yankeehater
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It's destiny.
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NHL March 2014 |OT| The C on Dustin Brown's jersey stands for Cu
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It's destiny.
Even if the Canucks miraculously go 11-0, they'll finish with 94 points. That might not even be enough for the 8th seed, the last full season LA was in 8th with 95 points.
To he fair, that's not that hard of a schedule. Sadly. Hope we manage to lose most of them anyway.
So Holland is a healthy scratch
I don't understand - scratching Holland forces Kulemin to the third line centre spot and breaks up a productive line in Lupul-Kadri-Kulemin.
lol Carlyle
Nonis - "need guys from the Marlies to step up", Carlyle subsequently benches Holland and plays Ashton for like a shift a game.
I don't understand - scratching Holland forces Kulemin to the third line centre spot and breaks up a productive line in Lupul-Kadri-Kulemin.
lol Carlyle
Nonis - "need guys from the Marlies to step up", Carlyle subsequently benches Holland and plays Ashton for like a shift a game.
BigJonsson
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Who is starting in net for the Sharks tonight?
ugh
I don't even understand his thought process here. Clarkson has done shit all in the 2nd line. At least in the 3rd line he can play more physically which he has been OK at. Holland is a decent young guy who should be given a chance to play more. And Kules is a better winger than he is a Centre. What's going on???
fuck we really needed Bolland back
Murray, Parros and Bourque all healthy scratches again. It only took that clown 65 games to realize they shouldn't be playing.
Detroit is actually not good at drafting overall, it's just been masked by their lucky late picks, and their prospect development is top notch.Doesn't matter where we draft, we tend to get good kids and then trade them away. Jarnkrok
Pickles the Firecat
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I am.
You should count yourself lucky, Stars will go on a big win streak now.
BigJonsson
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BigJonsson
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SmackCrackleNPop
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Just shred it, hop aboard the Ducks bandwagon. We have free beer
Luckily I will be on my way to the airport for GDC during this game so I won't have to witness the debacle. I'm sure my phone will be going off multiple times with each Leafs goal.
One can only hope.
I bet Pulkkinen gets his first goal against the Leafs.
Lone_Prodigy
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4 games are winnable: Nashville, Buffalo, Edmonton, Calgary
2 games against playoff bubble teams which will bring their A game: Minnesota, NY Rangers
5 games against playoff teams who may not play that hard (unless they're jockeying for a higher seed) but are still better than the Canucks: Colorado x2, Anaheim x2, LA
They'd be lucky to win 6 of those 11 games. Hopefully they get eliminated soon so Markstrom and the young guys get some more playing time.
CrazedArabMan
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Right.
Until 2009, Detroit was dead last in
Our last few drafts have been pretty ace on the quality of prospects. But the majority of our success has come from within the organization and not from trades over the years.
I hope his Slapshot puts a hole through a couple of players and then goes through the net for a waved off goal.
BigJonsson
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Thanks!
bonesmccoy
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I'm going to suppress my natural reaction to this (to merely state that Carlyle is a buffoon) and go with the following: Holland and Ashton are nursing injuries and can't be risked.
For sure, but I think he sits out the rest of the season.
CrazedArabMan
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wsoxfan1214
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You're still alive, Crazed!
Edit: Pretty sure it's their VR thing
Edit: Pretty sure it's their VR thing
SuperSonic1305
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not bad for a 6th round pick...
Sounds like a bust to me.
Maybe he'll get a couple fourth line shifts in a few years.
not bad for a 6th round pick...
CrazedArabMan
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For now
Not surprising, I bet they had the least 1st round picks and worst avg draft position during that time as well. Many of those at the top of those stats used to be awful. I'm sure the Oilers, Islanders, Sabres etc would top similar lists post-2009. But the Wings have had some rough drafts over the years. Lately they've been on fire though.Right.
Until 2009, Detroit was dead last in
CrazedArabMan
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This, and a lot of the guys we are seeing now seem to be coming within that 2nd-4th round area.
bonesmccoy
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not bad for a 6th round pick...
It's not nothing, but he is a 20 year old man playing in the OHL on a good team. Hopefully he brings something to the Marlies next year.
Apparently his point production doubled since last year. If he continues playing well on the Marlies I could see him getting called up now and then.
James Woods
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What is the best NHL game on PS3?
3 on 3 NHL Arcade.
bonesmccoy
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We can dream! But - alas - we have Carlyle as our H/C. Brown, Holland and Ashton will ride the pine while McClement plays 30 minutes a game.
T.M. MacReady
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Correct!
Thats the most points in an OHL season since... well... patrick kane
But then i think of rob schremp and greg mckegg
Not seeing any correlation between success and rank on that table...
Yeah, junior hockey success doesn't always translate into NHL success. Nice for the kid to win the scoring title, but as noted before, he's already 20 years old. He's still a longshot to turn into anything in the NHL.
ill we ever see a 4th line of:
D'Amigo - Smith - Ashton
Could be way better then whatever we're doing now. Its not like playing 7D is making us better at defence in any way. Like our top 6 is playing 20 minutes + a night.
Oh and does Leafs management know that every team is suffering from injuries, they keep using that as an excuse.
D'Amigo - Smith - Ashton
Could be way better then whatever we're doing now. Its not like playing 7D is making us better at defence in any way. Like our top 6 is playing 20 minutes + a night.
Oh and does Leafs management know that every team is suffering from injuries, they keep using that as an excuse.
HadesGigas
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Can't stop the tank. Also Buffalo hasn't won in Calgary since 2003.
Unhandled Exception
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I kinda wish I still hated Diablo 3. Can't stop..
This is about success of drafting and nothing else, and Detroit has terrible drafting numbers. They've just gotten lucky in drafting a generational player like Datsyuk and a franchise player like Zetterburg, which masks their poor drafting. Their drafts post 2009 may be better, but that's only 4 drafts ago and that doesn't erase the prior entire drafting history.
Buffalo's back up looked pretty good when he came in against Montreal on Sunday.
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