We're less than 2 weeks away from the first game of the season.
I'm a big St. Louis Blues fan... here's some news: -Alex Pietrangelo signs seven year contract extension! He's the guy that the Wing's coach claimed to have "the wand of god".
-We're going to have a full season with Jay Bouwmeester.
-I think we'll have one of the best defensive groups in the league...
-Our forwards need to take the next step up in order to hang with the likes of the Blackhawks and Bruins.
-Our old nemesis the Wings moved to the east coast. Not sure if I'm sorry to see them leave... we've had some epic battles.
Red Wings main line went up against Penguins main line, and we effectively shut them down. That was heartening. Our AHL crew went up against Chicago's main line, we gut shut down. Not that surprising.
Super stoked about this year. Cannot wait for Oct 2nd.
That is a lot. Sen's will be visitors, so look for seats on the opposite side of where the BJ's will attack twice. It's always cheaper, and since you'll be cheering the visitor, you'll enjoy the seats more.
okay, so if I'm looking at the Nov 5th game against the Bluejackets in Columbus, I would want section 224 or thereabouts?
I am pumped as always for the start of the season, but I have a feeling that I'll be in for some repeated heartbreak now that the Capitals are members of the newly minted "Metropolitan Division."
ScootyPuffJunior wrote: I am pumped as always for the start of the season, but I have a feeling that I'll be in for some repeated heartbreak now that the Capitals are members of the newly minted "Metropolitan Division."
The Caps are about to learn what it means to have to fight for a play off position. I don't think they've got what it takes.
ScootyPuffJunior wrote: I am pumped as always for the start of the season, but I have a feeling that I'll be in for some repeated heartbreak now that the Capitals are members of the newly minted "Metropolitan Division."
The Caps are about to learn what it means to have to fight for a play off position. I don't think they've got what it takes.
They know what it's like to earn a playoff position, they were members of the Patrick Division years ago... and if their uninspired play from last season is any indication, they most likely don't have what it takes.
Just bought an Alfredsson jersey off of ebay for 50 bucks. Gotta rep my team, and even though he's not with the Sens anymore, I still think Alfredsson is a damn fine player
Puuuumped isn't even the right word. The girl and I got tickets to the second Blues game this season. Might go to a pre-season game this weekend if time permits it.
I'm also kinda bumed to see the Redwings leave the division...I liked them more than the Blackhawks
Gathering the co-workers. We have 2 Blue Jackets fans, 1 guy that wants to tag along, and me the Sens fan, so once I get confirmation of them want to go and giving me money, I'm gonna buy the tickets. If not then I might just take that day and the next day off and go by myself. Why?
Hockey fans are learning of all the new little rules the NHL is implementing for the 2013-14 season. There's the new goalie pad regulations, the jersey tuck rule and one that affects fighting. Beginning this season, players will be given a two-minute penalty for removing their helmet before a fight. One bout could equal seven penalty minutes for a player.
Brett Gallant of the New York Islanders and Krys Barch of the New Jersey Devils found a way around it before their second tilt Thursday night: both purposely took off the other's helmet.
Every rule has its loophole and Gallant and Barch have found it for this one.
From Rule 46.6:
Helmets - No player may remove his helmet prior to engaging in a fight. If he should do so, he shall be assessed a two minute minor penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. Helmets that come off in the course of and resulting from the altercation will not result in a penalty to either player.
Because this loophole has now been discovered, it won't be long before there's yet another rule ensuring that if this situation were to occur again before a fight, both players will be assessed an unsportsmanlike minor penalty. Count on it.
Barch and Gallant would end the night with three fights and a game misconduct for each after the trilogy ended.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Curses StubHub! I need to find someone else to go to that game with me since it'll only let me buy the tickets I want in quantities of 2 D:.
Day 2 of the regular season under way. Some good match ups so far.
Real happy with Detroit's performance so far tonight. Up 2-0 after the 1st, and they did an amazing 5-3 penalty kill. Our off season acquisitions are certainly paying off so far. They're playing great.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Watching the Toronto and Philly game as well. Oh my god is this what we can expect in the East?
The West doesn't have a level of dirty to match what I've seen out of Toronto tonight... it's disgusting.
The Colorado-Anaheim game really surprised me last night. I wonder if they've got it in them to keep it up. Maybe Roy will do to them what Hitchcock did to the Blues.
djones520 wrote: The Colorado-Anaheim game really surprised me last night. I wonder if they've got it in them to keep it up. Maybe Roy will do to them what Hitchcock did to the Blues.
I'm pretty excited to see what the Devils can do this season... Defensively I think we're all set (I'm a bit pissed about losing Alexander Urbom to the Caps via waivers), especially with Schneider in the net (sorry Marty, but if preseason is anything to go by you might have lost your edge :(), offensively... we have a lot of potential powerhouses that can get us the cup...
Wow! Blues took down the Florida Panthers 7 to zip!
Saw this in their forums:
From the Litter Box Cats recap:
Defense cannot be optional for the Panthers, who will likely have trouble to keep up with high-scoring teams like the Blues.
o.O
This should be the Blue's mantra:
"Just keep scoring, just keep scoring, just keep scoring...
what do we do? We SCORE!"
Yeah, Florida is still years away from becoming a true contender team. This new division they're in should help bury them the next couple of years, helping them get some good draft picks.
Rough game for Detroit last night, but kinda what I expected. Boston on the tail end of back to backs, and they were well rested. It wasn't going to go any other way.
Oh man, I was at the Blues game on Saturday, and it was great! It certainly got physical towards/during the third period. Florida was starting a fair share of fights. And it was actually my girlfriend's first hockey game! Safe to say she's hooked now!
mega_bassist wrote: Oh man, I was at the Blues game on Saturday, and it was great! It certainly got physical towards/during the third period. Florida was starting a fair share of fights. And it was actually my girlfriend's first hockey game! Safe to say she's hooked now!
Awesome!
I miss the game...
Was it that the Panthers are that bad or do we really have a strong offensive team?
mega_bassist wrote: Oh man, I was at the Blues game on Saturday, and it was great! It certainly got physical towards/during the third period. Florida was starting a fair share of fights. And it was actually my girlfriend's first hockey game! Safe to say she's hooked now!
