2013- Out of Town Scoreboard - Part 10 - BEAT LA! (please)

[Bleedred]

Well these are people who watched a few devils playoff games during our best years and know the team down to a T...just sheep who keep chirping trap trap trap when the 95-03 devils are talked about

I figured as much.

I still got NBCSN on after the post game. They got these NHL 36 shows on. Why is it that on almost EVERY one I've seen, whatever player the show is about's team is playing the Coyotes? What's up with that? The first one was Patrick Kane, and they were playing the Coyotes. This one is Mike Richards, and they're playing the Coyotes.

I've seen at least 2 other ones, and the opponent has been the Coyotes.

 

[Benedict Parisechuk]

That whole thread is a disaster. Jesus Christ

 

[Bleedred]

That whole thread is a disaster. Jesus Christ

That Chara better than Stevens stuff really has my head spinning. I mean don't get me wrong, if someone wants to compare Chara to Stevens and say he's the most comparable to him around right now then I'm fine with that. Though to say he's better? Not quite.

Then the Bergeron part being better than anyone we had. Elias? We also had Alexander Mogilny on our 2000 team, and he was one of the most underrated scorers in the game I thought.

 

[NJDevilsZG]

Me too. Tired of all this ''Quick is like Hasek'' and ''Doughty is Bourque!'' BS. Jesus that talk is ridiculous.

Am gonna love seeing all the ''Crawford will not outplay Quick'' people if the Hawks take them down.

This.

 

[Benedict Parisechuk]

That Chara better than Stevens stuff really has my head spinning. I mean don't get me wrong, if someone wants to compare Chara to Stevens and say he's the most comparable to him around right now then I'm fine with that. Though to say he's better? Not quite.

Then the Bergeron part being better than anyone we had. Elias? We also had Alexander Mogilny on our 2000 team, and he was one of the most underrated scorers in the game I thought.

That guy honestly sounds like he started watching hockey in 2008 or something. That whole post was beyond wacky.

 

[Bleedred]

This.

It is the truth though! They act like Quick is superhuman, but Crawford and Rask have been playing just as well. Neither will likely be the Conn Smythe winner though if their teams won if I had to guess though.

That guy honestly sounds like he started watching hockey in 2008 or something. That whole post was beyond wacky.

Yeah I try not to post much on there. If I see something that doesn't make sense like that I just ignore it. I Let those people live in ignorance.

 

[DevilsTilIDie]

I love the taste of victory. excellent game, hawks.

 

[Uli Hiemer]

Maybe they can whine and dive our way to a gold medal?

How many ****in times is Captain Cousteau gonna get away with embellishing? How many times does he have to ****in sell a call?

Just close it out Hawks! Please!

they can whine and dive, i won't support it

those 3 i mentioned will be on the team for sure.

i already dislike intl competition, so it's easy for me to not support any country.

 

[Bleedred]

they can whine and dive, i won't support it

those 3 i mentioned will be on the team for sure.

i already dislike intl competition, so it's easy for me to not support any country.

I actually thought Zach and Ryan being on team USA would be the hardest things to like. Now I don't really care about them, as I don't really have an issue with them aside from last Summer. I was excited for Quick to play for us too.

Now I just can't stand them at all. I wanna try and like the Kings, and there's a couple guys I do like. Though all this diving and whining really turns me off of them. Brown and Quick are the biggest suspects there.

 

[glenwo2]

Can't say I told you so but....I told you so.

I said that after game 2 that the Hawks would lose Game 3, steal Game 4, and then wrap things up in Game 5. They are making me look like a prophet. Now FINISH THE JOB, HAWKS!

 

[Devils Dominion]

Frazee would have stopped bickels goal. Lou Conte were right!

Voynov puts up good numbers for a player that had no points playingin Russia.

 

[Bleedred]

Frazee would have stopped bickels goal. Lou Conte were right!

Voynov puts up good numbers for a player that had no points playingin Russia.

Yeah that was a very poor goal to allow. Our 1997 first rounder JF Damphousse could have stopped that, and he hasn't played hockey professionally in 10 years. Can't fault him for the other two at all, but that was very bad. As were about 3 of the 4 goals he gave up in game 2 from what I remember.

Quick giving up that first goal kinda signals to me that he might be tired. I find it hard to believe though. In a normal 82 game season he definitely would be running out of gas right now after last years long run. The whole team would be. Hell, Marty ran out of gas in 01 after the 00 run. Roy ran out of gas completely in 02 after the 01 run the year before, and not to mention his 4th straight WCF appearance.

Until Johnny has a Roy 02 WCF like performance (Multiple softies two games in a row which got them eliminated, as well as being shut out two straight by Hasek after leading the series 3-2) I won't count him out completely. Like I said though, 2000 Devils. Only team to come back from a 3 games to 1 deficit in the conference finals.

 

[glenwo2]

nevermind.

 

[guitarguyvic]

In a normal 82-game season, the Kings could very well have faded and missed the playoffs. I don't care what anyone else says. They have yet to prove to me that them making the playoffs 2 seasons ago(the last 82-game season before this lockout-shortened season) was more a result of other teams choking(Hello, Dallas!) than them getting in *barely* through their own efforts. I'd like to see them next season try to get in again in an 82-game season. If they make it, then I will admit I'm wrong. But I wouldn't be surprised at all if they are once again on the outside looking in like they've been for year after year after year before they *fluked* their way in 2 seasons ago.

