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NHL March 2013 |OT| Black History Forever
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Zod the Bear
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I could see that being his reaction after watching the meltdown against the Pens in person!
On a possibly promising note, NCAA free agents should be freeing up soon, right? The Flyers generally keep a good eye on them.
McKenzie mentioned DeKeyser (D), Sustr (D), and Laganiere (RW) are probably the top 3 this year, and that Kellan Lain (C) (a center--thus, must be a Homer-target) might be signed soon.
Anyone heard much about them? I'll I've caught has mostly been Sustr's size.
It looks like he's perpetually nodding at the Blue Jackets and Panthers losing.
Simon Belmont
Banned
Wow, a trade! I liked Steckel, I always thought he worked hard. Not as much as I like a roster spot open for Gardiner though.
Fixed that for ya. It only opened up a spot for Lupul right now.
The fact that his nod syncs perfectly with the result-switch is pretty funny
Simon Belmont
Banned
Boo. Well, yay, but boo. Holzer can be waived though.
You mean sent down thus bypassing waivers?
No idea why we would waive Holzer after signing him to a two-year extension, lol.
Simon Belmont
Banned
I thought Holzer was still waiver exempt?
Nope. Nevermind. Kostka though, we can send him right the fuck down can't we?
We will know tomorrow if gardiner is in likely in place of holzer- edit: actually doesn't look it. Marlies are at home meaning leafs and marlies were both in the MCC- so gardiner not practicing appears to have nothing to do with the leafs in terms of call up because they'd just do it one shot call up and send down and he's go across the hall from one rink to the other
If he is... We are adding 97 points (last year) of players and removing like 5-10 points
That's a huge shot in the arm- and having komarov and mcclement cycling through our offensive lines will FINALLY stop and give us 3 scoring lines again
Will be super interesting to see what happens with lupul and kulemin with kadri... 2 guys that can finish and make space for kadri to make some plays ... Almost a makeshift top line if lupul gets up to game speed
Oh god.
Ryder's not going to NJ
Oh god, goalies and defense need to step up big time now.
Hopefully this results in Gally getting more PP time and maybe some time with Pleks.
That's odd. Trade incoming?
Nah, he's injured. I'm assuming it's due to whatever happened to him in Ottawa game where he missed a period.
Ugh...anything new on Bourque and Diaz?
Flyers D is even worse than Detroit's, and that means quite a bit.also, the few they have are injured.and then there's always bryz, although I don't think he's been as abysmal as we all like to make it sound.
T.M. MacReady
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Grabner injured, so Ullstrom gets the call up. Ullstrom promptly injured, out 3-4 weeks.
Maybe it'll finally be Nino time? (it'll probably be Joenssuu)
Maybe it'll finally be Nino time? (it'll probably be Joenssuu)
Bourque feels better but still has some symptoms, should be back sooner then later. I don't think Diaz will be back for a while still. Seems like Bergevin is bringing up the D man from Hamilton to see if they can fill in the 6th d spot, if not he'll find someone at the deadline. Kaberle can continue to be a fat ass.
Wow, a NYI fan. Do you think now that got your new colosseum (well kinda), that Wang let go of the purse strings so you can both keep / get new players? Brooklyn has to help attract a bit more players than LI did.
Zod the Bear
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Everyone's bad.
Coaching is pretty much running the same thing without any adjustments.
Bryz is not in his early season form. When he's in the zone, he gets your hopes up and makes you think the contract might be worth it. He hasn't been outright bad--but not playing up to the contract.
Defense--some individual good efforts, but not effective together. Some nights Kimmo is clearly low on gas, LSchenn's generally been a bright spot, Grossman has a few blunders but looks good overall. Coburn has been languishing lately. Bottom pairing's bleh. I want Gustaffson up regularly, but he got sent down again.
Forwards--individual flashes of where they should be, but it's not happening. Couturier's lost offensively, Giroux gets shut down by opposing teams. Voracek's been reliable. Hartnell's trying to play with energy, but hasn't been coordinated. Briere's playing his usual self defensively, and not making up for it by scoring. The forwards as a whole aren't doing their job defensively or offensively, which is the biggest problem. If they supported the defense better, the defense wouldn't look horrible, and Bryz would probably be looking a lot better too. They're not scoring much either, so they're just kinda there.
If they get sparked, I could see things turning around (not enough to make the playoffs, but enough to not want to shoot myself.)
But at this point, I'm basically hoping we can get a first for Briere, draft solidly, and maybe pick up a decent college UFA or two. Lottery pick would be nice.
It'll hopefully be a useful offseason.
Fun historical fact from the Pens game yesterday:
That's both weirdly specific and kinda surprising.
Fun historical fact from the Pens game yesterday:
I heard Canucks were the first team to ever have a spin-o-rama shootout goal in a 2-1 game after been behind 2 goals and catching up to lose in the shootout in the previous game where there was more than 35 shots.
We could do this.
Hey give us Ryan Clowe
brucewaynegretzky
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I agree with all of this except Grossman. He's an abomination. Also, I would like a first and a mediocre roster player for Briere.
EDIT: In my dream scenario we trade Briere to a bubble team who misses the playoffs and have two chances at a high pick in the new lottery.
Not with the flames being in the same division as the sharks next season.
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Buffalo sent Grigorenko down to his minor team after burning one year of his ELC :lol
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Lets get the annual tradition going early. What would you give for Count. Gocula.
Which of the following players would you want taking a shootout?
Sidney Crosby (Penguins): 17.94%
Pavel Datsyuk (Red Wings): 20.29%
Ryan Getzlaf (Ducks): 12.35%
Patrick Kane (Blackhawks): 21.47%
Frans Nielsen (Islanders): 13.53%
Jonathan Toews (Blackhawks): 14.41%
Really?
edit: For Clarification, I am wondering why his % is so low. I know how epic he is in the shootout.
Sidney Crosby (Penguins): 17.94%
Pavel Datsyuk (Red Wings): 20.29%
Ryan Getzlaf (Ducks): 12.35%
Patrick Kane (Blackhawks): 21.47%
Frans Nielsen (Islanders): 13.53%
Jonathan Toews (Blackhawks): 14.41%
Really?
edit: For Clarification, I am wondering why his % is so low. I know how epic he is in the shootout.
He is one of the best shootout players in the league. Look up some stats bro.
Zod the Bear
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Haven't been able to watch as much recently as I'd like (i.e. studying's been more worth the time investment than seeing horrible things happen) so I've likely been missing Grossman abomination-ing.
Though Briere has a great track record in the playoffs, his current play and NMC issues have me just hoping for a first. More/the bubble dream would be great, of course.
April 6th is Pillow Fight day in Vancouver and I'm going to be there. For all Nucks-GAF that ever wanted to hit me, now you can, with a pillow 
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/03/pillow-fight-vancouver-2013-at-art-gallery/
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/03/pillow-fight-vancouver-2013-at-art-gallery/
There is no way in hell I would want Rielly playing in the NHL right now. He's too pretty.
He absolutely should have stayed in juniors if they were only going to give him 5 minutes a game on the fourth line. Absolutely brutal way to handle the situation.
April 6th is Pillow Fight day in Vancouver and I'm going to be there. For all Nucks-GAF that ever wanted to hit me, now you can, with a pillow
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/03/pillow-fight-vancouver-2013-at-art-gallery/
Do the pillows have restrictions on what we can fill them with? If not,I will take requests.
T.M. MacReady
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One of the game's few elite shootout guys. Do some research.