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Either way, I still think the hit by Rinaldo was fairly clean and not deserving 5, 10 and game. Maybe 5 and 10 if they ruled it charging. I think they gave him game because its rinaldo and because Philly and Boston have a propensity to drop the mits and the refs wanted to head that scenario off before it happened.

How did everyone do in week 1 of fantasy hockey if your playing?

I am playing in 8 leagues this year and I went

1st Place in 3 leagues
2nd Place in 1 league
3rd Place in 2 leagues
4th Place in 1 league
and pathetically 12th place in my last league. I did have Tyson Barrie and Tuuka Rask in that league so.... :( I really hope Rask shapes up or I am Fethed.

Holy crap are the Habs ever making some early noise!

Only undefeated team. (though odds are they lay an egg tonight against Toronto)
Most goals for
Lowest goals against

Too bad they're kicking the crap out of hockey pool teams...

Don't care. I want them to break that record. With them playing the Canuks and Oilers, they should do it.

I'm a Canucks fan so I'm hoping they break the streak tonight. But on the other hand my wife is a Habs fan and a season start like that is fun to watch.

Wow, I'm not sure anyone saw 5-1 coming. But in all honesty the Habs are Canada's best shot at a stanley cup. It's just nice to get the 2 points against the hard teams.

 Coldnap wrote:
Wow, I'm not sure anyone saw 5-1 coming. But in all honesty the Habs are Canada's best shot at a stanley cup. It's just nice to get the 2 points against the hard teams.

Well, as fun as it was, we knew the ride had to end at some point... Besides, keep in mind that the Habs played a back-to-back Friday @Buffalo, then home vs. Toronto, and had just two days while travailing all the way out to the wet coast.
I'm kinda expecting them to struggle tomorrow & Friday night as well, as they get hit with yet another back-to-back with the Oilers & Flames.

Being 9-1 to open the season with the schedule they've had is mind blowing. Unlike those pampered as feth Loafs who've already had both a 4 AND 5 day breaks between games!

Big win for the Pens last night over Caps. 3-1 Fleury kept them in the game while the offense struggled for 2 periods. The pens offense has been pretty disappointing so far this year. Hopefully they can get things together here pretty soon, 16 goal total for the team this year

The pens. . . .I don't know where to start with them. Kessel might add something, but they have had Crosby and Malkin for years and seem to be going backwards.

But hey, they could be the leafs.

Mtl looks good vs. the Oilers right now, 3-0 in the 2nd.

Talk about an implosion on Montreal's part

Anyone watch the Montreal vs Oilers? Now THAT was an implosion. Amazing. McDavid is now in the top 5 in points.

At least my Habs bounced back with a 6-2 win last night.

Mostly I think they're just exhausted... While the Edmonton game was unforgivable, still, to be 10-2 after the first month while playing only 4 "Home" games is just plain bad@$$!
If they can keep the momentum going through November, then even the most ardent Hab haters will have to grudgingly admit that this team is for real this year.

Experiment 626 wrote:
At least my Habs bounced back with a 6-2 win last night.

Mostly I think they're just exhausted... While the Edmonton game was unforgivable, still, to be 10-2 after the first month while playing only 4 "Home" games is just plain bad@$$!
If they can keep the momentum going through November, then even the most ardent Hab haters will have to grudgingly admit that this team is for real this year.

Yeah they bounced back, but I'm still nervous about the season.

When things are going well, they seems to be doing well on offence. But there's still signs of that "Hang back in the defensive zone" that they had during the end of the Ottowa series and for almost the entire series vs Tampa Bay.

I'm pretty confident when I say montreal will make the playoffs. So I have to look at the teams they may play. You never want them to play the Islanders, as cool as the goalie standoff is I don't want lundqvist to get in the way.

Can they beat any of the best west teams in 7?

 Coldnap wrote:
I'm pretty confident when I say montreal will make the playoffs. So I have to look at the teams they may play. You never want them to play the Islanders, as cool as the goalie standoff is I don't want lundqvist to get in the way.

Can they beat any of the best west teams in 7?

Lumps*** is with the Rangers. IIRC, Halak is currently the no.1 on Long Island.

And no, no Canadian will win the cup while Little Hitler is in charge, as there's no money to be made off of any Canadian teams... Besides, Montreal is automatically excluded due to the fact that the dumb*** go and burn down half the city if they win, or else go and burn down half the city if they lose! Go job Montreal!

