OFFICIAL 2013/14 NHL Regular Season Thread

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 10:03 am

govmentchedda wrote:Fucking Ovechkin!

Great timing for the caps to release this

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 11:00 am

Calgary GM and Asst. GM fired. As soon as they brought in Brian Burke, I know a lot of people thought Feaster was on thin ice, as the two were basically redundant. And... there you go.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:05 am

Every team has injuries, but this note is ridiculous:

The Pens placed defenseman Kris Letang on IR with an upper-body injury. The Pens top-4 blueliners are all on IR (Scuderi, Martin, Orpik, Letang). With Deryk Engelland expected to hear from the NHL regarding his hit on Justin Abdelkader Saturday night, so the team recalled blueliner Philip Samuelsson from WBS.

So the Pens will likely have the following defensemen in the lineup: Niskanen, Despres, Bortuzzo, Dumoulin, Maatta and Samuelsson. Combined Despres (60), Bortuzzo (39), Maatta (34), Dumoulin (1) and Samuelsson (0) have played in 134 career NHL games.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:10 am

sancarlos wrote:Calgary GM and Asst. GM fired. As soon as they brought in Brian Burke, I know a lot of people thought Feaster was on thin ice, as the two were basically redundant. And... there you go.

Yup. Now the question is: Burke is now looking for a GM does he just look in the mirror and hire himself?

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 8:14 am

19 year old Olli Maatta scored on a penalty shot last night (SH, too), the second defencemen in franchise history to do so. A reporter at the PPG found the article from the last time it happened, during the Pens inaugural season in 1968. Noel Price and Andy Bathgate received 10-minutes misconduct penalties during the game, which came with $25 fines.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:56 am

how's this for an overtime goal?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:28 am

Crazy finish in San Jose tonight. Sharks led the Avs 3-2 with less than 2 minutes left in the game. The Avalanche pull their goalie, and get the tying goal. Then, with about a minute left, they score again to take the lead! So, now, the Sharks pull their goalie. And sure enough, they tie it again! First time I've ever seen both teams score at the end of a game, after each pulling their respective goalies. I was exhausted by the time the Sharks won the shootout.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 8:29 am

Heading to the Rock this afternoon for Pens/Devils.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:46 am

Big NYE World Juniors game (Canada-US) starting at 11:30am ET.

Last year the US crushed Canada 5-1 in the semifinals on their way to gold. Today's game is for 1st place in the group and a bye to the semis. Canada must win in regulation. If it goes to OT then Canada will finish 2nd and face Russia in the quarterfinals.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:52 am

So it looks like we should see some snow today?

The game in NJ yesterday was a bit of a bore. The Devils got the lead and did Devil things with it, and with only one real line the Pens couldn't do much to stop them. The kids enjoyed themselves though, and despite hearing it four or five times never asked what the "Rangers suck! Flyers swallow! Crosby watches!" chant meant.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:26 am

I'm sure the kids would've explained it to you. You should've asked.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 12:36 pm

Yes, some snow.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 12:55 pm

Hey, guys.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:14 pm

After that first picture I was going ask if you were actually there. Very cool, (continue to) have a great time.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:25 pm

I really like that Mayer Hawthorne song.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 3:01 pm

a tweet I just saw, about the winter classic wrote:@TheFourthPeriod: With the windchill factoring in, and the snow still coming down, the temperature at the WC right now is -1F / -18C.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 7:50 pm

US team named

Bobby Ryan, Yandle, Byfuglien, Okposo, Jack and Eric Johnson not on the team.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:29 pm

I know folks say Ryan lacks defense and intensity, but T.J. Oshie over Bobby Ryan? Ryan is an elite scorer.

He was a longer shot, but I was rooting for Justin Braun, defenseman of the Sharks.

On FB, Hood is bitching for Kyle Okposo.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:25 pm

degenerasian wrote:US team named

That's a ridiculously detailed article on the process of selecting the team. Geez.

I guess Okposo killing the team that the coach and assistant GM work for wasn't worth much.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:35 pm

Islander announcer rants that the Okposo snubs represents disrespect of the Islander franchise

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rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 7:33 am

He scored the GW goal last night, too.

Okposo that is, not Howie Rose.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 9:39 am

rass wrote:
degenerasian wrote:US team named
That's a ridiculously detailed article on the process of selecting the team. Geez.

I guess Okposo killing the team that the coach and assistant GM work for wasn't worth much.

It's amazing that they let a reporter be embedded in the whole process. For sure they will be a book about this in the future.

