Around the League Part XIII: The season's here, and so still is this thread!

[Caeldan]

... Dallas has Eaves playing with Spezza and Hemsky? Or is that just Eaves being slow on a change and getting caught with a - unnecessarily.

 

[TheNewEra]

... Dallas has Eaves playing with Spezza and Hemsky? Or is that just Eaves being slow on a change and getting caught with a - unnecessarily.

its actually eaves, cole got scratched for being late to practice i think

 

[Karlsson2Turris*]

... Dallas has Eaves playing with Spezza and Hemsky? Or is that just Eaves being slow on a change and getting caught with a - unnecessarily.

Yeah their playing Eaves with Spezza

 

[PatrickEaves]

... Dallas has Eaves playing with Spezza and Hemsky? Or is that just Eaves being slow on a change and getting caught with a - unnecessarily.

Pfft. Everyone knows Eaves is awesome.

 

[Caeldan]

Yeah their playing Eaves with Spezza

So weird seeing Spezza being #90...
Also on a random fantasy note... wondering if maybe I shouldn't have gone with Spezza+Hemsky on the same team Could get killed on +/- points.

 

[Six Assets]

Gudas might get something here:

Head down

Clean play

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

So hard when guys are bent over and staring at the puck.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Dallas commentator praising spez for his defence.
Also. Dallas is pummeling Chicago in shots.

 

[TheNewEra]

Dallas commentator praising spez for his defence.
Also. Dallas is pummeling Chicago in shots.

i give it a week

 

[PatrickEaves]

Dallas commentator praising spez for his defence.
Also. Dallas is pummeling Chicago in shots.

Spezza also made a ridiculous pass for the tying goal.

 

[BonkTastic]

Dallas commentator praising spez for his defence.

His defence is pretty good, despite the crap he had to endure here in Ottawa. Not GREAT defence, but about average, especially in his last 3 years with us. He worked hard to shore up that part of his game.

His problem was always giveaways & broken plays.

 

[YNWA14]

Spezza has apparently been quite good so far for Dallas.

 

[Six Assets]

Spezza can get 100 points but he will suck because he isn't that great defensively. Yet we praise the defenceman that can't pay defence.

 

[ChocolateLeclaire]

Spezza has a PP assist, finishes -1 and the team loses in a shoot out. This sounds eerily familiar...

 

[Super Cake]

It seems like a lot of teams played like **** in their first game of the season.

Colorado, Edmonton, LA, Arizona, etc..

Flyers just lost their 2nd game in a row.

 

[ChocolateLeclaire]

Also, Colorado got done thumped!

Maybe the kids and goaltending over achieved last year...?

That also sounds familiar...

 

[BonkTastic]

Also, Colorado got done thumped!

Maybe the kids and goaltending over achieved last year...?

Like I said in another thread about a week ago: I fully expect a regression from the Avs.

 

[HavlatMach9]

only 1 game in, but if you're the Oilers, you really don't want to be losing to the rebuilding Calgary Flames who also played the night before.

 

[YNWA14]

only 1 game in, but if you're the Oilers, you really don't want to be losing to the rebuilding Calgary Flames who also played the night before.

That depends. Are they going for another 1st overall? In that case they definitely do want to be losing to Calgary.

 

[Suiteness]

That depends. Are they going for another 1st overall? In that case they definitely do want to be losing to Calgary.

Gah, if Edmonton gets to pick first again, I hope the league steps in and strips them of the pick. Seriously, how many careers can that franchise ruin?

 

[OmniSens]

McDavid on the Oilers? Ouch!

 

[YNWA14]

It is really baffling to be honest how Edmonton can still look as bad as they did last night against Calgary with the amount of talent they have on that roster. I don't care how old they are. Especially against a Calgary team that just played (and lost) a hard fought game against Vancouver the night before.

I don't know if they're just trying to get as much talent as possible to form something of a dream team similar to the 80s Oilers, but it's really mind boggling. You would think a half-competent coaching staff would be able to at least fight for a playoff spot with that group of players.

 

[Caeldan]

Maybe if they got a half-competent coaching staff you'd have a point

 

[Icelevel]

Head down

Clean play

dirty dirty terrible. should be 10 games

 

[Micklebot]

Head down

Clean play

Head targeted and only point of contact, no last moment change in positioning by the person hit, suspension absolutely warranted. This isn't the 80's anymore, the NHL has to consider the massive law suits if the allow that kind of play.