***Official 2013/2014 NHL Regular Season Thread*** (2 Viewers)

[Whitetail Hunter]

I am in Florida. Anyone have any suggestions how I can watch the rest of the Hawks game?

 

[Hawks64]

Khabibulin is :X two games and 9 goals against. Got pulled half way through the 2nd. I think Raanta might be getting a call up in the near future.

 

[Whitetail Hunter]

Khabibulin is :X two games and 9 goals against. Got pulled half way through the 2nd. I think Raanta might be getting a call up in the near future.

Hopefully.

Dobber recently wrote about the ineffectiveness of goalies who are >35 and was wondering why teams continue to give them chances. He has a point.

 

[Billy Bats]

man the Flyers are bad

except Mason

Must've only seen the third? Played pretty well the first two periods, then were dominated in the third.

 

[Bill Brasky]

man the Flyers are bad

except Mason

Must've only seen the third? Played pretty well the first two periods, then were dominated in the third.

no, watched most of it. mental midgets and fighting the puck at every turn. losing that game was embarrassing. team is a disaster.

 

[Hawks64]

Khabibulin is :X two games and 9 goals against. Got pulled half way through the 2nd. I think Raanta might be getting a call up in the near future.

Hopefully.

Dobber recently wrote about the ineffectiveness of goalies who are >35 and was wondering why teams continue to give them chances. He has a point.

He does, and it's a terrible contract for him at 1.7MM.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Khabibulin is :X two games and 9 goals against. Got pulled half way through the 2nd. I think Raanta might be getting a call up in the near future.

Hopefully.

Dobber recently wrote about the ineffectiveness of goalies who are >35 and was wondering why teams continue to give them chances. He has a point.

I think it's pretty amazing how well some goalies in that age range have played recently so it doesn't seem shocking to me that they are getting chances.

Tim Thomas at 36 put up a .938 SV% season and went 35-11-9.

Tim Thomas at 37 put up .920 SV% season and went 35-19-1.

Domenik Hasek at 41 put up a .925 SV% season and went 28-10-4

Brodeur had a 45 win season at age 37 with 9 shutouts

Khabibulin last year at 40 put up a .923 SV% season (in just 12 games)

Khabibulin at 36 put up a .919 SV% season and went 25-8-7.

Tomas Vokoun last year at 36 put up a .919 SV% season and went 13-4

some other guys who have played well in that age range recently:

Hedberg, Roloson, Nabokov

http://www.hockey-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&year_min=2006&year_max=2013&season_start=1&season_end=-1&age_min=36&age_max=46&birth_country=&franch_id=&is_active=&is_hof=&pos=G&handed=&c1stat=&c1comp=gt&c1val=&c2stat=&c2comp=gt&c2val=&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&order_by=min_goalie

 

[Hawks64]

Khabibulin is :X two games and 9 goals against. Got pulled half way through the 2nd. I think Raanta might be getting a call up in the near future.

Hopefully.

Dobber recently wrote about the ineffectiveness of goalies who are >35 and was wondering why teams continue to give them chances. He has a point.

I think it's pretty amazing how well some goalies in that age range have played recently so it doesn't seem shocking to me that they are getting chances.

Tim Thomas at 36 put up a .938 SV% season and went 35-11-9.

Tim Thomas at 37 put up .920 SV% season and went 35-19-1.

Domenik Hasek at 41 put up a .925 SV% season and went 28-10-4

Brodeur had a 45 win season at age 37 with 9 shutouts

Khabibulin last year at 40 put up a .923 SV% season (in just 12 games)

Khabibulin at 36 put up a .919 SV% season and went 25-8-7.

Tomas Vokoun last year at 36 put up a .919 SV% season and went 13-4

some other guys who have played well in that age range recently:

Hedberg, Roloson, Nabokov

http://www.hockey-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&year_min=2006&year_max=2013&season_start=1&season_end=-1&age_min=36&age_max=46&birth_country=&franch_id=&is_active=&is_hof=&pos=G&handed=&c1stat=&c1comp=gt&c1val=&c2stat=&c2comp=gt&c2val=&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&order_by=min_goalie

Well it certainly seems the wheels completely fell off this year. He wasn't very good in the preseason and has been mediocre to awful in the regular season so far. Not sure how many more chances Quenneville will give him.

 

[Christo]

Sweet comeback by the Hawks

 

[northern exposure]

Rob Scuderi out indefinitely with a broken ankle. Bad luck for the Pens blueliners going forward.

What does this mean?

Badly worded on my part, but I meant it is a significant blue line loss for Pittsburgh.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

It's interesting in that you have a new hotshot owner who came in riding a white horse and saying all the things about building winner and he's a Miller trade away from stripping the team clean and starting over from scratch. I'm not sure that most Sabres fans were really ready for the wholesale nature of this rebuild.

The #1 best way to create a long term winner. If you're a team that has next to no hope in making the playoffs the next 1-2 years, going in full tank mode is definitely the way to go.

 

[ditka311]

Khabibulin is :X two games and 9 goals against. Got pulled half way through the 2nd. I think Raanta might be getting a call up in the near future.

Yeah, I am ready for the Khabibulin Experiment 2.0 to end come to an end.

 

[Sheriff66]

man the Flyers are bad

except Mason

Claudia Girlroux just embarrassing himself as usual

 

[Sheriff66]

Rob Scuderi out indefinitely with a broken ankle. Bad luck for the Pens blueliners going forward.

What does this mean?

Badly worded on my part, but I meant it is a significant blue line loss for Pittsburgh.

I figured, just checking

 

[Bill Brasky]

It's interesting in that you have a new hotshot owner who came in riding a white horse and saying all the things about building winner and he's a Miller trade away from stripping the team clean and starting over from scratch. I'm not sure that most Sabres fans were really ready for the wholesale nature of this rebuild.

The #1 best way to create a long term winner. If you're a team that has next to no hope in making the playoffs the next 1-2 years, going in full tank mode is definitely the way to go.

unless you're the Oilers

 

[Bill Brasky]

Darren Helm is actually going to play on Friday?

 

[jamny]

Much needed win for the Rangers.

I've never seen Richards so wound up. Has he commented on what was going on at the end of the game?

 

[JaxBill]

man the Flyers are bad

except Mason

Even the Pope can only do so much for them.

 

[kentric]

Rangers to win 55 games and go on to win the Stanley Cup. You heard it here first.

Please refrain from ridicule until after they lose 7 of the first 10 games.

Ok. I lived up to my part, Rangers just need to win 52 more games and then the Stanley Cup and you'll all be kissing my feet.

road to dominance starts tonight?

Its all but written in stone now.

51 more wins.

 

[Statcruncher]

Khabibulin is :X two games and 9 goals against. Got pulled half way through the 2nd. I think Raanta might be getting a call up in the near future.

Was not a big fan of signing Khabibulin again, and was hoping Raanta might get a shot. Then again I wasn't a fan of signing Emery last year and he was pretty much flawless. So in summation, I'm a terrible judge of talent but hope there is a change at the backup goalie position.

 

[ffldrew]

Khabibulin is :X two games and 9 goals against. Got pulled half way through the 2nd. I think Raanta might be getting a call up in the near future.

Hopefully.

Dobber recently wrote about the ineffectiveness of goalies who are >35 and was wondering why teams continue to give them chances. He has a point.

36 year old J.S Giguere so far 3-0 with .67 GAA/.981 SAV% - shutouts against Boston and Pittsburgh. Hoping he continues to break this trend

 

[Billy Bats]

man the Flyers are bad

except Mason

Must've only seen the third? Played pretty well the first two periods, then were dominated in the third.

no, watched most of it. mental midgets and fighting the puck at every turn. losing that game was embarrassing. team is a disaster.

You should've seen the first 8 games, last night was an improvement. :X (except for the 3rd)

 

[Hawks64]

Khabibulin is :X two games and 9 goals against. Got pulled half way through the 2nd. I think Raanta might be getting a call up in the near future.

Was not a big fan of signing Khabibulin again, and was hoping Raanta might get a shot. Then again I wasn't a fan of signing Emery last year and he was pretty much flawless. So in summation, I'm a terrible judge of talent but hope there is a change at the backup goalie position.

