2012-2013 General NHL Hockey Thread

[Aftermath]

Originally Posted by DivineLegion

Justin Peters makes a season highlight reel save on Vanek, Semin nets his first home goal, and the Canes make it 4 in a row. Next up is a home bout with the Habs.

Hodgsons goal might have been GOTY in that game.

[Beantown Bronco]

Originally Posted by RedskinBronco

I was at the caps/bruins game tonight.

I swear I have never seen a team b**** and whine as much as the "big, bad" Bruins. ****ing STFU and play.

Chara was in the referees ear all game long. They deserved to lose; caps totally outworked them.

Being at the game, you missed what was going on behind the action. Ovy in particular was caught by the cameras taking cheap shots all game long......and no calls. I'll give him the one BS call on the Kelly hit. No way should that have been a penalty. But the call on Chara for hooking Ovy late in the game was equally egregious. It was a very bad night for the refs.

[Baba Booey]

Devils are in the midst of a pretty bad skid, but the good news is they can only get better from here and they're still in a playoff spot. Need Marty back in a bad, bad way though. Hedberg is the worst.

[Beantown Bronco]

BTW, Redskin, how is it down there? We just got word that our DC office is shutdown today due to the storm.

It's heading this way tonight/tomorrow.

[Lestat]

Originally Posted by Aftermath

Hodgsons goal might have been GOTY in that game.

if we see a better goal than that all season then i pity whomever the poor soul who gets his ankles broken and jock strap left on the ice.
that was sick all around.

[Ray Finkle]

Originally Posted by Beantown Bronco

BTW, Redskin, how is it down there? We just got word that our DC office is shutdown today due to the storm.

It's heading this way tonight/tomorrow.

not bad at all...Im in Alexandria and there is snow on the ground but none on the streets.

of course if you're about 30 miles west, you have 6-8 easy.

[Hercules Rockefeller]

Originally Posted by Ray Finkle

not bad at all...Im in Alexandria and there is snow on the ground but none on the streets.

So the schools are closed and the city has been shut down.

[DivineLegion]

Originally Posted by Hercules Rockefeller

So the schools are closed and the city has been shut down.

That's the way states operate south of the Mason Dixon line. If there is white stuff on the ground, take the day off. Hell, in NC if there is a 30% chance of snow they cancel school, and colleges in the state. It's really annoying.

[DivineLegion]

Originally Posted by Aftermath

Hodgsons goal might have been GOTY in that game.

It was one heck of an individual effort. First he robbed Eric Staal of the puck, then he juked a very positionally sound Justin Faulk, and finished with some nice stick work in front is a hot goaltender.

I was a little disappointed with the lack of energy from the Canes in the third. After dominating the first, and taking advantage of Buffalo's desperation in the second, it seemed like they lost the killer instinct in the third. Too many guys not hustling, and a complete disappearance of the forecheck.


It's always nice to sweep Buffalo.

[Ray Finkle]

Originally Posted by Hercules Rockefeller

So the schools are closed and the city has been shut down.

pretty much.....there was more snow on the road when I got home from my lacrosse game last night then when I woke up.

[gyldenlove]

Halfway report on the Red Wings:

Injuries have really piled on, through 20 games the team dressed 5 different Goaltenders, 9 backs and 18 forwards. Only 8 players have played in all games so far this season, that number includes only 1 defenseman and 2 of the top 6 forwards.

Great players play great hockey, of the 166 points recorded by all players on the roster, 81 (49%) have been recorded by the top 4 point scorers (3 forwards and the top defenseman).

Youth movement, although Detroit is considered by many to an aging team, the oldest currently active players are Danny Cleary and Pavel Datsyuk both 34 and the average age of the team is a very respectable 28 years. More importantly, of the 8 players who have played in every game, 5 are under 30 years old. 3 players under 30 have notched double digit points, Damian Brunner who leads all first year players in goals and points, Jonathan Ericsson who has really found his rythm this year as a number 2 D-man and Valterri Filpula.

Mike Babcock has never coached better than he has this season, he is doing more with less than at any other time in his career. This is not the powerhouse Team Canada he won Olympic gold with, nor the team that could field half a dozen hall of famers he took to the Stanley Cup final 2 years in a row or even the underrated Ducks team he took to the finals. No team that has Justin Abdelkader and Danny Cleary masquerading as top 6 forwards and plays Brian Lashoff for nearly 19 minutes a game can be said to be a talent-laden squad. Still, Babcock has been overcoming the onslaught of injuries, the non-existant offseason and the lack of free agency procurements.

[chadta]

Originally Posted by SoCalBronco

I saw the replay of the puck hitting Marc Staal in the eye in the Rags game.....that looked bad..hopefully he is alright.

any word yet, that was terrible.

[chadta]

Originally Posted by Beantown Bronco

Ovy in particular was caught by the cameras taking cheap shots all game long......and no calls. I'll give him the one BS call on the Kelly hit. No way should that have been a penalty. But the call on Chara for hooking Ovy late in the game was equally egregious. It was a very bad night for the refs.

