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Well, we did our games draft tonight (early, but only dates prior to September 15th when everyone is around). Group of nine, but I have two picks. Random drawing of names and I end up with 8th/9th pick. My reaction was: :'(
Here are my results, in order:
Pittsburgh Penguins April 3rd (Crosby and Malkin?)
LA Kings October 6th (home opener)
St. Louis Blues December 10th
Anaheim Ducks October 6th (c'mon, Teemu)
Colorado Avalanche March 19th (looking over the young guns)
Tampa Bay Lightning January 7th (Stamkos? 'Nuff said)
Minnesota Wild November 23rd (looking for that developing rivalry)
Phoenix February 27th (I needed a February game)
Florida December 20th (ugh, I'll be in Hawaii for this one)
Ottawa Senators September 15th (preseason home opener)
All things considered (picking 8/9 of 9) not bad at all. I'll work with another guy in our group and we'll go to two of each others regular season games and then probably take each other to a preseason game as well, so he'll go to my Ottawa and I'll go to the Edmonton preseason game. One of those regular season games will end up as either the Detroit game or the Chicago game he has (November 21st) and likely the Philly game.
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Here's my list...
Sat, Oct 5 • Anaheim
Sat, Oct 12 • Dallas
Sun, Nov 17 • Winnipeg
Thu, Dec 5 • Chicago
Thu, Jan 2 • Buffalo
Thu, Jan 16 • Edmonton
Tue, Feb 4 • Tampa Bay
Sun, Mar 9 • St. Louis
Sat, Mar 22 • Detroit
Sun, April 13 • Nashville
Happy to have ended up with the Red Wings game. And tried to see everyone in the new Central (got 5/6 - no Avs, but that's OK since I've seen a ton of them). Might be some swaps as the season progresses and people end up with date conflicts, but a solid list to start the season.
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Oh look, you have no conflict with the Minnesota game in Winnipeg ;)
Really wanted the Wings game but the swap ended up being for Chicago and that's still pretty cool.
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I'm waiting on tickets to go on sale here to pick a set up for a game next year sometime. That'll be my one. At this point I have so much **** going on, I'm not going to any Steelers games this year to save money. I won't miss Pens though. I'm going to one game at least.
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Picked up a couple of games in ticket swaps (with my Dad), so I'll be adding Thu, Oct 24 - Carolina and Fri, Nov 29 - Colorado to my list. :)
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Congrats Toronto on losing your new star player for ten games due to a stupid preseason melee (though the goalie fight was a nice touch). Bad blood already brewing in BUF-TOR series. And VAN-EDM has their share of bad blood stewing now too (Gagner busted jaw).
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Two nights of watching other teams get going has my juices flowing for our kickoff tonight. Even more than last year, we'll live or die this year with our rookies/kids. I'm expecting big things from Brodin and Coyle sophomore years. And we'll see what happens with Fontaine, Granlund, Niederritter, Zucker. I'm not expecting us to win the Central with Chicago and St. Louis in there, but hopefully we'll be able to hold onto that 3 spot in the Central.
Oh and excellent news today that we were able to extend Pominville for a reasonable 5yr/$28mil. Nice cap hit and when Heatley's $7.5mil comes off the books next summer, we'll have even more room to sign Tomas Vanek add some talent next year. :P
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Yeah, I need to get some Blues tickets... I might as well see my new home team play my former home teams (Wild, Rangers).
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Pens tickets are INSANELY tough to get this year it seems, at least together, and for a fair price. I'm bummed... Got some time yet, but they're gonna be nosebleeds which I was hoping to avoid. THey're good, but not where I wanted. Was really hoping bowl seats this year.
I'm geeked for hockey though. Let's Go Pens!
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Everytime I see one of these videos, it reminds me how lucky I am I wasn't a good enough player to make it very far in my hockey career...
Pascal Dupuis Pulls out two teeth on Pens Bench (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/pascal-dupuis-casually-pulls-two-teeth-bench-high-054207920--nhl.html). :-X
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You never needed any toof work ever? I didn't lose any but I had chips needing fixed :(
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Had blast last night thanks to 1200 rowdy (drunk?) Jets fans (first time I've ever heard the home goalie taunted in his own building). Yeah you guys 'invaded' our building, but it really only made the hometown crowd louder. Was nice that both teams put on a pretty good show too. And of course, it helps that we won. ;)
I'm loving my squad right now (13-4-4), with full understanding that Josh Harding's ridiculous 1.25/.946/10-0-0 home record won't hold up forever. Still, it's a nice run for the moment and so nice to keep pace in the ridiclous West.
Seriously, a 13-4-4 record (30pts) gets you the 5th in the West? The 8th ranked Colorado (28pts), who were leading the Central just a day ago(!), would still be #1 in the East. :o
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what the hell is a 'beer snake'? We had one break out in our section last night... Is this a thing you guys seriously do up there? ???
I had to look it up on wikipedia and saw...
As a result of several minor injuries that occurred when a beer snake collapsed during a regular season Canadian Football League game, the Winnipeg Football Club banned the creation of beer snakes during Winnipeg Blue Bombers football games.[3]
Yeah... that sounds about right. :-X
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Had blast last night thanks to 1200 rowdy (drunk?) Jets fans (first time I've ever heard the home goalie taunted in his own building). Yeah you guys 'invaded' our building, but it really only made the hometown crowd louder. Was nice that both teams put on a pretty good show too. And of course, it helps that we won. ;)
I'm loving my squad right now (13-4-4), with full understanding that Josh Harding's ridiculous 1.25/.946/10-0-0 home record won't hold up forever. Still, it's a nice run for the moment and so nice to keep pace in the ridiclous West.
Seriously, a 13-4-4 record (30pts) gets you the 5th in the West? The 8th ranked Colorado (28pts), who were leading the Central just a day ago(!), would still be #1 in the East. :o
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what the hell is a 'beer snake'? We had one break out in our section last night... Is this a thing you guys seriously do up there? ???
I had to look it up on wikipedia and saw...
As a result of several minor injuries that occurred when a beer snake collapsed during a regular season Canadian Football League game, the Winnipeg Football Club banned the creation of beer snakes during Winnipeg Blue Bombers football games.[3]
Yeah... that sounds about right. :-X
Oh lord. Not a beer snake. I apologize on behalf of the more sober Jets fans. And yes, most likely all of the Jets fans were impaired to substantial degrees. But even if we only made you louder, c'mon dude, 1200 fans were as loud as your other 15K?
Beer snakes are not allowed in Winnipeg, for obvious reasons. I suspect the "injuries" associated at Bomber games were people getting beer on their clothes and complaining about it and nothing much more serious than that, but I do understand how that could frustrate you if you're not part of the drunken loogans participating in said snake. Honestly I don't know what it is, but Americans seem to be able to handle the mixture of alcohol and sporting events in a much more mature manner than Canadians. We need to be restrained for our own protection and it's kind of weird. Don't get me wrong, I'm no prude when it comes to drinking, but it seems some small but at the same time disproportionately large contingent of Canadians cannot actually drink and remain civil. I've seen it at football and hockey games here but have yet to witness it in the U.S.
Not loving our squad right now. Not much offense coming out or it's spotty at times (can't do much in the clutch and grab environment of last night - both teams) and four of the six defensemen we started the season with are out. Aspects of our schedule of late have been pretty tough too, so that hasn't helped (CHI-DET-CHI-NSH-SJ-DET). Outside of Nashville, that's ugly. Ah well, maybe we pull an Oiler and tank for a couple of years. Though I can guarantee there's no way Bettman lets Winnipeg get first pick in the draft two years in a row. He still doesn't love us.
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Jets suck. That is all. :'(
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You don't appreciate losing based on a sweet 3-on-2 game tying SHG?
You don't appreciate not capitalizing on a cold goalie who was just this AM taken off IR and has had 11min game time in the last month and one practice in the last week?
You didn't enjoy the sick slow burn that was Coyle SO winner?
Cuz I seemed to think it went ok this afternoon. :-X
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Coyle's shot was a beaut. Backstrom I've always enjoyed as a goalie, though I confess it would help if the Jets would shoot somewhere other than the logo on the front of the jersey.
The SHG? Yeah, any way to institute a football like rule whereby we can decline a penalty? ::)
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LOLTorts.
And I've watched a few replays of the Cooke hit and that's pathetic that you can see the refs watch it, and not make the call. That is the NHL though.
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LOLTorts.
I thought he was going to have a stroke.
(http://wpmedia.sports.nationalpost.com/2014/01/john_tortorella1.jpg?w=620)
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The locker room scuffle... guys in suits trying to fight doesn't look as cool as it did in the Matrix. They just look old.
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Jets completely trolled the Hawks tonight. Goaltenders can win hockey games, almost all by themselves.
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Jets completely trolled the Hawks tonight. Goaltenders can win hockey games, almost all by themselves.
The Hawks have been making goalies look like All-Stars all season... Except their own of course...
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Jets completely trolled the Hawks tonight. Goaltenders can win hockey games, almost all by themselves.
The Hawks have been making goalies look like All-Stars all season... Except their own of course...
Raanta played quite well while Crawford was out. :-\
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Very true. When Raanta was 'the guy' he did well. However now that Crawford is back, neither one of them look particularly good. I submit for your consideration Raanta's performance last night against Calgary where he gave up 4 on 15 shots... :'( Crawford did well in relief until OT where he over extended himself and left a wrap around with half the net open. Granted, Leddy was there to help out on defense, but they both contributed to Calgary's winning score in OT.
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Dale, I was wondering if you guys were able to set up some sort of PTSD therapy for Ben Scrivens after last night... 59 saves?!? 100 shot-attempts?!? :o
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Man, scary news on Letang. At least it's just six weeks and he's not, you know, dead instead. :-\
Maybe he'll end up with a Masterton trophy instead of a Norris this year...
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Yeah I feel bad for him. 26... Yeesh. Scary. The guy is a physical specimen then this... You just never know.
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Yeah, scary is right. It's so bizarre when something a stroke hits a guy at the peak of his condition. I'm amazed at expecting him back in 6 weeks, all the best to him.
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I'm amazed at expecting him back in 6 weeks, all the best to him.
I have had relatives that have had strokes, and based on when it was discovered, one has never been the same and the other is perfectly normal. I know that we are talking about a professional athlete here, but I'll be very interested to see how he is once he starts rehab, etc. All the best to him!
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Aah, trade deadline feeding frenzy day. Glad it was a good show this year. Wild made some nice injury-related upgrades at Goalie and Forwards (top 6 and bottom 6), too bad we couldn't flip Brodziak, Heatley, or Rupp for some 3rd pair D help.
Should be in a good position to protect our playoff spot. As much as I'd like to catch up to Colorado, we're almost better off staying in a Wild Card slot and facing off against a Cali team or even Chicago versus St. Louis. Those guys seem to have our number for some reason. :(
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Would've loved to have Rupp. :(
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I don't think we're in any danger of making the playoffs, in spite of what most fans believe around here. We're one point back but Dallas has a game in hand. More importantly we've been playing over our heads since firing Noel and that's not likely to continue. I'm guessing we'll be mathematically eliminated by the last week in March this year, which is the earliest since the return.
We did jack. Tried real hard to move Setoguchi, but unfortunately San Jose scouts came and watched the game last night and Seto performed true to character.
We did re-sign Stuart. Which would be great if he was playing 3rd line where he should be. But he's playing second line so that's just no good. It should only be for another year or so ::)
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3 Point System thoughts?
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So worried about my squad right now. The guys are in a terrible goaltending free fall giving up ten goals the past two games with a critical game in PHX tomorrow. :-\
If we can win that, we're staring at a tough schedule to finish out the year... really, really hoping we can hang onto that #7 slot because I'd rather take my chances in Cali versus pulling the 8-seed and heading to slaughter in STL. :(
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That was a messy game last night for the Wild. Glad to see Oshie get his first hat trick but it's bittersweet when it's against the old home-team. My daughter was watching it and said that she was rooting for the Blues since she lives in StL now... I ask what happened to the Rangers and she said, "we don't live in NYC" :(
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Pens are a disaster at the moment. Major issues.
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I'll go...
Ducks, Sharks, Blackhawks and Wild (homer pick! ;D)
Bruins, Habs, Rangers, and B-Jackets (sorry Jesse :()
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East
Bruins
Rangers (old home team)
Lightning
Pens
West
Ducks
Kings
Blues (home team... despite their end of season skid)
Wild (old home team)
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Bruins
Rangers (only because they won the season series and I want Philly to lose)
Habs
Pens
Ducks
Kings
Hawks
Avs (though I'm not a Varlamov believer by any stretch - this team isn't a worst to cup winner, no way)
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2-2, so I can officially be friends with Ryan again (for a few days anyway). :)
My sister had the game 3 tickets, so me and my dad went to Xcel for game 4 tonight. Crazy atmosphere, crazy the way the Wild owned the Avs and yet bared squeaked by them again tonight. I think we outshot the Avs 78-34 over the two games here in St. Paul.
