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Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 24, 2005, 03:37:09 AM
NOW...Official NHL IS BACK Piss & Moan Thread

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Formerly: Official NHL Season Cancelled Piss & Moan Thread

So Bettman and Goodenow, Linden, Damphousse and all those bitches fucked up the season and probably the league for good.

What do you think? What are you doing instead of following the NHL at this time? TIME TO FUCKIN GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST HERE!!! :twisted:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on February 24, 2005, 08:07:02 AM
I've said it before and I've said it again.  MUTHA FUCK GARY BETTMAN!  Hockey doesn't won't ever be as popular as basketball in the United States, for a lot of different reasons.  Personally, I didn't play ice hockey when I was little, primarily because it was so expensive to start up.  But I LOVED listening to the Jets on the radio, and watching games at the arena, it was great.  I remember when Wayne Gretzky himself talked about the Jets while he was in Edmonton and saying that whenever the Oilers met the Jets in the quarter finals, both teams knew that whichever team won that series would win the Stanley Cup.  Then the players wanted more money in the 90s, and the team moved down to Phoenix.  Quebec was still pissed off that the Nords went to Denver, and soon teams all over the US were popping up out of nowhere.  Like, who gives a shit about hockey in fuckin' Nashville?  Seriously?  Atlanta, Columbus, even Dallas and Tampa Bay?  Places that don't have cold enough weather to make backyard hockey rinks don't give a shit about hockey.

Anyways, as for the Players, they should remember what its all about, and start thinking about just wanting to play.  Funny how everyone talks just about Bob Goodenow, but I wonder what some of the players really think, but are afraid to say it from fear of being looked at like an outcast by their fellow players.

Just take a fucking cap like the NFL has, this will even out the talent so that the game itself gets better.  Take some of the shittier, no-attendance-for-opening-day teams out of the bayous of the south and bring them up to where hockey champions are actually born.  Bring hockey back to where it will flourish on a moderate level, instead of fail on a grand level.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 27, 2005, 02:14:15 AM
SON OF A BITCH!!! Its a Saturday night and I should be watching hockey on the MOTHER CORP!!!!!

Instead I'm forced to make fuckin posts about Japanese singing sensations in perverted manners!! What's this world coming to ?? Get your ass in gear Linden and the NHLPA!!! No one wants to watch overpaid Third Liners float around in suffocating defensive schemes!!!!!!

Word. Bring hockey to towns who fuckin want it. Tampa Bay didn't deserve the cup. Hate to say it but fuckin Calgary shoulda won that and the world woulda been a better place.

 :evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on March 04, 2005, 07:37:19 AM
So some group of investors or something offered to buy the entire NHL for 3.3 Bill.  That way all the teams would have the same amount of money to play with, and would do whatever they could with it.  Needless to say, the owners scoffed and that's about all we'd hear about that.

That sounds like something that Vince McMahon would try to do.  Well, I guess not after the whole XFL flop.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 04, 2005, 08:28:51 AM
LOL. That story cracked me up when I heard it. What's next, the Canadian Government taking back "Canada's Game" ... I was watching OTR and shit those players like Turco and Steve Staios are fuckin stubborn as hell  :evil:

Thank god for EA Sports.

(http://img148.exs.cx/img148/9291/nhl0110eo.jpg)

I've been simulating Stanley Cup wins for the past decade.  :jerk:  :halo:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 09, 2005, 09:55:31 AM
Man...what's the point? to get Sidney Crosby drafted??

Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on March 11, 2005, 07:50:32 AM
Hey, straight from the Winnipeg Sun.  A friend of mine hooks me up with free copies of that shit.

I guess they want to try to get hockey back sometime... why not squabble over what they can while there's nothing left at stake this season?  Even I've stopped following what's been going on.  And that says a lot.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 11, 2005, 08:02:54 AM
Quote from: Kuno_Thunder
Hey, straight from the Winnipeg Sun.  A friend of mine hooks me up with free copies of that shit.

I guess they want to try to get hockey back sometime... why not squabble over what they can while there's nothing left at stake this season?  Even I've stopped following what's been going on.  And that says a lot.


I know. Just for you. So what're you doing to pass the time? We got AHL games here with the Roadrunners but I haven't bothered to see any of it. And the fuckin Brier is on. My buddy wanted to hook me up but shit - don't waste the ticket.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on March 12, 2005, 09:42:54 AM
Quote from: daigong
I know. Just for you. So what're you doing to pass the time? We got AHL games here with the Roadrunners but I haven't bothered to see any of it. And the fuckin Brier is on. My buddy wanted to hook me up but shit - don't waste the ticket.


I can watch curling highlights on SportsCentre, buth that's about it.  Alberta just beat us in the Brier, but we have to beat Nova Scotia first to get to the finals.

We've had the AHL Moose ever since the Jets left in 96, and now that we've finally got the new MTS Centre downtown, attendance has been up, even if the parking downtown is gayer than Aids.  I've caught a few more games this season since there's no hockey on tv, and have been playing a lot of NHL 2005 on PS2.

Other than that, I got into 24 on Fox, and that's about it.  Funny that I took a broadcasting class last year, and I rarely watch tv or listen to radio.  :?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuro kitty on March 12, 2005, 02:32:06 PM
I hate this!!! As much as hockey is my life (I watch and play)...The Canadian news is saying that our National Identity is Hockey....WTF!!! are we as Canadians nothing without hockey....Its not we're all having mental breakdowns here because it's not on!

Ya it sucks that it's not on...but come on - they're trying to make a story out of nothing!!!

I wish that the players would just take the pay cut - they earn too much as it is!

/end rant
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 25, 2005, 11:34:29 AM
^ Good rant. I've been saving this one all week...

I just turn off the daily rants on the sports news. What the fuck is there to analyze anymore?!?!? It's the same old bullshit. They're not gonna accept the deal already!! I'm just waiting to see Chris Chelios on Trippin!

To see the fuckin media spend the case of Gretzky not GM'ing the national men's team at that World Championship had them debating all over again. Leave the man alone!! And they keep sucking Gretzky's dick so much it's probably all shriveled up. I don't think Gretzky is the only reason why we won in Salt Lake and at the World Cup. There's Kevin Lowe, and a crack coaching staff. Now they end up with chumps. Like Oilers head coach Craig MacTavish getting the nod for assitant.

http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/news_story.asp?id=119400

Fuck, watching this shit though. No NHL guys are gonna play anyways. This team is gonna be a joke, at least during the NHL seasons we got some good teams with Colorado and Detroit making early exits in past years.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on March 25, 2005, 11:01:18 PM
TSN said that part of the reason that Gretz didn't want to get involved in the Worlds tournament team had to do with his mother being in the hospital.  Hey, a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

And now even the 2K5 entry draft got cancelled.  Can't have a draft if there's nowhere to draft into, I guess.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 25, 2005, 11:04:05 PM
Quote from: Kuno_Thunder
TSN said that part of the reason that Gretz didn't want to get involved in the Worlds tournament team had to do with his mother being in the hospital.  Hey, a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do..

Yeah Wayne's mother has cancer and they are starting her treatment soon.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 26, 2005, 09:51:24 AM
It's a fuckin joke. I wish the media will leave Wayne alone. Making him God. C'mon man. Must he speak on all issues, even steroids (http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=119306)?

To think Sidney Crosby woulda kicked ass in the NHL.

Now the fags @ the NHL are filing a unfair labor complaint against the NHLPA.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=119510&hubName=nhl

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TSN has learned the NHL has formally filed an ''unfair labor practice'' complaint with the National Labor Relations Board in the United States over the NHLPA's apparent policy that any NHLPA member who were to become a replacement player next season would have to re-pay the lockout ''stipend'' he is currently receiving from the union.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 30, 2005, 11:10:31 AM
At least Esa Tikkanen is still working (http://www.asianpacificpost.com/news/article/289.html)... alive and well in KOREA!! Playing for the Asian League. :lol:
(http://img211.exs.cx/img211/6785/esatikkanen2uf.jpg)

So now Steve Yzerman is added to the list of NHLers not representing Team Canada. Did they even go to the World's when their teams were eliminated?? Fuckers.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on March 31, 2005, 07:54:32 AM
Wow, Esa Tikkanen wearing an Vancouver Canucks throwback - 1994 style.  That just looks, whoa.

I'd like to see the younger guys go to Worlds anyways, and have the veterans represent at the Olympics - it makes it just a little more special.  The Worlds should be treated like a trial run to the Olympics, to see which of the younger guys will gel with the big dogs, you know?  Well, I guess unofficially, that's already how it basically works.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on March 31, 2005, 10:35:56 AM
Quote from: daigong
At least Esa Tikkanen is still working (http://www.asianpacificpost.com/news/article/289.html)... alive and well in KOREA!! Playing for the Asian League. :lol:


Actually Tikkanen was going to Korea to coach a team in the first place, but he had misread the contract paper or something and ended up playing in the team. I'm not sure but if I remember correctly, last week some newspapers said that he had already left Korea.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 01, 2005, 06:45:03 PM
the only thing ill totally miss about NHL is the Canucks playin in the playoffs. playoff time here is such a awsome place to be at man!!!!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on April 10, 2005, 12:53:43 AM
Not related to the NHL, but I'm pissed that our Canadian girls lost the World Hockey Championships today.  And in a fuckin' shootout too!!!  It was a great game and all, I'm just upset about our 8-year streak getting snapped.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 10, 2005, 01:53:25 AM
Quote from: TheQuickening
Not related to the NHL, but I'm pissed that our Canadian girls lost the World Hockey Championships today.  And in a fuckin' shootout too!!!  It was a great game and all, I'm just upset about our 8-year streak getting snapped.


LOL!! You followed it! Must be desperate for hockey man.  :lol:

Damn Americans, eh?? I hate the shoot out. Last I heard - they outshot some team 35-2.

Well...about the NHL. The whole expanding the nets thing is retarded. Then they'd just draft sumo wrestlers and stick their ass in the goal.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on April 10, 2005, 07:47:29 AM
Someone should sign Akebono away from the WWE if they're gonna expand the nets.  That's pretty gay.  Just like deciding a championship in a shootout.  Round Robin play, sure, no problem.  But the playoffs are a different story.  OT to the finish.  As hockey was meant to be.  Shootouts are ok in soccer to me for some reason, however.  Probably cuz shots on goal are so few and far between in soccer, when compared to hockey anyway.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Chan Ho Nam on April 19, 2005, 02:57:01 AM
Quote from: ahcheungape
the only thing ill totally miss about NHL is the Canucks playin in the playoffs. playoff time here is such a awsome place to be at man!!!!!!


  I miss the NHL too. I hate living in a town where 90% of the people like the Laffs. I think I am the only one who likes the Habs and Canucks around here.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 23, 2005, 02:32:10 AM
Well. Laffs or not. The NHL and NHLPA will eventually come crawling back to us fans. now who's jacked up about The World Championships!?!?! WOWOWOWO!!O Ryan SMyth captain again!!  

not me.  :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Chan Ho Nam on April 23, 2005, 04:05:09 AM
I have to admit that it's hard to get excited about the Worlds this year. There are so many players not going, from all countries. I'll still watch the games though, and cheer for the Canucks. :canada:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 23, 2005, 04:42:48 AM
what happened to Bert? did he get clearance?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Chan Ho Nam on April 23, 2005, 05:00:15 AM
I think he was cleared to play, they just didn't pick him. I think they picked Mike Fisher from the Sens instead. He is more of a speed guy, better for the Euro rinks
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 03, 2005, 07:40:03 PM
Whoa. I finally remembered the World Hockey Championships (aka playoff losers consolidation tournament) . so they won 8-0 over Slovenia. and Captain Ryan Smyth got a goal


Props to Masa for a little Theo Fleury flashback, victory dance

 http://rapidshare.de/files/1556468/fleury.mpg.html

FUCKIN HILARIOUS!!  :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 05, 2005, 04:30:16 AM
ROFL!! Swedes handed the Finns their asses!! The Sedin Losers save the day!

http://tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/news_story.asp?ID=123826&hubName=canadian_hockey

Canada :canada: is gonna get whupped by the Americans tmr (anti-jinx)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 05, 2005, 10:56:46 PM
:0 Canada beats USA! :canada: Nash was a man on a mission!! Man, without Marty Brodeur playing on fumes, don't think Canada coulda won.  :D

Sorry Finns. America =  :x so expect Ty Conklin to stand on his head while the US reverses their 1 for 7 PP stat.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Chan Ho Nam on May 06, 2005, 12:57:12 AM
I was trying to follow the game at work, but I was so busy, I missed most of it. But I got to hear the last 5 minutes, and I'm glad Canada won! :w00t: The worlds might be worth watching this year, as I haven't seen any NHL caliber hockey in such a long time. GO Canada GO :canada:  :canada:  :canada:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on May 06, 2005, 03:16:52 AM
Yeah, how about that Rick Nash lighting the lamp?  Fuckin' rights!!! :canada:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Chan Ho Nam on May 07, 2005, 06:03:38 AM
He dragged the puck and protected it, and then right under the cross bar. That was a nice goal! :canada:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 07, 2005, 06:36:52 AM
AND the Americans almost lost to the Finns!! haha. I was watching a bit of that this evening: CONKLIN SUCKED! he shoulda got Jarkko Ruutu's shot!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on May 07, 2005, 12:17:48 PM
Quote from: daigong
AND the Americans almost lost to the Finns!! haha. I was watching a bit of that this evening: CONKLIN SUCKED! he shoulda got Jarkko Ruutu's shot!


I watched this game at a local bar. Why Finland never can keep the lead...Well, waiting for the Canada - Finland match tomorrow.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 08, 2005, 03:57:56 AM
WTF Brodeuer was shellshocked? Damn. I missed the whole Swedish Shalacking :evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on May 08, 2005, 05:41:53 AM
Our boys were leading 3-1 at one point.  Then they just lost it.  Fuck that sucks ass.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 08, 2005, 06:39:09 PM
Quote from: TheQuickening
Our boys were leading 3-1 at one point.  Then they just lost it.  Fuck that sucks ass.


NOI!! Don't suck ass! :canada: NASH and Marleau come back!!

1 minuTe to go gotta score .... FUCK TIES !!!


ETA: Finns you bunch of CHOKERS!! :halo:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on May 08, 2005, 07:36:57 PM
Quote from: daigong


1 minuTe to go gotta score .... FUCK TIES !!!
ETA: Finns you bunch of CHOKERS!! :halo:


Again Finland couldn't keep their lead  :(
Even though it was finns' best game this far. I hope they could at least win Latvia tomorrow.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 10, 2005, 09:00:03 PM
:canada: FUCKIN RICK NASH!! Canada barely beats Ukraine 2-1 ... geez we suck!!

Quote from: ctz
Even though it was finns' best game this far. I hope they could at least win Latvia tomorrow.


Oh shit! Better wait for Sweden-Latvia results...FINNS ARE CLOSE TO BEING OUT!! Jari Kurri is gonna make some bitches pay now!!  :bounce: Bring back Tikkie to coach and then they'll be scrappier and dirtier.

And WTF? WAYNE GRETZKY AS COACH OF THE COYOTES?

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=124453&hubName=nhl

must've been pressure from above.  :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on May 11, 2005, 12:26:08 AM
Quote from: daigong

Oh shit! Better wait for Sweden-Latvia results...FINNS ARE CLOSE TO BEING OUT!! Jari Kurri is gonna make some bitches pay now!!  :bounce: Bring back Tikkie to coach and then they'll be scrappier and dirtier.


Actually there's a guy named Kalevi Kummola, grand master of finnish Ice Hockey and a Leonid Brezhnev lookalike. He kicked out Finland's coach, Raimo Summanen, who led Finland to the silver in World Cup last year, because of personal reasons. Kurri is just his henchman. Kummola has even threatened some reporters because they have critiziced him for his dictator-style lead in finnish ice hockey.

Next he'll probably threaten me because I blame him at japanese music board :D

But what can you say, Finland tied 0-0 against Latvia, which was defeated by swedes 9-1. Latvia should have won, Finland does not deserve continue with this kind of playing.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on May 12, 2005, 11:37:27 PM
And it's GAME OVER for Finland. Finns sucked as a team, there's no point  to blame Backstrom, Masa. :) He's the best goalie Finland could have. This was the worst finnish national team in a long time, that was proven already in matches against Sweden and Latvia.

Let's cheer for canadians now (because Switzerland lost to Sweden :( )
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 13, 2005, 08:45:16 AM
Finland has no stars at all! Jani Rita? pssht.  Fuckin Slovaks had all these NHL guys. and Sweden is doinng wAAYY better without Tommy Salo :D

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Vidarni!! Nice cheap shot. oohhh 10 minute misconduct. Gagne gets the goal ahead though.

/FUCK SATAN!! Dimitra! ARRGHHHH....5 on 3.

Fuckin Ziggy Palffy penalty shot..thank god brodeur came up huge.

FUCKK NASH got denied his 10th goal. Hossa with the beautiful feed to demitra>!! SHORT FUCKION HANDED!!

at least Smyth with a PP goal. Oh HEELLLL YEAH!! GAGNE got the equalizer!!

JOE THORNTON!!!!!!! SCORCHES ONE!! 5-4 lead. 2 minutes to go.


Ahh. yeah, my play by play from earlier this morning. Canada v Russia now. FUCKIN SCARY.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 14, 2005, 05:47:28 PM
AW Canada was getting lazy after being up 4-0 this morning to the Russians. Alexandir Semin getting the JPM-XXX karma! and now it's 4-2  :evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 14, 2005, 07:59:28 PM
:canada: THAT WAS TOO CLOSE for comfort man. Brodeur was solid but fuck, Canada got sloppy near the end. 4-3 WE WIN!!  :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on May 14, 2005, 08:02:42 PM
And Canada won Russia 4-3. I forgot to watch this match, but luckily there's also Sweden - Czech tonight. I read today that swedes have already reserved Kings garden to celebrate their championship. I think they're assuming a bit too much, so I hope Czech wins and swedes have to leave Wien empty-handed :)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on May 15, 2005, 12:41:31 AM
They won, but they BLEW a 4-0 lead.  In the last 5 min or so of the 3rd period the Russians (on multiple occasions) came within a few feet/inches of tying up the game and sending it to OT.  Our boys need to really pick it up for the final.

Honestly, the best hockey team representing Canada at this very moment is the Manitoba Moose.  I've been following the AHL playoffs online and on TV (from what limited coverage that is provided), and these guys are totally kicking ass!!!  They just won their 2nd round playoff series by beating the team with the best regular season record in the AHL (Rochester)!!!  Being the only professional Canadian team  (not counting the boys playing for the World Championship) playing right now, I say these guys could potentially start getting the same type of support Calgary did during their recent Stanley Cup run. :canada::canada::canada:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on May 15, 2005, 07:04:52 PM
So russians took the bronze. 6-3 was surprising though. I expected a more even match. Finland lost to Sweden 5-1, but was defeated by Russia only after penalty shots.

One hour till the Canada - Czech finale!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 15, 2005, 07:55:46 PM
Yeah. The Swedes look like they just gave up!!

5 minutes until the Gold Medal game :canada: (ahh...hope it's not anti-JPM-XXX karma but whatever)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on May 15, 2005, 10:27:03 PM
As I write this, it's 2-0 Czechs with less than 10 minutes left in the third period.  Three-peat...highly doubtful.

EDIT:  That's it.  Czechs scored on our empty net with less than a minute to go.  Props to the Czechs, especially to Vokoun.  They totally whipped our assess today.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on May 15, 2005, 11:00:00 PM
What a final. Vokoun played a great game. He wasn't that good when he played last season in Finland's league.  Canada ended up taking too many penalties in the third period. Canadians even warmed up a little in the end after Czech's third goal. Something you don't see so often i think.

Finnish TV commentator, Ville Nieminen (who plays in Calgary iirc), commented the fight at the end:

"Fat alberta boys are sore losers"

Quite rough... But maybe he was disappointed too :)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on May 16, 2005, 12:27:46 AM
Either that, or he was pissed off at that one shot in the crowd where it showed some Finnish guys (they had the Finnish flag makeup on their faces) cheering for Canada.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 16, 2005, 09:06:55 AM
Aw ... fuck. Yeah it was disappointing. The Czech defense was just like all over  Canada as soon as  they made an attack. Good game though, LMFAO @ Ryan Smyth for just chopping chopping Fischer's feet. That's grit you hardly see nowadays.

And fuckin Ales Hemsky better play like he did in this tourney when the NHL gets back on track. :evil:

You Euros get the same IIHF footage right? Did ya notice that hot Czech brunette fanning herself? Perv cameramen! :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 10, 2005, 09:02:43 AM
:fuckyou: Glenn Anderson doesn't get elected to the HOF AGAIN  :evil:

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TORONTO -- Glenn Anderson should be an automatic choice for the Hockey Hall of Fame when the selection committee meets today, says his former coach Glen Sather.

"I don't even think there should be a debate about him," Sather said.

Anderson left the NHL in 1996 after scoring 498 regular-season goals and 93 playoff goals and earning six Stanley Cup rings, including five when Sather ran the Edmonton Oilers.

"I was there for most of his accomplishments and he's achieved many more huge results than guys that are in the Hall," said Sather, now general manager of the New York Rangers. "It kind of astounds me that every time I've seen his name mentioned that he hasn't been one of the guys who have been elected automatically."

Anderson, who was at his best in the post-season, has been passed over five times by the selection committee.

"He was the kind of player who, the bigger the game, the better he performed," Sather said during a break on the second day of a three-day NHL research camp yesterday. "Just based on his credentials in the playoffs alone I think he's a guy who really qualifies."

Current Oilers GM Kevin Lowe, who played defence on those championship Edmonton teams of the 1980s and who is also eligible for selection today, says the fact Anderson hasn't previously been selected "is a bit of a mystery" to him.

Anderson's Oilers teammates Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey and Grant Fuhr have been inducted, and Mark Messier will join them when he becomes eligible. So, why not Anderson?

"Those five guys, to a man, would say it's ridiculous that Anderson is not in the Hall because they all view him on the same level as themselves," said Lowe.

''When I sat in that dressing room with all those great players, when I looked around the room and we were in a big game, the one guy I thought would score the big goal was Anderson, and to his credit he did.

"Maybe, to his fault, a lot of the lesser games were less important to him. He would have scored 600 goals had they been. But anyone who has won championships recognized that Anderson was one of those big-game players. He has all the stats to support it."


and fuck shootouts. I've seen the AHL and Olympics, it ain't exciting.

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WILL SHOOTOUTS BREAK TIES? Ties could be broken by shootouts after regular-season games whenever the NHL restarts.

"If they don't have a shootout, I'll be shocked," said New York Islanders GM Mike Milbury.

"That's an easy one. The fans want it, and it's the least we can do after spitting at them for the last 12 months."

"It sounds like most people want a definite outcome - a win or loss - one way or the other," Steve Tambellini, director of player personnel for the Vancouver Canucks said.

Shootouts would be used to decide a game if it remained tied after a five-minute overtime period.


SOURCE: http://www.edmontonsun.com/Sports/Hockey/2005/06/08/1076753-sun.html
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on June 10, 2005, 04:26:56 PM
I totally agree on Anderson, he shoud've gotten into the Hall the first time he was eligible.

As for the shoot-outs, I feel they're a cheap way to win/lose a game.  Winning/Losing with regular play, knowing that every player gave their all, that's the proper way to do it.  When it's just one on one between a shooter and goalie, it's lame because all the onus is on one player per team.  It's stupid to put that kind of pressure on anyone.  If they have shootouts, wait until the playoffs come with the series tied at 3 games a piece.  The team that loses via shootout then (and more importantly, their fans), will scream bloody murder.   :evil:  :evil:  :evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 10, 2005, 05:58:33 PM
Quote from: TheQuickening
As for the shoot-outs, I feel they're a cheap way to win/lose a game.  Winning/Losing with regular play, knowing that every player gave their all, that's the proper way to do it.  When it's just one on one between a shooter and goalie, it's lame because all the onus is on one player per team.  It's stupid to put that kind of pressure on anyone.  If they have shootouts, wait until the playoffs come with the series tied at 3 games a piece.  The team that loses via shootout then (and more importantly, their fans), will scream bloody murder.   :evil:  :evil:  :evil:


Have you guys seen shootouts during a game while at an actual game?  That's some tense ass shit I tell ya, and its awesome.  I agree that its a shitty way to lose, but its still a team effort when its a best of 5 from each side.  And shootouts never decide a playoff game - which is why they play sudden death overtime until there is a decisive winner.

So, I'm gonna have to disagree with you guys on this one.  Oh, and the thick ass blue lines like how they have in AHL are hella sweet.  As for those fucked up rounded nets, I'll have to wait until I see them in action before I judge them.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 27, 2005, 10:25:55 PM
Hmm...I can smell the lockout ending? The Roadrunners are shipping out, though I think Calgary has their farm team in town now. As with Toronto.

Thoughts on Jeremy Roenick's "kiss my ass" comments!! The guy is the only true "character" in the league -- it's smart. not to be taken SO litereally, it gets the NHL in the news.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on June 27, 2005, 11:07:14 PM
In a profanity-laced rant at a news conference for Mario Lemieux's charity golf tournament Saturday, Flyers center Jeremy Roenick ripped into fans who have been critical of the NHL Players' Association throughout the current NHL lockout.
"If people are going to sit and chastise pro athletes for being cocky, they need to look at one thing and that's the deal we're going to be signing in about three weeks,'' Roenick said. "Pro athletes are not cocky. Pro athletes care about the game. Everybody out there who calls us spoiled because we play a game, they can kiss my a--.

"I will say personally, to everybody who calls us spoiled, you guys are just jealous. We're trying to get this thing back on the ice and make it better for the fans. If you don't realize that, then don't come. We don't want you in the rink, we don't want you in the stadium, we don't want you to watch hockey.''

Roenick also reiterated previous comments from last week where he lamented the union's failure to reach a deal in mid-February, which would have salvaged some of the 2004-05 season and would likely have resulted in a better deal for the players in the new collective bargaining agreement. A new CBA is expected to be signed within the next two weeks, but the salary-cap numbers being talked about were higher in February.

"If we would have signed that deal in February, in terms of what we're getting now, we would have looked like heroes,'' Roenick said. "Right now we look like a bunch of idiots. The deal in February beats the (expletive) out of the deal we're gonna sign in July.''

Roenick did admit players were not active enough in the negotiating process when there was a chance to salvage the season.

"It's unfortunate we had to go through a whole year to realize the s--- that was going on,'' Roenick said. "We've hurt our league, we've hurt the reputation of our league and the integrity of our league by sticking up for something that might not have been the right thing to do.''

Last week, Roenick said he was debating if he would even return to the NHL when it comes back.

"I have to see how my body reacts to some really, really, really hard training regimen here coming up in the latter part of the summer," Roenick told Sporting News Radio. "It's very hard to get motivated without a deal. Once that announcement comes, I think the motivational factor will definitely be lifted.

"I have not 100 percent made my decision to play, but to tell you the truth, I have a lot of drive in me and really, really want to continue."
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 28, 2005, 01:29:04 PM
^ He is loud mouthed, I watched the whole thing and he made some good points...and what Sports Center airs takes the whole shit outta context.

SMART though. JR never fails to get media attention and this might be actually good  for the NHL.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 14, 2005, 07:18:52 AM
301 days later! THE LOCKOUT IS OVER (http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=130274)!!!

so are you happy? do you care?

Me, I'm relieved. Just start playing right now!! I'm sick and tired of trying to get my hockey fix from the local pee wee league.

Been watching Sportscenter and listening to the radio over and over to see WTF is going on. Draft Lottery (http://tsn.ca/nhl/feature.asp?fid=7314) for Crosby? New caps? shitloads of the players are unrestricted free agents?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Thimas X on July 14, 2005, 07:51:41 AM
:lol:

You know what...I sorta miss it...just a little bit. Who knows, maybe these new rules will add more spice.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on July 15, 2005, 04:20:25 PM
At least we have a NHL season again. Players lost by delaying things, but I don't care if they couple of millions less... As long as they play good hockey.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on July 16, 2005, 03:18:55 AM
I'm wondering how long this new deal is for?  Chances are at least a few of the years included in the deal will disappear because they'll be "retroactive" to when the last deal expired.  Don't be surprised if the NHL goes through more of the same shit within a few more years.

Personally, I've always felt that there should at least be a rookie salary cap.  I mean, these kids are 18 or 19.  They shouldn't (IMO) be making uber-millions when they haven't paid their dues in the pros yet.

The draft lottery is a good idea too.  Prevents teams from tanking a season when it's evident that they're going no where so that they can get the first pick.  They should do the lottery draw live at the start the draft itself to prevent accusations of fixes.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on July 16, 2005, 02:21:44 PM
Quote from: TheQuickening
I'm wondering how long this new deal is for?


Six years iirc.

Does the draft lottery mean that they're gonna decide the picking order by lottery and no more by last season's results? I prefer the old system, where crappy teams get the most promising rookies.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on July 16, 2005, 10:39:06 PM
Quote from: ctz
Quote from: TheQuickening
I'm wondering how long this new deal is for?


Six years iirc.

Does the draft lottery mean that they're gonna decide the picking order by lottery and no more by last season's results? I prefer the old system, where crappy teams get the most promising rookies.


If they adopt the same system that the NBA uses, then it'll work something like this.  Let's say the 5 teams with the worst regular season records will be eligible for the next season's draft lottery.  They'll have a drum where they'll put in coloured balls (one colour for each team).  Each team will get a certain number of balls based on how shitty their record was.  For example the absolute worst team will get 5 balls, the second worst 4 balls, the third worst 3 balls, the fourth worst 2 balls, and the last team only gets one ball.  They spin the drum around to mix the balls up, and they draw ball for each round to determine who goes first, second, third, etc.  

This system can be considered more "fair" because, like I said previously, if a team (in the late part of a season) is obviously in last place in their division, they cannot gain a potential draft advantage by intentionally losing games.

*gasp*, but they'd NEVER do that!!!  Actually, it's more likely than not that it has.

The important thing to remember is the "worst" teams will STILL have access to the top prospects in the draft, this system just makes things a little more interesting my keeping the order from being pre-determined.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 22, 2005, 10:14:29 AM
hmm...soon we get to fully anaylze the new agreement. Gonna tune in starting 1 pm MST.  :w00t:

I admit. I was pissed off that the NHL was gone. NOW I'm actually gonna tune into the GD Lottery thing  :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on July 22, 2005, 04:48:29 PM
Quote from: TheQuickening


  They'll have a drum where they'll put in coloured balls (one colour for each team).  Each team will get a certain number of balls based on how shitty their record was.  For example the absolute worst team will get 5 balls, the second worst 4 balls, the third worst 3 balls, the fourth worst 2 balls, and the last team only gets one ball.  They spin the drum around to mix the balls up, and they draw ball for each round to determine who goes first, second, third, etc.  


It still sounds like a little too difficult system, but at least it's going to bring more excitement to the draft... I don't know about teams losing on purpose... Has it been a problem or something?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Kobasew on July 22, 2005, 07:26:56 PM
Although I don't follow hockey as religiously as basketball, I must say this draft lottery sure is exciting.  Telelivising the event is probably a great PR move for the NHL as it will hopefully win back some of the fans.

All I can say right now (about 3 hours before the lottery) is I hope Crosby ends up on a Canadian team.  Calgary and Edmonton would be ideal but having said that, my preference would be Toronto (heh, cause I'm a Leafs fan).  Crosby is needed to boost the popularity for smaller market teams.

See you guys in about 3-4 hours.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on July 22, 2005, 07:41:18 PM
Quote from: ctz
Quote from: TheQuickening


  They'll have a drum where they'll put in coloured balls (one colour for each team).  Each team will get a certain number of balls based on how shitty their record was.  For example the absolute worst team will get 5 balls, the second worst 4 balls, the third worst 3 balls, the fourth worst 2 balls, and the last team only gets one ball.  They spin the drum around to mix the balls up, and they draw ball for each round to determine who goes first, second, third, etc.  


It still sounds like a little too difficult system, but at least it's going to bring more excitement to the draft... I don't know about teams losing on purpose... Has it been a problem or something?


The draft lottery system actually isn't that hard to understand.  It's actually easier to understand by watching it happen than by explaining it using words.  The NBA also uses a draft lottery system.  If you've ever seen that, I'm guessing the NHL will use something similar to that.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on July 22, 2005, 08:10:45 PM
Quote from: TheQuickening

The draft lottery system actually isn't that hard to understand.  It's actually easier to understand by watching it happen than by explaining it using words.  The NBA also uses a draft lottery system.  If you've ever seen that, I'm guessing the NHL will use something similar to that.


I understand the system, but I tried to say that why to make things more complex if the old system works well enough. Simple is beautiful and stuff... :)

I just have never heard about NHL teams losing on purpose in end of a season would be a problem or something. Or that they have been losing on purpose.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on July 22, 2005, 08:40:14 PM
It's just a way to stir things up.  Look at Sidney Crosby.  Under the old system, it would be guaranteed that he'd go to the team with the worst record.  2nd worst would then go for the next best pick, and so on.  Now with the lottery, Crosby could potentially go to any one of the teams that are eligible for the draft lottery.  This will be much more interesting in terms of drafting choice and strategy, because the order will not be determined for the lottery teams until the last minute.  The teams no doubt will like it.  If I'm the 5th worst team and I could potentially get Crosby by taking part in this lottery, you bet your sweet as I'm gonna take it!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 23, 2005, 09:23:36 AM
Anyone watch/listen to Canada's version of the State of the Union Address.  :D

- Rule changes. Open access to fans?? WTF.
- The shootout would be exciting but sucks when you lose. ROFL. The Roadrunners had no skill players and our goalie was crap.
- The lottery...Toronto get higher picks rigged!! Florida was a shock. Dammit Edmonton missed and got 25th. I was so pumped when Calgary got 26th bUT DOHHH!! At least the system worked with the big markets getting picked "early" ... WTF geographical thing. Rangers-Isles, Florida-TB, whoa then the Canadian teams Habs. Canucks, Sens. had 3 in the top 10.

In the end, what do ya feel about Pittsburgh getting Crosby - imagine if Lemieux does come back. And Recchi. Rico Fata haha. You know I heard that if this doesn't save em, they could move to The Peg.

- Messier still thinking of coming back!! ROFL
- Bert gets another 20 games. GOOD

anyalyze more tmr..
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Kobasew on July 23, 2005, 09:56:17 AM
Crosby in Pittsburgh; perhaps the most needing team for his services yet a bit suspicious that the whole process played out so perfectly for the team.  Obviously I may be feeling this way simply because the Leafs got a low pick but I question the integrity of the lottery process since they seem to never televise the actually drawing of the lottery balls (similar to the NBA).
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on July 23, 2005, 02:32:44 PM
Yeah, Pittsburgh is a good hockey town, but this won't give them a winning record.

Even with the cap, I'd say maximum 5 years before he's traded to Wings/Leafs/Rangers/Avs too.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on July 23, 2005, 10:20:51 PM
NHL.com (http://www.nhl.com/futures/2005draft/lottery_results072205.html) article on the draft lottery (including an explanation of how the damn thing actually worked).

What does everyone think of how the NHL symbol has been tweaked?  Before it was black with orange trim.  Now it's black with grey/silver trim.  Personally I think (visually) that the new one is kinda dull.  

Quote from: daigong
In the end, what do ya feel about Pittsburgh getting Crosby - imagine if Lemieux does come back. And Recchi. Rico Fata haha. You know I heard that if this doesn't save em, they could move to The Peg.

- Messier still thinking of coming back!! ROFL
- Bert gets another 20 games. GOOD


Pittsburgh is largely a young team with only a few experienced veterans.  The thing is, the veterans that they DO have (Lemieux, Recchi, etc) are GREAT role models for these youngsters to listen to and emulate.  While the vets are getting on in age, they'll be awesome mentors to help guide and mold the young players to become GREAT players of the future.  And like Asmodai said, Pittsburgh is a good hockey town (especially considering it's in the U.S., where most of the hockey towns are significantly closer to the border with Canada).  It's definitely unrealistic to expect a big miracle turnaround from Crosby, though.  He needs time to learn the professional game and get settled in with his new teammates.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on July 24, 2005, 01:06:02 AM
Quote from: daigong
In the end, what do ya feel about Pittsburgh getting Crosby - imagine if Lemieux does come back. And Recchi. Rico Fata haha. You know I heard that if this doesn't save em, they could move to The Peg.


Did I miss the Five o'clock crack giveaway?  Er, I mean, did I hear something about Peg city getting some NHL again?  Seriously children, its hella possible.  The Manitoba Moose did well in the AHL playoffs this year, and the records were great for attendance, especially in the new MTS Centre, which has shitty parking in the Downtown area of Winnipeg.  With the humbled star power of the NHL, and the new agreement of 2005, this could prove as a great start to the NHL returning!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 29, 2005, 08:26:37 AM
^ Indeed. How is guaranteed that any of the smaller market teams will even support their teams...Peg City could pick up Anaheim, Carolina, Florida, whatever. It can be done with the new CBA.

So Goodenow quits. What about Bettman?  :lol:

OK. Let's break it down.



Quote from: TheQuickening
What does everyone think of how the NHL symbol has been tweaked?  Before it was black with orange trim.  Now it's black with grey/silver trim.  Personally I think (visually) that the new one is kinda dull.  


- Rule Changes To Enhance Entertainment Experience --- so yeah? More Euro rules? I'm open to see how this works out...just depends on how coaches will work around it.

- Shootouts Guarantee A Winner -- I'm iffy on this still. Just hate to lose crucial points thanks to a shootout.

- Rivalry-Based Schedule --- goddamn, only 10 games against the East? I dunno if I wanna see the same damn teams over and over. It's only a rivalary if teams actually win. ROFL.

- Aggressive Broadcast Initiatives -- the mic up stuff was OK during the all-star game. But how many JR's are there in the league? Mic up Mats Sundin and it'll be like zzzzzzzzzzzz..

(http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/5167/nhl3nr.jpg)
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20050722_175401_5236

It's hilarious! OOhh let's flip it around and make it SILVER!! BAH!  :lol:

Saturday boys...Draft Day. hehe. So fuckin desperate for NHL.  :evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on July 29, 2005, 03:13:51 PM
So it's not just the old logo in black and white?  :?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on July 29, 2005, 09:52:05 PM
Quote from: Asmodai
So it's not just the old logo in black and white?  :?


Nope, it's "silver". *Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...*  I dunno, from a distance or on a small/shitty TV it'll probably look grey instead of silver.

As far as Goodenow...*AHEM AHEM*

*singing off key* Na na na NA, Na na NA NA, HEY HEY HEY GOODBYE!!! (repeats over and over again)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on July 30, 2005, 09:55:37 PM
WOW!!! Who'd have thunk that SIDNEY CROSBY WOULD GO FIRST IN THE DRAFT?!?!?!!  :shock:  :?  :shock:   THAT CAME TOTALLY OUT OF NOWHERE!!! WHAT THE FUCK WAS PITTSBURGH THINKING???
(http://images.tsn.ca/images/stories/20050730/crosby_46966.jpg)

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol: Ok, lame attempt at humour is now over.  I thought it was funny.  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  The Pittsburgh colours look good on him.

There were a few trades (nothing spectacular), and a couple of "surprising" picks made, particularly the ones made by the Washington Capitals.  Both kids that they picked in the first round weren't really expected to go as high as they did.  What really surprised me was the reactions by the commentators from TSN (The Sports Network, a Canadian network that covered the draft) regarding the 5th overall pick, where Montreal selected goalie Carey Price.  Basically, the commentators felt that Montreal made a mistake in picking a goalie when what they really need right now are more better position players.  Personally, I've got to agree with the commentators.  Considering that they're defence was/is shit, and because he was still available at the time, I thought for sure that Montreal would take Marc Stall.  They've already got several goalie's that they're developing, it doesn't make much sense to get another when you need more depth at other positions.

Oh well, here's how the FIRST ROUND (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/draft/) picks went, as well as a short summary of the trades that happened in the first round.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 31, 2005, 08:11:51 AM
hahaha, The TSN commentators are like "Yep. My picks ROCK!"

Look at how small Crosby is compared to Mario:
(http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/7411/captottj10707301850nhldraftott.jpg)

The trend seems to go for the Gretzky sized players. The small quick 5'10" guy...in hopes there doesn't need to be the Lindros, Bertuzzi PF prototypes. Man  the Oilers just picked a slew of "speedy" guys. Fuck man. Andrew Cogliano? Just hope the Aug. 1st Free Agency period will be lucrative.

The Leafs still seem to be in love with the aging banged up veteran. They got Jeff O'Neill for crap. And HEY Masa. Holik is outta here, way to move up the draft though with Marc Staal!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on August 01, 2005, 12:31:00 AM
Finnish players had a bad draft... There were even some japanese players before the first finn :D

Imo they could have done something more to the logo than just changing colors.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 04, 2005, 02:31:18 AM
^ No way?? what about the goalie for Toronto?

Anyways...looks like the offseason moves have been bustling cuz...

The Oilers picked up Chris Pronger!!
http://www.edmontonoilers.com/pressbox/index.php?release=20050803_1918

AND AND...Michael Peca?? WTF?
http://www.edmontonoilers.com/pressbox/index.php?release=20050803_1932

Actual All-stars??
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on August 04, 2005, 10:09:42 AM
And Forsberg signs with Flyers. Salary cap obviously raises some shuffling in the teams.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 04, 2005, 10:37:49 AM
Quote from: ctz
And Forsberg signs with Flyers. Salary cap obviously raises some shuffling in the teams.



HOLY FUCK!!! That is crazy. Poor Avs Fan ;P

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-flyers-forsberg&prov=ap&type=lgns

I like Philly's team...but they shoulda got a goaltender  :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on August 04, 2005, 02:49:04 PM
Wow. That was unexpected. I wonder how he'll fit in with the Broadstreet bullies.

Even more, I wonder who the Red Wings will be cutting loose?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 04, 2005, 10:07:53 PM
Hmm...this might answer your question:

Jeremy Roenick to Kings
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-flyers-kingstrade&prov=ap&type=lgns

Too bad! I wanted to see J.R. and Forsberg on the same line. and

Brian Leetch signs with Boston
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/photo?slug=macr10208041929.bruins_leetch_macr102&prov=ap

hahaha too bad Rangers fan. Fuck, this off season is wild. The balance of power is really shifting!!!  :w00t:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on August 04, 2005, 10:37:01 PM
Rangers lost Leech, but they got Ville Nieminen instead!
http://www.nhl.com/news/2005/08/231978.html

The next season sure is interesting already :)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on August 04, 2005, 10:39:44 PM
I have to say, this is one of the few, if any positives that arose because of the lockout.  LOOK at all the player movement!!!  Look at the strategy now in trades and signings!!!  Teams are no longer just looking for the big name/big-money stars, they're now looking for the best bang for the buck!  It also puts the smaller-markets more on a level-playing field with the big-ass markets.  THAT is what hockey should be.  You want to have the best PLAYING team, not just the one with the most "star players'.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on August 06, 2005, 09:33:27 AM
And now, my favorite player of all (seriously), has gone to fuckin' Nashville?  Hey, I like his speed.  But come on, Nashville?

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=predatorskariya&prov=st&type=lgns

Hey, maybe he's betting on the Preds' owners realizing that Nashville doesn't give a shit about hockey, then he'll move the team to Winnipeg!?  Hey, you never know.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on August 06, 2005, 10:38:08 AM
That sucks. Nashville? Seriously.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on August 06, 2005, 11:58:05 AM
Colorado can't have all their stars because of salary cap... But didn't Kariya and Selanne play in Avalanche for free?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on August 08, 2005, 11:20:29 PM
Well, we know he can play the game, now we'll get to see if he can coach it.

Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on August 09, 2005, 11:10:03 AM
Quote from: TheQuickening
Well, we know he can play the game, now we'll get to see if he can coach it.


I think this is a natural step for him. I wonder if Lemieux start coaching Penguins after he quits playing.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on August 09, 2005, 07:58:57 PM
Quote from: ctz
Quote from: TheQuickening
Well, we know he can play the game, now we'll get to see if he can coach it.


I think this is a natural step for him. I wonder if Lemieux start coaching Penguins after he quits playing.


He probably could if he wanted to, after all, he literally fucking OWNS the team.  :P  :P  :P
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 14, 2005, 10:18:51 AM
That's fuckin hilarious Gretzky is coaching again....his ASSISTANTS look top notch though. Bring back Coffey! LAst I heard he was in the minors!


What's your take on Bertuzzi returning? Dude should at least gotten 20 more games or something. The lockout doesn't count  :evil:

And Lindros in Toronto?? Fuck. They're gonna win the Cup now ROFL!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on August 14, 2005, 10:20:13 AM
Lindros in Toronto?

Well he got his wish finally... Still doesn't make me very confident in Toronto's ability to win this year either.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on August 14, 2005, 10:10:44 PM
Quote from: daigong
That's fuckin hilarious Gretzky is coaching again....his ASSISTANTS look top notch though.


Coaching again???  This is his first hockey coaching job ever.  The only other coaching experience he has is with the little league team his kids play in.  The real work is going to be with the assistant coaches.  Gretzky's done a good job at providing himself with good support staff to make up for his inexperience.  Actually, if I'm not mistaken, one of the assistant coaches, Rick Bowness, used to be the head coach for a season or two in the late 80s when the franchise was still in Winnipeg.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on August 15, 2005, 08:20:07 AM
Quote from: TheQuickening
Quote from: daigong
That's fuckin hilarious Gretzky is coaching again....his ASSISTANTS look top notch though.


Coaching again???  This is his first hockey coaching job ever.  The only other coaching experience he has is with the little league team his kids play in.  The real work is going to be with the assistant coaches.  Gretzky's done a good job at providing himself with good support staff to make up for his inexperience.  Actually, if I'm not mistaken, one of the assistant coaches, Rick Bowness, used to be the head coach for a season or two in the late 80s when the franchise was still in Winnipeg.


Yeah he was, I remember those days.  I don't think this is a wise move for Wayne, he's got a less than stellar team in a less than stellar hockey market.  But, then again my bias will always hate Phoenix for being where the Jets aren't, and that's not fair.  Still, I don't think that Wayne is going to last very long as a coach.

And as for Lindros, the Leafs couldn't have gotten him cheaper if they had a fuckin' McDonalds coupon to add on a small order of fries.  All for one year?  Why pay full price for damaged goods?  Just because his heart is in the right place, doesn't mean his body will allow him to be healthy enough to play with as much passion as he used to.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 18, 2005, 09:52:56 AM
Well finally someone scooped up Cujo...the Coyotes (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-coyotes-joseph&prov=ap&type=lgns)!! ROFL!

And Anson Carter is in Vancity  (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-canucks-carter&prov=ap&type=lgns)LMFAO!

Anyone gonna order this?? BATTLE OF THE HOCKEY ENFORCERS on August 27

http://www.aaahockey.com/hockeyenforcers/
http://www.aaahockey.com/hockeyenforcers/eventinfo.aspx

and check it out, Richard Park ain't the only Asian in the NHL now!

(http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6532/capttok10208180727japankingsja.jpg)

Quote
Yutaka Fukufuji, who played with the Japan's national ice hockey team three times, displays his Los Angeles Kings jersey during a news conference in Tokyo Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005. The Tokyo-born goalie, 22, reported Japanese media that he and the Kings of the National Hockey League agreed to a two-year entry level contract earlier this month. Six-foot-1 and 170 pounds Fukufuji was selected by the Kings 238th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on August 18, 2005, 08:00:09 PM
Haha, I'm looking forward Fukufuji's NHL debut :D

He didn't shine in last World Championships though:
http://rapidshare.de/files/4117582/TOP5Mokat.avi.html
Top5 mistakes by finnish TV... Fukufuji ranked 4th and he's involved in with the winner too :)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on August 19, 2005, 02:23:50 AM
Quote from: daigong
Richard Park ain't the only Asian in the NHL now!

(http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6532/capttok10208180727japankingsja.jpg)


Speaking of Asians in the NHL, I wonder what happened to Chison "Jimmy" Paek?  For some reason I just remembered he's like, the only Asian hockey player to have ever played on a Stanley Cup winning team (Pittsburgh during their dominance in the early 90's).

But I digress.  I say good for Fukufuji-san on signing the deal (even if it's just an entry-level contract).  The guy obviously must have some potential, otherwise he wouldn't have been drafted in the first place!!!  I must say though, ignorant people are gonna have major "fun" butchering his name, if you hadn't noticed.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on August 23, 2005, 08:08:49 AM
And how about Teemu Selanne going back to the Ducks?  This proves to be a reunion of sorts, as his former teammate from Winnipeg, Randy Carlyle is now their head coach.  Time for me to get a new Ducks jersey!

http://www.nhl.com/news/2005/08/233442.html
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 23, 2005, 08:52:57 AM
^ So what will it be ??? Avs or Preds or Ducks :P

Anyone have a list of Team Canada invites? ...they should get rid of Brewer and who needs vets like Yzerman.
http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/news_story.asp?id=133973

And I NEEDS to get tix for Paul Coffey Day - Oct 18 when Gretz comes:
http://www.edmontonoilers.com/news/050817.php
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 24, 2005, 10:09:21 AM
Hossa for Heatley That's quite the deal...I saw Atlanta got the good end on this one.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-thrashers-senatorstrade&prov=ap&type=lgns

Heatley was kinda good as a defensive guy in the last world cup, but he's dropped off. A change of scenery would be good though!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on September 08, 2005, 08:28:30 AM
Funny while I was in Calgary, I was looking for a road jersey for the Calgary Hitmen, but all I could find was a XXL home jersey, which would have been HUGE on me.  Oh, and DID see a Crosby Pens jersey already with his trademark #87, but its was $200!  I'd rather get an Oceanic jersey!

Oh, and looks like I'll be craving a Scott Stevens jersey and a Vinnie Damphousse jersey now too.

Oh, and I genuinely think that Dan Heatly will shine in Ottawa - he just needs a fresh start.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on September 08, 2005, 08:40:05 PM
$200???  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:  That's just retarded!!!  Then again, I'm el-cheapo, so I would say that anything over $50 for a jersey is nuts.   :wink:  :wink:  :wink:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 10, 2005, 09:51:23 PM
Fuck! You shoulda got ur gear in E-town KT...at least $187 emroidered and all. and you can't get a jersey for less than 50, unless it's a pure sweater from Zellers :lol:

Shit...all the retirements are pouring in. Macinnis yesterday. Hope Mark Messier does the right thing and SIGN WITH THE OIL!!  :D

...but check that. According to Sportscenter, he'll announce his retirement Monday.  :cry:  :cry:  :evil:

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Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on September 11, 2005, 07:35:56 AM
Yeah, I guess I should have looked harder while in WEM that day.  Oh well.

Hey, you know what else I had trouble finding?  Alberta Centenniel clothes!  I saw a girl in Banff with a black hoodie with the Alberta 2005 logo on it, and I totally wanted one!  But none of the souvenier shops had them, or anywhere in Calgary either!  What's up with that?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 13, 2005, 09:19:30 AM
Quote from: Kuno_Thunder
What's up with that?


You want some of that shit?? I'll look out for some? Maybe The "Sucks Ass" Bay has them :P


Finally camp is open. I can't believe I'm anticpating lame ass pick up games between the local uni teams and the rookies. I am that desperate for hockey again. And it's a beautiful thang.

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Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on September 15, 2005, 04:19:17 PM
Glad to see Ryan Smyth (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=136297&hubName=nhl) is staying with the Oilers.

And after almost a quarter of a century, Ron Francis (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=136299) is calling it a career. Like I said for the Moose, enjoy the rest man, you've earned it.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 21, 2005, 08:59:45 AM
How's everyone feeling about the pre-season action so far?? I am laughing my ass off at how guys like Marty Turco can't squeeze the 5 hole like they used to. And Georges Laraque was driving towards the net and kept drawing interference penalties (THREE!!). I have yet to actually see a game but off the radio, they sure are calling more penalties. and the closer net set up some wild rebounds.

I like the experimentation that Dallas had: no goal judges replaced by lights but they didn't turn on lol. 30 seconds in between each player in the shoot out and they can take off their helmet for TV exposure.

FUCK THE STARS!!  :evil:

Gretzky made his debut tonite AND HE LOST!! Probably the Crosby-Lemieux debut will be on TV  tmr.

I'll say it again, SO FUCKIN GOOD TO HAVE HOCKEY BACK!! Somehow, watching 8 year olds crashing and slipping ain't the same thing.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on September 23, 2005, 08:29:20 AM
Add Adam Deadmarsh to the list of people who retired in 2K5.  Damn those concussions.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 27, 2005, 08:18:48 AM
^ shit. fuckin lockout we coulda milked a year outta all those guys who retired...but man concussions suck. Lindros is one bang away from being gone again. And JR just got knocked the fuck out.  :o

when the hell did this happen? I thought they were on OLN.

(http://nhl.speedera.net/image-upload/nhlnbc_wide.jpg)

and if we gonna have to endure broadcaster-less games on Saturdays? I didn't mind the CFL ones.

Whaddya think of the  myNHL TV ad (check out somewhere on http://www.nhl.com)
(http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/1065/nhlmynhl9mi.jpg)
http://www.nhl.com/news/2005/09/235144.html

700 (http://mms://wm.nhl.na-central.speedera.net/wm.nhl.na-central/comp/ad/ad1_700.wmv) 300 (http://mms://wm.nhl.na-central.speedera.net/wm.nhl.na-central/comp/ad/ad1_300.wmv)

hot chick...slick but yeah. they should emphasize on the superstars. whoever they are lol.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 28, 2005, 10:17:08 AM
Edit ur fantasy teams, Dan Blackburn retires:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=AnraeHotRL.QF36T.Qh9OAZ7vLYF?slug=ap-rangers-blackburnretires&prov=ap&type=lgns

Damn..22 year old. First Richter, now Blackburn...cursed?

What's ur take on whether rookies should take the head off veteran players a la Jeremy Roenick during exhibition? They be looking for a roster spot but to go headhunting?? hmm...

Quote
Roenick continued to express frustration toward Phoenix defenseman Denis Gauthier, who leveled Roenick with a clean shoulder check. Roenick said the big hit was "total shit" in an exhibition game and that he had eased up on Gauthier in a similar situation last week.


AND WOOT! NHL TV is free till Oct. 31st
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on September 28, 2005, 04:26:57 PM
Fuck, totally sucks to be Blackburn right now.  I can still remember watching the draft on TV when he was selected.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on September 28, 2005, 06:29:18 PM
I wonder if he's any good to have an ice hockey related job in the future... Like goalie coaching or something. He might be too young for that though...
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on September 28, 2005, 06:34:35 PM
Well, he could always start off with a junior team.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 04, 2005, 10:09:02 AM
Quote from: daigong

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Yo guys. last chance...looks like (due to lack of planning and pimpage and Masa) we'll have to delay the LIVE DRAFT till the weekend. We just need one more player/manager and sorry if I spammed ur emails. I was desperate.

I'm going to the Oilers home opener anyways!! YESSSSSSSSSSS! :hump:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 05, 2005, 10:06:27 AM
NHL IS BACK!!! GAME ON BITCHES!!

(http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/4964/nhl1057av.jpg)

Such an incredible feeling. I'm jacked up about the whole season. LMFAO @ Dale Purinton and his eye gauging. Only 10 games really questions Colin Campbell's moves. Dude was a repeat offender and just gets a slap on the wrist. and the CBC strike is magically over! Bring on Don Cherry and Ron Mclean! Jim Hughson is fuckin awesome too. loved his sarcasm in NHL 2001.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 07, 2005, 10:07:15 AM
Fuck yes. Went to the Opening Nite game on Wed.

(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7192/captedm11310060535avalancheoil.jpg)

And the Oilers CRUSHED the Avs 4-3 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/recap?gameId=251005006) with crunching hits by Pronger, Moreau, Smith, and of course Georges Laraque. WE gonna go all the way to THE FUCKIN STANLEY CUP!!

Meanwhile, Calgary gets raped 6-3 by Minnie! HA! SI SUCKS!!

Got free mini Stanley Cups  (http://www.edmontonoilers.com/news/050929b.php)and bandanas, caseloads of Coke Zero. Couple of frozen fuckers pretended to greet us. Funniest thing of the nite, was "randomly" searched upon entry. Talk about profiling!!

From beginning to end, the whole nite was a blast. Singing the national anthem at the top of my lungs along with all 17,000 other proud Oiler fans. Going bananas everytime Georges Laraque and other grinders touched the puck. So I got my coat drenched with beer. My throat is sore. Will I do it again?? HELL YEAH!!

NICE. Manitoba Moose pick up Mike Keane. Once again in the Canucks organization.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 09, 2005, 08:53:50 PM
LOL. Screwed up the "live draft" when I changed it from "live draft" but it already autodrafted. So we'll do it again. Just re-register here:

Quote from: daigong

(http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3376/nhllogo20052zu.jpg)

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AND YO!! Kuno_Thunder! Tom Green! Cootz! Masa! Anyone who bleeds hockey! Forget the turkey and let me know when ur free this week so we can have this live draft already :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: (I have to set the time on the yahoo shit)

Finland time minus 3 hours Mountain Standard.

I'm good for tmr morning, but rest of the week evenings free = Finland mornings.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 09, 2005, 10:09:34 PM
Ok, my days off this week are on Thurday and Friday, the 13th and 14th.  I'm just as cool with the autodrafted players too, if everyone else is.isn't that what trading and managing is all about?  =P

And yeah, Moose dropped their opener on Friday too.  I doubt I'll be going to many of their games before moving tho, and you know, trying to save up for Dallas and all.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on October 09, 2005, 10:33:23 PM
I'm pretty much home everyday since 1800 (GMT+2), except I'm going to see Howl's Moving castle monday, tuesday or wednesday. Thursday I'm going home, so I'm available after midnight.

How about friday morning (Thursday evening/night in Canada)?

Btw.. how long this live draft would take anyway?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 10, 2005, 08:26:52 AM
Dang, just made plans for Thursday evening.  I might be back after midnight my time or so?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 11, 2005, 02:16:19 AM
alright...Thurs, esp. Friday looks good.

The draft should take about less than half an hour ROFL since it's just 4 managers. And we pick like 12 players so just prepare a list of which superstars u want.

Getting this league started is gayer than:

(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/2578/gay9dj.jpg)(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8896/hullretireposter2ss.jpg)

What do you guys think of the season so far?? I am just laughing at all the penalties, esp. 5 on 3 situations. DAMMMMNN homie. I am saying it right now. Calgary will miss the playoffs!! :twisted:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 11, 2005, 02:48:45 AM
Dude, do NOT get me started as to how uncool Brett Hull is.  "Wah wah wah, I want Daddy's number.  Wah wah wah."

Whiny little bitch.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 11, 2005, 10:07:36 AM
aiyo. talked to all parties...does Friday evening Canada time? Sat. morning Finland time sound cool. for the draft? Gonna go set the time for: Sat. October 15, 2005. 11:30 EST

Quote from: Kuno_Thunder
Dude, do NOT get me started as to how uncool Brett Hull is.  "Wah wah wah, I want Daddy's number.  Wah wah wah."

Whiny little bitch.


The whole "I'm American" shit speaks for itself :lmao:

WOOOT!! Oilers just keep rolling man. 3-0 on the season and Jussi Markkanen looking like the Kipper of 2004. Giguere actually got nailed for handling the puck outside that triangle HA hA! Jani Rita gotta fill in for Ryan Smyth we'll see if he's worth his coin.

Rangers just keep on losing but hey, Jagr and Baby Hossa keep potting em in and Weekes gets his black ass in gear, Rangers might contend. Since LEAFS SUCK!! Damn...who'd think Domi be their sniper?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 12, 2005, 12:01:13 AM
Friday evening is good for me, but not too too late.  I work early Saturday morning.  7am baby!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 12, 2005, 10:05:12 AM
Quote from: Kuno_Thunder
Friday evening is good for me, but not too too late.  I work early Saturday morning.  7am baby!


OKAY!! cool. then I changed the draft time to: Fri Oct 14 11:45pm EDT
don't have to start at that time. me and KT can just piss around for a few hrs.

DAMN...Oilers lost their first game against the Kings but shit. Sean Avery seriously needs to get his melon cracked open. Jason Smith got nailed with a double minor and it was all over. And yo Masa, you think Rangers miss Jason Labarbera?? Dude was stoning us left and right.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 14, 2005, 05:47:01 AM
Wow, I didn't know that Alex Ovechkin was 2 years older than Sidney Crosby.  This shouldn't have an effect on which of them I want on draft day, however.  That is, if I want either of them. 8)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 14, 2005, 10:02:15 AM
lol. Alex Ovechkin been waiting around for a while too XD XD

How about this story outta the Oilers-Kings game the other day??

Steve Avery seriously needs to get his ass kicked. Calling Georges Laraque a "monkey" and Craig MacTavish and Laraque like faced off against Avery in the parking lot but that little pussy backed away. People blame Laraque for not beating the shit out of Avery took on Jason Smith instead (who bloodied Avery's face ROFL!) ... Denis Gauthier took off his helmet and tried to fight Avery but he backed down. Back Geroges Laraque on this one of course. If he woulda grabbed Avery and beat the shit outta him, it woulda been instigator in a close game (was 1-1 at the time). I can't wait for December 23rd rematch. Someone needs to teach Sean Avery a fatal lesson.   :twisted:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on October 14, 2005, 07:15:07 PM
Did we have a draft already?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 15, 2005, 07:48:37 AM
Quote from: ctz
Did we have a draft already?


AHHH Looks like we did. I SWEAR I set it at "Live"
but it autodrafted when we (the Canadian boys) weren't around. Whatever!! :P

 :evil: DAMN refs screwed the game. Old guys refuse to call penalties during the 3rd! Stars got lucky tonite vs the Oilers. but who can't resist 9-1 games like Toronto over Atlanta??
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 16, 2005, 06:18:25 AM
FUCK YOU KIPPPER!!!  :evil:  :x

Brett Hull crying like a lil bitch:
(http://img430.imageshack.us/img430/9632/cryingbitch7wo.jpg)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 17, 2005, 12:15:47 AM
Whatever man, Brett Hull could become a CFL quarterback for like, 5 more years or so.  Oh wait, nevermind, Canadians don't like him. :x
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on October 17, 2005, 04:17:09 PM
Did Hull have any spesific reason to quit?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 18, 2005, 03:59:31 AM
Yeah, he's a whiny pussy, that's why.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 18, 2005, 09:33:46 AM
ROFL. No no...Cootz man. Brett just realized that he is just hanging around trying to pad his stats, realize he will never have more assists than goals and be a Hall of Fame Floater. Unlike all those other dudes who retired this year. They knew when to quit.

Can't believe the Rangers are in 1st place! Tied with Ottawa?? When did hell freeze over? How about Theo Fleury playing in Belfast?? Not even the Native Indian league wanted him!

http://www.sportinglife.com/others/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/05/10/14/ICEHOCKEY_Belfast.html

Tonite. Paul Coffey's jersey goes to the rafters of The Coliseum:

(http://img417.imageshack.us/img417/385/cofffront1ok.jpg)

And peep this:
--- Andreas Schwabe wrote:

> Hi there. Your question was answered during today's "LiveChat" show on
> edmontonoilers.com. As an added bonus for Mr. Coffey's historic jersey
> retirement, he autographed all the printed question sheets we used.
> Please send us your mail address (snail mail) and we'll pop it in the
> mail for you.
>
> Take care;
> Andreas Schwabe
> Webmaster
>
HAHAHA!! I squeezed in some shit this morning like "Any thought on returning to Edmonton to finish your career?" better than the usual crap ... got listen to the archive to see how he replied.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 23, 2005, 10:44:24 AM
check it out...fuck the backlog but gotta get my Coff props, checked him out at City Hall - here's my video and pix. The best part was near the end of this clip where he waves the towel when a councillor gave it to him to wipe the tears:

DOWNLOAD => http://www.savefile.com/files/2205747

(http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/4845/coffeycityhalldsc011639wq.th.jpg) (http://img455.imageshack.us/my.php?image=coffeycityhalldsc011639wq.jpg)(http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/7096/coffeycityhalldsc011695tz.th.jpg) (http://img455.imageshack.us/my.php?image=coffeycityhalldsc011695tz.jpg)

Total Class man. Dude can still skate with ease.

How ironic that one of the guys Edmonton traded for Coffey, Moe Mantha has been accused of hazing four rookies, were crammed naked into the bathroom on the team bus while travelling back from a pre-season game last month.

(http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/2576/manthawin185x2506mc.jpg)

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/Junior/2005/10/19/1269086-sun.html

And you know Snoop is an Oiler fan too (ripped off some guys sig)
(http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/7096/snoopoiler4ra.jpg)
even if they've lost 6 in a row :evil:

Then our boy Tony Salmelainen scores 5 goals against Helsink in the Finnish League!! First player to score 5 goals in a Finnish league game in 15 years!    :evil:

At least the Avs loss featured a great hit by Jani Rita on Andrew Brunette, then Laraque just pummelled Brad May a few shifts later for like going after Rita. Just for once Big Georges didn't let up and killed May!! Can't wait till  Tuesday.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 26, 2005, 05:58:26 AM
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKK!!

Jani Rita you fucker!! Turning it over. 48 seconds left and we coulda got a point. Oilers go down 5-3 to the Avs. That's SEVEN straight losses.

I like that Conklin is in the minors, I'm psyched to see what Mike Morrison can do lol. A trade? let's hope so.

Preds ain't gonna be easy...Kariya and their shit stained unis just keep rolling along. FUCKIN WHAT THE...
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 28, 2005, 08:40:37 AM
Whhoooaaa...first Nashvillle loses their first game.

And Penguins win their first. Lemieux says "Fuck you cocksuckers! I'm a shoot the puck!"

(http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/7996/captpaks10710280305thrasherspe.jpg)

Everyone should play Atlanta all the time!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 29, 2005, 09:58:37 PM
(http://img429.imageshack.us/img429/8111/r11490293075jn.jpg)

OILERS END 7 GAME LOSING STREAK!!  (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=141270&hubname=nhl)5-3 over Dallas despited Turco's sick saves!

Great ejection by The Captain Jason Smith too...Moreau was beating up Steve Ott (who was refusing to drop em) when some bitch came in and Gator just pounded him.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on October 29, 2005, 10:07:25 PM
You know, I was wondering about that. Wasn't Ryan Smyth the captain for the last few seasons?  :?  :?  :?   What's up with the switch?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 30, 2005, 07:10:51 AM
Shit, Senators spank the Maple Leafs 8-0, in ACC.  Insane.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 30, 2005, 08:13:37 AM
Quote from: TheQuickening
You know, I was wondering about that. Wasn't Ryan Smyth the captain for the last few seasons?  :?  :?  :?   What's up with the switch?


Oh. He was never captain...just "A"lternate.  

Quote from: Kuno_Thunder
Shit, Senators spank the Maple Leafs 8-0, in ACC.  Insane.


DESERVED!! Just cuz Eric Lindros is on "fire" they think they're cup contenders. EDDIE EDDDIEEEE!! PLus, losers have "Thank you LEAF fans" unlike the rest of the league.

...then there's the Oilers!! WE ON A TWO GAME WIN STREAK!!

(http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/2063/capttnmh10610300422oilerspreda.jpg)

Fuck that is nice. Radek Dvorak was on crack, got like 8 shots. and that little girly man Ales Hemsky had like 4 points. Gotta check my fantasy team ROFL
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 02, 2005, 10:35:27 AM
FUCKING 3 in a row for the Oilers. Georges Laraque played insane. Hitting bitches, getting loose pucks and getting the assist on Todd Harvey's goal = 100th point in the NHL. 5-1 blowout of Columbus. Fuckin Hemsky got slashed on the face and no penalty. then went bleeding and scored a roofer on the power play ... SWEET. And all the bandwagonners jump back on ROFL

But shit. Rick Nash played his first game back and knocked out Mike Peca's chiclets:

(http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/5197/r10086953733kc.jpg)

And fuck. No wonder Brett Hull is such a wanker. His dad charges 8x10 glossies at an autograph session @ WEM.


http://www.westedmall.com/hours/events.asp#10110

Ridiculous prices.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on November 04, 2005, 08:14:14 AM
How about 4 in a row now?  4-3 in OT against the Red Hot Chicken Wings?  "That was a hell of a tip, boys!!"  And Sid scoring a 2 goal game!  Fuck  yeah!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 04, 2005, 09:42:42 AM
old news: Pavel Bure...finally retired. I heard he did a few weeks ago but finally made it official as he became an exec of Russia's National Team. Dude was SO fuckin lethal, too bad he did jack shit for the Rangers.

(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/4438/captny17111011747burerussiaoly.jpg)

Quote from: Kuno_Thunder
How about 4 in a row now?  4-3 in OT against the Red Hot Chicken Wings?  "That was a hell of a tip, boys!!"  And Sid scoring a 2 goal game!  Fuck  yeah!


SHIT YES!! and snapping the Red Wings 9 game win streak?? Raffi Torres with the winner:

(http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/999/oilers76368252mb.jpg)

Everytime Pronger is on  the ice, it gives you wood with those picture perfect passes and snuffing out the Datsyuks and Holmstroms. Total fuckin domination with 3 assists.


hahaha...I gotta snap up some Sens in the Fantasy League before you guys catch on :P
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on November 04, 2005, 12:16:04 PM
Uhh... I'm so out of NHL :D Why did Bure quit? Did he hurt himself or something? No one is leaving NHL just for Russia's National Team :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on November 04, 2005, 11:31:17 PM
Quote from: daigong
old news: Pavel Bure...finally retired. I heard he did a few weeks ago but finally made it official as he became an exec of Russia's National Team. Dude was SO fuckin lethal, too bad he did jack shit for the Rangers.

Retired???  :?  :?  :?  What the fuck?  He's like what, early to mid-30's?  I can still remember when he was a greenhorn struggling to speak English for his North American interviews...god am I that old???
 :(  :(  :(
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on November 05, 2005, 11:30:16 PM
Pavel Bure was just one of those guys with all the God-given talent, but zero work ethic.  After the Canucks lost the Cup finals in 94, he wasn't the same.

And I'm TOTALLY not paying attention to Fantasy Hockey.  I really should be though.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 07, 2005, 07:33:17 AM
I'm just stunned at all the scoring we're getting these days. 10 12 goals per game?

Quote from: SexyBeam'sPeeDrinker
And I'm TOTALLY not paying attention to Fantasy Hockey.  I really should be though.


LMFAO. Masa when and scooped up the Top 10 players in scoring yet he's last!! XDXD

Wake up!! Liles is on a cold streak...and so are the Avs!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ytl on November 07, 2005, 10:19:14 PM
Go! Canucks GO!  

Go! SENS GO!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on November 08, 2005, 06:54:06 PM
Aw, looks like the Oilers got stopped at 5 wins in a row.  Hey, it just means time for a new streak to start!  Turco was just fuckin' amazing in net tho!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 09, 2005, 10:58:30 AM
Fuck!!  :evil: now it's 2 in a row for the Oilers. Georges had a good beat down but man, what was up with the last second goal ... we coulda got a point at least ARRGH...the rookies made some dumb mistakes. Hopefully the overpaid veterans that are injured will back friday.

(http://img496.imageshack.us/img496/8543/r1766514432hm.jpg)

Milestones achieved: Cujo tied Grant Fuhr on the wins list. Pierre Turgeon got 500. So WHAT?? They're going into the HALL OF FAME??

I said this earlier in this thread. Glenn Anderson should be in the Hall of Fame. Year after year we see these shmucks going in. All this shit of Cam Neely typifyinig the Power Forward. Dude has 6 Cups. Shit. IF dude can attack the net and skate like this...

(http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/3710/andersonglenn6nd.jpg)

Dude scored 498 goals and 601 assists in 1129 regular season games, and added another 93 goals and 121 assists in 225 playoff games. Just cuz he's a deadbeat dad...WTF NHL.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 12, 2005, 09:21:06 AM
Whoa...washed my Oilers bandana and they won 3-1 over the Jackets. Good to have Peca back in the lineup.

(http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/4347/ohmaaainn6ex.jpg)

Man. Jussi has been on fire for us. 13 straight starts. Saved our asses thru the 1st two periods.

...the country is going apeshit over Sidney Crosby spinning the waterbottle at Molson Centre. OOOHHH ...Ovechkin has more goals! And he's on my Fantasy Team HA! Plus Joni Pitkanen! XD

And the NHL most valuable and least valuable teams/brands were named according to Forbes. Guess who topped the list?

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Render&c=Article&cid=1131663013162&call_pageid=968867503640

Well Edmonton was the least valuable XDXD
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ytl on November 13, 2005, 07:58:59 AM
I just went to the SENS game, my 1st NHL game in person!!!

And what a great deal!!!!  $16 for $71 tix, dinner at my friend's house, he even drove me there so I only spent the whole night for only $16!!!!  AND..... I got FREE PIZZA coz the SENS won 6-1!!!

I also picked up a free poster in the Corel Centre too.  Thanks my friend Eric for hooking me up.

(http://s90257094.onlinehome.us/bbs/My1stNHL/Ticket.JPG)

(http://s90257094.onlinehome.us/bbs/My1stNHL/IMG_0158_shrinked.JPG)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on November 13, 2005, 09:03:43 PM
Free pizza?  THAT ALONE makes it worth it!!!  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 15, 2005, 10:31:02 AM
LOL!! So that's how they boost attendance stats in Ottawa XD XD

The Oilers are retiring the championship banners cuz they're all worn out..and auctioning them :O

Hope to catch either Detroit or Chicago game this week ... but Oilers keep on cruising. Jussi Markkanen got the rest. Mike Morrison with the first start and win!!! Pronger with his first goal. 5-2 over Colorado!! YES!

(http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/4049/captdxa10611150444oilersavalan.jpg)

Northwest Division is getting fuckin tight now as Iginla is getting hot and Flames win 8 in row. And what up with their gay ass hard hats. XD
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 16, 2005, 10:27:26 AM
Nice. Dunno how Fedorov Sr. is doing but sure woulda like this dude on our team - but he's been quiet WTF?

(http://img492.imageshack.us/img492/6131/20051115t222234364x450usnhlfed.jpg)

Traded for former Oiler Tyler Wright and some other scrubs...
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on November 16, 2005, 10:06:54 PM
So the Ducks dealt Sergei Federov to Columbus... :shock:  :shock:  :shock:
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=143183&hubname=
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on November 17, 2005, 07:18:30 PM
Yeah, I think it was a salary cap thing.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 18, 2005, 03:44:47 PM
^ lol forgot to write what team. And Todd Marchant was put on waivers and cleared em. The sad part in the new NHL...

NICE! THAT'S how the new NHL is supposed to be...fuckin 7 goals in the last 15 minutes of the game topped off with a bullet in OT. the penalty that set up the PP in OT:

(http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/3851/captedm10711180458redwingsoile.jpg)

Sweet play by Horcoff tying 4 assists in a period record set by Gretz, Messier, and Kurri. Plus Ryan Smyth got 2 goals tying him with Paul Coffey for 5th all time in team history. I never knew that fucker could roof it like that.

...Carolina keeps rolling along. :O I wonder if anyone picked up Eric Staal in their draft?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 20, 2005, 09:48:29 AM
Crap, and I thought if Khabibulin sat out we'd kick ass...instead Craig Anderson shut em down :evil:

(http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/6286/captedm10311200440blackhawksoi1.jpg)

Cool they're replacing the 22 Championship banners with new ones (http://www.edmontonoilers.com/news/index.php?id=165&type=press)...and auctioning em off WTF?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on November 20, 2005, 02:34:32 PM
At least they won't modernize the banner designs.

Daigong is already saving money for Oilers Stanley Cup banner? :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 23, 2005, 09:33:29 AM
Quote from: ctz
At least they won't modernize the banner designs.

Daigong is already saving money for Oilers Stanley Cup banner? :D


They cost 30,000 Canadian :o

(http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/4383/banners1jo.jpg)

and this was the prints they were giving out
(http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/8206/banner26lq.jpg)

Poor Todd Marchant. Placed on waivers again then picked up by the Ducks. XD

Good to hear Jiri Fischer is doing alright. Last nite collapsed with a seizure, he was brought back to life cuz the doctors were quick to act.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on November 24, 2005, 01:25:19 AM
Hey, at least Todd's gonna hook up with Teemu.  In Anaheim, hockey's just about the money anyway.

And Jiri's been released from the hospital now, he's relaxing at home.  That's the kind of thing that doesn't matter what sport you play - its the coming together of the people that saves lives that is more important when we need each other.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Thimas X on November 24, 2005, 01:36:24 AM
that incident with Jiri Fischer was scary, good thing they had that heart defibrillator close by.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 24, 2005, 09:12:46 AM
They were talking about all those times they had emergency situations on the ice. Like Chris Pronger getting a puck in the chest and his heart stopped. Or guys skates slashed open their neck. Even with all the gear on, athletes are just vulnerable like you or me.

On a more positive note, I'm beating all ur asses in the NHL Fantasy League!! No one picked up McCabe? HA!

Ethan Moreau scored the winner, ... Oilers keep rolling 4-3 over the Wild. Laraque got a good fight in too.  Friday's matchup against the Flames is must watch hockey.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on November 25, 2005, 02:39:08 AM
Why? Every1 knows Kippy will shut out the Oilers and the black man will own Markkanen or Morrison, whoever starts  :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 25, 2005, 08:22:40 AM
:o

The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency said he suspects as many as a third of the NHL's 700 players may take some form of performance-enhancing substances. (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=AsZvqpVPJFMbQ2sd.2eYUTc5nYcB?slug=ap-pound-nhlsteroids&prov=ap&type=lgns)

Quote from: Sponge Bob
Why? Every1 knows Kippy will shut out the Oilers and the black man will own Markkanen or Morrison, whoever starts  :D


ROFL! You mean Iggy?! Friday nite shall be good. Morrison most likely. We get our own black man to beat up everyone!!

(http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/6833/blackamn347284922pe.jpg)

Rangers keep rolling. What's up with all these crappy teams dominating the standings? XDXD

(http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2973/captgajb10311250250rangersthra.jpg)

Weekes goes down though.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 26, 2005, 10:32:01 AM
(http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/5980/joli3705761un.jpg)

Man, Big Lips Jokkinen finally got a hat trick as Panthers end they 12 game losing streak!!

And Oilers smoke Flames in SHOOT OUT!! Fuck I'm loving it cuz we haven't lost yet! :D

(http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/5498/captlmd10611260459flamesoilers.jpg)

The Flames forechecking was suffocating! glad we pulled that out?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on November 26, 2005, 05:57:56 PM
Quote from: daigong
:o

The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency said he suspects as many as a third of the NHL's 700 players may take some form of performance-enhancing substances. (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=AsZvqpVPJFMbQ2sd.2eYUTc5nYcB?slug=ap-pound-nhlsteroids&prov=ap&type=lgns)


Funny. He was speaking at my law school that day.


I missed his talk since I wanted to have lunch.  8)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on November 27, 2005, 02:57:08 AM
Quote from: daigong
And Oilers smoke Flames in SHOOT OUT!! Fuck I'm loving it cuz we haven't lost yet! :D

The Flames forechecking was suffocating! glad we pulled that out?


Ouch, i got told  :wink:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 29, 2005, 08:39:17 AM
Quote from: Sponge Bob
Ouch, i got told  :wink:


Finally. After nearly 8 games. Are you a Flames Fan? XD

How about the Rangers going into the longest shootout ever. 15 rounds and  Marek Malik does that fuckin in between the legs through the FIVE HOLE. Shit. it took 20 watches of Sportscentre to see what dude was doing. Slats. u done well.  8)

Quote from: Asmodai

Funny. He was speaking at my law school that day.


I missed his talk since I wanted to have lunch.  8)


WILD!! He shoulda  yelled  "YA CRACK HEAD!"
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on November 29, 2005, 04:16:19 PM
Well, what you NHL watchers think about new shootout rule? We have had it 2-3 years now in Finland, and I think it sucks. After a tight match, winner is decided by random :(
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on November 30, 2005, 07:11:46 AM
Overall it sucks cuz its really random, but if u happen to have a pwnage goalie like Hasek, it doesnt really matter.  Damn Ottawa owned the Habs  :x
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on December 01, 2005, 05:09:29 AM
Holy fuck, Joe Thornton to the Sharks for Wayne Primeau, Marco Sturm, and Brad Stuart?  San Jose got the better side of that trade, thats for sure.  Although probably not a salary cap issue, since Joey is a former 1st round overall pick.

(http://nhl.speedera.net/photos/mugs/8466138.jpg)
http://tsn.ca/news_story.asp?ID=145158&hubName=main
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on December 01, 2005, 06:37:15 AM
Shit.  Just found out too that Jirii Fischer went back to the hospital after suffering another abnormal heartbeat.  Get better dude, I've been surrounded by too much death lately.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on December 01, 2005, 11:22:53 PM
Quote from: Kuno_Thunder
Shit.  Just found out too that Jirii Fischer went back to the hospital after suffering another abnormal heartbeat.  Get better dude, I've been surrounded by too much death lately.


I guess his career is pretty much over now :(
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 09, 2005, 10:02:32 AM
Quote from: ctz
Quote from: Kuno_Thunder
Shit.  Just found out too that Jirii Fischer went back to the hospital after suffering another abnormal heartbeat.  Get better dude, I've been surrounded by too much death lately.


I guess his career is pretty much over now :(


Gotta worry about Super Mario too. Team Canada's hopes for a repeat gold is in limbo.
(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4333/capts120851a7lv.jpg)

Glad he's outta the hospital.

Ethan Moreau is DA MAN!! 2 shorthanded breakaway goals. Oilers win 3-2 over Philly. :D
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6392/headshot2ko.jpg)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on December 09, 2005, 08:31:04 PM
I read that these heart-problems in NHL could be sign of using steroids and other doping. Maybe Jiri Fischer would use something, but not Mario :)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 12, 2005, 09:02:55 AM
Lemieux's not gonna be on the team after all. I'm surprised he has such a heart condition but with all the cancer and back surgeries...
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on December 12, 2005, 12:10:40 PM
I read today that Penguins is going to move from Pitsburgh if they won't get a new arena. Probably just an empty threat to someone who makes decisions about stuff like this. I don't believe they're going anywhere because of crappy arena, if the team's economy is good anyway.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on December 12, 2005, 08:45:43 PM
Quote from: ctz
I read today that Penguins is going to move from Pitsburgh if they won't get a new arena. Probably just an empty threat to someone who makes decisions about stuff like this. I don't believe they're going anywhere because of crappy arena, if the team's economy is good anyway.

Actually, I don't think the team's economy is doing that well.  From what I've heard they haven't been doing well with fan attendance over the past few years (i.e. attendance has been dropping).   That could be part of the reason why the whole arena thing is a serious issue.  I mean, would you build a new arena if there are no fans to fill in the seats?  The arena that they are using now is around 20-some years old.  Chances are it hasn't seen much in the ways of renovations/maintenance.  But you know what, considering that Pittsburgh is a pretty big sports town, one would think that the issue wouldn't have been drawing so much debate.  When the Pens won the draft lottery and nabbed Crosby, there was talk that it was hoped that all the hype around him (especially playing with Lemieux) would draw the hockey fans back to the games.

The rumors of the Pens moving have been going for some time now.  Apparently Kansas City is looking to get a franchise.  I'm sure the people in Winnipeg would probably like to get NHL hockey back there (though I hear the Moose put on a pretty good show).  At any rate, it's all speculation until an official announcement is made.  Until then, we'll just have to wait and see.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on December 12, 2005, 10:42:09 PM
Well I don't know nothing about Penguins' economy. I thought US teams are quite ok with their economy.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on December 12, 2005, 11:45:11 PM
Quote from: ctz
Well I don't know nothing about Penguins' economy. I thought US teams are quite ok with their economy.


It depends. The NHL doesn't have a good TV deal, so they struggle a bit in smaller markets. The Penguins in particular have been on the verge of bankruptcy for years now.


The NFL has a great TV deal and great revenue sharing and a better product, so they tend not to have these problems.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on December 13, 2005, 12:45:31 AM
Quote from: TheQuickening
The rumors of the Pens moving have been going for some time now.  Apparently Kansas City is looking to get a franchise.  I'm sure the people in Winnipeg would probably like to get NHL hockey back there (though I hear the Moose put on a pretty good show).  At any rate, it's all speculation until an official announcement is made.  Until then, we'll just have to wait and see.


Damn straight the Moose put on a good show.  Ever since they moved to Manitoba from Minnesota, they've been the only pro hockey we've seen.  NHL doesn't come here for exhibition games or anything, so to nab a team like the Penguins would be awesome, although they would definitely preempt the Moose's AHL games.  If NHL came back, I would definitely go and see more games: I guess its one of those things when you don't know what you've got until its gone.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 13, 2005, 09:16:39 AM
And Bettman is determined to get a Canadian franchise again. Florida or Anaheim had rumblings of moving too. It'd be fuckin great if Winnipeg gets a franchise again. If they wanted rivalries. shit, the ol'Smythe division battles were epic.

Did ya see Jiri Fischer's press conference...shit. not a dry eye in the building. hope he gets back on skates soon.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on December 14, 2005, 04:51:57 AM
Holy balls the thrashers and red wings game was crazy, super high scoring to be exact
7-6 thrashers

Lol at the panthers - predators game

7-3 panthers, yes panthers
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 14, 2005, 10:04:39 AM
Thank god for the new NHL.

Despite all that  :evil:  :evil: good comeback by Ty Conklin. Team USA backup for sure but man, too many penalties and Oil drop one in a shootout. I'm starting to hate it now :lol: cuz Oilers lost 2 straight in shootouts.

Poor Canucks fans. Dan Cloutier is out for the season?? 4 months..so they'll be milking the Moose for someone.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on December 14, 2005, 05:36:00 PM
Quote from: daigong
they'll be milking the Moose

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol: I read that out loud, it just sounded weird/pervvy.  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on December 16, 2005, 04:39:35 AM
I just found out the Senators suck without Havlat and Hasek, cuz the Stars just owned them courtesy of Turco with a shutout  :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on December 16, 2005, 08:58:45 AM
Quote from: daigong
Poor Canucks fans. Dan Cloutier is out for the season?? 4 months..so they'll be milking the Moose for someone.


Wade Flaherty is the best goalie on the Moose atm, but I don't think they'd take him.  He's getting old and such, but he's still damn good.

And Eddie Olcyzk no longer head coach of the Pens.  Poor guy.  I hope he gets another crack at it.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 16, 2005, 10:33:01 AM
Yea man. Pens suck cuz ya just don't build a team based on stats. Now Oilers...yea son. We beats Montreal's ass again 5-3!! Fuckin Ethan Moreau brings tears to my eyes with his break neck speed and "put it all on the line" attitude. Reminds ya of #11

(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9324/moreau7tm.jpg)
thank god for the delay of game penalty. 6 shots in periods 2 and 3 for the Habs! WTF?

Quote from: TheQuickening
Quote from: daigong
they'll be milking the Moose

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol: I read that out loud, it just sounded weird/pervvy.  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:


Every thing outta my piehole is pervy. :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 19, 2005, 09:49:06 AM
Amazing game last nite 5-4 in OT...even better listening to O!P Chans singing while Horcoff was zooming in for the tying goal! Peca! You just earned your 4 million. That backhander was SWEET.
(http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/8075/peca363355ev.jpg)
And man, MacT was picking his nose (or was it a scratch?) on national TV XD XD

Trade Rumors:
http://www.sportsline.com/nhl/story/NHL_SC-RUMOR
A big deal could be brewing between the Sabres and Edmonton Oilers, says the Ottawa Sun. Edmonton would send TRW Radek Dvorak, C Marty Reasoner, D Cory Cross and G Ty Conklin to the Sabres in exchange for RW Maxim Afinogenov, D Rory Fitzpatrick and G Mika Noronen.

I want Martin Biron XD XD

Jagr athlete of year in native country
http://www.sportsline.com/nhl/story/9102176
- for what?? He didn't even play hockey last year? And he's got a good season so far but who knows how long it'll last? Rangers are the biggest surprise in the NHL
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on December 19, 2005, 09:52:57 AM
Fuck Joe Sakic and Colorado Avalanche  :x

Quote from: daigong

Trade Rumors:
http://www.sportsline.com/nhl/story/NHL_SC-RUMOR
A big deal could be brewing between the Sabres and Edmonton Oilers, says the Ottawa Sun. Edmonton would send TRW Radek Dvorak, C Marty Reasoner, D Cory Cross and G Ty Conklin to the Sabres in exchange for RW Maxim Afinogenov, D Rory Fitzpatrick and G Mika Noronen.

Noronen will be moved soon for sure, Sabres have got three NHL level goalies and out of those three, Noronen is the worst. Dude's probably the worst finnish NHL goalie at the moment.

Quote from: daigong

Jagr athlete of year in native country
http://www.sportsline.com/nhl/story/9102176
- for what?? He didn't even play hockey last year? And he's got a good season so far but who knows how long it'll last? Rangers are the biggest surprise in the NHL

Dude was on fire in the World Championship games. He even killed yall canadians in the finals.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 19, 2005, 10:41:05 AM
Just bench Weekes goddammit!

Quote from: Masa
Noronen will be moved soon for sure, Sabres have got three NHL level goalies and out of those three, Noronen is the worst. Dude's probably the worst finnish NHL goalie at the moment.


No way Lowe is gonna get another NHL level goalie...someone's gotta go to the minors. so I smell a fuckin fleecing. :evil:

Quote from: Masa

Dude was on fire in the World Championship games. He even killed yall canadians in the finals.


hmm...forgot all about that XD
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on December 20, 2005, 06:14:29 AM
R.I.P. Phyllis "Wayne's mom" Gretzky  :cry:

Phyllis Gretzky, mother of Wayne Gretzky, succumbs to cancer at 64

TORONTO (AP) - Phyllis Gretzky, the mother of hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky, died Monday night. She was 64.

She was diagnosed with lung cancer late in 2004 and died two nights after her son took an indefinite leave of absence as coach of the Phoenix Coyotes to return home to Ontario to be with her.

"Throughout my career, she was in the background but she was the glue," Wayne Gretzky said at the time of his mother's diagnosis. "She's always been the toughest in the family."

Gretzky, the NHL's career leading scorer, left the Coyotes on Saturday night in Los Angeles.

He also is the executive director of Canada's Olympic hockey team, which is expected to announce its roster for the Turin Games on Wednesday.

It is not known when or if he will return to those jobs.

http://www.nhl.com/news/2005/12/248642.html
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 20, 2005, 06:21:30 AM
RIP Wayne Gretzky's Mom. Cancer is a bitch. :(

Well...great win by the Oilers anyhow. 5-4 over the Flames!! Igor Ulanov was on FIRE! :bounce blob:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on December 21, 2005, 06:35:03 PM
Thoughts and prayers go to the Gretzky family and the town of Brantford, on the tragic loss of Mrs. Phyllis Greztky.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 23, 2005, 01:26:22 AM
RIP Mrs. Greztky.


In other news, the lineup for Canada's Olympic Men's Hockey team has been announced: http://www.hockeycanada.ca/1/8/0/0/0/index1.shtml

Nice to see Bertuzzi, Spezza, and Staal there.  In some ways, I was hoping that Crosby would be included as well, but it's probably for the best that he isn't this year.  Let him build up more experience and further develop his game. That way, in 2010 (when the games are in Vancouver/Whistler), he'll be a definite MUST have.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Thimas X on December 23, 2005, 06:14:04 AM
i hate cancer
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 23, 2005, 07:48:59 AM
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7960/main0te.jpg)
Yeeaah. :canada: is gonna kick ass.

I like this Quebec MP are complaining about Shane Doan's selection - saying he said a slur to some refs.

The competition looks rough. Czechs are stacked with Jagr and Hemsky leading the way. Swedes got Captain Sundin, Forsbeg, Nasland. Too bad US dropped JR, I doubt they'd be as strong as in Salt Lake.

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/OtherSports/2005/12/22/1365075-cp.html

I'm liking the news Kipper is off the team Finland. to rest a hip injury. Means Jussi Markkanen might get a spot!

and WTF? It's December 22, 2005. And the Oilers are (tied) on top of the Northwest!
(http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/2131/nhlcanucksoilershockeyvcrz1260.jpg)
Finally beating the division foes we be playing every other day. Can you believe back-to-back games against the Wild - BOTH games in Minnesota? What a game last nite! 7-6 and it was still a 6 on 3 at the end. Ruutu that lil bitch, head hunting Ales Hemsky. Georges Laraque got right in his face and that chicken shit backed off :evil:

Hope Laraque beats the shit outta that redneck Steve Avery tmr!

And anyone catching the World Juniors? Lots of good prospects/projects of the major teams....Boxing Day - Canada v Finland  :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on December 23, 2005, 10:24:58 AM
Yeeeeah bitches, Rangers beat the Stanley Cup champs 4-2 :w00t:
Jaromir "The Mullet" Jagr had three assists and Tom " :evil: " Poti scored the game winning goal. It's about time Poti did something. I still wanna see him get traded tho.
 
Quote from: daigong
I'm liking the news Kipper is off the team Finland. to rest a hip injury. Means Jussi Markkanen might get a spot!

We are so fucking screwed without Kipper  :(

Quote from: daigong
Ruutu that lil bitch, head hunting Ales Hemsky. Georges Laraque got right in his face and that chicken shit backed off :evil:

Word. Jarkko Ruutu is a bitch, even finns hate that fucker.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on December 23, 2005, 10:42:17 AM
Quote
I'm liking the news Kipper is off the team Finland. to rest a hip injury. Means Jussi Markkanen might get a spot!


:o

I didn' know he won't play. I hope the other goalies won't suck too badly.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on December 23, 2005, 06:29:28 PM
So I was watching Sportscentre, and on comes this report about some fuckin' politician from Quebec is throwing a hissy fit over Shane Doan's being named to the Olympic team because he thinks Doan made anti-francophone remarks at a recent Coyotes/Habs game in Montreal.  Talk about some fucking nerve, sullying the naming of the Olympic hockey team by bringing politics into the discussion.  If you ask me he's just trying to draw attention to the fuckin' election. :x  :x  :x

The NHL did an investigation about the incident and determined that Doan didn't do anything wrong and said he didn't have to apologize or anything like that.  However that doesn't seem to be good enough for this politician, who still believes that the remarks were made.  He's demanding that Doan publicly apologize for making the alleged remarks (which the NHL investigation determined were not made), and that Hockey Canada remove Doan from the lineup.  You know what I say to that politician? Two words: PROVE IT!!!  And "witnesses" don't count because the game was in Montreal, so of course the fans there are gonna say he badmouthed francophones (even if he didn't really do it).  The politician needs some HARDCORE proof, ie. video footage in which we see and, more importantly, HEAR Doan making these alleged comments.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 24, 2005, 10:50:59 AM
The dude was on the radio today...Liberals are so inconsistent on their ethics and this guy was defending that he just wanted Doan to jsut admit it. And he got problems with these pro guys representing the country? Like Heatley and his who manslaughter deal.

Whoa. Oilers beat the Kings 5-3 on a goal off the skate by Hemsky. And Canucks lose 6-5 in SO...who'd thunk. 2nd in the West??
(http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/1176/thepoweroflove020wo.jpg)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 24, 2005, 04:53:12 PM
Quote from: TheQuickening
So I was watching Sportscentre, and on comes this report about some fuckin' politician from Quebec is throwing a hissy fit over Shane Doan's being named to the Olympic team because he thinks Doan made anti-francophone remarks at a recent Coyotes/Habs game in Montreal.  Talk about some fucking nerve, sullying the naming of the Olympic hockey team by bringing politics into the discussion.  If you ask me he's just trying to draw attention to the fuckin' election. :x  :x  :x

The NHL did an investigation about the incident and determined that Doan didn't do anything wrong and said he didn't have to apologize or anything like that.  However that doesn't seem to be good enough for this politician, who still believes that the remarks were made.  He's demanding that Doan publicly apologize for making the alleged remarks (which the NHL investigation determined were not made), and that Hockey Canada remove Doan from the lineup.  You know what I say to that politician? Two words: PROVE IT!!!  And "witnesses" don't count because the game was in Montreal, so of course the fans there are gonna say he badmouthed francophones (even if he didn't really do it).  The politician needs some HARDCORE proof, ie. video footage in which we see and, more importantly, HEAR Doan making these alleged comments.

I agree.  Without some actual evidence to back up the accusations, it's just his word against Doan's.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on December 25, 2005, 10:31:53 PM
WORLD JR's START TOMORROW, BITCHES!!!  Opening Game for Canada and Finland are against each other!!!  Just like our NHL Pool, its Masa & Coot's homeland vs Daigong & K_T's homeland for hockey supremacy!!!

Watch out for the hella offensively stacked Russian and American teams, despite their questionable defense... :o
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on December 26, 2005, 01:38:36 PM
Actually I don't know anything about finnish JR-team. But I have heard rumors that they suck.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on December 27, 2005, 06:51:06 AM
w00t!!!  Canada opens up with a 5-1 vicorty over the Finns!

(http://images.tsn.ca/images/stories/20051226/canada_boyd_76833.jpg)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on December 27, 2005, 07:34:55 AM
Yay!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 27, 2005, 09:49:07 AM
their jersey looked funky

omg canucks lost again
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on December 27, 2005, 10:16:15 AM
I knew they suck! Poor finns :( I hope Finland gets its revenge in Torino.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 27, 2005, 10:25:49 AM
LOL @ the fight between Darcy Tucker and that other guy. He looked so funny when he got pwned by the helmet
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 27, 2005, 07:41:02 PM
Watching the WJHC right now.  U.S. vs Norway.  The Canadian crowd is chanting "Let's Go Norway" (clap, clap, clap clap clap) over and over!  :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on December 28, 2005, 08:02:23 AM
Quote from: JFC
Watching the WJHC right now.  U.S. vs Norway.  The Canadian crowd is chanting "Let's Go Norway" (clap, clap, clap clap clap) over and over!  :lol:


They should have chanted  more... 11-2. :)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TheQuickening on December 29, 2005, 12:09:21 AM
Welcome back to the Great One. Wayne's gonna be back behind the bench when the Coyotes play tonight.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on January 03, 2006, 02:36:18 AM
Dany Heatly got PWNED by the Thrasher fans, and by the Thrashers themselves  :bounce:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 03, 2006, 03:39:20 AM
WJHC again, Quarter-Final action.  Finland just beat Sweden 1-0 in OT, and the Swedes are complaining that the net was knocked off of the moorings when the goal was scored. It wasn't (TV replay clearly shows that), and the Finns now move on to face :canada: in the Semi-Finals!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 03, 2006, 05:52:57 AM
Canucks officaily suck. Losing to the Blues..
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 03, 2006, 10:06:18 AM
Finns are gonna get raped by the Canadians!! :sheeplove:

US just squeeaked one out over the Czechs. Jack Johnson is gonna  get it one of these games. :twisted:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on January 04, 2006, 01:57:41 AM
So is it gonna be a Canada - Russia final?  :wink:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 04, 2006, 04:23:44 AM
I'm hoping some USA-Canada! Tuuka Rask looked good yesterday but HA! 4-0 :sheep love: like I predicted ROFL

(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/626/ppppwnnnd88284676tr.jpg)

Komarov is like Ruutu Junior.

Lots of good prospects here,  Lauri Korpinsaki is a Rangers pick. Bobby Ryan #2 pick of Ducks behind Crosby. And Evegeni Malkin of Russia.

SCOOOREEES! Edmonton is dominating the Blackhawks (finally lol) 4-0 atm in the 2nd. :halo:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 04, 2006, 07:31:30 AM
IT"S GONNA BE CANADA vs RUSSIA in the finals!  USA lost 5-1!!!  And man, did they lose  their discipline during the last 5 min or what?  I mean, they were acting like the goon patrol out there!

:canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:  :canada:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on January 04, 2006, 10:48:35 PM
Finland sure got heir asses kicked by canadians:( But I'm sure they're gonna beat USA in the bronze game!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on January 05, 2006, 02:02:02 AM
As i predicted ! Boo ya! Go Canada  :bounce:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 06, 2006, 02:25:22 AM
Quote from: ctz
Finland sure got heir asses kicked by canadians:( But I'm sure they're gonna beat USA in the bronze game!



(http://img316.imageshack.us/img316/4775/masaasss53045ew.jpg)(http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/7721/ctzbigdickctz82341ay.jpg)
Nice job Finns!! Whip them US boys 4-2!!

Now it's :canada: 3-0 over Russia!!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 06, 2006, 05:00:19 AM
CANADA WINS WORLD JUNIOR GOLD!

(http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/9042/captryr10501060336canadaworldj.jpg)
Back to Back!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on January 06, 2006, 05:14:33 AM
5-0 Canadian rapage  :o  :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on January 07, 2006, 07:28:35 PM
Yay Finland won the bronze and Canada took the championship. I'm little surprised though, everyone in Finland has been mocking finnish juniors.

Tuukka Rask was the best goaltender of the tournament. I hope we'll see him in Maple Leafs soon.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on January 07, 2006, 09:02:33 PM
Emery is officially screwing up the Senators  :lol: i just noticed
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 08, 2006, 03:56:56 AM
Quote from: Sponge Bob
Emery is officially screwing up the Senators  :lol: i just noticed


hahaha. just a rough nite. No rest for the Hasek.  :lol:

(http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/8831/hlleafsoileredm1026vl.jpg)
But :fuckyou: Leafs. Tellqvist was SOLID. Leafs brought the trap on Hockey Day In Canada  :evil:

Canucks and Flames better tie.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on January 08, 2006, 07:42:50 AM
finally the Cannots won a game vs Flames. Too bad it has to be another OT. its really pathetic how much games they have lost to their division rivals.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 11, 2006, 08:01:47 AM
SWEEET. Horcoff with the hat trick vs Crosby's Penguins. Chris Pronger, during the Oilers skill contest shocked me. Hardest Shot at 102 mph:

(http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/6380/prongs023qo.jpg)


Quote from: ahcheungape
finally the Cannots won a game vs Flames. Too bad it has to be another OT. its really pathetic how much games they have lost to their division rivals.


What do you want? A Stanley Cup? They're playing pretty well without Cloutier...hell Auld might be a better alternative.

(http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/771/sections4903eb.jpg)

This was so funny :lmao:Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jose Theodore got a shock yesterday, when a stranger in full hockey equipment jumped on the ice during the National Hockey League team's practice and shot a puck at him. (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20060110/HABSCRASHER10/TPSports/Hockey)


still can't find a link about this... but it was like everyone was taking Ipecac (http://www.miumu.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1635&mforum=jpmx) ... everyone was vomitting in an Alberta junior game from the  :lol:  carbon monoxide fumes from the zamboni.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 11, 2006, 08:11:41 AM
^LOL I saw that habs thing

Man, it was so funny!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 13, 2006, 10:21:34 AM
Rangers - Oilers 5-4  :w00t:

Take that daigong! Jaromir The Mullet owned yall bitches  :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 13, 2006, 10:42:13 AM
Quote from: Masa
Rangers - Oilers 5-4  :w00t:

Take that daigong! Jaromir The Mullet owned yall bitches  :lol:


Fuck you!! The refs were going crazy with the calls, fuckin Prongs "gloved" it. Harvey and Peca delivered crushing hits. We was killing penalties all nite!

(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7082/jagroilersrangershockeyxmsg125.jpg)

MacT owned Jagr with the classic "illegal stick" call  :lol:

And what's that Euro shit that the Rangers do wit the sticks in the air? Rangers = Czech Republic!!

And down in Long Island,  good bye Milberry. Holy fuck, a Chinese guy was the owner? Charles Wang? Great investment foooo  :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on January 17, 2006, 02:59:19 PM
Last night there was the most finnish game ever in NHL, when Montreal won Dallas 4-2. Seven finnish players yay!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 18, 2006, 10:06:41 AM
Quote from: ctz
Last night there was the most finnish game ever in NHL, when Montreal won Dallas 4-2. Seven finnish players yay!


And that Jolkienen kid is CRAZY!! Too bad Oilers are in a 3 game losing streak...Colorado and Vancouver are zooming ahead. Damn Markkanen!  :evil:

Talk of Leetch for Poti. Would he return to the Rangers after how Slats did him in?

I still can't get enough of THE GOAL OF THE YEAR

Ovechkin..scoring on his back as he falls down, from a sharp angle! :o

(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7929/capitalscoyoteshockeypng1054ku.jpg)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kaede on January 18, 2006, 11:32:36 AM
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I still can't get enough of THE GOAL OF THE YEAR

Ovechkin..scoring on his back as he falls down, from a sharp angle!  


I have never seen a goal like that.  That was fuckin amazing.  I think it's THE GOAL OF THE DECADE
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 18, 2006, 11:53:26 AM
:shock:  :shock:  :shock:

Fuck Crosby, Ovechkin is The Next One.

Quote from: daigong


I still can't get enough of THE GOAL OF THE YEAR

Ovechkin..scoring on his back as he falls down, from a sharp angle! :o

(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7929/capitalscoyoteshockeypng1054ku.jpg)

Here's the video:
http://rapidshare.de/files/11193343/ovechkin.wmv.html

Quote from: daigong
And that Jolkienen kid is CRAZY!! Too bad Oilers are in a 3 game losing streak...Colorado and Vancouver are zooming ahead. Damn Markkanen!  :evil:

You need to step your finnish skills up, dude. It's Jokinen. And now that Tuomo Ruutu is out indefinitely, Jokinen will be playing in the olympics.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Thimas X on January 19, 2006, 03:44:15 AM
that play was pretty crazy
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 20, 2006, 07:54:54 AM
OHHhH baby. Oilers finally snap their 3 game losing streak. 3-2 in a OT shootout over the Sharks! FUCK YES. Can we get a goalie that is consistent? I doubt it.

Quote from: Masa
:shock:  :shock:  :shock:

Fuck Crosby, Ovechkin is The Next One.


It's crazy. Crosby is not as mature, he's getting hacked and wacked like any skilled player and he's breaking down. Ovechkin makes it look so damn easy. They've been showing Top 10 Goals of All Time, On Their Ass, etc. Most of them are like goals where the guy is actually square to the net, can see the net, despite falling. Ovechkin's goal is like completely blind crashing and he actually is tipping his stick and aiming. FUCKIN GOAL OF THE CENTURY!! :w00t:

Quote from: Masa
You need to step your finnish skills up, dude. It's Jokinen. And now that Tuomo Ruutu is out indefinitely, Jokinen will be playing in the olympics.


The only Finnish I know is what I pick up from Conan O'Brien  :lol:

Good news Peggers :w00t:

Lemieux: "Penguins are for sale"

"We've had quite a few inquiries over the last few months," Lemieux said. "I think the timing was right to look at them and explore them and see what our options are. ... We've laid the foundation for the future and hopefully in a way that they'll stay here forever."

Never say never man!!

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=151407&hubname=
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 31, 2006, 05:59:09 PM
Selanne hits 1,000 points

"Only 70 players in NHL history have done that, so it's a big honor to be in that club," the Mighty Ducks' Selanne said Monday night after he scored two goals to reach 1,000 career points in Anaheim's 4-3 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Kings.

"I'm very lucky that I've always played with great players who have helped me a lot. You can't score 1,000 points if you don't have great linemates and great teammates."

Scott Niedermayer made sure his Anaheim teammate's milestone wasn't sullied by a loss. Niedermayer scored 1:48 into overtime to give the Ducks the victory.

Selanne's second goal came when he sliced in from the right side and backhanded the puck over goalie Mathieu Garon's right shoulder. Playing his 928th NHL game, the 35-year-old Selanne scored his 476th goal at 8:33 of the third period to put Anaheim up 3-2.

The nine-time All-Star credited Andy McDonald with making an "unbelievable pass" to set up No. 1,000.

"I just tried to get some speed, because I knew the puck was going to come. I had a feeling I was going to score, and I was happy that it was a pretty goal, too and not on a rebound," Selanne said. "Every goal is important, but getting a milestone like that with a pretty goal, it was very special."

His power-play goal in the second period tied it at 1.

When Selanne scored the second, he was mobbed by his teammates, who took turns hugging him. When he returned to the bench, the sellout crowd of 17,174 cheered until he finally stood and waved.

"We were obviously really proud and happy for him," Niedermayer said. "Not only is he a great player, but he's a great guy. He has a lot of fun around the rink and all the guys enjoy him.

"He's really showing the younger guys how to be a professional. He's out there working extremely hard, fighting in the corners for pucks, finishing his checks and playing real well for us."

Said Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle: "Teemu has been a dynamic player for a long time in the league. It's a tribute to him and his commitment to the game."

Selanne is the seventh European to reach 1,000 points, and joins friend Jari Kurri as the only Finns on the list. Wayne Gretzky holds the NHL record with 2,857 points.

"Jari was my idol when I was growing up, and I think it's great to follow in his footsteps," Selanne said.

http://mfile.akamai.com/16532/WMV/nhl.download.akamai.com/16532/wm.nhl.na-central/20052006/02/0772/IH_NHL_2006_R_772_LA@ANA_300k_0007_ANA1214010_Goal.asx

Congrats Teemu  :cheers
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on January 31, 2006, 09:07:38 PM
I didn't remember he's that good... He's been so crippled lately that I have forgotten his better days in NHL.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 01, 2006, 12:47:53 AM
Fuck, I still remember when he was in his rookie season here in Peg Sheety with the Jets.  It was total Teemu-mania!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 01, 2006, 07:21:48 AM
Yeah. Finnish Flash! He would made it faster if he wasn't so injured but he's been having the fuckin comeback as #13 in Anahemi this year. Let's remember him in Peg Sheety:

(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3950/teemuposter4db.jpg)

Ain't Saito we're talking aboot!

...fuck. been a while since I posted here. How about them Oilers? Goddammit. Ethan "Chopper" Moreau, our heart and soul goes and injures his right ankle AT A FUCKIN PICKUP BASKETBALL GAME  :evil:   :evil:

Oilers had a mass FINNISH EXODUS ... ridding us of deadweight Jani Rita and MIA Tony Salmelainen for Dick Tarnstrom and Jaroslav Spacek. Fuck Lowe better get us a goalie.

(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2429/prongs448xj.jpg)

I hope to go to the home game vs the Ducks for a LIFESIZE poster of Chris Pronger. Dude is like Norris material - getting PPG after PPG. And that tying goal at 0.3 seconds left vs Phoenix. TOO SWEET.

AND Ray Emery. Been choking in his last few starts, GM John Muckler told him to get Mike Tyson off his mask!!

(http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/7509/rayemery28615528iq.jpg)

"He told me the reason he put Tyson on his mask is because he was an idol of his, as a boxer," said Muckler. "He knows now that (Tyson) he's lost that right because of his conviction as a rapist and also as a female abuser. And he told me he would take the mask off."
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on February 02, 2006, 07:30:43 AM
Ok, although the 2006 AHL Allstar game DID have it moments, I think that I can say that it was by far the WORST display of professional sports that I have ever seen in my life - and probably ever will.  Absolute lack of effort by the majority of both teams, and too many failed attempts at fancy passing instead of being aggressive and taking shots.  Un-fuckin'-real.  Ah well, not like I'm ever going to see an NHL skills comp or All Star game in the MTS Centre anytime soon.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Thimas X on February 09, 2006, 05:00:07 AM
Dallas is in first place?

 :bounce:  :bounce:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on February 10, 2006, 05:13:18 PM
Canadiens' goalie Jose Thedore was caught in a doping-test. What do you think? Is he covering steroids or just his baldness?

Kinda stupid this doesn't affect his career in NHL at all.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 19, 2006, 10:35:30 PM
whoa been a while since I posted in the NHL thread. here's some really late comments...

Went to the Oilers-Ducks game and they gave away life size posters of Chris "THE FUCKING BEST DEFENCEMEN IN THE NHL ALL HATERS LIKE ASMO JUST BE JEALOUS" Pronger (http://www.edmontonoilers.com/news/index.php?id=290&type=tickets). me and Prongs:

(http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/9167/dsc013519qr.th.jpg) (http://img452.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc013519qr.jpg)

Whatta steal for half price nose bleed tickets!! got to see Georges Laraque fight:
(http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/4159/georges026uo.jpg)

and we got a shoot out in the end!! Oilers won 6-5!

and how about the Oilers game just before the Olympic break? Georges SCORED!!

(http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5900/georges025qf.jpg)

plus they have the Olympians with a huge ass Canadian flag:

(http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/4779/oilers021iz.jpg)

Quote from: ctz
Canadiens' goalie Jose Thedore was caught in a doping-test. What do you think? Is he covering steroids or just his baldness?

Kinda stupid this doesn't affect his career in NHL at all.


LMAO. and he's now out 6-8 after slipping on ice!!

And good to hear, that after Jagr's face got planted by that bitch Ruutuu, it was just a few cuts on the face.

I'm a go to the Oilers autograph session next Sunday. Anyone want a fave player signed? I've got Masa on tap.  :lol:


ETA!!

Props to The Peg City Wrekking Kru for the AHL All Star Puck!

(http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/2764/dsc013692yn.th.jpg) (http://img95.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc013692yn.jpg)

NICE SHIT!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 01, 2006, 08:07:38 AM
The NHL is BACK!!! Why?? Ask Kuno_Thunder.  :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Thimas X on March 02, 2006, 02:40:29 AM
damn juggernaut...
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 03, 2006, 09:37:43 AM
Man, the Oilers need a goalie bad. 37 to 12 shots and they lose 4-2. FUCK!! Cujo might not be the answer but sure looks better than what we got.  March 9th TRADE DEADLINE is gonna be interesting.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on March 04, 2006, 07:02:33 AM
Leafs better trade belfour and sundin  :evil: and Pat Quinn officially needs to retire -_-
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on March 05, 2006, 08:50:23 AM
Why don't  Leafs have Felix Potvin anymore? I haven't heard abything about him for a long time.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 05, 2006, 08:56:01 AM
Fucking Devils beat the Rangers :evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 06, 2006, 10:54:45 AM
Jagr has Rangers on a roll

In 1966-67, the New York Rangers ended one of the worst eras in their history by making the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in five years. Nearly four decades later, the Rangers are on the rise again, leading the Atlantic Division after missing the playoffs for the last seven seasons. No player is more responsible for this season's rise than Jaromir Jagr.

Not only is Jagr the NHL leader in goals (42) and points (91), he's been involved in an incredibly high percentage of his team's scoring. Jagr has scored 22.1 percent of the Rangers' 190 non-shootout goals, a higher percentage than any player but Washington's Alexander Ovechkin (38 of 156, 24.4 percent). And Jagr has had points on 91 of the Rangers' tallies, a league-leading 47.9 percent.

Jagr is also threatening to rewrite the Rangers' record book. His 42 goals, including two Thursday night in Philadelphia, already ranks ninth on the Rangers' all-time single-season list, and he's on pace to shatter the team record of 52 set by Adam Graves in 1993-94. His 91 points are only 18 less than the team record of 109, set by Jean Ratelle in 1971-72 (the lowest team-record total among any of the Original Six teams, and a total Jagr has exceeded three times in his career). No Ranger has won the Art Ross Trophy for leading the NHL in scoring since Bryan Hextall, another right wing, in 1941-42; Jagr's five Art Ross Trophies are more than the Rangers' franchise has won since joining the NHL in 1926.

http://www.nhl.com/columns/kreiser/jagr030306.html

Jagr = God  :bow:

However he's a bit too important for the Rangers, they'd be doomed if Jagr got injured for a month or two.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on March 07, 2006, 01:51:45 AM
o no!, eric cole is injured, the canes are going down!  :o

except they still have gerber and staal  :wink:

stanley cup predictions?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 09, 2006, 10:06:44 AM
OILERS ALL THE WAY BABY!! Now that we finally got a steady goalie in Dwayne Roloson.

TRADE DEADLINE TODAY!!

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhldraft2006/06trade_deadline.html

Fuck what the fuck are the Avs smoking picking up Theodore? Might turn out to be another Roy in disguise tho. Abby was on a roll.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on March 09, 2006, 10:45:53 AM
Theodore is the best doped goalie in the league.

Ville Nieminen to the Sharks :o
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 10, 2006, 01:41:18 AM
YAAAAAAAARHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

Oilers pick up Sergei Samsanov (http://www.edmontonoilers.com/news/index.php?id=346). How the fuck did that happen? Long Live the Cap! Had to give up 3rd liner Marty Reasoner (who was what was left from the Doug Weight trade) - dude just got 30 stitches from a puck off the head but man. more depth in the top 2 lines!! BRING ON THE PLAYOFFS! Spacek. Tarnstrom. Roloson. Peca. Pronger. WOO HOO!


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Canucks picked up a lot. esp. on the defense and Buffalo's Noronen.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 10, 2006, 10:12:35 AM
(http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/7299/trades12rg.jpg)
(http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/6007/trades22km.jpg)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 11, 2006, 04:01:31 AM
Fuck the Canucks dealt away Mojzis!  :x

He wasn't actually playing in Vancouver, but he was here in Peg Sheety playing with the Moose. He was one of our better defensemen too.  :evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on March 11, 2006, 04:42:15 PM
Quote from: JFC
Fuck the Canucks dealt away Mojzis!  :x


But they got Noronen. I don't know if he's any good though :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 12, 2006, 01:48:07 AM
WOO HOO!! Sergei Samsanov got 2 assists so far. 2-0 over Columbus after 1.  :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 15, 2006, 05:47:38 PM
ROLIE wins his first game!! Oilers beat Wild 2-1. Anyone see my boy Georges Laraque destroy 6'7" Derek Boogard - AGAIN!! HAHAHA! Threw him like a fuckin rag doll.

(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8804/georges022mu.jpg)

Pronger and Smyth are clicking since the Olympics break. Samsanov stole my #12 but dude is fitting fine!!

Mika Noronen got stoned!! Vancouver is gonna miss the playoffs!  :twisted:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 17, 2006, 08:43:19 AM
AWESOME game tonite. Oilers coming back down 2-1 to Calgary to beat Kipper and Bitches 3-2 in OT!!  :w00t:

(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/798/lamesoilershockeyedm1082gs.jpg)

SAMSANOV with the set up! Dude is like the Euro freak ERRR playmaker that we sorely needed. Fuckin LMFAO when Calgary's defence landed on their asses when they both tripped on Pronger's broken stick. Oilers JUMPED UP 2 spots to 6th :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 26, 2006, 07:37:28 AM
OHHHHHHHHHHH FUCK. The NEW NHL has me sweatiing buckets. Oilers managed to get ONE win outta the 3 back to back to back series.

(http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/4051/oilerscanuckshockeyvcrz1042zb.jpg)

3-2 win tonite. Rolie pulled one out. I'm gonna lose my mind!  :lol:

Though, it brings me much joy to see Toronto reeling. About to miss the playoffs! No Eagle! TOO BAD! BWAHAHAHA!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on March 26, 2006, 09:30:20 AM
the day i actually sat and watch the canucks play, they fucking lose! that 3rd period was a killer. pros to the oilers for their defence in the neutral zone.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: thelastangel on March 27, 2006, 07:28:26 AM
Quote from: daigong
Though, it brings me much joy to see Toronto reeling. About to miss the playoffs! No Eagle! TOO BAD! BWAHAHAHA!



The sweetest part of Toronto missing the playoffs (I live in the land of the Leafs - but I am a born and raised Canadians faithful from Montreal) is that my Habs cleaned their asses out the last 2 meetings (5 to 1 and 6 to 2).  :w00t:  :w00t:  :w00t:

Thanks to the Habs Toronto can spend the playoffs thinking about what might have been and why they suck so bad.   8)

As a bonus I think the over-rated Pat Quinn needs to take a hike.  After this year I would not expect to see him back in Toronto.  I hope they also keep him away from the Olympic Team as well.  I don't think players respond to his coaching very well.

The Habs might not go far in the playoffs (if they can hold on to 8th spot) - but they did alright considering the turmoil with the team (Theo) and coaching this year.  :bounce:

As a Canadian I think Ottawa will be the team to watch, but if Montreal can get by them – ooohh baby that would be sweet.  But I can get behind Edmonton or Vancouver for national pride if need be (as long as I am never asked to support Toronto).  :canada:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 27, 2006, 09:50:49 AM
WERD! thelastangel. Toronto is so full of themselves. Y'all gonna miss the playoffs. Belfour is out. Kilger is on your first line. And the CBC guys were still going! Down 5-2 it ain't over baby! Idiots...I'm tired of seeing a stripper for a coach :lmao:

Don't forget to fill out the forum survey (stickied at top) we always need some red blooded sports fans here.
http://www.miumu.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=55&mforum=jpmx

Oilers grab ANOTHER CRUCIAL TWO POINTS! 4-3 SO win. Roloson finally got his mask painted.
(http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/3807/rolie7us.jpg)
and proceeded to start in his 10th straight game. I'm proud of the coaching staff who left him in there for this game. The shootout, he stoned Sakic, Tanguay, and Laaksonen!!! Best part. Calgary lost!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on March 27, 2006, 02:37:05 PM
Sabres are doing great - if they make it past April I'll probably go to a game.  :o
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on March 28, 2006, 08:40:45 AM
nice to see flames losing past few games. Canucks can still win the division rite now!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kaede on March 28, 2006, 02:00:36 PM
Quote from: ahcheungape
nice to see flames losing past few games. Canucks can still win the division rite now!!


win the division??!!  i just hope Canucks can make the playoff...San Jose and LA Kings are right behind...and Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton, Anaheim, San Jose and LA Kings all have more games in hands.  I think San Jose will make the playoff...either Edmonton or Vancouver will fail to make it.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 29, 2006, 09:13:57 AM
I'm still looking for some sorta picture of Alexei Kovalev sticking his stick up Darcy Tucker's nose from the weekend. Anyone have it??? Such retiribution it's great.


And to top off a fucked up day. Oilers lose a crucial game to Minnesota. WTF. we owned them in past years, now we can't even get a damn win. 6 outta 7!! At least Samsanov looked great. Just gotta make shit worse for yourselves, eh Oilers?  :evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on March 30, 2006, 04:34:21 AM
JAGR = GOD  8)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kaede on March 30, 2006, 06:06:21 AM
Quote from: Sponge Bob
JAGR = GOD  8)


I'm sure u ain't from Washington  :twisted:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on March 30, 2006, 06:28:01 AM
Quote from: Sponge Bob
JAGR = GOD  8)


Yeah, I think he's sexy too. :heart:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 30, 2006, 06:49:01 AM
Jagr 0 + 4!

Quote from: Sponge Bob
JAGR = GOD  8)

Especially to us Rangers fans  :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 31, 2006, 10:31:24 AM
OILERS WON!!

Rolie got a shut out!! FINALLY!! Now all those losers jump back on the bandwagon.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 01, 2006, 11:51:01 AM
Quote from: kaede
Quote from: ahcheungape
nice to see flames losing past few games. Canucks can still win the division rite now!!


win the division??!!  i just hope Canucks can make the playoff...San Jose and LA Kings are right behind...and Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton, Anaheim, San Jose and LA Kings all have more games in hands.  I think San Jose will make the playoff...either Edmonton or Vancouver will fail to make it.


nah, canucks rite now have a bit of a gap between sharks. although they have 3 games up on us, but they do play 3 though teams in their next 4 games. Canucks are only 3 pts outa the divison leader. so anything is possible rite now.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 02, 2006, 06:20:28 AM
Oh man. WHAT A BEAT DOWN BY GEORGES LARAQUE ON CHRIS SIMON!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 02, 2006, 07:58:04 AM
i guess afterall division is not canucks' priority goal since the flames beat the oilers tonight. lets hope they beat the ducks tomorrow and we are safe for a playoffs spot.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Rhyno335 on April 03, 2006, 12:06:37 AM
Whoever thought that the NHL was going to never recover is nuts. Considering that there is more revenue that is coming in than ever and practically every game has been like a playoff game, it is back.

Being a NYR fan, I'm so so ecstatic that they are back in the playoffs. To those who say that they will finish 30/30 teams (particularly a certain sports magazine) I say look whose battling for the atlantic division now.

I don't mind being somewhat greedy considering it has been 8 years since I have seen playoff hockey but it would be great if we win the division.  It will be tough but it's definitely possible. Who knows, nothing in this seaon ended up the way everyone predicted
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 04, 2006, 07:47:34 AM
FUCKING BS! the Cannots are choking big time down the stretch. Auld kept us in through the whole game only to lose by 1-0!! Fuck the rest of the team cant even get a goal. They better get their asses together and win every game now or else they should go golfing come playoff time.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 04, 2006, 10:44:58 AM
Quote from: Rhyno335
Being a NYR fan, I'm so so ecstatic that they are back in the playoffs. To those who say that they will finish 30/30 teams (particularly a certain sports magazine) I say look whose battling for the atlantic division now.

Holy shit! Another Rangers-fan!  :w00t:
And yes, this has been one weird season for the Rangers. Not even in my wildest dreams could I have imagined the Rangers fighting for top spots this season. It's so ironic: they miss the playoffs with some of the most expensive  teams ever for 8 seasons straight and when the rebuilding season finally comes, they're actually fighting for the Cup  :lol:
Seriously I haven't felt this good about the Rangers since 1997.

Jaromir Jagr = God of Hockey :yep:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kaede on April 04, 2006, 12:02:48 PM
Quote from: ahcheungape
FUCKING BS! the Cannots are choking big time down the stretch. Auld kept us in through the whole game only to lose by 1-0!! Fuck the rest of the team cant even get a goal. They better get their asses together and win every game now or else they should go golfing come playoff time.


I am not surpised at all.  In fact, I think they have been choking since they got swept by the St. Louis Blues.  I'm a big Canucks fan but I don't think they deserve to make the playoffs.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 07, 2006, 09:35:53 AM
Congrats to the Blue Shrts for making the playoffs Slats, works better with a tight budget :lol:

Quote from: kaede
I am not surpised at all.  In fact, I think they have been choking since they got swept by the St. Louis Blues.  I'm a big Canucks fan but I don't think they deserve to make the playoffs.


They're up against it. Thank god y'all play SJ ...bitches be creeping. I bet they'll get the #8 spot and Joe Thornton gets an MVP nod.

But PISS ME THE FUCK OFF!! Oilers wouldnt be tied with Sharks if the league would took an extra minute to check on an obvious goal. How the fuck can they take 10 minutes in the shootout vs Vancouver a few weeks ago to determine a gloved puck cross the line. but this so fuckin obvious, they said "Fuck it. Bitches in Toronto ain't fast enough." Oilers end up losing 2-1 in a SO. AGAIN. Tight as the lips in Foxy's camel toe thread (http://forum.jphip.com/viewtopic.php?t=3813).

Mike Peca nailed it with:

"I don't know where the blame or responsibility lies. Somebody should be held accountable, without question. We're in a playoff race. What happens if we miss by one point?"

 :evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 07, 2006, 11:07:29 AM
LA is fucking done after they sucked yet again. i guess the Canucks better be hoping OILERS be choking down the stretch now!

Canucks may not deserve post season, but none the less, i still want playoffs for them since i love the atmosphere around the city. we also get to watch the best of the Canucks perform come post season.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kaede on April 07, 2006, 01:13:04 PM
yes, that's true.  The playoffs atmosphere in Vancouver is awesome.  I would really like to attend a playoff game this year!  Let's pray for OILERS choke down the stretch.

*run*
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 07, 2006, 05:08:20 PM
The Rangers beat the Islanders again! I hope Jagr breaks Adam Graves'  goal record in the next game.
Quote from: daigong
Congrats to the Blue Shrts for making the playoffs Slats, works better with a tight budget :lol:

Finally!  :cheers
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on April 09, 2006, 05:42:55 AM
ARRRGH I FORGOT TO ACTIVATE MARK NYLANDER IN FANTASY !!!  :x

Jagr 1G 2 A   8)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 09, 2006, 08:31:20 AM
god damnit! canucks gave me a heart attack when they allowed 2 goals in the 3rd! why cant they just play a whole 60 min.

thank god for jovo's goal in OT. this team sure missed him during his absence.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 11, 2006, 08:03:33 AM
Yeah. Y'all HAD to give the Flamers another point:

(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8638/brokebackflames7ml.jpg)

The NEXT 3 games will be so crucial...here's hoping San Jose and Vancouver lay the wood to each other. BUT FUCK!!! Of all the years that we could be in the driver's seat, THIS HAPPENS. 2-1 loss to St. Louis. AGAIN making some no-name goalie look like a superstar. Who cares if you out shoot em 23-4 in the 3rd!!

(http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/9166/oilbluen0qh.jpg)

What the fuck Peca was so hardcore and then that 2nd goal, gamewinner he barely touched Rycroft. Makes me insane. Swear to god...I ain't gonna jump off the bandwagon like the locals. I still believe and MUST WIN against Detroit. Fuckin everyone has a game on hand now.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/daigong/todayspoints.jpg)
http://www.edmontonoilers.com/features/playoffs

Suddenly I'm a Ducks Fan. Good win tonite!! 8) but it would be cool to have all Canadian teams in the playoffs (except Toronto) ... but we're dying for some playoffs here. Rexall Place is THE LOUDEST rink in North America!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 11, 2006, 09:04:16 AM
Quote from: daigong
Yeah. Y'all HAD to give the Flamers another point:

(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8638/brokebackflames7ml.jpg)

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 11, 2006, 09:10:35 AM
oilers will still be 91 after tomorrow.

i am fucking pissed off at the way the game went for the canucks. i dont know if they played a good game or not, but those 4 goals were frustratin as hell.

on the bright side, the offence were there tonight. but they just didnt score more than 2 goals. if they can keep that kinda offence going for their last 3 games, they are in good shape to win their last 3. however, defence needs to improve the defence.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 12, 2006, 03:58:20 AM
I swear to god. You better watch out if the Oilers don't make the playoffs. San Jose better keep winning. :x

Goddammit Wings, just coast like the Sens will ya!! :evil:

Legace had to have a great game with a 2-0 shutout. At least we put up a better fight...fuckin Dvorak HAS to shoot instead of pass!!!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 12, 2006, 09:31:29 AM
Canucks once again have another chance to eliminate the oilers now. i really hope they will beat the sharks tomorrow to climb back to 8th. seriously though, i would rather both nucks and oilers make it. too bad its either one of the team will not make it.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on April 13, 2006, 04:52:13 AM
:bow:  :bow:  Sundin
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 13, 2006, 06:48:41 AM
(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5129/woohoo5ws.gif) (http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5129/woohoo5ws.gif) (http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5129/woohoo5ws.gif)


5-4 OT!! SHARKS over CANNOTS!! EHRRR-HOFFF!!! Now OIL gotta win the next 2!!

Seriously man, I am still remembering how the Canucks emlinated the Oilers in 2003-2004.

ETA!! :thumbsup SpongeBob for digging out the CLASSIC!! :bow:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 13, 2006, 06:58:16 AM
omg~~~!! i couldnt watch the game cuz it was on PPV.

but damn, canucks!! whats wrong with u guys!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on April 13, 2006, 07:54:54 AM
Whee! Wings win the President's Trophy.

Maybe they won't choke in the second round this year.



(Yes as a Wings fan I do feel a sense of entitlement.)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 13, 2006, 08:00:23 AM
damn canucks just sucked in ot i heard. seriously, i duno what it will take for them to play consistantly. i also heard that jovo was MAD after the game wit the teams effort on Joe Thorton.

daigong, oilers are as big of a shit hole as canucks are. it will definitely whine down to the last game for both teams.

i am sure canucks will make it!!!!!!!!!!!! linden for the game winner tomorrow to get his 300th!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kaede on April 13, 2006, 01:15:30 PM
damn the canucks and oilers...LA Kings is gonna make it for God's sake
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 13, 2006, 05:32:57 PM
if Kings will make it rather than oilers and canucks, ill be laughin my ass off. i think tonight will determine which team will make it to playoffs. but they can also choke again tonight and make it the last game to decide.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 14, 2006, 04:37:13 AM
GO CANOOOKS!!!!

if we lose and oilers win, we'r out -.-

edit: FUCK!!!!! CANUCKS FUCKING SUCK SHIT!!! HOW THE FUCK THEY BLOW THEIR LEAD AGAIN? THATS LIKE DEJA VU FROM YESTERDAY AGAIN!!! USE FUCKING WEINRICH MORE!! SHIT!! HES FUCKEN BETTER THAN ALLEN THAT FUCKING SHIT!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 14, 2006, 07:23:24 AM
canucks choked once again. fuck this team. or i mean FUCK CARNEY. that gave away in the neutral zone really killed us. although the first period also was a problem wit all those dumb penalties. that carney gaveaway was the turning pt.

canucks better shake things up interm of roster wise. 2007 stanley cup playoffs here we come!lol
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 14, 2006, 10:03:09 AM
Yeah .... sorry Canucks fans but....

(http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/1954/oilersplayoffs028rf.jpg)
OILERS ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS WOO HOO!!!

what a fuckin goal by Hemsky with 33.3 seconds LEFT...Laraque coming back and bringing energy to the lineup was KEY. Pronger getting cut in the face and comes back to get 2 assists!! I been stressing the past MONTH with the jphip site and the Oilers lol. THIS IS SO GOOD!!

now we can do some damage to Detroit BWAHAHAHAAHA

Oilers tidbit #1: The last time we got 40 wins was in 87-88 when we last won the cup

Oilers tidbit #2: Everytime Calgary goes to the Stanley Cup finals, The Oilers win the Cup the next year !!

(http://img45.echo.cx/img45/4935/icontrophy2lj.gif)

seriously Canucks gotta get rid of the Sedin Sisters. Bertuzzi is gone for sure. Brian Burke has completely revamped Anaheim - all his moves are gold.

I'd love to see Toronto get the 8th seed...THEN GET RAPED by Ottawa. LOL
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 14, 2006, 10:13:15 AM
Bertuzzi sucked this season because he doesnt play as physical as he did before fucking up Moore.

Canucks have a good defence. Jovocop, Ohlund, Salo, Weinrich, Carney, and Brown. they just dont know how to capitalize with them. as in more physical. See that hit by Morrison to Hannan at the end? We need more of those!!

IM ROOTING FOR MAPLE LEAFES NOW!! WOOO!! AND GET RAPED BY THE SENS!!! I WANNA SEE THAT. LOL
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 14, 2006, 10:27:16 AM
if u think gettin rid of the sedins is a good thing, then u know nothing about the canucks team. sedins and carter are the best line this year. it might seem sad because the true top line was so underachieve, but the sedins wit the addition of carter really helped elevate their game.

sedins + carter is a keep. but as far as the top line, one or two of them maybe be gone for next season. most ppl would want bert out since he really underachieve big time.

this team will have a major change come next season for sure. but i hope they will be back in the playoffs next year. its really sad to see them not make it after a great start to the season.

oh yea, oilers will likely get swept by the wings or dallas since oilers themselve arent playing well anyway.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kaede on April 14, 2006, 12:19:39 PM
I don't wanna see TODD BERTUZZI out and I don't think he really underachieves big time.  His numbers ain't that bad...he has 70 pts for the season which is not horrible.  Yes, the top line is struggling a bit...but that's not the main reason of the Canucks' failure.  

Canucks' defense is horrible without ED JOVANOVSKI & SAMI SALO.  Alex Auld is a great back-up goalie...but his lack of consistency proved to be costly in the 2nd half of the season.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 14, 2006, 09:00:21 PM
well if carter leads the team in goals and sedin is rite at the top interms of points, that says alot for the top line this yr. yes, our defence was horrible for the past few games except maybe last night. but overall even wit jovo and salo back in the lineup, we arent too good of a defensive team.

the reason we were so good few years back is because our offence was top in the league. if the top line was more consistant this year, we could be in a different situation. of course, i am not totally blaming the top line. but they get alot of blame because they were paid big bucks during the off season.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 16, 2006, 05:43:54 AM
Canucks should pick up Sean Avery for enxt season. More rivalry between Laraque and Avery  :w00t:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 16, 2006, 08:45:37 AM
Face it. Give a Swede the "C" and he chokes. No offense to Ayabie and other Swedes ...but when it comes to hockey and leadership...scoring a shitload of goals means jack shit when it's a 7 game series!!

WHICH!! Nice one Vancouver. I thought it was gonna be ANOTHER Dallas v Edmonton series. :evil:  :evil:

SAT AFTERNOON Oilers in DETROIT!

:bow: Lucky Luc Robitalle :bow:

(http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7964/captlas11304160626flameskingsh.jpg)

Classy guy. Best scoring LW ever.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 16, 2006, 09:00:54 AM
Luc barely played this season -.-

Canucks did pretty well today again Avs. Nice slapshot by Morrison.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 16, 2006, 09:06:58 AM
Fucking Flyers  :evil:

The Rangers are only one point ahead in the standings and the Flyers have one game more left. Shit ain't looking too good right now :(

Fuck Thornton & Cheechoo  :x
Looks like Jagr ain't gonna get the Art Ross and Maurice Richard trophies after all  :evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 16, 2006, 09:23:02 AM
Damn...Cheechoo has been insane. :o Thornton does get props, he has like most points after being traded.

What's this...Toronto is mathematically eliminated???

WOO HOO!!

(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5129/woohoo5ws.gif) (http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5129/woohoo5ws.gif) (http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5129/woohoo5ws.gif)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 16, 2006, 09:08:44 PM
well u would know that the whole avs stopped skating in OT. its like they know that secure a 7th spot and stopped playing. theodore was the only one that was doing anything.

for the first time though, the building sounded like playoff atmosphere during OT.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 16, 2006, 09:32:31 PM
wasnt that like the first time the fans chanted go canucks go since like long time ago?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 16, 2006, 10:51:22 PM
well go canucks go is always chanted. but the crowd was very hyped and loud during the the carter goal and into the OT.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 17, 2006, 07:32:20 AM
I never thought I would say this but GJ Devils!  :thumbsup

Islanders better beat the Flyers in the last game (this must be the first time ever I'm rooting for them).  :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 18, 2006, 04:38:49 AM
Naslund might lose Captaincy.

Bertuzzi getting traded is an 80% possibility.

Jovo not getting resigned is also a high possiblity.

Richard Park prolly wont coming back.

OMG CANUCKS GONNA SUK NEXT YR!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on April 18, 2006, 05:24:33 AM
Hard to choose whether to root for the Sabres or the Wings... well, at least I won't need to choose till the finals.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: jphip3826 on April 18, 2006, 05:49:33 AM
my poor Kings :( If only we didn't have so many injuries... and if only Andy Murray hadn't been fired so late... gah! There's always next season I guess.

I'm glad the rules were changed. All the games I've watched this season have been exciting.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Kobasew on April 18, 2006, 06:54:52 AM
Another season of NHL hockey, another season of disappointment for the Leafs.  The sad thing is, i'll be right back there cheering them on next season.  This city will go nuts when they finally win the cup.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on April 18, 2006, 07:15:14 AM
Quote from: Kobasew
This city will go nuts  if they ever win the cup.


Fixed your typos. :p
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 18, 2006, 07:17:56 AM
well there is also speculations that bert will remain in vancouver. however, if there is a good proposal from other teams around the league, canucks will definitely go for it i think.

i seriosly dont think Nonis is gonna blow up the team. i would only think he will most likely trade one of the top liner and maybe push the sedins line to the top line.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 20, 2006, 08:30:13 AM
OHH!! Poor Rangers slipping to 6th. Now the 2nd season is on....what's your

(http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/7368/firstround0af.jpg) PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS?

(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9730/firstround0hw.jpg)

I gotta work on my bracket. Fill it in tmr :P
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 20, 2006, 05:51:51 PM
Edmonton is gonna get OWNED!!

edit:



PAT QUINN'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOONE!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 21, 2006, 10:10:02 AM
HAHAHA They'll need to hire a new stripper. I choose Jinx!

My yearly tradition!! PICKS!

ROUND 1

WESTERN CONFERENCE

(1) Detroit vs (8) Edmonton
==> Edmonton in 7

(2) Dallas vs (7) Colorado
==> Dallas in 6

(3) Calgary vs (6) Anaheim
==> Calgary in 5

(4) Nashville vs (5) San Jose
==> San Jose in 4

EASTERN CONFERENCE

(1) Ottawa vs (8) Tampa Bay
==> Ottawa in 4

(2) Carolina vs (7) Montreal
==> Carolina in 6

(3) New Jersey vs (6) NY Rangers
==> NYR in 7

(4) Buffalo vs (5) Philadelphia
==> Buffalo in 6

ROUND 2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

(8) Edmonton vs (2) Dallas
==> Edmonton in 7

(3) Calgary vs (5) San Jose
==> Calgary in 7

EASTERN CONFERENCE

(1) Ottawa vs (6) NY Rangers
==> NY Rangers in 7

(2) Carolina vs (4) Buffalo
==> Buffalo in 6

ROUND 3

WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

(8) Edmonton vs (3) Calgary 8)
==> Edmonton in 7

EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

(4) Buffalo vs (6) NY Rangers
==> NY Rangers in 5


STANLEY CUP FINALS

Edmonton vs NY Rangers

OILERS IN 6!!! MVP RYAN SMYTH!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kaede on April 21, 2006, 12:00:53 PM
ROUND 1

WESTERN CONFERENCE

(1) Detroit vs (8) Edmonton
==> Detroit in 5

(2) Dallas vs (7) Colorado
==> Dallas in 7

(3) Calgary vs (6) Anaheim
==> Calgary in 6

(4) Nashville vs (5) San Jose
==> San Jose in 5

EASTERN CONFERENCE

(1) Ottawa vs (8) Tampa Bay
==> Ottawa in 7

(2) Carolina vs (7) Montreal
==> Carolina in 6

(3) New Jersey vs (6) NY Rangers
==> New Jersey in 5

(4) Buffalo vs (5) Philadelphia
==> Buffalo in 6

ROUND 2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

(1) Detroit vs (5) San Jose
==> San Jose in 6

(2) Dallas vs (3) Calgary
==> Calgary in 7

EASTERN CONFERENCE

(1) Ottawa vs (4) Buffalo
==> Ottawa in 6

(2) Carolina vs (3) New Jersey
==> New Jersey in 6

ROUND 3

WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

(5) San Jose vs (3) Calgary
==> San Jose in 7

EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

(1) Ottawa vs (3) New Jersey
==> Ottawa in 6


STANLEY CUP FINALS

San Jose vs Ottawa

San Jose IN 6!!! MVP Big Joe!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 22, 2006, 10:04:50 AM
MAN!! That was tough pill to swallow. 3-2 loss in 2OT and fucked over by former Oiler KirK Maltby no less.

No idea why MacTavish decided to go and shake up the lines. Deliver the trap!? Versus BabCOCK?! At  least the Oilers knew they can hang with da best.

But must give big props to Roloson :bow: :bow: WE GOT THE GOALTENDER to bring us to the Promiseland. Just gotta get those cheap chippy throw the goddamn puck at the net not slip and deke and do  fancy plays shot.

...

other series. Ottawa shocker. Ray Emery ain't too bad after all. And Paul FREAKING Kariya keeps delivering the shit. 4 assists!! Looks like it'll be a series v Sharks after all. :p
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on April 23, 2006, 04:32:56 AM
Holy shit Cristobal Huet just raped Gerber and the Canes

OMFG Jose Theodore's BACK!!!!, with a win!!!

Wtf what happened to Lundqvist -_- and Jagr -_-
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 24, 2006, 09:40:25 AM
Yeah. Jagr. Still no word on his condition. 1st games are always wild and crazy. Which is why THE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS ARE THE BEST!! :fuckyou:

All the 1-0 Series Got TIED THE FUCK UP!!! Anaheim came on strong, did ya see Scott Niedermayer just out hustle the Calgary defense? NICE!! Shall be interesting.

Of course...The Hockey Gods finally got the Oilers on board, with some chippy goals here and  there. Pronger is really leading the way, 2 goals already and doing some forecheckng!

(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4616/goal027po.jpg)

Congrats to Brad Winchester for his first goal EVER! in the NHL. Can't wait for Tuesday...the whole city is gonna be ROCKING. Tickets are thru the roof. Like 145 to 400 bucks.

This is what a playoff warrior looks like:
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5563/peca043op.jpg)
Now go kill Yzerman!! He ain't gonna beat Messier's goal totals!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on April 24, 2006, 06:42:20 PM
Yay Tampa tied with Senators! I hope they win again tomorrow!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on April 24, 2006, 11:26:01 PM
Jagr is a joke, trying to check Elias and hurting his shoulder wtf

Vesla Toskala shutout (http://forum.jphip.com/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)

Cheecho + Thorton (http://forum.jphip.com/images/icons/icon14.gif)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 25, 2006, 06:11:39 AM
WHOA. Dallas is now down 2-0 vs Colorado. Next stop Pepsi Center. :o
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 26, 2006, 01:27:02 AM
Crawford got fired!!!!!


come on Pat Quinn or Mike Keenan!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kaede on April 26, 2006, 04:02:30 AM
DAMN Canucks...they just made a very dumb move by laying off Crawford...he is one of the best coaches in the league!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 26, 2006, 03:27:53 PM
WOO HOO!!! I'm still tired as fuck but staying past midnight to witness STOLL SCORE the double OT WINNER!!

Oh man. 4-3 Oilers over Wings. 2-1 series lead. Ain't nothing better than playoff hockey. and to get it after the Detroit goal was disallowed. Chris Pronger leading us to the CUP!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 27, 2006, 08:43:25 AM
Look at Gator!!! He's POSSESSED!! Teaming up with Prongs has made em so lethal.

(http://img173.imageshack.us/img173/2844/smithvholm7ay.jpg)

I can't believe how psycho Joe Sakic is playing, even Hair Club For Men Jose made some timely saves. Dallas is toast now down 0-3.

Every other series is rounding out to be pretty competitive...bet Tampa will bounce back after Ottawa blasted em, look at Chara that bitch!

(http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/9158/charahockeytpa1144rs.jpg)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on April 28, 2006, 01:43:08 AM
Haha, I like how Chara was about to pound the fuck out of Vinnie, but held back like a guy who suddenly felt guilty with a naked 15 year old in a back alley.

Oh, and tomorrow, April 28, marks the 10 year anniversary of the final Winnipeg Jets game.  A 4-1 loss in the opening round of the 96 playoffs, game 5, I believe.  All I know is that I was there, and I'm STILL waiting for the NHL to think about us.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Thimas X on April 28, 2006, 01:18:41 PM
time to win 4 games in a row....damn Stars
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 29, 2006, 01:35:05 AM
Here's to The Winnipege Jets, the fellow WHA brother who came into the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers. :bow: here's one of my favorite Jets, Thomas Steen:

(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3926/02903fd.jpg)

I saw this site:
http://www.winnipegjetsonline.com/new_jets.htm

who designed a new logo ...pretty dope
(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1395/newjetsjersey4by.jpg)


...and damn damn, :evil: too much penalties last nite. I hope Georges Laraque draws in Saturday so he can smoke Holmstrom or Chelios.

still I love this hit by Chris Pronger on Dan Cleary!!! PUNK BITCH!

(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2943/prongercleary9tk.jpg)

at least Calgary lost too. Good bye Dallas Stars tonite!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on April 29, 2006, 07:22:56 AM
That Jets logo design reminds me of Japanese air force or something :)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Thimas X on April 30, 2006, 04:53:28 AM
YAY! Stars win and prove Mr. D wrong!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on April 30, 2006, 05:51:55 AM
Oilers did it again: in style

Red Wings = gonna be out
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 30, 2006, 06:14:13 AM
Rangers are out -.-
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on April 30, 2006, 07:12:29 AM
Jagr played 49s =_=
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 30, 2006, 07:29:46 AM
Blah, my NHL season just ended :(
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 30, 2006, 09:23:28 AM
Just proves Jagr should be the MVP. Congrats to the Sens for moving on!! Hope the Habs can pull off the upset.

Quote from: Thimas X
YAY! Stars win and prove Mr. D wrong!

Game 4 is the toughest one to clinch!! :evil: :evil:

MAN!! This afternoon's game was so sweet, 3 straight goals. then Peca got tripped up and Detroit almost got some mo back after that bitch Shanahan went in all alone!! Then HORCOFF blocked that shot with his wrist. Oilers playing with total grit and character. Roloson is definitely on a roll.

Quote from: daigong
(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2943/prongercleary9tk.jpg)

Check out Pronger hitting Dan Cleary: http://download.yousendit.com/18CC387325A41E5A

Battle of Alberta in Round 2 ...damn, gonna be sweet. :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on May 01, 2006, 06:18:21 AM
Lol thats some sick hit
 
:rolleyes:  Sharks are in courtesy Patrik Marleau :cool:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 01, 2006, 09:58:39 AM
And Star are OOT!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Thimas X on May 01, 2006, 01:12:19 PM
:( :(
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Chatin on May 02, 2006, 05:04:39 AM
And Edmonton is moving on.  I care little for NHL, but being in downtown Edmonton, you have to care when the Oilers knock out "the best team in the league".  Lots of sirens, horns, and screaming.  I guess I'll be hearing more in the coming weeks. :(
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on May 02, 2006, 08:17:35 PM
Playoffs are now much more interesting, Detroit and Dallas out. And unfortunately Tampa as well :(
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on May 03, 2006, 03:46:27 AM
Habs are out, Canes are in
 
Courtesy of the Cory Stillman goal in OT 2-1
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 04, 2006, 05:50:33 AM
Quote from: Chatin
And Edmonton is moving on.  I care little for NHL, but being in downtown Edmonton, you have to care when the Oilers knock out "the best team in the league".  Lots of sirens, horns, and screaming.  I guess I'll be hearing more in the coming weeks. :(


You mean, the molotov cocktails missed your house? LOL. So good to see the community come together, too bad I was at the wrong side of Whyte and didn't see any flashing. The scene was amazing, Flags flying, everyong chanting in unision. Probably 10,000 people in the local pub district, and more people driving all over the town waking up Chatin.

BUTT what a game. still enjoying simply the best 3rd period in the history of the Oilers. They been doing that all season, so I knew when we was down 2-0, they could pull one outta the ass. Just needed a quick goal. Then Pisani and Hemsky go crazy. Total hustle plays, grit dedication has defined the Oilers.

(http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/7453/hemmer7ny.jpg)

Yeah, they can skate and score in hopes of playing "Oiler Hockey" of the Dynasty Era, but we got all those character guys like Pronger (seeing him make tape to tape passes gives me wood), Mike Peca, Jason Smith (what a set up on the intial tying goal by The Captain), Steve Staios, and Ethan Moreau (blocking a shot in the dying seconds).

(http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1696/hemmer22uj.jpg)

TOTAL Euphoria in E-town guys. It's a beautiful thing. It's what drives all red blooded men during the months of April to June. October to November. January to February. And leaves girlfriends lonely.

DEE-TROIT SUCKS!! Choking once again. Legace is such a whiner. Yzerman is class sure, but hopefully Chelios will call it a career too.

The last minute of the Habs-Canes goal was FUCKIN crazy, how many penalties coulda been called. That's Playoff Hockey. If ya can't enjoy that, you don't love hockey. Cory Stillman's goal was NUTS!! top corner left pocket BOOM! Props to Spruce Grove, Alberta's Cam Ward but...I still  think New Jersey is gonna eat em up. My gut feeling is that Brodeur and friends are gonna go to the Finals.

And LMAO, Philly is a joke. Hatcher and Rathje are just too damn slow. Get a fuckin goalie, fire Bob Clarke. WERD. quite enjoyed Mike Grier going nuts on the scoresheet. Buffalo over Sens in 5.

Here's hoping the Flames and Ducks beat the hell out of each other tonite! I don't care if it's Battle of Alberta Part VI or going down to San Jose. Oilers match up well with anyone now. CUZ DALLAS IS OUT! (sorry Thim and T-Duck :P)

Bring me THE FUCKIN STANLEY CUP!!

ETA:

FLAMES LOSE!!

man, I was hoping they'd win so Georges Laraque could kick their ass but hey, it's win-win for me!! Bring on Thornton, Cheechoo and The Sharks!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on May 04, 2006, 06:10:13 AM
-_- I had $5 on the battle of Alberta
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 06, 2006, 02:25:49 AM
hmm...my First Round predictions, 5 for 8. Not bad 8)

Round 2 Predictions (adjusted):

Oilers over Sharks in 6
Avs over Ducks in 7

Sabres over Sens in 7
Devils over Canes in 5

...Oilers over Avs in 5
...Devils over Sabres in 4

OILERS over Devils in 7 !! Fuckin Stanley Cup here we come!

NHL Award nominees were pretty gay (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=Atk986hG7.UEU19Sp2xxVCd7vLYF?slug=ap-nhlawardsfinalists&prov=ap&type=lgns):

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The New York Rangers' Jagr and San Jose's Thornton, who went back and forth in the NHL scoring race, are two of the three finalists announced Thursday for the Hart Trophy as league MVP. Calgary goalie Miikka Kiprusoff is the third nominee.


-- Sidney Crosby of Pittsburgh, Alexander Ovechkin of Washington and Dion Phaneuf of Calgary for the Calder Award as top rookie.

-- Peter Laviolette of Carolina, Tom Renney of the Rangers and Lindy Ruff of Buffalo for the Adams award as outstanding coach.

-- Martin Brodeur of New Jersey, Kiprusoff and Henrik Lundqvist of the Rangers for the Vezina Trophy as top goalie.

-- Rod Brind'Amour of Carolina, Mike Fisher of Ottawa and Jere Lehtinen of Dallas for the Selke award as top defensive forward.

-- Nicklas Lidstrom of Detroit Red Wings, Scott Niedermayer of Anaheim and Sergei Zubov of Dallas for the Norris Award as top defenseman.

-- Pavel Datsyuk of Detroit, Patrick Marleau of San Jose and Brad Richards of Tampa Bay for the Lady Byng award for sportsmanship

Pronger gets no love!!

and hilarious. This mockumentary about the Jets opens up here. "Death By Popcorn (http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/winnipegjets.html)"
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on May 06, 2006, 09:03:10 PM
Av's over the ducks?
Not with Jose in net for the avs and Temu + Macdonald for the ducks :)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on May 06, 2006, 09:13:47 PM
My favorites:
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HART TROPHY (MVP) - Jaromir Jagr, New York Rangers; Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames; Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks.
Without Jagr Rangers would have never made it to the playoffs. I gotta admit that I wouldn't mind if Kiprusoff won cause finns have never won Hart.

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VEZINA TROPHY (Goaltender) - Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils; Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames; Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers.
I'm a fan of the Rangers an' all but I still want Kipper to win. He has been so consistent this season that I'm gonna be surprised if he doesn't win. It's also interesting how Lundqvist is nominated for Vezina but not for Calder.

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CALDER TROPHY (Rookie) - Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins; Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals; Dion Phaneuf, Calgary Flames.
Alexander Ovechkin is the man, 'nuff said :yep:

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JAMES NORRIS TROPHY (Defenceman) - Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings; Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim Mighty Ducks; Sergei Zubov, Dallas Stars.
Scott Niedermayer is one of the biggest reasons why the Ducks have been playing so well even after dumping all the expensive vets.

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FRANK J. SELKE TROPHY (Defensive forward) - Rod Brind'Amour, Carolina Hurricanes; Mike Fisher, Ottawa Senators; Jere Lehtinen, Dallas Stars.
Lehtinen will hopefully get his 4th Selke.

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JACK ADAMS AWARD (Coach) - Peter Laviolette, Carolina Hurricanes; Tom Renney, New York Rangers; Lindy Ruff, Buffalo Sabres.
I had my doubts about Renney before the season but he proved me wrong. Anybody who can get the Rangers to the playoffs during the rebuilding season deserves an award.

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LADY BYNG TROPHY (Sportsmanship) - Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings; Patrick Marleau, San Jose Sharks; Brad Richards, Tampa Bay Lightning.
The worst trophy ever, they're gonna give an award to the biggest bitch in the league. Needless to say that I couldn't care less who wins :lol:

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LESTER B. PEARSON AWARD (MOP, as voted by NHLPA) - Jaromir Jagr, New York Rangers; Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals; Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks.
Ovechkin might actually take this one, he has been that good and I'm sure most of the players agree with me. However I still want Jagr to win :)

And then some good news:
Canadiens captain Saku Koivu expects full recovery from serious eye injury

MONTREAL (AP) - Canadiens captain Saku Koivu still doesn't know the full extent of his eye injury but expects to make a full recovery.

Koivu was struck in the left eye last week by the errant stick of Carolina forward Justin Williams during Montreal's 2-1 overtime playoff loss in Game 3 of the first-round series. For 48 hours, Koivu didn't know if he would be permanently blind in the eye.

It was not the first major health scare for Koivu, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2001. But recovering from that illness made it easier to deal with this latest setback.

"I was asking the doctors what they could tell me, and they didn't really have an answer for me at that point," Koivu said Friday in his first public comments since he was hurt on April 26. "It crossed my mind that maybe I'm never going to play again. But at the same time, all the memories from my cancer came back and I realized that we're not talking about my life, we're talking about hockey."

Koivu said a full prognosis on the health of his eye was still impossible to make because there is blood in the back of it. But doctors are confident that Koivu will completely regain his sight.

"It looks like the vision will be back 100 percent," said Koivu, with his injured eye half shut. "Right now we have to wait until all the blood is gone so we really know for sure. But whatever there might be wrong, they can fix it.

"So maybe the vision won't be 100 percent over the next couple of months, but it should be back for the start of the season or sometime soon."

Koivu said the front of his eye escaped significant damage, but there may be a tear or some other problem in the back that could eventually require surgery.

Koivu was pleased that Williams made the classy gesture of calling him on his cell phone the day after the game. Williams left a message expressing his regret, but Koivu absolved him of blame because he felt the high-stick was unintentional.

"I've seen the replay, and I don't think there was anything wrong," Koivu said. "I was in the front of the net, getting the puck from behind, and it was just very unlucky that he missed my stick. And the angle that the stick came to my face was just the worst possible one. I have no bad feelings against Justin."

Referees Dennis LaRue - who was closest to the play - and Dan Marouelli didn't call a penalty on the play, and linesmen Michel Cormier and Jean Morin didn't see it, either.

"I guess we all make mistakes, but the puck was right in front of me and I was right in front of the net," Koivu said. "There were four guys watching the play, and nobody apparently saw it. It should have been a 4-minute penalty, there's no doubt about that."

The Hurricanes cut their deficit in the series to 2-1 that night and then won the next three games to advance to the second round against the New Jersey Devils.

http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/05/271486.html
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 08, 2006, 09:18:22 AM
BAH!! I forgot all about Toskala. Finnish Fucker didn't even get any rubber tonite. Georges Laraque or Todd Harvey got check in and get some toughness back in the lineup. And Matt Greene.

(http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3923/oilerssharkshockeysja1114hy.jpg)

Its funny, everyone after the game was grumbling. WE NEED MORE SHOTS! BAH! Good thing next game is tmr.

And who'd thunk Bryzgalov would be this HOT. Fuck. But hey, Ducks held serve. Time to go back to Pepsi.

Bah! masa ur awards pix are so biased. :P I want Pronger for Norris!!


Did ya hear about Koivu and the French?:D

Koivu admits 'lazy' tongue

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MONTREAL Saku Koivu was challenged by a reporter yesterday for his inability to speak French after 10 years of playing in Montreal and seven seasons of serving as Habs' captain.

He admits it would be "ideal" to have a French-speaking captain, and he hasn't tried hard enough to learn French.

"Should I or could I make an effort to learn? I think, yeah," Koivu said. "I guess when you're not forced to do something, you become lazy. And the (hockey) schedule is very demanding."
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on May 09, 2006, 05:53:32 AM
Ryan Miller is a TANK
 
Sabres with another BIG road upset vs the sens
 
Same with Cam Ward
 
Brodeur, time to retire?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 09, 2006, 08:37:41 AM
TOSKALA!!:evil: :evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 12, 2006, 10:04:29 AM
HORCOFF!!! :D :D

(http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/5825/horcoffockeyedm1062zb.jpg)

I STILL AIN'T GOT ENOUGH SLEEP.

The funniest thing. Georges Laraque finally gets decent ice time, and his legs are back. Then he cleanly slams Cheechoo face first into the boards and HE GETS A GAME MISCONDUCT!! :lmao:

...Oilers come back and win this, the Ducks look fuckin tough. :o
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 13, 2006, 05:29:17 PM
Counted out when down 2-0. Oilers DOMINATED Sharks 6-3 to tie the series!!
CAPTAIN OH CAPTAIN!!
(http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3930/captain5bm.jpg)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on May 14, 2006, 11:07:42 AM
Scores:
Buffalo - Ottawa 3 - 2
Carolina - New Jersey 1 - 5

The Senators are out :w00t:
They are never gonna win the Cup.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on May 14, 2006, 08:07:13 PM
Doesn't look that way. The Sens have choked in the playoffs for almost a decade straight now.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 16, 2006, 09:36:50 AM
SMYTTTIE!!  :pimp:

They guy has been the Messier of the 21st Century. Busting his ass in front of the net, loses his stick, grabs a new one and scores. WHATTA SERIES!! 6-3 win over the Sharks. Total domination. Quote of the week from Toskala: "Shit happens, you know."

(http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/1673/smyth7zg.jpg)

If you missed the game. Peep the highlights on OLN:
http://www.olntv.com/NHLVideoGallery

Cuz dudes, if y'all are missing out on some of the best hockey ever. THANK GOD FOR THE NHL!

I like this article about the people of Edmonton:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/14542035.htm

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The team's nickname is the result of Alberta's status as a petroleum center -- Canada's oil erserves are second only to Saudi Arabia's -- and the people who work in the refineries are Oilers fans through and through.

In terms of provincial image, Edmonton likes to think of itself as Calgary's less-pretentious, more blue-collar brother. But that's too simple a stereotype. Edmonton's metropolitan area includes more than a million people, and there are plenty of cultural diversions, but it still wouldn't be a huge stretch to call this city the Green Bay of hockey.

Look at the profile: Sports-mad town splayed out on the tundra, fiercely proud of a championship tradition, lovers of meat and more meat . . . sound like any American football city you know?

And there's another parallel: When the Packers were threatening to leave Green Bay a half-century ago, the citizens basically bought the team to keep it from moving. Eight years ago, when the Oilers were struggling financially and the Alberta Treasury Branch put the team up for sale, a group of 37 local businessmen purchased the franchise to keep it from going south.

And now, after years of trying to get over the hump, the Oilers are back in the second round of the playoffs. It's the first time that's happened since 1998. And the town is going nuts. Most of the fans still carry memories of when the Oilers won five Stanley Cups between 1984 and 1990. Wayne Gretzky has a street named after him.

In those halcyon days, the players would chow down at the Fireside coffee shop across the street. And there are legendary stories about the Stanley Cup making guest appearances at the adjoining strip joint.

It's just too bad a couple of idiots ruined it. bet they were bums fighting over scrapped pizza. The booing of the national anthem was blown up too. I'm loving the fact that we are now "Canada's Team" and yet Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver media rather talk about how they suck.

6 CUPS IN '06

Quote from: Masa
The Senators are out :w00t:
They are never gonna win the Cup.

And Canes knocked off Devils :o 4-1...Brodeur magic ran out.

The Buffalo-Ottawa series was off the chain, Alfredsson again proves how soft he is. So good to see black players excel like Ray Emery had a solid series. and ex-Oiler Mike Grier was solid:

(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4651/grierrozy6ca.jpg)

WEDNESDAY!! It's gonna be Shark Fin Soup for THE OILERS!

(http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/7793/sharkfin9by.jpg)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on May 18, 2006, 04:50:48 AM
DWYANE ROLOSON SHUTOUT :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 19, 2006, 07:42:28 AM
PECA!!  :bounceblob: :bounceblob:

(http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5716/harksoilershockeyedm3qn.jpg)(http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9218/r19085321323zq.jpg)

GO OILERS GO!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 21, 2006, 07:55:46 AM
LOL. I guess I'm the only one watching hockey. Well, solid win by the Oilers last nite!! Incredible pass by Roloson to Peca. IIILLLYAAA!!

(http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7109/peca5267wh.jpg)

Sabres and Canes look to go the distance, both got key injuries. Goalies are untested. I say Sabres in 7.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 21, 2006, 11:15:31 PM
Quote from: daigong
LOL. I guess I'm the only one watching hockey.
It isn't that. It's just that after seeing your "enthusiastic" posts, nothing more needs to be said. :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on May 22, 2006, 08:31:06 PM
everytime i see the oilers win, i fell bad about the canucks.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 23, 2006, 08:33:27 AM
^ C'mon, it's all fun ... likewise last time when Canucks bounced the Oilers out. Canada keeps going "Oh, Oilers not as good as the Gretzky Dynasty Era." FINALLY. We're building a new Era. Looking at  Canada sports networks coverage, they iffy to join the bandwagon.

Quote from: JFC
It isn't that. It's just that after seeing your "enthusiastic" posts, nothing more needs to be said. :D


Hey. Born and raised. Always had faith in my boys through good time and bad so I gots to say GO OILERS GO!!

CRUSH DEM
(http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/161/oilersmightyduckshockeyana2074.jpg)
MIGHTY FUCKS
(http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/7851/oilers950sk.jpg)(http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/7420/oilers968cz.jpg)
OF ANAHEIM!!
:twisted:

(http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/8272/oilersrd013pf.jpg)

Here's an interesting article for you Peg Sheety folks:

http://winnipegsun.com/Sports/Hockey/2006/05/21/1590601-sun.html

Carlyle + Teemu connection?? Oilers beat em = Jets. And don't forget, Oilers always win a Cup after a Calgary Finals Appearance.

Hope the Canes-Sabres go the distance, Miller looked rough. Cam Ward let in 2 quick ones. but Canes hung on 4-3.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kaede on May 23, 2006, 01:00:52 PM
I have a feeling that Oilers will end up like the Flames in 2004, surprising people by getting to the Stanley Cup Final but...............
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on May 23, 2006, 02:34:14 PM
I think it'll be a close series against either Carolina or Buffalo if they make it.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 24, 2006, 02:53:18 AM
Quote from: daigong
Here's an interesting article for you Peg Sheety folks:

http://winnipegsun.com/Sports/Hockey/2006/05/21/1590601-sun.html

Carlyle + Teemu connection?? Oilers beat em = Jets.

Shut up dai. :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on May 25, 2006, 08:14:47 AM
Gretzky himself said once that whoever won the 1st round between the Jets and Oilers back in the 80s would eventually win the Cup.  1990 was just a fuckin' disgrace, being up 3-1 in the series and then losing the next 3 in a row to the eventual Champions.  I remember the shame.

I know you've never been in the old Winnipeg Arena, but I think that players have said that the only NHL arena in the world louder than Winnipeg was the old Chicago Stadium.  Winnipeg is the home of the original "white out" and "towel power", which was mimicked all around the league.  Fuck, I need me some NHL in my hometown.
Title: That is true. Gretzky is a wiseman.
Post by: daigong on May 25, 2006, 09:07:00 AM
Let's hope the Pens can move soon, the atmopshere is intense, I wish y'all could enjoy this. Every straight red blooded male lavishes this time of year!

I dunno. The thing with the Oilers. They are versatile. You want speedy Euro fuckers? They got it. You wanna trap. They can do it. You wanna be physical? BRING IT ON!!!!!

Case and point: last night's Oilers game was intense!! 8 fuckin goals in the 3rd but Oilers go up 3-0!!

peep this O Canada sung by our anthem singer, then he put his mic to the crowd and they all sang it acappella :canada:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meLpuF9UMvk
http://rapidshare.de/files/21256176/Oilers_Ducks_O_Canada.avi.html

Gives ya goose bumps! Ducks wanna play rough? Half the Oil had the flu and they still beat the shit outta em! Look at Captain Jason Smith!

(http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/598/ducksfront73bb.jpg)

Top it off with JPH!P Pimper GEORGES LARAQUE! (http://forum.jphip.com/showpost.php?p=73893&postcount=13)
(http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9076/ducksfront55lw.jpg)

A beat down in the first on Fedoruk, he asked for more but was already laying down helpless and Georges coulda pounded him but just held back. THAT'S CLASS!

(http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9687/georgesbeatdown088re.jpg)

Then LMAO he hams it up for the Camera and the Ducks got all uptight!! Great entertainment!

(http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3528/gl689491gg.jpg)

GEORGES!! :pimp:

Oilers Tidbit #2
Every playoff season that the Oilers won seven straight games or more they went on to win the Stanley Cup, including 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1990.

Carolina-Buffalo are gonna have an interesting time slugging it out. Another 4-3 score tonite. Gerber gets the nod again.

We got chill and take it a game at a time. But it's funny, Oilers are supposed to be Canada's team but ....
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on May 26, 2006, 03:27:30 AM
Looks like the Ducks got the momentum halfway into the 2nd period tho...
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Chatin on May 26, 2006, 05:29:54 AM
Kuno just had to talk about a 3-1 with the other team getting three more wins. XD  Let's hope that doesn't happen this time.  Edmonton played pretty badly tonight.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on May 26, 2006, 09:31:39 PM
1st round, Smythe Division, 1990.  Jets up 3-1 games going into game 5.

Oilers would win the Cup in 1990.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 27, 2006, 06:16:25 PM
^ I remember that meltdown so well, the Cup where I was totally into things.

DAMN DAMN, didn't like how Ducks totally controlled the tempo with all those 5 on 3's ... KEEP THE STICKS DOWN. Ah well, at least:

GEORGES SCORES!! :D

(http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/3644/georgesfront92yv.jpg)
(http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6913/georgesscoresoilershockeyedmx1.jpg)

Pronger HUGE HIT
(http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/4071/prongerteemu65oj.jpg)

Gotta regroup and beat those Ducks!!

Marty Gerber is doing just fine for the Canes ... but after they went up 2-0, 3-0 ... Buffalo just kept controlling the tempo. Nothng like a nice series going the distance...NHL 4 LIFE!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on May 28, 2006, 09:13:36 AM
Well I certainly must say that the winning goal in the 2nd was fuckin' pimp.  Deflection off of I believe the shaft of the stick getting Giguere to zigzag the opposite way, just beautiful.  That'll be on the plays of the year, without question.  Now the boys just gotta recuperate, get over the flu and take notes on the Hurricanes - because they WILL win the eastern conference.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 28, 2006, 08:10:52 PM
:lol: I saw the last period of the game at a strip club. It was hilarious, all the guys there were moving their heads back and forth between the game on the projection screen and the girl on stage. :damnfunny
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 29, 2006, 07:54:57 AM
Hmm...Chatin must have not watched the game cuz...

OILERS MOVE ON TO THE STANLEY CUP FINALS!!
(talk about anti-climatic)

the breaks. the breaks!! hustle grit...I fuckin love hockey. Moreau overcoming flu to get his long deserved first goal.
(http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5925/oilersmightyduckshockeyxpch109.jpg)

Shame to see Teemu be one of the few Finns to not get a Cup. Even Jere Lehtinen and Ville Nieminen got one. Markkanen is gonna get a chance now.
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Playoffs/Edmonton/2006/05/28/1602317-sun.html

GATOR!! :D
(http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/7375/captainsmith59rn.jpg)
Don't touch the Campbell Cup!!

NICE JFC. I'd rather have watched in a strip club too cuz the CBC commentators have been driving me nuts. Listening the play by play on the radio gives ya a 5 second lag :evil:

Thank you dumb asses for trashing Whyte again. It was pretty cool to see young and old all converge on in the tens of thousands just giving a good ol "GO OILERS GO!" but shit ain't over yet. 4 MORE WINS BABY! It's really a weird feeling now, Western Conference Champs. Stanley Cup berth. DAMN. The City of Champions can ring true once again.

Overall, the good karma must've came from The Great One cuz he was backing the Oil, went into the locker room and who could forget how he pounded Kuno_Thunder's asshole back in the Summer of 2005??

(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/jphip2005/ktgretzky912.jpg)
A RITUAL TO BE REPEATED YEARLY!! :bow: :bow:

Great game tonite going to a 4-3 OT win for Canes out East. Buffalo totally controlled the tempo but man, the Cam Ward Card got played again and momemntum shifted. This shit is going 7 indeed.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on May 29, 2006, 08:39:10 PM
Congrats to Oilers! I was kinda hoping Selanne finally could play for the cup, but now I'm truely cheering for Edmontonians.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 30, 2006, 07:15:44 AM
^ EXCELLENT!! The more on the bandwagon the better :D

Check this out Winnipeggers!!

Quote
Ten years after leaving Winnipeg for Phoenix, the Jets-turned-Coyotes franchise plans to head back to its hometown for the first time to play an exhibition game next season.

A news conference to announce the game, which will be played Sept. 17 vs. the Stanley Cup finals-bound Edmonton Oilers at Winnipeg's MTS Centre, is expected later this week.


http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/sports/articles/0529todaystalker0529.html
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 30, 2006, 05:33:09 PM
^ :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:

/me faints


/me gets up and reads article

Notice how the article is from a Phoenix newspaper, yet they refer to Winnipeg as the team's hometown.  Gives the impression that Phoenix still doesn't consider the team to be "theirs".


Oh yeah, DEFINITELY going to this one!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Chatin on May 30, 2006, 10:34:08 PM
I actually only half-watched the game.  Last time I fully watched a game, the Oilers lost, so I figured I better not. :P

I think EVERYONE moved to Whyte, because the usual non-stop cheering was absent for a few hours on Jasper following the win.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on May 31, 2006, 12:10:59 AM
I think Shane Doan is the only guy left on the Phoenix team that played in Winnipeg.  And he was what, 21 years old or something like that when the team moved?  Now he's team captain - how appropriate.

You fuckin' know we're going to THAT game.  Even if its back row of the upper deck, like how we saw the Raptors and TrailBlazers last year - it don't matter.

And wow, my hair was short back then.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on May 31, 2006, 07:08:22 PM
What a class act.  Good to hear stuff like this.

http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/05/273810.html
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on June 02, 2006, 06:31:35 AM
CANES + OILERS

Bring it :)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on June 02, 2006, 07:19:05 AM
Blah. 'Canes won.
 
/me stops caring.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Samuel L. Jackson on June 02, 2006, 09:46:44 AM
^ :P

(http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3269/sportsmay1606c8cs.jpg)

This whole NHL season, I haven't watched so many games in my life. Tonite's game no different. End to end action, bouncing pucks all over the place. A bounce here or there and it coulda went either way.

Quote from: Kuno_Thunder
What a class act.  Good to hear stuff like this.

http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/05/273810.html


Doug Weight is pure class. Once an Oiler, always an Oiler. It hurt so much to see him vacate the Captaincy. All we got was Hecht, Reasoner, and some other fucker. Everyone who plays in Edmonton is still connected to the copper and blue. The trainers. The winning tradition. I bet its killing him NOT to be on the Oilers.

BRING ON ORIGINAL 4 WHA MATCHUP!!

(http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/4490/wha1wf.jpg)

Peep the old Hartford Whalers theme song if you haven't already:
http://www.brassbonanza.com/site/modules.php?name=Audio

The lay off is overrated, Carolina has a few days off themselves. Prongs and Smith will shut down Staal and the old farts. Just hope the Oilers can stretch it a little longer so I can be back in time... 8)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on June 06, 2006, 04:57:45 AM
:evil:  Ty Conklin :evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Samuel L. Jackson on June 06, 2006, 07:36:35 AM
ROLI :o

(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6678/fuck03qu.jpg)

He's out for the playoffs now!!! :o

Oilers coulda put it away, but failed on so much 5 on 3s and made Cam Ward more confident. Pronger's penalty shot (FIRST SUCCESSFUL IN NHL HISTORY) was almost a momentum swinger too :(

Time to bring in The Finnish Fucker!!

(http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/771/jussi018ad.th.jpg) (http://img161.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jussi018ad.jpg)

Improve the D!! Oilers gonna get back in this!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on June 06, 2006, 10:18:53 AM
What happened to Roloson?

I hope Markkanen wouldn't fail, that would be shame.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 06, 2006, 02:09:01 PM
#47 (above) Bergeron hit the player as he was trying to crash the goalie and the Carolina player ended up landing on Roloson's leg.

Jussi is good. The Oilers Defense has to not allow so many odd man rushes and they'll be fine. GO OILERS GO!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on June 08, 2006, 07:17:58 AM
Exactly the same happened in the finnish league, and my favorite team lost the quarterfinals after their super-goalie hurt his leg in the same kind of situation.

But they didn't have Markkanen as backup though :)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Chatin on June 08, 2006, 07:26:49 AM
The Oilers did terrible tonight.  Absolutely terrible. Unless they turn it around and play like they were earlier in the playoffs, we might as well be accepting the loss already. :(
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on June 08, 2006, 08:51:43 AM
Omg I just read news about the 5-0... I guess Markkanen wasn't that good after all... But it was his first game in 3 months!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Fujisyuusuke on June 08, 2006, 03:47:22 PM
Quote from: ctz
Omg I just read news about the 5-0... I guess Markkanen wasn't that good after all... But it was his first game in 3 months!