Ovie is the new cindy, I swear, he is brutal, he may even be worse than cindy at this point for the embellishment crap

[Jekyll15Hyde]

Originally Posted by gyldenlove

Halfway report on the Red Wings:

Dont care

[Ray Finkle]

Originally Posted by chadta

any word yet, that was terrible.

nothing until the swelling goes down but the fact he didn't need to go to the hospital is a great sign. It's said it is not a career ending injury.

[maher_tyler]

Nice effort Avs....now fire Sacco!

[Kid A]

That was ****ty. 3rd period lead blown to a shorthanded goal, 50 seconds away from at least the OT point...

[SoCalBronco]

Originally Posted by Ray Finkle

nothing until the swelling goes down but the fact he didn't need to go to the hospital is a great sign. It's said it is not a career ending injury.

He'll be fine IMO.

[maher_tyler]

Originally Posted by Kid A

That was ****ty. 3rd period lead blown to a shorthanded goal, 50 seconds away from at least the OT point...

Avs always find ways to **** up! I have no confidence what so ever when they have a 1 goal lead that they'll pull it out. It's been an on going thing for the past 3 years. It's literally the same **** night in and night out. Yet Sacco is still the coach..I don't get it.

[Lestat]

Sacco has to go, i can't take much more of this. we a have stud goaltender who is constantly getting pelted with shots and having to keep his team in games with no help.
we have a offense that is so retarded that it only looks good on broken plays or instances where a player just says **** it and lets go.

[Aftermath]

Originally Posted by DivineLegion

It was one heck of an individual effort. First he robbed Eric Staal of the puck, then he juked a very positionally sound Justin Faulk, and finished with some nice stick work in front is a hot goaltender.

I was a little disappointed with the lack of energy from the Canes in the third. After dominating the first, and taking advantage of Buffalo's desperation in the second, it seemed like they lost the killer instinct in the third. Too many guys not hustling, and a complete disappearance of the forecheck.


It's always nice to sweep Buffalo.

Right after he scored he looked at the scoreboard to see how much time was left. He was determined to tie it. I'm a big fan of Faulk but he didn't look too good there (not like anyone would). I luckily took Hodgson in the last round of my fantasy hockey draft. I have no idea what Vancouver was thinking when they traded him.

[Ray Finkle]

Originally Posted by SoCalBronco

He'll be fine IMO.

still don't get the players not wearing a visor....hell, even when playing street hockey (our town had an asphalt rink behind the ice rink), I wore one.

[Lestat]

Originally Posted by Ray Finkle

still don't get the players not wearing a visor....hell, even when playing street hockey (our town had an asphalt rink behind the ice rink), I wore one.

i'd be tempted to wear a caged mask if i was a NHL guy. damn sure wouldn't play without a visor(though i mostly like them because they look pretty sweet)

[broncocalijohn]

Originally Posted by maher_tyler

Avs always find ways to **** up! I have no confidence what so ever when they have a 1 goal lead that they'll pull it out. It's been an on going thing for the past 3 years. It's literally the same **** night in and night out. Yet Sacco is still the coach..I don't get it.

We went to the Ducks game when they played the Avs. Even with a two goal lead, I told my son," Don't worry. Ducks will still win this one." Sure enough, Avs fall apart. That team needs a stopper among other things. When the going gets tough, they fold like a 2-7 poker hand.

I cannot wait until March 20th. I have no clue if Blackhawks will still have their ungodly streak coming into this game vs the Ducks but big time matchup from top 2 teams in the West.

[Smiling Assassin27]

Originally Posted by gyldenlove

Halfway report on the Red Wings:

Injuries have really piled on, through 20 games the team dressed 5 different Goaltenders, 9 backs and 18 forwards. Only 8 players have played in all games so far this season, that number includes only 1 defenseman and 2 of the top 6 forwards.

Great players play great hockey, of the 166 points recorded by all players on the roster, 81 (49%) have been recorded by the top 4 point scorers (3 forwards and the top defenseman).

Youth movement, although Detroit is considered by many to an aging team, the oldest currently active players are Danny Cleary and Pavel Datsyuk both 34 and the average age of the team is a very respectable 28 years. More importantly, of the 8 players who have played in every game, 5 are under 30 years old. 3 players under 30 have notched double digit points, Damian Brunner who leads all first year players in goals and points, Jonathan Ericsson who has really found his rythm this year as a number 2 D-man and Valterri Filpula.

Mike Babcock has never coached better than he has this season, he is doing more with less than at any other time in his career. This is not the powerhouse Team Canada he won Olympic gold with, nor the team that could field half a dozen hall of famers he took to the Stanley Cup final 2 years in a row or even the underrated Ducks team he took to the finals. No team that has Justin Abdelkader and Danny Cleary masquerading as top 6 forwards and plays Brian Lashoff for nearly 19 minutes a game can be said to be a talent-laden squad. Still, Babcock has been overcoming the onslaught of injuries, the non-existant offseason and the lack of free agency procurements.

Howard's had a very good year so far and I was shocked to read that Kronwall's a Norris candidate at -3. Brunner's been a great addition and plays well with Z. Still, with Bertuzzi, Sammy, Flip, Mule and Helm out for significant amounts of time, I agree that Babcock's been coaching well. Sleeper for second half: Tatar. I just don't see anyone that can put up consistent offense right now.