How crazy if they go to overtime or the shootout.
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Wonder how much the Bills charged to rent the joint out for this game.
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I never thought about it like that. I think they just forced Pittsburgh to wear those jerseys because Buffalo wanted to shed the Buffaslug uniforms for one game. Plus, it's an excuse to sell jerseys to hockey fans who are already watching it.
But you make sense from the casual fan perspective. But those casual fans can't watch anyone, unless they have Versus. I always forget to turn there, because it's in the 400s. That jacket with the classic Sabres logos that the coach is wearing is slick. |
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Because fans better relate to jersey colors and not cities and nicknames? |
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Yeah, I saw that and thought it was pretty sweet. I just hadn't heard about the Fenway thing until I was googling some stuff. |
Why even mention NHL and marketing in the same post?
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In their defense, the blue throwbacks actually have "Pittsburgh Penguins" on them. The actual ones don't say anything. So if Joanna CasualFan watches and wants to watch Sid The Kid play a lot because she thinks he's hot...they couldn't have made it any easier for her.
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I'm going if they do this again next year. I suppose the Penguins would have to be playing.
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The storyline is that they'd do it every other year, if this is a success and this seems about as close to that as it could've been.
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I've never actually seen a shootout on TV. I hate the concept for the NHL, but for a game like this, I kinda think it would be neat to see it.
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Shootout.
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Sid the Kid wins it. 2-1 in the shootout. Imagine that.
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Wooot!!!
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I don't think the NHL would have dreamed up a better ending than Sidney Crosby scoring the winner in a shootout.
Crosby has a flair for scoring when the game is on his stick in a shootout, just like he did in his first NHL game against a Canadian team when he played Montreal his rookie year. |
And the thing is, he totally knew he had it too. He's really fun to watch.
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Note to Ryan Miller: Next time you're standing around during the interminable delay before a shootout, and a TV analyst asks you what your strategy is going to be, just say "I'll tell you after the game."
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Now the real action begins. Seal and figure skating wrapped in one giant package!
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I hate the shootout too...but damn if it doesn't help the Pens out! Letang might be more automatic than Crusher, and he was 8/13 last year. Letang is now 4/4 this season.
Not bad when you can hold back Malkin in case you need a 4th shooter. ;) I don't think the NHL thought they'd get the hardcore college football fans to switch over to this game. But "sports" fans in general, surfing channels, might have stopped for a minute and gotten hooked. |
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I think Mike Milbury was one of the worst GMs in the history of the NHL, but I really liked his commentary between periods.
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Also, great reason for them to show the clip of him beating a fan with his own shoe. That alone is a good reason to have him do that games. |
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The Avs color guy is Peter McNab, but they never, ever, ever show that clip. :mad: |
Dear Scott Clemenson...
Nice work. Eight months too late, asswipe. Signed, Me |
Another Blackhawk bites the dust...Jon Toews expected to miss 2-4 weeks with a knee sprain. This is probably the dagger to the gut for the Hawks '07-'08 season..
EDIT: Getting an MRI in LA, one could tell from the look on his face that the injury was fairly serious. The team promptly went down the tube once he left the game...19 and already the best player on the squad... |
For those keeping score at home, Patrick O'Sullivan got kicked out of the Kings game last night for a McSorley/Simonesque tomahawk to the head in the last 3 minutes of a 9-2 game. Strangely though, not even a mention of this in the media report, no outraged blogs or articles by writers that wouldn't know a puck from their ass, and as of yet not a peep from Colon Campbell.
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That's impressive, considering it went head-to-head with a pretty good Capital One Bowl. It helps that more people watch TV on New Year's Day than any other day of the year...
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For those in the States with the NHL Network, tomorrow at 130pm EST they are showing the World Juniors Semifinal game between the US and Canada. James vanRiemsdyk (Flyers first round pick) leads all scorers in the tournament with 4G and 6A.
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I remember when the Center Ice Package used to carry some of these games... |
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pfft. The Avs will be without Joe Sakic for most of the year and just lost Ryan Smyth for 8 weeks with a broken ankle. They also are missing Tyler Arnason (broken wrist) and Kurt Sauer (concussion). At other points in the season, they've been without the services of Milan Hejduk, Brad Richardson, Ian Laperriere and Jordan Leopold. They have just 3 forwards who have played every game. They were doing ok with a AHL-heavy roster for a while, but have been slipping lately with 4 straight losses, mostly due to a pitiful PP. They probably would need to pull off a trade to patch bolster their special teams, but Francois Giguere doesn't seem like he's anxious to make any moves. |
Just got back from the Pens-Leafs game...good amount of those Candanian hosers travelled to Pittsburgh, eh?
Pens win 6-2, Malkin's first career HT. And fantastic fight between Darcy Tucker and Jarkko Ruutu...good minute plus of both firing punches. And Pens score 3 in 48 seconds , 3 minutes into the 3rd period. Kennedy with a sweet backhand, Malkin on a nice setup from Crosby, and Sykora, before they could even announce Malkin's goal. Good stuff. |
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Hurricanes put backup goalie John Graehme on waivers (now sent back to AHL Albany) and bring up Michael Leighton, who had done well at Albany. Leighton's first start came tonight in Atlanta. Got off to a very rough start, giving up two first-period goals, but then settled in a little and gave up just a second-period goal while the rest of the Canes (plus a sizeable chunk of the River Rats recently called up with all the injuries) rallied in front of him to win, 4-3. It was a much-needed win as the SE lead had shrunk to three points, but is now five as Carolina got three points out of the back-to-back games with Atlanta with the Thrashers only getting two.
Still, this team as it stands has fallen a good ways from their hot start and is only in contention in the East because the SE has been generally mediocre this year. They've been too up-and-down and haven't ripped off any good winning streaks in a long while, so I'm not really expecting much, maybe a division title and one round in the playoffs before being bumped by whoever wins the Atlantic Division in the second round. |
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As a Jets fan years like that are what we fondly remember as 'the glory years'. God I loved that crappy team. |
word in the devils locker room is hatcher BIT travis zajacs finger, through the glove, hard enough to require stitches
hatcher denies it, and says zajacs finger just ran along hathcers teeth and got cut video replay shows zajac pull his hand away, and his glove stays...in hatchers mouth. fucking flyers. |
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Just reading about this. Do we know if Hatcher's had all his shots? |
If someone is face washing me and sticking his fingers in my mouth and pushing...I'm gonna bite him too.
Either way I hope Hatcher gets suspended. He serves the Flyers better on the bench. |
Not NHL, but since it's hockey...
What a Gold Medal game between Canada and Sweden! OT now, can you ask for more? Hopefully someone scores in the 20 minutes, it'd suck to see it end in shootouts. |
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Great TV moment during the Pens-Panthers game. Bob Errey, Pens color guy, sitting between the benches. Coming back from the 2nd intermission, they are showing the Canada winner in OT. Errey talking about the WJC's, Malkin at the end of the bench, leans in to look at the monitor (side note, Malkin recently just did his first interview, on his own, in English). After showing the clip, Malkin turns to Errey and says "Lucky." Also of note from today's game...Pens have won 6 in a row, and 7 or 8. All 7 of those wins are Ty Freaking Conklin's! He is 7-0-0, including 2 shutouts (today and Buffalo on 12/29) in their last 4. |
Who would have thought Ty Conklin could be so dominant... TY CONKLIN! This is non-sense. Hell, I would have taken Dan Cloutier, Roman Cechmanek, Marc Denis and Jani Hurme on my team before Ty freaking Conklin.
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I am pretty sure we looked into all those guys before signing Conklin. He was in the AHL, until Fleury got hurt. And then the plan was only to Conklin play a handful...actually, less than that...of games, just to keep Sabourin from playing having to play back to backs. Sabourin actually was more consistent than Fleury at the beginning of the year. He was great on the west coast trip after Fleury was hurt in Calgary...and then fell apart. Enter Conklin. Interesting problem for Pittsburgh once Fleury returns (after the all-star break most likely). Carry 3 G's? Conklin is on a two-way deal, but he's proving, thus far, he should be here. Try and send Sabu down, and hope he clears waivers? PS- You forgot Tommy Salo |
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Heh. I guess that didn't come out right or something. :) After a poor year last season, it was great to see Carolina get out to such a good start, giving me some pretty high hopes. However, they've been more bad than good since then and I guess that decline was the source of my expectations being diminished to "just a division title and a second round exit". Didn't mean to make it sound so ho-hum-ish. I know I hate it when others think it's their God-given right to win something because it's the way it should be. Still, it is about where Carolina was expected to be based on what I saw in preseason pubs (SE winners, but Ottawa was East favorites). At any rate, Leighton got a surprise back-to-back start against the Blues last night and seemed to play well, giving up just a goal midway through the first, but the offense was non-existent and got shut out, 1-0. Down the coaster again. Wheeee.... |
the Avs made an odd move on Friday, calling up defensemen Johnny Boychuk to replace forward Ryan Smyth. It gave the Avs 8 defensemen and 13 forwards...not all that odd, except that 2 forwards were hurt and 1 is Scott Parker, who the team almost never uses.