So what you're saying is that if I've never been to an NHL game and I'm already a 'fan' there is no hope of turning away from this sport after I attend a game?
Also Sens lost on Saturday In a shootout nonetheless. Oh well, onwards to Wednesday against the Kings.
mega_bassist wrote: Oh man, I was at the Blues game on Saturday, and it was great! It certainly got physical towards/during the third period. Florida was starting a fair share of fights. And it was actually my girlfriend's first hockey game! Safe to say she's hooked now!
So what you're saying is that if I've never been to an NHL game and I'm already a 'fan' there is no hope of turning away from this sport after I attend a game?
Also Sens lost on Saturday In a shootout nonetheless. Oh well, onwards to Wednesday against the Kings.
mega_bassist wrote: Oh man, I was at the Blues game on Saturday, and it was great! It certainly got physical towards/during the third period. Florida was starting a fair share of fights. And it was actually my girlfriend's first hockey game! Safe to say she's hooked now!
Awesome!
I miss the game...
Was it that the Panthers are that bad or do we really have a strong offensive team?
It looked like the Panthers were exhausted by the end of the game, and were just playing rough. The Blues' offense was looking great.
That franchise has been in a "blame the coach, blame the goalie" rinse-repeat cycle for decades. I know it's hockey and coaches are disposable. But how do you fire a guy 3(!) games into an 82-game season? Why even bother going through an entire off-season with him as the coach if you think you'd fire him after an 0-3 start?
Midday game in Boston today! Big Z has already scored his 5th goal of the season. My heart dropped a bit when I saw Gustavson was a last minute net decision, but he's playing pretty solid so far.
Tied 1-1 at the end of the first. Promising to be a great game.
djones520 wrote: Midday game in Boston today! Big Z has already scored his 5th goal of the season. My heart dropped a bit when I saw Gustavson was a last minute net decision, but he's playing pretty solid so far.
Tied 1-1 at the end of the first. Promising to be a great game.
Wish I can see that game...
Blues are still kicking arse. 4-0 for the first time in history. w00t!
Sens are 1-4, and with the exception of their game against the Ducks they were all 1 goal games and we were even leading heading into the final period. Oh well :-\
It's a late night game against the Coyotes tonight, so I probably won't get to watch but the first period of it. Though I'll still be wearing my jersey.
I'm also sad that I haven't had a chance to watch any of their games this season
Wings and Columbus tonight. Looking forward to this game. A three game win streak would be awesome right now, but it's a back to back game, with back-up goalies in the net for us. Hopefully our offense can keep it up like they have the last couple of games, cause Columbus is pretty well rested.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Looking at the first period summary, I'm almost thinking I should be watching the Blues/Shark game instead right now.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Huh, after those two quick goals in the second I surely thought the Sens would lose, so I went to sleep. I am pleasantly surprised to wake up to a win
Ahtman (or maybe Dogma?) mentioned this last season, and I think he's onto something. St. Louis might be in for the hurt next year when it comes to the Cap.
dogma wrote: Speaking of the Blues, that performance against the Sharks was hilariously bad. At least Lapierre is only a 4th line players.
yeah... that boarding by Lappy was horrendus as the hit was nasty and an unnecessary, dumb move. He's going to miss a ton of games. The Blues never recovered from that.
EDIT: I also blame the ref (not on goal scoring...), that was exhibit A as to what happens when the ref lose control of a game
It was interesting watching Shane Doan go after Kyle Turris like he did in the first period last night... The little kerfluffle in the net was interesting. Granted I didn't really know of the bad blood that Turris caused a few years ago... But man I would not have wanted to be him... especially if he had scored once or twice last night.
Bad officiation wasn't confined just to St. Louis last night. There was a fair share of it in Detroit as well. Columbus got away with a lot, especially a few things they called Detroit on. We still got the win, so I'm not gonna bitch, but Tyutin pulled a very dangerous move that could have caused a major injury to Bertuzzi, and all three ref's eyes were right on it, and no call was made.
djones520 wrote: Bad officiation wasn't confined just to St. Louis last night. There was a fair share of it in Detroit as well. Columbus got away with a lot, especially a few things they called Detroit on. We still got the win, so I'm not gonna bitch, but Tyutin pulled a very dangerous move that could have caused a major injury to Bertuzzi, and all three ref's eyes were right on it, and no call was made.
Oh... I'm not saying the Blues are unique to that...
But it was appalling how much the Refs lost "control" of the game.
I hope Lappy is suspended at least 10 games... that gak is not needed in this game.
whembly wrote: I also blame the ref (not on goal scoring...), that was exhibit A as to what happens when the ref lose control of a game
To be fair, it's hard to control a game when something like that happens less than 6 minutes in; especially given St. Louis' stated penchant for psychical play.
whembly wrote: I also blame the ref (not on goal scoring...), that was exhibit A as to what happens when the ref lose control of a game
To be fair, it's hard to control a game when something like that happens less than 6 minutes in; especially given St. Louis' stated penchant for psychical play.
Very true. 3 men blowing whistles is not gonna stop 9 guys who are pissed at each other from going at it. All they can do is let the steam be released, and try to isolate the offenders.
djones520 wrote: We still got the win, so I'm not gonna bitch, but Tyutin pulled a very dangerous move that could have caused a major injury to Bertuzzi, and all three ref's eyes were right on it, and no call was made.
I agree.
While Bertuzzi should have received a lifetime ban from the NHL for the Moore Incident, he should be protected like any other player given that he is on the ice.
Detroit looking to break Colorado down tonight. We're not conferance rivals anymore, but you can bet Roy remembers the good ole days between the two clubs.
I don't know what the rest of the season will bring, but as a Pens fan I have to say it's nice to be 10 points up on the Flyers only 7 games into the season.
Philly is definitely off to a rough start. Buffallo as well. I don't like seeing teams do so horribly, but at the same time I'm perfectly fine with them bombing since I now share a conference/division with them.
mega_bassist wrote: Lapierre was suspended for five games for that gnarly hit on Boyle.
Given the context provided by Kaleta's suspension, that ruling is a joke.