Hmm, yea I didn't even realize my mistake. My head was thinking New York and I guess Islanders is what came out.

It would be great to have a Canadian team in the Cup final.

I remember when Anaheim played Ottawa for the cup and they would show outside the arenas before the game. Ottawa was packed inside and out, 1000's watching downtown. And when they showed Anaheim with 2 kids outside looking for autographs and the stadium wasn't full yet I was confused.

But it would make more sense to have something to keep Canadians watching, I wonder what the numbers would be if you compared Can to US.

McDavid could be out for the rest of the season. That's big news for the Oilers.

 Coldnap wrote:
McDavid could be out for the rest of the season. That's big news for the Oilers.

They're only saying that it's "long term" right now. Hopefully it's not as bad as the team is currently treating it. What they're really doing is simply coming out and saying that they're not going to rush the kid back into the line-up, because he is so young & you don't want him to develop a lingering injury issue because you rushed him back in 2-3 weeks instead of perhaps 5-6 or so.

I definitely believe that we'll be seeing a good deal more of McDavid this season!

Ya I just watched sportscenter and it's a broken collar bone, they said at the worst he could be back for 2016. I could see him coming back in Dec if all goes well.

It's a shame when good players get hurt. Could cost him rookie of the year.

 Coldnap wrote:
Ya I just watched sportscenter and it's a broken collar bone, they said at the worst he could be back for 2016. I could see him coming back in Dec if all goes well.

It's a shame when good players get hurt. Could cost him rookie of the year.

Meh, that as going to Dylan Larkin anyways.

Sucks though, it's a shame when stuff like this happens early. Anthony Mantha (Detroits top prospect, before Larkin) broke his leg at prospect camp, and it completely threw him off. Hopefully this doesn't screw McDavid's game up. Would be such a shame for such raw talent to get lost.

I just have my fingers crossed that Edmonton does well enough to avoid getting another top draft pick. I can't even imagine how the league would react if Auston Matthews ended up in an Oiler jersey.

 WinterHound wrote:
I just have my fingers crossed that Edmonton does well enough to avoid getting another top draft pick. I can't even imagine how the league would react if Auston Matthews ended up in an Oiler jersey.

Dear god... that team would simple be gross.


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Blues win a wild one 6-5!

o.O

Taransenko... he's gunna be gud.

 WinterHound wrote:
I just have my fingers crossed that Edmonton does well enough to avoid getting another top draft pick. I can't even imagine how the league would react if Auston Matthews ended up in an Oiler jersey.

With the way they're (not) playing, everyone is going to have a helluva time chasing down Toronto for the coveted 20% odds of landing the top pick.

Of course, we all know that the Leafs won't be allowed a no.1 overall pick.

If Edmonton can manage 30th spot for a few more years maybe they can show the NHL they have to rejig the draft.

Toronto is another beast entirely, I think they need to get rid of Phaneuf, it's just not working. At least Babcock is going to give them a chance.

When the season goes off the tracks hard as every Leafs season does after christmas it will be interesting to see if the usual "Blame the staff" reporter frenzy starts up or if everyone finally realizes the they actually need some talent.

 Coldnap wrote:
If Edmonton can manage 30th spot for a few more years maybe they can show the NHL they have to rejig the draft.

Toronto is another beast entirely, I think they need to get rid of Phaneuf, it's just not working. At least Babcock is going to give them a chance.

When the season goes off the tracks hard as every Leafs season does after christmas it will be interesting to see if the usual "Blame the staff" reporter frenzy starts up or if everyone finally realizes the they actually need some talent.

Phaneuf can't be moved for at least another year or two, due to his contract being so massively unappealing... $7 million/year for what is really an aging 3/4 defenseman is beyond hilarious stupidity! Though maybe the Penguins will be desperate enough by the deadline if they're in a solid play-off position to hold their collective noses and fork over a couple picks for him?

Gardiner, Kadri, Bozo, Lupul, Bernier... All need to go as well.

And we don't even need to wait until after Xmas for the press to lose their gak this year. Already there's fans & even a few of the media claiming Babs & Shanny have screwed the pooch and done nothing to rebuild the team!

Gotta love living in the heart of Loser Nation!

It will be interesting to see what happens to Toronto next summer.

