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)

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So, Flyers have a goalie now, huh?

haha i was just about to say that while i appreciate the flyers' newfound commitment to goaltending, is ilya bryzgalov really that good?

he seems like the kind of guy that is constantly on the verge of saying or doing something stupid. flyers fans are gonna shit on him if he isn't awesome

Discussion Point: european goalies are extra-strength headcases. Da or Nyet?

i think the swedes and the swiss are ok . . . i'll give you the slavs, tho

/racist

Yeah that Henrik Lundqvist is really handsome isn't he? Too bad he had that thing a few years ago that caused him stress migraines in the playoffs.

http://atencentgemjar.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/doncherry1.jpg

http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jvbRrnXQTko/TgIMBjpIZyI/AAAAAAAAAJs/V3DXvYzC-to/bayjagrwatch.gif

ok

a) the flyers are insane. i mean i have no idea what they're even doing
b) ppl are paying way too much for players like ville leino
c) caps did a great job -- fleeced the avs for varmalov, picked up vokoun
d) even at 39, jaromir jagr is a clown -- i got no problem with going to philly, they offered much more money -- but you don't even *respond* to contract offers from pittsburgh/detroit? that's like school in the summertime
e) too much money, maybe, but good job for the rangers getting richards
f) kind of curious if the devils will ever hire a coach
g) welcome back winnepeg j-e-t-s <3
h) fuc this realignment shit -- i don't want to be in a division that includes florida/tampa
i) rip paul kariya
j) god bless brian burke for visiting the troops on canada day but dude that's basically the single most important day of your year at yr job
k) . . .

e) too much money, maybe, but good job for the rangers getting richards

Paying that money for a conn smythe from, what, seven years ago, is Chris Drury/Scott Gomez all over again

he's only 31 and he's better than either of them ever were, but yeah somewhat

dany killer heatley to the wyld for martin havlat

sharks save some money, havlat's a bit more mobile . . . but what i take away from this is that dany heatley is a prick that no one wants on their team

The local spin is: Havlat scores in the playoffs and Heatley doesn't.

well neither do marleau or thornton. fortunately they still have joe pavelski i guess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0xxIdPAE9E

So long Chris Osgood. Now Rogie Vachon won't be the only goalie w/ 300+ wins not in the HoF

wings fans rejoicing at this, smh

I mean I don't think he should keep playing but I don't get the hate so many have for him

Neither do I, really. Workmanlike. I even kind of forget him melting down vs. Sharks because he played so well. Scored a goal, too.

played so long, that should read.

osgood is a champ forevs, haters can chew on my nuts

otm

actually might have to steal that phrase for some fb trolling

http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/01300/jetsnew_1300902cl-8.jpg

I like the roundel.

YESSSSSSSSSSS

OH MY YES

YES YES YES

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman's salary has more than doubled since the 2004-05 lockout with his current salary at $7.5 million for the fiscal year ending June 30 of last year, according to SportsBusiness Journal.

Bettman received a 4 percent increase during the 2009-10 season. The league's most recent tax filing showed $5,787,524 in base salary, $826,369 in other compensation, $877,587 in deferred compensation and $25,988 in benefits.

According to the report, Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig earns $18.35 million annually and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell earns $10.9 million. NBA commissioner David Stern's salary is not reported publicly but is believed to be more than $10 million.

Bettman was paid $3.7 million the year of the lockout, but total revenue generated by the NHL, NHL Enterprises and member clubs has increased from $2.1 billion to $2.9 billion during that period, according to SportsBusiness Journal.

The tax filing also showed NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly's pay increased 7.4 percent to more than $2 million and senior vice president Colin Campbell earned $1.5 million.

okay bettman sux and that is a lot of money but i guess he *is* the commish and has to put up with the booing everywhere he goes.

colin fucking campbell earning $1.5m to provide bullshit suspension judgments that may or may not benefit his son's team is just amazing tho

Draper and Rafalski retiring from the Wings as well, Draper with 1137 games... wish he'd played another 20.

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.

great related video, notice how stevens gets pissed over a legit hit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpQ--58ZdE0&feature=related

(not that he'd know what one was in the first place)

also tbh there is a real difference between a fight and a hit

actually I was kinda wondering after seeing a fight at the hawks/stars game last week why these dudes keep their helmets on, seems like punching a helmet would be pointless

Also, apparently Bryzgalov earned the first shutout for the Flyers since April of last year.