I'm assuming it's because of his history with suspensions, but I could be wrong. I haven't seen the hit that caused his current suspension.
Lappie's hit was dangerous... See my earlier youtube post. It wasn't the kind of hit you knew he wanted to smear brain matter all over the ice. He still should've held up.
Exactly Whembly. Lappierre could have let up, he didn't, and he put Boyle into an extremely dangerous situation. Anytime they've gotta stretcher someone of the ice in a situation like that, suspensions are not a joke.
Discussing the topic on FS-D tonight, and they pointed out that todays skaters are bigger, and faster then ever. The hits are harder then in the past, and injuries are going to be more frequent. Shanahan has to come down heavy handed on this stuff to get it across to the players. Slow the hell down when your coming into the boards.
Niklas Kronwall took a puck to face this morning; blood in the beard, needs stitches, but still expected to play tonight. Yes, he is a warrior. And surprisingly, the puck is ok after being hit by Kronwall.
djones520 wrote: Well, I hope you enjoy the rest of the game Alf. I'm gonna go play some GTA...
I'm sorry :( but the red wings are on the power play atm, and we've had the most PK time after PP time in the league (like 30 minutes!) There's a lot of hockey left
Alfndrate wrote: Hawks and Sens as well, and Sens are down 1-0 :(
Feth me that was a nail-biter of a game, but I noticed two things, and someone that might have been watching it on more than just a little computer screen could tell me. 1) There didn't seem to be that many power plays/penalties 2) There weren't a lot of hits going on in the game, is this because the West is so fast that there isn't much time for hits? It seems that the West plays faster hockey and the East plays harder hitting hockey (not that the Sens do the latter very well).
Varlamov is allowed to travel with the team. The Judge just put $5,000 bail for him, which shoulda been easy for him to clear, and gave him permission to leave the state, but I guess there was a restraining order established as well.
Granted, this is sure to mess with his head a bit, so I wouldn't be surprised to see Giguere in the net tomorrow.
The Flyer/Capitol game tonight was disgusting. I'm a fan of fighting, but this was just stupid. Emery attacked the other goalie, after the other goalie refused the fight?
I hope he gets some disciplinary action for that...
Big night for the Wings. 3rd win in a row on the road trip. Darren Helm's first game back in 19 months, and scores a goal. Mrazek is called up from the AHL to serve in the net, and gets a shut out.
mega_bassist wrote:I have a friend from Ontario, and she was also bummed about the Sen's "streak". I hope they turn it around!
Yeah, I do too, it'd be nice to see them make the playoffs again this year.
chaos0xomega wrote:Hi, I'm a die-hard Devils fan... would you like to run that "losing streak" by me again?
Devils have 1 less win and 1 less OT than the Sens, we're not doing all that much better than you. The Islanders game we should have won, but we gave up several good leads, we were right in it with the blackhawks game and lost the lead again (this is a game we could have won and shot ourselves in the foot). The Stars game went into a shootout that we caused by tying it up in the final seconds and then lost. The Sharks game we had no chance against and the Ducks was a winnable game, but we couldn't score.
The Sens should have a better record than what they do, but they find something every game to balls it up. And with Anderson out for at least a few games, we might be extending that losing streak (not that Lehner is a terrible goalie).
Really cool experience and the Senators came out with a win! There were five sens fans in the crowd last night.
Chris Neil spent most of the third in the penalty box, he started a fight and got called 2 minutes for interference, served that time, came out and scored a goal. Puck drop after that goal he starts another fight
Sens vs Habs tonight, refs have already stated they're not willing to deal with any sort of shenanigans tonight that might have been left over from last year's playoffs
I was wearing my Ottawa jersey yesterday while visiting some friends, and this older guy like 100 feet from us goes, "Ottawa?! You from there?" told him no, I was just a fan of the team. Turns out he was in Ottawa for their home opener (totally jealous), but he's a penguins fan.
Been a good week for the Sens who are on a 3 game in streak, but we've got a long way to go before we're doing well. that 5 game losing streak sucked.
I've got a question for you guys. Your team is on a 4 or 5 game skid when your #1 Goalie goes out for a week or so with an injury, and your #2 is in net for three games, and you win those three games, who do you put in for that 4th game once your #1 is healthy again?
Do you ride that hot hand until the #2 loses a game, or do you put the #1 back in without question?
Alfndrate wrote: I've got a question for you guys. Your team is on a 4 or 5 game skid when your #1 Goalie goes out for a week or so with an injury, and your #2 is in net for three games, and you win those three games, who do you put in for that 4th game once your #1 is healthy again?
Do you ride that hot hand until the #2 loses a game, or do you put the #1 back in without question?
It really depends...
Goalies need work to stay sharp... ice them too long, and they'll be rusty when needed. Gut feeling is when the #1 is healthy, put him in.
Alfndrate wrote: I've got a question for you guys. Your team is on a 4 or 5 game skid when your #1 Goalie goes out for a week or so with an injury, and your #2 is in net for three games, and you win those three games, who do you put in for that 4th game once your #1 is healthy again?
Do you ride that hot hand until the #2 loses a game, or do you put the #1 back in without question?
It really depends...
Goalies need work to stay sharp... ice them too long, and they'll be rusty when needed. Gut feeling is when the #1 is healthy, put him in.
Idk about that, I feel like in a game where momentum is huge (as a momentum killing goal is what usually kills the Sens chances at a win), I feel like you ride that hot hand until it cools. Obviously if you're going like 3 weeks or something, it might be time to throw your #1 back in there, but Craig Anderson was out with a neck injury for a week, and Robin Lehner was in goal and the Sens went on a 3 game win streak. Anderson comes back and plays against the Flyers and the Sens lose 5-0, and Anderson just didn't look like he was really able to do the job that night. He let several wrap around goals get in, and one of them he lost where the puck was on the ice >_<
Alfndrate wrote: I've got a question for you guys. Your team is on a 4 or 5 game skid when your #1 Goalie goes out for a week or so with an injury, and your #2 is in net for three games, and you win those three games, who do you put in for that 4th game once your #1 is healthy again?
Do you ride that hot hand until the #2 loses a game, or do you put the #1 back in without question?
It really depends...
