Ongoing NHL thread - Part deux

[puckhead]

Scary thing about the Avalanche's slow start this year?

They're still getting great goaltending.

Yikes.

it was rather nice to hear the steady rain of boos for the last 6 minutes of the game.
Patty Waah is gonna 'splode one of these days

 

[Harry Crack]

lol - Nope, not really, but they have a lot of former Medicine Hat Tigers on the team now, let's just say they're more likeable than they used to be.

YIKES !!! Step away from the ledge man !!!

 

[Harry Crack]

it was rather nice to hear the steady rain of boos for the last 6 minutes of the game.
Patty Waah is gonna 'splode one of these days

With Torts gone Wa Wa is our best hope for a good old public presser meltdown

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Canadian dollar closed today at its lowest point since July 2009.

Once Keystone gets approved oil will jump again. Downside of having an oil economy.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Scary thing about the Avalanche's slow start this year?

They're still getting great goaltending.

Yikes.

They're still allowing too many goals, but that's a byproduct of not scoring enough goals, which is a byproduct of never having the puck. I sense a trade coming soon.

 

[forty_three]

We are ALL Canucks

That is the power of the Miller.

 

[Canuck eh?]

Bo Horvat, 8 for 12 in the face-off dot and a +1 in a little over 9 minutes of ice time. Nice of Willie Desjardins to give him the opening face-off tonight as well.

/Such a change from Torts

I loved listening to the Johns. "Bo gets his first NHL goal......well maybe his first NHL point.....well his first NHL plus"! I almost missed it for the slurping sounds.

 

[dash]

I loved listening to the Johns. "Bo gets his first NHL goal......well maybe his first NHL point.....well his first NHL plus"! I almost missed it for the slurping sounds.

They also discussed the power of cheese again last night

 

[Canuck eh?]

They also discussed the power of cheese again last night

I saw that. 3:10 to go in the 2nd. I was getting nervous.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

The Blues D is good.

 

[pixburgher66]

No call.

Ha...hahahahahaha...hahahahahahahahahhaha

 

[pixburgher66]

Jack Johnson gonna get a phone call about his hit on Tlusty last night?


Blindside, upward force toward the head. Borderline, but I see a game or two there.

 

[dash]

Yup, you know it pix. JJ will have a disciplinary hearing.

Blue Jackets D Johnson to have disciplinary hearing after hit to Hurricanes LW Tlusty - Article - TSN

 

[forty_three]

Jack Johnson gonna get a phone call about his hit on Tlusty last night?


Blindside, upward force toward the head. Borderline, but I see a game or two there.

Yup, you know it pix. JJ will have a disciplinary hearing.

Blue Jackets D Johnson to have disciplinary hearing after hit to Hurricanes LW Tlusty - Article - TSN

Nothing...


:rollseyes:

 

[forty_three]

And I am not claiming they are exactly the same. For example, Anisimov is out approx 4 weeks with a Concussion. Tlusty didn't miss a shift.

 

[puckhead]

Jack Johnson sucks.


/its nice that my phone auto completes that now

 

[forty_three]

Jack Johnson sucks.


/its nice that my phone auto completes that now

With no international hockey snubs to motivate him, the Jackets defence will benefit from him missing time.

But my point still stands. I don't see a large degree of difference between hits.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Nothing...


:rollseyes:

Well. We've discussed this before but here goes.

The biggest difference is that Gryba is right in front of Ani before he hits him. If Artem is looking at anything but his navel he has no issues. Johnson comes from Tlusty's blindside, ie. it's a predatory hit on a player has no real reason to expect a hit from that direction.

There is also clear evidence that Johnson's hit has the head as the, or one of the, primary points of contact. Not saying Gryba's hit didn't but there is easily an argument that could be made that he hit chest shoulder before the head. Not so with Johnson.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Apparently the Sens have informed Curtis Lazar that he will be staying past his 9 game try out.

Kind of torn on this one. He certainly helps the team but does he help it more than Pageau would in the same role? I'm not so sure that he does enough to justify burning an ELC year. Also, he would have shredded the WJHC this year.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Apparently the Sens have informed Curtis Lazar that he will be staying past his 9 game try out.

Kind of torn on this one. He certainly helps the team but does he help it more than Pageau would in the same role? I'm not so sure that he does enough to justify burning an ELC year. Also, he would have shredded the WJHC this year.

If there's one thing I'm starting to notice, it's that GM's are giving less and less of a fuck about burning a year off the ELC if it means the player can gain even the slightest advantage playing with the big boys.