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[cshea]

The Sabres are really, really bad.

[PedroSpecialK]

McDonagh just batted a puck out of mid air that was on its way in off a partial save by Lundqvist.

Meanwhile, Scott Gomez is still making money.

[mikeford]

Hey, he's down to 1m per point now!

[PedroSpecialK]

Buf/NYR has been a fantastic game. Kassian is putting on a clinic physically.

[cshea]

It'd be nice if Buffalo can luck into a goal on this PP here.

[PedroSpecialK]

Words can't describe how happy I was to see Callahan slam Ennis to the ice after his petty water bottle-rattler after the puck was frozen.

[cshea]

Shawn Thornton has scored more goals than 4 of the 5 Sabres on the ice for the PP.

It's really remarkable how inept Buffalo has been offensively.

Edited by cshea, 01 February 2012 - 10:00 PM.

[PedroSpecialK]

Ennis with a hit from behind on Girardi. Prick.

Eh. Wasn't so bad. Ennis is still a prick though.

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 01 February 2012 - 10:03 PM.

[PedroSpecialK]

Where have I seen "game ends in overtime on an overreaction to a hit from behind on a Ranger" before?

[cshea]

I didn't think it was that bad a hit.

Worth it to see Lindy get upset.

Will they score with 3 seconds left on the PP?

Edited by cshea, 01 February 2012 - 10:06 PM.

[PedroSpecialK]

This is the best sport ever.

And it's now to be settled by a god damn shootout.

[cshea]

That was a ridiculous save on Boyes.

[PedroSpecialK]

Holy shit Lundqvist. What a save on Boyes.

Miller similarly robs Mitchell... who was on the shootout why?

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 01 February 2012 - 10:14 PM.

[cshea]

I'll never understand why teams elect to shoot first in these things.

It's like a baseball game going to extra innings, and the home team deciding to hit first.

Edited by cshea, 01 February 2012 - 10:17 PM.

[PedroSpecialK]

[Riles335]

Just getting to posting this now but Lundqvist's save in the shootout was remarkable. Miller wasn't too shabby himself.

Great game in Buff tonight. Was able to catch about a third of the game when the Celtics were in commercial and half.

[mikeford]

I'll never understand why teams elect to shoot first in these things.

It's like a baseball game going to extra innings, and the home team deciding to hit first.

The Devils go first pretty much every time and have won 9 of 11 SOs so... yeah. If you have guys who actually know what they're doing in the SO, going first can put the pressure on the other team. Kovalchuk has scored 8 outta 9 times and he always shoots first for NJ.

Edited by mikeford, 01 February 2012 - 11:37 PM.

[Curtis_Lesspanic]

Buf/NYR has been a fantastic game. Kassian is putting on a clinic physically.

That was an outstanding game. Gaustad was a force and his play on the PK was very impressive. It's too bad that his effort was wasted by guys like Ehrhoff who apparently can't QB a powerplay without the Sedins and is almost a non-factor defensively and Ville Leno who is just a neutral zone turn over machine. Losing Vanek is crippling.

The second best part of Callahan ragdolling Ennis, apart from Ennis going down like a Benny Hill dummy, was that there was no call.

[TheShynessClinic]

Hey assholes, it's February.

[TheShynessClinic]

Continue...

[PedroSpecialK]

Bump for spite

[TheShynessClinic]

Bump for spite

You're on the list.

[SidelineCameras]

Temptation to bump the December game thread....rising...

[The Napkin]

This is weird



As you can very clearly see in the video, the clock stopped with 1.8 seconds remaining, froze for about two seconds, and then kept counting down. Doughty scored with either 0.4 seconds left or 0.3 left, depending on your eyes, but either way, with as long as that clock froze, there's no way this goal should have counted.

[PedroSpecialK]

Wow. That's a pretty glaring blunder right there, sucks for the Blue Jackets.

But hey, they're at least a point closer to Yakupov.

[Blacken]

I liked the January thread more.

[PedroSpecialK]

Here's a look at the clock in real time. The FSN clock mirrors the in-arena clock:



LA currently 7th in the West with 60 points in 51 games, when they should only be entitled to 59. If they make the playoffs by a point or win a tiebreaker v. Minnesota/Dallas/Colorado, it could get ugly for the NHL. The last thing they need is the stench of rigging that pervades the NBA.

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 02 February 2012 - 11:43 AM.

[Greg29fan]

Wow. That's a pretty glaring blunder right there, sucks for the Blue Jackets.

But hey, they're at least a point closer to Yakupov.

Here's the problem, though, Columbus has already developed a reputation for not developing Russian talent (Zherdev and Filatov). I know Yakupov is playing in the OHL unlike those two but would Yakupov or Grigorenko want to play there and would Columbus want to take a third shot at something they've struggled with?

Edited by Greg29fan, 02 February 2012 - 11:59 AM.

