NHL deal done
 

now stima has to watch gay hockey highlights on sportscentre.

Poor stima :'(

'bout bloody time too.

Draft to be held in Ottawa July 30th. My bro is coming down from the Suds so hopefully we will hit it.

:love:

Fuck hockey. It's only popular in Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Denmark, and Turkey :lol: :lol: :lol:

Finally! I'm about as giddy as a little schoolgirl right now.

I :heart: Hockey!

I just heard that fans may not be able to attend the draft in Ottawa. Nice way to treat us after the year or so of shit you've dealt us.

Not confirmed yet, but if true I'm extremely pissed.

Came home, tired as shit from working my summer day job. Went to watch Tv and saw about this. Fuck yes :love:

Deal in principle, still not signed sealed and delivered.

lol

It's done. If the greedy bastards who oppose this deal try to renege and refute it, the damage done to the league will never be able to be repaired.
They have lost all power.

it's about time. i miss not watching blackhawk home games on tv. :nono:

Gretzky MIGHT coach the Coyotes

Doubt he will make a good coach right away, he's never coached anything to do with hockey. Sure he was the greatest player of all time. doesn't make him a good coach.

also fuck the Coyotes... Jets for life

Remember when Gretzky had a miraculous deal that was going to bring back the cancelled season too?

I'm happy, but I got to say the draft setup for this season is fucking bullshit

WHOOOOOOOOOOO

The Jets live on with Sega Genesis.

Phil Housley was the man in those EA games.

Yea, players with natural talent aren't really good at teacher others how to be good. They can't explain what makes them awesome, its just something they do. I'm not saying he doesn't know matchups, strategies, etc. It's just that playing skill doesn't = coaching skill.

PS: WOOOO HOCKEY!!!

PPS: Goddamn Redwings trying to hire that f'ng Duck as their coach. It just feels so wrong. Can't anybody hold a grudge these days!!

I'm just interested to see how significantly the rosters may change with all the potential free agents on the market.

*2nd greatest player :mad:

Tony Tanti - #1

I read an article about the Wild when they come back, they look pretty solid still. We have pretty much all of our major guys still signed, Gabby, Roloson, Park, Brunette, Dupuis, and I didn't even remember that we randomly have Rolston. The only guys I was concerned that are now FA's are Pierre Marc-Buchard and Willie Mitchell.

I am as excited as ever for hockey to come back.

The player signings that are fast approaching should be interesting. I think next year will be even better.

with the type of rolling cap they have, it really should be more interesting every year.

I wouldn't really say the set up gives any team a good shot, even the teams with 3 balls in the drum could all miss out on him. COME ON BUFFALO

With the Crosby thing, I keep hearing that the Rangers have a really good chance at getting him. Were they real bad in 2004 or how come they have such a good chance? I want to see a good team in New York again, but for some reason I just see Crosby being a choke if he gets drafted there. I want him on a smaller market team, the Mighty Ducks would be cool for him.

Rangers, Buffalo, Columbus, Pittsburgh all have 3 balls in the lottery

Anaheim, Atlanta, Calgary, Carolina, Chicago, Edmonton, LA, Minnesota, Phoenix, all have 2 balls

Boston, Colorado, Dallas, Detroit, Florida, Montreal, New Jersey, New York Islanders, Ottawa, Philly, St. Louis, San Jose, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington all have 1 ball

The lottery formula is as follows - each team begins with three balls. For every playoff appearance in the last three years or No. 1 overall pick over the last four years, a team loses one ball. But each team will still be guaranteed to have one ball in the lottery. The first round will go with teams picking 1 through 30, with the 30th team picking 31st and the draft order 'snaking' back and forth in a seven round draft.

so out of 46 balls the Rangers have 3... I wouldn't really call that fantastic odds.

Bruins are getting the first pick

no one wants to play for the bruins lol.

Fuck the Bruins.

Habs are getting him, and if not now, then later. The way the system works now, we'll have him at his peak. Of course he's gonna wanna sign with his all time fave team. But fuck the Bruins.

Aslong as he doesn't play for Toronto I don't care where he plays :cool:

Yeah screw TO. I agree. Hell I'm actually fine with him playing for the Rangers. But the Leafs? Nope.

Are they televising the draft do you know?

yup, TSN july 30th and 12 eastern.

And The Gooch and other fans are not invited.

FUCKERS!!!!

Crosby is going to a big market team. Chicago would be a good place for him.

Not until they get better management and decide to actually air their home games. I think Chi town is the only must avoid place for Sidney.

eh, you can't say they don't deserve 3 balls. They have sucked for the last three years.

The Bruins were sweet when Samsonov and Thornton were good.

Anyway, it might have been posted in this thread even a link to some article that was talking up the Rangers getting Crosby.

If there is gonna be a tpww fantasy pool this year I'm in. I wanna kick some ass.

Going to sneak a couple extra lottery balls into the drum. Vancouver baby.

WE should all list down who we think Sidney wil be drafted by. Whoever wins and gets it right gets to gloat.

I say LA Kings.

Coyotes :shifty:

Wild :rant:

Sticking to my guns and going with Chicago.

I was thinking more from a Marketing aspect of the league. I totally agree with you that the management in Chicago has been horrible. There does not seem to be a commitment to put a good team on the ice. Hopefully that will change if this new collective bargaining is ratified.

im going with Buffalo, the lottery will be on TV on friday at 4eastern on TSN for the folks in Canada.

Who cares! It's my Leafs year!




btw Chi town is gonna win it.

C'mon this isn't the WWE draft.

That would be so fixed.

Speaking of the Rangers anyone know if Messier officially retired or not? I haven't heard shit about it.

