IF ILYA BRYZGALOV IS SO GREAT WHY HAS HE BEEN ON FOUR TEAMS IN TEN YEARS: THE NHL 2011-2012 THREAD (INCLUDING VANCOUVER RECONSTRUCTION, BOSTON HANGOVER AND OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

Aha, yes, Mr. Clutch Kris Draper retiring. Very unfortunate.

lol trolled

witty

"pussy"

john k. samson on the winnipeg jets, their logo, and ties to the military

http://majupra.imgur.com/futbol_hockey_kit

some good ones, some ugly ones, overall I like these better than the nfl 'shops that were making the rounds a few months ago

wow jersey slashfic thanks internet

lol at the islanders' MODELL SPORTING GOODS strip

So long Chris Drury

i don't feel that the rangers suffered appropriately after signing gomez and drury to those absurd contracts

well they are cursed with a goalie (who is very handsome, mind) who has migraines during the playoffs so w/e

http://l.yimg.com/a/p/sp/editorial_image/25/252f8ed427b9459773dd6f46a8515d2d/hockey_guilty_pleasures_the_pensblog_edition.jpg

when did this happen and what on earth were the dallas stars fallopian tubes thinking

I blame Norm Green

lotta tough guys dying

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/NHL-veteran-Wade-Belak-found-dead-in-Toronto-con?urn=nhl-wp11533

sad news from Russia, lots of former NHLers on the list of dead

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-russia-crash

Man, that is absolutely horrible. Damn.

jesus

Fucking hell

http://sinhlredlight.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/lokomotiv-yaroslavl.jpg

http://achicksperspective.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/reality-check/

That was a pretty-gut wrenching read.

Are there any particularly great and active hockey writers? Who are they?

i'm not aware of any posnanski types as far as individual writers go.

puck daddy is very active -- probably 10 posts a day even during the summer.

sports illustrated's red light blog is less prolific but somewhat more long-form.

james mirtle at the globe and mail is as good as anyone on applying advanced stats to hockey. he's a bit leafs-focused tho, due to his employer.

this guy seems to be pretty into point shares and similar analysis, but i haven't really read him.

Thanks!

DOUGHTY RESIGNS THANK CHRIST

HOCKEY COMIN'

ALSO GOODBYE MIKE MODANO NO ONE EVER REALLY LIKED YOU BTW

drew doughty makin' a lot of $ -- but not as much as brian campbell! it is annoying to me that dumb teams are able to jettison their shitty contracts because the islanders/panthers need to reach the salary floor.

that is true, about mike modano

jimmy otm re modano

Drew Doughty deserves every cent. I'd rather have him than Kopitar, gun to my head

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5521/mo9b.jpg

Drew Doughty deserves every cent. I'd rather have him than Kopitar, gun to my head

― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved),

wow. i'm completely understanding that great defense wins championships, and i agree re: Drew's contract but Kopi is as awesome a defensive forward as he is a incredible scorer/forechecker/playmaker, no?

Not at all.

IT IS ON

a) matt cooke is leading the league with two goals and zero pims
b) roberto luongo still sux
c) drew doughty played 27 minutes today
d) did you see don cherry call stu grimson, chris nilan and georges laraque 'hypocritical pukes' on coach's corner last night? i mean, i know it's his thing to be ~outrageous~ but just maybe a guy who never played shouldn't call a guy nicknamed 'the grim reaper' a pussy
e) fuck the flyers

Good to see the Winnipeg Jets picking up right where they left off 15 years ago

Mike Johnson says Carey Price "oozes poise and confidence in the crease."

weekly hockey column at grantland by katie baker: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7063208/our-weekly-hockey-column-debuts

also hearty lols at tortorella relentlessly burying sean avery last week:

"I don't want to jam up Sean here - I think we have better players than Sean Avery, plain and simple," Tortorella said in a small gathering with reporters on the second floor of the team's hotel. "I can dodge it ten different ways, without trying to run Sean over. I thought he had a good camp. But I think with the makeup of our team, and some of the people we've added, and some of the youth we've added as far as depth put Sean in this spot.

