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The Everything NHL Thread

DM said:
Spacek overperformed in Buffalo to get that Habs contract, so good for him. He's not bad, but not worth the money he's getting (and really, who is these days).

Now, just to get rid of Gomez somehow...
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Not sure how you're interpreting this trade as a win for Montreal. Spacek's contract ends this year. Getting rid of his horrible expiring contract in exchange for a horrible non-expiring contract is a massive failure.

Gomez and Kaberle are stuck with ridiculous contracts until 2014. At this rate, Cammalleri's contract will be looking equally as bad until 2014. Gionta isn't exactly worth his money either, but at least he provides leadership and grit. Also, Markov until 2014.

Basically, Canadiens fans need to hibernate until 2014.
 
Justin8649 said:
Not sure how you're interpreting this trade as a win for Montreal. Spacek's contract ends this year. Getting rid of his horrible expiring contract in exchange for a horrible non-expiring contract is a massive failure.
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Oh, you misunderstood me, I didn't mean to imply I thought either team won that trade. It's trading one pile of shit for another, except one is fresher than the other so it'll stop stinking up the locker room a year sooner. I can see how that last sentence made it look like I was approving the Habs' decision, I'm not entirely sure what I meant by that.
 
So now the HABS have Gomez / Kaberle / Markov on the books till 2014.

Yippie yippie yippie.

Unless Kaberle reverts to 2 years ago, this is an absolute loss for the HABS. Terrible salary cap wise, terrible current player performance wise, and terrible PR wise (who likes Kaberle anymore? Anyone? Anyone?)

Every year I feel worse and worse for Price jesus. Playing in that pressure-cooker environment is troubling enough without the constant reminders of how your management can mismanage the cap and personnel on your team so terribly.

Good move Canes though (cap wise).
 
Meanwhile in beantown...

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Flava-flave makes an appearance...
 
I don't get it, is it supposed to be striking midnight

because it's about to strike 2
 
Kaberle has a little bit more power play presence, I guess that's why the trade made sense in their heads.

Hey at least still have Subban, Pacioretty, and Plekanec! I guess they have Price too.
 
No headaches yet from what I've heard so it was probably precautionary. Flyers have a few days off so should be ok, I'm hoping. Likewise with Bryz, pretty sure he said after the game it was a minor injury that was bugging him in the third so he pulled himself from the game.
 
I'm more concerned about Giroux's impact on phili.....Phili is jack shit without him. Bryzgalov is not going to get wins and jagr/hartnell will not score nearly as much.
 
So Puck Daddy posted a 24/7 drinking game since apparently it starts tonight...


Who's in????? College excuse goes away after this week let's do it yea!
 
Heysup said:
giroux out with "head injury"

Sucks for whoever owns him or bryzgalov in fantasy. Also sucks for flyers fans.
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arrghhh I have both Giroux and Crosby in ESPN's Hockey Challenge minigame. Of course the line-ups are set weekly so I'm screwed. They announced Crosby's injury just hours after the deadline =[. I might have to keep them anyways, it's a long season and they're both too expensive to have to re-buy later on.

Does anyone else play Hockey Challenge? ESPN has some pretty fun fantasy minigames
 
The Carolina Hurricanes announced Wednesday that top scorer and reigning Calder Trophy winner Jeff Skinner and top defenseman Joni Pitkanen are out indefinitely after being diagnosed with concussions.

Fail for Nail in full effect.
 
Justin8649 said:
The Carolina Hurricanes announced Wednesday that top scorer and reigning Calder Trophy winner Jeff Skinner and top defenseman Joni Pitkanen are out indefinitely after being diagnosed with concussions.

Fail for Nail in full effect.
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Columbus Blue Jenks vs the Carolina Hurripainsintheneckstowatch vs Anaheim Sucks vs the New York Pylon-durs

Twill be an interesting contest to get the Russian, who may become your typical russian worldbeater that ends up in the KHL.... But who knows.

Man, it's concussions gone rampant. WTC. Crosby, the two Canes, Michalek, Giroux...
 
Hey, weren't those supposed to be on the decline? What, with all the suspensions and attention paid to illegal head hits?

I don't know what I'm getting at, but it is interesting to point out. Of course, how Bourdon didn't even get a HEARING for this bullshit hit on Gerbe blows my mind. Just when you think the league cares about this stuff, they look the other way.
 
I think it's the huge media exposure on concussion with superstars such as Crosby getting more injured and more and more research and advancements in the field of head injuries that give the impression that concussions are "on the rise" which I doubt they are. (10 years ago, medical research on concussion wasn't nearly as advanced as it is today, nor have concussion symptoms been looked upon as serious (See: Lindros)). However, with players becoming faster, and bigger than they were years ago, and with advances in equipment such as skates and padding, players are hitting harder than ever which could lead to the rise.
 
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