Exactly! But the Hurricanes plays very impressive and since they are leading 2-0 in matches, it will be hard for the Oilers to turn this negative streak into a positivt one, and take home Stanley Cup!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 08, 2006, 09:48:47 PM
The Oilers are losing because dai wasn't allowed to go to A-Kon and it's hurt their mo-jo. :(
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 09, 2006, 08:27:26 AM
I think it went all downhill when I bit and bought a car flag for the trip, a bunch of Oilers junk for the peeps on the World Tour. :lol: Dun fuck with Karma, I had been wearing the same tight ass tee from 1995, freebie cap from getting an Oilers mastercard, and those banadanas they gave away at the start of the season. Never did I jump on the bandwagon cuz I was raised Copper and Blue. I have faith in my boys. Gretz once said, it's never a series unless the opposing team wins a road game.

(http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7851/060608full8ox.jpg)

Jussi was solid, his goatee wasn't. They played too pretty, a reaction to the sliding shot blocking of the Canes. Stop making the extra pass and get the puck on the net!! Fake em out!! Make em slide to the corners then set up a shot. ROOF IT!! Can I get a wrist shot!?  Absolutely no positives to take outta Game 2. BRUTAL. Georges Laraque was pretty close to being suspended after his second ejection (clean slate in finals) Gotta get it back to dump it, grind it out Oilers hockey. GO OILERS GO!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: boykun on June 11, 2006, 06:19:34 AM
this is thimas on boy's account....go oilers ! XD

daigong is next to me and hes sad that noone read his post :(
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 11, 2006, 07:31:10 AM
^ Fuck, you must be plastered! :damnfunny
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 11, 2006, 05:10:49 PM
Oilers getting gritty with their play last night, squeezing out the win.  Game 4 has to be treated like another must-win, as they don't want to give the Canes to beat them at home for the Cup.  Has the momentum swung over to the Oilers' side?  Maybe...
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on June 12, 2006, 05:32:32 AM
Oilers, GUUUUUU!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Thimas X on June 13, 2006, 07:12:41 AM
dang they lost...

c'mon oilers! :P
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on June 13, 2006, 07:47:19 AM
Oh noes :(

But I still believe in them.

Too bad they doesn't show the finals here anymore. When I was a kid they did that every year.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on June 14, 2006, 09:15:40 PM
"The waiting is over! The New York Rangers are the Stanley Cup champions. And this one will last a lifetime."
(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2862/stanleycup6an.jpg)
Man, time sure flies. Today is the 12 year anniversary of one of my favorite sporting moments ever. New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup exactly 12 years ago and now it's time to reminisce the good ol' days.

(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/7972/040730messier7xp.jpg)
"New York City is buzzing on June 14, 1994, with thoughts of Madison Square Garden and Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks.

The Rangers haven't won the Cup in 54 years and the city is engulfed with Rangers' fever. Everywhere you look, there are people wearing Rangers' jerseys, people yelling "Go Rangers," signs blasting, "Win The Cup" and "Tonight's The Night."

"I've been in the game for 16 years, had already won five Cups," Rangers captain Mark Messier told reporters later in the day. "I thought I'd seen it all, but I'd never seen the kind of attention paid to this game."

THE MOMENT
Game time arrives. The city comes to a screeching halt. Madison Square Garden is louder than any arena you've ever been in. The game is tense and spirited, the best of what is already a memorable series. Fittingly and expectedly, it is Messier who leads the Rangers' charge toward the Cup. He was, after all, brought to New York three years earlier for this moment.

After winning five Cups with the Edmonton Oilers, Messier boldly accepted a difficult mission -- to lead the Rangers to the Stanley Cup title for the first time since 1940. He won the NHL MVP that first season in New York, but the Rangers floundered in the playoffs that season and the next.

But in the 1993-94 season, Messier leads the Rangers to the best record in the NHL, then playoff victories over the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals. Then, in the conference finals against the hated New Jersey Devils, he boldly guarantees a victory in Game 6 and backs it up with a hat trick to clinch the series.

But in the Cup Finals, the Rangers let a 3-games-to-1 lead slip away and are forced to confront the pressure of a Game 7. Fans and teammates look to Messier, their rock of leadership, their ace in the hole.

Messier sets up the Rangers' first goal at 11:02 of the first period. He carries the puck up the ice, past Canucks star Pavel Bure, along the right side. He holds the puck at the top of the right circle and then makes a sweet back-handed pass to Sergei Zubov, who holds the puck, then whips a pass over to Brian Leetch, who beats the sprawling Kirk McLean on the open side of the net.

The Rangers score again, and after Vancouver slices the deficit to 2-1, Messier comes through again. Early in the second period, when the puck is deflected in front of the Canucks' net, it's Messier who's there at the left post to tip it home for a 3-1 lead.

Vancouver closes to within a goal again, turning the game into a tense, fierce battle of will, guts and desire in the final period. With two minutes left, the crowd rises in joy and fear. They do not sit down again. During the final 90 seconds, the Rangers keep icing the puck, doing anything and everything to keep it out of their end, where goalie Mike Richter faces a powerful arsenal from six Canuck shooters.

"The clock didn't seem to move," Leetch would say. "You're out there for what seems like a minute and a half, and when you look up it's only been 20 seconds. You have that fear of the puck going in the net, but it's still the most exciting moment in your life."

During the final 60 seconds, the fans are on their feet; the arena is deafening. The atmosphere, the experience, takes on religious-like proportions as fans remain standing in a spine-tingling frenzy.

With 6.6 seconds left, the fans' roar shakes the Garden's pillars as Steve Larmer grabs the puck in the corner, with the Canucks swarming and attacking in their quest to win their first Cup. Larmer flicks the puck all the way down ice. The puck takes five seconds to cross the goal line at the other end, before the refs can call icing. Just 1.6 seconds show on the clock. There's one more faceoff left.

The Rangers' Craig MacTavish skates into the faceoff circle against Murray Craven, just to Richter's right for the final shining moment of a golden season. The puck is dropped. MacTavish reaches in quickly and yanks it back toward the boards as the scoreboard clock ticks down. Bure takes one final, desperate swipe at the puck, but the Rangers freeze the puck behind the net at the corner boards. The green light flashes as the buzzer sounds, and bedlam erupts in every corner of the sacred arena.

Fireworks explode in the arena. Finally, 1940 is meaningless. A new chant is born -- "1994! 1994!"

"We did it! We did it!" Messier screams as the Rangers mob each other. The roar from the crowd rises as the Stanley Cup emerges from the bowels of the arena and is carried out on the ice.

Messier's usual stone face is aglow in a joyous smile as he takes the shining silver chalice and cradles the 32-pound trophy high, then shakes it like he can't believe he actually has it in his grasp. Then he hoists it high over his head, sharing it with everyone, from rinkside to the rafters.

A fan high above rinkside, illustrating the impact of this victory for many Rangers fans, holds up a sign that reads, "Now I Can Die in Peace."

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/espn25/story?page=moments/38

(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/5541/news14nx.th.jpg) (http://img412.imageshack.us/my.php?image=news14nx.jpg)

Adam Graves :bow:
Esa Tikkanen :bow: :bow:
Brian Leetch :bow: :bow: :bow:
Mike Richter :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:
Mark Messier :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

Let's Go Rangers!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on June 14, 2006, 09:56:26 PM
Man, Daigong just got me on the Oilers bandwagon, too!  Pull out the win!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Thimas X on June 15, 2006, 06:04:43 AM
YAY! We're still alive! Make the boss happy!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 15, 2006, 07:49:13 AM
FUCK YEAH!!! BACK TO E-TOWN BITCHES! :w00t:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on June 15, 2006, 10:08:47 AM
I'm Happy, too!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 15, 2006, 10:36:53 AM
YAAAY-YAY!@! E-ToWN!! Bringing it back home!! Jussi has been fuckin stand up, glad da boyz got it done. Fernando baby!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on June 18, 2006, 06:54:06 AM
4-0
Jussi = OWNAGE
 
Bring on the cup!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 18, 2006, 09:15:17 AM
BACK TO CAROLI-MINA BITCHES!!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 18, 2006, 10:29:16 AM
I was watching the game with my friends on Sammie Js (Sports restaurant)

Man, Cam Ward's save was CRRRRAAAZZYY!!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on June 18, 2006, 07:43:48 PM
Oilers Doing Guud!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 18, 2006, 09:13:53 PM
MAD save by Cam Ward last night, doing Sherwood Park proud!!  Too bad it didn't affect the game result for his team however.  Game 7, Oilers with momentum, can they hang on ftw?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on June 19, 2006, 05:41:18 PM
Omg! Too bad I'd have to pay for seeing finals here. Does anyone know any site or anything where I could watch the game online? Or listen it?

Otherwise I just have to cheer for oilers while I'm sleeping.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 19, 2006, 10:55:28 PM
Gonna be at the local sports pub tonite to catch the game. Hope we can get decent table. :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: suki* on June 19, 2006, 11:10:31 PM
Quote from: THUNDERDUCK
Man, Daigong just got me on the Oilers bandwagon, too!  Pull out the win!
Quote from: Thimas X
YAY! We're still alive! Make the boss happy!


For the second time in my life, I watched hockey. XDDD At least this time I kinda had an idea as to what I was watching since I was in the company of people in the know. XDDD Thank God I had you boys for company! XDDDD

Anyway! For the game tonight!

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^o^
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Thimas X on June 20, 2006, 04:33:15 AM
lol

dammit! Edmonton is losing
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Chatin on June 20, 2006, 04:56:33 AM
Damn. :(  This was disappointing.  They used all their luck up back at Edmonton the last game.  They should have made the last game a bit closer.. 4-3 or something! XD  They could use those extra three goals to subtract from this game. XD

Noooo Mooore Cryy~
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 20, 2006, 05:50:20 AM
the home team always wins.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Thimas X on June 20, 2006, 05:51:25 AM
=[

sorry boss
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 20, 2006, 07:06:18 AM
Actually, the home team doesn't always win.  Game 7 in the Cup Finals may be the only exception.  Odds were stacked against the Oilers since losing game 4, but they squeezed out the OT win in game 5, and had their best performance in game 6.  Too bad the 2nd penalty sealed the deal for the Canes.  Oh well, it was a hell of a season, and I'm happy for Rod Brind'amour, that bitch works so hard.  And Andrew Ladd?  When's the next time you get a Cup?  World Jrs one year, Stanley Cup the next!  Good stuff Laddy!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on June 20, 2006, 07:52:41 AM
Quote from: Mugen
the home team always wins.


Hope this works for the Mavs.  Sorry Daigong.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on June 20, 2006, 08:45:32 AM
Congratulations Carolina Hurricanes! :cheers
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Damn, the Oilers actually won the Cup in my dream. And when I woke up I was so sure they had won. Anyways even though I was rooting for the 'Canes it's still a shame that Canada didn't get their first Cup since 1993. The last two Cups have been big victories for Bettman. NHL is already big in Canada and winning the Cup means so much more for the canadian fans but I know Bettman wants teams like Tampa Bay or Carolina to win because it's gonna boost the popularity of hockey in places where it ain't all that big yet. I gotta admit that I feel bad for all our Oilers fans, I fucking know what it feels like. This year's Olympic final still hurts like a motherfucker :evil:  

Hurricanes take home first Stanley Cup
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The Carolina Hurricanes, also-rans in the minds of most hockey experts prior to the start of the 2005-06 season, now rule the NHL.

Displaying unbelievable energy and courage, the Hurricanes got off the canvas after losing Games 5 and 6 to beat the Edmonton Oilers, 3-1, to win the Stanley Cup in the seventh-and-deciding game of what was a long and memorable season.

Rookie goaltender Cam Ward was terrific in the win and the series and was named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the postseason.

"It's unbelievable," Ward said, summarizing the feelings of most of his teammates. "Your childhood dream of winning the Stanley Cup finally comes true and all that work you put forth through minor hockey and junior, it's all paid off from today."

The game will go down in Stanley Cup lore as one of the most frenzied and intense in history, with the pace just incredible ?throughout and the sellout crowd of 18,978 standing throughout, creating a deafening din for almost the entire game.

Defensemen Aaron Ward and Frantisek Kaberle gave the 'Canes a 2-0 edge that was halved by an Edmonton goal by Fernando Pisani. But at 18:59, with Oilers goalie Jussi Markkanen on the bench, Justin Williams scored an empty-net goal that sealed the deal and sparked a huge celebration from the crowd.

Entering Game 7, historical stats favored the Hurricanes, as home teams had won 11 of 13 Game 7s in Stanley Cup Final history. But the Oilers appeared to have more gas left in the tank after pulling even in the series after dropping three of the first four games. The Hurricanes seemed finished after a 4-0 loss in Game 6 in Edmonton, but Carolina lived up to its motto of "Whatever It Takes" and somehow summoned the energy and grit to become champions.

"No way in Game 7 we were gonna lose before our fans, no way," defenseman Glen Wesley said."

"We really had to earn that one," said Carolina winger Ray Whitney, a former Oiler stickboy as a kid and whose father, Floyd, still works for the team and has been a practice goalie for the team. "This is an unbelievable feeling. I had the opportunity to watch this back in the 1980s.

"It was relentless," Whitney said of the effort. "All season long, we have been a very focused group. Working our tails off all year. They gave us everything that we could handle."

For a host of veteran Hurricanes like Whitney, the 2006 Final was seen as their last and best kick at the can. Wesley had played 1,479 regular-season games and 168 playoff games in 18 seasons before finally being able to lift the Cup high Monday night. He appeared at a postgame press conference with his wife and three children surrounding him.

After Carolina captain Rod Brind'Amour accepted the Stanley Cup from NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, the 'Canes' captain gave it to Wesley.

"I don't know what to feel," Wesley said. "It's unbelievable. It honestly feels like a dream to me. It's the best feeling. ? 18 years to be able to play the game, very blessed and fortunate. The guys were outstanding. I think everybody stepped up. An awesome effort."

Center Doug Weight could not play in Game 7 because of a severe shoulder injury. He skated in the morning warm-up, but was unable to go. When he took the Stanley Cup, he was unable to lift the Cup high overhead because of the injury.

"This is an amazing group of guys," Weight said. "It's a wonderful place. I knew we would have a great game."

As for the shoulder, Weight looked forward to lots of rehab with a smile, knowing he had finally won his first his Stanley Cup.

The contest was tight throughout, but the 'Canes had some anxious moments in the third period when Edmonton's Pisani halved the Carolina lead at 1:03 of the third period, converting the third shot of a scoring sequence by the Oilers. After making an initial stop on Raffi Torres, Ward also denied Rem Murray, but kicked the rebound out to a driving Pisani, who scored his 14th goal of the playoffs to make it 2-1.

With 3:40 remaining, Ward again denied Pisani with an incredible save that preserved the one-goal lead. Ward made an initial stop on Torres, but couldn't control the rebound, as Ward stretched his left leg as far as possible and he was able to get his skate on Pisani's rebound attempt, a save that prompted another thunderous roar from the frenzied crowd.

That was the Oilers' last gasp, a bitter disappointment for a gritty and resilient team that entered the playoffs as the eighth-seeded team in the Western Conference. The Oilers survived the loss of their No. 1 goalie, Dwayne Roloson in the series opener and rallied from a 3-1 deficit to come to the cusp of a Stanley Cup championship.

"We'll get over the disappointment, but that's pretty hard to do right now," a somber Craig MacTavish said after the game. "I told the players we didn't do ourselves a disservice in this game."

MacTavish looked back at blowing a lead in Game 1 as perhaps the turning point for his team in this series.

" When you get to this level, you can't leave anything in the table," he said. "We may have left one on the table in Game 1. We didn't lose the series tonight. Give them a lot of credit the way they bounced back from a sub-par effort in Game 6."

The crowd of 18,978, which sang both national anthems like their counterparts in Edmonton, stood for most of the game as the overall pace was insane for two teams that had played more than 100 games. The 'Canes were playing their 107th regular season/playoff games, while the Oilers were playing their 106th regular season/playoff contest.

The Hurricanes bolted from the gate with the opening drop and jumped into the lead just 1:26 into the game when Aaron Ward blasted a shot from the top of the right circle past a screened Markkanen.

Mark Recchi and Matt Cullen were very effective along the boards, keeping the puck in play along with winger Andrew Ladd. Recchi moved the puck to Ward, who pinched in to the top of the circle and let fly as Ladd and Cullen drove to the net to create screens, with the puck eluding Markkanen.

There was plenty of controversy at the end of the period. With a delayed penalty coming up on the Oilers' Ethan Moreau, the Hurricanes drove into the Edmonton end and a bizarre series of events took place. Rod Brind'Amour attempted to put a shot on goal, but it bounced into the slot, where Craig Adams then chipped a shot on the Edmonton net. Markkanen sprawled to make the save, but the puck went over him, appeared to be tipped by Ales Hemsky and then fell into the crease, where Oilers defenseman Steve Staios dove into the net to keep the puck out.

Referee Brad Watson initially signaled for a penalty shot, but the officials huddled and decided that the Oilers had touched the puck before the goal-mouth scramble, prompting the whistle to end the play before the pileup. Hence, no penalty shot for covering up the puck in the crease. But, the 'Canes did get a power play that carried over to the second period.

"With a delayed penalty about to be called by the back referee (Bill McCreary) for a high stick by Edmonton player Ethan Moreau, Oilers' defenseman Steve Staios deliberately bats the puck in the crease, which constitutes control and the play is considered dead," NHL Senior Vice President and Director of Officiating Stephen Walkom said. "Referee (Brad) Watson, who was unaware that a delayed penalty was being called, was waiting for a play that would constitute a normal stoppage. Batting the puck by a player in the defensive zone does not constitute a stoppage. Referee Watson stopped the play when the Oilers' players covered the puck. He was then informed by referee McCreary of the delayed penalty, which required play to be stopped at the moment when control was achieved by the batting of the puck by Staios."

The first period was played like a track meet, with thunderous hits and all-out efforts that typified how important the game was to the respective teams.

Brind'Amour set the tone right away, throwing a heavy check into Raffi Torres, who had done the same to the 'Canes in Games 5 and 6.

Ward made a nice stop off a Sergei Samsonov blast two minutes in, but the 'Canes were showing a hunger spirit that had been missing in the previous two games. A strong hitting shift by the 'Canes ended when Eric Staal was called for hitting Markkanen behind the net. The ensuing Oilers' power play forced Ward to make three solid saves. Midway through the period, Ward made another strong save when Radek Dvorak made a nice shot from in close off a Samsonov pass.

Edmonton killed off a penalty to defenseman Matt Greene at 17:33, and the Oilers also killed off the penalty to Moreau early in the second that had spawned all the controversy at the end of period one.

Erik Cole's speed was too much for Oilers defenseman Jaroslav Spacek to handle at 4:10 of the second period, and he was boxed for holding, a penalty that proved immensely costly at 4:18 when Carolina defenseman Frantisek Kaberle's shot from the rim of the left circle changed direction and speed after hitting diving Oiler defenseman Jason Smith, dipping between the legs of Markkanen for a 2-0 Carolina lead.

Brind'Amour wasn't credited with an assist on the goal, but he made the key play, deflecting an Edmonton clearing pass just enough for teammate Matt Cullen ?to corral at the blue line. Cullen moved the puck to Cory Stillman, who spotted Kaberle in the clear for the vital second goal.

The Hurricanes dodged a huge bullet late in the period. First, Niclas Wallin was called for hooking Ryan Smyth at 16:16, giving the Oilers a power play that became a two-man advantage at 16:21, when defenseman Aaron Ward was called for delay of game after sending the puck into the crowd, giving the Oilers the 5-on-3 edge. The Oilers were 0-for-4 in the Final with the two-man edge and it became 0-for-5 as Carolina goalie Cam Ward made a series of saves. Edmonton's opportunity ended early when Smyth was called for hooking Wesley at 17:21.

The Oilers tested Ward late in the period, but the rookie goalie rose to the occasion, somehow seeing the puck through multiple screens to make saves on Chris Pronger and Ales Hemsky.

http://www.nhl.com/cupcrazy/2006/serieso/game7_recap.html
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 21, 2006, 12:38:34 AM
Damn, for a sec I though Masa had turned into a hockey essayist! :P  Yeah, totally sucks for the Oilers, but you can't say that they gave it away. Carolina DEFINITELY earned this win and they do deserve the Cup this year.

Best part of the night for me was near the end of the third period.  The crowd at the restaurant had started a "LET'S GO OILERS!" chant, after which they'd pound the tables a bit (you know the one). Anyway, this one tipsy dude pounded his table so hard he knocked over his beer, spilling it on himself! :damnfunny
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 21, 2006, 09:07:13 AM
Hey!! Who fuckin changed the thread title :P

Man....I'm just so physically and emotionally spent. SO FUCKIN CLOSE!! Games 1 and 4 come to mind...and we were still battling till the end. (I'm a write an essay later complete with photos) ...I'm proud of the Oilers! Next year! The new CBA will solidfy the nucleus and we can at least get some damn snipers to roof a couple of shots and not depend on the 5 hole or a one timer :evil:

TO THINK WE LOST THE DECIDING GAME OFF A SHOT OFF JASON SMITH'S ASS!!! :evil:  ah well. I'm gonna go to the rally whenever the city has it tmr or whatever this week!!

2.5 months till training camp!!! Bring on the NHL Awards and Draft!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 22, 2006, 08:10:36 AM
Jose Theodore is dating Paris Hilton!??!

Big Oilers rally tmr noon at City Hall!!! BE THERE!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on June 23, 2006, 07:52:10 AM
Thornton, Lidstrom big winners at Awards Show

The NHL honored a season of excellence Thursday night in Vancouver, handing out a galaxy of trophies to the League's elite players.

Leading the winners was San Jose's Joe Thornton, the winner of the Hart Trophy as the League's Most Valuable Player, Miikka Kiprusoff, of the Flames took the Vezina Trophy as the top goalie and Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom won his fourth Norris Trophy as the top defenseman.

The black-tie event was held at The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts and boasted an audience that represented a who's who of the hockey world. Among the presenters were Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier.

Hart Trophy, Most Valuable Player -- Joe Thornton, who came over from the Boston Bruins in a trade early in the season that helped point the San Jose Sharks in the right direction, was named the winner of the Hart as the League's most valuable player.

Thornton was named on all 129 ballots from the Professional Hockey Writers' Association and received 67 first-place votes for 1,058 points, besting Jaromir Jagr of the New York Rangers, who received 48 first-place votes and 974 points.

Thornton formed a dynamic duo with Jonathon Cheechoo in San Jose. Cheechoo won the Maurice "Rocket" Richard" as the League's top scorer with 56 goals. Thornton finished atop the League in scoring with 29 goals and 96 assists. It marked the highest point total since Jaromir Jagr, the Hart runner-up this year, scored 127 points in 1997-98.

After being acquired by the Sharks on Nov. 30, Thornton scored 92 points in 58 games, helping the Sharks to a 36-15-7 record. His 125 points are the most by a player who played with two teams in one season.

"I was Wayne Gretzky's biggest fan and watched him take this home a few times, and then there's Mark (Messier) and Mario (Lemieux)," Thornton said. "It's very humbling to be on the same page with them. I'm so proud of my teammates, so glad I have good people around me. They really helped me do this.

"Every time you hit over 100 points it's a special season," Thornton said "Getting the team to the playoffs makes it a special season. Those two thing said it's a special season."

Calder Trophy, Top Rookie -- Left wing Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is the NHL's top rookie in 2005-06, topping an unprecedented rookie class that included Pittsburgh Penguins standout Sidney Crosby and Calgary Flames defenseman Dion Phaneuf.

Ovechkin, the Caps' dynamic scorer, ran away with the award, receiving 124 of 129 first-place votes and five second-place votes for 1,275 points. Crosby, also named on all 129 ballots, was second with 831 points.

Ovechkin, drafted first overall in 2004, scored 52 goals and 54 assists for the Caps and also led the NHL in shots with 425. His 52 goals was the third-best in the NHL and was third all-time among rookies, trailing only Teemu Selanne (76) and Mike Bossy (53).

Ovechkin was thrilled with the win, although a little nervous having to talk about it in English.

"I'm nervous now," Ovechkin smiled. "I can't believe I won this cup ...

"I win," Ovechkin said with a huge sigh. "I'm very happy playing for a great team and great guys. This means a lot ... I don't have the words. I can tell you in Russian."

Vezina Trophy, Top Goaltender -- Calgary Flames goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff came away with two trophies, the Jennings Trophy for lowest goals-against average, 2.03, and also won the Vezina as the League's top goaltender. He bested formidable competition from New Jersey's Martin Brodeur and the New York Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist. Kiprusoff won handily, taking 140 points to Brodeur's 48.

In addition to goals-against, Kiprusoff led all netminders in goals-against average shutouts (10) and was second in victories (42) and third in save percentage (.923).

Selke Trophy, Top Defensive Forward -- The wins just continue to roll in for Carolina Hurricanes center Rod Brind'Amour, who won the Stanley Cup Monday in Raleigh and the Selke Thursday in Vancouver.

"It feels like a huge weight has gotten lifted off my chest," Brind'Amour said of the Stanley Cup/Selke combo.

Ironically, the Selke goes to the NHL's top defensive forward, and Brind'Amour said he never has thought of himself as a defensive forward. But he has proven to be a shutdown center and also excels at faceoffs, as well in the leadership capacity that was so evident during the Hurricanes' ruin to the Cup.

Brind'Amour outdistanced the field by receiving 80 first-place votes and was named on 108 of 129 ballots for 954 points. Three-time Selke winner Jere Lehtinen of the Dallas Stars was second with 567 points.

Brind'Amour helped the Hurricanes to a franchise-best 112-point season and the second seed in the Eastern Conference with his trademark tenacity and versatility. The Hurricanes captain led all NHL forwards in ice time per game at 24:17, more than a minute and a half ahead of second-place Brad Richards of Tampa Bay (22:45). Brind'Amour's faceoff prowess was impressive. He led all players in faceoffs taken with 2,145 and placing third in faceoff winning percentage, 59.1 percent.

Norris Trophy, Top Defenseman -- You can never go wrong selecting Nicklas Lidstrom for an award and the Detroit Red Wings' defenseman has once again come away with the Norris trophy as the NHL's top defenseman. It marked the fourth time Lidstrom has won the Norris.

"It's special," Lidstrom said. "After the lockout, I wanted to come back and have a strong season and I think I did that. I'm very proud of the season I had."
Nicklas Lidstrom

Lidstrom led all NHL defensemen in scoring with a career-high 80 points (16 goals, 64 assists), helping the Presidents' Trophy winners post a 14-0-0 record when he scored a goal. Lidstrom ranked third in the NHL in ice time per game (28:06) and posted a plus-21 rating.

"It's an honor to be among the players who have won this award," Lidstrom said, pointing to Chris Chelios, Paul Coffey and Ray Bourque. "To be mentioned with them is an awesome feeling."

Lidstrom said a combination of health and playing time has combined to make him a strong player.

"Staying healthy is a big part of this and getting an opportunity to play a lot of minutes are key factors," Lidstrom said. "I play better when I play more."

And it shows.

Lady Byng, Sportsmanship -- Playing well and staying out of the penalty box can be a tough line to walk in an action, collision sport like hockey, but the Red Wings' Pavel Datsyuk does it beautifully.

Datsyuk was named on 94 of 128 ballots and received 41 first-place votes for 669 points, finishing well ahead of 2004 Lady Byng winner Brad Richards of the Tampa Bay Lightning (442).

Datsyuk led the Red Wings in scoring in 2005-06 with a career-high 87 points (28 goals, 59 assists), the most by a Detroit player since Brendan Shanahan's 88 in 1996-97. Datsyuk became the first Red Wings player to tally 50 assists in a season since Steve Yzerman, also in 1996-97, and was the first player in franchise history to attempt and score a shootout goal, Dec. 20 vs. Columbus. He was assessed just 22 penalty minutes in 75 games.

Masterton Trophy, Perseverance and Dedication to Hockey -- Anaheim Ducks right wing Teemu Selanne, coming off surgery for a serious knee injury, enjoyed a banner season with the Anaheim Ducks in 2005-06 thanks to the diligent hard work he did to rehab the injury.

The award was presented by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association to honor the late Bill Masterton, a player for the Minnesota North Stars who exhibited those qualities. Masterton died on Jan. 15, 1968, as a result of an on-ice injury.

Coming off a disappointing 2003-04 season in Colorado when he scored 16 goals and 16 assists, Selanne rebounded in a big way this season, scoring 40 goals and 50 assists with the Ducks.

Pearson Trophy, MVP voted by NHLPA -- Trying to decide between Joe Thornton and Jaromir Jagr for the Hart Trophy was really a case of splitting hairs in terms of excellence. So it was fitting that the NHLPA's Pearson went to Jagr, who was a one-man gang for the New York Rangers. Jagr scored 54 goals and assisted on 69 others and finished at an impressive plus-34.

Adams Trophy, Top Coach -- Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff, whose team fell to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final, won a close vote over the Hurricanes' Peter Laviolette and the New York Rangers' Tom Renney as the NHL's top coach.

Ruff edged Laviolette, 155-154, in the closet Adams vote since the trophy was first awarded in 1973-74 and the closest vote among all trophies in 2005-06.

"Some great coaches have won this award," Ruff said. "I had a terrific team to coach. There were three real good nominees, it certainly could have gone either way."

The League's longest tenured head coach, Ruff guided the Sabres to a 52-24-6 record for 110 points, a 25-point improvement over 2003-04, and set franchise records for victories and points. The Sabres tallied their highest goal total, 281, since 1993-94, doing so without a player placing among the League's top 60 scorers.

"In training camp I felt we had a special team," said Ruff, who cited Scotty Bowman and Roger Neilson as the coaches who had the most influence on him. "We didn't have a lot of holes. Our offense was built on the players we've got and the mobility on the back end."

Maurice Richard Trophy, Most Goals -- San Jose's Jonathon Cheechoo was the Sundance Kid to Thornton's Butch Cassidy for the Sharks. The two developed almost instant chemistry thanks to Thornton's passing touch and Cheechoo's ability to score.

Cheechoo tallied a Sharks-record 56 goals, including 11 goals in the final 10 games, and led the NHL in game-winning goals (11), home-ice goals (31) and divisional goals (29).

King Clancy Trophy, Humanitarian Contributions -- Washington Capitals goaltender Olaf Kolzig is a pretty good netminder, but he is a much better person. Kolzig has been instrumental raising awareness about children with Autism and his continuing works will help not only raise awareness but money to research the disease.

Jagr, Ovechkin, Kiprusoff & Selänne :thumbsup
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 23, 2006, 08:35:20 AM
WHOA UPSET!! You'd think Jagr would get a sniff.

If  y'all missed it...

OILERS FAN APPRECATION DAY!

It's pretty fuckin awesome, the Oilers are the HiPpest franchise in the league. the locker room is so tight. everyone fits in. there's a deep history. and now this squad has built the bridge from the Gretzky-Messier Dynasty days. Today, they wanted to give back to the fans even after a tough tough series to lose. GO OILERS GO!

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Watch Kevin Lowe - he's right. the whole team ain't there cuz the Oilers only celebrate winning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLZUCIsXiu4

Watch Georges Laraque - OILERS resign him! He promised a cup!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssxk-JrGIRA

LMAO, I stalked Georges (guy in my sig) as he was walking back into city hall and talking to reporters, he then posed with this woman in African costume and then zoomed off.

The Cups coming in 2007!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 24, 2006, 06:26:31 AM
Nice...all these fuckin rumors about Pronger asking for a trade even though Lowe shoots it down.

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Edmonton Oilers GM Kevin Lowe wasted little time shooting down reports in Canadian that defenseman Chris Pronger asked to be traded.

"He hasn't asked me. I'll just leave it at that,'' he said. "Hey, we just got over a seven-game series in the Stanley Cup finals and there seems to be a lot of discussion about this and I'm not sure where it's coming from.''

Pronger scored 12 goals and 56 points in the regular season, and was a Conn Smythe Trophy candidate during Edmonton's playoff run, finishing third in scoring with five goals and 16 assists. The 31-year-old is entering the second year of a five-year contract worth $6.25 million per season.

and Luongo for Bertuzzi. Man did Florida get jobbed!
http://tsn.ca/news_story.asp?ID=169536&hubName=main

Oh, can't wait for the Draft tmr. :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 24, 2006, 08:39:33 AM
You don't like Bertuzzi?  He's still a workhorse, I think, and a good balanced player.  I'd still rather choose him over say someone like, Theo Fleury however, but poor Theo's always had a soft spot in my spleen.  So talented, such a waste.  Anyway, I think Todd's gonna step up to a more leadership role with Florida, and I'm now also wondering about the status of Dan Cloutier.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 24, 2006, 11:10:18 AM
YEA YEA LUONGO!! BRING THE CUP TO VANCOUVER!!!!!!

WE ARE GOING TO SIGN GABORIK!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on June 24, 2006, 01:08:07 PM
It's gonna be interesting to see Bertuzzi playing with Jokinen. Two big guys who can score, they could do some serious damage next season.

I'm 100% sure that Cloutier will get traded soon.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kaede on June 24, 2006, 01:57:38 PM
damn...Vancouver made another huge mistake!!!  giving away Bertuzzi, Bryan Allen and Alexander Auld for Luongo and Lukas Krajicek??!!!  Vancouver will end up like Boston Bruins.  Fuck you Dave Nonis
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on June 24, 2006, 02:00:33 PM
Yeah, it definately seems like a losing trade for Vancouver. It's very possible that Bertuzzi asked to be traded though.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 24, 2006, 10:35:22 PM
Bertuzzi isnt what he used to be after the moore thing. He doesnt play agreesive anymore. -.-

we are gonna trade cloutier. We dont want a 2.5 million dollar backup
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 25, 2006, 12:12:34 AM
Quote from: Kuno_Thunder
You don't like Bertuzzi?


Nah, I hate Bert. Unless it was the thug mentality of Marc Crawford. Looking at the trade in whole, Vancouver gave up Auld AND Bryan Allen. Their defense is old and weak. Luongo is a free agent next year so hmm.

But right now I'm floored at the confirmation from Kevin Lowe that Chris Pronger's agent has requested a trade. Something like his wife was homesick. BAH! There's no way you can get value back unless you get a Redden (whom Oilers were rumored to be interested in) or other marquee player. A shame really. But I trust Lowe and his Jedi Mind Tricks to put together another great squad with the Cap being increased as it is!!!

To think, it was just a hate article written by jealous Oiler hater Al Strachan of the Toronto Sun.

Better get all the Pronger shit possible...:lmao:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on June 29, 2006, 02:47:08 AM
Almost met Sidney Crosby at a bar near where I live. My sister called me and told me to send her a pic of him because she thought he was in the bar. Said she'd get me an autograph, but my interest in hockey is about as low as it's ever been, so I said no.
I showed up a little later to verify if it really was him, or not, and it turns out it was and he left like 5 minutes before I got there. He gave her an autograph on a napkin. Ryan Malone was there too and also signed. Sounded like he was a pretty nice guy.
Wonder what he was doing in Latrobe, though. Maybe Lemieux's golf thing is sometime soon.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on June 29, 2006, 06:22:24 AM
Official NHL thread? Damn you can't even find this thread at Official NHL site HAHA.

Anyone here Ducks, Flames, Oilers fan? Well, Let's Welcome Daigong to the "I hate Game 7 Stanley Cup Finale Club!!!" :doh:

I soooooo can't wait till this October after a High Scoring Season! Nice to see players scoring 50 or more goals again! Rookies went crazy in the 05-06 season...
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on June 29, 2006, 09:18:47 AM
Quote from: taiyou
Official NHL thread? Damn you can't even find this thread at Official NHL site HAHA.

Anyone here Ducks, Flames, Oilers fan? Well, Let's Welcome Daigong to the "I hate Game 7 Stanley Cup Finale Club!!!" :doh:

I soooooo can't wait till this October after a High Scoring Season! Nice to see players scoring 50 or more goals again! Rookies went crazy in the 05-06 season...

I'm a Rangers-fan myself but we have some Oilers-fans too. I think daigong banned all the Flames-fans :lol:

IMO rookie wise 05-06 was the best season since 92-93 (Selänne & Lindros). Crosby and Ovechkin might be even more talented though and if they stay healthy they could have even more successful careers than Selänne and Lindros. And then some news :)

Hockey Hall of Fame announces 2006 inductees

Jim Gregory, Chairman of the Hockey Hall of Fame Selection Committee, announced today that Patrick Roy and Terrance 'Dick' Duff have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Player Category. In the Builder Category, former coach Herbert Brooks and NHL Chairman of the Board, Harley Hotchkiss were elected. The vote took place today at the annual meeting of the Selection Committee in Toronto.

"The Hockey Hall of Fame is proud to welcome these four outstanding individuals as Honoured Members," said Jim Gregory. "Their contributions to the game of hockey are well documented and their election to the Hockey Hall of Fame is richly deserved."

Born 70 years ago in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Dick Duff was recruited as a teenager to play at Toronto's prestigious St. Michael's College. From St. Mike's, he joined the Toronto Maple Leafs full-time in 1955-56 as a left winger at the age of 19. Dick played eight seasons with the Maple Leafs and was a member of Stanley Cup winning teams in 1962 and 1963. After a brief stop in New York, he was traded to the Montreal Canadiens in December 1964 and was part of four more Cup winning teams -- in 1965, 1966, 1968 and 1969. He concluded his career with the Buffalo Sabres in 1972 after playing in over 1,000 NHL games and five 20-goal scoring regular seasons.

"I'm very happy to be selected, and it is extra special for me given that today is my mother's birthday -- if she were still alive she would have been 101," said Duff. "I'm happy for all of the guys that played in and around Kirkland Lake and appreciate my teammates in the NHL who taught me how to win at the highest level of the game."

Born on October 5th, 1965 in Quebec City, Patrick Roy's accomplishments are well chronicled. A third-round pick of the Montreal Canadiens in the 1984 Entry Draft, he joined the Canadiens full-time in 1985-86, and that season was named to the NHL's All Rookie team. He went on to win two Stanley Cup championships in his 11 seasons in Montreal before being traded to Colorado in December 1995. In Colorado, Patrick continued his winning ways, earning two more Stanley Cup championships before retiring in 2003. A three-time Conn Smythe and Vezina trophy winner, he is the only goalie in NHL history to win over 200 regular season games with two different teams.

"I'm very fortunate to receive this honour," said Roy. "It brings you back to thinking about your career and the great teammates and tremendous support I have received from my family over the years."

In the Builder Category, Herbert Brooks and Harley Hotchkiss were elected.

Herb Brooks' playing career included four seasons with the University of Minnesota Gophers between 1955B59. He was a member of the U.S. National Team during two Olympic Games and during five World Championships, but is best known for his contributions as a coach. Herb coached at his alma mater and then went on to spearhead the Miracle On Ice as coach of the gold medal-winning Team USA at the 1980 Winter Olympics He was head coach of the New York Rangers from 1981 -- 1985 and continued his NHL coaching career with the Minnesota North Stars, New Jersey Devils and Pittsburgh Penguins.

Herb Brooks died tragically in a single car accident on August 11, 2003 in Forest Lake, Minnesota.

"I was not anticipating this honour," said his wife, Patti Brooks. "Our family has been overwhelmed with the recognition that Herb has received and we are very proud of his accomplishments. I can't wait to tell my kids."

Harley Hotchkiss was born in tobacco country in Tillsonburg, Ontario and joined the Michigan State Spartans in 1950. In 1980, he was part of the group that brought the Flames to Calgary from Atlanta. The Flames prospered in Calgary and he was instrumental in bringing the 1988 Winter Olympics to that city. Hotchkiss has served as the Chairman of the NHL's Board of Governors for the past 10 years.

"As a farm boy growing up in Southern Ontario with hockey as a key part of my life, this is truly a very special honour," said Hotchkiss. "I have certainly enjoyed the 26 years that I have been part of the NHL and am very humbled to be selected."

The 2006 Induction Celebration will be held on Monday, November 13th at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. For more information regarding the 2006 Induction Weekend/Celebration, visit http://www.hhof.com.

http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/06/275972.html
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on June 29, 2006, 08:41:32 PM
Uh, I've forgotten to post to this thread for a while, so congrats to Carolina, Oilers did good, Yay for Ovechkin, Kiprusoff earned his Vezina trophy and why they need pity prizes like the one Selanne got.

Good to hear Roy was selected to the Hall of Fame, eventhough it wasn't  surprise, but he was one of my favorite players back then.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on June 30, 2006, 06:03:03 AM
Quote from: Masa

IMO rookie wise 05-06 was the best season since 92-93 (Selänne & Lindros). Crosby and Ovechkin might be even more talented though and if they stay healthy they could have even more successful careers than Selänne and Lindros. And then some news :)


No-one is ever gonna touch Selanne's Rookie record of 76 goals and 132 points...:twisted: I don't think they are more talented than Selanne with the fact that the players now have crazy graphite sticks that bends 90°, and during the last decade all the players were using Wooden stick! And they're not as fast as the Finnish Flash back then! Though I must admit Ovechkin can drop bomb checks and he can be like Bertuzzi with better skills :o  Selanne still has few years left to do his magic, unlike with Bondra and Kovalev who looks they don't have what it takes now. Maybe just the fact that he plays better in Anaheim
Quote from: ctz

Kiprusoff earned his Vezina trophy and why they need pity prizes like the one Selanne got.

What do you mean by pity???? U probably forgot the fact that he had a great season like he used to after coming off surgery for a serious knee injury that he had for like 2 years. It's opposite of pity prize, I think it's better than a LadyByng anyday!!:-P
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 30, 2006, 06:47:55 AM
Quote from: BradVickers
Almost met Sidney Crosby at a bar near where I live. My sister called me and told me to send her a pic of him because she thought he was in the bar. Said she'd get me an autograph, but my interest in hockey is about as low as it's ever been, so I said no.
I showed up a little later to verify if it really was him, or not, and it turns out it was and he left like 5 minutes before I got there. He gave her an autograph on a napkin. Ryan Malone was there too and also signed. Sounded like he was a pretty nice guy.
Wonder what he was doing in Latrobe, though. Maybe Lemieux's golf thing is sometime soon.


Crosby's not 21 yet tho, why would he be at a bar in Pennsylvania?  Its legal to drink here when you're 18, 19 in ON, but not down there, I don't think.  Too bad you couldn't get him to pimp out to JPH(hockey stick)P or something.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 01, 2006, 06:03:21 PM
Masterson Trophy is cool and it's great that people are giving Selänne props for his amazing season. Now Lady Byng is for bitches, and for bitches only. And I agree, Teemu's rookie records are never gonna be touched. 76 goals as a rookie is just amazing :shocked:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on July 01, 2006, 11:13:40 PM
OMG JOVO SIGNED WITH PHOENIX
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 01, 2006, 11:20:42 PM
And Bruins have signed Zdeno Chara.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 02, 2006, 09:34:05 AM
(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/618/nhl9kq.jpg)

Damn, the Bruins have been making some moves. They have signed both Chara AND Savard :shocked:

Rob Blake returning to LA is another shocker, the new NHL has been brutal to Colorado. They have lost a majority of their stars in just two years.

Jovo to Phoenix, the Canucks fans must be pissed  *looks at ahcheungape*
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on July 02, 2006, 09:36:25 AM
Jovanonski to Pheonix?
 
 
Shrug, they still suck though.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 02, 2006, 11:30:15 PM
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Hell yeah! The Rangers resigned Straka. He was pretty good last season and the only NYR UFA I wanted to see back in New York.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on July 03, 2006, 12:02:46 AM
mfg, we lost carney too. Our defense is gonna suck
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on July 03, 2006, 10:00:35 AM
TRADE RUMOR!!!

LUONGO FOR PRONGER/ROLOSON
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 03, 2006, 10:08:49 AM
Quote from: Mugen
LUONGO FOR PRONGER/ROLOSON


Quit smoking that 2 dollar crack I sold you :lmao:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 03, 2006, 10:11:11 AM
Quote from: Mugen
TRADE RUMOR!!!

LUONGO FOR PRONGER/ROLOSON
Three words: not gonna happen  :P

Pronger going to Florida rumor is way more believable. Personally I'd love to see him playing for the Rangers because right now our defense is lacking a true franchise player.


NHL notes: No easy task for Oilers' Lowe

The Edmonton Oilers probably were hopeful that the thrill of reaching the Stanley Cup finals, a hockey-crazed environment and praise befit a king would change the mind of Chris Pronger and his stunning request to be traded.

GM Kevin Lowe admitted over the weekend that he has been aware of Pronger's wishes for quite a while. Reportedly, Pronger's wife, Lauren, returned with the couple's children to her native St. Louis midway through the season.

The news has sent shock waves through the city, which was still getting over the pain of losing the Stanley Cup in seven games to Carolina.

Lowe has his work cut out for him. Pronger signed a five-year contract worth $6.25 million a season with the Oilers after being dealt by the St. Louis Blues last summer. Such a contract is quite attractive to NHL clubs in the market for a cornerstone defenseman, and many teams are in that position. Add to that the fact that everyone now knows Pronger is apparently forcing the issue.

Early rumors are that Toronto, the Rangers and Florida are among the teams with a keen interest in making a deal for Pronger, who apparently wants to play in the United States and not in Canada. St. Louis doesn't figure to be in the running because the club, gutted by former owner Bill Laurie during his effort to sell, probably can't come up with a package that will appease Lowe.

"We're not going to be quick to act on this unless we have a real strong opportunity for the organization," said Lowe, who learned from Pronger's agent, Pat Morris, that he wanted out. "We're not going to be knee-jerk to anything. He doesn't have a no-trade clause, so there can't be many stipulations."

Not surprisingly, the news is being met with both anger and sadness in Edmonton. Some media types are skewering Pronger for bailing on the Oilers and the city. Others speculate about what this will do to franchise, fearing that the ripple effect of losing an impact player like Pronger this way could influence future players acquired by trade or free agency.

Lowe described the feeling as a "shot in the gut" and rightly so. Pronger was probably Edmonton's most effective and consistent player in the playoffs and, had the Oilers won the Cup, he probably would have won the Conn Smythe as playoff MVP. He scored five goals and 16 assists in 24 games and averaged nearly 31 minutes of ice time per game.

Pronger has been unavailable for comment on the situation. He and his family reportedly are vacationing in Mexico.

As for potential suitors, the Maple Leafs are reportedly dangling defenseman Tomas Kaberle, who recently signed a long-term contract, and one of the team's top prospects. Lowe has been in discussions with GM John Ferguson Jr., who knows Pronger well from his days as assistant GM with the Blues, but those talks are preliminary. The Leafs would like to get something done before Saturday because Kaberle has a no-trade clause in the new contract that kicks in on that day.

The Rangers have a lot of talent up front and some good prospects in the minors, but Lowe undoubtedly will want a top-tier defenseman as part of the package. Florida GM Mike Keenan reportedly is offering defenseman Jay Bouwmeester in a package.

If Pronger is indeed moved, Lowe could get into the derby for veteran Vancouver defenseman Ed Jovanovski, who is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent July 1. Jovanovski is rumored to be considering Florida, where he started his career. His wife is also from Florida and, as Pronger can attest, wives can be very influential.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/5738488
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 03, 2006, 10:23:26 AM
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WOOT!! Oilers resigned Roloson to a 3 year (11M?) and Castledown's Fernando Pisani to a 4 year deal. There's talk of Peca wanting to stay too.

K.LOWE PLEASE SIGN GEORGES!! He Pimped JPH!P!! (http://forum.jphip.com/showpost.php?p=73893&postcount=13)

WOW!! This makes Pronger even harder to trade. Fuckin everyone overpaid, no way Chara or Jovo are worth that kinda coin. Boston thinks they can build a team of superstars. Look at the Rangers!! Talent != Chemistry!! Build like the Oilers, mix in a few veterans, FA's, and young guns = STANLEY CUP!! 2007 BITCHES!!

My comments on the whole Pronger Wanting Out is that ... is...K_T - you got one helluva souvenir LMAO. Seriously tho, he's been stand up for the organization but whatever the case may be, he ain't got no ill will towards the franchise or the fans. so I'd wish the media and fans lay off him. Just cuz his wife is a rich bitch, dun mean u can trash her. Even side talk of like he said she said will get u sued so I shut the fuck up. Kevin Lowe is a Jedi Master and can work out miracles.

According to assholes at TSN, Anaheim is the latest team interested..expect a deal within 24 hrs?? WTF! And Prongs has a presser on Tues. Hope Selanne, Niedermeyer, Getzlaf, or Lupul! :P

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=170367

Quote from: Masa
I'm a Rangers-fan myself but we have some Oilers-fans too. I think daigong banned all the Flames-fans :lol:


I converted all the Texans, boyten, and Peg Sheety to Oiler Country too. I feel like banning Canucks and Leafs fans too :lol:

Canucks are the product of Brian Burke and his retarded overspending. Watch them and the Leafs miss the playoffs this year. Over paying the Sedin Sisters. Anson Carter wants out OHNOES!! Good luck on losing Cloutier too.

Quote from: Masa
Hockey Hall of Fame announces 2006 inductees


http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/06/275972.html


WTF!!! Where's Glenn Anderson? Kevin Lowe?? Esa Tikkanen?? Andy Moog?? You see the Oilers OWN all the records but what? HOF don't wanna induct Oilers in consecutive years? BASTARDS!! :fuckyou:


And here's a great post (finally) from the Oilers Forum on why everyone hates the Oilers:
http://www.edmontonoilers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16394&sid=d4b57f114a62d0da09e37a66c0575b4f

Quote from: bcon
It is pretty simple, The Edmonton Oilers in their 27 years of existence have reached the Stanley Cup Final 7 times... 26 % of the time. Countless Divisional, Conference Championships and a few President's trophies to boot.

The Edmonton Oilers undeniably BUILT the best team the NHL has ever seen. All players were drafted or signed by the Oilers not obtained through trade. Out of it came the greatest player ever!, Hall of Famers, Playoff Clutch performers, and a exciting brand of hockey that the NHL itself has proclaimed "Oilers Hockey"

Even when forced to trade the Edmonton Oilers hit the jackpot and generate yet another superstar. Whatever GM the Oilers have had in place, they come out on top of more trades than they lose. The Oilers have never been embarrased by a trade, no one has ever left the Oilers to become the next best thing with their next team, even gretzky didn't hoist the cup again.

The mid to late 1990s had the NHL and other team's fans shouting with glee... the Oilers finally fell upon hard times... but the grit was still there, the young guns were still being produced and knocking out teams in the 1st round in 1997 and 1998 was still a sign that the Oilers were not going anywhere.

The NHL evened the playing field salary wise, what many Edmontonians were saying was the only reason why Edmonton couldn't regain top form... and what did you get ... first season out of the gate and Edmonton was yet again at the Final with so many promising stars that the Other NHL Media's nightmare might come true, the Oilers might reign again.

So of course they are going to salivate and dump on Edmonton, its jealousy and frustration that the Oilers simply can't be stopped.

Toronto is rebuilding no matter what they want to say.... the can't stand Edmonton surpassing them again

Vancouver/Calgary/Ottawa - like Edm's little brothers... so desperately want a taste of consistent championships or consistent contenders... but always choke

American Teams - could care less about Edm, they buy Cups... and they want that right back, screw building teams, fat wallets should count and they are mad as hell it got taken away

Notice the only team that doesn't care to much, the Montreal Canadiens, why? because they recognize a champion when they see one, and consider Edm a potential rival. Champions know how it gets done, they don't need to point fingers and go waa waa waa.

Oilers Fans.... it is what it is.... which is why we go nuts in Rexall Place and why you find strangers on whyte ave hugging eachother and celbrating together.... It trully is US against the world.... and we relish it... challenge it and EXPECT to come out on top.

screw the negativity... GO OILERS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on July 03, 2006, 10:54:00 AM
Nice. Roloson has turned out to be a pretty good goalie.
 
I remember him in Buffalo 5 years ago when he was considered a liability whenever the Dominator got injured.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 03, 2006, 07:02:54 PM
OILERS TRADE PRONGER TO DUCKS!!

For Lupul, and some other chumps. :shocked: :kcrazy: we just stockpiled some kids :kcrazy:

ETA:

"source" http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=170401&hubname=
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 03, 2006, 07:07:42 PM
HOLY SHIT! Pronger and Niedermayer in the same team :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

LOL @ Selänne & Pronger playing in the same team, I wonder how long it will take until they start fighting :lol:

Oilers deal Pronger to Anaheim

Chris Pronger, the biggest name on the summer trade block is going to California.

The Anaheim Ducks have traded right winger Joffrey Lupul, one non-roster player and several conditional high-end draft picks to the Oilers in exchange for Pronger.

Pronger, 31, put up 56 points and a plus-2 rating during the 2005-2006 regular season and was a stalwart for the Oilers during their playoff run to the Stanley Cup final, recording 21 points and a plus-10 rating in 24 games.  The 2000 Hart and Norris Trophy winner is regarded as one of the very best defenders in the league, and joins a Ducks defence corps that includes 2004 Norris Trophy winner Scott Niedermayer.

Pronger has 456 points and a plus-127 rating in an 802-game career that has seen him play in Hartford, St. Louis and Edmonton.  He also has 72 points and a plus-25 rating in 109 career playoff games.

The 6-foot-6, 220 pound defenceman signed a five-year, $31.25-million contract with the Oilers last August, then surprised the team with his request for a trade shortly after the season due to personal reasons.

 Lupul, 22, is an Edmonton native who is just coming into his own offensively.  Drafted 7th overall in 2002, Lupul tallied 28 goals and 53 points this past season, a solid improvement on his 34-point rookie season of 2003-2004.

Lupul added nine goals and 11 points in 16 playoff games this past season, including a four-goal game against Colorado in the second-round series.

A restricted free agent, Lupul earned $900,600 last season.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 03, 2006, 10:01:23 PM
Pronger speaks in 30 minutes. Kevin Lowe in an hour. Tune in here:

http://www.630ched.com/
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on July 04, 2006, 05:19:57 AM
Fuckin' unreal.  Too bad they couldn't score with Wade Redden too, he would have looked good in blue and orange.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on July 04, 2006, 08:06:42 AM
Quote from: daigong
OILERS TRADE PRONGER TO DUCKS!!

For Lupul, and some other chumps. :shocked: :kcrazy: we just stockpiled some kids :kcrazy:


I'm shocked here too!!?!?! :shock: :evil: I mean let's not even start about who got the better deal or whatnot cause everyone has different opinions.

Not just the fact that I don't want any Oilers/Devils players personally, but should have spent the 7million on OFFENSE since Ducks pretty much lacks in that department. I was sure Ducks was gonna get some Star Center or wing "sigh":doh:

I know what most people think when they look at the trade. But Oilers got some young-guns and LUPUL,  who's SURE to have a record season(and he's a Edmonton Native:D). He'll be like the Top scorer for Oilers in few years, trust me. And to top it off with first-round pick in the 2007 draft, a 2008 second-round pick and a conditional draft choice and Smid, who's supposed to be like the Duck's Top D Prospect!!

Quote from: Masa
LOL @ Selänne & Pronger playing in the same team, I wonder how long it will take until they start fighting


Exactly that's what I'm afraid of LMAO :rocket: :rocket:

Personally I think Pronger is gonna slow down the Duck's speed bah

Seriously 14 Million for 2 D is.....Better be worth it :twisted:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on July 04, 2006, 09:18:58 AM
Yeah, Pronger is good, but he isn't really $7 million good.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 06, 2006, 02:06:32 AM
GEORGES LARAQUE SIGNED WITH COYOTES

:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :-| :-| :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :hammer: :rocket: :rocket: :-x
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 06, 2006, 02:20:26 AM
^ Sorry to hear that bro. But at least da Peg Sheety crew will still be able to see him when Phoenix and Edmonton play that pre-season game here in September. You want we should try getting him to pimp the site a second time? :)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 06, 2006, 02:23:03 AM
*sniff* that'd be great. :) nothing like having ur heart ripped out over and over again. Life as a sports nut is hard.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on July 06, 2006, 02:27:21 AM
time to change ur sig hehe

CLOUTIER GOT TRADED TO KINGS
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on July 06, 2006, 04:17:19 AM
I know it's hard to see fan fav players go, but hang in there...They always do that to the team that loses in Game 7 Finals :rocket: :rocket:

Like Kariya to Nashville lol

I'm sure Lowe has something up has sleeve though. Like a REPLACEMENT for Pronger??? :o :o :o

I wish I can give back Pronger to Daigong so we can get other D's that's a free agent this year :evil:

I was thinking Lidstrom....sux
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on July 06, 2006, 06:19:43 AM
Ew, Laraque in Phoenix??  That's disgusting.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on July 06, 2006, 06:39:53 AM
Pheonix is making a lot of moves to try and get competitive. I wonder if it'll pan out for them.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 06, 2006, 10:22:12 AM
Phoenix is now officially The Southwest Oilers where the Rangers were Oilers East.

But yeah man taiyou. Lowe just lost Spacek, Peca, Laraque, Dvorak, and prolly Samsanov now with Lupul on board. He's got shit to spend and there's plenty of depth in the minors. Someone's gotta wanna dump salary soon so he's just waiting and waiting like a hawk!

The thing that was so awesome about Pronger was he's 6'6" but so slick. Tape-to-tape passes. When he blocks, he doesn't like flop like a seal like the Canes (see Commodore). HE IS WORTH 7 million plus. Fuckin all that insane amount of money being spent. IT was like. CBA? What CBA? :evil:

I'll miss him. The Oilers fans should NOT boo him when the Ducks come to town. He was stand up and repped the team well despite the circumstances. If he didn't have his personal issues, I'm sure he'd stay.

Enjoy him taiyou . Pronger will make you want to become gay. Esp. when pre-skate warm up when he has his hair slicked back. :lol:

I LOVED what K.Lowe said "Hey St Louis had Macinnis and Pronger for a number of years and they weren't winning championships."

Hmm...surprised Asmo hasn't mentioned Steve Yzerman retiring :P

NEEDS to make a Laraque Thread. brb.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on July 07, 2006, 04:42:39 AM
How's THIS for an interesting read?  I the very first solution, and how it directly relates to moi.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=AvAy9AalnFC20lY9Knfs0MJ7vLYF?slug=cnnsi-commissionerfor&prov=cnnsi&type=lgns
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on July 07, 2006, 02:57:31 PM
Good points! And he said Helsinki is the european hockey capital! :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on July 08, 2006, 07:29:09 AM
That Erik Johnson guy, the Blue's first pick is going to the U of Minnesota instead of going to play with them :lmao:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 08, 2006, 10:45:22 PM
Quote from: Sponge Bob
That Erik Johnson guy, the Blue's first pick is going to the U of Minnesota instead of going to play with them :lmao:

Well good for him. It shows that he knows the value in finishing/continuing his education. There's plenty of time for him to turn pro and join the Blues. No need to rush it.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 09, 2006, 01:10:58 PM
SHANAHAN SAYS YES TO RANGERS

"Brendan Shanahan, a three-time Stanley Cup winner in Detroit and one of the NHL's most accomplished veterans, was seeking a new challenges.

He'll find them next season on Broadway with the Rangers.

The Post has learned the 37-year-old free-agent left winger has accepted a one-year contract worth approximately $4M to join the Rangers after spurning more lucrative offers from both the Red Wings and Canadiens.

The signing, expected to be announced today, comes one day after Shanahan informed Montreal GM Bob Gainey he was rejecting his team's bid to sign him.

Shanahan, who scored 40 goals last season for Detroit, has registered 598 goals in a 17-year career that began in New Jersey in 1987, and included stays in St. Louis and Hartford prior to his decorated tour in Detroit. Though he is not the physical menace he was as a younger player, he remains a strong skater who excels in a north-south game, a presence on the ice while possessing one of the best shots in the league.

In addition, he brings charisma and leadership to the locker room that should augment the attributes of Jaromir Jagr, both on and off the ice. Shanahan may or may not skate on Jagr's line at even strength, but there is no doubt the right-handed-shooting left winger will skate on the first power-play unit. In theory, the Rangers may have the most dangerous PP bookends from the circles in the league.

This signing isn't a case of the Rangers bribing a veteran to wear their uniform. This isn't Valeri Kamensky or Theo Fleury. Indeed, sources have told The Post that Shanahan sought out the Blueshirts after having received offers from several teams including Detroit and Montreal.

The Post has learned that after Shanahan had visited Manhattan on Wednesday to meet with Ranger front-office and coaching personnel - a "Welcome Brendan Shanahan" message with a visual of Shanny wearing the Blueshirt went up on the Garden Seventh Avenue marquee to coincide with his visit - the Rangers increased their original $3.5M offer in order to signal their commitment to completing the deal."

http://www.nypost.com/sports/rangers/bway_brendan_rangers_larry_brooks.htm

That better be true :shocked:

POTI TO ISLES

"While the Blueshirts were adding Shanahan, the Islanders announced they had signed former Ranger free-agent defenseman Tom Poti to a one-year deal worth $2.5M. Poti, who had 23 points (3-20) while going plus-16 for the Blueshirts, originally came to Broadway from Edmonton at the 2003 trade deadline for Mike York, now an Islander."

YES! We finally got rid of him :yay:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on July 09, 2006, 01:17:49 PM
Shanahan is a great player. Sad to see him leave Motown. Still, the new Wings are a very fast finesse club, and Shanahan is a slower old-style power forward now. The Rangers with other players in that style might be a better fit for him.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 09, 2006, 11:14:36 PM
It has been confirmed! :w00t:

Shanahan leaves Red Wings for one-year deal with Rangers

NEW YORK (AP) - Brendan Shanahan became the second big-time forward to say goodbye to the Detroit Red Wings this offseason, agreeing to a one-year deal worth $4 million with the New York Rangers on Sunday.

The 37-year-old forward joined longtime Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman as players who won't be returning to Hockeytown. Yzerman announced his retirement last week after 22 years in Detroit.

Now the Red Wings have more than just goaltending issues to deal with after posting the NHL's best record last season. In the span of seven days, they lost their biggest leader in Yzerman and their top goal scorer in Shanahan, who netted 40 last season in his ninth year with the Wings and 18th in the league.

"It really came down to an instinct I had," Shanahan said. "Detroit has a great past and a great future ahead of them as well, but I guess I just felt that maybe I was identified with the past a little bit more than the future."

The Rangers, notorious for overspending on top-name players often past their prime, had been relatively quiet in the first week of free agency. They added forward Matt Cullen and defenseman Aaron Ward from the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes while other clubs quickly filled up space on the $44 million salary cap by handing out big-ticket deals.

With room to spend, the Rangers targeted Shanahan, who has 598 goals - 15th on the NHL career list - and 634 assists with New Jersey, St. Louis, Hartford, and Detroit. He turned down equal or higher-valued deals from the Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens.

Both Rangers general manager Glen Sather and Shanahan sought to complete a one-year contract. Each cited the pressure to perform and extra motivation as factors in making a short-term commitment.

"To take on a new challenge was a little scary and exciting at the same time," Shanahan said. "I like the feeling of having to go out and proving your worth every year."

Shanahan said he received offers for multiple years for several teams, but decided to join the Rangers after taking a tour this week of the team's practice facility in Westchester County, viewing residential areas, and spending time in Manhattan.

He isn't sure how long he wants to play, but if the fit is right Shanahan wouldn't mind spending a few years in the Big Apple.

And Sather was plenty glad to have him, a player he said the Rangers had at the top of their free-agent wish list. The original thought was that Shanahan was likely to remain with the Red Wings, but once it became known that New York was an option, Sather moved quickly to get a deal done.

"I said to Glen that I wasn't trying to bust the door to get out of Detroit," Shanahan said.

The Rangers have shifted course in recent years in an attempt to rebuild the team with youth. New York snapped a seven-season playoff drought this year but were swept in the first round by New Jersey. Shanahan won three Stanley Cup titles with the Red Wings.

"I saw them as a team that made tremendous strides last year," he said. "I was really impressed with their desire to improve on that."

Shanahan earned $2.28 million in Detroit last season when, while working on a one-year deal, he recorded the sixth 40-goal season of his career and first since the 1999-2000 campaign.

One of the last true power forwards in the game, the seven-time All-Star will be a good complement to Jaromir Jagr - who will not have to bear the full offensive burden next season.

"We were really looking for someone that could share a leadership role on our team," Sather said. "Someone that could play on the power play, someone who was going to be able to move people around in front of the net and someone with a great shot. And Brendan certainly has all of those."

Shanahan, the strongest advocate for rules changes during the NHL lockout that wiped out the 2004-05 season, took advantage once the game returned with less clutching, grabbing and mauling in front of the net. That is where the 6-foot-3, 220-pound left winger is most effective, especially with the man advantage.

He scored 14 goals on the power play, a unit in New York that should be even more potent than last season when Jagr netted 24 of his club-record 54.

"He's big and he's strong and he's a great team guy," Sather said. "As we got closer to the end of the season, we found that maybe we needed a little some more size up front, and his experience in the playoffs would be a huge help for us."

http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/07/276988.html

The Rangers are looking pretty good. All we need is one offensive defenseman and we should make it to the playoffs again. Jagr and Shanahan are gonna rule the NHL next season!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on July 09, 2006, 11:18:06 PM
damn i thought canucks were gonna sign him
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 12, 2006, 08:13:21 AM
Quote from: Kuno_Thunder
How's THIS for an interesting read?  I the very first solution, and how it directly relates to moi.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=AvAy9AalnFC20lY9Knfs0MJ7vLYF?slug=cnnsi-commissionerfor&prov=cnnsi&type=lgns


I LOVE that article. Esp. this part

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.. In so many cities (hello, Tampa) it seems like an NHL game is a 2-hour gathering of enthusiasts, like stamp collectors or Mercury Merkur owners. When the arena doors are flung open at the end of the night, that hockey feeling vanishes.


Carolina,  Tampa Bay. do they even realize what kinda prize they have?

Quote from: Masa
The Rangers are looking pretty good. All we need is one offensive defenseman and we should make it to the playoffs again. Jagr and Shanahan are gonna rule the NHL next season!


That's a good pick up. Shanny is a pretty tough sumbitch and Rangers need that Canadian character...good luck on the offfensive defensemen though. Oilers are still looking for em. WTF with the Euros :? Hejda?  Tjarnqvist? WHO?

I'm pretty pumped Darryl Sutter has resigned - that punk biotch!!

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Just two seasons removed from a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals, Calgary Flames coach Darryl Sutter suddenly resigned Tuesday night, according to a report by CHQR Radio.

Sutter, 47, will remain as general manager of the Flames, who are expected to name assistant Jim Playfair as their new coach at a noon EDT news conference Wednesday.


and Marc Chouinard signed with the Canucks!! damn i thought oilers were gonna sign him :evil:

OILERS FANS!! LARAQUE FANS!!

(http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/8407/bg7ub.jpg) (http://thebounce.ca/promos/laraque/laraque.html)

actually at 8 am. I'm tempted to put on my :pimp: and ask Georges Laraque for a recorded shout out for HiP Radio, my fanside I just wanna tell him straight up thanks for 9 great seasons...thanks for being an epic member of the community. Truly a class act. I guarantee he will be there till the last fan leaves.

Sadly, wtih like Chris Simon signing with the Isles...the enforcer. The Battle of Alberta has taken a new look.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on July 19, 2006, 03:57:14 AM
mwhahahahaha
Peca to the Leafs 1 year $2.5 mil :pimp:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on July 19, 2006, 07:22:15 AM
Weak, to the fuckin' Leafs?  Fuck no.  Not even Lindros stayed in Toronto.  Cup?  Oilers ain't coming that close to the Cup for another 15 years - Ryan Smyth is damn good, but I dunno.  Without another HUGE leader like Prongs or Peca, I dunno.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on July 19, 2006, 08:04:16 AM
FUUUCKING CANUCKS! SHould've sign LINDROS OR PECA!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on July 20, 2006, 05:20:35 AM
Hear about the Islanders and Garth Snow as the new GM
 
I really dont get old chinese owners :confused:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Rhyno335 on July 21, 2006, 01:01:08 AM
Based on what I hear in Canada, the way the Islanders handled this whole issue has made them, particularly Wang, has made them the laughing stock of the league
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on July 21, 2006, 06:30:17 AM
who's wang? cool a chinese NHL owner!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Rhyno335 on July 21, 2006, 07:39:32 PM
Quote from: Mugen
who's wang? cool a chinese NHL owner!


He's the owner of the Islanders. But apparently he isn't doing a good job of keeping track of the team.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sponge Bob on July 24, 2006, 06:11:16 AM
Jaret Stoll signs on with the Oilers, happy now Edmonton fans? XD
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 11, 2006, 01:31:53 AM
shiiiiiiiit...been a while since I postwhored in the sports forum, I been following but too much other shit to do like banning and kicking and beating naughty head muthafuckaz. XD

Here's something in my notepad forever.

Wed, July 12, 2006
Laraque feels for Zidane

By FRANK LANDRY, EDMONTON SUN         

Former Oiler tough guy Georges Laraque says he's had a few racial slurs fired his way during his NHL career - and he remembers how they made him feel.

That's why Laraque's not surprised over the way French soccer star Zinedine Zidane reacted when Italian opponent Marco Materazzi allegedly called him a terrorist during Sunday's World Cup final.

"When it has happened to me, when I have heard a racial slur - which is not many times - I just snap," Laraque said.

"Then you do something ... you don't really know. You just react."

Zidane head-butted Materazzi in the chest, knocking him to the ground, and was ejected from the game. France went on to lose in penalty kicks.

The Paris-based anti-racism advocacy group SOS-Racism later issued a statement, quoting several sources who alleged Materazzi called Zidane a "dirty terrorist."

Materazzi denied making the comment.

Los Angeles Kings forward Sean Avery allegedly hurled a racial slur at Laraque when the teams met in L.A. last October.

Laraque said Avery called him "a monkey," which Avery denied.

When comments like that are made, the first reaction is to "stand up for who you are," Laraque said, adding that racism isn't a big problem in the NHL.

Bill Gilhespy, president and CEO of the Edmonton Soccer Association, said sometimes players will fire off slurs to rattle other players and put them off their game.

He said it's too bad these things happen because kids look up to professional athletes as role models.

Zidane, whose parents emigrated to France from Algeria, became a proud symbol of a multicultural France and is adored in Algeria.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2006/07/12/1680436-sun.html

Quote from: Sponge Bob
Jaret Stoll signs on with the Oilers, happy now Edmonton fans? XD


Scoreboard bitches. And besides, he's fucking Rachel Hunter. GRRROWWL! COUGAR!

LESS THAN ONE MONTH BEFORE TRAINING CAMP OPENS!! :bounceblob:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 11, 2006, 06:08:56 PM
^ hehe that was the 500ths post!

PETER SYKORA TO SIGN WITH THE OILERS ??

Now working out, if he passes the physical. 1 year. 3 milion.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 16, 2006, 08:42:57 PM
(http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/3746/sykora3gm3.jpg)

Right price, right time
Deal done with big Czech
By ROBIN BROWNLEE -- Edmonton Sun
   
A player with the offensive skills of Petr Sykora is hard to pass up when the time and price is right.

So, when the Edmonton Oilers saw an opportunity to add the talented Czech forward to their lineup in the wake of a player exodus out of town that included unhappy Chris Pronger and free agents Jaroslav Spacek and Sergei Samsonov this summer, they pursued it.

After weeks of negotiations with agent Ritch Winter, the Oilers got their man yesterday, putting pen to paper on a one-year contract with the 29-year-old Sykora that'll pay him $2.9 million next season.

In Sykora, the Oilers have added more scoring punch to a group of forwards that already boasts plenty of it in Ales Hemsky, Shawn Horcoff, Ryan Smyth, Jarret Stoll, Joffrey Lupul, Raffi Torres and Fernando Pisani.

Just as important, perhaps more so, is the fact Sykora is a power-play specialist in an era of special teams. That will help soften the blow that came when Pronger bolted town for Anaheim after demanding a trade.

Right time. Right price. Enter Sykora.

"I was very happy when I got the offer to play for this team,'' said Sykora, who was introduced to media in the Oilers dressing room yesterday. "I always wanted to play in Canada.''

With the addition of Sykora, who underwent and passed a battery of physical tests at the University of Alberta yesterday morning before the ink on the deal was completed, the Oilers are getting a player who has seven seasons of 20-or-more goals on his resume before his 30th birthday.

EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES

Sykora, who played with Lupul in Anaheim at the start of last season, gives the Oilers an embarrassment of riches on the right side, joining Hemsky, coming off a career year with 77 points, Lupul, who scored 28 goals, and Pisani, who led playoff goal-scorers last spring with 14.

"This team had a lot of success last season. It was a pleasure for me to watch them.'' said Sykora. "Hopefully, I can help them make the extra step.''

The bonus with Sykora is he can play all forward positions. With Hemsky and Lupul emerging as top-tier players and Pisani worthy of better than third-line playing time, the addition of Sykora won't be a problem.

"When I check the roster, it doesn't matter who I play with here or which position,'' said Sykora, who has spent lots of time at centre. "I can play in any position. I can get used to any player. I think I've proved that over the years. I've played the last few years on the right side, so I would probably prefer to play there, but it doesn't really matter.''

If anything, Sykora will provide coach Craig MacTavish with some flexibility in putting together three lines that, from here, look potentially as potent as any group of nine forwards I can think of.

"Petr's a versatile forward who can play any of the three forward positions and he will likely be asked to do so,'' said assistant GM Scott Howson.

"He brings offence to our team ... just as important, he's a proven playoff performer and a Stanley Cup winner. He's been to the final three times. For us, it's an exciting and significant addition to our hockey team.''

POWER PLAY SPECIALIST

As for the power play, Petr Nedved proved before the lockout how effective a creative forward working the half-boards or point can be. With 22 of his 51 points coming on the power play last season, Sykora will be a factor.

Given the circumstances under which Pronger and Nedved left town, it should be mentioned that Sykora is married. That, like Sykora's prowess working the point on the power play, came up yesterday.

"I like the city,'' said Sykora, asked what he knows about life and long winters in this NHL outpost. "When I was 15, 16, 17, I lived here in the summer with a family. I really like the city.

"I don't know who would not like to play here. This is a great organization with an unbelievable history. It's something special and I'm very excited about it.''

And Renata, his bride of one year?

"She has never been to Edmonton,'' smiled Sykora. "She will like Edmonton. She goes wherever I go. She is very supportive.''

Right time. Right price.

...end of quote. :P here's a story of Edmonton Oilers part owner Todd McFarlane
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=igoe/060809

(http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2217/060809mcfarlane195jn0.jpg)

see him talk about creating the 3rd Jersey
(http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/4258/3rdmc9.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RqOPgWVAsg
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 18, 2006, 09:53:31 AM
(http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/5060/malkinhockeyny158wt5.jpg)

LMAO. They found Evgeni Malkin in So Cal after he disappeared from camp in Finland.

Heard rumors of Simon Gagne for Markus Naslund, that sould be crazy ... if Forsberg stays healthy.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on August 18, 2006, 10:57:41 AM
Meh. Who needs Naslund? I heard he wants to go back to Swedish League after this season. Gagne is  young and deadly
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on August 19, 2006, 04:12:11 AM
Gagne for Naslund?  Damn, that would be massive.  Would Simon have the leadership ability or would the Canucks give the big C to another jersey?

And about Malkin - Super Mario is gonna whip that punk bitch into shape.  He and Crosby are gonna the next hot tag team to take a shit team back to the top.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 31, 2006, 09:49:20 AM
Guess those big deals never really happened....but HEY!! TRAINING CAMP IS HERE!! SOON! Join the Fantasy Hockey League!

JPHiPHL
League ID#:    25461
Password:   rika
http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey/

How's this for Live Draft date:
Draft Time:    Tue Oct 3 10:00am EDT
Max Teams:    20

Let's get as many teams possible!! Last year it was 5 and I think I whooped everyone's ass! Masa and ctz! Kuno_Thunder and suki XD

This is an interesting article:

Memories of Gretzky trade still bothers Jari Kurri

By JOE WARMINGTON

(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5144/jarikurriwx8.jpg)

HELSINKI -- It was an August phone call he just didn't see coming.

It's interesting how one ring of a phone can change the direction of your life.

"I was shocked," former NHL star Jari Kurri said this week, reflecting on the 18th anniversary of The Trade.

It was Aug. 9, 1988, and Kurri, now 45, was running a hockey school near here in the Finnish capital. All was right with his world. He'd just won his fourth Stanley Cup, come off a season in which he scored 57 regular season and playoff goals and could see immortality for his Edmonton Oilers.

Then suddenly Wayne Gretzky was on his way to Los Angeles. "I didn't believe it," he said with tears in his eyes. "I told my agent it couldn't be right."

It's still emotional for the Finnish Flash, who has always wondered what could have been? "Who knows how many cups we could have won?" he said. "We were all in our 20s and our best hockey was ahead of us."

In true Finnish style, Kurri, now GM of the Finnish national team, which won silver at this year's Olympics, dropped by to see me at my hotel. He wanted to make sure I was enjoying my visit -- which I will write about in future Sunday Sun travel sections. I also have a neat scoop about a little Finnish-Toronto history for you tomorrow.

How can you not have a good time here? I mean I have never seen such scenery. "The architecture was nice?" asked a friend. Sure. But I was talking about the blondes. Anu, Leena, Ava, Nora, Orna, Tiina, Miina, Aurelia, Johanna are just some of the beauties I met.

And let's not forget Elisa, an example of what a garbageman (garbage woman for the political correctness police) looks like here. Not many sanitation workers look like that in The Smoke, or anywhere for that matter.

I tease Jari that I now know why he came home after his NHL career. After hockey, babe-watching has got to be Finland's national sport.

"It has been a good summer," laughed Kurri of the warm weather, which allows Nordic women a chance to go without winter coats for a while.

He knows about beautiful Finnish women. The Finnish national treasure married a former Miss Finland.

But back to The Trade. "It changed things," said Kurri.

When Gretzky went to the Kings it was the end of an era and a start of a new one.

"Suddenly the players and owners starting thinking about money," he said. "The trade did open up things for players, which was good, but it also made it about money. As players, we never talked about money."

For a few years, at least, he lost out hanging out with Gretzky, one of his best friends and the godfather to his children. "It wasn't hard to play with him," laughed Kurri. "You just got to the open ice."

It seemed to work for both. Gretzky is the league's all-time leader in scoring and Kurri is 18th with 707 regular season and playoff goals and 1,631 points.

"I was lucky to be drafted by Edmonton," he said.

In other words, he's saying he was lucky to play with Gretzky. But Kurri was a heck of a player without No. 99's help. In fact, the legendary right-winger helped lead Edmonton to its fifth Stanley Cup in 1990, without Wayne.

"He was so far ahead of everybody on the ice," Kurri laughed, adding it was the Great One's off-ice conduct that impressed him the most.

"He'd always have 100 people around him and yet he always managed to have time for everybody," he said. "We would leave the dressing room, wave and say 'bye Wayne' and nobody would bother us. He put a lot of energy into that stuff and yet he came to play every game at a top level, which is difficult."

But all of that is in the past now. "It was a long time ago," Kurri said, adding he never forgets those good times and often thinks of Canada. Fondly.

"A lot of people were surprised I did come home," he told me. "But it was always the plan."

Yeah, I've seen the women here -- even though he always loved Edmonton, where he played for 10 of his 18 years. "Edmonton was perfect. It was the same size as Helsinki and I loved it there."

He often wonders what might have happed had he not received that call on Aug. 9, 1988. Maybe he'd still be there.

Yeah, sure! And miss out on being married to Miss Finland!

Source: http://torontosun.com/News/World/2006/08/28/1781023-sun.html
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 05, 2006, 02:27:15 AM
Mike Keenan hits the can. Canucks should hire him as GM and fire Noner.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on September 05, 2006, 05:11:26 AM
I thought he resigned from Gm of Florida, not got fired.  Wouldn't that suggest that he's not interested in doing it at all?  And man, I seriously can't wait for the new season to start.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 07, 2006, 06:58:09 AM
at first the news said he got fired. then they said he walked away
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 08, 2006, 02:18:36 AM
FINALLY training camps are open!! Who's your picks for the Stanley Cup?

I wanna see the Oilers' Mikhanov and Malkin go at it.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on September 08, 2006, 01:46:35 PM
As usual I'm gonna predict a run for the President's Cup by the Sens only for them to collapse in the playoffs.  Then after an average season, the Maple Leafs will make it to the conference finals behind the leadership of Sundin and now Peca, as their style will go from a gritty style to more of a finesse based style.  The surprise Canadian team to excel this year?  Gotta be Toronto, as much as I hate to say it.  Oilers will be out by the 2nd playoff round, Flames will be out in the 1st.  Canucks will miss the playoffs entirely by a whisker, and Montreal will be laden with injuries.  Sidney Crosby will have an average season, but will stay healthy all year long.  He and Malkin will make some insanely beautiful plays together, if Malkin decides to grow up a bit.  Alex Ovechkin just might get the Art Ross.

Just my guesses, I'm full of em.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on September 08, 2006, 08:00:50 PM
Too early for me to predict the Stanley cup winner. My love for Tampa Bay has slowly withered away, so I don't really have a favorite team anymore.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on September 12, 2006, 09:22:16 AM
Man it's been ages since I posted at this forum...Been reallly busy the last month, and I'm back for a short time before the NHL Season start :D

So there's JPHIP NHL Fantasy league eh? Gonna join u guys then. See u in the league Daigong, Kuno!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 12, 2006, 10:16:09 PM
Good stuff taiyou! Masa's talking shit about a Sporting News Fantasy League too so hurry back!

Hope Lupul signs by today. Oiler Rookies vs the local university team!! FINALLY!!! It's not the real thing but I wanna hear Rod Phillips do his play by play again :D

And how about Rick DiPietro getting that 15 YEAR 62 MILLION DOLLAR contact WTF! XD That's what you get for hiring ur backup goalie as a GM ROFL!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on September 12, 2006, 11:06:11 PM
Islanders sign DiPietro to long-term deal

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -Rick DiPietro re-signed with the New York Islanders on Tuesday, agreeing to a record 15-year deal that will pay the No. 1 goalie $67.5 million.

The Islanders scheduled an afternoon news conference to officially announce the contract that would keep DiPietro in the fold until 2022, when he would be 40.

"We've been working at it all summer," DiPietro's agent Paul Krepelka told The Associated Press.

The deal, first reported by Newsday, is the longest in NHL history, topping the 10-year, $87.5 million contract the Islanders gave enigmatic center Alexei Yashin in 2001.

That was one of the contracts that sent NHL salaries soaring and led to the salary cap in the collective bargaining agreement that ended the lockout last year. It also saddled New York with a player who is nearly impossible to move and who takes up a big chunk of the team's $44 million maximum payroll.

DiPietro's deal is believed to be second only in length in North American sports to the 25-year pact Magic Johnson signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1981.

"Clubs are free to make their own decisions within the confines laid out in the collective bargaining agreement and other applicable league rules," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said. "Some decisions turn out well, others not so well.

"Time will tell whether this will be a good decision or a bad one for the Islanders."

The contract is guaranteed and DiPietro will be paid in full should he retire because of injury. If he ends his career otherwise before the deal expires, he would forfeit the remaining dollars, Krepelka said.

Islanders owner Charles Wang and new general manager Garth Snow, DiPietro's backup last season, were both involved in the negotiations. Deals from one year to five to 12 were discussed.

Once the Islanders set forth the type of cap structure they wanted for DiPietro, the staggering 15-year-deal DiPietro's side offered was agreed to.

DiPietro was a restricted free agent this summer and couldn't be unrestricted for another two years. The deal will pay him $4.5 million per season, placing him eighth among goalies.

The top pick in the 2000 draft was 30-24-5 with a 3.02 goals-against average in 63 games last season with the Islanders, who missed the playoffs after three straight appearances. In four NHL seasons, DiPietro is 58-62-13 with a 2.85 GAA in 143 games.

It is the second big contract handed out to a goalie in two days as Nashville re-signed Tomas Vokoun to a four-year extension on Monday that will pay him $22.8 million.

Chicago's Nikolai Khabibulin will be the league's highest-paid goalie this season at $6.75 million.

DiPietro and Wang talked about a 15-year deal last summer after the NHL lockout when DiPietro expressed that he wanted to spend his entire career on Long Island.

But hurdles regarding insurance over the course of the contract killed those plans, and DiPietro agreed to a one-year deal worth $2.5 million.

Those were worked out this time around.

"Rick's made no secret for a long time that he wanted to be an Islander his whole career," Krepelka said.

Both sides were pressed to come to a new agreement quickly as the Islanders open training camp at the end of the week in Nova Scotia. Wang has a policy that players who aren't signed in time for camp won't play during the season.

"That was a concern," Krepelka said. "The timing did factor into the equation from both sides. Things picked up the last week and a half."

DiPietro, exactly a week away from his 25th birthday, became the first goalie ever chosen with the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft five years ago, after spending just one year at Boston University.

Wang's direct involvement in these negotiations fell into line with the owner's new front office by committee.

It was this type of management structure that led to the firing of Neil Smith, who was let go just weeks after he took the job in the offseason and months before the Islanders were to play a game under him.

Smith balked at the delegation of authority and the system initiated by Wang, and was replaced by Snow - who retired from his playing career with the Islanders - on July 18.

http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/09/281882.html

Crackheads shouldn't be allowed to run NHL teams :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 13, 2006, 12:27:44 AM
Crackheads shouldn't run hockey teams, they should run jpop forums :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 13, 2006, 02:08:03 AM
Finally remembered to pick up the tickets I bought for the Oilers/Coyotes exhibition game this coming Sunday (Sept. 17th/06).  Today's newspaper reported that the near sellout (only 600 tix left, and they're still going pretty well) that's expected for the game is proof that Peg Sheety has interest and is able to sustain a healthy NHL franchise.  To THAT assertion I had but only ONE possible reaction.

*Click here to see my reaction* (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c340/J-F-C/ROTFLMAO.gif)

Of COURSE this should be interpreted that an NHL franchise can survive in our weak-ass economy. The fact that the greatest hockey player of all time is coming has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do it the sellout. [/sarcasm]

People here really need a cold dose of reality and see that desire is not enough to get an NHL franchise. What you need is money, and Winnipeggers, regardless of how big hockey fans they are, will never be willing to pay the going rates for NHL tickets over the long term. A year or two? Yah, maybe. But unless the team wins the Cup and becomces the ultimate dominant force in the NHL, it just ain't gonna happen. Unfortunately, that's the stone cold truth and the cold, cruel harshness of reality.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 15, 2006, 09:46:04 AM
Even if Winnipeg gets a franchise, it needs a winner. The market is right but patience is needed. Years and years we heard from Oilers brass "We just don't have enough money" and 10 years of medicocity has things looking up.

Training camp is lookng great! Everyone's signed. Who's going on Sunday? I wonder if Georges Laraque and Co. will sport the Jets jerseys?

Keith Primeau :wave: Dude was a hella power forward. Forsberg takes over as Captain. The team that shocked me the most is the NYR themed St. Louis Blues. Checketts and Davidson running shop. Doug Weight and Bill Guerin together again, along with RADEK FREAKIN DVORAK! :D

NHL Pre-season games can't come soon enough.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 15, 2006, 07:40:02 PM
Quote from: daigong
Even if Winnipeg gets a franchise, it needs a winner. The market is right but patience is needed. Years and years we heard from Oilers brass "We just don't have enough money" and 10 years of medicocity has things looking up.
Exactly, unfortunately, Peggers won't be that patient. Like I said before, they'd be willing to put up with a year or two at the most, then they'll just stop buying tickets.  If the team isn't an IMMEDIATE winner, it ain't gonna work. :(


Quote from: daigong
Who's going on Sunday? I wonder if Georges Laraque and Co. will sport the Jets jerseys?
I'm hoping they do, but somehow I doubt they will.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on September 16, 2006, 12:31:58 AM
I think they'd get mixed reactions if they wore the Jets jerseys, to be honest.  It'd be cool, but I'm certainly not counting on it.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 18, 2006, 09:30:04 AM
How was the game guys?

MacT: "Real NHL atmosphere" .. Gretz: "Peg can support an NHL team!" way to go Peggers!! "Go jets go" chant :lol: 15K and 15, they just need one of those US teams to fold, I mean. Did Jab or JB care about Tampa winning? Or RionZ cheer when Carolina won? They didn't know! Bettman really is on Canada's jock so I'm sure the NHL will be back.

(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7732/mtscentrepf4.jpg)

Nice building!! Oilers looking good, Mikhnov got skills baby. So many Oilers bandwagonners, all tickets are sold out throughout the year. Damn corporate fans.

And how we play this?
http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/hockey/season1/basic/home.html
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on September 18, 2006, 11:28:04 AM
Well, no throwback jerseys, as I suspected.  There was a row of people with a HUGE sign that said "BRING THEM BACK" with the Jets logo on both sides.  Lots of Oilers jerseys, not many Coyotes jerseys, but TONS of Jets jerseys!  Surprise there.  Jovo and Laraque look out of place with the brown jerseys on, and no show by Nolan or Roenick.  Ryan Smyth and Dwayne Rolo were off in the oil fields in northern AB I think, so they weren't there.  Coyotes should be a force to deal with this year, they've certainly made the effort to get some leadership on their team.

Huge pops for Mac T, Gretzky, and of course Shane Doan, the last remaining member from the Jets team in 96, even had a nice little VTR for him during a tv timeout.  And a very VERY nice VTR for Wayne during the 1st intermission as well.  Sixty-one records?  Damn.  Lots of fun tho, man oh MAN do I miss the NHL!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on September 19, 2006, 05:43:57 AM
Here is some pics and video's of last night Oilers vs Coyotes exhibition game in Peg City.

http://www.moosehockey.com/2006-07/060917/recap.php#photos (http://www.moosehockey.com/2006-07/060917/recap.php#photos)

Videos
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Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 19, 2006, 09:21:10 AM
Thanks for the pix and video Tom! Where's video of the Peggers :P

Look at all the Jets jerseys, everyone doing the wave :D Whatta game!

Great seats!! MTS seats are really high up I heard from the radio guy.

Thoughts on the new jerseys for Anahem + Buffalo?

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Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on September 19, 2006, 08:32:11 PM
Sabres' new uni's are fuckin' fugly.  Looks like the SD Chargers bolt with a head on it.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on September 21, 2006, 02:46:15 AM
Evgeny Malkin collides with John LeClair in the 2nd period and gets taken to the freakin' hospital in Moncton, NB of all fuckin' places.  Sidney Crosby with a SWEET coast to coast goal, taking the shot from behind the goal line and off the goalie's skate.  How fuckin' amazing is Pittsburgh gonna be over the next several years?  Lots of young talent combined with seasoned vets, all still under the leadership of Super Mario.  Crosby, Malkin, Colby Armstrong, Jordan Staal, John LeClair, Mark Recchi, Sergei Gonchar, Jarkko Ruutu, and in net?  Jocelyn Thibeault and Marc Andre Fleury.  Solid, solid team this year.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 23, 2006, 08:31:03 PM
Interesting article here....I loved Pronger in Edmonton. Such a shame it had to end like this. Hope Robbie Schremp does justice to #44

'Now they'll be hating me'
Former Oilers defenceman Chris Pronger knows he's Public Enemy No. 1 in Edmonton

Jim Matheson, The Edmonton Journal
Published: Tuesday, September 19, 2006

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Chris Pronger knew he would be portrayed as a villain after he asked the Edmonton Oilers to trade him just days after the team lost the Stanley Cup final to the Carolina Hurricanes in June.

But the 31-year-old all-star defenceman wasn't prepared for some of the vitriol that was dumped on him by slighted fans.

"I knew I'd be Public Enemy No. 1 ... but I'm pissed off by all the rumours and innuendo surrounding my leaving," Pronger, now a member of the Anaheim Ducks, said Monday.

"I've heard all the nasty stuff, about all my girlfriends ... that I've got more kids than I started with. I must have six kids out there.

"It started off with I slept with so-and-so, and I'm having kids, then it moved to my wife sleeping with some of my teammates. I was supposed to be having a kid with a reporter, then she said, 'I don't know what they're talking about.' Then it went from story to story.

"Some people even took my rental furniture from my house and burned it."

Pronger, the best player to wear an Oilers uniform since the team's glory days in the 1980s, categorically denied all the stories, saying once again it was a mutually agreed-upon family decision to pull the plug on the Oilers after just one season. He said he liked the city and loved the competitive fire of his old team. He just wanted to live elsewhere.

The six-foot-six native of Dryden, Ont., wouldn't say why, exactly, but it may be because his wife, Lauren, never really warmed up to Edmonton.

The family bought a house in Irvine, and plan to live in California year-round. Oilers forward Marty Reasoner bought Pronger's old home.

"The fans have every right to feel how they feel," admitted Pronger.

"Some understand, some don't care. Others, I'm sure, want to tell me to screw off.

"I know now Edmonton is another city where I'm going to get booed. Part of the trade, I think, was getting 20,000 people in Edmonton to boo me. I'm sure Mike Comrie was tickled pink in Phoenix when I left.

"Now, he'll be the second-most hated man coming back to play there. I'm sure I'll get booed every time I touch the puck, every time my face is on camera. I'm sure there'll be some great signs when I come back (his first visit is Nov. 28), too.

"Fans are fickle ... it's the nature of the beast. You're an idol when you're on their team. They love to hate you, hate to love you. Now, they'll be back hating me. They always did when I was on other teams," said Pronger.

But Pronger was a little surprised his request to be traded upset so many fans in Edmonton.

"Players ask to be traded every day. Teams trade players all the time, but when a player asks to be traded, he's a jerk.

"I just wanted to make a decision on my own. In the city where it happens, fans don't like it, of course. They call you a traitor, a quitter. He's this, he's that. I'm sure if you looked in the dictionary, you could find 15 different adjectives people want to use for what I did.

"But they don't live in that guy's shoes. They don't live his life," said the father of two young children.

"It's easy to be an armchair quarterback," said Pronger, whose Ducks lost to the Los Angeles Kings 7-1 in pre-season action on Monday night.

"I'm not the first player who wanted a trade out of Edmonton. (Mark) Messier, gone. (Paul) Coffey, gone. Others (stars) have been traded over the years. Jari Kurri. Glenn Anderson. Grant Fuhr. Kevin Lowe got traded," said Pronger.

Pronger agreed to a five-year contract for $31.25 million US with the Oilers in August 2005.

He came here in a blockbuster trade for three defencemen: Eric Brewer, Jeff Woywitka and Doug Lynch. He seemed happy then, but cracks apparently began showing during the season.

Oiler general manager Kevin Lowe was told there were concerns, long before the playoff run began.

"We met (Pronger and his agent Pat Morris) a couple of times. I didn't say I wanted to be traded, but we talked.

I talked to MacT (head coach Craig MacTavish), too. We didn't have anything to hide. We wanted to be upfront.

"It wasn't like it affected my play," said Pronger, who had an outstanding season and would likely have won the playoff MVP award if the Oilers had beaten the Hurricanes in the final. He routinely played more than 30 minutes a night through four playoff rounds over two months. And he never got tired.

Lowe could have played hardball and told Pronger he wouldn't trade him because he had four years left on his contract, or waited months into the season to see if more teams got involved in the bidding. But he felt that would have been counterproductive.

"I did think about it, at first," said Lowe, "but I knew there was no way he was coming back to play with us. We couldn't force him. He doesn't need the money. He had taken his stance and couldn't go back on it. How could he?

"If I let him sit, and we got well into the season, I also felt the pressure might be on us to trade him and we get less of a deal. We'd get replacement players for the season, but not young ones for down the road. And I wanted that," said Lowe, who secured winger Joffrey Lupul, a

28-goal man last season, and Czech defenceman Ladislav Smid. He also got a first-round 2007 draft pick and another if the Ducks go to the Stanley Cup final in any of the next three seasons.

"We never had to go down that road (being forced to sit for a trade), thankfully. The Oilers handled it in a very professional manner," said Pronger.

"I think, normally, teams that hold on to a player devalue the asset," said Pronger, who knew Ducks GM Brian Burke once wheeled and dealed to draft him in 1993 when he was Hartford's general manager and that Burke was likely trying hard to get Pronger back.

The trade was made in three weeks, pretty quick for a guy who's one of the three best blue-liners in all of hockey.

"Quick? Depends where you're sitting, when you say it happened fast," said Pronger. "You sit there and listen to rumours for three weeks and you tell me if that's short or long, hearing rumours that are baseless and not factual. Stories made up. And your wife has to listen to the crap."

Back to last summer, Pronger was glad to get out of St. Louis, where the team was struggling and money was tight. Edmonton seemed like a panacea, but nothing is forever, obviously.

"I think teams know it might be hit-or-miss when a player signs on for a long time," said Pronger. "Getting traded to Edmonton was fine with me at the time. "At the end of the day, though, you just try to do what's best for you and your family," he said.

"I have nothing bad to say against the city of Edmonton. I liked it there. I had a fun year playing. It's something I'll remember for the rest of my life."

jmatheson@thejournal.canwest.com

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/sports/story.html?id=9c01901c-6c39-42f7-922b-34ac94a6a993&k=8910&p=1
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 24, 2006, 02:04:20 AM
They're playing hockey in Puerto Rico!!!

in San Juan!! New York Rangers vs Florida Panthers XD
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on September 28, 2006, 03:37:19 AM
wtf? lol. hope the ice rink wasn't smoking with evaporation XD
What's with the pre-season games playing in exotic places? I just saw that oilers and coyotes played in winnipeg, and now this? Ok, so the one in "San Juan" was a bit weird...anyways, gonna sign up for the yahoo fantasy JPH!P league this minute! (finally a day off sheesh).

Hey Daigong, I also found that there's a fantasy league at nhl.com too. It's minimum 10 teams, so you think there are enough people here that wants to join like private league? If so, I'll start that up too.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on September 28, 2006, 03:41:16 AM
Oh my cousin went to the Ducks vs kings pre-season game Monday at staples center, and before the game, he saw Bryzgalov and Gezlaf in suits walking around and got some pics with them! :evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 28, 2006, 05:28:08 AM
wtf happened to eric daze
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 29, 2006, 09:50:23 AM
so cool taiyou, did u see #25 :lol: I always wonder

We're lucky if we can get 5 teams dude. I'll force some of the guys and gals to make an account? haha.

Georges Laraque got the game winner tonite! vs the Oilers
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 29, 2006, 07:31:31 PM
^ Sounds like payback for when the Coyotes got smoked by the Oilers here in Peg Sheety. :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on September 29, 2006, 10:15:24 PM
Quote from: daigong
so cool taiyou, did u see #25 :lol: I always wonder

We're lucky if we can get 5 teams dude. I'll force some of the guys and gals to make an account? haha.

Georges Laraque got the game winner tonite! vs the Oilers


My cousin was there, not me, that's why I'm bashing my head in the post :evil:. Those 2 weren't playing that day, so they were getting liquors like my cousin was XD.
On stats, Pronger played 23:04 ice time, 3 min. more than niedermayer, 3 assists, and blew a shoot out shot :P

About the new fantasy league they made this year on the NHL site, we'll just screw it since I barely have time to do the YAHOO one lol. Unless we really can get 10 people heh.
Go Laraque! :pimp:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: yurinachan on September 30, 2006, 02:54:19 AM
I go on the record and say that the Canucks aren't going to do much this season. Even if they were to make it into the playoffs, I doubt that they get past the 1st round.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on October 01, 2006, 02:12:19 AM
FROM NEWS AND NOTES @ YAHOO! SPORTS:
"Sep 29 One day after he took a shot to the mouth from Tyson Nash's stick, Anaheim's Selanne underwent three hours of dental treatment on Wednesday night, The Los Angeles Times reported. While the dental work might alter Selanne's smile, it is not expected to keep him out of action when the season opens on Oct. 6 against the Ducks' rival, the Los Angeles Kings."

IS THIS FOR REAL?? :rocket: Notice it says "might alter Selanne's smile...Not good, since he might end up with a crooked smile?!?" He already lost some from the 06 Olympics earlier this year :doh: So this means to get a front, bottom, or both sets of teeth finally!! I hope he didn't do any dental work before this one happened, cause that would suck @#$@$.

Nash is soo dead, gonna bring Fedoruk and his new bashing crews and do some Pride moves!! :hits with chair:

TEEMU SELANNE's Mastercard CM:
New Team Jersey - Free
A set of new teeth - $2000.
A new crooked smile - A Night with Nash tied up to the goal post! (You thought it would be Priceless):P
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 01, 2006, 09:02:13 AM
JPH!PHL Fantasy Draft is on for Tuesday morning (evening for Euros)  ... 7 teams so far so if you haven't signed up, HURRY! PRIZES TO BE WON :P

Quote from: taiyou
My cousin was there, not me, that's why I'm bashing my head in the post :evil:.


oh yeah, I noticed I never finished my sentence either. "I wonder how people meet players after the game? like outside the locker room or whatever"

Tonite Vancouver played so ruthless, Matt Cooke crushing people left and right. I miss Laraque. You got Ethan Moreau dropping the gloves instantly. Not exactly your heavyweight. Good 3-2 OT win!! Can't wait for Oct 5th! Horcoff-Lupul-Smyth line is gonna be a bitch. 5 Forward Powerplay?? NUTS!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 01, 2006, 09:58:34 AM
can u still change the time to at night or during the weekends? dont think ill be available in the morning..
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on October 01, 2006, 10:53:15 PM
Well it's always good to have everyone in the draft, not 1 left off. I don't want those to complain "Why was Avery my 1st pick???" XD

I have to wake up at 7a.m., and I rather do it at night time too.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 02, 2006, 09:33:32 AM
Yaw, I will change it to nite ...Tuesday nite aight? cuz I gotta work I think.

LMAO. They call the Sedin Sisters & Naslund line the "Ikea Line" ... all I can think of is that androgynous Swedish guy on the radio "The answer is YES YES OH YES!"
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: orion on October 03, 2006, 02:33:31 PM
the draft starts in an hour or so, ive never done this but i hope i can get a good team going, the draft time for me is at midnite soo i have not much to complain about i guess, its not like im going to be at work or uni....
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 05, 2006, 02:45:36 AM
Shit!  I think I missed the draft >_< !!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on October 05, 2006, 06:29:24 AM
Are you serious? Me too, so I wonder how many actually did it :doh: :evil: But I got Ovechkin in 10th pick :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 06, 2006, 10:03:09 PM
Man, Iginla missed a penalty shot last night.  Roloson standing proud, good to see his knee isn't bothering him anymore!  The Sens however got whopped pretty damn bad on the back half of their home and home with the Leafs...  And is it just me, or do all the arenas look funny with yellow trim over the ice?  I remember some of them having blue before, but now they all look puny as hell.  They look as small as the Winnipeg Arena did.  I dunno.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on October 07, 2006, 10:27:04 AM
Shanahan nets 600th
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NEW YORK -- Talk about making a good first impression!

In his Broadway debut at Madison Square Garden Thursday night, Brendan Shanahan scored two goals, including the 600th of his stellar career, to pace New York to a season-opening, 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals.

The announcement of his milestone goal brought a standing ovation from the capacity crowd at the Garden, who have eagerly embraced Shanahan, who signed as a free agent after a very successful career with the Detroit Red Wings.

"It's part of the reason I chose New York. All those years of coming in and playing in Madison Square Garden to get the reception (was amazing)," Shanahan said. "To be in my 19th NHL season and to get chills from a responsive reaction from the fans is just amazing to me. They were fantastic. With each time I shot the puck or drove to the net or mixed it up in front, I could feel them behind me."

Since he had eight shots in the game, Shanahan could feel the love pretty consistently. But the fans weren't the only ones behind Shanahan Thursday night. His coach and teammates also were singing his praises.

"It's always great when you play your first game and you're able to score your first goal for a new team," newly crowned Rangers captain Jaromir Jagr said. "He got two and now has 600 goals and that's great for him."

"It was fun to be part of Shanahan's goal," New York goalie Henrik Lundqvist said. "It is really fun to watch him play. He is a good player and a good guy in the locker room."

But Rangers coach Tom Renney sees Shanahan as more than that. "The key word (about him is) his presence. It's his presence on the ice, in our locker room and in practice – wherever he is, he's a real gentleman."

The Rangers signed Shanahan over the summer to be a scorer and a leader in 2006-07 season, and in his first meaningful game, the 19-year NHL veteran delivered.

Over the course of his career, Shanahan has been anything but gentle on the ice. In picking up 600 goals and 1,234 points in 1,351 games, the former first-round pick of the New Jersey Devils has also accumulated 2,380 minutes in penalties during the regular season. Last season, Shanahan netted 81 points off 40 goals and 41 assists with the Wings. The 37-year-old winger also had 105 penalty minutes in 82 games and finished with a plus-29 rating. His 40 goals led the club and tied for 10th in the league, while his 81 points (24th in NHL) ranked third on the Wings and his plus/minus was tied for second. The Mimico, Ontario native also placed second on Detroit in power-play goals with 14 and ranked third on the Wings with six game-winning goals. His point total represented his highest output since the 1996-97 season, when he registered 47 goals and 41 assists in 81 games split between the Hartford Whalers and Detroit.

One of the main reasons the Rangers went out and got “Shanny” was because of his postseason resume. In 157 career playoff games, Shanahan has scored 53 goals and 66 assists to go along with his 257 penalty minutes. In the 1997 playoffs, en route to capturing his first Stanley Cup, he led the Red Wings in goals (nine) and game-winning goals (two). The following season, he collected five goals and four assists and helped Detroit win the Cup for the second consecutive season. During his third Cup run, in 2002, Shanahan tallied eight goals and 11 assists, along with 20 penalty minutes in 23 playoff games. Among all players in the playoffs that season, he ranked fourth in scoring with 19 points and led the league in power play assists (eight).

After last spring’s first-round sweep at the hands of the New Jersey Devils, the Rangers were looking to add a proven playoff presence. There’s that word again.

Shanahan’s skills, along with Jagr's offensive arsenal, should make the Rangers a force to be reckoned with this season. In their first regular-season match together, the duo showed just how lethal they can be on offense, combining for three goals and one assist against the Caps.

"Like I said when I came here, regardless of what line I play on, I just want to contribute and help the team win games," Shanahan said.

Shanahan, a prototypical 6-foot-3, 220-pound power forward, came into the 2006-07 campaign ranked first among all active NHL players in goals, but in his forst game as a Ranger, he did more than just contribute two goals. He carried his club to victory. As a result, Shanahan became only the 15th player in NHL history to reach the 600-goal plateau. The monumental goal came at 2:58 of the third period when Shanahan's second goal of the night against Olaf Kolzig gave the Rangers a 4-1 lead.

"I actually had forgotten about it (600 goals) when the game started – it's been so long since last season – but when I got my first one I peeked up at the scoreboard and saw that I had 599 so that's the first time I had thought about it," Shanahan admitted. "I definitely appreciate hockey history, but to be honest with you personal goals – I think it's something you might reflect on when you're retired. Nah, I take that back. I think they're nice, but you really do reflect on wins and championships (more). This is a team sport, so those are the things that stick in my mind."

The way he played in Game 1 of his Rangers career is what is going to stick out in the minds of his fans, coaches and his teammates for a long time to come.

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=280644

Congrats! :cheers
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 07, 2006, 08:15:09 PM
^ Way to go Shanny! :cheers
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 08, 2006, 10:11:02 AM
LOL...man, I totally forgot about the draft and I guess everyone autodrafted. Now I'm in 2nd last place :evil:

Who is "Roloson Bitches" ??

Man...I hate the trap, Kippper was amazing :evil: Oilers and Flamers now 1-1
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9586/oilersflameshockeyjmc101kk5.jpg)

Here's hoping Sykora and Hemsky light up San Jose Thursday!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on October 08, 2006, 09:38:25 PM
Ducks up 2-0, haven't remember that in awhile :D
And all by 1 goal for the wins heh. Vokun is being gay right now, so I'm last in all the goalie stats. :confused:

LUUUUUPUUUL SCORES!!! :pimp: Looking for a pace at 40 :P
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 09, 2006, 11:26:28 PM
Hahaha, I got Kippur on autodraft XD!  And, I think I'm in 4th.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 13, 2006, 07:01:01 AM
Holy fuck, did I hear correctly?  Jonathan Cheechoo AND Ryan Smyth (in a span 2:01 in the 3rd period) both getting NATURAL hat tricks in their game tonight?  You've GOT to be kidding me!  Way to fuckin' go boys!  Looks like Gretzky's down to holding only 60 records in the books.

EDIT:  Fuck, Brian Gionta had a natural hat trick too in Jersey?  DAMN!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 14, 2006, 07:49:11 AM
I KNOW FUCKIN RECORD!! Last nite's game was AWESOME!! Sharks have all bite, but no heart. SNAPPED their perfect start too! Nick McGoo...I hate that guy :/ Gave em so many 5 on 3's. IT was just pure grit and determination that won the game 6-4. Congrats to Patrick Thoresen - one of the rare Norway players out there - with his 1st goal.

(http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3118/smyttie500uj3.jpg)
Ryan Smyth - new record 2:01 beats Wayne Gretzky's fastest hat trick of 2:18 in 1981. Plus 500 career points!

Canes finally got their first win XD and whoa, Sabres keep on winning - Ryan Miller is unstoppable in the shootout.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 15, 2006, 04:18:15 AM
Quote from: daigong
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3118/smyttie500uj3.jpg
Ryan Smyth - new record 2:01 beats Wayne Gretzky's fastest hat trick of 2:18 in 1981. Plus 500 career points!

At least the record was broken by an Oiler. It's poetic, in a way. :)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 15, 2006, 08:11:57 AM
Quote from: JFC
At least the record was broken by an Oiler. It's poetic, in a way. :)

Oh no, it was an Oiler record actually. The NHL record is like 21 seconds by some guy in the 30s XD

MAN! The milestones just keep on ROLLING!! AS IN ROLOSON BITCHES!!
(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/269/rolibitchesez0.jpg)
39 STOPS!! Roloson gets his 100th win. 4-3 win. Ryan Smyth keeps my Fantasy Team bumping haha, 2 more goals. AND Sykora. oh baby.

Too bad the Wild are unbeaten :evil:  but its still early

Congrats to dat Bald Swede Mats Sundin...500 goals.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 16, 2006, 12:23:20 AM
Quote from: daigong
Oh no, it was an Oiler record actually. The NHL record is like 21 seconds by some guy in the 30s XD


Billy Mosienko holds that record.  There actually is footage of it, they showed it on NHL Network once - the players on the opposing NY Rangers team looked like they were wearing cement blocks on their skates or something.  Anyway, there's a mural of Mosienko on a building on Main street in downtown Wpg - some people think its Bobby Hull, or Bobby Clarke, but its not!  Its Billy Mosienko!!  Proud Winnipeger to boot!!  There's even a moderate skating rink named after him in the Shaughnessy Park area in town.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 16, 2006, 12:38:47 AM
Joe posted this in the IRC today. XD XD XD

(http://img273.imageshack.us/img273/9462/7945681jh0.jpg)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 16, 2006, 09:53:00 AM
^ LMAO!! See...I wrote "egg roll" in the "What did u just eat thread" and no one got it :P

HOLY FUCK!! Billy Mosienko a Winnipegger huh?! NICE!

Man, Stars and Sabres remaind the unbeaten....who'd thunk Big E would be huge?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 17, 2006, 08:30:34 AM
Oh man....Roloson has been stopping 30+ shots like crazy lately.. Where's the defense :? Drop a 2-1 decision to the Canucks. Faceoffs also have been alarmingly down. Congrats to Steve Staios for breaking Craig MacTavish's consecutive game streak!

Rangers snap their skid :P What skid? XD

Wed. We'll be seeing the Malkin-Crosby connection :w00t:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 18, 2006, 02:09:08 AM
Wednesday when shit's gonna be happening in Pen-town!  Highlight reels gonna be rollin' aplenty!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 18, 2006, 09:37:30 AM
DAMN!! How about that Patrick Thorensen!
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5346/canucksoilershockeyedm103ci5.jpg)

Oilers fix the faceoffs, shots given up - and BOOM!! 2-1 over Canucks!! Juicy looking good after a 5 month break.

OHHH...Sharks snap the Stars win streak too.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: orion on October 18, 2006, 09:55:23 AM
Malkin is debuting on wednesday, i hope hes good and healthy
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 19, 2006, 04:32:52 AM
Haha, and just like that, Malkin doesn't disappoint!  Nearing the end of the 2nd period, he gets his first ever NHL goal .... against Martin Brodeur of all people!!  Pittsburgh has GOT to keep that team together, cuz they're gonna be pimpin' someday.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: orion on October 19, 2006, 09:44:48 AM
Quote from: Kuno_Thunder
Haha, and just like that, Malkin doesn't disappoint!  Nearing the end of the 2nd period, he gets his first ever NHL goal .... against Martin Brodeur of all people!!  Pittsburgh has GOT to keep that team together, cuz they're gonna be pimpin' someday.


yeah im so glad he did do good for his 1st official game, although i am disappointed that we still lost, but the future is bright...
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 21, 2006, 09:36:17 AM
I SAW HASEK TODAY!!

I was at West Ed Mall, and he was on the 2nd floor checking out the waterpark aka bikini babes :P no crowd of people, just me, Hasek and a shorter guy that looked like Draper. I dunno. I walked by and stared...that guy sure looks like Hasek. But Ottawa's not in town....then later I thought "D'OH Red Wings play tmr." XD
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 21, 2006, 07:18:24 PM
Smooth move there dai! :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 22, 2006, 01:19:24 AM
Congrats to Winnipeg native Nigel Dawes who scored his 1st NHL goal tonight!!  The first of many many more, I'm sure!!  Good stuff buddy, make Peg City proud!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 22, 2006, 02:52:54 AM
Dan Snyder's dad is in town apparently...listening to the story now. Wow, he is totally going to all towns like u said KT. Raising money to build the arena named for him. More difficult task than thought.

Last stop in Atlanta. Check out the site:

http://37risingstars.com
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 22, 2006, 07:14:23 AM
SYKORA!!! LUPUL!! nice clutch plays to beat HASEK! Oilers over wings 3-1 Complete game by all!! Red Wings come out banging and hitting!! Staios steps it up!
 
(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2812/canucksoilershockeyedm101in0.jpg)

Great game by Roloson too... gotta get Stoll going.

Whaata breakaway goals by Sykora and Lupul!
(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6870/redwingsoilershockeyedm108mp3.jpg)
Smid and Tjarnqvist are better than they seem!!


Sabres now 8-0 :shocked:

Good job Rangers!! Shootout win over Leafs...betcha missing Shanny huh Detroit!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Kira-sama on October 22, 2006, 04:01:53 PM
Leafs are going to come big this year... potential stanley cup winners =)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 22, 2006, 08:33:59 PM
^ LOL are you from Toronto?? Loved the Peca cover on Hockey News AFTER the fact he had a successful playoffs ...though Raycroft has been good, he ain't no Young Belfour.

OHHHH...big shakeup continues in Philly. Bobby Clarke resigns, Hitchcock fired. Who wants a Nedved or Baumgartner? XD Sure hope Simon Gagne goes for discount prices hehe!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on October 22, 2006, 09:22:08 PM
Flyers :thumbsup

Flyers shakeup: GM Clarke resigns, Hitchcock fired

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Flyers general manager Bob Clarke resigned and coach Ken Hitchcock was fired in a dramatic shakeup Sunday, with Philadelphia off to its worst start in more than 15 years.

Assistant John Stevens will become head coach, and assistant general manager Paul Holmgren will be the interim general manager, trying to become the latest combination to end their 31-year Stanley Cup drought.

The Flyers are 1-6-1 and have the fewest points in the NHL.

"The decisions that had to be made, I was letting other people make them," said Clarke, acknowledging he was burned out. "I deeply regret not being able to bring a Stanley Cup here. ... I didn't deliver."

Flyers chairman Ed Snider said he began evaluating the team after an embarrassing 9-1 loss to Buffalo last week and decided change was necessary.

Clarke said the Flyers' record played no role in his resignation. He said he began feeling spent during last year's draft and hoped for new energy once the season started. That never happened.

"I just don't have the desire to do what this job requires," Clarke said. "I was tired of doing it."

Stevens will be behind the bench when the Flyers play at home Thursday against Atlanta.

As general manager, Clarke never matched the success he had as a Hall of Fame player when he led the Flyers to Stanley Cup championships in the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons. Clarke was in his 13th season in his second stint as general manager, after handling the GM role in the 1980s.

Hitchcock signed a three-year contract though the 2008-09 season in training camp and was in his fourth season with the Flyers. He led the Flyers to the conference finals in 2004, where they lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning, who later won the Stanley Cup.

Before Hitchcock was hired, the Flyers used five coaches in the previous six seasons.

"He realized that we had to make a change, and he's behind the organization and he's willing to do whatever he can to help the organization move forward," Snider said.

Hitchcock did not immediately return a phone message left by The Associated Press.

In 10 NHL seasons with Dallas and Philadelphia, Hitchcock is 408-249-100. He is 66-51 in playoff games and won the Stanley Cup with Dallas in 1999.

This is Philadelphia's worst start since the 1989-90 season. The Flyers have scored only 15 goals in eight games, and five of them are from Simon Gagne. In losing Friday at Florida they played without captain Peter Forsberg, who has a sprained wrist.

They are a woeful 4-for-55 on power-play chances this season.

Philadelphia was bounced in the first round of the playoffs by Buffalo last season, and has seemed ill-equipped to win a Stanley Cup. Many of the same problems they had last season have lingered, notably a plodding defense that has yet to score a goal.

The Flyers waived three players last week after the blowout loss to the Sabres, including Nolan Baumgartner, their lone free-agent signing to bolster the defense.

With a shaky defense and little offensive punch, the goaltenders have struggled, especially opening night starter Robert Esche. Esche has allowed 13 goals in two winless starts.

Clarke played for the Flyers from 1969-84, 358 goals and 1210 points, and captained the famed "Broad Street Bullies" teams in the 1970s.

Clarke immediately went from playing into management, holding the GM role from 1984-90. He returned to the position in 1994, famously feuding with Eric Lindros in the late 1990s.

"I don't know what happened. I don't know why it happened," Clarke said. "I would have never thought I'd get tired or burnt out or something. But this is what's happened. I've got to try and figure out why and how."

Hitchcock also led Dallas to two Stanley Cup finals appearances - winning the title in 1999 and going back the next year - and five straight division titles.

Stevens was the coach for the Philadelphia Phantoms, the Flyers' American Hockey League affiliate, from 2000-06 and led them to the Calder Cup championship in 2005. Stevens was Philadelphia's third-round pick by the Flyers in 1984 and played 53 career games with the Flyers and Hartford Whalers.

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=281575&page=NewsPage&service=page

Damn, I never thought that Clarke would resign :shock:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 22, 2006, 10:56:08 PM
They're still a solid team.  Just in need of leadership, that's all.  Carter and Richards are my boyz!  Damn you Bobby Clarke!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Kira-sama on October 23, 2006, 05:17:23 AM
lol this was expected... the team itself is great, the players and goaltenders, its just that the coaching staff aren't really pulling there weight to help the team win =P
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: orion on October 23, 2006, 09:18:01 AM
Quote from: Kuno_Thunder
They're still a solid team.  Just in need of leadership, that's all.  Carter and Richards are my boyz!  Damn you Bobby Clarke!


i think the leaders they need would have to average at least 3 points a game for them to turn their season around!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 24, 2006, 09:50:52 AM
BOOYAH!! WHATTA WIN!! The Sykora-Thoresen-Hemsky line was on FIRE!
(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7121/main8hf7.jpg)
Whatta shot by Hemsky man, the PP is back. Oilers beat Coyotes 5-2

Not used to Big Georges in dog uniform.
(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9763/georgesjc5.jpg)

NEXT UP!! Pronger and the Mighty Fucks!


I think the Sabres can go 11-0 and beyond ... damn those ugly unis got good karma!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 26, 2006, 08:46:36 AM
Malkin + Crosby are tearing it up! GJ on the guy who picked him up XD


BRUTAL loss, Roli had an off nite and lil turnovers cost the Oil. losing 6-2 to the Ducks. The PP needs a tweaking fo sho.
(http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5448/oilersduckshockeyana104do5.jpg)
Yeah yeah. Pronger coughed it up on the 1st goal, then came back to get 3 assists. That lil biotch. Can't wait until November 28th.

Bummer...Oilers Ethan Moreau, the heart and soul might be sidelined for the entire year. :evil:

Congrats to Joe Sakic on his 1500th POINT!
(http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/4820/capitalsavalanchehockeygg1.jpg)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: orion on October 27, 2006, 05:15:39 AM
yeah im soo glad pittsburghs draft picks were excellent choices, malkin crosby and stall are all spectacular. its supprising how well malkin and crosby play together on the ice cause they cant even speak to each other yet. lucky i snapped malkin up before his debut on the fantasy side of things.

philly won today against atlanta in a shootout, good on em, hope they win more....    except against pittsburgh
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 27, 2006, 09:09:26 AM
WERD. and they got a top goalie in Fleury...it does help to mail in a few seasons. Good luck on getting a new arena!

Rough game tonite....Oilers got the bad end of a 6-2 loss to THE COYOTES :evil: beaten by another unknown goalie David LeNeveu ?! WTF. And Owen Nolan looked like his Sharks days. :x

MAN are we missing Ethan Moreau and HIS GRIT!! At least Pisani got his first goal. You give these guys new contracts and they're in over their heads! I'm sure they can snap outta this sloppiness on Saturday vs Semen/Ovechkin and the Caps.

:ONomg: :ONomg:

GJ Sabres. 10-0 now. Tied the Leafs record for best start....and you know how they fared in 1993-94 :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 29, 2006, 06:35:14 AM
WOO HOO!! Oilers snap their 2 game skid, 4-0 over teh Caps. Ovechkin is THE REAL DEAL man. hitting and whatta shot....but Roli gloved that bitch ass
(http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/3753/front6ee0.jpg)

Congrats to Ryan Smyth! tying Jari Kurri for 3rd most Power Play goals by an Oiler!
(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4026/nhlcapitalsoilershockeyir2.jpg)
(very nice looking hotties in the front row at Rexall)

and Crosby got a hat trick :ONomg:

and Sabres lost to the Thrashers :ONkekeke:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: orion on October 30, 2006, 06:33:37 AM
Quote from: daigong;223741

and Crosby got a hat trick :ONomg:



god i love him and malkin and gonchar and fleury, i love the team in general, 8-2 over the flyers which was awesome. thank god i snapped up both malkin and crosby in the fantasy league, if only i had better goalie stats i would be winning it, curse you vancouver!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 02, 2006, 07:42:24 AM
OILERS LOST :evil: ...I hate the big gap in the schedule, leaves players rusty. Oilers drop 5-3 to Preds, it was close with 1 minute to go but the empty netter was cashed. Horcoff...get off ur fuckin ass!

Goddamn, Malkin is the REAL DEAL.  6 goals in his 1st 6 games. Freaking first time in 89 years or whatever.
(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7821/penguinskingshockeylas1sb2.jpg)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 04, 2006, 09:18:41 AM
FUCK! Oilers got jobbed tonite. Trying to sloth through the Dallas trap, trying to get over Eric Lindros goalie interference non-call = goal, Petr Sykora got a goal late to pull it 3-2 and Ales Hemsky supposedly tied it but Mick McGeough GO EAT POO!! blew off on a glove pass?? WHAT THE FUCK MAN!!

(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6452/nhlstarsoilershockeyedmxi3.jpg)

That's 1 or 2 points in the crapper!! The way the Northwest is so fuckin tight. said Oilers head coach Craig MacTavish: "It's a retarded call."
(http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/557/nhlstarsoilershockeyedm110hx5.jpg)

At least the Rodeo is in town, the Oil can get on the road and get it together.  Bond a bit.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 08, 2006, 09:41:18 AM
^ LOL, MacT got fined 10,000 too.

Oilers lose another one. That's 5 outta 6, this time to Janne Niinamma, Sergei Samsanov, and the Habs. 3-2 in a shoot out, nice one timer by Sykora. Damn, Horcoff, Pisani, and Torres had better games but they gotta get their mojo back. The PP is fucked up :/

(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9651/oilerscanadienshockeyrylb2.jpg)

GATOR gets one off the head too!! Hmm, couple of autograph sessions coming up hehe

Check out this link:
http://video.google.com/nhl.html - watch NHL VIDEOS! And it's official!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: orion on November 09, 2006, 09:03:04 AM
pens had another OTL today at the mellon arena. Ekman got a hat trick in quick time too, but it was not enough. malkin hasn't done much in the last few games which is disappointing but it was going to happen. Hasek got a shutout against edmonton so who ever picked him will be lucky.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on November 09, 2006, 08:20:03 PM
Nat-hats like crazy this year, huh?  Cheechoo and Smyth in the same game earlier this year, Brian Gionta that same night, and now Nils Ekman.  Crazy shit!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: orion on November 10, 2006, 04:40:41 AM
Quote from: Kuno_Thunder;231875
Nat-hats like crazy this year, huh?  Cheechoo and Smyth in the same game earlier this year, Brian Gionta that same night, and now Nils Ekman.  Crazy shit!

yeah it been a good year for threes, crosby got one a few games back as well

edit: Cole just got one for Carolina, they won 5-0 against washington
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on November 12, 2006, 06:39:08 AM
canucks blew a 2 goal league and let the flames win...:evil:

bet luongo is regretting coming to vancouver now. florida's defense is prolly better than this
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: orion on November 21, 2006, 08:39:47 AM
pittsburgh won against philly 5-3 today, buffalos form recently has been great, they beat Tampa Bay 7-2 and tampa arent too bad either.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on November 22, 2006, 07:53:10 AM
Teemu Selänne is only one goal away from 500 after scoring two goals against San Jose. Anaheim won the game 5-0 :shocked:

New York Rangers forward Jaromir Jagr scores 600th NHL goal against Tampa Bay

 NEW YORK (AP) - Jaromir Jagr scored his 600th NHL goal Sunday night, making the New York Rangers captain the 16th player to reach the milestone.

Jagr beat Tampa Bay goalie Johan Holmqvist with a wrist shot just 1:43 into the game after teammate Michael Nylander tipped Karel Rachunek's slap shot to him in front of the net. It was Jagr's ninth goal of the season and fourth in four games.

Jagr is the second Rangers forward to reach 600 goals this season. Brendan Shanahan did it in his debut for New York on Oct. 5 against Washington.

The home crowd at Madison Square Garden cheered wildly when the scoreboard flashed the milestone, but Jagr didn't appear to notice as he sat on the bench while waiting for his next shift.

Jagr, in his 16th NHL season and third with the Rangers, moved within one goal of tying Jari Kurri for 15th on the career list.

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=283434&page=NewsPage&service=page

Jagr scored two more today against Carolina :bow: :bow: :bow:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 22, 2006, 04:14:55 PM
Damn, and I still remember all the hype surrounding Teemu when he first came to the NHL and played as a rookie for the Jets...ah, the memories.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Carisear on November 22, 2006, 05:58:37 PM
the 'peg should get a franchise again.  they always had a crappy team, and when they finally got a superstar (teemu) they get moved.  i feel sorry for them!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: orion on November 23, 2006, 12:21:10 PM
Quote from: Carisear;241195
the 'peg should get a franchise again.  they always had a crappy team, and when they finally got a superstar (teemu) they get moved.  i feel sorry for them!


thats the drawback to a sport motivated by money. but what can you do?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: oragami33 on November 28, 2006, 07:49:34 PM
Quote from: Carisear;241195
the 'peg should get a franchise again.  they always had a crappy team, and when they finally got a superstar (teemu) they get moved.  i feel sorry for them!


Not as bad as Quebec
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 29, 2006, 02:33:32 AM
shit shit!! WELCOME people to the SPORTS FORUM!! Kinda the child we're secretly proud of in a forum filled with JPop XXXclusive shit, Porn, and delicious Ladies. Any questions, holler at da vets.

Me and Thimmy have been busy up the ASS. I just gotta say this:

OILERS ARE IN FIRST PLACE. PRONGER RETURNS TO TOWN!


(http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/842/prongersfl3.jpg)
see the press conf from last nite:
http://www2.sportsnet.ca/video/videoPlayer.php?url=rtmp://38.99.151.50/sportsnet/SCA_PRONGER_06_11_27.flv

I'm probably in the minority that is thankful for what Prongs did for the franchise, taught the young guys how to play like veterans.

Ryan Smyth has been lights out the whole year. Went to the skills competition on Sunday and they really got the community jumping.
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Petr Sykora was a great pick up too...great goal the other nite vs Chicago, falling on his face.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on November 29, 2006, 03:21:26 AM
thats a cheap hit, big ass charley horse right there XD
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Carisear on November 29, 2006, 05:48:53 AM
watching the canucks game right now.  yay! up 1-0.  still, we can't score worth CRAP.  i'm liking the new crop of youngsters -- league wide.  all this speed makes the game so much better
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 29, 2006, 10:25:15 AM
its ur coach Carisear!! Vancouver is now a defensive team lol

Quote from: Mugen;245833
thats a cheap hit, big ass charley horse right there XD


The good thing is that Smyth came back next game. Thank Rika for knee braces lol

WELCOME BACK Prongs!! LMAO this sign cracked me up, my community represents!!
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7678/r1626890017ol9.jpg)

brutal loss though, scrambling. Ducks tied it with 16 seconds left and Smyttie coughed it up. Hemsky got hurt in the 1st too :( So much for the 5 game winning streak.

Congrats to Niedermyer on his 1000th game. Wanted to say a belated congrats to Teemu on his 500th. congrats to Jagr for beating Kurri's Top Euro goal scoring record!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Carisear on November 30, 2006, 05:01:38 AM
i know the canucks coach is preaching a defensive system -- but we've had no puck luck!  we *always* seem to run into a hot goalie! ugh!

and i know about edmonton -- i thought they had it locked up, then they go and lose it.  anaheim is the team to beat this year though.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on December 02, 2006, 02:31:55 AM
Hey, didn't come to bag on about the loss of daigong's team, but that was a nail-biter!!! Oilers dominated the 1st 2 periods, then 3rd owned by ducks :) Still, oilers has the upperhand from the playoffs :evil:   nonetheless, :kickass: game that was!


After watching Ducks vs Canucks yesterday, I gotta say Giggy outplayed Luongo, but Luongo was on fire too. Vancouver looked like defense first now compared to last few years. Brian Burke was there and was like "pimping another team now" :pimp:

Few more wins to clinch the playoffs :JD: Hope Kings slide in the 8th spot for playoff rivalry
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 02, 2006, 02:34:06 AM
Alain Vigneult sucks ass. Our offense suck ass. Even our supposedly "defensive oriented" strategy suck ass
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on December 02, 2006, 02:35:56 AM
Maybe they should trade Luongo for bertuzzi XD
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Carisear on December 03, 2006, 02:49:11 AM
remember guys, http://www.voteforrory.com/ !

i've voted for him about 10 times already, and we everyones support!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 03, 2006, 06:59:51 AM
^ LOL. Vote for Brad Winchester!! I wanna win a trip to Dallas with Mark Messier for the All Star game!!

Oilers in atop the Northwest won't be long ... Now Ryan Smyth is out, broken thumb Fuck :evil:
(http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/530/oilers103014pmwb9.jpg)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Carisear on December 03, 2006, 05:28:22 PM
NW division is killer -- hardest div to be in by far.  EVERY team can compete -- i think it's going to be like this for the entire season
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: orion on December 04, 2006, 11:27:01 AM
Quote from: Carisear;249755
NW division is killer -- hardest div to be in by far.  EVERY team can compete -- i think it's going to be like this for the entire season


with 2 points between 1 and 6 it is very tight! Unfortunately the pens havent been too good lately :(
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Carisear on December 04, 2006, 09:03:40 PM
me, as with most of my friends who watch hockey, think the pens will compete for a stanley cup in 3 years.  SO MUCH young *awesome* talent on that team.  they will have so much firepower .. they'll kick so much ass.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on December 05, 2006, 08:32:23 AM
As long as the young guys on the team stay healthy and stay together - that's gonna be the key to their Stanley Cup, if it should come.  Which I hope it does.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 05, 2006, 09:18:25 AM
Canucks got raped..with Smyth and Hemsky out -.-
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 05, 2006, 12:00:11 PM
That's cuz we got ROLI! ROLI! ROLI! Torres and Lupul got outta some slumps big time.
(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7164/oilerscanuckshockeyvcrzty6.jpg)
How about Roli like whipping his mask off and making the save! Dude is a true leader.

The Northwest is tighter than a virginal pussy!! Thank Rika, Gaoborik is out and Minnie is on the downfall.
(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7003/nwyr1.jpg)

And how about Shanahan lighting shit up!! :o
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: oragami33 on December 06, 2006, 04:04:06 AM
Quote from: Carisear;250676
me, as with most of my friends who watch hockey, think the pens will compete for a stanley cup in 3 years.  SO MUCH young *awesome* talent on that team.  they will have so much firepower .. they'll kick so much ass.


But their defense sucks and good mobile defenses are key in the new nhl
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: oragami33 on December 06, 2006, 04:08:04 AM
Quote from: Mugen;245833
thats a cheap hit, big ass charley horse right there XD


Same as cutting someone's legs out in basketball, desperate and cheap.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on December 06, 2006, 07:35:24 AM
Congrats to Daniel Briere for his first ever career hat trick!  Marc Denis made an insane save too, but to no avail.  And Sid Crosby makes a BEAUTIFUL diving goal in a losing cause against the Panthers.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on December 06, 2006, 02:52:20 PM
My Predators are still on top this year, and they beat the Red Wings last weekend. Hopefully, they can still stay in the lead for a while.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 07, 2006, 11:17:58 PM
^ ulike preds CKD? hehe cool. they like to bang a lot - such a bitch to play against! Tough loss to the Ducks, good thing that puck hit Prongs on the bench!!  GJ! watch out for the resurging Dallas Stars tho!

Stanley Cup Finals "Re-match" last nite!!! Fuckin got chippy but DAMN! Jussi stood on his head. stopped 28 shots! Oilers win 3-1 over Canes! :D
(http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/7601/main6fr0.jpg)

How about Jarrett Stoll taking a puck off the knee, a puck off the ankle then getting right back up. Captain got 1st star...he was everywhere and freaking go t his 1st goal of the year!!! WOOT!! Oilers back in 1st place.

NEXT VICTIM!! DALLAS on Friday :halo:

I'll take this moment to say PROPS to Joe Nieuwendyk, what a worthy opponent over the years in Dallas and Calgary. Dude retired after 20 year career.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061207/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_panthers_nieuwendyk_retires
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Carisear on December 08, 2006, 02:32:37 AM
Vancouver is taking a page outta edmontons playbook -- working hard 60 mins every game, blocking shots even with 1 second left.  now if BOTH our teams could only score more!  this is my style of team though -- blue-collar all the way!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: orion on December 08, 2006, 02:36:11 AM
Quote from: Carisear;250676
me, as with most of my friends who watch hockey, think the pens will compete for a stanley cup in 3 years.  SO MUCH young *awesome* talent on that team.  they will have so much firepower .. they'll kick so much ass.


for sure but there may be problems on the horizon, like what arena we will play in (possible move going to happen) and whether we can afford all our good rookies!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on December 10, 2006, 12:17:57 AM
Quote from: daigong;252868
^ ulike preds CKD? hehe cool. they like to bang a lot - such a bitch to play against!

I have to. I'm in Tennesee and I have to represent!:)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 11, 2006, 10:52:34 AM
^ hehehe, u guys are lucky with Tootoo and Kariya, physical and skillful.

:doh: Oilers got whupped by the Blackhawks ... so flat after some key wins over Dallas and Carolina. Shut out those fuckin Stars too 2-0. STILL IN FIRST I'm shocked lol - that should be the story of the 1st quarter of the season. 1st Place but banged up.

(http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/484/oilersblackhawkshockeyclp5.jpg)

... how about them Bluejackets man - just keep on rolling after Hitchcock took over! 6-2 over Ottawa. Sens so fucked up.

Paul Coffey and Red Army legends at Red Square:

(http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3902/russiaicehockeyredsquarpx9.jpg)(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/8207/russiaicehockeyredsquarif0.jpg)
http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=284902&page=NewsPage&service=page
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Carisear on December 12, 2006, 04:36:16 AM
damn, those names .. krutov, larionov, fetisov .. brings back all the memories..

hell, even team world .. petri striko .. kurri .. damn.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on December 15, 2006, 02:45:48 PM
Oh, I didn't know that Kurri was there as well... I guess it would have been great to see those russians playing in CCCP shirts again.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 16, 2006, 08:32:13 AM
Quote from: cool_kickin_dude;254627
I have to. I'm in Tennesee and I have to represent!:)

ooh, tough loss to the Preds the other nite, good dig from the corner. And I thought Oilers coulda got a point.


Then that solid 3 goal outburst last nite, Horcoff with that wicked steal. Greene going Bobby orr wtf :lol:
(http://img289.imageshack.us/img289/1402/hockeyoilerswildedm107ru7.jpg)

Malone, Crosby ... all going nuts!! Fuck I didn't do shit for my Fantasy Team so whatever XD Penguins on FIRE!!

HEY!! Speaking of the Penguins, offer to buy em is withdrawn so there's a chance for others to get a bid and takeover!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Carisear on December 18, 2006, 04:15:52 AM
TWO points seperate 1st from last in NW division now .. holy crap it's tight!

on a side note, went to the vancouver/minny game last night!   i love seeing live nhl games :P
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 22, 2006, 05:24:34 AM
Jaroslav Spacek got knocked the fuck out! SUCKER PUNCH!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 22, 2006, 05:54:27 AM
^ oshit...Spac No! I gotta see that tho XD

SYKORAA!!!!!! Late minute goal, Oilers squeak one out. Cuz Jussi let in some dumb goals...WOOOOOOOOoo
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 28, 2006, 10:09:44 AM
Canucks wwhooped Flames twice in two nights! Although it was a goal fest today. AWESOME GAME!! OILERS WATCH OUT!!

on a sorta unrelated note:
I'm going back to the ice in eight hours after my knees fucked up in a game before a couple of years ago. its been awhile playing ice hockey! might post up pics.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 29, 2006, 08:59:42 AM
LOL GJ man!!

Suddenly 1-4 in the entire NW is decided by a point. FUCK!! Ryan Smyth returned back to the lineup after breaking his thumb, with a special glove, lighter stick, but same old FUCK YOU ASS IN YOUR FACE SMYTTIE!!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/daigong/smyttiesback.jpg)

:evil: How the fuck can Sean Avery score 2 goals on ya?? The defense is really hanging Roli out to dry here. Not enough bodies blocking shots, closing off the lanes. We need another VET!! At least Oilers can get Win # 1,000 on Hockey Day in Canada vs the Canucks :D

Who's watching the World juinior? How about Germany tearing it up?!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 31, 2006, 02:39:48 PM
:evil: Oilers get totally whuppped by Canucks on national TV ARRGH! Oilers slippin in the NW...and goaltending is far from the problem. Gretzky's 50 goals in 39 games anniversary. WHO CARES?! Can someone block a shooting lane. Canucks tried to head hunt Hemsky and Staios gives Naslund a clean hip check and they go nuts!! Better beat those Flamers!!

Anyone watching World Junior action right now? Supposedly you can watch it live on http://tsn.ca

Slovaks are a joke, 3-0 so far. Russia whooping Finland 4-0 atm haha
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Carisear on December 31, 2006, 07:15:32 PM
man, the junior game was on at 3:30am (PST) ... too late for me to stay up and watch!

and hahthis year the NW division race is awesome -- EVERY game means something.  can't let up for even a second!

my canucks are finally scoring -- 2 straight games 6 goals!  it's been a long time coming.  nazzy is still in a goal slump, but at least he's making plays and setting up goals.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 02, 2007, 02:02:04 PM
CONGRATS to Joe Sakic for moving ex-Oiler Paul Coffey onto 10th place on the all time assist list.

:doh: I think Avs moved up on the Oilers into 3rd place.

I'm still at a loss of words for that shit performance...everyones out of place on defense. no ones forchecking. :evil:

At least Florida is in town *sigh* something has to give.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 03, 2007, 09:59:01 AM
FINALLY Oilers 4-1 over Panthers, snapping their losing streak. THROW PUCKS AT THE NET!! GOOD THINGS HAPPEN!! DAMMIT!

(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3387/front9fh1.jpg)
Oilers get their 1000th win!! 3rd Fastest in NHL history too. Can't wait to see Petr Nedved back in Oil silks too :w00t:
(http://xs411.xs.to/xs411/07013/Clipboard02.jpg)

And whoa, did Pronger break his ankle..!! DAMN, this thing called Karma!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 03, 2007, 11:42:36 PM
I thought Nedved was picked up by the Sens?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on January 04, 2007, 09:06:26 AM
Haha, Mike Comrie is once again playing in Canada, as the SENS pick him up from Phoenix.  The Sens?  Getthefuckouttahere!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on January 05, 2007, 07:16:29 AM
HOLY FUCK, did you see the end of the 3rd period of that Oilers/Stars game????  How the FUCK can something like that happen?  And then for the Oil to lose in a shootout, man, that's a heartbreaker. >_<
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 06, 2007, 03:36:36 AM
OILERS CANUCKS TONIGH!!!! WE GONNA WIN!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 06, 2007, 10:35:05 AM
BITCH!! *daigong slaps Mugen around a bit with a bag of pucks

WTF man...Oilers can't get no breaks!! FUCK! At least The Czech Mate line is clicking. NOW GET PUCKS TO THE NET!! Fuckin Bergeron, is knocking off goalies heads intead of shooting into the net.

And this coming off the craziest game I have EVER seen. Straight up KT, 3 goal lead blown!! And it wasn't by the fact the Oilers put the foot off the pedal, DALLAS was fuckin dominating. The whole Patrik Stefan fuckin up an empty-net to Hemsky getting the tying goal (untouched!) is my Play of The Year 2007 no doubt.
(http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/1610/front10ql5.jpg)

oh...HUZZAH!!! Team Canada beats the Russians at the World Junior Hockey Championships!!

Check out Masa's lookalike with a Pornstache
(http://xs411.xs.to/xs411/07013/pornstache.jpg)

I also saw on The Score where Ovechkin was at the Wizards game and he was chewing the finger of his female companion!! PIMP!! :bow:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on January 06, 2007, 04:13:12 PM
I watched the Dallas - Edmonton game from youtube and too bad that Edmonton lost, since it'd have been so legendary :)

bme Niklas Hagman made a nice goal before this Stefan - Hemsky thing at the end.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: wildstarr on January 06, 2007, 07:42:03 PM
That Dallas Stars/Edmonton game was pretty damn phenomenal.  But I knew Dallas would take it in the shootout.  They are money when it comes to the shootout.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: crazychickencow on January 06, 2007, 10:47:21 PM
Daigong told me to post what I said in the chat XD... My Uncle roomed with Gretzky.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 06, 2007, 10:58:20 PM
Quote from: crazychickencow;276732
Daigong told me to post what I said in the chat XD... My Uncle roomed with Gretzky.

*worships CCC's uncle*

:bow: :bow: :bow:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 06, 2007, 11:05:25 PM
Quote from: crazychickencow;276732
Daigong told me to post what I said in the chat XD... My Uncle roomed with Gretzky.


:bow: :bow: :bow:

CCC is cooler than ever!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 07, 2007, 01:27:53 AM
HAHAHAHA, I saw stefan's empty net goal thing. That's worst than Phaneuf and steve smith's XD
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Carisear on January 08, 2007, 12:39:15 AM
For the rest of his career, stefan is going to be known as the guy who had the puck less than 1 foot from the goal line, with an empty net, and couldn't score.  ROFL.

and you guys in vancouver see the guy who ALMOST won 1 million by shooting 14/25 pucks from the opposing blue line? DAMN!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 10, 2007, 01:34:05 AM
The Czechs keep producing!! Jan Hejda gets his 1st...Oilers finally get a win, a win in OT no less. 2-1 win over LA!
(http://xs411.xs.to/xs411/07023/oilers_kings_hockey_cama113.jpg)

Canucks on such a roll now too...Flames winning without Iginla, here's hoping the Oilers can get some rent-a-defenceman. I miss Georges Laraque so much, a big body to prevent headhunters.

Tomas Vokoun is back CKD!! Beat dem Ducks!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on January 10, 2007, 01:40:15 AM
thanks daigong, looks like my Preds are still the team to beat(well, still making Detroi sit pretty in 2nd:D) I wish I had cable to see the games. Least I can watch them on NBC now starting this weekend.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 10, 2007, 02:19:44 AM
cant touch us! GO CANOOKS!! Luongo on paced to start 75 games. HOLY SHT!! If he goes down, we're fucked.

and yea, VOTE FOR RORY!!! XD
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 13, 2007, 03:52:46 PM
Fuck Rory!! XD

Oh man, just when the Oil started clicking vs the Kings + Sharks...
(http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/3614/oilerssharkshockeycata1tr3.jpg)
(http://xs411.xs.to/xs411/07026/front6.jpg)

But dominate the Wild...but lose it 4-2 wtf. Cannot give up points in the fuckin NW Divison :evil: Battle of Alberta tonite!!!

SIGN SMYTH ALREADY!! GIVE HIM a SIX YEAR CONTRACT!

OOH...NHL on NBC this weekend eh?? I love the commentator on the bench, I'm STILL waiting for Pierre McGuire to get spitted on or hit by a puck.

Guess who got called up to the Kings? Yutaka Fukufuji:
(http://www.readingeagle.com/blog/gloves/fukufuji.jpg)
http://www.monarchshockey.com/bio.php?bid=52
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Iamabowl on January 13, 2007, 10:40:47 PM
The LA Kings put the first Japanese NHL player (Fukufuji, a goalie) on the ice today for the third period against the Blues. He didn't do too bad.. made a couple of awesome saves, but let a powerplay goal in. Wasn't his fault though... the defense left a passing lane wide open and he just couldn't get to the other side in time.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-kings-fukufuji&prov=ap&type=lgns
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 16, 2007, 09:55:25 PM
NICE! Richard Park, Peter Ing - it's an Asian Tradition in the NHL :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 17, 2007, 09:59:15 PM
He becomes the first Asian to start in a game. BUT GOT PULLED XD peep the action:
(http://xs311.xs.to/xs311/07033/_kings_thrashe_8_12_18_pm.jpg.xs.jpg) (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs311&d=07033&f=_kings_thrashe_8_12_18_pm.jpg)(http://xs311.xs.to/xs311/07033/_kings_thrashe_8_21_28_pm.jpg.xs.jpg) (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs311&d=07033&f=_kings_thrashe_8_21_28_pm.jpg)

OILERS FINALLY WIN !! 2-1 with Roloson standing on his head.
(http://xs311.xs.to/xs311/07033/wild_oilers_12_35_06_am.jpg)

But seriously...with Jason Smith, Steve Staios, Ethan Moreau (before he got hurt), a couple 6'5" of rookies can't replace the THUGGERY that was Georges Laraque. Fuckin Boogaard  went heead hunting all over. Punk bitches like Sean Avery, Matt Cooke out to just hurt superstars. Now Hemsky is out with a concussion, thanks asshole.

Preds looking for #1 vs the Wings tonite!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 18, 2007, 12:40:01 AM
hates us, loves us XD

rocked the canadiens 4 zip!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Carisear on January 18, 2007, 08:43:15 AM
there aren't any heavyweights like there used to be.  man, those were the days when every team had a goon!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on January 18, 2007, 03:43:43 PM
wait, daigong. last time I checked, the Preds were first in the standings for a while now.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on January 19, 2007, 09:11:17 AM
Preds are in first now. 3rd match of Ducks vs Oilers. How embarrasing it was :evil: Man that Smyth dude, who does he think he is?? XD

Selanne with 30th goal (can't touch him :P )

Can't wait till AFTER the All-Star game, we should get Pronger and of course Jiggy back. Man Ducks are in the slump of the year. 2-6-2 the last 10 games :o

and yea has to be Back to back against the Flames tomorrow, even without Iginla, it's gonna be at the saddledome.....please Bryz, make the playoff magic happen!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on January 22, 2007, 05:54:57 AM
All Star Game in Dallas!  Will you be here Daigong?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 23, 2007, 09:35:01 PM
owners voted no for new schedule...greedy bastards want to save airplane money.

im getting sick of the Edmonton vs Calgary rivalries. They have played like 20 games against each other already or something like that XD
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Carisear on January 24, 2007, 03:32:41 AM
19-11 was the vote -- so a vast majority wanted to change, but the stupid nhl has a 2/3 rule, so 20-10 would've been needed to pass.  fucking east coast people.  always screwing everyone else over.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 25, 2007, 02:57:39 AM
WTF this is only Smyth's FIRST All-Star game????? :shocked:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 25, 2007, 03:50:17 AM
OMFG! CRAZY BRODEUR SAVE!! ROBBED CHEECHOO!!!!

NO CANUCKS?????!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 25, 2007, 11:26:40 AM
I know!! Fans are unjust voting the same old farts in, glad there were so many new stars in there. And not the usual "Obligatory pick" Smyttie was so geeked to be there too. That Selanne-McDonald line he was on was dope!

(http://xs311.xs.to/xs311/07044/l2329032.jpg)

Quote from: THUNDERDUCK;289626
All Star Game in Dallas!  Will you be here Daigong?

I WISH!! What an event!! Red carpet arrival, huge concert in the front. What was up with the game being on the VS Channel? WTF is that lol

Pretty fun game, no penalties ...yaw Brodeur was on top of thangs but he got burned by Rolston and his mic broke XD Phaneuf's empty netter had me go DAAAAAAAAAAMN! at the end, just curled on in.

And the new lightweight uniforms felt pretty good, I saw it at the store. Like cotton baby :jerk:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 27, 2007, 08:15:54 AM
What happened to the D-man?? C'mon Kevin Lowe, hopefully Staios and whatever that Swede we got will help. .... how the fuck does point blank shots just go by. Roli can only do so much.

Fernando Pisani's goal was shortlived. Fuck outshot 31-13 at one point. :evil:
(http://xs411.xs.to/xs411/07046/manthatwasshortlived.jpg)
(http://xs311.xs.to/xs311/07040/oilerspopeye.jpg)

Congrats to Rozi for getting 2nd Star...I sure miss his grit.
(http://xs411.xs.to/xs411/07046/dammitrozi76.jpg)(http://xs311.xs.to/xs311/07040/smyttievgrier.jpg)

Ah, well Peter Sykora autograph session Sunday, even tho I don't have his card, or any update gear lol. Hmm, a paper napkin maybe and it's all the way in Akinastarland.....MUST GO :ONbarf:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 28, 2007, 05:24:15 PM
(http://xs411.xs.to/xs411/07040/kings_oilers_hockey_edm107.jpg)

Smyth-Horcoff-Hemsky WAS ON FIYYYAAAHHH!!! Nedved got the press box seat. Jussi flashing the leather all nite!! AWESOME! Oilers beat LA 4-3. Now to get on that elusive streak.

And RIP Gump Worsley.
(http://xs311.xs.to/xs311/07040/one_worsley04.jpg)

Lorne Gump Worsley, seen in this 1963 file photo, died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007 at the age of 67. The Hall of Fame goaltender's NHL career with the New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens and Minnesota North Stars, spanned 21 seasons.

STORY
: http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=9c469460-83c6-42b3-b667-253c40bea8fd&k=57562
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 28, 2007, 06:48:36 PM
R.I.P. Mr. Worsley :ONprayers:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 07, 2007, 04:26:15 AM
ZACK STORTINI SCORES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on February 07, 2007, 04:32:30 AM
oh shuush, its only 2:2. We are going easy on you XD
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 12, 2007, 09:17:46 AM
DAmmit.. WTF. LAst year Oilers totally pwnd the NuckS!! WTF!! :evil:

6 points outta 1st! and a play off spot. SHIT The West is a bitch! We end up beating the fuck outta each other and some shitty Cinderella Sunbelt team comes and steals the Cup from us and then goes into banktuprcy. Which team will it be THIS YEAR!! FUCK!!

(http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3394/main5sj6.jpg)

uggh, solid wins over road weary clubs. 2-1 over Hawks, 5-1 over Hotlanta. But lost more guys to injury....no Laraque, and guys like Pisani and Stoll get knocked the fuck out. Wish they would change the sked, Atlanta and Edmonton always gets chippy! Hartley sending in da goons !!

(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9536/thrashersoilershockeyedim2.jpg)

Geez. Longest road trip of the year. Can't wait for Feb 27 tho!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 17, 2007, 05:05:05 AM
Peter Forsberg as a Predator...sounds cool.

http://winnipegsun.com/Sports/Hockey/2007/02/16/3637319-sun.html

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070216.FORSBERG16/TPStory/Sports/columnists

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2767319
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 18, 2007, 01:04:52 AM
^ That sounds nuts. Preds gave a up A LOT, and their not likely to gamble like that. Forsberg sure ain't the same as he used to be but he could set up fuckers like whoa. Hope he stays healthy.

psssssh Leafs celebrating their 67 team. Bring out the b/w footage and senior citizens. Names that don't even ring a bell. Where's the Drydens? Orrs? Who cares about the original 6.

COME ON OIL!!! DESTROY DEM LEAFS!!!

ETA:

FUCK! that was post 666 in this thread :evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 18, 2007, 05:01:20 AM
Aw man...so close. Oilers drop another one 4-3. Sundin, damn - baldie just overpowered Steve Staios. When ur best player is a rookie (Pouliott) -- Oilers best be sweating.
(http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/5571/oilersmapleleafshockeychx9.jpg)

Sure missing Stoll and Pisani in the lineup, Leafs out-face off'd the Oilers 79-21% at one point.

Anyone see the hit on Shannahan....brutal. looked so innocent, but he landed on his head. :o
(http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9690/rangershurricaneshockeyeg9.jpg)

Just the other nite, he spit out his chiclets. That's a HOCKEY PLAYER.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: UserNamePls on February 19, 2007, 06:15:53 AM
Canucks right now! 5-4 go Canucks go!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 23, 2007, 11:08:32 AM
WHOA! Bumpage where the fuck did I leave off. Oh yeah. Oilers dumped Marc Andre Bergeron for some Russian chump.

Tough losses...fuck Oilers finally win one! ONE! game 4-0 over the Jackets.

(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4629/oilersbluejacketshockeynz1.jpg)

I STILL BELIEVE THO!! A major deal is gonna go down next week....just beat Minnesota a few times, Calgary is floundering. ground can be picked up!@!! And sign Smyttie alrady :evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on February 24, 2007, 03:13:02 AM
FUCKIN CHRIS NEIL FUCKED UP DRURY!!!

EMERY IS GANGSTA!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 26, 2007, 01:59:00 AM
^ That was so funny...Emery's look like "should I? YEAAAAH!!!"

WOOOOOOOO what an adrenaline win over the Red Wings Friday. character builder..fuckin Cromwell and his full cage goon hit
(http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1951/oilersredwingshockeymijpd5.jpg)

but :doh: falling waaaay back now against the Wild and NW. A little home cookin should do em good.

WHOA...trade deadline is gonna be crazy. or a dud. WTF Atlanta loading up with Zhitnik and now Tkachuk. Good luck fools!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on February 28, 2007, 01:00:27 AM
OH SNAP!! OILERS LOST RYAN SMYTH!! CAPTAIN CANADA IS GOOOOONE!!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 28, 2007, 02:16:10 AM
Quote from: Mugen;318813
OH SNAP!! OILERS LOST RYAN SMYTH!! CAPTAIN CANADA IS GOOOOONE!!!!

"Today we turned a page for sure – but this is not as much about the Oilers today, but what we continue to do as part of an overall plan," said general manager Kevin Lowe. "I want to be very clear that making this trade today is a hockey decision. It was not financial." (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=197922&hubname=nhl)

Biggest load of shit I've heard today...:evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on February 28, 2007, 02:29:25 AM
I felt bad for the oilers dude. thats like the dumbest trade next to Bertuzzi to MoTown and getting shitty players in return. At least there will be a good rivalry going on between the NUcks and Red Wings
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 28, 2007, 10:37:08 AM
SMYTTTIEEEEE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

(http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1769/fullgetty71798533ts012svw5.jpg)

I'm still totally numb ah. I txt'd my boy KT as soon as I heard on the radio. I wanted it to be a joke.

I still got a little hope he resigns in July 1. WHY WHY WHY. :evil:

And they played like shit with a bunch of fuckin AHL guys. I don't care if they use the money to pay some big UFA in the summer. Ryan Smyth gave his blood sweat and tears for this city and franchise.

I know Kevin Lowe was thinking hockey ...but it still was a SHOCK and blow to the nuts. All the superstars we traded, we never got full value. They never equalled a Stanley Cup....well maybe the Gretzky deal got the pieces for the 1990 Cup. But fuck -- who Oilers get for Doug Weight? Bill Guerin?? FUCK YOU CBA!! No wonder everyone booed Bettman when Lowe decided not to show up for the Messier TRibute.

Thank you Ryan Smyth for all the good times, no one wears a mullet like you
(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1349/jerseysmyth1920zm7.jpg)

ARRRRGHH!!!!!!! I feel like taking this out on someone..../me looks for Flames fans

See ya bandwagonners!!! I STILL BELIEVE and will be going to the autograph session this Sunday.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on February 28, 2007, 02:13:12 PM
Niklas Bäckström was the number one star -player last week! Yay for that!

Too bad I don't know the current NHL top players anymore... Neverheard about this Smythe... :(
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 01, 2007, 08:22:33 AM
^ and he fucked the Oilers chances to getting the playoffs. Man, I thought when the Wild lost Fernandex Oil could get a chance.


I'M NOT GIVING UP!!! Listening to Kevin Lowe...man they were only apart by a few 100 thousand?? Sure...u can grab a few RFA via trade, or a big UFA --but  the grit and intensity. The dedication. Man...loyalty means nothing these days.................

Today's press conference really choked me up.
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/985/islanderssmythtradehockli9.jpg)
VIDEO: http://www2.sportsnet.ca/video/latest/20070228_Tearful_sendoff_for_Smyth
AUDIO: http://www.630ched.com/news/news_local.cfm?cat=7428109912&rem=59637&red=80110923aPBIny&wids=410&gi=1&gm=news_local.cfm

An emotional Ryan Smyth says farewell to Edmonton a day after being traded

ROBIN BROWNLEE
Wednesday, February 28, 2007


EDMONTON (CP) - Ryan Smyth is off to Long Island but he says his heart will always be in Edmonton.

The star winger had tears rolling down his cheeks Wednesday as he spoke publicly for the first time since the Oilers dealt him to the to New York Islanders after 11th-hour contract negotiations between GM Kevin Lowe and agent Don Meehan fell through.

"This is not what my family and I had in store," said Smyth, who met with the media at the Edmonton International Airport. "This city is like home to me and my family. We've been here for 12 years. I never thought I'd come to this day."

After 770 games with Edmonton, Smyth's ticket out of town was punched when the sides couldn't bridge what sources say was a US$300,000 a season financial gap on a five-year deal. It's believed the Oilers offered $5.4 million a season while Meehan was asking for $5.7 million.

With that, Lowe pulled the trigger, sending the 31-year-old from Banff, Alta., to the Islanders for prospects Robert Nilsson and Ryan O'Marra and New York's first-round pick in the 2007 draft. With Smyth due to become a free agent July 1, Lowe didn't want to risk losing him for nothing in the off-season.

"I've got to turn the page and get a new chapter in life," said Smyth, who was traded on the same day another star Oiler - Mark Messier - had his jersey retired at Rexall Place.

"The Islanders have given me that opportunity and I thank them for this," said Smyth. "I'm going to go there and (do) my best to make the playoffs and win that Cup so I can bring it down here to Edmonton. That's where my heart is."

Smyth missed the much-anticipated ceremony for Messier, who was one of his heroes growing up as an Oilers fan.

"I shed a few tears at home," Smyth said. "It was very tough for me. Obviously, all those guys I respect on and off the ice. Seeing those old retro jerseys, that hit home a lot. That brought me back to when I was a kid again."

Selected sixth in the 1994 draft, Smyth's story had been that of an Alberta boy made good with the five-time Stanley Cup champions. It was a tale scripted on and off the ice.

The longest-serving Oiler and the team's leading scorer when traded with 31 goals and 53 points in 53 games, Smyth was as well-known for his charitable pursuits in the community, notably with the Stollery Children's Hospital, as for his dogged determination in front of an opposing goaltender or battling in the corners.

"You go there and you appreciate life when you go there and see kids who don't have an opportunity to do what we do," Smyth said of the association he and wife Stacey have with the hospital.

The first player on the ice and the last one off it, Smyth had a routine before every game - home or away - during his 12 seasons with the Oilers.

He'd gather three pucks when the pre-game skate was done and toss them to young fans before heading back to the dressing room. Smyth was as big-hearted with children as he was fearless in front of the net, tipping shots and taking a beating from defencemen.

"My wife and I, we tried to broaden out to the community," he said. "You're embedded in the community because of the profession we're in. We wanted to reach out to different charities.

"Kids really touch my heart. The Stollery was one of them pretty much from the get-go."

Smyth is expected to make his debut with the Islanders on Thursday against the visiting St. Louis Blues.

Dubbed Captain Canada for his many appearances in international competition - he participated in seven consecutive world championships and is this country's all-time leader in games played - Smyth overcame a badly broken right ankle during the 2001-02 season to win a gold medal at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake.

During last spring's Stanley Cup playoffs, Smyth took a puck in the mouth from teammate Chris Pronger. He spit out three teeth, went to the dressing room and returned after a few shifts with his jaw frozen to deaden the pain. Then, there's the pain of what unfolded Tuesday.

"It's really tough to swallow," said Smyth, who bid farewell to teammates at the rink Wednesday morning. "I've gone through a lot of emotions. You look back . . . if Wayne Gretzky can get traded, anybody can get traded, but, obviously, I didn't think it would ever come to that.

"I hope the best for the Oilers, but I've got to move on and try to win a Cup."
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on March 01, 2007, 11:31:26 PM
Man sorry to hear the Smyth got traded Daigong. :doh: I don't know if he's your fav player or not, but let me tell you that I know how you feel when Selanne got traded to sharks 5 years ago, and I never gave up hope and that he would come back. Didn't know it would take 5 years though, since he said he want to be back to anaheim the next year wtf.
And yea Oilers got piece of shit for Weight, Guerin, and Smyth. :evil: I still remember when that line used to be so crazy, weight feeding to Guerin :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 04, 2007, 06:56:29 AM
Yaw man. I live and die with my boys taiyou, and Smyttie really represented a lotta aspects of the old Oilers. GRIT. Just tears me up seeing him get points on Long Island. WELL Selanne did return, and loved being a Duck! so there's hope YET! I'm a go vote in this CBC HNICpoll in the meantime lol:
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hnic/after-hours.html

and now the Oil dropped a huge one at home to the Flames again. At least Pisani scored a few, Lupul gets a bad wrap-- but he set up that last 2 on 1 to make it 2-2.

AUTOGRAPH SESSION TMR at the Mall!! I'm still going!!! Gotta show em my support!
http://www.edmontonoilers.com/news/index.php?id=1028
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 04, 2007, 07:20:28 AM
Quote from: daigong;321722
I'm a go vote in this CBC HNICpoll in the meantime lol:
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hnic/after-hours.html
Just stuck in my vote. :thumbsup
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 06, 2007, 08:50:29 AM
Went to the autograph session at WEM on Sunday. They said this was the biggest turnout ever, there was even punk Flame fans walking around.

Sorry. No "Shout Outs" this time cuz there was like fuckin mall security all over the place. Pushing us along. I managed to get no-namers like Toby Peterson and Petr Nedved lol. I forgot to wear a belt today and my pants were falling down all day as I was stalking em:

(http://www.supload.us/thumbs/default/DSC02000.JPG) (http://www.supload.us/free/DSC02000.JPG/view/)(http://www.supload.us/thumbs/default/DSC02003.JPG) (http://www.supload.us/free/DSC02003.JPG/view/)(http://www.supload.us/thumbs/default/DSC02011.JPG) (http://www.supload.us/free/DSC02011.JPG/view/)

The last pic is of Sykora, as no mall security ushered him out, he was like cornered and stripped of his clothes.

Random stalking video of Hemsky, he couldn't sign cuz he got FUCKED UP by Stuart.
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Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 06, 2007, 08:57:44 AM
Petr Nedved XD
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 07, 2007, 12:12:22 AM
He should have just done some scribble with his other hand, it could be valuable someday to some weird-ass collector. :D


Nedved a nobody? :scratch

Oh wait...


Yeah, nevermind. :lol:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 08, 2007, 10:22:45 AM
Pronger out two weeks for kicking the floor. broke his toe while working out! XD KARMA BABY!

HUZZZaH! OILERS LOSE 5 in a row :lol: lose Staios and Hejda, fuckin 4 D-man for the rest of the game :evil:

LMAO...when someone threw a bra on the ice during the Canucks game and MacT was asked for a comment he laid out THE ULTIMATE BURN!
"no, they're looking for a couple of cups. They'll get em anyway they can."
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 09, 2007, 05:28:57 AM
Quote from: daigong;324685
Pronger out two weeks for kicking the floor. broke his toe while working out! XD KARMA BABY!
I read that in the paper today, almost LOL'ed out loud in class. (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c340/J-F-C/giggle.gif)

Quote from: daigong;324685
LMAO...when someone threw a bra on the ice during the Canucks game and MacT was asked for a comment he laid out THE ULTIMATE BURN!
"no, they're looking for a couple of cups. They'll get em anyway they can."
:ONwahaha: :ONwahaha: :ONwahaha:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Meatbun on March 11, 2007, 11:31:19 PM
Okay question to other Edmonton Oiler fans... seeing the Oilers Roster and Injured players... what do you think our draft position will be... Personally, I think we'll be in between 5-9 (At the rate we're losing maybe higher?). Currently the 8th worst team in the league (taken before the SJ game) I mean for God's sake... we're doing worse than St. Louis (Point wise)...

Would you rather see Edmonton get a higher draft choice, or win their remaining games and still not make the playoffs but still have their pride or whatever they wanna keep...
Edmonton... IF they win all their games will only have 94 points... Minnesota has 83 meaning they only need 6 wins out of their last 13 games.

the chance of Edmonton winning all 14 is less that 0.005%... factor in the the chance that minnesota will lose 9 or more... seems like Edmonton will need a miracle this year...

Personally I'd rather see them look at the future... of course I dont like watching them lose... but w/ 3 1st round-picks and so many prospects we can make 2 full 24 player teams with... we'd better trade for SOMETHING good...
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Bullets R Scene on March 14, 2007, 02:18:03 PM
Edm is pretty much done both in the standings and player wise. The players that were amazing last season like Torres, Hemsky, etc havent produced as well this season...oh and i think smyth left >____>

Anyway, Roloson is getting old and um...LET'S GO THRASHERS!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Meatbun on March 14, 2007, 02:43:26 PM
Not like I don't agree with you... but Hemsky has only played 50 some games :). Injured or sick for the rest... about Torres or Roloson... well yea... Roloson you can partly blame on the defense. Torres... beats me there...

Horcoff started getting back into form at the before Smyth left... but his start was horrid. Pisani is overpaid just because of his playoff performance. We need a defensemen... :evil:
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on March 14, 2007, 03:36:38 PM
Red Wings beat my Preds last night 5-2. Makes me mad, since the Preds still lead the NHL in points by 1. They will win their division and the points race, even if I have to go out on the ice myselfXD
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Meatbun on March 15, 2007, 01:04:22 AM
Quote from: cool_kickin_dude;329124
Red Wings beat my Preds last night 5-2. Makes me mad, since the Preds still lead the NHL in points by 1. They will win their division and the points race, even if I have to go out on the ice myselfXD


You forgot to add Nashville played 1 more game than Detroit...
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Bullets R Scene on March 15, 2007, 08:34:17 PM
you also forgot to add that DET chokes in the playoffs :P
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on March 15, 2007, 08:55:55 PM
^ you're right. i hope they do choke in the playoffs. they're like the Yankees of hockey
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Meatbun on March 16, 2007, 05:18:43 AM
lol I'm not DET fan but... correct me if I'm wrong... Doesn't Nashville choke just as much? :P losing in the 1st round twice in a row? Once to Detroit 4-2, and last year to the Sharks 4-1. If I'm not wrong... Nashville chokes just as much :).

Anyway in experience, Detroit has much more experience than Nashville in playoff situations. :)... and now Detroit is also ahead of Nashville in points :) 99-98 and still need to play 1 more game.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 16, 2007, 06:31:12 AM
NINE LOSSES IN A ROW!!! wooo HOOOOOOOOOO!!

Congrats to the Pens for staying in Pittsburgh!! HEAR THAT BETTMAN!! Get a fuckin franchise in Peg SHEETY NOW!! Vegas? KC? Fuckin idiots.

YO Meatbun! You from E-Town?? REPRESENT! :halo:

The way shit is going down...I think with the luck of the dice, the Oilers might get as high as 10th. Who knows....they surely ain't tanking it man. Watch tonite, they fuckin gave it their all but can't hit the net. When Jason Smith is ur fuckin point man - you know u got problems. :evil:

11 Rookies. That hurts like having acorns squeezed up ur asshole. Hope the Springfield Oilers (or wherever the AHL team will be now) has enuff people left hahaha.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Meatbun on March 17, 2007, 03:30:15 PM
haha :)... we're sitting w/ 7th overall pick right now... as well as probably 15th and 25th or 26th... :)... At this point I think we have a chance to get 1st overall XD
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: SuperSucka on March 18, 2007, 08:47:51 PM
Hey guys....new here. Just have to say GO CANUCKS GO!!!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 19, 2007, 12:36:25 AM
Welcome JPH!P SuperSucka!! MORE HOCKEY FANS THE BETTER!!

Good luck in the playoffs guys!! I got no favorites atm, but I'll definitely watch. Gotta get drunk somehow XD

EASTERN looks pretty tight, NY teams, Toronto Montreal all battling for the last few playoff spots.

T_______________T Oilers drop 10 Straight. At least they got a point out of Horcoff's PP goal.
(http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/2996/bluesmain7gh1.jpg)
Nothing like being owned by ex-Oilers. Wywotica (came in from the Comrie trade then sent in the Pronger deal) Dvorak with 2 assists. Brewer with the OT winner.


Why the Stanley Cup is the greatest trophy, hot actresses from "Heroes" like to taste:
(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/130/haydenpanettierestanleyai3.jpg)
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Bullets R Scene on March 20, 2007, 01:38:28 AM
hey anyone see that sucker punch by Jordin TooToo? i know he's a physical player...but that was such a random cheapshot, i guess he was having a bad day?
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on March 20, 2007, 01:55:52 AM
I saw it on the evening news.  Congrats to Mike Modano!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: SuperSucka on March 20, 2007, 06:50:43 AM
That was nice one punch KO by Tootoo...but very cheap. He deserved the 5 game suspension.

On a brighter note, the Canucks win again!:D  Gotta maintain that lead over Minny.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 20, 2007, 07:22:08 AM
oh snap, a fellow canuckian.

i dont wanna face the stars in the playoff though. they whoop us pretty badly
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 20, 2007, 07:25:42 AM
D'oh!! Luongo was so hardcore, eh!!!! Sebastien Bisaillon didn't play too bad! AT LEAST SOMEONE GOT THE PUCK TO THE NET!! I smell a fuckin win!!

haha More like "Tutu" --whatta fool:
[yt]upeLPWApt6w[/yt]

Nice -- Jagr totally pulled a Messier and hit, and got the go-ahead goal against Crosby and Sons...got exposed for being soft defensively on one of the goals
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 20, 2007, 07:32:54 AM
that was a funny hit cuz robidas was twitching on the ground XD

LOL Oilers! U guys should fire ur gm!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Bullets R Scene on March 21, 2007, 04:29:59 AM
im getting a TooToo jersey...
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on March 21, 2007, 04:35:46 AM
I don't have the money to go to a Stars game.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on March 21, 2007, 05:12:18 AM
Quote from: THUNDERDUCK;334596
I don't have the money to go to a Stars game.

Yeah, the NHL sucks for that.

Come here, the London Knights are the best Junior A hockey team in the world and even playoff tickets are less than $20.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Kira-sama on March 21, 2007, 07:59:13 PM
heading bak to toronto on friday, game sat vs sabres YES!!!

GO LEAFS GO!!!
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Bullets R Scene on March 21, 2007, 08:41:32 PM
^ thats gonna be a nice phyiscal lil' game, too bad TOR is gonna get blown out :P
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Kira-sama on March 21, 2007, 11:18:50 PM
Quote from: Bullets R Scene;335057
^ thats gonna be a nice phyiscal lil' game, too bad TOR is gonna get blown out :P


I heard Jannsen got rocked by Belak yesterday. :D
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: SuperSucka on March 22, 2007, 06:47:42 AM
Anybody see Fedoruk get knocked out? Pretty scary...i dunno how you can still fight after getting knocked out by Bogard.

Well the Canucks won again :). On our way to the top...hehe.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 24, 2007, 06:56:55 PM
Eh, cheap...I dun like how this "Stop Fighting" talk is coming up. It's all about the CODE! You can't be afraid preventing shit....Like hey! I might get shitted on by a pigeon if I step out the window. Fuck this increasing the penalty minutes, game misconducts! No violence = NO FUN!

OILERS FINALLY WIN!! THE 12 GAME PAIN IS OVER!@

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/daigong/avalanche_oilers_hockey_edm110.jpg)

ROLI! ROLI! ROLI!

Sakic is so deadly man @_@ but what a belly save Roli did in the SO. That's like the first time I ever seen him dominate, intimidate a team. Stopped all SHOTS in the SO. 43 saves in all!! :bounceblob:

Now Lowe, resign Smyttie at discount price (now that he looks all LOST in Long Island) - and get us some gritty SOBs.
Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Bullets R Scene on March 24, 2007, 09:40:02 PM
damn it, ATL lost AGAIN... and so PITT will pass NJD in their division finally!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 03, 2007, 06:38:22 AM
Oh baby. Hope the Oilers can get a Top 3 Pick. Here's one guy that has more HEART in his glasses than any team in the NHL:

here I am posing with THE LEGEND! THE MAN! JOEY MOSS!!
(http://img173.imagevenue.com/loc491/th_96012_DSC02034_122_491lo.jpg) (http://img173.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=96012_DSC02034_122_491lo.jpg)

he signed this...cost me 5 bucks but it was for charity. He wrote it so slow that I didn't bother to get a JPH!P Shout out lol
(http://img170.imagevenue.com/loc596/th_96013_DSC02036_122_596lo.jpg) (http://img170.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=96013_DSC02036_122_596lo.jpg)

in case y'all didn't know, he was the brother of Wayne Gretzky's one time gf. He recommended him to work as the towel boy for the Oilers and the rest is HISTORY!
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/193/n182901689302067375478jx5.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on April 03, 2007, 03:29:51 PM
I don't know the rest of this Moss-guy... First time I ever heard of him.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on April 05, 2007, 01:14:58 PM
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1t1LoXK2Js[/youtube]

Canadiens and Koivu still fighting for the play-offs... Nice goal!


Just noticed NHL.com telling about finals in Finnish league... It'll be my favorite team against Masa's fighting over championship again! Too bad we're both in Japan... Difficult to watch games  :-\

Link: http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=298596 (http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=298596)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Bullets R Scene on April 05, 2007, 10:02:02 PM
^ yeah i think MTL is gonna stay in the post season...but not for long.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 09, 2007, 12:34:28 AM
I don't know the rest of this Moss-guy... First time I ever heard of him.

He's like the heart and soul of the Oilers, watch the video :D
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7610934757894946430

WOO HOO!! OILERS WON!! (okay, so the Flamers eased up when Nashville beat the Avs) BUT A WIN IS A WIN!! XD
(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3763/flamesoilershockeyjmc10iw1.jpg)

Way to go Czech connection, Smid, Hemsky, Sykora...it'll be tough without the Oilers in the post season but HEY I'm a hockey fan so best believe I'll be wasting my time watching the playoffs...TIME TO WORK on my predictions, HiPstaz...lay em oot!

