I was out for the night.
But never forget to STYLE ON EM LEAFS-GAF!!!
Leafs putting a ring on that win.
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NHL November 2014 |OT| Cleary Must Be Always
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Leafs putting a ring on that win.
Lone_Prodigy
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Hope the Hawks used up all their goals tonight.
Who am I kidding Miller's getting ventilated tomorrow.
Who am I kidding Miller's getting ventilated tomorrow.
A Serious Man
Member
All of the Pens big losses so far have come against division rivals. That's not a great sign for the playoffs.
Definitely not, but we've still got a long season ahead.
Btw, I played a 3-hour game of Settlers of Catan tonight and it was great. 3rd time ever playing it, and it was a ton of fun with 4 players.
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hockeystats.ca added fan salutes as an advanced statistic
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hockeystats.ca added fan salutes as an advanced statistic
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I just saw the Holland goal, great stuff. Glad to see this kid getting the ice time he deserves finally, let's hope Carlyle doesn't scale him back when Lupul returns, as he is wont to do.
They were talking about that on the TSN Analyitics show today, lol. The owner of the site was a guest.
They were talking about that on the TSN Analyitics show today, lol. The owner of the site was a guest.
Man that one felt so good to see in person with my Pavs jersey on.
Then he fucked up his shot in the shootout.
Defense was bad, the passing in the neutral zone was absolutely horrendous. Couldn't believe how many times they would try the cross ice pass to have it stolen.
It was fun to be in the arena again, hadn't been in about two years. Did you say December 30th is that Canucks game? Let's fuckin DO IT.
Oh one super weird thing though, I saw two ladies wearing Blackhawks jerseys at the game for some reason.
edit: Clydefrog smells.
SpectreFire
Member
Edmonton won't get McDavid this year. Guaranteed. They can be dead last all season, and the NHL will fucking rig the lottery to make sure McDavid doesn't have his career completely derailed in that miserable organization.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
If they do get Eichel or McDavid, they still wouldn't be able to play defense and they'd have to outscore the other team every night.
I don't blame Eakins for the D and I'm not sure why the fans would either. Their defense has been shoddy under every coach, which tells me management is making the wrong decisions. You can't win without goals, yet you can't win by just defending (though the NJD could prove me wrong years ago). You need a balance of the two obviously, but most of the personnel there aren't capable of playing D well enough despite their supposedly 'good' defensive prospects.
Trading Hall/RNH/Eberle isn't the answer unless they can get a bunch of good two way players back and even then they should probably start with the mid tier players first before it gets to them. Even a line at least dedicated to defending with a guy like Winnik for example could help.
Their goalies aren't great but fuck's sake they can't leave them out to dry as much as they do. Uncontested slapshot from right in the slot?! Edm plz.
They still draft horribly and I honestly think they could've traded down with another team for more complete players instead of guys who can score and not much else though Nurse might be an exception of he pans out.
As for Calgary and it's hot start, they lost key players in the last few years and aren't the worst in the league despite being in the stronger West. I suppose I give them respect because they're not dead last and by rights could be with the players they lost. Still, you are right and there is still time for them to pull a Leaf later in the season.
Please please please Calgary make the playoffs.
I just woke up after falling asleep during the 3rd period of the Wings game.
*A+: Leafs win handily against the Wings
*A+: Habs win AGAIN versus the Bruins
*A+: Calgary with a nice comeback win, staying in a playoff spot
*D-: Oilers....
I just woke up after falling asleep during the 3rd period of the Wings game.
*A+: Leafs win handily against the Wings
*A+: Habs win AGAIN versus the Bruins
*A+: Calgary with a nice comeback win, staying in a playoff spot
*D-: Oilers....
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Please please please Calgary make the playoffs.
I just woke up after falling asleep during the 3rd period of the Wings game.
*A+: Leafs win handily against the Wings
*A+: Habs win AGAIN versus the Bruins
*A+: Calgary with a nice comeback win, staying in a playoff spot
*D-: Oilers....
