ugh. Toskala's rebound control is AWFUL

Toskala is awful.

Cujo will be the #1 pretty soon.

That just makes me sad.

Cujo's # are worse than Toskala. He ain't getting the job

Shawn Avery suspended indefinitely for calling Elisha Cuthbert sloppy seconds.

In far awesomer news, Brian Burke=New Leafs GM :cool:

Shawn Avery is hilarious.

Been getting into NHL a lot recently(the new ps2 nhl hockey game is great btw)we've got chicago v anaheim on live atm. Should be good.

ugh it's "sean" ffs.

It's actually "Faggot".

What did Sean Avery say? I was listening on the radio yesterday about how ridiculous it is that the NHL is suspending him for saying something off color. Without knowing what he said, I have to agree that suspending a player for comments that have nothing to do with hockey is ridiculous. Fine him, don't suspend.

Anyway, went to my first Wild game of the season last night. Fun game against the Blues. Never sat where I did before -- upper deck right on the end -- but it was a really good seat as they all are in that arena. The fans booed Gaborik when some promotion came on the scoreboard though, and I hope we can move him soon and get some value for him.

He said it was good to be back in Canada again. Then said he wondered why other hockey players (he was referring to Calgary's Dion Phaneuf) where dating his "Sloppy Seconds". You can probably YOUTUBE it by now.
He's been known to say off color things to players before but it was always his word against the players. This time he said it things to a news reporter. It's not just what he said in this instance, but because of his history of off colour comments, including an 'unproven' racial one to George Laraques, he's going to receive a suspension. Even his team mates say he deserves it and it sounds like the Dallas players would be quite happy if he never played for them again.

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Avery is friggen awesome

All Hail King Malkin

Lol, what race is George Laraques, and what racism was said to him?

Anyway, I saw that Dallas players don't even really like him, but I think it's a terrible precident to suspend a guy for a non-hockey related, non-threatening comment. It's clearly a fineable offense, but suspension??

Jarkko Ruutu is a better player and "pest" than Avery is.

He is black and the comment is self explanatory.

I really couldnt feel any happier, the guy is a douchebag who is eventually going to get banned from the NHL, or be on the free agent list forever because no team can put up with his shit.

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Tucker owns them all because his premeditated actions physically hurt people.

With Avery it's only words.


And words are all I have....

Yeah. I'm a huge Pens fan and Malkin/Crosby are HOT STUFF COMING THROUGH and Ruutu is just such a goon it's awesome.

Canucks are awesome too. :D

Canucks are going all the way :P

Anyone know how much longer Alexander Semin is going to be out for the Caps

annnnnnnd Belak beats up Boogaard again! :)

Claude Lemieux is the greatest example of what a pest should be. He kept it all on the ice. Dale Hunter is another good example. Avery is just an asshole who runs his mouth on and off the ice but rarely backs it up. He's like the idiot kid in school who tries to be mean but he's the only one to laugh at his own jokes. And as someone said, Ruutu is also a better pest than Avery.

You know, if Scott Stevens had been playing last year, no one would know who Sean Avery was except for Ranger fans.

Malkin is insane. On pace for 136 pts, Crosby is on pace for 124.

Also the Canucks aren't doing too hot lately. :(

Well you did manage to misspell the first three names on your list.

Well, they lost in a shoot out, not like they lost 9-2.

Come on now FA, no lead is safe in the NHL anymore.

Well, the Islanders suck tho, that one was safe. Plus, a 7 goal lead is much harder to come back from than a 4 goal lead.

Although I loved Claude Lemieux as a player, I'll disagree with this comment. A few things:

A) Outside of the rink in the newspapers, Lemieux joked about mauling Draper's face in 1996. This was one reason why McCarty went after Lemieux so hard a year later.

B) Lemieux openly declared that he would be cheering Team USA back in 1998 when he was not selected to play in Nagano for the Olympics.

Yeah who cares about Avery? It's not like he's the most talked about person in the NHL right Now.:roll:

Saw some random thing on Sportsnet tonight about Toronto possible trading Jason Blake to Dallas for Avery. Would slam my head against something very hard if this happens.

lol yeah but the fact that you can't spell Avery's name right and blame it on that nobody cares about Avery is retarded.

