MARIAN HOSSA PREVENTED YOU FROM KEEPING DUSTIN BYFUGLIEN: THE NHL 2010-2011 THREAD (INCLUDING CHICAGO CUP HANGOVER OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

Have at u.

Better.

lolll

Symmetry, etc.

maybe should've included Toews, Kane, & Versteeg along w/ Hossa but it works

there was a hilarious caller on some morning show today decrying the Byfuglien trade b/c "I just started following the Hawks in the playoffs and he's my favorite player"

dude sounded like he was gonna off himself

"Shame u have to root for Kane and Toews etc. now that you just started being a fan, you fuckface" is more like it.

I dont begrudge anybody for becoming a new fan. the NHL should be trying to cultivate newcomers to the sport, after shooting themselves in the foot for so long. I don't have a problem with the caller. Plus Byfglien was a black guy in a city with a big minority population. Maybe the guy who called was a member of a community that doesnt traditionally follow hockey? Again, no problem with that here.

i think it was a decent move -- gotta make choices with yr toews/kane/hossa, and buff wasn't very consistent. and they got a pretty good return.

it is pretty sucky that you win the cup and two weeks later -- before the victory parades are even over -- big parts of the team are gone.

i can kinda see that caller's point, too -- byfuglien does seem like a folk-hero type of player.

http://thatschurch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/610x3.jpg

http://www.hhof.com/graphfea/SCJ06_07c.jpg

Former Carolina Hurricanes captain Rod Brind'Amour will announce his retirement Wednesday afternoon, but will remain with the team in some capacity, a source told ESPN.com.

Brind'Amour, who will turn 40 in August, played in 1,484 regular-season games and 159 postseason games, collecting a total of 1,295 points.

He led the Hurricanes to their only Stanley Cup championship in 2006.

Brind'Amour had served as the Hurricanes' captain from August 2005 to January, when Eric Staal, 25, was named captain. Brind'Amour remained an assistant captain.

jmod do u want kovalchuk y/n

considering how offensively challenged the kings can be I'm not 100% sure I do. he looks like he's a cheeseburger/LA coke binge away from:

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00530/ron1_350x475_530725a.jpg

But while I trust the Kings' development abilities for the first time in my life, I'm not 100% sure they'll EVER be able to draft top offensive players. It's a hard life in California :\

"considering how offensively challenged the kings can be I'm not 100% sure I do."

This is a retarded sentence, but you get my drift. I have Pavol Demitra flashbacks daily.

i would rather have gotten volchenkov than martin or michalek but hey who knows.

pens have an amazing amount of money tied up in a handful of players, but i guess at least none of them are cristobal huet or wade redden

or Olli Jokinen...

or rick dipietro

Looking @ the list of remaining FA's it seems like the entire eastern conference is available to the highest bidder, and the rest of the players are of retiring age (I didn't know Owen Nolan was still in the league tbqh)

it's a pittance really, but wtf at the rangers paying eric boogaard $6M over four years? do the rangers really need that particular goon that badly?

"new york rangers hockey tm"

http://www.twosixmedia.com/26_VIDS/Images/Baldwin_glengarry_thin.jpg

HAVE YOU MADE YOUR DECISION FOR CHRIST

Allegedly Bob Probert has died. RIP if true.

http://twitter.com/georgemalik/status/17816156472

wau

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR389em23T8

rip

I like to think Probert has gone off to fight Satan!

RIP

I am heartbroken over this. I have his autograph from when I was 12.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHLHVhRqFY8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE4Yfn83X4I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Y8wnU3Edc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V06mKDv7m-I&feature=related

imagine ilya kovalchuk had a one-hour espn special on his decision!

Kovalchuk for SEVENTEEN YEARS
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nhl/news/story?id=5392170

makes sense. He gets the equivalent of about the $10 million per year he wanted and the team isn't crippled by having to take a 10 million salary cap hit.

Of course, as long as they're doing it this way, why not make it a 30 year contract or whatever?

Gook luck to NHL for their upcoming season U_U

^^^racist

Re: Kovalchuk signing-

I may actually get to attend the victory parade this year. Nice work, Lou.

the devils look less and less like a cup team every day. i don't wanna knock kovalchuk and i definitely don't wanna knock volchenkov, i guess it's mostly because brodeur keeps gettign older and there's no solution back there, and they still have some JUNK contracts and now there's no space to re-up parise next year.

god help the devils if MB's knees finally go out

"now there's no space to re-up parise next year."

