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NHL 2009-2010 Season Thread
Season starts in 4 days. Time to stop using the off season thread. Can't wait till the 1st, get to see my first ever number retirement in person :cool:
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Man, I am so excited :)
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Can't wait to see who Lucic puts through the glass this year. Crazy when he shattered the glass on a Maple Leaf player last year.
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Man, first game of the year is Montreal vs Toronto. Its awesome for the Habs to start off with a winning record.
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you two need to bet your avatar rite now. for 1 week over this game. do it.
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I'll do that. Although if T.O wins Angel will probably keep that avatar forever since Toronto would become his new favourite team.
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lol Jay Rosehill made the Leafs. They may have to scrape the Habs off the end boards after Thursday.
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CAPS oidjsflkdsjskl
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Deal? |
Deal.
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Just watched the fight between Neil and Lucic and I know why you love him.
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Orr is losing his first fight of the regular season as a Leaf tomorrow, our players will skate circles around your no talent hacks, which pretty much means all 4 of your forward lines, and Komi is going to forget who he plays for and cough up a nice dish for us to pot behind your excellent Toskala. The Habs are the better team, in every way imaginable, not just on paper. |
Except that they're soft as a sponge, their defence is not as good as Toronto, and the Leafs aren't slow.
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We're faster actually.
We aren't soft. We tossed most of the soft guys out and replaced them with grit and north americans. Even last season though we outhit most teams, we added size on our blue line, and our fighters are better than those of the Leafs. BGL alone can decimate anyone on your roster, but if he needs help Moen and Stewie will mop up the rest. |
lol your fighters ARE NOT better than Toronto. Stewart sucks ass, Moen is decent and Laraque is very good. Orr is great, Rosehill is good, Schenn isn't bad, neither is Exelby or Komisarek when he's not fighting Lucic. lol and the size you added has no foot speed whatsoever. Mara is a puss as is Gill.
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Markov - Spacek
Gill - Mara Gorges - O'Byrne That right there is the softest defence in the NHL. |
Torontos Depth Chart
LW ---- C ---- RW Line 1 (---) --- (---) --- (Kessel) Line 2 Ponikarovsky - Stajan - Blake Line 3 Stalberg - Grabovski - Hagman Line 4 Wallin - Mitchell - Stempniak |
Our 4th line is the tougest in the league: Rosehill-Primeau-Orr
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and btw the "Leafs can't score" arguement is retarded. The leafs were 10th in goals for last year.
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I have to admit, I am excited to see Gustavsson ni regular season play.
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Stewart is actually better than Moen. And Moen is pretty decent. Exelby and Komi dont really fight, Schenn neither. Rosehill wont stay up once Mayers comes back so it's a moot point, and Orr is your only legit tough guy besides that. Leafs toughness is overrated. Our top 6 dominates yours, our bottom 6 is also better. Our D isnt as soft as you seem to believe, could use a bit more speed on the backend though. Price and Halak are superior to TO's situation in goal. |
lol yeah Price was AMAZING last year.
Komi and Exelby fight enough, maybe between 4-6 a season. Orr has problems with big lefties for some reason, but he's top 5. I hope Mayers is out for a while, becaus I thought he stunk last year. Your top 6 "dominated" us last year yet Toronto scored more goals. Explain that. It's not about a few guys going 30, it's about 7-8 guys scoring between 15-20, which Toronto has. And your d is horribly soft. |
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Yeah, replaced with a midget who had one really good year, a 2nd line center masquerading as a 1st, and Cammalleri. Good luck with that.
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How about both your teams are brutal and the Bruins will pile them both... AGAIN.
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Orr is a great fighter yes, however you are overrating Komi as a fighter, he is a far better checker then anyone on the Leafs. Exelby is an enigma to me, he does everything but never excells at any of it, he is a utility player it seems. If Toronto can score more goals, how come they couldn't win? Its either defense or goaltending, Toskala is an excellent goalie, so I wonder what the problem is? Schenn and Kaberle cant do everything. Since Montreals blue line is not changed very much, I guess your assumiing the addition of Komi makes the difference. What we lost in Komi is made up for in Gill and Mara. We still have Markov and now Spacek, so I dont think it got worse, it actually got better. Torontos D is decent now at best, gritty as fuck but they need point producers like Markov and Spacek. Quote:
Your first line is Poni - a decent second liner Stajan - a decent second liner Kessel - injured at the moment, but rather good I admit Maybe on PP Blake - shoots all day and scores 1/30 |
When did I say Komisarek was a great fighter? I said he was alright. Toronto's probelm last year was defence and goaltending. Their defence is vastly improved. I don't know where u get that Toronto doesn't have puck moving d men. White, Kaberle and Beauchemin are all puck moving defencemen. Gill and Mara do not replace Komisarek's grit. Mara is notoriously soft as is Gill. Your defence is not at all improved. You'll be yelling at Mara all season, trust me.
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hashahaha Hal Gill and Paul Mara
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Leafs.
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Mara I am worried about, I know he is soft but he has size and if he uses it he will prove smoewhat useful. Gill is a monster who I think they have moreso for the intimidation factor then anything. and to be truthful, I would much like Komi back for Mara and Gill. --- 1.5 Hours left, so pumped. |
lol if you've seen Hal Gill fight you'd know he intimidates nobody, although he's a great pk defenceman, and Mara has never used his size well. He tries to be tough against smaller guys, but ends up getting his butt kicked when he fights. I always thought Mara was going to be a better d man than he turned out to be.