Really, really hurts now that we let that Game 1 slip away after going up 4-2 after two... :-\
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I'm just happy to see the series tied up again. I feel a lot better about their chances at 2-2 than I did at 0-2.
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Pretty even match-ups going on... except for the Canadiens sweeping Tampa.
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Blackhawks steal one in St. Louis tonight. Had they not blown the first two games, this series could already be over. Looking forward to Sunday's game, and in no way do I think that they are going to have it easy in this game, or in the next if it gets there.
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I'm thinking this is the one where Chicago finally DOES make it look easy. Not every game can go to OT and the Blues were up 2-0 before losing four straight last year too. They've got to be freakig out even if they'd never admit it.
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That Wild game last night was a joke. No holding call followed immediately by no offside call and a (shocker) Avs goal to send the game into overtime. Anyone who doesn't believe the refs can control the outcome of a game needs to watch the last two minutes of Avs vs. Wild Game 5. Ridiculous.
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Kind of confusing the schedule of the playoffs. Rangers/Flyers played game 5 yesterday, while Blackhawks/Blues played their sixth. I know others had the same thing where they were a couple games ahead of another bracket. My guess must be that certain teams' arena must be busy with concerts.
Of course, Montreal has been sitting idle for awhile. Wonder if that'll mess with their playing.
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My guess must be that certain teams' arena must be busy with concerts.
I think it has more to do with the NBA play-offs myself. Glad to see the Hawks get at least one more day rest though...
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My guess must be that certain teams' arena must be busy with concerts.
I think it has more to do with the NBA play-offs myself. Glad to see the Hawks get at least one more day rest though...
That's probably it... I don't watch NBA so I wouldn't have even thought about their playoffs.
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Of course, Montreal has been sitting idle for awhile. Wonder if that'll mess with their playing.
I think that can definitely mess with a team, waiting, waiting, waiting to play another game. But Boston only played one more game than them, so things should be pretty equal when they meet for Round 2.
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Last night, the Rangers looked like the Flyers playing. Grrr.
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I figured out that the Wild have lost 2 of their 3 games when I've been watching and the third loss I tuned in frequently to check the scores. Conversely, I have yet to see them win a game in the playoffs. Do I watch the game and take the chance that I really do have universal power over destiny and fate?
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No, just watch and enjoy. The Rangers win or lose no matter if I watch them or not.
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Congratulations Wild fans, see you guys in Chicago in a couple days!
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I CAN HAZ MOR HOCKEY!!! ;D
PS, sorry Ryan - better luck to you and your Avs next time.
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No, just watch and enjoy. The Rangers win or lose no matter if I watch them or not.
I did and they won, so clearly I am safe to watch the next series. Way to go Wild!
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Ducks, Sharks, Blackhawks and Wild (homer pick! ;D)
Bruins, Habs, Rangers, and B-Jackets (sorry Jesse :()
75% in each - was looking good in the West until the Sharks decided to choke a 3-0 series lead. Over in the East, I'm glad for Jesse's sake his Pens escaped, but I gotta tell you with all those blown 3-1 leads in that series, it really could have gone either way until they finally woke up and started playing... even then the Pens almost coughed up a 4-goal lead in game 6. :-\
This round, I'll go -
Kings (Ducks are too banged up now I think)
Chicago (it breaks my heart to type that, but if Kuemper is really hurt and our goalie is Bryz/Curry? :'( I'll be happy if I'm wrong though!)
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Bruins (and it'll be an ugly, ugly nut-spearing, elbowing, dirty-hittin' affair before it's over)
Penguins (assuming Sid wakes up and Flower doesn't wilt)
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East
Bruins
Rangers (old home team)
Lightning
Pens
West
Ducks
Kings
Blues (home team... despite their end of season skid)
Wild (old home team)
Looks like I was 75% on each side, too.
I'll have the same picks as Jeff, except the Rangers over the Pens... (Bruins, Rangers, Kings, hawks)
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Those damn Habs are a thorn in my side. >:( Subban scores to win game 1 in 2-OT.
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(http://nbcprohockeytalk.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/350x-112.jpg?w=320)
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Rob has been banned for posting inappropriate images. Let's make sure it doesn't happen again, mkay.