Goalies need work to stay sharp... ice them too long, and they'll be rusty when needed. Gut feeling is when the #1 is healthy, put him in.
Idk about that, I feel like in a game where momentum is huge (as a momentum killing goal is what usually kills the Sens chances at a win), I feel like you ride that hot hand until it cools. Obviously if you're going like 3 weeks or something, it might be time to throw your #1 back in there, but Craig Anderson was out with a neck injury for a week, and Robin Lehner was in goal and the Sens went on a 3 game win streak. Anderson comes back and plays against the Flyers and the Sens lose 5-0, and Anderson just didn't look like he was really able to do the job that night. He let several wrap around goals get in, and one of them he lost where the puck was on the ice >_<
It's why I say it really depends.
Things like this... there isn't a SOP for this. It's up to the players/coaches really.
That is why I said, "I've got a question for you guys" not, "what is the way to do this"
But the coach of the Sens said, "Craig's our #1, so if he's healthy we play him." oh well. They play tonight, but Idk if I"ll watch them :-\ They've not been doing well at all this year.
Alfndrate wrote: That is why I said, "I've got a question for you guys" not, "what is the way to do this"
But the coach of the Sens said, "Craig's our #1, so if he's healthy we play him." oh well. They play tonight, but Idk if I"ll watch them :-\ They've not been doing well at all this year.
You could start watching the Blues as your "backup favorite" team this year.
Alfndrate wrote: That is why I said, "I've got a question for you guys" not, "what is the way to do this"
But the coach of the Sens said, "Craig's our #1, so if he's healthy we play him." oh well. They play tonight, but Idk if I"ll watch them :-\ They've not been doing well at all this year.
You could start watching the Blues as your "backup favorite" team this year.
I'd sooner watch the *gulp* Blackhawks... at least I have a slightly personal connection with them (it's like 6 degrees of Patrick Kane). One of my old buddies from summer camp (a dude I worked with) is the equipment manager of the Rockford Ice Hogs, who are a minor league affiliate of the Blackhawks
Alfndrate wrote: That is why I said, "I've got a question for you guys" not, "what is the way to do this"
But the coach of the Sens said, "Craig's our #1, so if he's healthy we play him." oh well. They play tonight, but Idk if I"ll watch them :-\ They've not been doing well at all this year.
You could start watching the Blues as your "backup favorite" team this year.
I'd sooner watch the *gulp* Blackhawks... at least I have a slightly personal connection with them (it's like 6 degrees of Patrick Kane). One of my old buddies from summer camp (a dude I worked with) is the equipment manager of the Rockford Ice Hogs, who are a minor league affiliate of the Blackhawks
Yeah... even though they're my nemesis... the 'Hawks are a fun team to watch. Mad skilliz going on there.
Feth this Sens game is terrible, Sens tie up the game and in the span of 40 seconds they give up 2 goals after a no goal call killed their momentum... This team is so fickle it's not even funny :-\
On Friday night with the Anaheim Ducks taking on the Hurricanes in Carolina, the game stretched into overtime and that's when Ducks star Corey Perry broke his stick. Instead of getting one off his own bench, he went the shorter route and just took one from Hurricanes forward Alexander Semin.
No really, that's exactly what he did. With Semin sitting on the boards ready to make a change, Perry smoothly skated by and simply took the stick right out of Semin's hands. All of a sudden Semin couldn't hop on the ice for his shift and Perry made off like a bandit.
The Hurricanes and Semin in particular were incredulous on the bench but Perry really did get away scott-free; he avoided a penalty on the play.
Good night of hockey all around. Blues beat Boston in a shoot out. Detroit finally snaps it's 7 game losing streak, and 8 game home losing streak. Toronto lost. All is well in the Atlantic division tonight.
Oh, and the Big Z put himself into 2nd in the NHL point wise tonight.
I'm at work so don't get to watch, but I'm dissapointed so far... Detroit seemed like they had everything firing on all cylinders the first 15 minutes. Since then though...
djones520 wrote: I'm at work so don't get to watch, but I'm dissapointed so far... Detroit seemed like they had everything firing on all cylinders the first 15 minutes. Since then though...
I got to listen to puck drop to start the game, and then nothing until the start of the second, but yeah, the Red Wings don't seem so scary. Sorry djones :-\
djones520 wrote: I'm at work so don't get to watch, but I'm dissapointed so far... Detroit seemed like they had everything firing on all cylinders the first 15 minutes. Since then though...
I got to listen to puck drop to start the game, and then nothing until the start of the second, but yeah, the Red Wings don't seem so scary. Sorry djones :-\
And Chris Neil with the fight!
Alf... that team is the master of "flipping the switch"... so don't discount them.
djones520 wrote: I'm at work so don't get to watch, but I'm dissapointed so far... Detroit seemed like they had everything firing on all cylinders the first 15 minutes. Since then though...
I got to listen to puck drop to start the game, and then nothing until the start of the second, but yeah, the Red Wings don't seem so scary. Sorry djones :-\
And Chris Neil with the fight!
Alf... that team is the master of "flipping the switch"... so don't discount them.
Blues are up 2-1 agains the Stars.
I gather that, but the in the two games I've seen of them, they just haven't done much of anything I guess... Though to be fair, Lehner is doing a bang up job in goal.
Lucky bounce off a Senator tied the game, same thing that gave the Sens a 2-1 lead.
djones520 wrote: Sens not being able to stay off the power play is whats hurting them.
And just as I open my mouth...
Yeah, you and I should just probably stop talking because as soon as I mentioned them not being so scary, they score and now... 5-3 power play with about 2:40 in a regular power play.
What a way to end a game, I'm not sure what was with the Sens tonight, but they were physical, and not always in a good or legal way. Saw a lot of slashes to the back of the kneed, an elbow to Datysuk, Chris Neil looking to fight anything wearing red. I like seeing the Sens play physically, but man they pushed the envelope tonight. Lots of calls that should have been penalties, though I gather that's probably why they didn't stop with it.
djones520 wrote: Sens not being able to stay off the power play is whats hurting them.
And just as I open my mouth...
Yeah, you and I should just probably stop talking because as soon as I mentioned them not being so scary, they score and now... 5-3 power play with about 2:40 in a regular power play.