[PedroSpecialK]

Well, Grigorenko's in the Q, and they'll have Tyutin there as a mentor type who speaks the language. Given Zherdev and Filatov's fates elsewhere, I don't think they were ever really committed to playing the North American game. Filatov just got demoted to the KHL's equivalent of the AHL, so there appear to have been serious issues with both guys.

I don't see either of these guys as a flight risk, though they could always trade down, amass more picks, and draft Galchenyuk (Wisconsin-born) or a guy like Ryan Murray towards the bottom of the top ten. Besides, with their luck, Grigorenko will get bird AIDS and they'll lose the lottery anyway.

edit: Plus no more Ken Hitchcock there helps.

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 02 February 2012 - 12:04 PM.

[Lose Remerswaal]

They should declare the CBJ game a tie, and start off with OT next time the two teams meet. Finish that game, then play the regularly scheduled game.

Some might call it "undertime"

[PedroSpecialK]

Stolen from HF:

[mikeford]

Hahaha, the Habs suck. Up 3-1 they lose 5-3 to NJ.

PK Slew-ban may have murdered Adam Larsson though.

[TheShynessClinic]

Really nice hit by Subban, and really classy move checking on Larsson after the fuck.

I'm going to go wash out my mouth with bleach now.

Edited by TheShynessClinic, 02 February 2012 - 09:59 PM.

[The Four Peters]

Yeah as much as I might hate the guy that is a textbook hit. Not too dissimilar from his hit on Marchand last year.

If he could ever harness those type of skills and drop the bullshit, he'd be a pretty amazing player. As dirty as it feels to say that.

[mikeford]

Yeah, definitely a clean and devastating hit. 19 year old kid has to learn what guys he can and can't get away with trying to toe drag at the blue line. Fortunately TG is saying it's only a bruised lower back.


Oh and Scott Gomez Goal Drought Watch has reached 57 games.

If he doesn't score against Dallas on Tuesday, he will go over a full calender year without a goal.

Have another drink on me, you bum.

[ForceAtHome]

I'll never understand why teams elect to shoot first in these things.

It's like a baseball game going to extra innings, and the home team deciding to hit first.

In baseball your strategy changes depending on what the other team has done. If you're the home team and you're in the bottom of the 10th and it's still tied, a team may be more inclined to bunt and play for one run. If you're down by 3 with one runner on, bunting would be ludicrous.

In hockey, one shooter has no relation to the outcome of the next (there's no equivalent to runners on base). Every single shooter is trying to do one thing: score. It doesn't matter if you're down 2-0, up 1-0, or tied, the only thing a shooter is trying to do is score. In that sense, knowing what the other team has already done in their half of the stanza does not give you a strategic advantage. Thus, I think most teams elect to shoot first since on the whole, goalies have an advantage in shootouts. The idea is that if it comes down to it, it's easier to "ask" your goalie to make a save than it is to "ask" your shooter to score a goal.

[NYCSox]

Sam Gagner has eight points .... tonight!

Four goals and four assists and still three minutes left.

[Greg29fan]

The Edmonton Oilers' record for points in a game (8) is now shared by Wayne Gretzky, Paul Coffey and uh Sam Gagner. Gagner has 4 goals and 4 assists tonight vs. Chicago.

Edited by Greg29fan, 03 February 2012 - 12:05 AM.

[PedroSpecialK]

I give that hit 7/10 Classy Subbans

[Greg29fan]

Gagner's total also means not only does a goalie have more goals than Scott Blowmez but a guy has more points in a game than he does this entire season.

edit-NHL's first 8 point game since 87-88 (Lemieux and Bernie Nicholls)

Edited by Greg29fan, 03 February 2012 - 12:16 AM.

[mikeford]

Gagner won 1st, 2nd and 3rd stars of the night

[AMcGhie]

All of the firstrow sites are done. The guy operating them got arrested yesterday by the Feds. http://m.thewrap.com...ntguid=9RzuE6UR

[mikeford]

Yeah, you should probably read P&G more.

[PedroSpecialK]

Giguere with one of the saves of the season

[Terras]

http://video.flames....tid=0&id=154025

The Flames' Brad McCrimmon tribute. A little late on this, but wow.

[mikeford]

Claude Giroux gets tripped at the point on a PP, no call... Zubrus steals puck after the trip and goes 2 on 1 with Kovy, Kovy scores SHG.

Flyers completely lose their minds... Zubrus scores with 0.4 left in the period.

1 bad call causes the entire Flyers roster to mentally melt down.

Hilarious.

[mikeford]

What a goddamn circus that was. Philly is the scummiest goddamn team.

Ilya Kovalchuk beat the snot out of Brayden Schenn though:

[TheShynessClinic]

Holy shit. Kovy rocked him. That was awesome.

[NYCSox]

Three points in the first period for Gagner. That's eleven in four periods.

[TheShynessClinic]