February NHL Game Thread
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2nd shutout in 3 starts for Mason, 2-0 over the offensively inept Kings. LA got the majority of the shots but not many great chances (other than Williams hitting the post). Not sure why, but LA can't score, pretty sure that's 3 goals in their past 6 games. 1 win in California with one game to go in San Jose.
Don Cherry not happy with Prust for going at Bishop. Saying it's his fault Parros will probably get suspended. He also said "you don't go down on a goalie" at least twice which was funny
He was correct on going man-to-man on Ovechkin on the 5-4. Obviously couldn't do it on 4-3, and it showed.Dim13 said:
Dim13 said:
In fairness, he had no Datsyuk, Franzen, or Weiss. He is also playing a lot of kids (Tatar, Sheahan, Nyquist, Jurco, DeKeyser, Smith). I think he'll enjoy his roster in Sochi a bit more.
I'll be the first one to admit the Wings have had some injuries, but Weiss has been a bust, both in terms of ineffectiveness when in the lineup and his injuries. The kids are actually playing very well for them. I've just been down on Babcock lately. I feel he has underachieved with his squads the last few years and the distraction of coaching Team Canada makes these close losses a little more glaring. They lose a lot of games late and lose quite a bit to inferior teams.
Howard's had a down year as well, but I just get worried about consistently losing leads late and losing to inferior teams (not necessarily today.)
Howard's had a down year as well, but I just get worried about consistently losing leads late and losing to inferior teams (not necessarily today.)
The fact that Pete DeBoer still has a job proves to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that Lou Lamoriello has gone completely senile.
The Wings won tonight 2-0, but it could have been more were it not for Eddie Lack. This robbery of Helm was absolutely ridiculous.
mikeford said:
The fact that Lou thinks that this team has enough offensive talent to compete is proof he's gone completely senile. Does Jaromir Jagr have to bite somebody to get Lou's attention here?
Oh, and does anyone want to trade for Mark Fayne? Or Peter Harrold?
If they waived Harrold I guarantee absolutely no one would pick him up on waivers. He's the worst defenseman in the NHL.
I agree. He really can't do anything well. I have no idea why he was on the ice tonight. DeBoer and Lou have lost it.mikeford said:
And Fayne, although a much better defenseman than Harrold, was caught watching the Avalanche set up their 4 on 3 winner in OT. Unforgivable.
Flyers won their team-record 10th game of the year when trailing after 2 periods, 5-2 in San Jose. Niemi was great for 2 periods (the Flyers outplayed the Sharks all night) but fell apart in the 3rd, gave up 3 in 3 minutes (probably should've had 2 of them) and got yanked. 2-1 in California, not bad.
But Columbus won in Anaheim, don't see that every day.
But Columbus won in Anaheim, don't see that every day.
Looks like we're about to goon it up in Buffalo. Captain Steve Ott pokes around with Crosby, and after the next whistle John Scott is sent to the ice to challenge Crosby. Classic.
Really a cheap shot by Ott, that could have taken out a knee
Really a cheap shot by Ott, that could have taken out a knee
In one Vancouver PP, Jannik Hansen got crippled by Alexei Yemelin's stick and Alex Edler kicked a puck into his own net.
Nuckstown.
Nuckstown.
The Caps put out one of the least experienced defensive corps I've ever seen for a playoff contender. Or even at all. And yet, they still found a way to win.
The 25-year-old Karl Alzner was the veteran of the group with his 321 career games. US Olympian John Carlson was the only other vet of the group with his 292, though he just turned 24 less than a month ago. After that, Dmitri Orlov and his 97 career games played was the third most experienced defenseman on the ice, with 19-year-old Connor Carrick (19 GP after tonight) on the second pair. The third pairing consisted of two players with a combined 1 game of NHL experience. Patrick Wey played in his second career game tonight while Julien Brouillette made his NHL debut.
The 25-year-old Karl Alzner was the veteran of the group with his 321 career games. US Olympian John Carlson was the only other vet of the group with his 292, though he just turned 24 less than a month ago. After that, Dmitri Orlov and his 97 career games played was the third most experienced defenseman on the ice, with 19-year-old Connor Carrick (19 GP after tonight) on the second pair. The third pairing consisted of two players with a combined 1 game of NHL experience. Patrick Wey played in his second career game tonight while Julien Brouillette made his NHL debut.
The Bruins just played a game tonight where Boychuk's 297 NHL games were more than the other 5 defenseman combined. There were 4 rookies and a 2nd year D-man (whose first year was a lockout shortened season). It went Boychuk (297), Hamilton (81), Bartkowski (60), Kruge (58), Miller (22), and Warsofsky (4). Granted the 3rd pairing for the Caps was pretty inexperienced but Orlav would have been an elder statesman on the B's tonight with the 2nd most games played.
