DAVID CLARKSON AND THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE OUTLIER SEASON: THE NHL 2013-2014 THREAD (INCLUDING HAPLESS LUONGO SIGHTINGS, A FULL SEASON OF UPPER BODY INJURIES, STANLEY CUP CHAMPION CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS H

Amazing own goal by Quick yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcMHy4Mvs3I

reminds me of my two weeks in goal in junior hockey

jussi

not feeling this season for the Gers.

wau

wau x 2

http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=35&id=454955&navid=nhl:topheads

rip marty biron

http://i.imgur.com/wahiHvv.gif

he is 19 years old

this was his fourth of the game

A pretty sick performance. Have they zamboni'd over the chalk outline of Martin Biron's corpse yet?

pretty sure brian mccann is on a plane to san jose right now -- 'it was a 7-2 game! show some respect, rookie!'

pretty goal & nice of d to accommodate

That goal is really friggin insane. About 5 replays in i finally realized he went through his legs.

Big Alex aka the Steendriver

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--7I2VG3w1rs/UldR0xmMYSI/AAAAAAACQ6Y/Rgdy4_KWO1g/s505/fingers.gif

Watching the ALDS so I am not watching that Rangers game but seriously, what in the hell? 3-0 against the Ducks, 3 shots to 17.

a) west coast trip is a challenging start to a season
b) still adjusting to a new system/coach
c) RANGERS SUCK LOL

Stepan is out of shape, Nash is out. Nothing looks good.

and queue the pads discussion for Lundqvist.

a lot of goalies, like patrick roy 20 years ago, would not appreciate being left in for six against

http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Video-8-0-00-00-01-300x168.jpg

CEDAR RAPIDS – 'Pink in the Rink' turned black Saturday night at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena.

Defenseman Dylan Chanter of the Dubuque Fighting Saints had to be taken off the ice on a stretcher midway through the second period of his team's game against the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders after being knocked unconscious during a fight.

Play was suspended with 11:58 left, and Cedar Rapids leading, 2-0. It has not been determined when, or if, the game will be concluded.

Chanter scrapped with Corey Petrash of the RoughRiders in the corner behind the Dubuque net. The 18-year-old from Armstrong, British Columbia, lost his balance and fell backward, hitting his helmetless head on the ice (dyed pink for a cancer promotion) and dislocating his left shoulder.

The crowd cheered until seeing Chanter begin to severely convulse. His full-body seizure lasted at least two minutes, as team trainers and the RoughRiders' team doctor rushed to him.

He remained on the ice until paramedics arrived on the scene roughly 15 minutes later.

Severe concussions sometimes trigger generalized convulsions ("full body seizures"). Doesn't usually imply a more serious permanent brain injury than otherwise -- usually no intracranial bleeding, etc. Most patients recover quickly and do not develop epilepsy, and don't need long-term treatment to prevent further seizures. Looks scary but probably no worse than him being knocked unconscious (which is still bad).

ban fighting

http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/story/2013-10-10/chris-pronger-birthday-flyers-facebook-twitter-comments-salary-cap

philadelphia sports fans being ignorant idiots, film at 11

ban philadelphia

Collision Corsi

Advanced stats analysis of this season's Leafs. (spoiler alert: they suck)

oilers appear to have a Situation developing with 2012 overall #1 pick nail yakupov

healthy scratch the last two games, no-show at optional skate this morning, rumors (nixed by his agent, igor larionov) that he'll split for the khl

it sounds like he's uninterested in playing without the puck and mgmt is trying to concentrate his mind, but matters seem to be going downhill and the 'enigmatic russian' thing doesn't help

they should consider trading him for a goalie.

marty biron just passed through waivers but i don't know that he's an upgrade over dubnyk

Yakupov will be back against the Pens. It was just a regular benching, and probably their 4th biggest concern at the moment.

RIP Dan Boyle. And the way he looked when they were carting him off I hope it's not a RIP for real.

Congratulations to the Sabres for their first win of the season.

Lapierre is scum.

Callahan <3

metro division really kicking ass

Callahan out for a month. Yipee.

canucks-pens this morning was a lot of fun

that center ice goal was monumental

did u mean centre

H. Lundqvist (L) 15 - 19 .789

tee hee

11 goals for, 29 against

goalie mike smith scored for the yotes tonight

I hate losing like this. Shootouts suck. And we've never been good at them.

Kesler. Argh. I don't even know what to say.

At least Torts has grown on me, despite all the craziness he was allegedly going to bring with him.

Still, I want to give him a little more time.

Because he didn't play against the Rangers, I was thinking how Adam Larsson is so far a massive flop, so just for fun, I made a small list of top drafted blueliners from 1995 to 2009 to see if it was some kind of trend:

(italics for first pick overral, bold for norris)

1995: Bryan Berard
1996: Chris Phillips
1997: Eric Brewer
1998: Brad Stuart
1999: Branislav Mezei

2000: Rostislav Klesla
2001: Mike Komisarek
2002: Jay Bouwmeester
2003: Ryan Suter
2004: Cam Barker

2005: Jack Jonhson
2006: Erick Jonhson
2007: Thomas Hickey
2008: Drew Doughty
2009: Victor Hedman

Good luck Ryan Murray!

the goal in question

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB6TEDp94-k

http://cdn2.sbnation.com/assets/3447333/cheapshot.gif

i get that john scott is 6'8" and his upper arm/shoulder is at head level to most ppl. but that burden needs to be on him -- a guy who came into the season with one goal, four assists and 305 pims in 180 games

loui really should have had his head up tho

fuck that guy.

the hip check is due for a comeback imo

http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/hockeynightincanada/bio/infographics/most-canadian-nhl-team/gfx/mostcanadian.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFoHlyIfrFc

hip checks are fun

Wild are looking pretty good tbh

Does this Vanek trade not make any sense or...