The Official 13-14 NHL Regular season thread

[claphamsa]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

I love it! Go Patty Roy! His presence and some of the talent upfront makes a once very, very dull Colorado team brimming with possible excitement.

too bad we have an old goalie, a headcase goalie, and no defense.

this team needs to pray for a lot of 6-5 wins!

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by claphamsa

too bad we have an old goalie, a headcase goalie, and no defense.

this team needs to pray for a lot of 6-5 wins!

i think the flyers are going to be in a lot of 6-5 games this year too...

[DaddyTorgo]

DROP THE MOTHERFUCKIN PUCK IN BOSTON AND LETS GET THIS SEASON STARTED!!!!!

[Logan]

Mike Smith just made the first ridiculous save I've seen this season.

[DaddyTorgo]

Great win for the Bruins. 3-1, with one goal wrongly disallowed due to a ref whistle when the puck was literally loose in the air.

2 short-handed goals, 1 on a penalty shot.

[Fidatelo]

Ducks/Jets tonight! Final game for Teemu in Winnipeg! I will be cheering loud from section 202!

Only issue is our babysitter doesn't get here until 6:30 and the game starts at 7:00. Gonna be tight...

[Logan]

Frank Seravalli ‏@DNFlyers 4m

Flyers have fired Peter Laviolette, per a source. Replacing him with Craig Berube. Press conference at 11am.

[Suburban Rhythm]

I don't understand moves like this.

If his hold on the job was that slim that 3 games were make or break, should have happened in the offseason.

[Logan]

Agreed.

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm

I don't understand moves like this.

If his hold on the job was that slim that 3 games were make or break, should have happened in the offseason.

Very true. Definitely smacks of Snider urgency. Honestly, Holmgren should be let go as well so Hexy can start making his imprint.

Fact of the matter is that the current team is not built to play Lavy's system. Defense is too slow and not great at the transition game - forwards can skate and hit but haven't been working as a unit, especially entering the zone.

Seems like they might have been tuning him out - I'm happy for a change.

[Suburban Rhythm]

Reading at HF, apparently Snider went bonkers at the press conference.

Was asked why his teams have had more coaches over the last 20 years (11) than any other team in the league, and he blew a gasket. A second question was why hire a guy (apparently, no interim tag for Berube, and has a "multi year deal") who has been part of the last 4 coaching regimes...and he went bananas.

Hoping a YouTube surfaces

[Chief Rum]

Ducks recovered from the seaosn opening shellacking by the Crazy Roys by taking four points from two road games in Minny and Winnepeg. Now they head home for the home opener against the Rangers tomorrow night. Should be a fun game.

[Fidatelo]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Ducks recovered from the seaosn opening shellacking by the Crazy Roys by taking four points from two road games in Minny and Winnepeg. Now they head home for the home opener against the Rangers tomorrow night. Should be a fun game.

I'd like to pretend that game last night didn't happen. K thx.

- Zach Bogosian

[bhlloy]

That was as brutal a 2 minute sequence for one player as I've ever seen (obviously not Steve Smith or Chris Phillips scoring Stanley cup winning goal into own net bad in the grand scheme of things but still).

[bbor]

Craig Berube?

Broad street bullies coming back?

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by bbor

Craig Berube?

Broad street bullies coming back?

Never left

[bhlloy]

Quick obviously felt bad for Bogosian and didn't want him to be on the blooper reel for more than one night

(seriously if you haven't seen it yet, go look it up. just wow)

[Logan]

Just got to work and saw the replay. That was rough. The Rangers' 2nd goal was off a Kings' stick too, but not nearly as bad.

[Suburban Rhythm]

Marc Andre Fleury probably has this cued up in the locker room this morning, showing everyone and saying "But I never did THIS!"

[BishopMVP]

Quicky actually allowed a worse one than that once at UMass. Same scenario (clearance from a man-down unit) except it was about half that speed and actually beat him 5-hole. Guy's amazing (especially his glove hand), and one of our 2 best players ever, but he was an adventure outside of the crease.

[Vince, Pt. II]

So, uh, Tomas Hertl is having himself a game over in San Jose.

[bhlloy]

In two days I've now seen the worst and best goal I've ever seen. That last goal was unreal. 9-2 now

[kingfc22]

Not a bad 3 games for the kid. Man what a 4th goal that was tonight.

[Vince, Pt. II]

That was insane. Wow.

[Logan]

Went to bed with the Rangers down 2-1. Woke up and checked my phone...did not expect to see that.

[Suburban Rhythm]

That goal would only be better if Torts was still in NY, and called him arrogant afterwards.

[Logan]

Sure was arrogant. That move should only be allowed to be performed by hulking Czech defensemen in shootouts.

[Logan]

Phone hearing for Brad Stuart for his elbow on Rick Nash last night.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm

That goal would only be better if Torts was still in NY, and called him arrogant afterwards.

I've got to admit, even as a Sharks fan who loved the hell out of the goal it seemed almost excessively show-boat-y. Can you imagine how hard he'd be taking it if he missed that shot?

[Logan]

Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

I've got to admit, even as a Sharks fan who loved the hell out of the goal it seemed almost excessively show-boat-y. Can you imagine how hard he'd be taking it if he missed that shot?

As a Rangers fan I had no problem with it: just stop the shot.

I could see the criticism being a little stronger though because he already had a hat trick, kind of like a "...and for my next trick..."

[Suburban Rhythm]

Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

I've got to admit, even as a Sharks fan who loved the hell out of the goal it seemed almost excessively show-boat-y. Can you imagine how hard he'd be taking it if he missed that shot?

Originally Posted by Logan

As a Rangers fan I had no problem with it: just stop the shot.

I could see the criticism being a little stronger though because he already had a hat trick, kind of like a "...and for my next trick..."

FTR, I didn't find it out of line. But I know Torts would have blown a gasket.

I took it as more of a "this will really fool the goalie and increase my chances" than "I'm going to make this guy look completely awful!".

[Ryan S]

Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

I've got to admit, even as a Sharks fan who loved the hell out of the goal it seemed almost excessively show-boat-y. Can you imagine how hard he'd be taking it if he missed that shot?

Joe Thornton's thoughts: Canucks vs Hertl gameday: What we learned | The Province

Hearing a question to Marleau about Hertl and whether he was showboating, Thornton said:

“Shut up, have you ever played the game?”

When the press turned his way, he then added:

“I’d have my cock out if I scored four goals. I’d have my cock out, stroking it.”

[Fidatelo]

I love that quote, it's been cracking me up for the last 24 hours. I also love that someone suggested a new nickname: Strokin' Joe Thornton :P

[The Jackal]

It is getting really depressing how much the flyers suck

[Fidatelo]

When is Claude Noel going to learn that starting Pavelec in back-to-back games is a bad idea? I'm not saying Pavy cost them the game tonight (there is plenty of blame to go around yet again), but he did let in a couple that I think he should have stopped. There is overwhelming statistical evidence over the past 2+ seasons showing Pavelec's Save % dropping dramatically in the second game of a back to back, and yet Noel continues to throw him out there. What's the point of even having Al Montoya? He's not a bad backup, throw him out there once in awhile.

I'm pretty much of the opinion that Noel is holding this team back at this point. They aren't built to be contenders, but they can (and should) be better.

[MacroGuru]

Originally Posted by The Jackal

It is getting really depressing how much the flyers suck

Not as depressing as the Sabres...

[Pyser]

devils are winless in 5 as well. blown leads in 4 straight.

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by Pyser

devils are winless in 5 as well. blown leads in 4 straight.

how has schneider looked? he was pretty great in the preseason

[Vince, Pt. II]

Originally Posted by Ryan S

Joe Thornton's thoughts: Canucks vs Hertl gameday: What we learned | The Province

[Suburban Rhythm]

Bizarro land in Pittsburgh...people calling for the backup to be benched and Fleury to play.

[RomaGoth]

Well at least the Wings can hold onto a lead against a team from Boston.

[Suburban Rhythm]

Today's sign of the Apocalypse

Cooke to Kaleta: I can help you change - Cross Checks Blog - ESPN

[Logan]

I'm still confused over something I saw in the Rangers game last night.

NBC Sports starts talking about Derick Brassard and the strong play he put together after the trade from Columbus last season. Then they put up a graphic with his name/headshot that says "First game vs Capitals since trade from Columbus on April..."

For one, let's forget about the fact that he participated in every game of a great seven game series with the Caps a month after that trade, which makes that all pointless anyway. Or that it wasn't even like anyone else on the Rangers played a game against the Caps since that trade, even excluding the playoffs. But besides all of that, I'm still racking my brain trying to figure out the point they were trying to make. Stumped.

[Logan]

And BTW that's three consecutive shutouts of the Caps by Hank dating back to Game 6 of the first round.

[Suburban Rhythm]

Originally Posted by Logan

I'm still confused over something I saw in the Rangers game last night.

NBC Sports starts talking about Derick Brassard and the strong play he put together after the trade from Columbus last season. Then they put up a graphic with his name/headshot that says "First game vs Capitals since trade from Columbus on April..."

For one, let's forget about the fact that he participated in every game of a great seven game series with the Caps a month after that trade, which makes that all pointless anyway. Or that it wasn't even like anyone else on the Rangers played a game against the Caps since that trade, even excluding the playoffs. But besides all of that, I'm still racking my brain trying to figure out the point they were trying to make. Stumped.

Guessing it was more of "This guy has played against Washington before in the regular season, but only as a Blue Jacket. Now he's playing them in the regular season as a Ranger"?

But agree....why does it matter?

[Logan]

Originally Posted by Logan

And BTW that's three consecutive shutouts of the Caps by Hank dating back to Game 6 of the first round.

Speaking of...this has already been edited back.

[Wolfpack]

Hybrid icing claimed its first victim tonight. No, nobody got hurt, but a freak bounce of the puck off the boards directed puck into Leaf goalie Jonathan Bernier's skate and bounced in as a game-winning goal for Carolina. This was because Radek Dvorak edged out a Leaf defender on a race to the dots in the opinion of the officials. The puck wasn't blown dead for icing and the odd bounce from the boards took care of the rest. The goal would have counted under the old icing system anyway, but I think Bernier would have been more active and less casual about playing it if he knew it was live.

[Honolulu_Blue]

While I rarely care about the opposing coach, I thought it was very fitting that the Red Wings give Patrick Roy his first career lost as a NHL head coach.

[RomaGoth]

Glad Kronwall is ok after the cheap shot he took from behind against Colorado. What actually angers me about the entire thing is not so much the hit itself (hockey players take care of their own, right? Right?), but rather the idiotic comments of the Avalanche announcer Mike Haynes:

"Well, I'll tell you what, you talk about getting a little of your own medicine," Haynes said. "Kronwall made a living in this league with big hits and he just got crushed there by Cody McLeod."

There really is no place for any of this crap in the NHL, and stupid announcers like this aren't helping matters any.

[JPhillips]

How to mismanage the salary cap, Washington style:

Nearly 20% of the cap is spent on forwards currently playing on the third and fourth lines.

About 35% of the cap is spent on Ovi, Backstrom and Green.

The remaining 45% covers 5 top 6 defensemen, 4 top 6 forwards and 2 goalies.