***Official 2013/2014 NHL Regular Season Thread*** (1 Viewer)

[Bill Brasky]

2nd game in a row the Wild dominate the 1st but don't put a team away and end up needing a late goal to win it.

Koivu really heating up, top line has been great. Coyle being back on that line and healthy is really key.

Harding's insane numbers continue, though he really only had to make a couple tough stops last night. quality chances given up continue to be at a minimum. Wheeler was the only guy really generating anything, had a couple nice chances.

Granlund is getting so good defensively I don't see how he wouldn't get to Sochi. continues to get better every game, guy is really rounding into form.

Spurgeon/Scandella pairing is becoming really solid. both playing very well, particularly Spurgeon. guy is really underrated.

Dumba looked alot more comfortable last night. having the junior decision out of his mind probably helps, but he was still a bit shaky last game. with Ballard healthy the group as a whole feels pretty deep and competent. don't really feel like there is a weakness with whoever is in there between Stoner, Dumba, Prosser, and Ballard.

4 road games and then the schedule starts to get more difficult.

2nd in the Central!

 

[Bill Brasky]

will be interesting to see if Bryzgalov does any better than Dubnyk. I'd guess no. Dubnyk really had his isses to start the year and still has had some trouble tracking longer shots, but games like Saturday night where he basically wins if for them by keeping them in it until their offense wakes up is what he's been able to do the past couple years. he makes alot of big stops and has the ability to win a game, not sure Bryzgalov will be able to do that behind that breakdown prone group. I think their issues start well before goaltending and it's all through the lineup, not just on defense.

 

[Hawks64]

So the Hawks get absolutely destroyed by the Preds but lose Hossa (scratched due to a lower body injury) and the Bulin wall threw out a hip or ripped his groin out and had to be helped off the ice. Tonight's game against the Sharks should be interesting.

Back on track.

The Hawks definitely played a much better game last night. Saad was again very good and so was Piri. Rozsival had a really nice bounce back game, and made some great plays. Looking forward to the Circus trip, the team typically starts to gel really well on this trip.

 

[tom22406]

Caps got out to the early lead led by Ovie and his 2 goals and were up 4-1 by mid 2nd and then relied on Holtby to do the rest and he didn't let them down.

They are now on top of the Southeast errrr I mean the Metro division now 1 point ahead of the flightless fowl with them coming into town Wed.

John Carlson has really stepped his play up since the start of Nov. and is fast becoming what many thought he could be when he was drafted.5 goals,2 assists and a +6 for the month with increased minutes now with Green down are just what this team needed so I hope he continues this trend going forward.

Holtby has been a beast and last night was no exception.The Blues were all over him and he stood tall and made sure the game never got closer.

Still a ton of holes on this team defensively and with 5 on 5 play but some improvement is starting to show so I'm optimistic they will at least be competing for a good playoff position in the East(which really looks weak).

 

[Whitetail Hunter]

Top 8 teams are all from the West. Anyone remember anything like that in any sport? It's hard to do.

 

[tom22406]

Pretty slick move here by Corey Perry on Alex Semin

http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/semin-stick-stolen1.gif

 

[AcerFC]

Rangers had close to 6 straight minutes of PP time with a minute of it being 5-3 and couldnt score. PP has looked a lot better but that was brutal

 

[falguy]

If playoffs started today, only 1 of 7 Canadian teams would be playing. 3 are practically eliminated already - I give Vancouver an outside shot still in the west. Ottawa and Montreal still alive only due to the overall weakness of the East.

Oh (no) Canada

 

[Statcruncher]

Khabby on IR, it's Raanta time.

 

[Christo]

So the Hawks get absolutely destroyed by the Preds but lose Hossa (scratched due to a lower body injury) and the Bulin wall threw out a hip or ripped his groin out and had to be helped off the ice. Tonight's game against the Sharks should be interesting.

Back on track.

The Hawks definitely played a much better game last night. Saad was again very good and so was Piri. Rozsival had a really nice bounce back game, and made some great plays. Looking forward to the Circus trip, the team typically starts to gel really well on this trip.

I hope so. But I won't be seeing many of them

 

[Northern Voice]

I'm heading to Leafs/Isles tomorrow night, really hoping Kessel and Vanek are in the lineup.

 

[Bill Brasky]

If playoffs started today, only 1 of 7 Canadian teams would be playing. 3 are practically eliminated already - I give Vancouver an outside shot still in the west. Ottawa and Montreal still alive only due to the overall weakness of the East.

