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The Everything NHL Thread
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I'd kill for the Thrashers to get Price.
Ye, he's a greedy bitch.
Brodeur is kind of a bitch, but what the man achieved cannot be discounted. It helps that it happened against the Pens.
Wanting to win and be a champion is greedy? Since when? He has stuck with that club for a long time, through all the shitty seasons where they shipped out/let go any talent that was around him (Hossa, Savard, Kozlov, etc.), and now that he has a chance to jump ship to a team that actually has a chance to win it all, he's a greedy bitch?
Nigga please.
Contrary to what people believe, Kovalchuk actually does like playing in Atlanta. He's said on several occasions he wants to play for 1 team his whole career, and that he wants to win with them. But for whatever reason he seems to want Ovechkin money, and that'll in no way help us win a championship (he deserves 9 mill max.) I don't know any team who will pay Ovechkin money for a player, even for Kovalchuk. If he's to jump ship, it's to go to the KHL.
Somebody could miss 81 games of the season and still average a point per game. I don't see how mentioning his injury makes his PPG average any more amazing.
The fact that D Sedin jumped right out of the gate even after recovering for an injury. Most athletes take a few games to get used to the game again after an injury (in my experience). Yet, D Sedin just picked up where he left off.
The shocker is that H Sedin is right behind Joe Thornton in points. And he's not even playing with world class stars like Heatley and Marleau.
He also plays around 3 minutes a night more than Thornton, which isn't immaterial since that's about the difference between a first and second liner on most teams. That's not to take anything way from Henrik, but the advantage of having a weaker roster around you is that you play more and play in a higher percentage of scoring situations, whereas San Jose's deeper roster allows those chances to be distributed more, especially with a second power play unit that has Clowe/Pavelski/Heatley at forward recently. I'm not really sure why his fellow Sedin and one of the other higher end Canuck forwards counts as a big drop in talent from Marleau (hadn't everyone given up on him a couple years ago?)/Setoguichi(no one even knew who he was two years ago)/Heatley(Edmonton is still trying to forget him).
The point about breaking them up is interesting, but with Henrik's solo success I have to wonder if he's a little more Gwen Stefani and Daniel is a little more No Doubt, though...
The point about breaking them up is interesting, but with Henrik's solo success I have to wonder if he's a little more Gwen Stefani and Daniel is a little more No Doubt, though...
Hmm... I guess that's some food for thought. I'm curious about the distribution of points of each of their first lines, compared to the rest of their lines. ANyone have any info on that?
My take on the Sedin twins is they're both awesome hockey players and can both do everything the other can; it's just that Daniel fell into the goal-scoring role because he's a winger, and Henrik is the assist-man as the center. Henrik scored more with Daniel out because someone on that team had to pick up the slack; he's still PPG, it's just that it was more goals than usual.
My uncle gave me two tickets to the Sabres-Sens game tomorrow night. Going with my dad, I'll take pictures if it's worthwhile.
My uncle gave me two tickets to the Sabres-Sens game tomorrow night. Going with my dad, I'll take pictures if it's worthwhile.