"also tbh there is a real difference between a fight and a hit"

It's never a bad time to see video of Scott Stevens destroying someone. This one was a perfectly clean hit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYQf9cxzJFg

Goalie clothing pr0n 4 u

http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story/_/id/7126472/uni-watch-previews-nhl-season-rundown-custom-goalie-masks-pads

side note: p. much all professional masks are gay as hell at this point.

bill simmons went to a kings game! but only because the nba is on strike! there is a godfather reference!

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7123705/arms-nhl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg51_7mTrag

this is a wrist shot

http://l.yimg.com/a/p/sp/editorial_image/2c/2c56935dca4f9fcd7fc89142a8bdacb5/brett_hull_trolling_sabres_fans_on_twitter_is_the_best_thing_ever.jpg

oh man must google where to get that shirt

brett hull's twitter is really entertaining because he doesn't seem to know what he's doing so you never really know what he's responding to

2ndBestHull Brett hull
Maybe the kids should be off limits you lowlife fuck

he doesn't seem to know care what he's doing

fixed

truth

ilya bryzgalov, eight games into a nine-year contract:

3-4, 3.45 gaa (36th in the league), .870 svp (38th)

Subban vs Marchand last night. One of the funniest bouts ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbEHU4GskX4

They tried to fight two times before during the game, but linesmen wouldn't let them. Finally they took advantage of getting out of the penalty box simultaneously and squared off right away. Linesmen backed off this time.

It was the highlight of the night. The Bruins played like poopoo.

loooool

hope they fight each other five more times this season

hahaha fucking inept

fight called for hysterical lameness

Bob Probert. Now more than ever (RIP)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig7E4-A8zQ8

sick

oh man. wow.

pfft I can do that

jk

in other news, brodeur looks big and slow to me these days (SSS)

i.e. cooked

props to the guys *not* wearing eyeblack today

rupper

nhlpa rejects realignment; winnipeg remains in the southeast

also did anyone watch the hbo 24/7 thing?

ilya brzgalov is a weird dude

is he the weird goalie?

/hockey is the best

All goalies are weird. Even in these modern times of even-keeled mumbly goalies the calm is the serial-killer kind of calm.

also, congratulations to jarome iginla for scoring 500 career goals. You are basically doug gilmour.

wings/hawks tonight was wildin' -- hawks up by two in the first 10 minutes, wings fight back and survive a penalty shot to win in OT, best game I've seen all season

got free tix to rangers-coyotes (2-1 rangers in so) last night -- second row from the glass behind henrik wau.

a) no way henrik is 6'1", not that it matters because he is awesome (insert jmod migraine joek here)
b) rangers looked awfully good on defense and forecheck; not sure they have the scoring to hang with boston or philly in a long series, tho
c) current coyote (and former rangers/penguins) defenseman michal rozsival is terrible
d) penalty shot called in ot; pretty sweet save by (enormous) coyotes goalie mike smith
e) i hate the rangers, but it is really awesome that their fans still chant POTVIN SUCKS 24 years after he retired

btw not sure if jmod's doug gilmour shout out is a joke or not?

but i don't remember too many players totally dominating a series the way dougie gilmour dominated the '93 campbell conference finals, even though his leafs lost to jimmy's kings.

also hockey is the best

got some freebies (in a corporate box no less) for hawks-wild tomorrow

stoked

who will you be rooting for

the wild as my gf is from minnesota

that mike smith save is sweet

btw not sure if jmod's doug gilmour shout out is a joke or not?

but i don't remember too many players totally dominating a series the way dougie gilmour dominated the '93 campbell conference finals, even though his leafs lost to jimmy's kings.

― mookieproof, Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:35 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I'm thinking of JI in '04, which was his best chance to win a Cup only to lose to the lightning under controversial circumstances. So, yeah, it was a joke but not 100% inaccurate imo

I mean I'm not 100% homer to know that the leafs got jobbed in 93 but I also know that my team totally shat the bed after the stick, and after patrick roy cast some voodoo on the entire planet

The two Wings-Hawks games in the past week have been some of the best non-playoff hockey I've seen in a long time, and not just because Detroit won both in OT. Amazing atmosphere and intensity from both sides.

