03-16-2009, 08:55 PM | #1701 | |
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A great little write up on the Wings AHL affiliate:
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03-16-2009, 08:56 PM | #1702 |
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10 guys on the Wings AHL team have a shot to play on the big club eventually and they're playing amazing in the A. Gotta love it.
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03-17-2009, 12:55 AM | #1703 |
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03-17-2009, 09:39 AM | #1704 |
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Go AHL team Manitoba!
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03-17-2009, 12:33 PM | #1705 |
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03-17-2009, 12:55 PM | #1706 |
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03-17-2009, 01:11 PM | #1707 |
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03-17-2009, 01:21 PM | #1708 |
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The Devils actually deserve better. If they were someplace that gave a shit about them, Brodeur would be revered. Not to mention Stevens, et al. As it is, they get FAR more publicity and respect in places like Montreal than they do at home. I hear Toronto's looking for a second team. Last edited by BlackJack : 03-17-2009 at 01:23 PM. |
03-17-2009, 01:35 PM | #1709 |
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Really? You mean one to go with the Marlies?
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03-17-2009, 01:38 PM | #1710 |
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BOOM! Roasted.
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03-17-2009, 04:44 PM | #1711 |
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Downie probably slashed him on his way out of town.
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03-17-2009, 07:47 PM | #1712 |
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03-17-2009, 08:51 PM | #1713 |
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Pavel Datsyuk is the best all around forward in the NHL.
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03-17-2009, 09:25 PM | #1714 |
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But this guy is the MVP
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03-17-2009, 10:10 PM | #1715 |
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Congrats on Brodeur getting the record. Now that the pressure's off, can the Devils pretty-please sit him tomorrow? Carolina needs the points. kthx
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03-17-2009, 10:34 PM | #1716 |
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But this guy will win the Hart.
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03-17-2009, 10:35 PM | #1717 |
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I think that is the largest picture on the internet.
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03-17-2009, 11:00 PM | #1718 | |
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03-18-2009, 12:04 AM | #1719 |
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03-18-2009, 06:57 PM | #1720 |
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Last time a forward won the Hart while finishing 3rd or more in the scoring race was 1991-92, Mark Messier, and his team won the President's trophy.
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03-18-2009, 08:56 PM | #1721 |
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If Ovechkin stays at 20% more goals than anyone else he's at least even money to win the Hart. As long as Crosby doesn't win it's fine.
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03-18-2009, 09:12 PM | #1722 |
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I wonder if this is the year somone (Chara .. maybe Boyle) unseats Lidstrom.
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03-18-2009, 10:31 PM | #1723 |
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03-19-2009, 09:16 PM | #1724 |
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What an incredibly disappointing collapse for the Bruins. They were up 2-0 on LA after two periods and lost 3-2 in overtime. The Bruins team of November and December is long gone.
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03-20-2009, 05:12 PM | #1725 |
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03-21-2009, 02:58 PM | #1726 | |
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03-21-2009, 09:39 PM | #1727 |
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I love hockey!
NSFW.. watch at your own risk! hxxp://www.nhlsnipers.com/florida-panthers-fans-are-nicensfw/ |
03-21-2009, 10:58 PM | #1728 |
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03-22-2009, 02:36 PM | #1729 |
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I swear, this Hurricanes team is dangerously close to making me believe in them again. Swept a three game homestand by beating the Caps 4-1 last night, giving them a five-point lead on Florida, who lost last night in Columbus. It also nullified FLA's games-in-hand advantage. With Buffalo and Montreal also falling apart, the odds are more favorable now than they have been all year. However, after last year I am not now, not ever saying this team is going to make the playoffs until they actually clinch the berth. The last eight games are going to be a real tough stretch. The only "easy" games left are next Wednesday against an Ottawa team that's decided they'd rather play than fold the tent and an early April game against an Islanders team that very nearly gave them a damaging loss two nights ago. Otherwise, the remainder are against teams already playoff-bound (NJ twice, Pittsburgh) or are fighting for their playoff lives (Rangers, Florida, Buffalo). It starts Monday at Florida. Oddly enough, that'll be the last division game of the year for Carolina, which is in contrast to last year's finishing kick where we played nothing but division opponents for a couple of weeks to finish out.
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03-22-2009, 04:14 PM | #1730 |
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03-22-2009, 04:25 PM | #1731 |
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Good win for the Bruins today to lock up home ice advantage in the first round.