This issue needs to be addressed.

i recommend it be "addressed" by moving his rights to a team i want to watch.

I'm sure Lamoriello would be happy to hear from you.

NHL rejects Kovalchuk contract for salary cap circumvention

Good god. A fucking league is going to step in and interfere with a contract NOW???????

yeah, I figured that since they allowed the Hossa contract, the NHL was basically ok with this sort of thing.

Anyway, I guess at most they'll remove the last 1 or 2 years off the contract and then it'll be ok.

To be fair, the Hossa contract pays 3.5m a year in the last 4 years, and is only 12 years. The Kovy contract was 17 YEARS and teh last 4 or 5 years paid under a mill. While the former is bad, the latter is like OBSCENE.

that said though i wouldn't be surprised if this was enough for him to say fuck it, i'm going to the khl.

Obscene is a good word. He would have been 40 by the time he was done with the contract.

he would have been 44 -- an age at which only .02% of players are still in the league.

it's kind of ridiculous, but i guess i can't really blame teams/players for exploiting the loophole. MAYBE THE YEAR'S SALARY RATHER THAN THE ANNUAL CONTRACT AVERAGE SHOULD COUNT AGAINST THE CAP

They can't retroactively do that or half the teams in the league would immediately be over the salary cap, i reckon.

my awesome solution: cap = whichever is higher: avg of entire contract or avg of all years player is 35 or under. so for the kovy one it'd be from age 27-35 counted, so 2010/11 through 2017/18, which probably evens out to like 9 mill cap hit. Since they already have that over 35 rule they clearly consider 35 a magic number.

if you counted the year's salary rather than the average against the cap you'd just have different kinds of crazy contracts which circumvent the salary cap.

maybe make it the average for the next 4 years of the contract or something

Obscene is a good word. He would have been 40 by the time he was done with the contract.

― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, July 21, 2010 11:05 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Obscene is giving a guy who attempted murder on the ice a new, rich contract. Obscene is not trying to use a loophole to sign the top free agent on the market.

which attempted murderer we talking about?

and i still think 'obscene' applies just, you know, not as literally.

Todd Bertuzzi. His mere presence in the league is obscene. Devils arent doing anything that hasnt done before, with Luongo, Pronger, Hossa, etc. And if the league doesnt like it, they can fix the loophole when the CBA runs out in '12 (I think). Until then, their prior approval of these deals means they're dead if Kovalchuk and his agent fight the ruling.

Keep on carrying that cross, Bill.

Nicklas Hjalmarsson prevented you from keeping Antti Niemi

Brian Campbell: $7.140M
Cristobal Huet: $5.625M

grim

congratulations to LA kings for not singing kovalchuk and fucking their cap

I like Campbell. I couldnt care less about losing Niemi. The goaltending in the Finals was horrific, by both teams.

Modano to Wings; Wings slide towards irrelevance

http://deadspin.com/5629588/this-goalie-has-just-the-most-adorable-mask

Im liking the Bruins chances this year...granted someone has to step up and take Savards place, since i have a feeling he aint coming back. Not quite sure Seguin is going to be the answer this year.

I like what I've seen of the Wings this preseason. A few new prospects (TATAR!) that seem to be meshing well, and the oldsters are looking healthy. Hank & Datsyuk looked great against the Hawks. Speaking of the Hawks, they sold players to 17 different teams? Damn. I didn't recognize half the players out there the other night.

can i just

2007
scott gomez 7yrs $51.5 million ($7.38m/yr)
chris drury 5yrs $35.25 million ($7.05m/yr)

2008
wade redden 6yrs $39M ($6.5m/yr)

yeah, it's kind of amazing that glen sather is still employed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKTvD3LRSLs

wait what does he know about championships

latendressssssssse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIRV0ATzW8Q

this is pretty awesome

i lold

greasy garbage goals

oh man lol

U GUIZE THE LA KINGS ARE ON TV IN NYC WITH BOB MILLER DOING PBP :O

brrrooooooooons

so ilya kovalchuk is a healthy scratch tonight

and the devils have responded by going down 4-0 to buffalo at home

lol lamoriello

lolmorriello

liked seeing the wings come back to win last night, like this Salei guy on D, liked that it's still too early in the season to get worried about all the old men on the team

I AM SO THRILLED LA KINGS DID NOT SIGN KAVLTHCHUK

http://imgur.com/KaFkA.gif

Re: Kovalchuk signing-

I may actually get to attend the victory parade this year. Nice work, Lou.

