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fun fact: the wide base of the lower 95% is comprised of marty broduer's jowls and donuts he stole from koharski
also maf was a jimmy joke! it is very humorous that he's the only one in the gold-sc club there, and he's probably the worst out of everyone there. i'd be scared if crawford was gonna be the starter though. ick. Price is at least talented, if not as accomplished
and yeah russia is quite short on defensemen. after markov and tyutin, the pickings get really slim. atrain is still servicable despite that awful contract, but the last place id want him is on international ice. I guess gonchar could play pp and lollygag his way through the rest of the game. they could maybe find prosthetic hips for zubov, and entice him with that and a lifetime supply of smokes
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http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=678456&print=true
The release of the 2013-14 regular-season schedule Friday included the debut of the four new division names for the re-aligned National Hockey League.
The League went to a re-aligned format for geographic purposes and has decided to stick with geographic names for the four new divisions. Three of the four names are carryovers from the old six-division alignment, but the League added a new name to the mix.
The four division names are Atlantic, Metropolitan, Central and Pacific. The Atlantic and Metropolitan divisions make up the Eastern Conference and each division has eight teams. The Central and Pacific divisions make up the Western Conference and have seven teams in each division.
The Atlantic Division teams are: Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, Tampa Bay Lightning and Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Red Wings have moved from the Western Conference to the East.
The Metropolitan Division teams include the three New York-area teams, New York Rangers, New York Islanders and New Jersey Devils; along with the Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Carolina Hurricanes and Columbus Blue Jackets, who are joining the Red Wings in the move east.
The new Central Division in the Western Conference features Chicago Blackhawks, St. Louis Blues, Nashville Predators, Minnesota Wild, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars and Winnipeg Jets, who are moving from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference.
The new Pacific Division in the Western Conference includes Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks, Phoenix Coyotes, San Jose Sharks, Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers.
The 2013-14 schedule ensures that all 30 teams play in all 30 arenas at least once during the season.
The Stanley Cup Playoffs will still consist of 16 teams, eight from each conference, but it will be division-based and a wild-card system has been added.
The top three teams in each division will make up the first 12 teams in the playoffs. The remaining four spots will be filled by the next two highest-placed finishers in each conference -- regardless of division -- based on regular-season points. It will be possible for one division to send five teams to the postseason while the other sends three.
The seeding of the wild-card teams within each divisional playoff will be determined by regular-season points. The division winner with the most points in the conference will be matched against the wild-card team with the fewest points; the division winner with the second-most points in the conference will play the wild-card team with the second-fewest points.
The teams finishing second and third in each division will play in the first round of the playoffs. The winners of each series will play for berths in the conference championship series.
The winners of the conference championships advance to the Stanley Cup Final.
schedule also released. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=678238&navid=DL|NHL|home
explanation of the matrix and all the big games inside
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yeah metro is a little odd haha
and yeah it isnt extremely likely it is more like a certainty. qc in the west would be retarded but i would have though they'd do that and seattle if anything. maybe vegaaaasssss
i cant imagine they keep the west with two less though
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I wouldn't say they steamrolled everyone, as Detroit took them to 7 hard fought games.
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You honestly think Vegas let alone Seattle would be good destinations for a team? I'm getting tired of putting teams in places where there isn't a viable market. The metro division sounds goofy. >_<
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nah vegas would just be humorous, esp if gretzky started coaching there
seattle, i actually dont think that it is that crazy. obviously qc would be much better.
but ideally, the league could contract a few teams to get down to a smaller number. phoneix just got a stay of execution. new owner or not, theyll be in the same hole by the end of the decade.
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On July 20 2013 05:48 StarStruck wrote:
You honestly think Vegas let alone Seattle would be good destinations for a team? I'm getting tired of putting teams in places where there isn't a viable market. The metro division sounds goofy. >_<
Seattle would be okay, lots of Canadians priced out of Canuck tickets would go down for the weekend games, they already go down for the shopping so why not catch a game. After that it would be up to the team, if they got a good GM and success within 4-5 years than the bandwagon fans would come onboard and it would be fine.
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Metropolitan is a terrible name. Also, if no team gives Timmy Thomas a chance, then that is effed.
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did i wake up in an alternate dimension? tsn's projections for team canada's defense, no subban keith or seabrook? wtf?
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i am sure that list is missing plenty of other hopefuls too. but damn that is a real solid list.
as much as like letang despite his occasional brainfarts in his own end, if theyre going with crawford or someone else rather meh in net, dan girardi over him is worth considering. though letang's speed on bigger ice would be something to watch. it also means more areas of the ice for him to get lost in.
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On July 20 2013 12:06 JimmiC wrote:I'm confused Show nested quote +The defence is anchored by a trio of returnees who have all been nominated for or won the Norris Trophy since the Vancouver games: Chicago's Duncan Keith, Los Angeles Kings rearguard Drew Doughty and Nashville captain Shea Weber.
All three were under the radar a year prior to the selection of the Vancouver team and they're joined by another Norris winner in Montreal blueliner P.K. Subban.
Vancouver returnee Brent Seabrook earns another Olympic engagement on TSN's list, which is rounded out by a trio of offensive-minded blueliners including Pittsburgh's Kris Letang, Rangers veteran Dan Girardi and young St. Louis blueliner Alex Pietrangelo. that has all 3 people u mentioned as missing?
this is what my comment was based on http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/feature/?id=57683
clearly i'm stupid b/c that's from like a year ago =(
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On July 20 2013 11:33 JimmiC wrote:
well he is old and crazy, so that kinda hurts him. When u walk away from the game at that age it's a risk.
probably get a shot if a goalie gets injured
2 Vezinas and a Conn Smythe in his last 3 seasons... Have to at least give him a chance.
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Drew Doughty is still considered as a top d man? why? 'cuz he won the Norris once and has Quick covering his ineptitude on the d end while his offenses has completely wilted? that guy is the definition of a one hit wonder,
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