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[MiracleOfO2704]

Shane Doan is getting the Montreal treatment from the Winnipeg crowd. Really don't get that, since he didn't organize the old Jets' sale and move to Arizona.

[PedroSpecialK]

He said he wouldnt want the Coyotes to move out of the desert, but... that's literally the extent of his transgressions

[MoGator71]

He said he wouldnt want the Coyotes to move out of the desert, but... that's literally the extent of his transgressions

Yea no kidding. And what's he supposed to say, exactly? Tell his fans in Phoenix that he'd love to skip town and head to Winnipeg? I was happy for Winnipeg getting their team back, but if that's how they're going to act, screw 'em. It's like the Cleveland asshats still whining over the Ravens...you got your Browns back, how about taking the high road? Though, to be fair...they have to live in Cleveland, they've got good reason to be pissy.

[Greg29fan]

old Capitals, same as the new Capitals.

[OldSaintJohn]

I just saw Patrick O'Sullivan dive to break up a 2-on-1. Maybe there is something to this 2012 stuff

Blake Wheeler just caused an offside. Things are back to normal

Edited by OldSaintJohn, 01 December 2011 - 09:48 PM.

[kenneycb]

Yea no kidding. And what's he supposed to say, exactly? Tell his fans in Phoenix that he'd love to skip town and head to Winnipeg? I was happy for Winnipeg getting their team back, but if that's how they're going to act, screw 'em. It's like the Cleveland asshats still whining over the Ravens...you got your Browns back, how about taking the high road? Though, to be fair...they have to live in Cleveland, they've got good reason to be pissy.

Same applies to Winnipeg. There just aren't enough parks in the city to keep the fans happy and entertained.

[WoburnDiaspora]

In other news, the Hurricanes still suck in spectacular fashion. Jeff Skinner can't do it all by himself people.

[PedroSpecialK]

Watching the NHL Network replay of last night's Habs/Sharks game, Subban with a shameful dive to draw a tripping call on Clowe late in the first.

[Blacken]

Watching the NHL Network replay of last night's Habs/Sharks game, Subban with a shameful dive to draw a tripping call on Clowe late in the first.

It's like Groundhog Day.

[PedroSpecialK]

My god, they put the RDS announcers on CSN Bay Area unannounced for a few minutes. I weep for greater San Jose's collective ears.

[Pumpsie]

Both starting goalies pulled in the Wild/Devils game. Is there any doubt whatsoever that Marty Brodeur has finally reached his expiration date? Four shots...three goals.

[Jack Sox]

watching the Blue Jackets - Oilers game right now realized the camera angle has the penalty boxes on the far side of the arena. I can't ever remember seeing this type of broadcast alignment before, is this common in Edmonton?

[Greg29fan]

watching the Blue Jackets - Oilers game right now realized the camera angle has the penalty boxes on the far side of the arena. I can't ever remember seeing this type of broadcast alignment before, is this common in Edmonton?

yes, it's always "backwards"

[MoGator71]

Speaking of that, remember how all the old Adams Division rinks had the benches on opposite sides, with the home bench next to the penalty box?

Beleskey just faceplanted Sean Couturier into the boards...he may have a date with Shanny forthcoming.

[MoGator71]

Watching last night's Flyers OT win in Anaheim (thanks for the 2-minute bitching penalty Ryan Getzlaf) it occurred to me how bad it must suck for Detroit and Columbus to be in the Western Conference. They play 16 games, roughly 40% of their road schedule, in the Pacific or Mountain time zones. As much as I enjoy saying Detroit can suck it up when I hear about how they're attempting to force their way into the East, I kind of have to sympathize, not just with the team re: the travel but their fans too.

[kenneycb]

Speaking of that, remember how all the old Adams Division rinks had the benches on opposite sides, with the home bench next to the penalty box?

Beleskey just faceplanted Sean Couturier into the boards...he may have a date with Shanny forthcoming.

They have that setup at Conte for BC. It's nice when you're the home team but I never liked it much. Just felt uncomfortable and different, for lack of a better word.

Also, my brother has a good friend that works under Shanny making the reports for the questionable hits and apparently Shanny is batshit crazy. He's not afraid to ream you out for a minuscule error and sounds like an interesting guy to work for, to say the least.

[mikeford]

Both starting goalies pulled in the Wild/Devils game. Is there any doubt whatsoever that Marty Brodeur has finally reached his expiration date? Four shots...three goals.

I want this nightmare to end.

[Jed Zeppelin]

Subban flies into the boards on a one-handed shove to draw a penalty and negate the rest of a Kings PP with time running short. Dude is some kind of top-heavy....

edit: Subban hacks the shit out of Stoll's stick, no call. Game is in LA allegedly. I hate Montreal.

Edited by Jed Zeppelin, 03 December 2011 - 06:13 PM.

[Spacemans Bong]

I couldn't believe he got away with that, Stoll was apoplectic.

[Spacemans Bong]

Oh yeah, Dustin Penner scored a goal tonight, meaning millions of hockey fans can no longer say they have scored as many goals this year as Dustin Penner.

[MoGator71]

Bobby Mac's Calder pick Matt Read tallies early on the PP, and then Simmonds makes it 2-0. There are a ton of Flyers fans in Glendale tonight, similar to last night in Anaheim. It's like a road Sox game.

[Manzivino]

David Perron returned from his concussion tonight after missing 13 months, and promptly scored less than 7 minutes in.

