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NHL April 2013 |OT| Darren Dreger: The NHL's Shane Kim
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Habs win tonight.
I didn't think this gif would be appropriate so soon after Solo used it
It's a great GIF. As such, I know we'll run it into the ground between now and the playoffs :lol
Do you even hockey
Dastardly Jerks
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Le Foligno.
Viktor "well I guess I should probably butterfly soon" Fasth
4 of Morrows 5 goals were in the last 2 games against the worst team in the league, and against a team that had has allowed 18 goals in their last 3 games.
We have to save it for when it matters in the playoffs.
All those assists only proves how great he actually is. He made Kunitz and Dupuis much better players while I seriously doubt Ovechkin would do the same this season. Do you really believe he pads his stats on assists because the guys to the left and right of him are lethal goal scorers without him?
Tavares is an awesome player, but I read somewhere that he's scored a comparatively high percentage of his points this season against non-playoff teams. Not sure if that's true, but if it is, it should be a bit of a concern heading into the playoffs.
EDIT: Here it is
Yea.. this list is BS. Just counting AO since the discussion is mainly about him
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/gamelog/?id=4729
Just counting beginning of March when i think washington started their crazy streak and im pretty sure winnipeg was division leader, he has more goals than what is stated on the chart. So essentially this chart doesnt take into account when the games were played and the standings of the teams, just how it is now. Soo.. fucking useless just like Steve simmonds?
Dastardly Jerks
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Jesus fuck, cube, have you actually seen the bullshit awesome blind passes and playmaking Crosby does? Pad statting my ass, he fucking earns every point he gets for good reason.
yankeehater
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Bryz is in net tonight, so the tank is back on.
equippedwithtowel
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Crosby is easily the best player in the league when he's at the top of his game, although can be a bit of a whiner from time to time. Whatever problems with the Penguins have had over the past few seasons are not on him.
ZeroGravity
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But that's exactly what he's been this year.
Dubbedinenglish
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D-Corps for tonight are:
Campbell-Weaver
Kulikov-Brennan
Gudbranson-Petrovic
I'd be perfectly fine with that next year.
Campbell-Weaver
Kulikov-Brennan
Gudbranson-Petrovic
I'd be perfectly fine with that next year.
These past few weeks he's been pretty dominating at even strength even if he's not scoring as much as on the PP. He's still hitting like a beast and creating a lot of offence.
ZeroGravity
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It's still a small sample size though. If he can use that confidence to propel him to play better against good competition in the playoffs, that's great for him and the Capitals, but until then, everything about that team is just an illusion to me.
Dubbedinenglish
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Exactly, it's not like I was making up some bullshit and trying to feed it to everyone. He has been average at best in the situation described.
equippedwithtowel
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He looked pretty dominant against the Leafs and I expect he'll have another multi-point game tonight. It's not like every win was beating on Carolina.
TurtleSnatcher
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Please god Please.
brucewaynegretzky
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I knew before I looked at that G was going to be at the top. Ladies and NHL-Gaffers, I present to you the Philadelphia Flyers: the most fucking difficult to understand team in pro sports...
EDIT: Got rid of the quote because I clicked the completely wrong thing...
EDIT: Got rid of the quote because I clicked the completely wrong thing...
Buba Big Guns
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Ovechkin has been the reason Caps even got it turned around this season.
The man turned on beast mode, and is playing as good as he ever has.
The old Crosby used to go to the net and collect dirty goals. That Crosby is gone because he knows full well a concussion will happen when he goes there now. Instead he prefers to net assists and if he was to score more his assists would come down. As for shooting, does Crosby consistently score on shots from beyond the hash marks or one-timers? The answer is no. He lacks the shot to do so, hence his shot totals are lower. He knows he'd merely be wasting chances in such a scenario so won't take the shot.
In his best season ever he had more PP points than ES points. Again, your PP argument is a joke.
I wish the Pens went to Kansas City so the bandwagons types like 90% of you guys here would be cheering for much less annoying (sense of entitlement) fan bases like Chicago, Boston, Detroit, etc.
Zod the Bear
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Nope. Going to fail for that too and aim for the worst possible draft pick available.
Dastardly Jerks
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Wat.
yankeehater
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I am afraid you are right, miss the playoffs and still get a terrible pick. This year sucks so much.
brucewaynegretzky
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Forza loses his mind whenever Crosby or the Pens are being discussed
They need better goaltending and defense. The forwards are set for years.