Not downplaying it, just saying it's either a coincidence or not that uncommon.
Not downplaying it, just saying it's either a coincidence or not that uncommon.
You should have watched the B's. Their defense corps tonight only had 522 NHL game experience
What TFP said
What TFP said
Thanks for the correction, folks! I guess it's more common than I thought. I think having the 19-year-old defenseman, the veteran of 1 NHL game, and the NHL debuting defenseman made it stand out to me more. Alzner and Carlson are, of course, as reliable as they come. When I was first thinking of this, I had also forgotten that Orlov had as many as 97 games. He has just 32 games played this year and only 5 last year. It slipped my mind a bit that he put up 60 games two seasons ago.
Interestingly, Wey and Brouillette each recorded their first NHL point on the same goal (both assists).
Interestingly, Wey and Brouillette each recorded their first NHL point on the same goal (both assists).
Flyers win again, 2-1 over the suddenly hot Calgary Flames. Also Calgary started their tough guys but nothing came of it, possibly because Craig Berube lacks the personnel to counter with his douche line, unlike Vancouver.
Speaking of Vancouver, they really might miss the playoffs. That's pretty funny.
Speaking of Vancouver, they really might miss the playoffs. That's pretty funny.
And as you say that, Obama's nominee for Douchemaster General deflects one in off an unsuspecting Leaf to give the Canucks a 1-0 lead.
I'll believe it when he has to skip that late afternoon movie date in Sochi.
Greg29fan said:
I'll believe it when he has to skip that late afternoon movie date in Sochi.
In the continuing douchefest that has been the Canucks-Leafs game, Burrows just went after Kessel. Not the first time these two have had at each other, but this time Phil wanted nothing to do with it.
You give Berube too little credit, or too much to Torts. It could be that Berube understands that a line including Westgarth and McGrattan isn't going to start a game by initiating fights with Giroux and Voracek. I don't think he would have had anything to gain my countering with Rosehill and Newbury if they had not been scratched and in the AHL, respectively. Let's reiterate the obvious: Fonzie's reaction to Hartley starting his fourth line was Bush League (and presumptive; it's not uncommon for fourth lines to start a game to set the tempo just by banging bodies on the forecheck).MoGator71 said:
Couldn't agree more. Tortorella was acting like a baby long before he went to the Flames' dressing room.
Guys (especially those who make <$1m/year) aren't going to jump the Sedins when it could cost them 40% of their income.
Guys (especially those who make <$1m/year) aren't going to jump the Sedins when it could cost them 40% of their income.
Moreover, it just doesn't happen like that, right? The McGrattans of the NHL have a code. They don't start fights with guys that don't fight, and you'd hardly ever find them initiating with someone not in their class. Everyone here knows this. Enough non-game thread talk from me.PedroSpecialK said:
Yup. And Montreal was down 5-4 with 7 minutes left at that point. Danny Briere stuffed in his 2nd of the game on the ensuing power play.
Gotta admire their training and practice regimen..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZfxDMzL5F4
Gotta admire their training and practice regimen..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZfxDMzL5F4
This is where the league has to review this tape and fine the crap out of Emelin. Shit has to stop.Greg29fan said:Hit yourself in the face, get the guy on the other team kicked out of game
Honestly, I don't think Emelin did much wrong. That looked like an accident and I bet it hurt like hell. He got smoked in the face by a stick....it just happened to be his own. That shit hurts. He might have sold it a bit but it's not like nothing happened to him.
Just a crappy call that I'm sure at full speed looked a hell of a lot worse than it actually was.
Just a crappy call that I'm sure at full speed looked a hell of a lot worse than it actually was.
I think a system similar to the NBA and NCAA basketball's newly adopted reviews for match penalties (and maybe major penalties) would work. Some of these hits are just at such high speeds that the refs are just left guessing. They don't happen often enough that it would slow the game too much, so I think it would work out just fine. Let the on-ice refs take a look and make a decision from there.
Ed Hillel said:
Yeah, for the big calls (potential goals and ejections) there's really no harm in taking the time to get it right. Frankly, a call like that can't happen. Yes I'm still angry about the Lucic ejection two years ago.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't think that hurt at all. He's wearing a visor I believe, and I think his stick glanced off his visor with very little force and then he sold the shit out of it. Hate it.The Four Peters said:
Getting hit anywhere in the head with a stick with any velocity is very painful.catomatic said: