Coldnoodle
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NHL Off-Season 2015 |OT2| What are the Odds of Hockey in Vegas?
- Thread starter Lone_Prodigy
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:lol
ayyy
That's so stupid.
That's pretty embarrassing, surprised Shanahan would be okay with that.
Zombie James
Banned
What's Triple H doing announcing games?
The scourge of Lou...
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Canucks lines tonight:
Sedin-Sedin-Virtanen
Baerstchi-Vey-Vrbata
McCann-Sutter-Burrows
Kenins-Cracknell-Grenier
Hutton-Fedun
Hamhuis-Corrado
Sbisa-Weber
Markstrom
Bachman
Cassels and Jensen were sent to Utica. Virtanen, Gaunce, McCann, Grenier, and Kenins are left.
Sedin-Sedin-Virtanen
Baerstchi-Vey-Vrbata
McCann-Sutter-Burrows
Kenins-Cracknell-Grenier
Hutton-Fedun
Hamhuis-Corrado
Sbisa-Weber
Markstrom
Bachman
Cassels and Jensen were sent to Utica. Virtanen, Gaunce, McCann, Grenier, and Kenins are left.
That top 6 looks like it'll be a lot of fun. That D, though...
Did you think the Leafs were going to be over?!
Coldnoodle
Member
Close to it. Klein is missing from the D. Lindberg, Glass, and Megna are the forward scratches.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Hmmm. One day after the Loov story breaks?
That was interesting. Some funny stories too. A lot of similar questions and obviously he's avoiding anything that criticizes specific refs or reffing in general, though he does freely admit mistakes and trying to avoid make up calls. He's pretty open about most things.
He's also clearly old school and pro toffnezz but its still interesting to see him say that players absolutely need to be able to police themselves and fight it out sometimes. I'm no goon lover, I'm glad they're mostly all gone, but I agree with this. Game is changing, sure, but some people seem to want zero fighting. I think we still need some tougher guys who can play the game well but stand up for teammates. Even good players and stars do dumb shit that requires a response occasionally.
In Ranger fan speak: Glass no, McIlrath pls.
While I'll agree he's no #2 at this point, going by last year there really isn't a set top pair. Everyone's getting a lot of minutes shared out between them. Depends on the game, obviously, but that's one advantage we have. Not having to overuse any one particular guy or pair. We're clearly stronger down the left side, even if most guys were underwhelming at key moments last season/playoffs. Boyles a little old to take the most RH minutes. Klein can't be the top RH, and McIlrath (if he sticks) still needs to be eased in and probably will never be that guy. McD can play right, maybe we'll see some of that. AV loves the L/R setup through the 6 though. I'd love a relatively young RH PMD but that shit ain't easy to get.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Hutton has looked good but I'm not sure if he can crack the line-up. Any blueline without Edler or Tanev will be porous.
Will be interesting to see how Virtanen plays with the Sedins and how McCann looks on the wing.
What happened to Giardi? I thought he was good?
I've loved what I've seen from Hutton, but I can't see him cracking the lineup ahead of Corrado, Sbisa, Weber, and Bartkowski. He's still raw and will benefit from a year in Utica.
I'm curious about Virtanen with the Sedins, but I'm not entirely sure his playstyle will suit their game. He's not the most cerebral/puck possession-type player in the world. McCann would probably be a better fit with the Twins.
Baertschi-Vey-Vrbata should produce a lot of action at both ends of the ice, which'll be fun.
Coldnoodle
Member
It helps that Girardi is made of an adamantium alloy.
I mean, I do buy that you guys don't have fixed pairings. But Girardi still got the 2nd most 5v5 minutes per game of any NYR D-man last season. That's bad.
Fuck the Jets.
bonesmccoy
Banned
When the Nordiques fail again, will that make Quebec as one of the two cities that has lost an NHL franchise more than once?
I think Atlanta is the other.
I don't know much about Winnipeg but probably fuck the Jets. Quebec City has a huge inferiority complex and have a radio station pretty much dedicated to shit on Montreal, they're all dumbasses
So how many spots are even available?
Looks like:
Sedin - Sedin - Vrbata
Baertschi - Sutter - Vey
Burrows - Horvat - Hansen
Dorsett - ??? - Prust
13th:???
With Higgins injured, there are two spots then.
Guys who could go either way:
Cracknell, Virtanen, Gaunce, McCann, Grenier, and Kenins.
Cracknell and Higgins are wingers. They'd probably move Vey to center instead of giving Gaunce and McCann legitimate shots.
12 Michael Raffl - 28 Claude Giroux - 93 Jakub Voracek
20 R.J. Umberger - 89 Sam Gagner - 17 Wayne Simmonds
24 Matt Read - 40 Vincent Lecavalier - 10 Brayden Schenn
76 Chris VandeVelde - 49 Scott Laughton - 25 Ryan White
55 Nick Schultz - 32 Mark Streit
47 Andrew MacDonald - 3 Radko Gudas
23 Brandon Manning - 22 Luke Schenn
35 Steve Mason
[30 Michal Neuvirth]
Lines 2-4 are scrambled because of the injury to Couturier and Bellemare being rested. Gagner has previously played LW and RW, so this is his first game for Philly in the middle.
MDZ and Medvedev (the usual 2nd pairing) are also being rested.
it's ok buddy you'll get used to it
What a strange commentJack Rodewald needs to get some sun... geez
is it? he's so pale!
Jack Rodewald needs to get some sun... geez
Small head.
I'd much rather see Horvat centering the 2nd line, honestly.
Sedin-Sedin-Vrbata
Burrows-Horvat-Vey
Baertschi-Virtanen(okay maybe not)-Hansen
Dorsett-Sutter-Prust
with Higgins healthy they could conceivably put Vey at center, yes.
Sedin-Sedin-Vrbata
Burrows-Horvat-Baertschi
Higgins-Vey-Hansen
Dorsett-Sutter-Prust
?
... let's not talk about our defense, ever, please.
Simon Belmont
Banned
Which is exactly why he should avoid the sun!
Yeah, those lines weren't what I wanted nor what I expect. Just throwing up the bodies that will definitely be there.
13th forward will probably be Cracknell or Kenins swapping with Vey or whoever on occasion. Virtanen might stay up to start the season until Higgins returns. Probably depends on how he does tonight.
damn, Save on Foods is offering canucks tickets to purchase with rewards points. I didn't know those points could actually be used for something USEFUL! For those that didn't get the email:
I have like, exactly 5300 points.... good enough. Sharks, Wild or Blue Jackets maybe?
I have like, exactly 5300 points.... good enough. Sharks, Wild or Blue Jackets maybe?
CreeperBlocks
Banned
I have a Dilemma here.
should I buy Tomba!, Xenogears or Tekken 2?
should I buy Tomba!, Xenogears or Tekken 2?
apocalidiot
Banned
You should beat a different game from ten years ago first
ShinRPGamer
Member
Speaking as someone who at least likes the developers behind it I'd go with Xenogears. Haven't played Tomba! but Tekken 2 hasn't really aged well IMO.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
I already did!
Or maybe I should wait for Megaman Legends that's coming out tomorrow on PSN
Tomba! is some good shit
I find the Tekken games on the PS1 a bit rough to go back to personally, but ymmv.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
For some reason I thought Taylor Hall was already captain.