2006 NHL Playoff Thread - Page 20

bronconick · 05-22-2006, 03:18 PM

Tampa Bay has 33.9 million tied up in 7 forwards, 4 defensemen, and one goalie for next season.

So, they're looking at having somewhere between 7 and 12 million to spend on 11 players, just to fill out their opening day roster, not including any injury callups they have. Morons.

Suburban Rhythm · 05-22-2006, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bronconick

Tampa Bay has 33.9 million tied up in 7 forwards, 4 defensemen, and one goalie for next season.

So, they're looking at having somewhere between 7 and 12 million to spend on 11 players, just to fill out their opening day roster, not including any injury callups they have. Morons.

Prospal has 2 more years at $1.9 mil, which is an OK salary for him as one of your top 6. Modin has 1 year left at $2.2. One of those guys is being moved, probably Modin. And probably some of their RFAs are not tendered, or tendered and moved for younger guys. Fedotenko and Sarich are the two that come to mind.

I'd love to see Sarich in Pittsburgh--for the right price. Plus, he's a righty, which we desparately need.

Edit-- don't they still hold Shane Wills' rights?

bronconick · 05-22-2006, 03:34 PM

They've also given Kubina his walking papers with this, I'd imagine. I guess they could overpay to keep him, too, and just round it out with 10 AHL'ers making 450k.

bronconick · 05-22-2006, 03:41 PM

dola, stolen from a poster on HFboards.

Fredrik Modin ($2.204) - Brad Richards ($7.8) - Martin St. Louis ($5.25)
Vaclav Prospa ($1.9) - Vincent Lecavalier ($6.85) - __________
__________ - __________ - __________
__________ - Tim Taylor ($650,000) - Rob DiMaio ($478,800)

Dan Boyle ($3.33) - __________
Paul Ranger ($450,000) - __________
Nolan Pratt ($625,000) - Darryl Sydor ($2.128)

__________
Sean Burke ($1.6)

Throw in $660k for Andreychuk's salary, though he's retired. It's not so much the Richards deal slightly overpaid, I would have thought him for LeCavalier money, LeCavalier for St. Louis' contract, and St. Louis let go to go play elsewhere instead of a contract paying him $5.2 a season when he's 36. Use that $6 million on a goalie. and you're at least competitive, if somewhat weak on the blue line.

Suburban Rhythm · 05-22-2006, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by bronconick

dola, stolen from a poster on HFboards.

Fredrik Modin ($2.204) - Brad Richards ($7.8) - Martin St. Louis ($5.25)
Vaclav Prospa ($1.9) - Vincent Lecavalier ($6.85) - __________
__________ - __________ - __________
__________ - Tim Taylor ($650,000) - Rob DiMaio ($478,800)

Dan Boyle ($3.33) - __________
Paul Ranger ($450,000) - __________
Nolan Pratt ($625,000) - Darryl Sydor ($2.128)

__________
Sean Burke ($1.6)

Throw in $660k for Andreychuk's salary, though he's retired. It's not so much the Richards deal slightly overpaid, I would have thought him for LeCavalier money, LeCavalier for St. Louis' contract, and St. Louis let go to go play elsewhere instead of a contract paying him $5.2 a season when he's 36. Use that $6 million on a goalie. and you're at least competitive, if somewhat weak on the blue line.

Their prospect depth is mainly on D though, correct? Ranger has developed. If they can continue that, they might look OK there in 2007-08. But, at forward...there is nobody.

They try and move St. Louis for a goaltender, but they'd probably have to take salary back too, so you might fill a void in net, but opened a new one on the wing.

NoSkillz · 05-22-2006, 08:34 PM

3-1 Carolina going into the third. Complete domination by the Hurricanes thus far.

I blame RendeR and Chubby for jinxing Buffalo with their overconfidence in this thread.

TazFTW · 05-22-2006, 08:44 PM

It's not Buffalo's day when Miller lets in that goal.