Any top 10 pick will be a good one this year. Personally, I want them to get Ristolainen.
Any top 10 pick will be a good one this year. Personally, I want them to get Ristolainen.
yankeehater
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Unless Mason some how becomes a top flight goalie you are right. The defense is terrible and always hurt, and they cant come close to scoring enough to overcome it. Need to get in the lottery.
Ovechkin is not scoring consistently on those shots either unless you consider 12.1% consistent. Going back to 06-07 to point a stat on Crosby does not in any way make what I said about Ovechkin false. It's not even the same unless you can pull up the splits on his points against playoff and non playoff teams from that season. If you can and it shows that Crosby beat up on non playoff teams as lopsided as Ovechkin has this season then I will say the same thing about him.
Dubbedinenglish
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Clemmer in net. Enjoy the 2 pts rags,
Zod the Bear
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Certainly possible.
The forwards have had a lot of issues this year, but they're the most likely to turn things around the quickest. Assuming we can keep Couturier and Read, and with Laughton coming up, they should be a lot better defensively. We've got the talent to score goals, even if that hasn't worked out great for most of the season.
Defense is going to take work to turn around. I doubt it'll happen while Kimmo's still here, which is a shame. But as much as we need a number 1 guy, they'll likely end up managing with two 2s or so.
Goaltending will never get better ever. Stolarz will eventually look like the second coming, play horrible, then get traded to some godawful team and follow Bobrovsky's path to glory.
Things'll be rocky for a few years, but I don't think we need to nuke everything we've got. Philly has some useful assets that'll be developing to build around.
The whole notion of points versus playoff/non-playoff is also silly. Jets were in the playoffs and Ovechkin shredded them in back to back games which put them out of the playoffs. Goals/points scored against a playoff team at one point in the season might not count later on and vice versa. Ovechkin scoring 65 goals was a great feat as was Crosby getting 120 points. Why try and diminish it when they did it at the NHL level versus the best players in the world.
Zod the Bear
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Even Nurse is probably out of reach. He or Jones would be great, of course. As long as we go for one of the solid defensemen left instead of another future Mike Richards, I'll be happy.
I think this a playoff team next year.
Hartnell-Giroux-Voracek
Schenn-Couturier-Simmonds
Read-Laughton-Gagne
Talbot-Hall-Rinaldo
Rosehill
Timonen-Schenn
Coburn-Mezaros
Grossman-Gustaffson
Ristolainen
Bryz/Mason
LOL, with how well the Habs have done, I don't know anyone in the draft outside of MacKinnon, Jones and Druin. Contrast that to last season when the Habs were in the shitter, and I had in depth knowledge of almost every first and second round pick :lol
feelsgoodman
However, I keep hearing that this is another really deep draft, and the Habs have a 1st and three 2nds, so perhaps they will be able to really stockpile the talent even moreso.
feelsgoodman
However, I keep hearing that this is another really deep draft, and the Habs have a 1st and three 2nds, so perhaps they will be able to really stockpile the talent even moreso.
ZeroGravity
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To be fair the Jets were a playoff team by virtue of the fact that at least one Southeast team has to be a playoff team at any given time. Realistically, they were just as bad as the rest of the division.
I dont think it necessarily diminishes a player's contribution, but it is a key area to look at if you want to forecast potential playoff success or differentiate from players who are also deserving of certain awards.
65 goals is a great feat in this NHL and it's Ovechkin at his best. I personally don't think it's as impressive compared to what Crosby does at his peak but when a debate between Crosby/Ovechkin comes up you have to look as some of the faults.
lol no.
Leafs-GAF do you know the injuries/scratches on the Leafs tonight?
equippedwithtowel
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Fuck off.
Zod the Bear
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Depends if they play more like last year, or this year.
I'd like to see a top 6 with
Schenn-Giroux-Voracek
Hartnell-Couturier-Simmonds
Admittedly, if Lavi's still here, should probably just bench Couturier and replace him with Rinaldo.
If the D stays healthy, could be okay. As much as I like Mez, he can't catch a break with injuries. Maybe try to sign Zaitsev (heard some rumors about interest in him) and pair him with Gus?
Bryz/Mason
Suspect goaltending will continue to be suspect.
Their defense is awful and their goaltending sucks. Those aren't quick fixes. Doesn't matter how many you can score when you can't keep pucks out of your own net.
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