2013 winter classic: maple leafs vs. red wings at the big house

should just flood the empty block at michigan & trumbull and have it there imo

but i don't remember too many players totally dominating a series the way dougie gilmour dominated the '93 campbell conference finals, even though his leafs lost to jimmy's kings.

Still holds the NHL record for most points in a postseason without making the final, I believe .

Montreal fans plan 1-year anniversary celebration in honor of Scott Gomez's last goal

still pisses me off that someone let glen sather off the hook by trading for this guy and his contract

Tim Thomas:

"I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People.

This is being done at the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial level.

This is in direct opposition to the Constitution and the Founding Fathers vision for the Federal government.

Because I believe this, today I exercised my right as a Free Citizen, and did not visit the White House. This was not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country. This was about a choice I had to make as an INDIVIDUAL.

This is the only public statement I will be making on this topic. TT"

38 minutes ago ·

gross

tbf i probably would have skipped out on bush

In the Bruins' 2011-12 media guide, Thomas, a Republican, cited conservative TV pundit Glenn Beck as the person he'd most like to have dinner with.

Bleurgh

pride of flint, mi

got another reason to hate Boston sports

lol i can personally assure you that he's in the wrong city if he wants to be cheered for this nonsense

o I know but I just want flimsy pretenses to haitchall

in that case tt will oblige!

this is acceptable grounds for revoking the conn smythe, right?

indeed, as rick santorum has suggested, boston is such a den of liberal iniquity that it can be blamed for priest molestation.

ricky doesn't know much about anything, though, let alone hockey

let's go red wings

otm

co-sign

<3 mule

ugh u ppl

don't make me side with bill magill

is it just me or does nbc sports have more wings games than versus did

at any rate I'm really liking the change, the production is much better

Shouldn't that tell you are on the wrong side? xp

i'm surprised there is any noticeable difference -- to my knowledge it was just a name change.

oh, i'd root for the wings over a lot of teams -- i love the way they play. but it's tough getting past the more personal struggles of 2008-2009.

kinda hated chris osgood tho

: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.

Burke's life is perpetually in danger.

(and for good reason)

tbf, the leafs don't have big games to choke in

would love to experience the second leafs cup victory of my lifetime - I was a fetus during the first one, no kidding

i don't think that counts?!

does Stanley Cup begin at conception?

http://i.imgur.com/qx6Wg.jpg

It's a baby the instant the puck crosses the goal line!

(j/k)

I feel like it's been the last week of the season for the last month. let's get this shit going already...

kings are out of the playoffs atm -- you cool with that, toughie?

i mean they have shit the bed this year so w/e I guess.

kinda makes you wonder what the flyers knew when they traded richards and carter

Kings 3rd in west now w/e I stand by my earlier observation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imo8n85rqg0

when I was a kid I had a subscription to Hockey News or some other publication and I have a vivid memory of a photo of a person in a leafs jersey with a paper bag over their head, and drawn on the bag was a blue maple leaf with "Toronto Maple Laughs" written inside of it

no idea why that's stuck with me but it does seem like an enduring condition for leafs fans

right now the leafs are pissing me off with their insistence on keeping the caps in the playoffs.

god i wish that the canucks had won in '94. can you imagine the despair if the rangers were 72 years away from their last cup? 1940 forever.

rip sabres

Fuck. the. kings.

get your goddamn game right and fucking close something for once in my goddam life

it's there on a fucking plate all you need is 2 of 4 points and you can't even get to 50% fuck you up the fucking ass you fucking lazy fucks

I hope luongo shits the bed again

pacific division is kind of fucked huh

#3 seed continues to be bullshit

florida panthers: 32 regulation wins, 6 shootout wins, 26 regulation losses, seven ot losses, 11 shootout losses. so they won 38 and lost 44 and have a -24 goal differential.

their series with the devils (who are better off at #6 than they would be at #5 or even #4) should be quite . . . something