JeeberD · 05-22-2006, 09:17 PM

Karim · 05-22-2006, 09:27 PM

Doesn't the minimum salary jump to $500k this season?

RendeR · 05-22-2006, 09:36 PM

As Lindy said: "the first 40 minutes were probably the worst Hockey we've played in the playoffs..."

Kudos to Carolina, they came out with fire and spit and dominated the early game. Miller let in a soft one, don't expect it to happen often if at all the rest of the way. Ward was INSANE in the goal for the hurricanes. if he doesn't make 4 fantastic, seriously UNREAL saves in this one the Sabres go home with a 2-0 lead.

Not a good game for us, but when everything goes your way (Carolina's) then you're going to win games.

Let's see the 1-2 wammy in Buffalo, Sabres come back to Raleigh leading 3-1!!

*knocks on wood*

Gratz to the 'Canes tonight, they deserved the win.

Wolfpack · 05-22-2006, 09:36 PM

Canes got off to a sluggish start, picked it up and really motored through the middle period, but then got really, really sloppy in the third when they thought they had it in the bag. Cannot, CANNOT do that against this team. At least we get a game five. Hopefully they'll find a way to keep playing well and force a split. Really don't want to come back to Raleigh down 3-1.

sterlingice · 05-23-2006, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Tampa now has $19.9 million tied up in Richards, St. Louis, and Lecavalier next year. All three are great players, but that's close to 1/2 of the likely cap for one line.

Yeah, and none of them can play between the pipes

SI

bbor · 05-23-2006, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

I do not like Marc Crawford.

Neither do his players.

Maple Leafs · 05-23-2006, 12:12 PM

By the way, here's an Ottawa update.

Sens' owner Eugene Melnyk has posted his annual apology-for-this-year/guarantee-for-next-year letter, which was published in the papers up here as well. You can read it here. Needless to say, he has a lot of fans rolling their eyes.

Some fun highlights:

- His strong and inspiring statement that "The only people that deserve accolades are those who deliver." Except it's immediately followed by "Our coaching staff is excellent and their leadership will be a cornerstone for this team when we hit the ice again in the fall. Our management is excellent and there is nobody in the league I would rather have managing this team." Hm... I guess you can get accolades without delivering after all.

- Calls Ottawa "the greatest fans that an owner can ask for", which is true as long as an owner isn't asking for sellouts, seasons tickets, or, um, noise.

- In the real head-scratcher, he's not only guaranteeing a Stanley Cup (as everyone in Ottawa likes to do), but is now actually calling for a dynasty. Yes, despite only making the final four once in nine years, the Senators are apparently now going to "hoard that Cup year after year". What has that about needing to deliver before you get accolades?

So bad news for the rest of the league... the Stanley Cup may be up for grabs this year, but it's spoken for through the next several years. Better luck next decade!

Karim · 05-23-2006, 04:40 PM

A few articles...

More wonderful ratings news...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playof...t&lid=tab2pos2

Ted Nolan back in the spotlight...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2455528

Fan violence in Carolina...
http://www.newsobserver.com/796/story/442552.html

BishopMVP · 05-23-2006, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Karim

A few articles...

More wonderful ratings news...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playof...t&lid=tab2pos2

I love hockey, go skating/to stick time regularly and like to think I followed the league somewhat closely this year, even if I had to switch team allegiances midway (from Boston to SJ) to do it. And until I clicked on that link I had no idea Anaheim's uniforms looked anything like that. I partially blame my lack of OLN, but honestly if the NHL doesn't have fans like me watching it on TV, there's really no hope for growth.

Maple Leafs · 05-23-2006, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by BishopMVP

And until I clicked on that link I had no idea Anaheim's uniforms looked anything like that.

Of course, it might also help if two-thirds of the teams in the league didn't change their uniforms every year in a cynical attempt to wring a few extra marketing dollars out of the fans.

