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NHL October Thread - The Shanabans North American Tour begins!
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brucewaynegretzky
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Socreges said:
You missed my last post. He's upset about the situation. I would say most people are upset when they get caught....
ZeroGravity
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This season looks like it's going to be a disaster for Columbus.
Zod the Bear
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Thank god. Whole period was a giant PK--at least we can grab the win. OT would've given me a heart attack.
yankeehater
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Nice win. Flyers need to play better in their own zone going forward.
brucewaynegretzky
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Our defensive zone coverage is SO bad. Its five guys running around like idiots in between the hash marks. They stand around staring at the puck and their men. Fucking pathetic.
Forsberg's Jersey Retirement Ceremony. So awesome
yankeehater
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brucewaynegretzky said:
I thought they played well the 1st game, and they were never tested by the Devilols, but they really struggled tonight.
LoneWolf296
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brucewaynegretzky said:
This is exactly why they picked up Bryz, everyone saw what happened when Pronger was out he is the backbone of the d but when hes not on shift Bryz is there to make 36 (woof!) saves
Bryz made 36 saves. He also let in 4 goals (none really his fault). I think he was just solid - I don't remember him making any saves that were exceptional.
Canucks' slow starts are killing them. Just seems like they don't know how to play as a unit yet -- made even more obvious by their sloppy organization in their own zone.
Canucks went 2/7. 29%. That's great. Also hit a couple posts and had some really good puck movement.Takao said:
Canucks' slow starts are killing them. Just seems like they don't know how to play as a unit yet -- made even more obvious by their sloppy organization in their own zone.
CrazedArabMan
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Wingfan19 said:
Nucks can give us as many PP's as they want since we can't seem to score on them.
brucewaynegretzky
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Socreges said:
You don't get how we evaluate goalies in Philly. Its ok. We understand. Just let us enjoy this.
Socreges said:
Not to be too much on the Bryz defense force, but that's probably the biggest part of what he's there for--stopping the shots he should stop.
Main thing Flyers need is a goalie who will not give up a weak, backbreaking goal any minute. Bob/Boucher/Biron/etc. all put up good enough numbers, but also inevitably got beat by a soft goal that would lose the game or shift momentum.
brucewaynegretzky
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Socreges said:
You don't have the same goalie history as us. This will last. At least for me it will....
He's still overpaid. But damn he's way better than what we've had in a long ass time.
What? You don't like our sweet PP plan of just sticking to the outside, passing it the point, and trying to get a shot through and deflected by our own guy in front that literally has a 1 in 1000 chance of going right and scoring? Crazy talk I say!!! Why would we want to use the amazing puck control of Pavel and Z to get the opposition out of position, thus freeing up the wing on the other side of the net for that easy slam dunk goal or just getting the goalie moving and putting the puck up stairs on them?CrazedArabMan said:
LoneWolf296
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Socreges said:
Yeah except Bryz's default move isn't a Jean Claude Van Damme Timecop splits and pray whoever has the puck doesnt go top shelf.
Lu got lucky on Jagr's 3 low whacks tonite, but JVR wasn't having any of his 6'4 legspan splits bullshit and just went top shelf
Im looking forward to 7 more years of Bryz (his presence alone is enough to convince me even Bobs will improve with him there)
alexthekid
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I have got a trade proposition in my yahoo league and need your help!
I get: Ovie
I give: Iggy + Pronger
What do you guys think? I love Iggy and Pronger have had a really great start and I see him really having a great season with the C. But Ovie is ovie
I get: Ovie
I give: Iggy + Pronger
What do you guys think? I love Iggy and Pronger have had a really great start and I see him really having a great season with the C. But Ovie is ovie
Let's be honest here, the Sedins are dragging the Canucks kicking and screaming so far this season. Luongo has been garbage, the D is looking out of sorts (this will be addressed with a couple more games though in my opinion) and Marco Sturm/Samuelson have been absolutely horrid.
The more I see it, the more I would like us to take a shot at starting Schneider for a stretch of games to see what we get.
The more I see it, the more I would like us to take a shot at starting Schneider for a stretch of games to see what we get.
CrazedArabMan
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Wingfan19 said:
I think we would have more luck shooting the puck down toward our own goal and scoring on our own net than score a PP goal with the system we used in the last two games. Thankfully it looks like we worked on that over this break so hopefully things get changed up.
Tabris said:
Yeah, something needs to happen in order for your avatar to come true right?
The hell are you talking about? Luongo had to lunge forward to grab the puck. His problem there was rebound control, though I didn't see if JVR got a stick on it initially.LoneWolf296 said:
Henrik's goal meanwhile was roofed when Bryz did the splits and left the top shelf open.
Daniel's goal meanwhile was roofed when Bryz did the splits and left the top shelf open.
You took the opening pot shot and missed wide, hitting your own damn goalie. Twice!
LoneWolf296
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Socreges said:
Bahahaha oh I do, but really
Van - McLean -> Cloutier -> Luongo
Phi - Hextall .... Vanbiesbrouck, Boucher, Chechmanek, Esche, Nittymaki, Emery, Biron, Leighton, Boucher AGAIN, now finally a long term starter in Bryzgalov
...I think Philly had it worse (but I do enjoy looking at the Van randoms who came through)
LoneWolf296
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Socreges said:
I never said Bryz didn't do the splits, but its not his default. Bobby Lu goes down into the splits faster than a zeppelin when he hears the sound of stick on puck
LoneWolf296
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Slurmer said:
Ehhh I cancelled them out since they both had 1-2 year stints on both Phi and Van
So now we're talking about "defaults" in every game except for this one... that you were just talking about? K.LoneWolf296 said:
Oh you do not. 9 seasons between McLean and Luongo. Cloutier was only #1 for 3 of those and was often injured, to boot. Otherwise we had 20+ goalies play for us during that time. I'm not saying Philly didn't have it bad. But Vancouver had it very bad, too. Not to mention that we never even liked Cloutier much! Luongo was a saviour sent down upon us from the heavens. Then we crucified him. Weekly.LoneWolf296 said:
Lone_Prodigy
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Hodgson has been pretty good. When Kesler comes back the Canucks will have 2/3 of a second line.
Epic Tales of Penis
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I warned you guys in the summer.snack said:
I think we all knew that the Sturm signing was bad. The most optimistic you'd find from a fan was indifference. I still have no idea what Mike Gillis was thinking.
Lone, we might see Hodgson centering the third line with Malhotra on the fourth (and Lapierre on the wing). I'd prefer to see him with Samuelsson and Kesler on the second, though. Higgins, Malhotra and Hansen on the third. Whatever on the fourth. Sturm in Chicago.
Lone, we might see Hodgson centering the third line with Malhotra on the fourth (and Lapierre on the wing). I'd prefer to see him with Samuelsson and Kesler on the second, though. Higgins, Malhotra and Hansen on the third. Whatever on the fourth. Sturm in Chicago.
SpectreFire
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Hodgson's been a crazed demon on the puck so far. When he's in the offensive zone, he just keeps hounding and taking the puck. He's definitely been playing his keeps on the top six and PP.
Wendel Clark
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