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/552877_10150682502369139_16313679138_9515275_1124546577_n.jpg

fair

western conf predix:

canucks in 5
sharks in 6
chicago in 7
red wings in 6

easter conf predix:

rangers in 4
bruins in 6
devils in 4
flyers in 7

canucks in 5
blues in 5
coyotes in 7 (!)
preds in 7

rangers in 5
bruins in 4
devils in 6
penguins in 7

sharks all the way imo

pwned by the blues all season iirc

cue 'joe thornton is gutless' columns

while this is true i have great faith in the sharks + i think they wont take as many penalties? really i dont know v much about hockey i just like the sharks so i picked them to win

really i dont know v much about hockey i just like the sharks

it's cool -- we already have bill magill threatening to pound anyone who disagrees with his dumb shit

during the wings/hawks season finale eddie o was rambling on about how teams who lost to a playoff opponent in the regular season series would suddenly kick their ass once in the playoffs, probably trying to rationalize a way to the hawks beating phoenix despite losing the season series

and iirc bill is now threatening poundings on ilnfl which is too bad, I miss his passion for the game

mmhmm

too late for picks?

nux 6
sharks 6
yotes 7
red wings 6

rangers 5
bruins 5
devils 7
flyers 7

but hockey series can't be picked on things like "evidence" or "logic" or "seeding" anyway imo

yeah that's why I avoid making them, that and I don't know enough about most non-division teams to predict. wings in 6 seems safe since that's how many they've needed to beat nashville in previous playoffs, but beyond that... ¯\(°_o)/¯

mike babcock: "the referees are trying to get to the stanley cup finals like the rest of us" -- calls have been pretty surprising thus far

haha i have no real faith in my predictions (except for san jose) but i figured why not. going to a bar to watch the canucks game in half an hour have my fingers crossed

how many games does shea weber get for that

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/shea-weber-predators-fined-zetterberg-head-slam-shanahan-174039330.html

garage league

"soccer-style feigned injuries" -- did Bill Magill write this article?

http://cantstopthebleeding.com/wordpress/img/2012/04/Screen-Shot-2012-04-12-at-7.26.58-PM.png

that last logo of the retweets is also pretty funny. everyone in canada definitely includes everyone living here who is originally from another city with a hockey team (which is a lot of people).

...

!!!

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http://i.imgur.com/77ZG5.jpg

god brad marchand is such a little prick

wtf was Spike Lee doing at the Rangers-Sens game - I thought he hated hockey?

shit was getting pretty real at the end of the blues-sharks game, and not least because andy mcdonald slew-footed logan couture well after the whistle

that rangers game is exactly why there should continue to be fighting in NHL

Good thing that 2500 dollar precedent has been set nice work shanny

did anyone ever try and answer the thread title? reason he left Anaheim after (he helped them) winning the cup was 'cuz J.S. Giguere was their #1. dunno what happened in Phoenix, prolly has a expensive contract. i thought he was fantastic the few times i saw him play for Anaheim.
anyhoo, LA Kings have really surprised so far. hope they can keep it up tonight. fuck. the sharks.

hard to believe marc-andre fleury won a cup once

i don't think i've ever seen a team/athlete so completely inside another's head as the flyers are in the penguins' right now

Good thing that 2500 dollar precedent has been set nice work shanny

otm. the rationale that a one-game suspension in a seven-game playoff series is like an 11-game suspension over an 82-game season is absurd. alfie or zetterberg or whomever is no less concussed because it's the playoffs

This might be the bloodiest series I've seen since Wings/Avs 97

And I mean 98 too if you want

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congratz jimmy. i'm starting to get the feeling this might not be the canucks' year

canucks more like canSUCKS goddam it

and i have game 7 tickets! ;_;

http://nhl-red-light.si.com/2012/04/16/mayhem-reigns-in-stanley-cup-playoffs

otm

http://www.faceoff-factor.com/1pittsburgh-penguins/4522/black-mark-for-the-black-and-gold

also otm

gf scored tix to hawks/coyotes game 4 on thursday, stoked for the playoff madness even if I think hawks = lamestains

both goalies pulled in new jersey!

three goal lead is very dangerous, even worse then 2 goal

Wow no idea Brodeur is still playing.