It would make my friggen day to get Avery.

lol that's no excuse. By not knowing it's Sean and not Shawn shows how little of a fan you are. That and you're a bandwagon jumper.

There's a ton of teams I hate, but I know alot about them.

What happened to you loving the Leafs?

Fallen Angel you are such a ridiculous fair weather fan.

Fucking Flyers :mad:

Philly is my team to come out of the East this year. If their defence can ho,d it together.

Doesnt being a fair-weather team constitute you cheering for them when they are doing good. If that truly is the case and since I dont have a favorite team so I cheer for canadian teams instead hoping they bring the cup home, isnt your logic a bit flawwed seeing as no canadian team is doing exceptionally good?

Seriously, how? Thats all I got to say.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=398063

Looks like Avery's NHL career is over. I really doubt another team will pick him up.

To be honest, I'm not sure if I would go with Philly. Last year - they caught some superior teams (i.e. Montreal) off-guard. I'm not sure if that will happen again this year.

Boston look deadly but they always seem to choke when it matters most.

I'll probably be wrong but I think Pitsburgh will be the 1st team (in 8 years I believe) to come out of the East, back to back. If I recall correctly, the last team to do this was the New Jersey Devils back in 2001.

As far as the West goes, I can't see any other team coming out other than Detroit or San Jose.

If Luongo gets healthy AND if Sundin signs with the Canucks, then I would put the Canucks in that same category. Otherwise - it's between those two teams.

It's too bad. Avery is a decent player when focused. Last year was a good example of that. Unfortunately however, Avery will now carry *way* too much baggage...even for his standards. The only team that might pick up Avery would be the New York Rangers (since they are familar with him).

My guess is that if the Rangers traded someone (large salary) to Dallas for Avery, and then sent Avery down to the minors, they would have a chance at signing Sundin (Sundin would probably sign with NYR for a reasonable discount).

NYR is where Sundin's heart is. $$$ wise however, Vancouver is the only team that can afford him straight up.

If Philly can add a d man, then I'd make them the fav out of the east. There are talks of JB coming from Florida to Philly.

Boston in 6 over Detroit eh...







HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Biron is too all over the place, tbh there is no clear cut in the east other than maybe Boston right now.

Boston? They better hope they dont play the Habs.

So Sundin is a Canuck.

SUNDIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fuck Sundin.

I'd like to add: Fuck Sundin!

He better not wear the C.

That Avery stuff still makes me SO MAD. Why the fuck would someone not be allowed to play ever again for making a hilarious comment?

So when do you guys think we'll see Sundin suit up for the Canucks? I don't even know if he's in game shape.

NHL thinks it has an image to protect, mid you this is the same league that encourages fighting, and allows head shots.

Also, Gary Bettman.

Image to protect. You pay that dude so much money to light people the fuck up and knock out their teeth and then you are going to suspend him for making a comment that most people found funny, and did not harm anyone really. Come on.

Hey, Im on your side here, Brett Hull is a tool.

And calling Gary Bettman a tool would be admitting he serves a function.

Wasnt Brett Hull this amazing player for the St.Louis Blues? I used to watch a little hockey when I was growing up in Greece, don't remember too much though.

You're dumb. Neither of those are true. If fights were encouraged you wouldn't get a penalty for it.

Yeah he was a great player, but a crap GM.

Gretzky was the greatest ever, and is a mediocre coach.

It certainly doesn't discourage it. Otherwise you would get 10, and the game like in international play.

Of course Gretzky is the best. He was an LA KING.

Hull is not coaching Dallas, he's Co-GM.

So Fallen Angel did you jump off the Pens bandwagon and back on the Leafs, because I thought I heard a big bang last night?

milan lucic

sucks.

So it looks like the Wild have had a enough of Gaborik and trying to trade him to atlanta for Kovalchuk. Personally, I think this would be a good thing. Gabby can't stay healthy to save his life.