What a way to end a game, I'm not sure what was with the Sens tonight, but they were physical, and not always in a good or legal way. Saw a lot of slashes to the back of the kneed, an elbow to Datysuk, Chris Neil looking to fight anything wearing red. I like seeing the Sens play physically, but man they pushed the envelope tonight. Lots of calls that should have been penalties, though I gather that's probably why they didn't stop with it.
Sounds like a game where we needed Tootoo... but he's sittin in Grand Rapids right now.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Pavel Datsyuk out due for at least the next game due to concussion like symptoms following that elbow...
I'll be making one Blues game this season. Last game of the season, when Detroit comes to town. A fair group of Wings fans that I work with, we'll be buying a bunch of seats.
I'm already looking to go to another Sens game down in Columbus at the end of January. Hoping to convert this ladyfriend I've been talking to. Also trying to nab another cheap jersey off of eBay. So far I'm winning it, but I've still got 4 days on the timer :-\
It's an old Koho Sens jersey... kind of hoping I win it... Though I'd love the Sens third jersey, there's just some classy about it.
I'd love to have a Blues 3rd Jersey...but fuuuuu, they're just too expensive for me. I'm still rockin' my Twist jersey after they released their current jerseys release back in the late 90's.
Another big hockey night . Lots of games going on.
Wings up 4-0 right now over Boston, which is making my night. Got the Blues *hiss* on the TV since it's all I get at work, and they just scored on the Avalanche.
Almost turned off the Sens/Caps game. Sens went down by 2 real quick. Things got physical in the second period and they ended up tying the game, so everything is looking good .
djones520 wrote: And Zetterberg just got his 31st point, tying Crosby for lead in the NHL on points.
Detroit up 5-0 over Boston.
Jesus.
Also, these refs in Washington are 1) eagle-eyed and 2) going RAW on the rulebook... Just saw a penalty for kneeing... and now it's a tied game. Well so much for a win :-\ that's gonna kill any momentum we had.
Edit: Thank you Zack Smith Zack Smith goes into the box for 3 seconds on the kneeing penalty. Jon Carlson scores, little bit of back and forth and Zack Smith scores. 5-4 Sens atm.
djones520 wrote: Detroit has scored 14 goals and allowed 2 in the last 3 games. Jimmy Howard just stopped 29 shots to get his second shut out of the season.
I'm thinking the Wings might have finally found their groove.
Yup... told ya'll that the Wings haz that "switch".
Wings and Senators again tomorrow. Alfies first trip back to Ottowa. Bound to be an interesting game, especially if Detroit can keep up the pace it has the last few games.
Well, we've scored 18 goals in 4 games without Datsyuk. We'll survive without Z as well. Hopefully Dats will be back soon to help fill the void, but it's going to be another week at the minimum.
Watched the Bruins game last night, was shocked that Phaneuf didn't get penalized for that hit on Miller. Good game though, beautiful come back by Boston, those first 3 girls were lovely.
djones520 wrote: Well... with only 11 shots on goal, I don't see how Brunner could have brought anything bad for them.
Glad for the win for D, but that was just a bad game overall. Horrible officiating.
Yeah, it was painful to watch, though I don't think that the call on Schneider at the end really changed anything, other than to increase the margin of victory for the Wings. Brunenr was playing significantly better vs the Rangers, though he had some terrible luck on having calls against him or just having things not go his way in general, think he's starting to get desperate which is making him sloppy.
Azza007 wrote: Watched the Bruins game last night, was shocked that Phaneuf didn't get penalized for that hit on Miller. Good game though, beautiful come back by Boston, those first 3 girls were lovely.
Phaneuf should at least the same 5 game suspension Neal got for his knee on Marchand... Neal was basically coasting, Dion went full speed into a defenseless player and plastered his face across the boards.
The officiating is pathetic when obvious dirty hits like that don't get called.
Thornton is probably looking at 7-10+ games for his thuggery on Orpik.
Poor Shany probably spent the early morning banging his head against a wall at all the complete stupidity that went on this past weekend!
djones520 wrote: Well... with only 11 shots on goal, I don't see how Brunner could have brought anything bad for them.
Glad for the win for D, but that was just a bad game overall. Horrible officiating.
Yeah, it was painful to watch, though I don't think that the call on Schneider at the end really changed anything, other than to increase the margin of victory for the Wings. Brunenr was playing significantly better vs the Rangers, though he had some terrible luck on having calls against him or just having things not go his way in general, think he's starting to get desperate which is making him sloppy.
A lot of Detroit fans were pissed we didn't persue him harder. I'm glad we didn't. He isn't nearly as good as he was made out to be, and the contract he ended up with is probably better then he's worth at this point. Now he's got the skill talent to grow into a good player, but right now he's gotta long way to go to really get there.
djones520 wrote: Well... with only 11 shots on goal, I don't see how Brunner could have brought anything bad for them.
Glad for the win for D, but that was just a bad game overall. Horrible officiating.
Yeah, it was painful to watch, though I don't think that the call on Schneider at the end really changed anything, other than to increase the margin of victory for the Wings. Brunenr was playing significantly better vs the Rangers, though he had some terrible luck on having calls against him or just having things not go his way in general, think he's starting to get desperate which is making him sloppy.
A lot of Detroit fans were pissed we didn't persue him harder. I'm glad we didn't. He isn't nearly as good as he was made out to be, and the contract he ended up with is probably better then he's worth at this point. Now he's got the skill talent to grow into a good player, but right now he's gotta long way to go to really get there.
Well, it doesn't help that he came to the Devils. We play a VERY different brand of hockey from the Red Wings (I mean come on, the NHL basically had to change the rules of the game as a result of the way we play), so in my opinion a lot of his issues are a result of him having to try to fit into our system. I think he was successful here at first because so many of our players this season were new and we weren't quite playing the system as intended, but now that we are hes trying to adapt.
6-5 vs TB on the shoot out! H, e, double hockey sticks of a comeback! Ovie with 4! Woot!
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Yeah, that was pretty awesome. I was at dinner with the wife & kids when the game started and my phone buzzed with the first 3 TB goals and I thought, "Well, I'm not sure I should even turn this game on when I get home."