Draft Dodger · 05-23-2006, 05:41 PM

note to Bishop: Anaheim's uniform will be changing next year, when they become the plain old Anaheim Ducks.

gstelmack · 05-23-2006, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Karim

More wonderful ratings news...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playof...t&lid=tab2pos2

Well, you put the sport on some fourth-rate upstart cable network that large swaths of folks do not even receive, you get lousy ratings. I'm more interested in how the ratings were for the NBC-broadcast playoff games, or the ones that have been on Fox Sports South.

TazFTW · 05-23-2006, 09:23 PM

Anaheim blows.

Maple Leafs · 05-23-2006, 09:27 PM

I know you guys look to me for leadership and hockey analysis, so I want to tip you off to some breaking news: Edmonton is good.

Ksyrup · 05-23-2006, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by gstelmack

Well, you put the sport on some fourth-rate upstart cable network that large swaths of folks do not even receive, you get lousy ratings. I'm more interested in how the ratings were for the NBC-broadcast playoff games, or the ones that have been on Fox Sports South.

From that article:

So far, the playoffs haven't generated any additional interest for NBC, either. In fact, the ratings are down. The network's regular-season games were watched in 1.09 million households, according to Nielsen data, and playoff games have been watched by 1.02 million households.

TazFTW · 05-23-2006, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by TazFTW

Anaheim blows.

And they score 3 goals since.

Anaheim really blows.

sterlingice · 05-23-2006, 09:39 PM

Ok, after that third goal that made it 3-0, I told my wife that the Ducks were cooked. If they manage to tie this game up... well, perhaps that "we want the cup" chant was a tad premature.

SI

sterlingice · 05-23-2006, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

I know you guys look to me for leadership and hockey analysis, so I want to tip you off to some breaking news: Edmonton is good.

That sounded like a jynx if ever there was one.

SI

BishopMVP · 05-23-2006, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Of course, it might also help if two-thirds of the teams in the league didn't change their uniforms every year in a cynical attempt to wring a few extra marketing dollars out of the fans.

Yeah, I guess those are new 3rd uniforms, and not the regular jerseys, but still wow.

And wow, Anaheim gets 3 in 4 minutes to bring it back to a 1-goal game. Wish I had OLN right now (or CBC) but oh well.

Maple Leafs · 05-23-2006, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

That sounded like a jynx if ever there was one.

I'm a Leaf fan. The force is strong in me.

Karim · 05-23-2006, 10:12 PM

If people didn't find that exciting, they're dead.

bbor · 05-23-2006, 11:12 PM

Jiggy in game 4?

JeeberD · 05-24-2006, 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

That sounded like a jynx if ever there was one.

SI

Is that the Canadian spelling?

Go Oilers!

gstelmack · 05-24-2006, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

From that article:

So far, the playoffs haven't generated any additional interest for NBC, either. In fact, the ratings are down. The network's regular-season games were watched in 1.09 million households, according to Nielsen data, and playoff games have been watched by 1.02 million households.

1 million is much better viewership than the 117,000 they said they were getting on OLN...

Honolulu_Blue · 05-24-2006, 09:41 AM

The theme of this playoffs has been: younger, faster, stronger. Teams with those elements have really thrived in the playoffs, thanks, in part, to the new rules and the like. So what's the Wings first off-season move? Re-sign 44 year old, Chris Chelios. Next on the agenda is trying to re-sign 38 year old Brendan Shanahan. With 41 year old Steve Yzerman looking like he may return for another season and the Wings almost guaranteed to re-sign 36 year old Niklas Lidstrom (for around $7.5-$8 million a year, thank you very much Tampa Bay Lightning), I guess the whole "younger and faster" movement will have to wait a year or two. That said, I can't complain about the moves. Chelios played pretty well throughout the season. I like Shanahan and think he still has value, despite playing like crap in the play-offs the last 3-4 years. Yzerman is, well, Yzerman and Lidstrom is still one of the best defensemen in the league.

bbor · 05-24-2006, 10:42 AM

Wow....i did'nt realize Lidstrom is already 36.

Maple Leafs · 05-24-2006, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

I like Shanahan and think he still has value, despite playing like crap in the play-offs the last 3-4 years.

If the Wings let Shanahan become a free agent, and he's not signed by Ottawa by the end of the first day, Muckler should be fired on the spot.

RendeR · 05-24-2006, 08:06 PM

Quit yapping about a team thats no longer IN the playoffs

LETS GO SABRES!!!!!!

4-1 and back on the powerplay as Carolina continues its game 3 meltdown.

RendeR · 05-24-2006, 09:17 PM

WHAT

A

GAME!!

Sabres 4-3 weathering a huge push by carolina's best. Give the replacement goalie credit, he came into a tornado and kept his team in it. If he wasn't on his ACE game the Sabres go up easily 7 or 8 to 2 and never have to worry. He made it a challenge.

Great game by Miller in goal, he made the bigtime saves when he had to. Danny Briere was on fire tonight and for all those skoffing at the physical side of things: We hit the shit out of them tonight. Bodies were flying everywhere.

Great Game, Lets go back to Raleigh up 3-1!!!!!

Chubby · 05-24-2006, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by RendeR

WHAT

A

GAME!!

Sabres 4-3 weathering a huge push by carolina's best. Give the replacement goalie credit, he came into a tornado and kept his team in it. If he wasn't on his ACE game the Sabres go up easily 7 or 8 to 2 and never have to worry. He made it a challenge.

Great game by Miller in goal, he made the bigtime saves when he had to. Danny Briere was on fire tonight and for all those skoffing at the physical side of things: We hit the shit out of them tonight. Bodies were flying everywhere.

Great Game, Lets go back to Raleigh up 3-1!!!!!

\
I hope so, that means I go 2-0 in playoff games I've attended

Wolfpack · 05-25-2006, 01:46 PM

Looks like the Sabres will need to finish this series off quick before they run out of bodies:

Tallinder out with broken arm.

That being said, all their prior injuries haven't slowed them too much against Carolina so far. The Canes can't seem to put together a full game of effort right now. Too many dumb mistakes on defense and the Sabres got to them mentally with all the hitting yesterday in the second period. When they finally got the ball rolling in the third, Buffalo was hard-pressed, but they dug way too big of a hole to get all the way out.

Maple Leafs · 05-25-2006, 02:08 PM

Interesting fact: Of the final four teams, only one forward makes more than $4M. And that's Doug Weight, who has a mid-season rental.

bbor · 05-25-2006, 04:41 PM

Ryan Smyth does'nt make 4 mil?Or Peca for that metter?

That is surprising.

I imagine the highest payed player left is Pronger?

Maple Leafs · 05-25-2006, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by bbor

I imagine the highest payed player left is Pronger?

Either him or Neidermayer.

Gigere's probably in the top five, oddly enough.

Edit: Apparently Peca makes $3.99 million.

bbor · 05-25-2006, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Either him or Neidermayer.

Gigere's probably in the top five, oddly enough.

Edit: Apparently Peca makes $3.99 million.

Ahh yes...i forgot about Neidermeyer.

$3.99 for a guy who basically does'nt turn it on till the play-offs.Not bad if you win a cup,but if you don't make the play-offs(Islanders) and are paying him it sucks.

Draft Dodger · 05-25-2006, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bbor

Ryan Smyth does'nt make 4 mil?Or Peca for that metter?

That is surprising.

exactly my thought.

Draft Dodger · 05-25-2006, 05:51 PM

top salaries, just for kicks:
Niedermayer 6.75
Pronger 6.25
Weight 5.75
Giguere 3.99
Peca 3.99
Brind'Amour 3.8
Smyth 3.5
Drury 2.9 (Buffalo's highest)
Samsonov 2.77
Tverdovsky 2.5

5 of the 10 are current or former Oilers.