"The players that are here are better than Sean Avery," Tortorella reiterated. "Maybe not in the role or a couple instances Sean could help us in, but they're more versatile in a lot of different areas.

"I'm trying to do this the right way, because I do not wanna keep on shoveling dirt over Sean Avery, but we have better players than Sean Avery, right now on the hockey club."

Had a spur of the moment chance to see the Hawks vs the Stars in the Chicago home opener over the weekend and took it... damn it feels good to watch hockey again, even if it's two teams I pretty much detest. Hawks looked pretty good but seem to have a lot of new players.

flyers fans boo cancer charity ad

Devils-Kings tonight, I have pretty sweet seats.

did you hear that?....it's the sound of me being jealous.
Kopi! Kopi! Kopi!

yeah i kinda wanna go it can't possibly be sold out

its not even close to sold out.

http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/1292824012_gifki_09.gif

http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-jIWWfJ0jSBQ/TpfDQCq-R-I/AAAAAAABvbY/NT6c4HvtHRY/s635/drocks12_1.gif

jesus

That's what u get for fighting w/ a mask on

Man did that guy get pulverized.

Almost as devastating as this blast from the past:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiDJ1y7cGIw&feature=related

Goddam Stevens was awesome.

i apologize for using the phrase 'in the conversation' btw

that is some straight bs

i mean I could also see the HHOF not inducting another goalie until Brodeur /tinfoilhat /offenseoffenseoffense /weneedmorescoring

How in the world did Sundin get in? My mom has an irrational love for Sundin, maybe she's a secret voter.

will marty go in right away or will they wait?

obvs gretzky goes in whenever, lemieux had various health issues -- not sure if anyone else was waived. certainly marty (and maybe lidstrom) are at least candidates.

sundin's not in! xp

notable relevant parties:

CuJo (no cups; had the misfortune of being surrounded by Roy, Brodeur, Belfour, Hasek, Richter; seemed like a cult figure to anyone outside of St.L; was then buried in Toronto),

BELFOUR (asshole; 1,000,000 dollars, 1 SC ring),

HASEK (changed the thought process of the position; a Quick/Lundqvist 1.0; had 3 MONSTER years that I can remember and a bunch of other where he was merely spectacular, SC ring, in the path of history, it seemed),

Vernon (career sv% .890),

RICHTER (USA USA),

Brasshole (career % line 3.24, .892)

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/8098686/joe-sakic-pavel-bure-adam-oates-mats-sundin-headed-hockey-hall-fame

cosigning on bure and sundin making no sense

i can totally see hasek, ~maybe~ belfour

how is mats (21st in goals, 27th in points) in ahead of shanny? fuckin' leafs. at least pavel was a phenomenon, but then so was lindros.

hasek seems pretty can't miss.

the hall(over)values the C as in CAPTAIN & CANADA.

THE DOMINATOR 4 LYFE
SLINKY SPINE

can't vote him in yet, tho -- i heard he wants to come back to the nhl

Ilya Bryzgalov prevented you from signing a 45 year old dominik hasek

oates sixth all-time in assists plus i was in a bar with him once

― mookieproof, Tuesday, June 26, 2012 11:09 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Did he hit on you? There are some rumors floating around out there....

OH NO

i can totally see hasek, ~maybe~ belfour

how is mats (21st in goals, 27th in points) in ahead of shanny? fuckin' leafs. at least pavel was a phenomenon, but then so was lindros.

This is legitimately making me mad, it makes no sense.

I have Adam Oates's autograph somewhere, this was back when I collected hockey cards when I was a kid and wanted to get them all signed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H_TTs0CyPc

sid <3

the rumors I'm seeing about either Luongo or Brodeur coming to Chicago are generating the most hilariously hateful comments from Hawkfans I know

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:D

OH NO!