I know. I just think that if Crosby does get drafted there, it would be nice if the fans in Chicago could actually get to watch him and their team on tv for home games.
I think it's a shame what management has done to an original 6 team, where the fans are loyal enough. Chicago is a top notch sports city imo, and are for Hockey as well.

is the victory parade route already decided like all years. :p

Thanks Cheeba. I normally have TSN on my website rotation.

Anyone catch "Off the Record" yesterday with Larry Robinson, Jeremy Roenick, Mike Peca, Ric Natress, and some dude from the Sabres? That was one of the best OTR shows ever. I may have even become a Roenick fan. Could Roenick be the replacement for Don Cherry once he retires from HNIC? Him or Brett Hull would be pretty sweet as they are both very entertaining.

I'm already drawing up my signs.




Leafs 5 Canucks 2

Leafs 2 Canucks 1

1967 baby

GOOD OBSERVATION BRIT BOY

hey Gertner who on the leafs right now do you want to be let go since they're gonna have to atleast cut 1 or 2 guys?

OTR was good yesterday.

PS, 13% of the players rejected this deal :wtf:

probably Jeremy Roenick

Nolan and Antropov and Berg


and btw when was the last time the canucks won the cup?!?!?!!?

1912

this isn't about the shitty canucks though :D

also Antroprov and Berg don't even have contracts. They're just restricted FA's

Vancouvers cup win doesnt count. Otherwise Montreal has a few more to add as well.

punkass cop girl :foc:

punkass ducks fan

I'm just saying they should dump them both.

But yeah, Nolan and Mogilny actually.

The bad news is that we will probably get stuck with Theo.

Why is that bad?

top 5 goalie

Crosby goes to the Devils where he is then forced to play the trap and which results in him eventually becomes a low scoring defensemen. ;)

He'll probably end up on a top team like Colorado or Detroit which will do two things: 1) It'll expose this draft system as the total farce that it is and 2) piss off almost every hockey fan left. (Fan of the team that lends him excluded naturally)

Lara, why do you call this draft system a farce?

The fact that teams like COlorado, Detroit, Toronto, New Jersey all have a have a chance of drafting anywhere near the first overall is ridiculous.

Yea this system of getting the 1st pick is like a terrible verison of the NBA draft lottery. Bad teams only get 3 balls while every other team gets 1 haha. Like a cracked out version or some shit

Agreed, but disagree. I can see teams that have been historically good losing a lot of players under this new salary cap system. Teams like Toronto, Detroit and Colorado have huge payrolls which they'll need to trim, so they may not be as competitive this upcoming season.

it's pretty much that most teams are probably gonna keep THREE top tier players if their lucky (minus the leafs cause for some gay reason people wanna play there) so pretty much every team is starting over from scratch so I don't mind if a good team gets Crosby.

Top 10 ;)

Getting stuck with Theo is a bad thing because he is an overrated, overpaid piece of crap. He always gets out of his goal to catch the puck, and half the time, he misses the pass or gives it to the opposing team. He is always on his knees before the shot even arrives. He chokes under pressure. He is kept on the team because he is married to the sister of one of the biggest star in Quebec, so people love him, and he makes talk-show and even tries to sing. Ugh.

Theodore has had one good performance in the playoffs a couple of years ago, and ever since, people say he could be the savior of the team which is bullshit. He choked ever since, and we had a far superior goalie in Matthieu Garon, who if he was given the time, could have been better and more appreciated than Jose Theodore.

I can't argue with that statement.

Holy moly you are way off. The fact is, the past 2 playoffs he hasn't choked under pressure at all. Just look at the series with the B's. Without him, we'd be toast. We were down 3 games to one. He helped us get to game 7, then he didnt allow one single goal in a high pressure game 7. Theo is easily one of the best goalies in this league. The fact he managed to play well with all the family crap he had going on shows you he is a big game player, and one who does not crack under pressure. And until Garon ever comes close to winning a vezina and an mvp award, then maybe you can mention him as being in Theo's level.
If Theo could be the Habs goalie for the next decade I wouldnt be upset about that.
And I dont even know who Theo's sister is actually.

haha, I'm actually nervous right now. Found it funny how the bolts won the cup and picked last, then the other florida team got the next one, and the flames and oil are right next to each other. Thank god the devils wont get him.

We are made to each other.



Garon > Theo

Theodore was choking against Boston, and he did choke against Tampa. He choked for the last two playoffs. It was Koivu, Kovalev, Ryder and Ribeiro that saved us. Theodore hasn't done a good thing since winning his Vezina.

Ribeiro sucked in the playoffs, and his actions, with the fake diving and shit almost cost us. I'd get rid of that little pansy.
Theodore did not choke against the B's, cuz if he did, we would have not made the second round, plain as. As for choking against TB, they were better than us, that's just a fact. You dont choke against the top ranked team in the conference. Come on man, you cant show how biased you are being this badly.

Lots of team choked against Tampa then I guess. CALGARY CHOKED!!

Litle bit out of like Kapoutman

All right. I'll admit I exxagerated on the "choking against Tampa" stuff, but he did choke against Boston. Have you watched TV or read the papers during the playoffs? Everybody was trying to find reasons why he sucked. "Maybe it's his family life", "Maybe it's the trade rumours" and so on. The bottom line is he did suck. I don't like his style, and we could find about 15 better goalies in the NHL at this moment.

He didn't suck. In the first couple of games people were making mention that he wasn't as sharp as he was 2 years before against the B's, and that is true. But then he started picking it up, and they ripped through the B's. The B's still took lots of shots on goal, yet they couldnt put the puck in the net.
I dare you to name 15 better goalies. If he sucked, we wouldnt have made it to game 7.
Watch, he'll be great again this season, and then he'll still be over-rated?