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03-22-2009, 04:40 PM | #1732 |
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That wasn't a dive...but whatever. Anyway how about this... PITTSBURGH – Once upon a time, the Flyers’ Chris Therien used to turn Jaromir Jagr inside out and simply harass and frustrate one the greatest players in the game. Ryan Parent wasn’t around for that, but Sunday afternoon at Mellon Arena, the 22-year-old, third-year defenseman did a remarkable job while head-to-head mostly on Sidney Crosby, and even on Evgeni Malkin, neither of whom got a single shot on goal during a 3-1 loss to the Flyers. “Yeah, I guess so,” Parent said, when asked if he enjoyed making life miserable for Crosby and Malkin. “I’ll play wherever the coaches tell me to play. And if it’s in a shutdown position against a top line, I’ll go out there and try to keep them off the scoreboard.” That’s only the second time both those players were held without a shot in a game (April 14, 2007 at New Jersey). |
03-22-2009, 05:12 PM | #1733 | |
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Hal Gill regularly harrassed Jagr. Hell, when he first was in Washington, Rick Kehoe matched Andy Ference against Jagr. Doesn't make guys who do it one game stars. Besides, when Crosby can pin Timonen against the boards and come out of the corner to set up Letang, Parent can't cover for both of them. Not sure if you caught it, end of the 1st, Pierre McGuire said Hartnell and Cooke yapping to each other. Hartnell to Cooke "You see they had to make moves at the deadline (Kunitz and Guerin) to get those guys some real wingers to play with" What a joke. Why not throw your glove at him next time?
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03-22-2009, 05:14 PM | #1734 |
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Dola
Forgot to mention, got the THN Future Watch issue a few weeks back. Anyone interested, I'll try and post your team.
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03-22-2009, 06:09 PM | #1735 |
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Rangers please.
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Oilers would be appreciated, thanks.
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Right because Scott Hartnell has 27 goals and 55 points while Matt Cooke has a whopping 9 goals and 27 points. Hartnell speaks the truth, Cooke hardly plays now. Make fun of him all you want about throwing the glove (hell I do), but you'd love to have him on your team instead of Matt Cooke. Parent is only a 2nd year player. He's going to be a good defenseman, him and Timonen are going to be the top pairing heading into the playoffs. Just thank Nashville (again) for send Parent over. I wont even start to talk about Giroux, that guy is going to be a stud. Now if they can only get Matt Carle to stop turning the damn puck over so much, that would be a start. Last edited by Dr. Sak : 03-22-2009 at 07:01 PM. |
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I didn't realize Cooke was brought in to be a 30 goal winger. Cooke-Staal-Kennedy has been the Pens best like from game 1 - to this point. And we had "him" here. His name is Ryan Malone. Neither is worth $4M. And what happened to Coburn? In the game vs Pittsburgh and the few other Flyers game I've watched, he's been pretty below avg.
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03-22-2009, 07:48 PM | #1740 |
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Similar to past years, teams are given a letter grade, rank 1-30 (this include NHLers age 21 and under) and drafting "grade" based on their rank vs. average draft position over the past 4 seasons. [Example, Chicago's avg draft position (ADP) over the past 4 seasons was 6th, #1 in the league. Their prospects are ranked 7th. ADP rank - prospect rank = -6]
Rangers Grade: C+ 16th/30 ADP: 18th pick (ranked 11th) - prospect rank 16 = -5 [rank, player, ageposition, 08-09 team, acquired] (ranking in top 75 if applicable) 1) Evgeny Grachev, 18, (19th overall), C, Brampton (OHL) 75th pick 2005 2) Michael Del Zotto, 18, (32nd), D, London (OHL), 20th pick 2008 3) Artem Anisimov 20, (48th), C, Hartford (AHL), 54th in 2006 4) Bobby Sanguinetti, 20, (52nd), D, Hartford (AHL), 21st in 2006 5) Derek Stepan, 18,C, Wisconson (CCHA), 51st in 2008 6) Dane Byers, 22, LW, Hartford (AHL), 48th in 2004 7) Ivan Baranka, 23, D, Hartford (AHL), 50th 2003 8) Corey Potter, 25, D, Hartford (AHL), 122nd 2003 9) Michael Sauer, 21, D, Hartford (AHL), 40th 2005 10) David Kveton, 21, RW, Trinec (Czech) 104th 2006
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03-22-2009, 08:02 PM | #1741 |
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Boston
Grade: A- (6th/30) (includes under 21 NHLers Kessel, Lucic and Sobotka) ADP: 13th pick (7th) - prospect rank 6th = +1 1) Tuukk Rask, 21, (11th overall), G, Providence (AHL), Trade with TOR 2) Joe Colborne, 19, (34th overall), C, Denver (WCHA), 18th in 2008 3) Brad Marchand, 20, (67th overall), C, Providence (AHL), 71st 2006 4) Matt Lashoff 22, D, Providence (AHL), 22nd 2005 5) Zach Hamill, 20, C, Providence (AHL), 8th 2007 6) Carl Soderberg, 23, C, Malmo (Sweden), Trade with STL 7) Adam McQuaid, 22, D, Providence (AHL), Trade with COL 8) Tommy Cross, 19, D, Boston College (Hockey East), 35th 2007 9) Martins Karsums, 22, RW, Providence (AHL), 64th 2004 10) Maxime Sauve, 19, C, Val-d'Or (QMJHL) 47th 2008 Obviously, Lashoff and Karsums no longer there. I believe these are complied around December/January.