I'm glad I talked myself in to watching it, it was awesome. What a hell of a game!
Jared Cowen suspended for 2 games without pay for an illegal check to the head last night against Sabres forward Zemgus Girgensons. No penalty was called on the play.
Edit: Just bought tickets to my second NHL game I'm so excite
Well Brunner finally rediscovered how to play, scored two last night! Too bad the defense and Marty couldn't figure out how to stop Columbus, because we blew a 3-1 lead and lost 4-5.
2 things
1) jesus that was a close game with lots of back and forth (at least from my perspective)
2) You guys have some fething weird commercials in Missouri...
2 things
1) jesus that was a close game with lots of back and forth (at least from my perspective)
2) You guys have some fething weird commercials in Missouri...
1)... hella fun game!
2)... o.O ? Which ones? I get that feeling everytime I watch an "out of state" feed as well.
2 things
1) jesus that was a close game with lots of back and forth (at least from my perspective)
2) You guys have some fething weird commercials in Missouri...
1)... hella fun game!
2)... o.O ? Which ones? I get that feeling everytime I watch an "out of state" feed as well.
Dobb's auto repair (the dude moving his hands around was just odd), the dirt cheap chicken (with bad special effects included), and I think the Missouri Lottery ones were weird as well...
Though Ohio does have the guy camping outside of a store on Black Friday saying he got all of his shopping done when he bought a bunch of scratch-offs and was just there for the camping, so I guess there is that.
But agreed, hella fun game. The entire third period I was like, "how are the Sens gonna feth this up?" Because I've seen too many games this season where we lose after having the lead because of some dumb momentum killing goal. And then my feed cut out right as my twitter feed announced the Sens won, so I found another feed that was like on a minute delay or so, and caught the game winning goal. I'm really surprised that one got by, it seemed like a half-arsed shot by Ceci. Speaking of good saves, did you see that pad stack save by Lehner?!
2 things 1) jesus that was a close game with lots of back and forth (at least from my perspective) 2) You guys have some fething weird commercials in Missouri...
1.) Ha, right? Pretty awesome. One of my best friends is from Picton, Ontario, and we were texting back and forth all game. Too bad she got the last laugh!
2.) Hahaha, gotta love Dirt Cheap! I know plenty of people from the Illinois-side that go to Missouri specifically to get cheaper cigs from Dirt Cheap.
January 28th can't come soon enough, I get to see the Sens in Columbus again. Might try to pick up a Sens t-shirt so me or the lady I'm going with can be decked out in our Sens gear
Nuts... Gave up another multi-goal lead. But dang, you can't get muck closer to a tying goal than Ovie did when he rang the crossbar late in the 3rd... Didn't like the "no goal" call, but I gotta admit it was right. One millimeter lower and that was in...
Did anyone catch the own goal by the coyotes' goaltender last night? He deflected it into the air, turns around searching for it, and it lands in his pants. He backs up into the net to block any possible shots and the Sabres score a goal on it lol.
6-5 and, while the Blues deserved that win, the officiating was awful.
Hjalmarsson's direct crosscheck at the 'Hawks blue line wasn't called, nor was the behind the play retaliation. And the slash on Toews' hands during overtime should have been a penalty at the very least. I'll also call BS on the Hjalmarsson holding penalty at the end of regulation, given that both teams had gotten away with similar behavior all night.
dogma wrote: 6-5 and, while the Blues deserved that win, the officiating was awful.
Hjalmarsson's direct crosscheck at the 'Hawks blue line wasn't called, nor was the behind the play retaliation. And the slash on Toews' hands during overtime should have been a penalty at the very least. I'll also call BS on the Hjalmarsson holding penalty at the end of regulation, given that both teams had gotten away with similar behavior all night.
Yeah... the refs were bad on both sides. How many times does TJ Oshie need to get body slammed, (erm, interferred) and the penatly doesn't get called?
Frankly, the Hawks goalie made several unbelievable saves.
Alfndrate wrote: Did anyone catch the own goal by the coyotes' goaltender last night? He deflected it into the air, turns around searching for it, and it lands in his pants. He backs up into the net to block any possible shots and the Sabres score a goal on it lol.
dogma wrote: 6-5 and, while the Blues deserved that win, the officiating was awful.
Hjalmarsson's direct crosscheck at the 'Hawks blue line wasn't called, nor was the behind the play retaliation. And the slash on Toews' hands during overtime should have been a penalty at the very least. I'll also call BS on the Hjalmarsson holding penalty at the end of regulation, given that both teams had gotten away with similar behavior all night.
Yeah... the refs were bad on both sides. How many times does TJ Oshie need to get body slammed, (erm, interferred) and the penatly doesn't get called?
Frankly, the Hawks goalie made several unbelievable saves.
dogma wrote: 6-5 and, while the Blues deserved that win, the officiating was awful.
Hjalmarsson's direct crosscheck at the 'Hawks blue line wasn't called, nor was the behind the play retaliation. And the slash on Toews' hands during overtime should have been a penalty at the very least. I'll also call BS on the Hjalmarsson holding penalty at the end of regulation, given that both teams had gotten away with similar behavior all night.
Yeah... the refs were bad on both sides. How many times does TJ Oshie need to get body slammed, (erm, interferred) and the penatly doesn't get called?
Frankly, the Hawks goalie made several unbelievable saves.
Raanta has done really well filling in for Crawford this season
Raanta has done really well filling in for Crawford this season
Given the situation, yeah.
He has a really strong glove, but his stick is weak. He also has a bad habit of collapsing into his net. Of course, these are things that can be corrected with good coaching.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Good game for Raanta, (another) horrible game for the officials.
How does Toews not get a penalty shot when Brown does?
Watch that again, Eaves never touched his head. That was Kindl.
Yeah, you're right, I'm still a bit hungover.
But, that said, I think Kindl deserved a penalty, and that he and Lupul should face suspension.
If Kindle was given a suspension over that, then the guy who took Dastyuk our should have been suspended as well, and so forth and so on. That was an accidental hit. Lupul's was purposeful. While they certainly need to create more awareness among the players to keep their gak in line, you can't say the two are on equal footing.