Just saw Hossa get laid out big time

That was a Bill Magill special if there ever was one.

three goal lead is very dangerous, even worse then 2 goal

haha this is ridiculous, but god knows the penguins believe it

damn preds just got totally totally robbed on a goal call

legwand sonned by a bettman in a hockey beef etc

And then they get one legit, and Detroit equalize on a crazy shot from the point. Craziness.

should i name my future cat legwand y/n

y

a lot of the predators have quality names for cats imo

'hal gill'

'barry trotz'

this is a good game!

barry trotz would be one of those flat-faced cats; can't have it

preds and blues are for real, though. yet i'm not too sure about a cat named tj oshie

what if there was a night of playoff hockey and only one guy died?

then i'd hope it was your guy

hawks-phx has gotten so nuts -- fights at literally every whistle

there's playoff hockey and there's shit getting out of hand -- this is the latter

at least shanny won't have handicapped anyone, bless

someone fucking summon andy van hellemond and kerry fraser from retirement

o_o

raffi torres sucks, and is a racist, and left his feet to hit hossa

big hits are sweet, but i'd much rather see hossa play hockey than be wheeled off/watch raffi torres do anything

yeah that hit was disgusting and how the ref missed it is nuts

if shaw got docked three games torres has to get at least 4 imo

he will get nothing unless hossa is suitably damaged, and even then not more than one

this might go on a while

my prediction: hawks ultimately score off a michal rozsival turnover

MARIAN HOSSA DIED YOUR NHL 2012-2012 THREAD (INCLUDING ________, _________ HANGOVER AND OFFSEASON SHANNAHANIGANS HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

oduya the cat
hjalmarsson the cat

ooh blackhawks must not be feeling great right now

wau that's a bad goal corey crawford

fucking hell that was soft

pretty sure sidney crosby's ass just scored a goal

there's been nothing like this series for twenty years

apparently the key to the flyers-penguins series is to let the other team score first

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlThzE25AG4

25 years ago tonight btw

YESSSSSSSS

yay schneider! and daniel!

crawford is fucking maddening

it's okay; your panthers are even

crawford = not a playoff caliber goalie

srsly never seen so many people so pissed as when that puck rolled in. they didn't even show a replay.

if I'm being honest the Wings never looked like they were going anywhere

caps/bruins series has been good

game-winner was not tim thomas' most shining moment

no, it was kind of a shocker really. nice to see people scoring after those first few games though.

Boo.

i won't claim that raffi torres doesn't deserve 25 games -- he is a repeat offender and menace in general.

maybe if shanahan had shown the nerve to suspend shea weber (on a clear shot to the head/intent to injure) the first round wouldn't have degenerated into ufc.

what if zetterberg had had to be stretchered off? what if hossa had bounced back up? are those hits suddenly dirtier or cleaner?

and what if torres were his team's captain instead of a checker?

it is really loud in st. louis

please keep pissing off andy mac :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1D9wWxd2w

I wonder if the Hawks would be one of the teams looking to trade for Luongo?

(not that he would've made the save on that goal)

fuckin flyers

bryz was pretty good today (finally)

I wonder if the Hawks would be one of the teams looking to trade for Luongo?

xxpost: Lu kinda reminds me of Nabokov. both have had stellar regular seasons in the past, but in the playoffs not as much consistency

luongo is a shaky playoff performer with a $5.5m cap hit for each of the next 10 years. i can only see two types of team that would want him -- one that needs to reach the salary floor (florida?) or one that just needs to make the playoffs period (leafs?)

loleafs

luongo back to florida would be the ultimate lol-time lol-star team

: o

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His deal has a bunch of outs long before 2021. See him going to Florida thanks to his crazy wife who's refused to move to Vancouver.

man fuck hockey

id even k who to cheer for now that the sharks and the canucks are out

sens imo

Kings! (or Blues), imo

xxpost

man fuck hockey

SERIOUSLY. I am so disgruntled by Nashville. I think Carrie Underwood is their Melisandre.

ouch hawks

changing of the guard in the western conference

i'm going for the Flyers based solely on calling that upset and everyone scoffing at me.

i'll be curious to see what they can do against a team that can actually play defense.

i'm feeling the blues

can't remember a playoff series i've ever cared less about than devils-panthers

don't even feel like making a brodeur sister-in-law joke

Luongo willing to waive no-trade clause

"I've always been about the team first, and obviously they got a guy (Cory Schneider) here who is going to be a superstar in this league the next 10, 12, 15 years," Luongo said.

luooool

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I'd say he's finally gone off the deep end but

suck on it, Boston

caps!

correspondent on the local dc sports network referenced jim zorn and said they just kept it medium XD

@EdgeofSports
If I pointed out that Joel Ward, a Black man, scored winning goal on TIM THOMAS in BOSTON, people might think I'm inferring a thing or two.

Like...

