EPTThere will be a lot of good match ups I think. NYR-PHI isn't locked, but it's pretty likely and that would kick ass. MTL-TB would be very underrated, COL-CHI would be very fast moving, and I think CBJ-BOS, if that holds, could be very good. I do think DAL is ultimately gonna get in over PHO, and if they land STL, that could be a fun match up as well.
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QuanticHawk
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There will be a lot of good match ups I think. NYR-PHI isn't locked, but it's pretty likely and that would kick ass. MTL-TB would be very underrated, COL-CHI would be very fast moving, and I think CBJ-BOS, if that holds, could be very good. I do think DAL is ultimately gonna get in over PHO, and if they land STL, that could be a fun match up as well. | ||
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lamprey1
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"Dr. Robert Dimeff, the team physician, said the success rate for Peverley's procedure is 85 percent in otherwise healthy young adults. But it will be months before doctors know whether Peverley's heart will stay in rhythm when he's competing." http://espn.go.com/dallas/nhl/story/_/id/10692334/rich-peverley-dallas-stars-hopes-return-nhl-being-patient this procedure failed with the monster after his first 2 procedures. the monster only suffered from an elevated heart rate though, he never collapsed. it'll be interesting to see how far Peverley pushes it. One of the dirtiest players of the past generation of defensemen still has concussion symptoms. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/pronger-not-worried-about-what-if-questions/ Wickenheiser played the Sochi 2014 Olympics with a broken foot. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hayley-wickenheiser-had-broken-foot-at-sochi-olympics-1.2594371 "This isn't the first time Wickenheiser has endured pain. She played in the 2006 Olympics with a broken wrist but was still the tournament's top scorer and MVP." | ||
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i actually decided to read the entire article about Wickenheiser. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hayley-wickenheiser-had-broken-foot-at-sochi-olympics-1.2594371 shots fired. "We had a lot of things to overcome as a team and I think the reason behind our success was we had resiliency and we had a lot of preparation leading up to that which gave us the opportunity to come back in that final game. We were mentally tougher than our opponent." its a shame the men's international game no longer has rivalries of this level.. at the end of each men's olympic game it felt like an NHLPA meeting with all the friendly and kind handshakes. more bombs from Hayley about men's hockey: "People say, 'The men's was boring,' but it was boring (because) they were so good and so prepared and they played unselfishly unlike other countries with superstars so they found a way to do it." I guess when u have 4 olympic gold medals you can mouth off all you want. Leafs Assistant GM Claude Loiselle admits Lewieke meets with the players http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/leafs-assistant-gm-claude-loiselle-weve-found-a-way-to-lose/ once one of the hosts of HC@N heard that admission he went right after it like a dog with a bone. i'm surprised Leweike is this involved given his lack of hockey pedigree. | ||
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QuanticHawk
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On April 02 2014 06:52 Taku wrote: Interesting to see all the coverage of Torts vs AV ahead of tonight's game. Looks like AV has adjusted while Torts hasn't and our season has gone down the toilet because of it. Torts certainly isn't blame free, but I don't understand how people can blame Torts while ignoring what Gillis has done. The team core is old and declining, and the depth offensive players are dogshit. The slide has been in progress since the cup run--the team was not very good at all last year and people seem to forget this--and it really came to a head this year, especially with injuries. The Sedins have been trending downward for the past two years. Kesler has either been injured or doing the same for longer, and isn't a 70pt player anymore. They shipped out their goalies and replaced them with young guys putting up below average numbers. The defense has been crappy in their own end and non-existent in helping the offense (the latter here is probably Torts' fault due to the system he plays, but guys like Edler have been dogshit in their own right, and dudes like Bieksa and Hamhuis have been mediocre at best even with that). Offensively, the team is those three aging core players, and a bunch of glorified third liners. Burrows has always been a coattail rider, and it's really obvious now that the Sedins have dropped off. Realignment finally forced Vancouver to play better teams instead of beating up on shitty opponents in the NW. The Canucks currently have the ninth toughest schedule this season. They didn't have worse than the fourth easiest schedule the three years prior. | ||
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lamprey1
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protecting a 1 goal lead with 5 mintues left we have morgan 'bobby orr' rielly leading rushes up the ice and a captain leading by example as dion Andreychuk repeatedly parks himself in front of the flames net. | ||
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GrapeApe
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Kevin_Sorbo
Canada3217 Posts
On April 02 2014 08:49 QuanticHawk wrote: Torts certainly isn't blame free, but I don't understand how people can blame Torts while ignoring what Gillis has done. The team core is old and declining, and the depth offensive players are dogshit. The slide has been in progress since the cup run--the team was not very good at all last year and people seem to forget this--and it really came to a head this year, especially with injuries. The Sedins have been trending downward for the past two years. Kesler has either been injured or doing the same for longer, and isn't a 70pt player anymore. They shipped out their goalies and replaced them with young guys putting up below average numbers. The defense has been crappy in their own end and non-existent in helping the offense (the latter here is probably Torts' fault due to the system he plays, but guys like Edler have been dogshit in their own right, and dudes like Bieksa and Hamhuis have been mediocre at best even with that). Offensively, the team is those three aging core players, and a bunch of glorified third liners. Burrows has always been a coattail rider, and it's really obvious now that the Sedins have dropped off. Realignment finally forced Vancouver to play better teams instead of beating up on shitty opponents in the NW. The Canucks currently have the ninth toughest schedule this season. They didn't have worse than the fourth easiest schedule the three years prior. Dont forget the night Tortorella lost his whole locker room when he went totally ape shit against the flames. + Show Spoiler + | ||
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iCanada
