KingHenrik30
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I like Division D...hehehe
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NHL Off-Season 2013 |OT| Celebrate Good Times Come On
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I like Division D...hehehe
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I hear they're just going with Crosby A, Crosby B, Crosby C, and Crosby D.
MetalFearSolid
Banned
Whatz this shit about Sens not making playoffs? Only reason they wouldn't is if they ain't healthy. Just to clarify Jason Spezza is legit, so fucken underrated. Paul MacLean has actually made him better, he has made his entire team better. So what if Alfie left them, they can still have success, just look at the Leafs they haven't had captain since 2008...
I hope you see the joke
KingHenrik30
Member
How does this work again exactly? Top 3 teams from each division are in, then the next two best teams from both divisions combined?
:lol
Freyjadour
Member
Blows my fuckin' mind that we are a cap team with this roster.
T.M. MacReady
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Idk man, determining where they rank in the division on July 8th to reassure yourself that you're a playoff team? Sounds like i'm not the one who needs to hear something to help sleep at night.
Foreign Jackass
Member
To think I started this fight. If it makes anyone happy, my team is at best a fringe team. Yay.
My new avatar is pretty awesome though.
My new avatar is pretty awesome though.
If Price can consistently play up to his potential, then they shouldn't have problems. Still going to be 2-3 seasons before this team is a contender and playoff team consistently.
KingHenrik30
Member
You can try to spin it however you want, I'm not reassuring myself of anything, I'm proving you a delusional isles fan. The Rangers with Henrik have made the playoffs in all but one of his years, and with MUCH worse teams than this one in front of him.
Shitty blueline...did you say that to yourself with a straight face? :lol
Foreign Jackass
Member
Price is obviously key. But although I love Galchenyuk, I'm still not sure he's legitimate #1 center material. At worst he'll be a very good #2, but we'd still be needing a dominant centerman. Collberg also has to develop as a top 3 winger if we want to be contenders.
On the D-side, I trust Subban to stay our #1D, and Tinordi to become at least a top 4. With Beaulieu probably becoming a top 4 as well, I think our D is gonna be alright.
Fucale will be a good one if Price never pans out.
I have way more trouble trusting our offensive prospects, probably been burned too often in the past.
Yeah, I had that pick for a while except I didn't have BGally cut out of it.
Foreign Jackass
Member
Aaah I knew I'd seen that pic before. That Subban face is gonna be great for trolling when the Leafs lose 5 in a row to start the season.
Really? I think it's pretty obvious Gally will be the #1, he showed flashes of it this season and that's after missing an entire season of junior.....I'm not worried about him. The top 6 for the next 10 years is already locked up with A.Gally, B. Gally, Patches, Eller, just need Collberg to come through hopefully McCarron pans out or they go out and get a bigger UFA winger. Tinordi is a safe bet as a top 4 defense, Beaulieu is a good bet too and we have so many good defensive prospects it's not a worry. Our forward group is definitely worrisome, but like I said our top 6 is pretty much already filled and we have guys to play in the bottom 6.
I can't stand seeing Price play. His demeanor makes me so mad. IT DOESN'T EVEN SEEM LIKE HE CARES
Foreign Jackass
Member
Stephane Waite is gonna fix him up
KingHenrik30
Member
WELL TECHNICALLY,They aren't positioned over the ice
It's a good thing and a bad thing, it's good because he doesn't scramble and get frazzled but its bad when he becomes too casual and isn't aggressive enough. Our best off season acquisition has been Stephane Waite, I think he'll do wonders for Price and balance him out. If he figures that out he can be the best goaltender in the world.
KernelPanic
Member
I imagine there's very few goalies in the world who could handle being a goalie in Montreal.
Really hope Waite can help improve his game.
Have you read his interviews coming in? If not you should, he's said all the right things and his coaching style sounds perfect for Price. Considering what he did with Niemi and Crawford, I have high hopes with him given how much more technically sound Price is then both of those goalies.
Sounds good. Did you see this article?
http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/11/former-habs-goalie-coach-carey-price-is-deteriorating/
bonesmccoy
Banned
The Messiah Goalie Coach.
MGC
At least this time the starting material is a naturally talented athlete, and not, er, Gustavsson.
MGC
At least this time the starting material is a naturally talented athlete, and not, er, Gustavsson.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Dat Grimaldi size lol
Yea I saw that, but Renaud Lavoie from RDS personally knows Melanson and said he's never said anything of that sort or ever given him that impression, just more sensationalist bullshit. He definitely ended the season on a rough note, and he has to really prove he can be that 5th overall pick soon but that article makes it sound like he's becoming Fleury.
The 3rd one, the first one was too strick, and Groulx was too laid back, Waite is suppose to be a more adaptable coach who adapts to his goaltender and their weaknesses which is what Price needs. He has the fundamentals down and the tools, he just needs to be fine tuned.
Foreign Jackass
Member
"It’s worth adding that Melanson also said Groulx was doing an “outstanding job” with Price just four months ago, according to the Montreal Gazette’s Dave Stubbs."
Melanson isn't really good anymore. I don't think he's helped Luongo much.
Oh and Georges Laraque intents on making his way into politics...
Melanson isn't really good anymore. I don't think he's helped Luongo much.
Oh and Georges Laraque intents on making his way into politics...
wat
He's already considered a top 5 goalie by many, if he fine tunes his game he could be #1. Not that ridiculous.
Kuro Madoushi
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The girls working there were all young white hot and wore shorts....
Animals? What animals?
TurtleSnatcher
Member
lol @ Brett Hull's Twitter
CrazedArabMan
Member
Yeah............... no
3 seasons ago he was. The last two have been bad although the season just completed was short.
Giant Bomb fans here? The news today, fuck
Not really a GB fan, but still pretty terrible.
That's more accurate. He needs to step it up.
Anderson's stats against Pittsburgh are nearly identical to Price's vs Ottawa.
Giant Bomb fans here? The news today, fuck
Yeah it was pretty shocking. Ryan Davis was so young.
I am not the one saying Anderson is a top 5 goalie in the league nor has a chance to be a #1 if he refines his game.
Maybe 3 years ago Price was a top 5 in the league but he hasnt shown it in the last 2 seasons. He is still young though and can get his game back on track, but the last 2 years he has been meh.
Almost every GM and reputable person in hockey disagrees with you.
People basing this on a shortened season and the worst season the Habs have had in decades with a defense that was playing a pairing of Kaberle and Campoli on a regular basis? Makes sense.
T.M. MacReady
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I will always keep a straight face when saying the Rangers defense is overrated.
Facts and stats disagree with you.
You mean stats from the past two seasons that I've already said would be hfboard levels of dumb to base his development on? Right, continue on while people who have spent their whole lives in hockey say otherwise.
KingHenrik30
Member
And you're proven wrong year after year.