MATCHUPS: http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/playoffs;_ylt=AgqlL558E2IttRgc_DFLvnx7vLYF

Yep. RICHARD FUCKIN PARK!!!! ISLANDERS IN! LEAFS OOT!! how about it for this Korean-American (getting some manlove too)

(http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/2286/njnewyorki65548pmxg5.th.jpg) (http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=njnewyorki65548pmxg5.jpg)(http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1503/njnewyorki81500pmlh4.th.jpg) (http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=njnewyorki81500pmlh4.jpg)

Eastern Conference looks tight, I might root for Penguins since Georges Laraque is there lol



Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 10, 2007, 02:51:26 AM
i am so excited about the playoffs now! ill be going to my first ever Canucks game. its gonna be game 1 vs dallas ! its gonna be once in a life time thing for me. hope canucks can get to the finals this yr.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Kira-sama on April 10, 2007, 11:37:01 PM
I HOPE THE ISLANDERS GET ROCKED BY THE SABRES IN THE FIRST ROUND, WAIT ITS GOING TO HAPPEN!!!  8)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 11, 2007, 04:42:52 PM
PLAYOFFS TONITE!! I LOVE MY HOCKEY so of course I'll watch. My annual tradition, take a piece of paper and work out my predictions, sometimes I am DEADLY accurate lol

FIRST ROUND

EAST

(1) Buffalo (53-22-7, 113 pts)
(8) NY Islanders (40-30-12, 92 pts)
 
Buffalo in 6

(2) New Jersey (49-24-9, 107 pts)
(7) Tampa Bay (44-33-5, 93 pts)

NJ in 5
 
(3) Atlanta (43-28-11, 97 pts)
(6) NY Rangers (42-30-10, 94 pts)
 
NYR in 7

(4) Ottawa (48-25-9, 105 pts)
(5) Pittsburgh (47-24-11, 105 pts)

Pitts in 6
 
WEST

(1) Detroit (50-19-13, 113 pts)
(8) Calgary (43-29-10, 96 pts)

Det in 4
 
(2) Anaheim (48-20-14, 110 pts)
(7) Minnesota (48-26-8, 104 pts)

ANAheim in 5

(3) Vancouver (49-26-7, 105 pts)
(6) Dallas (50-25-7, 107 pts)

Dallas in 7
 
(4) Nashville (51-23-8, 110 pts)
(5) San Jose (51-26-5, 107 pts)

Nash in 6


SECOND ROUND

EAST

Buffalo vs NYR ==> Sabres in 7
NJ vs Pitts ==> NJ in 6

WEST

Detroit vs Dallas ==> Dallas in 7
Anaheim vs Nash ==> Anahiem in 6

CONF FINALS

Buffalo vs NJ ==> Buffalo in 7
Dallas vs Anaheim ==> Anaheim in 7

STANLEY CUP FINALS

Buffalo vs Anaheim ===> Buffalo in 7

Miller MVP


OMGASS Buffalo?? WTF? I got Anaheim going far and LOSING so the Oilers can get another 1st rounder from the Pronger deal. LMAO Chicago gets 1st pick in the lottery. SO the Oilers had to beat Calgary, Chicago got 5th, Edmonton 6th place.


Well ... GO GEORGES LARAQUE AND THE PENS!!! OR SMYTTIE AND THE ISLES!!!

------------------


HUZZAH FOR THE CANADIAN WOMEN'S WINNING GOLD!! I didn't even know they were playing some world tourney let alone it being in Winnipeg rofl
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3357/worldwomenhockeyajw130rh1.jpg)

THANKS TSN!! :D

GO Roli and Team Canada in the World Championships!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 11, 2007, 04:52:19 PM
HUZZAH FOR THE CANADIAN WOMEN'S WINNING GOLD!! I didn't even know they were playing some world tourney let alone it being in Winnipeg rofl
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3357/worldwomenhockeyajw130rh1.jpg (http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3357/worldwomenhockeyajw130rh1.jpg)
Good job dude. :wahaha:  The gold medal game here sold out the same day that tix first went on sale a few weeks back.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 12, 2007, 07:20:10 PM
@_______@ anyone stay up for the Luongo domination?? 4 overtimes LMAO

Anaheim-Minnie was defensive as expected, can't believe I'm cheerng for the Ducks haha. Ottawa - Pittsburh is gonna be the best series, if it goes the longest. More goals thanks to crappy goalies

and before the game, brent sopel killed his back by picking up a cracker?? WTF??
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 13, 2007, 03:39:50 AM
hahaha i was at the game. my first ever canucks game experience was a thriller. i never thought it will go 4 ots!
luongo saved the canucks with 75 saves or sth. stars totally out worked us big time. but i guess the lucky bounces came our way.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on April 13, 2007, 10:18:33 PM
Any Stars fans?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 14, 2007, 09:59:55 AM
well beside my section, there is this one chick that wore a madano jersey. everytime dallas scored, she would be the only one in the crowd cheer! haha the next thing u know is, everyone started to swore at her!!haha
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on April 15, 2007, 01:31:09 AM
The site is back yay!

Daigong, thanks for your complicated prediction; would have been nice to just let the Ducks win  >:D You know I don't want to see another game 7 Final loss  >:(

I didn't know much about Wild's goalie Backstrom till the playoffs and 100times better than I thought; like Bryzgalov where he just takes over the #1 position in the playoffs :o Wild just have no D, so Ducks won 2 games so far. Good thing Selanne knows his weakspot(from summer session in Finland haha)

Looks like Crosby won the game for the Pens today

And what the @#$@ is wrong with Hartnell kneeing Cheechoo in Game 1? That was a dirty hit, and as much as I don't like the Sharks, they better knock-off the Preds as I hate them more!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 17, 2007, 06:35:17 AM
Yeah dude. Backstrom is fuckin CRAZY. Finns just seem to pump them out like that. Pittsburgh-Ottawa is the most entertaining so far--can't wait for Georges Laraque to pencil back in, fuckin Mike Comrie delivering big hits? WTF? XD

Great play by Smyttie tonite but Isles just came up short -- he was checking dumping, true GRIT. Just what Ted Nolan loves:
(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2929/smythiloveyoudn5.jpg)


TB- Holmquist  :o
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: spimmy on April 21, 2007, 08:28:08 PM
Hey daigong, Do you think Symth will return to Edmonton as a free agent in the offseason?

Go Canucks!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on April 22, 2007, 09:13:47 AM
Oh noes, Wild lost to Anaheim :( Even Backstrom couldn't help it.

But after this it's easy to cheer for Selanne finally getting his Stanley cup ring...
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on April 22, 2007, 12:48:38 PM
Stars force Game 7
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: spimmy on April 22, 2007, 10:20:43 PM
Yeah, the Canucks were horrible last night.  Now it's a best of 1 series.  I have a hard time seeing either of the teams getting out of the second round.  Neither team can score...
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: oragami33 on April 24, 2007, 04:28:14 AM
Canucks move on.

Wings vs Sharks
Nucks vs Ducks
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 24, 2007, 05:32:47 AM
canucks are out next round. vigneult is a shitty coach. hes defensive minded coaching cant do shit either. and our offense sucks. should go back to the triangle. luongo has been bailing as out. if we have cloutier back, we wouldnt even make it to the playoffs
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on April 24, 2007, 07:04:00 AM
oh turns out we won lol

much better effort in tonights game. i wouldnt say if all those penalties on the stars were legit, but we definitely 
made it count. if they can play the rest of the playoffs with such intensity, ill be very confident that we can beat the ducks.

n coach vigneult aint shitty. i think knowing that we dont have much offensive abilities, playing good defensive is the way to be.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on April 24, 2007, 10:45:51 AM
It's gonna be Ducks vs. Sharks final!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Rhyno335 on April 24, 2007, 09:46:50 PM
Anyone have any predictions on the next round of the playoffs.

Here are mine:

OTT over NJ in 6
NYR over BUF in 7 (sorry NYR bias)
DET over SJ in 6
ANA over VAN in 6
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: oragami33 on April 27, 2007, 10:38:33 PM
Vancouver won't beat the Ducks, they're too hammered on the backline and even full strength, can't handle the Ducks.

Wings Sharks will be the closer series, but if the Sharks physically dominate, then it'll be over quick
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: spimmy on April 30, 2007, 07:55:53 AM
Vancouver gave the game away tonight.  The Ducks weren't sharp at all.  How many 5 on 3s do you need to be able to score?  Their pathetic power play is going to be the death of them. 
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: edhead999 on April 30, 2007, 08:11:06 AM
Now that I've seen the scores for the Ducks v Canucks, I think it's gonna be really close compared to the ducks just sweeping the Canucks
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ahcheungape on May 01, 2007, 03:39:45 AM
well i guess the past two games mightve changed ppl's opinions about the nucks vs the ducks. i am more confident that they can pull an upset over the ducks. i think canucks' 5v5 is better than ducks in the series. but if canucks are to win this series, their PP needs to step it up. game 4 will determine if canucks will stand a chance or be out in 5.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on May 02, 2007, 06:06:49 AM
^well....canucks stank. and they are supposed to be defensive based too....how the well do u blow a 2 goal lead again in the 3rd period..
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: oragami33 on May 04, 2007, 10:08:10 PM
Canucks out, now SJ vs Detroit
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: vicmu on May 05, 2007, 07:07:05 AM
oh my poor canucks... >.<
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on May 05, 2007, 10:53:49 PM
Yay Red Wings! win
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: oragami33 on May 07, 2007, 04:44:27 AM
Wings win but Schneider is out with a broken wrist. We'll see if the Sharks can press him.

Buffalo wins vs Rangers and will go against the Sens. That will be a brutal series.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on May 08, 2007, 06:38:56 AM
What a disappointment that Sharks lost :(

Now it'll be easy for Anaheim... Probably Buffalo clears Ottawa as well.

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on May 08, 2007, 11:11:46 PM
yes, naslund aint retiring and going back to play at sweden! WOOOOO!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: oragami33 on May 09, 2007, 05:05:19 AM
Good job Wings, but they've got to finish the brutal trifecta to get into the finals:

Flames, Sharks, Ducks

They're really getting their share of physical teams, too bad Schneider is out.

Sens vs Sabres will be awesome too, Sens with top notch goaltending finally, and Sabres with their full roster.

Some great games coming up
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 13, 2007, 10:08:13 PM
How bout dem playoffs?? Just when you think Buffalo was gonna pull the magic outta they asses, Ottawa scores the clincher in 2OT.

Back to Ottawa for the sweep? I think not, but damn -- President's Trohpy means nothing. PLEEAZE Detroit or Anaheim win the cup.

Quote from: daigong last few weeks
(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/729/devilslightninghockeytpph4.jpg)

congrats Marty Brodeur on surpassing Grant Fuhr on the #2 list all time playoff wins

FLAMES ARE OOT!! So satisfying - I don't care who plays em, as long as they ain't got a chance at another Cup, it's all good 8)
(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4779/redwingsflameshockeyajmhk4.jpg)

Canucks 1 for 28 PP! HA! ...no question Luongo is the MVP. They had no chance once the Sedin Sisters got shut down.

some great piece of hockey over the weekend. Hate em or love him, Shanny & Sean Avery makes things happen. He sure sparked the dormant Euros to come out flying for the Rangers. Jagr was going clutch, I forgot Nylander was on the team!!

CONF. FINALS BEGIN!! Damn time sure flew, my Sabres-Ducks pick looks good so-far. Ryan Miller actually looked human in the last series and who'd thunk Martin Brodeur would crack...so if I hear another Heatley + Alfredsson = TEH SECKS I'm gonna choke a bitch. But ain't nuttin like NHL playoff hockey.



And speaking of Detroit-Anaheim, that series is getting dirty, HAsek delivering some uppercuts. I LIKE IT!!!

so taiyou, u gonna go to the Ducks Fan Cruise? =P

oh yeah, I went to the Oilers first locker room sale last week. Copped me some cheap T's, by the time I got there (around 1 pm) all the good shit was gone. Fuckin puckbunnies copped all the jockstraps and game worn shit. They were auctioning off the old lockers and stalls ... BLASPHEMY!!
(http://img167.imagevenue.com/loc561/th_95204_DSC02058_122_561lo.JPG) (http://img167.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=95204_DSC02058_122_561lo.JPG)(http://img133.imagevenue.com/loc365/th_95209_DSC02060_122_365lo.JPG) (http://img133.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=95209_DSC02060_122_365lo.JPG)(http://img5.imagevenue.com/loc500/th_95211_DSC02061_122_500lo.JPG) (http://img5.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=95211_DSC02061_122_500lo.JPG)(http://img9.imagevenue.com/loc742/th_95216_DSC02062_122_742lo.JPG) (http://img9.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=95216_DSC02062_122_742lo.JPG)(http://img165.imagevenue.com/loc467/th_95225_DSC02063_122_467lo.JPG) (http://img165.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=95225_DSC02063_122_467lo.JPG)(http://img176.imagevenue.com/loc409/th_95232_DSC02064_122_409lo.JPG) (http://img176.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=95232_DSC02064_122_409lo.JPG)

I did see our Finnish goalie, Jussi Markkanen and got him to sign something for shirenu :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 13, 2007, 10:33:37 PM
No more jocks? Damn. :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 14, 2007, 05:14:40 AM
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....whatta OT thriller.

Hasek and his unorthodox style cost em the game WTF. I don't think that goal shoulda counted but ah well. Detroit goes down to Anaheim tied 1-1
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 16, 2007, 09:33:28 PM
BEEEAUUUUUUUUUUUUUTIFUL. Way to go Prongs, you should threw Cleary into next week like last year. Nope, just the classic D-Man Sando with Holmstrom as the salami.

[youtube=425,350]s7ZMRZCW9Xc[/youtube]

SENS gonna make it to the finals? NOWEI!! GJ MuckS! :canada: I picked Sabres tho, but hey. Black goalie, ex-Oiler coach. why not? Fuckin Comrie tho :fuckyou:

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 23, 2007, 04:10:02 AM
DUCKS WIN! DUCKS WIN!! DUCKS WIN!!!

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Jiggy and the Anaheim Ducks held off the Detroit Red Wings to earn a second trip to the Stanley Cup finals. (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/recap;_ylt=AmLvmSj64pLqoZ24zkqmqAF7vLYF?gid=2007052225)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: edhead999 on May 23, 2007, 10:32:32 AM
Yay! Maybe the ducks will get the Stanley Cup this year ::hopeful::
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 26, 2007, 07:13:30 AM
I'm picking Anaheim in 7. MVP Selanne
(http://www.supload.us/thumbs/default/OILERSin2008.jpg) (http://www.supload.us/free/OILERSin2008.jpg/view/)

3 days is too long to wait for hockey ...and it starts on a Monday :evil: WAY TO GO BETTMAN!! GENIUS IDIOT!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on May 27, 2007, 12:25:22 AM
Anaheim in 6.

If Selanne doesn't shine in the final games I guess Giguere will be MVP.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 29, 2007, 07:34:49 AM
WHOA :shock: crazy game. Ducks fell asleep in the 2nd then came right the fuck back. Wins it 3-2 on Moen's goal AGAIN. This is gonna be a fuckin great series.

Oh yeah, to you Winnipeggers - y'all going to the NHL preseason game again? I think it's Toronto vs Phoenix this time.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Reanimation on May 29, 2007, 07:39:52 AM
Ducks in 5. Giguere for MVP
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 29, 2007, 07:44:38 PM
Oh yeah, to you Winnipeggers - y'all going to the NHL preseason game again? I think it's Toronto vs Phoenix this time.
Not sure. I fell asleep during the one they had this preseason. :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Kira-sama on May 31, 2007, 07:13:40 AM
Oh yeah, to you Winnipeggers - y'all going to the NHL preseason game again? I think it's Toronto vs Phoenix this time.
Not sure. I fell asleep during the one they had this preseason. :P

i'll be bak in Toronto before preseason starts, gotta get my season tickets since i'll be away from Japan for a bit XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: edhead999 on May 31, 2007, 07:28:26 AM
Ducks win game 2! For some reason I think the series with the Canucks is comparatively harder than the series with Ottawa..
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 31, 2007, 08:33:28 PM
^ Ugh, such a heartbreaker. It's so damn frustrating that the Sens aren't playing man-to-man, considering that the goal that the Ducks scored last night likely woudn't have occured if they had been. Because they were playing zone, Alfredsson let the guy go RIGHT past him, completely untouched.  :banghead: :angry:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: spimmy on May 31, 2007, 10:35:12 PM
There is still a lot of hockey left.  Still, the Ducks are in a good position!  It seems like a long layoff between series is never a good thing.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on June 06, 2007, 08:43:22 AM
Anaheim will get the cup tonight!

I'm gonna skip a class because of it, so they better win this time!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 06, 2007, 05:30:00 PM
What if they don't? Will you have to skip another class to see the next game? :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on June 07, 2007, 01:58:19 AM
Quote
What if they don't? Will you have to skip another class to see the next game?  :P

Fortunately it's gonna be weekend, but I'll have hangover then, so I prefer Ducks winning today.

Looking good this far!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 07, 2007, 02:37:09 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen, it is official.

Your 2006-2007 Stanley Cup Champions, The ANAHEIM DUCKS!!! :rockon:

Personally satisfying for me because of the presence of Randy Carlyle, Teemu Selanne, and Rob Niedermayer, all of whom made HUGE impacts on the hockey scene here in 'Peg Sheety.

EDIT: Conn Smythe Winner is Scott Niedermayer! :cool1:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on June 07, 2007, 03:18:51 AM
The right team wins at last!

I'm especially happy for Selanne, whose career seemed to be over already. Although he had that desperate hop to Colorado to play for free just to get a chance to win cup.

I would have given Conn Smythe to Giguere, but Niedermayer wasn't bad choice either!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on June 07, 2007, 12:31:18 PM
Must be the uniform change...
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Kamesan on June 08, 2007, 01:36:23 AM
Congrats to the Ducks on winning the Stanley Cup.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on June 09, 2007, 06:37:18 PM
It's been so long since I posted as usual, but CONGRATS TO 2007 STANLEY CUP CHAMP: THE ANAHEIM DUCKS!!!

I think Daigong said Buffalo in Game 7 and he's usually right, but you were wrong! Hehe
Being a Ducks fan for 9 years, it was soo thrilling to have the cup in Anaheim where only Anaheim City cares:lol:
As ctz said, I'm really happy for Selanne who had to go through so much crap and being one of the top hockey player face icon with losing teeth, slash in the face, bruised eye, etc.

MVP should have been Giggy but who cares, he already got one. At least it went to someone who only won it 4 times now  8)

I will be attending the Ducks Champ Parade in Anaheim so if anyone needs some Stanley Cup Gears let me know!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 09, 2007, 06:46:27 PM
^ Be sure to get plenty of pics dude! And if you get a chance to get some autographs to try and get them to so a celebrity shout-out! :rockon:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on June 10, 2007, 02:16:00 AM
Does hockey interest general people in Anaheim enough for the parade? They interviewed random people on TV and only one knew the Stanley Cup finalists :D

btw, Wild signs Backstrom (http://www.wild.com/team/Press.asp?story_id=5356), no surprise there.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 01, 2007, 11:40:53 PM
Phew...after being emo for a good month XD here's my comments: Congrats Anaheim!!

esp. to ol' Todd Marchant and Selanne, and Jiggy >>> Iggy

(http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/1327/senatorsducksstanleycupyv8.jpg)

Just a shame, ya know. ... taiyou is prolly the only person that cares in Anaheim. With all these American teams winning the Cups...

How 'bout that Hall of Fame. Mark Messier. Ron Francis, Al MacInnis and Scott Stevens. No question. Again Glenn Anderson got ignored.

....just been following the free agency wire and something shocking dropped...

OILERS TRADE CAPTAIN JASON SMITH  :shocked:  :banghead:  :angry: :shocked:

Along with Lupul for Joni Pitkanen, left winger Geoff Sanderson and a third round draft choice in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
http://oilers.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=326892&page=NewsPage&service=page

Dick Tarnstrom and Denis Grebeshkov?? Hmm...Sanderson? :banghead:

Briere for 52 Million 8 years?? Philly is on crack.

THIS JUST IN:

Sportsnet.ca has learned that the New York Rangers have signed free agent rival Scott Gomez to a seven-year deal worth over $50 million, as well as Chris Drury  :shocked:
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20070701_162329_4180

FUCK LOWE!!! Better get Smyttie back for 45 MILLION! :tama-mad:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 02, 2007, 07:44:03 AM
(http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/5336/nhlfreeagencyhockeycpt1ry8.jpg)

New Salary Cap era?? WTF. Colorado signs Ryan Smyth, Hannan. St. Louis grabbed Kariya. At least the Leafs get another overachiever in Jason Blake. Penguins got D Sydor & Sykora

BUT WTF!?

Citing Team 1260 radio in Edmonton, TSN of Canada reported early Monday morning that the Oilers have signed unrestricted free-agent center Michael Nylander.  :shocked:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 04, 2007, 06:11:17 AM
Biggest shock to me as far as the player movements go is definitely the two big scores that the Rangers got, Smyttie going to Colorado, and Anderson getting screwed (yet again) out of the HOF.

Curse you HOF voters! (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c340/J-F-C/shakefist.gif)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 04, 2007, 07:27:34 AM
You know what's crazy...this whole thing of Michael Nylander & agent & the Caps tampering? not honoring a done deal?

This offseason, like I was yapping with KT is FUCKIN AWESOME!!

At least the oilers picked up Garon. See ya Jussi :(
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 08, 2007, 07:07:22 AM
ROFL. KLowe sending SHOCKWAVES trying to sign Thmoas Vanek away from Buffalo. Then they match and swear revenge. Just what the Oilers need. Lowe is so slick like the grease on his head, sending a message "You fuckin guys signing  these average players for LONG TERM BIG BUCKS. DUMBASSES!"

What every kid needs under their christmas tree - A REAL SIZE REPLICA STANLEY CUP!! :rockon:
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/9628/p3539963dtdy9.jpg)
http://shop.canada.nhl.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2628475
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 08, 2007, 04:05:55 PM
^ Damn, it comes with the gloves and everything! :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 06, 2007, 02:31:57 PM


DAMN. this off season has been a fuckin roller coaster. Losing Smyth, and then getting SPITED by him. I'll see you in HELL! Getting denied Nylander. Rika cries when she sees Gator in orange and black. This Pitkanen better be good  :tama-mad:
(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/8905/flyersgatorin1.jpg)

Then signing Souray for an insane amount. Though 44 will fit him well:
(http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/507/souraygz0.jpg)

NOW SIGNING DUSTIN PENNER!  :shocked:

But make no mistake, Kevin Lowe is a hustler of epic greatness. He's like FUCKYOU. Overpaying for average guys. You give 7-8 million in the new CBA to guys like Crosby, Jagr, Brodeur. Not guys like SCOTT GOMEZ wtf. Driving the salary up for RFAs. WAY TO GO LOWE!  :pimp:



Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on August 29, 2007, 08:59:33 PM
well the new canucks jersey are out today. they spent a million dollars on it....i like the black and white orca and the vancouver letters printed on the jersey. looks retro  O0 but i could design that for $100 instead of a million  XD

(http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2007/08/aug2807_luongo_tt.jpg)
(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb141/ramirez_inc/vlcsnap-23952.png)
(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb141/ramirez_inc/vlcsnap-23606.png)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 29, 2007, 09:53:13 PM
^ How the hell did THAT cost a million bucks??? :o

All they did was take the logo from the "newer" jersey, put it on the base for the retro 3rd jersey that they used during the past couple of seasons, and put "VANCOUVER" on it. The only actual "new" thing on the "new" jersey is having "VANCOUVER" on it. That's like, $111 000 per letter. :banghead:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on August 30, 2007, 08:29:18 AM
yea, 90% of the fans in the canucks forum are bashing the jersey lolol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on August 30, 2007, 04:35:40 PM
ATTENTION HiPstas!!

Yahoo Fantasy Hockey is now open!!

@Daigong: Time to bring out your group to the rink! :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 04, 2007, 06:55:53 PM
^ You read my mind c-dude!!

Yahoo Fantasy HOCKEY!! JPHiPHL

(http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/5365/001116welcomescarterik2.jpg)

Go here: http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com

League ID: 24960
Password: rika

Using online live draft.

Custom League URL: http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/jphiphl

PRIZES TO BE WON!! McD's coupons! A George Laraque autograph!

LMAO Mugen, only 90%?? Are Canuck nation on drugs?? To quote comic book guy. Worst. Jersey. EVER.
(http://xs219.xs.to/xs219/07362/206765-65570.jpg)

Look at how embarassed Naslund is. These RBK fitted jerseys are scary. wack. I'm scared to see how the Oilers one will look.

STILLLLLLLL. Less than 2 weeks before PRE SEASON STARTS!!

And Peg Sheety Folk, y'all going to that Canada-Russian Junior Summit Relive The Moments thing??
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 05, 2007, 09:48:54 PM
And Peg Sheety Folk, y'all going to that Canada-Russian Junior Summit Relive The Moments thing??
Heh? I've only been back in town for about 18 hours. :P  Gonna have to find out the details and see if the boys are free.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: todaerikafan on September 18, 2007, 02:38:49 PM
The Buffalo Sabres are evil for what they did to Teppo.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 18, 2007, 06:13:47 PM
^ What did they do to Teppo? :dunno:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on September 22, 2007, 11:44:16 AM
They canceled his contract after Numminen had to go to heart-surgery.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 22, 2007, 08:47:49 PM
^ Seriously? :o  Those fuckers. :angry:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: spimmy on October 24, 2007, 04:04:54 PM
Somehow the Canucks blew it with their new jerseys.  Why don't they just add the gold, orange, and white from the 80s and make a dye-tye piece of crap?  They're half way there.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 26, 2007, 06:12:50 AM
Ok, I know I haven't said anything in a while, but since it is Oilers related, I thought I'd say it.  The shootout goal by Ales Hemsky to beat the Wild last night was hilarious.  I don't have a clip unfortunately, but hopefully anyone interested will be able to see it on SportsCentre.  Or, it might just be bad enough to be on the Plays of the Week.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 29, 2007, 10:01:31 PM
lol i wanna watch it..plus the randy jones hit.

whenever i wanna watch sportsnet news fucking poker after dark comes on  :banghead:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 15, 2007, 07:21:01 PM
How 'bout that NHL?

How 'bout GARON SHOVING HIS BALD ASS INTO THE CANUCKS! Whatta goal by Hemmer!
(http://xs321.xs.to/xs321/07464/oilersmash.jpg)

THEY NEVER SHOULDA GIVEN YOU CANUCKS MONEY!! Fuck...your...TRAP!

It's been a rough season, but that saying, it's been an entertaining season. The kids are alright, Cogliano and Gagner lighitng it up. How much did the Oil spend on Sourray and Pitkanen??!

Sens on fire...but y'all know they gonna choke in the playoffs.

And the Leafs...well that deserves a separate thread for...ME TO POOP ON!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 18, 2007, 10:03:35 PM
LMAO @ Jiri Tlusty. That's all Leafs are famous for this season. Nude photos. TOO FUNNY. :rofl: :rofl:
(http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/3848/jiritlustywm8.jpg)
http://sports.rightpundits.com/?p=304

NHL suspended Vancouver Canucks defenceman Mattias Ohlund four games Sunday for his vicious slash on Minnesota Wild forward Mikko Koivu. BRUTAL. 'Nucks bring the cheap shots.

(http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2007/garonkh1.jpg)
Looks like Garon is getting more and more starts. Roli GET OUTTA THE SLUMP. Oilers drop 3-1 to the Shames.
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8596/flamesmain5pi5.jpg)

Just pains me to see fuckin minor leaguers expected to pick up the slack. At least Pitkänen is coming back next week. Why doesn't Lowe sign Anson Carter or something.

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on November 28, 2007, 10:06:18 PM
Damn man, I freakin' LOVE how Chris Pronger gets booed at random other cities.  Vancouver was all OVER that bitch last night.   :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 30, 2007, 07:00:40 AM
FUCK PRONGER TONITE!! (Not in that way lol)

Went to stalk Oiler rookies Sam Gagner and Andrew Cogliano, Sunday.
(http://img156.imagevenue.com/loc1170/th_19425_DSC02718_123_1170lo.JPG) (http://img156.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=19425_DSC02718_123_1170lo.JPG)(http://img199.imagevenue.com/loc389/th_19431_DSC02719_123_389lo.JPG) (http://img199.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=19431_DSC02719_123_389lo.JPG)(http://img207.imagevenue.com/loc597/th_19438_DSC02720_123_597lo.JPG) (http://img207.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=19438_DSC02720_123_597lo.JPG)(http://img142.imagevenue.com/loc591/th_19445_DSC02722_123_591lo.JPG) (http://img142.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=19445_DSC02722_123_591lo.JPG)
(http://img199.imagevenue.com/loc17/th_19484_DSC02723_123_17lo.JPG) (http://img199.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=19484_DSC02723_123_17lo.JPG)

Got me some nosebleeds for the Oilers game Monday. Welcome back Peca u fucker! At least I got a team poster out of it. Roli standing on his head.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/daigong/11-26-07_2133.jpg)(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/daigong/11-26-07_2059.jpg)(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/daigong/11-26-07_2058.jpg)

And way to show up vs the Avs. being out shot 43-13. Poor Roli.
(http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9227/oilersavalanchehockeydxsu1.jpg)

Gotta get the defense corps back. Gilbert, Staios, Pitkanen ain't enuff! Pisani is supposed to be back next week!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 01, 2007, 08:52:18 AM
ROLI! ROLI! ROLI! 950 save % :shocked: Oilers beat the Ducks 5-1!!!
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7620/ducksoilershockeyedm105vk0.jpg)
FUCK YOU PARROS!!!!! Fuck you and yer Porn Stache!

Great game, explosion of all sorts. Horcoff is proving he's #1 worthy. Staios getting a goal. Even gay ass Zack Stortini stepped it up -- chickening out and getting all of the Ducks goons in trouble lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 03, 2007, 07:53:34 AM
OILERS beat the Ducks 4-0! Garon + Roli COMBINED SAVE 929% PITKANEN AND PENNER SCORRRESS!! Oilers finally on a roll even tho Hemmer and Sanderson are out. Most consistent game yet. None of that "keep away" type PP. JUST SHOOT IT!
(http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/5198/oilersduckshockeycama10nk5.jpg)

CHEERS for Fernando Pisani coming back and being effective all around.
(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/8658/pisanifront2aq0.jpg)

Here's a shot from last week's game...season ticket holders gave their tickets to the army guys around here and took this pic at centre ice:
(http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6498/blackhawksfront5ru6.jpg)

And Hongcover-ites! Too bad about LUONGO's 3 game shut out streak but it had to end sometime. Minnie's on top now but OILERS MOVING OUTTA THE BASEMENT!  O0
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on December 03, 2007, 11:05:41 AM
Quote
Here's a shot from last week's game...season ticket holders gave their tickets to the army guys around here and took this pic at centre ice:

Why did they do it? I wouldn't let army guys to watch a game that I've paid already.


Yay for Minnesota in the lead! :D
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 06, 2007, 07:09:58 AM
^ Just to give props to the army guys. Like you know, they keep the peace and die for us lol

SHiiiiit. Crosby-mania rolled into town. AKA Georges Laraque Day. Dude played a good 12 minutes not bad. Props that he started the game too. Great gesture. Too bad TSN decided to film only Crosby. Not that I hate the guy, but SHIT. Enough already. Horcoff played DAMN WELL. And Pitkanen was just everywhere.

In the end --- fuck. Oilers tried to play a trap after going up 2-0 and FAILED.  :banghead: Roli had no chance on those turnovers. 19 seconds = 2 goals? FUUUCK!!!
(http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/8492/penguinsoilershockeyedmnr4.jpg)

Now onto HNIC and more Crosby on a stick.


Congrats to the Sens for snapping their SEVEN GAME LOSING STREAK!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 07, 2007, 07:14:22 AM
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4607/070606niedermayervmed8peg5.jpg)
Guess who's back? (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-3&fp=47589caba6dcdcf6&ei=uf5YR_KMM5KGrQOrvtG_Cw&url=http%3A//www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html%3Fid%3D6f1e9d70-62b7-4ea1-9b9f-b364d29c3b3e%26k%3D79943&cid=1124515453) Looks like his buddy Selanne can't be far behind.

Hope Gator can control dem Flyers. Another guy suspended? Steve Downie being called up!?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 13, 2007, 08:39:27 PM
OILERS SOLD!

Rexall Owner Daryl Katz (http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/07billionaires_Daryl-Katz_HCEA.html) has acquired the Edmonton Oilers from the EIG.

Look for new arena, new free agents?!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 14, 2007, 07:21:22 AM


(http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/1215/oilerswingsnn0.jpg)

Oilers do it in the shoot out again 4-3 over the league's best Red Wings!! 9-1 now. WTF. Pitkanen splitting the D? Roli stopping 39 shots, way to bounce back. Hemsky and Horcoff is just on FIYAAHHH.

That was almost as good as just going into a barnburner (or instant suicide) with Dallas.

Two good goalies - it can only get better. 500 is just around the corner!

Too bad about Luongo - Sanford is stepping in just fine. That bitch is an Oil stopper (see St. Louis past few) FUCK THAT. SATURDAY HNIC!!  :muffin:

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 14, 2007, 08:07:00 AM
sanford licks dude, lost twice in the row -.-
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 16, 2007, 08:35:14 PM
^ That's the only way I can get you to post. He wasn't too bad last nite. :P

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLL!!!! OILERS BEAT CANUCKS!!

(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3163/canucksfront11hy4.jpg)

In a shoot out again! 10-1 baby! Pisani whatta goal. Gotta give him props for coming back from colitis - anchoring the 2nd line with the kids. Getting on a lil roll baby! LMAO @ MacT "We are a 2 goalie system!" Can't go wrong. Oilers finally at 500.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 16, 2007, 08:37:44 PM
we're prolly the second worst shooutout team other than thee Maples...half of our players just shot the puck yesterday and didnt deke
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 19, 2007, 08:03:22 AM
(http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/1502/starsoilershockeyedm105nk3.jpg)

NOOOOOOOOOO!! Oilers finally lose in the shoot out.  Roli played superb but you gotta fuckin capitalize. So much OT, think they set a record.

Turco & Modano are just Oiler killers  :banghead:

Listened to Mark Messier interview today - he fully endorses Daryl Katz, calling him a hardcore Oilers fan. And that the game nowadays, they over analyze the big hits. ... but Chris Simon is still a twisted fucker.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 24, 2007, 12:04:35 PM
(http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2017/oilersblackhawkshockeycct5.jpg)

Tough loss. Another one where they let the other team run around. First it was New Jersey on Friday, then they blow a 2-1 lead. Garon made some epic saves and Penner had the illest break ever, having a chump all over him. Team toughness? Whatever.

Hope Hemsky won't be out too long, fuckin Lapointe knee on knee :/

Congrats to Georges for getting the game winner tonite. his 2nd goal of the season lol. Look for him on New Year Day in that over-hyped outdoor game. Fuckin Buffalo wanna beat Edmonton's outdoor attendance record. BITERS! Nothing beats the Heritage Classic!
http://www.oilersheritage.com/history/transformation_events_hertiage_classic.html

Look at Stortini getting beat up again. I miss Georges.  :cry:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 28, 2007, 12:30:31 PM
D'oh. Oilers got outshot pretty early. Garon kept em in it but damn - got bit by the late goal. Now that's 4 losses in a row.

Man, Ducks are on a ROLL with Scott Niedermyer back. Who knew? 70% effective and he's still the #1 defencemen in the league. And fuck, I didn't know Doug Weight is in Anaheim. I been out of it, thanks holidays!

AND WHOA. What's this about Luongo getting his ass handed to him? Fuckin Calgary.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 30, 2007, 10:49:47 AM
D'oh x 2

Joni Pitkanen got CRUSHED into the boards. Oilers blew a 4-1 lead and lost 5-4 in OT to the Wild. At least Stoll scored. Good to see Captain Ethan Moreau back, making an instant impact - setting up Coglianos goal.


And who's watching the IIHF World Junior championship? DOH!! Sweden scored late and ended Canada's win streak. Undefeated since 2004!!! I thought it was the finals too. Goes to show how patriotic I am lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 01, 2008, 12:33:37 AM
Six straight losses. Fuckin Nash with the hat trick :/

Columbus wins it over the Oilers 4-2. Chopper got 2 points, goal and an assist. 2007 has been SHIT to finish.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 09, 2008, 05:11:45 AM
How bout that outdoor game? Buffalo fuckin biters. "Winter classic" pssssssh. Good ending tho. Way to go Conks! Fuckin 4 game? 6 game? win streak! Georges Laraque talking about the game, and the Oilers ownership issues:
<insert file here>

OILERS SWEEP NEW YORK!!

Game was pretty intense. They called a last second penalty on Pitkkanen and fuckin Drury scored but Garon STONED JAGR in the shootout!
(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/2113/capt22754bddfe2a4db5970gk3.jpg)

CHOPPPER knocking heads off! Oilers shut out Isles 4-0. LMAO when Comrie took a penalty with less than a minute to go, they played Hilary Duff. And Pittkanen was like standing there WTF when DiPietro knocked the puck in midair. PWND!
(http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9892/r3387434181fs3.jpg)(http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9360/35islandersoilershockeyja4.jpg)

It's the Oilers autograph session this sat weeee. I'm gonna get Garon's, Sourray, Pittkanen. Roloson since he might get traded lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 09, 2008, 05:50:56 AM
Get me hemsky's and mail it!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 11, 2008, 01:02:53 PM
Washington Capitals Sign Alex Ovechkin to New 13-Year Contract

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have signed left wing Alex Ovechkin to a new 13-year contract, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. Ovechkin – the NHL’s leading goal scorer in the three years since he entered the league and the only player in more than a half-century to be named to the NHL First All-Star Team in his first two full seasons – is under contract through the 2020-21 season.

“Alex is the cornerstone of our franchise, and I fully believe that he will help us achieve our ultimate goal of being a Stanley Cup team,” chairman and majority owner Ted Leonsis said. “Like all Caps fans, I look forward to coming to Verizon Center or turning on the TV each night and seeing what he will do next, and I am sure we will continue to be amazed at what we see for years to come.”

A 22-year-old native of Moscow, Russia, Ovechkin has led the Capitals in goals and points in each of his three seasons with the team. He reached 100 career points in 77 games and 100 career goals in 167 games, both the fastest of any active player. Ovechkin is the first Capital since Dale Hunter (1987-90) to record 50-plus points in each of his first three seasons with the team and the fourth Capital all-time to record three straight 30-goal seasons. He already stands 16th in club history with 130 career goals and 25th with 250 career points in 206 games.

“My dream was always to play in the NHL, and Washington is my second home,” Ovechkin said. “I appreciate all that the team has done for me. I love my teammates, the coaches, management and owners, and I love being a Washington Capital. The fans here have been great to me. I want to win, and I want to bring the Stanley Cup to Washington.”

Ovechkin was the Capitals’ first choice, first overall, in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. He joined the team in 2005-06 and was the landslide winner of the NHL’s Calder Trophy that season as the league’s rookie of the year, earning 124 of a possible 129 first-place votes. He was a member of the NHL First All-Star Team as a rookie and again in 2006-07, becoming the first player since Detroit Red Wings goaltender Terry Sawchuk in 1950-51 and 1951-52 to earn first-team honors in each of his first two full seasons in the league. Ovechkin made his first appearance in an NHL All-Star Game in 2006-07 and won the Kharlamov Trophy as the top Russian-born player in the league for the second straight year.

“We knew when we drafted Alex that we were getting a phenomenal player,” McPhee said. “What we soon saw first-hand was what an outstanding competitor, teammate and person he is. This contract further demonstrates his dedication to our team and the organization’s commitment to building a consistent winner here in Washington.”

http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=349546

Ovechkin's Extension Figures

Alex Ovechkin's new deal is worth $124 million over 13 years and will keep the star winger in Washington through 2020-21. It's believed to be the wealthiest deal in NHL history.

The first six years are $9 million per, the last seven years are $10 per.

"I want to say thanks to all my teammates, the whole organization, to Ted, George, the coaching staff," Ovechkin just told fans at the team's meet and greet party at Verizon Center. "I'm proud to be with the Washington Capitals for 13 years more. Our goal is to bring a Stanley Cup here."

Ovechkin, who is tied for second in the league with 32 goals, is due to earn $3.83 in a bonus-laden deal this season. That three year entry level deal was set to expire June 30.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitalsinsider/2008/01/ovechkin_extension_terms.html

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 12, 2008, 09:39:04 AM
OMGASS. 13 years??? And here Washington survived Jagr's fat ass contract. :lol:

Way to go Oilers. 3 straight wins. Beat that fucker Bryzgalov with Moreau's 3rd goal in 5 games! That loser Stortini, did ya see him fake a head butt like 10 seconds after dude tried to french him. EMBARASSING. Georges WE NEED YOU!!!
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/594/5coyotesoilershockeyedmsw2.jpg)

Conklin 9 straight wins. :o

Congrats to the ALLSTARS!

(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/8430/nhlallstarxb1.jpg)

2008 EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STAR ROSTER

GOALTENDERS
* Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils
Rick DiPietro, New York Islanders
Tomas Vokoun, Florida Panthers

DEFENSEMEN
* Andrei Markov, Montreal Canadiens
* Zdeno Chara, Boston Bruins
Brian Campbell, Buffalo Sabres
Sergei Gonchar, Pittsburgh Penguins
Tomas Kaberle, Toronto Maple Leafs
Kimmo Timonen, Philadelphia Flyers

FORWARDS
* Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
* Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay Lightning
* Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa Senators
Scott Gomez, New York Rangers
Dany Heatley, Ottawa Senators
Marian Hossa, Atlanta Thrashers
Ilya Kovalchuk, Atlanta Thrashers
Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
Mike Richards, Philadelphia Flyers
Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning
Jason Spezza, Ottawa Senators
Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes

Western Conference:

* starters

F: Henrik Zetterberg, Wings
F: Pavel Datsyuk, Wings
F: Jarome Iginla, Flames
D: Nicklas Lidstrom, Wings
D: Dion Phaneuf, Flames
G: Roberto Luongo,* Canucks
* Opting not to play

F: Shawn Horcoff, Oilers
F: Anze Kopitar, Kings
F: Henrik Sedin, Canucks
F: Paul Stastny, Avalanche
F: Ryan Getzlaf, Ducks
F: Joe Thornton, Sharks
F: Rick Nash, Blue Jackets
F: Jason Arnott, Predators
F: Marian Gaborik, Wild
D: Chris Pronger, Ducks
D: Ed Jovanovski, Coyotes
D: Duncan Keith, Blackhawks
D: Sergei Zubov, Stars
G: Chris Osgood, Red Wings
G: Manny Legace, Blues
G: Evgeni Nabokov, Sharks

The 56th NHL All-Star Game will be played on Sunday, Jan. 27 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA. Puck drops at 6 p.m. ET.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 13, 2008, 12:49:48 AM
To be honest, I just want to see the skills competition. The game itself, while nice, is pretty watered-down IMO.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on January 13, 2008, 06:46:00 AM
Leafs drop ANOTHER 2 goal lead tonight against the Sharks, making Shuji-kun happy.  Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby, and Evgeni Malkin couldn't score in the shootout handing the Pens their 1st loss in 9 games.  Way to go Conk, the man is on fire.  And GO SENS GO!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 14, 2008, 07:57:41 AM
^ Too bad about Heatley. Sens be fucking up! Blackhawks finally got outta their slump with a shootout win over Nashville.

Went to the autograph session yesterday. Fuckin only got one group (Souray, Pittkanen, Brodziak)
(http://img135.imagevenue.com/loc793/th_88530_DSC02772_123_793lo.JPG) (http://img135.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=88530_DSC02772_123_793lo.JPG)(http://img229.imagevenue.com/loc455/th_88536_DSC02780_123_455lo.JPG) (http://img229.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=88536_DSC02780_123_455lo.JPG)(http://img228.imagevenue.com/loc24/th_88538_DSC02784_123_24lo.JPG) (http://img228.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=88538_DSC02784_123_24lo.JPG)(http://img197.imagevenue.com/loc405/th_88539_DSC02786_123_405lo.JPG) (http://img197.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=88539_DSC02786_123_405lo.JPG)(http://img228.imagevenue.com/loc390/th_88548_DSC02788_123_390lo.JPG) (http://img228.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=88548_DSC02788_123_390lo.JPG)

Here's some XXXclusive video as guys like Roloson, Staios, Greene passed by!
[youtube=425,350]uNelunxJyHM[/youtube]

There was shitload of puck bunnies. man are they another breed. My eardrums dammit :lol:
(http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/218/puckbunnieszj7.th.jpg) (http://img48.imageshack.us/my.php?image=puckbunnieszj7.jpg)

Oilers win 4 straight on top of Hemsky's EPIC goal ... got fucked with Reghr all game, he just went "straight to the hole" !!! 2-1 regulation win!
(http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/1623/hemskyepiciz2.jpg)


WOOOT back on 500...too bad everyone else won. Fuckin 'Nucks!! :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 15, 2008, 05:42:50 AM
still 1st on the division baby~~~~



i think
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 16, 2008, 09:47:37 AM
THEY LOST TO COLUMBUS!! HOW CAN YOU LET THAT GO!!

Way to go Jason Chimera!! Repping Millwoods BABY!! My homie went to school with him!

FUCK!! Oilers dropped a DOOODIE to the Kings :evil: face it. they got talent but they were running on a basement fumes!

Ah well. Looks like Roli is gonna start against Carolina.

Gotta give props to GEORGES for kicking Colton Orr's ASS!!
[youtube=425,350]_ITy50BGDBk[/youtube]
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 18, 2008, 04:22:55 AM
man alain vigneult is a fucking dumbass coach.

puts Edler, Linden and Pyatt...as first three shooters against Datsman, Ziggy, Chug


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 19, 2008, 09:08:04 AM
hahaha that ain't like 24 shooters vs the Caps, Souray with the slapper at the end?! Roli was great.....too bad Moreau hit the post at the end. AND STOLL. Git some new sticks!!
(http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5710/capt13637715493643f29cbvr0.jpg)

Fuckin Oilers losing to some shitty teams. LA, Washington and now Carolina. WORST PK in the league and dropped a 7-2 count even with Garon! Everything was going in, and Sergei Samsonov even got a couple of points WTF!!


Poor Pens Fan. Crosby is injured bad. Time for Georges Laraque to step it up1

LOOK OUT! LEAFS won 2 in a row. Set the parade route noW!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on January 19, 2008, 07:55:15 PM
Autsch, too bad for Crosby. I hope it's not too serious...

At least we're gonna see how Penguis do without him.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on January 20, 2008, 02:58:11 AM
One of my broadcasting heroes has passed away, Don Wittman from CBC Sports.  Lots of my favorite NHL moments were voiced by Don Wittman, and are intertwined with his charismatic voice.  Canadians today mourn the loss of an intelligent, passionate, fan of all sports.  Rest in Peace, Witt.  We're gonna miss you. :bow: 
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2008/01/19/wittman-obit.html
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 20, 2008, 04:48:14 AM
For many years, he was the voice of sports, particularly that of the NHL in Canada. Sports will never be the same.

RIP, Mr. Wittman.
:prayers:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 25, 2008, 03:38:16 AM
RICK NASH'S GOAL!!! HOLLLLLLLLLLYYYY SHET!

[youtube=425,350]_WqRt1rk8uE[/youtube]

EDIT: daigong clicky clicky youtube thingy
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 25, 2008, 06:53:29 AM
RIP Don Wittman. Cancer is a bitch. I remember him on CBC all the time, like everywhere even olympics:
[youtube=425,350]rUUeCfJzCr8[/youtube]

OHHHHHSHIT Oilers come back and beat the Panthers 4-3 in shootout. STOLLL way to step up baby. 2 goals in 32 seconds to tie it up and send it to automatic win with Garon STONING Olli Jokinen!

(http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/2499/oilerspanthershockeympsay5.jpg)

WAR The Captain getting shit started. Just a half dozen points behind the Canucks for the final playoff spot!!

DAMN! Georges Laraque beat the shit outta COTE!! LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT LEFT ITS OVER BABY.
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2885/georgessezhi52xf4.jpg)

So Cliff Fletcher is back. Wonder if he can pull a blockbuster like he did back in the day.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 27, 2008, 04:51:54 AM
lol obstacle course was stoooopid


LOL @ Pronger trying to nudge that guy and fell and laughed his head off


Breakaway comp was prettty retarded. Bring on ROB SCHREMP!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 29, 2008, 06:42:07 AM
10-Time All-Star Teemu Selanne to Rejoin Ducks

The Anaheim Ducks announced today that right wing Teemu Selanne has signed a one-year contract and will join the team for the remainder of the 2007-2008 season. Selanne, who was an unrestricted free agent, will practice with the team today and travel on the club’s eight-game, 15-day road trip (team departs Tuesday). “It took Teemu several months to determine if he had the passion and determination to return to the NHL, and we are thrilled to have him back,” said Executive Vice President/General Manager Brian Burke. “This is a player who scored 48 goals last year and showed no signs of slowing down.”

Selanne, 37 (7/3/70), scored 48-46=94 points last year with a +26 rating. He finished third in the NHL in goals, while ranking first in the league in power play goals (25) and tied-for-first in game-winning goals (10). Selanne also led the Ducks in goals, points, power play goals, game-winning goals, shots (257) and shooting percentage (18.7%). He became the oldest player in NHL history (36 at the time) to score more than 45 goals in one season. The 6-0, 204-pound forward added 5-10=15 points in 21 playoff games, winning his first Stanley Cup in the process. Selanne scored the game-winning goal in overtime of Game Five at Detroit in the Western Conference Finals, turning the series in Anaheim’s favor en route to a six-game series win. “After skating at Anaheim ICE for the last few weeks, I feel the passion again to play hockey,” said Selanne. “Anaheim is the only place I wanted to play and I’m very happy that the Samuelis and Brian Burke have welcomed me back.”

A native of Helsinki, Finland, Selanne has scored 540-595=1,135 points with a +87 rating over his 14-year NHL playing career. A 10-time NHL All Star, Selanne’s 540 goals rank 27th in NHL history, fifth among active players. He has averaged 39 goals-per-year over 14 NHL seasons, with 88 goals over his last two campaigns. Selanne has played in 556 regular season games as a member of the Ducks, scoring 313-353=666 points. He is the club’s all-time leader in goals, plus/minus (+112), power play goals (110), power play points (266), game-winning goals (52), and overtime goals (5). He is currently three points shy of the all-time club scoring record, held by Paul Kariya (669).


http://ducks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=351531

 :finland:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 29, 2008, 08:44:33 AM
how much is he getting paid
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 29, 2008, 08:54:33 AM
how much is he getting paid

Sources tell TSN that Selanne signed a one-year deal with an annual base salary of $1.5 million, which means Selanne will receive just under $600,000 for the balance of this season. But as a player older than 35, Selanne is entitled to performance bonuses and he will almost certainly earn another $1.35 million from the Ducks this season. That performance bonus is achieved by simply playing 10 games, so, barring injury, Selanne will actually receive close to $2 million in base salary plus performance bonus for the balance of this season.
http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=228393&hubname=nhl
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 29, 2008, 09:42:49 PM
oo wow, how can the ducks afford him? arnt they capped?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on January 30, 2008, 12:33:28 AM
Well I bet all this was planned already in summer with Selanne and Niedermayer... Ducks couldn't afford them because of the salary cap, so they let the boys have a longer summer-break and get them to play as fast as Ducks won't have to pay them too much.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on February 08, 2008, 08:00:47 AM
Welcome back Dany fuckin' Heatley!  Three points in da comeback!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 08, 2008, 09:41:28 AM
^^^Teemu been fronting all along too! FUCK! Ducks on FIYAAHH! Wait until Forsberg comes back to Colorado or Philly.  :doh:

Oilers got dem a billionaire owner. Daryl Katz is da 2 billion dollar man! Owner of Rexall drugs (http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/02/06/billionaires-katz-edmonton-biz-sports-cx_af_0206katz.html). Messier and all the Oiler alumni are personal friends with him. and the new arena is gonna get built ASAP pending some sorta report!

Got me free tickets to the Oilers game!! Blackhawks were in town and the superstars replied! 4-1 we came back it was nuts. Sticks broken, Lalime lost his stick but got a D-man's stick instantly.

Here there are some games being played...roll the tire, wear the hockey pants, hockey jersey, roll the tire back. win GC's!

(http://img239.imagevenue.com/loc418/th_69669_DSC02926_123_418lo.JPG) (http://img239.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=69669_DSC02926_123_418lo.JPG)(http://img212.imagevenue.com/loc128/th_69673_DSC02929_123_128lo.JPG) (http://img212.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=69673_DSC02929_123_128lo.JPG)(http://img18.imagevenue.com/loc802/th_69676_DSC02930_123_802lo.JPG) (http://img18.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=69676_DSC02930_123_802lo.JPG)(http://img227.imagevenue.com/loc495/th_69683_DSC02931_123_495lo.JPG) (http://img227.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=69683_DSC02931_123_495lo.JPG)
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(http://img224.imagevenue.com/loc218/th_69702_DSC02944_123_218lo.JPG) (http://img224.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=69702_DSC02944_123_218lo.JPG)(http://img34.imagevenue.com/loc998/th_69706_DSC02952_123_998lo.JPG) (http://img34.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=69706_DSC02952_123_998lo.JPG)(http://img139.imagevenue.com/loc860/th_69714_DSC02961_123_860lo.JPG) (http://img139.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=69714_DSC02961_123_860lo.JPG)

Me posing in my homie's camera :P


CALGARY SUCKS!! They still stinging from tehe 5-0
(http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4458/oilersruleth9.jpg)

Tomorrow baby! Rematch, Like Mac T said "They be repercussions!"
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on February 11, 2008, 06:52:10 AM
Zednik got his throat slit!!!!!!!!! good thing hes fine.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Jsmurf on February 14, 2008, 12:44:31 AM
thats pretty nasty, glad he's okay
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on February 26, 2008, 08:54:48 PM
(http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1334/nhl1wx0.jpg)
(http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/3227/nhl2jx8.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on February 26, 2008, 09:02:02 PM
Not as much as in some years. Federov and Foote are probably the biggest names.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on February 26, 2008, 09:19:18 PM
Sweet! Pens got Marian Hossa! I don't like giving up Colby Armstrong, so I hope this works out...
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 27, 2008, 04:26:08 AM
Montreal trading Huet was quite the surprise. :O
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on February 27, 2008, 09:11:29 AM
damn traded cooke -.-

i dont see the point in that trade, same shit different pile -_______-



lol at montreal going with Price. hes hella inconsistent
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 04, 2008, 07:06:45 AM
ugggggggggggggggggggggggggggggh. NHL Season finally over for the Oilers. Great times. Just wanna say before I make an epic post.


SICK SEE CANUCK FAN!! HAHAHAHA :twisted:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 04, 2008, 08:08:33 AM
(http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q69/HockeyBash/Golf-Canucks.jpg)

Join us Oilers!  :grin:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 06, 2008, 12:13:54 PM
(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/Fireboy4122/Samisalo.jpg)





Looks like trevor linden is retiring
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 08, 2008, 07:24:36 AM
TB got 1st Round
TO got 7th
Canucks got 10th!!!!

Edmonton doesnt get a 1st round  :lol:

Stamkos doesnt like TB
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 09, 2008, 11:10:29 PM
IT BEGINS TONITE!!
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2821/coupestanleyvz8.jpg)

Go here for all the info:
http://stanleycupplayoffs2008.com/Default.aspx

Make your PREDICTIONS HERE!!

I love this time of year!!

CONF. QUARTER Finals

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Series A - Eastern Conference
Montreal Canadiens [1] vs. Boston Bruins [8]
Habs in 5

Series B - Eastern Conference
Pittsburgh Penguins [2] vs. Ottawa Senators [7]
Pens in 4

Series C - Eastern Conference
Washington Capitals [3] vs. Philadelphia Flyers [6]
Caps in 7

Series D - Eastern Conference
New Jersey Devils [4] vs. New York Rangers [5]
Devils in 7

Series E - Western Conference
Detroit Red Wings [1] vs. Nashville Predators [8]
Red Wings in 6

Series F - Western Conference
San Jose Sharks [2] vs. Calgary Flames [7]
Sharks in 4

Series G - Western Conference
Minnesota Wild [3] vs. Colorado Avalanche [6]
Avs in 7

Series H - Western Conference
Anaheim Ducks [4] vs. Dallas Stars [5]
Fucks in 6

CONF. SEMI Finals

Eastern Conference

Pittsburgh Penguins [2] vs. Washington Capitals [3]
Pens in 6

Montreal Canadiens [1] vs. New Jersey Devils [4]
Devils in 6

Western Conference

Detroit Red Wings [1] vs. Colorado Avalanche [6]
Wings in 5

Anaheim Ducks [4] vs. San Jose Sharks [2]
Sharks in 7

CONF. Finals

Wings vs Sharks
==> Sharks in 6

Pens vs Devils
==> Pens in 5

STANLEY CUP FINALS!!

PENGUINS VS SHARKS

Pens in 7

GEORGES LARAQUE MVP!!
(http://cdn.nhl.com/images/upload/2007/12/GeorgesLaraque_1.jpg)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 14, 2008, 08:52:09 AM
NUCKS SIGNING Brunnstrom!!!!! AKA THE NEXT ZETTERBERG!

http://tsn.ca/blogs/darren_dreger/?id=234166&lid=sublink01&lpos=headlines_blogs-Darren_Dreger
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on April 14, 2008, 10:05:17 AM
I dunno. I think this is going to be the year for my Wings!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on April 20, 2008, 09:11:15 PM
...And the Minnesota is out  :(. The only good thing is now Team Finland gets Koivu and Backstrom for the World Championships.

I guess I just have to start cheering for Montreal now.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 23, 2008, 07:30:56 AM
Well, bye bye Flames. Bye Caps.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 24, 2008, 12:42:47 AM
CANUCKS SIGN SCOTTY BOWMAN AS GM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=235503&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_nhl





















...not...who the fuck is mike gillis
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 24, 2008, 06:03:52 AM
^
Had me goin' there for a sec. :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on May 19, 2008, 12:15:09 AM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/BradVickers2/Penguins.gif)

LETS GO PENS!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 20, 2008, 08:55:31 AM
HEY!! Brad's a PEns fans? Who else been watching the playoffs?

I'm down with the Pens - Georges is gonna bring the cup back!

Fuck man - the playoffs gone real fast. Games haven't even been close. At least Dallas came close.
(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3338/aaa37883cb1.jpg)

First round was the best. esp. with Montreal coming close to choking it and NYR and Devils beating the shit outta each other XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on May 20, 2008, 06:33:01 PM
Yeah, been a fan since I was a little kid. I live just outside of Pittsburgh, sort of even remember the Pens winning their first 2 cups. The last few years were a little rough, but even if we don't win, I'm still really happy that we made it this far. Hell, any year when we can take out the Flyers is a good season by me.
Georges is a monster! Love when that guy scores.
Anyway, I'm gonna go with the Pens in 6!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/BradVickers2/pensshirt.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on May 24, 2008, 06:00:25 AM
I remember the last game against the Flyers..I just turned the game on and saw the GW goal..I REALLY hope they win the Cup this year..Crosby deserves it :)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 25, 2008, 05:16:06 AM
Thasscool BradVickers. Whatta scene it must be to be amongst the likes of Mario! Jagr! Francis! Wreggett! and now with this resurgence. Great franchise to root for, GJ for sticking with it unlike some fairweather fans **cough LEAFS aheM! Canucks!!**

Tough way to start out tho --- the disallowed goal wasn't needed. Detroit cleans up 4-0 WHOA. Just look at Georges face.

(http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5558/georgespittsburghpeoe1.jpg)

Crosby better shave that Porn  Stache and get some more pucks at Osgood. Who was fucking nuts. Even Dan Cleary got on the score sheet!

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on May 25, 2008, 05:45:27 AM
Man, I'm depressed as shit. Haha, I knew we weren't going to sweep or anything, but that loss was just a punch to the gut... It's alright, though. The boys know they have to step it up now and I'm predicting good things in game 2.
Oh, I hate the Leafs, not as much as the Flyers, but they're probably #2 on my list.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 28, 2008, 07:28:33 AM
Leafs are wack. They wanna copy the Red Wings - model good luck. They keep buying all them players and they got no talent, just pure cheapshot grind. They celebrate the back-to-back conference finals like it was 5 straight cups.

Game update. Wings taking the 2-0 lead into the Mellon.

FUCK can't believe the grind Detroit is getting, 3, 4 guys in waves and waves on defense. Babcock  sends in geeks like Cromwell, nobody backs it up, running at guys. Gary Roberts giving Franzen the cheapshot had it coming too.

Guess who's coming back for Wed?
(http://www.imgur.com/files/080528/red_wings_penguins_hockey_pagp104.jpg)

I heard Crosby shaved his pornstache LMAO
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on May 29, 2008, 05:08:47 AM
Holy shit! Now, THAT was a fuckin' Stanley Cup final game! Sid doing what he does best and the unlikely Adam Hall coming through and netting the game winner. I was a little worried at the end, but we're back in it now. Just wish we could have played like that in the first 2 games.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/BradVickers2/sid.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on May 29, 2008, 05:16:57 AM
I'm glad the Pens are back in it..I almost thought we were gonna get swept..now, it's time to put the Yankees of the NHL in their place! XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 29, 2008, 05:36:25 AM
^
Definitely an awesome game! :yep:

However looks like Crosby still has the pornstache. :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on June 01, 2008, 05:22:21 AM
 :cry: Ouch... It's not over yet, though! I just wish Malkin would start playing like he used to...
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 01, 2008, 05:43:54 AM
TOUGH LOSS!!! Yeah, Malkin ain't showing none of his MVP - I see him trying but fuck Detroit just smothered after that Hudler goal.

They  fell apart a bit in the 3rd... Fleury batting that shit outta the yard XD

I just enjoy seeing Dan Cleary getting FUCKED UP!!!
(http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8855/stanleycupredwingspenguug5.jpg)

Prosp to Gary Roberts for bringing it. No more "Patty-cake Hockey" (as Don Cherry put it) but shit, gotta capitalize on some 5 on 3s! If Detroit goes on to win this (3-1 ain't impossible!!) Osgood's to blame. FUCK stopping Hossa, Depuis on one sequence.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 03, 2008, 06:47:46 AM
<daigong> SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORES
<KT_Bombastic> YEAH!!!
<daigong> Sykie!!
<daigong> Unbelievable!
<T0FU> o.O
<daigong> Kirk Gibson-like appearance by Gonchar!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on June 03, 2008, 07:26:18 AM
PENS WIN!!! PENS WIN!!! PENS WIN!!!
Goddamn! That game exhausted me... Can't imagine how the players feel. Malone got fucked up, man. Broke his nose again! Sykora called it! The Babe Ruth of hockey!!!!
God, if I could only get tickets to game 6. Win or lose, it's going to be unbelievable.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on June 03, 2008, 12:45:19 PM
Pens winning made me night last night..now, it time's to take it home! :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: alg7 on June 04, 2008, 02:34:27 AM
that was a sick game last night.  I took a shower and came back to watch the game and was like "damn, it's still going on?"
anyway the winning goal was pretty awesome.  If the Pens could win two straight, that would be amazing to see.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on June 05, 2008, 04:44:29 AM
Wooo! Stanley Cup Champs!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on June 05, 2008, 05:02:01 AM
Great season Pens! Real proud of the boys. Here's to next year!!!!
Good job Wings... I just want a rematch next year!
Glad that the igloo got to see the cup at least one more time, but I wish it was the other way around.
Haha, I'm just pissed we won't have another game till October...
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 05, 2008, 07:04:26 AM
Pens got a good team, they'll be back!

Lidstrom the first Euro captain to win a cup!
(http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/4324/7detroitredwoi5.jpg)

WHOA!! Incredible series. Teams went thru their ups and downs but shit, gotta hand it to detroit, surviving the triple OT. Pens were the tired team. Fucking Sykora and Malkin showed up way to late.

Way to go to those Pens fans booing the cup presentation, real classy. Props to Dan Cleary and those rugged vets for nabbing their first cup. And this is why you play to win the GAME!! If you were a fucking loser cough Mugen, FTcough who gave up after ur team was out, SHIT you missed one of the better finals. Better than last years that's for sure. Detroit is such a fucking machine with all these Swedes now with Filppula and 12 year old Hudler, to compliment those skilled guys. DAMN.

Yeah no doubt eh Brad!! No hockey :/ There's still the Awards show and draft later this month lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 05, 2008, 07:29:19 AM
Definitely a hard fought series from both sides. Props to them both. :rockon:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on June 05, 2008, 10:38:44 PM

Way to go to those Pens fans booing the cup presentation, real classy.


haha, I think they were booing Gary Bettman.
Still can't believe how that puck came flying out of fleury's ass...Shit... and Hossa ALMOST scoring in the finals seconds  :cry: ...
It's going to be interesting to see who sticks around and who chases the money elsewhere
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on June 14, 2008, 08:01:34 AM
Wow, it's been exactly 1 year since I posted here. Well, 4 days off but still  :lol:
I wanted Pens to win instead of wings, but I hate Pens now too; especially since I've been playing NHL 08 on 360 and everyone I face is the Pens and they think they're all the best and crap. To be honest, I hate all the teams but the Ducks heh.

Now let's see if Selanne and Nieds. come back. At least us NHL fans can kill off this month by watching EURO 2008, so season opener feels a bit sooner to start lol.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 17, 2008, 11:53:31 PM
Welcome back taiyou, see you Friday at the OFFICIAL JPHiP NHL DRAFT PARTY at the IRC :P

Congrats to Glenn Anderson and Igor Larionov getting the nod for Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2008.

(http://www.imgur.com/files/080617/anderson-glenn-1-e80.jpg)

"Those guys are just unbelievable hockey players and you don't realize how good of a hockey player you are until you get a chance to play with them," said Anderson

SOURCE: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=nhl/news/newstest.aspx?id=4157933

ABOUT FUCKING TIME!!! 6 Time Stanley Cup Champ, Tops in many playoff scoring records. THE 6th OILER TO GET INDUCTED!! CONGRATS ANDY!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 18, 2008, 06:40:37 AM
AWSHIT!!! Anderson's finally in!!! :rockon:

Took 'em long enough. /me shakes fist at the idiots who didn't vote for Anderson sooner.



EDIT: Sunnovabitch.
Red Wings' boozy confession: We jacked up the Stanley Cup
By Greg Wyshynski

With the help of "several truth-serum cocktails at the NHL Awards after-party," James Duthie, TSN host and blogger for the Ottawa Citizen, finds out the real story about the Detroit Red Wings having dented the Stanley Cup during their post-parade celebration at Cheli's Chili: (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Red-Wings-boozy-confession-We-jacked-up-the-St?urn=nhl,88387)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on June 20, 2008, 07:28:28 PM
God, this off season is killing me... My boy Malkin can't catch a break nowadays... Every day brings a new trade rumor and now the Russian league is offering him 15 mil a year! Please don't go, Geno...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/BradVickers2/71.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 21, 2008, 07:30:46 AM
Draft day today. Not surprising that there were a bunch of trades done as well, though it's still wierd to me that Jokkinen's no longer in Florida or that Tanguay's heading to Montreal.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=11476
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on June 29, 2008, 08:37:23 AM
Welcome back taiyou, see you Friday at the OFFICIAL JPHiP NHL DRAFT PARTY at the IRC :P
Why do I always miss the fun?



(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/BradVickers2/71.jpg)

LOL, that's a cool pic you took. 15million from Russia? If they add vodka he's in; you know that right? XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on June 29, 2008, 08:40:45 AM
Oh Niedermayer is back which is the good news for Ducks.

Bad news is that there's a rumor Selanne will go to Montreal since his Finnish Buddy Saku Koivu wants him to play together.  :angry:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 30, 2008, 09:57:39 AM
Can we add yer arms to the Junks thread Brad :lol:

Selanne leave the Ducks? I thought he re-retired lol

Sad news...Jarrett Stoll is TRADED!.
(http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/9507/casualstoll1024jg5.jpg)

The Edmonton Oilers have acquired defenceman Lubomir Visnovsky from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Jarret Stoll and Matt Greene.

Yep that ladies man. bonking Stacy's Mom. (http://s2d2.turboimagehost.com/t/465975_412x480.aspx.jpg) (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/465975/412x480.aspx.jpg.html) (http://s2d2.turboimagehost.com/t/465976_74123041er8.jpg) (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/465976/74123041er8.jpg.html)


Hey Rexall's Daryl Katz wanted to do something big. to make the Oilers elite. Well here we go. Joni Pittkanen is next?? Stoll hasn't been the same since he got concussed the fuck up in Calgary.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on July 01, 2008, 02:16:18 AM
Can we add yer arms to the Junks thread Brad :lol:

haha, I probably should put my pic up one day or another. Oh, that cut on my left arm has healed. FYI, wet asphalt and roller blades don't go well together.

Anyway, tomorrow will be interesting. See ya Malone, can't wait till the Lightning realize that they paid twice what you're worth (he'll never have as many points as he did this season again). I just hope there's some way that we can keep Hossa. It would also be nice if we pick up Michael Ryder... Can't wait till noon!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 01, 2008, 06:22:28 PM
^ yEEAh man. my face has met the pavement a few times after an Oilers game lol

THE MASS TRADES CONTINUE GOD BLESS KATZ!!!
(http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/9559/340xwq4.jpg)

The Edmonton Oilers have obtained centre Gilbert Brule from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for left wing Raffi Torres.

The Edmonton Oilers have acquired forward Erik Cole from the Carolna Hurricanes in exchange for defenceman Joni Pitkanen.

Source: http://oilers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=367300
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 01, 2008, 11:25:22 PM
Stoll was one thing, but Raffi too??? :o
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 02, 2008, 01:55:28 AM
INSANE!!!  :shocked:

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/signings_2008/

Leafs got Fingered

<kuno_thunder> WADE REDDEN!!!
<kuno_thunder> WTF MAN!!!

Sundin to the Leafs....for 10 million PER?!

Oilers better get Hossa. That'd be insane. I'd rather they resign Jason Smith and Laraque.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 02, 2008, 04:32:49 AM
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/signings_2008/

Leafs got Fingered
I read that and went "but Redden was with the Sens."

...


Then I clicked the link and saw who you were referring to. XD



Quote
<kuno_thunder> WADE REDDEN!!!
<kuno_thunder> WTF MAN!!!
Dude.... :o
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 02, 2008, 04:36:57 AM
Sportsnet SUCKS! :banghead:

I was getting all the feeds from TSN via radio this morn.  I dunno. Too bad about Pitkannen. We gave up Smith for him? Eric Cole seemed real jacked to play even tho he dissed Canada big time during the 2006 run. That's like - don't mess with my Hockey Night in Canada theme song!!!

Colorado's pretty fucked in the goalie dept. Raycroft and Budais! AHAHAHAHA!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on July 02, 2008, 07:04:15 PM
wow.... Hossa to Detroit... What a piece of fucking shit....
BRING BACK JAGR, BABY!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on July 02, 2008, 11:45:15 PM
Mike Green just signed a $21 million deal(3 or 4 year) to the Caps..

think it's a good deal for them since he's a defenseman?

EDIT: Corey Williams just signed a 5 year $25 million dela with the Ducks
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on July 04, 2008, 11:00:00 PM
Sweet! check out this dude the Pens just picked up:
[youtube=425,350]06b9ARRtuNE[/youtube]
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: taiyou on July 07, 2008, 02:26:30 AM
EDIT: Corey Williams just signed a 5 year $25 million dela with the Ducks

Did you type that as a joke?  :P

Sweet! check out this dude the Pens just picked up:
He's smooth. The last minute and a half was absolutely amazing!!  :rofl:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on July 07, 2008, 04:37:21 PM
The last minute and a half was absolutely amazing!!  :rofl:

Dude, I've had that song stuck in my head this entire weekend.
Well, the Pens got Matt Cooke. Guess that will make up a little bit for the loss of Ruutu. I was starting to get a little worried about not having any tough guys. Eric Godard will also help, but I just hope we can get him to be a better player in general.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 09, 2008, 10:06:10 PM

(http://www.imgur.com/files/080709/kevinlowe2.jpg)

Man. what's real entertaining is not only in hockey right now (besides the CBC getting the HNIC Theme ripped by CTV. SHIT, how we suppposed to know it's dinnertime on a fucking Saturday nite?) but it's that warring GMs Kevin Lowe v Brian Burke battle that's just seen Brian Burke make an ass of himself over and over.

FINALLY. Lowe got up and put Burke in his place. Blame him for over inflated salaries? SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIITT. Lowe never signed Todd Bertuzzi then buy him out the year after.

"Here's a fact -- he left [former Canucks GM] Dave Nonis nothing in Vancouver. Nothing," Lowe said. True. All they got left was an aging fucked up Marc Naslund whom the Rangers swooped up.

"The only thing he's jealous of is that I could play in the NHL and he couldn't," on top of dropping the moron blast! HAHAHA. "The Wizard of Oz. He's back at it again." hoho calling Anaheim a "pathetic hockey market" - other than the diehards, you don't see the city rallying behind the Cup. Hell. The Cup was used as a fucking ash tray at a Kid Rock party. BLASPHEMOUS!!

"He's an underachieving wannabe in terms of success in the NHL," Lowe told the radio station. "He won a Stanley Cup? Great. I've won six Stanley Cups, you want to count rings? Who cares? It's just a little pathetic that he carries on."

TOO GOOD!! Burke is a fucking tool and for Bettman to come shut it down? Man, bad pub is only good pub. Dummy.

Here's the complete audio:
http://www.justagame.ca/audio/Kevin%20Lowe%20Full%20Interview%20July%204.mp3

CANT WAIT FOR THE 2008-09 SEASON!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on August 01, 2008, 06:17:26 AM
WTF is going on with Kevin Lowe? Now President of Hockey Operations? Crazy!!  New GM is ... Steve Tambellini??? GTFO!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: soshitiffanytangyi on August 01, 2008, 06:11:12 PM
good rangers did not pick up Jagr.. he suks now..
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: haptic on August 11, 2008, 04:21:24 AM
From the intro thread:

BTW. LEAFS SUCK! I'm a diehard Oilers fan :canada:

PSH! Heres the plan for the leafs: since sundin's not coming back most likely, we're gonna suck and hopefully we get worse than the Thrashers, then in the 2009 draft we pick up Tavares, then Ron Wilson does his job with the solid young base, then we're set for a few years >>>> = in contention  :D

btw i love Finns! Thx for Nokia guys!  :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: skool on August 17, 2008, 03:32:09 AM
good rangers did not pick up Jagr.. he suks now..

lol he was their leading scorer last year.  :roll:  He just wasn't worth what he was asking I guess.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: WishForFany on September 11, 2008, 09:24:47 PM
I can't wait for Ranger to be good again! Zehrdev and Nusland coming!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 13, 2008, 06:39:20 AM
anybody got the NHL 09 game for the PS3???? be a pro is dope
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sev on September 14, 2008, 11:54:27 PM
I've been fucking with it since Friday on 360. Fucking love it. Horcoff gave me the division victory! Need the game to up my skills before the fantasy league starts. I'm fucking y'all up, you know it.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on September 15, 2008, 02:08:35 AM
I've been putting off getting one of the new consoles until Resident Evil 5 comes out, but I really want to play NHL 09. Haha, haven't had a hockey game since NHL 97. Hell, the 360 is dirt cheap now, so maybe I'll pick one up.
Not long till the season starts up, guys! Lets go Pens!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 16, 2008, 07:16:08 AM
Horcoff is BALLS. LMAO Shit, I just got a new lapper and finally installed NHL 2005 I found off the discount bins. I think there's a fucking bug when I play the Swedish Elite teams:
 (http://img240.imagevenue.com/loc596/th_42203_HUGE_122_596lo.jpg) (http://img240.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=42203_HUGE_122_596lo.jpg) (http://img130.imagevenue.com/loc904/th_42202_HUGE2_122_904lo.jpg) (http://img130.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=42202_HUGE2_122_904lo.jpg)

DON'T FORGET!! :angry:

Yahoo Fantasy HOCKEY!! JPHiPHL 2008-09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbSOd5P8g2A

Go here: http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com

League ID: 6369
Password: rika

Using online live draft. Our live online draft is set for Sun Sep 28 8:00pm PDT, which is 22 days, 20 hours, and 37 minutes from now

Custom League URL: http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/jphiphl
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sev on September 16, 2008, 10:05:59 AM
Horcoff is BALLS. LMAO Shit, I just got a new lapper and finally installed NHL 2005 I found off the discount bins. I think there's a fucking bug when I play the Swedish Elite teams:
 (http://img240.imagevenue.com/loc596/th_42203_HUGE_122_596lo.jpg) (http://img240.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=42203_HUGE_122_596lo.jpg) (http://img130.imagevenue.com/loc904/th_42202_HUGE2_122_904lo.jpg) (http://img130.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=42202_HUGE2_122_904lo.jpg)
LOL! XD Well you know how it goes. Swedes are famous for being a couple of sizes bigger than most other people, and i'm not just talking about down thurr. 8)

Too bad it's fucking Färjestad BK, the most gay team in history of hockey. :(

So what's up. What's the prediction for this season? Who gon' win?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 24, 2008, 08:43:24 PM
d'oh just when I was gonna spiel some sports...tragedy hits close to home...one of my fave Oilers of all time:

(http://www.jokerit.com/images/jussi2.JPG)



Markkanen family mourns loss of oldest son
Four-year-old Olli dies in tragic fall from third floor of apartment in Russia
 
Jim Matheson
The Edmonton Journal


Tuesday, September 23, 2008


EDMONTON - When he was excitingly playing goal in the Stanley Cup final two years ago against Carolina, proud papa Jussi Markkanen had the names of his two young boys, Olli and Juho, on the back of his mask.

The boys were on his mind every night, also very close to his heart, but on Sunday in Moscow, the former Edmonton Oilers netminder had his heart shattered when four-year-old Olli died in a tragic accident at their apartment.

Olli was playing with his brother Juho and tumbled out of an open third-storey window to the street below.

An ambulance was immediately called, but it was too late.

"I was just at Jussi's cottage (in Finland) this summer visiting the family ... this is devastating. They lived in Bill Comrie's house in Jussi's last year here. You'd see the boys running around the rink in their Oiler sweaters," said Finnish journalist Jouni Nieminen.

"If you're a parent, how can you fathom this happening?" asked Oilers goalie coach Pete Peeters. "I'm at a total loss for words."

"He's such a good person and a great parent ... I wouldn't wish this on anybody," said Oilers assistant general manager Kevin Prendergast.

Markkanen rescued the Oilers after the first game of the 2006 Cup final when Dwayne Roloson badly sprained his knee in a goalmouth collision. Markkanen hadn't played in months, but dressed in the last six games, winning three, including a stirring 4-0 shutout at Rexall Place in Game 6.

The Oilers chose not to re-sign the 33-year-old goalie, who played 102 regular season games for Edmonton in two different stints. He went on to play for Jokerit Helsinki. This year, he went to Moscow to play in the Continental League as a starting goalie.

"The first Finn ever to play for Red Army," said Nieminen.

The Red Army team lost to rival Moscow Dynamo 4-3 in the hours after Olli died, then the whole team came over to Markkanen's apartment later to offer their support.

Jussi's wife, Sanna, and the boys joined Markkanen in Russia only a couple of weeks ago.

"Just thinking about this troubles me ... I can't begin to imagine what Jussi is going through," said agent Don Meehan, whose Toronto-based firm represents the goalie.

"My associate Craig Oster talked to Jussi when he phoned us, and (today) I'll talk to Jussi and find out about the funeral arrangements and where people can send notes and condolences."


jmatheson@thejournal.canwest.com

© The Edmonton Journal 2008 (http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/sports/story.html?id=57241958-9058-49ec-8e9c-49bc59a702dd)

Condolences to Jussi and his FAM  :cry:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on September 25, 2008, 08:39:26 AM
Man, that's not the kinda thing that anyone should have to go through.  Condolences to the Juice and his family and friends.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on October 04, 2008, 06:10:14 PM
NICE!!! Time for some hockey!!! The Pens are hurting, but I still have high hopes! Not really happy with what went down in the offseason, but who knows...
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 07, 2008, 09:39:47 AM
Damn straight the Pens are hurting! Wow, Jason Smith just made a mockery of Crosby and Malkin. So glad to see the season rolling even though the games are in the afternoon so missed em while I was watching football lol

OMGASS - Canucks Fan! Start the Parade, Michel Ouellet is in town!! Luongo wearing the C on his face is gonna be a prime target haha.

SHIT Rangers looking tight with Markus Naslund and Wade Redden. East is gonna be tough.


I'm all PUMPED for the Oilers - even tho the toughness, face offs, and Hemsky being consistent is bothering me - its still gonna be fun seeing Sourray and Visnosky run the PP straight up the opponent's ASS! Did ya see Steve MacIntyre  destroy that flamer? TKO!! Wearing Pittkanen's old number no less
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9u0mNLX0k

HEY don't forget. Oilers third Jersey unveiling ... in less than 7.5 HOURS!
(http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/8369/oilers3rdjerseyuj8.jpg)
They're saying it's some retro vibe...damn Katz. Knowing how to ring in the big bucks!

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on October 07, 2008, 05:55:28 PM
Damn straight the Pens are hurting! Wow, Jason Smith just made a mockery of Crosby and Malkin.

SHIT Rangers looking tight with Markus Naslund and Wade Redden. East is gonna be tough.

I'd really like to see the Pens make a play for Marian Gaborik. I know it's only been two games, but I can't see Satan or Fedotenko developing into the type of high scoring wingers that Crosby needs. Hopefully our Fin, Janne Pesonen, gets real good real fast down in the AHL. Need some more firepower. (Still say we should have tried to get Jagr)

Jason Smith is such a bitch. Pounds on the superstars, then pussies out once our goon (Godard) tries to start something with him. Still don't know why we're playing two goons (Godard & Bissonnette) at the same time...

Yeah, I watched the Rangers games and got kinda worried. Hah, at least we only play division teams 6 times this year!

I think the Oilers have a pretty good shot at making the playoffs this year. Although, it's going to be the 7/8 spot, so you're going up against the Wings, or maybe the Sharks. haha, Good luck with that.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: WishForFany on October 09, 2008, 03:01:29 AM
Naslund time!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Saburo on October 10, 2008, 01:23:55 AM
Read this story about a former NHL goalie accidentally shooting himself (http://deadspin.com/5061216/former-goalie-just-cant-stop-experiencing-gruesome-injuries).

I clicked on the You Tube link showing him getting slashing on the ice and bleeding buckets.  Holy shit, Batman!  Gruesome stuff...
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 10, 2008, 08:48:48 AM
WHOA yeah dude. Clint Malarchuk getting slashed lead to neck protection, what bad luck damn.

Oilers 3rd jerseys looking TIGHT
(http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7025/thirdjerseyfront3uq4.jpg)
(http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6273/sweaters1ic9.th.jpg) (http://img296.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sweaters1ic9.jpg)(http://img296.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif) (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

Apparently, 3rd jerseys are introduced by MANY teams. Check out this blog:
http://icethetics.blogspot.com/

Shit even, Brodeur is changing his mask. And Roli is gonna honor Fuhr- dunno how much longer he's gonna get the chance :ol:
(http://thumbnails10.imagebam.com/1539/57930d15386382.gif) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/57930d15386382) (http://thumbnails10.imagebam.com/1539/d2d0bc15386383.gif) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/d2d0bc15386383) 
Free Image Hosting by ImageBam.com (http://www.imagebam.com)

Since the CBC was retarded enough to lose the rights to the Hockey Night in Canada theme, they got this contest going WHERE YOU! can compose your own. They got it down to 5 finalists and the winner will be announced this Saturday.

HAVE YOU VOTED FOR THE NEW HNIC THEME SONG!?

http://anthemchallenge.cbc.ca/

I dunno -- it's like they're TRYING to rekindle the original theme.  Blasphemy, the HNIC on a Saturday evening is tradition. Well, here's to the local dude whatever his name is.

SEASON STARTS SUNDAY for the Oilers, I'm tired of waitng!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 10, 2008, 09:47:10 AM
Canucks raped Flames 6 - 0 what???!!!!

Fans booed Big Bert. Ohlund smoked him.

Iginla got booed. Got pissed off and tries to hit nucks. LOLOL
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 14, 2008, 07:30:04 AM
LOL the Albertan won the HNIC Theme contest. Big deal XD

GREAT home opener by the Oil. AVS GOT FUCKED IN THE ASS and Edmonton forgot to pay!! Not too happy bout the Oilers losing all dem faceoffs. No Stoll. No Reasoner. And OUTSHOT fuck.

(http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9783/garonedm03fk1.jpg)

And shocker Rangers prospect Cherepanov, 19, dies (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=At8wv1lB0_KSy9MevifkO517vLYF?slug=ap-rangers-prospectdeath&prov=ap&type=lgns).... damn. Jagr was there too.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on October 14, 2008, 08:26:11 AM

And shocker Rangers prospect Cherepanov, 19, dies (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=At8wv1lB0_KSy9MevifkO517vLYF?slug=ap-rangers-prospectdeath&prov=ap&type=lgns).... damn. Jagr was there too.

Poor kid. It's crazy, I've been waiting for him to come over to the NHL ever since the draft. I was pulling for the Pens to pick him, but the Rangers were one spot ahead and beat us to him. I felt bad for him because he was expected to go really high, but with all the shit that goes on with Russian players, he got knocked way back. Hell, they were just talking about him on NHL Live a week ago.
Here's a vid of the incident if anyone is really interested.
[youtube=425,350]6AsRGC1UCbE[/youtube]
Sucks for Jags, heard he was like the kids mentor.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 14, 2008, 08:36:49 AM
Chilling almost like what happened to the Wings Jiri Fischer....man athletes push themselves to just even get an inch of ice time. And here we are booing the fuck outta em. Ripping em on radio shows and the net....
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on October 15, 2008, 08:37:38 AM
(http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7523/dominationjr8.jpg)

Go Rangers!  :w00t:

And shocker Rangers prospect Cherepanov, 19, dies (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=At8wv1lB0_KSy9MevifkO517vLYF?slug=ap-rangers-prospectdeath&prov=ap&type=lgns).... damn. Jagr was there too.

R.I.P.  :cry:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 15, 2008, 09:24:47 AM
i think this guy has a chronic heart problem apparently. but the league is too blame. the arena lacked a defiliberator and it took the ambulance 20 minutes to get him to the hospital. i heard this is going to be a criminal investigation now
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 21, 2008, 08:10:43 AM
Makes star players think twice about going to the KHL now....

How bout dem Oilers!! 4-0 BABY!! Gotta get Horcoff-Hemsky going but the other lines are looking good. The faceoffs have been improving. Fuckin Garon is UNREAL!!
(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3495/oilersno1yh5.jpg)

SMACKintrye destroying the Flamers BACK TO BACK!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHI3HbabAo8

HEY CALGARY! TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTES!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sev on October 21, 2008, 08:35:48 AM
EPIC!!!

But they need to re-form hockey fights. Way to often are they more than utterly boring. Ref grabbed a stick tho in this one, he should've whacked them a bit to get their temper up.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 23, 2008, 06:50:06 AM
^ they shouldn't be strapped down. Back in the day, get rid of the equipment and just mano a mano. Everyone's hiding behind their padding like scared cowards.

Tough loss tonite! :banghead:...Oilers finally got XXXposed. 3-0 shut out to the Bhulin Wall! Wasn't he on waivers? Gotta pick it up tmr against the Avs...not Rollie's fault tonite - how can u give up a 3 on 2 with a double minor!?
(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5200/nillson280af3.jpg)


God speed Staios - who had to rush back home for emergency reasons.

Hope Crosby scores ... my fantasy team needs some injection! Who got Lupul, bitch got 3 and 3.

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 24, 2008, 08:33:03 AM
lol at the Flyers who are 0-6 since Palin dropped the puck at their home opener.

DOH! Oilers looked good but fuck. 1st line picked their game up but dumb penalties. Avs beat em 4-1 ...BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAI. Always the 3rd and 4th liners score those timely goals.
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9100/capt18358e1323584ed9b19ck0.jpg)

Fuck Horcoff injured too :banghead: Better take a day off and then destroy dem fuckin Canucks on CBC HNIC!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sev on October 24, 2008, 02:45:10 PM
Shit, but my reports says he aint got something ill. Fuck i need him for my ÜBER fantasy team. No injury report at all, just during the game right?

When will they use their alternative jerseys so you can play with them in NHL'09? I think they show them at a specific date, right?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 26, 2008, 03:32:17 AM
WEAK! CALL!!! On Moreau. The Fantasyland of Myer. We haven't even played 10 minutes.

Glad Davidson got LIT UP by SMACKintyre. And way to bite the Oilers fans singing the national anthem CANUCK BRASS
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 26, 2008, 04:36:21 AM
UNFUCKINBELIVABLE!! Erik Cole gets tossed just cuz his jersey got pulled off. He can't help it if Ohlund is gay.

Best offensive 5 on 5 tonite with the lineup changes but fuck man :/
/me switches to the World Series
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on October 26, 2008, 05:01:18 AM
Man, I'm getting tired of the Pens giving up multiple goal leads in the third period...
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 28, 2008, 08:11:26 PM
not even a major line up change can help the Oilers...they sure miss their faceoff gurus Reasoner and Stolly.

At least we got some Steve MacIntyre vs Rob Davison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUk9ZUwYWX4

way to rock the retro unis last nite. Roli looking like 2006 Run to The Cup but fuck. YOU CANNOT turn the puck over. Keep It Fuckin Simple! Everytime I play NHL 2005, it's pucks to the net nonstop. Hit whatever moves.

Hope Cole and Penner pick it up, show these flashy playmakers what Oilers Hockey is about!!



Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on October 30, 2008, 01:58:06 AM
BIG rumor is that PIT and ATL are talking about a major trade...
Possibly:
Staal, #1 pick, Letang and Satan for Kovalchuk & Armstrong...

All I have to say is, "do it now!" Think my head would explode if the Pens had Kovalchuk on Crosby's wing... Plus, we get my boy Armstrong back.
Hah, probably will remain a rumor, but would be awesome!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on November 03, 2008, 04:47:51 PM
(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/8025/nhlra5.jpg)

Beautiful, simply beautiful... :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on November 07, 2008, 03:46:12 AM
I CAN'T believe we almost gave up a 5 goal lead.... Once again the Pens only play 2/3 of a game. Well, at least Malkin is back on top of the scoring leaders. Plus, that fuckin' sweet between the legs goal by Satan.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 09, 2008, 01:21:16 AM
^ LMAO. Y'all fell asleep. Given 2 more seconds and Oilers woulda tied it off Gagner/Horcoffs scramled with 0.7 I CANT BELIEVE Sourray just waltzed in shorthanded. He's been playing LIGHTS OUT.

OH! BOUGGARD SMOKED HIM LIKE A BAD CIGAR!! At least SMACKintyre came back and laid the wood to Letang. Now he's on the injured list DAMN! Where's Laraque when u need him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D20NmaJsGJ4

GET THAT DOG OFF MY LAWNMOWER!!

Time to regroup in the NYC Area. Fuckin Devils and Kevin Weekes gonna surprise I'm sure. And ya betcha ass Baldie. RANGERS GONNA GET SHELLSHOCKED FUCKA!

A happy belated birthday to Erik Cole...who KINDA reminds me of my boy Dan from PR!

(http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/6927/coledan3yg7.jpg)

:halo:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on November 09, 2008, 02:51:50 AM
Woo! Checked out the hockey hall of fame today!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 10, 2008, 10:37:48 AM
Horc to the Rangers:
(http://www.imgur.com/files/081108/horcoff-throne.jpg)
BOW DOWN!
WHEN I COME TO YER TOWN!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Sev on November 10, 2008, 11:47:59 AM
I love that pic. XD
KING HORCOFF!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on November 10, 2008, 01:41:37 PM
Horc to the Rangers:

All Hail King Henrik!

(http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2577/kingfn9.jpg)


Your boys are gonna look like this after the real king stops 'em!

(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2343/9bdd375140d1988229857bbuc3.jpeg)

:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 12, 2008, 07:27:16 AM
Yo...Ales to Henrik:

(http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/49/01edmontonoilelk1.jpg)

MAN'S GAME, BITCH! :tama-mad:

FINALLY the road trip is over. 2.5 weeks. Fuckin Canadian Finals Rodeo. Sourray sure stepped up as a Tru Leader. Beating up people in the crease, going for a breakaway shorty!! Hemsky undressing like daigong with a dozen hookers! J.D. Deslauriers is UNREAL!! 40 saves. Oilers WHIP Rangers 5-4 in a SO. It was a lucky bounce but shit -- back to back wins over Devils and Rangers I'll take it! :rofl:

Goalie controversy? I dunno - ship Roli out? Garon needs to get his confidence back. How about a game SHUTTING OUT THE LEAFS. Here's your Captain Oh Captain XD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olCEC_FBmmI


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread: GLENN ANDERSON HHOF INDUCTEE
Post by: daigong on November 12, 2008, 07:36:18 AM
About fuckin time...pretty emotional speech, esp. when talking about Mess :pimp:

Oilers' Anderson enters Hall of Fame

(http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/666/011hockeyhalloni9.jpg)
"Over the course of 10 or 15 years, you're going to change as an individual. You're supposed to learn and grow. I appreciate things a lot more."
-- Glenn Anderson


Russian centre Igor Larionov, longtime NHL linesman Ray Scapinello and junior hockey icon Ed Chynoweth also being inducted

Jim Matheson, Edmonton Journal
Published: Monday, November 10

TORONTO - When Glenn Anderson told his six-year-old daughter that her dad was a Hall of Famer, she shrugged.

"I'm basking in the glory of this when I go to pick Autumn up at school," Anderson said, laughing. "And I'm dying to tell somebody.

"And when I do, Autumn says, 'Who cares?' Guess what I did today, daddy? I let my butterflies go and they're flying free in Central Park.' "

She's a kid, not a hockey fan, though she did run up to the stage Monday night with a box of Kleenex (a tribute to Mark Messier) but said she didn't want to stay in her dad's arms.

"I want to sit down and watch you cry," said Autumn, who has no idea about the celebrated Boys of Winter from the Edmonton Oiler glory days, but there is a connection between those butterflies and the right winger.

Both flew free.

(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/130/nhlandersongretzky600vr0.jpg)

Nobody was more exciting than Anderson, roaring in on goalies on one leg, then pumping his fist after scoring, which is why he has joined teammates Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey and Grant Fuhr in the Hall, along with their former coach/GM Glen Sather.

Anderson wasn't sure if his time had really come, back in June, when told to call the Hall. "I got a wrong number at first, then nobody had heard of me with the second. I thought it was Slats (Sather) playing a joke on me," Anderson said.

It took him far too long to make it, nine years after he was first eligible in 1999, but he holds no grudges.

"It never really bothered me, although I always knew what time it (election) was taking place, because the media would start calling, and I never got any calls the rest of the year," he said.

"It was all about our team . sometimes I thought maybe our team should be in here."

In his acceptance speech Monday, he thanked Father David Bauer, driving force behind the Canadian national team, and Sather, Gretzky, Messier and Kevin Lowe.

"Wayne taught us to play outside the box," said Anderson.

"Glen, I don't know who enjoyed our teasing, analytical conversations more, you or I," he told Sather. "But I lost a lot of sleep thinking about them. You taught us all never to take shortcuts as players. You were a great mentor and guidance counselor and father figure."

He called Messier the "toughest guy I ever played against, even in our own practices.

"But in the games he always had my back."

Anderson was honoured along with centre Igor Larionov, linesman Ray Scapinello, who worked more NHL games (2,926) than any other official and the late former junior hockey operator Ed Chynoweth.

When the lights were on and the heat got turned up, Anderson was at his best. "The bigger the game, the more I wanted to play it," he said.

(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9529/nhlgtrophy400ey8.jpg)(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/6247/glennandersoncup5uv5.jpg)

Anderson finished with 17 playoff game-winning goals. Only Gretzky and Brett Hull (both 24), Claude Lemieux (19), Rocket Richard and current Colorado captain Joe Sakic (18) ever had more. Anderson had five in Stanley Cup overtime. Only Sakic (7) and The Rocket (six) were ever more dangerous.

"I hated losing more than I loved winning . that was one of my mottos, the way I approached the game," said Anderson, who played every playoff game like it was his last, not just in Edmonton, but later in Toronto, St. Louis and New York. He played 217 playoff games and scored 93 goals (5th best) and 214 points (4th best).

He played hard and ran over anyone who got in his way; a goalie might get his head bounced off a crossbar or a defenceman might accidentally get a stick in the helmet.

"Me, mean? I thought hockey was a real gentleman's game, you know, no penalties, we all play for the love of the game and there's all this camaraderie," winked Anderson.

In regular-season, he had 73 game-winners for the Oilers, more than Gretzky, Messier or Kurri, who got much higher billing around the league.

He fell short of 500 goals by two, but reached 1,000 points while playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

"Yeah, I scored a goal, everybody came on the ice to congratulate me and Denis Morel, who was the referee, gave us a delay of game penalty," said Anderson. "Being the gentleman that I was, I went and served the penalty."

"When Gretz got his milestones, they'd bring out the red carpet, give him trophies. His whole family would be out on the ice."

Anderson, who'll have his No. 9 retired in Edmonton Jan. 18, had many friends in the crowd. Gretzky didn't make it in from Phoenix, where he was coaching the Coyotes, but former linemate Messier was in the crowd, as was Coffey. Oiler president Kevin Lowe, the only other guy from their storied playing days with a shot at the Hall, flew in from New York on Monday. So did Ranger GM Sather, deciding they'd rather celebrate Anderson's big night than watch their teams play at Madison Square Garden.

Cal Nichols, the former head of the Edmonton Investors Group and Oiler CEO Patrick LaForge were in the audience.

Anderson was on six Stanley cup winners, five with the Oilers, one with the Rangers.

Larionov was cheated out of his prime playing years because he couldn't come to the NHL from Russia until he was 29.

"He was a special man, with great integrity . we were all in awe of him," said former Red Wings' captain Steve Yzerman, who'll be in the Hall of Fame next year as a first-ballot inductee.

Scapinello never wore a helmet, got countless stitches, got smacked by the puck and decked by punches, but never missed a game through 33 years and was popular with coaches and players.

"I'd be in the face-off circle, looking at Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Phil Esposito . I've got to tell you, it was the greatest job in the world," said Scapinello.

===

Who's next? Kevin Lowe? Andy Moog? The Edmonton Oilers simply THE BEST!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtuiqSGhfhc

See cause if you forget where you come from, You're never gonna make it where you're goin,
Because you lost the reality of yourself
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 16, 2008, 07:09:35 AM
D'OH!! I had bad feeling .... Oilers lose in a SO.

<daigong> WHATTA PILE UP
<daigong> I have a feeling they gonna tie it up and Oilers lose in SO
<kuno_thunder> such little faith

And so they do. :banghead:

(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/460/12avalancheoilershockeyap5.jpg)

Not bad Roli. Good for Nilsson and who the fuck is Liam Reddox?? What a fuckin weak call that was on Moreau - cuz Smyttie fell on his ass? Horcoff needs to get out his slump FAST. He woulda never hesitated on an empty net. ARRGH. Shit don't get easier with a trip to Detroit.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 18, 2008, 09:29:00 AM
FUCKKKKKKKKK. Conklin returns with the damn Red Wings and shuts down the Oilers 4-0. :banghead: Too much firepower, Roli did his best but shit. 5 on 3 YOU GOTTA CASH IT IN!

Pies broke his ankle too. HUGE BLOW.
(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5465/40oilersredwingshockeymwn2.jpg)

Dustin Penner better STEP HIS GAME UP!! Glad Mac T threw him under the bus and backed up, and drove over him over and over. Guys gotta have that grit. And don't give me that fuckin shit HoRC aint got no grit. Dude took a puck in the FUCKIN FACE in the 2006 Playoffs. He just needs to find his legs again. He's been out since the ALL STAR GAME last year.

Which you can vote at http://NHL.com

AND MCDONALD'S HOCKEY CARDS ARE BACK!! Too bad I can't wake up between 5-7 am for free coffee.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 19, 2008, 03:40:49 AM
SHIT!! Nice way to come back. 7-2 destruction of the Blue Jackets considering they got outshot big time, so many PP it made me pee pee. WAY TO GO!!

(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5921/oil2657ot4.jpg)

Horcoff, Dustin Penner, Visnosky, Gagner, Cogliano, Gilbert getting back on the score sheet. My fantasy team been HURTING LOL. Whatta sick goal Cogs had from Souray. Someone Tube that shit ASAP.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 19, 2008, 08:54:01 PM
Check out that sick goal by Cogliano right here at 1:00....Souray is WORTH the shit we was gonna pay Smyttie BIOTCH!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRSy7BUEgkA
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on November 20, 2008, 02:14:22 AM
Man, I'm glad we only have to play the Wild once a year. They play the most boring style of hockey that I've seen in a while. No idea how they've sold out every game since they came into existence. That shit's worse than Ambien.
Sucks to end our 6 game winning streak because of a fluke face off win, but whatever. Well, I guess we still have a 7 game point streak going, so there's that.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ctz on November 20, 2008, 07:08:57 AM
Man, I'm glad we only have to play the Wild once a year. They play the most boring style of hockey that I've seen in a while. No idea how they've sold out every game since they came into existence. That shit's worse than Ambien.
Sucks to end our 6 game winning streak because of a fluke face off win, but whatever. Well, I guess we still have a 7 game point streak going, so there's that.

Bäckström is just too good for your guys! WIld ftw!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 21, 2008, 09:33:39 AM
HAHAHA Oilers get fucked over by Backstrom 6 times a year! :banghead:


Red Wings on Pay Per View. Why do I pay for getting :sheep love:
(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5771/716redwingsoilershockeyev2.jpg)

No Holmstrom, insert some other Swede to stick they ass in Roli's face ARRGH. Garon came in and played well and fuck, Oilers almost tied it. Souray taking out that fool Lilja was pure "Fuckin Refs, Make a DAMN CALL" fight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHitREzLulU

Look the fuck out, Canucks actually playing well :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 25, 2008, 05:32:00 AM
WTF??? :o

NATIONAL POST - NHL: Leafs trade Steen, Colaiacovo for Stempniak
Posted: November 24, 2008, 1:50 PM by Jeremy Sandler


Cliff Fletcher’s apparent final days as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs will not go down as quiet ones.

On Monday, the caretaker GM sent former first-round draft picks Alex Steen and Carlo Colaiacovo to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for forward Lee Stempniak.  (http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/archive/2008/11/24/nhl-leafs-send-first-round-picks-packing.aspx)
(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/998/988510st0.jpg)

Other links:
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2008/11/24/leafs_trade/
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3723639&name=lebrun_pierre
http://news.google.ca/news?q=steen+trade&sourceid=mozilla-search&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=news_result&resnum=1&ct=title
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on November 25, 2008, 09:11:04 AM
WTF??? :o

That's nothing on the WTF scale compared to this:

Quote
Claude Lemieux signs tryout deal with Sharks

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -Claude Lemieux has signed a tryout contract with the San Jose Sharks in hopes of returning to the NHL after a five-year absence.

The 43-year-old Lemieux is expected to report to the Sharks' AHL affiliate in Worcester this week, San Jose spokesman Scott Emmert said Monday.

Lemieux won four Stanley Cup titles during 18 NHL seasons with five clubs while earning a reputation as one of hockey's top agitators. He won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the NHL's playoff MVP in 1995 with the New Jersey Devils, and he also won championships with Montreal (1986) and Colorado (1996) before adding a fourth ring back with New Jersey in 2000.

His 80 career playoff goals are ninth in league history, but Lemieux hasn't played in the NHL since the 2002-03 season, which he spent with Phoenix and Dallas. Earlier this year, Lemieux played a two-game stint with the China Sharks, San Jose's affiliate in Shanghai, while gauging his ability to make a full comeback.

Lemieux is a longtime friend of Sharks general manager Doug Wilson, who has taken a chance on veteran players before. Defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh played 38 games with San Jose last season after few clubs were interested in the 35-year-old former All-Star.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=394225&cmpid=rss

WHAT THE FUCK?!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 25, 2008, 07:55:24 PM
WHAT THE FUCK?!
Indeed.
:mon wtf:



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SJ has an affiliate in Shanghai?




=P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on November 27, 2008, 09:17:13 AM
Ryan O'byrne own goal MTL vs NYI - 11/24/2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afEB1mK_B6Q

:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 30, 2008, 07:15:50 AM
^ Fuckin Habs XD Price is WRONG BITCH!

Look out Leaf Fan, Brian Burke aka The Wizard of Oz is your new GM. Where's the parade? :lol:

WOOO. Oilers rip out a solid win 4-2 over the Blues. Just when you thoughts Gagner and Cogliano were farting it up.....Fuckin Backus, running around hitting whatever, he is fuckin gonna get TOASTED. Taking out Lube like that. Horcoff pulled off the Gordie Howe hat trick anyways! SUCKAZ!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpZUs8S98Dk

btw. anyone seen the Sens third jerseys? LOOKS like something from SLAPSHOT 3 XD

which y'all should pick up since Messier is in it. hahaha

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on December 02, 2008, 11:02:52 PM
lol, Avery's such a douche:
"I am really happy to be back in Calgary, I love Canada," Avery told TSN on Tuesday.  "I just want to comment on how it's become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds.  I don't know what that's about.  Enjoy the game tonight."

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=258171&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_nhl

HAHA!
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=258182&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_nhl
he got suspended for saying that!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 03, 2008, 08:35:44 PM
LMAO...Fuckin Bettman. Lesser people have been suspended but it was all pre-meditated for sure. The straw that broke the camel ....wait my metaphors. Jaret Stoll had sloppy seconds too. :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR8aQCCf60o

I remember he called Georges Laraque a monkey and wouldn't own it. At least Avery makes shit interesting, we all need some controversy. WNBA has lesbian affairs and no one cares!

Good for the Oilers too - don't have to see his dumb ass tonite :tama-mad:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 07, 2008, 06:54:25 AM
BRILLIANT!! 2-0 in Cali!!

BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE!! Garon stones em in the shootout AGAIN.
(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8303/jg006edmontonoilegg7.jpg)


EAT SHIT SHARKS/SHUJI!! Roli was unbelievable! out shot 43-17 but lucky bounce by brodziak!!!!
(http://www.imgur.com/files/081207/a76_oilers_sharks_hockey_sja108.jpg)

My All-Star picks:
(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3982/nhlpicx01ac1.th.jpg) (http://img443.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nhlpicx01ac1.jpg)



Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 13, 2008, 08:13:13 AM
FUCK YOU CRAIG ANDERSON!!  :tama-mad:

(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9118/panthersoilershockeyedmwt8.jpg)

41 saves. Granted they were long range "hope for the rebound" shots - but shit man. That was brutal. That guy ain't even making 500G's and he shut out the best teams.

Good to hear Luongo ain't starting tmr. CANUCKS ARE TOAST!

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 14, 2008, 09:04:06 AM
Oh yeah, shuji. Real Season Fool!

SANFORD got nO SONS!! 3-0 shut out!!
(http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/4850/ccbe72canucksoilershockgg3.jpg)

Way to shhut em out Roli. Solid solid 60 minutes. Granted the Refs gave us a few calls but it's about damn time. Hard work grinding. Stortini and Strudwick scrapping makes up for that ugly loss in October. Souray was MADNESS!! GJ Hemsky with the goal.

GO OILERS! Rei's on the bandwagon COFFEY SON :pimp:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 14, 2008, 11:49:31 AM
The Oilers Defensive Leader Sheldon Souray was on that NHL online show:

(http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9864/20081212linksourayry3.jpg)
WATCH: http://oilers.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=5&id=28068

Shit that Crystal chick is a hot mama! :heart:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on December 19, 2008, 12:40:12 PM
Quote
FREE AGENT SUNDIN AGREES TO DEAL WITH CANUCKS

After six long months, the Mats Sundin saga is finally over as the unrestricted free agent has agreed to a one-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks.

"I am truly excited to be joining the Canucks," said Sundin in a team statement. "Once I made the decision to return to play a few weeks ago, the Vancouver opportunity was simply the best overall fit. I want to thank Mike Gillis and the entire Canucks organization for their professionalism throughout this entire process."

The signing ended months of rumours and speculation around the coveted centre, who was undecided on whether or not he would return to the National Hockey League for an 18th season.

While the Canucks certainly become a better team with Sundin, general manager Mike Gillis stopped short of calling them a championship-calibre club.

"I don't think I would be comfortable calling any team a contender other than San Jose and Detroit," Gillis told reporters. "What we want to do is get in the playoffs and win round-by-round. For me, it's the process of how the team plays and the integrity it plays with. I know we will get results if we play that way.

"I think Mats is a great player that joins a good group of players that are committed to winning. I think we are a better team for sure. I am not going to place that label (contender) on any team."

With the NHL's holiday roster freeze beginning Friday, the earliest Sundin can join the Canucks is Dec. 27.

The Montreal Canadiens were given exclusive rights to talk to Sundin this past summer in the week leading up to the free agent signing period. The club's negotiating window passed without an agreement and as many as six NHL teams lined up to acquire his services.

Among the teams interested over the last six months were the Canadiens, Canucks, Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers.

The Canucks had the most lucrative offer for Sundin, with a two-year, $20 million contract that was never pulled off on the table.

Sundin, 37, finished with 32 goals and 46 assists for 78 points in 74 games last season with the Leafs, leading Toronto in scoring for the fourth straight year.

The franchise leader in goals and points, he has played 13 of his 17 NHL campaigns with the Maple Leafs, who acquired him from the Quebec Nordiques in 1994.

Sundin has 555 goals and 1,321 points in 1,305 career NHL games since he was drafted first overall by Quebec in 1989. He re-wrote Toronto's record book over his 13 seasons in blue and white, scoring 420 goals and a franchise-best 987 points.

In 83 playoff games, Sundin has scored 35 goals and 74 points, with all but four of those points coming in a Leafs uniform. The two-time second-team NHL All-Star also won a gold medal with Team Sweden at the Torino Olympics in 2006.
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=260123&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main

Paying Sundin $10 million a season = pure fucking stupidity  :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on December 19, 2008, 09:54:58 PM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/BradVickers2/geno.jpg)

I could deal with seeing that for the rest of the season :)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 20, 2008, 05:57:55 AM
^  FINALLY. It's practically neck-and-neck-and-neck between me, Masa, and Sev in the Fantasy Hockey standings. :lol:

LMAO Too bad Rangers. Sundin likes the Sedin Sisters better than King Henerik.

OILERS TIE IT UP!!! Fuckin Ducks - finally solviing that Jonas Hiller guy.
(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4884/ducksoilershockeyedm106yi1.jpg)
ETA:

First brutal ass raping by Blackhawks. Letting the Canucks DICK-tate, close but not good enuff. Now a shootout loss. Fuck you right goal post.

GJ Erik Cole for coming out of his slump.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 21, 2008, 01:34:03 PM
FANTASY HOCKEY is heating up despite COOL TIMES. Even tho I don't have a steady goalie, drafting those guys from Philly was SMART. And Hemsky is steady.

(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/836/fanyasyhockeyyx4.jpg)

KAEDE IS KILLING US!! Too bad Masa drafted Selanne. Who's the genius who signed Sundin?

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 24, 2008, 12:38:19 PM
They played this old school footage of Gretzky arriving in Edmonton for the first time. Looked a total geek, not even a buck 60! Now he's fat with a dumb goatee. WELL What a way to go into the mini xmas break by Oilers going over 500.

(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/3360/coyotesoilershockeyedm1sc1.jpg)

Got a little lazy! 4-2 over Coyotes. But Roli held the fort. I like how Erik Cole is pouring it on.

I like how Jason Smith scored on his own net...AGAIN.. I remember when pucks went off his ass for Oilers self goals all the time.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 27, 2008, 10:54:15 PM
STILL KICKING MASA'S BUTT IN FANTASY HOCKEY!! XD

Man I was too busy listening to Odango's CHU SUPA PARTY, JPHiP.com's SEXIEST radio show on a Friday Nite - forgot the Oilers were playing!! First time I ever did that in ....since the Mike York/Comrie days!

(http://www.imgur.com/files/081227/oilers_canucks_hockey_johv105.jpg)

EAT SHIT CANUCKS!! Ain't nuttin stop Roloson now!! 5-1-1 since November! Souray got his team leading 10th...whatta laser beam


btw worst third jerseys since the Ducks leaping through da hip one:
 (http://www.imgur.com/files/081227/Th.6a5e23ccc412a1d4630853c8b7e23f99-getty-83372572nm015_phoenix_coyot.jpg) (http://www.imgur.com/i.php?i=081227/6a5e23ccc412a1d4630853c8b7e23f99-getty-83372572nm015_phoenix_coyot.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 29, 2008, 10:06:26 AM
SHIT! Someone give Erik Cole a big slice of cheese!! First multiple point game as an Oiler! Edmonton POUNDS dem Predators 5-2. I'm glad I kept Roli  :P Gagner is also picking up some steam and I ain't talking about :ptam-shit:

(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/5497/predatorsoilershockeyedpp5.jpg)

Dustin Penner needs to MAN UP and take out that fucker Tootoo for running Hemsky tho. Fuckin shit man.

Cool dat da Blackhawks and Bruins rebuilding and winning 9 and 8 in a row. It's Miami Dolphins all over again!


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 31, 2008, 11:23:25 AM
WOW.  :banghead: :banghead: If the Oilers can lose a game. It has to be to the hapless Senators. Not only do they always give rookie goalies, they let em break their 12 game road losing streak FUCK!

(http://www.imgur.com/files/081231/senators_oilers_hockey_edm104.jpg)

Garon was tight but shit man, 38% face off wins. Terrible. Man - Hemsky sure was missed, the PP looked fucked. Weak call on Souray tho, Ottawa got to dictate the physical and NO ONE STEPPED UP except Ethan Moreau. DO IT KEVIN!

All on Wayne Gretzky 50 in 39 Day too :/

Jason LaBarbera aka Oiler Killer is now in Vancouver. Captain Luongo is more injured than once thought? Man..all I care for to wrap up 2008 is

BEAT CALGARY!! :tama-mad:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 01, 2009, 10:52:40 AM
FUCKIN OILERS!! Losing 6-4 to the Flamers. Slump Busters - Calimarri and Iginla 5 pts apiece. APIECE!! :banghead:

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Brutal calls, esp. that one that went off Gilbert's chest and was called back. FUCK!! Souray blasting the puck off the glass and into the mesh and it was FUCKIN DELAY OF GAME WHATEVER! 5 on 3 hurt us bad. Faceoffs are brutal.  LOWE MAKE A MOVE!! BRING BACK STOLL.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 02, 2009, 10:05:40 AM
Great Winter Classic. Detroit is a FUCKIN MACHINE...slicing and dicing the Hawks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBCpYZZh2QM

Conks gets da win!  That's 3 outdoor games in a row. And good for my Team :D
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 05, 2009, 08:40:52 AM
ARRGGH! YEAH!! After beating Big D at home 4-1, Erik Cole - UNBELIEVABLE. Rushing in, making plays. 1st Star deserved.
(http://www.imgur.com/files/090105/r1068794024.jpg)

Went to the Oilers Skills and Ronald showed up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9DozDttJAg

Erik Cole is SICK!! 13.11111 on the fastest skating, while Sheldon Souray slapped 106 mph. Funny when Staios pretended to slide in and block da shot. Too bad they encouraged "minor league" hockey - I nearly fell asleep while half listening to the nfl playoffs.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on January 10, 2009, 12:34:53 AM
http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/22224-THNcom-Blog-Jagr-says-return-to-Penguins-not-out-of-the-question.html
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Jaromir Jagr said he has no designs on returning to the NHL in the short term, but if he ever did return he would be happy to go back to the Pittsburgh Penguins to play for his former idol, Mario Lemieux.

“I was thinking about it and if Mario would call me and say, ‘I’d like you to play for our team,’ I would think about it a lot,” Jagr said in a telephone interview from Moscow where the Kontinental League will hold its inaugural All-Star Game outdoors at Red Square Saturday. “I would play for the minimum salary. I would play for $350,000 just for him because I owe him my hockey life. I want to pay him back because he has made me what I am…besides my parents.”

I wish...
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread - FUCKIN SHARKS!
Post by: Assman on January 10, 2009, 10:10:20 AM
^ THAT would be interesting. Jagr left on a sour note.

How bout that fuckin Jarkko Ruutu from the Sens Bites Andrew Peters? Going Mike Tyson and biting dudes thumb XD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVLBUToVM4w

Tough week for the Oilers - with Hemsky out, seems like they don't even have a spark.

Fluke comeback vs the Isles cuz they just fucking suck. I still get a kick over Mike Comrie getting booed here XD
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BUT SHIT. VS The Sundin Era Canucks? 12 seconds decided the game. And then tonite against the Sharks?  :bleed eyes: :banghead:
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Souray, Stortini. I dunno who else got injured. It was KARMA - never fuck with it. They had no business winning the last time. Roloson saved the day. THIS TIME?! Nilsson breaking his stick on a breakaway!?! To start the game!? HOW THE HELL? Roloson giving up a shot that was gonna be wide. Another bad goal that escapes my beer induced memory. It hurts man. Good thing I took it out on shuji - I never back down. Oilers laid a few eggs, just gotta regroup and take it out on the Blues.  :angry:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on January 11, 2009, 05:47:04 AM
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=v1TRXOPL_vU
^ LMAO that  guy with the boom box is SO shuji

ETA:

WTH! Shanahan signed with the Devils. Oilers coulda used him. Grier better step it up, can't get let the Canucks go on a roll!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on January 12, 2009, 10:00:37 AM
LMAO. Bobby Holik takes a puck off the face - AND SCORES!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FLTKCoGqTI

NICE! Brule and whoever that other new guy was? Stepped up. Glad to see Souray back in the lineup...too bad I had passed out.
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A much needed home win for the Oilers over the Blues....THATS FO SHO
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread: Glenn Anderson back in Oil Country
Post by: daigong on January 17, 2009, 01:00:01 AM
Went to City Hall this afternoon to see the man, the legend, the greatest #9 since Rika Ishikawa:

GLENN ANDERSON!
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Jari Kurri and Kevin Lowe, Dave Semenko, Ron Low, and Dale Hunter were all there. So proud living in this community that we get civic ceremonies like this.

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"[I'm] so proud and so privileged to be here, and standing here in front of all of you," he said. "But you guys make it. You guys are the ones that make it happen for us. And thank you. We couldn't have done it without you."

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Here be the video clips, can u tell the part where my arm falls asleep?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6RBXxfakmk

I loved how Lowe was dissing  the Canucks. Oilers best be picking it up. Without Hemsky, Oilers be digging for goals. Brule can't lift the team.

After knocking out the top rated Washington Caps.
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They got sucked in to the Wild's boring ass trap. Never fall down 1-0. Esp. on a Power Play. At least there were fights, Boukroakkf sure got it coming to him:
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Souray TKO'ing Weller!!  :w00t:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvVNBQxYbz4

Loved how he pushed Moreau outta the way. That guy is worth every penny. Bring on Smyttie and the Avs tonite! :grin:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 18, 2009, 02:29:26 AM
GARON TRADED FOR A BAG OF PUCKS!!!! AKA SABOURIN!!



 :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 18, 2009, 04:24:58 PM
^ Better than Sanford! No one wants his sad sack of balls!

Ouch....bye bye Garon. I really liked him, crazy style - shoot out master last year. Roli got hot, and sports is a bidness.
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Edmonton Oilers General Manager Steve Tambellini announced today the acquisition of forward Ryan Stone, goaltender Dany Sabourin and a fourth round draft choice in 2011 from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for goaltender Mathieu Garon.

Stone, a 6’2”, 215 pound native of Calgary, Alberta, was originally selected by the Penguins in the second round (32nd overall) of the 2003 National Hockey League Entry Draft.  In 38 games with the American Hockey League’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins this season, Stone has tallied 9-19-28 with 53 penalty minutes. In eight career NHL games, the 23-year-old centre has recorded one assist and seven penalty minutes.

Oilers General Manager Steve Tambellini says, “Addressing our goaltending situation was a high priority for us and moving forward, we believe we’ve accomplished that as well as acquiring some valuable assets for our organization.”

Sabourin is in his ninth professional season and has appeared in 57 career NHL games, posting an 18-25-4 record with 2.88 goals against average and a .898 save percentage.  In 19 games with the Penguins this season, the 6’4”, 200 pound, 28-year-old from Val D’Or, Quebec is 6-8-2 with a 2.85 goals against average and a .898 save percentage.

You KNEW his days were numbered when he was letting in softies at the SKILLS COMPETITION lol. I have no idea about them new guys. Ryan Stone better be that 3rd line centre Oilers be wishing for.

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 19, 2009, 06:32:10 AM
Everyone came out to retire Anderson's jersey, whatta nite
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All the benchwarmers. Steve Smith! All the HOFers! Coffey! Messier! Fuhr! Kurri! Gretzky! Truly deserved, a class act.

Glenn Anderson is really gay :lol:
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SHIT!! OILERS WIN!  :shocked: With Canucks free falling XD Oilers closing in, now 8th place. Hemsky BACK OH SO NECESSARY. And Captain Moreau gets THE HAT TRICK!
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 20, 2009, 03:03:06 AM

SHIT!! OILERS WIN!  :shocked: With Canucks free falling XD Oilers closing in, now 8th place. Hemsky BACK OH SO NECESSARY.


canucks love to skydive these days what can i say hahaha
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 20, 2009, 07:57:48 PM
FANTASY HOCKEY is heating up despite COOL TIMES. Even tho I don't have a steady goalie, drafting those guys from Philly was SMART. And Hemsky is steady.

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Damn! The race for the 4th spot could not be any tighter. We gonna keep fighting till the bitter end, yo! Shiiiiet, I'm gonna crush daigong like I crushed him in The Anti-Struggle. Once Selänne returns, it's gonna be fuckin' OVER, homie :yep:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 22, 2009, 11:25:22 AM
How'd that happen?? XD

I haven't been keeping up d'oh.

OILERS IN 6TH PLACE!! Hemsky is a beast. I think I even have him signed on my team lol. 4 Point DOMINATION vs the Blue Jackets.
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Man they almost pissed that game away. Look at the moves by Hemmer!! (insert youtube clip lol)

Fuck All-Star break and no games. Who gonna watch that shit? Souray might as well break the record for hardset slapshot else...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl9C0RECk84
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 23, 2009, 06:33:05 AM
Speaking of the All-Star break, guess who WON'T be there this year?

Crosby won't play in NHL all-star game
St. Louis named as replacement in Eastern Conference starting lineup

Last Updated: Thursday, January 22, 2009 | 4:58 PM ET


CBC Sports - Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby won't be playing in the NHL all-star game in Montreal after all.

It was announced on Thursday that Crosby has been replaced in the Eastern Conference starting lineup for Sunday's game by Laval native Martin St. Louis.


FULL ARTICLE HERE - http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/01/22/crosby-all-star.html

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 26, 2009, 09:48:36 PM
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East triumphs in All-Star shootout over West

Sunday, 01.25.2009 / 11:08 PM / 2009 NHL All-Star Game
By Phil Coffey  - NHL.com Sr. Editorial Director


MONTREAL -- A shootout to end the shootout.

That was the fitting ending for the 2009 NHL All-Star Game at the Bell Centre on Sunday as All-Star MVP Alex Kovalev of the hometown Montreal Canadiens and Washington's Alex Ovechkin scored against Roberto Luongo in the shootout to give the Eastern Conference a 12-11 victory over the Western Conference.

With four members of the Canadiens in the Eastern Conference's starting lineup, there was a little extra juice to this game, most notably from the fans who cheered their guys loud and long all weekend, with other Quebec natives also feeling the love.

"I don't think it's only now," Kovalev said. "I think they've been like that since I got to Montreal. I don't remember one day that they wouldn't be so passionate and so excited. Just to come to this building and see open practice, whatever it is, or just regular practice, like I said, it's always been so exciting to be on the ice, surrounded by all these fans."

But Kovalev, who won a 2009 Honda Ridgeline as the Honda NHL MVP winner, noted that it was a two-way street with the Montreal contingent of Kovalev, goalie Carey Price and defensemen Mike Komisarek and Andrei Markov, plus Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau, looking to put on a good show.

"Before the All-Star Game, before this weekend, I knew how important it would be for all of us, not just for me, to succeed and put on a show and have fun," Kovalev said. "But like I said, you couldn't ask (for) more. When I heard that I'd been named as the captain of the team, you know, I just said to myself 'I have one more left, to get MVP.' I think that's going to be the full package that I'm going to remember the rest of my life."

"It was fun," Carbonneau said. "Obviously, having this event here in Montreal, it's just a great weekend for everybody. You know, for Alex, Mike Komisarek, Andrei Markov, Carey Price and myself, we couldn't ask for anything better. You know, the fans have been here every game and cheering on the players every game. You know, I knew this was not going to be different tonight."
                       
The magic of Montreal rubbed off on all the participants as voiced by Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien, a former Canadiens coach.

"I don't know if I have a specific moment, but I think that this has been an outstanding weekend," Julien said. "You can talk to any player, talk to any coach. The way it's been organized by this organization, the way the people came to Montreal, and the Montreal fans, and the way they've reacted to all of this has just made this whole weekend outstanding.

"I know from the personal side of it, our players really enjoyed it. They had a great weekend. They represented us extremely well. And, again, I think this whole weekend has been a huge success."

On to the nitty gritty of a game that saw 22 goals in regulation play, none in overtime and two in the shootout, not to mention the ragged nerves of the six goaltenders forced to endure the offensive exploits.

The East held a 4-2 lead after one period, but that was erased in a wild second period that saw 10 goals score and an 8-8 tie after 40 minutes. The see-saw third period produced six goals, but no winner. Neither did the 5-minute overtime. So it was on to the shootout, with Roberto Luongo in goal for the West and Tim Thomas manning the nets for the East.

Thomas, who made a couple of spectacular saves in overtime, stopped Shane Doan and Rick Nash in the shootout, while Luongo was not as fortunate.

Kovalev ripped a blistering drive over his glove hand on the East's second attempt for the eventual winner. Alex Ovechkin followed with a dizzying array of moves on the way to his own shootout goal, one that ended the West's hopes.

As you can tell from the score, the goals came at a fast and furious pace, especially in the second. While the third period didn't have the barrage of goals that marked the second, the West-East-West-East rhythm kept the game close and the sellout crowd perched on the edge of their seats.

Doan had staked the West to a 9-8 lead just 32 seconds into the third, but Dany Heatley restored the tie at 2:17. Chicago's Jonathan Toews put the West back on top by a goal, but Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis struck back for a 10-10 tie at 13:19.

It looked like Chicago's Patrick Kane got the winner at 15:18 on a slick breakaway goal, but that hope was dashed by a sharp wrister from Florida's Jay Bouwmeester at 16:21 which sent the game to overtime tied at 11.

When all was said and done, Kovalev and St. Louis had 2 goals and 1 assist each for the East. Marc Savard had 3 assists, Bouwmeester 1 goal and 2 assists, the same total as Ovechkin. Mark Streit and Tomas Kaberle each had 2 assists.

For the Western Conference, Sheldon Souray had 2 goals and 1 assist, Joe Thornton had 3 assists, Milan Hejduk, Patrick Marleau and Rick Nash each had 1 goal and 2 assists, while Doan, Dan Boyle and Kane each scored 1 goal and 1 assist.

In case you weren't convinced that no lead is safe in the All-Star Game, we present the second period, where a two-goal East lead built in Period 1 disappeared in a hurry en route to an 8-8 tie after 40 minutes.

The goals came at a fast and furious pace against the unfortunate Henrik Lundqvist and Niklas Backstrom, who aren't likely to look back at this All-Star experience with terribly fond memories, with Lundqvist surrendering six goals and Backstrom four.

For those scoring at home, the avalanche of goals went as follows.

St. Louis made it 5-2 for the East at 1:21 with a whirling backhander off a Kaberle pass. New Jersey's Zach Parise made it 6-2 at 2:11 off assists from St. Louis and Streit. Four-goal lead seems safe, right?

Yeah … no way. Souray got one back at 3:29 and Boyle netted his first at 5:14 and it was a 6-4 lead for the East before Evgeni Malkin made it 7-4 at 7:45 of the middle period.

That lead disappeared in a hurry too when Nash scored on a breakaway at 8:27 and then Hejduk scored off a slick pass from Boyle at 9:02 to bring the West within one, 7-6, at 9:02.

Souray's second goal of the period forged a 7-7 tie at 10:34 when he pulled up on a slap shot and beat Lundqvist from the left circle, using East defenseman Komisarek as a screen.

Are we done yet?

Ah, no.

Kovalev restored the East lead with a backhander at 3:36, but Calgary's Jarome Iginla scored the first All-Star goal of his career at 16:46 to retie the game at 8-8.

For some time, it seemed like the goalies would get off easy in the first period, despite the fact the Western Conference scored at 1:16 of the game. Still, it was just 3-1 for the East into the final minute of the first before the two squads swapped goals to make the score a more All-Star-like 4-2 after 20 minutes.

The offensive skills on display in this All-Star Game seemed especially daunting for those trying to keep the puck out of the next. The slick moves, tape-to-tape passes and creative moves really put a premium on talent in a big way.

St. Louis' Keith Tkachuk came away with the game's first goal just 1:16 in, camping in front of Price and banging home a behind-the-net pass from Nash. Hejduk also assisted on the goal.

Ovechkin and Savard used the old give-and-go to tie the game at 6:26, with Ovechkin feeding Savard in the right corner and then burying the return pass against Anaheim goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere.

Carolina's Eric Staal took advantage of a carom off the skate of Boyle to give the East a 2-1 edge at 9:30, backhanding the shot past Giguere with Bouwmeester and Kovalev picking up assists.

Kaberle had earned boos during All-Star Weekend for being a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, but he figured out a pretty good way to earn some cheers when his long breakout pass sprung hometown favorite Kovalev for a breakaway that saw the slick veteran use an off-speed shot to fool Giguere and make it 3-1 at 16:34.

Savard and Ovechkin got into the action at 19:23, using hard, pinpoint passes to set Markov up for an easy goal in front of the West's net. A turnover in the defensive zone cost the East, however, as Thornton set up teammate Marleau for a drive from the right faceoff dot that caught Price off guard at 19:48 to make it 4-2.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 27, 2009, 08:29:54 PM
THAT ... was some boring shit. Rigged of course lol. Good for the Oilers Andrew Cogliano getting the fastest skater title! I think the clocks are rigged in Edmonton cuz he skated under 14.

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Ain't no denying tho. Alexander Da Great is THE most marketable superstar. Not Crosby. Dude was hamming it up, making Malkin HIS BITCH!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 28, 2009, 08:45:48 AM
10 - 2 Sabres over Oilers   XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 29, 2009, 09:00:31 PM
debacle of monumental proportions :tama-mad:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=7V8Cyl9Jo4o

lol @ "We want 10" chants.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 30, 2009, 08:11:35 AM
Canucks is falling apart. Sundin is not delivering, Coach sucks, Winless in 8 games and Willie Mitchell and Mason Raymond got into a fight during practice and Shane O'Brien tried to fight Mitchell after XD

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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 01, 2009, 03:34:28 AM
Yeah GET WITH IT 'NUCKS! See Mugen - you can't buy a Stanley Cup!!

STAIOS DESTROYS EM! Oilers beat Wild 3-1. Fuck Backstrom got sent to the showers! HA! At last. Dudes been owning the Oil.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFx3d8Af8Vg

HA! Boogard got SMACK'yntyred.
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How dope it is. My teams defeat the same City's teams on the same day. Lakers destroyed the Wolves earlier.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on February 01, 2009, 04:25:36 PM
Ville Leino's 1st NHL goal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYtLu-dfLsM

:shocked: :shocked: :shocked:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 03, 2009, 03:30:50 PM
Fuckin Pekka Rinne stoning the Oilers!

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SMELL IT!! Liam and the Oilers stink it up :/
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 04, 2009, 08:56:57 PM
LOL they retired Graves jersey? Why? No wonder K.Lowe said that when he sees retired numbers around the league - he said they were suspect. Trevor Linden anybody?

BUT FUCK! Another brutal loss by the Oilers - at least the 'Hawks didn't shred em up.. if everyone keeps taking a run at Hemsky and all u get is a Souray facewash. Fucking, gotta ship these AHL fools outta here and get some real grinders. Pisani can't get back soon enough.

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Penner was sure worth da money! :banghead:

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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on February 05, 2009, 10:41:09 AM
Here's another sick ass goal by a Finn :theking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKJlI4ZODlI
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 05, 2009, 08:23:28 PM
Leafs still suck! :lol:

Can't believe they have Trade Deadline Central set up - ONE MONTH in advance. That's Canada for ya! http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=265882&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on February 06, 2009, 02:56:01 AM
was that a powerplay or was the panthers chasing ass with their sloppy D  :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 06, 2009, 09:59:48 AM
XD

GJ Brian Murray in Ottawa. Miss Muckler Much?

Good for former UofA Golden Bears dude  taking the honors now.

SHIT! Oilers got the 2 points. But fucking lost Horcoff and Gilbert in the process. First Vishnovsky. Now this. How many more AHL fucks can they take! :banghead:

Good shootout win over the Blues - oh so grinding.
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Still - Cogliano and Gagner might WAKE THE FUCK UP.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 09, 2009, 09:32:01 AM

FUCK! at least someone decided to show up.

Getting blown away by the Wings is one thing, no one scoring in a shoot out is another :banghead:

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LMAO Rangers must be real desperate to wanna sign Avery. XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 13, 2009, 02:39:34 PM
JAgr to Oilers WTF?

anyways. EPIC win over the Habs. Too bad MAc T didn't stir shit up with Georges.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on February 13, 2009, 07:24:52 PM
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Florida Panthers will open next season in Helsinki against Blackhawks

The Florida Panthers will open a season outside North America for the first time, kicking off the 2009-10 campaign in Helsinki, Finland, against the Chicago Blackhawks.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Florida Panthers have accepted the National Hockey League's invitation to open the 2009-10 season in Europe, although the team would not confirm in which city it would play the Chicago Blackhawks.

The Miami Herald has learned the two games will be held in Helsinki, Finland, and not the Czech Republic as had previously been speculated.

Florida will be one of four NHL teams starting their season in Europe, with the Detroit Red Wings expected to play the St. Louis Blues in Stockholm. A press conference to announce the opening weekend pairings is expected later this month.

''We have accepted the NHL's invitation to play in Europe, but I don't have any other information at this time,'' team president Michael Yormark said Thursday morning.

``I think this raises our profile as an organization. It gives our players a chance to play in Europe, and I think they're looking forward to that. This will be good exposure for us.''

Winger Ville Peltonen is the lone Finnish player on Florida's roster, and he broke the news to teammates on the bus ride to the arena Thursday morning. Former team captain Olli Jokinen, who was traded to Phoenix over the summer, is a native of Kuopio, Finland.

Peltonen's hometown of Vantaa is a suburb of Helsinki, and the team would fly by charter to Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport. The games will be played at Hartwall Areena, capacity 13,464.

Finland has plenty of hockey fans and the Panthers hope opening a season abroad will raise their stature in the hockey world.

''The fans are really excited about seeing the NHL teams come in and play,'' said Peltonen, a fixture on the Finish national team for a decade. ``They know all the teams, but to see them play on their ice, it's great. I think this would help us get more fans there. A lot of kids might just grow up to be Panther fans.''

Florida would play two games against the Blackhawks on the weekend of Oct. 2-4, with games likely to be played on consecutive days. Yormark said the Panthers would spend a week in Europe, leaving Oct. 27.

The Panthers will play an exhibition game against a team of Finnish All-Stars or a local professional team.

''I think it's going to be awesome and I'm really looking forward to it,'' center Stephen Weiss said. ``This really changes things up a bit. It's positive for the Panthers. We'll get some exposure, showcase our players over there. Hopefully we'll play some good hockey and get a couple wins early in the year. I haven't been over there since World Juniors, so I'm really looking for it.''

By spending a week in Europe, Florida likely would forgo its recent trend of spending the early portion of training camp out west. In the past four seasons, Florida has opened camp either in Colorado or Alberta, Canada.

Florida also would lose a home game (against the Blackhawks) during the 2009-10 season, and would also give up a trip to Chicago. ''We have to give something up to get something like this,'' Yormark said. ``This is a great opportunity for our franchise.''

Next season's games will mark the third straight year the NHL has opened its season abroad. In 2007, the Los Angeles Kings played Anaheim in London. This season, Ottawa and Pittsburgh played in Stockholm, with Tampa Bay and the New York Rangers opening in Prague.

Peltonen is a pending free agent but indicated he would like to return to the Panthers for a fourth season -- and have a chance to play in his homeland in an NHL game for the first time.

''It would be really special to play there,'' Peltonen said. ``To play an NHL game in my country would be awesome. It would be like how a lot of the guys feel when they go to Toronto.''
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/hockey/story/901152.html

Must get tickets! :shocked:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 15, 2009, 07:05:02 PM
DO IT!!! :w00t:

Shouldn't they have had Carolina - the so-called "graveyard of Finnish players" :lol:

BLLLAOW!!
That is why they call the Oilers captain Ethan Moreau CHOPPER! :pimp:
(http://www.imgur.com/files/090215/capt_c66cad5d5e2d44f28291f08dad4172e3_aptopix_oilers_kings_hockey_cars102.jpg)

Oilers escaped from LA with da shootout win!!! Thanks ROLI!!    
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 17, 2009, 10:51:45 PM
(http://www.imgur.com/files/090217/6e9_oilers_coyotes_hockey_pnj104.jpg) (http://imgur.com)
            
Oilers sleeped walk through that one!! Good thing Coyotes SUCK HARD! Props to Gretz for calling Hemsky the best player in da game!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 18, 2009, 08:07:02 AM
Good one Sharks :/ Oilers still in #8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIRGtD235aA

Claude Lemieux is still a cheap player. Love Craig MacTavish's "This ain't the Seniors League" BLAST.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on February 18, 2009, 09:00:59 AM
Good win by Nucks. Mitchell's stick LOL

(http://cdn.nhl.com/canucks/images/upload/2009/02/feb1709_flames01_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on February 21, 2009, 09:04:29 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6EJ5Iwnv9w

Ovechkin is the King :theking
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on February 27, 2009, 07:50:41 AM
Quote
Tortorella named head coach of Rangers

New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has named John Tortorella as the team’s new Head Coach. Tortorella, 50, becomes the 34th Head Coach in the 83-year history of the Rangers. He returns to the organization after serving as Head Coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning for seven seasons. Under his guidance, Tampa Bay compiled a 239-222-36-38 record in 535 games. He led the Lightning to four consecutive Stanley Cup Playoff appearances, including two Southeast Division Championships in 2002-03 and 2003-04.

In 2003-04, Tortorella guided Tampa Bay to a franchise record 46 wins and 106 points, and went on to capture the club’s first Stanley Cup Championship.  He was awarded the Jack Adams Award as the National Hockey League’s top coach following that season. Tortorella joined Tampa Bay following a one-year stint with the Rangers in 1999-2000 where he was an Assistant Coach and served as Head Coach for the final four games of the season. Prior to joining the Rangers, he spent two seasons as an Assistant Coach with the Phoenix Coyotes.  He joined Phoenix during the 1997-98 season, after spending the previous eight seasons with the Buffalo Sabres organization.

Tortorella served as an Assistant Coach with the Sabres from 1989-90 to 1994-95 and as Head Coach with their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rochester Americans, during the 1995-96 and 1996-97 campaigns.  He guided the club to the Calder Cup championship in 1995-96. The Boston, Mass., native spent two seasons as General Manager and Head Coach of the Virginia Lancers of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League (ACHL) from 1986-87 to 1987-88, where he compiled a 73-24-1-0 record to earn Coach of the Year honors both seasons, along with the league championship during the 1986-87 campaign.  Following the 1987-88 season, Tortorella joined the Fort Wayne Komets of the International Hockey League (IHL) during their 1988 playoff run before serving as an Assistant Coach with the New Haven Nighthawks (AHL) in 1988-89.

Prior to joining the coaching ranks, Tortorella played at Salem State College before transferring to the University of Maine Black Bears of the East Coast Athletic Conference (ECAC), where he skated for three seasons as a right winger.  As a member of the Black Bears, Tortorella registered 26 goals and 52 assists for 78 points, along with 133 penalty minutes in 65 games, and was twice named an ECAC All-Star. After playing in Sweden, he returned to North America to skate in the ACHL with the Hampton Roads Gulls, Erie Golden Blades and Virginia Lancers, recording 98 goals and 160 assists for 258 points, along with 302 penalty minutes in 200 games over four seasons.
http://rangers.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=410744&page=NewsPage&service=page

Interesting choice. I liked Renney a lot but I agree that something had to be done since the team has been fucking shitty lately. Anyways guys like Näslund and Drury better step their game up cause Tortorella ain't afraid to call out them star players XD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRJAOAUJRg8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojN5DFlT9Gw

:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 01, 2009, 11:57:42 PM
Moreau OUCH

(http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090301/capt.f16de771813d47bf9b828ade098e284f.wild_oilers_hockey_edm111.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: TaeFany on March 02, 2009, 12:40:47 AM
C'mon!! Go Rangers!
Drury!! Start making goals!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 04, 2009, 11:02:51 AM
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Rangers claim Avery from Stars

Sean Avery is back for a Broadway revival.

The New York Rangers put in a claim for the buzz-worthy forward Tuesday and since no team below them in the standings did so by the noon ET deadline, the Blueshirts got their man and the rest of his four-year, $15.5 million contract at half the price. Dallas is on the hook for the other half, roughly $1.9 million per over the next three seasons.

Avery, who had been playing with the Rangers' American Hockey League affiliate in Hartford, is likely going to practice with the Rangers Wednesday morning and could suit up for their game Thursday night on Long Island against the New York Islanders.

Avery hasn't played an NHL game since Nov. 30. Avery was suspended for six games and ordered to receive anger-management counseling by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following vulgar and unsolicited on-camera remarks he made in Calgary on Dec. 2.

"I think it'll be great," Rangers captain Chris Drury told reporters. "The only two things I need to know and I think the other guys in this room need to know are: One, he wants to be here, wants to be a Ranger. And, second, he wants to win a Stanley Cup. What more could you ask for of a teammate?"

New York fit Avery like a glove in his first stint with the Rangers, who got him from Los Angeles in a trade on Feb. 5, 2007. His agitating ways gave the Rangers energy. He had 23 goals, 30 assists and 212 penalty minutes in 86 games spread across two seasons.

But the team he returns to has quite a different look than the one he left. Most notably, the Rangers recently changed head coaches, replacing the easygoing and player-friendly Tom Renney with the brutally honest and tough-minded John Tortorella, who may already have a conflict with Avery.

As an analyst on TSN when Avery made comments in Calgary, Tortorella said Avery had no business being in the NHL. Now, Tortorella appears ready to give Avery a second chance.

"I coach this situation just like (with) every other player," Tortorella told reporters at the Rangers' practice facility in Greenburgh, N.Y. Tuesday afternoon. "I believe in team concept. I believe in a team helping one another and not stepping out, hurting a team concept. To me, that's the way I'm going to approach this situation. I know there's going to be a lot of people want(ing) information and turn this into a bigger thing. Sean Avery is a player coming into the New York Rangers organization. We want him to fit in and play under a team concept. If he does that we feel he can be effective.

"He's a player like any other player we might pick up in the next day or so," the coach continued. "My role is to teach him. To me it's easy because I'm doing the same thing with these guys. Sean's just five or six days behind, as far as with me."

The players are ready to let bygones be bygones as well.

"We already turned the page here with the new coaching staff and we played a lot better the last three games. He's going to be one of 20 guys and have to bring something to the table," goalie Henrik Lundqvist said according to Newsday. "We'll see. It's hard to say now. He brings a lot of energy. He plays with passion every night. He's a really good hockey player when he focuses on the game.

"Whoever comes into this room is going to have to adjust to the people who are here and to the system."

Drury doesn't think Avery will have any trouble fitting into Tortorella's "Safe is death" system. It's vastly different from Renney's defense-first approach.

"I think he's going to love it," Drury said. "No question he's an in-your-face, up tempo player, always moving his feet, finishing checks. I think he's going to thrive in it."

The Rangers and Avery parted ways over the summer due to conflicts in contract negotiations. At the urging of co-General Manager Brett Hull, Dallas signed Avery to a contract on July 2, 2008. As a rookie for the Detroit Red Wings in 2001-02, Avery lived with Hull for a short while and the 700-goal scorer went to bat for the feisty winger turned Vogue intern.

Avery, though, played only 23 games in a Stars' uniform with 10 points and 77 penalty minutes. He never meshed with his new teammates and after some unfiltered on-camera comments he made to reporters in Calgary he was susupended by Bettman.

The NHL reinstated Avery early last month. He was initially waived by Dallas on Feb. 7 and cleared two days later. Dallas and the Rangers agreed he could join the Hartford Wolf Pack on Feb. 10. It was the first public sign of the Rangers' renewed interest in him.

With the trade deadline approach, the Stars called Avery up on Monday, subjecting him to re-entry waivers for 24 hours. Any team could claim him and the one lowest in the standings would get him. It's unknown if any team ahead of the Rangers in the standings put in a claim for Avery.

"You can't give up on people," Tortorella said. "It still may not work out in certain situations, but I still think (until) players mature, we just don't have a handle on that. If we knew when players were going to mature mentally, then it wouldn't be any fun as we go through here because we'd have all the answers."

Tortorella said he was unsure where Avery fit into the Rangers' lineup that he's still just getting to know. However, he senses the team could use someone like Avery.

"We feel, especially in the division, we need a little more jam on our team," Tortorella said. "Hopefully (Avery) can kick in a couple of goals. When he's concentrating on playing under a team concept, he's an effective player. That's what we're looking for. He's really tried to help himself and Glen believes in second chances. I think he's done his homework here and we'll see where it goes."

Ranger waive pair -- According to various reports, the Rangers also placed forward Aaron Voros and injured defenseman Eric Reitz on waivers Tuesday, sending a message that perhaps they have another transaction in the works. Voros signed a three-year contract with the club over the summer and Reitz, a restricted free agent after the season, was acquired in a trade with Minnesota on Jan. 29.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=411926

Welcome back, Sean! :twothumbs
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 04, 2009, 04:09:19 PM
The trade deadline is in 5 hours! Watch TSN's Tradecentre 09 live @ http://www2.tsn.ca/window/tradecentre.aspx
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 04, 2009, 06:22:20 PM
Ain't shit happened yet :yawn:

(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6282/nhl.jpg)

edit: Finally some action!
(http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/3098/image2a.jpg)

Maybe Jokinen will finally get to play in the playoffs :P

edit #2: The 2nd big trade!
(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1564/image1rnd.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 04, 2009, 08:25:08 PM
HAHAHA Calgary you cocksuckers!! Hope Jokinen chokes! :twisted:

C'mon OILERS make a move!


SHIT I wanted Guerin back in Etown. He went to Pens.

Avery going back for sloppy seconds! GJ Rangers!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 04, 2009, 08:31:03 PM
30 MINUTES LEFT!

WTF?! Now they're talking about Lady Gaga's Pokerface on TSN. The most boring trade deadline ever! XD

(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3817/image3fvb.jpg)

Phew! I was afraid Guerin was gonna get traded to Rangers :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 04, 2009, 08:38:55 PM
Trade Lady Gaga to the Rangers for Redden XD

I hope Cole stays. dudes the grinder Oilers need now that Captain Moreau is resting his eyeballs.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 04, 2009, 08:49:20 PM
Antropov to Rangers!

(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3592/image4k.jpg)

Trade Lady Gaga to the Rangers for Redden XD

That wouldn't be a bad trade cause Lady Gaga would be way cheaper than fucking Redden :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 04, 2009, 08:59:45 PM
Her thighs would block more shots than him either :drools: Antropov and Avery - lockeroom killers!!

Wait - she post-op? :doh:

FUCK YOU CANCUCKS!! Sportsnet.ca is rumored to get Jay Bomeister outta Florida.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 04, 2009, 09:03:43 PM
Derek Morris to Rangers! Sather be makin' moves :theking

(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/220/image5i.jpg)

It's about time they traded Prucha, dude fell off after the rookie season.

FUCK YOU CANCUCKS!! Sportsnet.ca is rumored to get Jay Bomeister outta Florida.

He's gonna stay in Florida :)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 04, 2009, 09:19:50 PM
SHIT!! NYR, PHX and shit. Calgary the big winners.

Oilers got some seconday scoring...............
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 04, 2009, 09:24:49 PM
These might be the last deals:
(http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/5174/image6f.jpg)

Aight, time to make my last Fantasy Hockey moves :pimp:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 04, 2009, 09:56:41 PM
These might be the last deals:

....or not :doh:

(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/3406/image7y.jpg)

I hope Cole stays.

And he's gone! :lol:

(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/8044/image8x.jpg)

Edit: it ain't over yet!
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3410/image9k.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 04, 2009, 11:25:37 PM
whoa fucken retarded, canucks didnt make a move at all. Fucken Calgary and Edmonton got the best of trade deadline.


Fucking Bowmeester.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 08, 2009, 10:06:20 AM
BEAT THOSE FUCKING LEAFS!! Roli stands on his head for a 4-1 win on HNIC

(http://www.imgur.com/files/090308/-getty-846230780ds011_oilers_leafs.jpg) (http://edmontonoilers.com)

GJ OILERS. That makes up for the shit performance vs the Sens.

Still in a playoff spot. Somebody phone the fuckin Red wings and tell em the Season ain't over yet. PLAY a game or two. How about letting the Oilers blowing you out. Fuckin assholes.

ZACK beating the shit outta some Toronto geek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geJUHU9XYNs
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 10, 2009, 02:15:07 AM
carboneau got fired!!! gainey is the new temp coach!!!  :thumbdown:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 14, 2009, 09:38:02 AM
Fuck Oilers barely clinging to 7th spot. Can't even beat the Thrashers and Habs - teams of SUCKAGE - in OT. Good thing they hand out 1 point.
(http://www.imgur.com/files/090314/thrashers_oilers_hockey_edm101.jpg)

Congrats to O'Sullivan for finally scoring. Dustin Penner coming off the benching to deliver a FIGHT. Now do it more often loser! :twisted:

LMAO!! Peter Pocklington got arrested. Dude is hated amongst Canadians for selling Wayne Gretzky to LA. has been charged in a California court for allegedly hiding assets from a bankruptcy court. ... (http://www.edmontonjournal.com/week+Peter+Pocklington/1389640/story.html)
(http://www.imgur.com/files/090314/peter392-cp.jpg)
         
And whaddya know. Glen Sather bailed him out! For 1 million. (http://www.canada.com/Sather+posts+bail+Pocklington+jail/1387531/story.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 15, 2009, 06:43:34 AM
(http://www.imgur.com/files/090315/_devils_canadiens_hockey__pch124.jpg) (http://devils.com)
551
:bow: :bow: :bow:
      

Seriously man. if Souray didn't score that goal - Oilers season woulda been really over. PP is at 8%  :bleed eyes: Hemsky ain't doing jack shit. Lose to the Blues and the Oilers are done. Even Peckham couldn't fire em up!
(http://www.imgur.com/files/090315/_avalanche_oilers_hockey_edm103.jpg) (http://oilers.com)
   
Get those chumps outta the line up! Throw in SMACK-intyre!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 20, 2009, 09:05:29 AM
FINALLY!! KOTALIK SCORES 4 Points. Shit the Oilers needed that blow out bad. Can't believe the Avs sent out the farm team.

A few more wins like the SO one over St. Louis - Chopper stepping his GAME UP
(http://www.imgur.com/files/090319/cf_blues_oilers_hockey_edm103.jpg) (http://edmontonoilers.com)

Sure beats "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Flames-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa ... FUCK DA FLAMES!."
Flames Face (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k7vYZNOu-g#lq-lq2-hq)

LMAO CALGARY!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 22, 2009, 03:11:00 AM
OMGASS! Oilers creeping on up. Three wins in a row...thank god for all those OT cheap points.

(http://www.imgur.com/files/090321/OILERS.jpg) (http://edmontonoilers.com)
      
Finally new guys are clicking. Patrick O’Sullivan and Ales Kotalik with da SO THRILLERS! Gagner man on FIRE. Roli continues his team record consecutive start streak. KEEP IT GOING!

FUCK. Reddox got knocked the fuck out by Chicago’s Ben Eager. Glad the league suspended him 3 games.

Jagr confirms oilers rumor (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Jagr-confirms-Oilers-rumors-says-he-won-t-termi;_ylt=AuhkO6Fn6L90QMP2zQXVk8p7vLYF?urn=nhl,149538) but ... he ain't cutting ties with dem Russians. Must've got an offer he couldn't refuse lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 23, 2009, 07:48:22 AM
Oilers still hanging on! Fuck Backtrom! You know shit was going wrong when they out shot em 14-2 in the first and it was 0-0

(http://www.imgur.com/files/090323/f508a-getty-76074275ss014.jpg) (http://imgur.com)
      
Whaddya think of this Ovechkin "controversy" - that he's hamming it up too much? The Canadian Prime Minister ERRR Don Cherry said this:
Cherry Backs Off? Coach's Corner - 21 March, 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dOToqVFLII#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)

ME? I like it. It injects SOMETHING into the NHL. They are wearing helmets and cups, ain't no one know what / who you are unless you win the Cup.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 23, 2009, 10:25:15 AM
Tuukka Rask Loses His Temper after Shootout Loss (March 21st 2009) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yshV_P4qB8w#ws-lq-lq2-hq-vhq)

Finnish goalies are fucking nuts :lol:

Whaddya think of this Ovechkin "controversy" - that he's hamming it up too much?

Shiiiiet, they should just let Ovechkin do his thing. That's exactly what "the coolest game on earth" needs: entertaining superstars. And fuck Cherry for ALWAYS hating on European players :thumbdown:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on March 25, 2009, 08:22:36 AM
Don Cherry's one of the oldschool Canadian hockey dudes that's gonna keep his opinion the same til the day he dies.  I do understand the point that he was making there about not having to show up a young goalie on one of the worst teams in the league - its like Dave Chappelle beating up a kid with cancer at Street Hoops (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1284017/dave_chapelle_street_hoops/)or something.  Ron Maclean just sits there and tries to lighten up the mood and Don's gotta shit all over him like he always does.  I agree with Cherry in the sense that goal celebrations aren't what's putting people in the seats: its fuckin' spectacular goals, hits, fights, and saves that puts people in the seats.  Hell, give Ovie some goalie pads and I bet he'd be able to do all four of those things!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 25, 2009, 04:12:05 PM
Peep the t-shirt Ovechkin's wearing:
(http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6713/aaove32503jojk.jpg)
(http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3347/aaove12503jojk.jpg)
(http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1040/aaove22503jojk.jpg)

:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on March 25, 2009, 07:09:09 PM
I hope that means that he's taking Cherry's words to heart, and not just mocking him.  Ovie should be one of the biggest role models in all of hockey today.  He's got crazy skills, everyone knows that.  Just like on Spiderman, with great power comes great responsibility.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 26, 2009, 07:31:07 AM
this guy scores 50 goals. let him do whatever he wants lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on March 27, 2009, 06:43:39 AM
http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1238027427/Great_Tits_Flashed_at_Hockey_Game (http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1238027427/Great_Tits_Flashed_at_Hockey_Game)

I love hockey.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 03, 2009, 12:48:38 AM
Hitler's pissed at Oilers

Hitler Goes off on the Oilers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss1JTK7JUts#lq-lq2-hq)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 03, 2009, 06:34:40 AM
^   :P Fuck You Man!!! Why not take out the Ducks like yer supposed to!! :tama-mad:

IN ROLI WE TRUSS!!!
(http://www.imgur.com/files/090403/DwayneRolosonWETRUSS.jpg) (http://oilers.com)
I STILL BELIEVE!!!

Fuckin Oilers killing me. :tama-mad: A week ago they were in a playoff spot CRUISING. Whatta perfomance by Roli 51 stops vs the Ducks. Now slipping....but I ain't giving up!! 4 GAMES MAN!! Text message straight from the Boss, Mac T ain't going NOWHERE!! Don't be retarded either, trade Hemsky?? SHIT do the Oilers miss Stoll and Reasoner. :bleed eyes:

Fuckin PIECE OF SHIT!! Damn Sharks defensive shut down. BUT WHOAAA Look-ie LOO Nice Dive Pavelski! That's how San Jose been doing it all year EH!!

This Saturday! HNIC BOOK IT!! Flamers Look THE FUCK OUT.
      
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 04, 2009, 01:16:01 AM
Another death in the Canuckle Organization

RIP Carly

http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/teams/vancouver-canucks/story.html?id=1461093&add_feed_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.faceoff.com%2Fscripts%2FSP6Atom.aspx%3Fid%3D830270 (http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/teams/vancouver-canucks/story.html?id=1461093&add_feed_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.faceoff.com%2Fscripts%2FSP6Atom.aspx%3Fid%3D830270)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 05, 2009, 07:34:12 AM
^ Damn, what a freak accident :/ Much condolences to the Pyatt Family.

FUCK YEAH!! Fuckin Canucks, I was about to fight this dork at dim sum for wearing his 'Nucks jersey XD Whatta coast-to-coast by Sam Gagner!!

(http://www.imgur.com/files/090405/4b2_canucks_oilers_hockey_edm106.jpg) (http://jphip.com)
      
Tough tho, Preds and Stars got OT points.  :thumbdown:

Sean Avery IS BACK!!! to his shenanigans  :lol:
Sean Avery hits Tim Thomas in the back of the head with his stick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md5FtFRM-PQ#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)

Tim Thomas woulda got his ass kicked!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 08, 2009, 06:45:57 AM
I STILL BELIEVE!!! GO OILERS GO!!! :jerk: :jerk: :jerk:

 :twothumbs 3 for 3 in the fight department. GJ Penner stepping it up. Moreau chipping in with a goal (?)

(http://www.imgur.com/files/090408/r3498582762.jpg) (http://imgur.com)(http://www.imgur.com/files/090408/0_kings_oilers_hockey_edm102.jpg) (http://imgur.com)













      
not... :doh:
(http://www.imgur.com/files/090408/4_kings_oilers_hockey_edm110.jpg) (http://imgur.com)
      

FUCK!!!

Oilers miss the playoffs again. FUCK! FUCK! ASSHOLE! The home losses. The wack Powerplay which was a result of can't winning a fucking face off. GJ Blues. GJ Preds. Fuckin Bitches.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 08, 2009, 10:04:04 AM
4 - 1 Nucks vs LAMERS!

(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/245/btlmon19.png)



hopefully edmonton can do us a favour and beat flames so we can win the division championship!!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 10, 2009, 07:14:35 AM
(http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5489/gorangers.png)
FUCK YEAH! Go Rangers! Yeeeeeeeeeah! :twothumbs

Oilers miss the playoffs again.
:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 10, 2009, 06:10:58 PM
FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!! Flamers gonna get swept this weekend!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 10, 2009, 10:44:35 PM
good, so canucks can take northwest title!!

Atlanta Thrashers' Ron Hainsey's Public Service Announcement about bad NHL Commercials (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFUY4IMcTv0#lq-lq2-hq)


 XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 14, 2009, 07:47:44 AM
(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/1905/nhlm.png)

GG, guys! :twothumbs
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 14, 2009, 08:48:12 AM
im number 2 -_-

number 1 is haxx0r!!! GJ man, steam rolled the rest of the league!


DAI!! CHEER FOR CANUCKS!!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ChocoMochaKei on April 14, 2009, 08:47:04 PM
I found the hockey thread!  Go Canucks Go!  XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 15, 2009, 08:37:40 PM
Welcome!! KEI!! But I will never cheer for the CANUCKS XD

DAMN!! MacT got fired.    :thumbdown: ..Thanks for the good times...the funny soundbites, going to the Finals. GET BETTER PLAYERS!!
(http://www.imgur.com/files/090415/Mact.jpg) (http://imgur.com)(http://www.imgur.com/files/090415/mactavish_craig_courtesy_260.jpg) (http://imgur.com)

MAKE YOUR PREDICTIONS!! TONIGHT STANLEY CUP FINALS!!   

(http://www.imgur.com/files/090415/2009stanleycupplayoffslogo.jpg) (http://nhl.com)

CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

(8) Montreal Canadiens vs. (1) Boston Bruins

Bruins in 6

(7) New York Rangers vs. (2) Washington Capitals

Rangers in 7 (OWUT!)

(6) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (3) New Jersey Devils

Devils in 4

(5) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (4) Pittsburgh Penguins

Flyers in 7

WESTERN CONFERENCE

(8) Anaheim Ducks vs. (1) San Jose Sharks

Sharks in 5

(7) Columbus Blue Jackets vs. (2) Detroit Red Wings

Red Wings in 4

(6) St. Louis Blues vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks

Canucks in 7

(5) Calgary Flames vs. (4) Chicago Blackhawks

Hawks in 6

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

(7) New York Rangers  vs. (1) Boston Bruins

Bruins in 5 :P

(5) Philadelphia Flyers  vs. (3) New Jersey Devils

Flyers in 6

WESTERN CONFERENCE

(4) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (1) San Jose Sharks

sHARKS in 6

(3) Vancouver Canucks vs. (2) Detroit Red Wings

Red Wings in 5

CONFERENCE FINALS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

(5) Philadelphia Flyers  vs. (1) Boston Bruins

Flyers in 7

WESTERN CONFERENCE

(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (1) San Jose Sharks

Wings in 6

STANLEY CUP FINALS

(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers

Wings in 5

MVP:
(http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/sports/photos/2008/12/30/conklin-ty081210getty.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ChocoMochaKei on April 16, 2009, 01:20:18 AM
Yeh, though you could see it coming with the Oilers losing so many late in the season.  :(  Hehe, not everyone can be a Nucks fan.  I'm horrible with predictions if I were better I'd play the lotto more.  :theking
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: OpsMonkey on April 16, 2009, 08:46:23 AM
Um... I'm not so sad that MAC T go.  Dude lost the room so the players gave up.  Although the players themselves are partly to blame for at least not attempting to show some effort during the last few games.

Anyway... I'll keep my prediction simple. I say Detroit vs. Boston in the finals.  With Boston taking it in 6.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 17, 2009, 03:52:04 PM
Atlanta Thrashers PSA - Don't Make Bad Commercials (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBERJOTo0mU#lq-lq2-hq)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 18, 2009, 09:43:49 PM
King Henrik You fucking UNREAL!! :O
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 18, 2009, 10:02:30 PM
ALL HAIL KING HENRIK! OVECHKIN AIN'T SHIT!

Ovechkin hit on Lauri Korpikoski (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGQP3MQJ6L8#ws-lq-lq2-hq)

CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

(8) Montreal Canadiens vs. (1) Boston Bruins (cause Team Finland needs Koivu in the WC)

(7) New York Rangers vs. (2) Washington Capitals (Avery will make Ovechkin his bitch)

(6) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (3) New Jersey Devils

(5) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (4) Pittsburgh Penguins

WESTERN CONFERENCE

(8) Anaheim Ducks vs. (1) San Jose Sharks (we need Selänne too lol)

(7) Columbus Blue Jackets vs. (2) Detroit Red Wings

(6) St. Louis Blues vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks

(5) Calgary Flames vs. (4) Chicago Blackhawks
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 20, 2009, 08:30:07 AM
HAHAHA Hawks and Ducks poised for the upset! I LOVE IT!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: jaysonnj on April 21, 2009, 01:53:45 AM
The Sharks could have a 200 point season but they'll do nothing in the playoffs. Just horrible.

These OTs in the Devils-Canes series make me nervous.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 21, 2009, 03:43:09 AM
(http://stltoday.mycapture.com/PHOTOS/STLT/734888/23224051E.jpg)


Nucks are rolling the Blues right now! leading the series 3 - 0!!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on April 22, 2009, 06:09:20 AM
Speaking of Ovechkin, I got this in my email today.  Its a couple of years old, but it shows that Ovie and Markov like to party that shit up too!  In Soviet Russia, Lapdance bills you!!
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/Kuno_Thunder/Ovechkindrunk.jpg)

And here's his tab.  Nice way to boost the American economy!!  Fuckin' six grand at a private booth!!
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/Kuno_Thunder/Ovechkinlikestheladies.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 22, 2009, 09:44:10 AM
Jussi that Jokinen Buzzer Beater? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J5k2HNO_D8#ws-lq-lq2-hq-vhq)

Why so serious, Martin? :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: jaysonnj on April 22, 2009, 09:50:26 AM
^
Fucking fuck fuck fuck! Pardon my fucking French.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 23, 2009, 07:53:30 AM
HELL YEAH! King Henrik's gonna be the MVP no doubt! :theking

Quote
Rangers' plan pays off

The New York Rangers' plan for Game 4 against the Washington Capitals was simple: Get off to a good start, fill the middle on defense, play strong against Alex Ovechkin and try to deny time and space for defenseman Mike Green, a 30-goal scorer. Thanks to some good execution -- and a big dose of Henrik Lundqvist's goaltending -- it worked. Lundqvist made 38 saves and the Rangers got goals by Paul Mara and Chris Drury to beat the Caps 2-1 Wednesday night, giving New York a 3-1 lead in the best-of-7 Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series.
 
Getting off to a 2-0 lead in the game's first 22:23 was key. "They are a pretty good hockey team. I thought it was important that we got off to a good start and we did," Rangers coach John Tortorella said. "We need to be more cognizant of getting pucks to the net, not wide of the net. They turned it up and we fought and we scrambled at times. Hank (Lundqvist) had to make some great saves."

Mara gave his team a 1-0 lead at 13:55 of the first period when Brandon Dubinsky won a faceoff to the left point and Mara's shot hit Capitals defenseman John Erskine and went into the net. "I just won a faceoff and Paul made a great shot, looking for a tip," Dubinsky said. "Fortunately for us, their guy made the tip for us, rather than us having to do it."

Chris Drury roofed his own rebound 2:23 into the second period, and the Rangers relied on Lundqvist the rest of the way. Only Ovechkin's laser early in the third period beat him. Tortorella said that while the Rangers executed their game plan, they needed luck, good bounces and great goaltending to prevail. But putting the Capitals back on their heels early and playing defense by attacking and keeping the puck at the far end of the rink were keys to the victory.

"We are hoping to check them  by creating some offensive attack," Tortorella said. "You don't stop them. You can't stop them. It's just trying to contain them as best you can. You have to give credit to a pretty hard-working Washington team and a talented club but we found a way to get a win." "They had a lot of shots but we had guys in the middle of the ice, taking away prime chances," said defenseman Wade Redden, who played one of his best games as a Ranger. "We were able to get some rebounds out of there for Hank. Only the one got by him, so he had another great night again.

"We came out of the gate really hard and established some momentum right away. I thought that was huge for us to get a couple of goals. That was a big key for us tonight." The Rangers had 11 first-period shots to the Capitals' nine, but Washington had a 19-5 edge in the second period. For the most part though, Washington was shooting from areas that the Rangers wanted, while New York was careful with the puck and took fewer shots. The Capitals also outshot the Rangers 11-5 in the third period.

"I think we really went at them in the first period, and the second period too," Rangers forward Fredrik Sjostrom said. "We got maybe a little overcautious in the third. We wanted to protect that lead but overall I think we played a good game." They did but they also know they were all out against a dangerous team. They have a big lead in the series, and they'd like to see it end as soon as possible.

"We have to make sure we continue to do that," Dubinsky said. "It's easy when you are at home in front of 18,200 crazy New York Rangers' fans. They're the best in the world. We have to make sure we're ready to go Friday."
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=419672 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=419672)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 27, 2009, 11:05:03 PM
Quote
Backstrom, Mason, Thomas vie for Vezina

Steve Mason, the brilliant young goalie of the Columbus Blue Jackets, could become only the fifth NHL player to win the Vezina and Calder trophies in the same year. But he'll have to beat out the Minnesota Wild's Niklas Backstrom, and Tim Thomas, whose league-leading goals-against average was a driving force for the Eastern Conference champion Boston Bruins this season.

Mason could become only the fifth goalie to win the Calder and Vezina trophies in the same year, joining Ed Belfour, Tom Barrasso, Tony Esposito and Frankie Brimsek. "I haven't had a whole lot of time to think about it," Mason said of being a Vezina finalist. "When you look back at the players who have done it, just to be nominated for one of these awards is a special honor. I'm just thinking about all the people who helped me along the way, my family, the players this season, the coaching staff and Blue Jackets' management. Without that support, none of this would have been possible.

"I've never been to Las Vegas and I'm excited to go and see what it's all about," Mason said. "I'll be going with my family and my girlfriend and hoping we come away winners, not losers." The three Vezina Trophy finalists finished 1-2-3 in lowest goals-against average. Thomas allowed a mere 2.10 goals per game, while Mason was next at 2.29 and Backstrom third at 2.33. The goalies will be on hand for the 2009 NHL Awards, which will be broadcast live from the Pearl Concert Theater inside the Palms Hotel Las Vegas on June 18 on VERSUS in the United States and CBC in Canada.

Tickets to the 2009 NHL Awards are on sale at ticketmaster.com/nhlawards and at the Pearl Concert Theater Box Office. Ed Belfour, breaking in with the Chicago Blackhawks in 1991, was the last rookie goalie to win the Vezina in the same year he won the Calder Trophy, which rewards the NHL rookie of the year. Buffalo Sabres goalie Tom Barrasso swept the awards in 1984.

Blackhawks goalie Tony Esposito won both awards in 1970 and Frankie Brimsek, "Mr. Zero," won both for the Bruins in 1939. The Vezina Trophy has been voted on by the NHL's general managers since 1981. Prior to that, it was awarded to the goalie(s) of the team that allowed the fewest goals in a season. The Montreal Canadiens donated the trophy in 1926, the year their former goaltender, Georges Vezina, died of tuberculosis, little more than a year after he collapsed during a game. Vezina had been the Canadiens only goalie from 1910-25 in both the NHL and its predecessor, the National Hockey Association. He won two Stanley Cups and allowed the fewest goals seven times.

Ironically, Vezina's successor, George Hainsworth won the Vezina in its first three seasons. Montreal's Bill Durnan and Philadelphia's Ron Hextall won the Vezina as rookies, but not the Calder.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=420301 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=420301)

Naturally I'm rooting for Bäckström but I wouldn't mind seeing Thomas win cause he played a few seasons in Finland :finland:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: OpsMonkey on April 28, 2009, 06:17:34 AM
Flames again choke in the 1st round. All is now right with the world. :cow:  Woo hoo! Go 'nucks!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 28, 2009, 08:58:47 PM
CALGARY SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Too good!! I laffed so hard at the Flames jersey wearing douchebags in town!! WANNA STEP TO ME!! Try to win a Cup!!

LMAO SHUJI!!! HOW BOUT DEM SHARKS!!

Told ya holmes!! Regular season means NOTHING!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ChocoMochaKei on April 29, 2009, 03:09:29 AM
Calgary goes down in flames. :mon noprob:
I hope NYR goes tonight.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: jaysonnj on April 29, 2009, 04:13:23 AM
F***********************************CK!!!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ChocoMochaKei on April 29, 2009, 04:38:13 AM
Wow! I wasn't expecting Carolina to win that game especially watching their game play at the end of the 3rd.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Yo Jimbo on April 29, 2009, 05:22:22 AM
Why does everyone hate the Flames so damn much? Even Calgary hates their own damn team like some illegitimate child. Bah... we'll see you next season.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Kimuuu on April 29, 2009, 06:09:33 AM
I don't follow NHL AT ALL, but I can't help when a local team starts to NOT suck.... SO WOOOOOOOO CAPS!  :twothumbs :twothumbs :twothumbs

The Caps will be facing off the Pittsburgh Penguins next.  :O

The thing is, I have a penchant for Pittsburgh teams... I would've rooted for the Pens, but in this case I'll be cheering for the Caps cuz they're finally stepping up and I just want to stir up trouble with my Pitt friends.   :kekeke:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 30, 2009, 09:35:26 PM
DAMN YOU CAPITALS! My NHL season is over :thumbdown:

The 2009 NHL Award Nominees

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
- Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
- Zach Parise, New Jersey Devils
- Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning

Vezina Trophy
- Niklas Backstrom, Minnesota Wild
- Steve Mason, Columbus Blue Jackets
- Tim Thomas, Boston Bruins

James Norris Memorial Trophy
- Zdeno Chára, Boston Bruins
- Mike Green, Washington Capitals
- Nicklas Lidström, Detroit Red Wings

Frank J. Selke Trophy
- Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
- Ryan Kesler, Vancouver Canucks
- Mike Richards, Philadelphia Flyers

Calder Memorial Trophy
- Bobby Ryan, Anaheim Ducks
- Steve Mason, Columbus Blue Jackets
- Kris Versteeg, Chicago Blackhawks

Hart Memorial Trophy
- Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
- Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins
- Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on May 01, 2009, 07:54:01 AM
Canes Fan and Kid .. WTF - Devils Hurricanes Game 6- Apr 26 09 - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idzeJU5_PQY#lq-lq2-hq)

WTF?! :shocked
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ChocoMochaKei on May 01, 2009, 06:29:43 PM
Canes Fan and Kid .. WTF - Devils Hurricanes Game 6- Apr 26 09

... what?  :shocked  That should be filed under things "you shouldn't do at a hockey game".
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on May 04, 2009, 08:34:01 AM
Quote
NASLUND TO SKATE OFF INTO THE SUNSET

Proud and classy to the apparent end, Markus Naslund has told his Rangers teammates he is retiring despite having one season at $3 million remaining on the two-year, $8 million free agent contract he signed last summer, The Post has learned.

It is believed that the 35-year-old Naslund, who wore down dramatically as the season and then the seven-game series against the Caps progressed, notified GM Glen Sather of his decision at his exit interview on Thursday, though The Post has not been able to confirm that.

Naslund, whose total of 46 points (24-22) represented a fifth straight season of decline from his career-high of 104 (48-56) he registered with the 2002-03 Canucks, owns a no-movement clause in his contract, meaning that the Rangers could not have assigned him to the AHL Wolf Pack next year in order to escape his $4 million cap hit.

The Blueshirts, however, could have -- and assuredly would have -- bought out Naslund for $2 million during the June 15-30 buyout period. Under that scenario, the team would have been hit with a $2 million cap charge for 2009-10 and a $1 million charge for 2010-11. Knowing that, Naslund simply could have said nothing and collected the $2 million to which he would have been entitled.

But that wouldn't be Naslund; that wouldn't be the man he is, and the classy individual he has been throughout a 15-year NHL career during which he recorded a total of 395 goals and 869 points in 1,117 games. Naslund was a first-team All-Star left wing three straight seasons, from 2000-01 through 2002-03, scoring 41, 40 and 48 goals, respectively.

Naslund came to New York hoping to rejuvenate his game after 11 seasons in Vancouver. But while the heart and the head were willing, his legs weren't. The winger just could not keep up. As such, he would not have fit next year in coach John Tortorella's high-octane system. Hence, the likelihood of the buyout.

But Naslund's retirement -- pending an official announcement, of course -- eliminates that prospect. It also critically gives the Rangers additional cap space with which to work and to accommodate potential Group II offer sheets to Ryan Callahan and Brandon Dubinsky.

Without Naslund, the Blueshirts have approximately $37.87 million committed to nine core players under the cap that is expected to come in between $56-57 million if the NHLPA exercises its 5-percent bump.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/05032009/sports/rangers/naslund_to_skate_off_into_the_sunset_167356.htm (http://www.nypost.com/seven/05032009/sports/rangers/naslund_to_skate_off_into_the_sunset_167356.htm)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 04, 2009, 09:54:06 AM
The fuck man! Naslund wants more money?? Or KHL money! :?

Quote
Jagr keeping Oilers in mind

If Jaromir Jagr returns to the NHL, he says the Edmonton Oilers would have first crack at signing him.

Jagr appreciated the effort the Oilers made prior to the NHL trade deadline to sign him for a playoff push, and he respects the NHL club for showing interest.

"I was excited when I heard that Edmonton pushed pretty hard to get me and I really appreciate it. And if I ever go there [the NHL], they would be my No. 1 pick because they showed me the interest first," Jagr said after Canada beat the Czech Republic 5-1 at the world hockey championship on Thursday in Switzerland.

"I will never forget that and I respect that. They would be my first pick."
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/04/30/sp-jagr-oilers.html (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/04/30/sp-jagr-oilers.html)

FUCK!! LMAO! Can't believe the Ducks-Wings Triple OT bonanza. That shit is going to 7, and it's gonna be bloody.

Hawks are tearing it up too. Luongo looking like Mugen everyday XD j/k  honger
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on May 06, 2009, 01:23:14 AM


Hawks are tearing it up too. Luongo looking like Mugen everyday XD j/k  honger

LOL Luongo fails like this!
(http://cdn.nhl.com/images/upload/2007/10/frozen_inside_luongo_pregame.jpg)

FUck the hawks we taking game 3 tonight!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on May 07, 2009, 03:39:21 PM
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6949/leafsfacebooks.gif)
http://www.downgoesbrown.com/2009/05/toronto-maple-leafs-facebook-page.html (http://www.downgoesbrown.com/2009/05/toronto-maple-leafs-facebook-page.html)

:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on May 09, 2009, 07:40:17 AM
Don Cherry swears. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNGXFdXAZfk#lq-lq2-hq)

lol don cherry
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on May 09, 2009, 07:53:11 PM
Quote
Coyotes Bankrupt, May Return to Canada

Posted May 05, 2009 9:40PM By Bruce Ciskie

The NHL has worked very hard to play up the good about this season. There has been plenty to get excited about: interest is up, and the playoffs have been wonderful so far. However, there is a harsh reality looming in Arizona. While the league can claim health for 29 of its 30 franchises, there is one team that doesn't appear immune to the economic problems facing so many. The Phoenix Coyotes have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and it appears their future in Glendale is in serious doubt. There is actually worse news than that for Phoenix fans.

Jim Balsillie has put in an offer on the Phoenix Coyotes. According to a media release, the Blackberry billionaire's offer of $212.5 million (US) for the team is conditional on the franchise relocating to Southern Ontario. "The current team ownership asked that I table an offer to purchase the Coyotes and significant discussions resulted in an offer that is in the best interests of the franchise, the NHL, and the great hockey fans of Canada and Southern Ontario," Balsillie said in the release. The Arizona Republic story notes that an effort will continue to find others who are willing to outbid Balsillie's group.