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On April 02 2014 13:10 Sub40APM wrote: for motherfucking cock sucking fucks sake Niemi, getting ventilated by the Oilers on like 10 shots, what are you going to do in the playoffs dog when you play real teams? Sharks goalies are cursed with massive amounts of suck. To be fair, getting ventilated by the Oilers skill guys isn't the worst thing in the world. They are a real bad hockey team, but no one would say they aren't hella dangerous given decent opportunities. Teams would line up for any one Hall, Eberle, or RNH. I'd say Yakupov too, but he has been character assassinated too hard. | ||
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Sub40APM
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On April 02 2014 13:19 iCanada wrote: To be fair, getting ventilated by the Oilers skill guys isn't the worst thing in the world. They are a real bad hockey team, but no one would say they aren't hella dangerous given decent opportunities. Teams would line up for any one Hall, Eberle, or RNH. I'd say Yakupov too, but he has been character assassinated too hard. but in the last 5 games they averaged only 1.6 goals. Its not like the Oilers are always losing 5-4 games. Usually they get their guts stumped out or are kept to less than 2 goals per game. Only Anti Niemie has the unique ability to let in a million goals on a tiny amount of shots almost every game. | ||
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xDaunt
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EDIT: In fairness though, the whole Sharks team doesn't seem interested in this game. | ||
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iCanada
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http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013021035 http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013010070 http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013020787 http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013020641 http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013020431 http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013020564 http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013020319 http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013010050 Would you like me to find more? Just because the Oilers roll over and die most nights doesn't mean they aren't dangerous. They are a tremendoiusly talented club. They are dangerous. Their mix is just awful. | ||
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Sub40APM
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On April 02 2014 13:54 iCanada wrote: Not neccesarily. http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013021035 http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013010070 http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013020787 http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013020641 http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013020431 http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013020564 http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013020319 http://oilers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013010050 Would you like me to find more? Just because the Oilers roll over and die most nights doesn't mean they aren't dangerous. They are a tremendoiusly talented club. They are dangerous. Their mix is just awful. Ya, I mean sometimes they explode, but on the year they are a 2.4 Goals For scorers. They arent just not that dynamic, and every massive blowout they happen to generate means there are 3-4 other games where they score nothing or a goal. My point is, fuck Niemi. I need to stop playing him. Its just not worth it. | ||
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Elyvilon
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On April 02 2014 13:10 Sub40APM wrote: for motherfucking cock sucking fucks sake Niemi, getting ventilated by the Oilers on like 10 shots, what are you going to do in the playoffs dog when you play real teams? Sharks goalies are cursed with massive amounts of suck. Play Stalock | ||
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L1ghtning
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On March 31 2014 15:10 Orcasgt24 wrote: St. Louis doesn't need amazing goal tending to win games. They just need it to not be the reason they lost. That said I think your underestimating LA's chances The west being St. Louis's to lose, and LA being the 2nd contender. What? What world do you guys live in? What about the team that has the best line in the entire league and a very good depth on top of that. And it's not San Jose or Chicago I'm talking about, although they are certainly better contenders than LA as well. San Jose have stepped up a lot compared to last year, while LA have stepped back, and LA barely beat us last year with home advantage. I'm not saying that San Jose should beat LA comfortably. I'm just saying that they're the clear favorites and anyone who disagrees is clearly living in the past. And Chicago is also a beastly team that can turn things around. They were down 1-3 against Detroit last years playoffs, and at that point I had counted them out. But then they got their shit together and won 3 straight and ended up winning everything. The western playoffs certainly does not look like ez mode for St Louis, and LA is certainly not their main contender. On April 01 2014 00:08 Kevin_Sorbo wrote: I think thats a bit overboard. The kings field a great team. I think they could still win if they had a goalie a tier or 2 below Quick. The blues are just like the kings in fact. They have really deep teams that play in a system designed to win games by a score of 2-1. The kings have better forwards but stl has the best d-corps in the league imo. Just curious to see how the ducks would fare against those teams. There are so many stupidly good teams in the west, the first 2 rounds of the playoffs will be really exciting! This is something I agree very much with. As a Sharks fan, I've seen many series against LA, and Quick is not the reason why they've won those games. He's not the reason at all for their success. He's just one part of the puzzle. It's Darryl Sutter and his system that have given LA their success. It's very hard to create quality chances against them. SJ typically dominates the puck possession, like they do against any team, but the shot counts tends to be much lower, and most shots are low quality chances. It's always been like that for the last few years. They're a pain to play against, because they don't give you any room in their own end. Give some credit to their system, and also to their disciplined D, and multiple great 2-way forwards. LA doesn't stand or fall with Quick. Quick is LA's 3rd goalie this season if you're going by his performance. I'm not saying Scrivens and Jones are better goalies, it's too early to tell, but if the 2nd and 3rd goalies not only does not drag the team down, but actually lifts it up, then I would really start to question the importance of the 1st goalie. Even if it's only a small sample size, anyone who have watched a ton of Kings games knows that their players are among the best organized in the league. The ppl who thinks that LA is a one-man's show should go watch some of their games. | ||
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