JeeberD · 05-25-2006, 05:53 PM

I miss Doug Weight...

bronconick · 05-25-2006, 09:48 PM

Well, the Ducks finally solved Roloson in the last 4 periods, though it's probably going to end up being a game too late.

Karim · 05-25-2006, 10:01 PM

If Anaheim wins the next one, all the pressure will be on Edmonton in game six. The Oilers better finish this one off before Anaheim starts believing they can win this thing.

gstelmack · 05-26-2006, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

I miss Doug Weight...

He's starting to get a lot of love around here.

BTW, the ubiquitous reffing question: I did not get to watch much of the CAR-BUF game 3, but there were lots of complaints around here about the officiating. Not that they were making bad calls against Carolina, but rather that they were letting Buffalo get away with a lot. I saw one glimpse of this in my little bit of watching, where Doug Weight got called (legitimately) for interference for hitting a guy along the boards a bit after he passed the puck, but the refs missed the elbow to the face Mike Commodore took from the guy who caught the pass. There was also talk of a blatantly missed cross-check, and Commodore getting tripped 15 feet from a ref with no call.

But it's all second-hand. From those who watched it, how much validity is there to this, or is it a bunch of blowhard BS from disappointed Carolina fans?

Wolfpack · 05-26-2006, 09:43 AM

I think it runs both ways to some extent. Carolina had Buffalo in the box for decent chunks of the first period, but then it went the other way in the second period, particularly with the crowd's collective blood up from all the hitting and scoring. The refs may have let it get a little more physical because everyone was enjoying it. I erased the game as soon as it was over, so I didn't examine any of the harder hits for whether they were legitimate, but I'd say they were good hard hits from my memory.

bbor · 05-26-2006, 10:46 AM

Does Carolina have the scratch to re-up Weight?

05-22-2006, 08:34 PM	#956
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05-22-2006, 08:44 PM	#957
TazFTW Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Honolulu, HI	It's not Buffalo's day when Miller lets in that goal. __________________ "Teams don't want to make the trip anymore," says Hawaii coach June Jones. "They come here, we kick their ass, they go home." Fire Ron Lee.

05-22-2006, 09:17 PM	#958
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05-22-2006, 09:36 PM	#960
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	As Lindy said: "the first 40 minutes were probably the worst Hockey we've played in the playoffs..." Kudos to Carolina, they came out with fire and spit and dominated the early game. Miller let in a soft one, don't expect it to happen often if at all the rest of the way. Ward was INSANE in the goal for the hurricanes. if he doesn't make 4 fantastic, seriously UNREAL saves in this one the Sabres go home with a 2-0 lead. Not a good game for us, but when everything goes your way (Carolina's) then you're going to win games. Let's see the 1-2 wammy in Buffalo, Sabres come back to Raleigh leading 3-1!! knocks on wood Gratz to the 'Canes tonight, they deserved the win. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

05-23-2006, 12:12 PM	#964
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	By the way, here's an Ottawa update. Sens' owner Eugene Melnyk has posted his annual apology-for-this-year/guarantee-for-next-year letter, which was published in the papers up here as well. You can read it here. Needless to say, he has a lot of fans rolling their eyes. Some fun highlights: - His strong and inspiring statement that "The only people that deserve accolades are those who deliver." Except it's immediately followed by "Our coaching staff is excellent and their leadership will be a cornerstone for this team when we hit the ice again in the fall. Our management is excellent and there is nobody in the league I would rather have managing this team." Hm... I guess you can get accolades without delivering after all. - Calls Ottawa "the greatest fans that an owner can ask for", which is true as long as an owner isn't asking for sellouts, seasons tickets, or, um, noise. - In the real head-scratcher, he's not only guaranteeing a Stanley Cup (as everyone in Ottawa likes to do), but is now actually calling for a dynasty. Yes, despite only making the final four once in nine years, the Senators are apparently now going to "hoard that Cup year after year". What has that about needing to deliver before you get accolades? So bad news for the rest of the league... the Stanley Cup may be up for grabs this year, but it's spoken for through the next several years. Better luck next decade! __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

05-22-2006, 03:18 PM	#951
bronconick College Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI	Tampa Bay has 33.9 million tied up in 7 forwards, 4 defensemen, and one goalie for next season. So, they're looking at having somewhere between 7 and 12 million to spend on 11 players, just to fill out their opening day roster, not including any injury callups they have. Morons.