Would never happen in Canada. Anything about hockey is a state secret.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 10:53 am

David Poile apologizes publicly to Bobby Ryan for what Brian Burke said

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 11:07 am

sancarlos wrote:David Poile apologizes publicly to Bobby Ryan for what Brian Burke said

boooooo

I don't get it. If you're going to allow a reporter embeded into your screening process and he's going to be allowed to publish the tough decisions you're going to make then you can't be apologizing to players.

You can't have it both ways. Imagine if they did this in 2010. Why wasn't Guerin selected, because he's too old?

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 1:01 pm

Luckily for USA Hockey, it’s not like elite scoring helps you win

Nice take.

My two cents? Leaving Ryan off of the USA team is idiotic. And personal. But Burke is a horse's ass and that is to be expected. Equally idiotic is naming Seth Jones to the team. This is a 19-year old with 40 NHL games of experience and a -11 rating. Yeah, yeah, Poile is the Preds GM but so what?

By the way, that -11 rating puts Jones at 756th overall in the NHL.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 1:11 pm

Scottie wrote:Luckily for USA Hockey, it’s not like elite scoring helps you win

Nice take.

My two cents? Leaving Ryan off of the USA team is idiotic. And personal. But Burke is a horse's ass and that is to be expected. Equally idiotic is naming Seth Jones to the team. This is a 19-year old with 40 NHL games of experience and a -11 rating. Yeah, yeah, Poile is the Preds GM but so what?

By the way, that -11 rating puts Jones at 756th overall in the NHL.

Seth Jones wasn't named to the team, was he?

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 1:24 pm

Hmm, you're right, he's not. Friggin' TSN just put up a graphic listing the USA roster and had Jones listed as one of eight defencemen. Ugh. They also left off Shattenkirk.

Proper list: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=698495" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That might be the smallest group of defensemen in the tournament.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 8:59 am

Jeez...

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 2:00 pm

Sounds like Petr Nedved makes the Czech team over Hudler and Fleischmann.

NEDVED! He's 42!

And They picked some guy named Barinka cause he's the coach's son-in-law.

What a gong show. Maybe they can get Hasek back in goal.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 5:00 pm

degenerasian wrote:Sounds like Petr Nedved makes the Czech team over Hudler and Fleischmann.

NEDVED! He's 42!

And They picked some guy named Barinka cause he's the coach's son-in-law.

What a gong show. Maybe they can get Hasek back in goal.

Radim Vrbata of Phoenix missed, too. Hard to believe they think they don't need him, Jiri Hudler or Tomas Fleischmann.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 5:21 pm

And they took Cervenka which is even more ludicrous. The guy couldn't even hack a 48 game season last year in Calgary. Worse conditioned player I've ever seen, could barely breathe out there.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:22 pm

So, Canada is going to name its squad Tuesday evening. Anybody want to venture their guesses about surprises on the team, and prominent players who might not make it?

Being Sharks-focused, I am guessing that 2010 Olympians Thornton, Marleau and Boyle will all miss it this time, but that maybe Logan Couture and Marc-Edouard Vlasic have good shots to make it. Frankly, it wouldn't bother me a bit if they all missed the team, and rested up a bit.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:45 pm

Tuesday morning. 11am ET. I think thornton makes it with couture and vlasic.

The debate is Kunitz. Does he make it with Crosby? Meaning that Crosby makes the team twice.

My darkhorse is Jeff Skinner. 20 goals and a great skater for big ice.

My super darkhorse is Flames capt giordano. Solid season and played a year in Russia.

I really hope Nash doesn't make it.

Post by **brian** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:57 am

Red Wings put have six Swedes on the Swedish team. (Gustavsson, Kronwall, Ericsson, Franzen, Alfredsson and Zetterberg).

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:39 pm

I'm disapointed that after all these years, Canada hasn't found a forward named Stills.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 1:16 pm

degenerasian wrote:I'm disapointed that after all these years, Canada hasn't found a forward named Stills.

But Crosby would have to play LW.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 1:27 pm

all the teams are out.

This is the Russian Defense
Markov
Belov
Emelin
Medvedev
Nikitin
Nikulin
Tyutin
Voynov

The American will run all over that in the first round.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:29 pm

Players that have no business being on Team Canada: Luongo, Hamhuis, Subban.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:31 pm

I'm disappointed and surprised that Logan Couture didn't make it. I suspected Thornton wouldn't, given the competition at center. A bit surprised Patrice Bergeron is there, but I assume it is simply because of his faceoff skill. Hamhuis is a surprise, but it's not like some all-world defenseman was omitted in his favor. Maybe they remember when he and Weber were really good together in Nashville. I think a couple guys got in on reputation, like Nash and Carter. Could have seen Giroux and Couture, over them.

Post by **brian** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 6:03 pm

Pavel Datsyuk in a rap video?

How did I miss this? Gotta admire Russian stoicism.