Balsillie has tried to bully teams into the Hamilton, Ont., area for a few years. TSN notes that the league appears to be on to his game, even though this may be his best ploy yet. Much like Balsillie's previous attempts to purchase an existing franchise, the NHL is once again unhappy with the provision in Balsillie's offer that states the deal hinges on the condition the team can be relocated to Southern Ontario. Sources say the NHL is not happy with what is perceived by the league as a powerplay by Balsillie and will wrestle with this matter in court.

The big key for the NHL, should they decide to continue fighting Balsillie, will be finding local investors. If the guy has the money, and is willing to take on what has been an albatross of a franchise for some time, I see no reason to deny him the opportunity. The concept of hockey in the desert never had a great shot at being successful. While they had moderate success after relocating from Winnipeg, the Coyotes never got out of the first round, and they haven't even made the playoffs since 2002. When you're trying to grow a new hockey base, "consistent failure stemming simply from bad hockey" is not a good way to get it started.

As a result of the losing tradition, the Coyotes never seemed to grow a serious local following, and never got enough financial support to ensure their viability. Any new local owners would be taking on a great risk, likely losing money for the first few years as they try to build a successful operation, on and off the ice.

UPDATE: NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly has released a statement.

"We have just become aware of today's Bankruptcy Court filing purportedly made on behalf of the Phoenix Coyotes. We are investigating the circumstances surrounding the petition, including the propriety of its filing. We have removed Jerry Moyes from all positions of authority to act for or on behalf of the Club. The League will appear and proceed before the Bankruptcy Court in the best interests of all of the Club's constituencies, including its fans in Arizona and the League's 29 other Member Clubs."

Sounds like we're in for an interesting couple of months. Reading this statement, I'm guessing the league has no interest in letting a sale to Balsillie go through.
http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2009/05/05/coyotes-bankrupt-may-return-to-canada/ (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2009/05/05/coyotes-bankrupt-may-return-to-canada/)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ChocoMochaKei on May 11, 2009, 06:07:50 PM
Ahh Mitchell's hasn't played so well in the past 2 games.  Hopefully tonight they can pull it together and play a solid 60mins.  Go Canucks Go!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ChocoMochaKei on May 12, 2009, 05:43:23 AM
-_- What a bad game.  Canucks lost.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on May 12, 2009, 08:52:17 AM
damn nucks..deserved that lost. blew 3 leads in 1 game. thats just sad. Bieksa and Mitchell sucked hard

(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3657/havlat.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on May 17, 2009, 08:37:45 PM
Man, I'm itching to see a 92 replay, but Detroit is too damn strong.  Chicago's going down in 5, and the battle of the Staals will go to at least 6 games, all are gonna be close.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 18, 2009, 09:54:38 PM
[Mini-rant]

There are a lot of people here in Peg Sheety who are very naive and who still think that we can support an NHL franchise. They say that there's fan support and that people here will be willing to pay single game ticket prices ranging from $60-$75 for nosebleed seats to $150+ for 1st level seats.  Now for anyone who doesn't know, people from Peg Sheety are known (famously or infamously) for being deal-seekers (aka being cheap). Seriously, if people here were willing to pay those types of prices for NHL games, we would have never lost the Jets in the first place! :banghead:

Bullshit articles like the following don't help either, as they just fuel the misguided fantasies of Peggers who want the Jets back.
DOCUMENTS SHOW BETTMAN WOULD FAVOUR WINNIPEG OVER HAMILTON
THE CANADIAN PRESS
5/17/2009 2:43:25 AM

Gary Bettman would prefer to see the Phoenix Coyotes move to Winnipeg than Hamilton, according to court documents filed as part of the NHL team's bankruptcy case.

A lawyer who works for Coyotes majority owner Jerry Moyes says the NHL commissioner told him that last month after he contacted the league to let it know that there was a Canadian purchaser who was interested in moving the team to southern Ontario.

In an affidavit filed Friday, Earl Scudder says that Bettman informed him Hamilton wasn't an ideal destination because Copps Coliseum is over 30 years old, saying "if the team did return to Canada, it would be to Winnipeg."

The franchise moved to Phoenix from the Manitoba capital in 1996. (http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=278929)

FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=278929 (http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=278929)


Everyone (well, almost everyone) knows that the only reason Bettman even said this (assuming he did) is because he just doesn't want the Coyotes to leave Phoenix and move to Hamilton even though the market AND the fanbase willing and able to support the team financially IS there. Pulling a stunt like this in an attempt to derail that move is just low and shows that Bettman's priorities have always been with the business end of the league, and not with the sport itself nor with the fans.  :thumbdown:

[/mini rant]
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 25, 2009, 09:49:12 AM
^ The Jets could be community owned like Green Bay Packers. Or share a rink with Saskatchewan like it was the Montreal Expos going to Puerto Rico lol

who's still watching the playoffs man?? Fucking Detroit is getting DiRRRTY!!
Nicklas Kronwall DESTROYS Martin Havlat - WCF 2009 [ Versus Feed ] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqanH27U338#ws-lq-lq2-hq-vhq)

Crosby vs Ovechkin was EPIC but shit Game 7, come on man!! Right now, gotta lean for Pens cuz Bill Guerin - once an Oiler!! Besides, Canes just ain't deep enough for this run.

Hawks man, plenty of talent, no finish. They'll learn...Bhulin can only do so much.



Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on May 25, 2009, 10:16:13 AM
havlat got jacked!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on May 26, 2009, 06:55:35 AM
They tried doing the community ownership thing, where the fans donated money to keep the Jets here for one more season in 95-96.  Sure as hell didn't last long, and its funny how many people here STILL don't understand why, buncha cheap fuckers.  "But, I donated $20!!"   :thumbdown:

As far as the hit on Havlat?  Kronwall lined him up sure, but he's fair game if the puck is in between his feet.  I don't like how he hit him with his forearm and followed through, but he certainly "had" the puck.  And what did I say about Chicago?  Out in five.  Canes gonna get swept?  Didn't see that one coming. :O
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 26, 2009, 06:53:52 PM
...

Pat Quinn, Tom Renney to Coach The Edmonton Oilers

:shocked:

Press Conference in about an hour or so.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 26, 2009, 07:31:10 PM
^
One, or both? :?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 26, 2009, 08:29:04 PM
Both, well Tom Renney is the associate and Kelly Buchberger remains:

(http://www.imgur.com/files/090526/bucky.jpg) (http://oilers.nhl.com/)
      
Press conference at http://oilers.nhl.com/ (http://oilers.nhl.com/)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on May 27, 2009, 04:37:00 AM
(http://i42.tinypic.com/300he8h.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on May 27, 2009, 11:07:51 PM
One more series to go Brad, lets not get ahead of ourselves now.  You know Guerin's got the team chillaxed.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 29, 2009, 10:11:03 AM
Nice! Pens Talk Delurks Brad again :p

BRING ON THE STANLEY CUP FINALS!!!! RED WiNGS VS PENGUINS!  :twothumbs

(http://www.imgur.com/files/090529/_stanley_cup_finals_gfx832.jpg) (http://nhl.com)

I'm picking Pens in 6. Cuz gotta get with the Guerin Bandwagon, old man has taught Crosby new tricks and he sure has changed his game.

Stanley Cup brings the best outta the Americans XD
(http://www.imgur.com/files/090529/Guerin.jpg) (http://imgur.com)
      
So many storylines - Hossa facing the team he abandoned ship or like the one KT was saying, last time there was a rematch, the one that lost eventually won. HMMMMM...which team could THAT be!!  :pimp:
      
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ChocoMochaKei on May 29, 2009, 08:14:54 PM
Pittsburgh Pirates?  :doh:  :thumbdown:
I stopped watching but I'll cheer on the Pens since the Wings won last year.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 31, 2009, 04:10:09 AM
Looking Gangsta Super Mario!

(http://www.imgur.com/files/090530/mh009_stanley_cup_f.jpg) (http://imgur.com)
      
Or Boyband look :P

SHIT PEns getting rocked in the PK. 2-1 Wings.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 01, 2009, 09:10:12 AM
Unlucky bounces for Fleury. This sked is messing me up. Back to back games? And letting Malkin get away with that shit?? GJ Bettman.

Evgeni Malkin vs Henrik Zetterberg May 31, 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uudsm9z1GI#ws-lq-lq2-hq-vhq-hd)

Wings up 2-0 ... SHIT!

What a bad Finals already :thumbsdown:

on a positive note!! Copped me some Oilers Swag at the annual Locker Room Sale! (http://oilers.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=361703&page=NewsPage&service=page)

Met Fernando Pisani!
 (http://www.imgur.com/files/090601/Th.30-05-09_1223.jpg) (http://www.imgur.com/i.php?i=090601/30-05-09_1223.jpg)

(http://img228.imagevenue.com/loc215/th_34656_DSC04715_122_215lo.JPG) (http://img228.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=34656_DSC04715_122_215lo.JPG)(http://img159.imagevenue.com/loc546/th_34658_DSC04716_122_546lo.JPG) (http://img159.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=34658_DSC04716_122_546lo.JPG)(http://img206.imagevenue.com/loc56/th_34661_DSC04718_122_56lo.JPG) (http://img206.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=34661_DSC04718_122_56lo.JPG)
(http://img157.imagevenue.com/loc842/th_34663_DSC04719_122_842lo.JPG) (http://img157.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=34663_DSC04719_122_842lo.JPG)

couple of T-shirts, hats, foam fingers. Used Hockey Gloves for Gaki-san. This huuuuge ass equipment bag - 3.5 feet long! Bunch of used hockey socks for 10 bucks a pop, perfect for da boyz! Got Fernando Pisani to sign one, plus got a shout out for KT lol
(http://img201.imagevenue.com/loc375/th_34654_DSC04714_122_375lo.JPG) (http://img201.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=34654_DSC04714_122_375lo.JPG)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 02, 2009, 11:54:35 PM
lol thats what european players fight. they undresses each other  :cow:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 03, 2009, 08:20:12 AM
A little bit of AHL action? Jason Jaffrey scores the game winning goal with less than a minute to go in game 2 of the Calder Cup final.  Courtesy of ... me!
Jaffrey scores winning goal, game 2 AHL Calder Cup Final Winnipeg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UR-nnoAM00#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 04, 2009, 08:22:32 PM
^ NICE!! Look at the crowd :D someone's hair gets in the way :lol: Moose getting back innit!

And just as Pittsburgh got back into the series. Fuckin Crosby with 1 Assist. This is your time to shine man!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on June 05, 2009, 05:12:06 AM
 :rockon:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/BradVickers2/d7be64e3.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 05, 2009, 08:37:42 PM
Fuck you Hossa!  XD

http://www.post-gazette.com/icehouse/hossa.asp (http://www.post-gazette.com/icehouse/hossa.asp)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on June 07, 2009, 05:45:14 AM
Now that one hurt... Like physically hurt...
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 07, 2009, 06:37:03 AM
HARD MAN. Just when they been saying Detroits old and tired they pull a Datsyuk outta their ass. Here's hoping Pittsburgh gets it to GAME SEVEN!!! Nice to see Garon show up...XD
(http://www.imgur.com/files/090607/GARON_stanley_cup_f.jpg) (http://nhl.com)

Reminds me of what Ray Ferraro on Jim Rome show said about Mark Messier and leadership. "guy was ripped, Greek dog, was the alpha dog. stereo was on, it was mark's music. his personality, right word at the right time. very little. screaming. dominant personality." They never took a step backwards...Sid's got 1 assist.

Ray Ferraro best  leaders he played with - Messier + Yzerman

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 07, 2009, 10:15:09 AM
five zip whuuuuut! wings baby
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 10, 2009, 12:37:57 AM
If you don't wanna ever be in this photograph again, shit's gotta happen kid.  Lets do this thing!  Make Rimouski proud boy!
http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=2&id=21589 (http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=2&id=21589)

And I don't blame Dan Heatley for wanting out of Ottawa at all, its just a matter of time.  Perhaps the Oilers would be looking to pick him up?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on June 12, 2009, 11:04:26 AM
GAME 7! :twothumbs

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Kiprusoff save voted NHL Play of the Year by the fans

1,230 regular season NHL games. 20 incredible plays. Over 145,000 votes. But just one winner of the inaugural TSN.ca NHL Play of the Year Showdown.

After a back-and-forth final matchup with Anaheim's Bobby Ryan that saw both highlight-reel plays alternate the lead, Miikka Kiprusoff's amazing, diving paddle save on Kyle Wellwood has been voted the 2008-09 NHL Play of the Year.  Kiprusoff garnered 55% of the over 50,000 votes cast in the final to claim the title. But make no mistake, it was no cake walk.

At one point, Ryan held a healthy lead over Kipper and appeared poised to pull off yet another upset. It was Ryan, after all, who thumped the heavily favoured Alex Ovechkin in the semi-finals. In the end, however, Kipper proved to be unstoppable as the fans agreed with TSN NHL Insider Bob McKenzie in awarding the netminder's save the NHL Play of the Year.

Be sure to check out the bracket below for the complete picture and watch the video in the right media bar to see the how Kipper earned the Play of the Year.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=276957 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=276957)

Miikka Kiprusoff Robs Kyle Wellwood HQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv6I2HjWfaA#ws-lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on June 13, 2009, 04:37:19 AM
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ARE THE 2009 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!

Poor Hossa... :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on June 13, 2009, 06:00:30 AM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/BradVickers2/SID1.jpg)

Someone please find a picture of Hossa loosing for me
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 13, 2009, 06:14:45 AM
I'm sure Marian Hossa is going to go home and cry on his cock shaped pillow.  Proud of those boys!

In other news, the Manitoba Moose lost game 6 in the Calder Cup finals tonight as well.  So, a somewhat bittersweet hockey day for me.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on June 13, 2009, 06:59:59 AM
I'M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!!

Pens pulled it out baby!! Crosby got the Cup and it feels good :)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on June 13, 2009, 03:45:43 PM
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Hossa: no regrets for leaving Pens
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5820/hossaleavesap400.jpg)

DETROIT -- The only thing Marian Hossa would like to change is the final result of Game 7.

After watching his former teammates celebrate with the Stanley Cup on Friday night, Hossa wasn't feeling any regret about his decision to sign with the Detroit Red Wings last summer. He bolted Pittsburgh to win a championship in Motown but is going to have to wait at least one more year to achieve that goal. "Regret? I don't regret it," Hossa said after a 2-1 loss to the Penguins in Game 7. "It could be different circumstances if I sign in Pittsburgh, they probably couldn't sign some other players and they'd be a different team.

"We could sit here for hours discussing this, but it would be a different team and it could be different things." Hossa looked like a different player during this Stanley Cup. The talented winger didn't even score a goal during the final and admitted that the pressure of playing the Penguins got to him. He was asked about it repeatedly over the past couple weeks.

"Whether you like it or not, there's lots of pressure," said Hossa. "You learn when the pressure is on and you learn how to handle it. It's squeezing you. It's a pretty tough one, I tried to battle hard but I couldn't get anything done offensively." He had been one of the rallying points for a Red Wings team that has done a lot of winning in recent years. Forward Kirk Maltby, a four-time Stanley Cup champion, said he felt bad that they couldn't get another for Hossa.

After going up 2-0 in this series, the Red Wings lost four of five games to the upstart Penguins. The offence went particularly dry in Games 6 and 7, when they scored just two goals combined on goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. "It's not from a lack of effort," said Maltby. "They block a lot of shots, they clog it up."

Even though there wasn't any excuses being made in the Red Wings dressing room, it's hard to ignore the fact that a little luck wasn't on their side. They had to play without Hart Trophy finalist Pavel Datsyuk and star defencemen Nicklas Lidstrom and Brian Rafalski for stretches during these playoffs. On top of that, fatigue might have caught up to them in the final.

"I thought we looked out of gas pretty much all series," said coach Mike Babcock. "I thought we competed, and I thought we tried. But I never thought we got to the level we'd have liked to." They'll spend plenty of time going over what went wrong.

A year ago, the Red Wings celebrated a championship win over Hossa's Penguins on the road at Mellon Arena. As the Detroit players came out for interviews in their dressing room at Joe Louis Arena on Friday, the Penguins could clearly be heard partying it up on their ice. It was a strange feeling for a franchise that had won four straight Stanley Cup since last losing one in 1995. "You learn from this too," said Henrik Zetterberg, one of many Wings who shaved his playoff beard before speaking to the media. "We had our win last year -- now we're on the other side. It's going to make us stronger.

"We've got a great group of guys here, everybody's going to build and learn from this." Hossa is an unrestricted free agent again this summer and hopes to remain in Detroit. Even though the season ended with disappointment, it was one of the best of his career.

"I still had a great year in this organization," said Hossa. "Great guys, great people around. It could go both ways, just one goal makes a difference. You score one more and you celebrate. "Sometimes that life and you just have to move on. It's a great life experience."
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2009/06/13/hossa_no_regrets/ (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2009/06/13/hossa_no_regrets/)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 13, 2009, 09:27:51 PM
No regrets...bullshit. :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 14, 2009, 12:42:56 PM
:lol: HOssa you fucking Moron of the NHL Award Goes to him!

Talk about a day of upsets! Congrats Pens!! Mario getting drunk, I loved that. And Bill Guerin & Garon & Sykora! Oh so close with the Oilers.

(http://www.imgur.com/files/090613/uins_red_wings_hockey_mimh148.jpg) (http://nhl.com)

(http://www.imgur.com/files/090614/capt_e7f81b58c6c548b5ac1a0f2744604f2e_stanley_cup_penguins_red_wings_hockey_mimh176.jpg) (http://nhl.com)
      

I like this win. Great for the NHL. Too bad they fucked up the schedule. Fuck that shit about "84 Oilers" - they ain't got no Messier!!! End of Story.

The Red Wings are a model franchise - don't care too much for Franzen and Holmstrom, but grit and skill is what a team needs.

Crosby sure didn't get the stats but props for him manning up and coming back in the third whereas some would just hide **COUGH Pittkanen**

SO COME ON KATZ!! Get Heatley!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 14, 2009, 10:49:09 PM
lol lemieux fucken alchy
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on June 15, 2009, 09:16:16 AM
(http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9742/etumario1spjk.jpg)

(http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/3748/etusmario1spjk.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on June 15, 2009, 09:39:19 PM
Went to the parade today. Good times.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/BradVickers2/sidcup.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/BradVickers2/cup.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: zoolander on June 16, 2009, 06:50:24 AM
I'm still in anger mode. All the sudden Fleury decided to play his ass off on the road. :banghead:

Congrats to the Pens though.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on June 20, 2009, 11:39:39 AM
2009 awards: Finalists and winners

HART MEMORIAL TROPHY
Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins
Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals

VEZINA TROPHY
Niklas Backstrom, Minnesota Wild
Steve Mason, Columbus Blue Jackets
Tim Thomas, Boston Bruins

JAMES NORRIS MEMORIAL TROPHY
Mike Green, Washington Capitals
Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings
Zdeno Chara, Boston Bruins

CALDER MEMORIAL TROPHY
Bobby Ryan, Anaheim Ducks
Kris Versteeg, Chicago Blackhawks
Steve Mason, Columbus Blue Jackets

LADY BYNG MEMORIAL TROPHY
Zach Parise, New Jersey Devils
Martin St. Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning
Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings

FRANK J. SELKE TROPHY
Ryan Kesler, Vancouver Canucks
Mike Richards, Philadelphia Flyers
Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings

JACK ADAMS AWARD
Todd McLellan, San Jose Sharks
Andy Murray, St. Louis Blues
Claude Julien, Boston Bruins

LESTER B. PEARSON AWARD
Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins
Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals

MASTERTON TROPHY
Chris Chelios, Detroit Red Wings
Richard Zednik, Florida Panthers
Steve Sullivan, Nashville Predators
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on June 23, 2009, 10:12:34 PM
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Leetch joins immortals in Hall of Fame

Rangers legend first U.S.-born defenseman to earn highest hockey honor

It's official. Rangers great Brian Leetch is in the Hockey Hall of Fame. In a conference call on Tuesday afternoon, the Hall of Fame Selection Committee announced that Leetch would be part of the 2009 Hall induction class, along with Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille and Steve Yzerman, who were all inducted in the Players' category. Also entering the Hall is New Jersey Devils President and General Manager Lou Lamoriello, who was added in the Builders' Category.

Leetch, who grew up in Cheshire, Conn., becomes the only Rangers draft pick other than Brad Park to earn hockey's highest honor. He is also the first U.S.-born defenseman in the Hall and only the second with American citizenship, following Rod Langway. Leetch, who took part in the selection announcement conference call on Tuesday afternoon, said he was "humbled" by the honor of entering the Hall.

Leetch, whose No. 2 was retired by the Rangers organization on Jan. 24, 2008, is now a member of both the Hockey Hall of Fame and the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, which he entered last year. He is the 45th former Rangers player to be selected to the Hall, while Robitaille, who spent two years as Leetch's teammate in the mid-1990s, brings the total to 46. The 2009 Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held on Nov. 9 at the Hall's home in Toronto.
http://rangers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=431505 (http://rangers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=431505)

:twothumbs
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 23, 2009, 10:15:52 PM
GJ Leetch!!! We'll forget about that stint with the Leafs!

Hoollly shit what a HOF class. 600 Goal scorers. All classy funny guys.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 23, 2009, 11:58:00 PM
Leetch is definitely deserving of the honour of getting into the HOF. The guy almost single-handedly redefined what it meant to be a defenceman. :thumbsup



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Winnipeg Free Press - ONLINE EDITION
Mike Babcock will coach Team Canada in 2010 Olympics, source says

By: Chris Johnston And Stephanie Levitz, THE CANADIAN PRESS - 23/06/2009 7:20 PM

Mike Babcock doesn't officially get the nod as Olympic coach until Thursday but he already has Wayne Gretzky's support.

The Detroit Red Wings coach is to be named coach on Thursday at a Hockey Canada news conference in Montreal, a source confirmed to The Canadian Press.

Gretzky likes the selection.

"Being in Detroit, such a great hockey city, he understands the scenario that they're under," Gretzky, speaking at a Samsung Olympic sponsorship event in Vancouver, said Tuesday of the players who will represent Canada at the 2010 Games.

"I don't think the players who haven't played an Olympic Games, till they see it, understand the microscope they will be under, fortunately they have guys like Jarome (Iginla), guys who have been through this before, and although those guys have been through this before I don't think anyone is going to be able to understand the magnitude of how important this is to Canadians being that it is in Vancouver and in Canada."

Iginla, who was at the same event, was also positive about the Babcock move.

"He's been extremely successful through his career and also he's coached as a front-runner," Iginla said. "Detroit has four seasons of 50 wins-plus and Stanley Cup and everybody is chasing them down and I think that there's some similarities with coaching Canada.

"Everyone is always trying to knock them off, everyone is always trying to knock the Red Wings off, same with Canada, everyone wants to beat them and is gunning for them so I think there is definitely some similarities there."

Babcock, 46, has a career coaching record of 282-139-71 in the NHL with 58 post-season victories.

Babcock has lobbied for the head coaching job with the Canadian Olympic team for a while. Immediately after winning the Cup in Pittsburgh in 2008, Babcock went to Steve Yzerman and asked how to apply. Yzerman, who wasn't yet officially in charge of Team Canada at that point, said they already assumed he wanted it.

Yzerman wouldn't confirm Babcock's hiring Tuesday.

"I really haven't talked to anybody (in the media) about it," Yzerman said on a conference call after he was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame. "We'll announce the entire staff Thursday in Montreal."

Canada won the gold medal in Salt Lake City in 2002 under Pat Quinn, but struggled in Turin four years later, losing to Russia in the quarter-finals. Quinn also coached that team.

Babcock brings some impressive international credentials to the job. He led Canada to gold at the 2004 world championships, going 7-1-1 and beating Sweden in the final. He also helped the Canadians win gold at the 1997 world junior championships.

Babcock's 2010 team will likely be led by Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby, who played a part in preventing him from winning consecutive Stanley Cups earlier this month.

Columbus Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock is expected to be on Babcock's staff.
LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/Mike-Babcock-will-coach-Team-Canada-in-2010-Olympics_-source-says.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/Mike-Babcock-will-coach-Team-Canada-in-2010-Olympics_-source-says.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on June 27, 2009, 05:43:12 PM
Quote
PANTHERS TRADE BOUWMEESTER'S RIGHTS TO FLAMES

6/27/2009 11:21:49 AM

Jay Bouwmeester's days in Florida are over. The Panthers have traded the 25-year-old star defenceman's rights to the Calgary Flames for the rights to blueliner Jordan Leopold and a third round pick. Despite trade rumours that swirled around him on deadline day, Bouwmeester, 25, remained in Florida, playing out the final year of his contract, which allowed him to become an unrestricted free agent at season's end.

The native of Edmonton, Alberta played his entire six-year career with the Panthers after being selected third overall by the club in 2002. He had 15 goals and 27 assists in 82 games this season. Leopold, 28, was a second round (44th overall) draft pick of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 1999. In 355 NHL games, the Golden Valley, Minnesota, native has 29 goals and 80 assists with a minus- 15 rating. Leopold is set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=283033 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=283033)

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DUCKS SHIP DEFENCEMAN PRONGER TO FLYERS

6/26/2009 9:53:04 PM

The Anaheim Ducks have traded defenceman Chris Pronger and forward Ryan Dingle to the Philadelphia Flyers for defenceman Luca Sbisa, forward Joffrey Lupul, two first-round picks and a conditional third-round pick in 2010 or 2011. The Pronger trade comes following reports that Ducks' defenceman Scott Niedermayer will return for the 2009-2010 season.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=282981 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=282981)

2009 Draft 1st round:
http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=9157 (http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=9157)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 01, 2009, 07:26:48 AM
WHOOOOOOOOO! JULY 1ST! :w00t:
Quote
Canadiens grab Gomez from Rangers in 7-player deal

Tuesday, 06.30.2009 / 6:27 PM / News

Glen Sather and Bob Gainey started discussing their wants and needs when they sat together at a dinner on June 22. The respective general managers for the New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens continued the discussion at the Entry Draft. Finally, at roughly 3 p.m. ET Tuesday, they consummated a trade that seemingly helps both sides. The Rangers sent Scott Gomez and his hefty contract that still has five years and more than $30 million left on it to Montreal in exchange for Long Island, N.Y. native Christopher Higgins, who is a restricted free agent, but is likely to sign with the Rangers.

Montreal also sent the Rangers 2007 first-round draft pick Ryan McDonagh, Pavel Valentenko and the rights to Doug Janik to New York while the Rangers gave up Tom Pyatt and Mike Busto. The Rangers may view this trade as a salary dump to free up room to make another trade or to go on a shopping spree Wednesday. Dany Heatley is reportedly seeking a trade out of Ottawa and Senators GM Bryan Murray is listening to offers. Rangers GM Glen Sather said during a 5:45 p.m. ET conference call that since the trade was announced he had fielded three calls.

"It doesn't take very long for people to recognize that you're going to make some changes," Sather said. Sather praised Gomez, but also seemed relieved to get rid of the veteran center's contract, which he signed two years ago on the same day as Chris Drury. It was supposed to be a changing of the guard in New York, but the Rangers won only one playoff round with Gomez.

"It gives us a lot more options, more availability to do other things," Sather said. "We're not up against the cap now. We have lots of cap room. It just makes the options more inviting to us. I'm not sure what is going to happen. We also have depth with some of the kids we have in the minors. Torts (coach John Tortorella) has talked about the young guys and we wanted to make some room for them so we did."

The Canadiens, meanwhile, were the perfect trading partners for the Rangers. They were in the market for a center of Gomez's ilk and while they tendered a qualifying offer to Higgins, they obviously viewed him as expendable.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=432360 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=432360)

Sather you magnificent bastard! :twothumbs

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Flames sign Bouwmeester to multiyear deal

Tuesday, 06.30.2009 / 8:36 PM / News

Calgary, Alberta - Calgary Flames General Manager Darryl Sutter had a narrow window of opportunity to sign Jay Bouwmeester after acquiring negotiatiing rights to the free-agent defenseman from Florida on Saturday. He beat the clock on free agency by signing Bouwmeester to a multiyear contract on Tuesday, hours before the start of free agency. "Jay is one of the most complete defenseman in the game, and we are very pleased to have reached an agreement that will make him an important component of the Calgary Flames success," Sutter said. "We identified Jay as the priority player where we were going to focus our money. We wanted an opportunity a few days in advance of the deadline, and that’s why we made the move we did this past weekend."

Bouwmeester, a native of Edmonton, had 15 goals and 27 assists in 2008-09, his sixth season with the Panthers, who took him with the third selection in the 2002 Entry Draft. The 6-foot-4, 213-pound defenseman has 203 points in 471 career NHL games, all with Florida. Then-GM Jacques Martin opted not to deal Bouwmeester at the trade deadline, hoping he could help the Panthers make the playoffs for the first time since 2000. But Florida came up short, and Bouwmeester told the Panthers he wanted to play in a more-traditional hockey market. Calgary acquired his rights on Saturday morning for the rights to free-agent defenseman Jordan Leopold and a third-round draft pick.

By Monday, Sutter and Bouwmeester's agent were talking, and they reached an agreement a day before the start of free agency. "I am happy to have this deal done as Calgary was a team I was very interested in playing for. I was encouraged by the commitment Calgary showed by acquiring me prior to July 1," Bouwmeester said. "I am familiar with some of the players and believe we have a strong club that is poised to make the next step in becoming a championship club. I look forward to contributing to that success." The Flames will introduce Bouwmeester at a news conference on Wednesday.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=432336 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=432336)

[08:11] <daigong> YEEEEAAHH!! HEATLEY ALMOST MAYBE AN OILER!
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Report: Heatley Rejects Trade to Edmonton

Wednesday, 07.01.2009 / 12:46 AM / News

Forward refuses to waive no-trade clause, blocks move to Oilers

Hours after reporting the Ottawa Senators had traded disgruntled forward Dany Heatley to the Edmonton Oilers, TSN and Sportnet.ca are now reporting that the deal is on hold, with TSN's Bob McKenzie stating that Heatley has refused to waive his no-trade clause. The agreed-upon deal reportedly would have sent forwards Andrew Cogliano, Dustin Penner and defenseman Ladislav Smid to Ottawa.

Heatley had requested a trade from Ottawa, but such a move would require him to waive his no-trade clause for any potential deal to be finalized. Last season, Heatley tallied 39 goals and 33 assists in 82 games. He had back-to-back 50 goal seasons in 2005-06 and 2006-07. With the deal off, Ottawa is now responsible for a $4 million bonus due to Heatley on July 1.

Penner, 26, has been a disappointment for the Oilers after signing as a free agent from Anaheim two seasons ago. Penner scored 17 goals and 20 assists in 78 games last season. Cogliano was the Oilers' first-round pick in 2005. He scored 18 goals and 20 assists last season. Smid, 23, has played three-seasons in the NHL. Last year, he picked up 11 assists in 60 games.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=432360 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=432360)

Poor daigong :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on July 01, 2009, 07:52:14 AM
EDMONTON LOLERS
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 01, 2009, 10:28:27 PM
(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/97/image2mhc.jpg)

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OILERS GET THEIR NO. 1 GOALIE IN KHABIBULIN

Nikolai Khabibulin is the latest big name off the board in free agency, as the veteran netminder has signed a four-year, $15 million contract with the Edmonton Oilers. The 36-year-old spent the past four seasons in Chicago, helping lead the Blackhawks to their first Western Conference final since 1995 this past season. He also captured the Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004. The signing marks the end of a tumultuous time in the Windy City for the Russian native. After signing a massive four-year deal with the Hawks in 2005, Khabibulin suffered through various injuries and inconsistent play.

It was thought that his days in Chicago were numbered after the Blackhawks signed free-agent netminder Cristobal Huet prior to the season. The Hawks even went as far as placing the 1992 Olympic gold medalist on waivers in September with rumours circulating of a return to Russia and the KHL. Khabibulin raised the level of his play and took over the No. 1 goaltender role and was a big reason that the Blackhawks reached the post-season for the first time in seven years.

Khabibulin finished the season with a 25-8-7 record with a 2.33 goals against average and .919 save percentage. He also picked up three shutouts. In 678 career games split between the Jets/Coyotes, Lightning and Blackhawks, Khabibulin has a lifetime record of 299-267-21 with a .908 save percentage, 2.67 goals against average and 41 career shutouts. He has also played in four NHL All-Star games.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=283439 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=283439)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 02, 2009, 01:41:39 PM
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GABORIK AGREES TO FIVE-YEAR DEAL WITH RANGERS

Former Minnesota Wild winger Marian Gaborik has agreed to a five-year contract with the New York Rangers. The Slovakian forward will earn $7.5 million per year. Gaborik played his entire seven-year career with the Wild, scoring 219 goals and 437 points in 502 games. Injuries limited Gaborik to just 13 goals and 23 points in 17 games this season. Gaborik set career highs in goals (42), assists (41) and points (83) in 77 games during the 2007-2008 campaign. The 27-year-old was Minnesota's first pick (third overall) at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=283470 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=283470)

GJ Sather! Gaborik is one of the most talented players in NHL but dude better start staying healthy :P

(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6277/nhl1.jpg)
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on July 08, 2009, 09:19:17 PM
For those of you without Canada's OTR on their Twitter:
http://www.psamp.com/2009-articles/july/kris-letang-and-tyler-kennedy-do-the-weather.html (http://www.psamp.com/2009-articles/july/kris-letang-and-tyler-kennedy-do-the-weather.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 08, 2009, 11:12:53 PM
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AU REVOIR, MONTREAL: KOIVU FINDS NEW HOME WITH DUCKS

After spending his entire 13-year career in Montreal, Saku Koivu will be calling Orange County his home as the Anaheim Ducks have signed the free agent centre to a one-year, $3.25 million contract. Koivu, 34, had been the Canadiens' second-longest serving captain. His nine seasons with the 'C' trailed only the legendary Jean Beliveau, who was captain for 10 seasons. The move to Anaheim reunites Koivu with fellow countryman Teemu Selanne. The duo helped Finland earn a silver medal at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.

"I'm very excited to join the Ducks this coming season," Koivu said in a statement. "I'm also looking forward to a full season with Teemu Selanne as a teammate." Koivu, who was drafted by the Canadiens with the 21st overall pick in the 1993 draft, hoped to stay with Habs but realized if a deal did not get completed quickly, he would likely look elsewhere. "If I'm not signed by July 1, I don't think I'll be back in Montreal," Koivu said after the Canadiens were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Boston Bruins. "Finishing your career with one team would be awesome in a way, but it's too early to say because I don't know what the team's plan is."

Koivu, one of the Canadiens' most celebrated players in their 100-year history, endeared himself to Montreal fans for all the challenges he endured since joining the club in 1995. In the 1996-97 season, he was one of the league's leading scorers before a knee injury sidelined him for most of the campaign. For the next couple of seasons, knee and shoulder injuries kept him out of the lineup for long stretches, with many questioning his durability in the NHL game.

In 1999, the club made Koivu their first-ever European-born captain, succeeding Vincent Damphousse who was traded the previous season. "I enjoyed every moment there," Koivu said Wednesday in a telephone conference call from Finland. "It's a great place to play hockey. Not an easy place always, but a very interesting place. "I think and I know I'm a better person after these years. I've learned a lot from Montreal. I will never forget the years I spent there."

Koivu also left an impression with Canadiens fans at the start of the 2001-02 campaign, after being diagnosed with intra-abdominal non-Hodgkins lymphoma. His treatment left him off the roster for all but three games that season and his return to the lineup in April of 2002 was considered one of the club's most memorable moments. In his comeback game against the Ottawa Senators on home ice, the 21,273 fans in attendance gave him an eight-minute standing ovation - a local honour shared only by the late Maurice Richard.

Koivu's courageous battle with cancer and his return to the game earned him the Masterton Trophy that season. "Saku Koivu's character and leadership qualities are unquestioned," said general Manager Bob Murray in a team statement. "He is a skilled playmaker and we are thrilled to add him to our team."
In 13 NHL seasons, Koivu has suited up in 792 games and has scored 191 goals with 450 assists. He played in only 65 games for the Habs in 2008-09 after dealing with a foot injury. He scored 16 goals and posted 36 assists.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=284086 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=284086)

Selänne & Koivu (+ some random dude) will be one of the best 2nd lines this season :yep:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on July 10, 2009, 03:56:19 AM
SAKIC RETIRES! CANUCK KILLER!!

Top 10 Joe Sakic Moments (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAHUPMbUUy8#ws-lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 10, 2009, 07:56:52 AM
Edmonton Oilers Boys On The Bus: Wayne Gretzky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-616W2x8eGU#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)

Drunken Gretzky = PRICELESS :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 14, 2009, 10:44:54 PM
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LEMAIRE RETURNS FOR SECOND STINT AS DEVILS HEAD COACH

NEWARK, N.J. -- After six years without a Stanley Cup, the New Jersey Devils are handing over the team to the coach who led them to their first NHL title. Jacques Lemaire, who coached the Devils for five seasons in the mid 1990s and led them to the Cup in 1995, is New Jersey's coach again. He was hired on Monday, some five weeks after Brent Sutter resigned and eventually took over as coach of the Calgary Flames. "I never thought I would be back," the 63-year-old Lemaire said in a conference call. "I said at that time when I was leaving after five years, and it was five great years, I wanted to cherish this for the rest of my life and the rest of my career, but I never thought one day I would come back." The deal reunites Lemaire with general manager and president Lou Lamoriello and goaltender Martin Brodeur, the combination that turned that Devils from a contender to a champion in 1995.

"Jacques Lemaire is one of the most respected coaches in the game," Lamoriello said. "He is a teacher and a communicator, and knows what it takes to have success." The Devils also won Stanley Cups in 2000 and 2003, but they have not come close in recent years. They were eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs the past two seasons under Sutter. This season's ouster was stunning as New Jersey gave up two late goals in Game 7 of their series against the Carolina Hurricanes. "You look at the team last year, they were solid defensively, and offensively," Lemaire said of the team that won a franchise-record 51 games this past season. "That's the goal I want to have ... and to do as well as we can in the playoffs."

Contract terms were not disclosed but Lemaire said he intends to coach at least two seasons. Lemaire recently resigned as coach of the Minnesota Wild. He took over the expansion franchise in 2000 and led them to the playoffs three times. However, the injury-plagued Wild missed the playoffs this past season and Lemaire stepped down, saying he had taken them as far as he could. "Last year, right after the season, I never did close the door on coaching," Lemaire said. "I just said that my time in Minnesota is over and it's time to go on and do something else," Lemaire said. Watching the playoffs convinced Lemaire he still wanted to coach.

"I've heard a lot of ex-coaches say often that it is really hard to get out of this because we love the game and it is exciting and it's fun," Lemaire said. "Well, that's what I got watching the playoffs." Lemaire first talked with Lamoriello about the vacant job before the NHL draft in mid June and the two hammered out an agreement this past weekend. "When you've been coaching for 15 years, when you look at a team, you want to have a chance to win the Cup, there is no doubt about that," Lemaire said. "Especially in my situation, this would be a great thing to have a chance. Don't forget there are 30 teams saying the same thing. I want a chance to be part of this and if there is a chance I would love to get another one."

Lemaire has won 11 Stanley Cups as a player, coach and executive. He has a career coaching record of 538-415-176 in 14 seasons with Montreal, New Jersey and Minnesota. Lamoriello also announced that Mario Tremblay, who spent the past nine seasons as an assistant coach in Minnesota with Lemaire, will join the Devils' coaching staff. The team also retained assistant coach Tommy Albelin and goaltending coach Jacques Caron. Former Devils great Scott Stevens will also take a more active coaching role both with the team and their AHL affiliate, Lamoriello said.

In giving the job to Lemaire, Lamoriello passed over assistant coach John MacLean again. He was the leading contender when Sutter got the job two years ago. This time, MacLean was given the head coaching job at Lowell of the AHL. Kevin Dean will be his assistant coach and Chris Terreri will be the goaltending coach. "There is no question as to John MacLean's knowledge of the game," said Lamoriello. "This is the next step in his bright coaching career."
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=284629 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=284629)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 16, 2009, 09:36:15 AM
Pour toujours... LES CANADIENS - trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjwzBY_Hnyw#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 17, 2009, 02:43:11 PM
Top 10 Funniest Hockey Goal Celebrations (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T-N_Ad10d0#lq-lq2-hq)
Selänne & Fleury :thumbsup


Top Ten Hockey Bloopers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX5hQeD71ns#lq-lq2-hq)
Ruutu owning Phaneuf is one of the funniest hockey moments ever :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 19, 2009, 10:05:57 PM
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Turmoil at CIT could ripple through NHL

The financial turmoil at CIT Group Inc. could ripple into Canada, where the company has been an important lender to everything from hockey teams and road projects to hospital expansions. Shares of New York-based CIT Group plunged 12 per cent yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange amid growing concern the company won't be able to meet nearly $3-billion (U.S.) worth of coming debt payments and will have to file for Chapter 11 protection. CIT Group has about $75-billion in assets and specializes in loans to small and medium-sized businesses. It is also a major lender to several National Hockey League teams and made a push into Canada in 1999 through the acquisition of Toronto-based Newcourt Credit Group Inc. for $2.4-billion (Canadian).

Last year, CIT Group morphed into a bank holding company and received $2.3-billion (U.S.) under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. But that has not been enough to stem its liquidity problems. The company has been trying for months to access the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program, which allows cash-strapped companies to issue government-backed bonds to raise capital at lower costs. CIT Group said over the weekend that it is exploring other options as well but indicated that "there can be no assurance that any of CIT's discussions with the government will result in any regulatory action." U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said yesterday that he was monitoring the situation and there were reports the government might do something. But many analysts now expect a Chapter 11 filing.

"It looks as though the government has given its blessing to a Chapter 11 filing," said William Larkin, fixed-income portfolio manager at Cabot Money Management in Salem, Mass. "The alarm bell went off last week and now everyone is trying to jettison off the ship." A Chapter 11 filing could be bad news for many NHL teams. It has been an important lender to several, including the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils and Nashville Predators. CIT Group's troubles "are going to be horrible for [the NHL]," said a financial adviser to several sports teams who asked not to be identified because he works with hockey clubs. "When those [financings] come up for renewal I just don't know what happens."

Last year, CIT Group helped Alberta businessman Daryl Katz finance half his $200-million purchase of the Edmonton Oilers. In 2007, CIT Group arranged $130-million in financing for the Senators and Scotiabank Place and in 2006 it participated in part of the funding for a $350-million arena in New Jersey for the Devils. The company has also worked with the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association and soccer's Manchester United. Much of the work has been led by Gordon Saint-Denis, a Montreal-native who runs CIT Group's sports division. Mr. Saint-Denis was unavailable for comment yesterday.

In Canada, CIT Group has been active in infrastructure projects, including building a ring road around Edmonton and expanding the Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie, Ont., and the Sault Area Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Each hospital project costs about $400-million (Canadian). CIT Canada officials were unavailable for comment yesterday. Jane Cocking, a spokeswoman at the Royal Victoria Hospital, did not believe CIT Group's financial issues would affect construction that is already under way. "The cranes are operating," she said.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/turmoil-at-cit-could-ripple-through-nhl/article1217296/ (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/turmoil-at-cit-could-ripple-through-nhl/article1217296/)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on July 21, 2009, 08:44:20 PM
Boy this brings back memories.  Still not economically viable unfortunately, however people here want to think that it is.
TSN Announces Winnipeg Jets Are Leaving '95 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q45bPDlBpg#lq-hq)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 28, 2009, 01:07:53 PM
Top 10 Bloopers of the 2007-2008 Hockey Season (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGxzRoWtflI#lq-lq2-hq)

Top 10 Own Goals in Hockey History (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhB7IHl3sH8#ws-lq-lq2-hq)
:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on August 04, 2009, 08:51:10 PM
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Report: Veteran defenseman Numminen retires

Tuesday, 08.04.2009 / 10:53 AM / 2009 NHL Offseason News

According to reports in Finland, veteran Buffalo Sabres defenseman Teppo Numminen is retiring after 20 NHL seasons. The 41-year-old defenseman was selected with the 29th pick of the 1986 Entry Draft and went on to play 1,372 regular-season games with the Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars and Sabres. He scored 117 goals and 520 assists and scored an additional 9 goals and 14 assists in 82 Stanley Cup Playoff games. Last season Numminen skated in 57 games for the Sabres, after playing in only one game in 2007-08. A heart problem was discovered prior to the '07-08 season and Numminen missed the majority of the season after undergoing open-heart surgery.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=463414 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=463414)

Teppo's a true legend :bow:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 05, 2009, 03:52:24 AM
^
One of the most beloved and respected players in Peg Sheety when the Jets were here.

Cheers Teppo. You've definitely earned the rest. :cheers
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on August 06, 2009, 11:14:21 AM
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Report: Sharks' Roenick to retire

Jeremy Roenick is hanging up his skates.

According to Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, Roenick will announce his retirement as an NHL player Thursday at a press conference in San Jose, where Roenick played for the Sharks the last two seasons. The Sharks have scheduled a press conference on Thursday at 11 a.m. PST, at which time Roenick is expected to announce his retirement. NHL Network will broadcast the press conference live beginning at 11 PST/2 ET.

The outspoken Roenick leaves with 513 career goals, only the third American to crack 500 NHL goals, and 703 assists in 1,363 regular-season games with the Chicago Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings and Sharks. In the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Roenick scored 53 goals and 69 assists in 154 games with the Blackhawks, Coyotes, Flyers and Sharks. Roenick was a star on the Chicago team in 1991 that won the Presidents' Trophy and went to the Stanley Cup Final. He was also a key contributor on the Philadelphia team in 2004 that went to the Eastern Conference Final. He did not play on a Stanley Cup-winning team.

"I have been around for a long time and haven't won one and that's frustrating," Roenick told NHL.com prior to the 2009 playoffs. "It's nice to know people would be wishing me good faith and good luck in trying to get the Cup. That would make my career very, very complete knowing that I have that support behind me. So, yeah, I do wish for that. I do hope for that. It's very important to me. The fans are very important to me."

In June, while attending the 2009 NHL Awards, Roenick told NHL.com he was close to a final decision on his career. "I don't have a total decision but I am leaning a certain way," Roenick, 39, said. "My body is still in great shape," added Roenick. "The decision will be based on family and what (Sharks GM) Doug Wilson says." Roenick came out of a short-lived retirement two summers ago to join the Sharks because of his relationship with GM Doug Wilson and the hope he had for the team his buddy -- and former teammate in Chicago -- had built in San Jose.

Roenick doesn't think he would have come back to play for any other team. "I knew San Jose was one of the elite teams in the last five or six years and my agent and I attempted to get traded there a couple of times throughout my career knowing that Doug was there," Roenick said. "San Jose was always on my radar. My relationship with Doug is very special, so I don't think it could have happened anywhere else."

"All we did was give him the opportunity," Wilson told NHL.com. "He deserves all the credit for going and doing the work necessary to play in this League at this time. It's one thing to say you want to play, but to commit to it…You see how he plays with his passion. He's got skill, but he's got grit. He'll go around you. He'll go through you. He'll take a hit. He'll block a shot. I think that all relays to the fan in seeing a guy who truly loves to play the game."
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=463425 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=463425)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on August 09, 2009, 08:18:10 AM
Fleury's trying to pull a Claude Lemieux? :huhuh

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FLEURY ATTEMPTING NHL COMEBACK

Sources tell TSN Theoren Fleury is attempting a comeback and wants to play in the NHL again. After playing senior hockey last season, Fleury decided in February he was fit enough to give the NHL another try, so he hired a personal trainer and has been working diligently since. Those close to him say he didn't leave the National Hockey League the way he wanted, which is fueling his desire to return.

The 41-year-old has been sober for almost four years and has been skating daily in Calgary in the hope that an NHL team is willing to invite him to training camp. Interest in the former Stanley Cup champion won't be enough to clear the way for Fleury's return.  He remains under indefinite suspension and would first have to be approved by the NHL and the NHLPA's Substance Abuse program doctors before reinstatement would be considered.

Sources say Fleury recently sent NHL commissioner Gary Bettman a letter acknowledging his comeback bid and has also discussed the possibility with the league's doctors. The league has confirmed receiving the letter requesting reinstatement. At 5' 6,'' Fleury was one of the smallest players in hockey. Intense and fearless, Fleury made a name for himself for more than his stature. He could score, play defensively and led teams to championships in junior hockey, in the NHL and on the international stage.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=287047 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=287047)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on August 09, 2009, 08:55:39 PM
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HAWKS' KANE ARRESTED FOR ROBBING, ASSAULTING CAB DRIVER

Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane and his cousin were arrested early Sunday morning for assaulting and robbing a cab driver in Buffalo, according to several news sources in that city. According to a police report, the 20-year-old Kane and his cousin James M. Kane, 21, were arrested around 5am et after allegedly punching the cabbie after he said he did not have proper change for their trip fare.

The report says the cab fare was $13.80 and the Kanes handed the driver $15. He claims he had only $1 change and was not in possession of another twenty cents to give back. According to the police report, both Kanes took their money back and punched the cabbie in the face and head. Both men have been charged with second-degree robbery, fourth-degree criminal mischief and theft of services.

The NHL is working with the local police department in trying to assemble the details. Kane, a Buffalo native, had attended a press conference with the mayor to announce funding for a local rink earlier in the evening. WGRZ.com says the driver appeared to have suffered cuts to his face as well as damage to his glasses. Buffalo's WIVB is reporting that an attorney for the Kanes has entered a plea of not guilty in City court.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=287230 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=287230)

:thumbdown:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on August 10, 2009, 09:56:42 AM
I wonder if this means that Kane's not gonna be on the 2K9 Hockey game anymore.  Dumbass.  Maybe Jonathan Toews' Winnipeg cheapness is rubbing off on him, lol.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 10, 2009, 08:37:06 PM
20 cents XD

No wonder the Oilers got Khabibulin!! Chi-Town can't pay their players enuff!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on August 22, 2009, 12:20:45 AM
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Grand jury dismisses felony charge against Kane

An Erie County, N.Y., grand jury dismissed the felony robbery charge against Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane and his cousin James, but indicted both on lesser charges. The indictments on assault in the third degree and theft of services are misdemeanors, and a harassment indictment is considered a violation-level offense. Patrick Kane met with reporters after the final on-ice session at the U.S. Olympic orientation camp in suburban Chicago, and he said he wasn't aware of the grand jury's decision on the charges.

"That's news to me to be honest with you, I haven't heard yet," he said. "I'll talk to my lawyer after this. If the felony's dropped, that's obviously a positive step, definitely." Patrick Kane, 20, and James Kane, 21, will be arraigned at 2 p.m. ET on Thursday. Both were arrested after an incident with 62-year-old cab driver Jan Radecki during the early-morning hours of Aug. 9 in Buffalo. Kane has avoided discussing the legal issues during the three days of camp activities, although he has made himself available to the media to discuss hockey issues.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=479944 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=479944)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 27, 2009, 10:08:33 AM
Oilers get another assistant in Wayne Fleming. Who??

They need more veteran scoring! And Centres :banghead:
(http://cdn.nhl.com/oilers/images/upload/2009/08/20090826_canada-325.jpg)

Edmonton Oilers fitness program (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zf14Hjuv7k#normal)

Can't wait for the Season to begin!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on August 27, 2009, 10:17:39 AM
Can't wait for the Season to begin!
And in a couple of months you can't wait for the season to end :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on August 27, 2009, 10:22:30 AM
LOL!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 27, 2009, 08:20:28 PM
FUCK YOU!!

Rangers gonna suck harder than MAria Ozawa.

Here's something for CMKei and Honger:

http://canucks.nhl.com/club/page.htm?bcid=30946 (http://canucks.nhl.com/club/page.htm?bcid=30946)

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The Vancouver Canucks are pleased to offer one of a kind Canucks Fan Packs to fans across British Columbia and around the world! A fan pack consists of 4 player cards (chosen at random), a Canucks sticker and tattoo.

GET IT!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 28, 2009, 03:23:48 AM
Ex-Habs coach Demers appointed to the Senate
Posted: August 27, 2009, 6:02 PM by Jeremy Sandler


Jacques Demers is the last man to coach a Canadian team to the Stanley Cup but his next business as an Ottawa senator will have nothing to do with the NHL.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper named the Montreal native, who just celebrated his 65th birthday, to the upper chamber on Thursday.

Demers, who led the Montreal Canadiens to the 1993 Stanley Cup and also coached St. Louis, Detroit and Tampa Bay in his NHL career, currently works as a hockey analyst for the French language sports television station RDS.

His greatest fame in recent years came with the release of his autobiography in 2005 in which he revealed that he was functionally illiterate during his days in the NHL.

In a story on the RDS web site, Demers said on July 13 someone working for the Prime Minister first contacted him about sitting in the Senate.

“"This person told me I was one of Mr. Harper's choices and he wanted to know if I was interested,” said Demers, who stands to make $130,000 a year fulfilling his duties as a member of the Red Chamber. “I answered that I would be very honoured to be a senator. Mr. Harper contacted me a few days later."

Demers will be the second hockey personality sitting in Canada’s Senate, joining longtime member and Hockey Hall of Famer Frank Mahovlich. (http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/archive/2009/08/27/ex-habs-coach-appointed-senator.aspx)
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/archive/2009/08/27/ex-habs-coach-appointed-senator.aspx (http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/archive/2009/08/27/ex-habs-coach-appointed-senator.aspx)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Demers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Demers)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on August 28, 2009, 09:37:03 AM
Jacques Demers?  Is he still functionally illiterate?  Or can he get by to be in the Senate?  Not exactly what the Canadian government needs, but if the guy can do his job and follow direction, then I guess more power to him.  Get ready for the field day that the media will have with him all over again tho.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on August 29, 2009, 01:21:32 AM
Canucks acquired Christian Ehrhoff and Brad Lukowich from SJ for a bag of pucks!

Canucks now have a pretty good Defensive core with Mathieu Schneider signing with us sooner or later though we are now 3 million over cap limit with Mats "LOOK AT ME IM A POKER STAR!" Sundin not yet signed. Hopefully we trade Kevin Bieksa away + a fwd to free up some cap and sign a scoring fwd.

WATCH OUT LOLERS! YOU GOING DOWN!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on August 31, 2009, 09:16:39 AM
sick rumor from the NHLPA

To Canucks:

Alex Frolov (UFA by 2010)

To Kings:

Pavol Demitra (UFA by 2010)
Shane O’Brien (RFA by 2010)
2010 3rd-rounder


i dont know about this. i would keep demitra in canucks though. =\ but frolov is pretty awesome as well
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 01, 2009, 07:46:50 PM
^ CASUCKS better hold on to their Captain!!

u know the wackest story I heard?? Mike Comrie rumours of coming back to E-Town! Thank :rikabunny THEY FALSE!! If that Mrs. Hilary Duff steps one foot into an Oilers uniform, hooooooolyshit fuckin I'm gonna quit hockey 4 LIFE!!

EVEN BETTER!!! They opened up a PRO HOCKEY LIFE MEGA STORE (http://www.prohockeylife.com/) by my house.

(http://sports.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0129/%20nhl_g_souray_580.jpg)

Sheldon "The Playa" Souray will be there this SAt. signing autographs from 6-8 PM BE THERE OILERS FANS!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ChocoMochaKei on September 02, 2009, 06:51:43 PM
Luongo signed a 12-year contract extension  :shocked  that's a long long time.  At $10 million for the first year, it makes me want to change professions and become an NHL goalie  :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on September 02, 2009, 07:22:01 PM
:o

12 years?

Someone is going to be regretting that in about 3-4 years.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on September 02, 2009, 07:55:04 PM
Nah man, this is Roberto Luongo, not Rick DiPietro.  Luongo can back his shit up.  Once Brodeur retires, he'll be the #1 goaltender in Canada.  I think that's a safe investment, unless he gets injured ... like DiPietro did.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on September 02, 2009, 08:03:14 PM
I dunno. Stuff can change fast.

How long did it take Hasek to go from "#1 Best Evar" to has-been? 3 years, maybe 4?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 02, 2009, 08:21:51 PM
Start planning dat parade Canucks fan XD

(http://i29.tinypic.com/260vdzn.jpg)

Ask, the Isles about how DiPietro pays off!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 02, 2009, 10:57:22 PM
^already did!


Luongo signed a 12-year contract extension  :shocked  that's a long long time.  At $10 million for the first year, it makes me want to change professions and become an NHL goalie  :lol:

it doesnt really matter though, the contract is front loaded anyway. the salary cap hit will be 5.3 mil per year from luongo's contract. thats a steal for an elite goaltender. so for the duration of 12 years with the canucks, only about 5.3 million will be taken from the overall team salary cap.  :thumbsup
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on September 03, 2009, 08:28:41 PM
Hasek still got himself a Stanley Cup after 2000 when his groin injury kicked in.  He'd been playing for a while by then, about as long as Luongo has played now.  I like this decision because he can be the face of the team, and he seems to like life in Vancouver.  Who wouldn't?  I'd live there if I made that kinda money.  I just don't know about trying to lock in the twins, that'll be interesting to see how long they want to stay.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 03, 2009, 10:45:24 PM
we signed the twins to a 6 years contract
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 07, 2009, 01:45:09 AM
Sooo, Dan Cloutier (former enforcer/canuck) was granted a try out with the Red Wings. How will he look Niklas Lidstrom in the eyes after this happened? LOL

Nik Lidstrom Destroys Dan Cloutier's Career (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y524oYnSuqQ#normal)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 10, 2009, 11:17:38 AM
Yahoo Fantasy HOCKEY!! JPHiPHL 2009-10

Edmonton Oilers Boys On The Bus Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PRBr43emtw#normal)

Go here: http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com (http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com)

League ID: 107996
Password: rika

Using online live draft. Our live online draft is set for Sun Sep 27 8:45pm PDT [ Add to My Calendar ], which is 17 days, 18 hours, and 28 minutes from now. Please arrive at least 10 minutes early since your draft will start promptly at the assigned time.

Custom League URL: http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/jphiphl (http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/jphiphl)

PRIZES TO BE WON!! OILERS GAME WORN SOCKS!! Actually, i was supposed to give them to my roomies in AX but forgot where I put em :lol:

Now's the time to set up Rules, points, Draft time etc. so no bitching later.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on September 10, 2009, 10:27:17 PM
Quote
Oilers sign Comrie to one-year deal

General Manager Steve Tambellini announced today the Edmonton Oilers have agreed to terms with centre Mike Comrie on a one-year contract. Comrie, originally drafted by Edmonton in the third round (91st overall) in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, rejoins the Oilers after having played here from 2000-2003. The 28-year-old has also played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, New York Islanders and Ottawa Senators. Comrie has posted 154 goals and 184 assists for 338 points in 525 games in the NHL. Last season, Comrie started the year with the Islanders before being dealt to the Senators with Chris Campoli for Dean McAmmond and a 1st round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Comrie enjoyed one of his finest seasons with the Oilers when he scored a career-high 60 points in 2001-02.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=498140 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=498140)

Poor daigong :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 10, 2009, 11:01:33 PM
LOL

I think hell has just froze over, either that or it just shows how desperate Edmonton is and that no one else wants to sign in that city.

Comrie held out on the Oilers, so the Oilers worked out a trade with Anaheim to send Comrie to the Ducks for Corey Perry and a 1st round pick, Lowe then demanded Comrie to repay part of his bonuses to the Oilers at which point Comrie told Lowe to go fuck himself haaahahaha

 :rofl:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 11, 2009, 01:31:24 AM
... :angry:
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8149/comrie.jpg) :banghead:
i thought I was dreaming when I heard that on the radio XD

For $1.125M. Dude is just a floater, Oilers needed all round scoring and he ain't playing Centre no more. ARRRRRRRRRRGGH Duff better show her fuckin ass around town.


Oh Yeah, Honger?? Wait until our rookies fuck your rookies in the ass tonite!!  :jerk:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 11, 2009, 01:57:05 AM
Watch the GAME TONIGHT!

http://tinyurl.com/qv656d (http://tinyurl.com/qv656d)

MASA BETTER CHEER FOR THE NUCKS
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on September 13, 2009, 01:57:31 AM
SENS DEAL HEATLEY TO SHARKS FOR MICHALEK, CHEECHOO

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=290808 (http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=290808)

Me thinks this is gonna make both teams stronger.  CHEECHOO bitches!!  Sens need an enforcer, its about time we got one.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 13, 2009, 02:05:07 AM
lol cheechoo sucked after that one good season he had where he scored like 40+ goals. hopefully he will regain his form.

SJ is going to own. but their defense isnt that  good right now.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 14, 2009, 03:47:53 AM
checked out the Oilers practice this morning. Everyone was there, they ran some scrimmages. Got some free popcorn and coke. Bad mistake, I ended up getting the runs and this dude from the radio interviewed me and I was like "Uhhhh....I'm shitting my pants." then I ran to a toilet and before I could even sit down shitted on the back of the toilet, I kinda wiped it off and got out of there. Then some dude went in a while after I was washing my hands LMAO

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BHULiN WALL!!
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COMRIE YOU GEEK!!!

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and here's some action shots:
MOV00952 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d32MXESU-a0#normal)

Here's some pics around the coliseum. Oilers players and their fancy whips!
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 19, 2009, 03:23:27 AM
NEWS ALERT: Fans at Rexall Place cheered Comrie :lol:

(http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7690/fcc4ecf11e09bb59ec4f736.jpg)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 20, 2009, 03:02:11 AM
LMAO!! Wonder how much he paid the guy to get beat up. They were chanting COMRiE COMRiE!  :shocked:
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8281/2010050.jpg)

Canucks gonna get fucked anyways!!!

Looking forward to TSN's broadcasts cuz of MacT!!  :bow: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=291182 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=291182)

(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2623/mactavishv.jpg)
"I'm happy to finally be among the experts where the issues are many and solutions obvious," said MacTavish, a native of London, ON.  "I appreciate TSN providing a safe haven for unemployed coaches, as we rehabilitate ourselves towards future employability."
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 21, 2009, 03:50:12 AM
(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/155/kanyecanucksbest.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 22, 2009, 11:55:15 PM
lol cloutier played for red wings in preseason

(http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/00/fullj.137472ea2418def25257deba3f7c3272/137472ea2418def25257deba3f7c3272-getty-89598338bb013_detroit_red_w.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 26, 2009, 10:19:15 AM
That's all the Rangers are gonna do this season! SUCK and DANCE like a bitch!

Brandon Sugden vs Donald Brashear Round 1 Sep 24, 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJTlaRWbi98#ws-normal)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 28, 2009, 04:43:10 AM
OILERS SCORE IN OVERTIME!!
(http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4089/capte1844027393b49849bd.jpg)

Down fo the Canucks. Brule looking really good, nice scrap.

Can't wait for the season to start!! Get ready for the Draft!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 28, 2009, 09:04:11 PM
nice asswhooping by Brule!! can't wait to see him with the Big Club!

Jannik Hansen vs Gilbert Brule Sep 27, 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEB0D-sR6hk#ws-normal)

Bye Schremp you loser. Everyone on his dick for years.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on September 30, 2009, 09:17:52 AM
What the.... :huhuh

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http://www.cbc.ca/battle/index.php (http://www.cbc.ca/battle/index.php)

Finally an NHL related reality show :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on September 30, 2009, 06:08:24 PM
 :w00t:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/BradVickers2/ring.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/BradVickers2/cupnames-1.jpg)

The season can't start this week.. I still haven't recovered from the playoffs.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 30, 2009, 10:14:29 PM
Mats Sundin retires
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 01, 2009, 02:39:56 AM
^
Sad to see it happen, but the guy has definitely earned it.


What the.... :huhuh

*SNIP*

http://www.cbc.ca/battle/index.php (http://www.cbc.ca/battle/index.php)

Finally an NHL related reality show :lol:
Yeah...think "Dancing with The Stars" on ice skates. XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 01, 2009, 06:42:28 AM
has sundin ever won a cup though? i dont think he did? especially with the toronto maple suck  :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on October 01, 2009, 08:32:01 AM
Mats Sundin retires
WHOOOOOOOOO! HELL YEAH! The best damn news I have heard all week! :twothumbs

has sundin ever won a cup though?
Nah :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ChocoMochaKei on October 01, 2009, 08:44:40 PM
First game for the Canucks is tonight!   :twothumbs
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on October 01, 2009, 11:40:49 PM
Crosby vs. Ovechkin vs. Malkin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8J2BQCxaI8#ws-normal)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 01, 2009, 11:42:33 PM
GO CANUCKS GO



(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u142/rochellebrian/Leafs.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 04, 2009, 12:59:54 PM
DIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!  :tama-mad:
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7631/capt9e5869e6d4344f43af6.jpg)

At least Bulin manned up, owned it ASAP right after. 81 more games left. The way they was playing. With Gagner doing the Laraque Leap.
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7295/capt932a60cb6dd549f3b40.jpg)


And FACE OFFS!! being won. Flamers being pounded.
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5831/8eba2fc2267e2eb24d76205.jpg)

I'm lovin the OILERS season :D
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 06, 2009, 07:24:49 AM
0 - 3 so far for the season  :lol:

(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1107/luongobeachball.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 07, 2009, 10:04:59 AM
LOLUONGO!! XD

WOO OILERS WIN!! in a shoot out! Bulin Wall redeems himself.
Krys Barch vs Sheldon Souray Oct 6, 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VYUgShrTdY#normal)

haha Comrie. I like how Quinn has  shaking things up, getting everyone ice time instead of shortening the bench. Hemsky gotta play smarter - so all them fancy players better knock that shit off and just play pure and simple hockey.
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1508/capte911faa9340f47aba33.jpg)

Even Dustin Penner is dominating wtf!!


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 08, 2009, 12:26:43 PM
7 -1 NUCKS over HABS! LOL Carey Price sucked in his first game in the hometown. They kept showing Price's dad LOLOL

Rick Rypien vs. Hal Gill 10/7/09 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi3Eg1Ng98I#normal)

Nucks Rick 'the Ripper' Rypien vs Habs Hal Gill (5'11 vs 6'7)  XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 09, 2009, 12:47:20 PM
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 12, 2009, 03:05:47 AM
a friend of mine stalked/saw daniel sedin in the mall. dude broke his feet after getting hit with a puck. hes out 4 - 6 weeks.

daniel with crutches  :lol:
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 16, 2009, 10:42:20 AM
Canucks ice girls > LOLers ice girls  :fap

(http://pics.livejournal.com/hhs_warriors/pic/001x5bhr)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 17, 2009, 05:36:13 PM
how come im the only one whos posting shit here :lol:

(http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/1719/luong5.png)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mucca on October 18, 2009, 01:51:25 AM
Kyle Quincey is "bothered" by the fact he didn't get a ring when the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in 2008. (http://www.freep.com/article/20091017/SPORTS05/91017008/1053/sports05/Ex-Wing-Quincey--bothered--he-didn-t-get-ring-for--08-Stanley-Cup)

Dude played six games that year. None in the playoffs.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 18, 2009, 08:29:14 AM
Maybe Steve Yzerman would be so kind as to breastfeed him.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 18, 2009, 11:41:00 AM
how come im the only one whos posting shit here :lol:

I been lazy :lol: and WTF Honger, Oilers don't have Ice Girls. it's all Zamboni  O0

Shit's been fucked since Souray (and Staios) been out.
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/t/jphip00022.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00022.jpg)

Fucking Iginla shoulda served some games for that.  This old electrician guy at my old work used to coach him here in junior or pee wee. Roger Hein if you need him!! Ironic! Day he told me, was when he hit Souray:
Jarome Iginla KO's Souray, fights Ethan Moreau 10/08/09 More Hockey fights @ UltraSharpAction.com (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84BZGKuteXU#normal)


Lucky! Oilers didn't fart out. Comrie. Penner stepping it UP! Good thing there's the pathetic Nashville Predators and Minnesota Wild to beat the shit out of!!

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00014.jpg)

Brule and Stone have been pretty non-stop. I loved when Booguard hit Patrick O'Sullivan and he just got up, ripped Boogey Man's manhood and stole the puck to set up Penner!!!

And Bulin wall has been stepping it up, I loved how he manned up OWNED it after Game 1 and he's been keeping em in since!

Check ouf Duff at the Oilers game, time to STALK!!!!

(http://img40.imagehaven.net/img/thumbs/HKAJEQKMFN_h.jpg) (http://img40.imagehaven.net/img.php?id=HKAJEQKMFN_h.jpg) (http://img40.imagehaven.net/img/thumbs/LF95U9PC22_h1.jpg) (http://img40.imagehaven.net/img.php?id=LF95U9PC22_h1.jpg) (http://img41.imagehaven.net/img/thumbs/Z69A874REH_h2.jpg) (http://img41.imagehaven.net/img.php?id=Z69A874REH_h2.jpg) (http://img41.imagehaven.net/img/thumbs/UBMSP58FKR_h3.jpg) (http://img41.imagehaven.net/img.php?id=UBMSP58FKR_h3.jpg)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 18, 2009, 11:47:28 AM
"What did the board say to the face?"

"FACIAL!"





 XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 18, 2009, 11:51:51 AM
:jerk: check out Duff.
Mike Comrie Goal #3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-rESFmpeMI#normal)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on October 19, 2009, 11:37:34 PM
7 WINS IN A ROW! TOTAL FUCKING DOMINATION! Fucking Oilers won't even win 7 times this season :yep:

(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5889/image2dh.jpg)

Mugen & daigong: where your teams at? :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 20, 2009, 01:22:25 AM
canucks is 3 - 4 right now. dont worry, canucks gonna rape oilers tonight! if the nucks lose to oilers tonight, I will post a sig saying "I ate Daigong's ass for breakfast" for for a week!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on October 20, 2009, 05:22:19 AM
7 WINS IN A ROW! TOTAL FUCKING DOMINATION! Fucking Oilers won't even win 7 times this season :yep:

(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5889/image2dh.jpg)

Mugen & daigong: where your teams at? :lol:

Ahhhh... There we go...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/BradVickers2/pensrags.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 20, 2009, 10:30:09 AM

FUCK YEAH OILERS!!!

FUCK YEAH O'SULLIVAN!!

(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/5918/capresshkncanucksoilers.jpg)

Bulin WALL BABY! 39 SAVES!! Hemsky totally was obstructed at the end WTF Refs threw out they whistles.

Mugen & daigong: where your teams at? :lol:
HA!!! Jinxed your team FOOL!!

(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4620/nhlh.jpg)

canucks is 3 - 4 right now. dont worry, canucks gonna rape oilers tonight! if the nucks lose to oilers tonight, I will post a sig saying "I ate Daigong's ass for breakfast" for for a week!

Grosssssssssssss, Lay Sik See Ah!! Who is the winner in this bet? :puke: XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 20, 2009, 10:39:07 AM
...fuck the oilers
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on October 20, 2009, 10:54:57 AM
HA!!! Jinxed your team FOOL!!
Fuck. :banghead:

...fuck the oilers
:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ChocoMochaKei on October 20, 2009, 05:25:48 PM
 :doh:  The game last night was entertaining at least.   :sweatdrop:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on October 21, 2009, 09:13:05 AM
Quote
Chelios wants another shot at NHL

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Former NHL star Chris Chelios skated Monday with the minor league Chicago Wolves and said he will probably sign a contract with the team this week. The 47-year-old Chelios said he wants to help his chances of "getting back in the NHL someday." "The Wolves gave me a great opportunity," Chelios said after the workout with the American Hockey League Wolves at their suburban training center. "It's going to fun and I intend to have a good time with these guys." Wolves coach Don Granato expects Chelios to contribute once he puts in some practice time. "He's been in this business a long time because he's a competitor and he certainly knows what he's doing," said Granato. "He'll acclimate and in fairness to him it takes time, especially not having training camp. But the talent and competitiveness are there."

A veteran of 25 NHL seasons with three different teams, Chelios was the NHL's oldest active player in 2008-09 and last played in the spring as the Red Wings made a run to the Stanley Cup finals. Chelios, a Chicago native, came up with Montreal in 1984 and was traded to Chicago in 1990. He captained the Blackhawks from 1995 to 1999 and was traded to Detroit in March 1999. His NHL career includes 185 goals and 763 assists for 948 points. The Wolves are the Atlanta Thrashers' top affiliate but Chelios said he hasn't given much thought about being called up to his fourth NHL team. "Right now, my thought is getting ready to play here," he said. "I haven't played for a while. Last year I only played 30 games at best. I've got a big challenge to prove to myself and a lot of people that I can still play." Chelios won three Norris Trophies as the NHL's top defenseman and played on three Stanley Cup winners, one with the Canadiens and two with the Red Wings.
http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nhl/news/story?id=4554043 (http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nhl/news/story?id=4554043)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ChocoMochaKei on October 22, 2009, 06:53:10 AM
 :roll:  I think he should move onto other things.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 22, 2009, 07:41:22 AM
good win nucks over hawks.

Mitchell destroyed Toews lol

Huge Willie Mitchell hit on Jonathan Toews [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zn4uUVoGzs#normal)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ChocoMochaKei on October 22, 2009, 04:44:33 PM
Nice hit!  I missed the game because I was at a party :(  I'll catch the highlights tonight.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 23, 2009, 06:55:07 AM
^ ROFL the only HD about that video is the dude's TV rofl

But Oilers keep on rolling :D


hoolly fuck. Garon comes back and acts like a hero. Torres even scored. DOWN 4-1
(http://i36.tinypic.com/8z4786.jpg)(http://i38.tinypic.com/2cwrct3.jpg)

OILERS WON 6-4. Bulin kept it close. Penner and Hemsky 5 points a piece HO HO HO

SEE THAI LONG!!

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 23, 2009, 07:18:39 AM
PENNER!!!!

Lol pavelec pulled a cloutier

190 Foot Goal On Ondrej Pavelec 10-22-2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szwjh4ogCkM#normal)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 24, 2009, 09:54:08 AM
I think tucker got crippled1

Tucker getting boarded by Ruutu (10/23/2009) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_AZmIriAHU#normal)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on October 24, 2009, 10:05:27 AM
^ That's what happens if you fuck with Tuomo Ruutu :yep:

Two nice checks by Tuomo Ruutu in WC 07 semifinal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac5sf3E-MFA#normal)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 25, 2009, 03:51:29 AM
LOL canucks beat leafs tonight franchise record with 8 straight loses


What is the difference between the Maple Leafs and a Triangle????




A triangle has three points!   :twothumbs
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on October 25, 2009, 10:52:56 PM
Damn, Pens got worked last night. Hah, can't win em all.

Well, at least I got Bob Errey's autograph!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/BradVickers2/bob.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 26, 2009, 02:49:37 AM
People in Winnipeg would shit themselves if they had to pay that kinda money for a premium ticket.  Once it gets past the $60 level its "Fook that, I'm watching dis on teevee eh?"  $137 for one seat, lol.  I think that's around the total I paid for when we went to the AHL All Star weekend in 2006 - for all the events.  Time to post a video thinking what I think of my living situation in this miserable city.
Cartman sings ''In the Getto'' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5VDAL0NGyU#normal)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 26, 2009, 06:14:49 AM
nice! where'd u find him, Brad??

Winnipeg in the talks of getting an NHL franchise again?? Better come up with a better plan than Quebec City!

DIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Oilers gotta get healthy, fuckin everyone with the flu. Fucking themselves on every PP

(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/944/captd3b07d0048e4433ea41.jpg)

Back to back losses to Division opponents. Avs 7-1 WTF! next. At least Stortini did some good, he's pretty valuable lately, GRIT

Canucks Vs Oilers - Hordichuk Vs Stortini - 10.25.09 - HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETZnnQn0Oho#normal)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on October 27, 2009, 12:43:25 AM
nice! where'd u find him, Brad??


He's the color commentator for the Pens nowadays. That game he was between the benches, so after it was over I slipped my ticket to him between the glass and he signed it. Pretty cool. Haha, after a game like that I needed something positive.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 28, 2009, 10:42:45 AM
^ I hear ya. i love how acessable players are in the NHL. POSiTiVE is what we need.

After the Oilers three straight stinkers. Gilbert and Grebeshkov just giving shit away!! So it's the flu, WORSE it's Oilers announce defenseman Smid has swine flu :shocked:

(http://i37.tinypic.com/2efutmh.jpg)

Look at Bulin saving they ass. keeping em in it. Hope Horcofff gets out of his slump soon. That 7 million he's getting ain't looking so pretty.

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 28, 2009, 09:55:41 PM
Luongo suffered a hairline fracture on his rib. Hes out for a few games  :doh:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 29, 2009, 12:10:19 AM
Just tape it up!! Lubomir Visnovsky was missing from the bench, apparently he's got the flu too. WTF!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 30, 2009, 07:24:32 AM

HOSHIT that was a close one. Red wings still dangerous no matter how crappy their goaltending is. PENNER 4 POINTS HA!

(http://i38.tinypic.com/2ak0f92.jpg)

Hemsky and Horcoff finally get out of their slumps, esp. Horc
Ales Hemsky Breakaway Goal Against Detroit Red Wings (October 29 09) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmYejenghdQ#normal)

And listened to a Peter Pocklington interview, he still woulda traded Gretzky eventually. "Well we got good players and won another cup." BUT FUUUCK dude just doesn't get it.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 30, 2009, 07:56:12 AM
He got it when he made a better offer to Gretzky than the Jets did back in 78.  But I think he had a lot more to do with the Oil back then.  I don't really know all the history behind Pocklington, honestly.  I just know we didn't get Gretz because of a LOT of what he did for Edmonton.

And how about those Leafs? How many in a row are they gonna win?  I'm putting down money that the Isles will have a better record than they will all season long in the battle of the basement.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 30, 2009, 08:17:49 AM
god, red wings goalies suck. maybe i should play for them lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ChocoMochaKei on October 30, 2009, 06:03:02 PM
They were mentioning the Edmonton/Detroit game on 1040 last night during the Canucks game.  Wow, it sounded like a good game.  I'm glad the Canucks won, I was sort of listening to it but I'll be watching the game tonight on HD.  Go Canucks Go!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 31, 2009, 05:36:49 AM
wow. hard luck Canucks against the Ducks!!

Ovie is on FiRE!! who got him in the draft??? 13 in 12. He might get 50 in 50. But he ain't touching Gretzky's record.

Gretzky!? I can't believe he woulda been in the Jets!! PHEW. I shoulda known, Peter Puck's selling a book. I guess it helps with legal fees.

(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9829/pocklington.jpg)

Here's the full Peter Pocklington interview.....wow.
http://www.630ched.com/Channels/Reg/InsideSports/Story.aspx?id=1159194 (http://www.630ched.com/Channels/Reg/InsideSports/Story.aspx?id=1159194)


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 31, 2009, 07:28:03 AM
Gretzky!? I can't believe he woulda been in the Jets!! PHEW.
You might not want to mention that to Peg Sheety hockey fans who are old enough to remember when that almost happened. :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 01, 2009, 07:19:47 AM
:lol: along the lines of "You thought he was just a skinny white dude??" AHAHAH :P

DAMN! Oilers stoned again. Tuuka Rask, we all know your true colours:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/JesGolbez/DSC00226b.jpg)

wonder who is old enough to remember the Habs change outta these fugly jerseys.
(http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/426/capt5e60750fb45243c3921.jpg)

Maple Leafs were prolly so inspired and jacked the logo.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on November 01, 2009, 10:25:34 PM
Whats with ppl crashing into the boards recently.

Ryan Johnson Injured as He Goes Headfirst into Boards (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJSH31ykhk4#normal)

Andy McDonald Crashes Head First Into Boards (10-31-2009) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhcG5-yQ1Q8#normal)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 02, 2009, 03:33:53 AM
wonder who is old enough to remember the Habs change outta these fugly jerseys.
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/426/capt5e60750fb45243c3921.jpg (http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/426/capt5e60750fb45243c3921.jpg)
Anyone else giggle when they read the lettering on the front of the old Habs jerseys? :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on November 05, 2009, 09:52:04 AM
lol the maple laffs are 1 - 7 - 5

What does the Toronto Leafs and Titanic have in common?

They sink once they hit the ice!


wtf is up with the calgary flames. they got in shit cuz they paid to get H1N1 shots ahead from the general public. Pretty much the players, and the upper management got it! FAIL
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 05, 2009, 10:06:22 AM
^^  :rofl: :rofl: suk yer KAK! Toronto sports is a joke. How can they just keep on going KESSEL KESSEL who cares.

That Kitchener Ranger Ben Fanelli who got smashed in the boards was just plain fucked up. Dudes prolly going to jail for that.

FLAMERS are fail. Oilers at least waited for the general public to get their shots, and here guys like Smid and Comrie got the flu. Smid was even diagnosed with H1N1 but is back. It's even rumoured Leafs and Raptors got special treatment.

Doesn't help, when even the islanders roll you up. Good thing I got Tavares :twothumbs:

(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2245/8d0372d4c677621f4346ae6.jpg)

We'll getcha back ROLI!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on November 05, 2009, 10:12:25 AM
lol at the dude playing in OHL who is like 20 years old rolling at 16 yr olds  :doh:


he got suspended for remainder of the season lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 06, 2009, 05:15:08 AM
Pretty brutal these hits. Souray returned and said he ain't got beefs with Iginla, this shit happens.

Rangers 3-1 up on the Oilers after 2 -_-;

The PP is just not clicking, outshot by 10 fuuuuuuuuuck and Valiquette is starting.


Surprise, surprise, Columbus has a hard time holding onto the Blue Jackets:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=AmpNfjLbT8TLBLWF16Jz_2Z7vLYF?slug=ap-bluejackets-future&prov=ap&type=lgns (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=AmpNfjLbT8TLBLWF16Jz_2Z7vLYF?slug=ap-bluejackets-future&prov=ap&type=lgns)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 06, 2009, 08:47:03 AM
FUUUUUCK YOU RANGERS!!! :banghead:

Souray can't come back soon enough. Powerplay is all fucked.

(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/3208/capt5fa53e3296874d36bda.jpg)

only flash was Hemsky and Lubo hooking up.

(http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/5282/capt42c5265d1d514bf991a.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on November 07, 2009, 02:02:10 AM
Guess who Canucks are scouting in Sweden???


(http://nhl.speedera.net/image-upload/forsberg_flyers_pose_cu_194x255.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on November 07, 2009, 10:41:34 AM
Guess who else are scouting Foppa? :P

Quote
Rangers scouting Forsberg in Sweden

EDMONTON, Alberta -- The Rangers are among the handful of NHL teams watching Peter Forsberg very closely when the 36-year-old free-agent center tests his chronically injured right foot in the Karjala Cup tournament that opens today in Sweden and will conclude over the weekend in Finland, The Post has learned. "Yes, we have interest in Forsberg," GM Glen Sather said. "From the reports we've been getting, the foot is much better than it was a year ago. "We'll scout him at the tournament and see what, if anything develops. But I've always liked Peter and I've always been interested in finding a way to bring him to New York, if possible."

The Rangers, who go into tonight's game here against the Oilers and assistant coach Tom Renney having scored five goals while losing three of their last four in regulation, are in desperate need of a playmaking center, of that there is no question. The questions, however, are, a) whether Forsberg is healthy enough to compete in the NHL following a series of surgeries on his right foot and ankle; and, b) whether the center has interest in coming to New York.

"Well," said Sather in response to the latter, "I'd have to say a lot of that would probably depend on money." Ah, money, of which Jim Dolan's team has plenty. But then there's that pesky cap space, of which the Rangers have plenty of nothing. Fact is the Blueshirts have approximately $685,000 of space at the moment. So even if a healthy Forsberg were to decide to play in the NHL -- it has been reported that Ak Bars Kazan of the KHL is prepared to throw money at him the way Omsk threw money at Jaromir Jagr -- and decide that the Rangers would be a fit, Sather would have to find a way to clear substantial cap space to accommodate the center, who is believed on the radar of the Flyers, Caps, Canadiens and Avalanche as well.

In this regard, the scenario is somewhat similar to last year, when the Blueshirts lusted after Mats Sundin, only to have No. 13 reject an offer because the team couldn't come close to matching Vancouver's prorated $10 million. The difference, however, is that Washington, Philadelphia and Montreal are in equally stressed cap situations. Forsberg, arguably the greatest player in the world for six or seven seasons from the mid 1990's through early 2000's, has not played in the NHL since joining the Avalanche for the final nine games of 2007-08. He hasn't made it through a full season since the lockout. He played only three games last year in Sweden before being forced to get more repair work on his foot. It's a long shot, no doubt, but the Rangers are doing their due diligence.

Can't, uh, hurt. Dane Byers has been suspended for tonight's match by the NHL for picking up an instigator penalty at 18:50 of the third period in Wednesday's 4-1 defeat in Vancouver in a fight with Tanner Glass. It was Byers' only shift of the third period. NHL Rule 47.22 mandates a suspension for players hit with instigator penalties in the final five minutes of a game. Head coach John Tortorella will be fined $10,000 under the rule while Byers will forfeit $2,590.67 based on his salary. "I have no reaction to it," Tortorella said. "That's my reaction to it."
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/rangers/rangers_scouting_forsberg_in_sweden_bGiZA1XkVuS1HYnSgtJACO (http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/rangers/rangers_scouting_forsberg_in_sweden_bGiZA1XkVuS1HYnSgtJACO)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 08, 2009, 09:34:08 AM
look out glencross, someone is going to get you for that one

Why would the Nucks want that player?
(http://images.comcast-spectacor.com/flyers/story//14168.JPG)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 09, 2009, 09:34:54 AM
WOOO Finally the bleeding stops. The Power Play got clicking?!? WTH that's what you get when you decided to shoot the puck! Good for COGS. Juss cuz your name

is tossed around in Heatley trade rumours, doesn't mean you gotta fart your life away.

(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/683/198a90e095c49c824837b8b.jpg)

BULIN whattaasaves!!! FINALLY The Avs get stomped, first loss at home too. Way to GO OILERS!
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/7409/ca11af5f4753c817d2c06f4.jpg)


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ChocoMochaKei on November 16, 2009, 04:34:32 AM
It says something when your team scores in the first 5 minutes of the game and everyone's pessimistic because the Canucks normally do poorly if they're up 2 goals.  Luckily they went up by 3 and kept scoring.  It was a weird game.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 16, 2009, 12:30:42 PM
LUCKY. How about being up 2-1 and then choking away the lead. Moral Victories. hmmph. Penner and Horcoff are on a hot streak.
(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2277/capt4496c8c302d0476fbe1.jpg)

Thrashers win 3-2
/me triple face palms

I dunno what will cure the Oilers woes.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 19, 2009, 03:21:43 PM
SUP WITH THE PORN STACHES!! :tama-mad:

(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/6776/captc35a913f60134a4dbd3.jpg)

LMAO I was all ready to say "Fuck you!! Pat Quinn aka Big irishmen is gonna flip out" - holy shit Stortini actually put himself to good use after Moreau got blindsided. Down 4-2 OILERS WIN 6-4!!!!! FUCK YOU AVS!

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 21, 2009, 04:51:18 PM
ROFL Ducks
Fans Fight Over Hockey Stick At Ducks Game 11/19/09 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-68ToW1UFlw#normal)

Scott Niedermayer of the Anaheim Ducks passes his stick to a little girl in the crowd but a man tries to grab it and a fight ensues XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 22, 2009, 06:36:54 AM
Oilers -_-;

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on November 22, 2009, 09:12:20 AM
^LOL

Hardest hockey shot ever!!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF3WfHWzzOU#normal)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 25, 2009, 12:11:17 AM
OUCH! :lol:

ROFL GJ Roli!! 58 saves to beat Leafs 4-3 in OT

(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6156/capt8da80307d2d3425a8a0.jpg)(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/306/capt50c6d62e69364588aa3.jpg)


WHOA who knew Deslauriers would STEP HIS GAME UP with Bulin out. FUCK YEAH Oilers got the fastest 2 goals in team history, 7 seconds apart, albeit a own goal by the Coyotes

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 25, 2009, 06:34:47 AM
This is hilarious, but tru: http://www.downgoesbrown.com/2009/11/nhl-suspensions.html (http://www.downgoesbrown.com/2009/11/nhl-suspensions.html)

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip00391.gif)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on November 25, 2009, 09:21:17 AM
The hottest girlfriends of NHL players. I must agree completely.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/295394-the-12-hottest-wags-of-the-nhl (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/295394-the-12-hottest-wags-of-the-nhl)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on November 25, 2009, 10:11:51 AM
Quote
Kiprusoff won't play in Olympics unless he starts

Miikka Kiprusoff wants to start for the Finnish hockey team at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, but the Flames goaltender says if he isn't going to be the team's No.1 guy, he'd sooner stay home. "I'd probably not go in that case," says Kiprusoff in a Tuesday story in The Calgary Herald. "If I'm not going to start for sure, I think I'm going to take that time off and rest." Kiprusoff currently has 12 wins, five losses and two overtime losses, with a 2.61 GAA, and a .914 save percentage. Team Finland staff members Jari Kurri and head coach Jukka Jalonen have been to Calgary to scout Kiprusoff as recently as a couple of weeks ago. "We've been talking," says Kiprusoff. "I told them that I'm ready to go. But like I said, there's still many games to go (on the Flames schedule). If I'm healthy and I feel it's all right -- I'm not too tired -- then I'm going to go . . . if they pick me. There's lots of competition. A lot of good goalies. We'll see. "It's one of those things I can't worry about too much. We'll see what's going to happen."

Indeed, there are several Finnish NHL goalies vying for the starting Olympic job. Rivals for Kiprusoff may include Minnesota's Niklas Backstrom(8-9-2, 2.66, .909), Toronto's Vesa Toskala (1-4-2, 3.82, .869), Nashville's Pekka Rinne (9-4-0, 2.38, .914), Boston's Tuukka Rask(5-2-1, 2.31, .917), Chicago's Antti Niemi (4-1-1, 1.85, .921) or Tampa Bay's Antero Niittymaki (6-1-3, 2.02, .936), who played for Finland at the 2006 Winter Games. "I think it's awesome," says Teemu Selanne in same Herald story. "We have a healthy competition for that spot . . . I don't know why it's so good--more kids coming every year. We have five or six guys who could do the job. I think, obviously, Kiprusoff is No. 1, with his experience and he's so consistent over the years. But, having said that, there's other guys who can also do the job."

"Of course, it is the Olympics-- I've never been there," says Kiprusoff. "And it's pretty close, not lots of travelling . . . but I don't think about that too much. I'll do my job here and see what happens." Kiprusoff opted not to participate for Finland at the 2006 Winter Games at Turin. Well before the Olympic rosters were set, Kiprusoff had declared that his hip was too sore for him to compete at the Games, yet he continued to play for the Flames. Some within the Finnish hockey team wondered if he was truly hurt.
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/hockey/news/newsid=20550.html?cid=rsstsn (http://www.ctvolympics.ca/hockey/news/newsid=20550.html?cid=rsstsn)

Kipper you fucking diva! :thumbdown:

The hottest girlfriends of NHL players. I must agree completely.
Hooray for No.9 :finland:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on November 25, 2009, 09:28:24 PM
Kipper wants to make time to shave his vagina, cuz NOBODY shaves during a playoff tournament.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on November 26, 2009, 11:13:17 AM
LOL wtf is cale hulse  :lol:


MJ!
(http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs247.snc1/9435_156247053863_502773863_2617095_1836759_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 26, 2009, 11:18:57 AM
^ XD is that real.

Elisha Cuthbert :jerk: Souray's wifey is never around here. Note they didn't list Rachel Hunter (who is fucking Stoll of the LA Kings)


MAN CLOSE one. What can u say about running a guy from behind?? Cheap Shot? Moreau was all over the place but Hemsky gone for who knows how long is gonna HURT. Comrie's far from back, he's got some spleen infection. Pisani's  ulcerative colitis is flaring up.

(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6223/capt1d5e640fac844b5e89f.jpg)

Pat Quinn says it like it is, Oilers is what it is.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on November 26, 2009, 11:25:54 AM
no idea. gotta ask stan smyl or lemieux themselves  :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on November 29, 2009, 12:45:42 AM
LOL hemsky out of the season!!!  :cow:

(http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Gallery/Hockey/PreviousPhotos/2007/03/02/slamtopphoto.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 29, 2009, 04:09:14 AM
DIU LEI HUM GAH CHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :x

Canucks are gonna GET FUCKED TONITE!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 29, 2009, 04:43:12 AM
SHIT!! Oilers down 4-0.

WHOA Oilers scored 1, Sam Gagner really showed up Canuck Fan hahaha.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 29, 2009, 08:47:18 AM
wah diu, 6 Game Road Trip started off with a great :sheep love: 7-3  you could tell Souray wanted to kill someone haha. Luongo had his mask ripped off so many times.

(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4351/capt8837fa36d39b4f309a5.jpg)

Blowing a 3-1 lead vs Sharks was bad enough, now the Oilers got a bunch of AHL kids with "heart" - while Comrie and Hemsky are shelved  :banghead: gonna be a looooooooooooong season.

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on November 29, 2009, 08:59:49 AM
LOL RAPED!!!!!

NUCKS > OILERS
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on December 01, 2009, 09:20:14 PM
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SAVARD AGREES TO SEVEN-YEAR EXTENSION WITH BRUINS

Sources tell TSN that Boston forward Marc Savard has agreed with the Bruins on a seven-year contract extension with an annual cap hit of around $4.2 million per year. Savard, 32, recently returned from a broken foot and has four goals and six assists in 11 games this season. The two-time All-Star is coming off an 88-point campaign in which he led the Bruins in scoring. Savard is in the final season of a four-year contract that pays him $5 million annually. He was eligible to become an unresticted free agent after this season. He was drafted in the fourth round by the New York Rangers in the 1995 draft. Savard played parts of two seasons for the Rangers, and also skated for the Calgary Flames and Atlanta Thrashers before signing with the Bruins on July 1, 2006. One of the top set-up men in the league, Savard has averaged 67 assists and almost 90 points per year over the last four seasons.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=300651 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=300651)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on December 01, 2009, 10:21:27 PM
BALLARD HITS VOKOUN IN THE HEAD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VonWLysIAcA#normal)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 04, 2009, 11:20:29 AM
Savard?!?! How did Blackhawks extend Kane, Toews, Keith. Still there's a lotta missing pieces but that's a good nucleus enuff.

LMAO @ Ballard. Love it when he was still swinging after like "Dude, I did nothing!"

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip00376.jpg)

FUUUCK!!! Finally Oilers win. And it was on City TV of all channels. Beat those fucking Red Wings, holy shit Cleary was on the attack late. Nilsson where'd he come from?

Robert Nilsson' Dirty dangle goal on Red Wins 12.03.09 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ULMYr_OF4g#normal)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on December 05, 2009, 11:53:16 AM
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Flyers replace Stevens with Laviolette

PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren on Friday fired John Stevens and replaced him with Peter Laviolette as the team's coach.

"I have not been very happy with the direction the team has been going," Holmgren said. "Last night I made up my mind that I needed to make a coaching change. I spoke with Mr. (Ed) Snider (chairman) and Peter (Luukko, club president). … At that point I called (GM) Jim Rutherford in Carolina and got permission to speak to Peter Laviolette, and I offered Peter the job." Laviolette, who coached the Carolina Hurricanes to the 2006 Stanley Cup, had been working as a television analyst for TSN and Versus. He also had been an assistant coach with his son's pee-wee hockey team in Florida. "He's not too happy I'm here because now I'm not coaching down there," Laviolette said. "It was good because we weren't getting along, he was ready to fire me, I was ready to trade him. I wanted him to do something on the ice a different way and he told me that's not the way the head coach wants it done. I said I know what I'm talking about because I've coached some games before. He looked at me and said, 'Yeah, Dad, but you got fired.'

"I got back some credibility today." Laviolette will have to make some quick introductions, as his first Flyers game will be Saturday against the Washington Capitals. "I think this is a very good hockey team," Laviolette said of his new club. "I don't think you need to come in and explode it. Just some changes in different areas, a different voice delivering that. That's what we'll do." Laviolette is known as a tough coach, but also preaches an up-tempo style. His Carolina teams usually were near the top of the League in scoring -- they were third in the NHL with 3.49 goals per game in 2005-06 and fifth in 2007-08 at 3.05. Laviolette, 45, has a record of 244-184-59 in 487 games over seven seasons with the New York Islanders (2001-03) and Hurricanes (2003-09). He also coached the Providence Bruins to the 1999 Calder Cup championship, and coached the U.S. at the 2006 Olympics.

"I would really like to see a very aggressive brand of hockey," Laviolette said. "Aggressive in the offensive zone, get our (defense) activated, get our (defensemen) moving. I think that a lot of teams that are playing the game right now are playing that way." That sounds good to Holmgren, who had worked with Laviolette with USA Hockey. "He's been very successful at every level he's coached at," Holmgren said. "I think the style of play that Peter wants to play and remembering the style Carolina played is going to suit our team." He'll have some immediate help, as Hurricanes assistant Kevin McCarthy, who worked in the same role under Laviolette in Carolina, also was hired by the Flyers. He'll replace assistant coach Jack McIlhargey, who also was let go.

Holmgren said he came to the decision to dismiss Stevens not long after Thursday's 3-0 loss to the Vancouver Canucks. It was the second-straight game the Flyers have been shut out -- the first time that's happened since February 2003 -- their third-straight loss and sixth defeat in the last seven games. Holmgren said he informed Stevens of his decision at 2:45 Friday afternoon. "That was a hard walk for me," Holmgren said. "I walked down to John's office and talked to him. It was a hard walk. Might have been the hardest thing I've ever had to do." Holmgren worked closely with Stevens when Holmgren was assistant GM with the Flyers and oversaw the club's minor-league operations, including the AHL Phantoms, where Stevens was the coach for six seasons -- and they won a Calder Cup championship together. When Holmgren was promoted to GM in October 2006, his first decision was to hire Stevens as Flyers coach.

"The qualities that John exhibits as a man and a coach are beyond reproach," Holmgren said. "I know that from my friendship with him and working with him over the years." Flyers captain Mike Richards also had a deep bond with Stevens, who was his first professional coach, during the 2004-05 AHL championship season with the Phantoms. "Obviously, I'm disappointed," Richards told the Camden Courier-Post. "It's not something anybody wanted to happen. It seems to be the thing in professional sports these days. When things aren't falling well for a team, the coach is the one that pays the price. There is a lot of disappointment on my end. I grew up with Johnny, and he made me the player I am today. He gave me confidence to be an offensive player and I won a championship with him. He's been a huge part of my career.

"That's why I do feel responsible. We have not been our best the last couple of games and I throw that on my shoulders." Stevens presided over the worst season in Flyers' history in 2006-07, but the next season he guided the team on a surprise run to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing to Pittsburgh. Last season the Flyers lost again to the Penguins -- but this time it was in six games in the first round of the playoffs. The summer acquisition of all-star defenseman Chris Pronger was supposed to spark a team that was predicted by many to compete for the Stanley Cup. But after a strong start, the Flyers have sputtered since a rough West Coast trip, and haven't scored a goal in eight periods. They entered Friday's games 10th in the Eastern Conference, two points behind the eighth-place New York Islanders. Despite the current struggles, Holmgren believes the foundation for success is in place. "I still believe we have a good team, I've said that all along," he said. "I believe we have a good team. … I believe today this is the right move."
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=508705 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=508705)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 05, 2009, 08:37:35 PM
and they were doing so good with Emery and Prongs. How the mighty have fallen!


LIKE THE STARS!!

GO OILERS GO!
:angry:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 05, 2009, 11:21:21 PM
Smid actually scored a goal! Oilers beat Dallas in SO.

(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/4353/capt2597c709e167469397a.jpg)(http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/8641/capt35769c5db07445fca66.jpg)

Eat SHIT TURCO  :twothumbs
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on December 07, 2009, 09:17:21 AM
Ryan Getzlaf Weird Goal Against Ottawa (December 6 09) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Nbjdhu1Pk#normal)
Miikka Kiprusoff Unbelievable Save Against San Jose (December 5 09) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGxsdzP-I_4#normal)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 08, 2009, 06:26:06 AM

HO SHIT OILERS win 3 in a row! on the road no less. Horcoff again with the SO winner

(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8057/3c1d741aa3d1206200bcca3.jpg)

Florida Panthers have such great luck taking each other out, Greg Campbell and Bryan Allen was lining up a hit on Nillsson and took out each other.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 09, 2009, 11:23:30 AM
lol getzlaf is dirty as fuck!

Cabbie on the Street - Hockey Sticks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lSZ_sbFCZI#normal)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 11, 2009, 02:37:26 AM
Karma baby!! That's why the Riders lost.

CABBIE! dude is my hero. We need to film future :hipheart: World Tours like that.

GO OILERS! Fucking curlers ruining the ice is just what the slump ordered. LOL Stortini with the Gordie Howe hat trick.
Ryan Stone vs Steve Downie Dec 9, 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9RbxdSxUBc#ws)
(http://i49.tinypic.com/nzrvo9.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on December 11, 2009, 09:33:35 AM
Alot of what makes Cabbie funny is editing out the athlete's reaction when he tells a lame joke.  Kinda like how the late night talk show hosts make themselves look good.  Cabbie doesn't need it as much, because athletes are usually in a good mood when he interviews them, but still.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 11, 2009, 11:45:04 AM
Hat Trick by Daniel! Henrik challenging Thornton for the scoring title!

Rick Rypien is a monster! Dude is like a middleweight but he owns heavyweights in fight. Check out the size differences!

Boris Valabik vs Rick Rypien Dec 10, 2009 - Canucks TV feed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pzM1txgXJ4#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 12, 2009, 05:23:46 AM
HO BOY I rememeber Rick Rypien destroying Oilers Stortini, THAT WAS embarassing

Cabbie is also good at how he can get away with molesting big league atheletes :lol:

SHIT!!!! Penner on fire FOUR POINTS. Fucking Oilers got 5 in a row on the road, first time in league history. HOW?
(http://i45.tinypic.com/5bznet.jpg)

Don't wanna jinx em but shit 5 straight goals....fuck all stats. "Record leading after 2 periods" Blues getting Souray tossed and Jacques beating the shit outta Crombeen GOT EM FIRED UP!!
Jean-Francois Jacques vs B.J. Crombeen Dec 11, 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hclgsp009CM#ws)

(http://i47.tinypic.com/iciyrp.jpg)

lol that was fast. Like Masa retiring from The Struggle as soon as he heard Rika was dropping her 10th PB:

Quote
Fetisov, 51, skates in loss for Russian team

By LYNN BERRY, Associated Press Writer 6 hours, 15 minutes ago


MOSCOW (AP)—There was no “Miracle on Ice” for 51-year-old Slava Fetisov.

Shortly after Fetisov became the oldest Russian to play in the Continental Hockey League for CSKA Moscow, he said it would be his last game.

Fetisov hadn’t played competitively in 11 years, and called the 3-2 loss Friday to SKA St. Petersburg “very intense.”

“I think that was the only game for me to take part,” he said, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. “We have plenty of young guys.”

The Russian club called up its team president and former hockey star to skate after a player was injured. Fetisov admitted it was physically challenging, adding, “I tried to hold on, I tried to play to the maximum.”

Several Russian cabinet members and other top officials were among the crowd of more than 5,000 at the game. Fetisov is now a member of the Russian parliament.

The defenseman and former captain of the Soviet national team ended his professional career after winning a second straight Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings in 1998. Fetisov played on the Soviet team that lost to the U.S. in the semifinals of the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.

CSKA coach Sergei Nemchinov doesn’t want to retire Fetisov so fast.

“He did it well today,” Nemchinov told RIA Novosti.

Fetisov’s return led the news on Russia’s state television channels throughout the day.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on December 12, 2009, 07:29:10 AM
Someone needs to add an "S" or an "F" in front of that uniform. :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 14, 2009, 06:46:15 AM
Kesler and Mitchell Make Amends (Alternate Version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd4zxfB0lGs#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 15, 2009, 01:44:24 AM
^ You need to post that in the Hockey Manlove thread (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=3741.0) :lol:

man, I so wanna do her. But I betcha she is in some studio in Toronto. Crystal Leriger host of Oilers TV: http://oilers.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=5&id=54306 (http://oilers.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=5&id=54306)
(http://picroda.jphip.com/ladies/jphip00200.jpg)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 16, 2009, 05:05:10 AM
C'MON OIL!!!!!!!!!!!!Beat The Kings!

Powerplay is sucking hard since the Road Trip.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 16, 2009, 06:18:13 AM
FUCK!!!

Oilers tied it up but again Kings defenseman scores their first goal in 2 + years :lol:
(http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1989/captcf1d4d7eed194cb1b2a.jpg)

no one stepped it up against Matt Greene throwing his ass around!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 18, 2009, 08:15:07 AM
Zetterberg got pwned. Could be out for awhile

Henrik Zetterberg's Injury Against Tampa Bay (December 17 09) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9gD_CKYliY#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 18, 2009, 08:43:29 AM
"all the scared Swedish fans" ? lol oh yeah Olympics. MAN Wings are really hurting.

Oilers dunno wtf is wrong with em. They win 5 in ar ow  ON THE ROAD then fucking stink it up at home. Like they think they're better than the teams that come in.

(http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/8567/capt1ee252bc6db749f087a.jpg)

I mean come on it's the fucking PREDS!! THEY SUCK!! 6-3 loss :banghead:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on December 19, 2009, 12:38:32 AM
^ watch it boy, my Preds are at the top of their division at the moment.. ;)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on December 19, 2009, 09:22:34 AM
Zett's just out for 2 weeks, separated shoulder looks like. He'll be back in no time.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on December 19, 2009, 01:05:27 PM
[HD] Vesa Toskala Glove Save Fail by Toni Lydman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlAW8Xyl8Eo#ws)
:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 20, 2009, 02:04:45 AM
LMAO. Toronto sports should be on FailBlog 24/7

^ watch it boy, my Preds are at the top of their division at the moment.. ;)

Who's your favorite player?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 20, 2009, 07:39:09 AM
FUUUUUUUUUUUCK Deer in headlights against Ovie after he scored. What the fuck was up with those  weak ass calls? The hooking on Penner?? Really. The delay of game when the puck went off Green's stick ....FUCK. You know they'd fart after that. Blow another 2-0 Lead :banghead: Grebeshkov needs to get shipped off.

(http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/7849/capt23742d86dd084d5ca62.jpg)

No wonder Rod Phillips kept on calling him Krushelnyski - but not after he fucked up XD



Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 21, 2009, 02:23:27 AM
canucks inside source said the  Canucks are offering 1st round pick, Pavol Demitra, and Cory Schneider for Kovalchuk

 :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 22, 2009, 08:25:35 AM
:lol: Demitra even play this year?? DO IT CANUCKS!!!!!

Once Oilers got - holy shit, insert Nilsson into the lineup and the chemistry is fucked up the ass. 4 straight losses since coming home? I don't even wanna know how bad it was tonite vs St. Louis.

OILS BACK IN TOWN!!?
Corb Lund sings "The Oil's Back in Town" at Edmonton Oilers Game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J40t5Q21nsA#ws)

GET ON THE ROAD!!! Bring in the rodeo or smth.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on December 22, 2009, 08:47:24 AM
The Christmas Party (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d52dxT_7co#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on December 22, 2009, 07:16:20 PM
Dwayne Roloson UNBELIEVABLE Saving Sequence vs Tampa Bay (HD Multiview) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlT9wRqg8sE#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 23, 2009, 10:48:59 AM
Nucks molested the Predators! Sedin Queens got 6 pts combined!

(http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091223/capt.67fadfc6d6d0415eae4081fb9d6a051f.aptopix_predators_canucks_hockey_vcrd203.jpg)


Highlight throughout the game was the green men  :lol:

Green Men Canucks Game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhAb12Xd56E#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on December 23, 2009, 08:18:03 PM
^ I ain't worried Muge, I'm still on top for right now.. :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 24, 2009, 12:26:22 PM
Oilers Fucked in the ASS!!

(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/8513/capt2ec3dcb26c814af2ac0.jpg)

To the Wild no less. fuck thought there was some fight in em.

With Bulin Wall out so long, makes me wish Rolie stayed. He's smoking em out, see what he did to the Leafs!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 27, 2009, 08:39:05 AM
DIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU that's 6 in a row. At least Stortini won a fight. Hit him early.

Zack Stortini vs Rick Rypien Dec 26, 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNJ8vc4aAZc#ws)

FUCK U NUCKS!! Too bad Patty O'Sullivan can't get his purse in order, wtf was that passing it off when he had a clear lane to the net!! Luongo kept him in, gotta give it up to the big nose fucker. He should lead Team Canada.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on December 27, 2009, 08:56:14 AM
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip00536.jpg)

:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 27, 2009, 09:49:44 AM
Dude dai dont know what u talking about, Rypien clearly won that fight!! :cow:


(http://i541.photobucket.com/albums/gg382/tru-blvr2/green1.jpg)

Green Men returns!!!!  :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 29, 2009, 03:33:46 AM
^ I'm not drinking no KOOL AID!!

LOL that's Vancouver for ya!

FUCK YOU MASA!!! Oilers smoking Kipper now, they outshooting Flames 12-2 atm - lead 1-0

LETS GO #Oilers~
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 29, 2009, 03:47:25 AM
WOOOO DISALLOWE D GOAL
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 29, 2009, 05:44:15 AM
LOL  4 -1 FLAMES!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 29, 2009, 05:46:29 AM
DIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 29, 2009, 07:55:04 AM
Oilers need Bulin Wall back so bad - Deslauriers ain't a starter man. He can't even grasp the puck properly he has to drop his stick and grab it with his blocker glove.

(http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/5644/capte2f745637e474f04870.jpg)

This sums up the Oilers season XD SEVEN IN A ROW!! :banghead:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 31, 2009, 06:22:50 AM
OILERS WIN!!! :fap

(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8020/capt2822758562b843c6845.jpg)

THE BLEEDING STOPS!!!


Thank god for fucking Toronto coming into town.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 31, 2009, 07:19:34 AM
Jacques destroys em!!!
Michael Komisarek vs Jean-Francois Jacques Dec 30, 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va7dnMUzSAo#ws)

GREAT DIVE grabovski!! O'Sullivan really pulled it outta the ass tonite!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 31, 2009, 10:36:58 AM
Dion Phaneuf Hits Anze Kopitar (December 30th 2009) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN3nZ6B7j6c#)


Celine Dion fucken RAPED Anze Kopitar lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 01, 2010, 08:57:27 AM
GO OILERS

(http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/6756/captc6d98d360b6341ab99a.jpg)


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 02, 2010, 02:45:45 AM
LOL Oilers ran up the tab ($18,000) at a Calgary restaurant and cheaped out!! Those hongers!!

http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100101/CGY_oilers_restaurant_100101/20100101/?hub=CalgaryHome (http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100101/CGY_oilers_restaurant_100101/20100101/?hub=CalgaryHome)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 03, 2010, 11:55:34 AM
LMAO!! That's right. FUCK Calgary!!

8000 dollars way to go Captain Moreau! No wonder they didn't show up in San Jose :x
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Nathan on January 04, 2010, 06:01:57 AM
They must have been bitter that they can't beat the Flames. One more chance!
Oilers.. :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 06, 2010, 10:08:43 AM
ohnoes!! A Flame Fan XD XD

This is gonna be fun! Cuz all the Calgarians on the board are either (1) don't follow hockey (2) love the Oilers XD

YOU GOING DOWN NATHAN :P

Can't beat OILER DEFENSE!! Loook at Staios try to stop Taylor Pyatt :lol:
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/6235/captf7113a38ef3f459d903.jpg)

CLOSE but not enough. Two quick ones to tie it and they still lose in OT. JD ain't cutting it!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 06, 2010, 12:23:01 PM
the only good thing that came out from Calgary was Bret the Hitman Hart  :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 08, 2010, 06:18:31 AM
LOL oilers fucken suck. worse team than Maple Sucks!


Alex Burrows back to back hat tricks!!! Pheonix got so choked that only want to brawl now in the 3rd!  :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 08, 2010, 10:23:22 AM
FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HONGER!!!
Edmonton Oilers vs Toronto Maple Leafs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXdGZcZi_yA#ws)

So many ex-Oilers on Columbus, that was just plain WTF.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Nathan on January 10, 2010, 07:05:10 AM
A Canucks fan had to point a green laser at Kippers face, and they still don't win. HAH! :twothumbs
What a game though!

^Nice video, lol.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 10, 2010, 04:53:41 PM
Darcy Tucker vs Tuomo Ruutu Jan 8, 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiyKQ4iH3Vs#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 10, 2010, 08:18:25 PM
A Canucks fan had to point a green laser at Kippers face, and they still don't win. HAH! :twothumbs
What a game though!

^Nice video, lol.

dude, the reffing stop calling penalties on the flames on the 3rd period. Typical bullshit againt the nucks in HNIC. the green laser guy shouldve done it during the shootout lol

celine dion is a biggest pussy ever, no one in the nhl likes him even the flames locker room ppl hates him.
Dion Phaneuf drunk and singing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDc2mnS48ng#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 11, 2010, 11:23:32 AM
most epic shootout ever!! andrew ladd LOLOL

Full Shootout between Blue Jackets and Blackhawks (12/1/09) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5uissryTy0#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 11, 2010, 12:23:09 PM
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/t/jphip00624.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip00624.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/t/jphip00625.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip00625.jpg)
Looks like daigong has something in common with the Oilers :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 11, 2010, 11:55:28 PM
http://canucks.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=804&id=56326 (http://canucks.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=804&id=56326)

Story of the Green Men in Canucks stands  :lol:

http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=513183 (http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=513183)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 13, 2010, 02:04:14 AM
REF UNDER INVESTIGATION OVER BULLSHIT CALLS IN VANCOUVER COSTING THEM THE GAME!

Quote
BY MARK SPECTOR
sportsnet.ca

Referee Stephane Auger will likely face league discipline for his work in Vancouver Monday night, where he was accused by Alex Burrows of telling the Vancouver winger before the game "he was going to get me back tonight."

NHL director of hockey operations Colin Campbell confirmed that a league investigation has begun, and a fellow referee said Tuesday morning that Auger will face serious questioning before being allowed back on the ice to work another game.
Reached in Vancouver Tuesday morning, Auger refused to comment to sportsnet.ca. Director of officiating Terry Gregson did not immediately return a text message requesting comment.

Burrows told reporters after Monday's game that Auger was holding a grudge from a Dec. 8 game in Nashville, where Auger had meted out charging and game misconducts penalties to the Predators' Jerred Smithson for a hit on Burrows. Replays showed the hit not to be as bad as it originally looked however, also showing that Burrows did his best to feign injury.

After reviewing the video, Colin Campbell rescinded the game misconduct to Smithson and erased it from his record.

Sportsnet has video of Auger skating alongside Burrows before the Monday rematch in Vancouver, with his hand on Burrows' back and speaking directly into his ear as the players and officials skated circles prior to the pregame anthems.

It was then that Burrows claims Auger promised retribution for the dive back in December. During Monday's game Auger gave Burrows a diving penalty at 3:26 of the third period, with the score tied 2-2.

Then, with 4:45 left in the third, the Canucks on the power play and the game still tied, Auger fingered Burrows for a questionable interference call off a faceoff in the Nashville zone.

Asked by sportsnet.ca what referees do when a player like Burrows, who is known for diving, burns them the way Burrows did to Auger back in December, an NHL ref said Tuesday, "You file it away in the back of your cranium.

"You wait until you get a game where the score is 5-1, and then you might call him for something. You just say, 'We'll meet up again one day.' But you don't hurt the team. You wait for the score to be 5-1."

As for the video of Auger speaking to Burrows before the game, the official said, "You don't even have to be a ref to figure it out. Don't leave the gun at the scene with your fingerprints all over it."

Burrows & Stephane Auger Pre-game "Chat" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbZ0L7VtHuE#ws)

Canucks Penalties vs the Predators - Jan. 11/10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buVvgCwwOeU#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on January 13, 2010, 02:16:37 AM
Wow. That is pretty unprofessional.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 13, 2010, 09:54:27 PM
^yep. so NHL made their decision. Sad.

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Alex-Burrows-gets-punished-ref-Auger-gets-prote?urn=nhl,213378 (http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Alex-Burrows-gets-punished-ref-Auger-gets-prote?urn=nhl,213378)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 15, 2010, 08:46:17 AM
Tyler Bozak First NHL Goal is a Beauty - Leafs vs Flyers Jan 14th 2010 (HD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOFACVbkfvk#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 16, 2010, 11:12:40 PM
Top 10 NHL Saves By Players (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oufhPFgny78#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on January 18, 2010, 04:57:17 AM
Another solid shootout. Datsyuk with a SICK goal, copied from that Swedish kid last year.  And Bertuzzi with the insulting spin!
HD - Detroit Red Wings - Chicago Blackhawks (full) shootout (1/17/10) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-EILzypqc0#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 18, 2010, 05:12:50 PM
^ BERT U ON ROIDS!!! XD Neimi or whatever. dude sucks!! He must be Finnish :lol:

NHL_Oilers stop the presses!! OILERS CUP BABY!! from twitter:
 
#Oilers have recalled Marc Pouliot from Springfield (AHL)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 19, 2010, 02:13:18 PM
Too bad about Burrows!! REFS don't know shit. like all the good ones retired.

FUCK Moreau and Souray both took a penalty on different parts of the ice. 5 on 3 turns into 6-0 loss. I can't even remember the last time the Oilers won :lol:

(http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/1923/6a073f7b4fd885ba36ac3ec.jpg)

hopefully everyone jumped off the bandwagon by now, oilers skill contest this sunday, no Bulin, Hemsky and Mr. Duff.

ROFL! I saw the Green Man at the Conan rally in LA.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on January 22, 2010, 05:13:55 AM
What the hell, Mike Peca retired?

After 13 NHL seasons, Michael Peca has called it a career as the two-time Selke Trophy winner announced his retirement Tuesday.

The 35-year old Peca appeared in 864 career games split between the Canucks, Sabres, Islanders, Oilers, Maple Leafs and Blue Jackets.  He finished his career with 176 goals, 289 assists and 798 penalty minutes.  He twice reached the Stanley Cup Final with Buffalo in 1999 and Edmonton 2006.  He also helped Canada capture the gold medal at the 2002 Olympic Winter games in Salt Lake City, Utah.

"I truly have enjoyed my entire career as an NHL player," Peca said in a statement through the NHLPA. "Playing the game at the highest level, with and against the top hockey players in the world, has been a pleasure. Throughout my 13-season career I was fortunate to play on some exceptional hockey teams, particularly the 2002 Canadian Olympian team and the Sabres and Oilers teams that reached the Cup finals. Really I am grateful for the lasting friendships and memories that the game of hockey has given me, and I would like to thank my family, teammates, and the fans for all their support along the way."

One of the premier defensive forwards of the past two decades, Peca was originally selected 40th overall by the Canucks in the 1992 NHL Entry draft and was traded to the Sabres in a blockbuster deal along with Mike Wilson and a first round draft pick for Alexander Mogilny and a fifth round pick.

After five-years in Buffalo, Peca did not play for the entire 2000-01 season due to a contract dispute.  He was traded to the Islanders in June of 2001 for Tim Connolly and Taylor Pyatt, where he was immediately named team captain.  In his first season on Long Island, he led the Islanders to their first playoff berth since the 1993-94 season while setting career highs in assists with 35 and points with 60.

He was dealt to the Oilers in 2006 and helped lead the team to the Stanley Cup finals, losing in seven games to the Carolina Hurricanes.  The Toronto native spent his final two seasons with his hometown Maple Leafs and then the Blue Jackets.

Besides his professional career, Peca also had an extremely distinguished international career.  He was part of Canada's gold medal-winning World Junior squad in 1994 and captained Canada's 2001 World Championship team.  He also was a big part of Canada's Olympic champion team in 2002, helping end a 50-year gold medal drought.
 
"Today, I can honestly say that I am able to walk away from the game as a player knowing that I always left everything I had on the ice," Peca said in a statement.  "I appreciate everything hockey has given me, and I hope that I earned the respect of my great teammates and opponents by playing the only way I knew how to."


http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=306808 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=306808)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 22, 2010, 11:21:23 AM
lol in sync much?

(http://i.imgur.com/jfkfD.gif)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 23, 2010, 09:24:47 AM
WTH indeed? I saw him on OTR and forgot he was a Leaf :lol: Good times Peca!!! Turned everyone into face off specialists in 2006, too bad the Oilers traded them all XD
(http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3943/peca.jpg)

WOW. I lost track. 10 in a row?? Fucking whatta heart breaker...couldn't even snag a point in OT.
(http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/2843/captf2d823c66e304558b2c.jpg)(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8607/capt06b0148589b24764abe.jpg)

Here's hoping the skills compettion won't SUCK this Sunday. Smid and Stone gone too. :bleed eyes:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 25, 2010, 08:19:42 AM
so I was at the Oilers skills competition.

Guess who showed up? Yeah Comrie with beard.
(http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/1885/2401101223.jpg)

24-01-10_1210.3gp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G22oQfeldDk#)

lol at Penner being hooked in the balls
24-01-10_1301.3gp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo0VAjCdo1Y#)

Souray got the hardest shot - lol but this pee wee player almost had as hard a shot as Tom Gilbert
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/t/jphip00105.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00105.jpg)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 27, 2010, 04:56:43 PM
Colby Armstrong accidentally kicks the Fridge in the balls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSukvYtRkOc#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 28, 2010, 07:49:39 AM
(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u105/typesboi/Olympians-1.jpg)

total of olympians in canucks.

how many does oilers have  :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 29, 2010, 11:25:26 AM
Quote
NYLANDER DEPARTS FOR FINLAND

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Grand Rapids Griffins on Thursday announced that center Michael Nylander has been reassigned by the Washington Capitals to Jokerit Helsinki of the Finnish Elite League. In 24 games over two stints with the Griffins this season, the 37-year-old Nylander contributed 18 points (2-16—18), 14 penalty minutes and a minus-eight rating. The native of Stockholm, Sweden, has played in 920 NHL games for Washington, the New York Rangers, Boston, Chicago, Tampa Bay, Calgary and Hartford during his 19-year career, totaling 679 points (209-470—679) and 468 penalty minutes. Nylander has not played in the NHL this season after totaling 33 points (9-24—33) and 32 PIM in 72 games with the Capitals last year. The Griffins will return to action on Friday when they host the Chicago Wolves in a 7 p.m. start at Van Andel Arena.
http://griffinshockey.com/news/releases/?article_id=1476 (http://griffinshockey.com/news/releases/?article_id=1476)

Hell yeah! Jokerit will be fucking unstoppable in the playoffs :yep:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 29, 2010, 11:31:01 AM
^ Nylander you asshole!! Dissing the Oil. Good thing Lowe didn't overpay for his ass. Whoa, can't believe he fell so hard.

:rofl: look at the Sisters.

TWELVE IN A ROW!! :rockon:
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9168/capresshknbluesoilers28.jpg)

Holy shit. Good thing Calgary is sucking hard too, they lost 9 in a row. And Carolina's coming into town on monday. i can smell TWO GAME WIN STREAK!! :angry:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 31, 2010, 11:57:22 AM
^13 in a row!!!  XD

Canucks were losing 3 nothing and came back against the maple laffs and win it 5 - 3!!!

LOL RAZOR!
Andrew Raycroft Celebrates his Win Against the Toronto Maple Leafs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AdZxj4ABhs#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on January 31, 2010, 07:04:43 PM
HOLY SHIT BIG TRADE
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=308469 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=308469)

Two teams in dire need of a shakeup have done just that.

The Calgary Flames have traded defenceman Dion Phaneuf, forward Fredrik Sjostrom, and prospect defenceman Keith Aulie to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for forwards Matt Stajan, Niklas Hagman, Jamal Mayers and defenceman Ian White.

The Maple Leafs and Flames have been working on the components of this blockbuster for a week to ten days, but sources say the details of the deal didn't fall into place until late last night.

"[Phaneuf] is a warrior. He's got a cannon for a shot," explained Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke on Sunday. "He plays the game hard and I want players who play the game hard because they're hard to play against."

Phaneuf has two goals over his last three games and is signed through the 2013-14 season ($6.5 million per). He had 18:49 TOI last night, only the third time this month he's been under 20 minutes in a game. The big defenceman has 10 goals and 12 assists to go with a minus-3 rating over his 55 games.

Sjostrom has played 46 games with one goal and five assists for Calgary this season. Aulie was drafted in the fourth round, 116th overall of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. The six-foot-six defenceman had spent this season with the Abbotsford Heat of the AHL.

Hagman has 20 goals and 13 assists, while Stajan has 16 goals and 25 assists, each over 55 games this season. Both players have a minus-3 rating. Mayers had expressed interest in being traded earlier in January. He had two goals, six assists and 78 penalty minutes over his 44 games with the Maple Leafs this season. White had nine goals, 17 assists and a plus-1 rating over his 56 games.

Burke admitted the loss of Stajan and Hagman would leave a hole in the Maple Leaf attack, but explained acquiring Phaneuf was too good to pass up.

"It takes some offence out of our lineup and that's the next question ... who replaces that offence we lost today, but it puts a major weapon on the blueline and makes us much more difficult to play."

Since he entered the NHL in the 2005-06 season Phaneuf is tops among defenceman with 75 goals (2nd Sheldon Souray - 68), power-play goals with 48 (2nd Zdeno Chara - 41), game-winning goals with 21 (2nd Dan Boyle - 15) and shots at 1,150 (2nd Chara - 992) over that span.

In addition, Phaneuf (48) ranks second to Paul Coffey (50) in power-play goals by a defenceman over the first five seasons of their career and he is tied with Denis Potvin for game winning goals (21) over the same span.

The Flames were mired in its worst slump (0-6-3) since an 11-game losing streak in 1986 before getting on the winning side of the tracks on Saturday night with a 6-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in the Battle of Alberta.

The Maple Leafs are coming off a dramatic loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday evening, giving up a three-goal first period lead before falling 5-3. With the loss, coupled with Carolina's 4-2 victory over Chicago, Toronto now sits 29th in the NHL standings. The Hurricanes and Leafs are tied in points with 45 but Carolina is ahead because of more wins.


And now Burke is trying to get J.S. Giguere too? What a day!

EDIT:  And its done! Giguere acquired for Vesa Toskala and Jason Blake!  Crazy shit!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 31, 2010, 09:13:14 PM
AW FUCK YOU BRIAN BURKE!!!!!! :banghead:

AND Yes. Laff it up Honger!!! Shui Gwai! Souray even broke his wrist trying to stand up for his pissy teammates. BRING BACK LARAQUE!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 31, 2010, 10:17:44 PM
why would anyone want phanuef. dudes a cancer in the locker room
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 02, 2010, 06:22:25 AM
HOLY FUCK!!! :rockon:
 

OILERS WIN!!!!

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00113.jpg)

THE BLEEDING IS OVER!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on February 02, 2010, 07:33:08 AM
Quote
Jokinen traded to Rangers

Just minutes after playing more than 15 minutes for the Calgary Flames, Olli Jokinen became the newest member of the New York Rangers. Jokinen, 31, along with forward Brandon Prust, were officially traded to the Blueshirts after Calgary's 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night in exchange for forwards Ales Kotalik and Christopher Higgins. Rumors of the trade were first published on Sunday night -- just hours after the Flames completed a seven-player blockbuster that sent defenseman Dion Phaneuf to Tornton. Jokinen has 11 goals and 24 assists in 56 games with the Flames this season. He was acquired by the Flames from Phoenix at last season's trade deadline. Prust, 25, has one goal, four assists and 98 penalty minutes. Higgins was acquired by the Rangers last summer in the deal that sent Scott Gomez to the Montreal Canadiens. He had six goals and eight assists in 55 games. Kotalik signed a three-year deal worth $9 million with New York prior to the start of the season. He had just eight goals and 14 assists in 45 contests.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=515892 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=515892)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 03, 2010, 10:54:35 AM
Good luck with him, he's a real party animal!

(http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/56/qmijokinenolli248.jpg)

Pronger is back in town with the Flyers :twisted:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 04, 2010, 10:56:13 AM
HOLY SHIT!!  :w00t:

(http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/1275/captff40cb2f7eda4373843.jpg)

Oilers win two in a row!!! You knew something was up when Grebby is blocking shots and Philly goes OH-FOr on the PP. EAT SHIT PRONGER!! Poultiny man, dude has been hitting and smacking. Loved Stortini back in the lineup too.

Not bad Hartnell, thought you had more class than running our goalie who had a fucking helluva game. Love that line combo of Moreau-Comrie-Horcoff. making shit happen!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on February 05, 2010, 02:48:01 AM
Kovalchuk to Jersey? I smell a rental.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 05, 2010, 07:52:20 AM
^ He turned down 101 million?? Fuck. Hello KHL.

holy shit. Caps won 11 in a row. Senators 11 in a row? The East is BEAST now with New Jersey locked and loaded.

SHIT! JD. I knew I'd jinx the Oilers :lol: great effort until the last 5-10 minutes.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on February 07, 2010, 07:06:43 AM
As if the fuckin' MAPLE LEAFS ended the Sens winning streak.  5-0 at that!  Giguere with back to back shutouts?  Man is on fire!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 09, 2010, 05:56:38 AM
CRAZY!!! That's like an Amazonian babe getting fucked by a midget.

Just like the Oilers down 6-1 to the Coyotes. GO PENNER!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on February 10, 2010, 08:01:46 AM
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxck39IW1c1qagbiho1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 11, 2010, 08:30:31 AM
CAPTAIN! OH! CAPTAIN finally scores, after 53 games :lol:

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00125.jpg)

DUCK!! lost a tight one to em. 3-2
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on February 11, 2010, 09:12:31 AM
(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs189.snc3/19657_294972234526_510424526_3330818_7100826_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 12, 2010, 09:20:05 AM
lulz. the mom from Everybody Hates Chris (Tichina Arnold) was singing the national anthem at the Oilers-Kings game.

FUCK. Another bleeding stops. 11 Straight road losses OVER. LUBO WITH THE SO WINNER!! After 9 ROUNDS :twisted:

(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/5746/b8068481cab2fdba8678f27.jpg)
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/109/8b28f1f2b1f196a2b9386a3.jpg)

Owner DAryl Katz finally speaks up, he apologized to the fans and admits its gonna be a rebuilding process. I'm loyal as can be with the Oilers so it was refreshing to hear. its gonna be a long and hard journey to get that new arena ... one that looks like Staples Center lol. Check out the interview here: http://www.630ched.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/Story.aspx?ID=1195273 (http://www.630ched.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/Story.aspx?ID=1195273)

"I want to thank all of our fans, and all of our season ticket holders in particular, for sticking with us through what has been a real difficult year. I know it has been frustrating, but I want to assure everybody that we did not get in this to fail. We got into this to turn the Oilers into elite status in the NHL. We are going to be absolutely relentless in pursuit of that goal."

"This year hasn't been much fun for any of us, but looking at the future, it looks very bright. We are going to do everything in our power to see that we achieve the goals and the objectives that Edmonton Oilers fans and sponsors deserve and have come to expect."




Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on February 13, 2010, 01:26:12 PM
crazy shit here

Mike Green Slapshot Hits Josh Gorges in the Head - Feb 10th 2010 (HD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s0dt3YcvFY#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 18, 2010, 08:09:17 AM
nice one Bulin
(http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2010/02/17/edm-khabibulin-nikolai-impaired-charge.jpg)

DUI driving a black ferrari in Phoenix
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on February 23, 2010, 10:57:54 PM
comrie proposed to hilary and gets rewarded at the end

(http://boston.3432.voxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/hil1.jpg)
(http://boston.3432.voxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/hil2.jpg)
(http://boston.3432.voxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/hil3.jpg)
(http://boston.3432.voxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/hil4.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 24, 2010, 12:14:36 AM
:rofl: :rofl: ATTA BOY COMRIE!!!


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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on February 25, 2010, 05:20:25 AM
In keeping with the theme:
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 27, 2010, 11:53:56 AM
lol. How the oilers are in the news. and there's no NHL - Katz gets down and dirty about the new arena sans Oilers logo

Daryl Katz Edmonton Arena Discussion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHDJrVggOtU#ws)

ORLY? http://www.revitalizedowntown.ca/ (http://www.revitalizedowntown.ca/)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 02, 2010, 01:19:32 AM

Grebeshkov for a bag of pucks to Nashville!! I'd trade half the team of Weber ROFL!
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on March 02, 2010, 01:23:05 AM
ready to resume your losing streak Oilers? your boy dai is gonna get his ass handed to him tomorrow nite!! :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 02, 2010, 05:13:46 AM
Pretty intense few weeks for hockey here in N.America. First the Olympics and now the NHL teams face the trade deadline within the next little while.

Let the wheeling and dealing begin! :D
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 03, 2010, 07:16:03 AM
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Oilers played hard but fuck. Goaltending still sucks. Good to see Captain playing so hard. Peckham gets a few points!

(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9784/captdbb1ceb1ba9f48458a9.jpg)(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/1891/captbb767860b9644debabb.jpg)

Laugh it up CKD! I'll keep cheering the Oilers and supporting em even after they trade everyone and we're left with an AHL team. GO OILERS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no doubt JFC. Olympics was awesome cuz that was basially the REAL ALL-STAR game. Who knows what's gonna go down on trade deadline day? Pisani going down isn't gonna help. Nothing too interesting. Jordan Leopold going to Pittsburgh. KEEP IT LOCKED:

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/trades/

Keep it classy Penguins fan. Cheering Ryan Miller more?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 03, 2010, 05:04:14 PM
LOL oilers traded their only olympian denis greshbekov for a bag of pucks!!

TRADE DEADLINE YE YE!!!

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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 04, 2010, 04:35:30 AM
:bleed eyes: OH THIS TRADE DEADLiNe DAY WTF...STAIOS TO CALGARY!! That's like kissing your sister! WTF MAN!!

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I'll miss Staios. blocking Ovechkin three times in the last Washington game. concussed the fuck, great to the community.
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00147.jpg)

Damn...there's go your most skilled guy in Lubomir Visnovsky.
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And with Souray fapping too hard and getting his wrist infected, dude couldn't get traded. Pisani and Moreau, no one wants em. It'll be a looooooooong few years (or ten) hoping for that Top 2 draft pick :bleed eyes:

LOL and for oilers fans, wanna see fat guys play shinny? Glenn Anderson and friends are gonna be at West Ed tmr to pimp their charity golf lol

Great spirited game tonite, being outshot 30-11 with the Hawks and keeping it tied 2-2 after two. it be inspiring!! GO OILERS!...so far. Fuck it's 3-2 now in the third.

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 06, 2010, 06:36:04 AM
Ryan Whitney had a great game. smart and steady. His secret?
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CoMRIE!!! gets the lone goal. and the Shoot Out winner!
(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/192/comriem08.jpg)

Gilbert? Alternate Captain? WTF :lol:
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oilers destroyed by a few Good Olympians.
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Aaron Johnson was pretty good, blocking 5 shots!! O'Sullivan leads the league in Soft plays!!

Fucking Piece of Shit Vittu Derek Boogaard. "I was just trying to make a hit and he just slipped out of the way." What a fucking asshole. Sticking out his knee on purpose knocking out new Oiler Ryan Jones. THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING REFS!!! If he doesn't get suspended then FUCK YOU! Wish Laraque was still on the Oilers to take on goons like that.

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 07, 2010, 06:34:41 AM
good time Lubo!!


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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 08, 2010, 05:30:57 AM
Jeff Deslauriers!!! WHOA! 2-0 Oilers over Devils! EAT SHIT PARISE!! LOL Brodeur, oilers just tookover after the 1st period

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Everyone's playing for their LIVES!! I like it :D
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 10, 2010, 07:34:30 AM
god damn! canucks was down 3 nothing in the first and came back to win it 6 - 4. back to back comeback wins!!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 10, 2010, 11:57:51 AM
hahaha too bad Honger!!

They were showing top 10 shoot out failed shootouts on sportscentre after Semin's FAIL and there were a few good Naslund, Sedin ones. And Raffi Torres totally missing the net :lol:
3/8 Alexander Semin's failed shootout (Turco wonders..(?) ) :D (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28BJZQfy82k#)

PHEW!! Oilers folded to the Sens after they learned the Leafs won. Gotta get TAYLOR HALL!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 11, 2010, 07:51:56 AM
Saw this off Puck Daddy Blog (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/U-S-Senate-candidate-on-how-campaign-stole-Co?urn=nhl,227264) 

(http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/6703/eptsportsnhlexperts1315.jpg)

Morons! I doubt anyone woulda jacked it if they still used their original logo:
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 12, 2010, 04:23:09 AM
FUCK! YOU GOT BE KIDDING ME!! Ryan Whitney down with a leg injury!?!

Like the Hockey Gods WANT the Oilers to get the #1 pick.

Oilers actually pulled it to a shootout vs the fucking EPIC habs PP. GJ Horc and Penner! Where the fuck were you guys?

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 12, 2010, 09:54:28 AM
Canucks fail!!!!

Andrew Alberts Chasing After the Whistle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRAxdVKZYCc#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 14, 2010, 05:02:27 AM
HAHAHA. LAFFER!!

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GJ Leafs, get the crowd to sing the national anthem to stir up patriotism. You been watching Youtube videos again?? Next time, put the lyrics on the scoreboard.
Edmonton Oilers Fans sing O Canada (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meLpuF9UMvk#)

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The best part of the game was when there was a fucking GODDAMNNED 3 on nothing!! and they couldn't even cash it in.

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Dubnyk actually is playing pretty solid. no way the current core can be starters but if there's a healthy Bulin, Oilers could be aight.
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Dion Phaneuf is a bitch. I'm so glad he's on Toronto cuz they deserve a loser like that. He can go around throwing his ass around but won't answer the bell. GJ Theo Peckham!!! Taking that fucker out. LOL even Deslauriers wanted a piece of him.

Leafs are still dreaming about Pat Quinn and their Eastern Conference final choke Jobs. Plan the Parade!!! Y'all draft picks are going to Boston XD

(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3760/c8f1a831fe236e93d6e7b1f.jpg)

OH so painful but oh so pleasurable to watch these Oilers :fap Whitney not taking a day off. Aaron Johnson stepping it up and cashing one in. Too many fucking PP for the opposition but WHO CARES!!! LETS GO GET THE NUMBER ONE PICK!



Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 15, 2010, 12:32:12 AM
Phaneuf you pussy.
Oilers 1 @ Maple Leafs 5 - Dion Phaneuf Deslauriers Scrum - 100313.avi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RWdd48eA0s#ws)

Good for JD!!! punks like him and Mat Cooke need to be dealt with.
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 15, 2010, 03:29:18 AM
Medal Ceremony & O Canada - Canucks Vs Senators - 03.13.10 - HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbc5OLWYvjY#ws)

 :thumbup

Steve Downie's Cheap Shot On Sidney Crosby (3-14-2010) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHeh3tyUL10#ws)

Steve Downie is a scum, as much as i dont like crosby that shit is fucking disgusting!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 16, 2010, 05:07:10 AM
Everyones gone crazy!! ovechkin getting dirrrty on campbell

Alex Ovechkin Boards Brian Campbell (HD - Full Incident) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIJo5Ys_9Ss#ws)

I think ovie got suspended too
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 17, 2010, 09:02:05 AM
^ Yeah he did. 2 games. It's retarded. Judging past crimes and severity of injury?? Hits happen. Suspend away. Never stops people from chopping or facewashing people into the ice. You can debate forever, it's just adrenaline and the speed of the best game on the planet.

That saying. someone gotta fucking wake up the Oilers. SEASONS NOT OVER!! i don't care if Taylor Hall or Tyler Seguin is a lock:

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man that was embarassing!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 20, 2010, 09:35:32 AM
Devan Dubnyk!!!! FIRST WIN!! in a shootout no less

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That wasn't easy at all. Fucking Detroit being Detroit scoring with 1 second left. ASSHOLES!!!!!!!! I'm loving the Brule-Penner-Cogliano line.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 21, 2010, 09:13:10 AM
^they fucken did that shit to us. .02 seconds left in ot winner. FUUUUUCk
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 21, 2010, 11:58:29 AM
^ FUCK DETROIT! :x

Watch out Chicago or San Jose, they were playing dummy all season.

LOL KT showed me this link of Malkin and Alyonka Larionov (daughter of Igor) getting it on: http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Video-Evgeni-Malkin-and-Alyonka-Larionov-heat-u?urn=nhl,150459 (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Video-Evgeni-Malkin-and-Alyonka-Larionov-heat-u?urn=nhl,150459)

http://penguins.nhl.tv/team/embed.jsp?catid=18&id=37586 (http://penguins.nhl.tv/team/embed.jsp?catid=18&id=37586)

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close up
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: BradVickers on March 21, 2010, 04:57:19 PM
Ah, I miss Alyonka... She left the Pens a few months back... Pictures don't do her justice, she's so pretty in real life :heart: . Much hotter than that trashy girl Malkin's dating.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 22, 2010, 10:10:08 AM
FUCK YOU SHARKS!!! Dubnyk back to back wins  :w00t:

(http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4343/capt2e5ef8e57510402d962.jpg)

AND THEN COMRIE DROPS SCOTT NICHOL!!
Scott Nichol vs Mike Comrie Mar 21, 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDopZVH6wzg#ws)


CONGRATS SELANNE 600 GOALS
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2 more and he beats Jari Kurri as the Finn with most goals.


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 25, 2010, 08:33:34 AM
posting now cuz I couldn't find HQ pix to rub it in yo face Mugen :P

All those fucking Canucks fans at Oilers game pissing me off!! LMFAO they all left after LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO let in a few weak ones!

(http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/8819/looooo.jpg)
Luongo: "I have to get my swagger back.” LOL!!

SHIT Dubnyuk out JD, in....where the fuck were these guys all year?? OMGASS it's a TRAP!
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Captain Moreau and Horcoff shut down those Twins good!!  taking the Canucks manhood while he's at it!
(http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/9799/moreau.jpg)(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/1671/capt2473543b84684a4b999.jpg)

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LOL!!

Props to GM Mark Messier for naming MacTavish as the Worlds Coach for Canada :canada:

don'tcha just love inside deals  :pimp:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 26, 2010, 09:33:21 AM
lol ducks fan gets owned

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOAOfhoKWhc#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 27, 2010, 06:47:47 AM
^ lol Those FUCKS. Whitney was so pissed off playing against his old team too.

(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8550/captb288eade15874c198da.jpg)

Parros u homo!
George Parros vs Zack Stortini Mar 26, 2010 - Sportsnet feed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys-XBc8Zpdk#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 27, 2010, 06:51:37 AM
Teemu Selanne Scores 600th Career Goal (Ducks HD Feed) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C78he9LQ1kY#ws)
CONGRATS! :finland:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 27, 2010, 10:33:44 AM
we found the sedins third twin!

The Third Sedin Brother (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlk2qzrex2Q&feature=player_embedded#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 31, 2010, 06:36:17 AM
FUCK YOU RED WINGS!!

(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/8295/capt295c06b9f0f94fbcaa6.jpg)

lol I love how the Red Wings fall asleep and Comrie whips up 2 goals in 30 seconds, Oilers tie it with 10 to go and THEN fucking assholes turn it up. FUCK YOU DATSYUK!

And fuck all that dumb ass talk about Penner falling off, you fucking juggle the lines like everyday and see how he performs. keeping Brule on the 4th line having Chourney on the PP. See, MacT couldn't do shit with this line up and you got The Master Pat Quinn and Oilers are fucking LAST! 30th PLACE IS OURS!! WOO HOO!!

Hemsky will make it all better.

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on April 01, 2010, 07:38:13 AM
I'm digging those "What if?" commercials that the NHL is putting out.  I'm even digging the parodies people are making!  Such as ...

History Will Be Made - Patrik Stefan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3W6kjmxx0g#)

and ...

Dion Phaneuf, History Will Be Made (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiWN7iG4WE4&NR=1#)

and ...

History Will Be Made Parody- Martin Brodeur and Sean Avery (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRouqGsY354#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 03, 2010, 09:56:00 AM
More historical goals for The Finnish Flash! :theking

3/31/10 Teemu Selanne 601th career goal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQVzfzo8eRc#)
Teemu Selanne's 602 goal! 4/2/10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZz746eT4X8#)

Top 10 Finnish Scorers
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Congrats, Teemu! :theking
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 03, 2010, 11:41:33 AM
Toskala history will be made.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCuv7VIwYCE#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 03, 2010, 12:23:23 PM
GJ Teemu!!

Man, Jari Kurri's always got a soft spot cuz he's been part of the Oilers Dynasty but Finnish Flash is pretty awesome, underrated defensive skillz. he can undress you like a 5 dollar hooker.

lol these What if ads, I only heard the real ones "What if Bobby didn't fly" haha.

FUCK WHO IS THIS BENN?!

Oilers actually woke up in the 2nd period and tied it after being down 3-0
(http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/2189/37df23574f7e197c28e18a3.jpg)


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 04, 2010, 08:51:06 AM
 :angry: FUCK YOU REFS!!! Holy shit. The Coyotes ain't even Stanley Cup champs, the fuck you let em get away with blatant penalties like that??? HOLY SHIT!! I wanna hear Pat Quinn's comments. Good for the Oilers came back and tied that shit up. J.D. being SOLID, that's the grimey Oiler hockey I love.

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 :angry:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 04, 2010, 08:58:30 PM
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00183.jpeg)
My post #28,000 is dedicated to the greatest Finnish hockey player ever, Teemu Selänne :finland:

Here's my tribute to The Finnish Flash :theking

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Selänne played his early seasons with Jokerit of the Finnish SM-liiga. Selänne won the A-Junior level Finnish Championship in 1988 with Jokerit. The team consisted of future SM-liiga players such as Markus Ketterer, Keijo Säilynoja and Mika Strömberg. After two seasons on the junior team of Jokerit, Selänne played his first season for Jokerit during the 1988–89 season when Jokerit played in the Finnish 1. Divisioona. Jokerit gained promotion back to the SM-liiga in 1989 and Selänne had 11 games with 12 points during his debut SM-liiga season. Selänne had his first full season for Jokerit the following year, when he racked up 58 points in 44 games. During the 1991–92 SM-liiga season, Jokerit won the SM-liiga championship and Selänne won the Aarne Honkavaara trophy (top goalscorer) and had the most points scored in the SM-liiga playoffs during that season.

Teemu Selanne Gets Rookie Goal Record In Winnipeg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtk6yVqDy3Q#)
His first NHL goal came against Jeff Hackett of the San Jose Sharks on October 8, 1992. He scored 76 goals in his rookie season, an all-time rookie record. He is also the holder of the rookie point scoring record with 132 points, and he along with Alexander Mogilny are the most recent players in NHL history to score 70 goals in a season.

Selanne's 500th (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Ecme2YByY#)
Selänne scored his 500th NHL career goal against the Colorado Avalanche after getting by former Avalanche teammate and captain Joe Sakic to find the net against Colorado's José Théodore. Selänne joined fellow countryman Jari Kurri as the only Finnish-born players to have scored 500 goals in their NHL careers.

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00184.jpg)

Teemu Selänne- Stanley Cup Finals, Game 5 postgame interview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAXEoypd87Y#ws)
With an assist on a goal by François Beauchemin in Game 2 of the Ducks opening round playoff series against the Minnesota Wild on April 13, 2007, Selänne picked up his 30th playoff point in an Anaheim jersey – establishing a new franchise record. The Ducks would go on to defeat the Ottawa Senators in 5 games in the Stanley Cup Finals, giving the team and Selänne their first Stanley Cup championship.

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00136.jpg)

Teemu Selanne Tribute (End Of His Career In The Finnish Team) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaOerT4YVzo#)
At the beginning of the 2008–09 NHL season, Selänne contemplated playing at the 2010 Winter Olympics  in Vancouver. Coming out of international retirement once again, Selänne joined the Finnish team for the 2010 Winter Olympics. At the tournament, he became the all-time leader for points scored in the Olympics. In Finland's first game of the tournament, played against Belarus, Selänne had an assist, which tied him in first place with Valeri Kharlamov of Russia, Vlastimil Bubnik of the former Czechoslovakia, and Harry Watson of Canada, all of whom have 36 points in Olympic competition. In Finland's second game, against Germany, Selänne had another assist, giving him a total of 37 points throughout his Olympic career.

Teemu Selanne's 600th career goal 3/21/10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7UIG8TgJxI#ws)
On March 21, 2010, Selanne scored his 600th career NHL goal against the Colorado Avalanche on goalie Craig Anderson. He is the 18th NHL player in history to score 600 goals, and joined Luc Robitaille and Mario Lemieux as the only Calder Trophy winners to score 600. On April 2, 2010, he scored his 602nd NHL goal, passing Jari Kurri's record for Finnish born players of 601.

Records
* Winter Olympic Games all-time points leader with 20+18=38 points[1][28]
* NHL single-season record for goals by a rookie (76 in 1992–93)
* NHL single-season record for points by a rookie (132 in 1992–93)
* NHL single season record for most goals by a European player (76 in 1992–93 tied with Alexander Mogilny)
* NHL calendar month record for most goals (20 in March 1993)
* Anaheim Ducks franchise record for career points (743)
* Anaheim Ducks franchise record for career goals (352)
* Anaheim Ducks franchise record for career assists (391)
* Anaheim Ducks franchise record for career power-play goals (110, established February 24, 2008)
* Anaheim Ducks franchise record for career hat-tricks (12 as of October 31, 2008)
* Anaheim Ducks franchise playoff record for points scored (30, established April 13, 2007)
* Anaheim Ducks single-season record for power-play goals (25, established in 1998–1998 and tied in 2006–2007)
* Anaheim Ducks single-season record for points (109, established in 1996–1997)
* Anaheim Ducks single-season record for goals (52, established 1997–1998)
* Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes single-season record for goals (76, established 1992–1993) (as a rookie)
* Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes single-season record for points (132, established 1992–1993) (as a rookie)
* First European to score a hat-trick in an NHL All-Star game (1998)
* First player in NHL history over the age of 35 to record consecutive seasons with 40-plus goals

Awards
* Raimo Kilpiö trophy for the gentlemanly player in the SM-liiga - 1991
* Aarne Honkavaara trophy for best goal scorer in the SM-liiga - 1992
* SM-liiga championship - 1992
* Finnish ice hockey player of the year - 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006
* Calder Memorial Trophy - 1993
* NHL All-Rookie Team - 1993
* NHL First All-Star Team - 1993, 1997
* NHL Second All-Star Team - 1998, 1999
* Played in the NHL All-Star Game in 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007
* NHL All-Star Game MVP - 1998
* Ice Hockey World Championships Tournament All-Star Team - 1999
* Ice Hockey World Championships Tournament's MVP - 1999
* Rocket Richard Trophy - 1999 (also tied for most goals in NHL in 1993 and 1998)
* 2006 Winter Olympics All-Star Team
* 2006 Winter Olympics - Best forward
* Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy - 2006
* Stanley Cup (Anaheim Ducks) - 2006–07

Teemu's homies:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00186.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00187.jpg)

Teemu Selanne Tribute (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Npg9xw16mo#)
ONE MORE YEAR! ONE MORE YEAR! :bow:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 04, 2010, 09:40:54 PM
CONGRATS HOMIE!!!   :jphip:

FUCK YEAH TEEMU!! Truly legendary, I hope he plays another season.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 04, 2010, 11:57:17 PM
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4486267640_d9f952455f_o.jpg)

i hope Canucks isnt facing detroit first round in the playoffs  :panic:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 05, 2010, 12:20:31 AM
http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00185.jpg (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00185.jpg)
It is just me, or does that look like Jari Kurri on the left?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 07, 2010, 09:20:48 AM
^ :yep: back to Jokerit they went during the lockout.

Not bad. Oilers getting on the Wild!! Tell me Dustin Penner had a bad season and you a fucking idiot, Dan Tencer. LMFAO @ him trying to interview Penner and getting 1 word answers and then whining like a bitch. His days at 630 CHED, the Oiler flagship station are over.

(http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/8415/2766630.jpg)
(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2644/2766628.jpg)
(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5272/2766631.jpg)

Captain Moreau taking no prisoners!!

Who is gonna get to 50 first? here's his 48th...fuck he almost got one on one knee earlier.

Alexander Ovechkin 58th Goal of 09-10 Season against Pittsburgh HD - April 6th 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nPs35eFDnM#ws)

And Mellon Arena is closing down, u going BradVickers? They bringing back all the greats...incl. Jagr?

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 08, 2010, 10:04:06 AM
FUCK!! What an epic win, even with a depleted team, Avs still brought it hard!!

(http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9656/2775569.jpg)

GJ DUSTIN PENNER!! 30-30 season  :twothumbs

(http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/3208/2775570.jpg)

Ryan Whitney with the OT WINNER too good. Him and Tom Gilbert have been a match made in heaven.

(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1374/2775574.jpg)
(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/1408/2775532.jpg)
(http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/3475/2775517.jpg)
(http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6425/2775529.jpg)
(http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/1998/2775526.jpg)

What the Hawks, Avs, even Coyotes prove - just get the right pieces back (goaltending, defense) and a few good forwards and you're back in the mix. Bring on Hall or Seguin!! And a tough guy like Laraque!

oh btw, hey Flames fan: LMFAO!!!
(http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/369/flamessuck.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 09, 2010, 11:50:09 PM
Mike Modano Tribute (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_goVxfBykv0&feature=player_embedded#)

Mike Modano's last night in the American Airline Center (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZTPgmlHFkQ&feature=player_embedded#)


One of the more classier guy in NHL.  :cry:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 11, 2010, 04:58:37 AM
^ Modano was the fucking Oilers Killer! Mad props to him  :thumbup

Boston just scored 3 SHG in 1:04! I only seen that when I play NHL 2001 :shocked
Bruins score 3 shorthanded goals on the same penalty 4/10/10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXhviiSvUh0#ws)

Comrie dealing and wheeling in the Streets of Figueroa!

(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8398/2788042.jpg)

Tom Gilbert has more points in his last 10 games than his first 70!!

(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/3236/2788040mhk.jpg)
(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/3508/2788039.jpg)

here's someones fancam on Horcoff's winner!!
Shootout - Horcoff vs Quick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzoFelYDn80#)

Check this Draft simulator, Oilers gotta get #1
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=524450 (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=524450)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 11, 2010, 09:17:25 AM
Great WIN Nucks! 4 pts each for the twins! henrik is 3 pts up from OVIE for scoring lead!!!!!

Sick no look pass by Henrik to Daniel who scored between the legs!! DAMMMN!
Daniel Sedin 6-2 Hat-trick - Canucks Vs Flames - 04.10.10 - HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me3GPkF7m5s&feature=player_embedded#ws)



LOL Cooked tried to pick a fight with a young boy and get fucked! GO KANE!
(http://cdn.nhl.com/thrashers/images/upload/2010/04/kaneKO_041110.jpg)
Matt Cooke vs. Evander Kane (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW9Sp-WndwA&feature=player_embedded#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 12, 2010, 04:56:33 AM
^ LOL great slow mo pic.

OILERS WORST RECORD EVER!! 27 wins :lol:

(http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/1640/capt0d002bd726ef45c8998.jpg)

This has gotta be one of the most painful seasons ever as a fan. wow they didn't even show up!  And this is like what happens on any given night. goalies letting pucks in like whoa. AHL type D-man playing Souray type minutes. Tuesday can't come soon enough :banghead:

And you know what? I tuned into every game, followed all the movements. NEVER GIVE UP OILERS FAN!!

Too bad Ducks, Niedermayer and Selanne will be back no doubt.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 12, 2010, 05:27:42 AM
YEAH!! I kicked ass in NHL Fantasy Hockey

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip01311.jpg)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 12, 2010, 05:37:54 AM
^dawg u gotta change the scoring format for next year. its messed up
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 14, 2010, 12:07:49 PM
^ start throwing out suggestions now man. Wanna do the head to head?

OILERS GET #1 PICK!!! now don't fuck it up Steve Tambellini!

(http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6643/e11679bf9aa4673dcee41ff.jpg)

Man, it was so sad that we're all cheering like we won the Stanley Cup...truly the lowest point in my hockey fandom.

Stanley Cup Playoffs here! starts today! What's your picks?? TRY THIS! http://challenge.nhl.com/#?intcmpid=challenge-rr-ca (http://challenge.nhl.com/#?intcmpid=challenge-rr-ca)

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip01333.jpg)

Conf Quarterfinals

EAST

(1) Washington (8) Montreal

Washington in 4

(2) New Jersey (7) Philadelphia

New Jersey in 6

(3) Buffalo (6) Boston

buffalo in 6

(4) Pittsburgh (5) Ottawa

Pittsburgh in 5


WEST

(1) San Jose (8) Colorado

San Jose in 7

(2) Chicago (7) Nashville

Chicago in 4

(3) Vancouver (6) Los Angeles

Vancouver in 6

(4) Phoenix (5) Detroit

Detroit in 5

Conf Semifinals

EAST

(1) Washington (4) Pittsburgh

Washington in 7

(2) New Jersey (3) Buffalo

Buffalo in 6

WEST

(1) San Jose  (5) Detroit

Detroit in 5

(2) Chicago (3) Vancouver

Chicago in 7

Conference Finals

EAST

(1) Washington  (3) Buffalo

Washington in 6

WEST

(2) Chicago  (5) Detroit


Detroit in 6


Stanley Cup Final!!

Washington over Detroit in 6

MVP Ovechikin

it's just their time...to much semin


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 16, 2010, 07:19:22 AM
green men FTW!

(http://i39.tinypic.com/11qrekm.jpg)


props for quick keeping LA in but we;re too good!!!! SAMUELSSON IS NUTS

sick save by LU!
HUGE Goal Line Save By Luongo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6yhgaER9q8&feature=player_embedded#ws)


LOL WTF
(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/6326/screenshot20100415at102.png)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 16, 2010, 09:29:11 AM
:rofl: :rofl: the way they had their crotch in his face was hilarious

I like Smyth and Stoll's game man, Canucks escaped Luongo's weak ass play. but HOLY shit these all been great games.

Esp. Montreal taking out Washington like that, just pure grit, keeping em locked up. Spacek is a fucking monster!!

Still it's all just Game 1. That's why you gotta keep playing....but fuck San Joe, No show Joe! He needs to get the fuck out. Trade Souray for Boyle! DO IT STEVE!!

Pat Quinn said it best: "It's been no secret here. He's been very public for a long time," Quinn said of Souray's trade request. "I'm one of those guys that if you don't want to play here, don't screw around, get the hell out."

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 17, 2010, 07:39:12 AM
GREAT OT game with Sharks and Avs now :panic:

FUCK SIDNEY!! Are you kidding this is most ridiculous "Wayne Gretzky in his office" kinda play!

NHL 2010 Playoffs - Kris Letang's Goal (April 16 2010) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UcCy82Beo0#)

Spezza looking like the fool!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 18, 2010, 05:21:34 AM
SHIT!! Washington just wouldn't go away man. Nick Backstrom and John Carlson doing work!!

Tom Poti vs. Scott Gomez (4/17/10) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOG2-dOy93c#ws)

GJ Poti ROFFLE!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 19, 2010, 06:27:04 AM
AW SHIT LMFAO! DAN BOYLE!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 19, 2010, 07:09:40 AM
lol Shuji's team fail!

Dan Boyle OT Goal (4/18/10) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uHUghCf3NI&feature=player_embedded#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 20, 2010, 05:07:15 AM
LMFAO!!

Nabokov shoulda hugged the post better too, whatta bunch of Chokers.

Carey Price back in!! Fuck these goalies are all fucked up. Mike Grier got a sick goal but Sabres still lost. shit the Cup is hard to predict this year.

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 20, 2010, 06:15:14 AM
gary bettman fucken stole a goal from us! FUCK YOU DOUCHEBAG

Man.. the NHL is disgusting to watch. They know that Canadian fans will always support their team so they gyp them and force them to eat shit and feed their American teams the good food.

This is like when a teacher plays favoritism in elementary and middle school. A teacher calls you out and gives you a detention when you are trying to protect yourself from a fight. They say you instigated it and the other dude gets away from it.

Seriously, how long can this go one before some hardcore Canadian fan is gonna do some damage on the referees?

I say get some knowledgeable personnel to replace Bettman and his cunt group of friends in the NHL before this turns into a circus.

Sooner or later, someone is gonna throw the idea out and have our own Canadian Hockey League. Screw them Americans and see how they survive.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on April 21, 2010, 07:27:24 AM
But the thing is Mug, if they can still get the most talented players to the NHL even if there were a separate league by offering more money, a newer league would still suck.  This is what its like to have to watch Moose games.  Passing?  Forget about it.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 22, 2010, 06:12:03 AM
yahhh it gets frustrating Mug. esp. when most of these refs are like noobs and don't know shit. Inconsistent fuckers.

FUCK!! Luongo saved em there on the break.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 23, 2010, 10:43:02 AM
I should let it go but Ron Maclean compared it and its like WHAT THE F!

April 22nd, 2010 After 1st Overtime with Ron MacLean & Don Cherry Penguins Vs. Senators HNiC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqXbbNfhhL4&feature=player_embedded#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 23, 2010, 12:09:01 PM
You know what is fucked up, if a puck goes off the ass it counts. THEN WHAT.

Ehrhoff needs to watch out if he's gonna go around chasing down guys like Smyth and Simmonds, he's gonna get his ass kicked.
(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2065/e2606f431379ccad2095f02.jpg)

MAN!! My picks are fucked up. There goes New Jersey out.

LOL Ovie
Ovechkin snowed a kid on purpose **SPORTS101.NET EXCLUSIVE** (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Pv9VD_5Ew#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 25, 2010, 11:05:39 PM
DOWN GOES THE RED WINGS :on lol: XD XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 26, 2010, 04:15:37 AM
LUONGO ROBS SMYTTIe!!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 26, 2010, 05:32:08 AM
QUICK FAIL!!


lol @ the guy in the Oilers jersey behind the Canucks bench
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 26, 2010, 05:45:30 AM
WOOOOOO!!! BRING ON THE HAWKS!

Luongo Robs Smyth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMockQnE9jE&feature=player_embedded#ws)

SMYTH GETS ROBBED!

PWNED
(http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2224/capture20100425204419.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on April 26, 2010, 06:57:20 AM
^ gee, thanks Muge..hopefully it's goes to seven games here
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 27, 2010, 12:47:54 AM
lol wot

The Green Girl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEqveK2QiPU#ws)

TAKE THAT TOP OFF!  XD

Kesler busting a move after win!

(http://www.gifsoup.com/view/385140/kesler-dance-o.gif)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 27, 2010, 07:32:44 AM
AW SHIT CAPS WUT WUT!! Halak >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. Price the bitch:
Carey Price loses it against the Capitals in game 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBlk2a44fUI#)

hahaha Arnott & Grebby DOWN GOES THE PREDS!!
(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3648/e60dafb611559c4128f6406.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 29, 2010, 03:29:18 AM
LOL HABS WTF!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 29, 2010, 09:59:59 AM
AW SHIT OVIE!! better luck next year

Alex Ovechkin After Game Seven Loss to Montreal Canadiens (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C5dY0bzock#)

Get a better goalie!! There goes my picks :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 01, 2010, 01:45:02 AM
Hab's Marc-Andre Bergeron keeping it going of ex-Oilers in the postseason, it'll be a battle against the Pens!

(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5703/0cb42311a325e81fd9d345b.jpg)
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3022/cef528ba9ede37c3a13f00c.jpg)

down 2-1 now, do Habs got the momentum on their side?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 02, 2010, 12:54:02 AM
WHOA! Marc Savard back after two months from a concussion scores in OT to give Bruins a 1-0 lead over Philly

Marc Savard OT Game Winning Goal - May 1, 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyH_M7QZurI#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 04, 2010, 08:17:26 AM
^ Carcillo is a bitch too. GODDAMN I wanna punch him in the face.

LOLUONGO!!
(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6895/73fabc02ad8beba474229c1.jpg)

You was wondering when the Hawks would show up.

 
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 07, 2010, 11:38:51 PM
Winnipeg back in the NHL? http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=320850 (http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=320850)

WINNIPEG TO FIND OUT SOON IF COYOTES ARE COMING BACK TO TOWN

Winnipeg will soon find out whether or not the Phoenix Coyotes franchise will return to the city it once called home.

Sources tell TSN this decision will be made within the next three weeks, if not sooner.

With Jerry Reinsdorf's deal to buy the Coyotes hanging precariously in limbo, sources say Glendale city officials are scrambling, trying to push Ice Edge Holdings to sign an agreement of exclusivity, with ties to the existing lease, in time to position a proposal for vote at next Tuesday's Glendale city council meeting.

Ice Edge has been willing to discuss the possibility since being approached by Glendale city officials late last week, and will further consider the opportunity as discussions continue throughout the day, however without an assurance from the National Hockey League that the city is committed to funding operating losses next season, a deal with Ice Edge may not get off the ground.

Sources close to the situation are also concerned Glendale may be using Ice Edge as leverage to lure Reinsdorf back into discussions and perhaps, into a revised proposal that is far less reliant on city subsidies.

If the Reinsdorf deal is officially pulled off the table and Glendale and the NHL cannot present Ice Edge with a purchase package this group is willing to swiftly accept, the National Hockey League may have to expedite its plan "B" and relocate the Coyotes.

Although there is no deal in place to formalize Winnipeg as the relocation target, Winnipeg is considered the frontrunner based on the belief the cities fan base and arena makes it a turn key operation available to house an NHL team in a short turnaround period.

Quebec City, Kansas City and Las Vegas are also among the cities identified on the list of options. However, the NHL would require assurances from Vegas and Quebec City that new, acceptable facilities, would be built in a timely manner.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 09, 2010, 05:46:05 AM
Winnipeg back in the NHL? http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=320850 (http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=320850)

WINNIPEG TO FIND OUT SOON IF COYOTES ARE COMING BACK TO TOWN
So much hype being made here about that, and so many people are setting themselves up for a massive disappointment when it doesn't happen.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 09, 2010, 07:44:38 AM
^ Yeah. TSN just making news outta nothing, fucking assholes. It's just like Canada blowing things outta proportion. JAGR cumming to Oilers WATCH whatever.

How bout dem playoffs?? DOWN GOES THE RED WINGS!! Big Joe actually shows up, San Jose has to win the cup to lose the choke label. The way The Mule destroyed em exposes them, Chicago or Vancouver can fuck em up.

PK Subban is so fucking fast (lol PK is short for Pok Ky in Cantonese which means "Go to Hell") - Habs making Pens work for their Cup.
(http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2738/7f376e1bea410f9162c9312.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on May 10, 2010, 08:12:12 AM
lol canucks staying alive!

SAMI SALO! RUPTURED BALLS!

Sami Salo Injury in Game 5 - May 9, 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwmAyOGWOMU&feature=player_embedded#ws)

History Will Be Made - Sami Salo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pZoYw3kcKo&feature=player_embedded#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 10, 2010, 08:31:38 AM
DAMN! that was fast, NHL doing something right for once :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on May 12, 2010, 09:57:01 AM
we're out...but on the bright side

(http://i42.tinypic.com/pu99k.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/photos/PICT4220.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on May 12, 2010, 09:04:41 PM
^^ Homeless guy with a smile on his face ftw!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 13, 2010, 06:25:53 AM
^ nice stalking Honger!

LES HABITANTS WTF!!!! :panic:

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 16, 2010, 08:36:12 AM
Habs act like you been there!!

Montreal Canadiens Defeat Pittsburgh Penguins Game 7 - May 12, 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b_K-0iIUEE#ws)

GET THE FUCK UP!! I dunno what is a bigger choke job, Bruins, Pens, or Caps. At least the Bruins got the #2 pick to build on, fucking Pens coaching just didn't know what the fuck to do with Montreal's attack. THERES NO LANES! :panic: man, Halak is gonna take em to the Cup I feel.

Shuji! Post some Sharks vs Hawks pics! :canada:

The Oilers future looking good! Eberle, Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson and:
(http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/3476/20100514hartikainen310.jpg)
General Manager Steve Tambellini announced today the Edmonton Oilers have agreed to terms with left-winger Teemu Hartikainen on a three-year NHL entry level contract.

Hartikainen, the Oilers 6th round choice, 163rd overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, recently completed his second season with KalPa Kuopio of the Finnish National League scoring 33 points (15G, 18A) in 53 games.


lol i went to the Oilers locker room sale and just got in some autographs with Tom Gilbert and Jason Strudwick, I asked them who their cup picks were "Blackhawks!" haha
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v23/daigong/DSC00070.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 17, 2010, 05:43:37 AM
LOL! Fucking Flyers fan biting The Green Men:
(http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/2334/11e6078af62e0191a3d1b8e.jpg)

Stupid Pronger, chase Halak but whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. He's fucking faking you out. When you think he's done, he comes back and shuts you down.
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00273.jpg)

AND SHIT! Shuji where were you man?? Fucking quietest HP Pavilion i ever seen. Niemi shut everyone up! it's gonna be close series but fuck, Thornton, Heatley wiffing on their chances.
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00274.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on May 18, 2010, 09:47:34 PM
Happy 50th Birthday, Jari Kurri! :theking

Jari Kurri 3 goals, 2 assists - 1990 Playoffs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTuIcdEbdxs#)
A Tribute to Jari Kurri (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYTyjKv7n5o#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 19, 2010, 01:50:12 AM
Holy shit, 50?!?!? :o

I still remember back in the day, when one of his linemates was Mark Lamb. I couldn't help but chuckle when the announcers would say "Lamb Kurri." :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on May 20, 2010, 07:54:18 AM
Yeah, I'm a bit late.

(http://i44.tinypic.com/oan8tv.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 21, 2010, 01:16:45 AM
^ X to da Z woulda had better defense than Chara and Friends!!

Sharks and Habs gotta wake up! I think Montreal will take a game or two but SHIT. Sharks are fucked up, Buffelin or however u spell his name just can't miss. Grimy shit with Toews.

shit i'm late too.

Happy Birthday Jari Kurri!

Five Cups with the Oilers, always coming back to Oil Country.

Jari Kurri 17 (osa 1/5) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5azu79jqmRE#)
Jari Kurri 17 (osa 2/5) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utzN9Okw6rg#)
Jari Kurri 17 (osa 3/5) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TZaplggnXM#)
Jari Kurri 17 (osa 4/5) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6p8zo-ItdU#)
Jari Kurri 17 (osa 5/5) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCIDkzDushM#)

This is one helluva documentary!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 21, 2010, 02:32:56 AM
THREE NOTHING!!!

Moore and the Habs on fire! Talk about Home ice advantage!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on May 22, 2010, 06:54:12 AM
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/coyotes-staying-put-in-phoenix/article1578079/ (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/coyotes-staying-put-in-phoenix/article1578079/)

"The Phoenix Coyotes will stay put for at least one more season.

According to a report by TSN.ca, the NHL and the city of Glendale have hashed out the terms of a deal that will see the Phoenix suburb cover up to $25-million (all currency U.S.) of the team’s operating losses next season if the league cannot find a buyer for the financially crippled franchise."

Not a surprise, and probably a good thing to put the story to rest until after the Stanley Cup finals.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on May 22, 2010, 10:45:37 PM
I was watching the Canadiens & Flyers earlier and saw a guy take a puck to the face.  That's gotta hurt ALOT!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on May 23, 2010, 08:02:04 AM
Quote
Leino goes from scratch to star for Flyers

MONTREAL -- Ville Leino was a healthy scratch for the Philadelphia Flyers at the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. These days, he's a major reason the Broad Street Bullies are a victory away from the Stanley Cup Final. Leino scored his second goal of the series on Saturday afternoon as the Flyers earned a 3-0 victory against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 4 at the Bell Centre. The win gave Philadelphia a 3-1 lead in the series, which shifts back to the Wachovia Center for Game 5 on Monday night. Leino, who was acquired from the Detroit Red Wings on Feb. 6 in exchange for defenseman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen and a fifth-round draft pick, spoke with the media after the game.

Q: How were you guys able to bounce back from the 5-1 loss in Game 3 as emphatically as you did today?
 
Leino: We wanted to make an attitude change, and we did. We were working hard and played one of our better games in the playoffs.
 
Q: You guys talked about playing a complete game. That's exactly what you did today, right?
 
Leino: We were good today. We knew what it would take to win, and we were playing good. I think we have to be happy with our effort.
 
Q: You guys were really solid in your transition game today, which lead to a couple of goals. Can you talk about that a bit?
 
Leino: We were on the right side of the puck and winning the battles along the boards. We were making smart plays and it gave us some good chances. We scored some goals.
 
Q: Can you believe you're one win away from the Stanley Cup Final?
 
Leino: Obviously, we're close. But it's going to be a tough game (on Monday). We have to be ready to go.
 
Q: This was Michael Leighton's third shutout of the series, but how much credit does the defense deserve for the way it performed today?
 
Leino: We played good defensively. We were blocking tons of shots, and we didn't give them many good scoring chances. They were all from tough angles.
 
Q: How much of a boost did Jeff Carter and Ian Laperriere provide?
 
Leino: That was good for us. We've got more depth now and Jeff is always dangerous on the ice. He's got a good shot and Ian was working just great on the PK. He adds a lot of character to our team.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=529891 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=529891)

Leino should only play in the playoffs :P

5/22/10 Ville Leino's Slick Move To Beat Jaroslav Halak (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4DFUVPrn_o#ws)
Ville Leino's Goal (May 18 2010) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07lKf2LLgCI#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on May 24, 2010, 04:21:09 PM
Time to earn your feathers, Blackhawks advance to finals
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on May 26, 2010, 09:46:44 AM
(http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/8b/fullj.8db526742602912fb477b3048922a17f/8db526742602912fb477b3048922a17f-getty-98873181mh046_montreal_cana.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on May 26, 2010, 09:31:56 PM
Gomez, Gionta and some others disappeared.  Halak, Subban, Cammalleri all played solid throughout.  Anyhow, Hawks in 6.  Lets go Johnny!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 29, 2010, 11:06:13 AM
SHIT!!! And down goes Frazier!!

Habs really had a good run, but who thunk their magic be gone so soon. Gotta give props to Richards for this awesome goal:
BEST HIT and GOAL-Mike Richards Philadelphia Flyers 2010 (NHL) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTiivKacKsA#ws)

next time HALAK!!!

WUT WUT another Heritage Classic. Flames and Habs, Ops Monkey tells me: February 20, 2011


STANLEY CUP FINALS TONIGHT!!
(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8654/1275041510.jpg)

I've got Hawks in 5 :halo:

cuz fuck, Pronger FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 29, 2010, 09:18:24 PM
Goose. Bumps.
NHL "No Words" Stanley Cup Final ad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlHgRl2iHaA#ws)

Fuck yeah, they showed Bill Ranford too!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 30, 2010, 01:28:54 AM
wtf did they do to Jordan's statue

(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7900/b46ede7ae3a281d2d5e9315.jpg)
(http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/3236/c43007bc0b18e330218575b.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on May 30, 2010, 05:34:30 AM
They should have put some hockey pads on him, and a stick on the back hand, lol.  That'd have been awesome!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 30, 2010, 09:20:55 AM
he looks naked from afar :lol:

FUCK!!! CRAZY ASS GAME!

I switched between time outs during the Lakers game and saw like 3 goals XD

Leighton YOU OUTTA HERE!!! Thanks for the anecdotes! never noticed  Troy Brouwer till now. WHAT A BLAST!!

NHL Stanley Cup Finals - Troy Brouwer's Goal (May 29 2010) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4QcPyBhXI4#)


Oh...and this was expected (since they hired a play by play guy to do color, and he was taking vacations now and then) but Rod Phillips, voice of the Oilers, retired.
Classic Rod Phillips moment (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS1ZGALYrZg#)

only one I knew, and he's mad friendly in public...he was a homer (complains about refs) but he called all goals with the same passion. ONE OF THE BEST EVER! HALL OF FAMER!!!


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 02, 2010, 07:10:05 PM


Pronger you bitch!
Chris Pronger Throws Towel To Ben Eager After Game 2 (May 31 2010) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dudng3vRE04#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 03, 2010, 12:48:19 AM
So this is what Pronger's been doing.

http://philadelphia.en.craigslist.org/clt/1770129512.html (http://philadelphia.en.craigslist.org/clt/1770129512.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on June 05, 2010, 09:34:25 AM
Ville Leino domination! :theking

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00295.jpg)

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00294.jpg)

June 4th, 2010 Closing Montage, 3 Stars & Ville Leino Interview Blackhawks Vs. Flyers HNiC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP-AXm6bbe8#)

Ville Leino Tribute (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IsfwiAyJXA#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 05, 2010, 10:38:34 AM
Welcome to the 2010 Season Ville :lol:

FUCK!!! Series tied wth. Kane and Toews better show up, holding serve but shit man, gotta be more disciplined than that!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on June 08, 2010, 03:40:24 AM
Blackhawks racked up 7 goals, wow!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 08, 2010, 08:40:12 AM
LOL PRONGER!!
(http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/2415/prongerchris100606.jpg)

Dustin Byfuglien smoked his ass!!

(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/9674/ddbe14a167f1f64a262be67.jpg)

Look who's back.