Bruins Fans Calling Joel Ward The N-Word

http://chirpstory.com/li/6781

Jesus fucking Christ that's terrible

fuck

sad thing is that it is not shocking. especially from Boston fans.

I love that some of the follow up comments posted at the bottom found the names and addresses of the perpetrators.

"As a white man that respects hockey and black culture i am going to make exposing these fucking vile c*nts my hobby for the next few days.PitchforkTorchz 9 hours ago "

That ought to be interesting.

really sad they lost after seeing that, douchebags

I thought this season could not get any worse, but I was wrong.

Bill! in all sincerity good to have you back

sorry it took this event to make it happen

hahaha, thanks. i guess for me playoffs dont start till the devils are on the brink of elimination!

but honestly i dont know what would make me happier tonight, a devils win or a rangers loss. I know i dont have good enough karma to get both.

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Zirin's column on Ward and Thomas and Boston racism.

Old Boston is also part of this story, as much as many from New England don’t want to hear it. No city in the United States has a more tortured intersection of race and sports than our supposed cradle of liberalism and democracy. It’s the city whose Boston Red Sox were the last team to integrate, waiting until 1959 twelve years after Jackie Robinson broke through with the Brooklyn Dodgers. It’s the city that for decades rejected the greatest team basketball player in history, Bill Russell, because of his proud, unblinking opposition to racial intolerance. After dealing with years of everything from verbal abuse to the vandalizing of his home, Russell called the city “a flea market of racism.” Boston then embraced Larry Bird, to such a passionate degree his very jersey became a symbol of white arrogance, exemplified in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing. It’s also paradoxically, (and fitting in a city this paradoxical) the first hockey town to integrate, when Willie O’Ree took the ice for the Bruins in 1958 (he would be the NHL’s last Black player for 16 years). Now, when Joel Ward plays the hero, the reflex is the “N” bomb. As Faulkner said, “The past is not dead. It isn’t even past.”

Its awesome that the guy scored on Tim Thomas. Poetic justice.

The dude on the right looks like Johnny Greenwood.

Ugly stuff indeed, but it isn't just Boston - witness Wayne Simmonds and the banana incident last year in London Ontario (a town I'm otherwise quite fond of)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/leafs-beat/luongo-a-good-fit-for-the-leafs/article2414823

going to game 4 in LA ^_^

oshilol
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rip alfie

i dunno; he's had a splendid career but i pretty much lost respect for him when he fired a slapshot at niedermeyer after the horn in the '07 finals

good game tho; now we've got rangers-caps. kinda wanted to see rangers-flyers, but i've a feeling we might ultimately get that anyway

also bnw where do you live?

http://i.imgur.com/HXt3r.jpg

ok that's what i thought!

daniel 'danny' brière and claude giroux both have seven goals in seven playoff games

all these series look great except maybe rangers-caps, in which first goal wins

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indeed

jesus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TGJoUdFLwo

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btw raise your game, madison square garden -- chanting 'ovi sucks' = smdh

i've got a hockey question. i'm a total hockey newb (i watch a playoff game every year or so - generally when flyers are in them) but this year i've really been enjoying it - i think partially bc exciting flyer team and that hbo hockey show and the playoffs have been kinda riveting to me. so apologies for barging in. i was just wondering about shots on goal and saves. obv a team that takes a lot of shots is going to actually score more often than a team that takes less. when a team has a lot of shots on goal, but fewer points than you would expect, what would that generally indicate? a team that has a hard time closing? or that they were playing a particularly better goalie?

fewer points goals

could be a really good goalie, but there are shots and shots. flipping a puck on goal from center ice is not as dangerous as a point-blank shot from the slot. that sort of stuff evens out over the long term -- the fact that quick and lundqvist have awesome save percentages isn't an illusion -- but in a single game might not mean much.

you can see the difference in the shot percentages of forwards and defensemen -- a top forward will score on maybe 15% of his shots while a top defenseman is maybe half that.

thx, that makes sense. btw, i love in this NJ/PHI game that when flyers have had power plays they've been executing these really tight passing formations. kinda reminds me of a pass-heavy basketball team.

flyers are playing really well and are an appealing team, which is hard for me as a pittsburgh fan. but yeah if you want to get into hockey this is a v. good time to do it.

fuck jagr tho

go caps!

fuck jagr tho

x1000

caps-rangers might need to be played 4-on-4

can the kings be stopped y/n

y

if doug gilmour couldn't do it . . .

it took running headlong into a french-canadian wall and marty mcsorley being a retard

http://cdn.bleacherreport.com/images_root/image_pictures/0100/6865/thewink_new_crop_340x234.jpg

:C

kings are mad dominating

the blues are a flawed team

TEMPER EXPECTATIONS PLEASE

no way man, kings are total favorites now

i heard jeremy roenick say so

omg drew

one of those flaw is elliott's 5 hole i take it.