After reading more about it, it's unlikely Raanta will get called up just based on the cap situation. And the sucks since Crow will likely be overworked this season.

 

[Northern Voice]

Kessel had 4 points last night after being NHL's 2nd star last week. Unsurprisingly, he's stepped it up another notch playing with Kadri rather than Bozak. Lots of Toronto bloggers had a lot of fun retweeting (awful) old articles from Toronto's (awful) hockey media from a little over a year ago saying the Leafs MUST TRADE KESSEL. So happy he's locked up long term.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

It's interesting in that you have a new hotshot owner who came in riding a white horse and saying all the things about building winner and he's a Miller trade away from stripping the team clean and starting over from scratch. I'm not sure that most Sabres fans were really ready for the wholesale nature of this rebuild.

The #1 best way to create a long term winner. If you're a team that has next to no hope in making the playoffs the next 1-2 years, going in full tank mode is definitely the way to go.

unless you're the Oilers

It helps to actually address the defense/goaltending at some point. That's like the Detroit Lions drafting nothing but WRs.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

I think a big part of the problem with the Oilers is they haven't hit on many picks after their high 1st rounders in recent drafts.

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/teams/dr00005632.html

Their only pick outside of round 1 to make a significant contribution from 2004 to present is Jeff Petry.

Their recent draft history looks like a wasteland outside of the superstars so they have no depth.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Kessel had 4 points last night after being NHL's 2nd star last week. Unsurprisingly, he's stepped it up another notch playing with Kadri rather than Bozak. Lots of Toronto bloggers had a lot of fun retweeting (awful) old articles from Toronto's (awful) hockey media from a little over a year ago saying the Leafs MUST TRADE KESSEL. So happy he's locked up long term.

http://theleafsnation.com/2013/10/30/the-phil-kessel-bus-tossing-database

Damien Cox is so bad he gets quoted twice.

Thought this was funny too:

The trade that sent Phil Kessel from the Boston Bruins to the Toronto Maple Leafs has been voted the best trade in Boston sports history, according to a recent NESN poll.

The Leafs acquired Phil Kessel in September 2009 in exchange for first-round picks in 2010 and 2011 and a second-round pick as well. Boston drafted Tyler Seguin with the 2010 pick and selected Dougie Hamilton in 2011.

That move beat out three other prominent trades in Boston sports history.

- Rogers Sportsnet, " Kessel trade voted Boston sports history's best ", February 5th, 2013

 

[Brady Marino]

The picks for Parish/McHale should have won in a rout. Then again, most probably weren't alive for that.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

The picks for Parish/McHale should have won in a rout. Then again, most probably weren't alive for that.

it's not even the best Bruins trade in recent years.

Rask for Raycroff looks a lot better.

 

[northern exposure]

It's interesting in that you have a new hotshot owner who came in riding a white horse and saying all the things about building winner and he's a Miller trade away from stripping the team clean and starting over from scratch. I'm not sure that most Sabres fans were really ready for the wholesale nature of this rebuild.

The #1 best way to create a long term winner. If you're a team that has next to no hope in making the playoffs the next 1-2 years, going in full tank mode is definitely the way to go.

unless you're the Oilers

Ouch. 100% accurate, but still...ouch.

 

[Brady Marino]

The picks for Parish/McHale should have won in a rout. Then again, most probably weren't alive for that.

it's not even the best Bruins trade in recent years.

Rask for Raycroff looks a lot better.

Raycroft may be the best goalie in the Swedish second league this year.

 

[northern exposure]

I think a big part of the problem with the Oilers is they haven't hit on many picks after their high 1st rounders in recent drafts.

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/teams/dr00005632.html

Their only pick outside of round 1 to make a significant contribution from 2004 to present is Jeff Petry.

Their recent draft history looks like a wasteland outside of the superstars so they have no depth.

When they have made good draft picks in later rounds they end up trading the players away early in their development. See Stoll, Greene, Brodziak.

Their Pro Scouting dept has been pretty awful as well. The FAs they have signed up until this season have bombed.