(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7545/49859363644dd9682ee9f9f.jpg)

well, looks like he was already playing in the Czech league but KHL Money baby!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 11, 2010, 12:15:10 AM
HE CAME

(http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/2c/fullj.7ae1308a6d24760acf907afff5b67bcf/7ae1308a6d24760acf907afff5b67bcf-getty-95686628ke223_stanley_cup_f.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 11, 2010, 02:30:38 AM
^ XD

FUCK!! Mad props to the Blackhawks for 2010 Stanley Cup GLORY!! And making Pronger EAT SHIT!! :rockon:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00301.jpg)

Dustin Byfuglien was iNSANE! and hilarious Cabbie got to drink out of the cup too.
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00303.jpg)

Niemi becomes the first Finnish goalie to win a Cup (OH Jussi Markkanen so close)
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00302.jpg)

Crazy as fuck game. EPIC GOAL Kane I was like WTF just happened LOL @ "Holy Crap!" blast with Pierre - lol wut Scott Bowman gets a ring too. There's the blueprint for Stanley Cup glory, suck for a couple of years and get a few good #1's like Toews - and hire an NHL Legend.
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00304.jpg)

ROFL! JR crying in the booth on NBC. What a tool. He prolly cry if the Flyers win too.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 12, 2010, 07:23:13 AM
Dance dance dance till we run this town!!  Hahaha, he's so juiced!

(http://i50.tinypic.com/2upu1br.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on June 13, 2010, 01:31:45 PM
Kris Versteeg raps at Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup parade (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZY6n7wjEMs#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 17, 2010, 09:16:29 PM
LOL montreal traded the goalie that lead them deep into the playoffs to the Blues. I cant believe they have so much faith in Price. Dudes gonan fuck it up
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 17, 2010, 09:38:15 PM
MORONS!!!!

And for some chump for Ian Schultz, Lawrence who?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 18, 2010, 10:34:24 PM
Man I heard Price got it in bad with some biker gangs down there in Montreal, which is why his play has been so off and on the last year or whatever.  I feel bad if that is indeed the case, but he's such a dbag anyway.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 18, 2010, 11:29:46 PM
one of my coworker is high school friends with carey price, he told me dude got way over his head and parties every night and shit. as well as montreal media portrays him like god.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 19, 2010, 12:06:39 AM
Shit didn't Jose Theodore or someone get messed up with the mob. Wassup with the Habs lol

WHATEVA! Draft Day is next Friday!! Hall or Seguin? Fucking Oilers holding a BBQ. How embarrassing :lol:
Oilers Party People (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myYxlrL0VGI#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 22, 2010, 10:49:23 PM
Quote
Oilers replace Quinn with Renney
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 | 4:28 PM ET
CBC Sports


The Edmonton Oilers announced on Tuesday that Tom Renney will take over as head coach, with Pat Quinn to be moved into the position of senior hockey adviser.

Quinn, 67, returned to NHL coaching after an absence of more than three years, but his one season behind the Edmonton bench saw the injury-riddled team stagger to an NHL-worst 27-47-8 record.

"It goes without saying how valuable Pat Quinn is to our organization, and we will continue to rely heavily on Pat’s experience as we move forward with rebuilding this franchise," Edmonton general manager Steve Tambellini said in a statement.

"Pat will make a strong contribution throughout our system – no question."

Renney, 55, was brought in at the same time as Quinn as an associate coach. Renney has 428 games of NHL coaching experience with Vancouver and the New York Rangers.

"Tom Renney’s track record not only speaks for itself, but it also speaks volumes about what type of person he is," said Tambellini of the 10th head coach in franchise history. "He is a tireless worker who cares about this organization."

Tambellini said there had always been a succession plan that would see Renney take over for Quinn.

But he admitted during a news conference in Edmonton that the plan had been accelerated, and Quinn's position is a newly created one.

Edmonton will be on its second coach in as many years after the eight-season tenure of Craig MacTavish, one of the longest stretches in the NHL at the time of his firing in May 2009.

It represents the first big move of the week for Tambellini. The Oilers GM will be centre stage on Friday, holding the No. 1 overall pick in the NHL entry draft in Los Angeles.

While few pundits projected the Oilers as a powerhouse when this past season began, many thought they might be able to compete for a playoff spot in the Western Conference.

That bubble burst with season-ending injuries to goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin, Ales Hemsky, Sheldon Souray and Ladislav Smid, putting the lineup in a constant state of flux.

The Oilers had neither the experience nor the depth to overcome the injuries. Khabibulin, the team's major off-season acquisition last summer, only made 18 appearances before being sidelined by a back injury that would require surgery. Rookies Jeff Deslauriers and Devan Dubnyk were forced to carry the load.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2010/06/22/sp-oilers-coach.html (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2010/06/22/sp-oilers-coach.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 23, 2010, 09:19:18 AM
Yeah lame move. Dude was like getting fired just because everyone got injured and front office is retarded. GJ Steve.

I really respect Pat Quinn, he told it like it is.

Pat Quinn Fined $10,000 For His Words HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJS2lYISz3w#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 24, 2010, 07:41:31 AM
hank won hart bitches!!!!

Bobby Ryan & Ryan Getzlaf Skit At The NHL Awards (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVJfJAQY-BI&feature=player_embedded#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 24, 2010, 09:30:25 PM
^
Niedermayer! :rockon: :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 26, 2010, 07:36:41 AM
Fuck, totally forgot that the draft was today! :doh:

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip01670.jpg)
http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftsearch.htm?year=2010&round=1 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftsearch.htm?year=2010&round=1)

I admit, I was expecting Seguin to go 1st.  Perhaps the chance to get a player with back to back Memorial Cups was too much to pass up?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 26, 2010, 08:08:24 AM
^ Yeah me too. All that talk of "Too many forwards, need center" had me wondering.

FUCKING AWESOME ATMOSPHERE! REXALL ROCKING IT!!

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00342.jpg)
lol is that Semenko?

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00344.jpg)
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00343.jpg)

THE FUTURE STARTS NOW!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 26, 2010, 09:14:48 AM
^the next Alexandre Daigle! LOL



WTF CANUCKS, TRADED STEVE BERNIER AND MICHAEL GRABNER AND 1ST RD PICK FOR KEITH BALLARD!!!!

the dude who injures his own goalie!
Keith Ballard Own Goal Against Ottawa (April 6 2010) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlW74VTq6yo&feature=player_embedded#)
Keith Ballard Injures His Own Goalie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUlT4JQVhCs&feature=player_embedded#ws)

fucking stuck with him for 5 years! i dont care about bernier but grabner is fucking crazy!!!! FUUUUUU
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 27, 2010, 07:31:01 AM
^ Fuck you LOL!! Can you believe Pronger was chosen #2. Hall's big lips will get even more Puck Bunnies in the seats!

hahaha. The dumbest trade of the DECADE!! GG. Look out Luongo. Just when he was happy Byfuglien got shipped the fuck out.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 27, 2010, 09:58:27 AM
Yo man, everyone has 20/20 vision when it comes to the past.  Cup winning teams use their picks to get them ahead for tomorrow.  Oilers have gotta start rebuilding around Hall and the young core.  Cogs and Gagner gotta step up and show the leagues how its done.  Eberle and Hall will follow suit.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 27, 2010, 10:21:55 AM
(http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2075/beheading1.gif)


 :banghead:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 30, 2010, 09:25:47 PM
Thank you Captain, Oh Captain.

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00346.jpg)

Ethan Moreau, bought out, claimed off waivers by the Blue Jackets. He lost a step with his injuries, but you can't deny his fucking grit and speed with all those epic short handed goals he scored. One of the great Oilers on and off the ice.

Ethan Moreau 10 Years as an Edmonton Oiler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC2aWO_mE04#)

Ethan Moreau Vs Tuomo Ruutu 11/1/08 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmO3PpW1x_4#)

I think Hemsky and Pisani are the only guys left from the 2006 Cup run.

O'Sullivan traded for Vandermeer, I like that. Here's hoping they can trade Souray for something good, like a bag of pucks.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 30, 2010, 11:13:10 PM
lol oilers are cleaning house!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 01, 2010, 05:38:17 AM
^ so are the Blackhawks!!

Quote
The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired right winger Kris Versteeg from the Stanley Cup champion Chicago in a five-player trade Wednesday, the Blackhawks' latest move in a series of salary-cap deals.

The deal follows moves that sent playoff star Dustin Byfuglien, Brent Sopel and Ben Eager to Atlanta and Colin Fraser to Edmonton.

The 24-year-old Versteeg had 20 goals and 24 assists in 79 regular-season games last season and added six goals and eight assists in 22 playoff games. In 2008-09, he had 22 goals and 31 assists in 78 regular-season game.

The Maple Leafs gave up forwards Viktor Stalberg, Chris DiDomenico and Philippe Paradis. Toronto also acquired the rights to 21-year-old left winger Bill Sweatt, a second-round pick in 2007 who played four seasons at Colorado College.

The 24-year-old Stahlberg, from Sweden, had nine goals and five assists in 40 games for Toronto last season, his first in the NHL.

The 19-year-old Paradis was selected by Carolina in the first round of the 2009 draft, then traded to Toronto in December. He had 24 goals in 63 games last season for Shawinigan in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

The 21-year-old DiDomenico had seven goals in 12 regular-season games for Drummondville in the QMJHL. He also had seven goals in 14 playoff games.

Plan that Parade Leaf Fan XD

source: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/hockey/nhl/wires/06/30/2040.ap.hkn.blackhawks.maple.leafs.trade.1st.ld.writethru.0328/ (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/hockey/nhl/wires/06/30/2040.ap.hkn.blackhawks.maple.leafs.trade.1st.ld.writethru.0328/)

Man, Oilers gonna buy out Pisani too. Just 22 minutes away until July 1st.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 01, 2010, 11:41:40 PM
Kurtis Foster is an Oiler!!

(http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6599/kurtisfosterpreviewsmalpv1.jpg)

Olli Jokinen is a flame again XD XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on July 03, 2010, 11:01:26 AM
EDMONTON WAIVED SOURAY!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 04, 2010, 09:46:11 AM
^ and no one wanted him XD

I can't imagine him back in an Oilers uniform but you never know...

ENFORCER!! Steve MacIntyre back.
Steve MacIntyre vs Brian McGrattan Oct 24, 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfIpOXxZV8k#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread - RIP Bob Probert
Post by: daigong on July 06, 2010, 12:48:48 AM
Shocker, KT told me this when I woke up. He battled his demons and came full circle.

RIP Bob Probert
Bob Probert's Best Ko's And Tko's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSuRKuu_n7A#)

One of the best fighters ever.
Bob Probert - Off The Record Interview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eD9cDIsUo4#)

He figure skates too man!
Bob Probert figure skating with Kristina Lenko on "Battle of the Blades" Oct.4, 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVJRomwjPTs#)

:/



Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 06, 2010, 03:48:19 AM
EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?!?!! :shocked


R.I.P. Mr. Probert.
:prayers:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 16, 2010, 12:34:13 AM
The Old Boys on the Bus - your new Assistant Coaches of the Edmonton Oilers!

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00359.jpg)(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00360.jpg)

well Bucky is back for his third tenure but lol every year he's been on the bubble. Up and down from the farm. BUT Steve Smith?? He'll smack around those Smid and Gilbert good.

Title: Official NHL Thread
Post by: OpsMonkey on July 16, 2010, 12:52:40 AM
don't agree with giving Bucky another go but having Steve Smith around will help turn around the swiss cheese that is the Oilers D.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 20, 2010, 05:27:30 AM
Really??

Kovalchuk signs 17-year contract worth $102 million. :shocked

ILYA Kovalchuk PARODY (oldie) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGpRvBZpw-4#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 21, 2010, 09:39:06 AM
Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd. NHL rejects Kovalchuk's deal with Devils‎  XD

Lou Lamoriello knows what's up. CBA got more holes than the the corpses in a Stallone movie!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 04, 2010, 10:01:57 AM
Good times Chopper!!

(http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/9799/moreau.jpg)

(from NHL 09 lol)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on August 05, 2010, 12:59:09 PM
Oilers

Best hockey fight EVER (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzhkPfZwk20#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 06, 2010, 08:18:50 AM
^ that kid could still beat up Manny Malhotra!

FUCK LMFAO FLAMERS!! :rofl: :rofl:

wannabe Heritage Classic!

(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5281/eptsportsnhlexperts4703.jpg)
(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6863/eptsportsnhlexperts5648.jpg)

Fucking Ronald McDonald wants his outfit back!

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Pass-or-Fail-Montreal-and-Calgary-s-Heritage-;_ylt=Ah86gct4_erfjT7ZmgsK26R7vLYF?urn=nhl-260346 (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Pass-or-Fail-Montreal-and-Calgary-s-Heritage-;_ylt=Ah86gct4_erfjT7ZmgsK26R7vLYF?urn=nhl-260346)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: q1ko on August 10, 2010, 09:21:45 PM
this thread is nice, thank you!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on August 11, 2010, 12:25:43 AM
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Luongo+deal+under+investigation/3378778/story.html (http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Luongo+deal+under+investigation/3378778/story.html)

so after kovys contract got rejected, they are going after bobby lou, hossa and datsyuk contracts right now because of the contracts are like kovys. if this goes through, the hawks have to forfeit their whole season last year and the cup!  :O

we are heading into another lockout!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 11, 2010, 09:49:59 AM
^ that's full of shit. Agreements are meant to find loopholes and insert said dick into them!! Hawks look like they already forfeited their cup, how many guys are left :lol:

Too bad we didn't sign Souray to a fat ass deal and get that shit negated :tama-mad: dude is so coming back. Just strip the "A"

this thread is nice, thank you!

Welcome to :hipheart: q1ko! Who is your favorite Hockey Player? Hockey Team? Do you play? :D
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 17, 2010, 07:51:04 AM
(http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/5125/joli.jpg)
Best of Both Worlds!!

And congrats to Mike Comrie! tying the knot with Hilary Duff!

<Masa> http://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/2010081512192510_vi.shtml (http://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/2010081512192510_vi.shtml)

NOW RESIGN WITH THE OILERS!!

lol cant believe I be sayin that
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on August 20, 2010, 12:13:09 PM
NHL 11!

NHL 11 - FUNNY GOAL - GAMEPLAY TOEWS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew7eAtdZa88&feature=player_embedded#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 21, 2010, 12:44:33 AM
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00375.jpg)

omg to the Hawls. Good time Fernando, Grazie! for being a helluva player for the Oil. Can't forget the 2006 heroics, oh so close:
Fernando Pisani's Game 5 OT Winner (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nR6T7fHgMc#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on August 21, 2010, 07:57:00 PM
The Caps be hatin' on Finns: http://rockthered.net/2010-articles/august/washington-capitals-and-the-missing-finns.html (http://rockthered.net/2010-articles/august/washington-capitals-and-the-missing-finns.html)

:thumbdown:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 21, 2010, 10:43:09 PM
The Caps be hatin' on Finns: http://rockthered.net/2010-articles/august/washington-capitals-and-the-missing-finns.html (http://rockthered.net/2010-articles/august/washington-capitals-and-the-missing-finns.html)

:thumbdown:

SRSLY. WTF.

Caps are filled with Russians, Ovie must be wearing the pants and is afraid Finns gonna mess up his hair gel.

Good news. OILERS mini packs on sale!
Edmonton Oilers Promo [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwT8Dan8Bbs#ws)

Go buy: http://oilers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=43099 (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=43099)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on August 25, 2010, 09:53:46 PM
damn willie mitchell signed to LA kings

but canucks signed FORMER OILERS SUPERSTAR Raffi Torress to a 1 year deal  :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 26, 2010, 06:04:04 AM
LOL!! You wish Raffi could still make hits like this:
Torres Checks Williams (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyOiI0Kl570#)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on August 27, 2010, 12:41:09 AM
lol raffi needs more of them crack to help with his play  XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 30, 2010, 09:22:52 AM
i bet u gonna sign him as your top pick!!

Yahoo Fantasy HOCKEY!! JPHiPHL 2010-11

2010 NHL Draft - #1 Pick Overall - Edmonton Oilers - Taylor Hall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIHcXmyQVPY#)

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League ID: 13864
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Now's the time to set up Rules, points, Draft time etc. so no bitching later.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 02, 2010, 10:03:07 AM
Dumb ass Nikolai Khabibulin. This is about the only action he's ever had in copper and blue

Nikolai Khabibulin's Oiler Mask (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYCJH5TASoA#)

Wonder if his appeal will last till the end of the year. Just get the 30 days in jail done with.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 02, 2010, 11:01:12 AM
isnt he in substance abuse rehab program lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 13, 2010, 10:01:35 AM
lol let's hope so. he also gonna talk to MADD

haha guess Lowe figures he'll never go to the Hall of Fame
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00407.jpg)

SHIT! Magnus and Olivier Roy ripped up your Baby Canucks 4-1. Eberle and Hall with the 2 on 1 break, sign of shit to come!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 14, 2010, 01:46:29 AM
^lol no cody hodgson thats why!

Devils FAIL!
Quote
The NHL has come down hard on the New Jersey Devils for deliberately circumventing the league's salary cap in their original attempt to sign forward Ilya Kovalchuk.

The league announced in a press release Monday that they have fined the Devils $3 million and that the club will forfeit their third-round draft choice in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft as well as a first-round draft choice in one of the next four NHL Entry Drafts.

It will be the Devils' decision which year they will forfeit the first round choice, they must advise the NHL of their decision by the day following the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Final in the calendar year in which the pick will be forfeited.

According to the statement there will be no corresponding reduction in the club's cap space for the fine. The League now considers the matter closed and according to the statement will have no further comment on the situation.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=333690 (http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=333690)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 17, 2010, 01:02:05 AM
Brendan Morrison is back! Plan dat Parade!
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=333999 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=333999)

Finally we get Sportsnet ONE, channel 159 and then u gotta pay for it. Fuck.

http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=537594&navid=DL (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=537594&navid=DL)|EDM|home

TAYLOR HALL SCORES FIRST GOAL IN OILERS SILKS!
http://oilers.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?id=75386&catid=4 (http://oilers.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?id=75386&catid=4)

Can't wait to check out the Joey Moss Cup (inter squad game) and some of that training camp this wkd.
Taylor Hall to Jordan Eberle in Penticton Young Stars Game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUbY4XKAMko#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 19, 2010, 09:31:39 AM
checked out the Oilers training camp today.  Paajarvi was fucking speed meister, it was fun looking at dem rookies being loners XD

MOV02661 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVVD34YNDwg#)
MOV02607 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGCFcLRC6xI#)

Linus Omark got a sweet shot! Taylor Hall was teamed with Eberle and Horcoff - OILERS FUTURE CAPTAIN?!?!?!

  (http://img257.imagevenue.com/loc5/th_80472_DSC02574_122_5lo.JPG) (http://img257.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80472_DSC02574_122_5lo.JPG)(http://img149.imagevenue.com/loc110/th_80491_DSC02581_122_110lo.JPG) (http://img149.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80491_DSC02581_122_110lo.JPG)(http://img272.imagevenue.com/loc193/th_80503_DSC02583_122_193lo.JPG) (http://img272.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80503_DSC02583_122_193lo.JPG)
(http://img234.imagevenue.com/loc169/th_80515_DSC02584_122_169lo.JPG) (http://img234.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80515_DSC02584_122_169lo.JPG)(http://img259.imagevenue.com/loc192/th_80528_DSC02586_122_192lo.JPG) (http://img259.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80528_DSC02586_122_192lo.JPG)(http://img181.imagevenue.com/loc382/th_80546_DSC02592_122_382lo.JPG) (http://img181.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80546_DSC02592_122_382lo.JPG)

Teemu Hartikainen and Martin Marincin were huge and lanky lol

(http://img248.imagevenue.com/loc336/th_80565_DSC02600_122_336lo.JPG) (http://img248.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80565_DSC02600_122_336lo.JPG)(http://img289.imagevenue.com/loc523/th_80580_DSC02604_122_523lo.JPG) (http://img289.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80580_DSC02604_122_523lo.JPG)(http://img15.imagevenue.com/loc496/th_80593_DSC02608_122_496lo.JPG) (http://img15.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80593_DSC02608_122_496lo.JPG)
(http://img221.imagevenue.com/loc735/th_80607_DSC02619_122_735lo.JPG) (http://img221.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80607_DSC02619_122_735lo.JPG)(http://img151.imagevenue.com/loc230/th_80621_DSC02622_122_230lo.JPG) (http://img151.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80621_DSC02622_122_230lo.JPG)(http://img106.imagevenue.com/loc398/th_80635_DSC02624_122_398lo.JPG) (http://img106.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80635_DSC02624_122_398lo.JPG)

Gerber looked tiny.  XD

(http://img250.imagevenue.com/loc566/th_80651_DSC02632_122_566lo.JPG) (http://img250.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80651_DSC02632_122_566lo.JPG)(http://img212.imagevenue.com/loc1009/th_80667_DSC02641_122_1009lo.JPG) (http://img212.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80667_DSC02641_122_1009lo.JPG)(http://img5.imagevenue.com/loc566/th_80679_DSC02651_122_566lo.JPG) (http://img5.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80679_DSC02651_122_566lo.JPG)
(http://img243.imagevenue.com/loc225/th_80691_DSC02654_122_225lo.JPG) (http://img243.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80691_DSC02654_122_225lo.JPG)(http://img260.imagevenue.com/loc418/th_80701_DSC02655_122_418lo.JPG) (http://img260.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80701_DSC02655_122_418lo.JPG)(http://img262.imagevenue.com/loc532/th_80712_DSC02656_122_532lo.JPG) (http://img262.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80712_DSC02656_122_532lo.JPG)
(http://img283.imagevenue.com/loc373/th_80733_DSC02663_122_373lo.JPG) (http://img283.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=80733_DSC02663_122_373lo.JPG)
     
Lol Bhulin was back in goal, he was like so lazy when they were doing laps.
MOV02606 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSqOT4Rx4qc#)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 23, 2010, 03:50:40 AM
checked out the Oilers intersquad game "The Joey Moss Cup" cuz it's so cheap, Blue Team wins! Of course when the top line is Hemsky-Horcoff-Hall LOL Triple H line
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00416.jpg)

man, some fuckers were laughing at Joey singing the national anthem :thumbdown: Bet they were the douchebags wearing the Maple Leaf gear.

edit. if u don't know who Joey Moss is check out this PSA from the 80s with Wayne Gretzky (who happened to be dating Joey's sister at the time)
Wayne Gretzky and Joey Moss (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Faj8UckucBE#)

Pretty physical exhibition game, Jim Vandemeer was checking people left and right...DONT TOUCH HEMMER U FOOL!

MOV00205 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mPSpWrjh90#)

Shaun Belle prolly gonna make the team. DUDE IS HUGE!
  (http://img140.imagevenue.com/loc235/th_52733_DSC00229_122_235lo.JPG) (http://img140.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=52733_DSC00229_122_235lo.JPG)(http://img145.imagevenue.com/loc51/th_52774_DSC00228_122_51lo.JPG) (http://img145.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=52774_DSC00228_122_51lo.JPG)(http://img23.imagevenue.com/loc236/th_52819_DSC00227_122_236lo.JPG) (http://img23.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=52819_DSC00227_122_236lo.JPG)(http://img190.imagevenue.com/loc163/th_52863_DSC00226_122_163lo.JPG) (http://img190.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=52863_DSC00226_122_163lo.JPG)(http://img220.imagevenue.com/loc956/th_52916_DSC00225_122_956lo.JPG) (http://img220.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=52916_DSC00225_122_956lo.JPG)(http://img269.imagevenue.com/loc356/th_52969_DSC00222_122_356lo.JPG) (http://img269.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=52969_DSC00222_122_356lo.JPG)

lol @ Hemsky's 10 minute penalty for slashing
(http://img178.imagevenue.com/loc338/th_53010_DSC00218_122_338lo.JPG) (http://img178.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53010_DSC00218_122_338lo.JPG)(http://img272.imagevenue.com/loc551/th_53065_DSC00215_122_551lo.JPG) (http://img272.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53065_DSC00215_122_551lo.JPG)(http://img121.imagevenue.com/loc147/th_53125_DSC00214_122_147lo.JPG) (http://img121.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53125_DSC00214_122_147lo.JPG)(http://img220.imagevenue.com/loc1191/th_53156_DSC00213_122_1191lo.JPG) (http://img220.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53156_DSC00213_122_1191lo.JPG)(http://img135.imagevenue.com/loc77/th_53184_DSC00212_122_77lo.JPG) (http://img135.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53184_DSC00212_122_77lo.JPG)(http://img157.imagevenue.com/loc405/th_53217_DSC00211_122_405lo.JPG) (http://img157.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53217_DSC00211_122_405lo.JPG)(http://img121.imagevenue.com/loc214/th_53235_DSC00210_122_214lo.JPG) (http://img121.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53235_DSC00210_122_214lo.JPG)(http://img246.imagevenue.com/loc74/th_53269_DSC00209_122_74lo.JPG) (http://img246.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53269_DSC00209_122_74lo.JPG)(http://img152.imagevenue.com/loc476/th_53290_DSC00208_122_476lo.JPG) (http://img152.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53290_DSC00208_122_476lo.JPG)(http://img286.imagevenue.com/loc126/th_53313_DSC00207_122_126lo.JPG) (http://img286.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53313_DSC00207_122_126lo.JPG)(http://img15.imagevenue.com/loc126/th_53337_DSC00206_122_126lo.JPG) (http://img15.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53337_DSC00206_122_126lo.JPG)(http://img181.imagevenue.com/loc3/th_53363_DSC00203_122_3lo.JPG) (http://img181.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53363_DSC00203_122_3lo.JPG)(http://img108.imagevenue.com/loc408/th_53391_DSC00202_122_408lo.JPG) (http://img108.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53391_DSC00202_122_408lo.JPG)(http://img281.imagevenue.com/loc539/th_53416_DSC00200_122_539lo.JPG) (http://img281.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53416_DSC00200_122_539lo.JPG)(http://img191.imagevenue.com/loc523/th_53449_DSC00199_122_523lo.JPG) (http://img191.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53449_DSC00199_122_523lo.JPG)(http://img193.imagevenue.com/loc524/th_53472_DSC00198_122_524lo.JPG) (http://img193.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53472_DSC00198_122_524lo.JPG)(http://img187.imagevenue.com/loc590/th_53503_DSC00197_122_590lo.JPG) (http://img187.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53503_DSC00197_122_590lo.JPG)(http://img13.imagevenue.com/loc570/th_53529_DSC00196_122_570lo.JPG) (http://img13.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53529_DSC00196_122_570lo.JPG)(http://img220.imagevenue.com/loc661/th_53555_DSC00195_122_661lo.JPG) (http://img220.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53555_DSC00195_122_661lo.JPG)(http://img178.imagevenue.com/loc557/th_53580_DSC00194_122_557lo.JPG) (http://img178.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53580_DSC00194_122_557lo.JPG)(http://img288.imagevenue.com/loc154/th_53612_DSC00193_122_154lo.JPG) (http://img288.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53612_DSC00193_122_154lo.JPG)(http://img227.imagevenue.com/loc533/th_53642_DSC00191_122_533lo.JPG) (http://img227.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53642_DSC00191_122_533lo.JPG)(http://img253.imagevenue.com/loc398/th_53678_DSC00189_122_398lo.JPG) (http://img253.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53678_DSC00189_122_398lo.JPG)(http://img164.imagevenue.com/loc141/th_53700_DSC00186_122_141lo.JPG) (http://img164.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53700_DSC00186_122_141lo.JPG)

good shit. olivier Roy got ROCKED.
MOV00221 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpKsf2smFBk#)

then sent down :lol:

BOW DOWN TO TAYLOR HALL  :bow: our saviour!! everyone was cheering him the loudest, along with Eberle and Paajarvi

Canucks gonna get FUCKED UP  tonite!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 23, 2010, 06:44:47 AM
sooo i dont think we have won in preseason yet  :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 23, 2010, 07:03:20 AM
Didn't ya'll lose twice yest :lol: better make Schneider your starter!
Cory Schneider makes Two Amazing Saves - Canucks at Stars - 11.06.09 - HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqFSHzMForA#ws)

LOOOLuongo got lit up! Oilers Goons beat Canucks MVPs
(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3327/r3902169130.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 24, 2010, 07:36:36 AM
SHIT PAAJARVI!!! XD

NHL Pre-Season - Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson Sweet Goal (September 23 2010) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk7qGnBZj4s#)

fucking hilarious / epic goal at the same time. FUTURE IS NOW!! Lighting get lit up for a hat trick. Even Hall scored a goal. But fuck pre-season :/
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 24, 2010, 07:45:24 AM
^Edmonton will get good soon! Used to be an oiler fan before they crapped out a couple of seasons lol

LOL Carey Price is getting booed again by Habs fans for sucking balls in preseason

same as last year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4jdaeSLGag&feature=player_embedded#at=232 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4jdaeSLGag&feature=player_embedded#at=232)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 25, 2010, 08:58:04 AM
Habs is on crack! Why they trade Halak who went to war for em, fucking business move??

Hope the oilers didn't fire everyone, I liked her Oilers babe online host:
(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7381/clipboard02hm.jpg)

hmm, I think they did - lol all the videos got purged

We got a new play  by play Jack Michaels from Alaska (lol) and he just ain't the same as the old guy Rod Phillips, so he was calling guys Krushenyski - it's all good man. This Jack guy is like "Well, blablbalblalbal" color commentary when he should just be straight calling the game.

there's Sportsnet Oilers HD channel where all the games have been on fuck my TV sucks :/
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 27, 2010, 05:00:47 AM
lol soo canucks lost 8 - 2

biekshit is on like 3 - 4 of the goals. why arnt the canucks management trading him!!!!!  :doh:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 27, 2010, 07:08:49 AM
cody hodgson was there and Nucks still fucked!!! BY Drunkass Bhulin no doubt!!! HAHAHA

Canucks better watch out for Taylor this year, or he'll plant his giant lips on ya!
(http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/9688/b7c254805d9846ceb7e5f7d.jpg)

DAMN! son Eberle, Penner, and Linus "The Penis" Omark popping 2 apiece? YEAH BITCH!
(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/1229/656a6186a709aa23fb860df.jpg)
(http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/9670/a87b3d5f832e58a4ccaa628.jpg)

 (I gotta enjoy these wins while I can, ya know how I am lol)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 27, 2010, 09:02:34 AM
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs249.snc1/9621_150742456726_516561726_3212223_216450_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 02, 2010, 05:44:06 AM
FUCK THE FLAMES!! :tama-mad: :tama-mad: :tama-mad: :tama-mad: :tama-mad: :tama-mad:

lol @ Staios trying to throw his weight around.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 02, 2010, 07:58:46 AM
lol looks like hodgson will be spending another season in the minors

(http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_nhl_experts__75/ept_sports_nhl_experts-992895167-1285966307.jpg?ymk392DDUDHpXJRr)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 02, 2010, 09:23:19 AM
^ LOL Fucking Lucas selling out!

Check this out, NHL Stanley Cup, Conference, and Divisional Odds

Odds to win the 2011 Stanley Cup
(http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/5381/clipboard02aa.jpg)

source: http://sports.bodog.com/ (http://sports.bodog.com/)

nice try Talory Chorney.
Vernon Fiddler vs Taylor Chorney Sep 29, 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ULpkx41r0Q#ws)

LOL Souray and Gerber were on waivers but still nobody wanted em
Title: Re: REMINDER JPHiPHL Hockey draft is set for Sat Oct 2 8:00pm PDT
Post by: daigong on October 02, 2010, 11:35:43 AM
DONT FORGET!! (like I did last week XD)

JPHiPHL live online draft is set for Sat Oct 2 11:00pm EDT which is 17 hours and 24 minutes from now. Please arrive at least 10 minutes early since your draft will start promptly at the assigned time.

I got dibs on Souray!!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00022.jpg)

XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 03, 2010, 05:49:09 AM
Good DRAFT! Got all my Oilers, except MAGNUS DAMN U OPS!!

(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/1756/clipboard02aaa.jpg)
(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/1271/blackhawksicegirl.jpg)

can't wait for the season to start this Thursday. THiS TIME FLAMES GET DESTROYED FOR REAL!! :tama-mad:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 04, 2010, 10:03:31 AM
Damn, Oilers drop two straight to the Flames. 1-0 effort, I bet Dubnyk gets sent down to OKC. too much time invested in JD, if he fucks up - TRADE WAIVE and bring up Gerber to back shit up.

(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8369/3612303.jpg)(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/6869/3612336.jpg)
(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/2893/06e4544bc50845a08f871f3.jpg)

STANLEY CUP IS OURS!! FLAMES GOING GET SMACKED THE FUCK UP!

(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7364/3617974.jpg)

Flames will be kissing Oilers ass on Thursday!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread: Shawn Horcoff named Oilers 13th Captain
Post by: daigong on October 07, 2010, 03:04:09 AM
Shawn Horcoff named Oilers 13th Captain, Oh Captain! http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=539702&cmpid=oilers-enews (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=539702&cmpid=oilers-enews)
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00431.jpg)

Where is Oh Captain Moreau?
(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1310/9eef1880edc04dc08c6ed8b.jpg)(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9742/1e3f04a7735534febc84cb1.jpg)

Better than Jason Smith, in jail for beating his wife :/
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 08, 2010, 09:36:54 AM
Are you kidding me? Jordan Eberle with a BEAUtiful goal! Welcome to the NHL kiddo!

Jordan Eberle's 1st NHL Goal. [October 7th, 2010] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klHkuJBil5k#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 08, 2010, 05:17:35 PM
^and its SH too!!!

Crazy game! a preview of flames upcoming season hahahhaa!
Raitis Ivanans vs Steve MacIntyre Oct 7, 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U3Z92SdG8c&feature=player_embedded#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on October 13, 2010, 09:34:57 AM
Wisniewski Obscene Gesture Towards Sean Avery (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI1Q2AY1-Eo#ws)
No homo?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 13, 2010, 07:20:31 PM
^ "Perhaps ... an appointment." lolz.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 16, 2010, 10:35:53 AM
Are you kidding me? Jordan Eberle with a BEAUtiful goal! Welcome to the NHL kiddo!

No doubt, Eberle just getting all the skill on day one. fucking Hemsky and Penner getting the "just shoot" bug too. OILERS 2-1!! Amazing, just bring on the physical and the speed and Flames are all wiped the fuck out.
(http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/7246/214476b13d0746e099e9704.jpg)

Bhulin Wall holding up against the Panthers. Taylor Hall crashing the net!!
(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/6553/2a65e78d049245b9ae48ccd.jpg)

(http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/4039/9de16b727b57438d80434a4.jpg)

OH MAN  Steve MacIntyre so glad he's back
(http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/3607/b0e565916e523f20318a6f7.jpg)

A bit discipline issues with the Wild but hey, gotta take these games.
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7287/fb55bf41e6037249cbe9e38.jpg)

PROUD TO WEAR THE OILERS LOGO AGAIN! even tho I never stopped. this season gonna be good. tonite Rod Phillips returns to call the game vs flames in Calgary!

Beats the Rangers season! lol Gaborik, Drury injured already. and the Canucks, this pic explains it all:
(http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/9369/1287204746.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 17, 2010, 07:06:43 AM
FUCK! 4-3 loss to Flamers  :tama-mad: :tama-mad: great to hear Rod Phillips back. they should have Morley Scott return as color but he was doing the Eskimos game at the same time lol

awesome empty net goal by Hemsky tho HAHA Kipper where were u going man?
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6309/8e3265c3be994fbaac2d652.jpg)

AND THE GOAL OFF IAN WHITE'S FACE!!! XD

gotta get more disciplined! faceoffs still a problem, throw Hall in there!
(http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/949/7f9808ababad4c88b1203fa.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 23, 2010, 08:39:04 PM
Taylor Hall getting his groove back?!
(http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/300/79cdccb34f8d4536baae12d.jpg)

I smell WIN...esp. over some SHARKS :tama-mad:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 24, 2010, 06:43:11 AM
WHOA There'd be nights like this, Eberle wastes a highlight goal
Jordan Eberle scores 2nd NHL Career Goal shorthanded Sharks @ Oilers 10/23/10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtoewkDJY8g#ws)

FUCK YOU SHARKS :tama-mad:
(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5857/eb0ac1f4e0894f97ad4b2a2.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on October 27, 2010, 05:43:42 PM
Sam Gagner vs Olli Jokinen Oct 26, 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSNYy7oCMG8#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 28, 2010, 05:02:53 AM
NEWSFLASH!

FORMER WINNIPEG JET THOMAS STEEN WINS SEAT IN 2010 WINNIPEG CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS! :sweden: :canada:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00440.jpg)
Quote
Thomas Steen wins Elmwood-East Kildonan
By: Staff Writer - Winnipeg Free Press
Posted: 27/10/2010 9:22 PM


The new face in Elmwood-East Kildonan is familiar to anyone who's followed the Winnipeg Jets.

Thomas Steen beat former CTV reporter Shaneen Robinson by 219 votes to replace 21-year counci veteran Lillian Thomas as city councillor.

Steen also beat out a challenge by former River East School Board trustee Rod Giesbrecht.

Also running were Gordon Warren, a biofuels researcher, and Nelson Sanderson, a businessman.

The outcome of last night's vote would've been completely different if Geisbrecht, who lost the NDP nomination to Robinson, hadn't thrown his hat into that ring. That split the vote on the left to Steen's advantage.

Issues in the race focused on crime and better use of local community centres to keep youth busy.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Thomas-Steen-wins-Elmwood-East-Kildonan-105923598.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Thomas-Steen-wins-Elmwood-East-Kildonan-105923598.html)

CANDIDATE PROFILE PAGE - http://winnipegelection.ca/candidate/Thomas_Steen (http://winnipegelection.ca/candidate/Thomas_Steen)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 28, 2010, 10:37:20 AM
haha nice! was his campaign "BRING BACK THE JETS!" XD

LOL Oilers getting close to showing up, fucking SO Loss :banghead:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00441.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 30, 2010, 03:14:30 AM
HOLY FUCK SHOOT OUT AT THE UNITED CENTER!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 30, 2010, 09:09:12 AM
eberle is a stoner lol

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=6681 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=6681)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 30, 2010, 09:24:20 AM
^ you just jealous :lol: Eberle be smoking all dat Alberta Good shit :pimp:

HOLY SHIT THE LOSING STREAK IS OVER! 7-4 beatdown of the CHAMPS. Awesome to see Turco get run too.

Taylor Hall on fire man
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00448.jpg)

Taylor Hall first career goal 10/28/10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAiewP9sV0k#ws)
Taylor Hall scores his 2nd NHL-goal against Chicago Blackhawks 10/29/2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag0br7SBOSw#ws)

The Kids doing good, they should be on Special Teams more
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00447.jpg)

Nice to see Pisani again, class act. Bet he gets a standing O when Chicago comes to town.
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00445.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on November 03, 2010, 11:54:56 AM
Raffi Torres  :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 03, 2010, 12:04:14 PM
DiUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU TORRES :tama-mad: every Ex Oiler comes back to fuck us up! :tama-mad: Like Reasoner earlier this season
(http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/3810/a471ae8b3a274ef59981be4.jpg)(http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/482/6221b40dd7ed46e1af16052.jpg)

Nice comeback but shit Oilers should had Macintyre cuz fuck Canucks are just hittin anything that moves :fuckyou: just get him and fight a Sedin Sister or two.
(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/8986/fc5fd4126cc84e3cb5d5c36.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 06, 2010, 06:26:18 AM

WHOA amazing the Oilers hung in there with the Wings even tho they had the puck like 95% of the time  :catglare: Bhulin stepping up! GJ Taylor Hall with another goal. His third....Modano always fucking the Oilers in the ass  :tama-mad:

(http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/6668/45977e7459104c128ee2340.jpg)

Jonathan Ericsson vs Gilbert Brule Nov 5, 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bux1EF6_AM8#ws)

need more of this at the start of the game!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 07, 2010, 01:03:32 PM
CONGRATS SMYTTIE!! Playing in his 1000th game....Once an Oiler, Always An Oiler: :twothumbs
(http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3836/0dccb7bbe0ad6f03d3aee09.jpg)

Ryan Smyth was just about to take his pre-game nap on Thursday at his home in Los Angeles when three familiar faces showed up at his door, bearing luggage and gifts.

"Kenny (Lowe), Barrie (Stafford) and Sparky (Lyle) Kulchisky surprised me by bringing the game sheet from my first NHL game on Jan. 22, 1995, all framed and everything.

"I actually was playing against the Kings that night ... and my first shift was against Wayne Gretzky," said the 34-year-old Smyth, one of the most popular players to wear an Edmonton Oilers uniform.

Smyth will play his 1,000th career NHL game on Saturday night against the visiting Nashville Predators at the Staples Center.

Lowe, the former Oilers medical trainer; Stafford, the team's former equipment manager; and Kulchisky, the ex-all-purpose equipment guy, made the trip to L.A. to salute Smyth with Smyth's wife, Stacey, setting up the secret visit.

"This guy bled Oilers blue, truly a class act," said Stafford. (http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/This+bled+Oilers+blue/3780129/story.html?cid=megadrop_story)

(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1897/6ee00c98656d17277474768.jpg)

In honor of Ryan Smyth playing his 1,000th NHL game Saturday night, his teammates decided to honor him with wigs duplicating the mullet he used to wear.
(http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/6427/6a00d8341c630a53ef0133fh.jpg)
Here's Jarret Stoll.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 08, 2010, 11:50:56 AM
SHIT!! 2 GOALS in 15 SECONDS! :twothumbs FUCK YOU PISANI DOWN GO THE HAWKS!! 2-1
(http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/8296/57c3211e2c3647a5ac2cf67.jpg)
NHL :: Two Back to Back Goals in Less than 15 Seconds! Oilers v Blackhawks [11/7/10] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HipJYF6zU8#ws)

Oilers better stay on the road :lol: Khabi fucking robbing the Hawks at the end. THANKS WGN! Free game to watch.

Hope Horcoff is okay...he had some "lower body injury" early in the first
(http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5007/horcoffoilersenews11071.jpg)

Better get any ex-Oiler on my Fantasy Team they seem to always score against the Oilers lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 13, 2010, 01:29:15 PM
AWESOME ROAD TRIP!! BLOWN AWAY!! by the Canes and Red Wings - more ex Oilers scoring lol :catglare:
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/5531/33eef32e55a741b4ba90502.jpg)(http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/9164/2704529c71ed496ebb4d430.jpg)
(http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/4240/d957c741486556e21ad1255.jpg)

FUCK! blew a 2 goal lead. Doesn't matter if there's Dubnyk or Bhulin Wall
(http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8863/9643c911a7243ef308da116.jpg)

Here I was hoping Kovie would fuck up like this  :grin:
Ilya Kovalchuk Shootout Fail Against Buffalo (November,11,2010) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXQj22KMVXY#ws)

The Growing Pains of the "Young" Oilers - like Horcoff is their MVP or smth, he gets injured and they fall to pieces. Magnus is all scared and shit....gotta sign up Brule man, he's doing all shit on D. At least the satisfying part is that Toronto and Calgary suck just as hard. LOL SUTTER'S KID ARRESTED

What do y'all think of the new All Star format? Kinda sucks there won't be East vs West? (maybe i heard wrong) but dope u got the captains choose their team - wonder if they'll just choose team mates lol
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=163779620319986#w400-h300&ref=mf (http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=163779620319986#w400-h300&ref=mf)



Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 15, 2010, 01:28:48 AM
LOL Massacre at MSG

New York Rangers vs Edmonton Oilers Brawl [Full incident] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjZF1Cdx7Eo#)

Avery you punk bitch :tama-mad:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 18, 2010, 12:16:42 PM
if only they spent more time working on their game!! FUCK SMID HURT TOO. Shawn Belle played pretty good vs the Hawks, Magnus bouncing back that's the only positive from tonite.
Ladi Reports (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6qmV1wy2EM#ws)

First time shutout this season? is that a new time low? LOL man. Nice to see Pisani get some props on the video board, very classy.

I voted - had to write in most of my votes :fuckyou:
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5824/fuckg.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread - RIP Pat Burns
Post by: daigong on November 20, 2010, 07:43:52 AM
RIP Pat Burns
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8690/1290210346.jpg)

Taking so many teams above and beyond, Montreal, Toronto, and New Jersey. Cancer is a bitch. :/
R.I.P. Pat Burns (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWUHSwgSzhc#)

well shit...way to drop a 3-0 lead Oilers nice shoot out goal by Taylor Hall.
(http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5080/475373b2fbe850c578cab78.jpg)

Watching these Oil Change episodes on TSN are really ironic esp. when Renney gets fired lol
(http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/7152/e4e7c29d3dffa1334893027.jpg)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 23, 2010, 10:20:57 AM
SHIT Oilers won a game :shocked
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00485.jpg)
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00486.jpg)

BEST GOAL EVER
Corey Perry Own Goal vs. Edmonton Oilers (HD Dual-Feed) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxv3mjFVLuU#ws)

lol this ain't a choking sign by Hall, more like LOL
(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6306/eptsportsnhlexperts8156.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on November 25, 2010, 10:07:50 PM
Blue Jackets released their alternate jerseys today.  What creativity!

(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1204.snc4/155649_467910672279_90001522279_5505226_5583840_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 26, 2010, 12:06:10 AM
^ lol that's one of the default designs in NHL 2001

Oilers gonna show up tonight! They sure sucked the fuck up in Jobbing.com vs the Winnipeg Jets!!
(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1627/59cf04259c6cbefddd2cb7b.jpg)

START GERBER!

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 26, 2010, 08:47:28 AM
FUCK YEAH TAYLOR HALL GAME WINNER!!

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00487.jpg)

Taylor Hall's First Game Winning Goal (Nov. 25, 2010) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzbC6UXDmgY#)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 01, 2010, 09:41:05 AM
man I should be gloating about this all day every day :lol:

OILERS WIN!! AGAINST THE SENS!

(http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/9174/112910ottedm310.jpg)
(http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4958/1845f8a170356a4f902dc9c.jpg)

Gerber should start until Bhulin comes back, then split em 60/40 - he was worked too much.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 03, 2010, 06:20:30 AM
FUCK!! Oilers got away with one :lol: down go the  Habs in OT!

(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/7457/0104b6ac1b744d1dbb6952c.jpg)(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4977/26187ef4ddba98a7b2bbecc.jpg)

LOL!! PENNER!! Whatta shot by Gagner on the short handed front. and Taylor Hall getting all over the place, whatta block. it's only a matter of time till him and Magnus break loose, Paajarvi great forecheck.

A few lucky breaks after some unlucky ones (yet another goal off a defensemen)

(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/7278/ap239688041b35490c8e445.jpg)(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6632/bf94efaac666ba674b04332.jpg)(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/8169/ee26112cb87d2189fdcf8a0.jpg)

(http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/3306/5697aadb35d987bf5c80914.jpg)

Rare to get quality Getty Images photos, from the ACC
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(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/9458/7607157109c8668fa2eccbd.jpg)
(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2179/4068336fd14367a792c864e.jpg)

Steve MacINTYRE VS Colton ORR
Steve MacIntyre vs. Colton Orr (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzPbpQikSBc#ws)

LOL what a mess the ACC is!! 5-0 BHULIN WALL FUCK YOU. Why couldn't they play on HNIC.
(http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5322/ap66b63c11c305456da65cb.jpg)
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/6035/465e59471977983441c6cb7.jpg)

Sam Gagner stepping it up! 8 goals 9 assists. THE SAVIOUR! Hall with a pair, man I'm looking like a genius picking Eberle and Hall over Magnus :P

Clean sweep of Eastern Canada!! GO OILERS GO!! :jphip:

Is it a record having 3 different goalies for 3 wins? XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 03, 2010, 07:11:14 AM
lol oilers suck
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 05, 2010, 06:56:10 AM
lol oilers suck

FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :twothumbs

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 05, 2010, 07:31:38 AM
fuck, they didn't ask my question on After Hours (http://twitter.com/daigong/status/11300790333345792) XD

FUCK!!! Can't believe there's a 4 game win streak. LOL Andy McDonald drove his face into Horc's knee and it was on baby, TAYLOR HALL MAGIC!
(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/3639/ap73d5fa17d35143d9b3812.jpg)
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7623/apca53088a795249cdb4687.jpg)

lots of chances by the Blues but man, I'm fucking impressed by the defensive effort. Penner-Cogliano-Brule line just running fuckers over.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 07, 2010, 02:25:06 AM
Roberto Luongo Poetry - HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw1vJfCn-ko&feature=player_embedded#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 07, 2010, 05:59:08 AM
Let's see it again and again! Taylor Hall Third Star of the Week  :thumbup
Taylor Hall Overtime Goal and Andy Macdonald hit Blues @ Oilers 12/4/10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxes5SLfwrI#ws)

Classic All-Star Intros: Campbell Conference 1986 All-Star Game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44hSZhlFCDU&NR=1#)

Thanks Billy. Guern retires: http://www.edmontonsun.com/sports/hockey/2010/12/06/16443561.html (http://www.edmontonsun.com/sports/hockey/2010/12/06/16443561.html)

Dem 1st round upsets because of him!
(http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9738/guerinasdf.jpg)
(http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/6650/4274965583b3d783c6d6o.jpg)

he was so badass, he even worked as an Oiler during the offseason
  (http://img174.imagevenue.com/loc461/th_97153_Guerinasdfas_122_461lo.jpg) (http://img174.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=97153_Guerinasdfas_122_461lo.jpg)
     


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 09, 2010, 09:49:17 AM
DAMMMNN SON! Crazy game by the nucks!!!!

Ducks Vs Canucks - Bieksa Fights Voros - 12.08.10 HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDuzQCJkoRA&feature=player_embedded#ws)

Ducks Vs Canucks - Bolduc Hit On Parros - 12.08.10 HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZqRCNl1I_k&feature=player_embedded#ws)

RACIST DARREN PANG???!! HAHA!

Darren Pang's Comment On PK Subban (December 7 2010) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tNVwQUJoik&feature=player_embedded#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 10, 2010, 05:53:41 AM
^ lol copying the Green Men at Rexall
(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7455/ap2d05bd7687e247b5a4aea.jpg)

what the hell putting Curtis Foster? Ryan Jones? Where was Gagner? for the Shootout? wasted Bhulin epic performance
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2897/ap45c1360d07c143248c107.jpg)

SHIT!! Koivu and Selanne killin the Oilers again....love the comeback even with Horcoff and Hemsky out big time.
(http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/5588/ap3aee22c50518470a88f5b.jpg)(http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/3110/apa41e1a37eb194d188eff4.jpg)

Let's see how Linus Omark does. :catglare:

Trick Shot by Jordan Eberle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2baBQ45YUA#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 11, 2010, 05:50:30 AM
OMARK SPIN-ORAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: :fap
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 11, 2010, 07:56:25 AM
FUCK. Just pure sickness.

Linus Omark EPIC Shootout Goal vs Tampa | Dec 10th, 2010 [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBdO66187Os#ws)

i watched it like twenty thousand billion times

Linus Omark 20.01.2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7edPJgbMCU#)
:lol:

:on lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 11, 2010, 11:43:19 AM
the future is bright in oiler land, eberle, hall, svensson and omark. just need a goalie of the future, not the dui goalie :thumbup
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 12, 2010, 09:13:58 AM
no doubt. When you got like Eberle doing this riverdance while charging at Ellis and Taylor Hall knocking the water bottle on a wrap around while Magnus blasts it from 20 feet out. Beats AHL players shitting around in MacT's system lol Dubnyk just ain't the answer :doh:

BRING IT ON! TONIGHT OILERS KICK ASS! HONGER!!

lol so noisy while raising they raised the Naslund banner
#19 Markus Naslund Retirement Ceremony - Part 1/2 - HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76JzIEth7Cc#ws)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 13, 2010, 12:20:24 AM
^fucking awesome dude, seeing cloutier again  :rofl: and especially the west coast express!!!

fucking stamkos beat the nucks!

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 13, 2010, 04:06:20 AM
:bleed eyes: nucks trapping the fuck, two asses in Dubnyk's face ... The chants of LOOOOOOOOOOOOoo in the crowd at Rexall make me sick.

LOL OVIE!!
Alex Ovechkin vs Brandon Dubinsky 12/12/2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrePe0sEt48#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 13, 2010, 04:44:45 AM
hahaha LOOOOOOOOOU  :thumbup
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 13, 2010, 10:05:42 AM
damn Dubnyk stood his ground but it really was boys vs men :bleed eyes:

(http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/3893/apfe10d7a6ff314cf8960cb.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 15, 2010, 10:41:03 AM
Colton Orr you gutless, Phaneuf you cocksucker

(http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/6724/ap8380f0286db641ab9f49b.jpg)

Big Macintyre wants to go with Orr and he ducks out, then Dion and he of course chickens out. Stupid penalty by Stortini and it was over. Nice try Bhulin. and Taylor Hall was like flying, but shit Eberle is the FINISHER WHATTA GOAL

too bad the Oilers Cheerleaders didn't do nuttin for that pro Leafs crowd :puke:

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 16, 2010, 05:59:02 AM
Florida Panthers Jacob Markström playing with dolls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjoCVe8Ijb8#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 17, 2010, 10:16:50 AM
lol fuckin Swedes

Captain! OH Captain :bow:
(http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/5821/107639908slide.jpg)

man did they have to let Moreau go. Blue JAckets filled with ex Oilers glad none of em scored.

BHULIN holding it down again, Omark and Paajarvi the new Super Line!

(http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/742/a89e37e8e2e1a62fc7967b5.jpg)

lol Oilers Cheerleaders, now I know which section to sit in
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3821/5b2d8d0c723dd15e81e9969.jpg)


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 18, 2010, 11:13:51 AM
lol i was hoping they'd be spinning the wheel or bidding $1 like a bitch

Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin on PRICE IS RIGHT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQwzvjHXq0o#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 20, 2010, 01:08:39 AM
LOL MAPLE LAFFS  :lol:

(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs734.snc4/65434_10150089175357145_63958787144_5914496_7703064_n.jpg)

The Green Men Vs The Maple Leafs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR90G4u5rdw&feature=player_embedded#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 22, 2010, 01:44:08 PM
^ That dude on the left prolly fucked both those chicks after.

BHULIN!! :rockon: Ryan Whitney almost had his first goal lol
(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/3867/479c2641b569a9d47d522e4.jpg)
(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/8894/59b978ebc9ab0f5baa435ce.jpg)

Fuck dat Couture Guy had 25 games yest and is still a rookie? He's their best player no doubt.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 24, 2010, 07:51:17 AM
lol Lemaire. How many times does he have to refire and rehire himself

SHIT CROSBY ON FIRE!! anyone watching 24/7?
(http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/2083/1293160713.jpg)
Bruce f*ckin' Boudreau! HBO 24/7 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXkGJtY4A4E#ws)

SO CLOSE OILERS...can't believe they were in it, Omark didn't pull any tricks in the shootout :/
(http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/507/ap77b50ffda07841b99de13.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 24, 2010, 12:28:01 PM
Jamie Benn is a pussy! Didnt take off his helmet!
Jarome Iginla vs. Jamie Benn (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7JyoMh6QEk&feature=player_embedded#)

Line Brawl in ATL!
Atlanta/Boston Line Brawl 12/23/10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4nU-NX6yJE&feature=player_embedded#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 27, 2010, 05:25:41 AM
DIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

(http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/1387/fc60d9a96f80d3b76fb35c9.jpg)

Hall shoulda cleared it properly, Oilers get a point :tama-mad:

Hemsky will be back Tues!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on December 29, 2010, 02:09:45 PM
NUCKS RAPED FLYERS!! WOOT!
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1379.snc4/163171_10150094807097145_63958787144_6017948_1971204_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs782.ash1/167247_10150094807032145_63958787144_6017945_1435335_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1357.snc4/162897_10150094807082145_63958787144_6017947_3828403_n.jpg)


Fucking Shelley cheap fuck!
Jody Shelley Sucker Punch On Andrew Alberts - 12.28.10 - HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKZfCFChVR0&feature=player_embedded#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 31, 2010, 11:28:51 AM
FUCK WHITNEY DOWN.
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4853/ap0185fecb96164743bf084.jpg)

Farted it in the first...LOL I was gonna rip Cogs face off for just giving them the goal until they came back in the 2nd and 3rd. too little too late.
(http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9818/ap5c520db99d374e38a2ed1.jpg)

Great to have Hemmer back, now get Horcoff back in there.

LOL STAMKOS!!
Steven Stamkos Penalty Shot Goal vs Habs 30/12/2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQhUOo9mTz4#ws)
Plus Bitch Carey Price gets the snowshower

all ours :shakeit:
CCM U+ Crazy Light Tv Spot - The Locker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPi3w57hWJM#ws)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 02, 2011, 07:56:08 AM
SHIT! Eberle out too. Oilers just making too many fancy moves, nice goal by Ryan Jones but thassit.  :banghead:
(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4461/apdc78844a33594cd59d5c9.jpg)

man good thing the Winter Classic at Heinz was delayed - caught like the last part of it. LOL at Franco and Bettis doing that puck for dollars XD
NHL: 2011 Winter Classic Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals Highlights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4W9g5NArhg#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 05, 2011, 10:30:41 AM
SO CLOSE :banghead: :banghead: :tama-mad:

(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1474/soclosex.jpg)

FUCKING ASSHOLES throwing the Octopus on the ice, really slowed the Oilers momentum to the Red Wings, FUCK YUU BERT!!

I love how Chris Cuthbert throws in an "Oil Change" everytime the Oilers change lines lol. BEST IN THE BIDNESS!! :bow:
Oil Change - Episode 2 [part 1/5] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YXMo3VUvUQ#)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 07, 2011, 03:25:52 AM
Gotta love the trade for Roli to TB, he gets to go to a contender finally.

(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8194/ap094b16bee31340818aaa2.jpg)(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5688/ap170cd6444fcb470a879bf.jpg)

but LOL he gets pulled after a shut out of the Caps he gets burned by the Pens. Look at the FIRE in the 41 year olds eyes! And lol they signed Marc Andre Bergeron too, the fucker who cost the Oilers the cup.

FUCK!! Listening right now to Oilers on CHED, Morley Scott back with Rod Phillips just like the good ol days!! Rod calls it like it should, not make fucking small talk during the game...ESP when ur on the radio and you can't see anything like TV, where they can insert interviews and make u watch. That's what color commentators are for.

Oil up 2-0 on the LOLanders
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 07, 2011, 06:49:50 AM
OILERS 7 game losing streak over!!! 2-1 win over Isles.
(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9969/ap498ea11771e04342ace10.jpg)

Fucking Rob Schremp even got an assist, GJ Geek!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 08, 2011, 06:48:25 AM
:banghead: :tama-mad: DIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU :tama-mad:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 08, 2011, 09:22:25 AM
^AHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAA

Sedins are both tied for 3rd in NHL scoring.
Henrik first in assists.
Daniel 3rd in the NHL in goals.
Kesler tied 4th in the NHL in goals.

Canucks 13-0-2 in their last 15.
Canucks 17-1-2 in their last 20.
Canucks win 8 in a row.

Corey Schneider 8-0-2 on the season.


Canucks 1st in the NHL in goal differiential. (1st in G/G, 5th in GA/G)
Canucks 1st in the NHL in PP %
Canucks 3rd in the NHL in PK %.
Canucks 1st in the NHL in faceoff %.

59 points in 40 games.
First overall in NHL standings.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 08, 2011, 03:21:18 PM
^ we'll send THE OILER to kick y'all asses

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip02893.jpg)

lol Stan Lee
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=548763 (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=548763)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 13, 2011, 10:16:49 AM
Fuckin Stars...always having the Oilers number, just as they tie it up, they get the game winner  :tama-mad:
(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/2599/ap2b92dcc001c64dc78dec0.jpg)

Great tribute to Rod Phillips!

LOL Marc Andre Fleury response to Douchebag Posing

Carey Price Pose! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYTGXi-TLUQ#)
Marc André Fleury Responds To Carey Price After Pens Win Vs Habs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jbl4DAtNhU#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 14, 2011, 07:11:51 AM
HOLY SHIT! The emergence of a top line Hemsky + Penner centred by Taylor Hall!!! Sharks get destroyed 4-2 5-2 :rock:

(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/683/apf8d7f170efb34bfb82d6d.jpg)

Peckham made Thornton his bitch :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 16, 2011, 08:02:38 AM
SHIT!! Oilers always the Slump Busters. Hopefully Horc will be back, fucking wack news that Whitney is getting surgery Monday = out for the season :tama-mad:

(http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/4271/8a93ed5bde0e936785abf24.jpg)

Smyttie u fucking ass sniffer!

(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/1951/c2f81a14adfe2ef665c6b48.jpg)


Gotta get all the ex Oilers on my team, Stoll burns em for 2 goals :banghead:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 17, 2011, 09:20:27 AM
FUCK OILERS :banghead:

same story.  SHOOT THE PUCK! why be so fucking fancy. 6 on 2 (Koivu broken stick) and they did nothing. Hemsky wasting everyones time making the perfect play.
(http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/144/4e5c92dbd548bdbb16df70c.jpg)
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4172/79edbbe8ce3c2a03954f14b.jpg)

AWW Poor Selanne, made his face bleed s'more. FUCK DAT 4 minute
(http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/4935/33535f40c401e44458b5f62.jpg)

and i ain't talking about Kpop groups.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 19, 2011, 01:28:18 AM
Former NHLer charged with assault
It followed a Canucks game earlier this month
Mike Lloyd Jan 18, 2011 08:26:27 AM

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - A former on-ice enforcer turned Sportsnet broadcaster has been charged with four counts of assault and two charges of mischief in Vancouver.

Louie DeBrusk is the colour commentator for the Edmonton Oilers and is accused of beating up four men and vandalizing a taxi outside the Westin Bayshore on January 9.

It was right after the Oilers lost to the Vancouver Canucks 6-1 at Rogers Arena.  :lol: :lol: :lol:

He's expected to appear in community court on Thursday.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 19, 2011, 10:36:23 AM
You ass :P I don't like him much anyways, Ray Ferraro was way better.

At least the Oilers scored on Anton Khudobin unlike da Nucks!
(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/3460/2ec55b1180120d4fdf58079.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 20, 2011, 06:57:14 AM
Love To Hear The Boo's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ2fImgCmLo&feature=player_embedded#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 21, 2011, 05:44:36 AM
FUKU YUU DALLASS!!!

(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/3175/ap283f396e94334ecaaf682.jpg)

Good thing Horc is back, gotta get back in the groove of things tho. GJ Jeff Petry on getting ur first goal!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 24, 2011, 10:10:28 AM
FUCK!!! Great goal by Taylor Hall to force OT but Pekka Rinne stones the Oilers again. FUCK YOU NASHVILLE!!!!

(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2669/ap960d0adfead24e3fa7de0.jpg)

went to check out the Oilers Skillzz Fest 2011 yest. Cogliano fucked up the speed competition and Taylor Chorney won!! He was promptly sent to the AHL after  (http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Chorney+grabs+title+departs/4151701/story.html)XD but Cogs was the King of shootout, whatever that means. Everyone was hotdogging like Pjarvi rolled the puck on his stick and Omark spinorammed the fuck outta himself lol

automen 0001 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDrgvNJzb-w#)

  (http://img231.imagevenue.com/loc412/th_49324_DSC03543_122_412lo.JPG) (http://img231.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49324_DSC03543_122_412lo.JPG) (http://img181.imagevenue.com/loc149/th_49338_DSC03550_122_149lo.JPG) (http://img181.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49338_DSC03550_122_149lo.JPG) (http://img240.imagevenue.com/loc412/th_49355_DSC03559_122_412lo.JPG) (http://img240.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49355_DSC03559_122_412lo.JPG)(http://img11.imagevenue.com/loc38/th_49374_DSC03564_122_38lo.JPG) (http://img11.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49374_DSC03564_122_38lo.JPG) (http://img277.imagevenue.com/loc583/th_49397_DSC03571_122_583lo.JPG) (http://img277.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49397_DSC03571_122_583lo.JPG) (http://img178.imagevenue.com/loc543/th_49421_DSC03572_122_543lo.JPG) (http://img178.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49421_DSC03572_122_543lo.JPG)(http://img188.imagevenue.com/loc336/th_49437_DSC03574_122_336lo.JPG) (http://img188.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49437_DSC03574_122_336lo.JPG) (http://img20.imagevenue.com/loc370/th_49449_DSC03576_122_370lo.JPG) (http://img20.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49449_DSC03576_122_370lo.JPG) (http://img132.imagevenue.com/loc213/th_49460_DSC03578_122_213lo.JPG) (http://img132.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49460_DSC03578_122_213lo.JPG)(http://img247.imagevenue.com/loc36/th_49473_DSC03581_122_36lo.JPG) (http://img247.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49473_DSC03581_122_36lo.JPG) (http://img185.imagevenue.com/loc522/th_49484_DSC03583_122_522lo.JPG) (http://img185.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49484_DSC03583_122_522lo.JPG) (http://img138.imagevenue.com/loc179/th_49499_DSC03586_122_179lo.JPG) (http://img138.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49499_DSC03586_122_179lo.JPG)(http://img276.imagevenue.com/loc449/th_49513_DSC03587_122_449lo.JPG) (http://img276.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49513_DSC03587_122_449lo.JPG) (http://img202.imagevenue.com/loc575/th_49525_DSC03588_122_575lo.JPG) (http://img202.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49525_DSC03588_122_575lo.JPG) (http://img219.imagevenue.com/loc991/th_49543_DSC03592_122_991lo.JPG) (http://img219.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49543_DSC03592_122_991lo.JPG)(http://img193.imagevenue.com/loc229/th_49555_DSC03594_122_229lo.JPG) (http://img193.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49555_DSC03594_122_229lo.JPG) (http://img255.imagevenue.com/loc227/th_49567_DSC03596_122_227lo.JPG) (http://img255.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49567_DSC03596_122_227lo.JPG) (http://img271.imagevenue.com/loc119/th_49585_DSC03615_122_119lo.JPG) (http://img271.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49585_DSC03615_122_119lo.JPG)

Strudwick had this awesome back handed shot for the target accuracy shit :lol:

_000a.avi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vpHKniJcuU#)

Good time all around!!! and the Octane Cheerleaders were mad ugly XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 24, 2011, 03:19:36 PM
Shawn Horcoff Gets Robbed By Pekka Rinne's Stick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRpIW6XfNYk#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 26, 2011, 11:28:25 AM
^ :fuckyou: :tama-mad:

FINALLY Oilers STOPPED THE BLEEDING (again) lol

(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8933/ap9d7e9a633a034fcaa45bb.jpg)
(http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/5554/ap7a7664b2f1a54045aea03.jpg)

Penner with the game winner with 20 seconds to go!! FINALLY NO SHOOTOUT / OT

There was prolly more Oiler fans at jobbing jobs.com arena than regular fans


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on January 27, 2011, 11:26:49 AM
NHL Ref Chris Rooney Voice Fail | Jan 26th, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D47FOE9uQKo&feature=player_embedded#ws)





 XD XD XD XD XD XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 28, 2011, 12:32:43 AM
^ They gotta stop copying the NFL XD

SHIT! When the Oilers gonna get Stortini some fighting training, HE SUCKS! HUGGYBEAR!!! SHIT Dallas FUCK EM, Brad Richards needs to get fucked up by Steve Macintyre NOW
(http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/5934/43b51a8c114b6d3ccaf0336.jpg)
(http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/7218/ap3bfb6a02a2b2481fa7819.jpg)

Fucking All-Star Game this weekend lol. Team Lidstrom vs Team Staal - if Hemsky was there he'd be picked last XD
NHL Shootout Dance off (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeJhrT5TGt8#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 04, 2011, 01:50:17 AM
Smyttie burns the Oilers again! this time with two goals - how many ex-Oilers gonna score?
(http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/4307/ap74f915a416844c728546a.jpg)

Always getting his ass in the way :tama-mad: I betcha Brewer is gonna have a hat trick Friday :lol:

Fuckin Stortini got waived XD no one picked him up? C'mon man!

LOL why goalies never fight
Rick DiPietro vs Brent Johnson Feb 2, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5sdOh7Bcvs#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 06, 2011, 02:05:17 AM
HOLY SHIT leading in the first period in Columbus. Only 10 times in this 52 games season XD

whatta comeback last nite vs the Blues but FUCK YOU CONKLIN, gotta get that MO!
(http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/443/ap5f777af1bd8441a98b01c.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 08, 2011, 10:13:28 AM
HOLY SHIT what a dominating performance  :rofl: Dubnyk gets his first shut out GJ!!

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00602.jpg)

bench Colin Fraser and Ryan Jones and they score! ALL FOUR LINES CONTRIBUTING WTF Eberle back and he scores. Penner scores. Looks like Captain Horc's speech worked lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 10, 2011, 10:23:33 AM
FUCK THE REFS!! shit can they even buy a break. 5 straight penalty kills, seriously fuck you man!

(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1969/ap69699932f3ba4beabbf39.jpg)

totally hilarious when u have 4th Liners playing 1st line minutes.

Hilarious in Boston, Carey Price and Tim Thomas goin at it LINE BRAWL after LINE BRAWL
Carey Price vs Tim Thomas Feb 9, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=251___mEwZA#ws)

Montreal getting a 5 on 3 and a PP goal to finish it XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 13, 2011, 09:30:25 PM
OH FUCK losing to the Sens can it get any worse XD

(http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8206/apfdec97d5f6ce430c85aec.jpg)
(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8413/ap521959770d334a099e8de.jpg)

How sentimental Cory Clouston at the old Clare Drake Arena, at least the Oilers got fired up with cheap penalties. Fucking Refs :tama-mad:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 14, 2011, 10:57:12 AM
lol that's enough of you Dubnyk, the hype is over. WHOA when did someone actually wanna fight Steve MacIntyre?

George Parros vs Steve MacIntyre Feb 13, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU-pe58imDs#)

Out of this season, digging Theo Peckham's play - he should shoot more but he did all the shit zack Stortini should have done

Andy Sutton vs Theo Peckham Feb 13, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUUK8LSekA4#)

Too much fancy plays again, at least it wasn't the fucking FAIL on a 5 on 3. i wonder if the Oilers gonna have another Draft Party XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on February 14, 2011, 06:37:49 PM
Quote
Forsberg retiring from NHL

Monday, 02.14.2011 / 11:54 AM / News

Just two games into his latest comeback with the Colorado Avalanche, Peter Forsberg will announce his retirement from the NHL at a press conference Monday afternoon. Forsberg was scoreless with a minus-4 rating in two games. He had three shots and played more than 17:30 in each game. The two games he played were his first in the NHL since the end of the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=552668 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=552668)

The shortest comeback ever?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 15, 2011, 06:14:19 AM
was that just another one of those "retire in jersey of team that originally drafted me" kinda moves? Fuckin guy.

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 16, 2011, 10:18:47 AM
OILERS FINALLY WIN XD gotta feel for Khabibulin ending his losing streak of 14 games, we wasn't playing bad - his fucking defense *COUGHSMIDGILBERTPETRY* keep fucking giving the puck up. Like this:

Nikolai Khabibulin Punches Chris Neil (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xezy5POUnM#ws)

(http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/3131/apc604b973b2294087865cb.jpg)

wave after wave. Hemsky, Penner, Gagner, who knew 2 POWER PLAY GOALS XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 18, 2011, 09:21:56 AM
YEAH FUCK YOU HABS!!! Eat cock Price. Holy shit Hemsky must've heard the shit Simmer was talking about him and went and took shit over. ATTA BOY! now talk shit about Penner and Gilbert again. BHULIN gets back to back wins, hell Oilers first back to back wins since the start of the season SHIT 30 for 30 = Oilers PP / PK

(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/3127/apad4d0a06d3d2439aaee92.jpg)
(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1584/apcd0f5cb2941f4a86a8b03.jpg)
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/5295/ap3c020acf5d3d455d82cd0.jpg)

eat COCK Pierre!!! complaining about the refs on the call in show LOL @ Montreal fans at Rexall getting a taste of their theme song "Ole Ole" after the game
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 20, 2011, 12:22:20 AM
OILERS WIN THIRD STRAIGHT!!!

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00610.jpg)

TAYLOR HALL HAT TRICK BELIEVE IT!!


what a comeback to win 5-3. Big ups to my Boy AMP :cokecat: for the Good Luck Charm! I owe you one homie! :jphip:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 20, 2011, 09:46:26 AM
and here are the hats fans threw onto the ice:
(http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/151/244558358.jpg)

look at the clip, fool holds onto his hat. LOSER!
Taylor Hall's First NHL Hat Trick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16lkrE9Z4Z0#ws)

LMFAO Souray back on waivers, who gonna pick him up? CMON SLATS
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2001/souray.jpg)

lol I re-enacted him playin for the Hershey Bears so couldn't fight properly

FUCKER! We got Hall Eberle and the Swedes!!! GO OILERS GO! Gotta love Gene Principe, the guy on Oilers Sportsnet broadcasts

Taylor Hall's First NHL Hat Trick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16lkrE9Z4Z0#ws)

fuckin hilarious
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on February 20, 2011, 05:01:39 PM
(http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_nhl_experts__88/ept_sports_nhl_experts-490665532-1298138517.jpg?ymWmZlED1HCFZdfK)
Carey Price's creepy Jacques Plante Heritage Classic tribute mask
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 22, 2011, 06:03:52 AM
^ LMFAO that's hilarious, looks like a tapeworm.

went to the Oilers autograph session and got my boy Amp da hook up lol. They had Bhulin with Sam Gagner so it was like wall to wall of fuckin screaming girls, they asked "Who here just for Khabibulin?" and was like ME. went straight to the front of the line lol
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/t/jphip03138.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03138.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/t/jphip03139.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03139.jpg)

FUCK what a scene for Taylor Hall tho, i heard there was like 1000s, cutting off the line at 10 am, and I got there at 11:15 or so. Steve MacIntyre was HUGE!! I just got some random cards they handed out at the end lol

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/t/jphip00612.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00612.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/t/jphip00613.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00613.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/t/jphip00614.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00614.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/t/jphip00615.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00615.jpg)

but he acts like such a fuckin kid, THE FUTURE of the STANLEY CUP CHAMPION OILERS!

MOV03709 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFPaiI_Em00#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 23, 2011, 08:43:51 AM
LOOL man poor Bhulin Wall. Cogs and Gilbert falling on they asses, the fuck is he supposed to do?

(http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/230/ap12d2d9c7422741adbf749.jpg)

Fuck I wonder if Penner is gonna get traded? Then he'll come back to burn the Oilers liek his name was Kyle Brodziak
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on February 23, 2011, 07:34:53 PM
Peter Laviolette very fired up during timeout (HD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9kynm0pxuE#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 24, 2011, 08:45:45 AM
DAMN!! sweet revenge on Brian Elliott, shit dude was thinking he was in the AHL or smth. PENNER off  the SLUMP!! Hall & Eberle fuck what a run. PP is insane now lol

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00618.jpg)

and Dubnyk was real solid. man Avs are real fucked up, trade Shattenkirk? Why?

lol Hall & Eberle fuckin Hollywood here
Behind-the-Scenes with Eberle and Hall at Team Ford (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QKz7ANzwiA#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on February 25, 2011, 09:12:07 AM
Nuuu... Kovalev T_T  I guess he's the next one to start showing improvement after leaving Clouston's ways, after Heatley, of course.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 26, 2011, 12:12:06 PM
Kovalev is a damn underachiever. watch him score 20 goals when Crosby gets back :rolleyes:

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUCK Dubnyk lets in a few softies and its over lol

(http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/193/ap1b4ed5b489ec42369621c.jpg)

always can count on the Oilers being a slumpbuster. That Bishop kid is like 6'8" insane. Wonder how Shaq would do as a goalie?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 01, 2011, 02:33:45 AM
OUTRAGEOUS!!! Dustin Penner traded for a fucking bag of pucks, or well couple of draft picks (who end up like geeks named J.F Jacques)  and some "aggressive" D who gets injured a lot. So he played with Eberle. WAY TO TANK THE SEASON FO REALZ by sending the top scorer to the Kings. Hope they have another Draft Party cuz they got free booze.

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00626.jpg)

Thanks Penner for your service to The Oilers, lol looks like my hunch was right, glad I got my hockey card signed last week.

You know thinking about it, they just wanted to have some "drama" for they reality show - cuz those Oil Change episodes was getting pretty sad with all that losing lol

And Shawn Belle was dope too. Wish he coulda stayed with the Big Club, beats Tom Gilbert giving the puck away ten times a game.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 02, 2011, 08:23:58 AM
NEUTRAL GAME!!! For all the Vanilla lovers in the World they'd love this fuckin game vs the Preds :catglare:
(http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/408/ap5a644611c50c4ec9a48ec.jpg)

Hall and Eberlie strugglin but shit OMARK: http://video.oilers.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=4&id=100712&navid=DL (http://video.oilers.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=4&id=100712&navid=DL)|EDM|home
Omark shootout winner vs. Nashville (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7oiPF69zEc#ws)

OH FUCK! Rinne still looking for his jockstrap after that undressing LMFAO!!

Martin Gerber after the game: "He's a sneaky bastard" - this fuckin guy with his unpainted mask like he just picked it up from Canadian Tire just calmly makes 34 saves and insane save % :bow:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 04, 2011, 09:13:11 AM
FUCKIN CRAZY!! Taylor Hall Gordie Howe hat trick with his first fight

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00628.jpg)
Derek Dorsett vs Taylor Hall Mar 3, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqVcBEhI7OU#ws)

who got destroyed earlier by Jason Strudwick
Derek Dorsett vs Jason Strudwick Mar 3, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgxTy8M3KkE#ws)

Oilers get the W but at what price? Hall seems to be standing alright, talking to the media after. Bhulin and Hemsky out, man, where was the goons at this? Depending on an old benchwarmer to do the dirty work? Think Peckham was still out else he would took out that fuck Dorsett. :tama-mad:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 06, 2011, 01:32:14 AM
^ annd the verdict. Taylor Hall out for the season http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=555075&cmpid=oilers-enews (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=555075&cmpid=oilers-enews) :tama-mad:

Man....gotta give all credit to Hall for stepping it up and having the COJONES to take matters into his own hand and not being a bitch - I mean even Dorsett was like "I ain't gonna destroy you cuz they'll call me an even bigger bitch if I do."  I rather Hall fight and get hurt than running away like Hemsky but shit, these things happen :/ :/ #1 Overall Draft Pick is pretty much locked up now lol

Here's to the potential Rookie of the Year and future Conn Smythe Trophy Winner!!!
Taylor Hall (Barbara Streisand Cover)- Duck Sauce (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aKOCnKd6GI#ws)

LOL Fake Twitter Accounts got it right tho: http://twitter.com/NHL_Oilers/status/43747188974698496 (http://twitter.com/NHL_Oilers/status/43747188974698496)

Best team in the league: The New Jersey Devils WTF :lol: Kovie for MVP? wow what a difference a few months makes.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 06, 2011, 06:45:04 AM
FUCK YEAH!! Oilers win their third straight and move outta the basement :lol:

Steve MacIntyre vs David Koci Mar 5, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDtkR4wjGFc#ws)

The Kids looking good too, Alex Plante and Giroux.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on March 07, 2011, 05:08:50 AM
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was in Peg City Last night and i hope soon they will have a big announcement that the NHL is coming back to the Peg where it belongs.
(http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/331/winnipegjets.png) (http://img818.imageshack.us/i/winnipegjets.png/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 07, 2011, 06:50:53 AM
Canucks with a win tonight. This is why we are first in the NHL standings

(http://i51.tinypic.com/2dkfz1d.jpg)



 :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 07, 2011, 07:41:43 AM
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was in Peg City Last night and i hope soon they will have a big announcement that the NHL is coming back to the Peg where it belongs.
http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/331/winnipegjets.png (http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/331/winnipegjets.png)
I personally still have my doubts, though I do find it interesting that whoever designed that logo worked in the big iron dildo we have at The Forks.
:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 08, 2011, 03:03:43 AM
best hockey card evar!

(http://blogs.thescore.com.s3.amazonaws.com/nhl/files/2011/02/grier-frontbright-.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 08, 2011, 05:21:17 AM
Rozy!! Fuck I miss Grier, no one could move him and he had soft hands :fap

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was in Peg City Last night and i hope soon they will have a big announcement that the NHL is coming back to the Peg where it belongs.
http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/331/winnipegjets.png (http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/331/winnipegjets.png)
I personally still have my doubts, though I do find it interesting that whoever designed that logo worked in the big iron dildo we have at The Forks.
:lol:

dope logo :thumbsup Hope it happens, all that Quebec City talk got kicked to the curb, MTS is where it's at. Thrashers, Panthers come on down!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 09, 2011, 10:14:35 AM
OH DAMN! win streak halted lol man Pronger and the Flyers man vs boys out there. Alex Plante wish he was still back in the AHL
(http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/4219/2f4daff0104c0e47eb3c9ac.jpg)

lol went to the Oilers Octane thing too, maybe you'll see me on the site. Free shirt at the Oilers Octane Facebook meet up, free wings and beer baby!

man, end of an era coming soon. Rod Phillips has one more game to call.
Classic Rod Phillips moment (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS1ZGALYrZg#)

Chara THE FUCK?!
Zdeno Chara hits Max Pacioretty Mar 8, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jimZ1tSdPY0#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 10, 2011, 10:55:47 AM
no suspension or fine for Chara? Bitch Please. lol at stupid Habs Fan calling the police to file a complaint against him. Maybe that's the reason why he got nothing.

Oilers to be like the Caps in a few years? One can only hope, oh man, lmfao @ Bhulin giving up the puck too, one of those nights again. Shut THE FUCK OUT!!  :catglare:
(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8351/apf2e4d4c2224144b3b9fa4.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 12, 2011, 04:55:43 AM
ryan kesler trolls  :lol:

http://video.canucks.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=0&id=102362 (http://video.canucks.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=0&id=102362)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 13, 2011, 12:14:19 AM
^ :lol: fuckin geek

Cogs!! :tama-mad: kicks the puck into the net after Dubnyk stopped 40+ shots. FUCK. red wings being the savvy vets getting away with choppin sticks and everything

(http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/681/6229e5eb890b8ef7f18ae81.jpg)

btw Oilers on twitter Taylor Hall (@hallsy04), Ryan Whitney (@ryanwhitney6), Ryan Jones (@jonesry28), Linus Omark (@limpanomark), Jim Vandermeer (@Jim_Vandermeer) and Jeff Petry (@petryj)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: jaysonnj on March 13, 2011, 03:42:39 AM
I didn't want to get too excited about this run the Devils are making but with the win tonight against the Isle, we're currently
6 points from the playoffs!
Jacques Lemaire is a fucking genius!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 13, 2011, 09:15:24 PM
^ Kovie for MVP XD

C'MON MAN!!! Oilers can't even score on the 5 on 3 LETS GO GUYS!!!

Omark the only guy shooting the puck.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Amplifier on March 14, 2011, 08:18:06 PM
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03221.jpg)

Right on! Oilers 4 LIFE :bow:

:jphip: :jphip:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 15, 2011, 07:38:13 AM
Whats up Clutterfuck?

Alex Burrows OWNS Cal Clutterbuck - 03.14.11 - HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUlUVfrcDCg&feature=player_embedded#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 15, 2011, 09:31:56 AM
^ :lol:


AWESOME AMP!

He's no scrub, he's a STANLEY CUP CHAMPION!!! here he is in his hometown of Surrey, BC
Colin Fraser Speech at Surrey Stanley Cup Appearance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOeWRF7e5EI#)

The kind of blue collar grind it out character player you want on your team!
Colin Fraser interview 10-15-10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdcQm4sKFIs#)
we'll lifting Lord Stanley next year!! I'll wear a dress if they don't!

General Manager Steve Tambellini announced today the Edmonton Oilers have recalled left-winger Teemu Hartikainen and assigned centre Alexandre Giroux to Oklahoma City of the American Hockey League.

we'll need him. WHERE IS THE OFFENSE?? Horcoff bruised by Magnus and Brule woozy. Sam Gagner out. Everyone who had 42 points got injured or traded lol

(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/2971/f3eb615195cc8f3c0a4647d.jpg)

Pretty much sums up the season, smelling asses since November! :tama-mad:


This is how the oilers spend the season, Ryan Jones punking rookie Linus Omark

(http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/1797/linus1.jpg)
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5462/linus2g.jpg)
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5760/linus3.jpg)

see the video here: http://video.oilers.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=102826 (http://video.oilers.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=102826)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuro808 on March 17, 2011, 11:27:30 PM
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/The-68-reasons-why-NHL-Playoffs-are-better-than-;_ylt=Aowu4r8oWmqBIV8gZDRKaPx7vLYF?urn=nhl-wp440 (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/The-68-reasons-why-NHL-Playoffs-are-better-than-;_ylt=Aowu4r8oWmqBIV8gZDRKaPx7vLYF?urn=nhl-wp440)

just saying :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 18, 2011, 09:32:42 AM
Puck Daddy :roll: the guy who did the Mount Rushmore blog posts

NEW BLOOD!! Fresh Farm Call Ups Chris Vande Velde (54) & Teemu Hartikainen (56) Teemu actually got a point and was banging bitches (no homo)

(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/1497/68f50dd6043f4e5973e26e5.jpg)
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/1235/073dfd2cbe9df29c7f77971.jpg)

same result!! lol @ Smid running around with "A" he actually played decent
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 20, 2011, 10:55:55 AM
The fuck is wrong with you guys!! Getting the game into OT and a shootout?! Gotta nail that Number 1 seed again lol. Eberle with his sick ass goal.

Erik Johnson vs Ryan Jones Mar 19, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aZJnRmTWgs#ws)

at least Ryan Jones is one of the few that still has some fire left.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 25, 2011, 07:29:58 AM
lol man lost track of how many losses it's been.

Jim Vandermeer vs Cam Janssen Mar 24, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md_eFSG9NNE#ws)

they home yet? time to knock off the Flames!!

and man, it'll be Rod Phillips last game called. of course there's a DVD. but man, our anthem singer Paul Lorieau is retiring too: http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=557050 (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=557050)
Edmonton Oilers Fans sing O Canada (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meLpuF9UMvk#)

End of An Era in Oil Country.

hmm. Just let Oilers fans sing it!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 27, 2011, 07:22:58 AM
FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FLAMES!! so much for Earth Hour. Oilers GO LIGHTS OUT. where the calls refs??? FUCK BITCH ASS JAY BOUWMEESTER late hit on Magnus

OH WOW!! 2 PP in 42 seconds. of course the face off specialists FUCK IT UP. :tama-mad: :tama-mad:

I'm a really miss Rod Phillips, jack Michaels is fucking talkin about Bill Murray movies and Teemu Hartikainen goes fools the fuck Kipper and scores his first goal. And rod also lets Oilers PA announcer Mark Lewis (http://video.oilers.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=58094) finish before continuing calling the game.
(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/7857/ap488e07b1d87349bba06bc.jpg)

only positives tho...

WHATTA SAVE BY DUBNYK
(http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/5725/apf1da618474c54253907ea.jpg)

COLIN FRASER SHORT HANDED to end the 2nd period!! #butterchurning GO OILERS GO

hmm, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins looking good PAUSE
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 30, 2011, 05:18:59 AM
CANUCKS ARE WESTERN CHAMPS!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 30, 2011, 10:18:01 AM
^BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo


hope you guys get Toews and Kane in the first round bwahaha

Thank you Hockey Hall of Famer Rod Phillips for 37 Year. 3542 Oilers games called.  I remember smuggling a pocket radio to listen to games as a kid xD Could never afford to go to games, and never allowed to watch the games on TV. Hall of Famer. Loved how the Oilers raised his number to the rafters beside the other Oiler legends Gretzky, Kurri, Coffey, Messier, Anderson, Hamilton. He really is not only the Voice of the Oilers, but the Voice of Edmonton. He called every single historical moment from The 5 Stanley Cups to the Cinderella run in 2006.

here's the ceremony, complete with Gretzky introduction: http://bit.ly/hCQ9J1 (http://bit.ly/hCQ9J1)

(http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7388/rodaf.jpg)

Truly a class act, back when the media was just a part of the team. None of the sharks tabloid media you see today, who just say bullshit just to get a rise. I was listening to peeps calling in saying how Rod Phillips would come down to talk to the fans, the guy's mom in a wheelchair and he'd introduced players to the season ticket holders. I don't have a dope story like that, but I saw him in the concession area in between periods and before the Oilers tribute to Messier.

message from Rod Phillips, to the BEST FANS IN THE NHL!! (http://video.oilers.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=4&id=105652&cmpid=oilers-twt-nhl_oilers) and lol u can DL the SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORES! ringtone
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=68659&navid=DL (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=68659&navid=DL|EDM|home)

heard TSN simulcasted Rod's call for the last minute too. They've also archived his best calls: http://www.630ched.com (http://www.630ched.com)

They have a scholarship for radio students at NAIT. Truly deserving to THE best play by play guy in the league. His passion, like the ultimate homer complaining about the refs XD but he would call an opposing goal with the same kinda passion. You could tell how bad he wanted to call a GOOOOOOOOOOOOALL tonite. Everyone would mute the TV and turn on the radio, even if there was a delay because he was just THAT GOOD.

LEGENDARY!!
Rod Phillips Retirement (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZUptpv4qpE#ws)

DVD to be copped soon lol.

Same old story of 10 straight losses, but the kids looking alright. Teemu and Vandellly. Eberle gonna get 20 goals eventually lol. Or not, Oilers play Wild twice.
(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9250/ap6f9b1fc3860e48f19f6e6.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on March 31, 2011, 04:18:44 AM
GET READY FOR SOME CANUCKS PLAYOFFS!

Vancouver Canucks 2011 Playoff Run promo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9KJTS0QoUw&feature=player_embedded#ws)

Canucks Won't Back Down (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY_U9nNamOk&feature=player_embedded#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 31, 2011, 05:41:46 AM
TORRES LOL
Game Day Raw: Torres Post-game Mar.06.11 Pizza boy included! 17 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrLPwadpe4I#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 01, 2011, 10:38:18 AM
PRESIDENTS CUP WINNER!!!!!

The Canucks Win the Presidents Trophy - 03.31.11 - HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd7W1YoqgyA&feature=player_embedded#ws)

(http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/cb/fullj.f3f8c6bd313c22ead06a67d4a9f286af/f3f8c6bd313c22ead06a67d4a9f286af-getty-103000804rl19_kings_canucks.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 01, 2011, 10:48:25 AM
Just like the '03 Ottawa Senators, '09 Sharks, and '10 Washington Capitals before them!! TRULY LEGENDARY SQUADS!!!

At least Omark got off the snide tonite! 
Linus Omark powerplaygoal - March 31th 2011 (720p available) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAScApD158s#ws)

Fuckin Penner!! We miss him so.
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/406/apd7d22c5127fd4a6988c2e.jpg)

YOU BETTER BELIEVE!
(http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4978/freakypu.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 02, 2011, 01:23:00 AM
Trust me, wait for it.

TSN's Jay Onrait wages War Against The Phoenix Coyotes Fan....Or Are There 2 Now?. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPs9mg1M2AY#ws)

:P

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 02, 2011, 11:41:41 PM
That's why April Fools Pranks are so lame with "SHOCKER NEWS"  :banghead: HOCKEY IS LIFE.

Principe's Blog: Hall of a comeback?
On this April 1st, Gene Principe has some big news regarding Oilers rookie Taylor Hall (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=557966&cmpid=oilers-twt-nhl_oilers)

:fuckyou: Gene

Just when I thought Hall was gonna come in tonight and beat up the Canucks  :tama-mad:

CBC After Hours: Taylor Hall and Sam Gagner Pt 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbK6a7_lyr4#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 03, 2011, 12:54:28 AM
^lol today is going to be a walk in a park. we playing scrubs like tanner glass  :lol:

Awesome parody of friday

Rebecca Black - Friday - RKB Productions Parody - Game Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPgxF8kOE_0&feature=player_embedded#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 03, 2011, 06:55:28 AM
and LMFAO he got his ASS kicked by Jacques!!
Canucks Vs Oilers - Tanner Glass Vs J. F. Jacques- 04.02.11 - HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpEG45w-VJc#ws)

I'll take it tho :lol: too bad they didn't raise the President's Trophy banner tonight 

GO OILERS GO

maannn Dubie getting 40 saves. amazing. I LMFAO'd at the local color guy dissing Canuck Fan being fairweathered, the BOOED the 72 Team Canada that went on to win the gold as Phil Esposito and Paul Henderson went nuts as the the Rogers Centre fans were cheering Henderson at some presentation.

HAHAHA watch 4:10 where Linus Omark be SHITTING all over da nucks
Edmonton Calling - Cribs med Magnus Pääjärvi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AsoZUQEfwk#ws)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 06, 2011, 10:03:43 AM
GO OILERS GO!! Dubnyk with the Shutout!

oh man, talk about coasting till the playoffs. Whatever! A win is a win  :pimp: That shut up all the fucking LOOOOOOOOOOOOOosers in the crowd
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Ryan Jones Buzzer Beater (4/5/11) [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-eKDO7I-eY#ws)

Fuckin Raffi you bum. him and his elbows. The fuck geek is gonna get his ass kicked. Big Mac was floating but no takers.
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What is sweeter. is the Leafs are officially out. And tmr, Oilers gonna destory the Flamers to end their season too! Misery loves company XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 08, 2011, 04:35:00 AM
^ LMFAO you dumb fuck Torres. Good. and with Maholtra gone, Canucks better watch out. cory perry and his 50 good enough for Hart Trophy? Maybe not, but shit. Them Ducks been on fire since Hiller went down. Emery, Lubo, and the whole shitload punking San Jose early. Can't wait for the PLAYOFFFSS!!

AND FUCK YOU FLAMES!! haha. officially out, time to trade Iggy and Kipper.

Gonna be a long ass off season, best get that #1 Draft Pick BITCH!!

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Too much suffering for this year. AND the stupid fucks at City Hall actually passed a motion to get the Edmonton Downtown Arena project moving. Like ARE YOU STUPID with your red tape, just trying to block the shit because you wanna protect the constituents of your ward? MORONS! Fucking Politics give me limp dick. Oilers bring more revenue and recognition to this city than some dumb ass museum or a complex subway system in a fucking city that has barely a million people. IDIOTS!

Edmonton New Arena-Make It Happen! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr4rsa7Rih4#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 09, 2011, 06:45:29 AM
THASSIT?!?!

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hockey is so painful. lol so sad we celebrate losing with a Draft Party. ah well, Free Beer.

THANK YOU Paul Lorieau! :bow: :bow:

Paul Lorieau final anthem ceremony (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=topT0Cwo-3A#ws)

BEST ANTHEM SINGER IN SPORTS HISTORY!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 10, 2011, 10:11:06 AM
Teemu Selanne vs. Brad Richardson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8lEcOcMSBI#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on April 10, 2011, 10:51:40 PM
:lol: Fuckin Old Man still got it.


HOLY SHIT Blackhawks on the verge of missing the playoffs. Wouldn't it be a wet dream for Mugen to have the Marc Crawford led Dallas Stars vs the Canucks in the first round? :D


TEEEMU HARTIKANEN SCORES AGAIN!
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u don't see this often in the NHL, a Swede and Norwegian
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 11, 2011, 11:53:51 AM
Liam Reddox finally scores! SHIT THE NITEMARE IS OVER!!
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Oilers Lost (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCqEVr4soLU#ws)

LMFAO Stars lost to Wild so Blackhawks sneak into the playoffs. I predict "upset"

Nice career Foote.
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 13, 2011, 08:34:17 AM
OILERS GET NUMBER ONE PICK AGAIN!! :cathappy:

hey GJ Devils moving up and LOL Sens dropping

lulz, celebrating last place with a draft party but I was so there man. Free beer and appetizers. And cheerleaders. Fuck Yeah. Talking shit to a few of em, like "OH MY GOD what good shit you do for the community and LETS DRAFT THAT SWEDE"

BUT SHIT to my surprise. Taylor Hall and Ryan Whitney showed up. Missed out on autographs and pics but whatever. lol as they walked by I like patted Whitney on the back and slapped Taylor Hall hard on the back GO TAYLOR and he looked back at me :catglare: LMFAO hey it was a manly pat on the back sheeesh

oh and by that time I had already had two beers and needed to piss really badly but FUCK! They were gonna announce it and I was like all crushed with the Oilers Octane unnggh and to my surprise...IT WAS GLENN ANDERSON. Oilers Hall of Famer, Six TIME Stanley Cup Champion beside the radio area taking it all in.

  (http://img168.imagevenue.com/loc803/th_674746468_DSC00005_122_803lo.JPG) (http://img168.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=674746468_DSC00005_122_803lo.JPG) (http://img17.imagevenue.com/loc16/th_674748730_DSC00006_122_16lo.JPG) (http://img17.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=674748730_DSC00006_122_16lo.JPG)
 
And they were filming some segments for the Oilers docu "Oil Change" and I'm like SHIT IT'S ANDY and all I managed was to get this Draft Lottery card signed and the pen had no ink but WHATEVER :pimp:

(http://img21.imagevenue.com/loc588/th_674750731_DSC00007_122_588lo.JPG) (http://img21.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=674750731_DSC00007_122_588lo.JPG)(http://img101.imagevenue.com/loc28/th_674741818_DSC03764_122_28lo.JPG) (http://img101.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=674741818_DSC03764_122_28lo.JPG)

squeezed in a pose with him with my cell phone camera right before he did a radio interview and FUCK!!!!!! WOO HOO!! Best moment of the nite. LIKE FUCK!!! LOOK AT ALL THE STANLEY CUP RINGS  :drool: and I'm like LEGEND  :bow:  :bow:

Then I was totally shit talking with this one hot blonde Octane "THIS IS MY BIEBER" think I freaked her out xDD

Man, haven't fanboy'd like that since fuck. I saw MArk Messier.

You betcha believe Berryz and all dem KPop Girl Groups watch out, daigong is back in form.  :jphip:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: jaysonnj on April 13, 2011, 09:06:56 AM
^ Nice meeting Glenn Anderson! And congrats getting the first pick again. Try not to get it again next year!

The Devs finally win something and still don't come out on top. I suppose we deserved something after our second half of the season. And I guess its better than losing in the first round again.
We'll be back next season, no doubt, just as long as we don't fuck up picking the new head coach.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 14, 2011, 11:55:57 AM
lucked out indeed. E-town's Ken Hitchcock is available. I love how the Bruins got Toronto's #9 pick too

SHIT PLAYOFFS BEGIN. What's your picks? lol this was total random 5 min before the playoffs started.
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man, thought the Rangers could get one, fucking Ovie squeezing one in at the last sec.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 17, 2011, 09:57:51 AM
shit this be some entertaining playoffs eh!!

I'm snoozing at how the Habs are just stifling Boston, the fuck can't they get anything going? ITS A TRAP

Stupid Stoll. The fuck man? Why not stick your dick in while you at it?
Stoll hits White from behind (Available in 720p) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJRqLHYHYuA#ws)

my fave series tho is the Buffalo Philly. CRAZY!! can somebody stop a shot tonight? Garcillo dat fuck going in and making Miller look normal.
Paul Gaustad vs Scott Hartnell Apr 16, 2011 - MSG feed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Uuy86un6s#ws)

and Hartnell taking all those dumb penalities. he got his ASS kicked XD and that pocket hercules guy, whats his name. Nathan Gerbe hahaha on Buffalo he cracks me up.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 17, 2011, 10:57:57 AM
you still picking blackhawks over canucks?  we beat their asses twice!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 18, 2011, 08:51:35 AM
^ gotta keep it real :P

but good on ya to take advantage when they suck. Corey Crawford? Shit. Torres blindsides Seabrook :catglare:
Raffi Torres Destroys Seabrook - Canucks at Hawks - R1G3 2011 Playoffs - 04.17.11 - HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeZDE9H3_vU#ws)
Scary
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on April 18, 2011, 12:59:31 PM
hit was clean. Refs were wearing blackcocks jerseys all night. BS calls and we still pull through. FUCK YEA
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 20, 2011, 06:59:02 AM
Torres did good thing, in comes Bolland LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Classless Hawks Fans Disturbing the Canucks Management (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJyEtpFhZPk#ws)

Kings and Sharks going 80s now!


eta:

lol the inside story on the Green Men
E:60 - Green Men - ESPN Video - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6390634)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Yoshino on April 22, 2011, 08:47:37 PM
I'm your token Bruins fan here, real impressive comeback for them, trailing late in the 3rd, tying it up and winning in OT to tie the series up. :thumbsup Strange series with the home team losing all the games so far, don't know if it's good that a game 7 will be in Boston. :smhid
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Yoshino on April 28, 2011, 04:39:25 AM
 :cow: :thumbsup :yossi: :twothumbs
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on May 10, 2011, 10:51:26 AM
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WESTERN FINALS WHHHAAAAATT
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 17, 2011, 07:31:49 AM
Wow. Way to fail, NHL...

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NHL demands $89,000 from Montreal restaurant
League says sign with Habs jersey and slogan is trademark infringement

CBC News Posted: May 16, 2011 1:03 PM ET Last Updated: May 16, 2011 3:41 PM ET

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The National Hockey League is demanding $89,000 from a Montreal restaurant that displayed a Montreal Canadiens sweater and the words "Go Habs Go" on a sign.

The owner of a Basha franchise in downtown Montreal put an image on an outside wall showing the name of the restaurant and a man slicing shawarma while wearing a red Canadiens sweater.

But a lawyer working for the league sent a letter saying the sweater and the slogan are trademarks, and that the owner will have to pay the sum for copyright infringement.

The owner, Fadl Issa, painted over the Canadiens logos and the slogan when he first learned of possible infringement two months ago.

Issa has since taken down the sign completely, but he said he won't pay the money, and wonders why his restaurant was singled out.

"[I'm] surprised, I [said] it can't be, it's nonsense," said Issa. "I see places all around Montreal [showing] Go Habs Go."

The lawyer and the NHL would not speak to CBC News for this story, but the league did send a brief emailed response.

"The NHL takes seriously the protection of league and team trademark rights," the email said.

Issa said he just wanted to support his hometown hockey team, and said the idea came from his children.

"They said to me, 'Dad, why don't you do something to support the Canadiens?'" said Issa.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/05/16/restaurant-habs-nhl-fine.html (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/05/16/restaurant-habs-nhl-fine.html)


Seriously, do the NHL's lawyers honestly believe that they can persist with this lawsuit and NOT walk into a potentially massive public-relations nightmare?


Another article I found about this had this awesome bit in it:
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Another man took a pragmatic view.
"They should walk through Vancouver," wrote Daryl Lamb. "They could sue enough people to make the Thrashers profitable!"
:lol:

FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hsSSAi3eYKdfltafSK9qgeJtatFg?docId=6866577 (http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hsSSAi3eYKdfltafSK9qgeJtatFg?docId=6866577)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on May 19, 2011, 08:28:58 AM
raped SJ tonight!! Steve Nash at .13 chilling!

Kevin Bieksa Goal - Canucks Vs Sharks - R3G2 2011 Playoffs - 05.18.11 - HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLabC8NOW9s#ws)

boobies!!

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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on May 20, 2011, 03:49:15 AM
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/atlanta-thrashers-moving-to-winnipeg/article2029179/ (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/atlanta-thrashers-moving-to-winnipeg/article2029179/)

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Atlanta Thrashers moving to Winnipeg
STEPHEN BRUNT
Globe and Mail Update
Published Thursday, May. 19, 2011 8:57PM EDT
Last updated Thursday, May. 19, 2011 9:07PM EDT

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An agreement to sell the National Hockey League’s Atlanta Thrashers to a Winnipeg group which plans to relocate the franchise to the Manitoba capital is done.

Sources confirmed tonight that preparations are being made for an announcement Tuesday, confirming the sale and transfer of the Thrashers to True North Sports and Entertainment, which owns and operates the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League and the MTS Centre arena, which would become the NHL team’s new home.
More related to this story

    AHL has a Plan B if NHL team returns to Winnipeg
    Thrashers fans plan rally to try to save team
    Alberta government won't commit to funding new Oilers arena

Gary Bettman, the commissioner of the National Hockey League, is expected to travel to Winnipeg to make the news official.

The announcement would end months of speculation about whether one of the NHL’s financially-troubled American sunbelt teams might move north, filling the void left when the Winnipeg Jets packed up and left for Phoenix in 1996, where they became the Coyotes.

Much of the talk this spring had centred on that failing franchise, which was bought by the league after being placed in bankruptcy by its former owner Jerry Moyes in 2009.

But sources in Winnipeg suggest that the Thrashers had in fact been the primary target of potential owners Mark Chipman and David Thomson all along, and that some months back, the NHL board of governors quietly approved the sale and transfer of the team, pending the negotiation of a purchase agreement between Atlanta Spirit LLC, the Thrashers’ owners, and True North.

In the meantime, no potential owner materialized who was prepared to keep the team in Georgia, and local governments there showed no interest in propping up the Thrashers.

“There seems to be a consensus there is going to be a team in Winnpeg,” former major league pitcher Tom Glavine, who had tried unsuccessfully to find new ownership for the hockey team in Atlanta, acknowledged last week. ““The question is who, and unfortunately the bullseye seems to be on the Thrashers’ back.”

When it appeared this spring that the Coyotes might also be in play, after a deal to sell the team to Matthew Hulsizer underwritten by a municipal bond issue fell apart in the face of political opposition from the Goldwater Institute, the Winnipeg group sought to take advantage of what suddenly seemed a buyers’ market, with two teams available and no other potential owners or relocations sites on the horizon.

After the City of Glendale agreed to cover $25-million of the Coyotes losses for the 2011-2012 season, and the NHL opted to operate the club in Arizona for at least one more year, True North’s full focus returned to Atlanta, and a deal was hammered out this week.

Even before those final negotiations took place, the potential Winnipeg owners concluded an agreement with the Manitoba government which will allow revenues from a sports bar with slot machine to be used for improvements to the arena, and to be used towards the debt service on the building.

That’s consistent with what Manitoba premier Greg Sellinger told reporters earlier this week, when he said that the provincial government had no interest in subsidizing an NHL team, but that the province had financially supported the renovation of the MTS Centre in the past, and would continue to be willing to do so.

About time. :)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 20, 2011, 04:29:35 AM
^
Funny. considering I was just about to post these:

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Thrashers sale report 'not accurate'
By: Gary Lawless

Posted: 05/19/2011 8:22 PM | Comments: 8 | Last Modified: 05/19/2011 9:23 PM

True North Sports and Entertainment says a Globe and Mail report stating the group has reached an agreement to buy the Atlanta Thrashers is not accurate.
A high-ranking True North official involved in negotiations to buy the Thrashers would not say any more.
The Globe story says:
"Sources confirmed tonight that preparations are being made for an announcement Tuesday, confirming the sale and transfer of the Thrashers to True North Sports and Entertainment, which owns and operates the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League and the MTS Centre arena, which would become the NHL team’s new home.
The report also states NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is expected to be in Winnipeg to make the news official.
The Globe and Mail is owned by True North partner David Thomson.
The story was written by Globe and Mail columnist Stephen Brunt, one of the country’s most respected sports writers.
Sources close to the deal say progress has been made and a deal could be reached in the coming days but nothing has been signed.
A high-ranking source with the Thrashers said nothing has been completed although a deal is expected to be finalized.
The NHL did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Thrashers-sale-report-not-accurate-122268064.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Thrashers-sale-report-not-accurate-122268064.html)



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Bettman denies report Thrashers moving to Winnipeg
Updated: Thu May. 19 2011 9:59:34 PM

CTV.ca News Staff



Winnipeg hockey fans may finally have an NHL team to cheer, after the Jets left for Arizona in 1996.

A report in the Globe and Mail says True North Sports and Entertainment has bought the troubled Atlanta Thrashers and plans to move the team to Winnipeg, with an official announcement expected Tuesday.

True North owns Winnipeg's MTS Centre arena, along with the American Hockey League team the Manitoba Moose.

However, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman denied the report Thursday night, during his weekly radio show. According to the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution, he said it was still just "speculation."

"I can tell you that with certainty that there is no deal for this team to move," he said. "Am I predicting that there will never be or that there won't be at some point in time? No, I'm not saying there is or there isn't."

Bettman has routinely said he prefers to keep a team in its current market, to the chagrin of Canadian fans in Winnipeg, Quebec City and southern Ontario waiting for a team.


Jets fans have been hoping one of the NHL's financially shaky teams in the U.S. South would move to Winnipeg, with some expecting it would be the Phoenix Coyotes.

FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110519/winnipeg-jets-110519/20110519/?hub=MontrealSports (http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110519/winnipeg-jets-110519/20110519/?hub=MontrealSports)




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NHL, True North play down reported sale of Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg group
(The Canadian Press) – 30 minutes ago


WINNIPEG — The NHL and True North Sports and Entertainment are disputing a report that a deal to bring the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg is done.
Citing sources, The Globe and Mail reported Thursday evening that the announcement confirming the sale will be made Tuesday in Winnipeg.
"It's not true," True North spokesman Scott Brown said when asked about the report that a deal was done.
True North Sports and Entertainment owns and operates the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League and the MTS Centre arena, which would become the NHL team’s new home.
The Globe report says the NHL board of governors has already approved the sale and transfer of the team, pending negotiation of a purchase agreement between Atlanta Spirit LLC, the Thrashers’ owners, and True North.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly is also not confirming the report, saying "as far as we know, there is nothing done."
"Certainly, the board has not approved anything," he said in an email to The Canadian Press.
Copyright © 2011 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.[/size]
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hxVakQiINBaCXsyqSXJGnvM8hLMA?docId=6902363 (http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hxVakQiINBaCXsyqSXJGnvM8hLMA?docId=6902363)


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on May 20, 2011, 04:43:35 AM
Funny. Brunt has been speculating about it for a couple months, but this is the first time he's actually come out and said "It's definitely happening, and this is the date." He'll have a ton of egg on his face if he's wrong.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 20, 2011, 04:54:10 AM
Boy, a few of the local news blogs are going absolutely apeshit over this. If it turns out to be false so many people are gonna be PISSED!  :lol:

Thing is, whether it's true or not, I have a feeling that I probably won't be able to get the boys in my classes tomorrow to focus on getting any work done.  :P2
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on May 20, 2011, 05:12:06 AM
Yeah, that's a good bet. I suspect it's true~ish and they just jumped the gun by a day or two. Just a guess though.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 20, 2011, 05:20:46 AM
^
That's certainly a possibility. If it does turn out to be true, then the next step is getting all the other team owners and/or Board of Governors (whichever group it is that they need) to approve the sale. They can then proceed with the "logistical" stuff needed to move the team.


What I really want to know is, what's going to happen to the Manitoba Moose (the AHL team that has been here for the last 15 years) this happens? In terms of both their on-ice performance as well as financially-speaking, the Moose have been doing quite well, possibly even better (at least during the last 5 years) than the "old" Jets did while they were here.  The Moose definitely have their own supporters/fanbase here. If the Thrashers come here, it would really be unfair if it means forcing the Moose to pack up and move.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on May 20, 2011, 05:36:04 AM
^
That's certainly a possibility. If it does turn out to be true, then the next step is getting all the other team owners and/or Board of Governors (whichever group it is that they need) to approve the sale. They can then proceed with the "logistical" stuff needed to move the team.


What I really want to know is, what's going to happen to the Manitoba Moose (the AHL team that has been here for the last 15 years) this happens? In terms of both their on-ice performance as well as financially-speaking, the Moose have been doing quite well, possibly even better (at least during the last 5 years) than the "old" Jets did while they were here.  The Moose definitely have their own supporters/fanbase here. If the Thrashers come here, it would really be unfair if it means forcing the Moose to pack up and move.

Depends on the market probably. I don't think they'd really compete directly. I've gone to a number of A/OHL games, but couldn't justify Leafs' ticket prices. Toronto supports the Leafs and Marlies. I'm not sure if Winnipeg is big enough for both though.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 20, 2011, 05:47:18 AM
Depends on the market probably. I don't think they'd really compete directly. I've gone to a number of A/OHL games, but couldn't justify Leafs' ticket prices. Toronto supports the Leafs and Marlies. I'm not sure if Winnipeg is big enough for both though.
My thoughts, and my point exactly. Part of the reason why the Moose have done well here, instead of having the financial problems the Jets had is because they were simply more affordable for what Winnipeggers are willing to pay. We've got a justified reputation for being "thrifty" to say the least (personally, I say we're "cheap"). The Jets left here in the first place because financially they were just not drawing in enough revenue, a large part of which was from the severe lack of ticket sales. People here just weren't buying tickets to games because they were getting too expensive and no one wanted to pay "NHL prices". With the Moose, sure it might be as glamorous because it's "the minor leagues", but financially speaking, we were getting more affordable ticket prices (more "bang for your buck" so to speak), and because of this, more and more people here were able to afford (and thus willing) to spend the money to "go to the game".

I don't know, to be honest. Part of me wants to think positively, but knowing the track record of the potential fanbase here in Winnipeg, the skeptic in me can't help but think "what if" and "we'll see how long it lasts".


On a lighter note, the first article I linked earlier today has since edited it's article to include the subtitle "But deal could happen at any moment."  So it definitely could be that they simply jumped the gun on the announcement.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on May 20, 2011, 05:53:33 AM
^ "we'll see how long it lasts".

Till the Canadian dollar drops down to $0.85USD again.  :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 20, 2011, 06:32:41 AM
Local blogs were talking about a crowd gathering at Portage & Main, so a buddy & I have come down to check it out! :lol: Pics & vld clips soon. :)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on May 20, 2011, 07:21:50 AM
hopefully winnipeg gets it. so edmonton wont be the team that no one wants to play in anymore! ZZIIIIING!!   :rock:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on May 20, 2011, 07:57:03 AM
hopefully winnipeg gets it. so edmonton wont be the team that no one wants to play in anymore! ZZIIIIING!!   :rock:

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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 20, 2011, 08:17:46 AM
Well, just got back from the gathering. Probably 100-200 people in total while I was there. Pretty mild gathering, mostly just a bunch of whoopin' and yellin' and cheering (not to mention the beers they were drinkin' and the doobies they were smokin'). The pics I took turned out really shitty due to all of the glare from the cars as well as the fact that it was night (therefore bad lighting).  Also, I didn't realize that my phone's battery was low, so I was only able to get a couple of short video clips. Upload is progressing, but my connection is being a bit of a bitch right now.  It's 1:00AM as I type this post. If the uploads don't finish soon, I'm just going to head off to bed and (hopefully) let them finish overnight. Then I'll just post them up tomorrow morning.

In the meantime, here's a  quick example of what it was like, courtesy of the Winnipeg Free Press.
Quote
Hockey fans bubbling with excitement over prospect of NHL returning to Winnipeg

By: Chinta Puxley, The Canadian Press

WINNIPEG - Jubilant Winnipeg Jets fans were celebrating with renewed enthusiasm Thursday night as fresh buzz circulated that a local business group has accomplished what no one else has come close to doing in 15 years — bring the NHL back to Manitoba.
The NHL and True North Sports and Entertainment were disputing a report that a deal to bring the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg is done but that hasn't dampened the mood of hockey fans.
About 50 people — many wearing Winnipeg Jets jerseys — gathered at the downtown intersection of Portage and Main to celebrate late Thursday night. Many in the jubilant crowd waved flags bearing the old Jets logo and encouraged drivers to honk their horns, yelling "Go, Jets, Go."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/breakingnews/nhl-true-north-play-down-reported-sale-of-atlanta-thrashers-to-winnipeg-group.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/breakingnews/nhl-true-north-play-down-reported-sale-of-atlanta-thrashers-to-winnipeg-group.html)


(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03417.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03418.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03419.jpg)




And here's an MP3 recording of the radio interview from earlier tonight with Stephen Brunt that, along with the article that he wrote, got this whole thing started:
http://media.winnipegfreepress.com/audio/HnL-May19-Stephen-Brunt.mp3 (http://media.winnipegfreepress.com/audio/HnL-May19-Stephen-Brunt.mp3)


hopefully winnipeg gets it. so edmonton wont be the team that no one wants to play in anymore! ZZIIIIING!!   :rock:
It's a good thing I like you dude. :lol: :rock:


EDIT: Videos upped. I took them from the front courtyard of the old Bank of Montreal building, on the southeast corner of Portage & Main. Like I said, I didn't realize that my phone's battery was as low as it was, so yeah, the vids are fairly short. Chances are more will be seen during tomorrow's news reports anyway.  :)
011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai-qa0r4roc#)
012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkx7h8AhsY4#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on May 20, 2011, 08:55:18 AM
Here is some pics and videos i took when i went with JFC to Portage and Main in Winnipeg

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/IMG_1889.jpg)

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/IMG_1926.jpg)

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/IMG_1881.jpg)

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/IMG_1928.jpg)

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/IMG_1942.jpg)

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/IMG_1939.jpg)

This guy had a chair from the Old Arena
(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/IMG_1934.jpg)

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/IMG_1937.jpg)

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/TRODAT_JETS.jpg)

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/Winnipeg-Jets.png)

GO JETS GO!!!

Videos

Downtown Winnipeg celebrating the return of The Winnipeg Jets (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtf_w1854sw#ws)  Downtown Winnipeg celebrating the return of The Winnipeg Jets ( 2 ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRsn-Pp7Dl8#ws)  Downtown Winnipeg celebrating the return of The Winnipeg Jets ( 4 ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB1jLqv9c_4#ws) Downtown Winnipeg celebrating the return of The Winnipeg Jets ( 3 ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKPSvJ2yrgk#ws)  Downtown Winnipeg celebrating the return of The Winnipeg Jets ( 5 ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KObSPMk7Juc#ws)  Downtown Winnipeg celebrating the return of The Winnipeg Jets ( 6 ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa0FDIfGu2U#ws)  Downtown Winnipeg celebrating the return of The Winnipeg Jets ( 7 ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vkp_tMi2v4#ws)  Downtown Winnipeg celebrating the return of The Winnipeg Jets ( 8 ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCh7GAuKF0#ws)

Here is some Raw video from TSN

http://watch.tsn.ca/featured/clip470422#clip470422 (http://watch.tsn.ca/featured/clip470422#clip470422)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 22, 2011, 06:09:27 AM
And of course, in Atlanta, the 20 Thrashers fans gathered in an effort to convince their city to save/keep the team from moving.

Untitled (http://vimeo.com/24062480)

Props to Tom Green for somehow finding this little "gem" showing the difference between Peg Sheety hockey fans and Atlanta hockey fans.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on May 22, 2011, 07:40:24 AM
K so we are going old school here :P Complete "Save The Jets" Rally 1995 9/17 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO3RsdIdRtM#) This was our Save the Jets Rally where 35,000 people gathered to try to Save the our team.

This Tuesday after exactly 15 years we will get OUR TEAM BACK.  :banana: :pepper:

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/TRODAT_JETS.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 24, 2011, 07:08:52 AM
FUCK! I am so happy for y'all!! ENOUGH OF THIS BETTMAN FUCKING YOU OVER!! CANADA WINS :canada: WINNIPEG DID IT!!!

Like I just told KT, just hearing the news (me and my sports emo/cleanse) We seriously gotta do a JPH!P WORLD TOUR ROADIE JETS GAME #1 :jphip:

can't wait to see footage of y'all at the rally!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on May 24, 2011, 03:53:35 PM
Opening day tickets are going to be insane. I'd love to visit though.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 25, 2011, 03:17:38 AM
K, a few updates.

First, there was no press conference today announcing that the deal has been done. Apparently there are still some financial issues that need to be rectified, but that haven't yet been done because the banks here were closed due to the stat holiday.
Quote
Relax -- deal's not done yet
Looks like we'll get Thrashers, but no announcement today
By: Gary Lawless
Posted: 05/24/2011 1:00 AM


Winnipeggers have been patient for 15 years and it looks like they'll need to hang tight for at least a few more days -- perhaps as long as a week.
Despite published reports, hints from Premier Greg Selinger and constant rumours, there will be no press conference today regarding the potential return of the National Hockey League to Winnipeg.
True North Sports and Entertainment spokesman Scott Brown told the Free Press on Monday afternoon there would be no press conference today.
True North is in negotiations to purchase the Atlanta Thrashers and relocate the hockey team to Winnipeg.
Talks continue to move forward but no deal has been finalized, making a press conference unnecessary at this point.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly added his own confirmation. "It's safe to say there will be no announcement on Tuesday," he said
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/relax----deals-not-done-yet-there-are-a-few-things-to-wrap-up-before-winnipegs-nhl-team-is-signed-sealed-and-delivered-122490848.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/relax----deals-not-done-yet-there-are-a-few-things-to-wrap-up-before-winnipegs-nhl-team-is-signed-sealed-and-delivered-122490848.html)


Second, if/when the announcement is made that the Thrashers are coming to Peg Sheety, evidently there are already plans in place to relocate the Moose...to St. John's, NFLD.
Quote
Moose to relocate to St. Johns NFLD if Thrashers move to Winnipeg
CJOB News Team reporting
5/21/2011


The Telegram in St. Johns, NFLD, is reporting that the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey league will relocate to St. John's next season as part of the Atlanta thrashers relocation to Winnipeg. 
And Robin Short of the Telegram says an official announcement of the return of the AHL to Newfoundland will be made next Friday. 
 
The relocation of the Moose to St. John's is contingent upon True North Sports and Entertainment finalizing an agreement to buy the Thrashers and move them to Winnipeg. 
 
As of now, True North and the NHL insist that the purchase of the Thrashers by True North has not been finalized
.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.cjob.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?ID=1421747 (http://www.cjob.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?ID=1421747)


Quote
AHL return waiting on first ’Peg
Published on May 24, 2011
Robin Short  - Telegram Sports Editor


Danny Williams has been working “very hard” on getting an American Hockey League team for St. John’s, and acknowledges the city is “very close” to landing the Manitoba Moose, but cautions there are no deals in place.
However, The Telegram, as reported Saturday (click here for Saturday's story (http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-05-21/article-2525125/Williams-behind-new-AHL-team-for-St.-John%26rsquo%3Bs/1)), has learned an  agreement involving the transfer of the Moose to St. John’s for the 2011-12 AHL season is done, but won’t be announced until the imminent NHL transfer of the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg is complete.
Initial reports last week indicated a news conference is planned for today in Winnipeg. That time frame is now unlikely, meaning a more likely scenario for an announcement on the sale of the Thrashers to True North Sports and Entertainment will be Wednesday or perhaps later.
A news conference outlining the transfer of the Moose is planned for Friday in St. John’s, but given the delay in Winnipeg, the St. John’s announcement could be pushed back to next week.

FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.thetelegram.com/Sports/2011-05-24/article-2529832/AHL-return-waiting-on-first-%26rsquo%3BPeg/1 (http://www.thetelegram.com/Sports/2011-05-24/article-2529832/AHL-return-waiting-on-first-%26rsquo%3BPeg/1)


If it's true, then at least it's comforting to know that the Moose will be going to a city that will welcome them. St. John's has been craving for the return of a professional hockey team ever since the St. John's Maple Leafs were taken away from them.  For anyone not aware, St. John's didn't have a problem with a lack support for the team from the fans while they were there. The franchise was loved and financially was doing quite good. The team was simply moved because the Toronto Maple Leafs (their NHL affiliate/parent club) wanted to move the team "closer to home" done mostly to reduce travel costs and get rid of other misc. expenses that they incurred by having a farm team in another city.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on May 25, 2011, 07:54:07 AM
FINALS!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 31, 2011, 03:23:52 PM
Standby, 11:00AM CST:

Quote
Latest NewsWinnipeg Free Press - ONLINE EDITION
True North expected to announce purchase of Thrashers at news conference


By: Gary Lawless and Tim Campbell

Posted: 05/31/2011 6:44 AM | Comments: 0 | Last Modified: 05/31/2011 7:48 AM


True North Sports and Entertainment has called an 11 a.m. press conference to announce it has purchased the Atlanta Thrashers subject to NHL board of governors' approval.

The Free Press learned early this morning that a deal had not been finalized but that there was enough confidence among the parties involved, True North, the NHL and Atlanta Spirit Group, to call a press conference.

Lawyers worked all night and will continue to in order to complete the transaction prior to an announcement.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and True North partner David Thomson are en route to Winnipeg for the announcement.

The league and its owners will have two matters on which to vote, now likely on June 21 in New York. They will be asked to allow True North to relocate the franchise to Winnipeg's MTS Centre and to confirm True North as the franchise's new owners.

When True North makes its news public today, it's expected to announce an immediate ticket-selling campaign that will be designed to give the NHL a confident picture of the Winnipeg market, which has been without NHL hockey since 1996.

 The City of Winnipeg has no plans to close down Portage & Main, due to concerns about emergency access to hospitals.

 Fans are encouraged to attend the celebration at The Forks, where announcements will follow the NHL announcement at 11 a.m., city events manager Kenny Boyce said.

The Winnipeg Jets, who played at the since-demolished Winnipeg Arena, joined the NHL in 1979 after seven successful years in the WHA.

Their history in the NHL was hit-and-miss and after some serious money-losing years and the desire of city and provincial governments to get out from under the losses they had agreed to cover after 1991, the team was sold in 1995 to American businessmen Richard Burke and Steven Gluckstern and moved to Phoenix in 1996.

True North has been negotiating with the Atlanta Spirit Group on the Thrashers franchise purchase since early May.

The Free Press is following this story and will supply more details as they become available.

  gary.lawless@freepress.mb.ca
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/True-North-calls-press-conference-for-this-morning-122858484.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/True-North-calls-press-conference-for-this-morning-122858484.html)

Posting this from work (yay for being at a school where I can use the proxy-equipped browser I have). Weather is pretty shitty today (supposed to be thunderstorms, but still, if this is what everyone thinks it is, it's gonna be crazy out in the streets later today.


EDIT - Local radio news station will be having an online stream broadcast covering the press conference. Here's the link for anyone interested:
LINK 1 - http://corusmedia.media.streamtheworld.com/player/Player.htm?id=cjobam&city=Winnipeg&bdskey=&url=http://www.cjob.com&platform=EMMISAM&active=true (http://corusmedia.media.streamtheworld.com/player/Player.htm?id=cjobam&city=Winnipeg&bdskey=&url=http://www.cjob.com&platform=EMMISAM&active=true)

LINK 2 (in case the first one does not work, use this one, and just click the "LISTEN LIVE" banner at the top of the screen) - http://www.cjob.com/ (http://www.cjob.com/)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on May 31, 2011, 06:43:06 PM
Watching it now. Congrats to Winnipeg.


(Now we can go back to speculating about Hamilton and Quebec City. ;))
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 31, 2011, 06:57:39 PM
EDIT (pic courtesy of Winnipeg Free Press):
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03453.jpg)
 :cow: :cow: :cow:

As reported by the Associated Press - http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=13725038 (http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=13725038)


Quote
Thrashers captain Andrew Ladd anticipates crazy reception in Winnipeg
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/thrashers-captain-andrew-ladd-anticipates-crazy-reception-in-winnipeg.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/thrashers-captain-andrew-ladd-anticipates-crazy-reception-in-winnipeg.html)

Gee, you think? :P :lol: :rockon:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 01, 2011, 12:37:12 AM
I WANNA SEE :hipheart: PEG SHEETY WREKKING CRU FRONT AND CENTRE!!

So proud. This huge sigh of relief is FINALLY real hockey fans deserve what they want. Not fucking corporate idiots or wannabe fans. THIS IS REAL HOCKEY COUNTRY out in the middle of the fucking -30C cold where they drink, breathe, and shit is HOCKEY HOCKEY HOCKEY.

cant wait to see ex-Oilers Rob Schremp and Radek Dvorak sport dem new threads, then GAME 1 vs Oilers. HAS TO BE C'MON! I'll wear my oilers gear LMFAO THE RIVALRY is back son!
Dale Hawerchuk slams Gretzky's head off the ice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCaVzt7Uen4#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 01, 2011, 01:43:06 AM
More pics, and a video recording of the press conference are available here:

http://livestre.am/NLZA (http://livestre.am/NLZA)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 01, 2011, 06:22:02 AM
man watched the whole 47 minutes thing on CBC. CHILLS THEY MULTIPLYING. WITHOUT A DOUBT Peg Sheety gonna get it done.
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/stanleycup/story/2011/05/31/sp-nhl-returns-winnipeg.html (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/stanleycup/story/2011/05/31/sp-nhl-returns-winnipeg.html)

And Scott Taylor, always see him on the TV and radio, great article:

Quote
The NHL Returns to Winnipeg.
Posted on May 31, 2011 by Scott Taylor

I spent lunch hour at the Forks yesterday and it was invigorating. Hundreds of people converged on Winnipeg’s meeting place to celebrate the return of the NHL to Winnipeg.

Perhaps I should make that a little clearer: “Return of the Jets.” Some kids who were barely out of diapers when the Jets played their last game in 1996 were sporting Jets jerseys at the Forks yesterday. Although it’s likely this team will not be the Jets — we’ve heard Manitoba Somethings, maybe Falcons or Polar Bears –it’s pretty definite now that 75-80 per cent of Winnipeg hockey fans WANT the team be the Winnipeg Jets.

But yesterday, the name argument took a back seat to the simple realization that the National Hockey League would once again have Winnipeg as a member.

Mark Chipman, David Thomson, Jim Ludlow and, yes, Gary Bettman (looking like a guy who just got punched him the stomach) made it official. The National Hockey League has indeed, returned to Winnipeg.

At a news conference yesterday at the MTS Centre, True North Sports and Entertainment announced that it had completed a deal to purchase the Atlanta Thrashers and the team would begin play this fall at Winnipeg’s downtown arena. Through it all you got the feeling Bettman did NOT want this to happen. His Southern U.S. experiment has started to crumble and his body language suggested he was pained by the fact he had to move a team out of the seventh-largest TV market in the United States and into a city of 700,000 on the Canadian prairie.

There was some talk that if Winnipeg’s owners didn’t sell 13,000 season tickets by June 21, there was a chance the NHL’s board of governors would not allow the team to move to Winnipeg, but that just seemed outrageous. Yesterday, Chipman said that True North had signed off on a deal to purchase the team from the Atlanta Spirit Group and while Winnipeggers were partying at the Forks, the rich guys who own ASG were doing cartwheels in their executive offices, having dumped the Thrashers, a team that has allegedly lost $130 million in five years. One suspects those guys aren’t about to take the team back so if True North doesn’t sell 13,000 season tickets, what’s the NHL going to do? Move the team to Portage? Winnipeg is the ONLY alternative to Atlanta and I’m sure that with the use of some brilliant legal term there was a “no give-backsies clause” in the final sales contract.

Meanwhile, it appears Moose GM Craig Heisinger will play an important role with Winnipeg’s new franchise and last night Atlanta’s president Don Waddell said he would not accompany the team to Winnipeg. Head coach Craig Ramsey was in Winnipeg yesterday and will likely keep his job.

And just to make everyone happy, Bettman said yesterday, if the new owners decide they want to use the Jets name, the NHL will give it to them.

The NHL is coming back to the ‘Peg. Just as we wrote last year, it was the Atlanta Thrashers, not the Phoenix Coyotes who wound up moving to River City.

It made for a very nice day. Of course, so did getting my picture taken with Ab McDonald, Bill Lesuk and Thomas Steen.

link: http://www.rivercitysportsblog.com/the-nhl-returns-to-winnipeg/ (http://www.rivercitysportsblog.com/the-nhl-returns-to-winnipeg/)

haha GJ!!
Winnipeg Jets fans demand TSN2 be shown for annoucement (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiAC5J83DPE#ws)

even John Cena got in on it!
John Cena talks to Winnipeg Jets fans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po55-sdGNMY#)

It's all about $$$$$ and fucking Bettman got it.  Bravo to Tru North for GETTING DA PLAN, NEVER GIVING UP. Just laying out the ticket packages, wow. Oilers is still the cheapest!

lol fuck, man, come to think this is like the 2nd time a franchise left Atlanta lol. Throw the Preds outta the West, fucking Cheechoo and Rinne always have da Oilers number lol

We gotta do a roadie like Toronto, Ottawa HiPstaz -> Winnipeg -> Edmonton -> Calgary -> Vancouver :rockon: or vice versa
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 01, 2011, 07:15:22 AM
So yeah, I was all kidney stoned up again today, but I guess I know I'll never forget where I was when the NHL came back. I remember being at that last game, and knowing that the last goal scored against us was an empty netter by Keith Primeau with seconds to go, ending in 4-1. This time, I was in the waiting room at the Health Sciences Centre and I was there for over 8 hours. Man, Brock Lesnar sure was right about our health care system, the wait can fuckin' kill you.

But what to do about the Moose? What do you say, Winnipeg Cat?
(http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy103/winnipegcat/RS/2011/053011-6.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 01, 2011, 08:00:13 AM
The Canucks Fan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMiBFMwwbhQ#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 02, 2011, 12:58:28 AM
I WANNA SEE :hipheart: PEG SHEETY WREKKING CRU FRONT AND CENTRE!!

LOL, Tom_Green and I are already talking about getting tix to the first home game. :rockon:

He and I did end up going to check out the festivities last night. HOLY FUCK it was windy. Will try to get some additional pics and videos posted up here soon.

They've actually made the new ticket prices more affordable than I thought they would for "NHL caliber" games. Now it's up to the people here to put their money where their mouths are, and actually pony up the money to actually SHOW everyone that, not only does Winnipeg WANT an NHL team, but that Winnipeg WILL support them by buying tickets and attending games.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 02, 2011, 09:15:16 PM
Gilbert Brule is definitely going to be telling stories of this for a few years. :P

Quote
Oilers forward Gilbert Brule picks up unlikely hitchhiker -- U2's Bono
By: The Canadian Press
Posted: 06/2/2011 12:25 PM


EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have a new celebrity fan.
Oilers centre Gilbert Brule and his girlfriend were driving in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday when the happened upon an unusual hitchhiker — U2 frontman Bono.
"I like people who play ice hockey, they stop for hitchhikers, I know this from experience," Bono told the crowd at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium for U2's concert Wednesday night.
"I was hitchhiking in Vancouver yesterday, actually I was! And this guy and his girlfriend picked me up. He was cool, an ice hockey player, his name was Gilbert Brule as it happens, I'm so grateful I've decided I want to be Gilbert Brule."
With hockey on his mind, Bono compared his bandmates to former Oiler greats, calling The Edge, "The Wayne Gretzky of U2."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/oilers-forward-gilbert-brule-picks-up-unlikely-hitchhiker----u2s-bono.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/oilers-forward-gilbert-brule-picks-up-unlikely-hitchhiker----u2s-bono.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 03, 2011, 02:17:20 AM
Glad to see tickets are selling well in Winnipeg!!


Anyways heres a video from my high school alumni. she graded a year ahead of me.

Alone remix - Amie Nguyen Ft. T-Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLstDFVdp3w#ws)


WTF OILERS! DONT TALK SHIT WHEN YOU FINISH DEAD LAST!

http://www.sportsnet.ca/video/latest/Hating-on-the-Nucks (http://www.sportsnet.ca/video/latest/Hating-on-the-Nucks)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 04, 2011, 01:23:35 AM
Glad to see tickets are selling well in Winnipeg!!

Dude, you ain't kidding. The "Drive to 13" promotion has only been going since Wednesday, and according to today's update, they've already past the halfway mark:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03466.jpg)
http://driveto13.ca (http://driveto13.ca)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 04, 2011, 08:40:23 PM
Well, I don't know if there was a time when I've been more glad to have been proven wrong. I've always said that the biggest hurdle keeping Peg Sheety from getting an NHL team back here was the fact that the people here are notoriously/infamously cheap, and that at today's NHL prices, it would be a really tough sell to get Winnipeggers to willingly commit to buy season tickets. Well, like I said, the people here have proven me wrong, and I'm totally fine with that.

:canada: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! :canada:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03467.jpg)

http://driveto13.ca (http://driveto13.ca)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 05, 2011, 06:18:52 AM
^ ATTABOY! I had a feeling SON! WITHOUT A DOUBT Peg Sheety gonna get it done after the lockout. With the stronger dollar, even the Oilers could sign a fucking overrated defencemen and send him to Hershey or a legendary goalie who ends up with a DUI. Times a changing!

LMFAO Ryan Whitney, he's the best. Seriously Honger, best get it done. FUCK FOSTON.

haha Gilbert Brule, I heard about that. And That Bono was talking all kind of shit like "Larry Mullen is the Mark Messier of U2! He gave us jobs. The Edge is the Great One..Wayne Gretzky!" here's Brule's side:
http://www.inews880.com/Channels/Reg/LocalNews/story.aspx?ID=1435758 (http://www.inews880.com/Channels/Reg/LocalNews/story.aspx?ID=1435758)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on June 05, 2011, 08:20:53 AM
Here is a bunch of pics that i turned into a video of the return of the NHL to Peg City :canada:
NHL Returns to Winnipeg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3jyIp5h_90#ws)

More videos to come

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/1297170477217_ORIGINAL.jpg)

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/1297170477754_ORIGINAL.jpg)

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/1297170486821_ORIGINAL.jpg)

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/1297170486725_ORIGINAL.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 05, 2011, 08:57:01 AM
HOT PEG SHEETY BABES :drool: they be cumming home too!

Fucking awesome vids Dean!! Hope y'all get those game 1 tix :D
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on June 05, 2011, 07:22:50 PM
Donald Brashear vs Mathieu Bergeron , TKO 21 sec (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPSet7Fa_4o#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 07, 2011, 05:22:26 AM
Dammit, so much for a sweep. :(
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 07, 2011, 07:57:30 PM
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--eyU_7JT2A4/TecVj91YtrI/AAAAAAAACtg/ZZVcE89Sa1E/s1600/canucks%2Bfans.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 07, 2011, 08:45:45 PM
Well, we all knew that there'd be scalpers trying to cash in on the NHL's return here. Glad to see that the True North guys are stepping up and doing something about the ones that they find.

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True North cancels some tickets
Safeguards in place to keep scalpers away
By: Geoff Kirbyson and Gabrielle Giroday


Posted: 06/7/2011 1:00 AM

Attention scalpers of NHL tickets -- True North Sports & Entertainment has got you in its crosshairs.

Scott Brown, director of corporate communications for Winnipeg's still-unnamed team, said Monday it has already cancelled a number of season ticket orders from people who didn't want to play by the rules.

"There are a number of checks and balances between now and the seat allocation process. People can be assured if they don't follow the proper steps, we will cancel the transaction," he said.

Brown declined to go into specific details about indiscretions but said some buyers weren't agreeing to the terms set out on the driveto13.com website.

"We told people there are a large number of legal stipulations that they must follow through on. As the vendor, we have the ability to cancel the transaction if we think it's not legitimate."

For every cancelled transaction, people at the top of a waiting list for tickets, which sold out on Saturday, will be contacted about buying the ducats.

Brown said fans need to realize all they have done is put down a deposit on the right to purchase a ticket. If they complete all the proper steps, they will own the tickets, he said.

Transfers aren't allowed during the first year, Brown said, but if a season-ticket holder with the Manitoba Moose can't afford NHL tickets and would like to transfer them to another person, True North will bring them both down and walk them through the process.

"For the first year, season-ticket holders are on the hook for all charges associated with the seats. We gave (Moose season-ticket holders) an exclusive pre-sale window. The loyalty that we've shown them, we expect them to show the responsibility back," he said.

Winnipeg Police Service spokesman Const. Jason Michalyshen said it's not illegal for tickets to change hands at face value. However, it's illegal to sell the tickets for more than face value.

The province's Amusements Act has a section that says: "No person shall sell, barter or exchange for anything any ticket of admission to a place of amusement for a price or consideration greater than that paid or given (therefor) to the owner of the place of amusement to which it is an admission."

Police have pursued charges against those flouting the law in the past and may pursue charges in the future, Michalyshen said.

"We really want to caution people.... Like anything else, if the price is too low or if the price is exceedingly high, that should be the red flag," he said.

He said he wasn't aware of any formal complaints about scalping. He cautioned people about offering goods or services in exchange for tickets.

"That's not something that we would encourage," he said.

However, one farmer in southwestern Manitoba said he thought advertising extra cash online for scalped tickets gave him an edge.

Within hours of posting his online ad, he'd already made a verbal agreement to spend an estimated $7,000 getting the rights to two P5 tickets from another man, part of a $15,000 commitment.

"If you're going to sit around and try and do it all perfectly, jump through every single legal hoop, well, you're going to come in last and that's just the way it is," he said.

The farmer said he got flak from people who saw his online ad.

"When stuff goes out of people's price range, they get a little pissed off," he said.

Winnipegger Noel Zapotoczny, 32, wrote a message online chastising those trying to make a profit on season tickets as having "no heart, no passion and no love of the game.

"(For) those of us who (truly) have fond memories of the Jets and want to pass on the same memories to our children, it sickens us that (there) are people like you out there making these experiences either tainted or unaffordable. There are thousands of hard-working people out there that would fill the seats each and every game to cheer on our team," said the message.

People buying scalped tickets contribute to the problem, he said.

"People like that who are supporting it by paying the extra (amount are) giving these scalpers the more reason to do it," he said.

Brown said True North officials were surprised by the number of Moose season-ticket holders who purchased the maximum number of tickets. Those looking to scalp their tickets should realize that the practice is illegal and they could get arrested, he said.

People also should be careful if they're considering buying tickets on the secondary market, Brown said. In the past, people have bought tickets online only to discover they're fakes.

True North has targeted scalpers outside MTS Centre in the past and taken legal action against them, Brown said.

"We expect to do more of that this year," he said.

geoff.kirbyson@freepress.mb.ca gabrielle.giroday@freepress.mb.ca
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/true-north-cancels-some-tickets-123310718.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/true-north-cancels-some-tickets-123310718.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 09, 2011, 06:14:17 AM
:doh:


Win with Luongo, Lose with Luongo!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on June 13, 2011, 04:19:43 AM
Naked Vancouver Canuck Girl Game 5 (Stanley Cup 2011) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD5qehjLi6w#ws)
Go Vancouver Go!!  :D
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 14, 2011, 06:56:25 AM
FUCK LOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU WTH. Better start Schneider! He can't handle the Boston Clam Chowder!

Setting up a classic on WED now! Don't give up Honger!
Mason Raymond Injury - 2011 SCF Game 6 - [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn97tELtNTI#ws)

not as bad as the Horton hit but shit Raymond prolly out for Game 7
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 14, 2011, 07:12:58 AM
What time is it? Fifteen past Luongo.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 14, 2011, 08:48:55 PM
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Ottawa Senators name former Detroit assistant Paul MacLean new head coach
By: The Canadian Press

Posted: 06/14/2011 10:07 AM

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OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have a new coach, and with him, a new philosophy.

The team named Paul MacLean as its new head coach Tuesday and the 53-year-old made it immediately clear how he plans on running things in the nation's capital.

"I think it's important in the NHL today that the coach and players communicate," MacLean told reporters at a news conference in Ottawa. "Communication with the players is important in empowering them and having them invest in what you're trying to do and what you're trying to accomplish.

"It's not me against them, it's us — the Ottawa Senators — against the rest of the league."

The Senators fired Cory Clouston and two assistants in April after the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second time in three seasons.

Clouston was criticized throughout his tenure with the Senators for being too hard on his players and too rigid in his systems.

"After a poor season, the need for change was obvious," general manager Bryan Murray said. "I felt Paul fit the profile (of what the Senators need behind the bench). He'd been a player, been a head coach, been an assistant coach in the National Hockey League. He's been a winner everywhere he's been.

"I think he brings energy, experience, expertise and people skills, most importantly."

MacLean spent the past five years as an assistant in Detroit, helping the team win the Stanley Cup in 2008. He and Red Wings coach Mike Babcock also worked together for two years in Anaheim, taking the Ducks to the Stanley Cup final in 2003 when Murray was the team's GM.

"I believe the National Hockey League is a fast and physical league and the game needs to be played that way," MacLean said. "You have to be able to skate the whole rink, so we're going to skate the rink, play good defence, but we're going to attack the net and make sure we're putting pressure on the opposition."

MacLean spent 11 seasons in the NHL, playing in 719 games for Winnipeg, Detroit and St. Louis from 1980-91. He finished with 324 goals and 349 assists.

MacLean is the fourth head coach to serve under Murray in Ottawa.

Clouston, John Paddock and Craig Hartsburg have all been handed their walking papers.

Murray coached the Senators from 2005-07. He was promoted to general manager the following season, but took over behind the bench for the fired Paddock in 2007-08 before moving upstairs again the following season.

"Paul represents a big part of the change we needed to bring to our hockey club," Senators owner Eugene Melnyk said in a statement. "The fact is we are a very different looking hockey team compared to a year ago. Bryan and I agreed it was important for him to bring in someone who is a solid communicator, can easily build a strong rapport with our players and has a proven track record of winning NHL games and Stanley Cups."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/ottawa-senators-name-former-detroit-assistant-paul-maclean-new-head-coach.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/ottawa-senators-name-former-detroit-assistant-paul-maclean-new-head-coach.html)

Nice to see he's still rockon' the 'stache. :rockon:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 16, 2011, 04:59:15 AM
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/634/25459510150651546080341.jpg) (http://img219.imageshack.us/i/25459510150651546080341.jpg/)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on June 16, 2011, 05:00:33 AM
Last 10 seconds of Game 7 Bos vs. Van (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fg96jxQuiE#)
Congrats, Bruins! Tim Thomas you da man! :thumbup
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Saburo on June 16, 2011, 05:46:52 AM
Riots in Vancouver...  Remarkable.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: jaysonnj on June 16, 2011, 06:02:28 AM
I'm pretty sure Moog started all this

Riots in Vancouver, Fireworks in Boston after Game 7 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXuBeQWuqh8#ws)

Vancouver Canucks Fans Riot In Vancouver After Loss (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTTfIMyx-k8#)

Riots ensue in downtown Vancouver following Stanley Cup Final (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1HPn1qGIps#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Asmodai on June 16, 2011, 06:22:22 AM
Just terrible. How much is this really connected to the game though? It seems people just wanted to riot.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 16, 2011, 10:29:48 AM
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/260456_10150224962557545_500787544_7235993_38023_n.jpg)


Mason Raymond out till November if lucky. Broke his back.

Most people that started the riot went there already pre planned to start a riot. That's why you see some of them came prepared with scarf and baseball bats with em. Others just joined in because of group mentality. It's settled now though, most people are gone.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 16, 2011, 03:16:35 PM
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK when I tweeted at you that y'all gonna riot (http://twitter.com/daigong/status/80472805396844545), I was joking.

London Drugs trending? Shit man, those fucking idiots gonna all get arrested but the video you tweeted was hilarious....the flash job nut job, lol damn they took it down

but really, Luongo didn't really have much support when fucking guys are just let in to slide right at him or the Sedin Sisters crashing into him when he's trying to glove the puck. DAMN Feel your pain Honger.
[HQ] NHL 6/15/11 - Game 7 - Patrice Bergeron's Shorthanded goal 3-0/Roberto Luongo fails AGAIN (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj0pgIuVlMI#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 17, 2011, 10:06:29 AM
"Flash Bang Nut Shot" Vancouver Canucks Riot 2011 song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWleXh89Z9s#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Reanimation on June 19, 2011, 07:23:34 PM
somebody stupid enough to put it on youtube and show all their faces.
Girls Defending Their BMW From Vancouver Rioters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYkZ3EPC6So#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 19, 2011, 09:45:32 PM
From the DJ of the morning show run by a local radio station here in Peg Sheety.
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(http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8946/hockeypledgeflash001.jpg)

My Hockey Pledge: No Riot.
Posted By: Ace Burpee ace@hot103.astral.com · 6/16/2011 2:37:00 PM

Our day is going to come. Winnipeg will make it to the Stanley Cup Final. What will not happen, should you take the pledge... is a riot. Last night in Vancouver should never happen here. Let's prepare accordingly. Party, yes. Riot, no.
 
Just click on the COMMENT box below and copy and paste the following statment into the comment box with your name on it...
 
I (your name here), as a super awesome Manitoban vow that when Winnipeg makes the Stanley Cup final, and we will, that win or lose I will not riot.
LINK - http://www.hot103live.com/Blog/aceburpee/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10251980 (http://www.hot103live.com/Blog/aceburpee/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10251980)

Now while I think that it's awfully presumptuous for us to be doing this at this point in time, considering that we JUST got an NHL team again...what the hay:
I, JFC, as a super awesome Manitoban vow that when Winnipeg makes the Stanley Cup final, and we will, that win or lose I will not riot.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Saburo on June 22, 2011, 12:24:21 AM
Assume y'all saw the details to The Party of the Year: http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/An-illustrated-guide-to-the-Bruins-8217-156-6?urn=nhl-wp7657 (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/An-illustrated-guide-to-the-Bruins-8217-156-6?urn=nhl-wp7657)

Kudos to Bruins ownership and boo! to this bar that comped only ONE (1) bottle of bubbly...
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 23, 2011, 12:17:34 AM
Well, after the happenings of the past couple of weeks, the one and only possible roadblock to block the sale and move of the Thrashers to Peg Sheety has now OFFICIALLY been cleared, as the NHL's Board of Governors UNANIMOUSLY approved the sale and move of the team.  :thumbup

Also, we've also been officially been added to the NHL's official website:
http://winnipeg.nhl.com/index.html (http://winnipeg.nhl.com/index.html)


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NHL Board of Governors approves sale of Thrashers to True North Sports & Entertainment
Tuesday, 21.06.2011 / 2:13 PM / News Articles


True North Sports & Entertainment, in conjunction with the National Hockey League, is pleased to announce the NHL Board of Governors today approved the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers to True North Sports & Entertainment and approved the immediate relocation of the franchise to Winnipeg, MB. 

The NHL also confirmed today that due to concerns relating to the timely release of the 2011-12 regular-season schedule, and to allow sufficient opportunity for discussion and effectuation of planned divisional realignment for the 2012-13 season, the Winnipeg franchise will compete next season in the Southeast Division – joining Carolina, Florida, Tampa Bay, and Washington.

“We are very honored by the NHL Board of Governors unanimous decision today,” said Mark Chipman, Chairman of the Board, True North Sports & Entertainment. “We know that the fans of this province have an appetite for NHL hockey that is rivaled by few in the league and intend to work very hard to make Manitobans proud of our franchise for years to come.”
LINK - http://winnipeg.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=566556 (http://winnipeg.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=566556)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 24, 2011, 08:25:52 AM
^ did u start following em on twitter? http://twitter.com/NHLinWpg (http://twitter.com/NHLinWpg) First NHL home game @mtscentre will be Sept. 20 against Columbus.

Damn NHL Awards! What happened to best Riot Crotch shot??
Rioter NAILED in the Crotch - Vancouver Stanley Cup Riots (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scDChH_7kMA#ws)

so famous on TMZ! in case it gets taken down: mugeflashbangnutshotnucksvideoplayback.flv (2.21 MB)   http://www.multiupload.com/RH9O6V2CH1 (http://www.multiupload.com/RH9O6V2CH1)

NHL Schedules out!! Y'all got Game 1 tickets??? Only one game vs Winnipeg and Oilers: Mon, 27 Feb 2012    Oilers    Winnipeg    6:30 PM
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/schedule.htm (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/schedule.htm)

copped me Draft Party tickets!! See y'all tmr when Oil draft RNH!!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/t/jphip03754.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03754.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 24, 2011, 07:29:48 PM
Name coming tonight before our 7th overall draft pick! I've heard round the grapevine too that MTS Centre will be open for people who want to check out the draft there and one lucky person will win season tickets. Not bad, I must say. I'd totally go if I weren't working.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 25, 2011, 01:04:58 AM
News rumours have been flying over the last few hours about this...

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Winnipeg Jets name returns
CBC Sports | Last Updated: Jun 24, 2011 3:03 PM ET

Winnipeg's NHL team will be called the Winnipeg Jets, CBC Sports has confirmed.

Scott Brown, spokesman for True North Sports & Entertainment, which owns the franchise, told CBC News that it's possible an official announcement could be made just prior to the team making the seventh overall pick in the NHL entry draft on Friday night in Minnesota.

Brown said the final decision is up to True North chairman Mark Chipman.

Club representatives dodged questions about the team name at Friday's press conference introducing Claude Noel as the new head coach.

The Canadian Press reported that the team is expected to go with a logo different from the one used by the previous incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets until the franchise moved to Phoenix in 1996.

The player Winnipeg selects with its top draft pick on Friday night is not expected to don a Jets jersey. Instead, he'll put on a sweater bearing the black and grey colours of the NHL's logo, Winnipeg assistant general manager Craig Heisinger said Thursday.

Speculation had swirled about the team's name since it announced plans to relocate from Atlanta to Winnipeg on May 31.

The most popular choice appeared to be Winnipeg Jets, which was the name of the city's NHL team before it moved to Phoenix in 1996. Other rumoured options included Manitoba Jets, Manitoba Moose, and Winnipeg Falcons — a nod to the 1920 Olympic champions.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2011/06/24/sp-nhl-winnipeg-name.html (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2011/06/24/sp-nhl-winnipeg-name.html)

Guess we'll find out for sure later tonight when the team makes it's first draft.  :)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 25, 2011, 01:27:00 AM
^ NOICE!!! Can't wait for the new jerseys!

RYAN SMYTH NOT CONFIRMED AT THIS POINT.....

Looking good in dem classic white jerseys RNH just drafted #1!! Centre of the FUTURE!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00698.jpg)

GO OILERS GO!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 25, 2011, 02:18:53 AM
Even though everyone expected this "other announcement" to be coming here at the draft, I love how Chipman kept it almost as an afterthought.  :lol:
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=119229 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=119229)

And here's the reaction of the crowd at the MTS Centre as they watched the live broadcast and found out the news.
http://bcove.me/5dtblm9w (http://bcove.me/5dtblm9w)

And as an even more awesome Winnipeg link, the kid that we drafted, Mark Scheifele, comes from the Barrie Colts of the OHL, where the head coach is none other than one of the best players ever to wear a Winnipeg Jets jersey, Dale Hawerchuk! :rockon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Scheifele (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Scheifele)


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on June 25, 2011, 06:19:39 AM
So I put this up on my store sign tonight  :D
(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/CIMG2097a.jpg)

It's official It's the Winnipeg Jets!
Go Jets Go!!!

WINNIPEG JETS: History Has Been Made! Winnipeg Jets 7th Draft Pick In 2011 Draft (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siTm-mYI7mc#ws)

I hope this will be our new logo

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/TRODAT_JETS.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 25, 2011, 09:03:42 AM
Technically, they're not being welcomed back, its just a marketing thing cuz there's so many people that just so t let go of the past, and there's nothing wrong with that really in this situation. I'd love to see Shane Doan or Teemu come back just for one more season in the jets colours before retirement though, that would be awesome. Now THAT would be a homecoming.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on June 26, 2011, 06:39:44 AM
Canucks passed on Zach Yuen! WTF!

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 26, 2011, 07:40:33 PM
^
We got him. :)

I find it more interesting that the Oilers didn't get Kevin Lowe's son.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on June 27, 2011, 05:10:50 AM
(http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/archives/sunnews/sports/media/2011/06/20110626-125609-g.jpg)

FROM THE  WINNIPEG SUN

JASON HALSTEAD | WINNIPEG SUN
Winnipeg hockey fans who support the idea of a female cheer team for the city's new NHL team are getting a cold shower from True North brass.

While 58% of respondents in a Winnipeg Sun online poll were in favour of the idea of a female cheer team at MTS Centre, the club's owners aren't busting out the pompoms.

The Atlanta Thrashers, the franchise being brought to Winnipeg by True North Sports and Entertainment, had its own cheer team known as the Blue Crew Ice Dancers, a squad made up of 18 scantily-clad young women who cleared snow, led cheers in the stands and took part in team promotions. But they won't be heading north.

"There are no plans for anything like you see in the States," said True North spokesman Scott Brown. "We will stay consistent with the approach we've had with the Moose over the past few years."

Last season, 23 NHL teams had a cheer team or a crew of young women who cleared snow from the ice during a mid-period break.

While several Canadian teams already had ice crews, the Edmonton Oilers were the first franchise in this country to start up a cheerleading squad, the Oilers Octane, last December.

The cheer team in Edmonton sparked immediate controversy when a petition was started by those opposed to the cheerleaders. The petition stated that the cheer team would ruin the traditional hockey experience in Edmonton. In an Edmonton Sun poll about 57% of respondents were against the idea of cheerleaders.

The Oilers' cheer team mainly performs in the Rexall Place concourse and in some areas of the arena's upper bowl.

Patrick LaForge, the Oilers' president and CEO, said the team created the cheer crew to enhance the entertainment value at games.

True North president Jim Ludlow didn't completely rule out the idea of an ice crew or cheer team further down the line though.

"I don't think that's on our radar screen right now," Ludlow said. "There are lots of things to look at, now and over the years. But I wouldn't think that's at the top of our list."

- With files from Ross Romaniuk

:mon cry:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 27, 2011, 05:14:01 AM
^
Meh, no big loss. Like that Ludlow guy said, there are other things that are more important that they should be dealing with first.  I'd actually prefer that True North stick to making sure that they've got the franchise running properly first before they even consider something like this.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 27, 2011, 08:37:05 AM
^ HAWT!! dem cheerleaders are always accessible :fap but there's a lot of ugly ones - hope they get a new squad this upcoming season XD

FUCK WHATTA WEEKEND!

WELCOME BACK SMYTTIE!!!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00707.jpg)

One of the few Oilers that bleed the Copper n Blue. FINALLY getting back a player who has desire to finish and go straight to the net and not fucking make that fancy play. smyttie got a few more good years left I'm sure, and to just give up massive underachiever Colin Fraser was a bonus. LOL at the "THERE IS NO CHALLENGE. THERE IS ONLY ONE MULLET" when asked to compare his vs Ryan Jones. Wonder if he'll get the "C"

Listen to the press phone conference here: http://s3.amazonaws.com/the-jason-gregor-show/highlight_reel/clips/Ryan_Smyth_June_26.mp3 (http://s3.amazonaws.com/the-jason-gregor-show/highlight_reel/clips/Ryan_Smyth_June_26.mp3)

Digging the FUTURE. RNH. Taylor Hall. Jordan Eberle. Gonna be an exciting lineup!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00701.jpg)
Oilers draft Ryan Nugent-Hopkins #1 overall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD8JFv-4tTM#ws)
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00703.jpg)

like wtf, picking Craig Simpson and Frank Musil's kids - Oilers so gangsta. Keepin it in The Fam but dem Finnish goalie Samu Perhonen is pretty unorthodox even tho his last name means "butterfly" - could develop into the future goalie waay down the line.
Samu Perhonen interview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk70xTeANRg#ws)

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lol also got me a Taylor Hall Bobblehead at the baseball game Saturday, when Canseco was in town
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/t/jphip03772.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03772.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 28, 2011, 07:14:42 AM
Have fun Pierre in the US!
How does Marty Turco REALLY feel about Pierre McGuire? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofmR1Gpkhpw#ws)

lol like TSN has nothing but Versus feeds so.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 29, 2011, 06:39:29 AM
Congrats to Doug Gilmour, Mark Howe, Ed Belfour and Joe Niewendyk, as they join the Hockey Hall of Fame as part of it's 2011 class!
:rockon: (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00765.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00763.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00764.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00762.jpg) :rockon:

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Gilmour, Howe head Hockey Hall of Fame class
By Chris Iorfida, CBC Sports | Posted: Jun 28, 2011 3:24 PM ET | Last Updated: Jun 28, 2011 6:33 PM ET


The Hockey Hall of Fame committee on Tuesday selected Ed Belfour, Doug Gilmour, Mark Howe and Joe Nieuwendyk for induction into its 2011 class.

The committee of 18 went with a class made up entirely of former NHL players, with no admissions this year in the women's or builder categories.

The quartet of former players will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Nov. 11 in Toronto.

Belfour was the only player in his first year of eligibility to gain admittance. Howe waited the longest of the four, having been eligible since 1995.

A top flight goaltender for about 14 seasons, Belfour won the Vezina Trophy twice, in addition to the Calder and William Jennings honours.

"It is hard to put into words what this means to me," Belfour said in a statement issued by the Stars. "I would like to thank all of my teammates and people along the way who helped me achieve my hockey dreams."

Belfour posted 76 shutouts — tying him with Tony Esposito for ninth on the all-time list — and won a Stanley Cup with Dallas in 1999. He also played in two other finals, with Chicago in 1992 and the Stars in 2000.

Gilmour scored 450 goals and 964 assists in a career that lasted two decades.

Gilmour was nominated for the Hart Trophy in 1993 when he tallied a career high 127 points for the Toronto Maple Leafs and won the Selke Trophy for top defensive forward in that same season.

A prolific scorer in junior hockey for the Cornwall Royals, Gilmour transitioned into a role of checking forward during his first pro stop in St. Louis, who drafted him in 1982. He continually increased his offensive production, and by 1987 was a key two-way forward for his country at the Canada Cup.

The Kingston, Ont., native was dealt to Calgary and won his only Stanley Cup with the Flames in 1989. He had a reputation for coming up big when it mattered most, with 60 goals and 128 assists in 181 playoffs games.

After leaving the Leafs, he went on to play for New Jersey, Buffalo, Chicago and Montreal. A return to Toronto in 2003 lasted less than a game due to a devastating knee injury.

Nieuwendyk finished with 564 goals, putting him in the top 20 in that category when he retired in 2005. He added 562 assists in a career that lasted 1,257 regular season games.

Nieuwendyk won the Calder Trophy in 1988 with Calgary and scored 192 goals in his first four seasons, ranking among the best ever over that span to start a career. The Oshawa, Ont., native scored 50 goals in each of his first two NHL campaigns, and finished with over 30 goals in eight seasons.

"I am humbled and honored to be voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame," Nieuwendyk said. "This is a tremendous honor."


Another father-son combo

Nieuwendyk led Dallas to the Stanley Cup in the 1999 playoffs, recording 21 points in 23 games to earn the Conn Smythe Trophy.

A teammate at different points of his career with both Gilmour and Belfour, he also won a Cup later with the New Jersey Devils.

Howe played 22 seasons in pro hockey, beginning with six in the World Hockey Association, where he played alongside his legendary father Gordie as well as older brother Marty.

"I was elated to have this dream come true," Howe said Tuesday. "To actually have my name in the Hall of Fame with my dad will mean so much to my family."

Gordie Howe, now 83, was inducted in 1972. The Howes will join Bobby and Brett Hull as just the second father-and-son combo in the Hockey Hall of Fame

Howe starred as a forward with the Toronto Marlboros and as a 16-year-old played on the 1972 U.S. team that won silver at the Olympics. He eventually transitioned to defence and would be a three-time Norris Trophy finalist as top NHL defenceman.

He scored 197 goals and added 545 assists in 929 NHL games with Hartford, Philadelphia and Detroit. Howe joined the ranks of great players never to win a Cup, reaching the final three times.

Factoring in his WHA points, he finished with 1,246 points in 1,355 pro regular season games.

The committee opted not to induct anyone in the builder category, whose candidates include the likes of Pat Burns and Fred Shero. There was widespread criticism last year when the ailing Burns, the only three-time winner for coach of the year, was passed over. He died in November after a lengthy cancer battle, just days after the 2010 class was inducted.

After an inaugural women's class in 2010 that consisted of Angela James and Cammi Granato, retired players such as Geraldine Heaney will have to wait at least one more year.

With files from The Canadian Press
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2011/06/28/sp-hhof-inductees.html (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2011/06/28/sp-hhof-inductees.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 29, 2011, 06:55:01 AM
it smells mostly of Leafs writers but shit man, love that Belfour FUCK YOU mentality.

Heard nothing but blahblablah Lindros blahblablahblah Bure. The fuck did they do but put up numbers. CANT WAIT FOR SOME KEVIN LOWE and Clare Drake, legendary collegiate coach. (http://www.100years.ualberta.ca/achievements.cfm?profile=2)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 30, 2011, 09:09:30 AM
Great times Todd Marchant!
Oilers vs. Stars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyNaQYgNobg#)
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00767.jpg)

plus Paul Kariya hangs it up, fuck if he was healthy, he'd have way over 1000 points by now.

Oilers 2011 DEVELOPMENT CAMP SCHEDULE!! Go support your NHL Team!
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=567697 (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=567697)


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 01, 2011, 06:55:59 PM
FREE AGENCY!!! BEGINS

Ben Eager signs with the Oilers!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on July 04, 2011, 06:20:13 AM
SJ traded Heatley for Havlat from Wilds!!!!



GEEE ZUS!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 04, 2011, 09:49:45 AM
^ CRAZY FREE AGENCY LOLZ. Brad Richards OVERRATED!! Jagr still 39 holy shit. Like the Pens fans still remember him.

Everything the Oilers wanted, they got SHIT. even got rid of that sack of shit Kurtis Foster for giant fucker Andy Sutton! I nearly wet myself when Ben Eager or Hordichuk said he'd go and knock heads off.
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I bet they trade Cogliano, he's just too stupid with the puck. Bring up fucks from the farm and grow em.

I been fantasizing in NHL 09 :fap
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Jets at least got themselves...NO ONE? oh well this gear is fly:
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 06, 2011, 07:45:27 AM
SMYTTIE BACK IN TOWN!!!
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(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00769.jpeg)

Time to go to Lux Steakhouse (http://www.centuryhospitality.com/lux.php) on the regular :fap
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 11, 2011, 07:47:44 AM
Found this in this past Saturday's Winnipeg Free Press, thanks to H!Pstah Tom_Green:

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And you think weather affects your ups 'n' downs
By: Gordon Sinclair Jr.
Posted: 07/9/2011 1:00 AM



IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE MOOSE...

It's been a couple of weeks since Mark Chipman announced that the Team To Be Named Later finally had one. And as pleased as I was that it was the Winnipeg Jets, after so much speculation, I was curious about what other names were seriously considered. So I called Scott Brown, the team's director of communications and asked.

Turns out there were three others:
The Moose, the Polar Bears and the Falcons. That wasn't surprising.

What was surprising is how two of them were eliminated. There were intellectual-property hurdles with both the Falcons and the Polar Bears.

That left the Jets and the Moose.

And the longer the decision took, the more apparent it became that the decision-maker, True North chairman Mark Chipman, was hearing a vocal majority. Among those were the people wearing Jets sweaters at Portage and Main when the NHL's return was officially announced, particularly the young fans who were kids when the team left 15 years ago.

I told Brown that they reminded me of the demonstrators who took to the streets during the Arab Spring.

Not because they were making a political statement, of course, or that they even were consciously trying to tell Chipman what they wanted.

Still, when they wore the Jets logo over their hearts, those fans let True North know what name they wanted.

That and the marketing research True North did. And bless his own heart, Mark Chipman listened.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/and-you-think-weather-affects-your-ups-n-downs-125259674.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/and-you-think-weather-affects-your-ups-n-downs-125259674.html)

I still find it hard to believe that they were actually, seriously considering "The Polar Bears" for the team name. :wth

Anyway, thanks for listening Mr. Chipman.  :twothumbs
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 11, 2011, 09:01:31 AM
don't think Kenndal McArdle would be as bad ass with Polar Bears on the front of his jersey! great move! Jets gonna have dat Eastern Conference grit at its finest. esp when Charlie Huddy is training the blue line!
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6708/5080403.jpg)

went to Sherwood Park yest. for the Oilers Prospects Camp July 9 2011. RNH lighting em up!
RNH (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XMO6vJUGAU#)

I saw Kelly Buchberger and was like all BUCKY!! and he waved at me rofl. Got there late cuz it was raining hardcore and Craig Simpson was behind me XD not all prima donna sitting in the "reserved seating" - all proud of his boy Dillon. RNH is #72 here:
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not sure about the others lol. One dude got hit in the face blocking a shot on 3 on 3! SIGN HIM TO THE ROSTER NOW!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 14, 2011, 07:42:50 PM
So obviously, one of the biggest questions here in Peg Sheety about the return of the Jets is "What's the logo gonna look like?"

Well, 'netizens throughout the world have also been asking that question, so much so that someone has actually started up a "Jets logo contest."  Amongst the designs that have been submitted are:

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03858.png) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03859.png) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03860.png)
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*CLICK FOR FULL SIZE*

MANY, MANY MORE/ALL SUBMISSIONS HERE - https://www.hiretheworld.com/designtourney/project/Winnipeg-Jets-Logo/entries/539/all/1/ (https://www.hiretheworld.com/designtourney/project/Winnipeg-Jets-Logo/entries/539/all/1/)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 15, 2011, 08:04:20 AM
Fuck em all! Dean's wins hands down. Reps da Forks too. :pimp:

Cogliano gets traded!! Looks like Oilers will never deal with the Kings again :lol: but hey, Ducks signed a bunch of Oil garbage like JJD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 16, 2011, 09:33:46 AM
HERE'S YOUR WINNER!! :jphip:

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03867.png)

can you imagine Big Buff rocking these?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 17, 2011, 08:35:55 AM
Mikael Granlund Shootout Goal (With Replays) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YnvJFbX1oY#ws)
BELIEVE DA HYPE! :rock:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 20, 2011, 07:53:58 AM
^ that goalie just got waived :lol:

GO SAKIC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17-ZSLlnAZQ&feature=aso (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17-ZSLlnAZQ&feature=aso)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 22, 2011, 10:44:23 PM
Thanks to johnbobman for the headsup on this! The official announcement is apparently going to be be at 4:00PM CST! :w00t:

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03911.jpg)

Rumored leak of the new logo -> http://t.co/ezkInIh (http://t.co/ezkInIh)


EDIT: Here it is! A slightly more military-themed variation than what the old logo was. No images yet of what the actual jerseys will look like, but for first impressions, I definitely like the "wings" patch in the upper-right (which will likely be used as a shoulder patch on the jersey). I like, but hope that they don't put too much of the grey/silver in the overall jersey colour scheme. It's better used just as an accent colour, IMO.

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03912.jpg)

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ANNOUNCEMENT ON NHL.COM - http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=569911 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=569911)
LOGO UNVEILING VIDEO ON NHL.COM - http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=0&id=121178 (http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=0&id=121178)
BRAND IDENTITY/LOGO GALLERY ON NHL.COM - http://jets.nhl.com/club/gallery.htm?id=23491&navid=DL (http://jets.nhl.com/club/gallery.htm?id=23491&navid=DL)


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Winnipeg Jets unveil Air Force-inspired logo
Tim Campbell
Posted: 07/22/2011 3:07 PM CST


WINNIPEG - Traditional and clean as it is, there’s no more need for the NHL’s shield logo to signify anything regarding the Winnipeg Jets.

The city’s new NHL team unveiled its new logo this afternoon, a similarly traditional insignia of a silver fighter jet viewed from the sky-to-ground angle over top a red maple leaf.

The images are surrounded by a blue and thin-silver circle. The team said the main logo has been inspired by the Royal Canadian Air Force.

"True North Sports & Entertainment felt it was important for the new Winnipeg Jets to develop a strong new identity," Mark Chipman, chairman and governor of True North said in a statement today. "We felt it was important to authenticate the name Jets and we believe the new logo does that through its connection to our country’s remarkable Air Force heritage, including the rich history and relationship that our city and province have enjoyed with the Canadian Forces."

This new Jets logo is a distinct departure from all the former Winnipeg Jets logos of the WHA and earlier NHL eras.

The team also unveiled two secondary logos on its website this afternoon, a Winnipeg Jets banner over top of a meshing of captain’s wings and crossed hockey sticks. A red maple leaf separates the banners of "Winnipeg" and "Jets."

The other logo is simply a small "Winnipeg" above a stylized "Jets" in script, also sporting that traditional red maple leaf.

The team, the former Atlanta Thrashers which were sold to True North on May 31, has been using the NHL shield on its web site and in numerous other promotional materials. It even used the NHL logo and sweaters at the entry draft in June.

The team’s in-game look, including jerseys, will not be revealed for a few more weeks.

With their logo announcement, the Jets said that gear such as hats, t-shirts and other items are available immediately at the team’s new "Jets Gear" story (formerly the Moose Off The Rack store) at the MTS Centre.

The store is open until 10 p.m. tonight and will be open on the weekend between 10-6 on Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

New Jets forward Eric Fehr will be at the store signing autographs Saturday from noon to 1 p.m.

tim.campbell@freepress.mb.ca
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Winnipeg-Jets-unveiling-logo-126029894.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Winnipeg-Jets-unveiling-logo-126029894.html)


Now I just have to find some time to get my ass down to the Jets' store to try and score some shwag.  8)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 24, 2011, 05:50:38 AM
damn, that's official? At least it wasn't a cartoon jet XD Guess they wanted to make it different from the original but shit son. Wonder how they jerseys look like.

I say we make shirts of the Tom_Green/daigong collabo logo for the next JPH!P World Tour :jphip:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 25, 2011, 09:14:12 AM
Even though we have seen him wear some pretty "unique" outfits himself, when Grapes gives you a thumbs up, you know you must be doing something right.  8)

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Cherry loves new Jets logo -
Coach's Corner icon would proudly don new gear


BY ROSS ROMANIUK , WINNIPEG SUN
FIRST POSTED: SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011 6:33:12 CDT PM | UPDATED: SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011 8:03:21 CDT PM


One of Canada’s most well-known hockey fans and military boosters says the new Winnipeg Jets logo is a beauty.

Colourful NHL television commentator Don Cherry is giving an enthusiastic thumbs-up to the reborn Jets military-themed emblem, which he says looks great while showing respect to those who risk their lives, and die, for Canada.

“It’s terrific, and it will look great on the sweaters,” Cherry told the Winnipeg Sun from his Toronto-area home, adding that the logo will likely make Jets jerseys and other merchandise a strong seller across the country.

“I would wear it, for sure, because it looks good. It’s got some style about it, I’ll tell you that. It’s a hell of a lot better than an awful lot (of the logos) in the National Hockey League that I wouldn’t wear, for sure. I’d be proud to wear that, and proud to have that on a cap. I’ll tell you that. And the players will be, too. How could you do better than to honour the people who lay their lives down for us?”

The Coach’s Corner icon from CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada lauded Jets owners True North Sports and Entertainment for taking the graphic brand in what he said is the right direction.

“It’s better than a cartoon or something like that. It’s great in showing respect to the troops. I couldn’t think of anything better. Plus, it’s a jet — it fits right in,” Cherry said of the “primary” logo.

“And the one with those two little wings would be great on the helmets, on each side.”

The logo is based on the Royal Canadian Air Force roundel through an agreement reached with the military, which involves a total $1-million contribution from True North to a few Canadian Forces personnel funds over 10 years.

Maj.-Gen. Alain Parent, commanding officer of the Winnipeg-based 1 Canadian Air Division and NORAD Canadian Region, suggested that the air force’s strong ties to the city extend to its major sports teams.

“We see this as a win-win for both organizations — the air force and the Winnipeg Jets,” Parent said, also noting the link in the name of the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Jets player Eric Fehr echoed Cherry’s appreciation for the brand.

“I really like it. I think it’s different. It’s not what I was picturing, but it looks great. It’s a good tribute to the military, and to Canada,” Fehr said.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegsun.com/2011/07/24/cherry-loves-new-jets-logo (http://www.winnipegsun.com/2011/07/24/cherry-loves-new-jets-logo)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 29, 2011, 12:28:14 AM
Yeah, we all know it was bound to happen sooner or later. :lol:

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PHOTO: FIRST EVER TATTOO OF NEW WINNIPEG JETS LOGO
Written By Ken

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip03944.jpg)

Taken from David Engbaek’s Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/DavidEngbaek/status/96354609437749249) account. David is a tattoo artist at Tattoos on Tache (296 Tache Ave). If you’re interested in a similar tattoo you can contact him here (http://www.canadianink.net/contactme.htm).

This is believed to be the first ever tattoo of the new Winnipeg Jets logo. I’m sure there will be more to come! Go Jets Go!
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://accesswinnipeg.com/2011/07/photo-first-ever-tattoo-of-new-winnipeg-jets-logo/ (http://accesswinnipeg.com/2011/07/photo-first-ever-tattoo-of-new-winnipeg-jets-logo/)


EDIT:
And today it was unveiled that the Jets' new AHL affiliate will be known as the Timmies Double-Doubles IceCaps.
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IceCaps picked as St. John's AHL team name
CBC News Posted: Jul 29, 2011 8:36 AM CT Last Updated: Jul 29, 2011 9:42 AM CT

The St. John's IceCaps has been confirmed as the name of the American Hockey League's newest franchise.

The announcement was made at Mile One Centre in St. John's, where the IceCaps — the farm team of the relaunched Winnipeg Jets — will play its home games.

The name has been one of the worst-kept secrets in St. John's, as word leaked last month that former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Danny Williams had picked it in his effort to return professional hockey to his home city.

Williams, who had registered the company St. John's Ice Caps Inc. in June, said the new name and logo "captures the history and culture of Newfoundland and Labrador."

The logo features stylized versions of Labrador and Newfoundland forming the left and right sides, respectively, of an iceberg.

The name is also an echo of the old St. John's Caps, a team that played in the provincial men's senior hockey league.

The team is owned by Winnipeg-based True North Sports and Entertainment, which also owns the Jets. The AHL franchise had formerly played as the Manitoba Moose.