05-22-2006, 03:34 PM	#953
bronconick College Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI	They've also given Kubina his walking papers with this, I'd imagine. I guess they could overpay to keep him, too, and just round it out with 10 AHL'ers making 450k.

05-22-2006, 03:41 PM	#954
bronconick College Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI	dola, stolen from a poster on HFboards. Fredrik Modin ($2.204) - Brad Richards ($7.8) - Martin St. Louis ($5.25) Vaclav Prospa ($1.9) - Vincent Lecavalier ($6.85) - __________ __________ - __________ - __________ __________ - Tim Taylor ($650,000) - Rob DiMaio ($478,800) Dan Boyle ($3.33) - __________ Paul Ranger ($450,000) - __________ Nolan Pratt ($625,000) - Darryl Sydor ($2.128) __________ Sean Burke ($1.6) Throw in $660k for Andreychuk's salary, though he's retired. It's not so much the Richards deal slightly overpaid, I would have thought him for LeCavalier money, LeCavalier for St. Louis' contract, and St. Louis let go to go play elsewhere instead of a contract paying him $5.2 a season when he's 36. Use that $6 million on a goalie. and you're at least competitive, if somewhat weak on the blue line.

05-22-2006, 09:27 PM	#959
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	Doesn't the minimum salary jump to $500k this season?

05-22-2006, 09:36 PM	#961
Wolfpack Pro Rookie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC	Canes got off to a sluggish start, picked it up and really motored through the middle period, but then got really, really sloppy in the third when they thought they had it in the bag. Cannot, CANNOT do that against this team. At least we get a game five. Hopefully they'll find a way to keep playing well and force a split. Really don't want to come back to Raleigh down 3-1.

05-23-2006, 04:40 PM	#965
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	A few articles... More wonderful ratings news... http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playof...t&lid=tab2pos2 Ted Nolan back in the spotlight... http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2455528 Fan violence in Carolina... http://www.newsobserver.com/796/story/442552.html

05-23-2006, 05:41 PM	#968
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	note to Bishop: Anaheim's uniform will be changing next year, when they become the plain old Anaheim Ducks. __________________ Mile High Hockey

05-23-2006, 09:23 PM	#970
TazFTW Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Honolulu, HI	Anaheim blows. __________________ "Teams don't want to make the trip anymore," says Hawaii coach June Jones. "They come here, we kick their ass, they go home." Fire Ron Lee.

05-23-2006, 09:27 PM	#971
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	I know you guys look to me for leadership and hockey analysis, so I want to tip you off to some breaking news: Edmonton is good. __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

05-23-2006, 09:39 PM	#974
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Ok, after that third goal that made it 3-0, I told my wife that the Ducks were cooked. If they manage to tie this game up... well, perhaps that "we want the cup" chant was a tad premature. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

05-23-2006, 10:12 PM	#978
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	If people didn't find that exciting, they're dead.

05-23-2006, 11:12 PM	#979
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	Jiggy in game 4? __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

