MARIAN HOSSA WILL BE YOUR MILLSTONE: THE NHL 2009-2010 THREAD (INCLUDING PITTSBURGH CUP HANGOVER OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

"the dreaded six-hole"

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Going to see the Kings v. Canucks tonight!

oooo the kings are dangerous. hopefully w/o smyth infront of louie all night the canucks can get some opportunities. + daniel is back. + kopitar is goaless in his last 7 games, and the kings are coming from a game last night to a pretty well rested canucks. i'm going with a canuck win on this one.

Yes, very excited to see the entire Slovenian Olympic team tonight. We won our last two vs Avalanche convincingly (8-2 and 5-2) so here's hoping our luck against surprise-division-leaders hold steady.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFNkx6iEL6I

:C

it is rumored that ovechkin has been suspended for two games -- probably not a big deal since he's day-to-day anyway

The slash by the guy on his own goalie is very strange. It didnt look like a major hit. Strangest thing is that after he made contact, he took another swipe at the goal.

Yeah, looked like he was hitting at the post in anger? Serious WTF.

Then they showed him leaving the ice. Was he kicked out of the game? Weird deal all around.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/teams/story/?id=300655&hubname=nhl-capitals

goddamn i want someone to beat the shit out of him

rip enforcers

I actually like Ovechkin's style of play. The guy is super-entertaining. I dont know how long he will last playing that way though.

well i don't want to harp on ovechkin when i want to see physical play but i can't defend him here. he should stop doing this. it's too bad players have to put up with his reckless dirty hits without being able to do anything about it. if he doesn't respect the other players on the ice, and clearly he doesn't (just read that interview), he should at least fear them. get rid of the fucking instigator rule already. and why does laraque get 5 games and ovechkin get 2?

Brodeur ties Sawchuck for career shutouts (Brodeur's career has been insanely wonderful, playing during the trap years or otherwise)

Brodeur ties passes Sawchuck for career shutouts (Brodeur's career has been insanely wonderful, playing during the trap years or otherwise)

grudging respect

poor melanie

really enjoying lundqvist highlights this year

canes have unfortunately missed their opportunity to fire paul maurice and replace him with peter laviolette

grudging respect

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Why grudging? come on, the guy's the best of all time. What hasnt he done?

played for my team, duh

three times you ave won the SC in yr lifetime bro. you must chill

xxp I think you already know the answer to that, Bill! He's no Scott Stevens, I'll give him that.

haha i'm chilled. i actually like brodeur

didn't they decrease the goalie pad size b/c of him? i still prefer the mentally unstable p. roy.

^^^Was that Belfour, maybe? He always used to wear hueg jerseys too iirc.

its been a long time since i was obsessive about the devils but wtg martin

No, they didnt change that (the pad size) rule for Brodeur, they limited the size of the area behind the net in which the goalie could handle the puck. They used to have free reign (rein?). He was like a third defenseman until they changed that rule.

they altered the jersey size because of p roy, they altered the pad size because of JS Giguere.

pad side also bcuz of lolgarth snow

garth snow used to be a poster boy for enormous pads iirc, but i don't think he was good enough to really name the rule after him.

i think goalies should be allowed to play the puck wherever they want -- but forecheckers should be allowed to hit them outside the crease.

Absolutely agree.

i think goalies should be allowed to play the puck wherever they want -- but forecheckers should be allowed to hit them outside the crease.

agree in principle, but the fights that this would lead to, oh the fights

I believe they were allowed to hit them outside the crease if they were handling it before they put the trapezoid in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h5NLPgfny8

Outdoor Classic is on. Fenway Park is lookin' good.

lol flyers

it's all I can get with regularity and they're not my team, but damn the Hawks can be fun to watch

think i've seen them like once this year :/

they're likely to have salary cap problems, but I don't imagine it being too big a hassle since they should be able to get $ for several players who might have to go

not NHL related, but I finally found a hockey league to play in and I start next month

looking forward to getting to know my hamstrings again

i live in canucks town. any thoughts on burrows vs. auger?

auger should be susupended imo, as bad as refs have it they should always take the high road

as bob mckenzie said, obviously referees are biased somewhat -- e.g. sean avery gets called for shit that other players wouldn't -- and there has long been a settling of accounts between officials and players just like there is among players themselves. but don't tell the player you're gonna get him, and don't make it so blatantly and ridiculously obvious. at the very least they should suspend auger for being a dumbass.

someone pointed out that he's done a lot fewer playoff games than guys with less tenure, so it's not like even the league thinks he's a great ref . . .

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