[ngruz25]

The last five or so minutes of the Pens-Canes game tonight was absurd. There were two blatantly blown calls in the Canes' favor, three consecutive penalties on the Penguins leading to a 6-on-3 when the Canes pulled their goalie, a ton of blocked shots on the ensuing 6-on-3, and one of the saves of the year by Brent Johnson. Pens kill the 6-on-3 and win.

[mikeford]

The Devils still stink.

When they miss the playoffs again, Lamoriello has to go.

[Manzivino]

Jordin Tootoo welcomes Ryan Miller back from his injury in the manner to which Miller has become accustomed:

Edited by Manzivino, 03 December 2011 - 10:07 PM.

[ajml]

I can't wait to hear Miller's comments about getting run by Tootoo tonight. Tootoo made no effort to get out of the way and got 5 minutes plus a game. Gaustad got his opportunity to "back up his goalie" pretty quick. Pretty funny

[Greg29fan]

Matt Moulson has 4 goals through 2 periods tonight in Dallas.

[Manzivino]

You're never going to believe this, Rick DiPietro left that Islanders game with a groin injury.

[Monbo Jumbo]

Evander Kane has the first goal of the game in five of his last fifteen games. He has six goals in his last five games. Where would he go if the 2009 draft was a do over?

[ForceAtHome]

Evander Kane has the first goal of the game in five of his last fifteen games. He has six goals in his last five games. Where would he go if the 2009 draft was a do over?

If anything, probably the same or lower than he was drafted...

[Manzivino]

I'd say he probably goes 3rd. Hindsight might drop Hedman as far as 5th behind Schenn but Tavares and Duchene both had better pedigrees coming out of Junior and have outproduced Kane by 50% on comparable or worse teams. I love Evander Kane, both for being awesome and for punking Matt Cooke, but he went 4th overall in a draft where the top 5 picks were already about right.

[PedroSpecialK]

Miller's teammates could have made a statement at some point in the two games against Boston to prevent something like this. Instead, they painted a target across Miller's back and as far as I can tell, it's still there.

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 04 December 2011 - 12:09 PM.

[PedroSpecialK]

Henrik Karlsson injures his knee when a Canuck collides with him in the crease. Kiprusoff replaces him, and a minute or so later Booth runs right into him along the goal line prompting a scuffle.

[TheShynessClinic]

Toronto currently getting smoked by the MikeFords. 2 PP goals has them up 2-0 - a sick Kovalchuk snipe, and a Clarkson gimme.

Apparently, Reimer is not the next LaPlante.

Edited by TheShynessClinic, 06 December 2011 - 07:25 PM.

[PedroSpecialK]

Cue the "he woulda been if not for Gionta!!!!" outcry.

[PedroSpecialK]

Wisniewski with a bonehead pass up the middle with less than ten seconds left, Cammalleri picks it near the faceoff dot, carries in and sets up a Kastsitsyn goal with 1.5 seconds left. 1-1 after 20.

[Jed Zeppelin]

Puck off Kessel's ankle goes top shelf. Crazy.

[mikeford]

Puck off Kessel's ankle goes top shelf. Crazy.

Looked like the same exact thing that they ruled NO GOAL for Parise against the Islanders last week.

Fuck you Toronto.

[Jed Zeppelin]

Larsson gets abused along the boards and Brodeur sits in his crease and leaves half the net open for the equalizer.

Edited by Jed Zeppelin, 06 December 2011 - 08:58 PM.

[mikeford]

This team can't play 60 minutes to save their fucking lives. Larsson is so goddamn soft.

[Huntington Avenue Grounds]

Looked like the same exact thing that they ruled NO GOAL for Parise against the Islanders last week.

In fairness, Kessel's leg/foot never made that "kicking motion" that they ruled on Parise's goal, even though in both cases the player wasn't intentionally kicking at the puck. The fact they didn't even review it bugs me more than anything.

Fuck you Toronto.

Yup

[Jed Zeppelin]

And now a truly weak-ass slashing call on Elias with two minutes left. Here comes the backbreaking GWG.

[mikeford]

In fairness, Kessel's leg/foot never made that "kicking motion" that they ruled on Parise's goal, even though in both cases the player wasn't intentionally kicking at the puck. The fact they didn't even review it bugs me more than anything.

They reviewed it for about 10 seconds.

[Huntington Avenue Grounds]

Clarkson scores the OT winner for the Devils in Toronto.

[cshea]

Zach Kassian just danced through about 4 Flyers before sniping one past Bryzgalov. Kassian's going to be a player. Look forward to the first Kassian/Lucic war.

Edit: Sabres tack on a PP goal quickly after, 3-0 after 1. Bryzgalov must be Russian for Brian Boucher.

Edit 2: Things are happening quickly in this game. Flyers scored with 1 second left in the period. Then Tropp and Rinaldo got into a pretty heated fight to close the period out.

Edited by cshea, 07 December 2011 - 08:22 PM.

[PedroSpecialK]

Ovechkin spears Chris Neil, who goes down the tunnel - only after having been called for diving.

Agreed on Kassian - given Kassian's 7-7-14 line in 18 games in the AHL, his unique Lucic-esque game, and the Sabres' utter lack of anyone with fighting acumen, I am somewhat shocked he wasn't called up to take on Lucic.

Though I suppose that would be a cop-out and perhaps the league warned them against calling him up for the sole purpose of going at it with Lucic.

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 07 December 2011 - 08:35 PM.

[Jed Zeppelin]

Miller gets run by his own guy haha.

[cshea]

And the answer to the nightly "Who is going to run Ryan Miller" question is...his own teamate, Brayden McNabb!

Gutless piece of shit.

[Jed Zeppelin]

Jagr...damn.

[NYCSox]

Giroux is such a fucking stud. Wow.