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>:(
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Well, that sucked...
Never had a good feeling about this series going into it and the last two games have not made me feel any better. Hawks better get their heads on right by Sunday or this series will be over by Game 6!
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Well, that sucked...
I beg to differ. :)
Man, Xcel was rocking last night. Guy in our row brought a decibel meter and we were hitting 120 in that third period. Crazy loud rabid fans and the Wild were feeding off it - awesome. Cooke was great last night, full of energy, hitting guys (all CLEAN, I might add). That Cooke-Haula-Fontaine line was great last night.
Really hoping we can head east and steal one on Sunday.
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Esh! The Rangers looked normal after their 3 game slide. That game 2 was rough to watch. No offense at all. Skate down and shot from afar. But they've turned it around and hopefully that's the end of their power play goal drought.
Nice to see the Wild turning it around. Watched part of it.
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Blech.
Go Wild, and to a lesser extent Montreal. :P
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Blech.
Sorry Jesse. That was a pretty colossal failure by the Pens after being up 3-1. So after Dan Bylsma coaches USA hockey to a dismal performance in Russia, he follows it up with his team ******** the bed in the 2nd round. I'd call that a pretty bad year for him... So is he out or do the Pens stick with him?
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We had the opportunities, but the Blackhawks' superior goaltending won out in the end. Congrats to both teams. Go Wild!
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Sorry Jeff, the Wild are clearly a hell of a team, and outplayed pretty much every Blackhawk not named Crawford tonight, but...
(http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/ac1394dbdcca6a36cbf486633b129cd813095ac3/r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2013/04/27/gty-167614223-4_3.jpg)
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I'd say Bylsma's gone IAS, as there's always been a, "You did it with Therrien's team" thing underlying him and he never duplicated... So I'd say he's gone, yes. I'd say quite a few Pens players will also be gone... Shero's surprised before though.
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Ugh, what a gut punch. Still haven't recovered from last night.
Proud of what the Wild accomplished this year, but bummed it ended the way it did with a fluky bounce to the 'Hawks best player alone in front like that. :(
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The Hawks were definitely outplayed for the vast majority of that game and Crawford needed to stand on his head multiple times to keep it 1-1 and force OT. Couldn't believe that bounce and the backhander. Really didn't expect them to make it to the Finals. Thankfully I had low expectations...
The Wild have definitely sent a message to the Western Conference that they are a Cup contender. Next season is going to be a fun watch.
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I think we're 1, maybe 2 players (big-time goal-scoring forward, right-shot stud D) away from being a true cup contender, but we're definitely trending in that direction and are more than just first round fodder now. :)
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Pens just fired their coach and GM.
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Pens just fired their coach and GM.
Not the coach. Yet. They seem to be leaving that for the new GM to do. Weird.
I think we're 1, maybe 2 players (big-time goal-scoring forward, right-shot stud D) away from being a true cup contender, but we're definitely trending in that direction and are more than just first round fodder now.
I'd like to express something resembling confidence in my team, but with the goalie we have all I can be assured of is a top ten pick in 2015. I guess there's some consolation we could win the draft lottery. ::)
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I'd like to express something resembling confidence in my team, but with the goalie we have all I can be assured of is a top ten pick in 2015. I guess there's some consolation we could win the draft lottery. ::)
What, you don't have faith in a guy with a career 2.96 GAA / 0.906 SV% starting in goal?
We have a slightly worn, slightly crazy Russian netminder UFA you guys could get cheap. He seems to have gotten over his fear of the cold and bears after spending time in EDM and MIN, and you guys are already great at chanting his name (https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/puck-daddy/ilya-bryzgalov-helps-winnipeg-fans-chant-his-name-with-puck-in-wild-zone--video-052726885.html). >:D
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Lots of goalies we can get cheap in UFA. No real need to hand something useful to the Wild for something much less than useful for a second year in a row.
My real worry is whether our GM actually believes that Pavs is a true #1 going into next year. The rhetoric around here is that we're weak defensively so it's not on the goalie. Which is a complete load because while we're not super strong on D, nor are we completely weak either. The goalie's job is to stop shots. Period. Pavelec has done a poor job of that for much of the time he's been in Winnipeg.
As for Bryz, I'll give the guy credit, he's handled coming to Winnipeg well with the visiting teams. Crazy Ivan.