So, last night they dressed 10 forwards and 8 defensemen. 2 blueliners - both rookies (including Boychuk, making his NHL debut) - played at forward while poor Parker was a healthy scratch. How bad do you have to be to be sat in favor of a non-heralded rookie playing a brand new position? To thicken the plot, one of the other "injured" forwards (Brad Richardson) was sent down today and he's reportedly 100% healthy. So it's possible the team had 2 healthy scratches at forward instead of one. No one can figure out why we didn't call up a forward instead of Boychuk. The worst part is that we won, which means Joel Quenneville will probably try it again. |
To be fair to Parker, he's one of the most one-dimensional goons/enforcers left still in the NHL, and without Simon there is no-one on the Isles that would warrant them giving Parker a game.
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there are several. A few who would have to clear waivers (Wyatt Smith, Mark Rycroft, Eric Healy), but also a couple of young guys who would not - Chris Stewart and David Jones being the two most notable examples. It's an odd move to be sure. But, then again, our coach is the only guy in the world who doesn't realize that Jose Theodore is done. |
Detroit finally beat Chicago tonight :(
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Hockeybuzz posted a rumor that McGratton and Emery fought at practice today.
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I've always wondered about this strategy. It makes sense if the other team has a 'tough guy', that you'd want your guy in the line-up as well. However, even if the other team doesn't have a tough guy, I would think there's an advantage of having someone like that in your line-up, assuming they're not too much of a liability. Oiler friends of mine bemoan the lack of a true enforcer in Edmonton, especially when the likes of Booeogaard are running around levelling guys. |
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A lot depends on the coach and the team I guess. The Ducks will dress Parros 80% of the time against anyone, which I love. How much does a 4th line winger contribute anyway? I know the Wild do the same with Boogard (and now Fedoruk as well) I think the key is "not too much of a liability". Parker can barely even skate properly. Can't intimidate skilled players if they just keep skating around you. |
I honestly believe the next wave of tough guys will not be Parros/Boogard type enforcers. Where before those guys got to "prove themselves" by fighting the established tough guys in the league, those types won't even get a sniff anymore. What does Boogard play, like 5 mins a night? With races so tight, wouldn't it be better to have a shootout guy on your bench most of the night and use him if needed? At least he'd help you earn a point.
Laraque can play (some) and guys like Chris Neil, who can put up 15 goals, will be the new tough guys. |
Andrei Kostitsyn is finally coming into his own! I never gave up on him, but so many people did; you have to be patient with kids.
15 points in the last 14 games, 5 goals in the last 5 games and it seems we're only seeing the start as he's getting better as he's gaining confidence. And you have to remember he's playing on his off wing on the left side. Nice goal against Washington coming in on the right side I can't wait to see more of him and his bro, who ain't looking bad either! |
from the Wow, That Guy Sure Lost It Department:
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Wasn't that on re-entry waivers? So it's 50% off for the Hurricanes? Samsonov has totally taken a nosedive. I never really saw much of him until the playoffs back when Oilers beat the Wings in the first round two years ago. Despite the end result of that series, I thought Samsonov was pretty awful. He held onto the puck far too long, never shot it, and just didn't create much. I can't imagine he'll do much in Carolina, but at half-price, I guess it's worth a shot. |
Penguins winners of 7 straight, and 8 of 9.
All 8 of those won by Ty the Conk-eror. 8-0-0 and a GAA hovering around 2.00 Nearly had back to back 3-0 shutout vs Florida before giving up a late SH goal. Still, 2 shutouts in those 8 games...which DOUBLED his CAREER total! And...he plays the puck, something that is an adventure when Fleury tries. |
Yawn, Wings beat the Avs 1-0 yesterday. Really looking forward to the showdown in Ottawa Saturday however.
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the Avs almost got shut out last night as well, finally scoring with just over 3 minutes left (they lost 2-1).
this season is going south in a hurry. and, oh yeah, they sent down yet another forward - TJ Hensick (after one his his better games against Detroit) - in favor of using either Kyle Cumiskey / Johnny Boychuk at forward. Last night, our 4th line was Tyler Arnason, Cody McCormick and Kyle Cumiskey...3 guys who have absolutely nothing in common with each other on the ice. It was, to say the least, painful to watch. |
btw, congratulations on Chris Chelios who on Tuesday became the 2nd ugliest player to play in the NHL.