― Chicago to Philadelphia: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:27 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha

im worried about my b's with krejci out. hopefully this will be short term.

anyone know good sites to stream games? my usual for futbol is atdhe dot net but it's inconsistent for games o' puck.

check the current day's thread here

also try searching ustream and/or justin.tv at game time

If you are in Canada, the CBC iphone app is pretty great for streaming games... pay per view though.

Early November seems a little early to write off any team's chances. That said, the Parise injury doesnt help.

You have a -23 goal differential. That's not a good stat.

Thanks for the 411 on that, John Buccigross.

hahaha, avett brothers.

Well saying "Early November seems a little early to write off any team's chances" gets stats thrown @ u so w/e

i imagine they will improve somewhat, but the signs are not promising.

they've dressed 15 skaters because signing kovalchuk put them over the cap. they've scratched kovalchuk for unspecified reasons. there is a strained relationship with the captain (langenbrunner). parise will be a restricted free agent after this season -- how can they possibly re-sign him? their coach is a rookie who seems to have communication problems. and lou has made a habit of firing successful coaches.

and kovalchuk is tied for 118th in scoring.

Well saying "Early November seems a little early to write off any team's chances" gets stats thrown @ u so w/e

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, November 10, 2010 1:20 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

What can I say? Im an eternal optimist, except when it comes to th Bears. You got to admit, this is one sport that you can overcome a rough start by getting hot in Jan or Feb, sneak into the playoffs, then ride a hot goalie pretty deep. So we'll see.

ride a hot goalie pretty deep

kinky

*insert brodeur sister-in-law joek here*

ride a hot goalie pretty deep

kinky

― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Wednesday, November 10, 2010 1:32 PM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Let's leave Hope Solo out of this.

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ugh

watching hawks/coyotes sorta

We just got to watch the eyeball rape of devils/sabres

BROOOOOOONS

def not getting overexcited about the kings, but this odds n ends from ESPN is amazing for the names and numbers,

"Quick's 10-1-0 record represents the best start by a Kings goalie since 1992-93, the only season that the franchise made it to the Stanley Cup finals. Robb Stauber began that season 9-1 with a tie. ... Islanders G Rick DiPietro, whose comeback season has started out with a 2-3-2 record and 4.21 goals-against average, was the backup for the fifth straight game. He is 63-58-18 with a 2.79 GAA since signing a 15-year, $67.5 million contract in September 2006 -- which at the time was the longest in NHL history. DiPietro was limited to 13 games over the previous two seasons because of operations on both knees and hips. ... Roloson, the oldest goalie in the league at 41, has 192 career wins -- the lowest total among the nine goalies who have played in the NHL after their 41st birthday and appeared in more than 10 games during their careers. The next-lowest total is Eddie Johnston's 234."

flanders? lol peter budaj

http://ingoalmag.com/masks/peter-budaj-2010-2011-colorado-avalanche-mask/

kitty mask is better

also, goalies, stop having airbrush dudes paint your masks -- it makes them look mushy.

perhaps a mask depicting each nyc subway line

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fw7iF68JR8k/TOTATEzLSkI/AAAAAAABdco/S4OZ2iGLt1w/drocks12_4.gif

My mask is awesome. Also, no goalie is as gifted a puckhandler as they think they are.

luongos season in a nutshell there.

luongo's career more like

so i made a trade in my fantasy league last night, i got rid of Lucic(killed me, he's my boy) and elliot (with his 14.40 gaa, last night) for niklas backstrom the goalie. I like my deal.

My mask is awesome. Also, no goalie is as gifted a puckhandler as they think they are.

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, November 18, 2010 12:03 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

So wrong.

I stand by my claim

Luonglol

http://www.gifsoup.com/view3/1373634/halak-own-goal-o.gif

also, halolk

hooked it a bit, dinn'e

I stand by my claim

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, November 18, 2010 12:19 PM (1 hour ago)

Very convincing

Would someone in Philadelphia like to play defense tonight?

never posting a blues symbol again. caused like a nuclear bomb to drop on them ;_;

The nets aren't doing the job, either.

7-6 halfway through the second period.

bettman must be thrilled

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_16644374?source=email

die a slow death you scum sucking dirtbags

What, you mean like the city of Detroit currently is?

fuckin Lucic .

the Nordiques wouldn't have this problem.

