FINALLY! - The 2013 NHL Season - Page 115

On June 19 2013 00:04 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:
Hooraay Datsyuk signed a 3year extension with Wings, so he stays in the League! Good thing for all hockey fans out there!

On June 19 2013 04:27 Orcasgt24 wrote:


I know. I was horrified listening to the pundits talk about the possibility of Datsyuk going to the KHL after next season. He is one of the games most exciting players to watch.

On June 19 2013 04:32 StarStruck wrote:


The money is still better in the NHL, so I don't know why he wouldn't stay.

On June 19 2013 04:34 Sub40APM wrote:

Easier schedule, plays in his homeland, closer to his kids, bigger ice surfaces that benefits players like him, lower taxes and he probably would get more money from some podonk oil city somewhere in siberia. the onlydown side is the quality of opposition and terrible travel. You think American teams have a lot of flights, imagine playing a team from Valdivostok, 12 time zones away.

On June 19 2013 02:57 lamprey1 wrote:


true, Chara is a 1st class player.
He could've hit Crosby 100 times harder.

Claude Julien is a great coach.
Peter Chiarelli is a great GM.

Boston is a 1st class organization from top to bottom.

Go Bruins Go!

On June 19 2013 05:18 StarStruck wrote:


Cannot compete with the will of an athlete. Competition and because it's the Cup along with that bling bling it aint no thang but a chicken wing hommie.

On June 19 2013 02:57 lamprey1 wrote:


i respect your perspective,
until say .. 2000 i agree with you.

However, the NHL has figured out how to keep ice "solid" in a rain fall at 8C. See Pittsburgh v. Washington on Heinz Field.

The solution is simple, but the people inside the building won't like it, They'll all have to wear winter coats. You just turn the building into a giant ice box.

If the NHL can create solid ice in a southern california outdoor game then they need to address the bad ice late in the playoffs.



true, Chara is a 1st class player.
He could've hit Crosby 100 times harder.

Claude Julien is a great coach.
Peter Chiarelli is a great GM.

Boston is a 1st class organization from top to bottom.

Go Bruins Go!

On June 19 2013 10:07 GolemMadness wrote:


Sucker punches player in his recently broken jaw while teammate holds him from behind, causing both of them to move backwards; deemed ok because he could've punched him harder. Ok then.

On June 19 2013 10:54 QuanticHawk wrote:


that was hardly a sucker punch, and if you're still dinged from your jaw, don;t go into scrums.

On June 19 2013 08:42 Sub40APM wrote:

I dont know about that, there are plenty of guys who either win the cup and stop caring (Cam Ward, Dustin Penner) or never cared at all (Heatley, Razor, Kovy, Yashin). The difference is, 10 years ago if you wanted to make millions while floating (Federov in Anaheim and Columbus) you had to stay in America. But for Russians you can still float, get the same money and live in an environment you find more pleasing

On June 19 2013 19:53 GolemMadness wrote:


How's it not a sucker punch? The only reason Crosby was involved was because two players were jumping on Morrow, so Crosby tried to pull Chara away. That's just what you do in hockey. Then TWO more players grab onto Crosby and hold onto him while Chara decides to just punch him in the jaw.

On June 19 2013 08:42 Sub40APM wrote:
I dont know about that, there are plenty of guys who either win the cup and stop caring (Cam Ward, Dustin Penner) or never cared at all (Heatley, Razor, Kovy, Yashin). The difference is, 10 years ago if you wanted to make millions while floating (Federov in Anaheim and Columbus) you had to stay in America. But for Russians you can still float, get the same money and live in an environment you find more pleasing

On June 16 2013 04:07 lamprey1 wrote:


stats don't work as well for hockey in comparison to baseball.
the large sample size doesn't work very well because goalies run hot and cold.
some goalies are great one year and very bad the next.
WHIP says a lot more about a pitcher than any stat you can come up with for a goalie.
a lot of american fans don't understand that.


you have to watch the games.

On June 20 2013 00:57 lamprey1 wrote:


you were shown a sucker punch.
if Chara had really hit him he would've been unconscious before his helmet hit the ice

sucker punches result in suspensions in today's NHL.

if Crosby can not withstand a jostle like that he needs to find the Eric Lindros retirement home and live there with a bicycle helmet on his head for the rest of this life.

Crosby should really avoid guys like Chara
maybe he can pick a fight with a few girls like Lindros used to do all the time at downtown TO clubs.



how many "floaters" were on the 2011 Bruins? 2012 Kings?
a Stanley Cup winning team can afford very few floaters.

as far as floating after you won the cup? who cares.
Ken Dryden stopped caring after he won the cup 6 times.
Do we stick Ken Dryden in your list as well?

What A Floater This Guy Is.