*taps ear piece* I'm sorry, this just in. 2nd oldest player to play in the NHL. |
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That's simply not fair. There have been a ton of uglier people than Chris Chelios. Mike Ricci and Garth Butcher immediately come to mind. In other news, the Wings signed Osgood to a 3 year extension. He'll be making $1.5 million a year over that span. Not a bad deal at all. Osgood has been playing the best hockey of his career this year. He loves it here and the team likes him. He's comfortable with pretty much any role. If Hasek doesn't come back next year, I could see the Wings going with a Howard/Osgood combo, with Ozzie playing the bulk of the games while Howard learns the ropes. While I don't really care all that much about any type of all-star/all-pro game, it was nice to see Datsyuk, Zetterberg, and Lidstrom named to the first team. They all deserve it. |
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This story is pretty sweet on many levels and I can't even watch the video clip (Damn, youse work IT people!)
I love the quote by former psychotic NHL tough guy, now head coach Andrei Nazarov: “Ural nature does not suffer injustice.” If there was a Russian head coach whose team would be involved in this type of shananigans, it'd be Andrei Nazarov. I also like the random former NHLers involved like Andrei Nikolishin and Mikka Noronen. A ’70s-Style Brawl in Russia By Jeff Z. Klein We’re filing this under “Championship Week” because Ak Bars Kazan are techinically a championship team, having won the Continental Cup last weekend in Riga. But look what happened upon their return to the Russian Superliga on Tuesday night — they started a full-fledged ’70s-vintage, bench-clearing brawl with Traktor Chelyabinsk, which you can see in its entirety on the Telekanal web site here, or, if you prefer, below: This fight simply would not end. It all began with white-clad Ak Bars ahead by 7-5 with about 30 seconds left in the game … … but down two men and Traktor with six attackers, when Traktor’s Aleksei Zavarukhin seemed to score on a scramble near the Ak Bars net. But referee A. Semenov waved off the goal — and when Zavarukhin turned to appeal, for some reason Ak Bars defenceman Aleksei Emelin flew in and leveled him. Traktor’s Andrei Nikolishin then flew in to level Emelin, and the donnybrook was on. Everyone was in the corner fighting when a wave of Traktor players poured in from the bench, as Semenov and his linesmen Birin and Medvedev weakly urged them to go back. That wave was followed by a wave from the Ak Bars bench, and at some point in the ensuing melee Ak Bars goalie Mika Noronen emerged with a bad cut on his nose, apparently given him by Traktor goalie Sergei Mylnikov. Other combatants of note as the brawl flickers out and reignites at various places around the Tatneft Arena ice before 4200 roaring Kazan fans: Ak Bars tough guy Aleksandr Stepanov (30) attacking Traktor’s Denis Baev and flailing away at him long after he goes down (apparently because Baev had angrily flung an Ak Bars sweater into the bench area); and a half-naked Grigorii Shafigulin pummeling a completely tied up Konstantin Kasyanchuk before skating off, arms triumphantly aloft. Through it all, referee Semenov and linesmen Birin and Medvedev do nothing, even when a player pounds on a completely helpless opponent right in front of them. Never was there a stronger argument for police intervention, as used to happen in NHL and minor-league brawls back in the day. In the end, the teams totaled a Russian record 378 penalty minutes — Shafigulin getting 49 of them, Stepanov 47, and Andrei Zubarev 35, all Ak Bars players. Baev of Traktor got 37. The next day back in Chelyabinsk, Traktor coach Andrei Nazarov told the Russian daily Sport Express that his players poured off the bench to the aid of their teammates because “Ural nature does not suffer injustice.” But he also said something that made sense: the NHL rule imposing automatic longterm suspensions for clearing the benches, and even longer suspensions for doing so in the last minute of play, would have prevented the absurdities in Kazan. Stay tuned to see if the Superliga imposes such a rule in the aftermath of Tuesday’s brawl. In the meantime, though, nine players have been suspended for a single game, and Stepanov and Shafigulin were each suspended two games, plus 30,000 rubles or an additional six matches. |
the Stars gave Mike Ribeiro a 5 year, 25 million extension. which seems like a lot of money for a guy who was traded last year for Janne Niinimaa
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Apparently he's having a decent year, but I've never liked Mike Ribeiro. |
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Yes, this is true, but that bar is very, very low.... Ribeiro always seemed to me like a punk bitch. I don't like punk bitches. Most of it stems from that time he feigned injury after a hit. I remember him lying on the ice like he was shot, peeking up to look around, and then pretending he was hurt again. It was a pathetic display. A friend of mine is the Stars' TV producer. He travels with the team. I will have to ask him if Ribeiro really is a punk bitch. |
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Ovechkin is close to signing an extension with the Caps...rumors are 6 years 54 million.