At least people care in Detroit (and Quebec City).

I can see your still upset about Claude Lemieux pulverizing Mr. Clutch Kris Draper. Probably one of my all time favorite hockey moments.

I remember the passion of several years of back and forth regular season and playoff series, of the Wings shelling Roy for 9 goals and driving him out of Montreal, of the brawls, and yes, I remember a dirty cheap shot. To reduce it all to that one incident cheapens both teams -- who won a lot of trophies in those years, I might add, while the Hawks and the Devils and worthless teams like Dallas and San Jose were shit and didn't win anything.

fuck Dallas won the Cup in there too didn't they, oh well

hahaha and Jersey

what do I know

Devils: 3 Cups.

Yeah what happened to them since then eh?

http://www.thesunblog.com/sports/puddythedevils.jpg

actually, the devils had a better season than the wings last year.

things have really turned to shit this year, tho. can't imagine that maclean lasts much longer.

Kovalchuk....HAHAHAHAHAHA

Oh yeah, Devils won against Detroit in 95, I meant those years from like 96 to 02 when they crossed paths in the playoffs a bunch of times and both won some cups (AND of course I had my head up my ass and NJ and DAL won one each in there too). Then there was the outlier series in 2008.

^^^ "they" = DET/COL

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2775/4093950458_03e4645497_o.gif

Pat Burns RIP.

Modano avoids Regehr. Regehr does not avoid board. RIP.

Surprised this game hasn't been uglier.

surprised Modano can avoid anything

i kind of feel bad for the islanders

Pat Burns RIP, seconded.

The Devils are profoundly terrible...

This rugrat and his fucking Ovechkin jersey...

(Jealous because I never got a Frycer jersey.)

For a while, we cruise down Tverskaya. Each time he sees a pretty girl walking by, Ovechkin shouts "BOOM!" at the top of his lungs.

http://www.gq.com/sports/profiles/201011/alexander-ovechkin-nhl-washington-capitals

<3 ovechkin

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fw7iF68JR8k/TP3MwkCw8jI/AAAAAAABfA0/KCrZegTAYds/drocks12_8.gif

ilya kovalchuk 2010-2011: 28 games, 5 goals, 9 assists, 14 points, -18

-18 is fourth-worst in the nhl, with teammate andy greene and two islanders behind him

one goal in his last 12 games . . . three of which the devils won

loooooolz

Lol Lolmorello

ENGBLOM

http://img.listal.com/image/805040/800full.jpg

lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mQuOu4OwswI

(audio is nsfw)

i dunno -- think he overdid the "fucking" plus sounded more whiny than angry. if mike keenan or scotty bowman or randy carlyle delivers this speech, players are scared.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cLi-8C10Xx4/StVQvhmLM3I/AAAAAAAAAD4/1gagxa1k2t4/s1600-h/94-95+pinnacle+front.jpg

Apparently the kid on the right side of this pic is Patrick Kane.

damn blogspot

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cLi-8C10Xx4/StVQvhmLM3I/AAAAAAAAAD4/1gagxa1k2t4/s1600-h/94-95+pinnacle+front.jpg

The kid seems to be enjoying the game!

Kamloops Blazers celebrating wins with EA Sports 'NHL 94' tribute

rip john maclean

lou lmaoriellol

Claude is next.

Anyone watch the HBO 24/7 thing? Been hearing raves from friends.

Link? Haven't heard about it.

http://www.hbocanada.com/247penguinscapitals/

may re-direct to the US site, but should be easy enough to find

I get dead-ended 'cause I'm not in Canada. I'll hunt around for some more info.

Anyway.. its a 4 part documentary following the Caps and Pens leading up to the Winter Classic thing.

first episode is here. i highly recommend it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYFipX1Scas

Watched 3 episodes in a row of the 24/7 thing last night, pretty great.... can youtube it here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/247NHL#p/c/97683D54D6729275/0/FnC7_qfvFQE

Early November seems a little early to write off any team's chances. That said, the Parise injury doesnt help.

― Randy Moss' dog's personal chef (Bill Magill), Wednesday, November 10, 2010 11:52 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

My mask is awesome. Also, no goalie is as gifted a puckhandler as they think they are.

― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, November 18, 2010 12:03 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QiqKzkn0R4

Peter Forsberg, who won two Stanley Cups with the Colorado Avalanche but has been out of the NHL since 2007-08, will practice with the team starting Saturday morning.

wtf dude

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5092/5395151053_f7d7db2b32.jpg

wild and crazy guy

Seeing Savard get concussed once again the other night, against the Avalanche, and seeing him bawling as he's being helped off the ice, was absolutely gut-wrenching.

Michel Goulet, a concussion veteran, offers good insight on how these injuries create their own vicious circle:

“When I tried to come back, it looked like to me ... I had the impression that everything was going 100 miles per hour. And when you look at Marc and anyone else who is going through this or went through it, every one of them, if they’re not fine -- and I don’t think he was, from what I saw even before that game -- you can’t react. You’re too slow and you’re so wide open to get hit again, and you don’t have time to react."

Won't be surprised at all if Savvy hangs them up after this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5sdOh7Bcvs

ricky dipietro, what on earth were you thinking

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_fw7iF68JR8k/TUoZQ-b2eXI/AAAAAAABkK0/aN1GMOzWhZ0/dipietroboom.gif

The New York Islanders announced today that goaltender Rick DiPietro is expected to miss the next four to six weeks with both facial fractures and knee swelling.

the reaction of the pens bench is amazing

forearm shiver.

anyone catch the b's game last night. WE RULE.

yeah i bet savy hangs them up, it sucks. but heck its better than getting brain damage.

That first period was spectacular. So much packed in. Thornton's snipe was a beauty.

That said, I didn't like Paille's hit, and am glad he got the suspension.

things are getting messy on the island tonight

i never thought a box score could make me lol before

the penguins were already without the guys who have scored over half their goals this season. i don't even know who most of those dudes are

god my alma mater suuuucks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a79Ej7WK5Q&feature=player_embedded#at=13

Devils kicking ass lately.

dustin penner to the kings

not a lot else as the deadline passes

http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/269611-gm-devils-stronger-after-dealing-arnott?eref=sihp

Sweet Lou just pickpocketed the Caps.

hate this dude but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz86iQNwfbo

ok watching this last night, it was the first time I ever watched a player get hit and thinking "he might be dead"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jimZ1tSdPY0&feature=player_embedded

That collision reminds me of when that Georgian luger bought the farm last year in the Winter Olympics.

typical montreal players embellishing. Kidding. OUch.

although montreal is the nhl equivalent of the italian national soccer team.

how come gomez didn't drop the gloves with chara? lol

chara will not be suspended

ridiculous

so colin campbell 'recused himself' from the chara judgment because his kid plays for the bruins.

a) it doesn't really look any better that one of his underlings concluded that his son's teammate should not be suspended

b) every other decision he's made has an impact, however indirectly, on his son's team (i guess it didn't matter before this year, because no amount of favoritism could have helped the panthers)

the call is interference, not, like, boarding or cross checking or something. I don't know that you can suspend someone for interference. there's not even a slippery slope thing, it's just gay as all hell. tough break, but them's the breaks...

in other news, the padding on that partition looks INSANELY under-padded

i'm not sure how much the padding is going to help in this situation when there is something totally immovable behind it.

habs visit boston two weeks from tomorrow. who do they send out against chara? is it too little time to bring georges laraque out of retirement?

that would be some serious slapshot level stuff and I wouldn't really be opposed

the call is interference, not, like, boarding or cross checking or something. I don't know that you can suspend someone for interference. there's not even a slippery slope thing, it's just gay as all hell. tough break, but them's the breaks...

this kind of thing is as bad or worse than any headshot I've seen and should be punished in the same way. I don't pretend to be an expert on nhl rules, but if this kind of thing doesn't merit a suspension then there's something wrong with the rules and they should be changed.

if this kind of thing doesn't merit a suspension then there's something wrong with the rules and they should be changed

otm

Feel like I've been wondering when that sort of hit was going to happen for a while now. I always think of it when VS or whatever channel does rinkside interviews from between the benches.

Montreal police have received a number of calls from fans wanting to press charges against Zdeno Chara. The police would like to remind the public that 911 is only to be used for emergencies.

^On the radio this morning.

yeah, montreal hockey fans can be incredibly retarded.

clean hit...z may have rode him a little too long...

THANK YOU.

so if this wasn't pachioretty would montreal be calling for heads? BS.

well of course not. no hockey fans care about other teams players.

I'm pretty sure if the situation was reversed, you'd have boston fans complaining very loudly and lots of montreal fans trying to defend the hit.