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03-22-2009, 08:10 PM | #1742 |
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Edmonton
Grade: B (11th/30) (includes Cogliano and Gagner) ADP: 25th pick (rank 21) - prospect rank (11th) = +10 1) Jordan Eberle, 18, (17th overall), C, Regina (WHL), 22nd 2008 2) Jeff Petry, 21, (63rd overall), D, Mich St (CCHA), 45th 2006 3) Taylor Chorney, 21, D, Springfield (AHL), 36th 2005 4) Jeff Deslauriers, 24, G, Springfield (AHL), 31st 2002 5) JF Jacques, 23, LW, Springfield (AHL), 68th 2003 6) Riley Nash, 19, C, Cornell (ECAC), 21st 2007 7) Devan Dubnyk, 22, G, Springfield (AHL), 14th 2004 8) Linus Omark, 21, LW, Lulea (Sweden), 97th 2007 9) Theo Peckham, 21, D, Springfield (AHL), 75th 2006 10) Rob Schremp, 22, C, Springfield (AHL), 25th 2004
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Interesting to see that they have Deslauriers with Springfield when he's been with the Oilers all season (signed a one way contract prior to this season but did spend 2 weeks with Springfield on a conditioning stint).
Thanks for putting that up, was hoping Omark would be getting a bit more love, but given that Peckham has looked pretty good in his limited time with the big club maybe there is some hope for the kid yet.
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03-22-2009, 09:07 PM | #1744 |
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SR my man, Wings if you'd be so kind.
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03-22-2009, 09:16 PM | #1745 |
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One thing I've noticed after subscribing for a few years now, invariably, the most recent drafts #1 pick is nearly always the #1 prospect for all teams.
Riley Nash is a great example of this. Last year, he was Edmonton's #1 prospect. Now he's 6th? I can believe a few guys passing him by, but he dropped that much? He's having a pretty similar year this year as last, so was he over-valued last season? Cody Franson in Nashville is another example. He was Nashville's #1 last season, now #4, passed by Jonathan Blum (#2 last season, #3 this season) and both 1st rounders in 2008 (Wilson and Pickard). Why? I guess because he's a 21 year old D who didn't make it to the NHL this season. In alot of cases, I think it's alot like what Tavares has gone through. If you spend that extra year or 2 in the AHL, more flaws are perceived. Scouts did it with Tavares, trying to find something to not like.
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Thanks. Couple things: 1. I wonder where the overall rank would be if Cherepanov hadn't passed away. 2. I think the organization thinks more highly of Sauer, unless his play has dropped off recently. 3. While the rank isn't great, it looks like it's because of a lack of depth, with 4 of the top 52. |
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03-22-2009, 09:25 PM | #1747 |
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Detroit's will be interesting. I assume McCollum and Kindl are 1-2 but after that it's what defines a prospect.
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03-22-2009, 09:27 PM | #1748 |
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Grade: B- (13th/30) ADP: 29th pick (rank 27) - prospect rank 13 = +14 Detroit has 6 players ranked in the top 75! 1) Darren Helm, 22, (25th overall), C, Grand Rapids (AHL), 132nd 2005 2) Jonathan Ericsson, 24, (38th overall), D, Grand Rapids (AHL), 291st '02 3) Jakub Kindl, 21, (47th overall), D, Grand Rapids (AHL), 19th 2005 4) Justin Abdelkader, 21, (55th overall), LW, Grand Rapids (AHL), 42nd '05 5) Thomas McCollum, 19, (57th overall), G, Brampton (OHL), 30th 2008 6) Brendan Smith, 19, (73rd overall) D, Wisconson (WCHA), 27th 2007 7) Jimmy Howard, 24, G, Grand Rapids (AHL), 64th 2003 8) Cory Emmerton, 20, C, Grand Rapids (AHL), 41st 2006 9) Joakim Andersson, 19, C, Frolunda (Sweden), 88th 2007 10) Mattias Ritola, 21, LW, Grand Rapids (AHL), 103rd 2005 IMO, the whole McCollum/Howard this is another example of what I'm talking about above. Howard has been in Detroit's top 5 probably the last 3 seasons. But because he didn't make it to the NHL, and McCollum's a 1st rounder, he's obviously better.
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Thanks, SR! I am shocked Helm is #1 mainly because Kindl always gets so much praise. I do agree with that list though as Helm is probably going to be on the 4th line come playoff time, and Ericcson might just be our 7th defensemen from here on out (assuming Lilja stays #6 when back) The top 4 will all be in the NHL within 2 years, though I suspect Howard gets first crack at the backup job next year. His time in the A is a mixed bag but he has the talent. Brendan Smith is a monster offensive defensemen but he's hurt all the fucking time. If he can stay healthy he is a perfect fit for the puck control game. All in all its a solid list. |
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They do mention Cherepanov, but not mention on how it effected their ranking. They do discuss them putting together a string of solid drafts, after they mention back to 2003, when Hugh Jessiman was taken while Parise, Richards, Getzlaf and more were still on the board.
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