I'm not a Flames fan at all but you can tell they are doing something right. I'd like to see them in the playoffs
No. First they'd have to relocate to somewhere other than Alberta.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Spreading the gospel of hopelessness! :'D
So who would be the 8 in the west? And 8 in the east, why not?
Minnesota gets in over Calgary in the West
Calgary has a PDO of 102.17 and a Fenwick % of 47.30. They are the Leafs!
The east is a crap shoot
Pens/Tampa/Montreal/NYI/Bruins/NYR are strong best to get in with Washington/Detroit/Ottawa/Leafs/Philly all potential wildcard teams.
Eakins and MacTavish extension.
I could see that happening but given the quality of teams I doubt it. I think Detroit could be better then Boston.
Another thing, Florida has 20 points in 18 games.
PDO: 97 FF%: 49.33
They're in the mix too.
False alarm. Nothing is happening according to TSN.
SuperSonic1305
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FUBAR McDangles
Member
I sure hope so. These powerplay woes are just killing me right now. Koivu's downturn this year has been severe. I don't understand.
No Samyy, you don't get it. Calgary works harder than the Leafs so they won't regress.
I wonder how many people said the Leafs were "hardworking" during their good spells in the shortened season and early last season
ZeroGravity
Member
Good luck with that.
I'm sure teams are just lining up to trade their top centres for Perron.
I hear that Jerrod Smithson is on the market for them
They're getting Desharnais and they'll like it
Freyjadour
Member
They can't do worse for Perron than we did.
Freyjadour
Member
Also: Jbo's Iron Man is on the line today. Took a lower body injury late yesterday and is questionable.
Fata1moose
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We struggled to beat Carolina last night, yay...
David Legwand and Zack Smiths are top line centers. (AHL)
Entirely possible, but we're right on the bubble at the moment without the services of our captain and number one defenseman for a large part of the season thus far (and almost all of our defense for a little stretch there). We're showing signs of putting it all together, just wildly inconsistent. If we can get healthy and get rolling the way we have shown we can, we should be fine. That's a big if, though.
This week is a HUGE week for the Rangers. The Habs returning to MSG for the first time since Game 6 tonight, then at the Bolts in Tampa on Wednesday, off for Thanksgiving, then in Philadelphia on Black Friday, and then finally back home at MSG against Philly again on Saturday. This is the sort of week where we can either vault ourselves back up into the mix with the Pens and Isles in the division or seriously crash out of the playoff race altogether.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
West will be a bloodbath when Minnesota and Dallas get going again. Calgary will be a bubble team: They have the goaltending and defence, but their offence is likely unsustainable.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
What did Habs GAF think of Allen last night? I thought he was kinda meh. But Gonchar seems to be adjusting to the team quite fine.
Would be a great send-off to the Coliseum.
wtf Calgary. I go to a party their down 2 nothing......... 5 GOAL COMEBACK! Shit man they nearly beat Chicago too.
The offense is unsustainable , and they can't keep coming back. They need to play tighter in the first and second but man. You watch this team and they're a tough out. The d men always get a ton of good chances and the goaltenders are playing out of their mind. No forwards except hudler, Johnny and Sean stick out but none are bad. Theirs always some random ass forward getting a great breakaway and finishing strong. That combined with our great defensive chances and we hang in there.
I don't think you trade anyone if your the oilers. You have to develop dmen though. Draft hannifin and pull a nyi and trade lower round picks for solid d men that are under appreciated or need to be gotten rid of for cap space.
The offense is unsustainable , and they can't keep coming back. They need to play tighter in the first and second but man. You watch this team and they're a tough out. The d men always get a ton of good chances and the goaltenders are playing out of their mind. No forwards except hudler, Johnny and Sean stick out but none are bad. Theirs always some random ass forward getting a great breakaway and finishing strong. That combined with our great defensive chances and we hang in there.
I don't think you trade anyone if your the oilers. You have to develop dmen though. Draft hannifin and pull a nyi and trade lower round picks for solid d men that are under appreciated or need to be gotten rid of for cap space.
Attendance failure records will be broken.
Thought he was slow, skating and his decision making, but he didn't get caught out of position much. Faster teams may be a problem for him, we'll see.
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