How does a team "fluke" it's way to a Stanley Cup with a 16-5 playoff record? Not to mention they have won 2 series in this years playoffs, that's 6 straight playoff series victories. That's not a fluke; they are good team whether you like it or not.

If a fan of the red wings, avalanche, or ducks tried to claim that our Stanley cup runs were flukes, we'd be up in arms about it. I understand many dislike the kings, but all this talk about them bring a fluke team is just sour grapes at last years loss.

 

[glenwo2]

How does a team "fluke" it's way to a Stanley Cup with a 16-5 playoff record?

Did you even read my post?


I'm talking about MAKING THE PLAYOFFS. Not what they did AFTER making the playoffs.... C'mon, man...


It was a FLUKE 2 seasons ago that they MADE....THE...PLAYOFFS. We all know what they did after they got in but had the Stars(or whomever) not choked away the 8th spot late, they'd be once again on the outside looking in. They got LUCKY. I challenge them to "make their own luck" next season when there are 82-games to get through...

 

[guitarguyvic]

As a matter of fact, many people have similar thoughts that the 95 Devils team "fluked" it's way to a Stanley Cup. A team that made the playoffs as a #5 seend in a lockout shortened 48 game season, went on a highly unexpected 16-5 playoff run, then missed the playoffs altogether the following full season.

If the Kings of the last 2 seasons are a fluke, what the heck does that make the 1995 Devils team??

 

[guitarguyvic]

Did you even read my post?


I'm talking about MAKING THE PLAYOFFS. Not what they did AFTER making the playoffs.... C'mon, man...

Lots of teams "luck" their way into the playoffs...there's a variety of reasons why a team that should make it doesn't, and vice versa. I highly doubt the Kings miss the playoffs in a full 82 game season with their current roster, unless they suffer some serious key injuries or something else significant happens. You could just as easily say that them almost missing the playoffs was the fluke, rather than the other way around.

 

[glenwo2]

You're missing the point entirely. Up till 2 seasons ago, how many times have we heard about the Kings in the playoffs? Not many, to be nice.

THAT'S MY POINT.



And like I said before : If the Kings make it again in an 82-GAME schedule as opposed to this quick 48-game one where the friggin' Isles made it, then I would gladly eat my crow with Ketchup.

But I'm just not seeing it.

EDIT : Need to do better research.

 

[guitarguyvic]

You're missing the point entirely. Up till 2 seasons ago, how many times have we heard about the Kings in the playoffs? Not many, to be nice.

THAT'S MY POINT.



And like I said before : If the Kings make it again in an 82-GAME schedule as opposed to this quick 48-game one where the friggin' Isles made it, then I would gladly eat my crow with Ketchup.

But I'm just not seeing it.

EDIT : Need to do better research.

I'm not missing your point - your position is based on what-if scenarios and conjecture.

First off, the Kings previous regular season or playoff success is irrelevant. The team as currently constructed was not in place until after the trade deadline last season. Prior to that they were barely hanging on to a playoff spot. After the Jeff Carter trade, they improved slightly (in terms of win-loss record) and just barely made the playoffs. Since that time, they won 4 straight playoff series in convincing fashion, then made the playoffs as a #4 seed in a 48 game season, and up until this point have won two additional playoff series. There is nothing there to support your argument that they aren't good enough to make the playoffs in an 82 game season.

On top of that, if you look at the players and how the team is constructed, the talent level matches the current on-ice results. It's not like they are the some collection of lunch pale guys who happen to be doing really well.

You are letting your dislike of them cloud any unbiased analysis.

 

[CerebralGenesis]

Are we still saying the Kings got lucky making the playoffs? Sounds like major wishful thinking, for this year at least.

 

[glenwo2]

Are we still saying the Kings got lucky making the playoffs? Sounds like major wishful thinking, for this year at least.

To be quite honest with you, I don't what the hell I'm saying anymore....


So I will say "nothing" further on the matter lest I bury myself further into the ground....

 

[CerebralGenesis]

Haven't really backtracked, just asking what is happening

 

[Brodeur]

Voynov puts up good numbers for a player that had no points playing in Russia.

I think that's a case of it being more impressive that a 17/18 year old was playing with the senior club rather than judging based on points. European clubs are usually pretty stingy when using draft eligible guys. For the longest time, Markus Naslund had the rookie scoring record in the Swedish Elite League with a whopping 19 points in 32 games.

Also, I think it was (is?) relatively normal to dress 8 D. I believe the KHL has 25 player rosters as opposed to 23 in the NHL. Voynov could have been dressed for games but only received minimal ice time.

 

[AZNDevil]

Matt Cooke better watch his back if he gets back into the penalty box again tonight.

 

[devilsblood]

To be quite honest with you, I don't what the hell I'm saying anymore....


So I will say "nothing" further on the matter lest I bury myself further into the ground....

Just say that you hate the Kings. People will understand.