it would be 10 years before we competed again.

Every major player the sabres had over a good 10 year span walked, and then they rebuilt the team over 3 years into a powerhouse. Thomas Vanek will be one of the biggest stars in the NHL in 2 years. He is amazing.

But back to the unis. I think it is good to get back to the History of the franchise with the blue and gold, a tribute to the old days of the French connection and the like, but I just dont think they fit anymore. They are outdated in blue, and the white jersey is TERRINLE with the Buffalo/Slug hybrid.

It is about time we get a win in Buffalo. 4 Super Bowl losses and losing the Stanley cup in such a bull shit fashion, we deserve something to be happy for.

The Sabres resurgence + the new casino could really save a dying region

[Gertner]

sure it does, he's always been an offense kind of guy. Just because he didn't have the talent in Leaf-land, doesn't mean he can't be successful.

none of his leafs team EVER back checked.

you mean to tell me that the tampa bay lightning were THAT much ore talented

[YOUR Hero]

yes, Gertner. Better in net, on D, more talented scoring forwards. Plus they got a Cup to prove it.

[YOUR Hero]

(not as much anymore, but you were talking about the year they won the cup, or at least I assumed that you were)

[MVP]

FUCK, figures the Bruins game I go to is the one where we lose with 1.5 seconds left. :rant:

[Zelda]

FUCK, figures the Bruins game I go to is the one where we lose with 1.5 seconds left. :rant:


:cool:

[Caged Heat18]

Buffalo was the best team in the playoffs last year. They were absolutely decimated by injuries (especially to their defence) though.

They are playing outstanding so far this year, and it's great to see.

BTW tonight they tied the 1993-94 Toronto Maple Leafs for the record for best start to a season (10-0). :y:

They have two legitimate number one goalies, a great defense, and young and fast fowards which are perfect for the new nhl. Drury is off to a hot start.

[samichna]

I love watching really good hockey teams work their magic.

SAMICHNA LOVES THE NEW NHL

[Caged Heat18]

Buffalo fails to break the record for most wins to start a season, but they still picked up a point in a shootout loss to Atlanta.

[MVP]

Crosby with his first career hat trick tonight. I think Malkin assisted all 3 of those and got a goal himself. Pretty much the sickest combo in hockey right now.

[Zen v.W.o.]

Jagr with 4 points last night. He's a beast. He's just getting his legs back now too.

All hail...

[Gertner]

yes, Gertner. Better in net, on D, more talented scoring forwards. Plus they got a Cup to prove it.


hahah i don't know why i was thinking of last years lightning. but still, quinn's system could only get a team so far before a team that plays defence would stop toronto.

[YOUR Hero]

Is Bondra still unsigned?

[Zen v.W.o.]

Yeah he is. I think he's done.

[YOUR Hero]

Teams off to a bad start (Flyers) might be panicky and go after a guy like him.

[Zen v.W.o.]

I could see him more likely going to a contender later on in the year or something. He'll probably prefer that, otherwise why bother.

But as for the Flyers, there's no point in getting him. He wont help them out, because they are just so awful. They need to completely overhaul that team, start from scratch. Work around a solid foundation, and build from that. They are fucking slow as heck, and they just dont have any D or goaltending, in my eyes.They've adapted the worst to the "new" NHL.

Derian Hatcher was once a solid player to have on your team, and now he is just absolutely abysmal.

[samichna]

Yeah Derian Hatcher is pretty much obsolete in the new NHL.

[Caged Heat18]

Just in case anyone was unaware after last season: Joe Thorton is the absolute man. Gets his second goal, and a big face off win to help beat the Panthers.

[LoDownM]

That goal in the Predator/Canucks games was fucking awesome.

[Lara Emily]

Pens win in OT, take 3rd place in the East

Of note Malkin with 2 goals meaning he has now scored at least a goal in his first 6 NHL games, hasn't been done since the first ever NHL season back in 1917 and those players were seasoned veterans in their late 20s/early 30s, just incredible.

[LoDownM]

SSSSS Pens are doing awesome so far :cool:

[Bazooka]

not watching hockey would be sucha boring life

missing alot of thee nhl, last time I really followed close was during 2004, TBay Lighting stanley champs. I guess its the schedule of mine. try to see more, still doing the nhl and nfl pro pickem's and well.

[Nervous Ferret]

Pretty terrible Devils game, stands were like 1/3 full. Everytime a goal was scored I would yell "GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.. HOCKEYYYYYYYY GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL". prob only Skippord will get and doubt he will read it so :-\

Shoulda just stayed home an watched WVU/Lousiville

[Nervous Ferret]

But mad in the mood to play NHL 06, so thats good I guess

[Supreme Olajuwon]

The Faltese Malkin

[Zen v.W.o.]

That asham vs Janssen fight was superb.

Also the Habs are simply amazing.

[weather vane]

wow rn bruins

[YOUR Hero]

MY Canucks are awful. I can't even stand to watch them. I wish the Habs played more games on TV out here.

[Zen v.W.o.]

All NHL games are on google now. You can watch every game from this season and other classics on here:

http://video.google.com/nhl.html

Fucking wicked.

[LoDownM]

Thats fucking sweet.

[samichna]

Yeah that is amazing.

[Zen v.W.o.]

One more link for you guys. Here you can watch games live as they happen. It works really well.

http://www.myp2p.eu/NHL.htm