Beauchemin I believe will be the Leafs best d man. A number of people said he was one of the best d men in Team Canada's orientation camp. Beauchemin and Kaberle are going to work wonders on the Power Play. And yeah Komi is a decent fighter, not as good as the heavy's in the NHL but he can hold his own. Rosehill and Orr will do the fighting for the Leafs so I don't see Komisarek fighting alot. |
AWESOME!!!!! Lemieux and Coffey on center ice at the Leafs - Habs game.!!!!!!
- they are my two favorite players |
Orr and Laraque go at it. Solid draw, although I hate how Laraque bodyslams people to the ice. Somebody is going to get killed as a result of players doing that. Not picking on Laraque, but he's the prime offender. It's how that kid Sanderson died.
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Rosehill just whipped Moen's ass as expected.
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lol there's your Komi being too aggressive and Hal Gill's cement feet.
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I was pissed because I can't watch the Caps game. Stupid Directv/VS crap.
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The habs dressing O'Byrne, Gill and Mara is going to hurt them. I'm surprised they didn't keep up Weber. That's 3 really slow defencemen.
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Watching the toronto game online, enjoying it so far, got a mate from toronto so hoping they win.
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Sidney Crosby trolling all over this Bruins/Caps game
http://channelsurfing.net/watch-nhl-2.html btw |
lol Ovechkin already with a goal and an assist. He's so friggen amazing.
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oh ffs, lost the stream.:(
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The stream stops during intermission.
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I was watching the game on another stream and its been removed by the copy right holder, is your one showing the toronto/montreal game?
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Oh shit, just did some searching on that site, fucking great link. Found it now. :D
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fuck montreal
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leafs score! 2-2!
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lol Paul Mara is horrible
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Channelsurfing has EVERYTHING. Amazing site.
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I usually hate watching stuff on my small monitor as opposed to my big HDTV but since theres no other way to watch the Caps game, it'll work.
Hockey in HD is the best... |
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Stajan again!!!
lol Komisarek has 13 minutes in penalties. |
3-2 torontoooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
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lol k, I know it's the first game, but Montreal's defence is friggen garbage. They are slow as fuck and they can't get the puck out of their end. Price has looked terrific though.
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damnit, 3-3
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lol Komisarek, jesus christ.
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Some game to start the season off though. :cool:
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Suck it bitch!
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shit
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Carey Price is a fucking beast!!!
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Great game as i said anyways, enjoyed that a lot till the end!
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http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/691/canadiens2.jpg
There you are Gertner, emjoy :) --- Price with 43/46 :) |
Gonna take a while for the Habs to work out some kinks, but this was probably TO's best chance to beat them. Too bad, so sad.
Price>Toskala. |
Aww, poor Gertner isnt man enough to change his avatar.
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Bruins main concerns with Washington was giving up penalties and stopping Ovechkin and it turns out they couldn't stop either concern. Bad loss but still early in the season.
Crazy how good Ovechkin is though. His prediction this year is no less than 70 goals. |
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I am so glad I have the tandem of Semin and Backstrom in one of my leagues. They got me 5A tonight alone :)
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btw, who thought it'd be a good idea to let Kevin Weeks do colour commentary? Christ, it's like he's reading his comments, and doesn't finish half the ones he makes.
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Fuck, Price stole that game. |
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Just goes to show, never do anything for the Devils in net if your name is not Brodeur. |
The Habs showed more grit than i thought they would, but their defence looked slower than I thought they would. Fucking Schenn and Beauchemin looked horrible, and Komi's emotions got the better of him. If I were Wilson I would have played the fuck out of Stalberg. That kid is gonna be a good one.
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He's doing CC on the Canucks/Flames game. He's terrible. |
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I didnt know Schenn was even there, he seemed to be be out of the spotlight tonight. Stajan was on fire it seemed. Quote:
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lol Colton Orr did not lose that fight. It was a draw. How did Orr lose? Because Laraque does that cheap shit thing when he hugs the guy and slams him to the ice when he gets in a bit of trouble?
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Leafs looked quite good tonight. Obviously a win would've been better, but I'm not upset with our play at all. Good and physical.
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wooo the Avs won
and I couldn't see it, stupid DirectTV |
I saw it, in person :cool: Joe Sakic was 8 feet away from me while I was waiting in line to get into the Pepsi Center, could've had a conversation with him if I was somebody important :( Duchene is gonna be an amazing player over his career, dude was everywhere.
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GO DEVILS!
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So glad that I have today off. Blackhawks v Panthers at noon today and Wings v Blues at 3 both on tsn!
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watchin the florida game, crowd seems abit dead? I'm into it though.
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btw, this fucking avatar keeps messing me up. I'll make a post and wonder where it is because I don't see my old avatar.
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Damnit, just lost the stream.:(
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back now..i think..
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florida win after the shoot out, decent game overall!
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Wow did the Hawks ever outplay the Panthers in the third. Vokoun looked terrific.
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Watching the Wings/Blues game today, I can see an issue with the Wings. With the losses of Hudler, Hossa and Samuelsson, they aren't as talented as they were before and need to be more than just a free wheeling team. St. Louis just kept the puck close to the boards and dominated that area.
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Fuck me, Markov gone for like 4 months.
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I fuckin loooooooooovvvvvvveeee watching hockey.
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