05-24-2006, 09:41 AM	#982
Honolulu_Blue Hockey Boy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Royal Oak, MI	The theme of this playoffs has been: younger, faster, stronger. Teams with those elements have really thrived in the playoffs, thanks, in part, to the new rules and the like. So what's the Wings first off-season move? Re-sign 44 year old, Chris Chelios. Next on the agenda is trying to re-sign 38 year old Brendan Shanahan. With 41 year old Steve Yzerman looking like he may return for another season and the Wings almost guaranteed to re-sign 36 year old Niklas Lidstrom (for around $7.5-$8 million a year, thank you very much Tampa Bay Lightning), I guess the whole "younger and faster" movement will have to wait a year or two. That said, I can't complain about the moves. Chelios played pretty well throughout the season. I like Shanahan and think he still has value, despite playing like crap in the play-offs the last 3-4 years. Yzerman is, well, Yzerman and Lidstrom is still one of the best defensemen in the league. __________________ *Steve Yzerman*: 1,755 points in 1,514 regular season games. 185 points in 196 postseason games. A First-Team All-Star, Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Selke Trophy winner, Masterton Trophy winner, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Olympic gold medallist, and a three-time Stanley Cup Champion. Longest serving captain of one team in the history of the NHL (19 seasons).

05-24-2006, 10:42 AM	#983
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	Wow....i did'nt realize Lidstrom is already 36. __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

05-24-2006, 08:06 PM	#985
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	Quit yapping about a team thats no longer IN the playoffs LETS GO SABRES!!!!!! 4-1 and back on the powerplay as Carolina continues its game 3 meltdown. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

05-24-2006, 09:17 PM	#986
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	WHAT A GAME!! Sabres 4-3 weathering a huge push by carolina's best. Give the replacement goalie credit, he came into a tornado and kept his team in it. If he wasn't on his ACE game the Sabres go up easily 7 or 8 to 2 and never have to worry. He made it a challenge. Great game by Miller in goal, he made the bigtime saves when he had to. Danny Briere was on fire tonight and for all those skoffing at the physical side of things: We hit the shit out of them tonight. Bodies were flying everywhere. Great Game, Lets go back to Raleigh up 3-1!!!!! __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

05-25-2006, 01:46 PM	#988
Wolfpack Pro Rookie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC	Looks like the Sabres will need to finish this series off quick before they run out of bodies: Tallinder out with broken arm. That being said, all their prior injuries haven't slowed them too much against Carolina so far. The Canes can't seem to put together a full game of effort right now. Too many dumb mistakes on defense and the Sabres got to them mentally with all the hitting yesterday in the second period. When they finally got the ball rolling in the third, Buffalo was hard-pressed, but they dug way too big of a hole to get all the way out.

05-25-2006, 02:08 PM	#989
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	Interesting fact: Of the final four teams, only one forward makes more than $4M. And that's Doug Weight, who has a mid-season rental. __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

05-25-2006, 04:41 PM	#990
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	Ryan Smyth does'nt make 4 mil?Or Peca for that metter? That is surprising. I imagine the highest payed player left is Pronger? __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

05-25-2006, 05:51 PM	#994
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	top salaries, just for kicks: Niedermayer 6.75 Pronger 6.25 Weight 5.75 Giguere 3.99 Peca 3.99 Brind'Amour 3.8 Smyth 3.5 Drury 2.9 (Buffalo's highest) Samsonov 2.77 Tverdovsky 2.5 5 of the 10 are current or former Oilers. __________________ Mile High Hockey

05-25-2006, 05:53 PM	#995
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	I miss Doug Weight... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

05-25-2006, 09:48 PM	#996
bronconick College Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI	Well, the Ducks finally solved Roloson in the last 4 periods, though it's probably going to end up being a game too late.

05-25-2006, 10:01 PM	#997
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	If Anaheim wins the next one, all the pressure will be on Edmonton in game six. The Oilers better finish this one off before Anaheim starts believing they can win this thing.

05-26-2006, 09:43 AM	#999
Wolfpack Pro Rookie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC	I think it runs both ways to some extent. Carolina had Buffalo in the box for decent chunks of the first period, but then it went the other way in the second period, particularly with the crowd's collective blood up from all the hitting and scoring. The refs may have let it get a little more physical because everyone was enjoying it. I erased the game as soon as it was over, so I didn't examine any of the harder hits for whether they were legitimate, but I'd say they were good hard hits from my memory.

05-26-2006, 10:46 AM	#1000
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	Does Carolina have the scratch to re-up Weight? __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

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