When they make a change for a player or staff it's like they believe the slate has been wiped clean. The city doesn't understand that you are in for a few rough years with a complete rebuild and settle for gakky band-aids year after year. Leafs fans are so desperate for a good season they would sell their first born.

I tried being a Leaf fan when I lived there from '99-'08, but I couldn't do it any longer.

It would be funny to see Phaneuf join Kessel on the Pens. Maybe the curse would follow him.

 Coldnap wrote:
It will be interesting to see what happens to Toronto next summer.

When they make a change for a player or staff it's like they believe the slate has been wiped clean. The city doesn't understand that you are in for a few rough years with a complete rebuild and settle for gakky band-aids year after year. Leafs fans are so desperate for a good season they would sell their first born.

I tried being a Leaf fan when I lived there from '99-'08, but I couldn't do it any longer.

It would be funny to see Phaneuf join Kessel on the Pens. Maybe the curse would follow him.

Phaneuf's biggest issue is that the Leafs have used from day 1 as a no.1 offensive defenseman, which of course, he clearly never was - even early on in Calgary. Unfortunately, the Leafs currently don't have any top line capabilities beyond young Morgan Rilley, (who's still going through obvious growing pains), so Phaneuf continues to get played in a role he simply can't.
If the Pens were to grab him up, I think we'd definitely see him dropped down to the 3/4 pairing and used more defensively in 5-on-5, then add him and his shot onto a PP unit.

Fail Kessel is the cursed one!
I knew I was being an idiot taking him in my hockey pool, but it was just too tempting to not take a risk on when he was going to have Crosby feeding him the puck... Stupid me forgot that Kessel is likely the only pro player who can't take a one-timer.



And holy hell did the Habs ever manhandle the Islanders last night!

Price is tentatively slated to be good to go by the 11th, but it's not like Condon has been your typical back-up either. Can't wait to see how the season unfolds, as right now, pretty much everything is going right for Montreal!

Experiment 626 wrote:

 Coldnap wrote:
It will be interesting to see what happens to Toronto next summer.

When they make a change for a player or staff it's like they believe the slate has been wiped clean. The city doesn't understand that you are in for a few rough years with a complete rebuild and settle for gakky band-aids year after year. Leafs fans are so desperate for a good season they would sell their first born.

I tried being a Leaf fan when I lived there from '99-'08, but I couldn't do it any longer.

It would be funny to see Phaneuf join Kessel on the Pens. Maybe the curse would follow him.

Phaneuf's biggest issue is that the Leafs have used from day 1 as a no.1 offensive defenseman, which of course, he clearly never was - even early on in Calgary. Unfortunately, the Leafs currently don't have any top line capabilities beyond young Morgan Rilley, (who's still going through obvious growing pains), so Phaneuf continues to get played in a role he simply can't.
If the Pens were to grab him up, I think we'd definitely see him dropped down to the 3/4 pairing and used more defensively in 5-on-5, then add him and his shot onto a PP unit.

Fail Kessel is the cursed one!
I knew I was being an idiot taking him in my hockey pool, but it was just too tempting to not take a risk on when he was going to have Crosby feeding him the puck... Stupid me forgot that Kessel is likely the only pro player who can't take a one-timer.



And holy hell did the Habs ever manhandle the Islanders last night!

Price is tentatively slated to be good to go by the 11th, but it's not like Condon has been your typical back-up either. Can't wait to see how the season unfolds, as right now, pretty much everything is going right for Montreal!

Babcock is the type of coach who wants his D to play more defensively, less offensively, so Phaneuf should have less emphasis on goal scoring.


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Henrik Zetterberg's 300th goal tonight. 500th Assist the other night, and 800 points the other night as well. Been a pretty significant stretch for him this week.

8th Red Wing in the entirety of the teams history to score 300 goals.

My Canucks lost a tough one. I thought they were going to come back and get a point for sure.

I wonder where the Wings will stand without Babcock, he mentioned the new coach has a similar style but I havent followed it much.

 Coldnap wrote:
My Canucks lost a tough one. I thought they were going to come back and get a point for sure.

I wonder where the Wings will stand without Babcock, he mentioned the new coach has a similar style but I havent followed it much.

I think Blashill has been doing good so far. The team overall is going through a huge evolution this year. New players, new management styles, new coach, but they are still doing respectably. Some would call it a "slow" start, but they will heat up, especially once pieces like Datsyuk get fit back into the puzzle.