Some of the D guys in the pipeline are supposedly close to making a NHL impact - Klefbom, Simpson, Gernat and Marincin. But given their supposed D finds like Plante, Syvret and Chorney from the past...I have my doubts.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Denver Police Dept ‏@DenverPolice11m
BREAKING- Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov turned himself in to Denver Police detectives for domestic violence related charges.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

The picks for Parish/McHale should have won in a rout. Then again, most probably weren't alive for that.

it's not even the best Bruins trade in recent years.

Rask for Raycroff looks a lot better.

And no way that trade tops Neely and the No. 3 pick that became Glen Wesley for Barry Pederson.

However, both Esposito trades probably were the biggest ever and shaped the franchise for close two two decades -- Hodge/Esposito/Stanfield from the Blackhawks for Jack Norris/Pit Martin/Gilles Marotte, and then Esposito/Carol Vadnais to the Rangers for Park/Ratelle/Joe Zanussi.

 

[JaxBill]

Denver Police Dept ‏@DenverPolice11m
BREAKING- Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov turned himself in to Denver Police detectives for domestic violence related charges.

Ryan Parker ‏@ryanparkerdp 12m

Varlamov arrested for 1 class 4 felony count, one misdemeanor for alleged domestic violence that supposedly involved kidnapping

 

[Dickies]

Sharks wasting no time in LA. Of all my years watching Sharks hockey, this is by far the best team I've seen.

 

[Northern Voice]

Denver Police Dept ‏@DenverPolice11m
BREAKING- Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov turned himself in to Denver Police detectives for domestic violence related charges.

Ryan Parker ‏@ryanparkerdp 12m

Varlamov arrested for 1 class 4 felony count, one misdemeanor for alleged domestic violence that supposedly involved kidnapping

Really trying to emulate his new coach.

 

[Northern Voice]

So the Leafs have a 4 point lead in the division right now. Reimer and Bernier will stop 94% of shots all season long, right

Outshot 43-22 tonight, 43-26 last night. Never trailed in either and neither game was in doubt at any point. Regression may hit this team like a Mack truck or the Corsi/Fenwick guys may not know what they're talking about... in any case it's been a fun start.

 

[Foosball God]

Wings need to give Tatar more ice time. They're too clogged up with old vets and bit players.

 

[Copeman]

Pascal Dupuis performing his own dental procedure

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

RE: Varlamov:

According to the attorney for the accuser, Varlamov allegedly threw the woman into a wall and began to stomp on her. He also added, in an interview with CBS 4 Denver, that this wasn't the first time that 25-year old netminder had allegedly assaulted the woman.

Ryan Parker ✔ @ryanparkerdp

More: Police report: #Varlamov allegedly told his girlfriend, in Russian, "if this were Russia, he would have beat her more." #Avalanche

 

[Brady Marino]

RE: Varlamov:

According to the attorney for the accuser, Varlamov allegedly threw the woman into a wall and began to stomp on her. He also added, in an interview with CBS 4 Denver, that this wasn't the first time that 25-year old netminder had allegedly assaulted the woman.

Ryan Parker ✔ @ryanparkerdp

More: Police report: #Varlamov allegedly told his girlfriend, in Russian, "if this were Russia, he would have beat her more." #Avalanche

Good thing he showed restraint.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Downie to Philly, Talbot to Colorado

 

[JaxBill]

Downie to Philly, Talbot to Colorado

Geez, Homer.

Put Downie and Rinaldo out there at the same time and see who gets a 4 minute roughing first.

 

[Copeman]

Was hoping Max would come back home.

 

[Sheriff66]

Downie to Philly, Talbot to Colorado

Geez, Homer.

Put Downie and Rinaldo out there at the same time and see who gets a 4 minute roughing first.

The Cryers are always in need of someone to cheapshot Sid

 

[Bill Brasky]

Downie to Philly, Talbot to Colorado

Geez, Homer.

Put Downie and Rinaldo out there at the same time and see who gets a 4 minute roughing first.

The Cryers are always in need of someone to cheapshot Sid

 

[belljr]

my pet peeve, "creative team/people names"

cryers, sindy etc

carry on

 

[rascal]

Not familiar with talbot, is that a good move for Colorado?

 

[JaxBill]

Twitter conjecture is that Downie could be on Giroux' line