The name drew a mixed public reaction when word leaked last month, with some saying it was too similar to the frozen cappuccino drinks that the Tim Hortons chain sells.

But fans are clearly eager for hockey with the team selling 4,700 season passes in the 6,000-seat Mile One Centre by mid-July.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/07/29/nl-stjohns-ahl-team-name-729.html (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/07/29/nl-stjohns-ahl-team-name-729.html)

Nice logo design, but oh boy, they're going to be getting so many Tim Horton's jokes with this for a while.  :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 07, 2011, 08:17:53 AM
Ahh yeah, I missed the whole military reference but the main logo looks good for the shoulder. the maple leaf and all lol well. WHATEVA LETS PLAY HOCKEY!!!

Red & White Game with RNH taking OVER! http://video.oilers.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=4&id=121689 (http://video.oilers.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=4&id=121689)
Penalty Shot/Nugent-Hopkins Shift at Team Canada Camp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTYZS7ULFkY#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 09, 2011, 10:19:42 PM
Oh, gotta love dem online bootleggers/counterfeiters and the way that they try and capitalize on anything & everything as quickly as they possibly can.

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Counterfeit Jets merchandise selling on the net
Updated: Sat Aug. 06 2011 19:44:25
ctvwinnipeg.ca


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Jets gear is still flying off the shelf around Winnipeg. When the new logo was revealed, fans lined up around the block for t-shirts and hats.

Now, two weeks later, Zak Rubin of River City Sports says people are starting to look for bigger items.

"We've been getting requests everyday. ‘When are the jerseys out, when are the jerseys out?' said Rubin. "It's going to be a little while yet, so we're taking orders."

With demand so high, counterfeit items are popping up all over the Internet.

Websites like kijiji.ca and alibaba.com have ads for the new Jets team jersey, with people selling replicas and so-called authentics for as low as $50.

"The jerseys haven't been created, they haven't been mass-produced, they aren't available to anyone yet," said Scott Brown of True North Sports & Entertainment. "So anyone who is telling you you can buy a jersey online is telling you something that's not true."

The new jersey design is under lockdown and won't be revealed for weeks. True North says it's buyer beware when it comes to purchasing fakes. Not only could you end up with poorly made product, but local retailers said buying knock-offs is bad for local business.

"In my mind it's a pretty risky proposition to go get a fake jersey when you could go to a good local business (where) the royalties go to the team," said Rubin.

True North said even once the jersey design is revealed and available for the players, the public will still have to wait a few more weeks for the jerseys to hit stores.

-- with a report from CTV's Jillian Taylor
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110806/wpg_jets_fake_110806/20110806/?hub=WinnipegHome (http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110806/wpg_jets_fake_110806/20110806/?hub=WinnipegHome)



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Counterfeiters trying to cash in on Jets craze
CBC Sports | Posted: Aug 7, 2011 2:55 PM ET | Last Updated: Aug 7, 2011 2:55 PM ET
When the Winnipeg Jets unveiled their new logo two weeks ago, they expected to encounter copy cats.

They didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

Counterfeit jerseys have leaked onto the market nearly a month before True North Sports and Entertainment plans to unveil the new uniforms for their prized franchise.

Club officials, and retailers selling officially licensed gear, are concerned about losing sales to the counterfeiters.

"Obviously, it's going to be a popular jersey, and popular product," said Gerald Haasbeek, the independent owner of Royal Sports, to the Winnipeg Sun. "So yeah, we're worried."

CBCSports.ca found fraudulent jerseys littered around the web. One imitator is even offering to swap a pair of jerseys for a couple of Toronto Maple Leafs tickets.

The Jets official merchandise store located in the MTS Centre grossed nearly $200,000 in its first weekend of operation. It sold out almost the entire store.

Scott Brown, communications director for the Jets, says the team will be active in handling the situation and educating consumers in cooperation with the independent retailers.

"We have been very careful to warn the consumers about dealing with people on the secondary market," said Brown, to the Winnipeg Free Press. "Whether it's in tickets, merchandise, anything to do with buying something."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2011/08/07/sp-jets.html (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2011/08/07/sp-jets.html)


Ok, for the record, the REAL, OFFICIAL jerseys have not yet been revealed. Furthermore, according to official statements issued by the team, they (the real, official jerseys) are not going to be revealed until September or maybe even October. So until then, anyone who sees a site selling jerseys that looks like this, know that it's most likely fake/counterfeit (though I do have to admit, whoever designed these fakes came up with a pretty good design/colour scheme).
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 16, 2011, 03:43:02 AM
^ dem staring at me XD

This one's for Mugen. Me trolling Johnny Boychuk of the Bruins. He born and raised in Edmonton, in town for the Indy.. I was like HEY! my coworker "Sandro went to high school with you! he's so proud lulz." and he was like "ORLY? O.A.B.?"
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FUCK!! copped me a box of Upper Deck and got Taylor Hall ROOKIE! can't wait for the season to start!
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on August 16, 2011, 06:31:22 AM
^lol fucker texted me early in the morning.

In another sad news, former Canuck Rick Rypien passed away today. Dude has mental issues and had already took several leave of absence when he was with the Nucks. His last ever apperance in a game he got into a fight with a fan from Minnestoa. RIP. He'll always be known as the guy who take on 6"7 guys into fights and fuck em up!! ie. ZACK STORTINI


Richard Clune vs Rick Rypien Apr 23, 2010 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtgjzX5KuRU#ws)

Hal Gill vs Rick Rypien Oct 7, 2009 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XxMmYvarCg#ws)

Boris Valabik vs Rick Rypien Dec 10, 2009 - Canucks TV feed - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pzM1txgXJ4#ws)
Canucks Vs Oilers - Rick Rypien Vs Zack Stortini III - 12.26.09 - HD - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygKCDKN_V7M#ws)
Rick Rypien vs Brandon Prust Oct 11, 2008 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLdMZf9LuFI#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 16, 2011, 03:19:37 PM
Fuck....I just heard that going to sleep. Shocker. And just signed with the Jets. And Alberta boy too. RIP Rypien.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 16, 2011, 06:41:30 PM
The rumors of him having to fight depression had been talked about since that second leave of absence he took last season. Signing with the Jets for this upcoming season was seen here as a way for him to restart his career in a place/amongst an organization and fans that know and support him. Rypien was a definite fan favorite here in Peg Sheety, many of us here considered him the quintessential "blue collar man's" hockey player. He ended up going undrafted as a Junior player, so he went around to various teams on his own trying to get a tryout. The (then) Manitoba Moose gave him one, and he made an immediate impression on the staff and other players here. Just one year later, the Canucks signed him to an NHL contract. Everyone here knew him for his fearless, aggressive style of play, especially unique for him since he was considered smaller than your average pro hockey player. The people here loved watching him play for the Moose, especially when he'd start (and win) a fight against an opposing player who was half a foot taller and probably 20-30 pounds heavier than him.


One of the many articles on Rypien in today's newspaper included a bunch of tweets made by several NHL players who played with and/or against him. Regardless of which side of the line they were, you can definitely say that NHL players on the whole are a tight-knit group.
Quote from: NHL Player Tweets
"Sad to hear about Rick Rypien. I was looking forward to playing with him in Winnipeg. Thoughts are with his family and friends." -- Winnipeg Jets’ captain Andrew Ladd.

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"Unbelievably sad news on the passing of Rick Rypien. One of the toughest players I ever played against. Thoughts and prayers with his family." — Eric Fehr, Winnipeg Jets

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"Damn... Rick Rypien will be missed. He was the nicest guy, hung with him a few times in VAN... tough as all hell too. Thoughts to his fam." — George Parros, Anaheim Ducks

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"RIP Rick Rypien. He was a warrior. Hit me so hard my eyes couldn’t focus for 30 secs. Not sure if it was a left or right. #hitmewithboth" — Mike Commodore, Detroit Red Wings

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"Awful news about the passing of Rick Rypien, Rest in Peace." — Ray Whitney, Edmonton Oilers

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"Thoughts and prayers go out to Rick Rypien’s family. Another good soldier leaving us too soon!" — Michael Del Zotto, New York Rangers

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"Tough news to hear about Rick Rypien... another sad day for hockey. played the game as hard as anyone.. my prayers to him and his family." — Matt Moulson, New York Islanders

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"RIP RIck Rypien. Hockey world takes another hit. Thoughts with his family." — Logan Couture, San Jose Sharks

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Terrible news about Rick Rypien...thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family...always sad to see a death in the hockey world #RIP" — Matt Carle, Philadelphia Flyers
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/Rypiens-death-hits-NHL-hard-127864498.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/Rypiens-death-hits-NHL-hard-127864498.html)

R.I.P. Rypper. Hope you've found the peace you were seeking.
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on August 20, 2011, 08:08:41 AM
CanucksTV: Rypien Fan Memorial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eJXD56QTFg#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 21, 2011, 09:09:28 AM
He just came from a concert not more than a couple of hours ago, yet Mr Tom Green (as seen from the above post) has found yet moar epic finds about the new Jets. This time, the news deals specifically with one of our new goalies, Chris Mason. As it turns out, he's a fan of Bob Essensa (who played here during the early '90s and who was a fan favorite here in Peg Sheety when the previous incarnation of the team was still here).

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Mason pumped about Winnipeg, new Jets Mask with Iron Maiden Mascot
By InGoal Magazine Staff On August 20, 2011

Chris Mason could hardly hide his excitement about packing up the family for Saturday’s drive to Winnipeg.

Not only was the trip from his summer home in native Red Deer, Alberta considerably closer than last year’s pre-season roadie to Atlanta, but with all due respect to the fans in Atlanta, Mason sees the chance to stop pucks for the Jets as a boyhood dream come true.

“I was definitely Bob Essensa on the driveway a lot,” Mason told InGoal Magazine shortly before leaving. “It’s home, or close to home, and any athlete would jump at the opportunity to play close to home, especially getting later in a career, having a couple young children, and being so accessible to our family. And playing for a team we grew up watching is another major honor for me. I just can’t wait.”

Aiding in Mason’s excitement is what is waiting for him Monday in Winnipeg — his new mask, a first for the new Jets franchise.

Commissioned especially for him and painted by Steve Nash of Eyecandyair, Mason put a lot of thought into his new lid, and not just because it will become a piece of history as part of the first NHL season back in Winnipeg. Mason has always put a lot of effort into his masks, taking the time to sketch out his own ideas and then counting on  Nash “to make it 10 times better.”

That wasn’t easy this time, in part because they haven’t seen the uniform, but after carefully considering retro and tribute themes, they focused instead on the Jets name and new logo, adding in an Iron Maiden twist to produce some impressive results.

Mason’s thoughts on the process are mixed in with the pictures below – and he talks more about Winnipeg-versus-Atlanta from a player’s perspective at the bottom – but for more of Nash’s fantastic work please follow them on Twitter and ”like” their Facebook page today. You can also click on the pictures to go direct to their Mason page.

“We went back and forth, lots of phone calls, and I sent Steve some sketches and he did some art and sent him back and we mulled over a bunch of different ideas, and then he came up with the Iron Maiden Eddie in the old fighter jet and I thought it was perfect and I loved the image and thought that was really appropriate for the Jets,” Mason said of the band’s famous mascot.  ”I’m a fan of a few songs and Aces High is one song I really like too, so it’s kind of perfect I like the song and the artwork for the single was this Eddie in a plane.”

The Iron Maiden Eddie in question appeared on the Aces High album cover, and was originally created by artist Derek Riggs, an artist that inspired Steve Nash throughout his own career.

The Jets theme continues with a team logo on the chin (below) and military wings extending from the front up the sides.

“We did a modified Jets logo and put my number (50) on the wing, and I think it looks awesome with the Maple Leaf behind the jet,” Mason said. “I’m a big fan of the logo, and I just love having the Maple Leaf on my mask, so I’m really excited about that.”

The back plate (below) is where things get personal for Mason, who is expecting his second daughter in October.

“Steve came up with an eagle family done in native art style,” said Mason, who will once again be wearing a mask made by Tony Priolo at Sportmask. “It’s a mother eagle protecting her two young children with sky in background. I think it just looks awesome.”

(If you look closely, you can spot the family name spelt out across the wings)

Mason had repeated praise for the work put in by the husband-and-wife duo of Steve and Steph at EyeCandyAir, especially under difficult circumstances given the lack of information on the look of the new Jets jerseys. And if the team eventually decides to pay more respects to their past with a throwback jersey night, don’t be surprised if Mason and Nash are working together again on a retro-themed lid.

That one will be easier to figure out.

“Definitely my favorite Jets mask was Bob Essensa,” Mason said of the current Boston Bruins’ goalie coach. “So if they do a third jersey with something like that I would have definitely one something like his or close to his because I loved his masks.”

For now, Mason is just happy to follow in Essensa’s skate strides, instead of pretending to in his driveway.

“I’m so excited to get to Winnipeg,” Mason said. “I’ve always wanted to play in Canada and I’m just really excited to get that chance. I know it might not be the most popular answer for people in Atlanta but that’s how I feel. I’m looking forward to this a lot.

“It was tough in Atlanta because in my opinion it just wasn’t an optimal hockey market. The fans there were awesome but there just wasn’t a broad range of support, so it was tough some nights to have that feeling it didn’t matter so much and hockey wasn’t the most important thing. Going to Winnipeg you’re not going to have that feeling at all. It’s going to be everywhere, it’s going to be the opposite spectrum.”
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://ingoalmag.com/masks/masons-new-winnipeg-jets-mask-includes-iron-maiden-mascot/ (http://ingoalmag.com/masks/masons-new-winnipeg-jets-mask-includes-iron-maiden-mascot/)

CHECK OUT THE INK!

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TOP | BACK

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LINK TO THE WEBSITE OF THE ARTIST TO CREATED THE MASK (all mask pics courtesy of EYECANDYAIR) -
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 21, 2011, 10:44:21 AM
I like the mummy with native indian shit! Evander Kane also keeping #9 eh? And Golden Jet approved.

Hey did you hear about Bhulin's daughter Sasha dating Pjaarvi? XD lol source http://twitter.com/SashaKhabibulin (http://twitter.com/SashaKhabibulin)
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he should be out of his pink underwear soon to kick his ass XD

BREAKING NEWS!!!  Ethan Moreau has signed with the Kings.

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 01, 2011, 07:50:20 AM
Another death? First Boogie Man. Rypien. And Wade Belak. What the hell. There must be a probe.

Wade Belak vs Derek Boogaard Dec 2, 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2Yt3PdWif4#)

couldn't stand him on the Leafs, but can't deny the grit.

RIP Belak.  :(
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 02, 2011, 08:36:51 AM
WOO! Can't wait for next Tuesday! :cow:

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Jet jersey unveiling set for Tuesday
By: Ed Tait | Posted: 09/1/2011 4:22 PM

WINNIPEG — The long wait is almost over for fans of the Winnipeg Jets: the club will officially unveil their uniforms, including the new home and away jerseys, Tuesday, Sept. 6.

And given the new logo’s connection with the Canadian Air Force, the locale should surprise no one: the 17 Wing Winnipeg base in St. James.

The announcement will end a summer-long wait for fans eager to both see and purchase the team’s new look. The team’s faithful have been so fascinated with the uniform, a recent story on a sneak peek at the hockey pants provided via Twitter by Jets’ winger Blake Wheeler was among the most read items on winnipegfreepress.com.

As well, earlier this week federal RCMP officers and Canada Border Services agents seized a shipment of counterfeit jerseys worth approximately $12,000.

Tentatively, they will wear their new uniforms for the first time in split-squad exhibition games against the Columbus Blue Jackets at MTS Centre and Nationwide Arena in Columbus on Sept. 20th. The Jets’ first regular-season game is Sunday, Oct. 9th vs. the Montreal Canadiens.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Jet-jersey-unveiling-set-for-Tuesday-128911343.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Jet-jersey-unveiling-set-for-Tuesday-128911343.html)


And yet, I can't help but wonder if this other story from the newspaper had anything to do with the sudden announcement about the unveiling.  :P

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These just won't fly -- fake Jets jerseys seized
By: Staff Writer | Posted: 09/1/2011 1:00 AM

THE RCMP have made the first save for the Winnipeg Jets.

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Federal RCMP officers and Canada Border Services agents have seized a shipment of counterfeit Winnipeg Jets jerseys.

Forty jerseys, complete with the new logo and shoulder flashes, were seized and are estimated to be worth approximately $12,000, police said Wednesday.

Jets spokesman Scott Brown said the team was "extremely pleased" with the seizure.

"We've known for a while that the RCMP were being proactive in their investigation with counterfeit and fake goods," he said.

The team was told earlier this summer Jets jerseys would be one of the most popular items for fraudsters. Brown said the Jets have passed on whatever information they have gathered about the counterfeit jerseys to the authorities and will continue to do so.

"We won't take the lead (in the investigation) but we'll help out wherever we can," he said.

Brown said the seized jerseys were indeed fakes, as are others currently being sold on various websites.

"It will be very clear in the very near future that they are counterfeit and fake jerseys," he said.

The team hasn't set a date when it will unveil the real jerseys but Brown said it will be soon.

"It's not this week," he said.

The team's home opener is Oct. 9 and its first pre-season game is in three weeks.

The RCMP are cautioning the public to make sure they purchase team products through authorized dealers.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/these-just-wont-fly----fake-jets-jerseys-seized-128867523.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/these-just-wont-fly----fake-jets-jerseys-seized-128867523.html)


Now while those counterfeit ones (which, despite what the RCMP thinks, likely only cost $50 a jersey to buy) actually look decent, imagine if they hadn't been seized by the RCMP, and the people that had bought them had actually received them. They would've looked (and hopefully felt) like such douchebags if the real jerseys were unveiled and turned out to be completely different. :lol:

Patience is a virtue people. :yep:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on September 02, 2011, 09:07:26 AM
WHITE NOISE - Documentary Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnb0IiInyPM#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on September 03, 2011, 07:22:22 AM
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Video
Jets logo now at centre ice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i-FznXKlZs#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on September 04, 2011, 06:49:20 AM
Here are a bunch of promo videos NHLWinnpeg put together
 
Winnipeg Jets Fans Welcome The NHL Promo Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7mifDfGReg#ws)

Winnipeg Jets Central Intel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1-tJrlZM1M#ws)

Winnipeg Jets Logo VH Jump Fan Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMmLz_ey4eM#ws)

Winnipeg Jets Pre Season Fan Adjusted (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z6rY9Z4cN8#ws)

Winnipeg Jets New Logo Animation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up-Seaz5p9c#ws)

Winnipeg Jets New Logo 2011-12 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE5TlzU4GFU#ws)

NHL Hockey Group (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAYn0oa3m38#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 06, 2011, 07:32:39 PM
NEW WINNIPEG JETS JERSEYS UNVEILED BABY!! :rockon:

In keeping with the fact that the teams new look pays homage to the Royal Canadian Air Force, the jerseys were unveiled at Peg Sheety's 17 Wing Air Base. Props to Andrew Ladd, Eric Fehr, Nik Antropov, and Mark Stuart for playing "male models". :lol:


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Winnipeg Jets unveil Home & Away Jerseys
Tuesday, 06.09.2011 / 12:00 PM / News Articles

True North Sports & Entertainment today proudly unveiled their dark home and white away jerseys for the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club at a ceremony held at 17 Wing in Winnipeg in front of a Dash 8, CF-18, and Hercules airplanes. The Jets will begin play in the National Hockey League in 2011-12 when they open up against the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday, Oct. 9th at 4:00 p.m. at MTS Centre.

The jerseys consist largely of two shades of blue. The primary navy blue base of the home dark jerseys is referred to as “Polar Night Blue” which is found on many of today’s Royal Canadian Air Force planes, including the Dash 8. The lighter, secondary blue is called “Aviator Blue” which is similar to the historical colours by used the RCAF, including traditional RCAF flags and the jerseys of the 1948 RCAF Flyers. The jersey also features the previously unveiled primary logo on the front, with the secondary logo placed on the shoulders of each jersey.

“We wanted to create a look that worked well with Reebok’s modern and innovative “Edge System” uniforms,” said Kevin Cheveldayoff, Executive Vice-President & General Manager of the Winnipeg Jets. “However, it was also vitally important to us to honour the rich history of hockey in our city, and fit the era of the Royal Canadian Air Force which inspired the primary crest design. The result is clean, simple and traditional.”
 
"Our men and women in uniform are delighted by the gracious manner in which the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club has sought to pay tribute to our time-honoured relationship with this city," said Colonel Blaise Frawley, Commander of 17 Wing.  "Today's announcement at our home in Winnipeg certainly lends a boost to our morale."

This season, Winnipeg Jets jerseys will also include a commemorative, opening night patch when they face the Canadiens on Oct. 9th, as well as commemorative inaugural season patch which will be featured during every other game in 2011-2012, Winnipeg’s first since re-joining the National Hockey League.

Fans will be able to pre-order Winnipeg Jets jerseys by logging on to www.winnipegjets.com (http://www.winnipegjets.com) beginning today at 4:00 p.m. and ordering through “Jets Gear” the authentic team store of the Winnipeg Jets. Besides customizing their own name and number on the jersey, or that of their favorite player, fans who order their jerseys through Jets Gear will also have the exclusive option to include the inaugural season patch. These patches will only be available to fans through Jets Gear.

“Authentic” Pro Weight Winnipeg Jets jerseys will be available in Jets Gear in early October while “Premier” Replica jerseys will be available two to three weeks later.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=587723 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=587723)


VIDEO OF THE CEREMONY-
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SEE FULL PIC GALLERY HERE - http://jets.nhl.com/club/gallery.htm?id=23683&location=/photos&pg=1 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/gallery.htm?id=23683&location=/photos&pg=1)

I'm personally liking the look, but TBH, they're not that far off from the fake ones the RCMP nabbed last week. LOL
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 07, 2011, 05:24:00 PM
Plane crashes in Russia killing majority of rosters which include Pavol Demitra, Karl Rachunek and Josef Vasicek.  :(

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/07/reports-plane-crashes-during-takeoff-in-russia-killing-36/?hpt=hp_t2 (http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/07/reports-plane-crashes-during-takeoff-in-russia-killing-36/?hpt=hp_t2)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 11, 2011, 08:12:42 AM
^ Youth team set to rebuild the legacy!
Lokomotiv Legacy: Youth team to help rebuild hockey spirit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlr7iT99ejc#)

Nice Jets jersey, I like the sleeve :D wonder how many gonna show up at MTS in the old school?

Training camp opens up, Oilers and Nuck Rookies facing off tonite! Look at how we build team chemistry (no homo)
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00795.jpg)

Chopper a KING!
LA Kings Ethan Moreau interview at Staples Center 8-31-11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mGDPofIVgQ#ws)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 12, 2011, 08:59:03 AM
goes to show what being a shitty team gives you a super talented Rookie squad. 7-2 blow out!!! poor MacT with his first gig behind the bench in years.
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00800.jpg)

some recaps here: http://video.oilers.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=4&id=122744 (http://video.oilers.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=4&id=122744)

next up: THE JETS! on tues :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on September 13, 2011, 07:03:02 AM
Winnipeg Jets Win there first game back in 15 years

(http://media.winnipegfreepress.com/images/380*276/JETSWIN.jpg)

(http://www.pointstreak.com/logos/small/league1063/team332497.gif) Winnipeg Jets  4   (http://www.pointstreak.com/logos/small/league1063/team332494.gif)San Jose Sharks  0

Off topic here is a pic of what the season tickets look like

(http://illegalcurve.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Jets-Tickets.jpg)

GO JETS GO

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 13, 2011, 10:57:23 PM
lololol

Jonathan Toews knocks out kid at hockey camp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttigJnJV4XY#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 13, 2011, 11:21:01 PM
^
As the guy in the video said, that's why your coaches always tell you "Make sure you keep your head up."
:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 14, 2011, 09:04:33 AM
Winnipeg Jets Win there first game back in 15 years



and first loss :P 2-0  Tyler BUNZ :shakeit: with the goose egg.

(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/444/img44411.jpg)

GO OILERS GO!!

This season is gonna be so fun smack talking :D What tickets did you guys get?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on September 15, 2011, 01:07:48 PM
The Dallas Stars are expected to file bankruptcy today.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 15, 2011, 09:07:17 PM
^
Seroiusly? I thought they were doing well down there (financially speaking).
:O


This season is gonna be so fun smack talking :D What tickets did you guys get?
None as of yet. :(

Didn't have the fundage to commit to a season ticket package. However True North made it a point to keep a certain percentage of tickets available during each game for "walk up" purchases, so we're hoping and planning to be able to hit those up a few times this season. There was actually supposed to be some sort of announcement today made by the Jets regarding those tickets (I'm guessing it's probably how many will be available per game and what prices they'll be going for), however they've postponed the announcement until sometime tomorrow (Friday, Sept.16th,2011).

EDIT -
A video stream replay of the announcement is available HERE:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/LIVE-Jets-to-make-ticket-announcement-129837273.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/LIVE-Jets-to-make-ticket-announcement-129837273.html)

Long story short, instead of leaving them for regular "walk up" purchases, there will be a "lottery" of sorts to determine who gets the remaining Jets' tickets (i.e. the ones that were NOT included in the season-ticket purchases) this season.
Quote
Jets to use random draws for individual tix
By: Tim Campbell
Posted: 09/14/2011 4:47 PM | Last Modified: 09/16/2011 3:33 PM


WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets are instituting a random draw to sell the remaining tickets to their game this season, the NHL's first here since 1995-96.

The draw allows for a fair and equal distribution of game tickets, as the team said today successfully drawn applicants can "win" only once. The successful purchaser will be sent a code to open access to either two tickets for a single game, or single tickets to two games.

The team's website, jets.nhl.com, is now open for taking ballots for fans wanting individual-game tickets.

Tickets will go on sale the third Saturday of each month this season. October games go on sale Sept. 24, then November games go on sale Oct. 15 and so on.

Ballot entries will be open throughout the season and fans won't have to re-enter each month. Only one ballot is permitted per name and credit card number.

The team sold 13,000 season tickets for their 15,003-seat MTS Centre in June and True North CEO Jim Ludlow said today the Jets anticipate that an average of 600 tickets will be available through the drawing for each game.

"The number will vary, but it's in the range of 600 tickets per game," Ludlow said. "Right now, we think it gives everybody a chance to come to a game. We have lots of demand, not much supply.

"We thought the first-come, first-served method tended to favour some people who are getting to the front of the line all the time."

Ludlow said that more than 50 per cent of the tickets that will be available will be in the upper-deck P7 sections.

The team has also chosen a variable-pricing policy for its individual-game sales.

A games will go for $60.45 for the P7 sections all the way up to $199.95 for P1 tickets. Those include opponents Montreal, Pittsburgh, Washington, Anaheim, Toronto and Tampa Bay.

B games will range from $54.60 to $180.60 while C games will go from $48.75 to $161.25.

The category of games goes by date, not team, as Carolina and Ottawa are on both the B and C lists. The full schedule of A, B, and C games is available on at jets.nhl.com

I dunno, I've got mixed feelings about this. While it's true that this lottery system will give a wider range of people a more fair shot at getting tickets since it takes out the factor of whether or not one is free to actually stand in line (which obviously, not everyone has), I'm not liking that if one DOES manage to score a win, you can ONLY win one time per season, and then you're limited to ONLY 2 tickets per win, meaning you can go with a buddy to 1 game, or you can go solo to 2 games.

Of course, myself and Tom Green have already signed up to be eligible to be part of the draws. :D
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on September 17, 2011, 07:12:59 AM
Winnipeg Jets Photo shoot
 
(http://3.cdn.nhle.com/jets/images/upload/gallery/2011/09/110913_behindthescenes/IMG_5791_slide.jpg)

(http://2.cdn.nhle.com/jets/images/upload/gallery/2011/09/110913_behindthescenes/IMG_5811_slide.jpg)

(http://1.cdn.nhle.com/jets/images/upload/gallery/2011/09/v2/IMG_5792_slide.jpg)

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(http://1.cdn.nhle.com/jets/images/upload/gallery/2011/09/v2/IMG_5816_slide.jpg)

(http://3.cdn.nhle.com/jets/images/upload/gallery/2011/09/v2/IMG_5799_slide.jpg)

Looks like i may have a hook up for the Winnipeg Jets. My sister works for the media here so i hope she can get me a couple of tickets threw out the year  :twothumbs
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 19, 2011, 03:45:11 PM
^ NOICE!! And did you get autographs with Evander Kane? saw they had a sesh at Future Shop.

went to the Oilers annual intersquad game aka Joey moss Cup yest aft, saaw Kevin Lowe and Steve Tambellini hardworking on their smartphones (along with every Asian in the building)

joeymosscup2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwZYyPTN-gs#)


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more pix later!

ETA:

SMYTTIE!!! :bow: he was already in it, throwing bodies around.
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00802.jpg)

And Hordichuk too, love how he created something out of nothing
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Gotta say. Anton Lander really impressed. And Teemu Hatikanen was like bum rushing with the soft touch. Look out for Tulupov ! dude hitting everything in sight.

here's Magnus Pääjärvi welcoming Ryan Nugent-Hopkins to the team:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00803.jpg)

RNH's defensive prowess impressed, backchecking when shit was fucked. And Taylor Hall taking it physical, throwing the body on the ice.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on September 21, 2011, 04:44:50 AM
The NHL Mourns All Who Were Lost (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yExdSjhTfWs#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 25, 2011, 12:30:01 PM
pretty sad. saw them air it here too before the first home pre-season.

pretty sad here too. racism still alive and well. Like really? Good for Wayne Simmonds to just keep scoring the goal.
Wayne Simmonds Banana (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_fNFbR5Qs8#ws)

he said: "It was unfortunate that this incident happened but I am above this sort of stuff. This is something that is out of my control. Moving forward, this incident is something I will no longer comment on so I can just focus on playing hockey for the Philadelphia Flyers."

OILERS keep rollin. love dat SMYTTiE da ENFORCER! going after anyone who sniffs at the young guns, like RNH (who prolly gonna stay for sure)
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00804.jpg)

Darcy Hordichuk for MVP!
Todd Fedoruk vs Darcy Hordichuk Round 1 Sep 22, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuOoPIl9acU#)

Bhulin gonna bounce back like he did with the Flames, so bitches stop whining! Go Oilers GO!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 26, 2011, 06:17:46 AM
CROSS-POSTING FROM THE VIDEO GAMES THREAD!


Can't help if this was part of the reason why there's been such hype over NHL 12. :lol:

http://tinyurl.com/3z7fk8w (http://tinyurl.com/3z7fk8w)

Big props to Mr Tom_Green for finding and shooting the link over to me. :thumbsup
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 29, 2011, 10:19:34 AM
^ that's from all that sticky icky in EA HQ XD

THEY BACK!! Horc Hemmsky Smyth line! Who knows, maybe Smyttie will be setting up Hemsky for a 50 goal season!
(http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/5479/28926710150336473417128.jpg)

BUT SHIT!! RNH! Hall!! what a line with Eberle, finishing shit off. Future looking bright!
(http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4498/31925210150336890017128.jpg)

nice hair Hallsy! (no homo)
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00809.jpg)

dunno about the defensive corps, Whitney gotta get back. Petry looks like he gonna wet his pants and Tom Gilbert just sucks.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 30, 2011, 06:19:51 AM
Picked these up today. :twothumbs

Commemorative felt banner for the first regular season game for the new Jets (against the Montreal Canadiens). Only 500 copies of these were made. I got copy #61.  8)2  I know, I know, I should've looked to see if they had #69. :lol:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04183.jpg)

Winnipeg Jets primary logo felt banner.
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04184.jpg)


There's a 98-99% chance that I'm going to frame these. Can't let them get dirty, after all. :yep:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 03, 2011, 02:32:17 AM
LOLOLOL what happened BRULE? fail.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 05, 2011, 06:03:31 AM
Local Peg Sheety radio station came up with this one:

Jet Rock Anthem (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAIVS7JR-D0#ws) 
:wahaha:


Props to Tom_Green for finding these next two. :)
JET FUEL- FOREIGN OBJEKTS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ll8kF3FwT4#ws)

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00810.jpg) :lol: :lol: :twothumbs
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on October 05, 2011, 07:43:54 AM
(http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg859/scaled.php?tn=0&server=859&filename=j6uli.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on October 05, 2011, 08:40:15 AM
Ducks vs. Jokerit Pregame & In-Game Highlights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQRIT3Mb-6g#ws)
Helsingin Jokerit vs Anaheim Ducks October 4 2011 Ducks win in ot 3 - 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS97oLfs7vY#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on October 06, 2011, 03:19:22 AM
NHL to host Face-Off Festival in Winnipeg

The National Hockey League will celebrate the opening of the 2011-12 NHL season and the League's return to Winnipeg with the 2011 Molson Canadian NHL Face-Off festival in Winnipeg on Oct. 6.

The NHL will transform "The Forks," Winnipeg's iconic downtown gathering point, for the season-opening hockey and entertainment event. Fans will be treated to live musical performances, interactive hockey attractions, a live broadcast of the opening night game between the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto and guest appearances from George Stroumboulopoulos, CBC late-night host, among others.

CBC, VERSUS and NHL Network will be on the scene in Winnipeg and will broadcast portions of the festivities live to fans nationwide in Canada and in the U.S.

"While all hockey fans around the world are excited for the new season, fans in Winnipeg have waited 15 years to have the NHL back," said Brian Jennings, NHL executive vice resident of marketing. "The 2011 Molson Canadian NHL Face-Off will be a true festival and celebration with a great combination of hockey and entertainment for fans joining us in Winnipeg and fans tuning in across North America."

"The start of hockey season is a national holiday in Canada," said Dave Perkins, president and CEO of Molson Coors Canada. "We plan to help the NHL throw the biggest 'Welcome Home' party hockey fans in Winnipeg have ever seen."

"We are honored the National Hockey League has chosen Winnipeg and the Jets to host the season-opening event for the NHL year," said Mark Chipman, chairman and governor, True North Sports & Entertainment and the Winnipeg Jets.  "The entire province has been captivated by the return of the NHL to Winnipeg and we are certain the excitement and support of this festival will be just like everything else so far this summer – overwhelming."

"We couldn't be more excited to launch a new season with CBC's 'Hockey Night in Canada' live from Winnipeg," said Julie Bristow, executive director of studio and unscripted programming for CBC. "Like 'Hockey Night in Canada' itself, the start of a new season is a rite of passage for Canadians and we look forward to connecting fans across the nation with our coverage of the euphoria and celebration of the return of the NHL to Winnipeg."

From 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. CT, NHL fans young and old will be able to take part in the free festivities: attractions that test hockey skills; prizing and giveaways; food, beverage and merchandise tents; and live musical performances and the live game broadcasts on giant screens. For fans 18 years or older, the Molson Canadian Hockey House hospitality spectator area will feature live game broadcasts, cold beer and other entertainment. Additional special guests will be announced in the coming week. Fans should visit NHL.com/faceoff for the latest information.

The Forks will feature video boards to showcase CBC's "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast of the Canadiens-Leafs from the Air Canada Centre. CBC's pre-game show, "Scotiabank Hockey Tonight," hosted by Ron MacLean, will cover the opening of a new hockey season live on location from Winnipeg, Toronto and Vancouver, airing nationally at 6:30 pm ET.

"Hockey Night in Canada" will also bring viewers the Stanley Cup banner-raising in Boston. Don Cherry returns for the new season of "Coach's Corner," airing live from Toronto during the first intermission of the Canadiens-Leafs game.

VERSUS will offer live look-ins to the festivities in Winnipeg from its set in Boston and its Stamford, Conn. studio. VERSUS' coverage of the Bruins' home opener against the Philadelphia Flyers at TD Garden will start at 6:30 p.m. ET with its pre-game show, followed by live coverage of the Bruins' banner-raising ceremony at 7 p.m. ET and the game broadcast.

NHL Network's coverage of Opening Night will commence at 3 p.m. ET from its set in Boston and will be on the scene in Winnipeg and in Vancouver for the Canucks-Pittsburgh Penguins showdown at Rogers Arena, wrapping its coverage at 7 p.m. ET. NHL Network's post-game show will feature highlights from Opening Night, including the banner-raising in Boston and the 2011 Molson Canadian NHL Face-Off in Winnipeg. NHL partners Scotiabank, XM, Canadian Tire, Frito Lay Canada, Bridgestone, EA Sports and Reebok also will take part in the season-opening festival.

The exciting lineup of musical performers will be announced next week.


Watch for The Winnipeg JPHIP Crew JFC, Johnbobman and Tom Green to be on TV
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 06, 2011, 03:21:16 AM
^
Part of me hopes I don't have to work the next day. :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 06, 2011, 03:24:10 AM
Time to hit up the bars tmr!! Peg SHEETY! CBC!! FUCK YES!!! I'm raising my salad bowl tin foil Stanley cup for MY HOMiES!! :jphip:

LOLOLOL what happened BRULE? fail.

Too busy hanging with rockstars? :doh: Maxim Lapierre is the biggest JOKE in the league. Getting into Peckham's fight, ONLY throwing punches Refs get into defend.. CANUCKS WANNA DESTROY RNH? FUCK DAT

Theo Peckham vs Maxim Lapierre Oct 1, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrsncF7e5QA#ws)

eta:

and lol shit. totally forgot about the JPHiP NHL Fantasy Draft :rofl:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 08, 2011, 08:13:06 PM
Watch for The Winnipeg JPHIP Crew JFC, Johnbobman and Tom Green to be on TV
Myself and johnbobman might not have ended up in any of the TV shots, but Tom Green ended up being right behind the hosts' platform. So if anyone was watching the show, you may or may not have been able to see him since he would have been behind/covered by Strombo's ass. :lol:

Bought a shirt specially made for the event. :thumbsup

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04233.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04234.jpg)

Evidently they had been designed before the actual final roster had been decided, seeing as how Scheifele's not on there. :P


To paraphrase the old sayin', you can take the man out of Winnipeg, but you can't take the Winnipeg out of the boy.
http://twitvid.com/UG0EY (http://twitvid.com/UG0EY)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on October 09, 2011, 04:36:46 AM
The JPHIP crew did make it on CBC and NHL TV  :D
(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd458/MrWPG/jphip.jpg)

Here are some pics and videos i took.


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NHL Faceoff 2011 Winnipeg **GO JETS GO** (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj50RCcdT3k#ws)

NHL Faceoff 2011 Winnipeg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2O-Sfa-gcw#ws)
NHL Faceoff On CBC
The Good Life/ Animal I have Become -Three Days Grace @LIVE NHL [3DG ARG] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFY62d_conA#ws)

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NHL Faceoff 2011 Winnipeg **Three Days Grace** (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6LpQ4uPTYo#ws)

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NHL Faceoff On CBC
Winnipeg Jets Forks 2011_10_06_Forks Face Off Bachman Turner (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noZ9RW1CQCI#)

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MVI 4431 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM9wGG5hmho#ws)

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MVI 4440 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkOKkrdl-hM#ws)

MVI 4450 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48__HiWkDjY#ws)

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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 09, 2011, 11:34:01 AM
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 09, 2011, 01:25:10 PM
^ hahha That'll be the best defense for the Canucks! Drop da panties.

HOLY SHIT GREAT DEAN!! incredible turnout by the fans, thanks for the pix and vids haha @ the blue and red guys with the chicks. Fuckin gonna be watching Fuelled by Passion: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2011/10/07/spo-passion-jets-documentary.html?cmp=rss (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2011/10/07/spo-passion-jets-documentary.html?cmp=rss)
NHL 12 Winnipeg Jets First Ever Gameplay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPjgvsGogog#ws)

NHL SEASON STARTS TODAY!! :P

LOL get your tickets now! http://www.stubhub.com/oilers-vs-predators-10-17-2011-1122275/ (http://www.stubhub.com/oilers-vs-predators-10-17-2011-1122275/)
(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/3272/29947210150350211632128.jpg)

Dubnyk's new helmet lookin dope
(http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6094/29997910150351675877128.jpg)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 09, 2011, 07:17:55 PM
Less than 4 hours! :rockon:

http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=97&id=124338 (http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=97&id=124338)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 13, 2011, 07:36:04 AM
^ tough start homies. It happens when you get geeked up with all dem ceremonies but at least y'all knocked out two Habs lol.  I was wondering why Mason wasn't in net but I am diggin your rookie - he making shit happen!

HOLYSHIT Oilers future looking bright already
(http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/1549/1318015088151original.jpg)

NUUUUGGGE (prnounced like MUGGGGE)
(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7193/29609610150354487707128.jpg)

the goal was SO SICK only cuz Taylor Hall did a between the legs pass. FUCK!!
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 1st Career Goal! (10/9/11) [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIR3xKixzIY#ws)

Gotta love Smyttie (No HOMO) just doing it old school hahahahahahaha the fuck is he supposed to do?
Ryan Smyth Elbows Kunitz Oct. 9, 2011 (HD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbbkGSVXPh4#ws)

Amazing what a few good centreman can do for your PK
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: natme on October 14, 2011, 01:13:28 AM
I'm hoping I'll be singing this a lot tonight.

Chicago Blackhawks (Chelsea Dagger- The Fratellis) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKiu0DC974w#)

GO BLACKHAWKS!!!!

It's too bad that some of my favorite players from the Stanley Cup team got traded to Winnipeg (Atlanta), and I'll be rooting against them.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 14, 2011, 01:47:21 AM
^
It's just as awkward for us Jets fans, since Johnathan Toews (aka the Blackhawks' captain) is a born-and-bred Winnipegger.
:yep:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: natme on October 14, 2011, 01:56:55 AM
^
It's just as awkward for us Jets fans, since Johnathan Toews (aka the Blackhawks' captain) is a born-and-bred Winnipegger.
:yep:

I guess this game won't be enjoyable for anyone then.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 14, 2011, 02:53:20 AM
Hockey is always enjoyable on any level. I love seeing my favorite players succeed, no matter where they are.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: natme on October 14, 2011, 03:45:19 AM
Hockey is always enjoyable on any level. I love seeing my favorite players succeed, no matter where they are.

That's the difference between you and me. I cannot bring myself to root for players if they are playing for the opposing team because then, in a way, I am rooting against my favorite team. For me it is team > player, so I always root for the team no matter who is playing for the opponent.

This is also the reason why I cannot do fantasy <insert sport here>. If I did end up doing fantasy <insert sport here>, I could never bring myself to pick amazing players if they were on a team that my favorite team has a rivalry with. For example, I wouldn't be able to pick a Sedin twin or Lidstrom since they play for Vancouver and the Detroit respectively and rooting for anything related to those 2 teams is pretty much against the law here.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 14, 2011, 04:07:27 AM
^
Oh well. Different strokes for different folks. Rivalries are part of what spice up the game, so they're not all that bad.
:)

In the end, as long as we all enjoy the sport itself and root for the players/teams that play it, then it's all good.
:thumbsup
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 14, 2011, 09:24:36 AM
Hockey is always enjoyable on any level. I love seeing my favorite players succeed, no matter where they are.

tru dat. Once an Oiler, always an Oiler - I'm rooting for Mike Grier and his pizza. Smyttie carrying the load with Hemsky out again THE FUCK! but I always believed in Bhulin Wall!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00823.jpg)

but shit. Arron Asham  = Classless :tama-mad:
Jay Beagle vs Arron Asham Oct 13, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoBXfD2oHRg#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 14, 2011, 02:09:59 PM
but shit. Arron Asham  = Classless :tama-mad:
Jay Beagle vs Arron Asham Oct 13, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoBXfD2oHRg#ws)

True, but at least he owned up to it and apologized for it in the post-game interviews.

It was still a wicked KO. :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 16, 2011, 12:35:42 PM
HOLYSHIT! RNH better be on your fantasy team  :grin:
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/5546/30050110150361177892128.jpg)

NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Hat Trick (October 15th 2011) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQi58VmQO_o#ws)

gotta give it up, 'Nucks just too grimy - too much knee to knee, cross checking with no calls kinda team. BEN EAGER GET BACK SOON FUCKER! :tama-mad:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 17, 2011, 01:59:38 AM
HOLYSHIT! RNH better be on your fantasy team  :grin:
There's a reason why he was tapped as the #1 draft pick. :yep:


New Jets are off of a helluva rough start. Hopefully the locals keep and mind that:
a) we can't expect them to be Stanley Cup contenders right off the bat,
b) it's going to take time to see the results that we hope for as the team continues to learn and grow, and most importantly,
c) regardless of how badly the team performs (in terms of win/loss records), we NEED to keep supporting them, both morally as well as by purchasing (season) tickets and physically attending games in order to ensure that we don't have to go through the turmoil of losing a team for a second time (the way that Atlanta has).
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 17, 2011, 04:18:06 AM
lol wut fail

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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 17, 2011, 07:00:47 AM
lol wut fail

(http://myimg.us/images/10.16.11/20958.gif)
Image no worky dude.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 18, 2011, 05:04:02 AM
FINALLY! First win for Jets 2.0!!!

JETS WIN!! JETS WIN!!

WINNIPEG - 2
PITTSBURGH - 1

:canada: :sashiko: :canada: :sashiko: :canada: :sashiko: :canada:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 18, 2011, 10:31:22 AM
Hockey is always enjoyable on any level. I love seeing my favorite players succeed, no matter where they are.

That's the difference between you and me. I cannot bring myself to root for players if they are playing for the opposing team because then, in a way, I am rooting against my favorite team. For me it is team > player, so I always root for the team no matter who is playing for the opponent.

This is also the reason why I cannot do fantasy <insert sport here>. If I did end up doing fantasy <insert sport here>, I could never bring myself to pick amazing players if they were on a team that my favorite team has a rivalry with. For example, I wouldn't be able to pick a Sedin twin or Lidstrom since they play for Vancouver and the Detroit respectively and rooting for anything related to those 2 teams is pretty much against the law here.

The Blackhawks had to dump a bunch of players from the 2010 Cup winning squad due to salary cap reasons. A lot of great players got traded off and got the short end of the stick by getting dealt to shitty teams (Byfuglien and Ladd to fuckin' Shitlanta, Versteeg to Toronto) and others to better teams (Niemi to San Jose). However, I think about when a city can respect a team's decision for dealing away popular players in hopes of rebuilding for the future, just like how Flyers fans gave Mike Richards a warm reception last week in his first game in Philly as a member of the LA Kings. 

Or how when when Ray Bourque got a standing ovation in Boston even when he was wearing a Colorado Avalanche uniform in 2001.

Ray Bourque back in Boston 3/24/01 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vka1tyAEu68#)

Or when Wayne Gretzky broke Gordie Howe's point record in 1990 in Edmonton as a member of the LA Kings.

Wayne Gretzky breaks Howe's record - 1851 Points (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDU56qeJBNE#)

If say, Dustin Byfuglien remains as awesome as he is, and got chosen to play for Team USA in the Olympics for example, would you not cheer him because his full time employer is a club in a different city?  Or would you cheer him WHILE he plays for Team USA, and then NOT while he plays on the Jets (or whoever else)?  I can support my favorite players wherever they play, and I can boo my most hated players wherever they play too.  I don't care where Jonathan Toews plays in his career, I want to see him succeed because he puts in the work ethic and treats the game seriously. I don't care where Sean Avery plays either, I think he's a fuckin' dirtbag.

I guess my point is that the teams have to make hard choices sometimes when it comes to trading players to give them a chance to grow in their own individual careers if they can't seem to contribute wherever they are now, or if the reality of the business with salary cap limits force their hand. Just because a favorite player gets traded elsewhere, doesn't erase what they did for your team in the past. With the way players get traded so often nowadays, I think it makes for better hockey all around the NHL. When was the last time there was a repeat Cup champion? Detroit in 97 and 98? The talent in the NHL is so awesome that any given year any team literally could rise to the top and become champion, and then fall back to the bottom again.  As a Winnipegger and a huge Jets fan past and present, I'm just thankful to have the NHL back in this shitty market of ours, no matter how the team is doing.  Once Teemu Selanne plays as a member of the Ducks at MTS Centre, I guarantee you the city will be buzzing about his return.

Can't wait to post THAT video once it happens.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 18, 2011, 10:57:43 AM
^DEEP THUNDAH! love those takes. Hard cap makes it anyones game. oh the pain during those lean years when they all left.

^^ no Malkin! no Crosby! TOO EASY! Can't say the same for the Flamers and Nucks - bet the Pens can't wait to escape Canada lol

SHIT! Smyttie with the game winner on a wicked backhand on Rinne! FINALLY! - went to the game with some last minute Stub Hub nosebleeds and got me a bobblehead :D
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00824.jpg)

Was surreal. just chants of Smyttie! Smyttie! when he was shown on screen.

(http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/8193/dsc04978m.jpg)

TAYLOR HALL!!!! What a wrister and NUUUUGE with the slick pass.
MOV04979 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRO_BfVmqzU#)

lol you think Smyttie would get first star but lol nope it's Horc.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 19, 2011, 09:33:49 AM
What a difference Whitney makes!!! Makes everyone better like who the fuck is Potter? wearing niinmama's number?lol too bad fell to the shames at the last few minutes. SO MANY ways to pull the trigger. just need that Hall burst.

2011-2012 Edmonton Oilers Introduction (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FsYZqz2HHY#)

Digging Lander's game tho. A little shaky but hey!! need that grind, keeping pucks down low. WE MOVE FORWARD!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 19, 2011, 09:51:38 PM
Rick Rypien tribute at yesterdays game  :cry:

Rick Rypien Tribute in Vancouver 10/18/11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHX9rOEJnVs#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 20, 2011, 08:32:30 AM
real moving, much like the one in Winnipeg.
Rick Rypien Winnipeg Jets Tribute Oct. 09/2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BIFrkUut4w#ws)

Did they have any official tributes for the KHL tragedy?

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: natme on October 21, 2011, 06:40:37 AM
If say, Dustin Byfuglien remains as awesome as he is, and got chosen to play for Team USA in the Olympics for example, would you not cheer him because his full time employer is a club in a different city?  Or would you cheer him WHILE he plays for Team USA, and then NOT while he plays on the Jets (or whoever else)?  I can support my favorite players wherever they play, and I can boo my most hated players wherever they play too.  I don't care where Jonathan Toews plays in his career, I want to see him succeed because he puts in the work ethic and treats the game seriously. I don't care where Sean Avery plays either, I think he's a fuckin' dirtbag.

I guess my point is that the teams have to make hard choices sometimes when it comes to trading players to give them a chance to grow in their own individual careers if they can't seem to contribute wherever they are now, or if the reality of the business with salary cap limits force their hand. Just because a favorite player gets traded elsewhere, doesn't erase what they did for your team in the past. With the way players get traded so often nowadays, I think it makes for better hockey all around the NHL. When was the last time there was a repeat Cup champion? Detroit in 97 and 98? The talent in the NHL is so awesome that any given year any team literally could rise to the top and become champion, and then fall back to the bottom again.  As a Winnipegger and a huge Jets fan past and present, I'm just thankful to have the NHL back in this shitty market of ours, no matter how the team is doing.  Once Teemu Selanne plays as a member of the Ducks at MTS Centre, I guarantee you the city will be buzzing about his return.

Can't wait to post THAT video once it happens.

I know that they got traded because of salary cap issues and it really upset me.

Sorry for the confusion, but I didn't mean that I never support or cheer for players if they aren't on the Blackhawks, I just don't support or cheer for them when they are playing against the Blackhawks since I always support my team over any player.

Regarding Team USA, of course I would cheer for those players if they were playing on that team since I am an American. I, however, didn't cheer for the Blackhawks players on Team Canada during the Winter Olympics since the 2 teams obviously played each other in the gold medal game. I was still happy for the Blackhawks players that got the gold medal on Team Canada after the game, but I was definitely not rooting for them to win during the game. I would have preferred the Blackhawks players on Team USA (Kane) and the rest of the team to come home with the gold since I favor teams over players and Team USA is obviously a team I would be cheering for. 

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 21, 2011, 07:38:00 AM
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK another tight game lost in the last seconds!!  so close to beating the Wild finally! :tama-mad: Gotta love Bhulin bouncing back, the KIDS need some smackin around man. can't lose faceoffs key to possesions! too bad they phasing out these copper n blues. The only jersey I ever bought and now it's history! XD

(http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/7955/30579810150367923982128.jpg)

Just ask Captain Rei-chan :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 23, 2011, 06:59:52 AM
KHABI! KHABI! KHABI!!

(http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9864/33577810150370179017128.jpg)

shit what a difference a solid D makes, make no mistakes around and he won't fuck shit up. SHUT OUT BABY!!

(http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/9253/29597810150368808342128.jpg)
mmm hot hockey wives, for a good cause!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on October 24, 2011, 07:45:35 AM
Regarding Team USA, of course I would cheer for those players if they were playing on that team since I am an American. I, however, didn't cheer for the Blackhawks players on Team Canada during the Winter Olympics since the 2 teams obviously played each other in the gold medal game. I was still happy for the Blackhawks players that got the gold medal on Team Canada after the game, but I was definitely not rooting for them to win during the game. I would have preferred the Blackhawks players on Team USA (Kane) and the rest of the team to come home with the gold since I favor teams over players and Team USA is obviously a team I would be cheering for.

I see what you're saying, I do. My point is however, is that having so many top level players on the Hawks team in 2010 led them to the Cup that year. Isn't it awesome as a fan of the Hawks that the Captain won a gold a medal, and plays well with a guy that won a silver medal?  I would be like, "Sweet, the captain of my favorite team won a gold medal!" instead of "Fuck, the captain of my favorite team won a gold medal representing a team I wasn't cheering for."  I will cheer for Captain Serious for all his achievements, not just some of them. After all, he's earned every single one.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: natme on October 24, 2011, 09:26:13 AM
Regarding Team USA, of course I would cheer for those players if they were playing on that team since I am an American. I, however, didn't cheer for the Blackhawks players on Team Canada during the Winter Olympics since the 2 teams obviously played each other in the gold medal game. I was still happy for the Blackhawks players that got the gold medal on Team Canada after the game, but I was definitely not rooting for them to win during the game. I would have preferred the Blackhawks players on Team USA (Kane) and the rest of the team to come home with the gold since I favor teams over players and Team USA is obviously a team I would be cheering for.

I see what you're saying, I do. My point is however, is that having so many top level players on the Hawks team in 2010 led them to the Cup that year. Isn't it awesome as a fan of the Hawks that the Captain won a gold a medal, and plays well with a guy that won a silver medal?  I would be like, "Sweet, the captain of my favorite team won a gold medal!" instead of "Fuck, the captain of my favorite team won a gold medal representing a team I wasn't cheering for."  I will cheer for Captain Serious for all his achievements, not just some of them. After all, he's earned every single one.

I do think it is awesome. As I said, I was happy for them. I never said I was pissed off or angry about it, I would have just preferred the opposite outcome. The Canadian players that won still represent the Blackhawks, so I would never be pissed about it. The opposite outcome would have just given me even more to cheer about it since it would have been a double whammy (USA and Blackhawks) instead of just the Blackhawks.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on October 24, 2011, 08:51:53 PM
the biebs is a jet fan  :lol:

(http://oceanup.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/zoom/gallery/jelenakissing%20%281%29.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 25, 2011, 05:22:15 AM
^
Doubt it. He and what's-her-face were just in town last week because her concert tour was made a stop here. They apparently decided to stick around for a couple days and their handlers managed to swing a couple of tickets for them to attend the Jets-Hurricanes game last Saturday.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 26, 2011, 04:31:11 AM
JORDAN EBERLE ONE TIMER!!!!!!

WHITNEY MANS UP!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 26, 2011, 06:57:32 AM
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLL Luongo getting RUN LMFAO! Fuck! Finally a win vs Canucks. Kid Line is REE-DICK!
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/9876/29816510150374563637128.jpg)
(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/6118/32790010150374052562128.jpg)

Ryan Jones don't even look like himself out there playing 3rd line minutes but thank god for Ben Eager else them kids would be creamed. PHEW. Whitney sprained right knee. FUCK. 83 shots. Khabby be insane!



Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 28, 2011, 08:48:35 AM
KHABBY KHABBY KHABBY!!

(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2746/29791110150377081517128.jpg)

HOLYSHIT! What a fucking night of hockey TOO!! TIC TAC TOE TAC TOE TAC Oilers knock off the UNDEFEATED league leading Washington Capitals

AND SHIT JETS FAN. Way to turn back the clock! You think Flyers miss Pronger? XD give up 5 win it 9-8.
Winnipeg Jets @ Philadelphia Flyers Highlights 10/27/11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHWWXLpHdGI#ws)

Think that's like the most goals since the lockout, or modern NHL Era?  :rofl:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 30, 2011, 01:07:29 AM
HOLYSHIT!! Grind and Pind! the season, pure grit. Smyttie with another classic poke in goal. love dat hit Sutton laid on Landeskog! Make em FEAR just waltzing into the zone.

(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/478/wwwyy.jpg)

FIRST PLACE!!! WTF!

(http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/998/wutp.jpg)

Oilers 11/12: Who has the best Burt Reynolds Stache? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYwF3FHo8Tk#ws)

LOL way to choke a big game by Brad Richards, Blueshirts :lol: can't believe Sens came back to win that in a SO
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 01, 2011, 01:36:11 AM
smyttie! smyttie! smyttie!
(http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6854/29711310150380597232128.jpg)

Gotta enjoy it while you can. You know I support the Oilers even if they in 30th place XD This is just surreal. Can't wait until February 27th :P

ALL PHASES OF THE GAME!!! Even Finnish Blocking Beast Lennart Petrell is getting in on the act
Lennart Petrell first NHL point (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxecVttztfo#ws)

Wonder how many games Andy Sutton got XD and what a joke, RNH "Is he staying? WHY DONT THEY TELL HIM!!" in the Edmonton media  :roll: MORONS. It's for the reality show!

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 01, 2011, 01:48:10 AM
You know I support the Oilers even if they in 30th place XD
Right now the Jets are closer to that spot. :P Not that 'Peggers really care that much. After all, they WERE the Thrashers last year.


Can't wait until February 27th :P
Oh, the shit is gonna fly at that game. 8)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 02, 2011, 01:21:27 AM
I was thinking of some custom Jets shirts, :hipheart: STYLE 8D hey. Kane is real good tho, surround him with some more playmakers he could be a sniper in the making.

ANDY SUTTON 5 GAMES! I wanna see the Shanahan explanation video LMFAO what do you think of this shit? lol "Oh, we're so in tune with social media" XD what an attentionwhore
Andy Sutton suspended 5 games 11/1/11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQnM7QzXLa0#ws)

Let's milk some RNH!! fuck, you are on edge when him and Hall fly into the zone and get thrown into a heap and no one cares!!
(http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/4593/201112nhlupperdeckserie.jpg)
(http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/2003/201112nhlartifactsrooki.jpg)
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8155/37581110150378231542128.jpg)

They gonna send Magnus and Hemsky along their way me feels lol, the D-Men dropping like flies :doh:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on November 02, 2011, 04:22:25 PM
Guy Spills His Beer - Canucks at Flames - 11.01.11 - HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfU7UdLrQmA#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 03, 2011, 02:03:00 AM
For anyone who got the NHL 12 game...
Quote
NHL 12 PATCH RELEASED, ADDS WINNIPEG JETS
First update to the hockey game brings gameplay and online fixes

Posted by SpectralShock on Nov 2, 2011 - 5:00pm EST (3 hours ago)


EA Sports has released the first patch for NHL 12, adding some fan-requested fixes and changes to the hockey game.

As posted on the official game forums, the full patch notes (http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/7689235.page) include:
* Winnipeg Jets 2011-2012 jerseys, pants and socks
* Fix various game crashes in offline modes
* Several physics improvements in regards to collisions with other players/goalies
* Reduced the number of online pauses so that 4 or more users on a team now have 2 pauses and anything less than 4 has 1 pause
* Separated each position’s Position, Teamplay and Stat grades in the Online Performance tracker

The patch addresses many issues that players have reported, however many are left unsatisfied. It took fans a few requests for the full patch notes to be posted, as the original thread contained barely any detailed information as it does now. Fans also note that some issues remain, such as offline console freezing, double sound glitch, and even the new Jets don't have the correct coloring on their uniforms.

Perhaps most troubling is that rumours are circulating this may be the only patch that the game will get, as the bugdet is limited. Given EA's recent announcement of stellar NHL 12 sales in the first week, this seems very curious.

NHL 12 is in stores now for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.newgamenetwork.com/news/3601/nhl-12-patch-released-adds-winnipeg-jets/ (http://www.newgamenetwork.com/news/3601/nhl-12-patch-released-adds-winnipeg-jets/)
OFFICIAL EA PATCH NOTES - http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/7689235.page (http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/7689235.page)



NHL 12 - Winnipeg Jets Jerseys Released! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjaVBTfJf4U#)

:rockon:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 04, 2011, 08:01:29 AM
^ SHIT NICE! i always used to play Phoenix as the Jets retro jerseys anyways :D

How about this :hipheart: team LOL
Nhl 11 Really funny Deke (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe0SfNdB4Aw#)

Talk about the Apocalypse. Oilers and Leafs in first place. Like what. Smid and Gilbert playing like takin shots off the ribs and not giving up the puck!? Lennart Petrell first goal! dude is great, blocking shots and him and Ben Eager making people black and blue all over!
(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/7829/32589810150385968617128.jpg)

Smyttie gotta be lovin it, bringing that assholery to the front of the net. WHOOPS another puck in off a face.

eta:

haha Oilers Sportsnet channel
Guy on Sportsnet Oilers says bitch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g2kt5YHPH0#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 04, 2011, 06:05:55 PM
Talk about the Apocalypse. Oilers and Leafs in first place. Like what.
You wanna talk surprises in the NHL? How about the fact that currently, as of this post, the reincarnated Winnipeg Jets have a better Win-Loss record (5W-6L-1OT-11Pts) than the defending Stanley Cup champs, the Boston Bruins (4W-7L-8Pts)?

Not that I'm complaining, mind you.
:wahaha:

http://www.nhl.com/ice/standings.htm (http://www.nhl.com/ice/standings.htm)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 06, 2011, 04:52:57 AM
^ lol things starting to come back to normal tho.....LOLeafs getting destroyed. Tyler Seguin with a hat trick eh!!

C'MON OILERS POWERPLAY!!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 06, 2011, 07:18:04 AM
SHIT! Oilers had to drop one! XD loved the play of RNH tho, dude was like blocking shots to protect the open net goal, pretty close but you know Dubnyk woulda wanted that goal back. lookin forward to having Hemsky back to make the lineup even more dangerous!

HEY Honger, what about this:
Cal Clutterbuck Punches the Referee - Canucks at Wild - 11.03.11 - HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp3XfT67uPY#ws)

(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/3581/568b3a0cff4548677088425lj.jpg)

THIS IS A WARNING! why don't these Nords geeks go to a Coyotes game? Think they said there was like 5700 people watching.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 10, 2011, 08:36:21 AM
WTF habs playing soccer with Khabby's goalie stick :tama-mad: SHIT! Oilers roll barely by the Habs, they say he has the best goalie stats after so many games since the expansion era.

(http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/8590/29036610150392139367128.jpg)

What do y'all think of this Jets retro design??
(http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/11/287937814933037thumbnai.png)

Apparently the same fan design guy did a similar "Heritage" Sens jesey and they actually wore em! check it out: http://www.icethetics.info/blog/2011/11/2/winnipeg-jets-bridging-the-gap.html (http://www.icethetics.info/blog/2011/11/2/winnipeg-jets-bridging-the-gap.html)

FUCK! I was checkin on tix for games and they like $115 min. on stubhub, and that's for crap teams like Florida. Are y'all going to the Skills game on the 14th? http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=597756 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=597756)

(http://2.cdn.nhle.com/jets/images/upload/2011/10/SkillsCompLogo.jpg)

lol fuckin Home Depot :P That's how I get my Oilers fix too, cuz tix are sold out here too - you can't even get game day half price seats (back when the Oilers were desperate to get the NHL subsidy).
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 10, 2011, 02:40:01 PM
What do y'all think of this Jets retro design??
http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/11/287937814933037thumbnai.png (http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/11/287937814933037thumbnai.png)

Apparently the same fan design guy did a similar "Heritage" Sens jesey and they actually wore em! check it out: http://www.icethetics.info/blog/2011/11/2/winnipeg-jets-bridging-the-gap.html (http://www.icethetics.info/blog/2011/11/2/winnipeg-jets-bridging-the-gap.html)
Yeah, that's not the actual 3rd jersey that we'll be getting. Personally I'd be okay with it, but a LOT of people here in Peg Sheety don't care for that "modernized" design. A lot of people are wanting/calling for them to bring back and use the actual jersey design the former Jets used when they left here in '96 for the alternate. Officially, the team had said that, due to the time crunch that we were under this past summer, they only concentrated on the 2 main jerseys. We're actually not going to be getting a 3rd/alternate jersey until next season (which, hopefully, will also see us shifted over to a division that actually makes sense for us in terms of potential geographical rivalries).



FUCK! I was checkin on tix for games and they like $115 min. on stubhub, and that's for crap teams like Florida.
Yep, if you didn't get in during the initial drive, you're pretty much either gonna pay through the nose or you'll be SOL. :lol:

Mind you, these are somewhat normal/expected for NHL prices, so people (here in Peg Sheety in particular) should not be surprised.


Are y'all going to the Skills game on the 14th? http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=597756 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=597756)
http://2.cdn.nhle.com/jets/images/upload/2011/10/SkillsCompLogo.jpg (http://2.cdn.nhle.com/jets/images/upload/2011/10/SkillsCompLogo.jpg)
Hell yeah we're going. Probably gonna be one of the few, if not the only chance I'll get to see them live this season. XD


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 11, 2011, 11:39:26 AM
^ YES. lookin forward to some footage lol, the shootout contest will be like 5 hole after 5 hole :P

I wonder if the Phoenix franchise moves to Quebec would they swap teams :lol: heritage does a lot, Oilers tried to go a new direction and hey, back in the ol orange and blue. The copper and blue is just another alternate jersey now and I love it. They gonna have Grant Fuhr nite in december, wonder what kinda tribute they gonna have?? wonder if he been talking to Khabby.

(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/5703/32165510150394676057128.jpg)

Happy bday Peckham!! Sutton is back just in time for the Red Wings.

(http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2716/20111110game600.jpg)

too bad the Bruins just got too much firepower, amazing Oilers hung with em for so long till 5 min left lol.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 12, 2011, 02:36:16 AM
WTF Petrell got an extra 2 minutes for Instigating with a face mask?! He in the protecting Maggie and :tama-mad:

THE FUCK IS THAT. FUCK YOU RED WINGS! Refs always giving them the "veteran" call
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 12, 2011, 08:51:44 AM
Just too much against another high level team. Once the Wings get a lead it's TRAP TRAP TRAP :tama-mad:

Lennart Petrell vs Justin Abdelkader Nov 11, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPXDFpn1910#ws)

BUT PETRELL DUDE!! :bow: fighting for a Swede! He doing way more than Ben Eager :tama-mad: fucker is just afraid to get concussed. Taylor Hall gotta get his linemates involved, dude can't worry about Tyler Seguin lighting shit up - he's got a vet team.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 17, 2011, 08:18:47 AM
(http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/7069/38720810150400726867128.jpg)
"Everything's correctable if you want to correct it. We're still learning, we're still a young team. We're going to make mistakes." – Oilers goalie Nik Khabibulin Words Of The Week :yep:

Gotta get Magnus to start playing like A REAL EURO!! *COUGH SNIPER 2 WAY SELKE KURRI* :bow:
(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/7623/31924610150400278952128.jpg)

Good thing the Sens are in town!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 18, 2011, 01:59:53 AM
Are y'all going to the Skills game on the 14th? http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=597756 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=597756)

(http://2.cdn.nhle.com/jets/images/upload/2011/10/SkillsCompLogo.jpg)
Took a bunch of pics, but I haven't looked at them yet (they're probably all shitty anyway :lol:). Anyway, here's what they've got on the Jets' Official site:
PICS - http://jets.nhl.com/club/gallery.htm?id=24366&location=/photos&pg=1 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/gallery.htm?id=24366&location=/photos&pg=1)
VIDEOS (go to November 15th entries to see the Skills Competition highlights) - http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=135698 (http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=135698)




And oh yeah.... you fuckin' know I'm getting one of these bad boys. :rockon:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04415.jpg)
Quote
Winnipeg Jets & Province of Manitoba Announce New Winnipeg Jets Licence Plate
Tuesday, 15.11.2011 / 12:57 PM / News Articles
Winnipeg Jets


The Winnipeg Jets, in conjunction with the Province of Manitoba , are pleased to unveil today a new Winnipeg Jets’ specialty licence plate which will be available soon be available to all Manitobans.

The Winnipeg Jets’ licence plate ─ to be administered by Manitoba Public Insurance ─ will be available to hockey fans on Monday, December 12. Cost of the plate will be $70, with $30 of that fee going towards the Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation. 

“Manitobans are very passionate about our Jets” said Selinger. “They have told us that they want to show their pride and support by displaying a specialized Jets plate. This will be yet another way to celebrate the return of our NHL team while contributing to organizations working every day to help young people succeed.” 

“We are very excited to make these license plates available to the public as a means of showing their support for the Winnipeg Jets and the True North Foundation,” said Winnipeg Jets Chairman & Governor Mark Chipman.

“This provides a great opportunity for hockey fans across Manitoba to show their passion for the Jets while assisting our foundation's continuing mandate to support numerous initiatives across our community.” 

Hockey fans will be able to visit any of Manitoba’s more than 300 Autopac agents to place their orders and receive their plates. 

The Winnipeg Jets’ plate is the third specialty plate issued by the province. In 2004, Manitoba approved the issuing of a specialty licence plate to honour veterans. Earlier this year, fans of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were also able to purchase specialty plates.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=601627 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=601627)
VIDEO LINK - http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?&id=135210 (http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?&id=135210)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 20, 2011, 06:52:21 AM
Fuck yeah I'm double-posting. :P

Went looking/shopping for a few things, and while I was looking at some new gloves at a local SportChek, I noticed this.
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04424.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04425.jpg)

It's a good thing that I didn't actually try it on; just seeing it made me want to buy it soooooooooooooooo bad.
:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Mugen on November 20, 2011, 09:08:52 AM
my buddy who plays hockey with ryan nugent hopkins before he was drafted went on a road trip to watch him play. pretty dope cuz my friend is a friend to him  :lol:

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/376936_10150470412539042_510949041_10376150_840000016_n.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/392685_10150470408934042_510949041_10376111_736896732_n.jpg)

my friend and ryan's bro. adam
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 20, 2011, 11:35:41 AM
^ SHIT NICE!! Hook up some tix. dude looks like Luongo Junior.  :lol:

AND RNH better win the Calder cuz SHIT. Blackhawks got Shamed!! :D 9-2, Nuuuuuge getting 5 assists. And Taylor HALL finally lit it up with the hat trick. PHEW. This with all the D-Men down, Khabby wasn't bad! except that soft one lol.

Taylor Hall's Hat Trick 11/19/2011 [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djyfM835PWI#ws)

aww yeah, best part of the nite. these Oilers Ice Girls are hotter than the cheerleaders and more useful XD
(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/2815/vlcsnap2011112002h16m48.jpg)

Fuck yeah I'm double-posting. :P

Ain't no shame. This is :hipheart: :pimp: See CFL Thread :lol: Good luck BlueBombers!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 25, 2011, 09:06:28 AM
how bout dat Nuge stache? :lol:
(http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/317160_10150419511402128_10865057127_8375746_286275969_n.jpg)

LOL Preds suck so much even Sam Gagner beat em up
Sam Gagner vs Matt Halischuk Nov 22, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeKHoYO7ebo#)

Thanks Americans! Hockey games at 2pm :D
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 27, 2011, 11:47:16 PM
Just when the DROUGHT in Minnie was over. we get
Ryan Wilson Injures Taylor Hall With A Huge Hit (November 26, 2011) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsMJ--5a8Ps#ws)

FUCK!! Taylor Hall out :tama-mad: Bang around the Oilers and then its on. Hopefully Magnus picks his game up :/ HEY Mini Eberle stick:
(http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/379969_10150427704237128_10865057127_8398950_1690780368_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 29, 2011, 06:37:29 AM
Fuck. Taylor Hall left shoulder injury 2-4 weeks. :/
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on November 30, 2011, 08:50:02 AM
NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE lol last second went to RNH autograph session TONS OF PEOPLE!! Prolly over 300+ and was like "Sup Nuge, HEY! my friend is a friend of your friend" and I got a "lol oh really"  :rofl:

  (http://img178.imagevenue.com/loc521/th_638691354_DSC05032_122_521lo.JPG) (http://img178.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=638691354_DSC05032_122_521lo.JPG)
     
can u tell im avoiding trying to get on TV cuz I left work early :lol:
RNH @ United Cycle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gfbEYA7LF0#)

lol Fuhr mini jersey night. Someone get him some Jenny Craig!
(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/302149_10150432792567128_10865057127_8413836_1363617403_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 04, 2011, 03:36:09 AM
JONESY JONESY JONESY!! FUCK the Refs managing the game, Oilers finally did it with their sticks!!
(http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/390114_10150440422587128_10865057127_8432412_1101781866_n.jpg)

I mean, LMFAO what the hell was that unsportsmanlike call on Hordichuk? LET HIM BE!!
Jared Boll vs Darcy Hordichuk Dec 2, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxeeynXKCJY#ws)

BRING ON BATTLE OF ALBERTA!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 04, 2011, 09:29:12 AM
aww man, losing to the Flamers :tama-mad:
(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/378673_10150442528282128_10865057127_8440849_388571296_n.jpg)

They know the game plan, bum rush on the PP, hit and hit and hit. DAMN! Lucky shots, what lame penalty on Sutton, killin the momentum after 2-0

Mike Grier Retires :(

Mike Grier didn't check opponents. They slammed into the boards willingly, to appease him.

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00839.jpg)

After we beat Colorado (in 1998), one of their trainers told me their players were scared silly of Mike  -former Oilers trainer Ken Lowe
Good article on Grier from Jim Matheson in The Journal (http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/Grier+nice/5800466/story.html)

FEAR THE GRIER!!
Mike Grier TKO's Jamie Huscroft (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_WIEmrDogY#)

One of my fave Oilers during the "rebuild" era Part 1 in the 90s. ROZY helluva classy and just was hardcore 3rd Liner.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 05, 2011, 09:33:03 PM
Well, well, well...

Quote
NHL to consider radical realignment
By: Gary Lawless - Winnipeg Free Press | Posted: 12/5/2011 1:55 PM

PEBBLE BEACH - Major change could be in the cards for the NHL today and while most agree a radical move is best for the league there's no guarantee members will be able to set aside individual agendas for the good of the whole.

The league's board of governors is meeting today and tomorrow with realignment the No. 1 topic on the agenda.

The Winnipeg Jets, currently playing in the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference must be moved to a more palatable geographic home. The switch could be as simple as the Jets heading to the Western Conference's Central Division with either the Detroit Red Wings or Columbus Blue Jackets heading to the Eastern Conference.

What is viewed by many as the best solution for the league, however, is a move to four new geographic conferences with a new playoff format and a schedule matrix that includes a home-and-home series that would see each all teams play each other at least twice a season.

This option would see the league divided into four new conferences, two with eight teams and two with seven teams.

The conferences would be geographically constructed and the Jets would join, let's call it the Central Conference, a grouping with the Chicago Blackhawks, Minnesota Wild, St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, Nashville Predators, Blue Jackets and Wings.

This format would also include a change in the playoffs with the top four teams in each conference qualifying for the post-season and then playing off against each other until a conference champion is determined.

The four conference champs would then meet in the semifinals.

Teams in the East are reluctant to accept such a proposition as it would increase their travel and alter prime broadcast schedules.

"I think everybody should accept a little bit of a burden to do what's right for the league instead of just saying, 'Well, this benefits us as an Eastern team because we don't want to travel,'" San Jose Sharks general manager Doug Wilson told Yahoo Sports this week. "To me, sometimes what has to be done for everybody needs to be presented, and I think that's what Gary (Bettman) is trying to look at.

"Put aside your personal interests for a second. What's truly the right thing to do?"

Any vote for realignment would need two thirds, or 20 votes, to carry. The meetings are scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. today and conclude on Tuesday.

Here's a look at what the new conferences could potentially look like:

Conference A
Boston
Buffalo
Florida
Montreal
Ottawa
Tampa Bay
Toronto

Conference B
Carolina
New Jersey
New York Islanders
New York Rangers
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Washington

Conference C
Anaheim
Calgary
Colorado
Edmonton
Los Angeles
Phoenix
San Jose
Vancouver

Conference D
Chicago
Columbus
Dallas
Detroit
Minnesota
Nashville
St. Louis
Winnipeg

e-mail: gary.lawless@freepress.mb.ca
Twitter: @garylawless
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/NHL-to-consider-radical-realignment-135045233.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/NHL-to-consider-radical-realignment-135045233.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on December 07, 2011, 06:23:16 AM
Jets beat the Bruins tonight = Stanley Cup run! Just as long as Rask is in net, lol.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 15, 2011, 05:54:00 AM
And oh yeah.... you fuckin' know I'm getting one of these bad boys. :rockon:
http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04415.jpg (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04415.jpg)
Quote
Winnipeg Jets & Province of Manitoba Announce New Winnipeg Jets Licence Plate
Tuesday, 15.11.2011 / 12:57 PM / News Articles
Winnipeg Jets


The Winnipeg Jets, in conjunction with the Province of Manitoba , are pleased to unveil today a new Winnipeg Jets’ specialty licence plate which will be available soon be available to all Manitobans.

~SNIP~
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=601627 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=601627)
VIDEO LINK - http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?&id=135210 (http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?&id=135210)

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK yeah. :rockon:  8)2
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04507.jpg)

Only way they could've made this any better was to make it so people could get these customized.  :theking
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on December 17, 2011, 10:49:57 AM
Teemu's finally coming home :theking

Teemu Selänne Homecoming HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsCIS37pse0#ws)
Teemu Selanne returning to Winnipeg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmfyohgSGRg#ws)
The game starts at 2am Finnish time but fuck it, I'm definitely gonna watch it live :finland:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 17, 2011, 08:34:33 PM
Teemu's definitely still one of the most-loved players from the original Jets here in Peg Sheety. We all still remember the shock/outrage when he was traded just prior to the team being relocated to the desert. Like he said in another interview, neither he nor the fans ever really got a chance to say goodbye, so many of us here still feel like he's "one of our own". Go around the city here, and you'll probably see more people here wearing a Selanne Jets jersey than any other individual player. 

Suffice it to say, Winnipegers have been waiting/hoping for a chance to see this specific game, against this specific team for a long, long, LONG time. :yep:  One just needs to check out today's local newspaper to see evidence of that:

Quote
Selanne gets rock star treatment in Winnipeg
By: Tim Campbell | Posted: 12/17/2011 11:43 AM

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WINNIPEG — It was the full rock-star treatment this morning for Teemu Selanne, back in Winnipeg for an NHL game for the first time in almost 16 years.

Selanne, now 41, held a press conference at the Anaheim Ducks’ downtown hotel, addressing reporters for almost 15 minutes. The Ducks meet the Winnipeg Jets at the MTS Centre tonight (6 p.m. CT, CBC, TSN 1290).

When the Ducks arrived in Winnipeg from Chicago after 2 a.m. this morning, there were fans waiting to greet him outside the hotel.

"That was unbelievable," Selanne said this morning. "I wasn’t expecting anybody to be here at 3 o’clock in the morning. It just shows you how much the fans mean to me and and how important the fans are for hockey.

"Obviously those are die-hard fans and it was amazing to see them."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/Selanne-gets-rock-star-treatment-in-Winnipeg-135791153.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/Selanne-gets-rock-star-treatment-in-Winnipeg-135791153.html)



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Teemu trade still galls
Selanne didn't like it and neither did John Paddock
By: Tim Campbell | Posted: 12/17/2011 1:00 AM


Teemu Selanne is back in Winnipeg tonight to say a proper good-bye to Winnipeg fans who once again have an NHL team of their own.

Selanne's abrupt trade on Feb. 7, 1996 still rankles him. It was a trade that then-Jets-GM John Paddock said in the end might have been a mistake, but as sad as it was, one that was pretty much unavoidable.

That's because the team's new owners and their then-hockey-adviser-turned-failed-GM Bobby Smith couldn't afford an expensive team in Phoenix, either.

"It wasn't a very good time, not a fun thing," said Paddock, now the Philadelphia Flyers' assistant GM. "It was somewhat worded to me that we couldn't have three $3-million forwards on the team.

"That's how times have and haven't changed. It was a financial decision; we had to change the money around and it still happens today."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/teemu-trade-still-galls-135787458.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/teemu-trade-still-galls-135787458.html)



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Go Flash go
For one night, Jets will have to listen to their fans cheer the enemy
By: Ed Tait | Posted: 12/17/2011 1:00 AM


Mention the name to Eric Fehr, the proud product of Winkler, and he turns the clock back to a time when he worshipped the man and the team.

Mention the name to Antti Miettinen and he thinks of a sporting superstar, a Finnish icon and a player he, too, idolized.

And mention the name to Evander Kane and he tells this story:

"My first NHL jersey was a Mighty Ducks jersey and it had No. 8 on the back, but it had KANE on it as well," said the Jets' burgeoning star. "He was one of my first hockey cards, too. Obviously he's a great player and it's going to be pretty cool to play against him here in Winnipeg."

Honestly, do we really need any further introductions?
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/go-flash-go-135787448.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/go-flash-go-135787448.html)



Teemu's wife hadn't yet given birth to their first child when he was traded. Now they'll get to see a city and a group of hockey fans that love their dad as much as they do. :)

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Teemu brings own fans
Selanne family returns to the place they once called home
By: Geoff Kirbyson | Posted: 12/17/2011 1:00 AM


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FROM L TO R: Eemil, Sirpa, Veera, Eetu and Leevi Selanne
The focus of Saturday night's Jets game against the Anaheim Ducks has been Teemu Selanne, but this is Sirpa Selanne's homecoming, too.

The wife of the Finnish Flash and mother to their four children spent nearly four years of her life here and she had no desire to leave back in February of 1996. That's when her husband was traded to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks and she was nine months pregnant with their first child, son Eemil, now 15.

"Teemu left and came back and we delivered Eemil here. We lived here for one week and then moved to California," she said, noting her eldest is the only member of the family with Canadian citizenship.

"The trade was the worst thing that ever happened. There were some rumours, but we were told they were just rumours. We didn't really believe them. It was a really big shock. The timing was so bad for our personal (lives). It was a sad time for hockey here, the team was moving away. The whole spring we were thinking we were going to have to say goodbye," she said.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/teemu-brings-own-fans-135787538.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/teemu-brings-own-fans-135787538.html)
:finland:

For the record, his son Leevi is awesome in his own right:
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Leevi, decked out in a new Winnipeg Jets T-shirt, said he'll be dressed in Jets gear for the game. When asked who he'll be cheering for, he paused for a minute before replying, "I'm going to cheer for my dad and the Jets."

"Even though I like Anaheim, the Jets are still my favourite team. I always wanted them to come back. I love the team. The (retro) logo is so sick and the new one is pretty cool, too," he said.
:rockon:


Only thing that would've made tonight even more epic is if the Ducks hadn't fired Randy Carlyle as coach last month, as he is another fixture of the hockey scene here, both as a former Jet and as coach of the (former) Manitoba Moose.

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What a pity we won't see Kitty
By: Gary Lawless | Posted: 12/17/2011 1:00 AM

It's fitting fans salute Teemu Selanne tonight and view this game as a celebration, but it's a bit of a disappointment without Randy Carlyle standing behind the Anaheim Ducks bench.

Selanne was a big part of the old Winnipeg Jets and fully deserves the welcome he'll receive. But Carlyle is an integral figure in the return of the NHL to Winnipeg.

If not for the Manitoba Moose and their presence in Winnipeg for 15 years there would be no ownership group consisting of Mark Chipman and David Thomson, no MTS Centre and very likely no return of the Jets.

Carlyle, who served as an assistant coach, head coach, GM and president with the Moose, was fired by the Ducks on Nov. 30 and won't be here when his old team meets his other old team.

"It was going to be a special evening. That's not going to happen. The people will be excited to see Teemu Selanne in the place where he started his career," said Carlyle, when reached at his home in California. "I'm proud and happy with what's happened in Winnipeg. It's a credit to the people that worked extremely hard in building that franchise. It started a long time ago with a lot of work that was going on behind the scenes. Mark Chipman and his group did a heckuva job in securing the franchise and they did it the right way."
Just to clarify for anyone not in the know, "Kitty" was Carlyle's nickname from his days as a player with the Jets. :)
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/what-a-pity-we-wont--see-kitty-135787328.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/what-a-pity-we-wont--see-kitty-135787328.html)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 18, 2011, 07:23:47 AM
When it's about a class act like the Finnish Flash, you bet your ass I'm double-posting. :thumbsup

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Crowd makes Selanne first star despite Ducks' loss
By: Tim Campbell | Posted: 12/17/2011 11:09 PM

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WINNIPEG -- You won’t find many games where the third star brings down the house.

The MTS Centre faithful were plenty pleased with their Winnipeg Jets in a 5-3 victory Saturday night over the Anaheim Ducks, but they had the best of both worlds when Ducks right-winger Teemu Selanne, the former Jets superstar, collected two assists and got a standing ovation for his post-game selection.

After the final horn, Selanne also tossed a couple of sticks over the glass and into the seats.

"It was awesome," said Ducks winger Corey Perry, last season’s Hart Trophy winner. "He’s a class-act guy and I think they did it right tonight.

"They cheered every time he had the puck and they booed everybody else on our team. That’s a special night for him."

The night started with a roar when Selanne followed Ducks goalie Dan Ellis onto the ice for the warm-up.

The volume went up when the Ducks and Jets appeared for the start of the game, and the fans started an impromptu "Teemu, Teemu," causing another standing ovation before the national anthems.

Selanne acknowledged the fans at that point from the bench with waves and salutes.

"Emotion was very high," Selanne, 41, said after playing 19:04 in his first game here in almost 16 years. "I tried to stay focused but I was still very emotional. Just a great feeling. Even the warm-up, all the signs and the 13... Winnipeg Jets jerseys. I felt like everybody was watching me.

"I was thinking earlier, ‘What else could I experience in my career?’ There’s nothing that comes in my mind."

After the anthems, Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau held Selanne out of the starting lineup for a purpose.

"My whole thought was, the starting lineup they don’t announce," Boudreau said. "I wanted to wait for a whistle and then get the reaction when he went on the ice. My biggest fear was that there would be no whistle for four minutes and I’d have to keep him on the bench. So I was glad that before the game they gave him the tribute they did.

"I thought this was more special."

Selanne hopped over the boards for an offensive-zone faceoff 32 seconds into the game and the people rose from their seats.

And as the game proceeded, they cheered the Finnish Flash each time he touched the puck, and booed other Ducks players when they had it.

All mixed in with the usual chants of "Go Jets Go."

"That was pretty chilling," Boudreau said. "Take the game away and it was pretty emotional. I was getting emotional. I can only imagine what Teemu was feeling in the first 10 minutes.

"It would have been hard to play. But we muddled through and the fans were great to him."

Boudreau had to call his time out after Blake Wheeler’s 2-0 goal at 7:19 of the first.

"When I called the time out, that’s was basically what I said: ‘You guys are focusing on everything but the game. That’s why we’re down 2-0.’ "

Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf was amazed by what he saw in the MTS Centre.

"The end result wasn’t what we wanted to give Teemu tonight, but we were pretty impressed with the way the crowd responded to him and rightfully so," Getzlaf said. "It says everything that we already know about him. He’s one of the best humans we know."

Selanne’s playing return to Winnipeg began in the wee hours of Saturday when the Ducks arrived from Chicago. Nearly two dozen fans were waiting for him at the team’s downtown hotel.

"It was 15 years ago when I played here last" he said. "It was unbelievable that there were so many people waiting, almost three o’clock in the morning. That kind of stuff makes you feel very special."

The day also included a full-blown rock-star-style press conference on Saturday morning.

"It was a busy day for him," Boudreau said. "I wish it wasn’t quite so busy a day, but you knew that it would be with the buildup, whether Hockey Night in Canada or just the Canadian press.

"I mean, he deserved the reception he got, and he put in four fabulous years here. I didn’t want to sit there and say, ‘OK, you can’t enjoy this,’ because he deserved to get all the accolades he got."

tim.campbell@freepress.mb.ca
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/Crowd-makes-Selanne-first-star-despite-Ducks-loss-135811113.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/Crowd-makes-Selanne-first-star-despite-Ducks-loss-135811113.html)

We sure as hell missed you Teemu. :yep:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on December 18, 2011, 10:35:25 AM
^ Thanks for the articles! :thumbsup

Teemu Selanne Returns to Winnipeg! - NHL 17/12/11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNYo7cEmm6o#ws)
Teemu Selanne Tribute in Winnipeg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tbpxclxg7I#)
Teemu Selanne's Return To Winnipeg Postgame (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REN6aU97bnA#ws)
Teemu: "Winnipeg is a special place" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzVOWSl1y6Q#ws)
Needless to say but man, Winnipeg is one hell of a hockey town. You guys are frickin' awesome! :bow:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 03, 2012, 04:27:10 AM
For anyone that's been following the circus show that is the "MON DIEU! Ze coach of ze Montreal Canadiens cannot speak ze French!" story...

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Habs to fans: Sorry if we upset you by hiring coach who can't speak French
By: The Canadian Press |Posted: 01/2/2012 1:02 PM

BROSSARD, Que. - The Montreal Canadiens' whacky season got a little weirder Monday.

The team's general manager took the unusual step of issuing a qualified apology, barely two weeks into the reign of new coach Randy Cunneyworth.

The Dec. 17 hiring of Cunneyworth, on an interim basis for the rest of the season, touched off a language controversy. He is the team's first coach in decades unable to speak French.

"I'm sorry if we upset people. Because that certainly wasn't our intention," Pierre Gauthier told reporters Monday.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/nhl/habs-to-fans-sorry-if-we-upset-you-by-hiring-coach-who-cant-speak-french-136536318.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/nhl/habs-to-fans-sorry-if-we-upset-you-by-hiring-coach-who-cant-speak-french-136536318.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 15, 2012, 09:20:08 AM
Went to the Oilers skills yest aft. More like Comedy Hour with Dubnyk, Peckham Hordy and Friends! :lol: making up for the lack of Eberle (who was in the crowd) and RNH.

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Like wth, Dubnyk flopping like a nerd. and Peckham and Hordichuk taking part in the major skills (speed, slap shot) but Sutton destroyed em all. i loved Gene Principe's blast at Teubert or Petry when they had a 99 mph shot "You should shoot more" BURNIATED!!

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Taylor Hall is the real deal folks, just setting shit up over and over. Sam Gagner mad props to him, more gotta rant on NHL, sports in general been so long but here's some random video I filmed:

OilersSkills2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlpw0PEAEn8#)

Totally spit my drink (If I was drinking any) at the "Fist Pump" Cam they had. They looked like "Fuck, why you make me act like a 'bag" XD The toque Pääjärvi was wearing was dope. Think they sold em at the store.
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 20, 2012, 06:21:45 AM
So as I was watching tonight's Jets game (which we won, BTW, :rockon: ) I noticed a few shots of people in the arena eating doughnuts. Thing is, they were all eating the same type of doughnut. A little quick bit o' Googling and VOILA!

TIM HORTON’S UNVEILS THE WINNIPEG JETS DOUGHNUT! XD
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Did a little more Googling, and it looks like they (the guys at Tim Horton's) are also going to be coming out with a new Jets-themed Tim's card.
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Well, I've had my current Tim's card for a couple of years now. I guess I should probably change it. :P
https://twitter.com/#!/TSNJetsProducer/status/160059667844833281 (https://twitter.com/#!/TSNJetsProducer/status/160059667844833281)
http://accesswinnipeg.com/2012/01/tim-hortons-winnipeg-jets-donut/ (http://accesswinnipeg.com/2012/01/tim-hortons-winnipeg-jets-donut/)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 03, 2012, 08:28:08 AM
^ :lol: don't they have Bluebomber donuts? It tastes like paper lol

GAGNER GAGNER GAGNER!!!

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NOT ONE!
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NOT TWO!!
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NOT THREE!!
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FOUR GOALS!!! Not since Wayne Gretzky. Paul Coffey. Sam Gagner. WITNESS TO HISTORY!! CHILLS 8 points 4 goals 4 assists this is like just REEDICK!! All THREE STARS!
Sam Gagner, 1st 2nd & 3rd Star (Feb 2/2012) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nf5QGIRY8I#ws)

TSN2 is replaying the game NOW!
Edmonton Oilers' Sam Gagner 8 points - 4 goals night vs Chicago Blackhawks - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA9bAiAFbYk#ws)

And RNH is coming back on Saturday. The future of The Oilers can't be SWEETER!!!

WITNESS TO HISTORY!!

Let's drink some BEERS! Celebrate HISTORY!  :jphip:

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 03, 2012, 09:02:54 PM
^ :lol: don't they have Bluebomber donuts? It tastes like paper lol

They do, but it's just a plain honey-glazed donut with blue and gold coloured sprinkles. The Jets donut kicks it up notch by having the team logo on theirs. :D


EDIT: Dammit...

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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 05, 2012, 05:17:04 AM
^ Our Eskimos one has a logo too, don't wanna imagine what it's made of XD but dude JFC. That's your reaction to NHL History since 1989 Mario Lemieux's 8 spot? It has only happened 17 times. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_players_with_eight_or_more_points_in_an_NHL_game) The Edmonton Oilers have it happen 4 times alone.
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When (http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9734/42106531938075219581169.jpg)
 txts Gagner and signs it '99' Who the fuck signs their texts. As Masa said: Wayne. MuthaFuckin. Gretzky :yep: Goes to show how classy these Legends are when Coffey called up Gagner too to congratulate him. You fight and root for Gagner cuz he was coming back from a wack injury and was thrown into the fire early in his career and got trade block talks...but he just came on fighting, literally taking on dudes bigger than him.

OK. See you February 27 when u wanna talk NHL :P
Player Launched By Breathtaking Hit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dReh7ku-jnw#ws)

WHOA AND GAGNER GOT 3 MORE POINTS TONITE vs Detroit now ... This is unbelievable. Kevin Lowe walked by the play boy play booth and said "This should be a record for most points in 50 minutes = 11" Like some kinda magic going on, GAVE UP THE PUCK for a 2-1 shorty and Gagner deflects it home with 0.8 to go LMFAO!!

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 05, 2012, 07:21:49 AM
but dude JFC. That's your reaction to NHL History since 1989 Mario Lemieux's 8 spot? It has only happened 17 times. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_players_with_eight_or_more_points_in_an_NHL_game) The Edmonton Oilers have it happen 4 times alone.
I'm just waiting for one of the Jets to do it. :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 05, 2012, 11:03:17 AM
^ Better stock up on Mark Scheifele memorabilia :P

AND THEY WIN IT IN A SHOOT OUT. Like what the hell. something surreal is coming over, or everyone is actually getting healthy. Whitney, Barker, Potter the Key D.
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And kinda helps RNH is back in the lineup too, what a fucking clutch SO goal. LMFAO at Renney trying to get Belanger to slumpbust, he shoulda did it the Olli Jokinen way: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615267&print=true (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=615267&print=true)

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Jokinen was mired in a slump during the 2008-09 season when the Great One told him to get a little greasy.

 "In Phoenix, I think I went 10, 11 games without a goal and he pulled me into a meeting and said ‘Hey, you take everything pretty seriously and you work out and your preparation is pretty good so maybe you should let it go a little bit and go have a burger and relax and maybe you'll get out of the slump'," Jokinen said.

methinks they really shouldn't have to pull the trigger on any deal, resign Hemsky to a one year deal, get Smyth longterm and keep the core vets together too. You knows Khabby has been great for Dubnyk run of late. BUT MAN. Hall and Eberle. Those were the snipers that were missing for so long. Guys who could actually put a puck in the net.

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lol from this free magazine: http://avenueedmonton.com/articles/the-wingmen (http://avenueedmonton.com/articles/the-wingmen)

Fuck. Where did I leave off in my NHL rants. What a horrific few months it has been but to have NuGE return to glory. shit be good. Couldn't even buy a break.
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Like really, Taylor Hall got his melon cracked open yet he wanted to come back next game. GRIT. I see him as the next Captain.
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c'mon SUTTON he can't even get a break. 6'6" and they assume he's a head hunter.
Tim Gleason vs Andy Sutton Dec 7, 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVsNK2neDfw#ws)

WHAT THE FUCK SEDIN SISTER BACK PICK ON PETRELL THAT IS BRUTAL CHEAP EUROPEAN STYLE OF PLAY. Finns had a nice run, the fuck was that Hartikanen call up :lol: he was like playing 5 games in 5 nights or smth.

Hope RNH can nail the Calder, even his injury was like slip on a shoelace.
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NUUUUUUUUUUUGE
Ryan Nugent Hopkins Highlights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7L-Xu5-ZmE#ws)

The Chemistry of the top line gonna be great for the Foundation. Gagner just gotta work on his percentages so it doesn't make Horcoff and Belanger do all the defensive zone face offs so you can at least mix up the PK with Hall and Eberle.
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The realignment sounds promising, sure the NHLPA shot it down but to have teams like from the East more than once and this would help Winnipeg too, they don't have to travel all over Eastern North America. That giant ass division makes you go at it even harder!
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The All-Star Voting was a complete JOKE like all the Sens fans stuffed the ballot without a doubt. When the hell we get an All-Star game back in Edmonton prolly when the new Arena is built but hey, at least they did the right thing and renegged on Eberle. http://vote.nhl.com/ (http://vote.nhl.com/) via @NHL
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I mean, fucking even the Pro Bowl (joke of all All Star games) names you to the squad, then just replaces the injured players. eberle actually came back and earned it. sheesh.
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The outdoor game was kind intriguing with the whole Lindros "Will they Forgive him" kinda shit but man Messier can still play!!
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This pic of me at Oilers vs Sharks on two Mondays ago, ready to shove some sweet potato fries up Joe Thornton's ass dedicated to Tris-chan and Ben The Shortall. the biggest shraks fans I know LOL!
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They had the WHA Founder dropping the puck so it was extra special, Thanks to this guy we have teams in Edmonton and Winnipeg :bow: (and Carolina, Colorado and Phoenix lol)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 05, 2012, 09:31:14 PM
^ Better stock up on Mark Scheifele memorabilia :P
That kid's got the potential to be the future of the franchise. The FUTURE I say! :rockon:


Like really, Taylor Hall got his melon cracked open yet he wanted to come back next game. GRIT. I see him as the next Captain.
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I showed that pic so some students of mine, they were pretty grossed out by it. :lol:

Definitely a clear example to show kids why it's important to always have and use the proper safety equipment. :yep:


The realignment sounds promising, sure the NHLPA shot it down but to have teams like from the East more than once and this would help Winnipeg too, they don't have to travel all over Eastern North America. That giant ass division makes you go at it even harder!
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3682/walignment.png (http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3682/walignment.png)
No doubt about that. Papers here were wondering if the fact that the Jets' NHLPA rep (Ron Hainsey) was one of the ones who voted against it (despite the fact that it could've/would've benefited us a lot) would've caused some sort of rift between him and the ownership group. Hopefully it doesn't, and with any luck, the realignment has just been temporarily stalled. The NHLPA's position was apparently that there were still some things in/about the proposed realignment that needed tweeking/adjusting, and that that was why they didn't want to pass it this time. Hopefully next season will be the last one that we'll have to spend in the SE division.


The All-Star Voting was a complete JOKE like all the Sens fans stuffed the ballot without a doubt.

...

I mean, fucking even the Pro Bowl (joke of all All Star games) names you to the squad, then just replaces the injured players. eberle actually came back and earned it. sheesh.
That's pretty much bound to happen in whatever city they have the All-Star game. Watch next year we're gonna see a bunch of Blue Jackets getting voted in despite the fact that half the league will be "Who the fuck are these guys?"


The outdoor game was kind intriguing with the whole Lindros "Will they Forgive him" kinda shit but man Messier can still play!!
http://i.imgbox.com/aal6In1m.jpg (http://i.imgbox.com/aal6In1m.jpg)
That's because Moose is the Chuck Norris of the NHL.

:rockon:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 08, 2012, 09:46:37 AM
i really don't remember hometown guys getting that much of a benefit. the numbers came in and Ovechkin got less votes than some of those Sens.

The biggest surprise of the year has to be the Rangers, all those years and Slats finally got that mini rebuild in there. Brad Richards ain't even making headlines. It's guts guys like Callahan:
New York Rangers Playoff Run 2012 "We Believe" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH-xYizpBV0#ws)

The funny thing about Taylor Hall (or yet albeit scary) part of it is that Coach Renney got hit by the puck on Monday vs the Leafs. DAMN. Fuckers got trackmeeted. Who knew. Never even heard the players. Clark McArthur. At least Gags met Coff, prolly got a test drive out of it :lol:
(http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/419728_10150589674707128_10865057127_8936886_792546799_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 10, 2012, 10:02:03 AM
YEAH!! Oilers actually lost to a first place team.
(http://i.imgbox.com/aawqpYs3.jpg)

Sam GAGNER what the fuck keep feeding him the puck. That fourth line shoulda got some more minutes, Belanger is just making everyone suck :lol:
Ryan Jones vs Justin Abdelkader February 8th 2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d78pSDjFp9s#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 11, 2012, 04:20:06 AM
So last night's game between the Jets and Capitals was a double goose egg until the last half of the 3rd period. Washington was the first to score, and with less than 5 minutes left to go, they were up 2-0. The Jets were able to come within one by pulling the goalie when the Caps had a pair of guys in the penalty box.


Approximately twelve seconds after the Jets' first goal...THIS happened. :rockon:
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?hlg=20112012,2,805&event=WSH653 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?hlg=20112012,2,805&event=WSH653)   
Vokoun is not gonna live that one down for a while. ^_^


Suddenly the game was tied, and we were heading first into overtime, and when that didn't settle things, we had ourselves a shootout, in which Bryan Little completed the comeback. :thumbsup 
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?hlg=20112012,2,805&event=WSH680 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?hlg=20112012,2,805&event=WSH680)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 12, 2012, 11:45:49 PM
^ oh man, the Caps keep floundering. Chimera save them!! NOW! :lol:

And who let's these fools buy tickets? Sens gotta be embarrassed to have em take over the 15 minute mark:
Nordiques Nation Invades Times Square (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWrjz0EJZhg#)

(http://i.imgbox.com/aamlOFoN.jpg)
I'd tap dat chick tho. Junks :D

MAGNUS FINNALLY slump buster what is it, keep feeding him. With Hemsky trying to increase his trade value :lol: what an OT goal by Hall, fucking bullrushing!!
2/11/12 Paajarvi Goal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou9KzNGX27I#ws)

Hope trade deadline be quiet cuz gotta keep the core together, move a couple of chumps like Omark or smth. Finally everyone is getting healthy so let em do work.

next up the LEAFS who love to celebrate mediocrity! Yeah Sundin was good but, hey fancy banner:
(http://i.imgbox.com/aayFbXcp.jpg)

lol hall ebz nuge. Cabbie is Pimp
Puppy Love - Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSGyhgUWPok#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 13, 2012, 02:29:50 AM
And who let's these fools buy tickets? Sens gotta be embarrassed to have em take over the 15 minute mark:
Nordiques Nation Invades Times Square (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWrjz0EJZhg#)
Even without an NHL team, you can tell that Quebecers have AND show more dedication, passion and love for the game than some of the cities that DO have them.
:yep:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 15, 2012, 09:09:47 AM
^ Yeah. Quebec deserves their team back ... if Phoenix moves there, they should trade squads with Winnipeg lol. I also heard shit about Phoenix moving to Seattle too, they wanna build a new arena.

LOL Staal getting a penalty after Tomáš Plekanec dives!   :lol:
Mike Milbury defending Eric Staal's elbow to the head (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4qg2a7nc10#ws)

and whoa. Mike Comrie retires! hey thanks for the many years of service! Enjoy that Reality Show career, or whatever. He was pretty tough, esp. with the 2nd go around with the Oilers. Hip injuries. Like fuckin 3 surgeries did him in damn.
Mike Comrie vs Ilya Kovalchuk Dec 8, 2002 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf73KTkvWr4#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 15, 2012, 06:46:44 PM
^
Would that Reality show career involve any more pics of Duff....um...."being grateful" to him? :twisted:


On another note...
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MCKENZIE: BLUE JACKETS' NASH AVAILABLE FOR RIGHT TEAM
BOB MCKENZIE | 2/14/2012 11:02:18 AM

The 2012 NHL trade deadline just got a whole lot more interesting.
 
Last night, RDS (TSN's French language sister station) reporter Renaud Lavoie reported that Columbus Blue Jacket franchise player Rick Nash "is on the market."
 
This morning, Columbus Dispatch reporter Aaron Portzline wrote on his blog that "for the first time, (the Blue Jackets) are willing to listen to offers for captain Rick Nash."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=387786 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=387786)

To be honest, part of me is surprised that he'd waive his "No movement" clause. He's been Columbus' franchise player from Day 1. But at the same time, I'm not that surprised because, well, take a look at where Columbus currently is in the standings, and where they've tended to be in the standings from season to season.

It's definitely going to be interesting to see:
a) if any teams on "Nash's list" choose to try to make a deal, and
b) if they do end up making a deal, what/who they have to give up to Columbus in exchange. :yep:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 17, 2012, 05:59:32 AM
Yo Moog! Don't suppose you know this guy? :P

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First person convicted in Stanley Cup riot sentenced to 17 months
By: James Keller, The Canadian Press | Posted: 02/16/2012 3:01 AM | Last Modified: 02/16/2012 7:25 PM

VANCOUVER - The rioters who participated in the chaos that swept through downtown Vancouver after the Stanley Cup final last year should be punished not just for their own actions, but for the destruction wrought by the entire mob, a judge ruled Thursday as he sentenced the first person convicted in the riot to 17 months in jail.

Ryan Dickinson, 20, admitted to trashing an unnmarked police car and vandalzing a clothing store, but he claimed he was merely "caught up in the moment" and argued his crimes weren't as serious as other rioters who were on the streets that night.

But provincial court Judge Malcolm MacLean rejected that argument, concluding that even though Dickinson didn't assault anyone, set fires or loot stores, his actions nonetheless encouraged others to do so.

"A riot is a serious threat to civil order and the rule of law," MacLean told a packed courtroom, as Dickinson sat beside his lawyer wearing a red jail uniform.

"His behaviour would no doubt have the effect of encouraging and emboldening others to participate in the riot."

Dickinson pleaded guilty to participating in a riot, as well as breaching bail conditions from an unrelated assault charge. He admitted to using a road barricade and a newspaper box to damage an unmarked police car, and then later tossing a mannequin and a newspaper box at the window of a clothing store several blocks away.

The Crown labelled Dickinson an "instigator," casting him as a violent, angry young man who appeared to be enjoying himself, and asked for as much as 18 months in jail for the riot charge. The prosecutor pointed to his criminal record, which includes a violent assault from 2010, as another reason for a significant jail term.

Dickinson's defence lawyer asked for one year.

MacLean sentenced Dickinson to 16 months for participating in a riot and another month for breaching his bail conditions.

Dickinson has been in custody since December, and with credit for time served, he has 13 and a half months left in his sentence. He'll also be on probation for two years after his release.

A sentencing hearing earlier in the week featured several video clips and photographs that appeared to have been shot by bystanders. They depicted Dickinson trashing the police car, repeatedly smashing an orange newspaper box against an unmarked police car. Surveillance footage showed Dickinson at the clothing store.

MacLean said the video evidence made it clear that Dickinson was more than just someone who was swept up in the moment.

"Mr. Dickinson's participation was serious and involved a number of conscious and deliberate decisions on his part, starting with his decision to go downtown knowing it was a beach of his bail," MacLean said.

"The videos show someone with more than a momentary lapse of judgement. ... The video shows there were times that Mr. Dickinson could have walked away, but he did not."

Dickinson's lawyer said the young man was the product of a troubled upbringing in a broken home.

Dickinson wrote an apology to the court in which he said he was ashamed for his "very bad decisions that day."

MacLean said he believed Dickinson was "genuinely remorseful," and hoped his sentence would help rehabilitate him.

"Mr. Dickinson has also expressed the desire to turn his life around," the judge said.

"There is, of course, no guarantee, but hopefully Mr. Dickinson will receive the help he needs to fulfil that commitment."

While Dickinson is the first rioter to be sentenced, his stiff jail term may not foreshadow the sentences others might receive, as the police have acknowledged that many of their suspects have no prior criminal record.

Outside court, Crown spokesman Neil MacKenzie said the judge's decision on Dickinson's sentence may influence subsequent cases, but he stressed each offender is different.

"It obviously will be a factor, but as the judge noted in his reasons, each case is unique, each case you have to look at the particular circumstances of the accused,"

"I expect that going forward we will see some cases in which the behaviour was more serious and some cases where the behaviour was less serious."

So far, police have recommended charges against a total of 125 people, but Crown counsel has only approved charges against 52, including five who were added to that list on Thursday.

Meanwhile, B.C.'s privacy commissioner ruled Thursday that the province's insurance corporation cannot allow the Vancouver police to use its facial recognition software to identify rioters.

The Insurance Corp. of B.C. offered to allow investigators to use the technology last year to match photos from the riots with names, although the police force declined the offer.

Privacy commissioner Elizabeth Denham says allowing the police to use the database without a court order would have violated the province's privacy laws.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/jail-time-to-be-handed-to-first-person-convicted-in-vancouvers-stanley-cup-riot-139425018.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/jail-time-to-be-handed-to-first-person-convicted-in-vancouvers-stanley-cup-riot-139425018.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 17, 2012, 08:38:11 AM
^ Moog don't snitch!

Feb 27 gonna be fast and furious. Jackets gonna sell sell sell lol. WELL. at least Ryan Smyth declared he's not on the trade block. Oilers finally got a piece for that 2007 deal. Ryan O'Marra for Bryan Rodney from the Anaheim Ducks. WHO?

FUCK LEAFS FAN. How do they even get the arena? Hang your head in shame Season Ticket Holder if you stubhubbed these geeks! Sick goal by Eberle tho. And
Mike Brown vs Ben Eager Feb 15, 2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAryWWdv01c#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 19, 2012, 10:32:15 AM
Fuck. I'm really curious to what they gonna do at trade deadline now. Dubnyk was terrrrrible. can't just play the puck like that :doh:Smyttie stay!
(http://i.imgbox.com/aagjg8fE.jpg)

อีกละ มีคนด่าปูว่าหน้าเหมือนสิก้าอีกละ นิสัย!!!!! :tama-mad:

Nucks Next. No wonder Mugen showed up lol.

hey my homie worked on the EIA! RNH can't come back soon enough. OR Renney.
Edmonton Oilers' Ryan Nugent-Hopkins discovers the art of travel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo61w3sJwvY#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 19, 2012, 11:17:20 PM
So we're about three-quarters into the season, the post-season is on everyone's mind, and what happens?

Jets goalie Chris Mason decides to get a new paint job. :lol:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04745.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04746.jpg)
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04747.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04748.jpg)
See his previous paint job here -> http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=24.msg934418#msg934418 (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=24.msg934418#msg934418)


Once again, props to the guys at EyeCandyAir for the work.  :thumbup
http://www.eyecandyair.com (http://www.eyecandyair.com)



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Mason takes wraps off of new mask
By: Ed Tait | Posted: 02/17/2012 1:19 PM

Ladies and gentlemen, once again we give you Chris Mason… goaltending-equipment fashion plate.

The Winnipeg Jets’ netminder was sporting a new mask at Friday’s game-day skate at MTS Centre, courtesy the artists at EYECANDYAIR (Twitter: @eyecandyair) in Woodbridge, Ont.

Last summer Mason unveiled his current mask to great fanfaire. It featured two images of Iron Maiden mascot ‘Eddie’ in a World War II airplane and a tribute to his family on the back plate painted in an aboriginal-art style.

The new mask features the maple leaf and jet used on the current logo while the back plate uses the Jets’ inaugural season logo and also includes the names of his two daughters, Avery and Quinn.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/Mason-takes-wraps-off-of-new-mask-139530928.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/Mason-takes-wraps-off-of-new-mask-139530928.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 21, 2012, 01:33:49 AM
Pavelec is better anyways!! DOPE. The top view makes it kinda look like Sentai Rangers :lol: tho the Iron maiden guy is badass. C'mon JETS!! catch the Caps and get the team blown up!! Chimera traded back to the Oilers!!

In my dreams:
(http://i.imgbox.com/aaug9DbJ.jpg)

oh man what a brutal 'Nucks game. calls going any way. Gags got slashed in the hand, Smid barely touched em then the Oilers got away with Eager crosschecks. REFS FUCK EM!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 23, 2012, 10:08:17 AM
HOLYSHIT!! Oilers FINALLY BEAT THE FLAMES HAHAHHA FUCK!! everyone got off the slumps. like Birthday Boy SMYTTIE!!
(http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/430028_10150631148367128_10865057127_9041719_859763080_n.jpg)

Eberle and Hall just got the sickest drive of them all. Could. NOT. BE DENIED!!!
Oilers @ Flames 02/21/12 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy5-fxzlk4k#ws)

HORCOFF!!! :fap
Shit Edmontonians Say.mov (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWxvbHB5DYA#ws)

next up Jagr. dude is still tearing it up, wonder if he'll be back next year. He was like on the radio going Hemsky can score 100 points :lol: given new environment "But I haven't seen him play in 3 years"
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 24, 2012, 04:28:09 AM
Trade deadline isn't for another week, however...

IT HAS BEGUN!

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Jeff Carter traded to Kings pending physical
Defenceman Jack Johnson, conditional 1st-round draft pick would head to Blue Jackets
The Associated Press | Posted: Feb 23, 2012 9:04 PM ET | Last Updated: Feb 23, 2012 9:15 PM ET


Jeff Carter is on his way to Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Kings acquired the centre from the Columbus Blue Jackets Thursday night for defenceman Jack Johnson and a first round pick in either 2012 or 2013.

The deal is pending both players passing a physical Friday.

...

The move to L.A. reunites the London, Ont. native with fellow centre Mike Richards. The pair helped the Flyers reach the Stanley Cup final in 2010.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2012/02/23/sp-nhl-carter-kings-bluejackets.html (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2012/02/23/sp-nhl-carter-kings-bluejackets.html)


And HOLY SHIT Jets actually have a chance to take first place in the SE division tonight!  :w00t:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00946.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 24, 2012, 10:14:47 AM
when'd you post that? GJ JETS! THIRD SEED BITCHES!!! To beat the Panthers? SE is a lock. Better watch out monday. Oilers are on a roll whippin the Flyers! gotta get outta 29th place XD sick goals Hall and Ebz. He could even win the Lady Byng, cmon NUGE get back!
(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/401099_10150637259882128_10865057127_9060033_1338752705_n.jpg)

HORDY!!! gotta love this guy. ain't afraid of no one.
 Jody Shelley vs Darcy Hordichuk Feb 23, 2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzvpzXlnPoU#)

HARTNELL EATSHIT. :tama-mad: so goontastic.
Title: HEMSKY RESIGNS TWO YEARS 10 MILLION[
Post by: daigong on February 25, 2012, 03:21:24 AM
HEMSKY RESIGNS TWO YEARS 10 MILLION
(http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/402385_10150638817057128_10865057127_9065332_399143742_n.jpg)

PLAN THE PARADE NOW!!

lol I had a feeling the oilers were gonna do nothing, esp with Smyttie on board. CMON Trade for Jagr now! we're set for #2 overall XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 25, 2012, 06:25:07 AM
HEMSKY RESIGNS TWO YEARS 10 MILLION

Nice one dai! Have a beer!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04774.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04775.jpg)

Seriously, they actually made this! :lol:

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Brewing some Jets pride
Special Budweiser beer made with Manitoba water
By: Geoff Kirbyson | Posted: 02/23/2012 1:00 AM


Call it nectar from the hockey gods.

Starting Monday, Winnipeg Jets fans will be able to crack open their own "fan brew" as Budweiser launches a limited edition of its world-famous recipe made with Manitoba water.

Back during the euphoria of the Jets' home opener on Oct. 9, Budweiser took water from historical landmarks in Winnipeg, including The Forks, the MTS Centre and the Manitoba legislature, put it in a container and took it around town to be blessed by hockey fans.

Some of that water was even poured onto the ice surface at the MTS Centre by Jim Ludlow, president and CEO of True North Sports & Entertainment.

"In honour of the historical return of the Winnipeg jets, we have bottled the pride, passion and energy of all Jets fans in a commemorative fan brew," said Dan Chubey, district sales manager of Labatt Breweries of Canada, which produces Budweiser in Canada.

Just 24,000 two-fours of the fan brew have been produced and they'll be sold at about 100 beer vendors and MLCC locations beginning on Monday. The fan brew will be sold only in specially marked 12-can packages, each of which will come with a numbered certificate of authenticity. Chubey said he expects they'll be gone within a couple of weeks.

An exclusive launch will be held Thursday at the downtown Tavern United location.

Chubey said Budweiser fans wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a can of its regular beer and the fan brew.

"The brewing process for the fan brew is identical to the regular Budweiser brewing process. We took the water from Winnipeg and transported it to our brewery in Edmonton that has been brewing Budweiser for 30 years," he said.

There will also be an official toast of the beer by Jim Ludlow and Bary Benun, president of Labatt, during the second intermission of the Jets game against the Florida Panthers on March 1.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/brewing-some-jets-pride-140118493.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/brewing-some-jets-pride-140118493.html)
Special Jets brew hits the market (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok5lBtAf9uY#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 25, 2012, 10:55:35 PM
Fan brew sounds like recipes by fans for fans :lol: and how many of us know how to make beer!!

EPIC!! All they give is T-shirts. a real special year. hope y'all make it deep cuz hmm, will playoff tickets be sold soon? :halo:

FUCK!!! Coyotes applying the Tippett pressure. Mike Smith Totally flopped but good RNH is back, setting people up they better be ready to take the puck sheeesh.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 26, 2012, 12:10:05 AM
NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 26, 2012, 12:42:10 AM
just a tough one. Coyotes got dat system play. Fans weren't into it/ WHAT ARE YOU STUPID!! MTS CENTRE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A 'MAKE SOME NOISE' SIGN. no wonder Oilers always win when I go to the game. I'm the fucker in the nosebleeds chanting SMYTTIE SMYYTIE and hooting and hollering after a hard shift.

CANT WAIT MONDAY!! Let's reminisce
Oilers 4 Jets 1 - Game 7 '90 Playoffs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_5OOFNvA0A#ws)

MALKIN 4 POINTS wow Pens keep rolling. You think Roli is gonna be lasting?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 26, 2012, 07:51:11 AM
FINALLY!! A Slapshot for our Generation "GOON"
Goon - Official Trailer [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfOZaquIhG8#ws)

yeah that's what Hollywood (or is it Toronto) wants you to think. but dope a hockey movie!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 27, 2012, 12:17:49 AM
^ LMFAO Georges Laraque is in it. Check the Georges LAraque thread (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=4340.20) for my cap and review of the first 30 seconds. XD

johnny boychuk: inception (at the giant Stanley cup statue off Whyte Ave)
(http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/401381_358953277458558_116816535005568_1185486_1447994547_n.jpg)

lol great article: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/our-tormentors-return-140471223.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/our-tormentors-return-140471223.html)

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It was once one of hockey's fiercest, if somewhat under-publicized and unappreciated, rivalries.

It didn't carry provincial bragging rights like the Battle of Alberta or the the Nordiques and the Canadiens. And it certainly didn't hold the historical weight of the Habs vs. the Leafs.

But the Winnipeg Jets vs. the Edmonton Oilers did serve up its share of compelling storylines from the days of the World Hockey Association to the NHL's departure in 1996.

Truth be told, even with this old matchup being revived for the first time in 16 years Monday night, the oomph could be lost as puck-drop at the MTS Centre will come on the same day as the craziness that surrounds the National Hockey League's trading deadline.

But all that won't stop us from taking a little stroll down memory lane with a look at what we think were some of the great moments in the Jets-Oilers rivalry.

(Jets fans might want to shield their eyes: Much of this history is lopsided, as some decent local squads were steamrolled by the Oiler dynasty of the 1980s. Proceed at your own discretion)...

Khabby been saying lotsa great things, he might get the start tmr! "This is where it all started for me," Khabibulin talks about his return to Winnipeg (http://ow.ly/9iwpm (http://ow.ly/9iwpm)) ONE MORE SAVE! for the OIL!
Khabibulin/Streetheart (one more save) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2n7G4VaXsk#)


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on February 27, 2012, 05:18:38 AM
Peg Shitty Crew where extra's in that movie and they don't even know it.  The movie was filmed in Brandon, Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg in 2010. We where at the Lightning vs Blackhawks exhibition game when they filmed the crowd for the movie 8)


FINALLY!! A Slapshot for our Generation "GOON"
Goon - Official Trailer [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfOZaquIhG8#ws)

yeah that's what Hollywood (or is it Toronto) wants you to think. but dope a hockey movie!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 27, 2012, 09:44:17 AM
haha fucking RIGHTS. Best Supporting Actor nods for Peg Shitty Cru I FEEL IT!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 28, 2012, 10:17:39 PM
After yesterday's game, first thing that came to my mind was "The more things change, the more they stay the same." :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 29, 2012, 10:00:10 AM
sorry brah. wanted to text you back but felt sorry for yall. :lol: DAMN what the hell happened having 4th Liner Petrell go 35 seconds with a pair (almost) oh man. The whole game was like WTF refs with our guys getting sticks slashed and no call, then refs MARY KAYING it up after. Don Van Massenhoven :tama-mad:

Big UPS to the Winnipeg Fans shit they so loud no wonder y'all Home Record is epic
(http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/430179_10150646793737128_10865057127_9094772_230637846_n.jpg)

Good thing Gilbert got traded :lol: Wild  Shut OUT! by the Kings. I'm liking the Nick Schultz, bout time Oilers got a stay at home D since Jason Smith.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 29, 2012, 07:33:43 PM
Just wanted to wish Simon Gagné a happy birthday! The Flyers' winger turns a whopping 8 years old today!!! :lol:

Hey, technically it's true, seeing as how he was born on a "Leap Day".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gagn%C3%A9 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gagn%C3%A9)  :P


EDIT: Rick Mercer rocks. :yep:

RMR: Rick and the Winnipeg Jets (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0lQ75MRKEo#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 02, 2012, 05:23:55 AM
Ever see a 5 on 1 before?

http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=-7&id=161644 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=-7&id=161644)

You have now. :rockon:


Man if they hadn't scored on that the fans would've gone apeshit. :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on March 02, 2012, 07:54:57 AM
Budweiser - Jets Fan Brew - Pride of Winnipeg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWxcRPE_ud4#ws)




HEMSKY RESIGNS TWO YEARS 10 MILLION

Nice one dai! Have a beer!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04774.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04775.jpg)

Seriously, they actually made this! :lol:

Quote
Brewing some Jets pride
Special Budweiser beer made with Manitoba water
By: Geoff Kirbyson | Posted: 02/23/2012 1:00 AM


Call it nectar from the hockey gods.

Starting Monday, Winnipeg Jets fans will be able to crack open their own "fan brew" as Budweiser launches a limited edition of its world-famous recipe made with Manitoba water.

Back during the euphoria of the Jets' home opener on Oct. 9, Budweiser took water from historical landmarks in Winnipeg, including The Forks, the MTS Centre and the Manitoba legislature, put it in a container and took it around town to be blessed by hockey fans.

Some of that water was even poured onto the ice surface at the MTS Centre by Jim Ludlow, president and CEO of True North Sports & Entertainment.

"In honour of the historical return of the Winnipeg jets, we have bottled the pride, passion and energy of all Jets fans in a commemorative fan brew," said Dan Chubey, district sales manager of Labatt Breweries of Canada, which produces Budweiser in Canada.

Just 24,000 two-fours of the fan brew have been produced and they'll be sold at about 100 beer vendors and MLCC locations beginning on Monday. The fan brew will be sold only in specially marked 12-can packages, each of which will come with a numbered certificate of authenticity. Chubey said he expects they'll be gone within a couple of weeks.

An exclusive launch will be held Thursday at the downtown Tavern United location.

Chubey said Budweiser fans wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a can of its regular beer and the fan brew.

"The brewing process for the fan brew is identical to the regular Budweiser brewing process. We took the water from Winnipeg and transported it to our brewery in Edmonton that has been brewing Budweiser for 30 years," he said.

There will also be an official toast of the beer by Jim Ludlow and Bary Benun, president of Labatt, during the second intermission of the Jets game against the Florida Panthers on March 1.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/brewing-some-jets-pride-140118493.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/brewing-some-jets-pride-140118493.html)
Special Jets brew hits the market (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok5lBtAf9uY#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 02, 2012, 10:13:22 AM
^ Tasty :9 how many cases did u buy?

:P oh yeah was waiting for you to post that Mercer Report, saw the CM :lol:

Scott Taylor, the Winnipeg Free Press reporter who always comes on our radio shows, was going there's two different Jets fans pure "hockey" and "quit whining we have a team" which ones do you fall under? lol

Kane good PF, takes shifts off. Wheeler the real deal!

Oh man, if the Oilers can figure out how to beat those trapping teams :bleed eyes:
(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/421128_10150649203222128_10865057127_9102445_1464057538_n.jpg)

RNH!!! 3 points since coming back, Calder Trophy baby!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 03, 2012, 02:37:06 AM
LOL RON WILSON FIRED.

Stop listening to your fans, Burke. :rofl:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 03, 2012, 06:03:33 AM
SHIT! Oilers managed to break the shut out :lol: wow not even a single powerplay, refs hate much? when did Vern Fiddler get so tough, the fuck he chirping it about.

(http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/423900_10150653297852128_10865057127_9115145_80325650_n.jpg)

:lol: Sourray booed all nite like I woulda did if I was there! GJ!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 03, 2012, 06:29:16 AM
LOL RON WILSON FIRED.

Stop listening to your fans, Burke. :rofl:
And he's been replaced by Randy Carlyle.  He wasn't able to make a return visit to Peg Sheety with the Ducks this season, but we'll at least be able to see him for sure next season. :)

Quote
Carlyle replaces Wilson as Leafs coach
Friday, 03.02.2012 / 9:23 PM

Ron Wilson was fired Friday as coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs after nearly four seasons behind the bench and replaced by Randy Carlyle.

Carlyle, let go by Anaheim earlier in the season, will be behind the bench for Saturday's game in Montreal.

The move comes just months after GM Brian Burke gave Wilson  a one-year contract extension in late December.

"This was not an easy decision for me to make," Burke said in a statement. "I want to thank Ron for all of his hard work and dedication to our organization over the past four seasons."

The Leafs, solidly in the top eight in the East for the first two-thirds of the season, have won just once in their last 11 games -- the 1-9-1 slide has dropped them five points out of the final postseason berth with a 29-28-7 record. Chants of "Fire Wilson!" echoed through Air Canada Centre when the Maple Leafs lost 5-3 to the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. They lost 5-4 at Chicago the following night after blowing a 3-1 lead.

Toronto has not made the Stanley Cup Playoffs since 2004, the longest postseason drought in franchise history and the second-longest active non-playoff streak in the League.

Carlyle was the coach and Burke the general manager when the Anaheim Ducks won the Stanley Cup in 2007. The 55-year-old former defenseman had a 273-182-61 mark in six-plus seasons behind the bench in Anaheim and led the Ducks to five playoff appearances.

Carlyle becomes the 29th coach in Toronto history and the 16th to have played for the Maple Leafs and then taken the reins as coach. The former Norris Trophy winner with the Pittsburgh Penguins played 94 games on the blue line for the Leafs from 1976-78 and had two goals and 16 assists.

"Although it’s always tough to see a coaching change, we are certainly happy for Randy. It was simply a matter of time before he had another opportunity to be a head coach in this League," Ducks GM Bob Murray said. "He’s a great coach, and we wish him the best in Toronto."

The Leafs hired Wilson in 2008, and they went 34-35-13 mark in his Maple Leafs debut, finishing 12th in the Eastern Conference. They were 30-38-14 and finished last in the Conference in 2009-10. Wilson had his first winning season with the Maple Leafs in '10-11, going 37-34-11, but that was only good enough for 10th in the East.

Wilson began his NHL coaching career in Anaheim and has also coached at Washington and San Jose. In 1,361 games, he has a record of 634-546-101-87, including 130-135-45 with the Leafs.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=620234 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=620234)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 06, 2012, 06:07:16 AM
Sorry Miller, but you just got THORBURNED!!! :rockon:

http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=35&id=162493 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=35&id=162493)

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip00956.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 11, 2012, 08:12:02 AM
^ cmon jets gotta do damage!! all u gotta do is get in. Pretty close vs Calgary but ssssssssssssshit. Caps coming on strong now.

Like Oilers just wanna shit away the rest of the season and grab another Russian Flop. Let's get #1 Pick! Liiike fuck how u let Montreal run circles, Vets be snoozing on the dot. Can't blame the goalies, they doing their best. Refs giving em shit ... hell Powerplays down this year but for Refs to just call wack ass interference? Oilers shoulda beat Colorado. Bettman FUCKING UP!!

congrats smyttie 800 points! least he's grinding, he gonna get 20 goals fo sho. Taylor Hall throwing himself into the boards giving him new life.
(http://i.imgbox.com/aakbrchx.jpg)

tho u gotta admit, that was pretty sick. Jordan "Sunshine Girl lover" Eberle
Jordan Eberle scores his 30th 3/6/12 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt9diJWtw18#ws)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 13, 2012, 05:58:43 PM
Teemu Selanne historical goal in COL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeIpb-ACTFk#)

"I couldn't be more proud that Teemu is the all-time top NHL scorer from Finland. Congratulations to a great player, a great friend and an even better person." -- Jari Kurri on fellow Finn Teemu Selanne

Congrats, Teemu! :finland:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 14, 2012, 09:09:32 AM
You know what is so fuckin awesome about Teemu. His team be fighting for a playoff spot and he's like yeah that's great, but shit I'm pissed we lost the game. CLASSY!! just like Kurri.

Chaos in OIL COUNTRY!! lol Tom Renney. Heard it live on the radio SMYTTIE GIVES A SHIT!
Edmonton Oilers Head Coach Upsetting Rant on His Team - 3/12/12 [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d8ZJgRcnfg#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 16, 2012, 09:08:34 AM
so close JETS! c'mon, just when the Caps are making a run. game on hand with Buffalo but fuck em. Gotta catch Florida.

this is a dope pic. Legends and future Legend.
(http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/p480x480/420128_10150678089827128_10865057127_9199477_651021846_n.jpg)

Look who's back. Rangers look the fuck out!!
Sidney Crosby Returns Vs New York Rangers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5WFIZe9Brg#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 17, 2012, 04:24:43 AM
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO it was a real nail-biter tonight as the Jets took on Ovie and the Capitals! Nearly every time we took the lead, the Caps would answer right back. :doh:  BUT! We just stuck with it.

Sometimes we were grinding them down...
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04862.jpg)


while other times we were knockin' them through the air!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04860.jpg) <-- LULZ, Ovie. 


Definitely fought hard for the goals tonight...we totally could've/would've had at least a couple more if some shots hadn't hit the damn goalposts.  :nervous
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04861.jpg)


GO JETS GO! GO JETS GO!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04859.jpg)



Oh, and have I mentioned how much I LURRRRRVE my smartphone?
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip04858.jpg) :rockon:
http://jets.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=78560 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=78560)

Yo dai, now you REALLY gotta get a new phone!  XD



Near the end of the 3rd period, you could hear (even from the TV broadcast) that the crowd was chanting "CROSBY'S BETTER! CROSBY'S BETTER!" whenever Ovechkin was on the ice. :lol:
EDIT: VIDEOS! :rofl:
HD- Winnipeg Jets fans chant "Crosby's better" at Ovechkin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiIdgIE45Lc#ws)

And from someone who was actually at the game!
Winnipeg Jets Fans - Crosby's Better (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVOpEKECwnA#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 18, 2012, 12:24:53 PM
WITHOUT A DOUBT!! MTS is one of hardest barns to get a win in. oh man, so cruel Ovie will choke. Wheeler and Buff will smoke em, sked looks good too.

:rofl: gotta be one of the most hilarious chants ever. XD

Yo dai, now you REALLY gotta get a new phone!  XD

I'm lookin lookin XD

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH C'mon Taylor Hall concussed. no problem! FUCK FLAMES! The tables finally turned on Battle of Alberta, with or without Kipper, can't stop the snipers of Eberle and RNH!
Flames @ Oilers 03/16/12 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBK3ioRWz1E#ws)

nice poster for Fan Appreciation Nite!
(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/429702_10150683528062128_10865057127_9212797_1964235772_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on March 19, 2012, 08:03:02 AM
OH SHIT!! Crosby is better! but Flyers got em, fuckin HARTNELL. 11 Game winning streak over SHIT! that was a dope game.

soooooclose quit Staaling Jets and get in the playoffs already!! :lol: I feel Caps gonna choke it!! :rockon:

(http://i.imgbox.com/aaxYV3xo.jpg)

Can somebody protect an Oiler?? Eberle got knocked the fuck out luckily he be right back up. IN PETRELL WE TRUSS!!!!!
Keith Yandle vs Lennart Petrell Mar 18, 2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UTMJL2JLKc#ws)

He was like "Uh, really you wanna go? OK." taking their best D for the sake of the team. RESIGN HIM STEVE!! :catglare:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on March 21, 2012, 01:28:38 AM
^ damn, still not back. must've hurt smth in Nashville atm.

Phew. Taylor Hall skating. He getting 30 goals NO DOUBT this season.

Did y'all see this semi-line brawl to start the game in New York when the Devils came. getting a D-Man to take the faceoff XD
Devils vs Rangers start of game line brawl Mar 19, 2012. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIlLbJHKw8M#ws)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on March 21, 2012, 02:34:51 AM
HEMSKY HAT TRICK!!!!

his first career. best 10 million Oilers ever spent :lol:
(http://i.imgbox.com/aavDo34L.jpg)



lol meanwhile Crosby's Better racking 4 points vs the Jets atm DOH!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 21, 2012, 05:05:28 AM
lol meanwhile Crosby's Better racking 4 points vs the Jets atm DOH!!
/me sees the Jets' playoff hopes swirling down the crapper.

:(
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on March 22, 2012, 03:50:16 AM
So the fiancee and I are watching the hockey game tonight on tv, and she sees "VAN vs CHI" on the screen. To which she says "Vancouver, and ... China?"  Oh man, how I love her so. <3
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on March 22, 2012, 09:17:51 AM
haha nice. next thing she'll be getting Jets inspired make up for the game, like this
Edmonton Oilers inspired eyeshadow tutorial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygoNFSY8r8g#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on March 23, 2012, 08:54:26 AM

lol Roli vs Khabby - they said it was the oldest starting goalie combo since Jacques Plante vs Johnny Bauer
(http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/564769_10150695731367128_10865057127_9253061_1635076506_n.jpg)

 I KNEW IT WAS GONNA GO TO A SHOOTOUT ...so Renney giving everyone a shot, WHINE WHINE WHINE Smyttie gets his points man, he hasn't had a shootout attempt in a while.

Hey. Oilers gonna do Jets a favor and BEAT DA PANTHERS :yep:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on March 25, 2012, 05:30:20 AM
lol close. so they went and got the Loser point, oilers still WIN! NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/523012_10150697959767128_10865057127_9257900_1446756054_n.jpg)

Damn those OT points eh? Jets took out Caps but it was in OT too. races tightening harder than aibutt's bikini zone esp. in the East is hot and bothered, Pens getting close. HOLYSHIT if they win the cup man.......


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on March 26, 2012, 12:06:17 AM
FUCK YES WE'RE #3!!! WE'RE NUMBER THREE!!!!
(http://i.imgbox.com/aagG0mLm.jpg)

That is leap frogging Montreal and the Islanders for third last XD Thank RIKA for some Blue Jackets. 4 goals in 8 minutes lol, RNH taking over the rookie scoring lead with 21 games less than Gabriel Landeskog.

LOL Losers in Nashville - get over it already!
Atlanta Thrashers jerseys thrown on ice at Nashville Predators game 24 Mar 2012. NHL hockey protest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5sZ72n-UYA#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 26, 2012, 08:12:11 PM
Looks like Quebec City's finally getting serious about wanting an NHL franchise again.

Quote
Quebec City to break ground on new NHL style arena in mid-September
CANADIAN PRESS | 2012-03-25 12:43:00

QUEBEC - It's official. Quebec City says it will begin construction on a new NHL-style arena this September.

Now all the city needs is a team to play in it.

Mayor Regis Labeaume announced Sunday the $400-million arena will hold about 18,000 people, saying it would be comparable to a facility built for the league's Pittsburgh Penguins a year ago.

"Today, the dream becomes a reality," he told reporters at a news conference.

Labeaume said the city can proceed with the project after finalizing an agreement with Quebecor on Friday, a week before a March 31 deadline.

The media empire landed the naming rights for the future arena and was granted exclusive rights to manage the facility.

If an NHL team is acquired, Quebecor would hand over $63.5 million for naming rights, plus $5 million in annual rent. Without one, the company would pay $33 million for the rights and an average of $3.15 million annually for rent.

"There are no more obstacles... no more uncertainty about the construction of the amphitheatre," said Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau, who was also at the news conference.

In an effort to keep the project within budget, Labeaume said the building would be trimmed down from 70,000 square meters to 64,000, a savings of about $30 million. The number of underground parking spots will also be cut, yielding another $21 million in savings.

But the budgetary breakdown of the project remains unclear, only months before construction is set to begin.

Labeaume was stingy with the financial details on Sunday and wouldn't go into specifics about the total expenses required to get the facility built.

Two Quebec ministers, Michelle Courchesne and Sam Hamad, were also on hand for the announcement. The province and Quebec City have pledged to share the cost of the project, with taxpayer money.

Courchesne said the province would make sure project stays within the projected $400-million total.

The arena is expected to be complete by September 2015, although there's no guarantee the city will ever get a team back.

The city lost its NHL team when the Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995.

Labeaume refused to speculate on whether his city was in line for a team. On Sunday, he was quick to shut down a reporter's question on the subject, perhaps trying to take a cautious approach with the league.

Research in Motion's former co-CEO Jim Balsillie was aggressive in his effort to bring a team to Hamilton, and ultimately failed.

Peladeau made no mention of the NHL in his statement either, saying the arena would be a multi-purpose facility that would make "all Quebecers proud."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/45826-Quebec-City-to-break-ground-on-new-NHL-style-arena-in-midSeptember.html (http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/45826-Quebec-City-to-break-ground-on-new-NHL-style-arena-in-midSeptember.html)


Always said that if they wanted to be seriously considered for one, this would have to be the first step they'd need to take. :yep:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 29, 2012, 11:47:23 PM
One thing that many people who aren't from Peg Sheety may not be aware of is the fact that next door to the MTS Centre (where the Jets play), stands a 120-something year-old church. A choral group from that church, Camerata Nova (http://www.cameratanova.com/), came up with their own little tribute to this memorable season that saw the return of the Jets and the NHL (too bad we're all but mathematically eliminated from the playoffs this year).
http://www.cameratanova.com (http://www.cameratanova.com) 
:thumbsup

A Winnipeg Jets Chant by Camerata Nova (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQXXhmLmGrY#ws)
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuff-Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin. :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on April 01, 2012, 01:19:23 AM
^ Next year JETS FAN!!!  The Southleast Can be Won :yep:

I'd love to see the Nords Back. Fuck who you want, fuck who you like. Gotta give Bettman props for not giving Jim Balsillie the Hamilton Coyotes  :rofl:
damn kings, all those ihop jokes are meaningless  :catglare:
(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/p480x480/541459_10150713180437128_10865057127_9309476_581562626_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Man-at-arms
Post by: kuro808 on April 01, 2012, 10:27:55 PM
http://www.massholesports.com/2012/03/tyler-seguin-is-such-lucky-bastid-i.html (http://www.massholesports.com/2012/03/tyler-seguin-is-such-lucky-bastid-i.html)

 :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Man-at-arms
Post by: JFC on April 01, 2012, 11:48:15 PM
http://www.massholesports.com/2012/03/tyler-seguin-is-such-lucky-bastid-i.html (http://www.massholesports.com/2012/03/tyler-seguin-is-such-lucky-bastid-i.html)

 :lol: :lol:
No way they'd be allowed to bring that sign in if it was real.
:kekeke:



It'd be pretty wicked though if it was true. :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Man-at-arms
Post by: kuro808 on April 01, 2012, 11:52:52 PM
I was reading later that Tyler Seguin called them out for the sign and it was NOT TRUE

although that was funny for them to PS it on April Fool's Day
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 02, 2012, 02:09:27 AM
HARTIKANEN SCORES!!!!! first of the year.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 02, 2012, 11:06:17 AM
TEEMUS all over the scoreboard. Hartikanen gets a pair Selanne "One More Game" almost got two. Fuckin CLASS. look at the fans beat each other up over his stick lol
(http://i.imgbox.com/aapNKLu6.jpg)


 DUBNYK! Fuck guy, he could be the #1.
(http://i.imgbox.com/aauczEeC.jpg)

CANT WAIT FOR THE PLAYOFFS. Wayne Simmonds Face scoring goals vs Crosby's Dome = 7 game bloodbath
Flyers vs Penguins end of game fights Apr 1, 2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgKCdGnVJxM#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 07, 2012, 02:40:36 AM
Good Effort Oilers lol. TO THE DRAFT PARTY TUESDAY!!! tied in 3rd to OT but shit.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/p480x480/528639_10150726029077128_10865057127_9351205_1188259120_n.jpg)

How bout this BULLSHIT! Sharks how do you sleep at night!! Ryan Clowe WHAT CHEATING! :tama-mad:
Hockey:Ryan Clowe Plays Puck From Bench April 5th, 2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_WXlHcCLoI#ws)

Poor Stoll XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 08, 2012, 06:40:20 AM
The nitemare is over XD

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/p480x480/539188_10150730053982128_10865057127_9366819_675262586_n.jpg)

Pheeeeeeeeeew. Whatta stinker. Posts up the ass. Whatever about personal awards. Lady Byng. Calder. The only Trophy that matters is Stanley.

DUBNYK!! SHIT HE locked up #1 fucking point blank saves. I know the Oilers gonna change shit around in 2012-13 with at least a #3 pick. DONT DRAFT NO RUSSIANS. Murray looks good but D-Men are so hard PAUSE to develop. GO OILERS GO!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 12, 2012, 03:33:39 AM
oh man hahaha. FIRST OVERALL again. I just joked getting it like in June. nothing to celebrate but SHIT. things got a lot easier.
(http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j443/BJyeslew/TROLL.jpg)

Nail up the Top 6. Get more vets under contract and WIN DAT CuP in 2013!!! Speaking of which. can't stop watching dat ACTION. My traditional predictions...
(http://i.imgbox.com/aavmDXVh.jpg)

fuck worked out The Rangers :? Good luck!!

MEssier and Graves on your side
New York Rangers Playoff Shuttle Train (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDR-M8mPlKY#ws)

Oh man Briere offside so blatant
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuro808 on April 14, 2012, 08:02:07 AM
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/great-moments-hating-canucks-canada-national-pastime-161311654.html;_ylt=AjX1L3xkIWQefnMJViey14Z7vLYF (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/great-moments-hating-canucks-canada-national-pastime-161311654.html;_ylt=AjX1L3xkIWQefnMJViey14Z7vLYF)

In reading this, its funny to consider all that hating but you gotta hate one team and LMFAO with the Luongo pic

Kings up 2-0 XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 17, 2012, 10:15:03 AM
Am i the only one watching the playoffs??? FUCKING most crazy fight filled series ever. Like shit Blues and Sharks going stupid. OH MAN TOO GOOD!!

King HENERIK SHIT!! Ottawa all over him - gotta love dat system but man, he made some killer saves.
Henrik Lundqvist save on Turris seals Rangers game 3 win! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IkoPWT3ivA#ws)

Vancouver flopping around begging for penalties XD ROPES!! Don't RIOT Honger :P

oh many Crosby is such a little bitch WHO KNEW!!! Jagr had that sick spinning goal on Friday.
Sidney Crosby vs Claude Giroux & Kris Letang vs Kimmo Timonen Apr 15, 2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_5_D29bdFg#ws)

AT this point, just as long as all Canadian teams are out, I don't care lol GO OILERS!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 21, 2012, 05:45:21 AM
NHL playoff violence: fights, hits mar hockey playoffs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onFvwBuaM80#ws)
LOL WHUT XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 21, 2012, 06:17:27 AM
lol torres with rocket boots

Shanahan is garbage!! Let em be, Torres is just a retard but fining Shea Weber nothing while no names get 3 to 4 games, non roster players vs superstars gotta be accountable but man, so much fuckin upsets its great. Chicago never gonna recover from this and no one in Phoenix will care.

Don't riot Honger lol
Vancouver Riots 2011: Fans rage as Canucks lose Stanley Cup (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LBxFmixh70#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 22, 2012, 11:11:15 AM
oh really. 25 games. Torres is outta the league. wher'es the Shanny explanation vid

Fuck now Boyle is out. Any chance of coming back down 1-0 Anderson shut them down.
Chris Neil huge hit on Brian Boyle. April 21st 2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obT7dtdXefc#ws)

gotta love Tortorella:
"Well, they have a blueprint. It was probably the exact same hit as Torres. Different part of the ice. Launches himself, headshot. The pucks at the goal line when he's hit. So the blueprint's there. I'm sure he's a repeat offender, too. Not much research to be done there."


stupid NBC schedule 6 games. Canucks get extra rest but YO GOODBYE SHARKS HAHAHAHAHA

Hope Kings, Panthers, Flyers and Caps advance, then it'll be all stupid free for all lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 23, 2012, 07:16:07 AM
WHOA!!! RIOT IN HONGCOUVER

Jarret Stoll game winner in OT. LA Kings vs Vancouver Canucks 4/22/12 NHL Hockey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Y5gLb0SgQ#ws)

STOLL! SNAPPIT! shit Ex-Oilers making damage in the playoffs. They should trade Cory Schneider to the Oilers like Habs did with Halak.

and DAMN. Boston was close but g'bye Crosby too! SHIT. If Rangers fall it will be a shit for all for Lord Stanley lol

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 15, 2012, 02:11:27 AM
BABY ITS ON!!

fuck im loving the upsets. Goodbye Pittsburgh! HA! Philly. FUCK BOSTON. GJ JAY. Fuck Brodeur looking like he's 25 again, sssssshitt all it took was a year of Kovie sucking and getting Adam Larsson DAMN YOU!  Rangers can't fuck it up now:
"Next Question" feat John Tortorella by DJ Steve Porter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPGtxTL-0X4#)

Alberta's  Braden Holtby was most impressive vs the Caps - shit was kitchen sinked on his ass and he pushed Rangers to the brink, hope the Oilers can strike some goalie magic next year with Duby ripping it up in the IIHF Helsinki style.

but I gotta stick with my theory of following the team with most ex-Oilers and that's the Kings. SHIT SON. Stoll lighting shit up, farting on people

(http://i.imgbox.com/aal2Y7d9.jpg)

 but with all that talent they best not fuck it up lol phoenix system can't handle Brown-Richards-Carter. AND WHO THE HELL IS DWIGHT KING lol bet that's 50% why they drafted him
(http://i.imgbox.com/aajUP7Wr.jpg)


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 15, 2012, 02:27:38 AM
Well, betcha Caps fans were caught off-guard by this news that came out today. :O

Quote
DALE HUNTER NOT RETURNING AS COACH OF WASHINGTON CAPITALS
SI.com c/o Associated Press
Posted: Monday May 14, 2012 12:45PM ; Updated: Monday May 14, 2012 7:57PM


ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- For quite some time, Washington Capitals general manager George McPhee tried to persuade former player Dale Hunter to return to the team as its coach. This season, McPhee finally got his man - just not for very long.

Hunter quit as Washington's coach on Monday after less than six months on the job, saying he wants to return to his family, his farm and the junior club he owns in Canada.

"It was the right thing to do," Hunter said.

He is the owner of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League, and he was the coach until McPhee beckoned in late November after firing Bruce Boudreau. Hunter's brother Mark took over as head coach of the Knights then, and one of Hunter's three children is an assistant. Hunter's 76-year-old father scouts for London; his sisters go to the games; another son lives nearby while attending college; his daughter is in the area, too.

Plus, Hunter and his brother own about 2,000 acres of farmland near his hometown of Petrolia, producing mainly wheat along with corn and soybeans.

"I'm going home," Hunter said at the Capitals' practice facility, a couple of hours after delivering the news to McPhee. "I've got a good thing going there with the family, so I'll stay home."

Hunter said he doesn't plan on returning to the NHL.

He was a successful forward in the league for 19 seasons - one of only four men whose jersey numbers were retired by the Capitals; the only player with 1,000 points and 3,000 penalty minutes in the NHL - but never won a Stanley Cup. Never before an assistant or head coach in the NHL, or even the AHL, Hunter was sought by McPhee in hopes he could bring his on-ice "tough guy" persona to a roster filled with stars more likely to make a pretty pass than drop to the ice to stop a puck.

"He said, `There's one way to play, and that's the right way to play, and I'll get them playing the right way.' He thought he could, and he accomplished what he thought he could do with them," McPhee said, "and now they're on the right path."

Hunter met with McPhee on Monday morning, two days after the Capitals were eliminated from the playoffs in the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 2-1 loss to the New York Rangers in Game 7.

"We could have very easily won that series," McPhee said.

The GM said he didn't even attempt to change Hunter's mind, because "there's no gray in Dale's life."

"I'd rather have him for six months than not at all, because he had quite an impact on this club," McPhee said. "He really taught this club the `how' of how to win. They all wanted to win. They just didn't know how. The `how' is being a team and sacrificing, and he sure got that out of this club."

Hunter went 30-23-7 - a .500 record - in the regular season after agreeing to a one-year deal to take over for Boudreau, helping the Capitals squeeze into the playoffs. Playing a defense-first, possession-oriented system with an emphasis on blocking shots, Washington eliminated reigning Stanley Cup champion Boston in seven games in the first round.

"He got everything out of this team that he could," McPhee said.

Another key move by Hunter was limiting captain Alex Ovechkin's minutes, saying it was dictated by game situations and the opponent's line changes. But it was clear that Hunter wanted players to focus on preventing goals more than scoring them.

Used to playing more than 20 minutes a night, every night, Ovechkin wound up with a career-playoff-low 13 1/2 minutes in one game, and also had only his second zero-shot postseason performance.

"For me, personally, it was pretty hard, to be honest with you," Ovechkin acknowledged Monday.

The two-time NHL MVP and team captain called it a "hard year, mentally."

Other players generally said they understood Hunter's motives for moving on - and generally expressed that they would have liked if he'd stuck around.

"I just had a little short chat with him and shook his hand and said thank you. I asked him if there's anything I can do to convince him to stay," forward Brooks Laich said. "He taught us as much about leadership and team aspects and respect amongst players and trusting your teammates as he did about hockey. He was like having another veteran in the locker room. He changed the culture around here a little bit, which the rest of us really enjoyed. He's leaving the team in a better state than he found it."

Whether Hunter's lessons will be followed when a new coach arrives remains to be seen.

"I know it's a long summer here, but hopefully guys remember that to win in the playoffs you have to sacrifice, block shots, do the right things," forward Troy Brouwer said. "That's just what he tried to instill in us the entire time he was here and the entire stretch down the playoffs."

Here's how Hunter summed it up: "You put skill with a hardworking, gritty team, and you've got a winner."

McPhee doesn't have a specific timetable for finding a replacement, saying it might happen by the NHL draft in June or perhaps not until August.

"I'm not in any rush," McPhee said.

NOTES: G Tomas Vokoun said he won't be back. Injuries to him and Michal Neuvirth allowed Braden Holtby to become the starting goalie for all 14 playoff games. "I wasn't planning on being back here anyway. It was never my intention to be here more than a year," Vokoun said. ... F Jay Beagle broke his foot while blocking a shot in Game 5 against the Rangers and stayed in that game, but couldn't balance enough on the ice to play in Games 6 or 7 and needed surgery. He said he expects to be able to skate again within 2 1/2 months. ... McPhee said D Tom Poti, who missed all season injured, "may have played his last game in the NHL." ... Among the team's unrestricted free agents: F Alexander Semin. Among the restricted free agents: D Mike Green. "I believe that we're going to win a Cup here," Green said, "and I want to be a part of it."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/hockey/nhl/05/14/dale.hunter.capitals.coach.ap/index.html (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/hockey/nhl/05/14/dale.hunter.capitals.coach.ap/index.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 18, 2012, 09:15:24 AM
the only guy that showed up was Shane Doan, no wonder Kings got dat stranglehold SHIT!!! Just flowing offense, they best sweep dem Desert Dogs

HOLYSHIT TOM RENNEY GOT FIRED.

wasn't much of a surprise but shit, making him twist and shit like that for months. Fans calling for his head all year. AT least get him to finish the job, get a change to have em healthy.

Now the Oilers prolly gonna go the opposite and try to pull a Sutter outta the hat. lol can't wait for the third season of Oil Change to sound like this:
John Tortorella angry at his team (HBO 24/7 Flyers Rangers) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W45jXVKj_CM#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on May 20, 2012, 07:30:35 AM
King Henrik :theking

John Tortorella: Post Game 3 5/19/12 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg5WFdqtTBs#ws)
New York Rangers At New Jersey Devils Game 3 Highlights 5/19/12 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kALz_dxY6eM#ws)
Let's go Rangers! :twothumbs
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 21, 2012, 01:08:25 AM
lol like a carbon copy!

gotta love John Tortorella  :rofl: anyone who hates on his genius sarcasm hates life

DOAN!!
Shane Doan 2nd goal. Phoenix Coyotes vs Los Angeles Kings Game 4 5/20/12 NHL Hockey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGPMIL2slRA#ws)

so many posts for the Kings, lol Smith was like back flat did it go in? kinda move. way to not get swept!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 23, 2012, 08:25:45 AM
WHOA! Not since 1993 when this dude took the LA Kings to the Cup Finals.

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01004.jpg)

LOOOOL oh man fucking intense handshake Doaner so PISSED XD don't blame him The Fuck Dustin Brown just blew up his guy!! and Penner! PENNER of all fucking people gets a sweet ass goal to end it.

Dustin Penner OT goal, handshakes. Los Angeles Kings vs Phoenix Coyotes Game 5 5/22/12 NHL Hockey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3anzOtPkJ1I#ws)

Keep it classy Phoenix Fans! Or your team will be shipped to the Quebec!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 26, 2012, 05:52:54 AM
2012 Stanley Cup Finals are now set!

(http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/9044/largem.png) L.A. Kings VS New Jersey Devils (http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/1028/largex.png)

Predictions anyone?
 :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 31, 2012, 09:01:50 PM
One year ago today, May 31, 2011.


An announcement was made.



THE announcement was made, the one that Peggers had been awaiting for 15 years.

The NHL...was BACK in town.

See it all again: http://livestre.am/3WkV6 (http://livestre.am/3WkV6)


And Happy Jets day. :cheers
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 02, 2012, 09:26:57 AM
^ FUCK YEAH. 2013 Stanley Cup See you there :halo:

in celebration, I copped a pack of cards and got 3 Jets old and new:
(http://i.imgbox.com/aabBAk47.jpg)

anyone watching the finals? I gotta pull for the Kings since they filled with Ex-Oilers (minus the bum Penner) Stoll and Greene so close, and Bill Ranford making Quick what he is today. but shit GAME 1 so feeling each other out lke they were fingering a chick. the ice was stupid!! this series gonna go long b ut MAN can't leave Kopitar all alone like dat.
Anze Kopitar Overtime Winner 5/30/12 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2frGFM5YOc#ws)

lol can't top One Clap
Sick Stanley Cup Remix 5/30/12 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZP_sfLo2Hw#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 03, 2012, 04:45:33 AM
FUCK YEAH Saw Captain Canada :canada: Ryan Smyth and ended up grilling him about when he resigning "Waiting to hear from their side" YOU GOT THE SCOOP HERE! :jphip:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip05168.jpg)

Real nice, down to earth talked to the kids like "You play? You like the Oil Kings, did Edmonton proud" to one kid who had downs syndrome. COME ON! DO IT STEVE!
Ryan Smyth United Cycle 2012-06-01 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkCrbkvz0Ag#)

AND Happy 61st Birthday Larry Robinson, best rant in hockey  :rofl:
Happy Birthday Larry Robinson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfsD6xCmTkI#)

sssssssssshit OT.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 03, 2012, 06:43:14 PM
AND Happy 61st Birthday Larry Robinson, best rant in hockey  :rofl:
Happy Birthday Larry Robinson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfsD6xCmTkI#)
It's still not as bad as the diving in the NBA. :yep:



Devils need to step up their game. Wouldn't exactly look good if they lost the finals to the 8th-seeded team now, would it? :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 05, 2012, 02:21:04 AM
FUCK YEAH GRETZKY WITH THE PUCK DROP!!!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 06, 2012, 10:01:35 AM
FUCK YEAH GRETZKY WITH THE PUCK DROP!!!!!

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01016.jpg)

SSSSSHIT Marty didn't even have a chance on some of those - fucking weathering the storm like SHIT. 6 PP and Devils couldn't cash it in. they been playing real great with some super forecheck but man, if Kings win tonite.....

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 12, 2012, 02:24:45 AM
^ Hooooooly shit if the Devils can do what the 42 Leafs did. FUCK THAT BE THE MONUMENTAL gotta finish it off tonight. They should get Lucky Luc to drop the puck. lol Cartman pumping up the crowd. I just have this feeling the Marty is gonna take em to 7.

went to the Oilers Locker Room sale yesterday and -- hmm nothing much for sale cuz I guess the season ticket holders got em all, cuz all the signed goods and star player gear was gone lol. so i just got a knit cap for Rika :P

BUTT! met Darcy Hordichuk and told him THANK YOU we needed a fighter so bad, Minnesota game esp made me rofl and posed:
(http://t.imgbox.com/aarQRs76.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/aarQRs76)

and some random Oil Kings with the WHL trophy lol.
(http://t.imgbox.com/aazabyoj.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/aazabyoj)

THEN!! Grant Fuhr was in the house!! SHIT got some shit signed for my homie and shook his hand TIGHT GRIP! whadddya expect his glove hand so epic, always an honour to meet one of the all time greats, asked him if he was gonna coach the Oilers and he mumbled something lol couldn't hear but I guess he suggested he working with some dudes? XD

HOLY SHIT AND THEN!! since he was pimping Ford (the sale sponsor) right beside him was this Test drive a Ford, tour the Oilers locker room and I'm like FUCK YEAH!! it was raining and pouring but snapped up a Mustang and slammed it all over the Yellowhead XD the dude was like all blah blah sync trying to add his lame ass music to the ipod "do you like Flo.Rida?"  :roll: I'm like I LIKE FUCK YOU. I WANNA BE SNIFFING OILERS JOCK STRAPS GET ME IN THERE!!  so zoom zoom baby, I made it in the halls of the HOLY HEAVENLY HOCKEY:
(http://t.imgbox.com/aagQTgYB.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/aagQTgYB) (http://t.imgbox.com/aapOE6vj.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/aapOE6vj)

saw THE DOOR. just got chills. srsly.
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip05199.jpg)

it was rumoured that Messier smashed someones head in it XD but the story, the ritual!!! BRING IT BACK!!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip05198.jpg)

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just chills going through the place, this stood out, The Loyalty :jphip:
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cuz... WERD. LOOK WHO'S BACK!!
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video here: http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=634375 (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=634375)

"The Oilers have probably the best developmental model in all of hockey ... The kids have all the resources available to them." - MacT :yep:

Like man. All the rumours he was gonna be back to coach but hey, nice to see him back in the mix.  I love his wry sense of humour lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 12, 2012, 03:38:55 AM
saw THE DOOR. just got chills. srsly.
Isn't tradition awesome? :rockon:


Fuckin' hell man, that 5 minute boarding penalty really cost the Devils big time. It's halfway through the 2nd period now, and I'd have to say it looks like the Kings have this one in the bag.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 12, 2012, 03:57:50 AM
^ THAT WAS IFFY. What ahelluva game, lol switching between channels NBC guy is like "To quote Al Pacino, Things just getting warmed up!!" :lol:

Best part was the ref getting a FAT LIP!! oh man, everyone going fullspeed. Fucking almost like they gift wrapped em but with Devils killing off that 4 minute major, you can just feel the ice tilt but SHIT too little too late. Who knows. BRINNG ON THE THIRD!

Almost bittersweet to see all dem ex Oilers on the team, but good for SToll and hell, Ranford making Quick what he is.

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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 12, 2012, 05:06:18 AM
CONGRATS TO THE LA KINGS 2012 STANLEY CUP CHAMPS!

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FUCK the hand off is just so epic. all kinds of tradition innit. First #8 seed to win the Cup. "Some are born brothers, some have to earn it."

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 12, 2012, 05:10:20 AM
Well, congrats to the Kings. Clear proof that when it comes to winning championships, it's more important to have a good, hard work ethic, and to gel together at the right time than it is to have a high seed/placement in the regular season standings. :yep:

And come on, was there ever any doubt that Quick would get the Conn Smythe trophy for playoff MVP?

I think not. :cheers
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 12, 2012, 10:08:34 AM
^ THE Conn Smythe winner shoulda been these:
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No DOUBT JFC. the key is just the right mix of veterans and skill players, great D and OH SHIT. SO FUCKING IMPORTANT GOALTENDING. For the longest time

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aww yeah Ice Girls. NOW THIS IS WHAT OCTANE SHOULD LOOK LIKE :lol:
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Great to see vets like Willie mitchell and Simon Gagne get a taste too. And front office honks coming for a taste like Luc.
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Here's to Martin Brodeur coming back, dude still got miles in him still. One of the more classy scenes of the nite:
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 19, 2012, 12:02:26 AM
Anyone other than myself planning on watching the draft this Friday? You should be watching dai, seeing as how your boys have the first pick again.

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Round 1

1. Edmonton
2. Columbus
3. Montreal
4. NY Islanders
5. Toronto
6. Anaheim
7. Minnesota
8. Carolina
9. Winnipeg
10. Tampa Bay
11. Washington (from COL)
12. Buffalo
13. Dallas
14. Calgary
15. Ottawa
16. Washington
17. San Jose
18. Chicago
19. Tampa Bay (from DET)
20. Philadelphia
21. Buffalo (from NSH)
22. Pittsburgh
23. Florida
24. Boston
25. St. Louis
26. Vancouver
27. Phoenix
28. NY Rangers
29. New Jersey
30. Los Angeles (optional to CBJ)
FULL DRAFT ORDER (ROUNDS 1-7): http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=634895 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=634895)


EDIT:
Oh and dai, the pre-season schedules have been released. You should check yours out. 

Or if you can't, you can just check out OURS.
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LINK - http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=634961 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=634961)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 21, 2012, 10:33:55 AM
^ WERD SON. :jphip: are you tinking what I'm tinking?? I was just talking to KT earlier, we gotta meet up - if not for tix but just to troll y'all or you troll us back XD

LOL yeah JFC. Draft Party and everything. :xo: This gotta stop in 2012 lol

earlier last night...

EBERLE AND NUUUGE GOT ROBBED!!!!!

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and not just of their dignity :lol: well whaddya expect, tight race - Brian Campbell be the veteran, Landeskog almost led the Avs to a playoff spot but WHO CARES about individual awards. WE WANT THE CUP!!! Oilers better Nail the first overall. WHERE'S YOUR COACH!?


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 21, 2012, 08:37:33 PM
As far as I can tell, the only statistical reason to not give Nuge the Calder was that his +/- was a little bit lower and that he had to sit out 20 games this past season due to that injury. The way that he's played all year, if he hadn't missed those games, he likely would've gotten it. :yep:

Oh, and they released the full schedule for the upcoming season.  :thumbsup  Like last year, looks like your boys play our boys only once this upcoming season. And it's on Boxing Day, FFS.  :lol:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm (http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 23, 2012, 01:19:09 AM
Well, Oilers did what everyone expected them to do by taking Yakupov 1st overall. He's undoubtedly the best player in this year's group.

Imagine now...a line that consists of all No.1 draft picks: Yakupov, Nuge, and Hall.  That's something that coaches all over the league dream of. :yep:

NHL.com Draft Tracker - http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftsearch.htm?year=2012&round=1 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftsearch.htm?year=2012&round=1)


EDIT: Well, well, well...Jordan Staal just got traded from Pittsburgh to Carolina, meaning now the 'Canes have 2 Staal's on their roster.

Funny thing about it, TSN's commentators said that Jordan is actually getting married today. Now THAT is one way to make sure you don't forget your wedding anniversary. XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 24, 2012, 05:55:33 AM
WERD. Staal Brothers reunited, shocked the fuck outta me. They got back some great pieces, Fuckin Pens XD

Jets did pretty good, I'd love to get an UNTAMED bruiser like Trouba on the blue line XD OH MAN them showing that clip of him lighting up a Swede at 11 - plus tacking on a Sutter in Lukas is intriguing. Can't go wrong.

STOP THE PRESSES!! Leafs traded rights to Gustavsson to Jets for conditional pick! Picked up James Van Riemsdyk from the Philadelphia Flyers for defenceman Luke Schenn! Luongo not too far behind? Needs more massive contracts to be dumped methinks *coughPhaneuf*

BUTT LOVING THE PICK YAKUPOV! so much offense, it's gonna be like 7-6 at Rexall every night lol

Oilers draft Nail Yakupov #1 overall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZTmN-uSVUg#ws)

All I heard on the local analysis was Ryan Murray we need defense. lol my jaw kept dropping as everyone selected D and dudes like Grigorenko and Forsberig were slipping. But D-Men are development projects, rare is the Doughty or Weber.

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Here's to Lowe, Tambellini and MacT resigning Georges Laraque to centre Hall and Ebz!!!! GO OILERS GO!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 24, 2012, 09:20:59 AM
Gustavsson? In MY Winnipeg? Now I know they're banking on Pavelec leaving.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 25, 2012, 02:26:57 AM
I like mason better, surprised he wasn't the main guy season opened.

WHOA AWESOME! we picked a brown dude, East Indian heritage Surrey's own Jujhar Khaira 6'3" power forward
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are y'all going to your respective development camps? first chance to see Yakupov in action: http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=635996 (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=635996)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 26, 2012, 12:22:00 AM
are y'all going to your respective development camps? first chance to see Yakupov in action: http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=635996 (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=635996)
No word yet about if/when the development camps here will happen, nor whether or not they'll be open to the public. Definitely would like to go though. :)


Gustavsson? In MY Winnipeg? Now I know they're banking on Pavelec leaving.
Looks like Pavelec's agent may have been a bit more willing to negotiate once Chevy (Jets' GM Kevin Cheveldayoff) showed that while we wanted to re-sign him, we did have another option open to us and that we'd go with it if need be.


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Jets agree to terms with Ondrej Pavelec
Monday, 25.06.2012 / 4:37 PM / News Articles
Winnipeg Jets


The Winnipeg Jets are pleased to announce they have agreed to terms with goaltender Ondrej Pavelec on a new contract. As per club policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Pavelec, 24, appeared in 68 games with the Winnipeg Jets last season where he earned a 29-28-9 record, 2.91 goals against average and 0.906 save percentage. He ranked fifth in the league in overall games played as well as fifth overall in shots against (2,036) and saves (1,845). Last season, he set new career-highs in games played, minutes, wins, and saves.

The Kladno, Czech Republic native has played in 187 career NHL games between Atlanta and Winnipeg for a career 70-79-25 record, 2.99 goals against average and 0.907 save percentage.

He was originally drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers in the second round, 41st overall, in the 2005 NHL Draft.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=636058 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=636058)


EDIT:  No terms of the deal have been released? Nothing that a little journalism can't find out.  The kicker is that this article was published online BEFORE the Jets' Official website put up their article about it. :lol: :thumbsup
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'I always said I like Winnipeg': Jets goalie Pavelec on 5-year contract
By: Staff Writer | Posted: 3:49 PM

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The Winnipeg Jets' goaltending concerns/questions have been put to rest – the club announced Monday afternoon it has agreed to terms with Ondrej Pavelec on a new five-year contract worth $19.5 million.

The deal will pay Pavelec $3.25 million in 2012-13, and $3.5 million, $3.75 million, $4.25 million and $4.75 million in the following years of the contract.


The length gives Pavelec security and allows the Jets to continue to build around a player they think is morphing into a goaltending star.

The 24-year-old product of Kladno in the Czech Republic appeared in 68 games with the Jets last year, finishing with a 29-28-9 record, a 2.91 goals against average and. 906 save percentage. He was fifth in the NHL in games played, shots against and saves.

"I’m really happy that I have a chance to say in Winnipeg for five years," said Pavelec, who is in the Czech Republic, on a conference call.

"That’s all I was looking for, to stay in a city you like. They have great fans there and I always said I like Winnipeg. It’s behind me now and I’m just looking forward to success in Winnipeg."

Originally drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers in the second round, 41st overall, in the 2005 NHL draft, Pavelec had been reportedly seeking a long-term deal worth roughly $4 million per season.

There were also reports earlier this month that a KHL team had put a substantial offer on the table for Pavelec, but the netminder said Monday he wanted to remain in the NHL.

"Everybody knows I had an offer from the KHL, that’s no secret," said Pavelec. "But I always wanted to stay in Winnipeg. I said that so many times. I had the option to go to the KHL and it was really good money, but the first thing I was thinking was I wanted to stay in Winnipeg and that’s exactly what happened."

Chris Mason, Pavelec’s back-up last season, becomes an unrestricted free agent on July 1, as does Jonas Gustavsson, whom the Jets sent a conditional seventh-round pick to Toronto for the right to negotiate with him this week.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/Jets-sign-Pavelec-to-5-year-contract-160290775.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/Jets-sign-Pavelec-to-5-year-contract-160290775.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 26, 2012, 10:41:07 PM
CONGRATS TO THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME's CLASS OF 2012!!!

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Hockey Hall of Fame Announces 2012 Inductees

TORONTO (June 26, 2012) — Bill Hay, Chairman and CEO of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Jim Gregory and Pat Quinn, Co-Chairmen of the Hockey Hall of Fame's Selection Committee, announced today Pavel Bure, Adam Oates, Joe Sakic and Mats Sundin have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Player Category. The vote took place today at the annual meeting of the Selection Committee in Toronto.

"The Hockey Hall of Fame is proud to welcome these four hockey legends as Honoured Members," said Jim Gregory. "Their contributions to the game of hockey are well documented and their election to the Hockey Hall of Fame is richly deserved."

http://www.hhof.com/htmlInduct/ind12prolog.shtml (http://www.hhof.com/htmlInduct/ind12prolog.shtml)

 :cheers
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 27, 2012, 02:12:11 AM
Bure bout damn time! Sakic NO BRAINER. Oates. THE FUCK TOOK SO LONG?!? 6th all time in assists, good luck coaching Ovie XD Mats Sundin?! First Ballot. WHAT A FUCKIN JOKE TORONTO MEDIA BIAS FUCK YOU. Just like I KNEW HE'D BE IN ASAP.  :rofl: Like Gilmour. Really? Even Lindros was the most dominant when he was there. And Roenick was an all around better player. no Brendan Shanahan? 3 Cups? How about Kevin Lowe and his 6 rings? 7 All-Star Appearances?

Profile - Kevin Lowe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVb8rw3FOp8#)

BUT THAT IS ALL UP FOR DEBATE NEXT YEAR LOL

I heard that NY Isles was gonna trade their entire draft picks for this year for #2 LMFAO and Columbus rejected em..... for once Charles Wang threw shit out there that made sense. An entire roster to develop vs a WHO KNOWS D-Man? How Scott Howson still has a job means he got naked pics of someone.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 27, 2012, 07:41:12 AM
THE WORST KEPT SECRET SINCE WELL HUNG DOORS MARKET CAMPAIGN!!! (http://wellhungdoor.com)

Ralph Kreguer to be named Oilers Head Coach tmr. Heard on radio. Seems good, but weird stringing Renney along and then stringing this all along thinking we'd get someone from the outside. As long as Bucky is here lol

:lol: Yakupov went nuts on twitter apparently last nite: http://deadspin.com/5921351/top-nhl-draft-pick-nail-yakupovs-wild-night-on-twitter (http://deadspin.com/5921351/top-nhl-draft-pick-nail-yakupovs-wild-night-on-twitter)

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Nail Yakupov, the Oilers' first overall pick, has drawn comparisons to Pavel Bure. He will anchor one of the best young lines in hockey next season. But he is also 18 years old, and still learning English, and still getting used to this social media thing, and put together, you get nights like last night.

Over the course of a five-hour Twitter binge, Yakupov opened up on everything from his virginity to Subway sandwiches to Piggy Poop Balls. It's a Dadaist masterpiece of broken English, multiple emoticons, and one last night of freedom before someone from the Oilers inevitably has a talk with him about how to use Twitter.

PIMP!! Can't wait till he hits up Whyte.

Free agent frenzy should be interesting: Shane Doan announced he be a free agent with Parise, Schultz, and the Nash/Luonogo Trade BRING IT !! BEFORE CBA lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 01, 2012, 08:07:13 AM
HOLYSHIT!! OILERS ACTUALLY WON A FREE AGENT SWEEPSTAKES!!1  Justin Schultz signs. Cheap too.

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Ironic this Ducks pick was from Dustin Penner fleecing back when Lowe was GM. I dunno even know what's good about the kid but everyone excitied lol. The prized Free Agent and hasn't even played an NHL game. I dhought D-men were tough to develop. Now get Smyttie and Laraque resigned. Get Parise, Weber, Suter onboard too XD

Me was at Development Camp this morning. Pix vid to cum.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 01, 2012, 01:09:23 PM
Went to the development camp at Millennium place - PLACE WAS PACKED! Doing all kinda weird drills like kicking the puck with your foot, one leg skating, Yakupov was super fast!!!
Yakupov (2012.06.30) Development Camp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4qQFI7RiFA#)

You can see #50 Samun Perhonen from JYP and Frans Tuohimaa in the Jokerit pads no doubt
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And again, like last year saw Craig Simpson :lol: his kid was all up in there.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on July 03, 2012, 07:08:14 AM
Holy Jokinen, Batman! Jets got themselves one of the best rental players evar! We got all the waffles you want!  Oh, and Alex Ponikarovsky too, lol.

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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on July 04, 2012, 07:55:23 AM
This one's for team Suomi!! Winnipeggers love Finnish DANSE!

http://fuldans.se/?v=xapeifcwtg (http://fuldans.se/?v=xapeifcwtg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 05, 2012, 03:24:35 AM
Well, looks like Minnesota wants to be known as the big "winners" of this summers free agent sweepstakes by "putting their money where their mouth is" and signing this summer's 2 top UFAs.

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Wild land top forward, defenseman in Parise, Suter
Wednesday, 07.04.2012 / 5:12 PM / NHL Free Agency 2012
By Dan Rosen and Corey Masisak - NHL.com Staff Writers

Zach Parise and Ryan Suter spent nearly 72 hours weighing lucrative offers from several NHL teams after the free agent market opened Sunday. For the Minnesota Wild, the payoff was worth the wait.

Minnesota landed the top two players in the free agent Class of 2012, agreeing to 13-year contracts with both Parise and Suter on Wednesday morning -- making it a Fourth of July celebration for the ages in the State of Hockey and a monumental day in the history of the young franchise.

Both deals are for 13 years and $98 million, which locks each player up through the 2024-25 season. Each carries a salary-cap hit of $7.538 million per season.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=637188 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=637188)


In other news involving a big name UFA player...
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Jaromir Jagr signs with Dallas
Tuesday, 07.03.2012 / 8:30 PM / NHL Free Agency 2012
By John Kreiser - NHL.com Columnist


After a busy three days of revamping the Dallas Stars, GM Joe Nieuwendyk is ready for some time off.

"I think I'm going to the lake next week and turn my phone off. I'm pretty much done," Nieuwendyk said with a laugh Tuesday after signing 40-year-old Jaromir Jagr to a one-year, $4.55 million contract -- his third major move in as many days to remodel a team that hasn't made the playoffs since 2008.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=637171 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=637171)


On the local front, the Jets have managed to secure a new backup goalie in former first round draft pick Al Montoya. Kind of humourously ironic that he agreed to sign with us considering one of our guys gave him a concussion that cost him the second half of this past season. :P

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Jets sign goaltender Al Montoya
Wednesday, 07.04.2012 / 5:28 PM / NHL Free Agency 2012
NHL.com


The Winnipeg Jets agreed to terms with goaltender Al Montoya on Wednesday. The team did not announce any terms, but ESPN.com reports that it's a one-year deal worth $601,000.