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It's really beginning to look like Charles Wang was a visionary...
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crosby hasnt extended his deal yet, right?
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no, wait, he did. nevermind. 5yr 45m. interesting.
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Remember when the NBA started doing this a decade or so ago? All you read about where 8 year max deals and whatnot.
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Niiiiice. These owners and shit are just soooo smart. Long live the NHL. :P
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In fairness, signing a can't miss star to a super-long contract for a huge amount of money has only ever been a complete disaster for the Capitals once.
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Speaking of the Rangers...the Flyers put a nice 6-2 whipping on them tonight!
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So I was at the Oilers game tonight and saw a call for the first time. Well, two calls (one was a double cross checking penalty on one player during a single sequence that resulted in a pair of minor penalties, that one at least made sense).
The other was a 5 minute plus a penalty shot call against Souray who hacked Doan as he went in on a breakaway. Now I have no problem with a penalty or a penalty shot being called in that situation based on what Souray did, but can somebody explain to me why a 5 + penalty shot was called? I'm assuming intent to injure or something to that effect for the 5, but I don't understand why the penalty shot was tacked on as well. And I don't know if this was addressed by the announcers at all, but for a guy of Souray's size/strength to take a slashing call that severe while Doan didn't even miss a shift (and in fact nearly got caught on the ice for a too many men penalty trying to line up on the ensuing faceoff when it was still 4 on 4) seemed more than a bit, well, over the top. In the end it didn't matter and I had the section I was in quoting a lot of the lines from Bryzgalov's knob hockey episode up until they ruined my fun by pulling him, but I am curious as to the reasoning to the combo call. |
Pen's win in TB 4-1...Ty Fucking Conklin, 9-0-0!
Really poor missed (or made) call in this game too. Paul Ranger got cut, Max Talbot heads off for 4 minutes. But the replay showed Talbot against the boards...and Marty St. Louis' stick actually clips Ranger. Pens kill the 4 min double minor, so no issue, but still... |
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I flipped over to this game and Ferraro was babbling about some OTHER unique play, something (I think) involving Reasoner, an icing, and the penalty box. Whatever it was, though, I had just missed it. |
I think he got 5 + the penalty shot because the offense was deemed to be a major penalty, but it also interrupted a breakaway. Just giving the penalty shot would encourage people in the future to not just haul a guy down to stop him, but do it in the most painful way possible.
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Actually, what I believe you are thinking of, DD, is the situation the Oilers found themselves in to begin the 2nd period. Souray still had time left on his major penalty but there was nobody in the box to serve it. When time ran out on the penalty the only way the Oilers were allowed to get back to full strength was to wait for a whistle. So, still with only 4 guys on the ice but no longer being penalized, Reasoner iced the puck and icing was indeed called. Ferraro initially thought it was a botched call by the linesman but he'd be wrong. For instance, a team pulls their goalie and is playing with an extra man. If the other team, who is essentially shorthanded, ices the puck...it is still icing. The Oilers have been playing well as of late but to be honest it just seems like the bounces have been going our way for a change. |
The Globe and Mail in Toronto is reporting that Ferguson's firing is all-but-official, with a special board meeting to "discuss his future" in the next few days.
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BUT.....There is some good news...the Leafs claimed Domenic Moore off waivers...woohoo...Good job JFJ problems are all solved now. All my life i have wanted to see Dom play.Now i get the chance.:rolleyes: |
It's no great revelation at this point, but Scotty Bowman confirned on HNIC tonight that he was on the verge of taking the Leafs' president job last summer.
Apparently he had decided to accept the position, but was told he had to interview with Richard Peddie (the moron businessman who basically runs the show in Toronto) and then didn't hear back. It sounds like he was trying to be diplomatic but still send the message that Peddie screwed up the deal. |
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It's almost as if Ballard were still running the team.If Maurice shows up tonight to coach in a brown paper bag i'm out.
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