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so bnw

how was it watching your team be swept in a hostile arena

at least it wasn't the blackhawks i guess

Devils looked awesome last night.

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Serious lol

it sucks to be away from North America during the playoffs

Hockey has been painful to watch this season so I'd glad switch places right now.

yeah it's so painful when your team sets a record* for consecutive home wins and makes the playoffs for the 21st straight year

i rmde at u

It's hard to explain, but it hasn't been a fun or enjoyable season for me. There's been seasons I've had a lot more fun with where the wings have done much worse.

imo it's the big home winning streak and looking pretty damn good throughout the first like 2/3 of the season before injuries etc brought it all down and the loss to nashville was a bit of an inevitability

i was not expecting these results

and while bless said teams for doing what needed to be done, i'd like a *little* bit of offense at least

the WCF makes me nauseous just thinking about it. Phoenix? Really? Can't even be up against, like, the red wings or some BS? It's bad enough the ducks have a cup

Hoping now for a Tortorella vs Sutter final rematch.

Definitely not hoping for that on my end. Goddam I love eliminating the Flyers ESPECIALLY IN PHILLY. If we eliminate the Rangers too, I dont even care if we win the Cup. This would be the perfect season.

Kovalchuk fucking rules

http://deadspin.com/5909246/reconstructing-patrick-kanes-drunken-weekend-in-madison

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/nhl/players/full/1221.png&w=65&h=90&scale=crop&background=0xcccccc&transparent=false

GM disappointed by Ilya Bryzgalov

"His job is to stop pucks and help us win games," Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said. "It's not Comedy Central."

The man known around these parts as "Bryz" still has eight more years left to figure it all out.

"Most of Eastern Pennsylvania dissapointed by Paul Holmgren"

"His job is to find a goaltender, which we have not had since Ron Hextall", Eastern Pennslyvania said. "It's not Comedy Central".

The man known as a complete idiot in these parts probably doesnt have much more time to figure it out.

IF ILYA BRYZGALOV IS SO GREAT WHY HAS HE BEEN ON FOUR TEAMS IN TEN YEARS

Holmgren making a complete fool of himself in that interview. Love it, as a Devils fan. Keep it up Flyers.

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This guy is a complete asshole:

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Vancouver/2012/05/16/19763511.html

I love the guy chewing his fingernails, that's what i'll be doing when the puck drops tonight.

During the hunt he tweeted, “In Alberta trying to kill a few bruins. #unleashthefury,” followed by, “Just killed a Chara-sized bruin! 7ft black bear - 21in skull.”

^fucking loser. My grandfather used to call these guys "pot shotters"-the ultimate in cowardice.

The human cost of keeping the Phoenix Coyotes was paid Wednesday by 49 employees of the city of Glendale, Ariz.

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it's all rob scuderi

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mike smith can't do this all by himself tho

u_u

btw waht are you willing to pay to see the kings in the finals at the garden/rock?

idk I've thought about it. maybe 500 bux if it was a potential clinching game

which means either game 5 or 7

you might wanna root for the devils imo

I am totally rooting for the devils but I don't think that's in the cards. I mean the rangers have the potential to wipe los angeles off the face of the earth

also these assholes have to win one more game to even have this conversation

i dunno. i haven't seen the kings much at all, but i think they have at least as much offensive talent as the rangers (i.e. maybe not a whole lot). and the caps took them to seven with a rookie goalie.

they'll have to practice their picks, of course, lol torts

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welp

gif me jimmy

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i might start crying

also phoenix really turned into a bunch of hatchet men there, dinnit

also clean hit on a late whistle gimmie a break

Send that guy chewing his fingernails out East, still work to do here.

awesome game, we close it out friday

I am totally rooting for the devils but I don't think that's in the cards. I mean the rangers have the potential to wipe los angeles off the face of the earth

xxposts:
either just a diehard R's fan or Jimmy hasn't been paying attention to the western conference side of the playoffs, imo

I grew up with the LA Kings so I know what I speak of. They will find a way to fuck this up.