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East= Rangers
West= Chicago
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Draft = soon... So GM issue needs sorted now. Owners were pretty set on Shero being on the line for holding at the deadline and he knew it. Bylsma the owners are split on but most seem to feel he hasn't performed (debatable) and he's not workin again till new season basically so they're waiting to see what a new GM with free reign to get younger would want to do. Guy in the system already seems like a good fit and butted heads with Shero on the stuff he'd do. Also the rumored guy is a cap genius supposedly and has masterminded a lot of the Pens success there already.
It was to be expected tho, ultimately, and I think Bylsma is gone personally.... Most local media seem to feel the same, probably announced before draft.
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Bylsma will probably get fired the day after the Caps name their new coach. Can't imagine the ruckus that would have caused to see him fired only to end up in Washington (or even in Carolina). :P
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Sounding like Caps have bigger probs. :-X
Bylsma is a great person... Really become a fixture in Pittsburgh and with local charities. For that matter I hear Shero is a REALLY nice guy and friendly. I guess Pens players aren't happy for Shero being hung out to dry on this when clearly he put together top talent. You can see this year he really didn't address issues this team had going back to FA but still when basically your team didn't show up aside from Malkin, Fleury, bursts from Gibbons Jokinen, Letang, Marting, and Bortuzzo... But really only two guys consistent for the whole two rounds in Fleury and Malkin? Tough to blame GM and coach on that. That ones on your C n rest of the team.
Just glad the Yinzer crowd can stfu on Fleury cuz the guy was solid.
Lots of Babcock talk... Like tons of it. The basis for which being he I guess has said he would love to coach here. He's the kind of guy who wouldn't be 87's "buddy". I can't say that's a bad thing. I like Disco Dan tho because hey, we won a cup under the guy.
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Hawks continue to **** the bed against the Kings. I'm ready to close the 2014 book on these guys (was actually ready during the Wild series but they surprised me). They need a long off-season to find their power play (offense and defense) and Crawford's save percentage and GAA...
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I'm used to the Blackhawks being the fastest team on the ice... not so much this series. The Kings are skating circles around them.
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What a difference three days makes.
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I'm rooting for the 'Hawks in this series. My brother's a fan and I'm trying to get him to splurge for Cup tickets so we can root for opposite teams.
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What a difference three days makes.
Especially when faced with the prospect of elimination. I really think that Duncan Keith is playing with an undisclosed injury. He's not playing anywhere near his regular season levels (a lot of turnovers, not skating very well, etc.). However, it was nice to see him get the tying goal last night.
I'll be interested to see what team shows up tomorrow. The one I closed the book on after game 4 or the one that showed they are still the defending champs in games 5&6...
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I'm expecting the games 5 & 6 team. They've definitely got their confidence back and while they're not dominating the Kings by any stretch, when they turn it up they can certainly edge out a win. Having home ice back should be the difference in the game. Hopefully.
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I'll be interested to see what team shows up tomorrow. The one I closed the book on after game 4 or the one that showed they are still the defending champs in games 5&6...
I think, unfortunately for you, they both showed up.
Overall a great series between two great teams, just a bummer for you Chicago guys this time around. Looking forward to the Cup final... I'd pick the Rangers, but part of me doesn't really want St. Louis to be rewarded for his dick-move hissyfit about the Olympics snub... then again with all the stuff about his mom passing, you kinda do want to see him succeed.
I'll pick the Kings in 6 games.
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Kings in 5. I can't see NYR competing with that and I think the cup final basically ended last night.
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I'm torn about St. Louis... he didn't make a lot of friends the way he exited Tampa, but I love the little guy and have for a long time. So I'm tempted to root for him, but yeah - Kings in 5 sounds about right.
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Being a Rangers fan, I'm not giving up now. Rangers in whatever it takes (at least 4).
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Yikes. Kings in 5 was too optimistic.
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That game 2 loss was tough... especially since that goalie interference no-call really changed the moment of the game. Or maybe I don't understand goalie interference because I see the Rangers called for it a lot and then when I see other teams do the exact thing there is no call.
In my opinion if player A shoves player B into team A's goalie, the penalty shouldn't be on team B... I think it's a dick move to get the call, but player A is gambling that he doesn't injure his goalie in that play. Maybe I'm wrong... I probably need to brush up on the unofficial NHL rule book that is being used.
That said, Rangers did okay last night, just they couldn't get anything past Quick... so props to him.