At least you guys have an excuse as you were coming off of a game the night before against your arch-rivals that went the distance. That's how the Rangers look consistently with or without rest.
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At least you guys have an excuse as you were coming off of a game the night before against your arch-rivals that went the distance. That's how the Rangers look consistently with or without rest.
Blackhawkswincup
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No excuse for how Hawks not named Emery played tonight
Should all face bagskate outside of Emery/Crawford who have stolen a few games on this road trip
Still its always great to start a year 5-0-2 on road ,, Doesn't matter how you win it just do it
The Gloaming
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Ryan Murray has a chance to become a franchise defenseman. Columbus has some really good D prospects, but none that can be franchise players. They got unlucky with Murray losing a whole year of development to injury. I can see why they picked him. Build from the net out (even though their goalie situation is bad.)
However, Gally would have worked really well for them. Habs already have Price and Subban. Now they add Gally. The also have MaxPac. That's a very solid core. In the end, I think both teams will be happy with who they drafted.
I wonder how Columbus is going to get that big time forward though. Maybe they swap a good D prospect for an equal forward prospect.
However, Gally would have worked really well for them. Habs already have Price and Subban. Now they add Gally. The also have MaxPac. That's a very solid core. In the end, I think both teams will be happy with who they drafted.
I wonder how Columbus is going to get that big time forward though. Maybe they swap a good D prospect for an equal forward prospect.
They looked awful, but like I said, they had a big game the night before and have had a very tough road schedule to start the season. So much traveling.
Kakko
Formerly Chytil
Nashville's powerplay keeps having the defenseman that's not Weber shoot. Not sure what the strategy there is
charlie460
Stone Age Hockey
I'm not so sure about franchise potential. Most scouting reports I've seen rank him as a safe bet to be a Dan Hamhuis. No disrespect to Dan Hamhuis, who is the best defender on one of the deepest blue lines in the league, but that is not a guy I target with the 2nd overall pick ahead of a guy as talented as Galchenyuk.
I just see nothing flashy in his game. He hasn't been a big point producer at any level of hockey yet besides the Saskatoon Ball Hockey League while Gally has been raised in hockey roots and is hyped as the next big thing in USA hockey.
There were two defenseman that have improved leaps and bounds this past year from that draft and they're Rielly and Trouba. I think either three can be the best d-men in the draft. (along with Murray)
gally will be in the running for the calder but most likely win is a stretch. i doubt conacher will be able to keep up his production but tarasenko is also off to a hell of a start
Thunderhead
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Simmonds out with concussion. No time table for his return, but I am not going to loose any sleep about it.
Me neither.
I lost a ton of respect for Simmonds when I saw NJD play Philly about a week ago. They attacked Marty hard to get something going (all fine) but then Simmonds dropped the gloves and started to blindside a NJ forward (it was Josefsson or Gionta) with real haymakers/sucker punches. Could have hurt that player pretty badly....
Subban with a bomb off the post. I wish we had someone who could one-time a puck.
Yeah, but no matter what the talk where -- I doubt we had a chance at getting him.
Subban to MTL is much more to them what Hank is for us, than say what Staal was for us even (from a trade value perspective).
I could have seen them trading him, with giving up a little more, for say a player like Kane or Kopitar or Getzlaf or something like that, but hardly anything we could have put up. And no matter what, even if they wanted to trade him, I doubt they ever could have found a paterner because their demands would have been so high.
Truth to be told, I don't think many "experts" can tell the diffrence between a good D in the NHL or someone just playing good hockey -- in the post-lockout NHL.
From my point of view:
1. Almost no D can recover when you can't clutch and grab.
2. Very few can always stay on the right side of things by themselves.
3. On a good team, with a thight game, many D's are not exposed to getting players on the inside.
Hence many seem to equate a player like Tyler M playing in a protected environment his rookie season with Tyler M being this all around great D. In his rookie season -- I saw Myers after the NHL season in the WCH's and he looked god damn awful on the big ice. This was just weeks after many experts talked about him as a Norris candidate lol.
People just need to seperate what is a result from a teams play and what the individual D actually contributes with.
truebluegoalie
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I am not amazed at all.
Go to the main boards. Hilarious thread there where the persistent theme is that Staal slashed Malkin in the head twice before Malkin did anything and that Malkin was scared for his life and that was why he did it. Further he was justified in his actions because Staal was about to kill him (literally).
It really is an amazing study on people only seeing what they want to see.
Well that is what the NHL wanted, more offense.
Re: The clutching and grabbing, it is getting ridiculous. That call on Stamkos last night was a perfect example. Stuff is getting called way too much, going to be basketball soon where you can't even touch someone. And I am not talking about big hits, I am talking about 1v1 where if you touch a guy it is called a hold, or if your stick is horizontal anywhere near the body it is called as a hook.
We saw what happened last night when the refs stayed out of the game, sure some calls were missed, and that Stamkos call was super weak but with them letting a lot of the stuff go, the game was so much more exciting and open. No tick tack penalties to slow down momentum. People don't pay to see the refs, (or the linesman tossing people on EVERY faceoff) they pay to see the players, let them freakin play already.
BBKers
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Kakko
Formerly Chytil
The Gloaming
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Did anyone else notice what sounded like a cheer from the broadcast booth on Pittsburgh's first goal?
Certainly sounded like Emrick or Pierre screamed "YEAAAAH!" before Emrick screeched "SCORE!"
Certainly sounded like Emrick or Pierre screamed "YEAAAAH!" before Emrick screeched "SCORE!"
The Gloaming
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NBC usually has a stream in their website for games that are shown on the main channel. Can anyone find the link for me?
truebluegoalie
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Another crosby dive, surprised the Nothing But Crosby network even mentioned it.
Could have been a fan near the booth, like during the MSG feeds the other day.
Could have been a fan near the booth, like during the MSG feeds the other day.
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