Montoya played in 31 games with the New York Islanders during the 2011-12 season, going 9-11-5 with a 3.11 goals-against average and a save percentage of .893. He missed much of the second half of the season due to a concussion suffered when he was run over by Winnipeg forward Evander Kane in a game in mid-December.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=637238 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=637238)

Speaking of Evander Kane, Chevy's still got to re-sign that bugger.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on July 13, 2012, 05:19:39 AM
Teemu Selanne Decides on His Future (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oVeBAkjb9g#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 02, 2012, 02:54:00 AM
Speaking of Teemu, found this while browsing a local Peg Sheety car forum, posted by someone who's a mechanic, and who happened to meet Teemu through working on the car he was driving at the time:

Quote from: headers @ WinnipegHeights.com forum
I remember back in 94/95, when I was drivn down portage and stopped at a light and beside me in a green Jeep Cherokee was Doan.. and he had some Alanis Morrissette tune cranked! LOL

then there was another time late summer on a sunday night, that I was drivn down portage and recognized a certain reddish Saab Turbo goin the other way, so I flipped around and went after it...  caught up to Teemu and Domi (shotgun) FLYING and I mean flying down Kenaston!
Pulled up along side and had a few laughs at a red light (I worked on Teemu's Saab back then with Birchwood, and Teemu knew me thru that)

I remember we replaced the tires after 2 months.. they were bald!
ALSO remember his first winter here (early november).. I had to go to his home and find out why his SAAB wouldnt start.. when I got there his Saab was on the front street all week...untouched.. it was -30!
We ran an extension cord out to it and he invited me in and I explained what plugging it in does! :)
This was before he was a superstar!!!!!

What a great guy.. so friendly
his addy was 793 Campbell St, just south of Grant ( I can say that now) :)

grey house with the SUV directly in front
https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=793+campbell+st+winnipeg&hl=en&ll=49.85476,-97.191925&spn=0.005734,0.009645&sll=49.854751,-97.191925&layer=c&cbp=13,292.03,,0,3.55&cbll=49.85462,-97.191936&hnear=793+Campbell+St,+Winnipeg,+Manitoba+R3N+1C5&t=m&z=17&panoid=iTO-jiGXg4TPQ6i3LQImgw (https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=793+campbell+st+winnipeg&hl=en&ll=49.85476,-97.191925&spn=0.005734,0.009645&sll=49.854751,-97.191925&layer=c&cbp=13,292.03,,0,3.55&cbll=49.85462,-97.191936&hnear=793+Campbell+St,+Winnipeg,+Manitoba+R3N+1C5&t=m&z=17&panoid=iTO-jiGXg4TPQ6i3LQImgw)
ORIGINAL POST HERE - http://www.winnipegheights.com/showthread.php?223069-NHL-Winnipeg-Jets&p=3039581&viewfull=1#post3039581 (http://www.winnipegheights.com/showthread.php?223069-NHL-Winnipeg-Jets&p=3039581&viewfull=1#post3039581)

I choose to believe that the guy is not bullshitting through his ass. After all, we Peggers take our Teemu manlove pretty damn seriously.  :thumbsup
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 10, 2012, 04:36:34 AM
And so the countdown begins...

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Bettman says NHL will lock out players if no new CBA deal in place by Sept. 15
By Chris Johnston, THE CANADIAN PRESS August 9, 2012

Thirty-seven days.

That's how much time remains for the NHL and its players' association to bridge a wide gap in collective bargaining negotiations or face another lockout.

Commissioner Gary Bettman made it clear during Thursday's bargaining session in New York that the league is prepared to lock out its players when the current agreement expires Sept. 15.

"I re-confirmed something that the union has been told multiple times over the last nine to 12 months," Bettman told reporters after a two-hour meeting. "Namely, that time is getting short and the owners are not prepared to operate under this collective bargaining agreement for another season, so we need to get to making a deal and doing it soon. And we believe there's ample time for the parties to get together and make a deal and that's what we're going to be working towards."

The clock is ticking.

It makes next week's meetings in Toronto particularly important, with NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr expected to deliver the union's first official proposal on Tuesday. It won't look anything like the one the NHL handed over July 13.

The union found very little, if anything, it liked in that document, which called for a lowering of the players' share in revenue, introduced new contract restrictions and called for an extended entry-level system.

One change the players will seek is a broadening of the revenue- sharing system between teams. Fehr raised that issue Thursday during the talks at NHL headquarters as a way to illustrate why the NHLPA wasn't in favour of the league's proposal.

"We made a presentation directly related to the owners' proposal -- a revenue-sharing system as it would be combined with the player compensation system that they had proposed," said Fehr. "In the course of doing that, (we) indicated to them that for a couple of different reasons it didn't look to us like it was the way to go.

"In particular, the biggest reason was that it seems to us, both overall and on a club-by-club basis, all of the revenue-sharing payments -- both the new ones and the existing ones -- would be paid for by player salary reductions."

That was by design.

Bettman indicated that "fundamental economics" are more of a key element to the negotiations than revenue sharing.

"The fundamental proposal, our initial proposal, relates to the fact that we need to be paying out less in player costs," he said.

The NHL lost its entire 2004-05 season to a lockout and seems to be facing the growing possibility of another one. It would be the third on Bettman's watch.

Fehr has floated the idea of continuing negotiations while players report to training camp if a new deal wasn't in place by Sept. 15.

"Under the law, if an agreement expires, that may give someone the legal ability to go on strike or in this case to impose a lockout," he said. "There's no requirement that they do so and if nobody does anything you (can) continue to work under the old conditions."

However, with the NHL unwilling to do that, negotiations will need to pick up pace. Even though the sides have been meeting regularly since the end of June, very little progress has been made on what they refer to as the "core economic issues" -- how revenues should be divided.

"There's a meaningful gulf there," said Fehr. "I'll leave it at that for now."
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FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.canada.com/hockey/nhlnews/Bettman+says+will+lock+players+deal+place+Sept/7066942/story.html (http://www.canada.com/hockey/nhlnews/Bettman+says+will+lock+players+deal+place+Sept/7066942/story.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on September 07, 2012, 09:23:21 PM
NHL - 'Together We Can' #nolockout (HD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQs3O_IDas#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 14, 2012, 06:48:57 PM
And so the countdown begins...
As of this post...approximately 36 hours until the current CBA expires and a third NHL lockout begins.
 :banghead:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 16, 2012, 12:43:11 AM
shit Oilers sent 26 Players to the farm. including Nugent Hopkins, Eberle and Schultz. shit is ON. http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=641579&navid=DL (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=641579&navid=DL)|EDM|home
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NO BRAINER. Smyttie signed. That was the one saving grace all season for me. Leadership of grit on board gets u Cups.
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Yakupov can get more reps in the minors but to lose a season you will get the guys like Selanne and Brodeur just waste their last push for a Cup run. OH FUCK Employers don't pay them 57% of the salary. WELL FUCK they ain't named Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, fucking they your meal ticket and fuckin fans lose out.

The game has gone so fuckin global. LA Kings winning the Cup put em into the next level NBC Sports Channel type worthy. SO it used to OLN or Versus or whaver but to have Snoop Lion rock the 42 million Dollar man Taylor Hall threads? You wanna pull an NFL and just get shit done and not have em lose games. STUPID. FUCK YOU BETTMAN!!! :tama-mad:
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JOEY MOSS SAVE US!!
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FUCK LETS ALL GO PLAY NHL 13
NHL 13 Team Previews Edmonton Oilers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2ejVbB9SfA#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 16, 2012, 01:01:49 AM
^
With just around 6 hours until the lockout begins, it's not surprising to see teams assign players to their AHL affiliates. I'm pretty sure that only players that have signed 2-way contracts (i.e. contracts that specify terms for playing in both the NHL team and it's AHL affiliate) can actually be sent down, so it could be that Tambellini had a feeling that a lockout would happen, and thus deliberately put that clause into the contracts of a lot of the players that he signed within the last couple of seasons. That could explain why so many Oilers got sent down.

Here in Peg Sheety, on the other hand, most of our "main guys" only have one-way contracts, and thus cannot be sent/assigned to play for our AHL affiliate. Our only "main guy" being sent down is Burmistrov, and most of the rest of them would likely have been assigned to the AHL anyway.
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Jets assign 13 players to St. John's IceCaps
Saturday, 15.09.2012 / 3:04 PM / News Articles
   
The Winnipeg Jets announced today they have assigned 13 players to the Jets’ American Hockey League affiliate, the St. John’s IceCaps.

The players assigned to St. John’s include Alexander Burmistrov, Chris Carrozzi, Ben Chairot, Patrice Cormier, Jason Gregoire, Carl Klingberg, Julian Melchiori, Eric O’Dell, Will O’Neill, Edward Pasquale, Zach Redmond, Cody Sol and Ivan Telegin.

The Jets have also announced they have assigned Mark Scheifele to the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League.
LINK - http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=641600 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=641600)


We also still haven't re-signed Kane yet. Offers have been made, but he and his management are being hella-ass slow in responding. He says he wants to stay with the team, but it makes one wonder if he really does or not...or, if he's just holding out for more money.  :doh:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 16, 2012, 07:25:47 PM
It has begun...
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A message to our fans
Sunday, 09.16.2012 / 9:00 AM / News

The following message to fans was issued by the National Hockey League on Sunday:

Despite the expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the National Hockey League has been, and remains, committed to negotiating around the clock to reach a new CBA that is fair to the Players and to the 30 NHL teams.

Thanks to the conditions fostered by seven seasons under the previous CBA, competitive balance has created arguably the most meaningful regular season in pro sports; a different team has won the Stanley Cup every year; fans and sponsors have agreed the game is at its best, and the League has generated remarkable growth and momentum. While our last CBA negotiation resulted in a seismic change in the League's economic system, and produced corresponding on-ice benefits, our current negotiation is focused on a fairer and more sustainable division of revenues with the Players -- as well as other necessary adjustments consistent with the objectives of the economic system we developed jointly with the NHL Players' Association seven years ago. Those adjustments are attainable through sensible, focused negotiation -- not through rhetoric.

This is a time of year for all attention to be focused on the ice, not on a meeting room. The League, the Clubs and the Players all have a stake in resolving our bargaining issues appropriately and getting the puck dropped as soon as possible. We owe it to each other, to the game and, most of all, to the fans.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=641584 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=641584)



On somewhat of a plus side (at least here locally), Kane's people and the Jets finally came to an agreement on a new contract.

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Kane all locked up
Last-minute deal worth $31.5M over six years for 30-goal scorer
By: Tim Campbell


They waited until the absolute last second before an NHL player lockout was imposed Saturday night but left-winger Evander Kane and the Winnipeg Jets joined the flurry of pre-work-stoppage contract signings.

After putting a six-year deal worth about $29 million on the table months ago, the Jets had only a cold shoulder to show for their talks with the Kane camp until the sides agreed to a six-year, $31.5 million contract at the last moment Saturday.

Assuming there is hockey this season, that will keep Kane under contract to the Jets until 2018, when he will be 27.

The cap hit of the deal will be $5.25 million, the team's largest to this point for one player in the season to come.

The deal also bumps the Jets just above the old salary floor of $54.2 million to about $56.9 million.

It is unknown what either the cap or the floor will be on the other side of the lockout.

"I'm really happy we were able to get a deal done," Kane said on a late-night conference call with reporters just minutes before the lockout and roster and transaction freezes went into effect.

"I'm obviously very excited about it and I'm grateful that Winnipeg took that leap of faith and was able to make that kind of commitment.

"It was definitely a very professionally done negotiation. Better late than never. I'm excited about it and I believe the Winnipeg Jets are as well."

The spate of last-minute signings in the NHL this week have opened both the players' and owners' sides to criticism about the hypocrisy of throwing around millions one minute then going into a serious labour dispute the next.

"You can look at it both ways," Kane said. "I think it's more just business as usual and players and owners and GMs working out deals as the rules are right now.

"I'm fortunate to have got a deal done today. It just so happens it's an hour before the lockout. Not too much further to say on that note."

Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff said the Jets were no late-comers to this signing.

"I think it's still about managing your budget and managing where things are at within your own organization," he said. "You have financial allocations now and moving forward.

"I can only speak for our team. We have been working on this, irrespective of any deadline. We've been operating as business as usual and we've worked on these negotiations, started with a meeting at the draft with Evander's representatives all the way through.

"The timing ... the work and the foundation has been laid for over two months now."

Kane said he'll have mixed feelings about matters today and acknowledged Winnipeg fans who have been buzzing him this summer on Twitter about the negotiations.

"It's bittersweet," he said. "You want to play hockey but at the same I'm kind of on Cloud 9.

"I'm looking forward to playing in front of the great fans of Winnipeg. They've been tweeting me and letting me know how they feel so it's great to get something done."

Kane, in three NHL seasons, went from 14 goals to 19 and then 30 last year in the team's debut in Winnipeg.

The fourth overall pick of the 2009 draft had four game-winners and 27 assists to go with his 30 goals for the Jets.

"At the age that he's at, we think there's tremendous potential and room for growth," Cheveldayoff said. "We just locked up one of our young players for years to come.

"Lots of players of his age are just breaking into the league."

The Kane deal was the final contract check mark for the Jets, giving them all their roster players under contract heading into the lockout and hopefully the season.

tim.campbell@freepress.mb.ca
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/kane-all-locked-up-169939486.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/kane-all-locked-up-169939486.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 17, 2012, 10:34:40 PM
From a local country radio station here in Peg Sheety:

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Winnipeg radio station scores (soon to be) viral Taylor Swift inspired NHL lockout video (watch!)

What do Taylor Swift & her ex and the NHL & its players have in common?  Winnipeg radio station QX104 hopes it's NOT that they'll never, ever, get back together!

My good friend, and morning show host, Samantha Stevens sent me this hilarious spoof video (just posted yesterday, Sept. 16) of Swift's We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.  The lyrics were re-written by Stevens' morning radio partner, Brody Jackson, Shae and Jonathan Best, to reflect the current collective emotional state of NHL fans as a result of the lockout. 

Lucky for QX104 Canadian singer/songwriter, Vicki Shae (who also happens to be the weekend jock on QX104) was up for the task of singing and starring in the video and the end-product is pretty damned good!  (Take a look below)

Song: Vicki Shae
Director: Brody Jackson
Camera: Sam Karney, Rudy Gauer
Edited By: Rudy Gauer, Sam Karney
Song Producer: Jim Stoeber
Lyrics Written by: Brody Jackson, Vicki Shae, Jonathan Best
http://blog.country.inmusic.ca/2012/09/winnipeg-radio-station-records-taylor-swift-inspired-nhl-lockout-anthem-watch.html (http://blog.country.inmusic.ca/2012/09/winnipeg-radio-station-records-taylor-swift-inspired-nhl-lockout-anthem-watch.html)
http://www.qx104fm.com/ (http://www.qx104fm.com/)

The Official Song of the NHL Lockout (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-MftkeLnJE#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 24, 2012, 01:28:26 AM
One can always count on the internetz for a humorous look at a grim situation.

NHL lockout 2012: hockey players fight owners (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTaVul5H2Zo#ws)

LULZ @ the big-ass plate of poutine. :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 25, 2012, 05:48:34 PM
QUINTUPLE POST! :lol:


Seriously though, don't want to get you worried dai, but in case you weren't aware...

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Oilers ownership group in Seattle
Monday, 09.24.2012 / 9:31 PM / News
Associated Press


EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - With plans for a new arena in doubt, the Edmonton Oilers say they are keeping their options open.

Oilers owner Daryl Katz, team president Patrick LaForge and president of hockey operations Kevin Lowe were in Seattle on Monday for meetings about a possible relocation to the city.

The Oilers said in a statement that they still hope to reach a deal with Edmonton on a new arena. But with talks at an impasse and the team's lease at aging Rexall Place set to expire in 2014, the Oilers have started to look elsewhere.

"As the City of Edmonton is aware, the Katz Group has been listening to proposals from a number of potential NHL markets for some time," the statement read. "After more than four years of trying to secure an arena deal and with less than 24 months remaining on the Oilers' lease at Rexall Place, this is only prudent and should come as no surprise."

The team added it would not comment on discussions with other potential markets.

The visit by Oilers brass came the same day that the Seattle City Council approved hedge-fund manager Chris Hansen's plan for a $490 million arena that both sides hope will be home to an NBA and NHL team.

Seattle's hockey market is limited to the Western Hockey League's Thunderbirds. The city hasn't had a professional team since the Metropolitans, who won a Stanley Cup in 1917, were disbanded in 1924.

The Oilers and the City of Edmonton had agreed on plans for a proposed $475 million arena that would begin construction early next year.

But the arena and the Oilers' future in Edmonton were thrown into doubt earlier this month when the team told the Edmonton city council it wanted millions of dollars in new concessions from taxpayers.

That prompted Mayor Stephen Mandel to ask Katz to appear before the council in a public session to explain the new demands, but Oilers owner declined.

The original deal for a new 18,400-seat arena in Edmonton was agreed to last October and was to be funded mostly by taxpayers.

Katz has said he wants a public subsidy deal similar to the one given to NHL teams in Winnipeg and Pittsburgh.

Forbes ranks the Oilers in the middle of NHL teams with a value of $212 million.

Katz, who bought the Oilers for $200 million, says he has been losing money every year due mainly to the arena deal. The Oilers, unlike other NHL teams, receive very little non-hockey money such as concession revenues.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=642043 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=642043)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Forthisgift on September 30, 2012, 02:49:59 PM
Brad Richards game-tying goal with 6.6 seconds left - NYR/WSH GAME 5 - 05/07/12 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MryQ4rdiY9c#ws)

I miss how this made me feel. Come back NHL  :(
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 05, 2012, 05:08:02 AM
Le boo-urns. :(

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NHL announces cancellation of 2012-13 regular season schedule through October 24
Thursday, 10.04.2012 / 2:00 PM / News
NHL.com

NEW YORK -- The National Hockey League announced today the cancellation of the 2012-13 regular-season schedule through October 24. A total of 82 regular-season games were scheduled for Oct. 11 through Oct. 24.

The cancellation was necessary because of the absence of a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NHL Players' Association and the NHL.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=642785 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=642785)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 16, 2012, 07:56:44 PM
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NHL proposes 50-50 revenue split to NHLPA - Proposal made in hopes to salvage full 82-game season
The Canadian Press
Posted: Oct 16, 2012 1:04 PM ET
Last Updated: Oct 16, 2012 1:23 PM ET


The NHL has presented a new offer to the players that it hopes will end the lockout and allow for a full 82-game season.

League commissioner Gary Bettman says the long-term deal will split revenues with players 50-50 across the board and takes steps to guarantee the players will get full value from their existing deals.

Bettman says under the deal the season would start Nov. 2 and each team would have one additional game every five weeks in order to get a full season in.

Bettman says the proposal is now in the hands of the NHL Players' Association. The union has requested time to look the proposal over.

The current lockout is just over a month old.

The season was to start Oct. 11, but the two sides were not able to come to an agreement before then and the first 82 games of the schedule were scrapped.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2012/10/16/sp-nhl-gary-bettman-donald-fehr-labour-stoppage.html?ref=fh,www.mywinnipeg.com (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2012/10/16/sp-nhl-gary-bettman-donald-fehr-labour-stoppage.html?ref=fh,www.mywinnipeg.com)


Le hope, she possibly returns?
:on cny2:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 19, 2012, 04:13:42 AM
Le hope, she possibly returns?
:on cny2:
Well, from what today's news reports have been saying about the meetings that were held today.....she did not.
:(
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 23, 2012, 06:59:43 AM
Seeing this kinda puts things in perspective, and just goes to show what's REALLY important in life, no matter what the owners and players association say.

NHL Lockout Kills Dreams.2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsReILtMfpI#ws)

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Man pleads for end to NHL lockout so he can watch game with dying dad
CHRIS PURDY
LEDUC, Alta. — The Canadian Press
Published Monday, Oct. 22 2012, 6:32 PM EDT | Last updated Monday, Oct. 22 2012, 6:40 PM EDT


As John Dick was flying from Australia to Alberta to be with his dying father, he decided that they would spend the next few awful, idle weeks in hospital watching hockey on TV.

They would make wagers on games and rekindle fond memories of a young boy and his dad cuddled together on the couch together as they hooted and hollered at the Edmonton Oilers.

“I was gonna rely on hockey for keeping his mind off of this horrible thing that’s happening inside of his body,” Mr. Dick recalled Monday.

The plan changed shortly after Mr. Dick got home to Leduc, a city just south of Edmonton. The NHL locked out its players and recently cancelled all games through Nov. 1.

He explained that his dad, who is suffering from terminal throat cancer, is on morphine and other medications that often make him forget about the lockout.

Most nights, while sitting in a small hospital room, Mr. Dick has to remind his father why they can’t turn on the game.

“He’s stuck watching the Kardashians ‘cause there’s no NHL.”

Fed up with the lockout, the 31-year-old budding filmmaker decided to make a video pleading with the National Hockey League and its players to get the season started for his dad and other disheartened fans.

The video, titled “NHL Lockout Kills Dreams,” has been viewed about 50,000 times since it was posted on YouTube last Thursday. In the video, Mr. Dick’s father, 58-year-old Bruce, is shown lying in bed in his hospital gown and hooked up to whirring machines.

His son talks about how watching hockey used to give them both inspiration and comfort.

“How do I feel about the situation in the NHL?” Mr. Dick asks in the video. “I hope that the doctors and nurses that keep my dad alive get a raise and that you guys get your asses back on the ice before it’s too late.

“Remember what we play this game for.”

Mr. Dick said he and his father are surprised by the video’s popularity and the touching comments some viewers have posted. During his daily visits, Dick reads the responses to his dad.

“He gets pretty teary-eyed over it. I don’t think he expected people would care.”

One person recently posted: “Brings back so many painful memories as it reminds me being at the hospital at my mom’s bedside as she was dying of cancer too. I hope your dad will stick around to see the lockout end.”

Mr. Dick said that’s his wish as well – watching one last game with his dad before he dies.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/man-pleads-on-youtube-for-end-to-nhl-lockout-so-he-can-watch-game-with-dying-dad/article4629719/ (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/man-pleads-on-youtube-for-end-to-nhl-lockout-so-he-can-watch-game-with-dying-dad/article4629719/)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on November 03, 2012, 06:54:37 AM
Shit just got real.

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NHL announces cancellation of 2013 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic & SiriusXM Hockeytown Winter Festival

NEW YORK -- The National Hockey League today announced the cancellation of the 2013 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic. The game was scheduled for Jan. 1 between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich. In addition, the League announced all SiriusXM Hockeytown Winter Festival events scheduled for Dec. 16-31 at Comerica Park in Detroit are cancelled.

The next NHL Winter Classic – featuring the Red Wings and Maple Leafs - and Hockeytown Winter Festival will take place at the University of Michigan and Comerica Park, respectively. Those who have purchased tickets for the 2012-13 events can either receive refunds or maintain their tickets for the future events. Ticket refund information for the 2013 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic and SiriusXM Hockeytown Winter Festival can be found at: nhl.com/winterclassicrefund.

The cancellation was necessary because, given the absence of a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NHL Players' Association and the NHL, the League was not in a position to do all that is necessary to adequately stage events of this magnitude. This year's Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic and the companion SiriusXM Hockeytown Winter Festival called for the construction of major outdoor rink facilities at both Comerica Park and 'The Big House'. Multiple games involving teams from the NHL, NCAA, American Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League, high school and local minor hockey leagues were scheduled, requiring travel and hotel commitments.  Beyond the construction of two major outdoor rink facilities, the combined events were preparing to welcome nearly 400,000 guests to Detroit and Ann Arbor over the holiday period.

"The logistical demands for staging events of this magnitude made today's decision unavoidable. We simply are out of time," said NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly. "We are extremely disappointed, for our fans and for all those affected, to have to cancel the Winter Classic and Hockeytown Winter Festival events."

"We look forward to bringing the next Winter Classic and the Hockeytown Winter Festival to Michigan," Daly added.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=644824&cmpid=twt (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=644824&cmpid=twt)

:doh:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 20, 2012, 08:51:40 PM
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Leafs fan spends $5,300 to buy favourite team's dressing room toilet at auction
Monday, 11.19.2012 / 7:05 PM / News | The Canadian Press

TORONTO - An Ontario lawyer is now the proud owner of a toilet from the Toronto Maple Leafs' former dressing room.

Jim Vigmond, of Barrie, Ont., bought the unusual item for $5,300 at auction after the piece he really wanted — the 1967 Stanley Cup banner — got too expensive.

The toilet was offered up along with more than 100 items from Maple Leaf Gardens, which was home to the NHL team until 1999.

Fifty-five-year-old Vigmond says his friends were skeptical about the purchase.

But the long-time Leafs fan says the item was just too good to pass up.

Vigmond says he was actually willing to spend up to $10,000 on the throne.

"They thought I had money to burn, and surely there was something that I could have better spent my money on," he said.

"They've got a point. But ... it's a part of an icon. I just thought ... what a rare piece and just think of all of the people that have spent time contemplating in that dressing room what lies ahead of them."

Vigmond plans on putting the toilet in his sports memorabilia room, where he wants to sit on it, light up a Cuban cigar, open a bottle of 30-year-old single malt, and hopefully, watch a Leafs game sometime soon. (CFRB)
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=645842 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=645842)


You know you're dealing with a devoted fan when he wants to buy the team's pooping chair. :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on December 05, 2012, 09:54:28 PM
FUCK ITS GONNA HAPPEN!!!! get the season back assholes. Get those douchebags bettman and fehr OUTTA THERE!! I'm tired of hearing Justin Schultz tearing up the AHL when Hall Ebz RNH should be hoisting THE CUP!!!!!!"! I WILL FAIL THE STRUGGLE TO SEE NHL AGAIN!!!!!!! :fap :tama-mad:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on December 15, 2012, 03:27:44 AM
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NHLPA eyes breakup; NHL fires back

NEW YORK -- The NHL Players' Association moved one step closer to disbanding the union with a preliminary vote toward disclaiming interest, and the NHL fired back with a pre-emptive strike of its own as the two sides appear to be headed for what could be a nasty court battle.

Upon learning the NHLPA's executive board voted Thursday night potentially to dissolve the union, the NHL filed a class-action complaint in federal court as well as a Unfair Labor Practice Charge with the National Labor Relations Board.

A source confirmed to ESPN.com that the union's executive board voted unanimously Thursday night to authorize a vote among the union's membership at-large. The membership's vote would determine if the executive board could vote on whether to file a disclaimer of interest. A disclaimer of interest is a quicker, less formal way of dissolving the union, as opposed to decertification, which can take months.

Although that does not mean the vote necessarily will take place, it provides the players the option to gauge whether their membership feels the need to vote to dissolve the union. The vote is expected to take place in the near future.

In the United States, antitrust laws prohibit owners from locking out employees who don't belong to a union, with the punishment triple the wages lost during the lockout. As long as the NHL players continue to negotiate under executive director Donald Fehr as part of the NHLPA, they don't receive that protection.

But if they're no longer a union through decertification, that changes the dynamics of the entire lockout. Then, they can file antitrust lawsuits, targeting the wallets of their owners.

The NHL did not remain idle as the NHLPA debated the move, filing both a class-action complaint in federal court and an Unfair Labor Practice Charge with the National Labor Relations Board.

The league's filing with the federal court in New York City is an attempt to affirm the legality of the lockout, an issue players are sure to challenge.

The NHLPA already challenged the legality of the lockout in two Canadian provinces. Both requests for an injunction against the work stoppage were denied, although a hearing before the Quebec Labour Relations Board has yet to be adjudicated. A hearing that was supposed to take place last week was postponed because of the ongoing negotiations.

According to the Unfair Labor Practice Charge filing, obtained by ESPNNewYork.com, the NHL alleges the NHLPA's threat to disclaim interest as an "obvious bargaining tactic given the ongoing negotiations and the lack of progress toward a resolution." The filing further characterizes the potential action as a "ploy," an "unlawful subversion" of the collective bargaining process and a "perversion" of the NLRB procedure.

The filing contends that "the union will not be defunct or otherwise irrevocably removed from the decades-long NHL/NHLPA collective bargaining relationship," thereby violating Section 8 (b) (3) of the National Labor Relations Act.

According to the document, the NHLPA's executive board has until Jan. 2, 2013, to disclaim interest.

The union replied to the league's lawsuit in a release, saying: "The NHLPA has just received a copy of the National Labor Relations Board charge and has not yet been served with the lawsuit.  However, based on what we've learned so far, the NHL appears to be arguing that players should be stopped from even considering their right to decide whether or not to be represented by a union. We believe that their position is completely without merit."

An email went out to players explaining what the process would entail, a source told ESPNNewYork.com, although it did not spell out any immediate action on an imminent vote.

The NHL and NHLPA held a conference call Friday on which they discussed transition rules and compliance issues.

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly declined to comment on the league's actions Friday. Players' association special counsel Steve Fehr, meanwhile, declined to comment on the lawsuits or to confirm the union's plans regarding a so-called disclaimer of interest.

Fehr, who took part in the conference call earlier Friday, said the league didn't make its legal plans known during its discussions.

The two sides have no further meetings scheduled. The league and union tried federal mediation to re-ignite negotiations earlier this week, but those sessions yielded nothing in the way of progress.
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nhl/story/_/id/8747518/nhlpa-makes-preliminary-move-break-union (http://espn.go.com/new-york/nhl/story/_/id/8747518/nhlpa-makes-preliminary-move-break-union)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 16, 2012, 06:32:08 AM
In today's edition of the local paper, there was an article where one of the guys had previously asked local hockey fans to send Twitter messages about what they missed the most about not having hockey.

Best response, IMO, comes from this dude right here:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip05976.png) :yep:
https://twitter.com/gojetsgo1984/status/279643349399519232 (https://twitter.com/gojetsgo1984/status/279643349399519232)

The full article can be found/read here: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/its-cold-out-and-we-just-wanna-watch-some-nhl-action-already-183614251.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/its-cold-out-and-we-just-wanna-watch-some-nhl-action-already-183614251.html)


EDIT -
One of the more funny replies from the article:
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Kevin Sigmundson@KevinSig
Do you know how many TV shows there are about women being mean to other women trying to buy a dress? I do now.
:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on December 28, 2012, 12:25:28 PM
NHL Plays Of The Year 2012 (HD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdvUsKdMlbY#ws)
Really shouldn't watch highlight videos cuz it's only gonna make me miss NHL even more :panic:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ischym on December 30, 2012, 06:07:28 PM
On the plus side, my team's still undefeated. And all the teams I don't like have yet to win a game!

I'm trying not to get my hopes up with the latest NHL offer, but they're just too damned close to lose the whole season over the remaining issues... Let's wrap this up, please!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Forthisgift on December 31, 2012, 01:09:36 AM
Read somewhere that losing the whole season is not an option to NHL bigwigs. I hate to get anyones hopes up but I need my hopes up even if they're most likely gonna be dropped. All I wanted for Christmas this year was the NHL.. it's not too late XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 31, 2012, 04:34:35 AM
On the plus side, my team's still undefeated. And all the teams I don't like have yet to win a game!
That's actually a great way to look at it. :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 06, 2013, 07:03:23 AM
unpack your foam fingers and jock straps!!! NHL IS BACK!!!!!!!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01194.jpg)

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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Forthisgift on January 06, 2013, 02:34:15 PM
Best news to wake up to. I'm on cloud nine right now :twothumbs
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 06, 2013, 08:08:42 PM
Not to be a downer, but keep in mind that this deal is still only a TENTATIVE one, which means that it still needs to be ratified/voted on/approved by both the owners and players.  In all of today's news reports, both Bettman and Fehr said that "a lot of 'I's' need to be dotted and 'T's' need to be crossed" in this deal." That means that it may still not be approved by one or both sides, which means this deal may still be canceled and flushed down the shitter, which would mean we'd be back to square one.............AGAIN.

So yeah...not trying to be a wet blanket here, but after getting my hopes up previously, only to have them crushed a few days later, I'm going to wait until they announce that both sides have ratified the deal beofre I start celebrating.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Forthisgift on January 07, 2013, 01:05:35 AM
Allow me to remove all doubt. My dad grew up with the TV announcer for the New York Islanders, Howie Rose (he was with the Rangers also and did the famous "Matteau! Matteau! Stephane Matteau!" call in the '94 Eastern Conference finals), and they keep in contact and so forth. He was even featured during an Islanders game for being a big deal on the schoolyard as Steve "eggman" Levine playing hockey with the Mullen Brothers and yada yada. You can find him on YouTube if I remember. Nvm, tried looking for it and it's gone. This all did wonders for his already stupid big ego.. anyhow, Howie says the season is a go and he was told to get his affairs in order for the season to start and the 19th is most likely going to be the start date.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 09, 2013, 10:49:33 AM
SHIT!! can that is so fuckin DOPE Forthisgift!! I know that call OH SO WELL. what does he think of Charles Wang fucking shit up? XD How about LUBO ain't gonna touch The Island with a ten foot dildoe.

So yeah...not trying to be a wet blanket here

Awwww is JFC stwill bwuuuurned fwom Evander Kane's massive BAG move?? :lol:
(http://i.imgbox.com/acn5Lrzf.jpg)

lol I read there's like bad tipping shit too. The fuck is up with the Jets? Buff can't drive a boat proper. At least there's Mark Scheifele tearing it up in the World Jrs.

POSITIVE, BROTHER!! I am so confident that NHL is gonna ratify Dat SHIT, I'll go naked in the streets of Calgary wearing only an Oilers Octane tattoo.

FINALLY!! Get shit done, who cares about CBA I wanna talk about Line Combos. Defensive Pairings. playing so much NHL 09 simulation IT HURTS!!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip06035.jpg)

And if you down with some FANTASY. get the APP. play the game. The login is the same, how does Sunday Draft feel? Gimme a time. I'll be there...AFTER the NFL playoff games lol

Yahoo Fantasy HOCKEY!! JPHiPHL 2012

2012 Rookie Showcase (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBl-Piq0sVo#ws)

Sign up TODAY! YOU NEVER KNOW! http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com (http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com)

League ID: 9279
Password: rika

Because the first 3 weeks of the NHL season were canceled, your league's start date has been changed from Thursday, Oct 11 to Thursday, Nov 1. XD


http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/jphiphl (http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/jphiphl)





YOUR STANLEY CUP PICKS. Give it to me!!  :jphip: I gotta feeling the Oilers gonna squeak into the playoffs. Everyone gonna be on dat high and it'll be just enough in this shortened season. START FAST. LETS GO.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 09, 2013, 05:51:38 PM
^
I actually think we overpaid for Kane when we re-signed him last year. It's like, yeah he's producing/scoring and all, but his play just hasn't been consistent/dominant enough (as is being expected of him) to justify the deal he was given. But yeah, whatever.


At any rate, the next few days are important, as we're going to see whether or not both the owners and players vote to ratify/approve the new CBA.
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NHL BOARD OF GOVERNORS EXPECTED TO RATIFY CBA IN NEW YORK
TSN.CA STAFF | 1/9/2013 9:39:33 AM

After months of waiting, the NHL will take an important step towards finally dropping the puck on the 2012-13 season today.

The NHL Board of Governors meets today in New York, where it is expected they will ratify a new collective bargaining agreement.

Watch live coverage of the Board of Governors news conference today at 4pm et/1pm pt on TSN and TSN.ca or listen live on TSN Radio.

The league and the players' association tentatively agreed to a new CBA early Sunday morning after a marathon 16-hour negotiation session.

The framework has been laid for a 10-year deal, pending ratification by the Board of Governors and the NHL Players' Association. Should both sides approve the deal it would pave the way for training camps to open up on Sunday with an expected Jan. 19 start to a 48-game regular season.

The Players' Association will hold its ratification vote on Thursday and Friday.

The lockout - which lasted 119 days and saw the cancellation of 625 regular season games - was the third NHL work stoppage in the last two decades.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=413131 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=413131)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 09, 2013, 08:00:08 PM
LMFAO Brian Burke got fired!! Our lame ass radio station just interrupted Jim Rome for the presser WHAT TO DO NOW HOCKEY CENTRAL :tama-mad: they must be owned by TSN. Srsly Jason Strudwick show is the only best thing on there. He can get Smid in studio and talk shit about Europeans and they skinny jeans XD

Lol what IS up with the Jets? Pvalelic got a DUI too? They the Detroit Lions of the NHL :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Forthisgift on January 09, 2013, 10:41:49 PM
YOUR STANLEY CUP PICKS. Give it to me!!  :jphip: I gotta feeling the Oilers gonna squeak into the playoffs. Everyone gonna be on dat high and it'll be just enough in this shortened season. START FAST. LETS GO.

Hockey analysts are giving best odds to the Penguins who are closely followed by the Rangers. I gotta give it to the Rangers though if only because they're my team. We have a perennial top 5 goalie fresh off winning the Vezina. Everyone is healthy except for Michael Sauer (poor guy might never play again  :( ) Defensive is solid. Could be better but Dan Girardi, Marc Staal, Ryan Mcdonagh and Michael Del Zotto are a wonderful top 4. Admittedly we're lacking a good 3rd pair, but what can ya do. Still have Gaborik and Richards. Added Rick Nash and suddenly our sometimes stilted offense might average a higher GPG. Henrik can win us games 2-1 or 1-0 but we gotta do more infront of him to ease the pressure. Hence, the addition of Rick Nash. If we can't get it done this year, then idk when it'll get done. Henrik isn't getting any younger and neither are Richards and Gabby. Oh, and Chris Kreider coming straight outa college making an impact in the playoffs last year was wonderful. He has some high expectations this year.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 10, 2013, 05:34:59 AM
At any rate, the next few days are important, as we're going to see whether or not both the owners and players vote to ratify/approve the new CBA.
Ok, the owners ratified the CBA with a 30-0 approval vote. We're now one step closer. :)

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Board of Governors ratifies terms of new CBA
Wednesday, 01.09.2013 / 6:01 PM / News
By Dan Rosen - NHL.com Senior Writer


NEW YORK -- The National Hockey League's Board of Governors voted unanimously Wednesday to ratify the new 10-year Collective Bargaining Agreement between the League and the National Hockey League Players' Association.

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs, who serves as the Chairman of the Board of Governors, confirmed the unanimous ratification vote during a press conference held at the Westin Times Square.

"To the players, who were very clear they wanted to be on the ice and not negotiating labor contracts; to our partners, who support the League financially and personally; and, most importantly, to our fans, who love and have missed NHL hockey, I am sorry," Commissioner Bettman said. "I know that an explanation or an apology will not erase the hard feelings that have built up over the past few months, but I owe you an apology nevertheless.

"The National Hockey League has a responsibility to earn back your trust and support whether you watch one game or every game, and that effort begins today," Commissioner Bettman later added. "The players are ready to play their hearts out for you. The teams are preparing to welcome you back with open arms. The wait is just about over. Like all of you, we can't wait to drop the puck."

The new CBA will not be official until the NHLPA completes its ratification vote, which according to a Union spokesperson is expected to be Saturday. Commissioner Bettman said the 2012-13 regular-season schedule will be released "instantaneously" after the players' ratification vote is complete and the CBA is signed.

"There is no doubt we all love this game," Jacobs said. "Together our collective future is extremely bright. Our only interest now is to look ahead and focus on what this great game can provide to the best sports fans in the world."

The Board's ratification vote comes four days after representatives from the NHL and NHLPA spent 16 hours with a federal mediator in a New York City hotel hammering out the framework of a new CBA.

The NHL and NHLPA had been without a CBA since Sept. 16.

"Our fans are incredibly passionate about our game and were frustrated and disappointed about the fact that we weren't playing, and, frankly, they didn't care who was at fault, they wanted hockey back," Commissioner Bettman said. "I completely understand that and, as commissioner of the League, no matter what your view of the world in terms of how and why and whatever, it is my responsibility to them to try to make it right."

Commissioner Bettman said future Olympic participation by NHL players and possible realignment of teams would be looked at in the future. Those issues are not directly covered in the new CBA.

"Both issues are important to the players, the League and the clubs," Commissioner Bettman said. "Neither are bargaining chips -- they are really working together as partners, problem solving to get to the right place."

In issuing his apology, Commissioner Bettman confirmed the length of the new CBA (10 years) and said it should "stand the test of time with a system where all teams can be competitive and have a chance to make the playoffs, and even win the Stanley Cup."

Commissioner Bettman also said the negotiations took longer than anybody wanted and he is aware the length of time hurt many of the League's supporters in various ways.

"In the end, neither side got everything it wanted -- and everyone lost in the short term," Commissioner Bettman said. "But the NHL gained a long-term agreement that's good for players and good for teams and should guarantee the future success of NHL hockey for many years to come. It will help the game to grow, ensuring greater economic stability for all of our teams.

"Once the players ratify the Agreement, all the things that you love most about NHL hockey -- the speed, the intensity, the skill, the teamwork and the incredible passion -- will greet you once again," he added. "As I said, we know that no words of apology or explanation will soften the disappointment. I read the letters, I followed the tweets, I read the blogs -- we have a lot of work to do."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=649659 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=649659)
VIDEO CLIP (INCLUDES BETTMAN'S APOLOGY) - http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=192205 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=192205)


Now it's up to the players; their vote will be done electronically over two days (this Friday and Saturday).

With that being said, the staff at the MTS Centre figured it's time to bring the big-ass logo back.  :thumbsup
VIDEO CLIP - http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=96&id=192040 (http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=96&id=192040)



Lol what IS up with the Jets? Pvalelic got a DUI too? They the Detroit Lions of the NHL :P
That whole thing with Pavelec is that it wasn't until AFTER the contract was signed that people (and in particular, the Jets' ownership) found out about it, which then made it look like he deliberately kept it (his DUI arrest and conviction) a secret from them out of fear that he would not be able to get as good of a deal.

EDIT:
VIDEO CLIP - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/multimedia/video/jets/pavelec-speaks-to-media-on-dui-conviction-186181502.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/multimedia/video/jets/pavelec-speaks-to-media-on-dui-conviction-186181502.html)


EDIT 2:
Jets goalie Montoya shows off helmet art (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scqpriBnX2g#ws)   :thumbsup
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 13, 2013, 08:54:30 PM
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Union ratifies new CBA
Saturday, 01.12.2013 / 4:55 PM / News | NHL.com

The National Hockey League Players Association has voted to ratify the new Collective Bargaining Agreement with the NHL.

The Union announced the results of the ratification vote its membership conducted over a 36-hour period ending at 8 a.m. ET Saturday. The vote was done electronically, via secret ballot.

The National Hockey League ratified the proposed 10-year CBA on Wednesday with a unanimous vote by its 30 teams at a Board of Governors meeting in New York City.

Now that both sides have ratified the agreement, each side must sign a Memorandum of Understanding before the CBA becomes final. The MOU is basically an abridged version of the CBA, spelling out the terms under which the League and its players will operate.

Once the MOU is signed by both parties, the mechanics of the 2012-13 season -- the release of the regular-season schedule, the opening of training camps and official contact between teams and their players -- will begin.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=649889 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=649889)


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NHL, NHLPA sign Collective Bargaining Agreement
Saturday, 01.12.2013 / 10:37 PM / News | NHL.com

NEW YORK/TORONTO -- The National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association today signed a Memorandum of Understanding reflecting the terms of a new, 10-year Collective Bargaining Agreement. Team training camps will open on Sunday, and a 720-game regular-season schedule (48 games per team) will begin on Saturday, January 19.

The wide-ranging Agreement includes an economic system under which Hockey Related Revenues (HRR) will be shared 50%-50% between Owners and the Players. The Agreement includes terms that limit the length of individual Player contracts to seven years (eight when a team is re-signing its own Player) and regulates the compensation structure, year-to-year variability and defining minimum value.

The new Agreement, the longest in League history, also features a new defined benefit pension plan for the Players; enhanced revenue sharing among the Clubs; creation of a Revenue Sharing Oversight Committee, on which the Union will participate; creation of an Industry Growth Fund, designed to make long-term improvements in the revenue-generating potential of low-grossing Clubs; the ability of Clubs to retain a certain amount of salary in Player trades; a Player playoff prize pool that doubles in size to $13 million in Year 1, rising to $17 million for 2020/21 and 2021/22, and the creation of an Owner-Player Relations Committee – one of several joint initiatives not present in the previous Agreement. The Owner-Player Relations Committee will meet at least twice a year to discuss matters of mutual interest and to consult regularly on how best to continue to grow the game for the mutual benefit of the parties and the fans.

Other significant Joint Committees created or retained: Health and Safety, Competition and Broadcasting/Marketing. The NHL/NHLPA International Committee will identify, create and pursue jointly developed International projects and initiatives as well as continuing to manage regular NHL events (i.e., Regular Season and Preseason Games) conducted by the League outside of North America.

In addition, the Agreement modifies the Prohibited Substances List to include additional illegal substances (e.g., stimulants, amphetamines, etc.) and contemplates the creation of a committee to study the issue of HGH testing and to make recommendations relative to whether an HGH testing program should be established in the NHL. The Agreement also provides for enhanced drug testing policies and protocols, including with respect to the number, timing and scope of testing.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=649967 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=649967)

Ok, NOW we can properly say that it's
:cow:  GAME ON!!!  :cow:
 :thumbup :thumbup :thumbup

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NHL's 99-day schedule starts with 13 games Jan. 19
Saturday, 01.12.2013 / 10:42 PM / 2012-13 regular season schedule | NHL.com

The sprint that will be the 2012-13 NHL regular season starts Jan. 19 as 26 of the League's 30 teams open their schedule. It ends 98 days later with a final-day slate of 13 games on April 27.

The 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs begin three days later.

But before that can happen, each team will play 48 games entirely against clubs within its own conference. There will be no interconference play until the Eastern and Western champions arrive at the Stanley Cup Final in June.

The 2012-13 schedule matrix will accentuate the most-heated rivalries in the game, especially with each team playing 18 of its games against division foes. Eight of those 18 games are against two of the teams in the division (four each; two home and two away); five games (three home and two away) are against one team from the division; and five games (two home and three away) are against the remaining divisional opponent.

Clubs will play three games against each of the 10 remaining non-divisional opponents from within the conference, playing half those clubs in a two-home, one-away series and the other half in a two-away, one-home set.

Things certainly start with a bang Jan. 19.

The defending champion Los Angeles Kings, who defeated the New Jersey Devils in a six-game Final last June, raise their banner before a matinee game (3 p.m. ET) against the Chicago Blackhawks that will be carried by NBC in the U.S. and CBC in Canada. Both networks will cover the pregame ceremony.

A riveting playoff rematch is the other matinee TV game that Saturday: The Pittsburgh Penguins visit the Philadelphia Flyers to renew acquaintances in the battle for Keystone State bragging rights. NBC will carry that game regionally after the Kings' banner raising.

That night, NHL Network viewers in the United States will see the first of its 78 live games this season when the New York Rangers, and new star Rick Nash, visit the Boston Bruins.

Canadian fans will enjoy a CBC triple-header on Opening Night. In the afternoon, the Ottawa Senators visit the Winnipeg Jets. Then, at 7 p.m. ET, the Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Montreal Canadiens to renew their passionate Original Six rivalry. Finally, the Anaheim Ducks close out the night with a game against the Vancouver Canucks at 10 p.m. ET.

Three nights later, Canada's TSN kicks off its national coverage with a doubleheader: Winnipeg at the Washington Capitals (7 p.m. ET), and the San Jose Sharks at the new-look Edmonton Oilers (9:30 p.m. ET).

Many other marquee games are included across the League's 99-day schedule, which features at least one game every night.

TEAM-BY-TEAM SCHEDULES - http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=85750 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=85750)
FULL REGULARSEASON SCHEDULE - http://www.nhl.com/schedules/20122013.html (http://www.nhl.com/schedules/20122013.html)
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=649886 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=649886)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: ischym on January 14, 2013, 07:48:49 AM
I'm calling a repeat of the last finals before this lockout streak... NYR - VAN... NYR wins in 6...

I'm a Sens fan... I'm hoping either we make the playoffs or we miss by a mile... given our holes on D right now what with Cowen out for the year, I could see us not winnin' n gettin' Mackinnon... Or any of the top-5 would be pretty nice

Still, it'd be better to get into the playoffs again
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 14, 2013, 11:01:45 AM
NOW THIS IS HOW SHIT SHOULD BE DONE...winning back the fans by reaching out and going to the local park and playing a game of Shinny!! through their up and coming superstars:

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/263372_10151350369022128_489976049_n.png)

CLASS. The Oilers Model FRANCHISE!! First they jacked our outdoor game, let's see other teams do shit like this for the fans. Sure it's rigged by the PR department but to take the time and meet and greet the fans. EVERYONE. Even Horcoff came back. All the Rookies and OKC geeks. GO OILERS GO!!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01242.jpg)
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01243.jpg)

Smyttie :wriggly:
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:doh: and I missed it cuz I was doing my Hockey Draft and watching football. Social Media Honk I am not FUCK!!!
(http://i.imgbox.com/abv6LWue.jpg)

but whatever GO OILERS GO!! I'm sure they got some more fan rallies down the road when WE WIN THE CUP!!! blah blah blah CBA this and that. I fucking believed they would get it done. They be stupid not too and NOW WE GOT A SEASON WHATEVER LET'S PLAY. I totally would cut and paste Ryan Miller's rant about Gary Bettman being and idiot and how I agree but fuck, I wanna know where I can but tickets and HOW to do it now cuz I am going to as many games as my fuckin wallet can handle and BEST BELIEVE I beed orange and blue!!

Here's some Ol' Nostalgia Oilers JUST FOR YOU :hipheart: HOCKEY FANS!! Blast from the 80s with Gretzky, Messier, Kurri, Anderson, Coffey, Sather, and narrated by Kevin Lowe, in the most candid and raw sports documentary you ever did see:

(http://i.imgbox.com/acdNYoL1.jpg)

GET IT (http://anonym.to/?http://www.filedecay.com/Display.aspx?Download_ID=71198254-aa92-4bb4-b35a-9b174b9bc8fb)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Forthisgift on January 17, 2013, 10:40:10 AM
2 1 TODAY IS THE SEASON OPENER!!!! :twothumbs

Is hockey hard? "I don't know, you tell me. We need to have the strength and power of a football player, the stamina of a marathon runner, and the concentration of a brain surgeon. But we need to put all this together while moving at high speeds on a cold and slippery surface while 5 other guys use clubs to try and kill us, oh yeah did I mention that this whole time we're standing on blades 1/8 of an inch thick? Is ice hockey hard? I don't know, you tell me. Next question."
-Brendan Shanahan

edit -- SportsCenter's latest commercial!

This Is SportsCenter - Henrik Lundqvist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybZiaSp-RzM#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 19, 2013, 09:03:52 PM
HOCKEY STARTO!!!

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01244.jpeg)

I'm getting chills Broz, and A GRIN as wide as Joey Moss' face!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 20, 2013, 08:30:22 AM
Mikael Granlund Uran Ensimmäinen NHL Maali - Mikael Granlund First NHL Career Goal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FDRrj8sqCs#ws)
Mikael Granlund haastattelu - Mikael Granlund post game interview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yBbdXnAO_w#ws)
Welcome to the NHL, Mikael Granlund! :finland:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 20, 2013, 08:50:27 AM
I see two ex-Oilers on his line :lol:  that was some SICK hands. minnesota is gonna be a threat with how they loaded the FUCK UP!!

Best name ever, Grant Clitsome: http://jets.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8471482 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8471482) put him on the PP!! Scheifele was wiffing!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01246.jpg)

WHATTA start to the season, holy shit did the Kings look rusty - or was it Quick who was just grabbing air haha!!!

CANT FUCKING WAIT! Oilers first game of the season and home opener, gonna try to go as many games I can afford = nosebleeds in Section 335, everyone worried about Dubnyk he'll be fine. with some veteran goaltending pushing him - he'll take it to the next level GET DAT SANDPAPER. Mark Fristic was just what the Oilers needed, the first clip you see is him blowing up Lander.  Hope Hordichuk and Eager get some fights in - Kreuger "let em play" style only sets up the stars getting targeted. ESP. with Eberle and Hall getting "A" now.

MY PREDICTION: Oilers vs Rangers in the Finals. CUP #6 DAT OIL DYNASTY SHIT!! Oilers so badass, they were sponsored by Nike before they made jerseys on the regular:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01247.jpg)

FUCK THE NUCKS!
ATB Commercial: Jordan Eberle Movie Theatre (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF_VBh9ViKA#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on January 20, 2013, 10:15:34 AM
(HD) ANA/VAN - Teemu Selänteen kauden 1. maali - Teemu Selänne the first goal of the season (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzhH9Cw_ImA#ws)
Teemu Selanne 4 Point Night (2+2) Highlights & Interview 1/19/2013 (HD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7EbnWTWPnE#ws)
Dat Teemu :thumbup
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 20, 2013, 06:48:29 PM
CHILLS BRO


:lol: Eberle goatee
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 20, 2013, 06:53:38 PM
Sorry Canucks, but I couldn't help but start giggling when poor Schneider got yanked in the 2nd period after letting in 3 goals within 5 minutes. :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 22, 2013, 09:29:21 AM
who said the lockout would benefit the young guns. OLD MAN POWER!! Selanne and Jagr ripping shit up:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip06055.jpg)

OH FUCK!! too bad Luongo, holy shit, back in the daze when Canucks would just back break you with timely goals like a Sedin spin-o-rama doorstep popper, and Luongo standing on his head - PPs up the ASS. Dubnyk letting a bad goal. Oilers would fold. BUT SHIT the young guns keep coming in waves until BOOOM #83 locks and loads.

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/528778_10151364070712128_512531915_n.jpg)

Still Eberle got a sick ass backhander WHOOT
Jordan Eberle scores with a nice backhand shot. Jan 20th 2013 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzGp3jKi8E4#ws)

Liked Justin Schultz jumpin in on the PLAY WOW. And Yakupov lookin a lil lost at times but he stayed within the system, him being with Gagner and Hemsky - he's bound to get 20 goals.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 23, 2013, 09:57:19 AM
Gotta say MAD PROPS to Josh Harding battling MS multiple sclerosis whom he feels this season is like "a tryout."

"I've got to go out there and prove to everybody that I can still do what I've been doing all my life," the goaltender said last week. SHUTS EM DOWN!
Josh Harding shuts out Whitney 1/20/13 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRkFGJO91-U#ws)

Anyone who is fan of LIFE gotta love what he's doing.

OOH Sharks just stepped it up, Dubnyk SUCKS! FIRE THE COACH!! TRADE EM AL!! Lol fuckin bandwagon Oiler fans booing? Come on just 6-1 after 1 period. Yakupov and Justin Schultz got their first goals of the season!! What's this Luongo to Oilers rumor?? XD fuck that'd be wack.

Sounds like Oilers getting THAT Arena Deal, with Bettman in town over the weekend. FINALLY shit is gonna look up, and Downtown doesn't look like a hellhole.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BBQulrACEAA09Pa.jpg:large)

AND UNNGH got nosebleeds to the Kings game Thursday. That's some dope shit they doing around Rexall, jerseys in ice:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 25, 2013, 03:58:31 PM


OILERS WIN!! OMGASS WHAT A FUCKING GAME!!!!

Went to Rexall last night and FUCK!! WORST REFS IN THE WORLD!! Stupid Kings flopping giving em 5 on 3s all over the place and DUBNYK stood on his fucking head!!! when the make up calls came Oilers couldn't cash anything in against QUICK :tama-mad: but like WHAT THE FUCK!!

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REFS :tama-mad: I mean fucking srsly NUge went off for 2 face off violations, Smid got massive game misconducts for instigating with a VISOR?!! I know there's new rules but SHIT looks like they got TEXTBOOK on the Oilers and it was gonna be like a RIOT when Gags skate got caught in Quick's pads and NUGE scored the so-called tying goal AND IT GOT DISALLOWED GONNA BE A RIOT!!! shit on the ICE BULLSHIT chants:

VID 20130124 221734 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miPvHJOxm-8#ws)

BUT FUCK YAK SAVES THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!!!!!

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01248.jpg)

Penalty in OT and FINALLY GET IT DONE!!!!! Of course Gagner and Yak said the place felt like a playoff atmosphere. Cuz I was there :pimp: had to rush back to get my FAP on for The Anti STRUGGLE BUT GOT IT DONE!!! CUM ON DOWN and visit US when we rebuild the Edmoton ARENA! Bring on tHE CUP!!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 26, 2013, 02:36:15 AM
there was actual beefs about his celebration?? XDDDD fucking whiners, SWEET JUSTICE!!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01249.gif)

that gotta be his rookie card (which upper deck and panini are releasing NEXT year) or McFarlane figure. too good bout all this run he's getting.

And check out the Pelicans Finest! Niko Hovinen gets claimed by the Oilers! doubt he'll make it to the big club but hey, he in the system
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01250.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 28, 2013, 09:59:17 AM
Parise looked REAL good, fucking strong to the goal but SHIT if you got Tom Gilbert on D, best believe St. Louis gonna come back. Whatcha think of the NHL season so far? MASSIVE injuries dropping like DAMN Lupul out from a Phaneuf shot lol WHO KNEW the Blackhawks can get back on top again 6-0!! Flyers and Rangers stumbling, Kings finally got the first win....I'm sure shit will even out by the midway point.

meanwhile FUCKING Oilers can't buy a consistent game lol - one bad outing every other game by Dubnyk, like shit letting pucks poop into the goal. Then again those same FUCKING REFS from the LA game came and let Flamers just stand in the crease :tama-mad:

Justin Schultz goal 26 Jan 2013 Edmonton Oilers vs Calgary Flames NHL Hockey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8uU54pj4CI#ws)

GO J.SCHULTZ!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Forthisgift on January 28, 2013, 07:49:21 PM
"I thought that little shit(silenced) Ferriero played well"

Ahh Torts... the right coach for the right market. It's at 1:18.

Lets get a big W tomorrow and build off that feel good win 2 nights ago.

John Tortorella : Post Game 1/26/13 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhrTmRc4ED0#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 29, 2013, 09:09:37 AM
LOVE IT!! He was already "Next Question" Game 1 of the season. FUCK DA LEAFS!!!

slice and DICE the Avs, wow Yakupov didn't over-celebrate but that was pure precision on the PP. Ebz! Horc! Hemsky!

LOL Oilers have a Shoop Contest, more Jerseys to be WON! http://oilers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=86345 (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=86345)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/312368_10151379995267128_580226925_n.jpg)

this is my entry with Horc and J. Schultz
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 30, 2013, 08:35:08 AM
LOL Arnott was gonna sign with the Rangers but he didn't pass the physical. DAMN even with the Slats MAd Connect.  Hope it ain't nuttin serious, if this is the last hurrah, MAD PROPS Jason Arnott, getting the Cups with Jersey, the trade got the Oilers Bill Guerin and that magical upsets in the late 90s YOU GOTTA BELIEVE.

Just look at The Pure Pimp. Horcoff may have passed Tikk in the all time Oilers scoring list but DUDE ain't nobody gonna touch his class.
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01255.jpg)

Lookin forward to that rare "My FAVE TEAMS iN Same City" night tmr!! Khabby back against the Coyotes!! Lakers reuniting with the Suns!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 04, 2013, 08:52:47 AM

Gotta love what Cabbie DO
Edmonton Oilers To Do List (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WYKzJ9-ri0#ws)

BUTT REALLY!! dammit. do they miss THIS GUY
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01251.jpg)

and belanger goes down?? AVS JUST LUNCH PAIL. Get the puck to the net! too fucking fancy dump and chase HALLSY!! read this thread and you will win. Gagner and RNH gotta booking get their faceoffs right. it ain't gonna get easier when Luongo steps into town!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 07, 2013, 07:37:14 PM
OMGASS JAGR IS GOD!!!!

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BCeuvkJCAAEXLAt.jpg)

Was at game last night. Jagr holy shit like touch BOOM GAME OVER muscling one stick on hand dude is HUGE

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BCeebuoCQAAKEg_.jpg)

Lol I was yelling VITTU! PERKELE! when Kari was at my side it Rattled him!!! Hemmer with a sweet shot (lol and Yak groping him up and down) BUTT FUCK HALLSY EAZY TIP IN shhhhhit assistant Captains gotta Finnish like PETRO!!

You got this one Thimmy but Oilers gonna kick Dallas ass Tuesday!!!!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 10, 2013, 12:28:32 AM
There's no doubt that hockey players (and professional athletes in general) are more more aware of and are more diligent these days about things like proper fitness/training regimens and healthy dietary habits. I mean, take a look back 30 or 40 years ago or so, and many of the "old timers" would've likely ignored many/if not any questions that they were asked about their diets and/or workouts. Not so with today's modern NHL'er...

Quote
Jetcetera: Grocery shopping with Jets' Jim Slater - Food shopping among Slater's passions
By: Geoff Kirbyson / Jetcetera | Posted: 02/7/2013 1:00 AM

For most hockey players, the locker-room is a sacred place where they discuss their opponents, shoot the breeze, relax and get ready for the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0DW5EiMhY4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0DW5EiMhY4)

Jim Slater is not most hockey players.

Sure, he does all of the above, but he's also a walking and talking encyclopedia on food and a strict follower of an organic diet who has passed on newspaper articles on nutrition in the locker-room. He has even swapped recipes with the occasional like-minded teammate in there.

In fact, when asked recently what he likes to do in his spare time, he replied, "Go grocery shopping."

He's not kidding. The 30-year-old takes his body's food intake very seriously. He doesn't see it so much as something to be enjoyed but rather a means of providing optimum fitness and energy levels so he can excel as a professional athlete. "I take pride in my body and my health. It's gotten me to this point in my career. If you take care of your body, it will take care of you," he said.

But eating organic in Winnipeg can be tricky. The kind of organic big-box stores that exist in the United States haven't expanded to the Manitoba capital, so Slater has had to research the local grocery market so he can buy what he needs. He invited Jetcetera to come along on a recent excursion.

He gets his fruit, vegetables and milk at the Osborne Village Safeway, various nuts and drinks at the nearby Vita Health Fresh Market and salmon and pickerel at Gimli Fish Market. All three stores are within a short drive of each other, which is no accident. One non-negotiable in his hunt for accommodation is it be close to grocery stores.

And because he's on the road so often, his shopping excursions are frequent, because he's only buying enough food for two or three days at a time.

His breakfasts consist of oatmeal or eggs, lunches of bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches and dinners of pickerel and quinoa.

And smoothies, lots and lots of smoothies. His Vitamix blender is the focal point of his kitchen, where he blends vegetables such as kale, carrots, broccoli and fruits into nutritious drinks several times a day. He also makes his own peanut butter.

Slater admits to taking some good-natured ribbing from his teammates. (Grant Clitsome, he says, comes close to his diligence with food.) Want to razz him about being a picky eater? He'll shrug you off.

"I just turned 30. I feel really young, I feel energetic. I don't often take naps in the afternoon. I feel younger than I am," he said.

Slater didn't grow up in a household full of vegans. In fact, he admits to having lousy eating habits when he was a kid growing up in Michigan. It wasn't uncommon for him to stop off at McDonald's before the 11/2-hour drive to hockey and then again on the way back.

But then he read some books trumpeting the benefits of organic food. He gave it a shot and when he started to feel better and have more energy, he was hooked.

Slater, however, is human and admits to one weakness -- chips and salsa.

"My favourite type of chips is Doritos. I feel I do a pretty good job on all the other key ingredients, that allows me to eat the Doritos and salsa," he said.

geoff.kirbyson@freepress.mb.ca
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/from-hockey-stick-to-carrot-sticks-190160591.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/from-hockey-stick-to-carrot-sticks-190160591.html)

The following video was included in the article:
Going grocery shopping with Jets' Jim Slater (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0DW5EiMhY4#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 10, 2013, 09:31:08 AM
DAMN yeaaah. I was listening to Jason Strudwick's show on Friday (http://www.theteam1260.com/Podcasts/JasonStrudwick.aspx (http://www.theteam1260.com/Podcasts/JasonStrudwick.aspx)) about how nutrition is so key...that fuckin kids nowadays are just trained like machines, year round rinks and are just workhorses coming into the league. None of those hometown boys from a farm. And you see guys like Teemu Selanne still grinding it even at 40+

FUCK. Khabby was so good. but man this pic of Gagner sums up the Oilers powerplay LOL. Only Justin Schultz is the most consistent, just get pucks on net!!!
(http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/19704_10151426121617128_1199875775_n.jpg)

Good thing the Blue Jackets are next!! Good season all around? gotta post my vids from the Stars game. No Mullet but still GOD Jagr :yep: love dat story of him and Yakupov during the lockout lol - Jagr was like "Yeah prolly after practice cuz im holding a bunch of sticks"
(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/c0.0.360.360/p403x403/541442_10151419622357128_1308096458_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 11, 2013, 02:26:29 AM
MAGGIE!!!!!!!!!

with the SHORTIE!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 12, 2013, 08:18:21 AM
lol Smyth playing dumb ... his stick breaking wasn't his fault. Refs just being stupid on the calls. 10 minute misconduct yest vs the Wings was lame. SHUT UP MEDIA
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01284.jpg)

At least Oilers don't have losers like Leafs' Grabovski, biting Pacioretty on the team. suspend em for being GEEKS!!
Grabovski bites Pacioretty?.mp4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVYghZKMELU#)

Kids just need to keep crashing the net ENOUGH OF THE STUPID TIC TAC TOE they game planned, let's just put pucks to the net like yo name was Justin Schultz. but I'm sure RNH, Hall and Ebz will get back on track.
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01283.jpg)

too bad about Hordichuk being released, he was fucking nice as hell. MANS MAN but sadly the enforcer is going the way of the Wii.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Forthisgift on February 12, 2013, 03:30:30 PM
LOL Dai.. the enforcer really is going the way of the Wii. It was a wrap for Rupper here in NY. Sent his ass to Minnesota for some people that can actually play quality minutes. Powe has been a revelation on the penalty kill and, now with Asham(who can still throw down)/Halpern/Powe as a 4th line we can actually roll 4 lines.

Favorite moment from the Sundays game:
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Mcdiesel doesn't appreciate anyone getting to close to the King.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 17, 2013, 06:57:30 AM
XD Pronger would be proud. protect DA PAINT! what the fuck was up with the Isles?!? goes to show teams never bring their A game against the shitty teams. get the clip of Nash fucking making sick ass moves! BEAST.

LIKE TONITE HOLY FUCK!!

LOL damn Petrell hurt in the warm ups. BLOCKING SHOTS. :bow:

HOLY SHIT 56 shots on goal. NEW club record, not since the 80s!! where they did 55 twice. NO QUIT GO OILERS GO!!!

Fuckin 6-4 comeback Khabby so good first win since who knows when. EBZ! RNH!! back on track! MAGGIE was the healthy scratch and gets the game winner LOL FINALLY SOME BREAKS 5+ goals = Japanese Village coupon!! http://www.630ched.com/goallight/ (http://www.630ched.com/goallight/)


...more ranting im still blown away.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 22, 2013, 03:21:36 AM
Any H!Pstahs living in the GTO area ever been out to the town of Bolton? It's apparently about 40 mins NW of Rogers Centre. Anyway, if any of you do happen to pass by that way...should drop by these places and see if you can get an photo/autograph with NHL legend Paul Coffey.

http://www.pcag.ca/ (http://www.pcag.ca/)

:thumbsup
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 23, 2013, 08:25:12 PM
^ YES. Must be the car dealerships Coffey has.

how bout dat Jets player Zach Redmond s losing so much blood. SUCKS when the injury is during practice like :lol: OH MAN I lmfao at Sharks, being undefeated and then losing like 6 or 7 in a row TOO CLOSE to beating the OHHHHHHHHHHHHH #Oilers GM Steve Tambellini announces forward Lennart Petrell has been placed on injured reserve

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01303.jpg)

what a loss :doh: Ryan Jones be BACK!!

how bout dat NHL eh?? Flyers and Pens games are ALWAYS wtf. wish I got Simmonds in my pool lol

LOL damn Hall kneeing Clutterbuck. We get you want payback but you gonna get suspended :doh:

I LIKE IT. It's on the level of what Messier would do except there would be stretchers and careers ending. About damn time the Top 6 showed some fight. Sam Gagner would lay it out on the line that's true but to get it from the guys with the "A" and "C" is MONUMENTAL. Clutterbuck is a bitch, always trying to take and injure players so Hallsy only sending the message. DONT FUCK WITH US. none of that cheap behind your back Matt Cooke on Hossa deals either. You put your head down, expect to get TRUCKED!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 23, 2013, 09:52:23 PM
^
At least Hall was only suspended for 2 games. Even with the fact that it's a "without pay" suspension, that's only like what, $9000? That's peanuts for him.

Poor Redmond is probably done for the season. Reports like this one from the Jets' NHL site were saying that the surgery took a couple of hours because there were a lot of severed blood vessels that they had to repair.

http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=96&id=203954&cmpid=embed-share-video (http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=96&id=203954&cmpid=embed-share-video)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 23, 2013, 11:00:43 PM
SHIT :o tendons be damned

I like how Jim Rome was all up in the "Cheap Shot" artist. With Yakupov's "Celly" antics I love how The Young Gun Oilers getting lotsa run for being assholes :lol:

EBERLE SCORES!!!

fuck what is wrong with Kreguer PUT Yakupov on the Top Line not with the AHL fill-ins :doh: but fuckin Mike Smith and the snooooooooooooooze COYotes gonna shut you down. SO CLOSE
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on February 24, 2013, 12:35:27 AM
OILERS WIN FUCK!!! TEEMU first goal ties it up!! SHIT take it to a shootout and it's GAME OVER
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good thing the Coyotes PP sucks so hard :lol: Ryan Jones fuckin energy was sorely missed!! This Brier Road Trip gonna test em fo sho.

Chicago eventually has to lose. Remember Gagner's 8 point night?!!!

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 27, 2013, 03:27:54 AM
Now we all know that since the Jets returned to the league, there has been talk of realignment because really, a team playing in the Central Time Zone should NOT be in the same division as Florida and Tampa Bay. So finally the league has come out with a proposal for realignment, I see it, and I think......really?

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:thumbdown:

I mean, seriously, why scrap the "3 division per conference" setup? It's working fine, both in terms of balancing the number of teams in the east VS the west as well as in having a playoff system that has been firmly established and that people know works.  With this new setup that they're proposing, not only is the geographical east/west balance thrown out of whack, but now they've also had to come up with a new playoff system that can end up being really confusing/frustrating.

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Report: NHL proposes realignment, new playoff format
Tuesday, 02.26.2013 / 5:24 PM / News | NHL.com

http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=207862 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=207862)

The National Hockey League is proposing a new realignment plan that would see the League go from six divisions to four divisions and introduce a form of divisional playoffs instead of the current conference system in place for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, according to a report by ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun.

The plan was detailed in a memo sent to the League's clubs Tuesday, according to LeBrun.

The plan needs approval from the National Hockey League Players' Association and the League's Board of Governors. If it passes, it would take effect for the 2013-14 regular season.

"We have been in discussions with the Players' Association for the past several weeks on the issue of realignment and we are trying to get to a solution that everybody can live with," Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told NHL.com. "There are no perfect answers here, so we have to do the best we can in trying to adequately address a number of competing concerns. Once we get to a point where we have the Union's go-ahead, we will present it to our Board of Governors for its consideration. We certainly hope to be in a position to announce something in the relatively near term."

Under the new plan, the conferences would be realigned with the Columbus Blue Jackets and Detroit Red Wings moving from the Western Conference to the Eastern Conference. There would be no corresponding moves by Eastern Conference clubs, resulting in unbalanced-conference alignment that would see 16 teams in the Eastern Conference and 14 in the Western Conference.

The schedule matrix would see each team play teams in the other conference both home and away.

In the seven-team divisions, teams would play intraconference foes three times per season and five of the six intradivision foes five times a season. The sixth opponent within the division would be played four times. In the eight-team divisions, teams would play intraconference opponents three times and intradivision opponents either four or five times per season on a rotating basis.

Due to the unbalanced conferences, the League has proposed introducing a wild-card element to the Stanley Cup Playoffs, according to LeBrun.

Under the proposed system, the top three teams in each of the four divisions would qualify for the postseason. The final four spots would go to the two teams in each conference with the next-best records. So, in theory, five teams from one division and just three from the other division in each respective conference could make the postseason.

CBC's Elliotte Friedman first broke many of the details of the potential realignment plan, including the composition of the divisions, Saturday.

The Atlantic and Central divisions would be in the East, while the Midwest and Pacific divisions would be in the West.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=657635 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=657635)

VIDEO - http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=207862 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=207862)


Seriously, all the league had to do was listen to what many of the TV hockey analysts were saying and just have the Jets swap conferences with a team like either Nashville or Columbus that, when you look at a map, is just "east of center," and thus wouldn't be that badly/seriously affected (primarily travel-wise) by a switch. If they did that, then re-arranging the divisions would be kept to a minimum, and scheduling (both for regular season and playoff games) would be virtually the same to what they've got now. As this current proposal of theirs stands, sure the Jets get what they want/need, which is a move to the Western Conference, but there are quite a few teams in the east that are going to be crying foul.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 04, 2013, 05:03:52 PM
Just prelims! But jets too good and they destroy the Nucks just ask the Rangers XD

who the fuck is Mike brown? Lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on March 06, 2013, 09:50:24 AM
OH!! that Mike Brown. well shit. HE MADE A FUCKING DIFFERENCE :lol: at least he took some shots on goal.

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WOW. can you not show the fuck up. Brad Richards rolling around thinks the Oilers coulda showed up the last 3 games OH MAN.


Patience. Patience. FIRE KREUGER TRADE FOR OVIE :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on March 10, 2013, 11:53:27 AM
WTF Dubnyk ... Centre Ice Goal. LMFAO
Dubnyk Fail (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9c_AjGsrc4#)

whatever lifting up they spirits motivation blah blah Kreuger for the next game. Blackhawks lost, and they wanna prolly start another dumb streak FUCK. 1st Overall for four years in a row here we cum :doh:

The only HEART showing up lately has been mike brown pounding the shit out of everyone. HORCOFF!!! save the season. is this some kinda conspiracy theory to have MacT coach again and then take em to the cup? :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on March 11, 2013, 01:55:39 AM
LOLWTF Oilers beating up the Hawks in United Center!

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Horcoff MVP!!! SHIT Oilers up 6-4 the PP lookin as crisper then ever.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on March 13, 2013, 01:13:18 AM
So does beating the Blackhawks make you the best team? :lol: 9 game home unbeaten streak OVER!! the two Giant slayers facing off tonite in Denver.
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I really hope they showcasing Whitney cuz LORD they need more size. Horcoff and Jonesy need more grinders. OH LMFAO mike keennan tkaing the local radio loser host to task on "They young" excuse. BULLSHIT! His Flyers were young the oldest was Mark Howe @ 29 and they took the Legendary YOUNG Oilers of Gretzky to the brink in the Finals. STUPID. Just need that mix. DO IT UP STEVE!


LMFAO LATVIANS! best shootout attempt ever
Kaspars Daugavins crazy shootout attempt on Tuukka Rask . Mar 11, 2013 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa4sJCKA7D8#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 13, 2013, 05:35:42 AM
Managed to score a couple of nose-bleed tickets to tonight's Jets game versus Toronto. :thumbsup

The 5-2 win was nice, but to be honest, I don't know which of these specific tidbits I liked more:
a) Even though it was for the opposing team, it was awesome to finally see Randy Carlyle coaching again at an actual game (as opposed to just watching it on TV),

OR

b) All throughout the game, the crowd at the MTS Centre (who, remember, have become known for "creative" taunting of opposing players) had been trying to throw Toronto goalie (and Winnipeg native) James Reimer off of his rhythm by chanting: "RYEEEEEEEEEEEEE-MER!! RYEEEEEEEEEEEEE-MER!! RYEEEEEEEEEEEEE-MER!!" So with about 10 minutes left in the 3rd period, Toronto pulls Reimer and sends in backup Ben Scrivens. So, as soon as the announcement is made..."Now in goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Ben Scrivens", what does the crowd do?

Duh....they start chanting "SCRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVENZ!! SCRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVENZ!! SCRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVENZ!!" :lol:

OR

c) Still in the 3rd period, since there was no longer had any one single player left that the crowd wanted to heckle, someone just decided to troll the whole team by getting the sold-out crowd to start chanting "LET'S GO BLUE JAYS!! *clap, clap, clapclapclap* LET'S GO BLUE JAYS!! *clap, clap, clapclapclap* LET'S GO BLUE JAYS!! *clap, clap, clapclapclap* "
XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on March 13, 2013, 05:51:49 AM
^ DOPENESS! Did u get pix n shit. Who u go with? Mr. KT Tom Green Johnbobman? LOL The Goalie chants are so played :lol: only worked for Belfour.  XD GOOD BEAT THE LEAFS! fucking what is up wit dat. Jets can wrap up the SE Baby! ovie slumping like a bitch.

WHO ARE THE OILERS. I'm so confused!!

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DUBEY DUUUUUUUBEY DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

straight up Pääjärvi going straight to the hole. Ref calls benefiting the Oilers. SHIT. All I can say is these three words. CAPTAIN OH CAPTAIN!
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Faceoff KEY. Puck possession retrieval wash your hands when you speak!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 15, 2013, 12:31:10 AM
Looks like it's a done deal now.
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Realignment plan approved by Board of Governors
Thursday, 03.14.2013 / 5:43 PM | By Dan Rosen - NHL.com Senior Writer

VIDEO (NHL NETWORK INTERVIEW WITH BETTMAN) - http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=219978 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=219978)

The NHL will have a fresh look for the regular season and a new format for the Stanley Cup Playoffs beginning next season after the Board of Governors approved the realignment plan proposed last week.

The four-division plan, featuring a new set-up for the playoffs, will be in place for a minimum of three seasons, barring any franchise relocation or expansion. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said neither relocation nor expansion were being discussed, however.

"This goes into the good news category," Commissioner Bettman said Thursday. "We can begin the process of preparing next year's schedule."

The NHL and NHL Players' Association each had input into the plan to realign the League into a more geographically appropriate two-conference, four-division format that has 16 teams in the Eastern Conference and 14 teams in the Western Conference.

The Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets are moving to the Eastern Conference to provide them the ability to play the majority of their games against teams in the same time zone.

The Winnipeg Jets are moving to the Western Conference for the same reason.

"I think it's very exciting for us as an organization and for our fans to be geographically located where we ought to be," Jets chairman Mark Chipman said. "It looks like from a League perspective [realignment] solved a lot of issues, so we're very supportive of it."

The Dallas Stars are staying in the Western Conference but moving into a division that includes five other teams from the Central time zone. Stars president and CEO Jim Lites said being in the same time zone as most of the teams in the division should have an impact on television ratings and fan interest.

"We have noticed and have experienced since 1998, when we moved from the Central (Division) at that time to the Pacific, our television ratings have dropped by a good number, 60 percent on the average," Lites said. "When we play consistently in prime (time) our numbers go up by a factor of something like four or five times. It's just natural. Central time zone starts at 7 p.m. [are] typically in people's television-watching habits, and trying to start games at 9 or 9:30 p.m. just limits the amount of people that are going to watch. It changes your narrative. People lose touch with you when you're on a three-game swing to the West. You may go a week and people will not have watched.

"So we're thrilled to be able to get back to it, and we just believe and know our broadcast partners, our corporate partners, and certainly our fans are excited at the prospect of having the vast majority of our games, particularly games of significance, division games, being played in prime [time]. It's really important to us."

The new alignment also ensures that all 30 teams play in all 30 arenas at least once per season. Detroit general manager Ken Holland said that will be a way for the Red Wings to preserve some of the rivalries they have developed with Western Conference teams.

"One of the things that was really important to us was a matrix that had a home-and-home with every team in the other conference," Holland said. "So, even though we're heading East, we're still thrilled that we're going to play all the teams in the Western Conference home-and-home."

The Stanley Cup Playoffs will still consist of 16 teams, eight in each conference, but it will be division-based and a wild-card system has been added.

The top three teams in each division will make up the first 12 teams in the playoffs. The remaining four spots will be filled by the next two highest-placed finishers in each conference, based on regular-season points and regardless of division. It will be possible, then, for one division to send five teams to the postseason while the other sends three.

The seeding of the wild-card teams within each divisional playoff will be determined on the basis of regular-season points. The division winner with the most points in the conference will be matched against the wild-card team with the fewest points; the division winner with the second-most points in the conference will play the wild-card team with the second fewest points.

The teams finishing second and third in each division will play in the first round of the playoffs. The winners of each series will play for berths in the conference championship series.

The winners of the conference championships advance to the Stanley Cup Final.

"We tend to use common sense around here and this seems to make a lot of common sense," Columbus president John Davidson said.

"When you get out the ledger sheet and you go pros and cons, I don't think there is anything on the negative side," he added.

The divisions will be temporarily referred to as Division A, Division B, Division C and Division D. Permanent names will be assigned later.

The Western Conference will house Division A and Division B (each a seven-team division), while Division C and D will consist of eight teams each and make up the Eastern Conference.

Division A is the Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, Phoenix Coyotes, San Jose Sharks and Vancouver Canucks. All the teams are from either the Pacific time zone or Mountain time zone.

Division B features the Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets. Colorado is the only Mountain time zone team; the rest are from the Central time zone.

"It's much better for us," Stars defenseman Stephane Robidas said. "It's less travel, fewer trips out west -- the time zones, the amount of time you spend on the plane after games. You don't have to wait in [Los Angeles], you can come back after games. It's all little things in the long run I think will help our team."

Division C has four Original Six franchises: the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs. The Buffalo Sabres, Florida Panthers, Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning are also in the division.

Commissioner Bettman said he thinks being in this division will benefit the Panthers and Lighting despite the added travel.

"From a business standpoint, I think this is probably really good for both Florida teams," he said. "Competitively they may have their own issues, travel-wise they may have issues, but based on where Florida is from a geographic standpoint whatever we did wasn't going to be perfect.

"But our commitment in that regard is when we're doing the scheduling we're going to try and do the best possible job of focusing on the travel needs of the two Florida clubs and with respect to the teams in their division and their travel to and from Florida."

The Columbus Blue Jackets, Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals will join the New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins in Division D.

"It's going to be tough. There are a lot of good teams in there," Hurricanes coach Kirk Muller said. "There are a lot of grinding, physical teams, so it makes you sit back and evaluate your team and organization asking, are we the type of team that's skilled enough to go into certain arenas and get points, or do you want to change your style to match up with your opponents?

"We're obviously in the hunt this year, but it will be something where you may have to sit back and look at everything and ask, where do you fit in with your opposition, and decide if you want to make changes or if you're comfortable with the group that you have."

Commissioner Bettman stressed that the unbalanced format is not a concern.

"Unless you were conducting the competition by flipping a coin through each matchup, the seventh and eighth teams, if you go back and look, are typically teams by the end of the regular season that are out of it anyway," he said. "So whether or not it's a seventh or eighth team, as a practical matter it doesn't make a whole lot of difference. Again, if you were doing a simple coin flip in between matchups then it would make a statistical difference, but as a practical matter we don't think it does.

"Two, we introduced the wild card to try to balance that off a little bit better. So we think in that regard it begins to address what might be a concern, although as I indicated, I'm not sure it's that realistic of a concern."

The NHLPA has given its consent to play under the new alignment and playoff system for a minimum of three seasons, through the 2015-16 NHL season.

"I think the whole package that's put together with the relocation, the moves, the matrix, the playoff format -- it's an exciting time for the National Hockey League," Holland said.

The new alignment:
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Here is a breakdown of the new schedule matrix created for the new alignment plan:

Western Conference (7-team divisions)

Within Conference (Division): 29 games

* 5 games vs. five teams (3 Home/2 Away vs. two teams, 2 Home/3 Away vs. three teams) AND 4 games vs. one team (2 Home/2 Away). Teams rotated on a yearly basis.

* 5 X 5 =25 games

* 1 X 4 = 4 games

Within Conference (Non-Division): 21 games

* 3 games vs. each team (2 Home/1 Away vs. four teams, 1 Home/2 Away vs. three teams). Teams rotated on a yearly basis.

* 3 X 7 = 21 games

Non-Conference: 32 games

* 2 games vs. each team (1 Home/1 Away)

* 2 X 16 = 32 games

(Exception: one team from each division plays one less game inside Division and one more game inside Conference outside Division)

Eastern Conference (8-team divisions)

Within Conference (Division): 30 games

* 5 games vs. two teams (3 Home/2 Away vs. one team, 2 Home/3 Away vs. one team) AND 4 games vs. five teams (2 Home/2 Away). Teams rotated on a yearly basis.

* 5 X 2 =10 games

* 4 X 5 = 20 games

Within Conference (Non-Division): 24 games

* 3 games vs. each team (2 Home/1 Away vs. four teams, 1 Home/2 Away vs. four teams). Teams rotated on a yearly basis.

* 3 X 8 = 24 games

Non-Conference: 28 games

* 2 games vs. each team (1 Home/1 Away)

* 2 X 14 = 28 games
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=660138 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=660138)
LINK TO VIDEO (NHL NETWORK INTERVIEW WITH BETTMAN) - http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=219978 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=219978)


EDIT: Meanwhile...in Vancouver...

Luongo & Schneider - The Shocking Truth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEmfQh2Q6MY#ws)
:wahaha:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 20, 2013, 04:25:20 AM
Fuck I love come-back wins! :rockon: :rockon: :rockon:

http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=224272 (http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=224272)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Tom Green on March 20, 2013, 08:51:29 AM
Here Is some pics and a video of when me and JFC went to the Winnipeg Jets game on March 12, 2013

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Fight Video
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 28, 2013, 06:04:18 AM
So if anyone was wondering why Jarome Iginla wasn't playing in Calgary's game today game against the Avalanche.....just see Masa's post below.

EDIT: Originally I had posted that the trade happened between Calgary and Boston. Then I went to sleep and shit got changed on me. :P

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Report: Flames trade Iginla to Bruins Penguins
LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=662496 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=662496)

Calgary Flames fans were probably somewhat expecting this to happen, still, wouldn't be surprised if a bunch of them are = :panic: :panic: :panic:.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on March 28, 2013, 02:42:22 PM
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Flames trade Iginla to Penguins

In a shocking turn of events on a wild Thursday morning, the Calgary Flames announced that they've traded franchise icon Jarome Iginla to the Pittsburgh Penguins for the Pens' first-round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft and the rights to unsigned draft choices Kenneth Agostino and Ben Hanowski.

Throughout much of Wednesday night, several media outlets reported Iginla was being traded to the Boston Bruins for a first-round pick and two minor leaguers. But the Flames announced the deal with Pittsburgh at 1:30 a.m. ET Thursday, not long after their 4-3 home victory against Colorado -- a game that Calgary played without Iginla, who was scratched about two hours before the opening faceoff.

"That info was not correct," Calgary general manager Jay Feaster said of the reports.

Penguins GM Ray Shero said he made sure to let Feaster know he wanted in on any talks concerning Iginla.

"We talked to Jay and said if you're going to move Iginla, we would be interested," Shero said. "Over the last day or so, it became apparent they were going to move him. We started getting into more names and scenarios."

The addition of an unconditional first-round pick clinched the deal.

"The first-round pick was very important to them," Shero said. "They ended up with two good college prospects. That's the price of Jarome Iginla. That's what you have to do. That's what we did."

Feaster said the Flames had three offers for Iginla, and that he worked with Iginla in making a decision on the player's final destination. Iginla, it seems, wanted to go to Pittsburgh and be reunited with Sidney Crosby. The two were teammates on the Team Canada entry that won the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

"We, as an organization, are grateful for everything our captain has done. We've missed the [Stanley Cup Playoffs] the last three years, we are in very tight spot right now as far as qualifying for the playoffs and we have Jarome in the final year of his contract," Feaster said of the club's rationalizing for moving the face of the franchise.

Feaster also said it was a difficult decision to make, but it became a necessity when the general manager realized that he could not sign Iginla, an unrestricted free agent at the end of the year, to an extension.

"This is not why I came to Calgary, to be the guy to trade Jarome Iginla," Feaster said. "It's an unfortunate and difficult part of this business. It was tough. I've only known Jarome for the three years I have been here, and Jarome has been very good to me. They are tough conversations to have."

It is the third major deal in the past 72 hours engineered by Shero, who has yet to move a player off his NHL roster in making his acquisitions.

On Monday, Shero obtained gritty veteran forward Brenden Morrow from the Dallas Stars for prospect Joe Morrow and a draft pick. Less than 24 hours later, he plucked veteran defenseman Douglas Murray from the San Jose Sharks for two second-round picks. Now he has bagged Iginla, the prize of this year's trade market.

"We're all in. We want to win," Shero said after the deal was made.

The Penguins host the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday, but it is unclear if Iginla will play in that game. Iginla is scheduled to meet with the Calgary media Thursday morning, suggesting he would not arrive in time for a game that evening. Pittsburgh's next game is a Saturday afternoon contest against the New York Islanders at the Consol Energy Center.

He brings a lot of different elements, ability to play with good players, play in tough areas, good leadership," Shero said. "He wants to win. The people I've talked to that have played with him talk about what a great teammate and person he is. My expectation is that he'll be a really good fit in terms of the team and the guys that we have."

Still to be determined is how Iginla fits in with the Penguins and whom he'll play. However, Shero said Iginla is willing to do whatever it takes to win.

"He said he would help anyway he could, didn't care about role or who he was playing with," Shero said. "He'll accept any role that's asked of him by coaches or teammates.

"That will be up to [coach] Dan [Bylsma]. They have a month to work things out as far as where things go and what the fit might be. They may play with different players here and there and find that fit with what the roles are and who's comfortable with whom. We have some time to sort through that and find those roles."

Iginla, 35, has nine goals and 22 points this season for the struggling Flames. He has played his entire NHL career in Calgary, scoring 525 goals with the Flames. He had played 441 consecutive games before the Flames scratched him Wednesday night, and had appeared in every game for Calgary since April 8, 2007.

"Jarome Iginla is 35 years old. He's not 45," Shero said. "He's like a few other guys that have come here that seem to be rejuvenated playing with these younger players. That's what we're hoping for with the guys that we picked up. Hopefully, that will be the case."

He is a three-time First-Team All-Star, won the Rocket Richard Trophy as the NHL's top goal-scorer in 2002 and 2004, and led the NHL in points in 2001-02. He has been the Flames' captain since the start of the 2003-04 season.

A first-round pick by the Dallas Stars (No. 11) at the 1995 NHL Draft, Iginla was dealt to the Flames in a deal that sent Joe Nieuwendyk to Dallas on Dec. 20, 1995. Iginla made his NHL debut with the Flames during the 1996 Stanley Cup Playoffs and had spent his entire career with Calgary.

Iginla has appeared in 1,219 regular-season games, scoring 525 goals and 570 assists. He also has 28 goals and 21 assists in 54 postseason contests. Iginla came close to winning a championship in 2004, when the Flames lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

"It's different; it's weird for sure," Calgary forward Michael Cammalleri said after the game. "I think he's been such presence on this team, this city, this organization for so long. He's such a dominant player, a guy who is in the lineup all the time not missing any games. His presence will be … it'll be different, for sure, without him."

Calgary sits in second-to-last place in the Western Conference, although they are just six points behind the eighth-place Sharks. But the Flames must climb past six clubs with just 16 games remaining to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

"We're all very aware of what kind of business it is," Calgary forward Alex Tanguay said. "What have you done for me lately? I've been here three years and we haven't been in the playoffs. The position we're in now, no one would call it ideal. [The trade] was forced by the situation. If we're standing in fourth [place], I don't think we'd be unloading a player of his abilities. Obviously, it's caused by the team."

Agostino, 20, was a fifth-round pick by the Penguins in the 2010 NHL Draft. The junior forward has a career-high 15 goals and 37 points for Yale this season. Hanowski, a 22-year-old right wing, was a third-round pick in the 2009 Draft. He is a senior at St. Cloud State, where he has scored 62 goals and 111 points in four years.

Both players are taking part in the NCAA Tournament this weekend.

"Our pro scouts feel very strongly about these players," Feaster said after the trade was announced. "They fit our criteria for hockey sense, and they have good skill level."
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 03, 2013, 03:35:43 AM
Trying not to let the Jets' current losing streak get to me. There's still plenty of games left to go and we've still got a chance to make the playoffs (though said chance will quickly disappear if they don't get over this hump and start getting back in the win column).

So to try and distract myself, been watching the trades fly over the last few days. This year's "whopper" is, of course, the Iginla trade, but recently there have been a couple of interesting moves made.
NHL Trade Tracker - http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=80955 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=80955)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 04, 2013, 08:49:16 PM
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Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation Raffle Lottery for Licence Plate #WJ0001
Manitoba Government & Manitoba Public Insurance present cheque to Foundation
Thursday, 04.04.2013 / 12:56 PM / Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation
Winnipeg Jets


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True North Sports & Entertainment and the Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation are proud to announce a raffle lottery for the first printed Winnipeg Jets licence plate #WJ0001. The Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation is also excited today to accept a significant donation by the Manitoba Government and Manitoba Public Insurance.

The Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation has made 15,004 tickets available for purchase in the raffle lottery for the Winnipeg Jets licence plate #WJ0001. Each ticket will cost $20.00 and all proceeds will go directly to the Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation. Tickets can be purchased at remaining Winnipeg Jets home games this season and at all Jets Gear locations or by emailing Kait Flett from the Foundation at kflett@truenorth.mb.ca.

For more information on the raffle and available tickets, please visit the website of the Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation or go to www.winnipegjets.com (http://www.winnipegjets.com).

The Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation was pleased today to have Premier Greg Selinger on-hand to present a cheque of $809,580 to the Foundation on behalf of the Manitoba Government and Manitoba Public Insurance. The cheque was presented from the proceeds of the sale of 27,000 Winnipeg Jets’ specialty licence plates.

“These licence plates were extremely popular not only among hockey fans, but Manitobans who wanted to get into the spirit of giving back to their community,” said Selinger. “The Winnipeg Jets’ True North Foundation is committed to making a difference in our community. The Foundation is about positive change, building strong relationships and giving back to those who need it most.”

The province and Winnipeg Jets unveiled the specialty licence plate in December of 2011. Administered by Manitoba Public Insurance, the specialty plates were sold at more than 300 Autopac agents across the province. Cost of the plates was $70, with $30 of that fee going towards the Jets’ True North Foundation.

Tickets will be available for purchase through email beginning at noon on Saturday, April 6th.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=664158 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=664158)



Now, even though I've already got my own set of Jets' plates,
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you all know that I'm still totally going to take my chances and buy a raffle ticket...or two...or three....  8)2


If, by some miracle of Miki-sama, I happen to win it...I may just have to invest in a safety deposit box at the bank.
 :mon determined:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Forthisgift on April 04, 2013, 09:02:23 PM
Rangers picked up Ryan Clowe then traded Gaborik for Brassard, Moore, and Dorsett then dismantled the Penguins 6-1. Yea they were "crosby-less" but we haven't had much to be thrilled about this season. I can finally post something happy lol. It's been a tough season at the FTG house  :(
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 14, 2013, 01:46:02 AM
Steve Ott tries to lick Jeff Halpern on the faceoff . Apr 11, 2013 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxVc1RC0fGc#ws)

 :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 17, 2013, 05:35:53 AM
I'm kinda surprised that I'm the one posting this. :P  It may have been that I just hadn't noticed, but had there been talk/rumors going around regarding the possibility of him getting fired/replaced?

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Oilers fire Tambellini as GM, MacTavish takes over
Monday, 04.15.2013 / 12:44 PM / News
By Dan Rosen - NHL.com Senior Writer


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Craig MacTavish completed the hat trick with the Edmonton Oilers on Monday, but he also may have just signed up for his greatest challenge yet.

Kevin Lowe, Edmonton's President of Hockey Operations, announced Monday that MacTavish is taking over as the Oilers' new general manager, replacing Steve Tambellini, who was told Sunday night that he was being relieved of his duties.

Former Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson was also promoted to take over MacTavish's former role as Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations.

Howson was Edmonton's assistant general manager from 2002-07.

MacTavish also played for the Oilers from 1986-94 and coached them from 2000-09.

His job now is to build them back into a winner.

"I'm an impatient guy and I bring that impatience to this situation," MacTavish said Monday during what was at times a combative press conference at Rexall Place. "I think that we're at the stage in terms of the cycle with our hockey club right now that we have to do some bold things. We have to expose ourselves to some semblance of risk to try and move the club forward in a rapid fashion."

The Oilers were 138-185-46 under Tambellini, who was hired on July 31, 2008. Despite the fact that they have selected first in each of the past three NHL Drafts and all three of those players (Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Nail Yakupov) are playing top-six minutes, the Oilers are 16-18-7 this season and have lost five in a row to fall into 12th place in the Western Conference.

Edmonton moved into eighth after beating the Calgary Flames on April 3, but has scored four goals in going 0-5 since.

Lowe admitted the recent losing streak factored into the timing of the decision.

"I, for one, really had hoped that we'd be more advanced than we are right now," he said. "For Steve's sake, I was hopeful we'd be a competitive team right until the end. Losing five in a row, how we lost, where we are -- all of those things go into the decision. If we're going to do something, why wait? Allow these guys to get their hands on the operations and give themselves a couple of weeks' advance work."

There doesn't, however, appear to be any coaching changes on the horizon in Edmonton. MacTavish offered a vote of confidence to Ralph Krueger, who is in his first year as a NHL coach.

"I think it's fair to say that there is a very remote chance that where we are right now has anything to do with coaching," he said. "What we need to do is give the coaches better tools to compete at the NHL level. For me to say it's Ralph Krueger's fault right now would be extremely shortsighted on my part."

Lowe and MacTavish were faced with questions about why they think they'll be able to turn the organization around now. It was five years ago when Lowe left the GM's chair and MacTavish was let go as coach after the Oilers missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second of what has turned into six straight seasons.

Lowe was particularly defensive.

"I think it's safe to say that half the general managers in the National Hockey League would trade their rosters for our roster right now," Lowe said.

He defended his past, too.

"There is one other guy in hockey today that is still working in the game that has won as many Stanley Cups than me," said Lowe, a six-time Cup champion who last raised the trophy in 1994. "So I think I know a little bit about winning, if that's ever a concern."

He also cited the differences in the organization, particularly stable ownership, between then and now.

"If I analyze our team, it's interesting now versus six or eight years ago," he said. "We didn't have the top-end talent before and we had many restrictions on what we could do. With ownership now, the resources are there and now the pieces are in place. We have much more ammunition now than we did a number of years ago."

MacTavish also brought up the difficulties the Oilers had in the past in attracting players, but he pointed to the future.

"The fact of the matter is it's really not about yesterday," he said. "Maybe there are some skeptics out there. There are going to be in this business. You don't take a position like I'm taking right now with rose-colored glasses on. It's not for the faint of heart. I walk in here completely understanding of the situation that's in front of me. I'm not looking at what's happened in the past. My sole objective is to come in here and add something to the future of this club.

"I don't know that I've failed this organization in any regards before in any of the jobs I've taken in the past," he added. "I get back to what we say today has very little bearing on how I'm going to be evaluated going forward. I look forward to the challenge of the job. I'm going to help turn this team around."

He said it starts with building depth around the young star players such as Hall, Nugent-Hopkins, Yakupov, Jordan Eberle and Justin Schultz.

"The future is extremely bright with the young players, but we've gotta add some depth," MacTavish said. "We've got primary pieces here, but we've gotta add some depth to help our team grow. We've gotta add competitiveness. I think we lack a true understanding of just how difficult it is to have success at this level. It's an incredibly difficult league to win in. It's as highly competitive a league as there is anywhere.

"Every time the alarm rings at my house I know there are 29 teams trying to beat my brains in. We have to do a better job in arming our coaches and arming the core group in that dressing room with a group of players that is going to go forward. We all know we're going to get there."

MacTavish talked about the need to "do bold things and competitive things," to turn the team around in a hurry.

"To get into the playoffs in the NHL has never been more difficult," he said. "You see that last year, L.A. gets in the playoffs from the eighth-seed. The line from getting in the playoffs and winning a Stanley Cup is a lot finer than it has ever been before. I don't think we're that far off. We're going to have to make some changes, but we are at the point in the cycle where we can expose ourselves to some risks."

He didn't specify what those risks are.

"Talk is cheap in this game," he said. "I can come here and talk about a strategy or a particular player I want to acquire, but talk is cheap. It's in the action. It's in the execution. We're going to be exhausting every avenue to help our team and we are going to explore different things that we think collectively can move our group forward.

"I understand we're on the heels of a five-game losing streak now, so there is skepticism in the air, but things change quickly. I'm feeling we have the ability with the group we have to move this thing forward very quickly."
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 20, 2013, 11:30:26 AM
NY Rangers Scores 5 Goals in 178 seconds on April 19, 2013 against Buffalo Sabres (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPZEPlVOK8c#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 20, 2013, 07:26:19 PM
^
Funny thing is, later on in the game, the Sabres came back with 2 of their own in 6 seconds. :lol:
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EDIT: At any rate, as much as that sucked for the Jets (we're trying to catch the Rangers and/or the Islanders for the final playoff spot in the conference, so therefore we're wanting/hoping that they lose their games to give us more of a chance to gain ground in the standings), that WAS insanely awesome.
:yep:

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 25, 2013, 04:30:51 PM
NHL goalie masks of 2013
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:thumbsup
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Forthisgift on April 26, 2013, 05:16:59 AM
WE'RE IN!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 29, 2013, 12:44:42 AM
Sure, Ottawa and Boston are playing tonight to make up for the game that was cancelled due to the Boston marathon bombings, but for all intents and purposes, the playoffs are pretty much set.

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All 16 playoff teams decided; seeds still TBD
Sunday, 04.28.2013 / 1:48 AM / Drive to the Playoffs
By John Kreiser - NHL.com Columnist


The 16 teams that will take part in this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs have been settled, though some of the first-round pairings are still up in the air.

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FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=667971 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=667971)



Meanwhile, we're already starting to see some changes elsewhere...

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Sacco out as Avalanche coach after four seasons
Sunday, 04.28.2013 / 2:00 PM / News

The Colorado Avalanche have fired coach Joe Sacco, the team announced Sunday.

Sacco was hired June 4, 2009, to replace Tony Granato. The Avalanche made the Stanley Cup Playoffs in Sacco's first season, earning the eighth seed in the Western Conference before losing to the top-seeded San Jose Sharks in the first round.

They have failed to qualify in each of the three seasons since. Colorado slumped from 95 points to 68 points in his Sacco's second season, but with the help of Calder Trophy winner Gabriel Landeskog, the Avalanche improved to 88 points in 2011-12 and remained in the playoff chase until late in the campaign.

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Nieuwendyk out as Stars general manager
Sunday, 04.28.2013 / 11:05 AM / News

The Dallas Stars have fired general manager Joe Nieuwendyk, the team announced Sunday.

The Stars were assured of missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs for a fifth consecutive season when they lost 3-1 at home to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday.

"Joe Niewendyk has represented the Dallas Stars extremely well as the club's general manager and has helped put pieces in place that will once again turn this team into a contender," Stars owner Tom Gaglardi said in a statment. "I would like to thank Joe for his contributions to this hockey club and wish him and his family only the best in the future."

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FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=667985 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=667985)



We also have a new Draft system to look forward to in the upcoming weeks...

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2013 Scotiabank NHL Draft Lottery to be held Monday
Sunday, 04.28.2013 / 1:15 AM / 2013 NHL Draft

The 2013 Scotiabank NHL Draft Lottery, a weighted system to determine the order of selection for the first 14 picks of the 2013 NHL Draft, will take place Monday, April 29, at 8 p.m., ET.

The League, in cooperation with TSN, will announce the results of the Draft Lottery live during a 30-minute program produced and televised by TSN in Canada. The special presentation also will air in the U.S. on NBC Sports Network and will re-air on NHL Network U.S. at 9 p.m., ET.

The 2013 Scotiabank NHL Draft Lottery will be the first in NHL history in which all 14 clubs not qualifying for the Stanley Cup® Playoffs -- or the clubs that have acquired the first-round drafting positions of those non-playoff teams -- will have a chance at winning the right to the first overall selection.

The odds of winning the lottery are unchanged from previous years and determined by the teams' regular-season point totals. The lottery-winning team will draft first overall, with the remaining 13 teams slotted in reverse order of their regular-season point totals. In previous years, the winning team could move up no more than four slots in the draft order.

Based on team finish, the percentage chance of being selected in the Draft Lottery is:

Florida Panthers   25.0%
Colorado Avalanche  18.8%
Tampa Bay Lightning  14.2%
Nashville Predators  10.7%
Carolina Hurricanes  8.1%
Calgary Flames  6.2%
Edmonton Oilers  4.7%
Buffalo Sabres  3.6%
New Jersey Devils  2.7%
Dallas Stars  2.1%
Philadelphia Flyers  1.5%
Phoenix Coyotes  1.1%
Winnipeg Jets  0.8%
Columbus Blue Jackets  0.5%

The 2013 NHL Draft will be held Sunday, June 30, with all seven rounds being conducted on the same day for the first time since 2006. As previously announced, the New Jersey Devils and Prudential Center will host the event.


NHL DRAFT DRAWING HISTORY
The following is a summary of the impact on the order of selection since its introduction in 1995:

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/me laments at how close the Jets came to making, then barely missed the playoffs this year.
:(
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Forthisgift on April 30, 2013, 04:07:51 AM
Playoff time means jerkass Torts time!

"Next Question" feat John Tortorella by DJ Steve Porter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPGtxTL-0X4#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 30, 2013, 04:33:04 AM
Draft lottery was held today, and as it turns out, it's the Colorado Avalanche who'll get the 1st pick this year.

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AVALANCHE WIN NHL DRAFT LOTTERY, HOLD FIRST OVERALL PICK
THE CANADIAN PRESS | 4/29/2013 10:16:19 PM
TORONTO -- Finishing last in the Western Conference standings and out of the NHL playoffs paid huge dividends for the Colorado Avalanche on Monday.

Colorado won the NHL draft lottery and the right to make the first pick in this year's entry draft. The Avalanche had an 18.8 per cent chance of winning the lottery after finishing the regular season with a dismal 16-25-7 record.

The Florida Panthers, who finished last overall with a 15-27-6 mark, had the best odds of winning at 25 per cent. But they had to settle for the No. 2 pick when the draft is held June 30 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

The Avs will have first shot at Portland Winterhawks defenceman Seth Jones, the No. 1 ranked North American skater according to the NHL Central Scouting Bureau. The six-foot-four, 206-pound Jones had 14 goals and 42 assists in 61 regular-season games and also helped the U.S. capture the world junior hockey title.

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LINK TO FULL ARTICLE & VIDEO CLIP OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON TSN.ca - http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/story/?id=422036 (http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/story/?id=422036)




VIDEO LINK OF THE ACTUAL DRAW ON NHL.com - http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=243891 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=243891)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on May 14, 2013, 04:11:54 AM
HAHA LEAFS CHOKE

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whatta great series!! LAUGH MY FUCKING ASS OFF all dem floppin don't work pucks to da net@! Oh man  coulda been the fuckin goat when they was down 4-1 but became the G.O.A.T. of the series
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Forthisgift on May 14, 2013, 05:01:54 AM
I'm so fucking overjoyed right now I ran up and down my street waving an old playoff towel from 2007 screaming "LETS GO RANGERS"

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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 21, 2013, 05:38:43 PM
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Report: Hall of Famer Patrick Roy to be next head coach of Colorado Avalanche
Tuesday, 05.21.2013 / 12:55 AM / News
The Canadian Press


DENVER - Hall of Fame goalie Patrick Roy is reportedly on the verge of being the next head coach of the Colorado Avalanche.

A report posted on the Denver Post's website Monday night says Roy's younger brother, Stephane Roy, leaked the impending announcement.

"They're discussing the final details of an arrangement," Stephane Roy told the denverpost.com. "Colorado is going to be very happy. Patrick is looking for a new challenge."

Patrick Roy would take over from fired Joe Sacco, who was let go after Colorado finished this season last in the Western Conference with a 16-25 record.

Roy played in Colorado for eight seasons before retiring in 2003. He won a Stanley Cup with the Avs in 1996 and 2001.

After retiring, the 47-year-old bought into the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, becoming vice president of hockey operations and then their head coach in 2005. Roy led the Remparts to a Memorial Cup victory the following season.

Roy would be reunited with former teammate and fellow Hall of Famer Joe Sakic, who became the vice president of hockey operations on May 10.

Stephane Roy told the Denver Post that Sakic has been at Patrick's home in Florida the last few days working out the arrangements.

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Just based on his history with the franchise, this can potentially be a really good move by the Avs, if for no other reason than to draw the fans back to the games.  Given the young talent that they've got, with the right coaching they can be a possible cup contender in 2 or 3 seasons.
:yep:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 22, 2013, 09:21:55 PM
Posting this here because it involves a former member of the first incarnation of the Jets.  :twothumbs

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Predators hire Housley as assistant coach
Tuesday, 05.21.2013 / 4:53 PM / News

The Nashville Predators on Tuesday hired Phil Housley as an assistant coach.

Housley recently helped the United States win a bronze medal as an assistant coach at the 2013 IIHF World Championship. Predators general manager David Poile serves on the USA Hockey national team advisory board and helped assemble this year's team.

"Phil brings a unique skill set to our coaching staff," Poile told the Predators' website. "He was one of the most talented offensive defensemen to play in the NHL, and he has worked extensively with young players during his coaching career. He will continue to focus his efforts on our young defensemen and assisting on the power play."

Housley had been coaching high school hockey in Minnesota. He also coached the U.S. team to the gold medal at the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship in Russia in January, and coached one of the teams at the inaugural USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game in September 2012.

He replaces Peter Horachek, who was fired Tuesday.

"A coach with history as a defenseman who was offensively gifted and excelled on the power play is something we have never had on our coaching staff," Predators coach Barry Trotz told the team's website. "His insight and viewpoint will bring a fresh perspective to our team."

Housley is fourth all-time among NHL defensemen with 338 goals and 1,232 points in 1,495 games with eight teams.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=671521 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=671521)



EDIT: And in a move that was not totally unexpected after being booted from the playoffs in the first round for 2 seasons in a row...
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Canucks fire Vigneault and two assistant coaches
Wednesday, 05.22.2013 / 5:34 PM / News
NHL.com


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The Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday fired coach Alain Vigneault, along with assistant coaches Rick Bowness and Newell Brown.

"We have made the very difficult decision to relieve Alain Vigneault, Rick Bowness and Newell Brown of their coaching duties today," Canucks president and general manager Mike Gillis said in a release issued by the team. "Alain, Rick and Newell worked tirelessly to lead this team to great on-ice success. I am personally grateful to each of them and their families for their commitment to the Canucks and the city of Vancouver and wish them continued success in future."

The firing comes one year after Vigneault signed a contract extension, reportedly for three years.

Vigneault, just two years removed from a run to the Stanley Cup Final, led the team to the Northwest Division title in 2012-13 for the fifth straight season and sixth time in his seven seasons with the Canucks. However, the team was swept by the sixth-seeded San Jose Sharks in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

It's the second straight season the Canucks have been knocked out in the first round, and the club hasn't won a playoff series since the 2011 Western Conference Finals. Since winning Game 5 of the 2011 Final, the Canucks have won just once in 11 playoff games. They captured the Presidents' Trophy for the second straight season in 2011-12 but were eliminated in five games by the Los Angeles Kings in the first round.

Vigneault switched starting goaltenders during that series, benching Roberto Luongo in favor of Cory Schneider. The Canucks kept both goaltenders this season, with Schneider starting 30 of 48 games and posting a 2.11 goals-against average and .927 save percentage, compared with 2.56 and .907 for Luongo.

Though the Canucks won the Northwest Division title this season, they finished 19th in goals after ranking in the top five in each of the three previous seasons. They were also in the bottom third of the League on the power play and in faceoff percentage.

Vigneault was hired on June 20, 2006, and in seven seasons he compiled a 313-170-57 record. The Canucks made the playoffs in six of the seven seasons, won six division titles, two Presidents' trophies and advanced to the Stanley Cup Final in 2011. His 313 wins are the most in franchise history, and the club set franchise records with 54 wins and 117 points in the 2010-11 season. However, the Canucks were just 6-6 under Vigneault and lost four times despite having the home-ice advantage.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=671631 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=671631)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 24, 2013, 06:19:17 PM
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it's official.

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Avalanche hire former goalie, Hall of Famer Patrick Roy as coach
Friday, 05.24.2013 / 12:15 AM / News
The Canadian Press


DENVER - The Colorado Avalanche are rounding up the old crew to restore the downtrodden franchise.

First, Joe Sakic was given more responsibility in the front office.

And now Hall of Fame goalie Patrick Roy is rejoining the Avs as head coach.

Colorado reached an agreement in principle Thursday with Roy to lead the team and also serve as vice-president of hockey operations.

Roy will join forces with Sakic, who was recently promoted to executive vice-president of hockey operations. The Avalanche won two Stanley Cup titles with the duo on the ice and the organization is hoping they can help turn around a struggling franchise.

Pull this off and it just might be Roy's biggest save yet.

The Avs finished a year they'd rather forget, winding up last in the Western Conference and sitting out of the playoffs for a third straight season. The dismal season led to the dismissal of coach Joe Sacco late last month.

However, the team does have the No. 1 pick in the upcoming draft.

They also have one of the winningest goalies of all time, a fiery competitor during his playing days who will bring that sort of intensity to the bench.

The 47-year-old Roy becomes the sixth coach in Avalanche history and the 14th in franchise history; the team began as the Quebec Nordiques and moved to Denver before the 1995-96 season. The Avs captured the first of two Stanley Cup titles that season, with Roy in net.

Although he has no NHL coaching experience, Roy did spend the last eight seasons as coach and general manager of the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, winning the 2006 Memorial Cup. He also is a part-owner of the QMJHL franchise.

"This is an unbelievable day for me," Roy said. "It's a new and exciting challenge that I am really looking forward to. Almost 10 years to the day that I announced my retirement as a player I am back in Denver and hope the fans are as excited as I am."

Roy's younger brother, Stephane Roy, let the secret out of the bag earlier this week, posting a Facebook note saying his brother would be the new coach. That left fans in the Mile High City eager all week, hoping two of the most beloved players in team history would team up again.

"This is a very exciting day for our fans and a significant moment in our organization's history," team president Josh Kroenke said.

Following the season, the Avalanche shook up their front office, naming Kroenke as their team president as he took over for longtime executive Pierre Lacroix, who was instrumental in assembling the squads that won championships in 1996 and 2001.

Kroenke's first task was giving Sakic more of a say in every day hockey decisions. He also allowed Sakic to seek out the next coach.

Naturally, he turned to someone he knows quite well.

"All along Patrick was our top candidate and we are thrilled that he has decided to accept this offer," Sakic said. "Patrick has a great hockey mind, is a tremendous coach and there is no one more passionate about this game. He will bring that winning attitude to our dressing room to help this young team grow."

Roy was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2006. He retired with the most regular-season wins in NHL history (551), since passed by New Jersey's Martin Brodeur. Roy also won two Stanley Cups with Montreal and remains the winningest goalie in Stanley Cup history with 151 postseason victories.

"Patrick's passion for the game of hockey both as a player and as a coach defines who he is as a person," Kroenke said. "He is a winner and is coming back to Denver, where he created numerous special moments on and off the ice while helping lead us to two Stanley Cup championships."

Roy won three Vezina Trophies (1989, 1990, 1992) and was selected to the NHL All-Star team six times.

The excitable Roy started his career with Montreal, winning two Stanley Cup trophies for the Canadiens. But a rift grew with the team after a game against Detroit on Dec. 2, 1995, when Roy allowed nine goals before he was finally taken out in the second period. Upset, Roy told Montreal it was his last game for the team.

A few days later, he was in Colorado, helping the Avs win their first Stanley Cup title.

To this day, Roy sweaters permeate the Pepsi Center on game days. He's that revered.

Roy had his number retired by the Avs a decade ago and a banner to commemorate the achievement now hangs from the arena's rafters, alongside those of Peter Forsberg (21), Ray Bourque (77) and his new partner in turning around this franchise, Sakic (19).

The team has quite a bit to build around, too, especially since the Avs have a young nucleus in place with Matt Duchene, Ryan O'Reilly and captain Gabriel Landeskog all under 23.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=671668 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=671668)



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Hartley believes Roy will be success with Avalanche
Friday, 05.24.2013 / 11:15 AM / NHL Insider
By John Manasso - NHL.com Correspondent


Calgary Flames coach Bob Hartley has heard a lot in the last few days that former superstar players don't become great NHL coaches and that it's been a long time since a goalie has succeeded as a coach in the League.

Hartley, who coached Patrick Roy when the Colorado Avalanche won the 2001 Stanley Cup, said what he thinks will separate Roy as the new coach and vice president of hockey operations for his old team is his passion.

"He doesn't accept mediocrity," Hartley told NHL.com via phone from Saskatoon, where he is at the 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup. "He never accepted it from himself. I think that's what he's going to bring to this organization. If you don't work hard, you might be sitting in the stands."

Hartley cited the fact that one year after Roy retired from playing, he spent a year coaching bantam AA.

"You're a Hall of Famer, the winningest goalie at that time in hockey history, getting ready to coach bantam AA?" Hartley said. "There are not too many who would be ready to do this. He didn't do this for fun. He did this for investment purposes. He went on for eight years to the (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League). Owner, GM, he was the coach. He's done a lot. I think that he paid his dues and felt Colorado was the right spot, and here he is."
For whatever reason, former goalies tend to become general managers, while defensemen and forwards trend toward the coaching ranks. However, Hartley said Roy told him before his playing days ended that he wanted to become a coach, and so Roy began preparing with that in mind.

"I remember probably from 2000 on, many times I'd be talking with Patrick, he knew his career was coming to an end," Hartley said. "He'd say, 'I have maybe two, three, four more years to play and then I want to coach.' He was asking tons of questions, whether it was practices, games, preparation. I even saw him coach kids in Littleton -- that's a suburb of Denver where my son was playing, too. Many times I would see Patrick before or after my son's practices. I'd see him behind the bench.

"He already had a passion for this. He would come and sit in my office, ask me tons of questions on my drills. You know, 'I like this, but why are putting emphasis on that details versus that detail? Why are we doing this?' It was all from the matter that he wanted to complete this and put in the bank so that he could use it later on."

When Roy moved on to coach the Quebec Remparts in the QMJHL, he and Hartley often would discuss strategy.

"We would spend hours," Hartley said. "He would send me clips of his team over the Internet and we would get on the phone. I'd have my computer with these clips in front of me, he'd have his clips in front of him. We'd say go and we would watch the clips and I'd tell him, 'Stop and rewind and where are you on your counter?' All kinds of stuff. He would ask me, 'Why does that happen?' or, 'What do you think?'

"He's a good student of the game. He's not afraid to ask questions. Any time I see him or any time I talk to talk him, it's always fun. I think we're two guys very passionate about the game. I always had lots of fun with him."

Hartley said he had been in touch with Roy in the days leading up to the announcement Thursday and Roy told him it probably would happen. Now, three players that Hartley coached with the Avalanche are playing a large role in running the organization: Executive vice president of hockey operations Joe Sakic, Roy and Craig Billington, who was Roy's backup, and now serves as vice president of player development. Hartley said that Billington and Roy were like "two brothers" as players.

"They're reunited again," Hartley said. "With Joe, you look at Patrick and Joe -- no disrespect to any other players -- but they were the two biggest elements in both Stanley Cups combined (in 1996 and 2001). You look at both Stanley Cups, there are no bigger guys than Sakic and Roy."

Roy and Hartley both are famously competitive. Hartley knows how to get under his opponents' skin. As coach of the Atlanta Thrashers, he had colorful exchanges with Pat Quinn when Quinn coached the Toronto Maple Leafs and with Glen Hanlon when Hanlon coached the Washington Capitals.

Hartley and Roy have become good friends over the years. When Hartley coached the Thrashers, he said he would have Roy talk several times during the season for between 30 and 60 minutes with goalie Kari Lehtonen when Lehtonen was first breaking into the League. During the lockout, Hartley said Roy's Remparts had a game in Victoriaville, so Hartley drove to spend some time with the junior team. Before Hartley took the Calgary job, they would talk on the phone to discuss junior players from near Hartley's area in Montreal.

Now, they will compete against each other in the Western Conference, and that could test the friendship.

"It's going to be fun," Hartley said. "I'm obviously looking forward to this. Once I get behind the bench, I don't look at who's coaching behind the other bench. As a young coach when I was with the Avs, Scotty Bowman was in Detroit. We had a huge rivalry with Colorado and Detroit. I never caught myself into this, even though Scotty was my idol coaching the Montreal Canadiens when I was a kid. I always tried to focus on what will make me successful. I'm sure we're going to talk previous days and in the morning. He'll have a job and I'll have a job to do."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=671883 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=671883)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 25, 2013, 10:56:00 PM
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NHL approves sale of Coyotes, contingent on lease with Glendale: report
- League has owned the team since 2009

The Associated Press | Posted: May 25, 2013 1:24 PM ET | Last Updated: May 25, 2013 1:51 PM ET

The NHL has approved the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes to a group of Canadian-led investors, but the deal is contingent on reaching a lease agreement with the city of Glendale, two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.

The NHL agreed to sell the team to Renaissance Sports & Entertainment, a group headed by George Gosbee, Anthony LeBlanc and Daryl Jones, according to the people, who spoke Saturday on condition of anonymity because there had been no official announcement.

They said NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, deputy commissioner Bill Daly and the prospective buyers will meet with Glendale officials on Tuesday for talks on a lease.

The NHL bought the Coyotes out of U.S. Bankruptcy Court in 2009 and has tried without success to find a buyer who would keep the team in Glendale.

The approval of the Gosbee group's sale by the NHL was first reported by Fox Sports Arizona.

LeBlanc and some of this group's partners, among them Daryl Jones, were part of a previous effort to buy the team under the name Ice Edge, Inc. Gosbee, a banker and financier, is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Alberta-based AltaCorp Capital Inc.

The lease with Glendale has always been a sticking point in the sale of the team. Glendale owns Jobing.com Arena, where the Coyotes play and the city has spent tens of millions of dollars to help cover the franchise's operating losses under the NHL's nearly four-year ownership of the team. Any lease deal also likely will cost the financially-strapped city, but losing the team as an anchor tenant may cost much more.

If this effort falls through, Bettman could finally give up on his insistence on keeping the team in Arizona and agree to a move of the franchise, which has lost money since it moved to the desert from Winnipeg in 1996.

Then-owner Jerry Moyes, to the surprise of Bettman, took the team into bankruptcy in 2009, with an agreement to sell to Blackberry founder Jim Balsille, who would move the franchise to Hamilton, Ontario. But the NHL and its band of attorneys, joined by the city of Glendale, vehemently fought the plan in a court-case that dragged out through that summer, and the judge ruled that he couldn't overturn the NHL's authority to determine where its franchises are located. When other bids failed, the NHL stepped in and bought the team.

A bid by former San Jose Sharks owner Craig Jamison to buy the team was the latest attempt to fall through.

Despite the uncertainty and limitations of its ownership situation, the Coyotes had surprising success on the ice, even making it to the Western Conference finals last season. The team failed to make the playoffs in this season.

On Friday, the Coyotes announced it had reached agreement on a long-term contract with general manager Don Maloney and is working to re-sign coach Dave Tippett.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2013/05/25/sp-nhl-phoenix-coyotes-sale.html (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2013/05/25/sp-nhl-phoenix-coyotes-sale.html)


Jeez, the league sure is hell-bent on keeping the team in Phoenix.  :-\
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 28, 2013, 07:48:00 AM
Except for the fact that she didn't choose Toews as her favorite player, I'd say that this is one smart little Blackhawks fan.  :thumbsup  :P

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9 X 9 = Hossa? Girl Honors Blackhawks Star in Math Exam
By Justin Breen on May 24, 2013 7:39am

CHICAGO — Technically, Maggie Ciara was correct.

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During a multiplication test Maggie took Wednesday, she answered the question of 9 times 9 with "Hossa," as in Chicago Blackhawks star Marian Hossa, who wears No. 81.

"I thought it would be funny to do it," Maggie, a third-grader at Columbus Manor Elementary School, said from her Oak Lawn home Thursday.

Her teacher, Christine Mech, circled the answer and wrote "What is this?" in red pen. When Maggie explained her response, Mech gave her credit, and she received an A+.

"Maggie is a very clever little girl," said Mech, who's a Hawks fan and knew what Maggie was up to. "I love the way Maggie has a sense of humor. She did get her 100 percent on the quiz, and we had a little bit of a laugh afterward."

Maggie's mother, Diane, posted a photo of the exam Wednesday afternoon, and it already has more than 1,300 "Likes" on Facebook. It even has appeared on the Blackhawks official Facebook page.

"I can't believe how fast it's spread," Diane Ciara said. "I didn't think it would take off like that."

Maggie said the Blackhawks are her favorite team — she celebrated her ninth birthday in early April at a Hawks game — and Hossa is one of her most treasured players.

On Thursday, she wrote a letter to the Hawks addressed to Hossa that in part said: "I hope this brings you good luck in the playoffs and in hoisting the Cup again."

The Blackhawks will need more than luck against the arch-rival Detroit Red Wings in the second round of this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs. After Detroit's 2-0 win Thursday, the Red Wings lead the series 3-1 and can eliminate the Presidents' Trophy-winning Hawks in Game 5 Saturday at the United Center.

Maggie said she's usually a "very serious" student and has never put a silly answer like "Hossa" on a test.

But she might do the same if she ever sees "8 times 11." Chicago's Patrick Kane, her favorite player, wears No. 88.

"But we haven't learned our 11s yet," she said.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130524/chicago/9-x-9-hossa-third-grader-honors-blackhawks-star-math-exam (http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130524/chicago/9-x-9-hossa-third-grader-honors-blackhawks-star-math-exam)




Oh, and apparently someone leaked the new logos that the Dallas Stars will have starting next season.
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Dallas Stars' New Logo Potentially Leaked on Team App - http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1650843-dallas-stars-new-logo-potentially-leaked-on-team-app (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1650843-dallas-stars-new-logo-potentially-leaked-on-team-app)
From a local Dallas reporter's Twitter - https://twitter.com/Dale_Lamontagne/status/337921925445718016 (https://twitter.com/Dale_Lamontagne/status/337921925445718016)


Personally, I like this response to the leaked logos that this dude gave: https://twitter.com/For_The_Boys/status/337976987236831232 (https://twitter.com/For_The_Boys/status/337976987236831232)
:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 05, 2013, 10:08:47 PM
New uniforms have been revealed for both Carolina and Dallas. Vids and pics here (normally I'd post actual pics, but the school network is being HELLA slow today, so just going to stick with the links).

CAROLINA HURRICANES NEW UNIFORMS -
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=672909 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=672909)
http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/microhome.htm?location=/jersey (http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/microhome.htm?location=/jersey)
http://video.hurricanes.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=684&id=252679 (http://video.hurricanes.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=684&id=252679)


DALLAS STARS NEW UNIFORMS -
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=672994 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=672994)
http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=672977 (http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=672977)
http://video.stars.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=709&id=255832 (http://video.stars.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=709&id=255832)

Also, Dallas will be retiring Mike Modano's no.9 next season. - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=672993 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=672993)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on June 09, 2013, 12:52:39 AM
They should change the jets uniforms to this, hang some chicks legs on em to block more shots
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Am I the only one watching the playoffs? :lol: XD

Well my picks are coming to fruition :pimp: Boston and LA just have too much body power and deepness - except the Blues really killed em, Chicago might finish the job.
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HOLY SHIT Kreuger fired. GJ MacT. I knew he wanted to be coach again lol
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all this while I was feedin McSorley ideas of coming to coach some toughness. He was so fuckin nice, "it's a process. patience blah blah - so nice to meet you..."
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 - this from the Oilers locker sale this afternoon. NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE and Nick Schultz was there lol
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 09, 2013, 07:17:13 PM
They should change the jets uniforms to this, hang some chicks legs on em to block more shots
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BMNThVxCAAAUA1j.jpg
Or at the very least, distract the other team's players so our guys can steal back possession of the puck. :P


Am I the only one watching the playoffs? :lol: XD
Watching, just not talking about it. :P  Gotta admit, I wanted a Chicago VS Pittsburgh final.  Oh well, getting one out of two ain't bad. :)



HOLY SHIT Kreuger fired. GJ MacT. I knew he wanted to be coach again lol
Yeah, this was a bit of a surprise.  Considering that it was just his first season as coach, and the team's lack of results over the last few seasons, to expect a major turnaround might have been a bit much to expect.  Did MacT and/or the team's management just end up not like his coaching style/strategies for the team?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 11, 2013, 01:57:24 AM
So it's not MacT, but (now former Toronto Marlies coach) Dallas Eakins that's taking the reigns in Edmonton.

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Eakins ready to make NHL mark as Oilers' new coach
Monday, 06.10.2013 / 5:52 PM / News
By Brian Hunter - NHL.com Staff Writer


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Dallas Eakins played in parts of 10 NHL seasons for eight different teams.

Most of his stops amounted to brief cups of coffee, a handful of games here, a few more there. Then it was back down to the American Hockey League or the now defunct International Hockey League, where he played in nearly a dozen additional cities over the course of his career.

A defenseman, Eakins only dressed for 120 NHL games and probably watched hundreds more from press boxes around the League as a healthy scratch. All the while, though, a post-playing career was taking shape.

"I wasn't just sitting upstairs eating popcorn," Eakins said Monday. "I was taking notes."

Ultimately, it would lead to Eakins becoming an assistant coach -- first with the AHL's Toronto Marlies and then with their parent club, the Toronto Maple Leafs. Eakins returned to the Marlies as a head coach in 2009 and led the team to 157 wins in four seasons, as well as a trip to the 2012 Calder Cup Final.

On Monday, the 46-year-old Eakins found himself in the brightest spotlight of his NHL career, as he was named the new coach of the Edmonton Oilers. In accepting the job, he also fulfilled the prophecy of one of the League's great innovators and the coach Eakins credited as his greatest influence, the late Roger Neilson.

"Roger Neilson told me on many occasions my mark in the NHL would be made as a coach, because I wasn't a very good player," said Eakins, who also mentioned Paul Maurice, Pat Quinn, Mike Keenan and Ron Wilson among the coaches that impacted him during his playing days and his fledgling career behind the bench.

"Go down the list, every one of them, I watched things and I've shook my head and gone, 'That does not work,' and I've nodded my head and taken note of what does. I guess I'm a little bit of a hybrid. There are a lot of pieces there."

The Oilers have a lot of pieces themselves, in terms of young talent they are trying to assemble into an annual Stanley Cup contender. After holding the No. 1 pick in three consecutive drafts and adding forwards Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Nail Yakupov, there was high hope the franchise might end a six-year playoff drought in 2012-13, but Edmonton finished 12th in the Western Conference under first-year coach Ralph Krueger.

Oilers general manager Craig MacTavish had started the process that led to Eakins' hire looking to add an associate coach to his staff, but realized after an initial meeting that lasted four hours that he was talking to head coach material. After further discussions over the next several days, MacTavish decided to make a change and fired Krueger on Saturday.

"During the course of that meeting, I felt right away in listening to Dallas that his skill set would be better served in a primary role with our coaching staff than a secondary role," MacTavish said. "I ruled out any chance of us obtaining him for a secondary position. He had too much polish and pedigree to not land one of the open NHL jobs available."

MacTavish, who went head-to-head against Eakins during the 2011-12 season as the coach of the AHL's Chicago Wolves, was already impressed by his ability to prepare his teams and to identify with young players.

In addition to Hall, Nugent-Hopkins and Yakupov, the Oilers' roster features notable players such as defenseman Justin Schultz and forwards Jordan Eberle, Sam Gagner and Magnus Paajarvi, all of whom are under 24 years old.

"I'm extremely confident in this man's ability to lead our hockey club," MacTavish said.

Eakins' main task will involve getting the Oilers to take that next step and return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since the 2005-06 club -- coached by MacTavish -- advanced all the way to Game 7 of the Final as an eighth seed. They lost to the Carolina Hurricanes and Eakins follows Quinn, Tom Renney and Krueger as successors to MacTavish.

"In pro sports, winning is the bottom line," Eakins said. "From this moment forward, everything that we do will have that final product in mind. What we're going to do here is put a plan in place to maximize our full potential. This is about putting a foundation a place.

"We want to be in the mix every year to win. That takes a little bit of time and a whole lot of commitment. We're going to be committed to character, a high fitness level, details to tactical hockey, but foremost, the No. 1 thing we're going to be committed to is competition.

"Whether you're the sixth defensemen or the 23rd man on the roster, you are going to compete to play on this hockey team -- and that's how you win hockey games, and that's my commitment to make this happen."

Eakins, who didn't arrive in Edmonton with his wife Ingrid and family until earlier Monday, said determining the rest of his coaching staff is among the assessments he will have to make moving forward. Assistant coaches Kelly Buchberger and Steve Smith remain on staff -- Eakins could choose to retain them or go in his own direction, and he said it's likely the Oilers will still look to fill the associate coach position for which he originally thought he was interviewing.

"One of those things when you come into an organization, you don't know if the video guy's the best guy or if he's subpar. Kelly and Steve might be two of the best assistants in the League -- I don't know. I've got to get to know them and see how that's going to go," Eakins said. "Right now everything stays status quo. I've got a ton of things to get to here, but those concerns are at the top of the list."

While this will be Eakins' first stint coaching in the NHL, he said he doesn't feel pressure to change anything about his approach -- at least not at first.

"I have my routine that I think works," he said. "I'll come in here and see if it does work, and that's part of being a leader. I have to go with what I know until it doesn't work, and then I have to be open to change.

"Players are going to be the same -- they're hockey players. I'll get to know them and move forward. There may be some big adjustments for the players with me coming in here. I am somebody that firmly believes that if you're talented, just being talented is not enough. I want players to be so fit that a forward, if I ask him to play 26 minutes in a game, he's going to play 26 minutes at a high level."

Appearing self-assured throughout Monday's press conference, it was evident what Eakins' protégé saw in him many years ago.

"I've worked hard at this trade and it's something that's come naturally," Eakins said. "I knew Roger was right that I knew coaching was in my blood, and maybe I should have started it much earlier."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=673491 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=673491)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 12, 2013, 03:00:50 AM
I guess, after seeing the official one that the NHL released (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip06189.jpg), someone decided to come up with a better, easier to comprehend map showing the teams in their new divisions. :thumbsup

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip06429.png)
ORIGINAL LINK - http://www.tomfulery.com/2013/03/08/nhl-realignment-map-2013-14/ (http://www.tomfulery.com/2013/03/08/nhl-realignment-map-2013-14/)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 12, 2013, 07:06:01 PM
You know that the finals are beginning when city/state/provincial leaders make their bets. :)

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Illinois, Massachusetts governors make Stanley Cup wager
CHICAGO — The Associated Press
Published Tuesday, Jun. 11 2013, 10:03 PM EDT
Last updated Tuesday, Jun. 11 2013, 10:20 PM EDT


The governors of Illinois and Massachusetts have made a wager on the National Hockey League finals featuring the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s office said in a release Tuesday that the governor of the losing team’s state will volunteer at a food bank of the winning governor’s choice.

That means Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick would volunteer at the Greater Chicago Food Depository if the Blackhawks win. And Quinn would volunteer at the Greater Boston Food Bank if the Bruins are victorious.

Quinn says Patrick is “skating on thin ice” betting against the Blackhawks. Patrick says he looks forward to “seeing the Bruins circle the ice” with the Stanley Cup.

Game one of the best of seven series takes place Wednesday night in Chicago.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/illinois-massachusetts-governors-make-stanley-cup-wager/article12487396/ (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/illinois-massachusetts-governors-make-stanley-cup-wager/article12487396/)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Assman on June 16, 2013, 06:13:50 PM
Why not the mayors? have you heard Boston's Menino talk? lol YEah wow PAILE, another OT. This is gonna be one helluva series. Rask just shut em down after that flurry. I predict Boston to take it STRONG at TD Garden.

On a hugely sad note. Man this guy i heard great shit bout him....RIP Kristians Pelss

Quote from: Edmonton Oilers
The Oilers are deeply saddened by the loss of Kristians Pelss, a young man who played in our organization.

 "This is the news we feared. Kristians was an outstanding man and we feel terrible he has left us at such a young age." – Oilers General Manager Craig MacTavish
(http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/945636_10151662326482128_951266321_n.jpg)

 Read our full statement here > http://ow.ly/m4g5Q (http://ow.ly/m4g5Q)

What a loss man.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 23, 2013, 02:48:38 AM
NHL goalie masks of 2013
http://sports.ca.msn.com/nhl/photos/nhl-goalie-masks-of-2013-3 (http://sports.ca.msn.com/nhl/photos/nhl-goalie-masks-of-2013-3)

:thumbsup
And already we've got previews to he goalie masks we can expect to see in 2013-2014 from goalie mask custom painter Dave Gunnerson!!! :thumbsup
2013-2014 GOALIE MASK GALLERY:
http://daveart.com/mask-gallery/tag/2013/default.aspx (http://daveart.com/mask-gallery/tag/2013/default.aspx)

The gallery includes mask designs for numerous NHL goalies (e.g. Henrik Lundqvist, Carey Price, Steve Mason, Sergei Bobrovsky, to name but a few) for the upcoming season. Of course, I'm particularly looking forward to seeing the Winnipeg Jets' Ondrej Pavelec break out the 3rd evolution of his "Fighter Jet" themed mask that he's had since the team moved here.  :D

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip06453.jpg)

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip06452.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip06451.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip06450.jpg)

1st Version (2011-2012, "The Fighter Jet" Mask) - http://daveart.com/mask-gallery/set/72157627625310067/default.aspx (http://daveart.com/mask-gallery/set/72157627625310067/default.aspx)
2nd Version (2012-2013, nicknamed "Fighter Jet - The Saga Continues") - http://daveart.com/mask-gallery/set/72157629309177070/default.aspx (http://daveart.com/mask-gallery/set/72157629309177070/default.aspx)
3rd Version (2013-2014, nicknamed "Fighter Jet - Takeoff") - http://daveart.com/mask-gallery/set/72157632685757119/default.aspx (http://daveart.com/mask-gallery/set/72157632685757119/default.aspx)




Sorry dai, but no Oilers' masks on here. Looks like they get their mask paint jobs done somewhere else.  :nervous
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Forthisgift on June 25, 2013, 05:19:36 AM
well... boston really shit the bed there at the end of the game lol.

Congrats to the Hawks. Rangers got the cup in the bag next season ladies and gents  ;)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 25, 2013, 05:30:46 AM
I don't know why, but for some reason I always look forward to the part when Bettman actually presents the Cup to the winning team (probably because I get a major kick out of hearing all the boos he gets). :lol:

Now to keep an eye out in the local papers to see when Toews and Sharp will be bringing the Cup back to Peg Sheety.  :theking
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Forthisgift on June 25, 2013, 05:38:33 AM
hahah I was watching and the fans we're booing loud and I thought for a second he was going to stop mid-speech to tell the crowd to shut the fuck up. He had that look on his face for a second like he was thinking, "man, I wish I could say what I'm really thinking right now.."
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 25, 2013, 05:43:37 AM
Nice last minute win HAWKS butt OILERS gonna win the 2014 CUP!!!!

daigong redlight district (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apJyVtc9ACI#)

GET YO BUDREDLIGHTS!! htttp://www.budweiser.ca/redlight/light.php
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Forthisgift on June 25, 2013, 06:14:16 AM
as phenomenal as that youtube clip is.. no. Rangers got this. Alain Vigneault is gonna bring us to the promised land.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 30, 2013, 10:24:38 PM
And the first big draft-day trade of 2013 goes to Vancouver, who ship Cory Schneider off to New Jersey for the 9th overall pick! :shocked


At least now this solves the goalie scenario that had been dogging them for the last year and a half.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 09, 2013, 04:30:29 AM
Not entirely surprised at this, considering that Coach Noel was given an extension on his contract (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=675042) and that it wasn't exactly a secret that the two of them didn't get along.

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Jets issue statement on Burmistrov signing with KHL
Monday, 07.08.2013 / 12:45 PM

Winnipeg Jets restricted free agent forward Alexander Burmistrov has left the National Hockey League to sign a contract with Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League in Russia.

Burmistrov, 21, reportedly signed a two-year deal to play in the KHL after spending the past three seasons with the Jets franchise. The Atlanta Thrashers made him the eighth pick in the 2010 NHL Draft and he spent the 2010-11 season with them and the following two in Winnipeg.

The Jets retain Burmistrov's rights should he return to the NHL.

"Through our conversations and correspondence with Alex and his agent, it became apparent Alex had a desire to continue his development as a young player in the KHL," Winnipeg general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff said in a statement. "He remains a very talented player within the Jets organization and we will continue to monitor his progress and development going forward."

Burmistrov had 58 points in 194 games.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=677137 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=677137)

So yeah, unless we trade his rights to another team or change coaches he's probably not planning on returning here anytime soon.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 12, 2013, 02:42:28 AM
DA FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUQ?!?!?  :shocked :shocked :shocked


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Ilya Kovalchuk Retires from NHL After 11-Year Career
Ethan Grant | July 11, 2013

After an 11-year career in the National Hockey League, Ilya Kovalchuk has decided to call it quits in North America.

The 30-year-old winger played for the Atlanta Thrashers during the early part of his career before joining the New Jersey Devils in the middle of the 2009-10 NHL season. He will now retire as a Devil in lieu of returning for his 12th professional season.

New Jersey's official Twitter account confirmed the news on Thursday afternoon:
https://twitter.com/NHLDevils/statuses/355410613587025921 (https://twitter.com/NHLDevils/statuses/355410613587025921)

The franchise then followed with a press release on its website (http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=677775). Here's the full statement from Kovalchuk himself in that release:

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This decision was something I have thought about for a long time going back to the lockout and spending the year in Russia. Though I decided to return this past season, Lou was aware of my desire to go back home and have my family there with me. The most difficult thing for me is to leave the New Jersey Devils, a great organization that I have a lot of respect for, and our fans that have been great to me.

Devils team president, CEO and general manager Lou Lamoriello chimed in with this quote:
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After many conversations with Ilya over the past year on his desire to retire from the National Hockey League, Ilya’s decision became official today. On behalf of the entire organization, I wish Ilya and his family all the best in their future endeavors.

Kovalchuk leaves the NHL with 12 years remaining on a landmark 15-year, $100 million contract he signed in 2010. As reported by ESPN.com, Kovalchuk was the biggest prize on the free-agent market that year and stayed with New Jersey after joining the club in a midseason trade with Atlanta earlier that season.

Devils beat reporter Tom Gulitti confirmed that Kovalchuk's contract has been voided:

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip06490.png)
https://twitter.com/TGfireandice/statuses/355424284723785731

In doing so, the winger leaves $77 million on the table in the NHL. As Renaud Lavoie of RDS said on Twitter, Kovalchuk's decision to leave the Devils likely had nothing to do with money:

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip06491.png)
https://twitter.com/RenLavoieRDS/statuses/355413350257135616

Former teammate Ray Ferraro, now an analyst for TSN, was another wondering why a 30-year-old player in his prime would leave the game with both a hefty contract and solid future as a player ahead of him:

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip06492.png)
https://twitter.com/rayferrarotsn/statuses/355410749457313792

The left winger finishes his career with 816 NHL games, averaging a point every game en route to 816 career points (417 goals, 399 assists). He also had 516 career penalty minutes and led the NHL in short-handed goals last year with four.   

Kovalchuk finished in the top 10 in goals scored eight different times during his career, During the 2003-04 campaign, he was first among all players with 41 goals scored. He achieved a career high in goals in two different seasons, scoring 52 at the end of the 2005-06 and 2007-08 seasons in Atlanta.

The three-time NHL All-Star also led the league in power-play goals in 2005-06 with 27.

He played in just 37 games during the lockout-shortened 2012-13 NHL season, missing time in March and April with a shoulder injury.

A year removed from losing in the Stanley Cup Final, Kovalchuk and the Devils failed to make the playoffs for the second time in the last three seasons.

The contract he signed with New Jersey would have taken him into his 40s, but Kovalchuk is instead walking away from a league that helped make him one of the most consistent scorers in the game for the majority of his professional career.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1701198-ilya-kovalchuk-retires-from-nhl-after-11-year-career (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1701198-ilya-kovalchuk-retires-from-nhl-after-11-year-career)




And the official press release from the Devils:
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Kovalchuk announces retirement
Thursday, 07.11.2013 / 3:35 PM / News
New Jersey Devils


Newark, NJ – Today, New Jersey Devils forward Ilya Kovalchuk announced his retirement from the National Hockey League.

Statement from New Jersey Devils President/CEO/General Manager Lou Lamoriello:
“After many conversations with Ilya over the past year on his desire to retire from the National Hockey League, Ilya’s decision became official today. On behalf of the entire organization, I wish Ilya and his family all the best in their future endeavors.”

Statement from Ilya Kovalchuk:
“This decision was something I have thought about for a long time going back to the lockout and spending the year in Russia. Though I decided to return this past season, Lou was aware of my desire to go back home and have my family there with me. The most difficult thing for me is to leave the New Jersey Devils, a great organization that I have a lot of respect for, and our fans that have been great to me.”

Kovalchuk played 11 seasons in the NHL, including the last four with New Jersey. He retires with career NHL totals of 417 goals and 399 assists for 816 points with 516 penalty minutes in 816 games.

He added 11 goals and 16 assists in 32 career playoff games. Kovalchuk scored 89 goals and 112 assists for 201 points in 222 games, while adding eight goals and 11 assists in 23 playoff games with the Devils. He was traded to New Jersey by Atlanta on February 4, 2010. He was Atlanta’s first choice, and the first overall selection in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Born April 15, 1983 in Tver, Russia, Kovalchuk represented Russia at three Olympic Winter Games, nine World Championships, one World Junior Championship and the 2004 World Cup.
http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=677775 (http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=677775)
 :shocked:



He's not fully retiring from playing though...

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Ilya Kovalchuk will join SKA, could earn $20 million per season: Report
By Greg Wyshynski | Puck Daddy

Ilya Kovalchuk  left $77 million on the table with the New Jersey Devils when he retired from the NHL on Thursday to return to Russia.

According to Pavel Lysenkov of SovSport, Kovalchuk will be making that money up as the premiere star of the KHL – and in short order.

Lysenkov reports that Kovalchuk will be joining SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL, the team for which he played during the NHL lockout. There’s where he will “become the most-paid player in the world,” according to SovSport.

How much? He speculates that if it was “a $15-20 million per year (at the taxation in 13%)” it would not be a surprise. (No word if that's on the KHL cap or some of it off the books.)

On top of that, Puck Daddy’s Dmitry Chesnokov believes SKA could front-load the contract and pay Kovalchuk an enormous sum of money up front.

Keep in mind Alex Radulov – hardly the superstar Kovalchuk is – was making over $9 million per season with CSKA in the KHL.

Know this about Kovalchuk: His close friend is Roman Rotenberg, vice president of marketing at SKA St. Petersburg and the son of Boris Rotenberg, a friend of Vladamir Putin and a billionaire. The Rotenberg family recently bought Jokerit and Hartwall Arena in Finland.

So yeah, Kovy's getting paid.

Lysenkov writes that SKA wanted to announce the deal on Thursday, but the wheels didn't turn fast enough in the NHL for that to happen. SovSport was told back in January that SKA would do anything to bring Kovalchuk back to the KHL. There was even speculation that some Russian oligarchs were talking about buying a share in the Devils just to get Kovalchuk out of his deal and back in Russia.

Devils President Lou Lamoriello stressed that this was “not a decision” made by the Devils, but rather by the player.

The first time Kovalchuk presented the idea to the team was after the lockout ended – a lockout that saw Kovalchuk remain in Russia to play in the KHL All-Star Game. He hadn’t mentioned it again until recently, and then the retirement announcement happened on Thursday.

There were strong rumors that he intended to remain in Russia after the lockout ended.

S/T to Dmitry Chesnokov and Pavel Lysenkov for the info.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/ilya-kovalchuk-join-ska-could-earn-20-million-210237775.html (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/ilya-kovalchuk-join-ska-could-earn-20-million-210237775.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 19, 2013, 11:16:19 PM
2013-2014 SCHEDULE IS OUT!!!
http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebymonth.htm (http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebymonth.htm)

 :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow: :cow:


Hey dai, take a look at who's coming to E-town on opening day! :pimp:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 06, 2013, 03:10:29 AM
Well, looks like the ownership-drama in Phoenix has FINALLY been settled. Only took them what, 3, 4 years to do it?

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NHL finalizes sale of Phoenix Coyotes - Board approves transaction, securing future of franchise
Monday, 08.05.2013 / 2:48 PM

The NHL announced Monday afternoon the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes to a group headed by George Gosbee and Anthony LeBlanc. The transaction, which closed Monday, was approved by the League's Board of Governors – terminating League ownership of the club.

"The National Hockey League believes in Arizona as an NHL market and that these new owners can provide the Coyotes the opportunity to secure a stable, long-term future in Glendale," Commissioner Gary Bettman said of IceArizona AcquisitionCo., LLC. "We thank Mike Nealy, Don Maloney, Dave Tippett, team captain Shane Doan and all the players and staff for consistently going 'above and beyond' on behalf of the franchise during this long and complex process. We thank the Coyotes' devoted fans for their patient, perseverant support. We are extremely pleased that a positive resolution has been achieved for the fans, the city, the Coyotes and the League."

IceArizona is a group composed of several business leaders from across North America. Renaissance Sports and Entertainment, LLC will act as the managing partner of IceArizona.

"We are extremely pleased to have finalized the transaction with the NHL and to take ownership of the Coyotes franchise," said Gosbee, Chairman and Governor of the Coyotes. "We extend our sincere gratitude to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly for their hard work and commitment to the Coyotes franchise and our great fans here in Arizona. We also thank the City Council members and residents of the City of Glendale for their tremendous support. Finally, to our fans and partners in the Valley, thank you for your continued loyalty, commitment and patience for the Coyotes. The future looks bright for our franchise."

"We are thrilled to be taking over a team led by one of the NHL's best general managers in Don Maloney, one of the best coaches in Dave Tippett, and the League's longest serving and most respected captain in Shane Doan," said LeBlanc, Alternate Governor and pending CEO of the franchise. "The Coyotes are here to stay and we will continue to work hard on and off the ice and have a strong presence in our community. Our ultimate goal is to bring a Stanley Cup championship to our tremendously resilient, passionate and dedicated fan base here in the Valley. We have a lot of work to do and we can't wait to get started."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=679606 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=679606)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 18, 2013, 09:46:45 PM
Time for a feel-good story. :)


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Matt Duchene helps buy signed Bruins jersey for bullied girl's birthday
By Brian Stubits | August 9, 2013 4:20 pm ET

Here is example No. 1,764 of why hockey players are the best around.

Colorado Avalanche forward Matt Duchene was back in Ontario recently taking part in a charity golf tournament. Already off to a good start on the nice meter. In addition to the golf, such events usually have auctions of memorabilia and other such things to further benefit charity.

That's where the story of Wayde Greer comes in. The father of an 11-year-old girl named Trista had seen his daughter's exhuberance start to diminish as she had become the target of bullying in school. Seeing how Trista is a big Zdeno Chara and Bruins fan, Wayde had his eyes set on a signed Bruins jersey in the auction and rounded up money from family to try and win the jersey in the auction as a birthday present.

It didn't take long for him to realize his $500 wasn't going to be anywhere near enough to win the auction. Enter Duchene. Greer retold the story in a column for the Minden Times (http://www.mindentimes.ca/2013/08/07/random-act-of-kindness-gives-girl-big-boost).

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My $500 maximum was reached within about 48 seconds, I extended myself to $800 (heart pounding), but the Bruins jersey would belong to someone else.

That's OK, I convinced myself, "the cause" ultimately wins. When the bidding reached $1,100 I heard a faint whisper from across the table. "Get it for her," said Duchene. "I've got you covered!" In disbelief, but needing to act fast I accepted the gesture and was promptly handed a microphone by Matt's dad Vinny; $1,300, $1,400, $1,500, I was toe-to-toe with the Warden of the county. Am I dreaming?

At $1,600 Duchene leans across the table. "She has a weak spot, we just have to find it!" he says.

My heart racing and hands shaking I peer across the table and see Matt holding up two digits ... $2,000?

A confident nod from across the table, followed by a reassuring wink from Vince and Chris seals the warden's fate.

"Two thousand dollars," I yell into the microphone. SOLD!


Awesome, simply awesome. It's obviously not something that Duchene had to do but he did it anyway. He made the day for a young girl who needed it. Just look at the picture Greer submitted to the Minden Times.

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip06531.jpg)

Obviously Wayde and Trista have a new favorite player in Duchene, no offense to Chara or anything. Rightfully so. That's a story that's going to win over more than two new fans.

Oh and P.S.: Stop bullying.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/23084656/matt-duchene-helps-buy-signed-bruins-jersey-for-bullied-girls-birthday (http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/23084656/matt-duchene-helps-buy-signed-bruins-jersey-for-bullied-girls-birthday)


 :thumbsup
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 31, 2013, 01:03:24 AM
Teemu Selanne Decides on His Future (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oVeBAkjb9g#ws)
This time...a more relaxed approach to his decision-making........sort of. :P

Teemu's Decision (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRkcl_RHwoc#)

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Selanne returning to Ducks for 2013-14 season
Friday, 08.30.2013 / 6:20 PM / NHL.com

After watching video of Teemu Selanne's golf game, it's easy to see why he is staying active in the NHL.

In a humorous clip posted on the Anaheim Ducks' website Friday, a frustrated Selanne is seen throwing his golf bag in the water, then swimming after it to retrieve a cell phone. He calls Ducks general manager Bob Murray to let him know he is returning to the team for the 2013-14 season, his 21st in the NHL.

In the video, Selanne said, "I'm coming back. This is it. This is my final one."

"I think it's good for people to know it will be the last one," Selanne said in a conference call Friday. "I haven't said that officially before, and it will be easier for me to take advantage of every day and enjoy. I think it's good for everybody, my family too. They've asked questions over the years, and now it's a very clear situation."

According to the Orange County (Calif.) Register, Selanne signed a one-year, $2 million contract.

"It's great to have Teemu back. He clearly still has passion for the game and can't wait to get started," general manager Bob Murray said in a statement. "We are so pleased that Teemu will end his career where he belongs."

Selanne said conversations with coach Bruce Boudreau about the wing's role on the team helped him make his decision.

"I had a good meeting with Bruce and I'm very happy with how it turned out," Selanne said. "He was very open. I wanted to know how I would fit in his roster, and he said he was expecting a lot from me. Those were good things, and that was the final thing I wanted to hear. …

"I never wanted to get any promises because I know the coach can't really do that," Selanne added. "Obviously, we have a great group of guys. Getting those guys in, I didn't want a situation where we pushed them in no matter what happened.

"It's a competitive situation and everyone has to earn their ice time and power play. I know I can do it. I just needed to be on the same page with the coach. That's what happened. I'm very happy about that."

Selanne, 43 in July, had 12 goals and 12 assists in 46 games last season, and enters 2013-14 with 675 goals and 1,430 points in 1,387 NHL games. He's 11th all-time in goals, six behind No. 10 Jaromir Jagr and 15 behind No. 9 Mario Lemieux. Selanne is 15th all-time in points, 37 behind No. 14 Stan Mikita.

"I have high expectations about myself. I haven't had any numbers, but I know how well I can play," Selanne said. "I don't think anybody can have more expectations for myself than myself. I want to be a big part of it, otherwise I wouldn't have even considered to keep playing. Hopefully the biggest thing for me is staying healthy. That will give me the chance to succeed."

Known as "The Finnish Flash," Selanne has represented his country five times in the Winter Olympics and expressed a desire to make a sixth appearance on that stage for Finland at the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia.

"That's also a big bonus for the next season," Selanne said. "This could be my sixth Olympics, which I'm very proud of. We have a Finnish coach (Erkka Westerlund) who will pick the team, but that's my goal for sure."

The Ducks won the Pacific Division and returned to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2012-13, but the Detroit Red Wings defeated them in seven games in the first round. Anaheim lost three games in overtime, and Game 7, 3-2 at home.

"If we had gone to the Finals or close, you just leave everything out there, and it would have been a different case," Selanne said. "I really felt, like everybody else in our locker room, that there is unfinished business and we have a better team than this.

"We have so many good things going on right now, and we know we can do better, and that's a main reason why I'm here. I'm still very hungry to win again. We have a good team and a lot of good things going here.

"If we had a bad team and bad season, it would be an easy situation to just say, 'Thanks for everything,' and go on. But I felt we can do better and I can do better, and everybody can do better. There's unfinished business for sure."

Win or lose this season, Selanne said his time in the NHL will be complete.

"There is no handbook about how you're going to feel when you retire," Selanne said. "I've never gotten the feeling that I'm done and this is enough. I'm just waiting for my body and my mind to say, 'I'm done.'

"I've been able to enjoy this game so much that even on the tough nights and days, I still enjoy it. It's going to end somewhere, and I decided now for my family and everybody that it's going to be my last season. That's fair for everybody. But I haven't yet had a moment where I felt, 'This is it.'"

FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=681297 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=681297)


:finland: :finland: :finland: TEEMU!! TEEMU!! TEEMU!! TEEMU!! TEEMU!! :finland: :finland: :finland:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 06, 2013, 12:57:13 AM
Quote
Steve Ott unveils Sabres' new third jersey and it's awful
Brian Stubits | September 4, 2013 12:28 pm ET

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After a long, long (way too long) wait, the Buffalo Sabres' alternate jersey for the upcoming season has been revealed. We can thank Steve Ott for getting it done. I think.

The day began with the Sabres released another tease of the jersey, something they've been doing all summer. It was hardly revealing.

That got a lot of reaction on Twitter, including from Ott who demanded to see more. Soon enough he began to threaten he would reveal it himself as he got his hands on a sweater. A short while later Ott tweeted out the two pictures above in what became apparent as a designed viral reveal by the franchise. Well done in that regard. That's about the only regard..

Because the jersey is still getting a lot of reaction, just probably not the kind the Sabres were hoping for. Those things are awful. That sweater might surpass the Islanders' third for the worst not only in hockey but in sports. The best way they can be described is that it looks like the knock-off jersey you buy on the discount rack at your local Marshall's or Wal-Mart. What's up with the different color front and back?

Or what about the gray on the ends of the sleeves that run up to the chest? Why is gray being introduced at all? They took the color scheme that the Predators dumped a few years ago and put it into this sweater. Then there's the very subtle "Buffalo" at the top of the crest. Either put the team/city name on the jersey or don't, it's as if they couldn't decide.

I admit I really liked the idea of a gold jersey for the Sabres' third when I heard about it. The execution though? Ugh. A summer of waiting and hyping up the jersey only for that to be the final product? Talk about a letdown.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/23475603/steve-ott-unveils-sabres-new-third-jersey-and-its-awful (http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/23475603/steve-ott-unveils-sabres-new-third-jersey-and-its-awful)


After the way that they've been dragging out the teaser pics for this jersey over the last 2-3 months and all the hype they've been trying to drum up for it....what else is there to say but:
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 13, 2013, 07:53:58 AM
This could prove to be an interesting proposal if the league decides to give it a serious look.

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Should the NHL Consider Making a Change to 3-on-3 Overtime?
By Nicholas Goss (Featured Columnist) on September 10, 2013

The shootout has been one of the more controversial topics of the NHL landscape since its creation following the 2004-05 lockout.

Deciding games in a team sport with an individual skills competition that uses a scenario that doesn't happen too often during the normal course of play was a horrible idea.

In fact, it was one of the worst changes that the league made after the lockout eight years ago.

This is why a change to the overtime format is needed. One possible tweak would be having a five-minute overtime period of 3-on-3 action if the game remains tied after an extra frame of 4-on-4. If no one scores in both periods, a shootout occurs.

According to ESPN's Craig Custance (http://insider.espn.go.com/nhl/blog/_/name/custance_craig/id/9658229/nhl-rules-changed) (paywall warning), there are a few general managers who like the idea of a 3-on-3 overtime format:

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In the prospect tournament he runs in Traverse City, Michigan, [Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken] Holland implemented his version of overtime. On Sunday, he and other general managers in the building got to see what it looked like in actual game action for the first time when the Dallas Stars’ prospects beat those from the Minnesota Wild in a shootout that followed the first 3-on-3 overtime session of the tournament.

The reviews of the 3-on-3 hockey were strong.

“It’s awesome. It was fun,” said Wild GM Chuck Fletcher. “Imagine Washington and Pittsburgh with [Sidney] Crosby, [Evgeni] Malkin, [Alex] Ovechkin, [Mike] Green, [Kris] Letang. Every line change is an odd-man rush.”

Bear in mind that he was the GM of the losing team. Other observers were just as enthused. “This has been a good test case,” said Carolina GM Jim Rutherford, who is in favor of the change. “And it looks good.”
A lot of hockey purists may not like the idea of 3-on-3 action in overtime, but it's certainly better than a shootout because the team component of the game is still important.

One of the reasons why the league is unlikely to eliminate the shootout entirely is because it provides so much late-game excitement and allows the sport's most skilled players to show off their amazing talents in a high-pressure spot.

With that said, an argument could be made that a 3-on-3 overtime period, which would result in fast-paced, end-to-end action with lots of scoring chances, would be even more thrilling than a shootout.

Penalties would be interesting in a 3-on-3 format because going down to two skaters isn't an option. One possibility is adding a player to the team that drew a penalty, so instead of a 3-on-2 power-play, it would become a 4-on-3 situation.

Overall, anything to lessen the amount of shootouts would be good for the sport. Since the current overtime format was adopted, more than 10 percent of regular-season games have ended with a shootout.

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Adding another overtime period, whether it's 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 action, would likely have a huge impact on the number of shootouts played each season. Too often we see teams play boring, conservative hockey in the final minutes of regulation and overtime to take their chances in the shootout. With two overtime periods instead of one, clubs would have more incentive to score goals and play more aggressively.

One of the league's worst nightmares is a playoff spot being decided by a shootout, and that's exactly what happened on the final day of the 2009-10 season when the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers played a scoreless overtime. The Flyers won the shootout, earned a postseason berth and came within two wins of a Stanley Cup title. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Aw7X-uR1o)

But determining something as serious as a playoff spot should never involve a shootout.

Unfortunately, shootouts don't seem to be going away anytime soon. That's why the next best outcome for fans is to see another period of overtime before a skills competition determines which team gets another tally in the win column.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1768969-should-the-nhl-consider-making-a-change-to-3-on-3-overtime (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1768969-should-the-nhl-consider-making-a-change-to-3-on-3-overtime)
http://insider.espn.go.com/nhl/blog/_/name/custance_craig/id/9658229/nhl-rules-changed (http://insider.espn.go.com/nhl/blog/_/name/custance_craig/id/9658229/nhl-rules-changed)


Personally speaking, I've got bit of a love-hate thing with the idea of the OT shootout. I don't hate it enough to want it completely gone, and as a matter of fact I agree with the fact that it does help maintain excitement/tension in games that go into OT. That being said, I'm still siding with the "old schoolers" who see hockey as a team sport, that should (preferably, IMO) be won with team play. The shootout has enough fans who like it to keep it around, but the idea of first having a 5 minute OT period where it's 4-on-4 , then, if needed, a second 5 minute OT period where it's 3-on-3 makes for really interesting line/group combinations and strategies. The shootout can still be kept and used as a "third level" of OT if the score still remains tied after that.

Anyone else's thoughts?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 01, 2013, 04:53:46 PM
FINALLY!!!! DROP THE FUCKIN PUCK!!!

Spent last week lining up for 6 hours overnight outside just to get 20-30 bucks off (thx to student discount :P) section 200 tickets for Penguins! Rangers! Devils! games, lookin forward to seeing the EAST teams.

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How dedicated are you to your team? What's your Stanley Cup Picks! There's no doubt in mind that Oilers gonna make a major push this season!

GO Oilers GO!! :hip smile:

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OH! Captain Ference. I like it. In my heart Smyttie, but this makes the most sense cuz he been there done that. I like Dallas Eakins comment that it just ain't the guy who is the best player. Heart and soul, in the community type players. This is like the transitional captain from Lee Fogilin to Gretzky. Wearing Jason Smith's old jersey!!
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Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 02, 2013, 03:30:11 AM
Tonight

:cow: :cow: :cow:IT BEGINS!!!:cow: :cow: :cow:


I was reading the local paper earlier today, and apparently today is the first time that the present/second incarnation of the Jets have played a game in E-town.
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The Oilers host a Winnipeg club for the first time in more than 17 years. In the Jets 2.0 inaugural season, the teams played just once, at the MTS Centre. March 29, 1996 was the last visit by Jets 1.0 for a regular-season game.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/tonight-jets--oilers-225924501.html (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/tonight-jets--oilers-225924501.html)

GO JETS GO! GO JETS GO!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on October 12, 2013, 08:17:45 PM
Aleksander Barkov 1 Goal and 2 assists vs Pittsburgh (10/11/13) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeSO-NN8o30#)
:finland:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 12, 2013, 08:46:05 PM
Last night, both KT and I were all "WTF, Panthers beat Pittsburgh?".
:lol:


Even more surprising (in a good way, considering their futility over the last few seasons) is that as of this post, the Avalanche has started this season off with 4 straight wins. Whatever Patrick Roy is doing with them right now, no doubt they're hoping it continues to work.  :thumbup
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on October 17, 2013, 06:28:43 AM
Teemu Selanne Goal vs Calgary (10/16/13) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ1Vic63VCg#)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 18, 2013, 10:25:15 PM
This news must've spread through E-town like crazy, eh dai?  :)

Taylor Hall Scores Two Goals in 8 seconds- Uncut- NHL Record (10/17/13) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1WUHdx5B90#)

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Oilers’ Taylor Hall breaks Wayne Gretzky’s 32-year-old team mark
Associated Press | October 17, 2013, 9:49 pm

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Edmonton Oilers forward Taylor Hall scored two goals just eight seconds apart to break the team mark set by Wayne Gretzky.

The 21-year-old Hall connected at 15:52 of the first period with a wrist shot from the left circle and then knocked a rebound past New York Islanders goalie Evgeni Nabokov at 16:00 on Thursday night.

Gretzky, the NHL career leader in goals and points, scored two goals in nine seconds against St. Louis on Feb. 18, 1981, in the third period of Edmonton’s 9-2 victory.

Hall, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 draft, turned Edmonton’s deficit into a 2-1 lead. He entered play Thursday with only one goal in seven games this season.
FULL ARTICLE LINK (INCLUDES TWITTER PICS/COMMENTS FROM THE GREAT ONE, AS TOLD BY ESPN'S PIERRE LEBRUN) - http://o.canada.com/sports/oilers-taylor-hall-breaks-gretzkys-32-year-old-team-mark/ (http://o.canada.com/sports/oilers-taylor-hall-breaks-gretzkys-32-year-old-team-mark/)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on October 27, 2013, 02:48:58 PM
The Buffalo jerseys couldn't be as bad as the new Stars jerseys.  I HATE the new logo
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 27, 2013, 07:44:39 PM
The Buffalo jerseys couldn't be as bad as the new Stars jerseys.  I HATE the new logo
At least the jerseys now have a proper logo on them. I couldn't stand how the ones they had for the last couple of seasons (http://www.nhluniforms.com/Stars/Stars08.html) just said "DALLAS" on the front. It was like they thought that they had to remind everyone in the arena (even at home) where they were from.

Speakin' of the Stars...see the game last night dude? :P


I kid, I kid...Jets are probably going to get absolutely pasted in Colorado tonight.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 02, 2013, 12:32:44 AM
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Canucks' Sedins sign four-year contract extensions
Friday, 11.01.2013 | By Kevin Woodley - NHL.com Correspondent

VANCOUVER - When Daniel and Henrik Sedin signed appropriately matching four-year, $28-million contract extensions on Friday, it was a chance for teammates to celebrate their offensive brilliance.

For their new coach, John Tortorella, it was also an opportunity to clear up something about the identical twins' reputations.

"What bothers me the most about the reputation of these two guys -- and I am not sure who started it, but our League is so Neanderthal in their thinking that it sticks -- is when they call the Sedins soft," Tortorella said, kicking off an impassioned defense of his top two players. "I've been dying to talk about that. These aren't soft people. These aren't soft players. It [angers me that] the reputation that is still out there, and it is so undeserving and it is so disrespectful."

The Sedin twins, 33, are in the final season of five-year, $30.5 million contracts and would have become unrestricted free agents in July 2014. They are first and second on the franchise's all-time scoring list, but will be 37 years old when their new contracts expire, and have been listening to the criticism - they were once dubbed the "Sedin sisters' by a Vancouver radio personality - since being selected second and third in the 1999 NHL Draft.

"We expected to be on different teams when we got drafted and now we're sitting here 14 years later on the same team and that's unheard of," Henrik said. "It says a lot about this organization. There have been a lot of times they could have maybe gone in a different direction, but they didn't and we are very fortunate to be here."

Tortorella has seen the Sedins up close for only a couple of months, but quickly recognized the abuse they absorb down low.

"They play underneath the hash marks in the tough areas," he said. "Watch how hard they play on the boards, how they protect pucks. You get lost with their skill. You think that's what they are about and you say they're soft people, and it is so wrong."

Mike Gillis had questions of his own about the Sedin twins when he first took over as Vancouver's general manager in 2008, saying at the time he wasn't sure if they were players to build a team around. The Sedins were set to become unrestricted free agents after that 2008-09 season, and it took a last-minute flight to their native Sweden for Gillis to re-sign them to their current contracts.

The negotiation was easier for both sides this time. The talks lasted four months, but Gillis said the only sticking point was the salary cap and ensuring there was enough money left to spend elsewhere.

"It was as smooth as it could have been with players of this profile," Gillis said.

In addition to being the Canucks' captain, Henrik is the franchise's all-time leader in points (810), assists (625), plus/minus (plus-209) and consecutive games played (644), an ironman streak that's second to St. Louis Blues defenseman Jaw Bouwmeester among active players.

Younger (by minutes) brother Daniel, an alternate captain, is second in franchise history in scoring with 773 points. He is Vancouver's all-time leader with 64 game-winning goals and 10 overtime goals.

Henrik won the Hart Trophy and Art Ross Trophy in 2010 after a career-high 112 points. Daniel won the Art Ross with a career-high 104 points in 2011 and was a finalist for the Hart.

Both are also thriving with increased minutes and added penalty kill duties under Tortorella. Henrik is in the top five in scoring with 18 points and a League-high 15 assists; Daniel isn't far behind his brother with six goals and 15 points in 15 games.

Their uncanny ability to find each other off the rush and while cycling the puck is only one part of the Sedins' offensive artistry.

Three seasons ago they started using intentional icings to create breakaways, with Henrik firing the puck out of his end and off the far boards so it would bounce to a streaking Daniel, often catching the defenseman and goalie by surprise. Even with the addition of no-touch icing this season, they managed to turn the play into a goal against the New Jersey Devils and former teammate Cory Schneider during a recent road trip. The Sedins are also the first to use the slap pass as a set play, with Daniel parked in the slot to redirect a slap shot from Henrik off the half wall on the power play.

"Talking to guys around the League, they are known for the plays they do, and they have invented a few," Ryan Kesler said. "A couple guys I have talked to, their team calls the slap pass the 'Sedin tip' or something like that, so they are well known for creativity."

Gillis knew how hard it would be to replace such players in free agency.

"It would have been impossible," Gillis said. "To find two players in free agency that understand and appreciate what it means to play here in Vancouver and that would be prepared to work with us to try and maintain a really competitive team would be impossible."

Staying competitive was also important to both Sedins.

"We want to win, that's the bottom line," Daniel said. "You realize when you get older your chances are getting slimmer and slimmer. We want to have a good team around us and we have a chance to have a good team around us for a lot of years. That's really important to us, that's the one thing we are looking for, that Stanley Cup."

They came within one game of winning it in 2011, and there has been plenty of talk about the Canucks' window to win closing as the Sedins - and the rest of Vancouver's core group of players - get older. But Gillis and Tortorella see the twins as key to successfully transitioning in younger players during the next few years.

"How they handle themselves, and with some of the kids we're hoping come through, to have them here showing the way as far as the process of being a pro, we couldn't be happier," Tortorella said.

That process includes their work in the community.

Earlier this season their families launched "Sedin Corner" at Rogers Arena for Canucks home games this season. It's a 14-person suite that hosts charities and groups from British Columbia that support children's health and education as well as family wellness. They also made a $1.5 million donation to B.C. Children's Hospital in 2010.

"It is [home]," Daniel said, noting two of his three children have been born in Vancouver. "We've always liked it here and our families love it here and that is a major thing. And to be part of a great team for the next couple of years was the most important thing for us."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=689523 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=689523)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 06, 2013, 03:13:58 AM
Can't help but wonder how much the fact that he wasn't able to get a contract with anyone for this season was a factor in this.

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Arnott announces retirement after 18 seasons
Tuesday, 11.05.2013 | NHL.com

Jason Arnott, a Stanley Cup champion and veteran of 18 seasons in the NHL, announced his retirement Tuesday.

Arnott, 39, had 417 goals and 938 points in 1,244 games with the Edmonton Oilers, New Jersey Devils, Dallas Stars, Nashville Predators, Washington Capitals and St. Louis Blues. He last played in the NHL with the Blues in 2011-12.

He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round (No. 7) of the 1993 NHL Draft.

The highlight of his career came as a member of the Devils when he scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime of the clinching Game 6 in the 2000 Stanley Cup Final against the Stars.

"I would like to thank everyone who helped me throughout my NHL career, including my family, friends, teammates and fans," Arnott said in a statement released by the NHL Players' Association. "Playing in the NHL was my dream and I am very proud and appreciative of the fact I was able to play at the highest level for 19 years with the best players in the world. Each of the teams I played for provided me with great experiences and memories, and our Stanley Cup team in New Jersey certainly stands out among all of them."

As a rookie in 1993-94, Arnott had 33 goals and 68 points to earn NHL All-Rookie Team honors. Arnott reached the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time with the Oilers in 1996-97 when he had nine points in 12 games. After playing four-plus seasons in Edmonton he was traded to New Jersey on Jan. 4, 1998.

In New Jersey, Arnott helped the Devils reach the Stanley Cup Final twice, winning it in 2000. In those two postseasons Arnott had 16 goals and 35 points in 46 games.

A two-time NHL All-Star (1997, 2008), Arnott finished with 64 game-winning goals and played in 122 NHL playoff games, with 32 goals and 73 points.

He helped Canada win a gold medal at the 1994 IIHF World Championship.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=690122 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=690122)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 09, 2013, 04:23:30 AM
The Hockey Hall of Fame has announced it's Class of 2013!

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Meet the Hall of Fame Class of 2013
Friday, 11.08.2013 | NHL.com Staff

The Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2013 -- Chris Chelios, Scott Niedermayer, Brendan Shanahan, Geraldine Heaney and Fred Shero -- will earn take spot among the game's immortals on Monday, Nov. 11.

NHL.com will have full coverage of the event, including live reports from Toronto from NHL.com Senior Writer Dan Rosen and NHL.com Staff Writer Corey Masisak.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/blogpost.htm?id=22473 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/blogpost.htm?id=22473)


VIDEO: Hall of Fame inductees receive rings - http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=480022 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=480022)


ENTRY ON THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME SITE - http://www.hhof.com/htmlInduct/ind13menu.shtml (http://www.hhof.com/htmlInduct/ind13menu.shtml)

 :thumbup
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 16, 2013, 06:49:57 PM
The Jets are on a 4-game winning streak.


Wait, really? They are?  :?
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 21, 2013, 08:44:29 PM
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Ted Nolan, Craig Berube to make history with coaching matchup
By Brian Stubits | November 21, 2013 2:32 PM ET

When the Buffalo Sabres meet the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night, it will not only be a matchup of two coaches who took over teams mid-season in the first month and a half but it will also mark an NHL coaching first.

Both Flyers coach Craig Berube and Sabres bench boss Ted Nolan are First Nations men, or of Native descent in American terms. Never before in league history have two First Nations coaches opposed each other in an NHL game. Thursday night's game will change that.

Marcus Hayes of the Philadelphia Daily News has more (http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/20131121_An_NHL_first_at_Flyers_vs__Sabres.html):
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They are First Nations men, to be precise; that is the correct nomenclature in Canada. Sabres coach Ted Nolan is an Ojibwe from Ontario. Flyers coach Craig Berube is part Cree, and from Alberta.

"It's huge," Nolan said upon his arrival in Philadelphia yesterday. "The significance of it is not really what it means to me, or Craig Berube, but what it means when you think of what our ancestors went through."

"I guess you'd think about it. You'd think there'd be some other Native coach that would've come out by now and been a coach," Berube said. "It's pretty cool."
Indeed it is pretty cool, and a monumental achievement. Peter Dinsdale, chief executive officer of the Assembly of First Nations called the coaches trailblazers.

The NHL has had a fair amount of First Nations players through the years with Fred Sasakamoose becoming the first to play in the NHL 60 years ago and there are a handful of players in the league today with First Nations heritage. Carey Price paid homage to his on a mask last season and of course Ted's son Jordan Nolan plays for the Kings..