Oh (no) Canada

pretty sure it's still November, guy

 

[Bill Brasky]

hard to believe the Kings got Hudson Fasching with a 4th rounder, he might be in the NHL as early as next year.

 

[Copeman]

So, are the Pens the only Eastern team that can consistently beat Western teams?

 

[Sheriff66]

hard to believe the Kings got Hudson Fasching with a 4th rounder, he might be in the NHL as early as next year.

his story is amazing...a must read

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?id=6145415

 

[Bill Brasky]

So, are the Pens the only Eastern team that can consistently beat Western teams?

Tampa has lost once

 

[Statcruncher]

So, are the Pens the only Eastern team that can consistently beat Western teams?

Might want to slow down there, if I recall the Penguins never won a single game against Western Conference teams last year.

 

[AcerFC]

hard to believe the Kings got Hudson Fasching with a 4th rounder, he might be in the NHL as early as next year.

his story is amazing...a must read

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?id=6145415

thanks for posting that

 

[Sheriff66]

hard to believe the Kings got Hudson Fasching with a 4th rounder, he might be in the NHL as early as next year.

his story is amazing...a must read

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?id=6145415

thanks for posting that

 

[Hawks64]

Khabby on IR, it's Raanta time.

Hope he can withstand his baptism by fire, he certainly shouldn't be as bad as Khabby has been.

 

[Sheriff66]

So, are the Pens the only Eastern team that can consistently beat Western teams?

Might want to slow down there, if I recall the Penguins never won a single game against Western Conference teams last year.

They beat the Western Conference for 3 Stanley cups, including your Blackhawks for one, that's all that matters!

 

[Whitetail Hunter]

Guins fans:

What's the word on Letang? He was injured early, how does he look? 5 points and -6 in 12 games is disappointing.

 

[Statcruncher]

So, are the Pens the only Eastern team that can consistently beat Western teams?

Might want to slow down there, if I recall the Penguins never won a single game against Western Conference teams last year.

They beat the Western Conference for 3 Stanley cups, including your Blackhawks for one, that's all that matters!

Lol, missed my joke and went straight for the killshot.

 

[Copeman]

So, are the Pens the only Eastern team that can consistently beat Western teams?

Might want to slow down there, if I recall the Penguins never won a single game against Western Conference teams last year.

They beat the Western Conference for 3 Stanley cups, including your Blackhawks for one, that's all that matters!

Lol, missed my joke and went straight for the killshot.

I got it. I chuckled.

 

[tom22406]

hard to believe the Kings got Hudson Fasching with a 4th rounder, he might be in the NHL as early as next year.

his story is amazing...a must read

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?id=6145415

Great story!!

Thanks for sharing.

 

[ffldrew]

Khabby on IR, it's Raanta time.

Avalanche have chased Crawford so Raanta is in - so far he's playing well - team was awful in front of Crawford

 

[AcerFC]

Rask played well tonight. But I can't recall a less threatening 40 shots on goal than there were tonight

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Canucks fans seranading Tim Thomas ... :whoosh:

 

[Bill Brasky]

Wild got dominated last night. awful game, worst effort of the year. I'd expect to see them sign a goalie in the next couple days to replace Backstrom, Kuemper is a mess.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Canucks fans seranading Tim Thomas ... :whoosh:

"I have been pumping his tires ever since the series started. I haven't heard one nice thing he had to say about me."

 

[Hawks64]

Khabby on IR, it's Raanta time.

Avalanche have chased Crawford so Raanta is in - so far he's playing well - team was awful in front of Crawford

Hawks were flying until the 1st PP was over, then the Avs took over and just rolled.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Canucks fans seranading Tim Thomas ... :whoosh:

"I have been pumping his tires ever since the series started. I haven't heard one nice thing he had to say about me."

https://twitter.com/strombone1/status/402584247015194624/photo/1

 

[ffldrew]

Khabby on IR, it's Raanta time.

Avalanche have chased Crawford so Raanta is in - so far he's playing well - team was awful in front of Crawford

Hawks were flying until the 1st PP was over, then the Avs took over and just rolled.

I'm sure this might have been part of the problem

Patrick Timothy Kane II (born November 19, 1988)

 

[Bill Brasky]

Khabby on IR, it's Raanta time.

Avalanche have chased Crawford so Raanta is in - so far he's playing well - team was awful in front of Crawford

Hawks were flying until the 1st PP was over, then the Avs took over and just rolled.

