AHL- Apolyton Hockey League 07/08: IV The Rookie Menace

[Asher]

Very well.

I'm entertaining trade offers for Jason Blake...

[Flubber]

Lets see-- another game-- another Shark win-- They are playing now like I expected

Nabokov-- .923 and a win-- business as usual -- another good night for the Folly's goaltender

[Asher]

Looks like nye had a good night as well, alas.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Asher
Looks like nye had a good night as well, alas.

A very good night-- With his focus on offense, it was probably only a matter of time before he had some nights like that

[Asher]

All I need is Crosby and St Louis to start scoring.

Although I am happy I got Kane...

There's a LOT of young potential on my team: Stastny, Crosby, Kane, Kopitar, Semin... here's hoping they can pull through. It's an interesting strategy for me, in any case. I love young talent over washed up older guys (Guerin, Tkachuk, etc)

[Ninot]

Are you in any keeper or dynasty leagues, Asher?

[Asher]

Nope.

[snoopy369]

Do you ever play NHL2k08 or whatnot with your fantasy teams?

[Asher]

No. I play as the Flames.

Here's McCabe on Saturday getting checked by his own net:

[Asher]

He shoots, HE SCORRRESSS

[Flubber]

That McCabe goal was just priceless. Its the type of thing that can occasionally happen to anyone but

-- it was in OT
-- it followed so closely on his embarrassing net check
-- and its McCabe

People will have a lot of fun with this. Im know the Leafs coach was defending McCabe pretty vehemently

But I actually wonder about the coach here. IIRC Buffalo was on a power play in OT so its a 4-3 situation.

I know McCabe is supposed to be a good puckhandler etc etc but is he really your guy for a key shorthanded situation

[Asher]

It's only ranked 2nd in own goals though.

Steve Smith.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Asher
It's only ranked 2nd in own goals though.

Steve Smith.

I kinda figured that one might come up

At least for McCabe this was "only" a meaningless regular season game ( unless of course they miss the playoffs by one point again)


The Leafs always seem to fulfill my "wild ride" belief. When I checked thioe game I saw Leafs up 2-0 and thought "nah can't be right"-- The 4-4 score when I checked back seemed more in line with what I expected.


I do expect the Leafs will win some low-scoring games this season-- but I do not expect very many -- Their team seems built on run and gun

I will say this-- win or lose, it can be fun to watch ( in a 'can't take my eyes off the gory accident" kind of way)

[Kontiki]

I hadn't seen the McCabe falling over the net clip yet. I thought he just harmlessly fell, but he managed to give the puck away too

[Flubber]

a Warning to the west

Last night, Anaheim and SJ seemed to come to life. Anaheim has been very UNimpressive early but to score a 6-3 win over Detroit could be a sign they are on their way back-- Or maybe it was just a hiccup-- just a weird thing-- But if I were a betting man, I would not bet against Anaheim being there toward the top of the standings

San Jose-- again a team that has been unimpressive early. But last night they took a decent Vancouver squad and owned them for most of the game. Again it could just be a little bump but I think that it is a sign of things to come and we will soon see that San Jose offense get untracked a bit. Chechoo certainly seemed to be over his spell of invisibility