It's terrific to see the diversity hitting the coaching ranks too.
FULL ARTICLE LINKS
- http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/24256959/ted-nolan-craig-berube-make-history-with-thursday-coaching-matchup (http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/24256959/ted-nolan-craig-berube-make-history-with-thursday-coaching-matchup)
- http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/20131121_An_NHL_first_at_Flyers_vs__Sabres.html (http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/20131121_An_NHL_first_at_Flyers_vs__Sabres.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 29, 2013, 06:52:32 PM
So I'm at a school right now, it's just before noon and the Jets are in Philadelphia playing the Flyers AS I TYPE THIS POST.

So yeah, live radio stream of the game = a surprisingly co-operative/productive class. :)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 14, 2013, 03:18:33 AM
Ah, the simple joys that are had by young fans. :)

Priceless: Wild's Coyle Makes Young Fans Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-FNZyVzoJA#ws)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 20, 2013, 07:20:39 AM
Blackhawks Ice Girl Goal Cam (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x18kg5s)

 :shakeit:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 03, 2014, 12:33:51 AM
29 Breathtaking Photos From Hockey’s Snowtastic Winter Classic (http://www.buzzfeed.com/erikmalinowski/29-breathtaking-photos-hockeys-snowtastic-winter-classic)

Old school, played outdoors/in the elements. :thumbup
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 12, 2014, 08:14:06 PM
When you're in your second 4+ game losing streak within a 6-7 week stretch.....yeah, this didn't exactly come as a surprise.

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Winnipeg Jets Relieve Claude Noel of Head Coaching Duties
Sunday, 12.01.2014 / 11:05 AM / News Articles

The Winnipeg Jets announced today they have relieved Claude Noel of his duties as Head Coach of the hockey club. The team also announced they have relieved Assistant Coach Perry Pearn of his duties.

The Winnipeg Jets also announced they have hired Paul Maurice as the second Head Coach in franchise history since their move from Atlanta to Winnipeg in 2011.

Maurice, 46, has earned a career NHL coaching record of 460-457-167 in 14 seasons with the Carolina Hurricanes/Hartford Whalers and the Toronto Maple Leafs. He won his 400th career NHL game when the Hurricanes defeated the Buffalo Sabres in overtime on Feb. 11, 2010, and on Nov. 28, 2010, he became the 19th coach, and the youngest in history, to coach 1,000 NHL games. In his first head coaching stint with the Hurricanes, Maurice guided Carolina to the 2002 Eastern Conference title and two Southeast Division crowns as well as four consecutive winning seasons from 1998-2002. On March 16, 2010, he became just the 10th coach in NHL history to spend more than 800 games behind the bench for one franchise.

Prior to re-joining the Hurricanes, the Sault Ste. Marie, ON native collected a record of 76-66-22 during two full seasons as Head Coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2006-08. Maurice earned a career-high in wins with Toronto during the 2006-07 season, leading the Maple Leafs to 40 victories, and recording his 300th NHL victory on March 6, 2007.

Most recently, Maurice spent the 2012-13 season as Head Coach of Magnitogorsk Metallurg of the KHL. After 52 games, the club earned a 27-13-12 record and 0.635 winning percentage.

Prior to moving to the NHL level during the summer of 1995 as an Assistant Coach with the Whalers, Maurice spent two seasons as Head Coach of the Ontario Hockey League’s Detroit Jr. Red Wings. While in Detroit, he compiled a regular-season record of 86-38-8 and led the team to the 1995 OHL Championship and an appearance in the Memorial Cup in Kamloops, B.C. That season, he finished second in voting to Guelph’s Craig Hartsburg for the Matt Leyden Trophy, which is annually awarded to the OHL’s Coach of the Year.

Maurice played his junior hockey with the OHL’s Windsor Spit fires (1984-1988). He was Philadelphia’s 12th choice, 252nd overall, in the 1985 NHL entry draft. Maurice had his career cut short due to an eye injury, and began coaching as an assistant with the Jr. Red Wings shortly thereafter.
http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=700304 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=700304)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 20, 2014, 09:00:16 PM
So for anyone who did not witness (or who has yet to hear of) the gong show that happened during the opening faceoff of the Vancouver VS Calgary game this past weekend, watch this first to bring yourself up to speed.
Canucks vs Flames Line Brawl (Jan. 18, 2014) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIcdbxzrtbI#ws)

As if the fight wasn't bad enough, during the first intermission Tortorella actually tried to get into Calgary's locker room to confront their coaching staff about it.
John Tortorella Scrum in Front of Calgary Flames Locker Room (1/18/14) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCeuJPhrt8E#ws)



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CANUCKS' TORTORELLA HAS IN-PERSON HEARING WITH NHL
TSN.CA STAFF | 01/20/2014 12:51:59 PM

Vancouver Canucks head coach John Tortorella answered to the National Hockey League on Monday for his actions during Saturday's game against the Calgary Flames.

He had an in-person hearing in New York with the league with a substantial fine or suspension as possible outcomes. A decision from the NHL has yet to be announced.

NHL executive vice-president and director of hockey operations Colin Campbell was the point person for the meeting in New York.

TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger also reports that NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly were expected to attend the proceedings.

Just two seconds into the Canucks' 3-2 shootout victory over the Flames on Saturday, all five skaters from each team on the ice for the opening faceoff were involved in a line brawl. When order was restored, all 10 players were given misconducts - eight of which forced combatants off the ice for the remainder of the game.

There were 150 penalty minutes assessed to both sides (81 to the visitors, 69 to the hosts) by the time the contest was 4 1/2 minutes old, owing to a second minor scrum a short time later.

In the aftermath of the fight, Tortorella could be seen yelling at the Flames bench and head coach Bob Hartley.

After the first period ended, television cameras caught Tortorella in an altercation just outside of the Flames locker room as he attempted to confront Hartley and the team once more.

"I can't put our players at risk that way. I'm not proud of it. I've apologized to all of the players involved," Tortorella said after the game. "The most important thing tonight is those two points."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=441650 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=441650)


Hate to see this happen to Torts. Sure he's known for his temper, but this (particularly the attempt to get into their dressing room) is just over the line. He's going to be lucky if all the league does is give him a fine. More likely than not they're going to (in order to set an example) elect to suspend him for at least 2 or 3 games.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 21, 2014, 07:32:56 PM
Welp, rulings have been made and both coaches are getting dinged for what happened.


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Canucks coach John Tortorella suspended 15 days
Monday, 01.20.2014 / 7:30 PM / News | NHL.com

NEW YORK -– Vancouver Canucks coach John Tortorella has been suspended for 15 days, without pay, for his actions during the first intermission of NHL Game No. 735 in Vancouver on Saturday, Jan. 18, the National Hockey League announced Monday.

"Mr. Tortorella's actions in attempting to enter the Calgary Flames locker room after the first period were both dangerous and an embarrassment to the League," said NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell. "Coaches in the NHL bear the responsibility of providing leadership, even when emotions run high, and Mr. Tortorella failed in his responsibility to the game."

Mr. Tortorella's suspension is effective retroactive to January 19 and runs through Sunday, Feb. 2. He will miss six games. He is not permitted to have any interaction with his club prior to, during or after games.
LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=701556 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=701556)


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Flames coach Bob Hartley fined $25,000
Monday, 01.20.2014 / 7:30 PM / News | NHL.com

NEW YORK -– Calgary Flames coach Bob Hartley has been fined $25,000 for his responsibility for the incident that took place off of the opening faceoff of NHL Game No. 735 in Vancouver on Saturday, Jan. 18, the National Hockey League announced Monday. The fine was issued in accordance with By-Law 17.3 (a) for conduct prejudicial to or against the welfare of the League.

In issuing the suspension, NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations, Colin Campbell stated: "We are holding Mr. Hartley responsible for the actions of Flames right wing Kevin Westgarth, who took the game's opening faceoff and attempted to instigate a premeditated fight with an unwilling opponent -- the Canucks' Kevin Bieksa."

The fine money goes to the NHL Foundation.
LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=701557 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=701557)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 23, 2014, 10:35:12 PM
Can't help but wonder how much of a factor this is as to why so many 'Peggers are buying winter properties in Phoenix. :P


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The Cheapest Things in Sports
By Amber Lee , Featured Columnist Jan 22, 2014

#13

In 2013 Forbes ranked the Phoenix Coyotes (http://www.forbes.com/pictures/fjlg45mhf/30-phoenix-coyotes-avg-price-76-65/) as the cheapest game experience in the NHL; the $76.65 average ticket price is $10 less than the second cheapest.


That’s the average price, but thousands of tickets are available for as little as $9 on StubHub (http://www.stubhub.com/phoenix-coyotes-tickets/?gcid=C12289x486&keyword=10372934_c&creative=33169313342).
LINKS
- http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1933327-the-cheapest-things-in-sports/page/13 (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1933327-the-cheapest-things-in-sports/page/13)
- http://www.forbes.com/pictures/fjlg45mhf/30-phoenix-coyotes-avg-price-76-65/ (http://www.forbes.com/pictures/fjlg45mhf/30-phoenix-coyotes-avg-price-76-65/)
- http://www.stubhub.com/phoenix-coyotes-tickets/?gcid=C12289x486&keyword=10372934_c&creative=33169313342 (http://www.stubhub.com/phoenix-coyotes-tickets/?gcid=C12289x486&keyword=10372934_c&creative=33169313342)


And just in case anyone was wondering, here's the link to the full ranking list done by Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jesselawrence/2013/10/16/the-most-expensive-nhl-teams-at-the-ticket-booth/ (http://www.forbes.com/sites/jesselawrence/2013/10/16/the-most-expensive-nhl-teams-at-the-ticket-booth/)

'Peg Sheety TOP THREE!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 01, 2014, 09:41:04 PM
So yeah, Jets' fans kinda felt bad that the Canucks had to come into town here without their head coach (John Tortorella), so a couple of them tried to make the visiting team feel more "at home".

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip06948.jpg)

http://beta.thescore.com/nhl/news/421803 (http://beta.thescore.com/nhl/news/421803)

:P :lol:


EDIT:
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Coyotes Announce Team Name Will Change to "Arizona Coyotes" Beginning in 2014-15
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

GLENDALE, ARIZONA --- Phoenix Coyotes Co-Owner, President and CEO Anthony LeBlanc announced today that the Phoenix Coyotes will officially change their franchise name to the Arizona Coyotes beginning at the start of the 2014-15 NHL season.

“We are very excited to announce that our franchise name will change to Arizona Coyotes for the start of the 2014-15 NHL season,” said LeBlanc. “Becoming the Arizona Coyotes makes sense for us since we play our games in Glendale and the city is such a great partner of ours. We also want to be recognized as not just the hockey team for Glendale or Phoenix, but the team for the entire state of Arizona and the Southwest. We hope that the name ‘Arizona’ will encourage more fans from all over the state, not just the valley, to embrace and support our team.”

As part of the name change, the Coyotes will be introducing a new shoulder patch for their home and road jerseys in 2014-15. The patch will be unveiled for the Coyotes first preseason game next season. The rest of the Coyotes uniform will not change.

The franchise has been known as the Phoenix Coyotes since it moved to the Valley from Winnipeg in 1996. The Coyotes played their home games in downtown Phoenix from 1996 until 2003 when they moved to their current home, Jobing.com Arena, in Glendale.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=702881 (http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=702881)

Wait a sec, they actually have a pro wrestling-style championship belt for their "player of the game"?
http://video.coyotes.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=219588 (http://video.coyotes.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=219588)

Dat's pimpin.  :pimp:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 08, 2014, 06:27:52 AM
Whatdafuck?!?! :shocked:
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Penguins' Letang recovering from stroke
Friday, 02.07.2014 | Wes Crosby - NHL.com Correspondent

PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang will miss at least six weeks after suffering a stroke last week, the Penguins announced Friday.

Letang's condition is not believed to be career threatening and is treatable with blood thinners. Testing revealed that Letang, who has missed Pittsburgh's past four games, has had a small hole in the wall of his heart since birth, a defect that occurs in all individuals before birth but seals shut in most people.

~ ~ ~

Medical officials cleared Letang to go on vacation with his family during the Olympic break. After the break Letang is expected to resume skating on his own.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=704165 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=704165)
VIDEO LINK - http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=558574 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=558574)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 01, 2014, 04:51:39 AM
With the NHL trading deadline less than a week away, we see a blockbuster trade that has been (at least in terms of the involvement of one of the players) anticipated/expected for at least the last year and a half.

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Miller, Ott traded to Blues by Sabres
Friday, 02.28.2014 | NHL.com Staff

Goalie Ryan Miller and center Steve Ott have been traded to the St. Louis Blues, the team announced Friday.

The Buffalo Sabres will receive goalie Jaroslav Halak, forward Chris Stewart, prospect William Carrier, a first-round draft pick in 2015 and a third-round draft pick in 2016.

Miller was a late scratch from his start Friday against the San Jose Sharks at First Niagara Center. He was the subject of trade rumors since prior to the season because he can become an unrestricted free agent this offseason.

"I'm answering these questions because it seems likely, given my status at the end of the year, they're likely to trade me," Miller said Thursday.

Miller played all 540 of his NHL games for the Sabres, establishing a franchise record for the team that selected him in the fifth round (No. 138) of the 1999 NHL Draft. He made his debut on Nov. 19, 2002.

He is 15-22-3 with a 2.72 goals-against average and .923 save percentage this season. He is 284-186-57, with a 2.60 GAA and .916 save percentage in his career.

He was 25-22 in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and reached the Eastern Conference Final in 2006, where the Sabres lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in seven games.

"I'm trying not to be too sentimental," Miller said Thursday. "I think everyone in Buffalo kind of knows how I feel about the city. [I've] always enjoyed the people, I've always enjoyed the city."

Jhonas Enroth is the starting goalie for the Sabres of Friday.

The NHL Trade Deadline is 3 p.m. ET Wednesday.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/blogpost.htm?id=26664 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/blogpost.htm?id=26664)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on March 03, 2014, 08:11:40 AM
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t31/q71/s720x720/1654879_10152306105305996_1947720792_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 05, 2014, 06:34:03 AM
Odd that last year, when everyone knew and fully expected them to, they weren't able to get a deal done. This year, with the circumstances different and no one really expecting it to happen, they pulled it off.


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Roberto Luongo traded to Panthers by Canucks
Tuesday, 03.04.2014 / 7:26 PM
By Corey Masisak - NHL.com Staff Writer


*VIDEO LINK* (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=567180)

The Vancouver Canucks have finally traded goaltender Roberto Luongo, moving him to the Florida Panthers on Tuesday.

Vancouver traded Luongo and forward Steven Anthony to Florida for goalie Jacob Markstrom and forward Shawn Matthias.

Luongo has been the subject of trade rumors since losing his starting job to Cory Schneider during the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

"Stunned I think. I was not expecting it," Luongo told reporters in Phoenix. "It caught me off guard. [I'm] just happy for myself and my family and obviously a little sad to be leaving Vancouver."

Luongo is 19-16-6 this season with a .917 save percentage and a 2.38 goals-against average. He has 367 NHL victories, which places him 16th on the all-time list. Luongo, who turns 35 years old a month from Tuesday, is second on the active wins list behind New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur (683 before play Tuesday).
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=707645 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=707645)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 05, 2014, 07:41:22 PM
Less than 2 hours left until the trade deadline, and there has been a bit of wheelin' & dealin' today. :yep:

OFFICIAL NHL.com trade tracker
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=675589 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=675589)


TSN.ca trade tracker (updates a little faster it's reporters can update more quickly based on where/from whom they get their info)
- http://www.tsn.ca/tradecentre/feature/?id=11986 (http://www.tsn.ca/tradecentre/feature/?id=11986)


EDIT:

/me trying to resist the urge to tease daigong about the goaltending situation in E-town.
:P

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Olympic women's goalie helps out Oilers
Updated: March 5, 2014 3:10 PM | By Chris Purdy

EDMONTON - Canadian women's hockey goaltender Shannon Szabados has gone from winning gold in Sochi to helping out the Edmonton Oilers.

The Team Canada goalie filled in at practice for the National Hockey League team Wednesday while the Oilers waited for Viktor Fasth to arrive after a trade with Anaheim.

Szabados, 27, said she got the invite Tuesday night after fans on Twitter tried to persuade the team to put her on the roster as backup goalie for its game against Ottawa.

"She might be the best goalie to play for us all season," said one tweet under the hashtag #SzabadosForBackup.

"Make history!" said another.

Szabados told reporters she was thrilled by the social media campaign, which trended nationally within an hour.

And although a goalie with the University of Alberta men's team was chosen instead, Szabados said she was just as happy when the Oilers invited her onto their home ice for practice.

"The guys were good about it," she said. "They were chirping me and I was giving it right back to them."

Oilers captain Andrew Ference insisted Szabados change in the team's locker room, she said.

"She's pretty good," said right winger Jordan Eberle. "Once you figure that out, you try and score and put in as many as you can.

"It's great that she could step in and help us out."

Szabados, who lives in Edmonton, became the first woman to play in the Western Hockey League and also helped the Canadian women's hockey team win gold in Vancouver in 2010.

Her parents and husband were on hand at the Oilers practice to cheer her on.

"It was pretty cool," said her father, Gary Szabados.

But he said he doubts that he'll ever get to see his sports star daughter mind net in an NHL game.

"Women's hockey has come a long way, but there's still a lot of old-school thinking out there that the women can't do it."

No woman has ever played in an NHL regular-season game. Manon Rheaume became the first to play in an exhibition game with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 1992

Shannon Szabados agreed that she may never have the experience.

"If I was the last resort, then maybe," she said with a smile.

She admits she's hit the glass ceiling as far as women's hockey goes. And that's OK.

"As a hockey player, you just want to play the highest level possible and playing in Sochi, winning a gold medal, was fun. And taking part in an NHL practice was pretty cool."

Oilers officials were too busy with Wednesday's trade deadline to talk with her after practice, she said, so she's not sure if she'll be invited back.

"If they ever need me again, I'll be here."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://sports.ca.msn.com/top-stories/olympic-womens-goalie-helps-out-oilers-1 (http://sports.ca.msn.com/top-stories/olympic-womens-goalie-helps-out-oilers-1)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 10, 2014, 04:10:05 AM
Deepest condolences to the Stajan family on their loss.

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Matt Stajan on leave from Flames after death of newborn son
By Brian Stubits | Hockey writer
March 9, 2014 5:27 pm ET


Matt Stajan has been out of the lineup for the past four games for the Calgary Flames and no reason was given for his absence until Sunday. The Flames announced the tragic reason why on Sunday; Matt and his wife Katie Stajan have been grieving the loss of their baby boy, Emerson. He passed shortly after his birth on Monday.

Stajan is going to be out indefinitely. The Flames shared the feelings of everybody in their statement.
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   Our thoughts and prayers are with Katie and Matt at this difficult time. We appreciate that everyone has and will continue to respect their privacy during this period.

    A private memorial service will take place in the ensuing days.

It's just the worst possible news, unthinkable really. Absolutely heartbreaking. Best wishes to the Stajans.
LINK - http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/24475255/matt-stajan-on-leave-from-flames-after-death-of-newborn-son (http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/24475255/matt-stajan-on-leave-from-flames-after-death-of-newborn-son)

:prayers:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 24, 2014, 07:20:37 PM
This fan found out the hard way that when he bangs the glass is pretty important. :P

Glass-banging hockey fan knocked down by Hit - Canadiens vs Blue Jackets - March 20, 2014 (HD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHae-jr30X0#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 25, 2014, 06:52:25 PM
So, Captain Andrew Ladd was not with the Jets yesterday when they lost in Dallas. Why? The answer is simple, he was back here in Winnipeg, with his wife, as she gave birth to their 2nd child (a daughter). Now obviously Ladd's presence would have been nice, as he's the type of player that could be/cause the difference between a win and a loss. But, family is family, and it's only natural for, or at the very least not surprising when people (even if they are pro athletes getting paid millions of dollars to play a sport) step away from their job for a short period of time when a situation like this (the birth of a child) occurs. After all, family should come first, right?

Well, apparently not to everyone.  :smhid

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Andrew Ladd blasted for choosing birth of child over Winnipeg Jets game
By Greg Wyshynski | PuckDaddy.com/Yahoo.com

Before Monday, Andrew Ladd had never missed a game for the Winnipeg Jets since it relocated from Atlanta. In his single season as a Thrasher, Ladd missed one out of 82 games. So yeah, the guy’s a gamer.

But the captain missed the Jets’ game at the Dallas Stars on Monday, a frustrating 2-1 loss, because his second child was born on Sunday night: The couple's second child and first daughter.

You probably know where this is going.

There’s pressure on any athlete to time their baby-makin’ around their job, to the point where Roberto Luongo and his wife had a plan to induce labor before the 2008 playoffs. And there’s always going to be some critic that questions a player’s decision to put family first, like when Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk criticized NFL players for mismanagement of “nine-month family expansion activities,” language that confirms he may in fact be an android.

And so it was that Troy Westwood of TSN 1290 in Winnipeg questioned Ladd’s decision to witness the miracle of life on a Sunday and then not show up to join the Jets at the Dallas Stars on a Monday:

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Troy Westwood's Twitter

Baby born last night, healthy, no complications I assume. You as captain don't make game tonight in Dal with playoffs hanging by a thread?
- https://twitter.com/TroyWestwood/statuses/448227756656963584

And...

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Troy Westwood's Twitter
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another person's Twitter

@TroyWestwood life us more important than hockey Troy. Family always comes first.
- https://twitter.com/NotArby_18/status/448227977747116032 (https://twitter.com/NotArby_18/status/448227977747116032)

@NotArby_18 The baby is in this world and healthy. This is pro freakin sports, your team needs you, get to the game.
- https://twitter.com/TroyWestwood/statuses/448233983843659776 (https://twitter.com/TroyWestwood/statuses/448233983843659776)

Now, Westwood isn’t some jock-sniffer. He played 18 years with the Blue Bombers in the CFL, and he gets an eternal pass from criticism for his 2003 reference to Saskatchewanians as “banjo-pickin' inbreds.” He’s speaking as a former pro.

But he’s also speaking as a former pro football player, a sport in which they play significantly fewer games than in the NHL. Joe Flacco missed the birth of his child to play in Week 1 for the Ravens last season, one of 16 games. Ladd is missing one out of 82; and let’s not forget the real context here, which is that the Jets trailed the wild card by six points before last night with 10 games remaining; now, it’s seven and nine games left.

I have zero issue with Ladd or any parent missing a game for the birth of their child. Ultimately, it’s that family’s decision, and the athlete’s willingness to live with that decision – like when Hunter Mahan left the Canadian Open with a two-stroke lead in the final round to witness the birth of his child.

What about the teammates? What about management?

Depends on the situation. I watched Game 7 of the 2010 Bruins/Flyers series, in which Philly rallied from a 3-0 deficit, while holding my newborn daughter in a hospital room. I remember wondering what call I would have made if I was on either team with a baby due that day, or the night before. I also thought about exactly what Westwood pondered, which is the reaction of their teams if a key player voluntarily skipped what was undoubtedly the most important game of the season for it.

But as Alain Vigneault said when Luongo left, briefly, for the birth of his child: "That's more important than any hockey game and we expect him to be there, and that's where he should be.”

Ladd was there for the Jets 72 times this season. He needed to be somewhere else last night.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/andrew-ladd-blasted-for-choosing-birth-of-child-over-jets-game-143350292.html (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/andrew-ladd-blasted-for-choosing-birth-of-child-over-jets-game-143350292.html)


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuro808 on March 27, 2014, 07:53:37 PM
^ he did the right thing, no doubt about it and those who say otherwise don't understand that your family will last longer than your career as an athlete.  Period :lol:

In other news, Americans are still ignorant about hockey XD

http://youtu.be/tK8Qjo7HCIk (http://youtu.be/tK8Qjo7HCIk)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 10, 2014, 04:22:02 AM
So yesterday, after having been eliminated from playoff contention, the Vancouver Canucks took what some believe to be the first step in a changing of the guard:
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Canucks fire GM Mike Gillis a day after being eliminated from playoff contention
Tuesday, 04.08.2014 | The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have fired president and general manager Mike Gillis.

The move comes a day after the team was eliminated from playoff contention.
LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=713267 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=713267)


And then today, they named one of the members of the new guard (and he's one with whom many Canuck fans are familiar):
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Canucks name Linden president of hockey operations
Wednesday, 04.09.2014 | Kevin Woodley - NHL.com Correspondent

VANCOUVER -- Trevor Linden is the face of the Vancouver Canucks again.

Their all-time leader in games played and former captain was introduced as president of hockey operations Wednesday.

Picked second by the Canucks at the 1988 NHL Draft, Linden played 16 of his 19 NHL seasons for Vancouver before retiring in 2008 and having his No. 16 retired. He walked away from the game for six years but never left the city and never stopped cheering for the Canucks.

"I came to Vancouver 26 years ago. I've never left," Linden said. "I love this city. It is my home and the Canucks have always been a big part of my family.

"Part of the reason you love the game as a player is because you love the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. It becomes addictive, and part of the reason I am back is the chance to win and do something special here."

Linden returns to the Canucks in a role that makes him responsible for all hockey operations, including coaching and scouting staffs, player procurement and development, and minor league affiliations and operations. He replaces Mike Gillis, who was fired as general manager and president Tuesday, one day after the Canucks were eliminated from Stanley Cup Playoff contention for the first time since Linden retired.

"We believe in Trevor's leadership abilities," Canucks chairman Francesco Aquilini said. "His 20 years of NHL experience, including seven as team captain … offers a very special skill set, one that will positively shape the direction of this club in the future."

Linden faces some difficult decisions, some of which include former teammates.

First is hiring a general manager, who he will then meet with to decide on the future of coach John Tortorella, who was hired last summer and has four years remaining on his contract.

Linden hopes to have that general manager in place before the 2014 NHL Draft, which will be held June 27-28 in Philadelphia, but wouldn't discuss potential candidates or desirable attributes.

"I have a profile of a manager I like and now it's about putting a candidate list together, and that's a critical path," Linden said. "Gaining permission to speak to certain people can be a challenge, so that's what will affect timing."

Linden met Tortorella briefly for the first time Wednesday morning. The coach has been criticized for a system that doesn't fit the Canucks' skilled but aging core group of players, but Linden was non-committal about style of play, stressing that responsible defensive play doesn't have to come at the expense of goals.

Linden said he had ideas why the Canucks struggled this season, especially offensively, but didn't "think the time is right to get into it." He wants to first meet with the coaches and players after the season ends Sunday.

"The timing of this allows me to fully evaluate the coaching staff," Linden said. "I look forward to sitting down with players and understanding the ins and outs of their issues and their seasons. Next week is going to be critical. Any sort of coaching decision will be made in due time after a thorough evaluation."

Considered a Canucks icon long after he retired and turned his attention to private business ventures that include a fitness chain bearing his name, Linden knows how he is seen in Vancouver will change with his new job.

The legacy that came with captaining the Canucks for seven seasons and leading them to Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Final against the New York Rangers, when he scored both goals in the 3-2 Game 7 loss, is on the line.

Linden no longer will be seen solely as the player who had six 30-goal seasons with the Canucks. His 318 goals, which rank second to Markus Naslund, no longer matter. Nor do his 733 points, which trails Naslund, current captain Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin.

"I've been like the backup quarterback the last few years," Linden said. "Everyone loves the backup quarterback because he hasn't made any mistakes yet. I fully recognize what I am getting into, but I wouldn't want it any other way."

Linden, who also played for the New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens and Washington Capitals before being reacquired by the Canucks in 2001, knows there are people who will question his readiness because he hasn't worked in hockey since retiring.

"My experience comes from playing, no question," said Linden, who was president of the NHL Players' Association for eight years. He mentioned other former players who made similar moves to the front office in recent years.

"I look at colleagues, whether Joe Sakic [Colorado Avalanche executive vice president of hockey operations] or Steve Yzerman [Tampa Bay Lightning general manager] or Cam Neely [Boston Bruins president], who I have spoken to the last few days," Linden said. "You need to surround yourself with good people. It's about building a good team not only on the ice but off the ice too. There will be changes, but I intend to surround myself with good, thoughtful, independent thinkers. That's how we will make the right decisions."

A number of those changes will involve former teammates and friends. Five players were with the Canucks when Linden played his final season, including the Sedins.

"It's impossible to get into that today but I like this core because there are good people there, and they are character players and they deserve the right to be where they are," Linden said. "Having said that, at this juncture there needs to be a full evaluation of how we get better and what that looks like."

No matter how it ends up looking, there will now be a familiar face in charge.

"You don't play 20 years in the National Hockey League and spend your whole life in hockey and not have it in your DNA," Linden said. "I always kind of thought I would be back. I never wanted to work for another organization."
LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=713673 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=713673)

 :thumbsup
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 12, 2014, 05:30:07 AM
Another big-name former NHLer takes a high-profile, executive position. Though in this case, it's more like transferring from one high-profile position to another.
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Maple Leafs name Brendan Shanahan as new team president
Friday, 04.11.2014 | NHL.com

Brendan Shanahan is the new president and alternate governor of the Toronto Maple Leafs, the team announced Friday morning. He will assume his new duties immediately and will be formally introduced during a press conference Monday in Toronto.

He joins the Maple Leafs to oversee all team operations, according to a release from the club.
FULL ARTICLE CONTINUES WHEN YOU CLICK THE LINK (includes video) - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=713926 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=713926)


Now, because of the position that he is leaving to take on this new one, the league has had to set up some temporary measures for the Players Safety Department.
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NHL announces Player Safety procedures for remainder of season and Stanley Cup Playoffs
Friday, 04.11.2014 | NHL Department of Player Safety - NHL.com

NEW YORK -- At the direction of NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, Brendan Shanahan immediately relinquished responsibility for overseeing the League's Department of Player Safety upon accepting the position of President of the Toronto Maple Leafs yesterday afternoon.

Effective with Thursday night's games and for the balance of the regular season and throughout the upcoming Stanley Cup Playoffs, Stephane Quintal assumes the role of conducting hearings and administering supplementary discipline.

The National Hockey League has a first-rate and fully functional team of professionals staffed in the Player Safety Department that will continue to monitor all plays in all games and to flag plays that warrant review and potential discipline. There will be no change in the approach that has been established by the Department of Player Safety and the League will take all steps necessary to ensure a consistent standard of enforcement and application of discipline for the balance of this season.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=714038 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=714038)


And finally, another great player (one that holds a special place in the heart of one fan of Rikass) is calling it a career.
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Oilers' Smyth, 'Captain Canada,' set to retire
Friday, 04.11.2014 | Derek Van Diest

EDMONTON -- Ryan Smyth will play one final game with the Edmonton Oilers before calling it a career.

Smyth announced during a press conference Friday afternoon that the Oilers' game against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night will be his last.

"This is something that was ongoing for a while," Smyth said. "Six or seven months ago, I wanted to see how things go, and as it got close to the end, I knew in my heart it was the right timing. I'm thrilled to see what the next chapter holds for me."
FULL ARTICLE CONTINUES WHEN YOU CLICK THE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=714037 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=714037)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: Masa on April 13, 2014, 03:41:46 PM
Ryan Smyth says goodbye for final time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62AgAct9o0U#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 15, 2014, 04:25:36 AM
And now Nashville will begin looking for it's second Head Coach in team history.  :O

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Trotz out as Predators coach after 15 years
Monday, 04.14.2014 | By John Manasso - NHL.com Correspondent

NASHVILLE -- In what can only be described as a heart-felt love letter to the Nashville Predators and the city he called home for 17 years, Barry Trotz said an emotional goodbye on Monday to the organization that he coached from its inception, a span of 1,196 regular-season games.

"I'm from Dauphin, Manitoba, and I didn't know much about Nashville," Trotz said. "I was in Portland, Maine, working for their minor-league team. I never thought I could find a better place, better people. Come to Nashville, I found out. It's incredible."

Always among the most accommodating and thoughtful coaches in the NHL with the media, Trotz proved no different on a day when general manager David Poile announced that the Predators would seek a new coach after 15 seasons, 557 wins and seven appearances in the Stanley Cup Playoffs under Trotz.

Trotz, who was offered a different job within the organization, said he had "zero ill will" towards the franchise, but that he wants to coach next season and would accept a position if offered one. Poile said he would grant another NHL team permission to talk to Trotz if the Predators are asked.

"I love you all," said Trotz, wearing a shirt with no logo while sitting at the same table where he had presided after postgame press conferences. "I love Nashville, but now I'm going to have to beat you."
FULL ARTICLE LINK (includes video) - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=714642 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=714642)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 16, 2014, 04:09:42 AM
Tonight, at the NHL's offices in Toronto, they held the Lottery for the 2014 NHL Draft. I could spoil it, or you could just click the link and watch the video yourself. :)

VIDEO LINK - http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=604319 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=604319)
ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=715004 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=715004)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 22, 2014, 05:33:58 PM
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You can buy an NHL player's game-worn jock on eBay
Here's your chance to own a very special piece of equipment once worn by Tyler Seguin

April 22, 2014 2:00 PM | By FOX Sports


Have you ever wanted to own an NHL player's game-worn cup?

No?

Yes?

Well, we have good news for those who answered yes. Tyler Seguin's game-worn cup is now for sale on ebay ... and it comes with a certificate of authenticity!
Here are the details on the cup, via the seller's eBay auction page:
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Up for sale is Tyler Seguin's game used cup from his jock strap. Acquired after the Bruins had flopped to the Capitals in the 1st round. The cup was purchased before the annual Bruins equipment sale at Pure Hockey in Medford. My buddy worked at Pure Hockey and manage to set aside a few items. One of the items was the jock strap. The fabric of the jock strap had a nasty sweat smell plus was torn on the side so I threw it out but kept the plastic cup. Purchasing the cup was ment to be a joke. Comes with a COA.
Seguin now plays for the Dallas Stars, which makes this even more of a collector's item.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://sports.ca.msn.com/headlines/you-can-buy-an-nhl-players-game-worn-jock-on-ebay (http://sports.ca.msn.com/headlines/you-can-buy-an-nhl-players-game-worn-jock-on-ebay)

EDIT:
For the record, as of this post, it's still available for anyone interested, it looks like it ended up selling for $250 USD. XD
- http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOSTON-BRUINS-TYLER-SEGUINS-JOCK-STRAP-/221420334398 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/BOSTON-BRUINS-TYLER-SEGUINS-JOCK-STRAP-/221420334398) (pics are included in the eBay posting)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 27, 2014, 08:48:30 AM
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Capitals fire Oates as coach, won't renew GM McPhee
Saturday, 04.26.2014 | By Adam Vingan - NHL.com Correspondent

WASHINGTON -- Displeased with the direction the Washington Capitals were trending, owner Ted Leonsis and president Dick Patrick let go of general manager George McPhee and coach Adam Oates.

The Capitals announced the changes Saturday following a two-week organizational investigation. Leonsis and Patrick met with McPhee and Oates on Thursday before making their final decision late Friday.

"It came down honestly to, after all of the work that we did and the due diligence for Dick and I, to sit down and say, 'Do we think this team with this leadership can compete for and win a Stanley Cup going into next season?' And our answer was obviously no," Leonsis said Saturday. "That's why we made the change."

McPhee's contract was not renewed, ending his nearly 17-year tenure with the Capitals. He was the third-longest tenured general manager in the NHL behind Lou Lamoriello of the New Jersey Devils and Jim Rutherford of the Carolina Hurricanes.

During that time, McPhee oversaw a rebuild that revived a downtrodden franchise and established Washington as a regular-season juggernaut. From 2007-08 to 2012-13, the Capitals won the Southeast Division five times and the Presidents' Trophy in 2009-10.

Those regular-season results never translated into Stanley Cup Playoff success. Washington reached the 1998 Stanley Cup Final in McPhee's first season, but has yet to advance past the second round since.

The Capitals' postseason streak ended this season at six, which was enough for ownership to make a change.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=716604 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=716604)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 10, 2014, 08:47:12 PM
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Icethetics blog - Original Canucks logo designer tells his story
April 29, 2014

The Vancouver Canucks treated us to a great video today with the story of how the original 1970 logo came about.

Former graphic designer Joe Borovich is interviewed in the three-minute video about his timeless contribution to the franchise.
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    When I first designed the logo I was a graphic designer. I'm retired now. But at the time I was freelancing on my own. I was a hockey fan all my life and then in 1969 I heard rumors that the Canucks were coming into the NHL.

    With that in mind, I decided to take some time and come up with a logo and see if I could submit it.

    When you do a logo, they indicate that you should try and bring in the initial of the company and also what they do. I ended up with the initial "C" for Canucks — although a lot of people didn't see it initially — made up of the overall shape of the hockey rink with a stick going through making the "C." And of course the stick is the tool they use so I had three components there.

    I worked about a week on this situation. I came up with the stick in the rink and then I applied it to the uniforms. I decided on blue and green and white. Then I took it to the Canucks office.
The Canucks resurrected Borovich's original logo and uniform design for a few nights during the team's 40th anniversary in 2010.

A modernized version of the logo has been in use on the Canucks' uniforms since 2007.

By the way, I have to credit the video producer for acknowledging the club's hilarious variety of visual identities right off the bat, saying: "Canuck fans have have quite a selection of team logos and uniforms to cheer for over the years."

That they have.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.icethetics.co/blog/2014/4/29/original-canucks-logo-designer-tells-his-story (http://www.icethetics.co/blog/2014/4/29/original-canucks-logo-designer-tells-his-story)

Designing the first Canucks logo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPCBFcT2kIc#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 17, 2014, 06:03:01 AM
And then there were 4...

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/en/v3/ext/bracket_challenge/2014-SCP-Bracket-Rd1.pdf (http://www.nhl.com/nhl/en/v3/ext/bracket_challenge/2014-SCP-Bracket-Rd1.pdf)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 02, 2014, 07:01:05 AM
Finals are set.
http://www.nhl.com/nhl/en/v3/ext/bracket_challenge/2014-SCP-Bracket-Rd1.pdf (http://www.nhl.com/nhl/en/v3/ext/bracket_challenge/2014-SCP-Bracket-Rd1.pdf)


Thing is......best case scenario, I wanted a Chicago VS Montreal final. If I had only gotten one out of two, I could've lived with it. As it stands, I got neither, so now I don't know who to cheer for when the finals start on Wednesday.
 :banghead:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 14, 2014, 06:55:11 AM
And the Kings take it in 5 (KT will be happy for sure :P ). And when I say 5, I don't just mean the fact that they won the series in 5 games, but also that the goal that clinched it was scored in the 5th overtime period of the series.
:dizzy:

See the winning goal here: http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=35&id=625243 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=35&id=625243)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on June 14, 2014, 08:30:53 PM
I called it, I'm sure.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 14, 2014, 11:26:30 PM
Yay! The Kings won! I think I'll just go out with these ass enhancers and ...

(http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--1bjScI_3--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/767651774763800718.gif)
Video - http://deadspin.com/woman-walking-on-staples-center-ice-eats-it-on-live-tv-1590864785 (http://deadspin.com/woman-walking-on-staples-center-ice-eats-it-on-live-tv-1590864785)
:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 25, 2014, 04:09:03 AM
2014 Hall of Fame inductees have been decided! Congrats to all that made it in!  :thumbsup


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Blake, Forsberg, Hasek, Modano lead 2014 Hall of Fame class
Monday, 06.23.2014 | By Corey Masisak - NHL.com Staff Writer

Two of the most talented European-born players to play in the NHL highlight the Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2014, which was announced Monday.

Goaltender Dominik Hasek of the Czech Republic and Swedish center Peter Forsberg were joined by American center Mike Modano, along with defenseman Rob Blake, coach Pat Burns and referee Bill McCreary.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=723505 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=723505) (includes video)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 27, 2014, 11:06:41 PM
This year's NHL draft is just a couple of hours away, and like last summer, the Canucks find themselves doing a fair bit of wheelin' and dealin'.

Ducks acquire center Ryan Kesler from Canucks (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=724128)
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=724128 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=724128)


Lightning acquire defenseman Garrison from Canucks (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=724130)
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=724130 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=724130)


Rangers send Dorsett to Canucks for third-round pick (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=724141)
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=724141 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=724141)


EDIT:
FOLLOW THE DRAFT AS IT HAPPENS HERE - http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftsearch.htm (http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftsearch.htm)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 01, 2014, 06:50:50 PM
For Canadians, today is Canada Day. For NHL fans, it's FREE AGENT FRENZY DAY!

FULL LIST OF FREE AGENTS - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=724639 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=724639)


Click here (frequently refreshing) to
a) keep track of the free agent signings that happen
- http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?id=25880 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?id=25880)
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=724642 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=724642)
* current biggie is Paul Statsny leaving Colorado and signing a 4-year/$28M deal with St.Louis (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=456161) (something tells me T.J. Oshie will be happy with this one).

or

b) monitor any trades that happen today
- www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=723471 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=723471)
* current biggie for this is Ottawa dealing Spezza to Dallas (http://www.tsn.ca/tradecentre/story/?id=456146)


EDIT: it's official, Ryan Miller signs a 3-year/$18M deal with Vancouver - http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=456177 (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=456177)

EDIT 2: Looks like the biggest overall deal today will be Matt Niskanen's 7 year/$40M+ deal with the Capitals. Over $500 million worth of new contract deals has been spent today, and it's only the first day of free agency.  :shocked
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on July 08, 2014, 07:51:58 AM
I met James Reimer's mom today. Cool lady.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 24, 2014, 02:33:27 AM
So they both recently signed contract extensions worth over $80 million dollars each, so how do Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane celebrate?

Duh......dance off. :lol:

2014 Blackhawks Convention :: Jonathan Toews/Patrick Kane Dance-Off (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEUI-8mhric#ws)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 02, 2014, 06:51:09 PM
:finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland:

January 11, 2015 - Teemu Tribute Night (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXSHLio_u-w#ws)

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Ducks to retire Selanne's No. 8 on Jan. 11 vs. Jets
Friday, 08.01.2014

The Anaheim Ducks will retire Teemu Selanne's No. 8 prior to their home game against the Winnipeg Jets on Jan. 11, the team announced Friday.

"Teemu is our franchise icon and deserves to be the first player in club history to have his jersey retired," Ducks owners Henry and Susan Samueli said in a statement. "His dedication to this franchise and our community is unmatched. We eagerly anticipate Jan. 11, when we pay tribute to a world-class player, ambassador and champion, our own Teemu Selanne."

Selanne began his NHL career in 1992-93 by setting NHL rookie records with 76 goals and 132 points with the original Jets (now the Arizona Coyotes). But he spent the majority of his career in Anaheim, where he had the other two 50-goal seasons of his career, scoring 51 in 1996-97 and 52 in 1997-98.

"What a great honor," Selanne said in a statement issued by the Ducks. "The Samuelis and the entire Ducks organization have made this a very special place for me and my family. I look forward to sharing this special night with our fans, who have treated me so well for 18 years."

Selanne spent his last nine seasons with Anaheim and had 48 goals in 2006-07, when the Ducks won their only Stanley Cup. He had nine goals and 27 points in 64 games last season and finished his NHL career with 684 goals and 1,457 points in 1,451 regular-season games.

He is 11th on the NHL all-time list for goals, 15th in points, third in power-play goals (255) and tied for third in game-winning goals (110).

Selanne is Anaheim's all-time leader in almost every offensive category, including goals (457), assists (531), points (988), plus/minus (plus-120), games (966), power-play goals (182), game-winning goals (77), overtime goals (6) and shots (2,964). He is the franchise leader in Stanley Cup Playoff goals (35), power-play goals (15), game-winning goals (8 ), shots (274) and games (96).

He helped Finland win one silver medal and three bronze medals in the Winter Olympics.

The Ducks will reveal more information about "Teemu Tribute Night" at a later date.
LINKS
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=727667 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=727667)
- http://www.anaheimducks.com/teemutribute (http://www.anaheimducks.com/teemutribute)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 08, 2014, 09:16:47 PM
MSN Sports - Canucks' Green Men retiring at end of the season (http://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nhl/canucks-green-men-retiring-at-end-of-the-season/ar-AA73LHu)
- http://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nhl/canucks-green-men-retiring-at-end-of-the-season/ar-AA73LHu (http://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nhl/canucks-green-men-retiring-at-end-of-the-season/ar-AA73LHu)

 :(
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 20, 2014, 04:29:06 PM
With the recent talk of the NHL possibly expanding/moving a team to Las Vegas:

Pros and Cons: Las Vegas Getting a Hockey Team (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB32KE9TgPM#ws)


:)


EDIT: Dafook?!?!?  :shocked

theScore.ca - Report: Blue Jackets' Jack Johnson to declare bankruptcy (http://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nhl/report-blue-jackets-jack-johnson-to-declare-bankruptcy/ar-BBeQELn)
- http://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nhl/report-blue-jackets-jack-johnson-to-declare-bankruptcy/ar-BBeQELn (http://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nhl/report-blue-jackets-jack-johnson-to-declare-bankruptcy/ar-BBeQELn)


A couple more reports on this story:

ESPN.com - Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/11908361/columbus-blue-jackets-d-jack-johnson-files-bankruptcy-parents-reportedly-blame)
- http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/11908361/columbus-blue-jackets-d-jack-johnson-files-bankruptcy-parents-reportedly-blame (http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/11908361/columbus-blue-jackets-d-jack-johnson-files-bankruptcy-parents-reportedly-blame)


Blind-sided: Blue Jackets’ Jack Johnson is bankrupt; who led him there is biggest shocker (http://bluejacketsxtra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2014/11/20/blind-sided.html)
- http://bluejacketsxtra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2014/11/20/blind-sided.html (http://bluejacketsxtra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2014/11/20/blind-sided.html)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 03, 2014, 04:58:51 AM
While it's cool that we'll be able to continue to see him play this season...it's going to be weird to see him wearing colors other than red, white and black (be it a Devils jersey or a Team Canada jersey). Personally, I'd love to see him reach 700 wins (he only needs 12 to do so).


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Brodeur signs one-year contract with Blues
Tuesday, 12.02.2014

HAZELWOOD, Mo. -- Martin Brodeur said he had no intention of retiring, even if it meant sitting out the entire 2014-15 season.

The 42-year-old, who had spent his entire 21-season career with the New Jersey Devils and holds nearly all NHL goaltending records, will resume his career with the St. Louis Blues after agreeing Tuesday to a one-year contract worth a pro-rated base pay of $700,000.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=741941 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=741941)
VIDEO INTERVIEW LINK - http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=688255 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=688255)



And obviously, he's going to need a new helmet to go with his new contract. Familiar artwork/design on the sides and chin, with a new/different logo on the forehead and overall colour scheme.
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Brodeur's new lid. Coming soon.
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip07752.jpg)
- https://twitter.com/StLouisBlues/status/539854464241238016 (https://twitter.com/StLouisBlues/status/539854464241238016)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 04, 2014, 06:02:51 PM
Firstly...R.I.P. Mr. Beliveau.
VIDEO LINK - http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=689181 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=689181)

:prayers: :prayers: :prayers: :prayers: :prayers: :prayers: :prayers: :prayers: :prayers:


Secondly...
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Alfredsson announces retirement after 18 seasons
Thursday, 12.04.2014

Citing persistent back issues, Daniel Alfredsson announced his retirement Thursday after 18 NHL seasons.

Alfredsson spent 17 of his 18 seasons with the Ottawa Senators, and made the announcement at Canadian Tire Centre.

"Last year my body began to complain once more," Alfredsson said. "The old injuries and hard work to recover began again. I worked hard to play another year [but] three weeks ago I decided to retire."

The 41-year-old forward spent last season with the Detroit Red Wings, and was trying to play another season with the Red Wings, but persistent back pain wouldn't allow that to happen.

Alfredsson signed a ceremonial one-day agreement with the Senators on Thursday, and will skate during the warmups before the Senators play the New York Islanders.

He leaves the game 51st all-time in NHL scoring with 1,157 points and 60th with 444 goals. He's also second among all Sweden-born players in League history in goals and points, and third in games played (1,246).

Alfredsson is the Senators' all-time leader in games played (1,178), goals (426), assists (682) and points (1,108). He also leads Ottawa in the same categories in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He was Ottawa's captain for 13 seasons (1999-2013); in that span the Senators made the playoffs 11 times, including a trip to the 2007 Stanley Cup Final.

"Without question Daniel has been the greatest player that this city has ever seen," Senators owner Eugene Melnyk said.

More to come.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=742398 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=742398)
VIDEO LINK - http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=690099 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=690099)



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Daniel Alfredsson's retirement speech
Thursday, 12.04.2014

OTTAWA - Daniel Alfredsson on Thursday morning donned his old Ottawa Senators No. 11 jersey and announced his retirement from the NHL. Here is his speech in its entirety:

"One evening nearly 20 years ago a young man in a small town in Sweden got a phone call that would change his life. It was an invitation to play hockey in Canada. I had never been to North America, I had a young girlfriend, Bibbi, and it was a long way from Goteborg to Ottawa. But we made the leap. We began an incredible new chapter of our lives in your town starting in August 1995. Our marvellous boys were born here, and we grew from youngsters into aging parents. You made your town our town. Thank you.

"It was an incredible experience to play hockey with so many great players, so many great friends over so many great seasons. I really realize that I'm a very lucky guy. Even more important to me than my time on the ice was my time in our city, meeting new people, making new friends, watching my boys grow, and most of all beginning a campaign to help change attitudes towards those struggling with mental illness. My work with the Royal Ottawa Hospital has been another high point in my life. Whatever I gave has been more than repaid in seeing the changes beginning to happen and some of the lives that I have touched. It is still an important part of my life and will continue to be so.

"Some of you may remember nearly four years ago now, my body started sending me signals that all these years of hockey had a cost. My back began to act up, and I began to have the kind of issues bodies develop after years of physical work. I worked hard to fight it off and I got some great help along the way and I got another two great seasons in Ottawa and a third one last year. But in the back of my mind, I still knew that the clock is ticking. Then on a Saturday morning two summers ago, I got another phone call from an old Swedish pal of mine. This call started a process that would launch the next chapter in our lives. It was a very, very hard decision to make: changing teams, uproot my family, start over again in a new place. But change helps you grow. New experiences are as important when you're young, like my children, as they were for me at 22 or even today. We've had a great year in Detroit: new friends, a new team, new adventures. Thank you Detroit.

"I've grown and learned a lot in the past 18 months. I realize that you never stop learning, especially when you're open to new beginnings and new chapters. Then last season my body began to complain once more. The old injury and the hard work of recovery began all over again. I worked hard to rehab my back this summer so I could play another year. However, about three weeks ago I realized it's time to retire. It's another hard decision. Then I got another important phone call from Ottawa. Bryan said he and Mr. Melnyk had spoken and had an idea that I should not end my career in Detroit but with a proper retirement here in our adopted hometown. I spoke with Ken Holland about my retirement and that Bryan and Mr. Melnyk wanted me to retire as an Ottawa Senator, and Ken encouraged me to retire here. He said it's the right thing to do.

"I was taken aback by this offer. I never believed that my career entitled me to any special treatment. However Bibbi and I both agreed this was the right thing to do and it would give us a chance to say thank you to the people and the fans of Ottawa. So here we are. Today I officially retire as an Ottawa Senator and another new chapter will begin tonight as we say goodbye to Ottawa. The future may hold some role for me in hockey again, but not this year. This is one for my family, for my own life and for reflecting on where we've been and deciding on what's next. For now I'm just very grateful for this opportunity to say thank you and goodbye, and please no more phone calls for a while.

"Let me just say thank you to Ottawa, to the Sens, to the Sens fans and especially to Mr. Melnyk, thank you. And to Bryan. I really appreciate this. Merci et a bientot. Thank you."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=742435 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=742435)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 08, 2014, 08:03:58 PM
Not entirely sure, is this the first coach firing this season?


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Senators fire Paul MacLean as coach
Monday, 12.08.2014

The Ottawa Senators on Monday fired coach Paul MacLean. No replacement was immediately announced.

General manager Bryan Murray will address the media at 2:30 p.m. ET.

MacLean was in his fourth season with the Senators, who are 11-11-5 and in 10th place in the Eastern Conference.

MacLean won the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year in 2013 after the Senators went 25-17-6 in the shortened 2012-13 season. They defeated the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs before losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round.

The Senators missed the playoffs last season.

MacLean had a 114-90-35 record in the regular season and 8-9 in the playoffs.

More to come.
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=742991 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=742991)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 13, 2014, 06:46:48 PM
The guy/group that's trying to get a franchise in Las Vegas has set up a website.
- http://lasvegas-hockey.com/ (http://lasvegas-hockey.com/)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 15, 2014, 07:45:05 PM
Quote
Oilers fire Eakins; MacTavish reportedly interim coach
Monday, 12.15.2014

The Edmonton Oilers on Monday fired coach Dallas Eakins.

General manager Craig MacTavish will replace Eakins on an interim basis, according to a TSN report, and Todd Nelson, the coach of the Oilers' American Hockey League affiliate, the Oklahoma City Barons, will join the NHL staff as an assistant or associate coach.

MacTavish will address the media at 1:45 p.m. ET.

The Oilers lost 2-0 to the New York Rangers on Sunday. They entered the week 30th in the League standings with 19 points; their seven wins are the fewest in the League. They're 29th in the League in scoring at 2.10 goals per game, and 29th in goals-against at 3.32 goals allowed per game.

Edmonton plays the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday in Glendale, Ariz.

Since winning back-to-back games in early November, the Oilers are 1-11-4, including an 11-game losing streak.

In his second season with the Oilers, Eakins is 36-63-14.

Eakins arrived in Edmonton after four seasons as coach of the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League. In 2012 he guided the Marlies to the Calder Cup Final. He also coached in two AHL all-star games.

MacTavish, who captained the team as a player, previously coached the Oilers for eight seasons (2000-09). He made the Stanley Cup Playoffs twice in that span, including a trip to the 2006 Stanley Cup Final.
LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=744116 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=744116)


With all due respect to the organization, we all know that the Oilers' problems are more than just ineffective coaching. It's become pretty obvious that you cannot build a successful team just be getting the #1 draft pick for 3 years in a row.  There are going to have to be a lot more changes made other than just bringing in a new coach to get this team turned around and winning again.



EDIT: They've now re-written the story, but kept the same link as the first "version" of it that I posted earlier today.

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Oilers fire Eakins; Nelson eventually to take over
Monday, 12.15.2014

EDMONTON -- The Edmonton Oilers have made another coaching change, firing Dallas Eakins on Monday after 113 games in parts of two seasons.

General manager Craig MacTavish will take over as interim coach as a transition for Todd Nelson, who has been promoted from Edmonton's American Hockey League affiliate in Oklahoma City. Nelson eventually will take over on an interim basis until the end of the season.

MacTavish said the rest of the coaching staff remains intact for the time being.

"I really feel the same way now as I did when I hired [Eakins]," MacTavish said. "He's an excellent coach. I was happy with a lot of things. I had no real good reason to do this outside of performance. That's really the bottom line that we're all judged by, is the performance level of the hockey club and certainly the record. I would point to those things solely as the reason for this change."

The Oilers (7-19-5) are last in the NHL standings and have lost 15 of their past 16 games. A 2-0 loss to the New York Rangers on Sunday left the Oilers 29th in the League in scoring at 2.10 goals per game, and 29th in goals-against at 3.32 goals allowed per game.

Eakins leaves with a 36-63-14 record in Edmonton. He had been hired in summer of 2013 after a successful four-season stint as coach of the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League.

Since MacTavish was fired after the 2008-09 season, Nelson will become the sixth coach, following Pat Quinn, Tom Renney, Ralph Krueger, Eakins and MacTavish.

"There is blood all over my hands in this too as well, because I put the lineup together and the roster," MacTavish said. "I'm not here to absolve myself of accountability for the situation that we're in. Nor am I here to solely blame Dallas for the job that he did, because in my mind he did a lot of good things for our group.

"This group had a long way to go. I think he brought them a significant distance as the bulk and the core of this group matures and gets their game to a level of maturity that would allow us to have more success than we've had now. But it's just the compounding of the losses that led me to this decision."

Nelson, 45, was in his fifth season with Oklahoma City. He will join the Oilers in time for the game Tuesday at the Arizona Coyotes.

"He will join me as I transition the team and the responsibilities of the team over to Todd," MacTavish said. "I know the personnel well so I want to help Todd in that transition. I want to be clear in my messaging to the players. I want to get into the trenches. I think I have a very good idea and understanding of what the dynamic is there, but I want to get my hands on it for a short period of time and then I will transition back over to Todd. Todd will remain as interim coach for the remainder of the year."

Nelson guided the Barons to a 15-6-2 record this season. He made the AHL playoffs in all four of his full seasons in Oklahoma City.

MacTavish did not give a timeline for when he would step aside and turn over the coaching duties exclusively to Nelson. MacTavish said he is confident Nelson will be able to handle an NHL coaching job despite not having previous experience as a head coach in the League. He previous spent two seasons (2008-10) as an assistant coach with the Atlanta Thrashers.

"I think he can, otherwise we wouldn't be making this move right now," MacTavish said. "We understand the concerns and we want to leave the door open and the flexibility of making a decision at the end of the year. That philosophy and strategy is fairly clear in my mind."

Outside of coaching, MacTavish said the entire organization will continue to undergo evaluation. The Oilers have not been to the Stanley Cup Playoffs since losing Game 7 of the 2006 Stanley Cup Final to the Carolina Hurricanes.

"My superiors continue to evaluate me, we'll evaluate our scouting staff," MacTavish said. "We've got to make changes. To think that this is just a coaching issue is naive; it's rooted deeper than that and we have to get to the core of it. And we will."
LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=744116 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=744116)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 17, 2014, 06:17:26 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen...the longest shootout in NHL history (as of this post, anyway :P ).
- http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=701947 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=701947)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 27, 2014, 08:41:27 PM
Aaaaaaaand the coaches keep falling...

NHL.com - Devils fire Peter DeBoer as coach (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=745687)
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=745687 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=745687)


NHL.com - Devils name Oates, Stevens to replace DeBoer (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=745729)
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=745729 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=745729)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 07, 2015, 04:01:51 AM
I'm starting to hear Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE).

NHL.com - Maple Leafs fire Randy Carlyle as coach (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=747317)
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=747317 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=747317)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 09, 2015, 04:54:38 AM
Some more positive news for once.


For anyone not in the know, this coming Sunday (2015.01.11) is "Teemu Tribute Night" in the city of Anaheim, CA. That day, the Anaheim Ducks will play the Winnipeg Jets, and in a special ceremony, the Ducks will pay homage to Teemu Selanne and retire his number 8. :finland:

Ducks.NHL.com - Selanne Reflects on His Career, Looks Ahead to Sunday Night (http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=747763)
- http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=747763 (http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=747763)



Among the current Ducks roster, goalie Frederick Andersen, who was teammates with Selanne during the last 2 seasons of the latter's career, has elected to do his own personal tribute by having a special, one-time goalie mask made for just this game. The mask will be auctioned off after the game.

Ducks.NHL.com - Freddie's Tribute to Teemu (http://ducks.nhl.com/club/blogpost.htm?id=35722)
- http://ducks.nhl.com/club/blogpost.htm?id=35722 (http://ducks.nhl.com/club/blogpost.htm?id=35722)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuno_thunder on January 09, 2015, 09:24:45 AM
Hopefully MTS Centre will be good enough to hold some IIHF tournaments soon.

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/Kuno_Thunder/10896974_796870503741301_6590212983738624087_n_zps04a84492.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 12, 2015, 12:44:31 AM
So the NHL recently unveiled the jerseys that would be worn for the 2014-2015 All-Star Game.

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip07824.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip07823.jpg)
VIDEO LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=747809 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=747809)
PICTURE GALLERY LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/gallerylanding.htm?id=50912 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/gallerylanding.htm?id=50912)



*sigh*
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip06698.png)
Looking at them overall, the black ones aren't that bad, but I personally don't care for the bright neon green. The chrome/stainless-steel look for the logo is cool.

As for the white jersey, well, it just looks like a plain practice jersey. When the players wearing that are actually on the ice, it's going to be like the old Winnipeg Jets with the home jerseys they had in the early 1990's (LINK HERE (http://www.nhluniforms.com/Jets/Jets3.html)), the jerseys have so much white and only a scant amount of "accent colour", that they'll blend in with the white ice and all we're gonna see are sets of moving pants and floating heads.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 12, 2015, 03:24:25 AM
:finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland:

Ducks raise Selanne's jersey up to the rafters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nBrRUs6YxM#ws)

:finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland: TEEMU!! :finland:


When it's about Teemu, you bet your ass it's gonna be a new post. 8)2
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 21, 2015, 04:33:34 PM
Well, there be a lot of annoyed/pissed off 'Peggers today.
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Winnipeg Heritage Classic postponed until 2016
Mike Johnston | January 20, 2015, 6:44 PM

A proposed Heritage Classic game that would take place at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg during the 2015-16 NHL season has been postponed.

The Winnipeg Jets [and Winnipeg Blue Bombers] released the following statement Tuesday:
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“True North Sports & Entertainment Limited and the Winnipeg Football Club, along with the National Hockey League, would like to formally announce that they were unable to finalize a date to hold the Heritage Classic at Investor’s Group Field during the 2015-16 NHL season. All parties are very hopeful that a date can be secured early in the 2016-17 NHL Season and will continue working toward that objective. The game will be an exciting celebration of hockey in our province and our city, one which both True North and the Bombers look forward to hosting at a time which works for all parties involved.”
The NHL reportedly plans to unveil its full slate of outdoor games for 2016 during the NHL All-Star Game festivities in Columbus this weekend. A Winter Classic at Gillette Stadium between the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens, plus two Stadium Series games that will be played in Denver and Minnesota are expected to be announced and the Winnipeg Heritage Classic was also thought to be among those announcements.

However, the 2015 Grey Cup takes place Nov. 29 at Investors Group Field and that was a main point of discussion between the parties that resulted in the postponement. According to the Winnipeg Free Press, who first reported the story, the NHL wanted the Heritage Classic to take place in late December 2015, but the Winnipeg Blue Bombers – who play their home games at Investors Group Stadium – were concerned that having the outdoor game so close to the Grey Cup could detract from or overshadow the CFL’s most important weekend and potentially affect ticket sales and corporate sponsorship.

According to the Press, True North Sports & Entertainment, the Blue Bombers and the NHL are now targeting some time in December 2016 for the Winnipeg Heritage Classic.
- http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/winnipeg-heritage-classic-postponed-until-2016/ (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/winnipeg-heritage-classic-postponed-until-2016/)

CARBON-COPY OFFICIAL STATEMENTS FROM THE WINNIPEG JETS AND WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS:
- http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=749586 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=749586)
- http://www.bluebombers.com/article/statement-regarding-heritage-classic (http://www.bluebombers.com/article/statement-regarding-heritage-classic)


TL;DR - Winnipeg will not be getting the 2015 Heritage Classic game because the NHL wanted to have it in December 2015 and the Blue Bombers were worried/scared that having it then would/could cause a drop in ticket sales for the 2015 Grey Cup, which we're hosting the previous month (i.e. in November 2015). The Bombers asked if the Heritage Classic could be bumped to January or February 2016, but the NHL doesn't want that due to weather (January is hella cold here, and so the NHL doesn't want to have an outdoor game then) and the All-Star Game (February). So now we'll likely have to wait until the 2016-2017 season to get it.



Now, looking at it from a business POV, I can totally understand why the Bombers would be concerned. I personally don't think that they should be, but hell, it's not like they're gonna budge anytime soon. A lot of hockey fans here in Peg Sheety are gonna be whining/bitching about this for a few days (or even weeks), and in all likelihood the Bombers are going to get a lot of flack for this.  But hey, at least the game (the Heritage Classic) is only being postponed and not totally cancelled. As long as we still get the game, I personally don't mind waiting until the 2016-2017 season for it.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 04, 2015, 06:13:38 AM
Neat idea. Quite a few of them actually look really good.  :)2

Icethetics.com - NHL Soccer Crossover (Uniforms) (http://www.icethetics.co/concepts/2014/9/21/nhl-soccer-crossover)
- http://www.icethetics.co/concepts/2014/9/21/nhl-soccer-crossover (http://www.icethetics.co/concepts/2014/9/21/nhl-soccer-crossover)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 12, 2015, 06:28:03 AM
Holy shit, the Jets actually pulled off a significant trade.  :O2

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Winnipeg Jets trade of Evander Kane addresses current, future needs
Wednesday, 02.11.2015

The Buffalo Sabres and Winnipeg Jets started the run-up to the 2015 NHL Trade Deadline with a bang Wednesday, completing a blockbuster trade that sends forward Evander Kane and defenseman Zach Bogosian to the Buffalo Sabres for a package that includes defenseman Tyler Myers, forward Drew Stafford, two prospects and a first-round pick.

"It’s nice to go somewhere where you feel wanted and you feel that they want to put you in a situation to have success," Kane told Pierre LeBrun of ESPN.com.

Buffalo holds three first-round picks in the 2015 NHL Draft. The Sabres have previously acquired first-round picks in this draft from the New York Islanders and the St. Louis Blues. Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff said the Sabres will decide which pick is transferred to complete the trade.

"This was not a knee-jerk reaction," Cheveldayoff said, noting there was strong interest in Kane from several teams. "I'm excited what this trade brings to our organization. … I feel good with the 'now,' but I’m really excited about the prospects of the future in this whole deal."
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=752865 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=752865)

VIDEO LINKS
- http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=749986 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=749986)
- http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=749985 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=749985)


Sorry to see Bogo leave. Sure he's struggled offensively this year, but he's been pretty solid defensively, not to mention a strong physical presence, which is really what you want from a defencemen.


And Kane, try not to slip on your wet tracksuit on the way out.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 13, 2015, 02:27:30 AM
LULZ, Byfuglien...
https://twitter.com/HockeyWebCast/status/565981781707718658

:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 28, 2015, 08:29:06 PM
With the 2014-2015 trade deadline is coming up soon (this coming Monday, as a matter of fact), teams are gettin' busy...

2014-2015 Trade Trackers:
NHL.com - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=738676 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=738676)
TSN.ca - http://www.tsn.ca/tradecentre/trades (http://www.tsn.ca/tradecentre/trades)
Sportsnet.ca - http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl-trades/trade-tracker/ (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl-trades/trade-tracker/)
ESPN.com - http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/page/tradetrackernhl/2014-15-nhl-trade-tracker (http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/page/tradetrackernhl/2014-15-nhl-trade-tracker)



EDIT: And it's always nice to get those "hit ya in the hockey feels" type of stories. :)

NHL.com - Jiri Tlusty reunites with countrymen Michael Frolik, Ondrej Pavelec upon trade to Winnipeg Jets (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=755524)
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=755524 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=755524)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 11, 2015, 02:47:17 AM
I guess this was a "if people who knew nothing about the NHL had to name the teams based on their logos" kinda thing.  :lol:

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip08029.jpg)
- https://www.pinterest.com/pin/510032726525671794/ (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/510032726525671794/)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 13, 2015, 12:42:22 AM
Well, it's going to be crowded at MTS Centre next year:

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True North relocates AHL franchise to Winnipeg
Thursday, 03.12.2015

True North Sports & Entertainment Limited, in conjunction with the American Hockey League, today announced plans to relocate the AHL affiliate of the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club from St. John’s, NL to Winnipeg, MB for the beginning of the 2015-16 hockey season.

Stay tuned for WinnipegJets.com for more, including comments from Jets General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff.
- http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=757779 (http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=757779)


Moving the AHL affiliate was something that the Jets and True North had been looking to do for at least a couple of years now. The logistics of sending/recalling players back and forth over such a large distance evidently was a real pain. This move is only going to be temporary (maybe just a season or two) until True North can find another, closer location to have the AHL team. There's already talk of resurrecting the "Manitoba Moose" name for them while they're here (so then we'd have the Jets 2.0 in the same building as the Moose 2.0). :lol:


Fortunately for the people of St. John's, they're not going to be completely screwed over:
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AHL announces franchise transactions
March 12, 2015

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews announced today that the league’s Board of Governors has unanimously approved the following:
  • The transfer of ownership of the Hamilton Bulldogs franchise to Club de Hockey Canadien Inc., owners of the National Hockey League’s Montreal Canadiens.
  • The relocation of that franchise from Hamilton, Ont., to St. John’s, N.L., beginning with the 2015-16 season.
  • The relocation of the AHL franchise owned by True North Sports & Entertainment Ltd., owners of the National Hockey League’s Winnipeg Jets, from St. John’s, N.L., to Winnipeg, Man., beginning with the 2015-16 season.

Division alignments and schedule formats for the 2015-16 season will be determined by the Board of Governors at a later date.
- http://theahl.com/ahl-announces-franchise-transactions-p196769 (http://theahl.com/ahl-announces-franchise-transactions-p196769)

Basically, the St. John's IceCaps name will still exist since it is owned by their current team president Danny Williams, however it will be composed of the team that is currently (soon to be formerly) known as the Hamilton Bulldogs. This second version of the IceCaps (IceCaps 2.0 :P ) will also only be a temporary arrangement, because the Montreal Canadiens, like the Jets, wanted to have their AHL affiliate geographically closer to make player transfers easier. As such, they have already begun construction on a new arena for their AHL affiliate in the town of Laval, Quebec. So like the Moose 2.0, the IceCaps 2.0 will only be in St. John's for a season or two, during which time Danny Williams and the rest of the current IceCaps front office will have a chance to seek out yet another team to come to St. John's after IceCaps 2.0 move to Laval.

Confused yet?
:dizzy:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 16, 2015, 09:23:24 PM
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NHL to Las Vegas looking more like a done deal
JAMES MIRTLE | The Globe and Mail
Published Monday, Mar. 16 2015, 12:43 PM EDT
Last updated Monday, Mar. 16 2015, 2:37 PM EDT



All signs are pointing to the NHL expanding into Las Vegas in the near future, perhaps even in time for the 2016-17 season.

One of the first hurdles for the Vegas ownership group was a season ticket drive this spring, with the goal set to get 10,000 commitments in the form a 10-per-cent deposit.

One month into the campaign, they’ve already passed the 9,000 mark – and are gaining steadily.

“[We’re selling] between 125 and 180 tickets a day,” Bill Foley, who would own 80 per cent of the Vegas franchise, told KLAS-TV. “So everyone can do the math. We’re really on our way. They’re selling.

“We’re proving the point to the league and to everyone in hockey-land that Las Vegas is hockey ready. It’s going to be a lot of fun, and we’re going to have really good teams. Really good teams.”

So look out Los Angeles Kings…

The first big key to the Vegas franchise had been getting an arena built, but that process is well underway. The $375-million, 17,500-seat facility is now expected to be ready for late April of next year and construction has started behind the New York-New York Hotel on the Strip.

MGM Resorts and AEG have partnered on the building, so they have both casino-backing and one of the world’s top arena-companies involved.

It’s expected that a Vegas expansion team would be a one-off, meaning the NHL would be a 31-team league for at least a few seasons. Seattle remains a location the league is deeply interested in, but without a building or firm ownership group, progress on that front has been slow.

There also remains uncertainty around some existing markets, with the Arizona Coyotes remaining at the top of that list.

Foley had initially suggested his team name would include “Nevada,” but after some backlash in the city, he has stated it will be named Las Vegas.

One popular suggestion out there is they will be called the Black Aces.

Whether or not the franchise would be financially viable is difficult to say at this point. The Vegas metropolitan area population has grown so dramatically it’s now topped than two million, which is roughly on par with NHL cities like Columbus and exceeds that of Raleigh, Nashville and Buffalo.

Support from the casinos would obviously be vital, and Foley has wisely kept the local business community heavily involved in the ticket drive.

Being the first major professional sports league into Vegas also should help, as there is a local base of sports fans there that would get onboard. Based on the deposit prices, tickets for the team would range between $35 and $220 a ticket, which is on par with a lot of American markets.

Like Nashville, they are also not building a huge arena, which will make it easier to fill and improve the atmosphere.

At the very least, the uniqueness of the market should allow Vegas to generate more revenue in the early years than some of the NHL’s problem cities.
- http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/nhl-to-las-vegas-looking-more-like-a-done-deal/article23471555/ (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/nhl-to-las-vegas-looking-more-like-a-done-deal/article23471555/)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 23, 2015, 05:27:30 AM
For some reason, I really like this image from last night's game (when the Jets shutout the Caps 3-0).

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip08067.jpg)

:wahaha:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 12, 2015, 06:24:07 AM
The regular season is now over, meaning it's time for the second season, otherwise known as the playoffs.

Winnipeg hockey fans have been waiting 19 freekin' years for this.
Blake Wheeler "get those white shirts out baby" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXV41RvPIPo#ws)


There's a storm comin'..... :cow:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip08418.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 17, 2015, 07:27:37 PM
We may have lost the first game of the series, but we've gained a new supporter!  :lol: :lol: :lol:

CBC.ca - Old Spice guy reveals Jets fandom, teases towel-only Whiteout appearance (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/old-spice-guy-reveals-jets-fandom-teases-towel-only-whiteout-appearance-1.3035901)
- http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/old-spice-guy-reveals-jets-fandom-teases-towel-only-whiteout-appearance-1.3035901 (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/old-spice-guy-reveals-jets-fandom-teases-towel-only-whiteout-appearance-1.3035901)

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Here's my #NHLBracketChallenge @NHL. Who are you picking??? (@LAKings always in my heart) I'll take @NHLJets #GKG

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01580.jpg)
- https://twitter.com/isaiahmustafa/status/588418482259111936 (https://twitter.com/isaiahmustafa/status/588418482259111936)


RADIO INTERVIEW:
CBC RADIO - LISTEN: as Isaiah Mustafa (the Old Spice guy) tell CBC's Ismaila Alfa why he's rooting for the Winnipeg Jets (http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Manitoba/ID/2664458001/)
- http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Manitoba/ID/2664458001/ (http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Manitoba/ID/2664458001/)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 19, 2015, 02:25:23 AM
Want to get the first overall draft pick? Ask Buffalo, and they'll tell you that finishing in the league's basement (aka "tanking your season") does not guarantee that it'll happen.

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Edmonton Oilers win top pick in NHL Draft Lottery
Saturday, 04.18.2015 / 8:16 PM / 2015 NHL Draft

The Edmonton Oilers will pick first in the 2015 NHL Draft after winning the NHL Draft Lottery on Saturday.

The Oilers had an 11.5 percent chance, third-best, to win the first pick in the draft, which will be held June 26-27 at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla.

The Buffalo Sabres, who had the worst record in the NHL this season, dropped to second. The Arizona Coyotes, who were next to list, fell to third.

It is the fourth time in six seasons the Oilers will pick first.

Erie Otters forward Connor McDavid is No. 1 in NHL Central Scouting's final ranking of the top North American skaters.

McDavid, considered the top prospect since Sidney Crosby was picked first by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2005, is regarded for his speed and game-changing potential. He finished third in the Ontario Hockey League with 120 points in 47 games, nine points behind the league leader playing 21 fewer games. His 44 goals were tied for fourth.

Boston University forward Jack Eichel is ranked No. 2 by Central Scouting; he won the 2015 Hobey Baker Award as U.S. college hockey's best player after leading the NCAA with 71 points in 40 games.

Completing the top six North American prospects in Central Scouting's final ranking are defenseman Noah Hanifin of Boston College of Hockey East, center Dylan Strome of Erie, left wing Lawson Crouse of the Kingston Frontenacs of the OHL, and center Mitchell Marner of the London Knights of the OHL.

Right wing Mikko Rantanen of TPS in Liiga, Finland's top professional league, is No. 1 among international skaters.

Each of the 14 non-playoff teams was eligible to win the first pick. The remaining 13 teams will be slotted in reverse order based on their regular-season point totals.

The drawing determined the order only for the first round. For all subsequent rounds, the order will revert to the original order of regular-season and Stanley Cup Playoffs results.

Here is the order for the first 14 picks in the first round of the 2015 NHL Draft:

1. Edmonton Oilers

2. Buffalo Sabres

3. Arizona Coyotes

4. Toronto Maple Leafs

5. Carolina Hurricanes

6. New Jersey Devils

7. Philadelphia Flyers

8. Columbus Blue Jackets

9. San Jose Sharks

10. Colorado Avalanche

11. Florida Panthers

12. Dallas Stars

13. Los Angeles Kings

14. Boston Bruins

The NHL announced changes to the draft lottery format in August which included adjusting the odds of winning the first pick. The 10 highest-finishing non-playoff qualifying teams received higher (better) draft lottery odds than they had previously; the four lowest-finishing teams received lower (worse) odds.

The lottery machine randomly selected four balls. The resulting four-number series (without regard to selection order) was matched against a chart that showed all possible combinations and the team to which each was assigned.
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=764037 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=764037)


EDIT: VIDEO LINKS
FULL DRAFT LOTTERY - http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/oilers-strike-it-rich-in-2015-nhl-lottery-draft/ (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/oilers-strike-it-rich-in-2015-nhl-lottery-draft/)
TOP 3 REVEALED - http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=810716 (http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=810716)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 23, 2015, 06:24:04 AM
We may have lost the first game of the series, but we've gained a new supporter!  :lol: :lol: :lol:

CBC.ca - Old Spice guy reveals Jets fandom, teases towel-only Whiteout appearance (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/old-spice-guy-reveals-jets-fandom-teases-towel-only-whiteout-appearance-1.3035901)
- http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/old-spice-guy-reveals-jets-fandom-teases-towel-only-whiteout-appearance-1.3035901 (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/old-spice-guy-reveals-jets-fandom-teases-towel-only-whiteout-appearance-1.3035901)

Sorry we couldn't pull it off, Old Spice guy.
:(
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 15, 2015, 07:44:53 PM
Don't know who's idea it was amongst the Pittsburgh Penguins' staff to try and troll the Discovery Channel.

(http://i.imgur.com/6Lzd64B.jpg)

 :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 17, 2015, 03:56:03 AM
The guy/group that's trying to get a franchise in Las Vegas has set up a website.
- http://lasvegas-hockey.com/ (http://lasvegas-hockey.com/)
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NHL to Las Vegas looking more like a done deal
JAMES MIRTLE | The Globe and Mail
Published Monday, Mar. 16 2015, 12:43 PM EDT
Last updated Monday, Mar. 16 2015, 2:37 PM EDT


~SNIP~
- http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/nhl-to-las-vegas-looking-more-like-a-done-deal/article23471555/ (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/nhl-to-las-vegas-looking-more-like-a-done-deal/article23471555/)


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Video: Drone flies through Vegas hockey arena
Mike Halford | May 11, 2015

VIDEO LINK - Las Vegas Hockey Arena - Drone Flight (https://youtu.be/K7WpCyAr-2U?t=1s)

What you saw in that 45 second clip was the under-construction MGM-AEG arena, which would house Vegas’ proposed NHL expansion team… should prospective owner Bill Foley be granted a team, of course.

A joint venture between MGM Resorts International and AEG Live, the arena is located on the strip, projected to seat 17,500 for hockey and expected to be completed by early 2016.

According to a Las Vegas Review-Journal report from earlier this month, the NHL’s Board of Governors is believed to be voting on proposed expansion this September. But, when reached by email, deputy commissioner Bill Daly told PHT the report was “extremely premature.”

“The Board hasn’t even determined what next steps, if any, it should entertain with respect to expansion generally,” wrote Daly.
- http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/11/video-drone-flies-through-vegas-hockey-arena/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7WpCyAr-2U

Looks like they're pretty serious about getting a team after all. Hell, even if they don't get an expansion franchise, there's always the continued rumors that, despite having a new owner, the Arizona Coyotes may not be in Glendale that much longer.

TSN.ca - Coyotes' survival hinges on arena deal battle (http://Coyotes' survival hinges on arena deal battle)
- http://www.tsn.ca/coyotes-survival-hinges-on-arena-deal-battle-1.283772
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 18, 2015, 03:35:19 AM
Maybe something to keep in mind for next season. Someone out there made a collection of simple/uncluttered HD wallpapers for each NHL team. The way that they're done makes them look like they were painted by hand on a wall.
DESKTOP (1920x1200)- http://imgur.com/a/obeqJ/all
MOBILE (750x1334)- http://imgur.com/a/cepUz/all


EDIT:
And someone else made a similar collection of spinning goal light GIFs.
- http://imgur.com/a/QeZks/all
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 20, 2015, 08:09:38 PM
Not counting the playoffs, after the whole McDavid/Eichel/draft sweepstakes wrapped up last month this has been one of, if not the biggest things that NHL fans have been watching and speculating about. :yep:


TSN.ca - [Coach Mike] Babcock joins Leafs with eight-year, $50M deal (http://www.tsn.ca/leafs-and-blues-last-teams-remaining-in-babcock-sweepstakes-1.287208)
- http://www.tsn.ca/leafs-and-blues-last-teams-remaining-in-babcock-sweepstakes-1.287208
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 02, 2015, 06:32:18 AM




BLACKHAWKS
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip08560.png)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8uggvSFsl0




LIGHTNING

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip08559.png)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 11, 2015, 05:04:49 AM
Trouble/Drama brewing in Arizona.......again.   :smhid

Sportsnet.ca - Glendale votes to terminate Coyotes arena deal (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/glendale-city-council-votes-to-terminate-arizona-coyotes-arena-deal/)
- http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/glendale-city-council-votes-to-terminate-arizona-coyotes-arena-deal/


Sportsnet.ca - Coyotes threaten Glendale with massive lawsuit (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/arizona-coyotes-threaten-glendale-with-massive-lawsuit/)
- http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/arizona-coyotes-threaten-glendale-with-massive-lawsuit/
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 17, 2015, 05:46:31 AM
Wanna know how awesome of an impact the Blackhawks have on Chicago?

This man’s reaction to Blackhawks win is the best we’ve heard (http://wgntv.com/2015/06/16/this-mans-reaction-to-blackhawks-win-is-the-best-weve-heard/)
http://wgntv.com/2015/06/16/this-mans-reaction-to-blackhawks-win-is-the-best-weve-heard/
:lol:


EDIT: Link fixed.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 24, 2015, 07:59:33 PM
Gonna be interesting to see how this fares next season.

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General managers move forward with 3-on-3 overtime
Tuesday, 06.23.2015 / 11:07 PM / News
By Dan Rosen - NHL.com Senior Writer


LAS VEGAS -- The Board of Governors will vote during their meeting Wednesday on recommendations from the League's general managers to change the overtime format to 3-on-3 for five minutes and to expand video replay to include a coach's challenge on goals scored off of potential offside or goalie-interference plays.

If the recommendations are approved by the Board of Governors, they will go into effect for the start of the 2015-16 regular season.

The general managers agreed to send the recommendations to the Board of Governors in their meeting Tuesday at Bellagio Hotel and Casino.

The concept of 3-on-3 overtime is to create more space on the ice, which will allow for more goals to be scored and hopefully see more games end in overtime rather than the shootout, similar to the success that the American Hockey League experienced this past season.

By adding a 3-on-3 element to its overtime format, the AHL had 75 percent of its games that went past regulation time decided in overtime this past season. The number was 35.3 percent in 2013-14, when they played under a strict 4-on-4 overtime format.

The AHL's current overtime model extends overtime to seven minutes and starts with 4-on-4 before eventually going down to 3-on-3 if there were no goals scored through the first three minutes.

The NHL had 44.4 percent of those games decided in overtime this season (136 of 306) in a 4-on-4 format.

"I've always said that as exciting that the shootouts can be, I would prefer the games to get decided in the overtime and there's evidence that when you go from 4-on-4 to 3-on-3, it increases the likelihood of a goal in the overtime," Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said. "We've seen that in the American League, we've seen that in the Swedish League. So I think there's a good chance the percentage of overtime goals will go up with this change and I think it's an improvement."

However, the NHL Competition Committee, which met during the Stanley Cup Final, was torn between that format and a strict 3-on-3 format until consensus formed among the players that going directly to 3-on-3 would be preferable.

The GMs ultimately decided to go that route because getting to 3-on-3 was a part of any proposal.

"We came out of the Competition Committee meeting with the Players' Association and we talked about both formats, and they went back to their representatives and players, and I think the consensus with them and back to us was 3-on-3 would be the right way to go," Nashville Predators general manager David Poile said. "I'm excited about it. We felt almost unanimous that we would like to have more games ended in overtime versus the shootout. We got our wish. We got 3-on-3. I don't know what the statistics are going to prove out, but I know there certainly will be less shootouts. This could be very exciting. It's another tweak to the game that could be very fan-friendly."

The fan-friendly aspect will be a result of the excitement that the 3-on-3 overtime could create, according to Ron Hextall, the Philadelphia Flyers general manager.

"There's obviously a lot of space and I think once there is one scoring chance at one end, typically if you don't score it goes back the other way," Hextall said. "It ends up being exciting, fast-paced and, obviously, the skill level of the players comes out.

"It's just really risky hockey and it makes it very exciting. I saw some of it at the American League level and it's very exciting."

The coach's challenge has been a topic discussed for several years. It is being limited to expanding video review to goals scored off plays that may potentially be offsides and plays involving potential goalie interference to ensure that more calls made on the ice are correct.

"There's going to be judgmental decisions and calls made and we're never going to agree 100 percent on those, but it's going to give us a chance to get better calls and use the technology that's out there to help us," Kekalainen said. "So I think it's a big improvement as well."

As part of the proposal, to use a coach's challenge, the challenging team must still have its timeout.

"I think it's probably going to be a trial-and-error basis at the beginning since we've never had this type of rule before," New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. "Probably take a little bit of getting used to for when the right time is, so there will be some strategy involved there for sure."
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=771803
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 25, 2015, 06:41:25 PM
Looks like they're opening up to the idea of having the team in Vegas.

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Board of Governors OKs start of expansion process
Wednesday, 06.24.2015 / 7:04 PM / News
By Dan Rosen - NHL.com Senior Writer


LAS VEGAS -- The NHL Board of Governors gave approval to the League to begin accepting applications as part of a formal expansion process, Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday.

There are no guarantees the process will lead to the granting of an expansion team, but it will allow interested ownership groups to make a formal presentation.

"The Board ultimately will determine whether or not there is any interest in expanding," Commissioner Bettman said after the Board met here earlier Wednesday. "If the conclusion is there is interest, from the League's perspective, then they will focus on what the terms will be and who the successful or likely successful candidates might be.

"The fact that we're going through this process doesn't mean we're going to expand. All it means is that we're going to stop just listening to expressions of interest and take a good hard look at what they actually mean and represent."

Applications from interested parties will be accepted from July 6 through Aug. 10. Commissioner Bettman said the Board of Governors' executive committee will review the applications.

NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said the earliest an expansion team could begin play would be the 2017-18 season.

The expansion fee to be paid to secure a team would likely be at least $500 million, Bettman said.

"When you're a member of the League, you share in League revenues equally; if you admit an expansion team, instead of dividing revenues by 1/30, you then divide it by 1/31," Commissioner Bettman said. "So there is a negative economic consequence to expanding that has to be balanced against the expansion fee. But again, that has to be set by the Board of Governors. I'm giving you my sense of where I think they are."

Commissioner Bettman mentioned owners or ownership groups from Las Vegas, Seattle and Quebec City are among those known to have an interest.

"Again, with all the well-chronicled expressions of interest, let's see what we get when you're required to sign on the dotted line on a formal application," Commissioner Bettman said.

The Board of Governors has not decided how many teams would be accepted if the decision to expand is made.

Any applications, according to Bettman, will include a look at the viability of the market, the arena situation, and the composition of the ownership group, as well as a presentation of an initial business plan.

"Expansion is a very serious and important business decision. You don't do it frivolously," the Commissioner said.

As for potential markets, Commissioner Bettman said he updated the Board on the ticket drive by William Foley, the billionaire businessman who is interested in bringing an expansion team to Las Vegas. Foley has been conducting a season-ticket drive since Feb. 10 to gauge interest in the market for a professional hockey team. Daly said commitments for approximately 13,200 season tickets have been made, according to the last update from Foley.

The League's current alignment of 14 teams in the Western Conference and 16 in the Eastern Conference could factor into any expansion decision, Bettman said, but it will not be a driving force behind the expansion locations if the League decides to add teams.

"One of the factors that we would obviously consider in any expansion process is what your footprint looks like and what the alignment would be," Commissioner Bettman said. "I don't think you expand just for notion of symmetry. It's too important of a business decision. But obviously as we go through the process, if there is an interest in moving forward, that's an issue you have to deal with."

The health of the League is among the factors that spurred the support to look more formally at expansion, Commissioner Bettman said.

"I think at this stage the game and the business of the game and our franchises and the ownership of our franchises have never been stronger," the Commissioner said. "And I suppose that all of the interest that we've been getting expressed is a reflection of that. But we haven't made, and it's ultimately a Board decision, a decision that we will definitely expand."
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=771996

VIDEO LINK - http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=830423
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 27, 2015, 05:28:52 PM
The 2015 NHL Draft (http://www.nhl.com/ice/eventhome.htm?location=/draft/2015) has been busy for trades as well as for the actual drafts. Amongst the "non-draft" news:

a) Last night, during the televised first round of the draft, 5 trades were made/announced. As of this post, it's the second day of the draft, and already another 5 trades have been announced. One interesting thing is that several goalies have been swapped (Cam Talbot, Antti Niemi, Robin Lehner, Eddie Lack, Martin Jones will all be with new teams next seasons).

b) As expected, Conor McDavid and Jack Eichel went first and second in the draft.

c) Speaking of trades, even though they ended up with 3 consecutive picks in the first round (13, 14, and 15), the Boston Bruins likely pissed off a few of their fans by trading away Milan Lucic, Dougie Hamilton, and Carl Soderberg for draft picks.

d) A few teams showed off some new threads:
- Edmonton took the opportunity to introduce their new orange 3rd Jersey (http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=772311).
- We also got to see the new, less monochromatic jerseys that Arizona will be wearing (http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=772384) next season.
- Montreal added a white collar, white neck laces, and a french version of the NHL logo (http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=771966) to their "new jerseys".
- Washington is changing their 3rd jersey, sticking with the retro jersey, but switching from white to red (http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/25223020/look-washington-capitals-unveil-new-throwback-third-jerseys) (no doubt so that they could be worn at home games).


2015 NHL Draft - http://www.nhl.com/ice/eventhome.htm?location=/draft/2015
NHL TRADE TRACKER - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=738676



EDIT:
One more bit of news...
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First Chinese-born player drafted in the NHL chosen by Islanders
Saturday, 06.27.2015 / 3:29 PM / 2015 NHL Draft
By Adam Kimelman


SUNRISE, Fla. -- Andong Song became the first Chinese-born player to be selected in the NHL Draft when the New York Islanders chose him Saturday in the sixth round (No. 172).

The 6-foot, 161-pound defenseman, who plays at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, had three goals and seven assists in 26 games. He said he patterns his game after former Detroit Red Wings star Nicklas Lidstrom.

More important than Song's statistics is the significance of his birthplace: Beijing.

"I am the first," he said. "Hopefully what I want to do is rally people behind me. Not focus on myself but do something good for Chinese hockey."

Longmou Li of Chinese television station CCTV was part of a camera crew that's been following Song for three years. He said there was a lot of anticipation in China to see when Song would be picked.

"We didn't go live for the first round but we're live for the second round," Li said. "And on a Saturday night at 10 p.m., I heard it reached 2.5 million people waiting for his news."

Song said having the camera crew recording his every move already has him feeling like a star, but said he didn't mind the pressure.

"To be the first Chinese player, it's a lot of pressure from people back home," he said. "Good pressure. That'll motivate me to become a better player and hopefully I'll make them proud."

Song came to hockey almost by accident.

"When I was 6 years old I kept getting sick as a child and my mom tried finding a sport for me and hockey came up," Song said. "I tried it out and fell in love with it."

Song said finding places to play hockey in Beijing required some improvisation. There were two ice rinks, but neither was close to NHL size. At times, he had to practice on a speed skating oval.

"There was a big loop and the section in the middle would be all concrete," Song said. "We used to section off part of the track, put a net in there and start shooting pucks around. We had to improvise a lot growing up."

Song said his team won a tournament in China when he was 10, and that's when his family moved to Oakville, Ontario. He began playing with the Oakville Rangers minor-hockey program; that attracted the attention of Lawrenceville, one of the top prep-school programs in the northeastern United States.

He graduated this year, and said next season he'll play at Philips Academy in Andover, Mass., another top prep school, as a post-graduate. He plans to use 2015-16 to earn a spot with an NCAA team.

Song also will continue to play internationally; he's played the past two years for China at the IIHF Division II-B World Under-18 Championship; he was the captain of the team at the tournament this year and had two assists in five games.

China isn't close to being ready to challenge the traditional international hockey powers, but Song said he's noticed the level of play growing rapidly.

"When I started playing there weren't a lot of people there," he said. "There wasn't much support for the game. Last year when I went back, it had been eight years since I'd seen Chinese hockey and it was tremendous how far it's grown. I'm sure they'll keep trying to catch up to Europe and North America and Russia. There's still a gap between them, but I'm sure if we focus on hockey we can catch up."
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=772672
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 30, 2015, 04:43:10 AM
Time for this year's inductees for the Hockey Hall of Fame!

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Lidstrom, Fedorov, Pronger lead Hall of Fame class
Monday, 06.29.2015 | By Corey Masisak - NHL.com Staff Writer

Nicklas Lidstrom , Sergei Fedorov, Chris Pronger, Phil Housley, Angela Ruggiero, Peter Karmanos Jr. and Bill Hay are the Class of 2015 for the Hockey Hall of Fame, the Hall announced Monday.

The induction ceremony will be Nov. 9 at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
FULL ARTICLE LINK - www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=772913


The funny thing about Pronger getting in, is that he still has not retired...technically.  Sure he hasn't played since he suffered that eye injury while he was with the Flyers a few years ago, but yeah, he has not officially filed his retirement papers. As a matter of fact, he just got traded to Arizona. :lol:
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Flyers trade contract of Chris Pronger; legendary defenceman hasn't played since 2011
Saturday, 06.27.2015 | The Canadian Press

Chris Pronger has been traded despite not suiting up for a game over the past three NHL seasons.

The Philadelphia Flyers traded Pronger's contract, along with defenceman Nicklas Grossmann, to the Arizona Coyotes for forward Sam Gagner and a conditional fourth round draft choice in 2016 or a third round draft choice in 2017.

Pronger was one of the NHL's most fearsome defenceman during his 18-year career, racking up 157 goals, 541 assists and 1,590 penalty minutes over 1,167 NHL games with Hartford, St. Louis, Edmonton, Anaheim and Philadelphia.

He won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player and the Norris Trophy as top defenceman while with St. Louis in 1999-2000.

He later joined with star defenceman Scott Niedermayer to form the defensive backbone of Anaheim's Stanley Cup winning team in 2006-07.

Pronger hasn't played since 2011 after suffering concussion symptoms stemming from a stick to the eye, but he has yet to file his retirement papers.
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=772606
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 01, 2015, 07:28:16 PM
Free Agent Frenzy Day today, and boy have the teams been busy. A list of all the available free agents is here: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=773192


NHL free agent signings:
NHL.com - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=773253
TSN.ca - http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/free-agency
SportsNet.ca - http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/signings/

NHL Trade trackers:
NHL.com - http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=738676
TSN.ca - http://www.tsn.ca/tradecentre/trade-tracker
SportsNet.ca - http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl-trades/trade-tracker/


As of this post, the biggest news so far in terms of trades is Toronto trading Phil Kessel to Pittsburgh (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/maple-leafs-trade-phil-kessel-to-penguins/), followed by yesterday's trades involving Vancouver trading Kevin Bieksa to Anaheim (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks-trade-kevin-bieksa-to-anaheim-ducks/), and in a bit of a surprise, Chicago trading Brandon Saad to Columbus (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/blackhawks-trade-brandon-saad-to-blue-jackets/).

In terms of free agent signings, the biggest deals so far have been Andrej Sekera leaving L.A. for a new 6-year, $33 million deal with Edmonton (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/edmonton-oilers-sign-andrej-sekera-to-long-term-deal/), Artim Anisimov getting a 5-year, nearly $23 million deal with Chicago (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/report-chicago-blackhawks-extend-artem-anisimov-after-saad-trade/) and, to the dismay of of Jets fans, Michael Frolik leaving Peg Sheety and signing a 5-year, $21 million deal with Calgary (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/flames-sign-centre-frolik-to-long-term-deal/).

Both Alberta teams (Edmonton and Calgary) are being quite aggressive this off-season in terms of making changes. Should definitely look for them to make more of an impact next season.


EDIT: Oshit, the Jets just announced that they've agreed to a 2-year deal with a "back-from-the-KHL" Alexander Burmistrov (http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773328).

EDIT 2: For anyone outside of N.America who might be interested, I found a working stream of TSN's (Canadian network) live coverage of today's Free Agent Frenzy. Hopefully it doesn't get borked. :thumbsup
- http://cricfree.sx/tsn-1-live-stream

American hockey fans are able to watch a broadcast being done by NHL.com (which, oddly enough, won't work here in Canada).


EDIT 3: Not related to today's events, but still worth noting that when Chicago signed Patrick Kane to that new contract, it was for his hockey skills, not his singing skills. :lol:
- http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/gotta-hear-it-patrick-kane-in-parrot-hat-sings-karaoke/
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 21, 2015, 03:44:27 AM
Mark the date, boys and girls. Quebec City and Las Vegas have each officially filed the papers to apply for an expansion franchise.
Quote
Canadian media company wants to bring NHL expansion team to Quebec City
07.20.2015 | The Canadian Press

QUEBEC CITY, Que. - The media company Quebecor Inc. has officially entered the running for an NHL expansion team.

The company said Monday on its Twitter account that it has submitted its "candidacy for the NHL expansion process in order to bring the Nordiques back to Quebec City."

The NHL announced last month that it was opening the formal expansion process.

Quebec City has not had an NHL team since the Nordiques left for Denver and became the Colorado Avalanche in 1995.

Quebecor owns the new 18,259-capacity Videotron Arena in Quebec City. It's among several groups that have expressed interest in an expansion franchise, along with Las Vegas, Seattle and others.

The NHL has said the earliest any expansion would happen is the 2017-18 season.

The league set July 20 as the deadline for potential expansion team owners to submit their bids for teams bids that include a $10 million down-payment, with $2 million nonrefundable.

There are 16 teams in the Eastern Conference and 14 in the West, which would seem to make Las Vegas and potentially Seattle or Portland, Oregon, favourites for expansion. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has said geography is an issue, but not the determining factor.

The NHL has a relationship with Quebecor through its French-language television-rights deal with the TVA television network.
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=775011




BleacherReport.com - Vegas Joins Quebec City in Bids for Expansion (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2527179-vegas-joins-quebec-city-in-bids-for-expansion)
- http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2527179-vegas-joins-quebec-city-in-bids-for-expansion
- https://twitter.com/ESPN_Burnside/status/623234627029745664
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 21, 2015, 10:08:50 PM
BroBible.com - Hot 18-Year-Old Model Tries To Extort Jaromir Jagr For $2,000 After Sex, Except Jagr Just Doesn’t Care (http://www.brobible.com/sports/article/model-extort-jaromir-jagr-dont-care/)
- http://www.brobible.com/sports/article/model-extort-jaromir-jagr-dont-care/


 :lol: 8)2
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 07, 2015, 09:02:29 PM
:cow: :cow: :cow: IT'S GAME TIME!!!  :cow: :cow: :cow:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 09, 2015, 05:47:24 PM
Great steal by Ladd, great finish by Wheeler, and a great microphone caught Irwin cursing live on camera. :lol:

http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=841648
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 22, 2015, 04:46:18 AM
We've got the first coach firing of the 2015-2016 season (which is barely 2 weeks old as of this post).

NHL.com - Blue Jackets fire Richards, hire Tortorella as coach (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=784134)
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=784134
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 24, 2015, 07:37:15 PM
Wanna know how awesome of an impact the Blackhawks have on Chicago?

This man’s reaction to Blackhawks win is the best we’ve heard (http://wgntv.com/2015/06/16/this-mans-reaction-to-blackhawks-win-is-the-best-weve-heard/)
http://wgntv.com/2015/06/16/this-mans-reaction-to-blackhawks-win-is-the-best-weve-heard/
:lol:


EDIT: Link fixed.
I really should not be laughing at this so much. XD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq6mYBlpX1E
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 04, 2015, 07:49:30 PM
Well, this sucks for dai (and for hockey fans in general). :(

NHL.com - Oilers' McDavid sustains broken clavicle, out 'months' (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=786300)
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=786300
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 28, 2015, 06:11:30 PM
Awkward? :P2 :lol:

BleacherReport.com - TSN's Ray Ferraro Interviews His Son Landon During His Debut with Boston Bruins (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2592581-tsns-ray-ferraro-interviews-his-son-landon-during-his-debut-with-boston-bruins)
- http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2592581-tsns-ray-ferraro-interviews-his-son-landon-during-his-debut-with-boston-bruins


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uq9x69jyTg
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 08, 2015, 09:43:43 PM
Really sucks when a player is forced out of the game due to medical issues. :(

Quote
Dupuis will no longer play because of blood clots
12.08.2015

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Pascal Dupuis will no longer play hockey because of a medical condition related to blood clots, Dupuis and the team announced today.

Dupuis, 36, had played 18 games this season while taking blood thinners but experienced several recent medical incidents possibly related to his condition. He had to be removed from several games – most recently on December 1 at San Jose – and each time had to undergo a series of tests.

"Despite playing on a medical protocol that has worked for other players in the NHL, we feel that the risk of Pascal playing with his condition and the side effects of the tests to monitor him are just not in the best interest of his long-term health," said Dr. Dharmesh Vyas, the Penguins' team physician.
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=791591
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 15, 2015, 04:29:10 AM
With Adidas set to take over as the NHL's official jersey supplier next season, a couple of teams have already announced that they'll be adopting new looks when it happens.

SportsLogos.net - Maple Leafs Will Get New Logo, New Uniforms in 2016 (http://news.sportslogos.net/2015/12/13/maple-leafs-will-get-new-logo-new-uniforms-in-2016/)
- http://news.sportslogos.net/2015/12/13/maple-leafs-will-get-new-logo-new-uniforms-in-2016/


SportsLogos.net - Florida Panthers Staying Put, Re-Design Coming (http://news.sportslogos.net/2015/12/09/florida-panthers-staying-put-re-design-coming/)
- http://news.sportslogos.net/2015/12/09/florida-panthers-staying-put-re-design-coming/
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 05, 2016, 06:57:36 PM
BuzzFeed.com - How Much Has Your Favourite NHL Team’s Logo Changed? (http://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahaspler/how-your-fave-nhl-logos-have-changed)
- http://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahaspler/how-your-fave-nhl-logos-have-changed
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 14, 2016, 07:44:50 PM
BleacherReport.com - Wayne Gretzky Teaches 11-Month-Old Grandson the Art of Stick Handling (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2607497-wayne-gretzky-teaches-11-month-old-grandson-the-art-of-stick-handling)
- http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2607497-wayne-gretzky-teaches-11-month-old-grandson-the-art-of-stick-handling
- https://www.instagram.com/p/9U7f-GlRvL/
- https://www.instagram.com/p/_-zM2yFRtt
- https://www.instagram.com/p/BAcnHUzFRvg/
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 22, 2016, 04:24:59 PM
BroBible.com - Here’s What Your Athletic Cup Looks Like After Taking An NHL Slapshot To The Dick (http://brobible.com/sports/article/matt-hendricks-slapshot-dick/)
- http://brobible.com/sports/article/matt-hendricks-slapshot-dick/


The shot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf9CLuf0_cE


The aftermath:
- https://twitter.com/MattHendy26/status/690406573521424384



/me winces in sympathetic pain.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 14, 2016, 02:52:22 AM
Hate to say that the writing's been on the wall for him, but it pretty much has...going back to last season.

NHL.com - Yeo fired as coach of Minnesota Wild (https://www.nhl.com/news/mike-yeo-fired-as-coach-of-minnesota-wild/c-278799096)
- https://www.nhl.com/news/mike-yeo-fired-as-coach-of-minnesota-wild/c-278799096


Also, daigong you better start saving up so you can get your Oilers-lovin' ass out here this coming October!!!  :twothumbs :twothumbs :twothumbs


Quote
Winnipeg to host outdoor NHL game at IGF
Posted: 02/13/2016 6:28 PM   

Investor's Group Field.

The wait for the Winnipeg Jets to host an NHL game outdoors is over, the Free Press has confirmed.

The game will feature the Jets and Edmonton Oilers, to be played at Investors Group Field sometime in late October of next season.

The idea of hosting an outdoor game in the prairie province isn’t a new one; the NHL and the Jets had been in talks with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the city’s CFL team and residents of the stadium, about plans to have the game this season but were stalled for a number of reasons, including the fact Winnipeg was hosting the Grey Cup.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has not been shy about the idea, publicly admitting he felt the NHL owed Winnipeg an outdoor game, and Jets co-owner Mark Chipman hinted last month at a local sports dinner that an announcement of an outdoor game would be coming soon.

An official date has yet to be determined.
- http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/Winnipeg-to-host-outdoor-NHL-game-368739481.html
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 21, 2016, 06:50:40 PM
Looks like TPTB might decide that Brooklyn might not have been such a good fit for the NY Islanders after all (though in all honesty, they should have known that having a hockey team play in a facility where the seating/layout was specifically designed for basketball would cause some issues).


TheHockeyNews.com - Report: Islanders, Barclays Center exploring out-clause options (http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/report-islanders-barclays-center-exploring-out-clause-options/)
- http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/report-islanders-barclays-center-exploring-out-clause-options/


TheHockeyWriters.com - Report: Islanders Want Out Of Barclays Center Lease (http://thehockeywriters.com/islanders-out-barclays-center-lease/)
- http://thehockeywriters.com/islanders-out-barclays-center-lease/


SportsNet.ca - Report: Islanders, Barclays Center looking for ways to cut ties (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/report-islanders-barclays-looking-for-ways-to-cut-ties/)
- http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/report-islanders-barclays-looking-for-ways-to-cut-ties/


Sports.Yahoo.com - Islanders looking to leave Barclays Center via out clause? (https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/islanders-looking-to-leave-barclays-center-via-out-clause-145640606.html)
- https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/islanders-looking-to-leave-barclays-center-via-out-clause-145640606.html
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 06, 2016, 08:11:03 PM
IT'S OFFICIAL!! Watched the press conference where they announced it! Hawerchuk and Gretzky are going to captain the teams for the Legends Game!!! :w00t:  :w00t: :w00t:


WinnipegJets.com - 2016 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic™ coming to Winnipeg on Oct. 23 when the Jets play host to the Edmonton Oilers (http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=872390)
- http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=872390


NHL.com - 2016 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic coming to Winnipeg (https://www.nhl.com/news/2016-heritage-classic-announced/c-279404920)
- https://www.nhl.com/news/2016-heritage-classic-announced/c-279404920


EDIT:
Promo/Teaser video - http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=944427&catid=96
Comments from Mark Chipman (Executive Chairman, True North Sports & Entertainment)- http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=944424&catid=96
Comments from Dale Hawerchuk (legendary Jet, NHL Hall of Famer & current coach of the OHL's Barrie Colts) - http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=944425&catid=96
Comments from Bill Daly (NHL Deputy Commissioner) - http://video.jets.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=944426&catid=96


EDIT 2:
WinnipegFreePress.com - Heritage Classic to showcase Jets vs. Oilers rivalry (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/nhl/heritage-classic-to-showcase-jets-vs-oilers-rivalry-371207541.html) (includes 2 video clips containing footage of the press conference)
- http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/nhl/heritage-classic-to-showcase-jets-vs-oilers-rivalry-371207541.html


Alternate links for just the video clips:
Part 1 - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/hertiage-classic-announcement-1-371211581.html
Part 2 - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/heritage-classic-nhl-outdoor-game-coming-to-winnipeg-371212701.html
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 08, 2016, 01:12:40 AM
BarDown.com - Shane Doan's foolproof solution to tanking (http://www2.tsn.ca/bardown/Story.aspx?Shane+Doan%27s+foolproof+solution+to+tanking&id=576818)
- http://www2.tsn.ca/bardown/Story.aspx?Shane+Doan%27s+foolproof+solution+to+tanking&id=576818
- http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nhl/coyotes/2016/04/03/arizona-coyotes-shane-doan-has-idea-make-every-game-meaningful/82592512/


Quote
Arizona Coyotes' captain Shane Doan thinks he's come up with a pretty good concept to eliminate the ability to "tank."

“The day you’re mathematically eliminated, you start accumulating points. When you get to the end of the year, whoever’s accumulated the most points gets the first overall pick,” Shane Doan told AZ Central Sports' Sarah McLellan.


This actually makes quite a bit of sense, especially if you're not a fan of the whole "tanking the season" concept.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 08, 2016, 03:47:51 AM
Great article from The Players' Tribune from recently retired NHL referee Kerry Fraser.


ThePlayersTribune.com - The Zebra (http://www.theplayerstribune.com/2016-6-7-kerry-fraser-nhl-referee-stories/)
- http://www.theplayerstribune.com/2016-6-7-kerry-fraser-nhl-referee-stories/
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 09, 2016, 02:00:03 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSccVWasdlY
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 12, 2016, 04:06:50 AM
I took a quick look after feeling my phone buzz during "O Canada" yesterday morning. Nothing else needs to be said.


(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01678.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 23, 2016, 06:22:27 PM
It's official, what happens at the hockey rink, stays at the hockey rink.


NHL.com - Las Vegas awarded NHL franchise (https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-expands-to-las-vegas/c-281010682)
- https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-expands-to-las-vegas/c-281010682
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 25, 2016, 02:40:01 AM
For some reason this year's Draft tracker on NHL.com is listed in reverse order (i.e. 1st Round is at the bottom of the page, while the 7th/last Round is at the top) when you set it to show all 7 rounds. If you set it to display the results from only a single round, then it lists them from top to bottom). :?

EDIT: Now on the second day of the draft, and it looks like now it's randomly alternating between listing the picks from top to bottom and bottom to top. Probably just has to do with how much faster the picks are coming in today.

NHL.com 2016 NHL Draft - http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftsearch.htm?year=2016
NHL.com Trade Tracker (2016-2017) - https://www.nhl.com/news/2016-17-nhl-trades/c-281003458


As an alternate, here's also the draft and trade trackers on SportsNet.ca (which has the drafts listed from top to bottom)

SportsNet.ca 2016 NHL Draft - http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl-draft/tracker/2016/?round=-1
SportsNet.ca Trade Tracker - http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/trade-tracker/


Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on June 29, 2016, 10:57:08 PM
VITTTTTUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU :tama-mad:

HALLSY GONE!!! WTF!? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01244.jpeg)
for a fuckin Swede Larsson?!

Weber for PK Subban!?!? NHL is FUCKIN CRAZY TODAY!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 01, 2016, 11:59:39 PM
WHOA. I figured this was gonna happen. 7 years 42 million. Hallsy was sacrificed for $$$ no ifs ands or butts
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmT5IT7XgAAosq5.jpg)

He's a sandpaper grinder but you need a fuckin gritty fuckin asshole like that on your team. blah blah Pittsburgh speedy over San Jose but they had Malkin and Crosby. Oilers with McJeezy is gonna make shit fuckin unreal in Oil Country :shocked:

check out the awkward handshake near the end here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX3H85IfL7I
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 22, 2016, 06:21:24 AM
Bravo, Granny Kessel. Bravo. :rockon:


BroBible.com - Phil Kessel’s Elderly Grandma Is A Huge Bro, Chugs Champagne Out Of Lord Stanley’s Cup During A Family BBQ (http://brobible.com/sports/article/phil-kessel-grandma-stanley-cup-champagne/)
- http://brobible.com/sports/article/phil-kessel-grandma-stanley-cup-champagne/
- https://www.instagram.com/p/BIFhWigBq9I/
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 06, 2016, 05:24:05 AM
OH MAN!! did u PEg Sheety BROZ get tickets? The LINEUP GONNA BE STACKED!!! Please stock up on footage here!

Quote
NHL, Winnipeg Jets and Edmonton Oilers announce details for 2016 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic™
Friday, 08.5.2016 / 12:21 PM MT / News
By NHL Press Release


The Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic™ returns to the regular-season NHL® schedule when the Winnipeg Jets play host to the Edmonton Oilers at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg on Sunday, Oct. 23. The game will be broadcast live on Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada and on NHL Network™ in the U.S.

The jerseys for the 2016 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic™ were unveiled today as part of a press announcement that included various other event details. The specially designed jerseys pay homage to the history of both teams by revisiting their World Hockey Association (WHA) days. The Oilers and Jets played their first head-to-head game on Oct. 15, 1972, and also met in the final game of the WHA on May 20, 1979.

The Jets’ uniform draws inspiration from the championship era of the late 1970s and features a crossover V-neck color and vintage-inspired mesh striping. The crest employs traditional chain stitching to lend a distinct authenticity to the throwback uniform. A pant logo highlights the historical Jets ID set, complete with an era-accurate name and number set.

The Oilers will wear their current alternate jersey, inspired by their 1972-73 inaugural season uniform in the WHA, when they were known as the Alberta Oilers. The striking bold color and authentic details, such as a fold-over V-neck collar and numbers on the shoulder yoke, serve as a contemporary homage to the rich history of the franchise and rivalry.

The Jets NHL Heritage Classic™ jerseys are available for pre-order starting today at Jets Gear store locations.

Additionally, the rosters for the outdoor alumni game taking place on Saturday, Oct. 22, were revealed today. Legendary players taking part in this special contest for the Jets include Teemu Selanne, Dale Hawerchuk, Thomas Steen, Kris King and Dave Babych. The Oilers will counter with alumni greats such as Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Dave Semenko and Craig MacTavish, among others. Jets and Oilers alumni will wear the jerseys the teams originally wore in the 1980s.
...

AND TIKKANEN!! :finland:
source: http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=890615&navid=DL|EDM|home

McDavid and Lucic gonna punch da Jets out in the regular game too!! GO OILERS :P

Y'all most def need to come visit me. ROGERS PLACE IS GONNA BE SUPER!! They moved the Gretzky Statue yest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewaka72oYfs
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 06, 2016, 06:53:28 AM
OH MAN!! did u PEg Sheety BROZ get tickets? The LINEUP GONNA BE STACKED!!! Please stock up on footage here!
So far, they've only made tickets available for season tickets holders. Us regular folk still have to wait until "early fall" before we can get a shot at them.


They held a press conference today to announce the rosters for the alumni teams and to show off the jerseys they'll wear.

PRESS CONFERENCE VIDEO - https://www.nhl.com/jets/video/2016-nhl-heritage-classic/t-277437442/c-44430803


Quote
Here is the Jets roster:
Bob Essensa, G; Dave Babych, D; Dave Ellett, D; Mike Ford, D; Jim Kyte, D; Mario Marois, D; Moe Mantha, D; Teppo Numminen, D; Tim Watters, D; Laurie Boschman, F; Mike Eagles, F; Dale Hawerchuk, F; Kris King, F; Morris Lukowich, F; Andrew McBain, F; Brian Mullen, F; Teemu Selanne, F; Darrin Shannon, F; Doug Smail, F; Thomas Steen, F; Ron Wilson, F

Coaches: Tom McVie, Serge Savard


Here is the Oilers roster:
Bill Ranford, G; Dwayne Roloson, G; Paul Coffey, D; Randy Gregg, D; Charlie Huddy, D; Kevin Lowe, D; Marty McSorley, D; Glenn Anderson, F; Kelly Buchberger, F; Wayne Gretzky, F; Jari Kurri, F; Ken Linseman, F; Blair MacDonald, F; Craig MacTavish, F; Mark Messier, F; Dave Semenko, F; Craig Simpson, F; Ryan Smyth, F; Esa Tikkanen, F

Coaches: Ron Low, Glen Sather

It is expected more players will be added to the alumni game rosters at a later date.
HERITAGE CLASSIC 2016 ALUMNI GAME ROSTERS - https://www.nhl.com/news/heritage-classic-alumni-game-roster-features-gretzky-selanne/c-281290828?tid=281290524


For me personally, the bulk of the rosters for both alumni teams totally takes me back to when I was a kid and was first becoming a hockey fan. It's kind of a shame that (at least for the Jets, dunno about the Oilers alumni) there were a bunch of alumni that apparently wanted to, but could not/are not able to commit to play because they're currently coaching (ex. Randy Carlyle, Paul MacLean, Phil Housley, Scott Arniel), or because of health issues or other previous commitments.


But DAI!! DUDE!! SMYTTIE'S GONNA BE THERE!!
:rockon:


Personally, no complaints from yours truly about how the alumni teams will be wearing the jerseys that the teams' had during height of their rivalry in the '80s. The bulk of the players from both alumni teams wore those jerseys, so if anything, it'd be weird to see them wearing anything else. :thumbsup.


For the actual Heritage Classic game, it looks like the Oilers will be wearing the orange jerseys that they debuted last season as their new third jerseys. The Jets, on the other hand, went back in time to the 1970's and brought back a jersey that the Jets wore during their time in the old World Hockey Association.


JETS HERITAGE CLASSIC JERSEY VIDEO - https://www.nhl.com/jets/video/heritage-classic-jersey-reveal/t-277437442/c-44414203
JETS HERITAGE CLASSIC JERSEY PIC GALLERY - http://jets.nhl.com/club/gallery.htm?id=63189&location=/photos&pg=1

No idea why Scheifele has that "Oscar the Grouch" look on his face it the pic gallery. :P

The jersey itself is:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip05661.png)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 11, 2016, 11:48:10 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpQN0VYWAAAa9ku.jpg)

Pretty FUCKIN Amazin!! Which one u getting?

Harkin da WHA Avco Cup Roots!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zIhZ-pDiFU
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 22, 2016, 04:25:49 AM
Big UPS. I'm sure the NHL will dedicate the season and honour Mr. Hockey :bow:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/8b/5e/2d/8b5e2d3fbe3d0cdebb55717e1f3de4bb.jpg)

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 28, 2016, 05:35:20 AM
SportsLogos.net - Three New Names Trademarked By Las Vegas NHL Team (http://news.sportslogos.net/2016/08/27/three-new-names-trademarked-by-las-vegas-nhl-team/)
- http://news.sportslogos.net/2016/08/27/three-new-names-trademarked-by-las-vegas-nhl-team/
- http://www.detroithockey.net/news/2016/08/27/trademarks-filed-for-las-vegas-desert-knights-silver-knights-golden-knights/

Quote
Thanks to some early bird gets the worming by Clark Rasmussen of DetroitHockey.Net (http://www.detroithockey.net/news/2016/08/27/trademarks-filed-for-las-vegas-desert-knights-silver-knights-golden-knights/), we've learned that Black Knight Sports and Entertainment, the official name of the company which owns the new Las Vegas NHL franchise has trademarked three new nicknames (using two different locale options).

They are...

Las Vegas Desert Knights
Las Vegas Golden Knights
Las Vegas Silver Knights
Vegas Desert Knights
Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas Silver Knights


(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip09257.png)

These names were all trademarked with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on August 23rd.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 29, 2016, 05:39:51 AM
Why not just the Black Knights? lol

(https://d13csqd2kn0ewr.cloudfront.net/uploads/image/file/126500/Vegas.jpg?ts=1440080420)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 01, 2016, 11:29:27 PM
TheScore.com - Coyotes hire 1st full-time female NHL coach (http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1085111-coyotes-hire-1st-full-time-female-nhl-coach)
- http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1085111-coyotes-hire-1st-full-time-female-nhl-coach


NHL.com - Dawn Braid named Coyotes skating coach (https://www.nhl.com/news/arizona-coyotes-name-dawn-braid-as-skating-coach/c-281409696)
- https://www.nhl.com/news/arizona-coyotes-name-dawn-braid-as-skating-coach/c-281409696

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on September 02, 2016, 05:31:44 AM
No one is allowed to touch the new Rogers Place ice until CONNOR!!! :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2u6Ly1JsZ0

Believe da HYPE! GO OILERS
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 13, 2016, 07:38:02 PM
A lot of times, the general public can be just too focused on whether a guy is scoring/producing/playing well for the team, but they won't know about personal stuff that he's going through that could be affecting his play. That was often the case here a couple of seasons ago when Devin Setoguchi was playing for the Jets. People were so focused on things like "He isn't scoring/playing well" but they didn't ask things like "Why isn't he scoring/playing well?"


TheHockeyNews.com - Devin Setoguchi rises from rock bottom to earn another shot at the NHL (http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/devin-setoguchi-rises-from-rock-bottom-to-earn-another-shot-at-the-nhl)
- http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/devin-setoguchi-rises-from-rock-bottom-to-earn-another-shot-at-the-nhl


He's definitely taking the right steps to turn things around by admitting he has/had a problem and seeking help for it. Hopefully it has a positive effect on his career prospects.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 28, 2016, 02:30:56 AM
Pretty sweeeeeeeeeeeeet. :yep:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yo0Yh6VUag


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cpd7c6RhI0
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 05, 2016, 08:30:59 PM
Probably the worst-kept secret in the NHL for at least the last couple of months, but now it's actually official.

Oilers.NHL.com - Edmonton Oilers Name Connor McDavid Captain (https://www.nhl.com/oilers/news/edmonton-oilers-name-connor-mcdavid-captain/c-282396994)
- https://www.nhl.com/oilers/news/edmonton-oilers-name-connor-mcdavid-captain/c-282396994



SportsNet.ca - Oilers make Connor McDavid youngest captain in NHL history (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/oilers-make-connor-mcdavid-youngest-captain-nhl-history/)
- http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/oilers-make-connor-mcdavid-youngest-captain-nhl-history/



TheScore.ca - Connor McDavid named Oilers captain (http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1114489-connor-mcdavid-named-oilers-captain)
- http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1114489-connor-mcdavid-named-oilers-captain
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 06, 2016, 09:00:20 AM
WOW!!! LOL JFC! I wanted to post it :P :hip smile: :bow: :bow:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01730.jpg)

That's why they shipped Hall's ass out :lol:

BUT YEAH!! CAPTAIN CONNOR!!! Let's GET DA CUP!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnnIxU4_gRY

I mean. I dig it. He IS THE FRANCHISE. The kid gonna sell tickets and merch. And I'm all for it. Dude is wise beyond his years fo reals. Just calm and steady even when fuckin trollin reporters here try to egg him. This franchise needs a FACE and McJeeezy BE IT!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on October 08, 2016, 07:16:15 AM
FUCK! Well there goes another first overall flop! To go with the Taylor Hall and Justin Schultz shitty drafts/deals. Yakupov traded to St louis for a bag of pucks! I remember I stayed in my nosebleed seats GOING FUCKIN NUTS CHANTING GO OILERS GO!! and dem Kings trying to steal one!!! My buddy LEFT EARLY LIKE A BITCH!!! SO I WENT NUTS!!!! GOTTA BELIEVE GO OILERS GO!!!! TIED!! REF CALLS IT BACK!! TIED IT AGAIN!!!! THEN YAK GOES LEGEND!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHQzJbjjKHI

Literally DA MOST entertaining thrilling game I ever been and it was regular season. CELLLLYYYY!!! :hip smile:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01249.gif)

Just loved his FUCK YOU GUYS!! I'm GOING TO CENTRE ICE ASAP!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO

just so much potential but really?!!? Man these Russian players never have that next level potential, just floats around and doesn't grind and do the dirty work. No doubt YAK CITY was electric but man, couldn't get off the ground despite whatever linemates they threw at em like Derek Roy and McJeezy. Oh well. Enjoy reuniting with Magnus Pääjärvi!~
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 13, 2016, 04:01:43 AM
So today was the regular season debut of Auston Matthews, and even though the Maple Leafs eventually lost the game 5-4 in OT, Matthews did not disappoint, scoring all 4 of Toronto's goals.

1st goal - https://www.nhl.com/video/matthews-scores-first-nhl-goal/t-277350912/c-45230703

2nd goal - https://www.nhl.com/video/matthews-scores-first-nhl-goal/t-277350912/c-45230703

3rd goal - https://www.nhl.com/video/matthews-nets-feed-for-hat-trick/t-277350912/c-45232703

4th goal - https://www.nhl.com/video/matthews-taps-in-his-fourth-goal/t-277350912/c-45234603


Youngest player ever to score a goal in his regular season debut.....check.

Youngest player ever to score a hat trick in his regular season debut.....check.

Youngest player ever to score 4 goals in his regular season debut.....check.


He just turned 19 years old a month ago. Ho....lee.....shit that was impressive. :yep:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuro808 on October 13, 2016, 05:56:59 PM
So went to San Jose for the Sharks/Kings game...  It was fuckin' awesome the atmosphere and see the $10 burrito I could get for right outside the arena made my day and since I'm not a fan of either team but wanted to see hockey, I went with it.  I don't think it is a true rivalry in my eyes but surely with some time it'll be fantastic.  Also I didn't recognize Setoguchi was part of the Kings XD

BURNS' Beard!!!!

Also WTH Quick XD
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 13, 2016, 07:28:06 PM
So went to San Jose for the Sharks/Kings game...  It was fuckin' awesome the atmosphere and see the $10 burrito I could get for right outside the arena made my day and since I'm not a fan of either team but wanted to see hockey, I went with it.
Yeah, as with most sporting events, it's definitely a different experience when you can see it live compared to watching it on TV. :yep:


Also I didn't recognize Setoguchi was part of the Kings XD
Apparently he received a PTO (professional try-out) offer from the Kings and did well enough that they decided to sign him to a contract. It's only for 1 season, but hey, it's him turning his life around and getting his foot back in the door in the NHL.
:thumbsup


BURNS' Beard!!!!
It's pretty damn epic, ain't it?
:lol:


Also WTH Quick XD
Yeah, first game out and he gets hurt. They're not saying anything conclusive about it for now (he probably still needs to get fully checked out to see how bad it is) other than it's a "lower body injury".
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuro808 on October 17, 2016, 10:18:58 PM
Sorry for the late reply  :lol:

There was a scuffle after the first sharks goal so something happened there
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 20, 2016, 07:13:34 AM
Lots of people tonight were watching the Final round of the "Clinton VS Trump" debates.

Me? Nah. I preferred to watch the First round of "Matthews VS Laine". Let's just say, those two did NOT disappoint. :rockon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67pACFl74V4
BACKUP - https://www.nhl.com/video/laines-hat-trick-wins-it-in-ot/t-277752844/c-45478103


At least for tonight, he's known as Hat-trick (https://www.nhl.com/video/laine-nets-first-nhl-hat-trick/t-277350912/c-45481103) Laine! :finland:
- https://www.nhl.com/video/laine-nets-first-nhl-hat-trick/t-277350912/c-45481103



Oh, and you gotta love the trolling fan chants. :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdEP1f7pC7o



Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 23, 2016, 07:24:38 AM
Pics I took from the 2016 Heritage Classic Jets & Oilers Alumni Game. Pics are raw/untouched, taken by my phone (Samsung Galaxy Note 3), mostly from our seats which were located in the Northwest corner of the stadium.  The last four were taken after the game from a center-ice view in the upper deck.

LINK: http://imgur.com/a/VA0OO


EDIT:
Pics from Day 2 of Heritage Classic weekend, this time featuring the current Jets and Oilers facing off. Taken from the same seats, with the same phone.

LINK: http://imgbox.com/g/IMMZHlOgaQ
*I used imgbox this time because imgur wasn't cooperating for some reason.


Quite frankly, was disappointed at the effort (or lack thereof) by the current Jets in this game today. Also, there were quite a few stupid/bonehead moments that really hurt us that really should never have happened in the first place. At least one, possibly two of these bonehead moments lead to goals by the Oilers which, essentially put the game out of reach for us. :(
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 28, 2016, 06:59:15 AM
So at tonight's game in Peg Sheety where the Jets faced off against the Dallas Stars, both Mark Scheifele and Tyler Seguin wanted to be the last guy to leave the ice after the pre-game warm-up.


Question: How do you decide who gets to go last?


Answer: Hockey janken/rock-paper-scissors.  :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2g-pnvygPY

Backup - https://www.nhl.com/video/scheifele-seguin-pregame-antics/t-277437442/c-45754503


(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip09317.png)
- https://twitter.com/markscheifele55/status/791845514404913153
 :peace:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 28, 2016, 07:38:23 PM
So during the last period this afternoon, I will apparently have Alex Ovechkin's teammate in my class.

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip09319.png)
:P2


*Obviously, other information has been edited out for privacy.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 30, 2016, 01:33:45 AM
News came out earlier this week that Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson had been given a leave of absence due to a "personal matter".  It has now been announce that the "personal matter" is that his wife, Nicholle, has been diagnosed with cancer.
:(


Audio recording of the announcement, made by Senators GM Pierre Dorian (on behalf of the team and the Anderson family): http://www.tsn.ca/radio/ottawa-1200/dorion-anderson-s-wife-nicholle-diagnosed-with-cancer-1.595602


NHL.com - Craig Anderson rejoins Senators: Goalie was granted leave of absence after wife was diagnosed with cancer (https://www.nhl.com/news/craig-anderson-rejoining-ottawa-senators/c-283224152)
- https://www.nhl.com/news/craig-anderson-rejoining-ottawa-senators/c-283224152


TSN.com - Sens announce G Anderson's wife has cancer (http://www.tsn.ca/sens-announce-g-anderson-s-wife-has-cancer-1.595588)
- http://www.tsn.ca/sens-announce-g-anderson-s-wife-has-cancer-1.595588


TheScore.ca - Craig Anderson's wife, Nicholle, diagnosed with cancer (http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1140749-craig-anderson-s-wife-nicholle-diagnosed-with-cancer)
- http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1140749-craig-anderson-s-wife-nicholle-diagnosed-with-cancer


SportsNet.ca - Craig Anderson’s wife Nicholle diagnosed with cancer (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/craig-andersons-wife-diagnosed-cancer/)
- http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/craig-andersons-wife-diagnosed-cancer/


It's really rather messed up that this should happen now considering that this month (October) is known in many circles as "Breast Cancer Awareness Month" and several sports leagues like the NHL, CFL and NFL will wear/have/sell merchandise that's in the particular shade of pink that is used to represent the fight against cancer. They haven't specifically stated what type of cancer she is supposed to have been diagnosed with, but with any luck, they caught this early and with any luck, Nicholle Anderson is going to be able to kick her cancer's ass. Love and support for the Andersons and for anyone/everyone else who's having to take part in this fight.

#FuckCancer, #FightCancer
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 09, 2016, 02:32:05 AM
Looks like we'll soon be finding out what type of "Knights" will be playing in Vegas.


NHL.com - Las Vegas to announce name, logo Nov. 22 (https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-expansion-team-in-las-vegas-sets-date-to-unveil-name-and-logo/c-283511976)
- https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-expansion-team-in-las-vegas-sets-date-to-unveil-name-and-logo/c-283511976
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 09, 2016, 06:59:49 AM
At least for tonight, he's known as Hat-trick (https://www.nhl.com/video/laine-nets-first-nhl-hat-trick/t-277350912/c-45481103) Laine! :finland:
- https://www.nhl.com/video/laine-nets-first-nhl-hat-trick/t-277350912/c-45481103
Holy shit, he's still only 18, but has already got his second NHL hat trick!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v87vZ4mQ_HY

:finland:


BACKUP: NHL.com - Laine nets another hat trick (https://www.nhl.com/video/laine-nets-another-hat-trick/t-277350912/c-46164003)
- https://www.nhl.com/video/laine-nets-another-hat-trick/t-277350912/c-46164003
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 23, 2016, 04:36:57 AM
The announcement was made today. The 31st National Hockey League franchise will be known as:

The Vegas Golden Knights
Official Team Website - https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights
Official Team Twitter - https://twitter.com/GoldenKnights

Quote
OFFICIAL: We are now YOUR Vegas Golden Knights. #BoldInGold
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip09342.jpg)
- https://twitter.com/GoldenKnights/status/801250275881320448


NHL.com - Vegas Golden Knights official team name (https://www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-official-team-name/c-283981522)
- https://www.nhl.com/news/vegas-golden-knights-official-team-name/c-283981522


NHL.com VIDEO - "How We Became The Golden Knights" (https://www.nhl.com/video/how-we-became-the-golden-knights/t-277350912/c-46620303)
- https://www.nhl.com/video/how-we-became-the-golden-knights/t-277350912/c-46620303


SportsNet.ca - New NHL team named Vegas Golden Knights (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/new-nhl-team-named-las-vegas-golden-knights/)
- http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/new-nhl-team-named-las-vegas-golden-knights/


And of course, they've already got some merchandise for sale - http://shop.nhl.com/search/vegas%20golden%20knights


Now while they have not yet unveiled what their uniforms will look like, they have revealed their primary logo (as shown in the above-quoted tweet), secondary logo, and wordmark logo.

Primary Logo
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/t/jphip09343.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip09343.jpg)
Secondary Logo
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/t/jphip09344.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip09344.jpg)
Wordmark Logo
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/t/jphip09345.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip09345.jpg)
*NB. Clicking the above thumbnails will give you a more hi-res (2568x1444) version.


Personally, I like their primary logo and the font that they used for the wordmark. The "V" cut in the face of the medieval helmet is a nice touch to tie the team to Las Vegas, and the two-tone colour scheme they're using is definitely unique and will help their brand stand out among the other teams. The secondary logo is...meh (at least, for me it is). The twin swords crossing has been done many times before, and while I'm sure the four-pointed star has some significance for the team and/or city, combining it with the twin swords just isn't doing it for me.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 04, 2016, 04:49:56 AM
Jonathan Toews and Auston Matthews have a little fun when they're left alone during/after a photoshoot. :P2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXOPpLZVQ4c



And in a multi-sport effort here, Toews is joined by Connor McJesus McDavid and Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista. :thumbsup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdOUkjkL5wI
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 07, 2016, 06:37:54 AM
BarDown.ca - Sports writer designs fantastic Colour Rush inspired jerseys for every NHL team (http://www2.tsn.ca/bardown/Story.aspx?Sports%2bwriter%2bdesigns%2bfantastic%2bColour%2bRush%2binspired%2bjerseys%2bfor%2bevery%2bNHL%2bteam&id=596097)
- tsn.ca/bardown/Story.aspx?Sports+writer+designs+fantastic+Colour+Rush+inspired+jerseys+for+every+NHL+team (http://www2.tsn.ca/bardown/Story.aspx?Sports%2bwriter%2bdesigns%2bfantastic%2bColour%2bRush%2binspired%2bjerseys%2bfor%2bevery%2bNHL%2bteam&id=596097)
- http://www.foxsports.com/nhl/gallery/heres-what-every-nhl-team-would-look-like-in-a-color-rush-inspired-uniform-120616

Some are  :thumbup, some are  :catglare:, and some look like the team's regular uniform.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 31, 2016, 02:38:00 AM
Somehow, you know that it would have to be Brent Burns doing this. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-5UfkSLKDg
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 12, 2017, 07:28:51 PM
HALLSY IS BACK!!! :cry: MCJEEZY LAST GAME AS A TEEN XD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXWYARByJrs

ASIAN PRIDE!!! Jujhar Khaira reppin Lower Mainland BC Brown Nation! :rock:
Title: CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!!!
Post by: daigong on January 21, 2017, 05:40:11 PM
NHL WATCH OUT!! BEAST HAS AWOKE!! That's why they call him PK Subban: "Pok Kai" in Cantonese :lol: OH U FLOPPER!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0WqOpfMSSQ

CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!!! one of my fave Oilers games this season best game YET for Lucic!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXZ_ioV2gCQ

OILERS 2017 STANLEY CUP CHAMPS!!! :hip smile:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 21, 2017, 07:01:44 PM
He's in a yellow (i.e. "no touch/no physical contact") jersey, but Patrik Laine joined the Jets for practice for the first time since getting KO'd with a concussion a couple of weeks ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNIFYdRSSOg



Also, congrats to Henrik Sedin, who recently reached the 1000 point plateau!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uTYK0VAF6o

There's almost something poetic about the fact that he got it against Luongo. :)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 21, 2017, 09:42:42 PM
YAW that was a thang of beauty Luongo and Henrik meeting up after fuckin respect and loyalty among BROZ!!!!

GREAT NHL needs talent like Laine! :finland: fuckin next Jets Sabres gonna be a bloodbath!!!! VIIIITUUU PERKELE!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 30, 2017, 03:36:24 AM
theChive.com - How Wayne Gretzky got his coach back for benching him (http://thechive.com/2017/01/26/the-time-wayne-gretzky-got-his-coach-back-for-benching-him-8-photos/)
- http://thechive.com/2017/01/26/the-time-wayne-gretzky-got-his-coach-back-for-benching-him-8-photos/


VIDEO LINK - https://twitter.com/LeBatardShow/status/824386426427084801

If only it were that easy to get a hat trick.  :P2
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 15, 2017, 05:15:00 AM
Speaking of hat tricks, Patrik Laine (much like the Jets as a whole) has been in a bit of a slump lately. That ended tonight, as Laine got his THIRD hat trick of his rookie season (funny enough, it's also his second hat trick against Dallas). :rockon:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcWxgvvHvbk
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 17, 2017, 06:46:59 AM
^
Follow-up...

Quote
Laine makes NHL history

Rookie Patrik Laine completed his league-leading third hat trick when he scored the second of the Winnipeg Jets’ two empty-net goals in their 5–2 victory against the Stars. The 18-year-old Laine is the first player in NHL history to register three hat tricks before his 19th birthday.

Laine is the first rookie on any NHL team to produce at least three hat tricks in one season since 1992–93, when Teemu Selanne had five for the former Winnipeg Jets (who moved to Arizona in 1996) and Eric Lindros notched three for the Flyers.
- http://www.espn.com/blog/elias-says/post/_/id/547/elias-says-feb-15-2017



(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01756.png)
- https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/831880768205025282/photo/1

:finland:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 04, 2017, 03:40:29 PM
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.  :thumbdown:


NHL.com - NHL will not participate in 2018 Olympics (https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-will-not-participate-in-2018-winter-olympics/c-288385598)
- https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-will-not-participate-in-2018-winter-olympics/c-288385598
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 26, 2017, 04:59:05 AM
so late i know :P  :shakeit: :pimp:

FUCK YEAH OILERS IN THE PLAYOFFS!! :hip smile:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8FcmTDVMAQ1ENu.jpg)

FUCK YEAH OILERS GONNA WIN THE CUP!!!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9CFVxlXoAAeW3h.jpg)

FUCK YEAH OILERS BEAT THE SHARKS!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Uyfs5D8IE

FUCK YEAH OILERS ONTO THE SECOND ROUND!!!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C-RY41ZV0AAaAO3.jpg)

PEG SHEETY IN MY HEART!! ORANGE CRUSH BABY!!!
(https://6-t.imgbox.com/uNItxLef.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/uNItxLef)

 :hip bleh:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 30, 2017, 03:20:49 AM
The 2017 NHL Draft Lottery has just been completed and announced (as of this post) less than hour ago. Big winner this year was Philadelphia, who moved up 10 spots to claim the 2nd overall pick.  Watch the video to watch the announcement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cDounUtyxE




Twitter posts from the winners of the Top 3 picks:
1st Overall Pick -
https://twitter.com/NJDevils/status/858482056711602176
2nd Overall Pick -
https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers/status/858477107944591360
3rd Overall Pick -
https://twitter.com/DallasStars/status/858475277353185283



NHL.com - Devils win No. 1 pick in NHL Draft Lottery, Flyers will choose second, Stars will select third after drawing (https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-draft-first-pick-goes-to-new-jersey-devils/c-289159762?tid=277764372)
- https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-draft-first-pick-goes-to-new-jersey-devils/c-289159762?tid=277764372



 SportsNet.ca - Devils win 2017 NHL Draft Lottery, get No. 1 overall pick (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/devils-wins-2017-nhl-draft-lottery-gets-no-1-overall-pick/)
- http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/devils-wins-2017-nhl-draft-lottery-gets-no-1-overall-pick/



theScore.ca - Devils win draft lottery; Flyers, Stars move into top 3 (http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1279782-devils-win-draft-lottery-flyers-stars-move-into-top-3)
- http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1279782-devils-win-draft-lottery-flyers-stars-move-into-top-3



TSN.ca - Devils win lottery; will pick first overall in 2017 NHL Draft (http://www.tsn.ca/devils-win-lottery-will-pick-first-overall-in-2017-nhl-draft-1.738716)
- http://www.tsn.ca/devils-win-lottery-will-pick-first-overall-in-2017-nhl-draft-1.738716




EDIT: Here's the finalized order that we'll see take place at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip09476.jpg)
- https://twitter.com/NHL/status/858476782583992321
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 10, 2017, 05:49:45 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjmGugcxOQw
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 18, 2017, 06:33:47 AM
Yo dai, personally I'd take this with a grain of salt, buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut...

Icethetics.co - Is this the new Oilers Adidas jersey? (http://www.icethetics.co/blog/2017/6/16/oilers-adidas-jersey-leak)
- http://www.icethetics.co/blog/2017/6/16/oilers-adidas-jersey-leak
- http://www.bardown.com/the-new-edmonton-oilers-adidas-home-jersey-may-have-been-leaked-1.782100
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 21, 2017, 06:23:41 AM
Ok, new adidas-made jerseys are out.

adidas.com - NHL® and adidas Unveil New Hockey Jerseys for 2017-18 Season (http://news.adidas.com/US/Latest-News/ALL/nhl--and-adidas-unveil-new-hockey-jerseys-for-2017-18-season/s/f24dddc6-32a4-43fb-9881-d95ad87a3941)
- http://news.adidas.com/US/Latest-News/ALL/nhl--and-adidas-unveil-new-hockey-jerseys-for-2017-18-season/s/f24dddc6-32a4-43fb-9881-d95ad87a3941




Quote from: NHL's Official Twitter
They’re here. All 31 brand new @adidashockey (https://twitter.com/adidashockey) jerseys, unveiled. #FormTheFuture
- https://twitter.com/NHL/status/877345351845298177


Follow-up. Large picture is large.

Quote from: NHL's Official Twitter
#FormTheFuture

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip09506.jpg)
- https://twitter.com/NHL/status/877346066533724160


In all honesty, anyone who had been hoping/expecting for a bunch of changes/tweaks to various designs will be gravely disappointed. Most changes (if any) are few and at the most are pretty subtle, consisting mostly of the adding or the removing of stripes. The Minnesota Wild were the only team to get a full-on brand new design/look (which, by the way = :thumbup ), while Edmonton and Colorado switched to older/retro-inspired looks (Edmoton went with the orange jerseys that they been using as their 3rd jersey this past season, Colorado adopted a design reminiscent of the jerseys they had when they first moved from Quebec City).

Oh, and Vegas' jersey looks pretty bleh, IMO. Make the main torso part black instead of grey and it would look much better. :yep:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 03, 2017, 03:59:29 AM
^
Follow-up to the whole adidas jersey thing for anyone who really, REALLY wanted to see what changes that were made.

Icethetics.co - Jersey Comparison: 2016 vs 2017 (http://www.icethetics.co/blog/2017/6/21/jersey-comparison-2016-vs-2017)
- http://www.icethetics.co/blog/2017/6/21/jersey-comparison-2016-vs-2017
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 07, 2017, 03:42:32 PM
Crazy to think that "Sid the Kid" turns 30 today.


CBC.ca - NHL superstar Sidney Crosby at 30: The can't miss 'kid' who didn't (http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/nova-scotia/sidney-crosby-30-1.4235342)
- http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/nova-scotia/sidney-crosby-30-1.4235342
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 11, 2017, 05:56:27 AM
BroBible.com - The Vegas Golden Knights To Honor Shooting Victims In A Very Cool Way At Their First Ever Home Game (http://brobible.com/sports/article/vegas-golden-knights-honor-shooting-victims-first-home-game/)
- http://brobible.com/sports/article/vegas-golden-knights-honor-shooting-victims-first-home-game/


Was fortunate enough that we got the broadcast for this game, which allowed me to see this happen, as it happened.  :thumbup
#VegasStrong


EDIT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMim4zWN0Bs
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 15, 2017, 01:03:02 AM
BroBible.com - Winnipeg Jets Players Catch MONSTER 600+ Pound River Monster On Canada’s Fraser River (http://brobible.com/sports/article/winnipeg-jets-fraser-river-sturgeon-matt-hendricks/)
- http://brobible.com/sports/article/winnipeg-jets-fraser-river-sturgeon-matt-hendricks/
- https://twitter.com/SturgeonSlayers/status/917886752655736832

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01783.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01784.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip01785.jpg)



Me, upon seeing the size of that sturgeon -----> (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip02404.jpg)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 03, 2017, 03:31:25 PM
So at tonight's game in Peg Sheety where the Jets faced off against the Dallas Stars, both Mark Scheifele and Tyler Seguin wanted to be the last guy to leave the ice after the pre-game warm-up.


Question: How do you decide who gets to go last?


Answer: Hockey janken/rock-paper-scissors.  :lol:



REMATCH! :lol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns2ibiuHCiU

BACKUP - https://www.nhl.com/video/scheifele-seguin-battle-pregame/t-277350912/c-54194703



Apparently, last night was actually the 3rd time they've done this (I totally do not recall seeing/hearing anything from the "second" time they did it).

BarDown.com - Seguin & Scheifele held Round 3 of their funny Rock, Paper, Scissors duel (http://www.bardown.com/seguin-scheifele-held-round-3-of-their-funny-rock-paper-scissors-duel-1.904432)
- http://www.bardown.com/seguin-scheifele-held-round-3-of-their-funny-rock-paper-scissors-duel-1.904432
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 07, 2017, 04:45:59 AM
Round 4.

BarDown.com - Tyler Seguin and Mark Scheifele kept their Rock, Paper, Scissors tradition going on Monday night (http://www.bardown.com/tyler-seguin-and-mark-scheifele-kept-their-rock-paper-scissors-tradition-going-on-monday-night-1.907767)
- http://www.bardown.com/tyler-seguin-and-mark-scheifele-kept-their-rock-paper-scissors-tradition-going-on-monday-night-1.907767
- https://twitter.com/DallasStars/status/927706949076029440

BACKUP - https://www.nhl.com/video/seguin-scheifele-square-off/c-54310003?tag=playerId&tagValue=Mark%20Scheifele

I have to admit, even though the "rock" he threw looked a little iffy (especially when you see Scheifele's face after they throw down), Seguin probably was due to get one sooner or later. :P2




And welp...I can honestly say that I've never thought that I'd ever see something like this.

BarDown.com - An entire section of fans dressed as refs organized specific cheers at the Islanders game (http://www.bardown.com/an-entire-section-of-fans-dressed-as-refs-organized-specific-cheers-at-the-islanders-game-1.906620)
- http://www.bardown.com/an-entire-section-of-fans-dressed-as-refs-organized-specific-cheers-at-the-islanders-game-1.906620
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 17, 2017, 05:19:42 PM
News came out earlier this week that Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson had been given a leave of absence due to a "personal matter".  It has now been announce that the "personal matter" is that his wife, Nicholle, has been diagnosed with cancer.
:(


~SNIP~


#FuckCancer, #FightCancer
A bit of a follow-up. Nicholle is currently cancer-free :rockon: and she's recently been appointed as the NHL's Ambassador for their "Hockey Fights Cancer" movement.

NHL.com - Nicholle Anderson blog: My treatment playlist (https://www.nhl.com/news/hockey-fights-cancer-ambassador-nicholle-anderson-treatment-playlist/c-292978676)
- https://www.nhl.com/news/hockey-fights-cancer-ambassador-nicholle-anderson-treatment-playlist/c-292978676



Oh and still...#FuckCancer, #FightCancer
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 03, 2018, 07:55:48 AM
So around the start of this season, the NHL launched a website (https://greatestnhluniforms.com) calling for fans to vote for the greatest NHL uniform/jersey of all time. Now remember the fact that it's a FAN VOTE. So while there will be a lot of votes based on actual aesthetic reasoning, there are (no doubt) many, many more that are just people wanting to pick their personal favorites.


Anyways, the final results are in (I'm actually kinda peeved that the site launched by the NHL only lists the Top 25 vote-getters):

BarDown.com - Only 6 active NHL jerseys made the NHL’s top 25 of all-time list (https://www.bardown.com/only-6-active-nhl-jerseys-made-the-nhl-s-top-25-of-all-time-list-1.957496)
- https://www.bardown.com/only-6-active-nhl-jerseys-made-the-nhl-s-top-25-of-all-time-list-1.957496



You can tell Peg Sheety fans voted like crazy because 3 versions of Jets jerseys made the Top 25. :lol:

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip09645.jpg)
- https://www.instagram.com/p/BdeXolxhoic/
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 15, 2018, 01:13:54 AM
WHATTA NHL SEASON EH!!  :P

Vegas on TOP WTF! Fuck those Jets losses STUNG!!!


CHEECH! way to scrap back to back wins in a long time!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTes_zVVoAATUTb.jpg)
via https://twitter.com/27milanlucic?lang=en

Oilers WILL make the playoffs this year BOOK IT!  :hip smile:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 06, 2018, 06:22:11 PM
Laine didn't know what it meant when he was told his beard gives him an "Amish" look. :lol:


ThePlayersTribune.com - Winnipeg Is Good (by Patrik Laine) (https://www.theplayerstribune.com/patrik-laine-winnipeg-jets-nhl/)
- https://www.theplayerstribune.com/patrik-laine-winnipeg-jets-nhl/
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 19, 2018, 05:31:55 AM
BarDown.com - Fan puts the names of NHL teams from Chinese Wikipedia into a translator and gets hilarious results (https://www.bardown.com/fan-puts-the-names-of-nhl-teams-from-chinese-wikipedia-into-a-translator-and-gets-hilarious-results-1.1002857)
- https://www.bardown.com/fan-puts-the-names-of-nhl-teams-from-chinese-wikipedia-into-a-translator-and-gets-hilarious-results-1.1002857
- https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/7yaloj/i_put_the_names_of_the_nhl_teams_from_chinese
- https://i.redd.it/dxuuaxv95vg01.jpg

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip09666.png)



Somehow, chanting GO WEN-BO SPRAY MACHINE GO! just doesn't have the same vibe to it. :P2


EDIT:
The jersey though, isn't the worst thing in the world.  :lol:

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip09665.jpg)


BarDown.com - A hockey fan made jerseys for some of the unique translated NHL team names from Chinese Wikipedia (https://www.bardown.com/a-hockey-fan-made-jerseys-for-some-of-the-unique-translated-nhl-team-names-from-chinese-wikipedia-1.1003448)
- https://www.bardown.com/a-hockey-fan-made-jerseys-for-some-of-the-unique-translated-nhl-team-names-from-chinese-wikipedia-1.1003448
- https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/7yh09a/i_took_a_few_of_the_more_interesting_names_from/
- https://imgur.com/gallery/0ddye
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 01, 2018, 07:38:49 AM
BarDown.com - During a touching ceremony, Vegas Golden Knights retire #58 to honour victims of shooting (https://www.bardown.com/during-a-touching-ceremony-vegas-golden-knights-retire-58-to-honour-victims-of-shooting-1.1043532)
- https://www.bardown.com/during-a-touching-ceremony-vegas-golden-knights-retire-58-to-honour-victims-of-shooting-1.1043532
- https://twitter.com/GoldenKnights/status/980273345605263360
- https://www.instagram.com/p/BhA5P8cFUOH
- https://streamable.com/usi9k


Quote
The Golden Knights have decided the number 58 will never be worn. Tonight we fly 58 stars in the sky as a reminder that those fallen in the events of One October will always be with us. Long may their light shine. We are, and always will be, #VegasStrong
- https://www.instagram.com/p/BhAwTfgFYAs/


:rockon:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 11, 2018, 05:30:08 AM
Less than 24 hours to go!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TEsv3usJmo
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 23, 2018, 02:12:41 AM
GO JETS GO!!!

Fuckin What a RUN!! Good get rid of Dubnyk and the wild. FUCK THE DUCKS!  :tama-mad: Jets Vegas Conf Finals BRING BACK DA CUP!!! :hip smile:

(https://i.imgur.com/wgF9qIw.jpg)
 
THANKS for da Jersey PEG SHEETY WREEKKIN CRU!! Even Black Onyx Gave me a High 5 LMFAO

went to the Summit Show - a sports card show in town FUCK!! Met Jari Kurri and Esa Tikkanen so kind and gracious I was geeked up like a lil school girl what are the odds of meeting these two LEGENDS!

Shook his hand dropped a Kiitos! and he said something like ole hyvä??? But he was like all business when I threw in a Suomi Perkele :finland:

(https://i.imgur.com/7L0cHFw.jpg)

I was totally hungover and just talking shit with Kurri, the line wrapped up and he was just waiting and I was waiting for my photo to print. So I'm like YO check out my site, run by Finns, most Finns in the world and gave him my jphip business card XD I gave him 2 he gives me back 1 fuckin pockets it :lol: so we still standing and I'm like do you like kebab in a total Finnish accent but he's like what? I'm like what's your favourite food and he's like Finnish meatballs and I'm like what's the difference between dem Ikea Swedish meatballs and he's like DAAAAAAMN LMFAO :jphip:

Tikkanen was super nice too I think he cracked up at Suomi Perkele but dude super nice. You usually have to be a big time season ticket holder to meet these guys up close even though they do come to town often for reunion events, this might be the last one for a while GO OILERS GO!!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 14, 2018, 07:49:24 AM
So during the playoffs, the NHL does a documentary series that they title "Quest For The Stanley Cup". During said series they have crews following the teams playing in the various playoff brackets and this year, they have released the first 2 episodes on their YouTube channel (hopefully with the rest to follow).  Only problem is, it says on their YouTube channel that the episodes are "Canada Only". No idea why they're region-blocking like that, but episodes of the series is apparently supposed to be airing every Friday on ESPN in the States, and chances are some streams will be popping up sooner or later.


Anyway, for the Canadians in da house:

Ep.01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usv3KLHRULE


Ep.02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUCMOzxjh3o



EDIT:

Ep.03

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO9pjP-90Rc
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 23, 2018, 10:38:42 PM
It's been a point of debate over this entire season, but now that the Jets have been eliminated from the playoffs, the beard is gone. :P2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij32p2H-0_c
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuro808 on May 29, 2018, 07:24:31 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tC4qIIuoD8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tC4qIIuoD8)

 :twothumbs :twothumbs :twothumbs :twothumbs
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 30, 2018, 06:02:57 AM
^
As much as it pisses me off that Vegas eliminated us, there's no denying that they put on a hell of a pregame show.

:yep:

I mean, where else would you see Michael Buffer doing player introductions for something like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymyp_7Ggj0w



Also...
Anyway, for the Canadians in da house:

Ep.01
Quest For The Stanley Cup Episode 1 (Canada Only) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usv3KLHRULE?t=1s)


Ep.02
Quest For The Stanley Cup Episode 2 (Canada Only) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUCMOzxjh3o?t=1s)



EDIT:

Ep.03

Quest For The Stanley Cup Episode 3 (Canada Only) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO9pjP-90Rc?t=1s)

Ep.04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52A8_U9wI1o
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: kuro808 on May 30, 2018, 06:10:10 AM
^ Their path is just incredible. I mean to think that they were bonded by many aspects in their lives and drove them this far. I’m rooting for them more for the city to heal after the shooting and to know that especially Hawaii can have a great chance to learn the sport when they want to get away XD

Also I have a goal to see the Stanley Cup if they win :hip smile:

Sometimes that’s the good things about sports, although other teams are sitting at home. And to add Vegas doing an epic preshow can’t be beat by any standard, even the Sharks game I did manage to see was quite tame :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 30, 2018, 03:54:31 PM
Also I have a goal to see the Stanley Cup if they win :hip smile:
If I may say so myself, it's pretty damn glorius when you see it in person. :yep:

Superstition (if one believes in that sort of thing) says that one should be careful not to touch it, lest you jinx your team's chances of winning it. :)2
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on June 08, 2018, 05:30:38 PM
Well, the monkey's finally off of Ovi's back. As much as I love to rag on him, there's no denying his work ethic and unbridled passion for the game. He and the Caps definitely earned this Championship.

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip09788.jpg)
- https://www.instagram.com/p/Bjv3zi9hjeI/
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 01, 2018, 07:20:26 PM
^ ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!

holy shit good luck leafs fan tavares = cap fuckland XD

welcome back brodziak!!!

chia bring back big rig!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 19, 2018, 12:19:59 AM
Not only did he finally get that championship ring, but now Ovi's a dad! :thumbsup

BarDown.com - Alex and Nastasiya Ovechkin revealed the name of their newborn child (https://www.bardown.com/alex-and-nastasiya-ovechkin-revealed-the-name-of-their-newborn-child-1.1159491)
- https://www.bardown.com/alex-and-nastasiya-ovechkin-revealed-the-name-of-their-newborn-child-1.1159491
- https://twitter.com/ikhurshudyan/status/1030847033274499072


BarDown.com - Two interesting facts about Ovechkin’s newborn boy (https://www.bardown.com/two-interesting-facts-about-ovechkin-s-newborn-boy-1.1159512)
- https://www.bardown.com/two-interesting-facts-about-ovechkin-s-newborn-boy-1.1159512
- https://twitter.com/ikhurshudyan/status/1030848188847144961
- https://twitter.com/luhMan6/status/1030852189521162240
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 02, 2018, 09:38:57 PM
Holy crap, Jumbo Joe shaved his beard!!!
:OMG: :OMG: :OMG:


NHL.com - Burns shaves Thornton's lengthy beard, calls it 'end of an era' (https://www.nhl.com/news/san-jose-sharks-brent-burns-shaves-joe-thornton-lengthy-beard/c-300550940?tid=281396148)
- https://www.nhl.com/news/san-jose-sharks-brent-burns-shaves-joe-thornton-lengthy-beard/c-300550940?tid=281396148


NHL.com/sharks - Shark Life: Bye Bye Beard (https://www.nhl.com/sharks/news/shark-life-bye-bye-beard/c-300559438)
- https://www.nhl.com/sharks/news/shark-life-bye-bye-beard/c-300559438


And from the Sharks' Official Twitter (more/other Twitter links are included in the above posts):
- https://twitter.com/SanJoseSharks/status/1047185764411367424
- https://twitter.com/SanJoseSharks/status/1047197935023271936
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 05, 2018, 07:41:50 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOnDYmYVjwo


Pacioretty as the Fonz! :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 20, 2018, 06:54:04 AM
NHL.com - [The NHL's First Inuk player Jordin] Tootoo retires after 13 NHL seasons (https://www.nhl.com/news/jordin-tootoo-retires-after-13-nhl-seasons/c-301108840)
- https://www.nhl.com/news/jordin-tootoo-retires-after-13-nhl-seasons/c-301108840
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 26, 2018, 08:33:55 PM
BarDown.com - A hockey fan came up with an intriguing 8-division realignment for when Seattle joins the NHL (https://www.bardown.com/a-hockey-fan-came-up-with-an-intriguing-8-division-realignment-for-when-seattle-joins-the-nhl-1.1198099)
- https://www.bardown.com/a-hockey-fan-came-up-with-an-intriguing-8-division-realignment-for-when-seattle-joins-the-nhl-1.1198099
- https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/9r6zqx/eight_division_realignment/


Quote
IloveKOTOR
For those who would rather read:

Northwest: Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Seattle (Sockeyes)?, Vancouver Canucks

Pacific: Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks, Vegas Golden Knights

Central: Chicago Blackhawks, Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues, Winnipeg Jets

4th Western Division: Arizona Coyotes, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild

Metro: Buffalo Sabres, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers

Atlantic: Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs

3rd Eastern Division: Columbus Blue Jackets, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals

4th Eastern Division: Carolina Hurricanes, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning

Only major rivalries I know I missed out on are Flyers - Devils/Rangers and maybe Leafs - Sabres

Lots of people probably don't like the 8 Division idea, but I thought I'd give it a shot.


Map
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip09943.png)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 06, 2018, 06:56:47 AM
Putting this here (instead of the more general "Hockey Thread") as the players mentioned are all current or former NHLers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neYMu1YEy6k
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on November 30, 2018, 07:28:51 PM
At 20 years and 224 days, Laine's the 4th youngest player ever to reach 100 goals, and Sportsnet made a video with all 100 of them. :lol:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpWH3JJDsCY
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on January 27, 2019, 06:22:32 AM
He might not have been selected to play in this year's All-Star game, but PK Subban still found a way to get involved in this weekend's festivities.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKLz1ELuSPc
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on May 15, 2019, 07:52:00 PM
Shouldn't be surprised that someone did this, but still.........goddamit.  :lol:



BarDown.com - Someone put the girl filter on NHL players and we don't know how to feel about it (https://www.bardown.com/someone-put-the-girl-filter-on-nhl-players-and-we-don-t-know-how-to-feel-about-it-1.1305873)
- https://www.bardown.com/someone-put-the-girl-filter-on-nhl-players-and-we-don-t-know-how-to-feel-about-it-1.1305873
- https://twitter.com/kuznuts0v/status/1128154757195976704
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 28, 2019, 12:51:18 AM
BroBible.com - Islanders’ Anthony Beauvillier Shoots His Shot With Anna Kendrick On Twitter With The Help Of Countless Wingmen (https://brobible.com/culture/article/anthony-beauvillier-shoots-shot-anna-kendrick/)
- https://brobible.com/culture/article/anthony-beauvillier-shoots-shot-anna-kendrick/


Fuuuuuuckin' AWESOME!!!!
 8)2 :pimp:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on February 24, 2020, 04:59:20 PM
Ovechkin is now the 8th player in the history of the NHL to score 700 goals in his career. Here they all are, in case you missed a couple here or there :P2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3QMsoHdpOA


At this rate (barring a major injury), he's probably going to reach the top of the career-goals list within the next (I say) 3 seasons.
:yep:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on March 29, 2020, 08:52:11 PM
So it turns out this weekend has a couple of anniversaries in Winnipeg hockey. One that was hella proud:

BarDown.com - 27 years ago today, Teemu Selanne became the first and only NHL rookie to score 70 goals (https://www.bardown.com/27-years-ago-today-teemu-selanne-became-the-first-and-only-nhl-rookie-to-score-70-goals-1.1461479) :rockon:
- https://www.bardown.com/27-years-ago-today-teemu-selanne-became-the-first-and-only-nhl-rookie-to-score-70-goals-1.1461479


and one that....wasn't so much:

BarDown.com - Two years ago today, Scott Foster recorded the first ever saves by an emergency goalie (https://www.bardown.com/two-years-ago-today-scott-foster-recorded-the-first-ever-saves-by-an-emergency-goalie-1.1461539)  :nervous
- https://www.bardown.com/two-years-ago-today-scott-foster-recorded-the-first-ever-saves-by-an-emergency-goalie-1.1461539
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 03, 2020, 03:51:34 AM
BarDown.com - McDavid, Gretzky recall the first time they met, discuss playing in Edmonton and more (https://www.bardown.com/mcdavid-gretzky-recall-the-first-time-they-met-discuss-playing-in-edmonton-and-more-1.1462920)
- https://www.bardown.com/mcdavid-gretzky-recall-the-first-time-they-met-discuss-playing-in-edmonton-and-more-1.1462920


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QneyJwGa2N0
Title: NHL RETURN TO PLAY ANNOUNCEMENT MEGATHREAD
Post by: daigong on May 30, 2020, 02:33:47 AM
^  GOATS!!! :sheep love:

NHL IS BACK!?!?!??!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8TR75ocIhc&t=1s

Summary


Oilers will play Chicago in a best of 5 series to determine who will move on to the first round. Jets and Flames!! WTF. Some teams with 11 games left, others 12, 10 this is the only way to go to squeeze it in.

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip10274.jpeg)
its crazy....Here we are in June already. There's supposed to be a Cup Conference Finals

What are your feelings? Round Robin to go to the 1st round....it feels like a lock out within a lockout season. Just glad to see hockey BACK!!!!!!!! :shakeit:

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 02, 2020, 07:12:13 AM
HUH!!! NHL Hub cities in Edmonton!?!? Woo. Hoo. Stage 2 apparently is in July 10 when training camp opens up. WHO IS EXCITED?!

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/toronto-edmonton-expected-announced-nhl-hub-cities/

Nothing official yet but it'll be the East in Edmonton and West in Toronto so no home ice advantage. :P  To be honest I thought we were a long shot. Must have been the GREAT promo video our Redneck UCP Premier Kenney made which said "Come visit Edmonton!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mJbUbkjmCE

and showed footage of the Rockies like Banff and Jasper which are like 2-3 hours out of town XD

I dunno. It is all gonna be weird. Wack. Like Phil Jackson Asterisk cuz Hockey in the Summer? I mean great that Leon won the Hart and Art Ross but hey, just aint the same. everyone got time to heal, there was a break and shit. Feels like a strike season but not.

HEY! And congrats to Kevin Lowe, Jerome Iginila and Oilers GM Kenny Holland to making it the Hall of Fame.! Some other geeks too :P I heard K-Lowe got a huge push from his friends but whatever. There's like dozens of ol Habs and Mats Sundin in there so WHY NOT :P
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 15, 2020, 03:47:17 PM
WE GOT IT!!!!!!!!! HUB CITY!!! CUM ON DOWN!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnCF6-f34qQ
August 1st HOCKEY IS BACK!!! Man they keep delaying this press conference makes you wonder :? Well we'll get greasy Auston MAtthews and his covid 'stache here so look the fuck out bums!! can't top NUUUUUUGE  :hip smile:
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip02051.jpg)
.......at least Kassian's CHOPS ARE BACK!! (c/w Hell's Angel XD)
(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip02052.jpg)
Hmm. I'm confused so West teams will play in Edmonton? I thought home teams didn't get home ice. OH WELL. Apparently so. East in Toronto. BONUS. Pipe in fan chants from the Boyle Centre.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ecvb8oEXYAID7dM?format=jpg&name=small)
How's your team looking? I heard a bunch of PEns tested positive. That is the ultimate game changer right there. Get your TV deal money while risking peoples lives to entertain fans. Fucking psycho, might as well play on the moon???
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 17, 2020, 08:31:03 PM
HOLY FUCK ROGERS PLACE HUB CITY!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zb-uhccFoo

apparently that's the most rain we had on that day in over 70 years!!!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 23, 2020, 08:49:43 PM

SAY YES TO KRAK!!!
The Seattle Kraken is your new NHL franchise. Whatchu think???

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdoHAqbUYAEaIb3?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)

source: https://twitter.com/NHLSeattle_/status/1286334190439395330

GEAR UP RICCKER!! TOZZ!!! :D

Looks dope, I like the MAriners type colours. They should get Kruella Krakken as their mascot (https://www.instagram.com/kruellakraken/?hl=en) :lol:

Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on July 24, 2020, 02:11:57 AM
Did someone say mascot?

https://giphy.com/gifs/trees-hLx1RYpEamdj2

:lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on July 29, 2020, 04:46:22 AM
I love DAT ass shaking one too XD

YAMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOCKEY IS BACK!!!!!;;
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 01, 2020, 07:42:04 PM
HOCKEY IS BACK!!! FOR REAL!!! ALL DA MARBLES!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaocSCQWL_8

Whats your playoff picks??? OILERS FOR DA CUP for sure.

JEts over Flames in 3 Wild over Nucks in 5. Panthers over Isles in 4. Pens over Habs in 5. Preds over Yotes in 3. Flyers over Bruins in 5. JAckets over Leafs in 3. Blues over Avs in 5. Rangers over Canes in 4.  Lightning over Caps in 5. Knights over Stars in 4. Oilers over Hawks in 4.

PHEW these are gonna BE TIGHT!!!!!!!! FCUK they prorated the Neal for Lucic trade and Oilers have to give up a third rounder :lol: can't help if CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH SUCKS!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 02, 2020, 12:07:51 AM
WHOA I need to get a tV XD Powerful speech by MAtt Dumba. BLACK LIVES MATTER.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8J-dB_o_pg

BRUTAL!!!! HAWKS never underestimate 3 time Champs FUCK!! Toews you BITCH!!! :tama-mad:Way to wake up at the end, MCDavid gotta get more support in the circle. KASS stop being SO CUTEE at least they made an effort at the end. FUCK ALWAYS HEY! Game time, bad starts. Afternoon games excuses excuses. I like the fourth line Neal Khaira and Chiasson. BRING THE BODYY!!! at least the 50/50 was 760K plus. RIP Messier's Mom!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 02, 2020, 04:01:48 AM
(https://preview.redd.it/tjpvl34i1ge51.jpg?width=1024&auto=webp&s=8b985e06ad90df71c2d90689609cbab945a198a3)

I like the view of Edmonton that NBC showed. The old Coliseum/Rexall Place.......and 118th Avenue basically Crackhead hooker city. :lol:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 04, 2020, 07:05:58 AM
MCJEEEZZZYYY!!! HATTTTY!!!! OILERS WIN!!! 6-3 over Hawks man they needed this!!! SEE YOU WED NITE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GbuI_Q1npA

Man entire heavy horses all four lines coming at you!!! Sheehan Neal JJ Chiasson COME ON NOW!!! Pick your poison!! Way to bring it KASSSSIAN!!!

Fuck that real sucks about Scheiffs JETS FAN!! FUCK YOU TURTLE :tama-mad: real psychical series out there but come on was that hit on Boychuk necessary the fuck are your trying to prove. PLAY the fucking game already you goons
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 06, 2020, 07:15:12 AM
FUUUUUU7UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

https://youtu.be/S7uqdLV09X8

GO OILERS GOOOOOOO LIU LUU

Just to the brink.da fuck happened weird bounces deflection fuckkkkkkkkkkk. Jets and Oil need to crank it up or else fuccck
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on August 08, 2020, 04:11:36 AM
^ FUCK YOU CAT!!!! FUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCK XD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJCufSYP1vk

That's it Oilers done. JEts Done. Pens Done. Preds DONE. Rangers DONE. WHAT THE FUCK UPSET CITY WHAT KINDA EMOTION U TALKIN ABOUT

these 5 game series are just so unpredictable....in hte back of my mind I didn't want em to win cuz it was a whole asterisk weird August series. But man, to be done just like that. HUB CITY WTF MAN CAptain Serious FUCK YOU!!! Cauggulia FUCK. Hockey is painful  :sweatdrop:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on December 29, 2020, 01:52:15 AM
Need to kill some time?

Here's the Subbanator, McJeezy, Evander Kane and Auston Matthews talking about their "must have" items:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-im9IrcoY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-76ZfRJvBmc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFQ-qqmUeOE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwUiy6nnKyo



And Tyler Seguin talkin' about his ink:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOGXa8xGj8o
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on August 11, 2021, 03:41:20 AM
NHL.com - Tony Esposito dies at 78, Hockey Hall of Fame goalie (https://www.nhl.com/news/hockey-hall-of-fame-goalie-tony-esposito-dies/c-325944642)
- https://www.nhl.com/news/hockey-hall-of-fame-goalie-tony-esposito-dies/c-325944642


R.I.P. Mr. Esposito
:prayers:
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on September 04, 2021, 03:32:18 AM
THEY BACK BABEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!!! :rockon: :rockon: :rockon:

NHL.com - NHL players will participate in 2022 Beijing Olympics (https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-players-will-participate-in-2022-beijing-olympics/c-326072268)
- https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-players-will-participate-in-2022-beijing-olympics/c-326072268



IIHF.com - NHL players are back (https://www.iihf.com/en/news/28036/nhl_players_are_back)
- https://www.iihf.com/en/news/28036/nhl_players_are_back


TSN.ca - NHL players to play in 2022 Winter Olympics (https://www.tsn.ca/nhl-players-to-play-in-2022-winter-olympics-1.1689310)
- https://www.tsn.ca/nhl-players-to-play-in-2022-winter-olympics-1.1689310



Sportsnet.ca - NHL, NHLPA reach agreement with IIHF to participate in 2022 Beijing Olympics (https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/article/nhl-nhlpa-reach-agreement-iihf-participate-2022-beijing-olympics/)
- https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/article/nhl-nhlpa-reach-agreement-iihf-participate-2022-beijing-olympics/
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 15, 2022, 05:27:05 AM
BroBible.com - Ex-NHL Star Chris Pronger Shares Traps Pro Athletes Fall Into—Including Spending $1M At A Gentlemen’s Club (https://brobible.com/sports/article/nhl-star-chris-pronger-stories-about-players-losing-fortunes/)
- https://brobible.com/sports/article/nhl-star-chris-pronger-stories-about-players-losing-fortunes/
- https://twitter.com/chrispronger/status/1511061515956551682



BroBible.com - Chris Pronger Details How Easy It Is For NHL Players To Blow Through $30 Million (https://brobible.com/sports/article/chris-pronger-how-much-nhl-players-really-make-expenses/)
- https://brobible.com/sports/article/chris-pronger-how-much-nhl-players-really-make-expenses/
- https://twitter.com/chrispronger/status/1514246460664999942


I'll admit, Pronger wasn't one of the guys I'd normally cheer for when he was playing. But you read what he talks about in the above, and dude definitely sounds like he knows what he's talking about.

Makes you think that young/rookie pro athletes (not just hockey players) should get some sort of education on this. They don't necessarily need to be able to completely be able to manage all of their finances themselves, but they should know enough that they're not just blindly depending on others to do it for them AND hopefully recognize/avoid the "traps" that Pronger mentions.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on April 15, 2022, 06:51:54 PM
He's an idiot! Just ask that A-Channel reporter he fucked and his wife made him demand a trade :P

on a sadder note. RIP Mike Bossy. I didn't think it looked promising when he was admitted to the hospice. Jeez one of the best man, Took the Gretzky led Oilers to hell and back. I remember having a Mike Bossy poster from Canadian Tire or something and I'm like WTF!! GO OILERS GO LOL one of the GOATs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLyKfs4SL8U

FUCK CANCER.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on April 23, 2022, 12:58:15 AM
Lost another one today, one whom I call the original "Flower" of the league

NHL.com - Lafleur dies at 70, five-time Cup champion with Canadiens (https://www.nhl.com/news/guy-lafleur-dead/c-333289584)
- https://www.nhl.com/news/guy-lafleur-dead/c-333289584


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhDcEOPZ0Zo


R.I.P. Monsieur Lafleur,
:prayers:


Oh, and of course...
FUCK CANCER.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 02, 2022, 04:16:21 AM
Tres Bien Flower. Fuck Cancer. one of my first hockey cards - the Nords version lol.

STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS The City is gonna be wild. Sorry Jets. What a rough season but Dallas Stars squeaking in against the powerhouse Flames LOL Man. Here's to The Oilers repeating the magic 5 years ago when there was fans in the stands. GO OILERS GO!!

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip10575.jpg)

Join the Stanley Cup bracket NOW! https://bracketchallenge.nhl.com/leagues/11752&join_token=3D22394B59 password: rika

Enough Art Ross trophies, who cares about Rocket. It's all about Conn Smythe 8)
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 17, 2022, 08:45:05 PM
OILERS WIN!!!! BATTLE OF ALBERTA HERE WE CUM!!!

I went to the watch party outside the arena, Rogers Place and FUCK IT WAS DANGEROUS LOL bunch of drunk frat boys FUCK all my "friends" bailed so I was fending for myself in the mosh pit they dubbed "MOSS Pit" after our legendary locker room guy Joey Moss. PLAY LA BAMBA BABY!! as Big Ben would say  :hip smile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEWLjX4aTDc

Connor McDavid going NEXT LEVEL ALPHA DOG!!! MCJEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZY!  We are so lucky to have some of the greatest players!!! LEON on one Leg!! ITS GOTTA BE KANE!! (Sorry Jets Fan :P) SCHMIDDDY Going Way of the Samurai!!

(http://picroda.jphip.com/manlove/jphip02162.jpg)

Great times in ETOWN!! Wish Y'all WERE HERE!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on May 27, 2022, 10:33:59 AM
GO OILERS GO!!!!! :hip smile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGrfP1UZnjk

SUCK IT CALGARY!! Fuckin Flames all these wannabe teams. Never DOUBT McJEEEZY!!! I have a feeling this is gonna be a magical run a la 2006 when we hit up DALLAS and fucking took Carolina to the brink!! Repping CANADA!! :canada: like the 2018 Jets! COME ON!!! Enjoy these times man!! Life is GRAND! Keep making it POSITIVE!!!
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: JFC on October 07, 2022, 05:30:45 PM
GlobalNews.ca - The cost to attend an NHL game in each Canadian city, ranked (https://globalnews.ca/news/9179433/nhl-game-cost-canadian-city-rankings/)
- https://globalnews.ca/news/9179433/nhl-game-cost-canadian-city-rankings/

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip10581.png)


Totals here are guess-timated based on 1 person attending and getting 2 beers, 1 hot dog (dude, who eats just one?) and paying for parking.

Holy hell, fans on the top 5 on this list are paying through the nose. Also, not entirely surprised that Vegas and Seattle are right near the top, considering that they're still paying off the costs of their new arenas.
Title: Re: Official NHL Thread
Post by: daigong on January 14, 2024, 06:05:14 PM
^ What a discount for us :lol:

OILERS TEN IN A ROW!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbbcx_gBRvI&pp=ygUPb2lsZXJzIGJvdWNoYXJk

never doubted them even though there was that horrendous start. It's the same players same team it's all the mindset!