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)

:O

a) he was the beneficiary of fabulous team defense and not a particularly grebt goalie imo

b) dude would fall down as if shot when an opposing forward so much as looked at him. i can only imagine what it'd have been like if t. holmstrom were playing *against* him

otoh, he can't hear me because he has rings in his ears i guess

He was not the greatest goalie in the world but he just seems so innocuous, like hating a care bear.

maybe if he'd skipped out on w in 2008

blues look like a pretty dangerous team -- if they didn't suck at shootouts they'd be atop the league.

they also seem to have a penchant for leaping face-first into the boards whenever someone breathes on them, but whatevs

zdeno chara was +7 today lol

according to the box score, one hit was delivered in the game

drake's 'hockey hero' is evgeni malkin

can we all just admit that sidney crosby is lucky he's not dead apparently?

not as lucky as clint malarchuk

truth

kings are cheaters

Sean Avery was a judge on Project Runway tonight. It was WEIRD.

a) speaking of clint malarchuk, he has a piece on deadspin today. he shot himself in the head in 2008 but survived.

b) wtf is a sam gagner

c) http://didgomezscore.com lol

d) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d4kN8pUgSE

remarkable

The kings didn't cheat because there is no team in columbus iirc

mmhmm

loved dean lombardi's statement involving coulombs, tho

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/393925_3238996536488_1314025152_3256060_484244118_n.jpg

Detroit v Toronto in the 2013 winter classic at UM football stadium

(Great Lakes Invitational college tourney at Comerica Park, too!)

http://didgomezscore.com/ !!!

omg!

Tomas Holmstrom will play in his 1,000th NHL game tonight, all of them in a Red Wings sweater.

When asked by former coach Scotty Bowman why he chose to wear #96, Homer said it was because that's when he came to the NHL from Sweden.

To which Scottie replied, "you should have picked 98, because that's the year you're going back.''

http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnhlexperts/80149-800w.jpg

alex ovechkin is 42nd in the league in scoring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYscemhnf88

do you believe in miracles?

pretty low-key trade deadline

not here...pretty sure vancouver's ready to riot again about losing cody hodgson

i had no idea it was the deadline

yeah, i don't really get that one -- it seems like 'grit' with 27 nhl games should be cheaper than hodgson.

otoh, he was a third-line centre, however young and promising. if the canucks flame out it won't be due to the lack of hodgson. besides, sammy pahlsson can . . . uh, never mind.

yeah, i doubt it will end up making the difference between winning and losing a series. but this move will be blamed if the canucks do lose because of lack of scoring, because canucks fans are silly.

a text inventory of everything on every goalie's mask this season

slideshow of same

jmod's mask remains unrivaled imo

all those masks are so wack. fleury's blue pens mask might be the best one in there. Cory Schneider's is the funniest but a bit optimistic

Movie note -- a friend in Kitchener, Ontario saw the Seann William Scott hockey comedy Goon last week, liked it a lot. He went to a matinee where "most of the audience was hockey players. You can just tell."

i saw it last night. it's very funny and very gory.

Stiffler on ice, huh

intrigued by liev as stiffler's foe

the st. louis blues are 36-11-7 since ken hitchcock took over

27-4-4 at home overall

now atop the western conference and tied with the rangers for the president's cup (rangers have two games in hand)

team is 4 real

fukkin hate hitchcock

they looked real good against the hawks last night

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr251/mookieproof/pk.jpg

to be fair, gomez isn't the habs' captain

that's pretty funny

i was at that game! subban got his revenge later on

any nyc ilxors w nothing to do tonite message me off board for hockey tix discussion avs @ rangers

kick

I hate hockey. It's so addictive. I love it too much. I'm trying to reduce my consumption, but can't stay away. But don't propose a self-help group to me. I don't want to be helped.

I hate Joe Thornton. No really, I hate him.

^haha

OK, this is not really au courant, but just feel like posting a couple of my fave segments from the 24/7 series...

Here's Lavi in the Flyers dressing room after a bad first period:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvBsTrPO0p0

And then Ott chirping Giroux before a faceoff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkHn3ciJxiY

annoyed, again, that having the #6 seed is definitely better than the #5 and perhaps better than the #4 as well. southeast/pacific divisions gtfo

http://leafsbeefs.com

i so love the hand-wringing columns after the caps choke yet again in a big game: http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/blog/blogpost/death-taxes-and-the-capitals-choking/801826

try living in Toronto.