Automatically Appended Next Post: AND THE WINGS SCORE!!!!!
If Kindle was given a suspension over that, then the guy who took Dastyuk our should have been suspended as well, and so forth and so on. That was an accidental hit. Lupul's was purposeful. While they certainly need to create more awareness among the players to keep their gak in line, you can't say the two are on equal footing.
I don't agree, Kindl knew where his elbow was going to impact Lupul as he was looking directly at him when coming in to make the play and left his feet; a fact used to justify a suspension against Lupul last season.
As an aside, I'm not a fan of the various outdoor games counting against a team's record if they are going to feature game specific rules that deny scoring chances, as happened to Zetterberg.
Devils vs. Blackhawks tonight, hoping its not a repeat of last time... be nice to see the Devils win 3 games in a row, and even nice if we could hold on to our 4th place position in the standings long enough to beat out the Flyers for 3rd.
mega_bassist wrote: Blues finally beat a Cali team! I was pretty okay with last night's results
Got some Blues tickets for me and the girlfriend on the 14th! Blues and Coyotes.
Blues vs Coyotes eh? Want to make sure you see a win?
Sens managed to string 3 in a row last night against the Jets. It looks like they're starting to figure out how to win. Though I wonder what this says about Jason Spezza as captain since he's been out since they started this little streak.
Hey, I like the Coyotes! To this day they remain the only team which I've seen outside of a Devils game - Coyotes vs. Blue Jackets in Arizona... I was sad to see just as many Blue Jackets fans as Coyotes fans... I mean, I forget that the Blue Jackets are even an NHL team half the time... and I'm not saying that to be a dick, I mean I legitimately forget that there is a team in Colombus Ohio and/or they are referred to as the "Blue Jackets" like I've tried naming all 30 NHL teams before, and somehow they are always the one team I can't remember lol.
chaos0xomega wrote: Hey, I like the Coyotes! To this day they remain the only team which I've seen outside of a Devils game - Coyotes vs. Blue Jackets in Arizona... I was sad to see just as many Blue Jackets fans as Coyotes fans... I mean, I forget that the Blue Jackets are even an NHL team half the time... and I'm not saying that to be a dick, I mean I legitimately forget that there is a team in Colombus Ohio and/or they are referred to as the "Blue Jackets" like I've tried naming all 30 NHL teams before, and somehow they are always the one team I can't remember lol.
They're not even an NHL team I don't like the Blue Jackets, but they are the closest venue to me, and now that they're in the East, the Sens have to play them at home a few times. So it's my chance to see the team I root for live.
Gah... If NHL games were only 20 minutes long, the Caps woulda just won one of their better efforts of the year.. That second period against the Wild was just terrible. Too many bad penalties. Too little time in the O zone. Just too much bad hockey.
And what's up with Holtby? That loss definitely wasn't his fault, but he sure ain't bringing any luck with him into the crease.
The Boys in Red need to get out of this slump soon. Philly just jumped 'em in the mediocre Metro!
djones520 wrote: What a whomping we delivered to Dallas last night. It looks like getting selected to the US Team was the confidence booster Jimmy Howard needed.
He keeps that level of play up, Boston better start watching its back.
I saw that game.. the wings are getting scarier as we go deeper into the season.
At least the Blues curbstompped the Blue Jackets last night!
Want to know whats going on with Boston and this slide they are on. Road games do not seem to be going well lately. Injury bug isn't helping I know but come on.
Detroit beat LA 3-1 last night with Howard tying his best of the season 44 saves.
Then he got injured, and Alfredsson sat out the game due to injury as well.
How the hell is the team going to build any consistency when it's just one big rotation of injuries? We've already lost more man-games to injuries this year then any other team...
djones520 wrote: Detroit beat LA 3-1 last night with Howard tying his best of the season 44 saves.
Then he got injured, and Alfredsson sat out the game due to injury as well.
How the hell is the team going to build any consistency when it's just one big rotation of injuries? We've already lost more man-games to injuries this year then any other team...
There are 6 teams ahead of Detroit, including my NJ Devils. Considering that a lot of those lost man games (in the case of the Devils) have been lost on the part of people that we are very reliant upon for scoring (Elias, Clowe, Brunner), its probably hurt the Devils more than any other team in the league.
mega_bassist wrote: Back-to-back losses against the Ducks and the Kings. The Blues just can't seem to play well against California!
Can't wait to watch the Blues/Redwings game tonight! djones, you better be watching!
I can't unfortunately. It's a local market game, so my online viewer won't show it, and I don't have cable to watch it. I may boot up a russian feed of it, we'll see. I hate those things.
We've been playing a lot better, but with as many injuries as we have, I'm anything but comfortable about this game (and Wednesdays against Chicago). Hopefully it'll be a good game.
mega_bassist wrote: Back-to-back losses against the Ducks and the Kings. The Blues just can't seem to play well against California!
Can't wait to watch the Blues/Redwings game tonight! djones, you better be watching!
I can't unfortunately. It's a local market game, so my online viewer won't show it, and I don't have cable to watch it. I may boot up a russian feed of it, we'll see. I hate those things.
We've been playing a lot better, but with as many injuries as we have, I'm anything but comfortable about this game (and Wednesdays against Chicago). Hopefully it'll be a good game.
I'm in the same boat, but I have a gift card to Buffalo Wild Wings. I might make a trip out to watch it. If not, I'll be listening to the radio broadcast while playing some Minecraft.
So just saw online that Tortorella was suspended for his actions, but the Calgary coach get's a "mere" fine? I didn't see the actual event that caused their punishments.... Only thing I've seen are articles talking about Calgary dropping the gloves on the opening faceoff of the first period.... Was there more to this than I've been able to get to?
Ensis Ferrae wrote: So just saw online that Tortorella was suspended for his actions, but the Calgary coach get's a "mere" fine? I didn't see the actual event that caused their punishments.... Only thing I've seen are articles talking about Calgary dropping the gloves on the opening faceoff of the first period.... Was there more to this than I've been able to get to?
