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

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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know your role

that penalty was so dumb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aplfhPu4iiU

not cool

jesus

yea i thought that was pretty disgusting. 20 game suspension i think for cormier.
also i just caught this on sportsnet which i thought was pretty funny:

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

whaddya think, leafs fans

could have been worse. i think Pfaneuf is crazy overrated and nowhere NEAR the Scott Stevens 2.0 destroyer people think he is. Giguere is the big deal here as Toskala is horrible.

my opinion on DPf is based on living on the east coast and not having a west coast feed anymore.

at the very least pfaneuf gets to play avery twice more this season

i think that calgary has been looking to dump phaneuf for a while now and very few teams would have spent (wasted) that much money on him. maybe edmonton or carolina, and, of course, toronto. as a canuck fan i'm glad the flames just got a little less physical. and um, i guess i don't know if these trades will have that much of an impact on these two struggling teams. will they?

DarrenDreger:
# One of the most bizarre trades I have ever covered. Jokinen+Prust for Higgins and Kotalik. Good night. more on www.tsn.ca about 10 hours ago from mobile web

13 wingers on the flames atm... so what's next?

I imagine that I could well be the only Leafs fan left on this board (or who will admit it anyway), and for the whole season, I've been too depressed to post to this thread. But I like this trade. Phaneuf is overrated, but he's got the tools to be an All-Star (again) and an "elite" defenceman in the league. Having him on the point on the powerplay gives the Leafs a weapon they haven't had since McCabe left town.

The forwards they gave up in both trades were completely useless, with the exception of Hagman, who is a good player, but can't seem to find his game on a consistent basis. Chemistry is an admittedly elusive and poorly understood commodity, but Calgary is in real trouble if they think that Stajan is the centre they've been looking for to complement Iginla. He's a nice guy, but he's soft in every way. He should be the 3rd line centre on any decent team. The only player I will really miss is Ian White. He's been one of the few bright spots in what has become a nightmare of a season. That kid brings it every single night.

The best part of the whole thing is that Burke managed to get rid of both Toskala and Blake, and somehow got more than a bag of pucks for each of those two pylons. I can't think of a less effective forward than Jason Blake. He's fast, but he's got no grit, takes nothing but low-percentage shots, which usually hit the goalie square in the chest, and he couldn't find the front of the net with a map. As for Toskala, I don't know if he's worse, or equally as bad as Raycroft, but after a couple seasons of watching him stand deep in his net and flail with his glove hand as yet another soft goal beat him on the first or second shot of the game, all I can say is good riddance.

This team is still light years away from being competitive, but they got rid of a fair bit of dead weight and picked up two players who have at least had some success in the past.

i agree 100%

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtZE0RJuylo

did he get unsportsmanlike for the mask?

coz that's some serious faggotry if he didn't

The Devils were a bit flat tonight, but the Leafs played well, and the new guys all looked pretty good. Based on how Calgary did last night, it would appear as though Toronto likely came out on top in the trades. Especially since Blake and Toskala are both beyond redemption.

Keeping the visor on is a bitch move. I hope it was an oversight.

CBCSports.ca has learned that Kovalchuk, 26, has been traded to the New Jersey Devils with defenceman Anssi Salmela in return for defenceman Johnny Oduya, rookie forward Niclas Bergfors, junior prospect Patrice Cormier and a first-round draft pick.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2010/02/04/sp-nhl-devils-thrashers.html

uh

great move for the devils. just move the thrashers to winnipeg now

i mean, when a guy turns down a 12-year, $101 M contract to play on your team you might as well just pack it in

also, the capitals are frightening and i hate them. their offense might even be good enough to overcome their crappy defense -- it'll be interesting to see

great move for the devils. just move the thrashers to winnipeg now

― mookieproof, Thursday, February 4, 2010 6:49 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

was this a great move by the devils? or was it more of a sundin move to make it through the playoffs this year?

Yeah this trade doesn't seem like a devils move, tbh

1. 26-year-old kovalchuk is somewhat better than a 38-year-old sundin

2. devils have a solid team but needed offense if they're gonna compete with the caps (who have half again as many goals), pens etc.

3. god bless johnny oduya, but i'm not sure he's worth $3.5M a year. and the other guys are just prospects -- one of whom has hit the wall in his rookie season, one of whom has been suspended for the rest of his junior season, and one of whom is gonna be a late first-round pick

4. zajac and parise are young, but brodeur is 37, elias, langenbrunner and rolston are all in their mid-thirties, etc. if they're gonna go for it, now is the time. odds are it won't work, but i think it's totally worth the shot. (nb i am not a devils fan)

man this new kid Peters playing in goal for Carolina vs. the Islanders is having one hell of a first ever NHL game. held the Isles scoreless through the first period, gave up a shorthanded in the 2nd but it seriously wasn't his fault - Carolina's power play is like worse than their full strength play (which is saying something). Anyway this kid is looking AMAZING.

where is jim carey these days

My Caps tied it up 4 to 4 with the Penguins. Going to ovetime. Ovechkin has a hat trick

game has been great. sux that my local news has broken out of it w/ BREAKING NEWS

Kovalchuk baby. We're kicking all your asses this year.

also it would be a shame if they [canada] had MIKE GREEN on the fucking power play w/ drew doughty ffs

― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, February 21, 2010 9:59 PM (0 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Came to post this here, to protect knowledge from the oly '10 thred

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"i thought i left the nhl" :((((((

did u see shea weber put one through the back of the net

1. My team won 6-0 tonight.
2. I am going to see Hawks v. Wings tomorrow.

Neither of those teams have shit for goaltending. Still, it was a good time

awesome interviews with Darren McCarty and Claude Lemieux where they discuss "the hit" and all the Wings/Avs hate over the years

http://watch.tsn.ca/off-the-record/off-the-record---march-18/#clip278023

So if NYR/PHI goes to shootout what does this mean for NHL in the long run, and is some mighty ducks triple deke bullshit better than a tie?