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The Everything NHL Thread

poor moi

he had an open lw slot for today but jordan staal is on his bench.. good thing for me!


7-6 loss though come on red wings we don't give up 7 goals and we certainly don't lose when we have the lead
 
moi hasn't updated his roster for weeks, so much for the active players jackal said he was getting us amirite


edit also its the year for the sharks tbh
 
Aldaron said:
terrible officiating but true champions can overcome it...

looks like this isn't the year for the wings =)
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You give me any team that is a team of true champions, watch as I put their better players in the box with awful officiating and lets see them overcome it.

I think the wings will still make a very strong run at the cup but its too early to tell who will actually win I think, too many possibilities with injuries and stuff, but as of right now, I think San Jose or maybe Montreal.
 
lol psycho "being facetious" much, eh?

anyway, for additional "lol"...Ovechkin Backstrom Semin line?!! (who is playing RW btw I haven't watched the last two, please say Ovie)

damn, combined 4 goals, 8 assists, +12...wow haha.

EDIT: just finished watching that Bruins Hawks game. Damn that was a good game, even if the hawks left my boy Khabibulin out to dry by picking Bolland to take the third shootout shot as opposed to Havlat / Sharp / Campbell. I really don't see how you guys can continue to claim that Khabibulin will be "waiver wire fodder" or whatever phrase someone used. He looked ridiculously good this game, and he's looked really good the rest of the year. I'd go so far as saying that he has been outplaying Huet.

Still wish that the Hawks wouldn't have picked effin' Bolland lol.
 
Man are the sharks tearing it up this year. It does help that they have a shitty division in which to dominate, but seriously registering 57 shots in one game is impressive. They molested the flames last night, ending the game before the first was even over.

Suffice to say, since I like their playing style and team philosophy, that I would like (and expect) to see them hitting at least the western finals in the playoffs this year, perhaps even going to the cup and winning it! That's a team that I think should be taken more seriously- they can just overwhelm a team with their talent and awesome team playing ability.
 
Every year is supposedly the Sharks' year, lol.

When they get past the second round, then we'll talk. I think it was 03-04 the last time they did right?
 
Aldaron said:
Every year is supposedly the Sharks' year, lol.

When they get past the second round, then we'll talk. I think it was 03-04 the last time they did right?
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That was the only time they did but this years team is looking to be better than anything they have ever had even better then Detroit.
 
I think the Sharks are playing better hockey than anyone else right now, and that if everyone had to play playoff games right now without any development they'd have the best shot at winning the cup, but its an 82 game season and then a 20~ game playoff for a reason. Injuries will happen, yes, but I'm more referring to team building and synergy building up. The Sharks had a couple big off-season moves(Boyle, McLellan) so it's surprising that they came out of the gate as hot as they did, but outside of those two this is largely the same roster that's been underachieving for years. McLellan has them playing more consistently in a system that's better suited for their talents, and a couple young guys like stud Devin Seto-iknewishouldhavedraftedhimagain-guichi, but I'm still not completely sure they'll do it. I've caught almost all their games this year(the home games start so late that they are almost always the best game on) and I've been consistently impressed by how good they've been to the point I've remarked I'd be surprised they didn't win the cup, but it'll be tough, I think. Nabakov got shaken up last week, and while it doesn't seem to be serious they can't win it all without him. There's also an issue that the Red Wings, the best competition in the West, are playing poorly right now but pretty much pioneered the system McLlellan brought to the Sharks, so if they do come around I think it'll be tough for the Sharks to continue "out winging the wings." They're in a tough division, as well, Anaheim is coming around and you have to believe Dallas will, too. They don't have a roster as good as the one in Detroit, or even Dallas, or some teams in the East like Montreal and the Rangers(who, by the way, don't look nearly as good on the ice as their record, IMO).

I guess I'm kinda torn, the jury is still out on them!
 
Yeah it all depends, it's insanely hard to keep up that level through the entire season, then the playoffs is a whole different game. How many years in a row was the final graced by a team that went on an absolute tear? I'm talking like Carolina, Calgary, Edmonton etc, teams that didn't necessarily have the best seasons but then turned it on in the playoffs.
 
Mormoopid said:
Yeah it all depends, it's insanely hard to keep up that level through the entire season, then the playoffs is a whole different game. How many years in a row was the final graced by a team that went on an absolute tear? I'm talking like Carolina, Calgary, Edmonton etc, teams that didn't necessarily have the best seasons but then turned it on in the playoffs.
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Carolina was actually 2nd in the east during their cup winning season (unless you mean 2002 when they lost in the finals). Cinderella runs are pretty common though. Last year was actually the first time in awhile that two powerhouses faced off in the finals.
 
There have been a couple recently with teams like Edmonton in 06, Carolina in 02 and Ducks in 03 but it does not happen that often in history and Ottawa vs Anaheim in 07 were 2 powerhouses, Ottawa was a 4th seed but was the best team in the second half of that year.
 
I did mean the 2002 run, Arti.

Playoffs are starting to become completely different from the regular season. I kinda wish that it was like it is in some soccer leagues, where winning the regular season is actually as prestigious (or sometimes moreso) than winning playoffs.

I guess I'm really just musing out loud about how much more exciting the end of the year would be for elite teams that lock down playoffs in the start of march if the season were to mean more than just a jockeying for position.

edit: bender don't forget Calgary vs tampa bay- Calgary was on a tear but was seeded only 6th in the west, plus was thoroughly mediocre on paper.
 
Even last year, in spite of being a 1 v 2 in the finals, had a 6(Philly) and 5(Dallas) make it to the conference finals, and if Dallas hadn't come out of that triple overtime with San Jose so flat they'd have made it even more interesting than they did. The previous year as about as far as Cindarella gets from the castle with 1/4 and 1/2 conference finals, but the year before that as mentioned we had an 8 seed make the finals in Edmonton. I stop there just because I want to make the point that I think this sort of thing is going to happen a lot more in the post lockout era, with the salary cap in place for the most part teams are a lot closer, and while there'll never be complete "parity" there's enough of it, this year especially, that for the most part any team can beat any other team. Any team can't beat any other team consistently, but things are close enough that a good team could beat a great one with some momentum and maybe a little luck. I think we'll see pretty close to sixteen teams that have a fighting shot at making the finals this year, and hopefully it's a trend that continues - it's hard not to buy into the underdog excitement, no matter how fallacious it may be.


also i know i just traded him smogon league but man i am loling, just saw the lucic fight from the habs game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjZb...ic-man-crush-is-at-;_ylt=AhYnmuBuHZr8MKub4OsO

owned imho but mostly i just like the silly shit after the whistle he is PUMPED lol

also

Kyle Wellwood has been approached to write a diet book. From Wellwood: "Personally, I liked the Wellwood sign somebody had -- The 'W' in my name was the upside down golden arches of McDonalds."

i loled there too
 
o ok

ps tell my defense to stop dying please and my goalie and my whole team i guess

also im looking for a RW willing to trade mikko or something
 
Ovechkin with another multipoint game...and now Mr. Green down and out by a (surprisingly clean) brutal hit from Chris Pronger.

Wise Carl clearly foresaw Semin and Green going down to injury and made the trade for Morrow and Phaneuf...Clever Carl.

Also lol Synre, that's a hefty injury list :P
 
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