AHL- Apolyton Hockey League 07/08: Preseason

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Asher

But Buffalo didn't lose any LW (IIRC). They lost their top two centres, Briere and Drury. I don't think Vanek's icetime will be affected.

Ahh I thought perhaps those two departed players might have gotten some PP time together-- I didn't follow Buffalo that closely last year so I am probably mistaken

[Asher]

Originally posted by Flubber
Ahh I thought perhaps those two departed players might have gotten some PP time together-- I didn't follow Buffalo that closely last year so I am probably mistaken

I think this is a good question. I'm bored so I checked it out.

You're right, Vanek will likely get more PP time.

PP time per game, forwards, Buffalo 06-07:
Briere: 5:45
Connolly: 5:16
Drury: 5:05
Zubrus: 4:02
Vanek: 3:46

It has to go up.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Hot Mustard
Just checking in out of curiousity, and have to say:

2) Snoopy - you're in for a real treat of a season if Asher's sniping with someone gets under your skin.

I'm not a newcomer here sir However, I've found that the periods of time in this thread that do not involve Tingkai and Asher posting back and forth are more interesting than the ones in which they are Tends to get in the way of the, well, interesting discussions

[Asher]

I'll agree it's one-sided, but isn't that what makes it fun?

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Asher
I'll agree it's one-sided, but isn't that what makes it fun?

The real fun thing is that Tingkai would agree wholeheartedly that your discussions are completely one-sided.

He would just argue with you for days about which side it is

[Tingkai]

1.1 Asher: Sidney Crosby - C (PIT)
1.2 Sparrowhawk: Roberto Luongo - G (VAN)
1.3 mrboo123: Martin Brodeur - G (NJ)
1.4 notyoueither: Joe Thornton - C (SJ)
1.5 Imran Siddiqui: Miikka Kiprusoff - G (CAL)
1.6 Kontiki: Dany Heatley - RW (OTT)
1.7 snoopy369: Marian Hossa - RW (ATL)
1.8 Jonny: Jaromir Jagr - RW (NYR)
1.9 Flubber: Vincent Lecavalier -C (TB)
1.10 Ninot: Alexander Ovechkin -LW (WAS)
1.11 Guynemer: Jarome Iginla - RW (CAL)
1.12 Tingkai: Joe Sakic - C (COL)

2.1 Tingkai: Niklas Backstrom - G (MIN)
2.2 Guynemer: Olli Jokinen - C (FLA)
2.3 Ninot: Jean-Sebastien Giguere - G (ANA)
2.4 Flubber:Evgeni Nabokov G (SJ )
2.5 Jonny: Marty Turco - G (DAL)
2.6 snoopy369: Dominic Hasek - G (DET)
2.7 Kontiki: Henrik Lundqvist - G (NYR)
2.8 Imran Siddiqui: Evgeni Malkin - LW (PIT)
2.9 notyoueither: Marian Gaborik- RW (MIN)
2.10 mrboo123: Jason Spezza - C (OTT)
2.11 Sparrowhawk: Pavel Datsyuk - C (DET)
2.12 Asher: Marc-Andre Fleury - G (PIT)

3.1 Asher: Martin St. Louis - RW (TB)
3.2 Sparrowhawk: Jonathan Cheechoo - RW (SJ)
3.3 mrboo123: Simon Gagne - LW (PHI)
3.4 notyoueither: Ilya Kovalchuk - LW (ATL)
3.5 Imran Siddiqui: Daniel Alfredsson - RW (OTT)
3.6 Kontiki: Henrik Zetterberg - LW (DET)
3.7 snoopy369: Nikolai Lidstrom - D (DET)
3.8 Jonny: Daniel Sedin - LW (VAN)
3.9 Flubber: Ray Emery - G (OTT)
3.10 Ninot: Ryan Miller - G (BUF)
3.11 Guynemer: Thomas Vanek - LW (BUF)
3.12 Tingkai: Marc Savard - C (BOS)

4.1 Tingkai:
4.2 Guynemer:
4.3 Ninot:
4.4 Flubber:
4.5 Jonny:
4.6 snoopy369:
4.7 Kontiki:
4.8 Imran Siddiqui:
4.9 notyoueither:
4.10 mrboo123:
4.11 Sparrowhawk:
4.12 Asher:

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by Flubber


The real fun thing is that Tingkai would agree wholeheartedly that your discussions are completely one-sided.

He would just argue with you for days about which side it is

Indeed.

I always thought Asher might be a masochist. Turns out, I was right.

[Tingkai]

Hold on Guy. I'm changing my second pick. For some reason, Yahoo the player I wanted listed as a center when he's a left wing.

[Asher]

Elias! Already? Sweet jesus, Tingkai, I think you just conceded all of your hockey arguments as wrong with a single draft pick.

Edit: I see you did edit out his name though now.

[Tingkai]

The problem I'm hitting is that a bunch of guys who are not centers are listed by Yahoo as centers. It really limits my choices.

[Asher]

How about Ponikarovsky? This is his year!

[Guynemer]

Grow some sack already and make a pick. I've got to study for boards.

[Tingkai]

I've got about five wingers I could pick, but they're listed as centers.

So before I make a pick, I want to know if I pick a winger, and he clearly is a winger, will I be forced to play him as a center because Yahoo has screwed up? Or does the commiss have the ability to change the player's position?

[Guynemer]

The positions are set by Yahoo. It affects all of us.

[Asher]

nye and Tingkai taking so long.