I'm sure this might have been part of the problem

Patrick Timothy Kane II (born November 19, 1988)

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Canucks fans seranading Tim Thomas ... :whoosh:

"I have been pumping his tires ever since the series started. I haven't heard one nice thing he had to say about me."

I could see booing him mercilessly, but he had 8GA/7G in the Finals two years ago and hoisted the Cup and the Conn Smythe right in front of them the last time he played at Rogers.

Serenading/taunting him just seemed a little out of place.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Canucks fans seranading Tim Thomas ... :whoosh:

"I have been pumping his tires ever since the series started. I haven't heard one nice thing he had to say about me."

I could see booing him mercilessly, but he had 8GA/7G in the Finals two years ago and hoisted the Cup and the Conn Smythe right in front of them the last time he played at Rogers.

Serenading/taunting him just seemed a little out of place.

Why? Because he's had great success against the Canucks? That's all the more reason to taunt him more. Kipprusoff used to get taunted a lot in Vancouver back in the mid '00s when he was really good. Once he started sucking the taunts pretty well stopped completely; taunting loses its appeal when the player sucks.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Taunting loses its appeal when the player sucks.

Canucks are weird. That's the best time to taunt. How do you taunt someone who is better than you?

 

[Billy Bats]

15 games and counting for Baby Huey without a goal.

 

[tom22406]

No other way to put it except the Caps got dominated by the Pens last night.

When you can't generate any offense 5 on 5 and your ST's don't bail you out this is the result.

Simply put they #### all over the ice last night and it smelled terrible.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Taunting loses its appeal when the player sucks.

Canucks are weird. That's the best time to taunt. How do you taunt someone who is better than you?

Is it weird? When the Penguins come to town, is it not way more appealing to taunt Crosby and Malkin instead of guys like Beau Bennett and Joe Vitale?

 

[Copeman]

Taunting loses its appeal when the player sucks.

Canucks are weird. That's the best time to taunt. How do you taunt someone who is better than you?

Is it weird? When the Penguins come to town, is it not way more appealing to taunt Crosby and Malkin instead of guys like Beau Bennett and Joe Vitale?

Ask Philadelphia how Crosby plays when he is taunted.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Is it weird? When the Penguins come to town, is it not way more appealing to taunt Crosby and Malkin instead of guys like Beau Bennett and Joe Vitale?

tough to taunt a goalie when he's shutting your team out. as soon as he gives up a soft goal or two though, the chants help the fans rub it in.

I guess what you're saying makes sense that the best players get most of the attention, but I think of that as the fans trying to get those players off their games. Not sure if that's the same as taunting or not, unless you wait for them to make a mistake and then start taunting them/ripping them for it.

 

[Sheriff66]

No other way to put it except the Caps got dominated by the Pens last night.

When you can't generate any offense 5 on 5 and your ST's don't bail you out this is the result.

Simply put they #### all over the ice last night and it smelled terrible.

I love this post

 

[Sheriff66]

Taunting loses its appeal when the player sucks.

Canucks are weird. That's the best time to taunt. How do you taunt someone who is better than you?

Is it weird? When the Penguins come to town, is it not way more appealing to taunt Crosby and Malkin instead of guys like Beau Bennett and Joe Vitale?

Ask Filthadelphia how Crosby plays when he is taunted.

 

[ItsOnlytheRiver]

Looking forward to the Bruins/Blues matchup tonight.

 

[Christo]

Hawks get Hossa back but lose Bickell for several weeks.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Is it weird? When the Penguins come to town, is it not way more appealing to taunt Crosby and Malkin instead of guys like Beau Bennett and Joe Vitale?

tough to taunt a goalie when he's shutting your team out. as soon as he gives up a soft goal or two though, the chants help the fans rub it in.

I guess what you're saying makes sense that the best players get most of the attention, but I think of that as the fans trying to get those players off their games. Not sure if that's the same as taunting or not, unless you wait for them to make a mistake and then start taunting them/ripping them for it.

That's pretty much all the Thomas seranading/taunting was.

 

[JaxBill]

....and....Rinaldo gets a 10 min misconduct for being Rinaldo...

 

[Billy Bats]

....and....Rinaldo gets a 10 min misconduct for being Rinaldo...

And Ott being Ott. Can't believe he's captain of that team. Biggest dooshnozzle in the league.

 

[Christo]

Good win for the Hawks. Now let's see if they can put B2B wins together for the first time in a while.