NHL '11-'12 talk

[notyoueither]

I hope they are in different leagues...

[demonbinder]

Did anyone see Patrick Kane's shoot out winning goal last night? I had just seen one of the Wild try that same thing, slowing down but not stopping, and trying to put it past Emery who stayed upright, and said that would never work, but somehow Kane got the Wild goal to do so and had a wide open net to shoot in to. Watch it here and be sure to see the reaction of the female Hawks fan on left.

http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/con...d=35&id=142355

Of course, it should not have even gone into OT, since first Wild goal was on a obvious offside called by back judge but waved off by one of the other officials (who according to Versus) admitted to Quenville he made a mistake doing so. Idiot!!

[notyoueither]

I saw highlights. Pretty slick. Not many players could undress the goalie like that.

[Asher]

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[Guynemer]

There are some rather-hard-to-believe rumors floating around that the 2013 Winter Classic will feature the Leafs at the Wings, taking place in Michigan Stadium (the University of Michigan's football stadium, the largest in the country, and which holds the current record for largest hockey crowd ever for last years Michigan-Michigan State game).

[Supr49er]

I watched the Ducks and Sharks game last night, and apparently the Ducks are ready to blow up their team, and everybody is available.

[demonbinder]

NHLPA refuses re-alignment plan:

http://www.csnchicago.com/blog/black...1340655073-915

[Guynemer]

lol wut


I honestly do not understand their objections. At all.

[notyoueither]

Bargaining position. The owners want something, so the union holds it up to get something they want. Get ready for another work stoppage when the current CBA expires.

[Guynemer]

That is ****tarded. This would benefit everyone.

sigh.

[notyoueither]

That is bargaining when the players hire a hard-liner to lead the union.

[demonbinder]

lol wut


I honestly do not understand their objections. At all.

Some teams get screwed with the travel according to head of NHLPA, but it does seem to be more of a negotiating tactic.

[notyoueither]

Some teams get screwed now.

I think one objective of realignment was to lessen the advantage of the bus-touring Mid-Atlantic teams.

[notyoueither]

This season the Devils will travel ~29K miles while the Kings will travel ~55K miles.


http://www.ontheforecheck.com/2011/6...super-schedule

[Guynemer]

I don't have the higher math skills to figure this out, but a glance at the proposal seems to indicate that most teams would have less travel; some (Winnipeg, Detroit, Columbus, Nashville, Dallas, Minnesota) significantly less so.

[Supr49er]

I heard some players thought 7 team conferences had an advantage to make the playoffs over 8 team conferences.

[Guynemer]

Sigh.

Such a pansy excuse. MLB dealt with that for decades, and only next season will it be changed. No big deal.

[demonbinder]

Here's an idea. Get rid of some teams!!

[Guynemer]

Prime suspects: Islanders, Coyotes, Blue Jackets. Maybe the Florida teams as well.

Five men enter. Three men leave.

[Oncle Boris]

Cammalleri back in Calgary for Rene Bourque!

[Guynemer]

It appears the rumors were true; the 2013 Winter Classic will be Toronto at Detroit in Michigan Stadium, back in my old hometown of Ann Arbor.

I'm gonna do whatever I can to get tickets.

[demonbinder]

Great game - Detroit vs. Chicago (as usual). Wings dominate first period, pretty even second and then Hawks come back on dominate third and end up getting it to OT. But then they let Wings dominate again and can't get it to a shootout. At least they got one point out of it and still a one point lead on them.

[Oncle Boris]

This thread is so useless without Ben.

[Asher]

Luongo is still the best goaltender in the league. His play this year has cemented him as a Top 4 goalie of all time and slam dunk HOF inductee.

[Supr49er]

Great game by Gagner.

[rah]

4 goals 4 assists. Gretzky was the last one to accomplish that.

The game was tied at the start of the third period when I went to bed, but quickly became a two goal deficit which is when I turned off the game.

[notyoueither]

That was cool.

[-Jrabbit]

Hawks are really struggling. Kipper pwnd them Friday.
Painful to watch.

[rah]

Yeah, they haven't won a road game since the middle of December.

[Oncle Boris]

Luongo is still the best goaltender in the league. His play this year has cemented him as a Top 4 goalie of all time and slam dunk HOF inductee.