Devils-Kings will go 7 no matter what. Kings would probably take Rangers in 5, especially if Lundquist keeps the .500 save percentage he sported last night.

I may fly out to LA for one of the Devils-Kings games out there.

@ Jimmy The Mod two posts upthread

i, too, grew up with the kings and what difference does that make? for the last month they've been the best team in the nhl basically with the stingiest netminder. i just don't understand what "rangers have the potential to wipe...." is even supposed to mean at this point

hubris

fair enough
i'd srsly consider taking a couple days off work for a game (live in sf) but i'm not enough of a fan of scalpers and esp their $400 tix. that comment stuck in my craw and seemed a little bit odd 'cuz the Devils have kinda dominated the R's as far as forecheckingways throughout the series anycares.

you are not incorrect, but. it's okay for *me* to say that, as a non-kings fan, but not you staring at 45 years of futility.

i suppose i'll root for the kings over either the devils or rangers, but the presence of mike richards bugs me. fuck that guy.

if the devils beat the rangers, i hope marty gets tix for roy.

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Henrique vanquishes the ghosts of matteau and messier. I may be biased but the better team-by far-won. That power play goal by kovalchuk was one of the most beautiful things I've seen in my lifetime of watching sports.

SUCK IT TORTS!

Torts is one of the all time douchebags

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Keep chewing

I just re read this entire thred it's been so magical it can only end in tragedy

Wings schedule presser tomorrow w/ Ken Holland and Nick Lidstrom -- could this be the end?

I wouldn't be surprised...

apparently so

doc: 'here's [random king] hoping for carter . . . but we all have hopes, don't we?'

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KOPITAR

Parise probably had nightmares about the 1001 chances he had to end that game last night. And who was that impostor in the Kovalchuk sweater?

oh shii

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what a strange ot goal. the red sea parted for a little flutter shot.....

that's what most OT goals look like iirc

except for anze's

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

the Kings haven't had a goalie since Hrudey moved to San Jose, and even before that it was questionable.

well i think that will about do it

15-2 in the playoffs (as an eight seed, no less)

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Because I remember Warren Rychel ffs...

Bob Halkidis:
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=2093

devils need to demand a stick measurement imo

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but they obv don't know what to do with a power play iirc in this series.
that was cool as hell seein' Wayne and Mess sittin' together last night

that was cool as hell seein' Wayne and Mess sittin' together last night

yes that ruled

Ha, was just gonna post the stick-measurement joke myself!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9u0nfal5qA&feature=youtu.be

*nods

*nods again

http://youtu.be/b9u0nfal5qA

*frowns*

So who's watching this and can you confirm what I'm seeing behind the kings bench?!

i am watching but have not seen behind the bench

devils' first lead of the series lol

beautiful goal by henrique

*jumps off bandwagon*

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guys this sucks so hard

I am so sad

yeah it's pretty rough when your team loses for the third time in 18 games

i want to shave

i mean this team could end the season 15-6

it could, but i doubt that it will

thread needs to see your playoff beard btw

I'd rather see the fingernails

In the following season, the Devils were publicly humiliated by Wayne Gretzky after they were blown out 13–4 by his team, the Edmonton Oilers. Gretzky was upset that former teammate Ron Low played for what he considered an inferior team, and in a post-game interview said:

“ Well, it's time they got their act together, folks. They're ruining the whole league. They had better stop running a Mickey Mouse organization and put somebody on ice.

CURSE

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i don't even remember when i've seen three goals scored on a major penalty

oh no, quick has now let in as many goals this postseason as marc andre fleury

hahaha

f u

:) all in the game mookie! amazing amazing run by this team

dustin brown said fuck teehee

quick hugged brodeur for like a minute

Flip a switch on the Conn Smythe Trophy and a chocolate fountain begins to flow.

Didn't you hear? They're changing the name of it to the Golden Corral Playoff MVP award.

Lotsa smiles in this LA bar

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that team was a steam roller beast

bout time imo

JESUS

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFETIME

first home-ice cup lifting since '06, which is probably why i didn't hear any boos for bettman

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AKA THE JTM IS SO HAPPY THREAD