Tortorella actually went into the Flames tunnel after the first period and tried to start a fight; I'm guessing that's why he got more punishment
Ensis Ferrae wrote: So just saw online that Tortorella was suspended for his actions, but the Calgary coach get's a "mere" fine? I didn't see the actual event that caused their punishments.... Only thing I've seen are articles talking about Calgary dropping the gloves on the opening faceoff of the first period.... Was there more to this than I've been able to get to?
Tortorella actually went into the Flames tunnel after the first period and tried to start a fight; I'm guessing that's why he got more punishment
Ouch, Zack Smith got off easy for that upper cut with his glove on... 2 minutes for roughing and Grabovski gets 2 minutes for roughing and a 10 minute misconduct for fighting after the fight was broken up (I mean wouldn't you if you took a gloved upper cut?)
So how bout them Devils? Beat the Blues 7-1. Let me say that again. The Devils beat the Blues, 7-1. The. Devils. Beat. Both. Elliott. And. Halak. To. End. The. Game. Seven. Points. To. One.
I am so glad to see the Devils finally able to field their full roster, maybe we can finally get a streak going.
chaos0xomega wrote: So how bout them Devils? Beat the Blues 7-1. Let me say that again. The Devils beat the Blues, 7-1. The. Devils. Beat. Both. Elliott. And. Halak. To. End. The. Game. Seven. Points. To. One.
I am so glad to see the Devils finally able to field their full roster, maybe we can finally get a streak going.
Yeah... we got spanked.
Now our bandwagon fan will be wanting the Blues to trade for Miller.
chaos0xomega wrote: So how bout them Devils? Beat the Blues 7-1. Let me say that again. The Devils beat the Blues, 7-1. The. Devils. Beat. Both. Elliott. And. Halak. To. End. The. Game. Seven. Points. To. One.
I am so glad to see the Devils finally able to field their full roster, maybe we can finally get a streak going.
I listened to that game until it was 5-1...man, it wasn't pleasant.
Today, I feel as though a part of me died... 7-3 loss to the Rangers on a national stage at Yankee Stadium after blowing a 2 point lead. What a hideous game...
chaos0xomega wrote: Today, I feel as though a part of me died... 7-3 loss to the Rangers on a national stage at Yankee Stadium after blowing a 2 point lead. What a hideous game...
I just hope that the commentators or "experts" don't call it a "come from behind victory" I mean, at 7-3, even with a 2 goal lead at one point really means they were just biding their time, not getting ready for a comeback.
chaos0xomega wrote: Today, I feel as though a part of me died... 7-3 loss to the Rangers on a national stage at Yankee Stadium after blowing a 2 point lead. What a hideous game...
I heard that the ice was terrible for that game.
I did watch most of the Kings/Ducks game on Saturday. That was INTENSE.
Edit - Also, the Blues won Saturday afternoon! Thanks to Oshie for his late game goal to tie is up. Now, lets hope tomorrow's game against the Devils isn't a repeat of last week's game
mega_bassist wrote: Ahhhh! Blues and Sens are tied 4-4, and it's nose going to overtime. I know Alf is excited for that Sens comeback
I was, but then I got pissed by the BS goal that slipped by Lehner... The Blues don't look so hot considering the number of power plays they've gotten in comparison to the Sens...
mega_bassist wrote: Blues traded Halak, Stewart, prospect William Carrier, 2015 1st round pick, 2016 conditional 3rd round pick for Sabre's Ryan Miller, Steve Ott.
Seems like a pretty lopsided deal >.>
I'm not sure how well Stewart has been playing for the Blues but I was a huge fan of the trade that brought him there at the time. That seems like a slight overpayment to me, but I have the Blues winning it all this year and Goaltending was my only question mark. Ott is the exact kind of player you want in the bottom six come playoff time. If Miller plays as well as he can this might be a move that puts them over the top.
Miller is a solid goaltender, but he's getting old, and his stats are showing it. I'm pretty happy about getting Ott...but also trading off 1st and 3rd round picks? Yikes.
But as long as Miller doesn't fold under pressure, and plays *consistently*, I'll be alright with it.
mega_bassist wrote: Miller is a solid goaltender, but he's getting old, and his stats are showing it. I'm pretty happy about getting Ott...but also trading off 1st and 3rd round picks? Yikes.
But as long as Miller doesn't fold under pressure, and plays *consistently*, I'll be alright with it.
They got rid of Halak and the HUGE pay increase he was going to demand this year. They don't even need to resign Miller in the post season. They can sign Elliot, and they've got a promising young guy to bring up from the Minors, and they'll still be pretty solid. St. Louis was looking at a bad cap problem this post season, they just got rid of that problem.
Alfndrate wrote: Jesus the Senators played terribly on Thursday.
Now that was a good ole fashioned ass wuppin.
That enforcer of yours is making himself look like a major ass though. Franzen has never been a fighter, never fought once in his entire career, and he just got back after a HUGE concussion injury, and he's talking gak because Franzen refused to fight him. What a punk.
mega_bassist wrote: Miller is a solid goaltender, but he's getting old, and his stats are showing it. I'm pretty happy about getting Ott...but also trading off 1st and 3rd round picks? Yikes.
But as long as Miller doesn't fold under pressure, and plays *consistently*, I'll be alright with it.
They got rid of Halak and the HUGE pay increase he was going to demand this year..
mega_bassist wrote: Miller is a solid goaltender, but he's getting old, and his stats are showing it. I'm pretty happy about getting Ott...but also trading off 1st and 3rd round picks? Yikes.
But as long as Miller doesn't fold under pressure, and plays *consistently*, I'll be alright with it.
They got rid of Halak and the HUGE pay increase he was going to demand this year..
Ah, I wasn't aware of that.
Both Halak and Elliot were going UFA this off season. Both were getting paid extremely low for the level of goal tending they were providing. Elliot was only getting paid 1.8 million. Halak 3.7 million. Both have been playing at 4-5 million dollar levels. I would have bet that St. Louis was going to let one of them go. I still wouldn't be surprised to see them sign Miller, and let Elliot go, and bring Allen up as Millers back up. Give Allen a few years to season until Miller retires, and then let Allen take the reigns.
In a shootout nonetheless. Oh well, onwards to Wednesday against the Kings.