That doesn't really prove anything though, most sports fans are terrible people.

I'm trying to stay objective about this and I honestly think I would not think this is a clean hit no matter who was involved. And I think that if it's a clean hit according to the rules, then the rules should be changed. Players should be required to be aware of their surroundings and a hit in one area of the ice should be treated differently from a hit somewhere else if the potential for serious injury is different.

good point peter. i've been hit like that back in my high school career...woke up wondering where the fuck i was.

oh montreal,

http://blogues.cyberpresse.ca/marissal/files/2011/03/chara-max2.jpg

is it weird that I'm starting to worry about the personal safety of Zdeno Chara the next time he comes to play in montreal?

actually hoping to not see a Boston-Montreal playoff series at this point.

i think big z could handle himself. Who on the habs is gonna challenge him? PUHLEEZ.

oh I'm not talking about the players, I'm talking about the fans

he can take them too! HE WILL BREAK THEM.

maybe they will call up Bonneau or Henry.

jmod how do u feel about this: http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=35&id=102119

was and may as yet be illegal

if the rule is the puck must be moving forward, it is clearly not

actually hoping to not see a Boston-Montreal playoff series at this point.

^oh, I disagree. Bad blood is great, especially when its injected into an already heated rivalry like this one. Bring it on!

^ this. Absolutely...

not NHL but this fucking disgusts me

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/big_10_on_ice_conference_athletic_directors_propose_start_of_mens_hockey_league_in_2013_14/2011/03/21/AB9NIZ7_story.html?wprss=rss_dcunited

seeing the words "college" and "hockey", combined in that order, make me immediately not give a shit

new Stanley Cup™ commercials on Vs. to make me weep. Still 10 games left in this goddamn season?

Players should be required to be aware of their surroundings and a hit in one area of the ice should be treated differently from a hit somewhere else if the potential for serious injury is different.

xpost: the follow through - elbow to head into the partition was so extremely fucked up i can only agree and don't think it was 1000% intentional. i love the habs but also have always respected Chara and esp. the way tha biggest guy plays, but that hit coulda killed Max...gonna be a wild playoff ride for sure.
agree w/Mr. Magill here

WAHT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4CP72FLS4s4

The Devils. Well. What can be said at this point. Looks like they would need to go 8-0-0 and have both Buffalo and Carolina epically collapse in order to get to the playoffs...in other words...no.

But I give massive props to them for what they've done in the second half of the season. And I have much admiration & affection for that mensch behind the bench, holding court in the clip below, at his first post-game presser after being pulled from retirement in late December:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml7l7r5hJsg&feature=related

i appreciate that they've played themselves into a crappier draft pick.

but yeah, nice job by lemaire (and the devils themselves for not packing it in). really underlines what an utter disaster maclean was.

yup, and really underlines how wrong it is to underestimate the coach's role in hockey.

http://casualhardcore.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/charlie-brown-argh.jpg

http://mit.zenfs.com/206/2011/03/DEATHWATCH.jpg

stupid damn injuries. get well soon Anze!!! we LOVE you.

A little belated, but nice job by the surrender-monkey, beret-wearing, Jerry Lewis-loving Canadiens to avenge their fallen comrade. 7-0, jesus.

TEEMU now 7 goals away from tying andreychuk for 13th all-time (640) & 13 from tying jagr for most goals by a european player (646)

he won't make it unless he comes back next year tho

what a player

A little belated, but nice job by the surrender-monkey, beret-wearing, Jerry Lewis-loving Canadiens to avenge their fallen comrade. 7-0, jesus.

Eerily reminiscent of how the B's let themselves be shut out 3-zip by the Pens last year on their first meeting post-Cooke/Savard. There was, granted, a semblance of vengeance there, but it was just that - a semblance: a politely consensual bout between Thornton and Cooke.

If I remember it took one of the Thrashers to finally KO Cooke. I dont think anybody's going to get a chance to do that this year.

Oilers moving to Quebec City

APRIL FOOLS

ohhh tough loss hurricanes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pfkam4NOjY

lol rangers just fell into ninth place

i hope torts is headbutting someone in the groin

this is esa tikkanen somewhat recently

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Esa_Tikkanen_%40_Kopparberg_Street_Hockey.jpg

what a player

rip carolina hurricanes

http://i.imgur.com/S3mV3.gif

despite the bruins being superior in almost all quantifiable hockey skills, I've got a good feeling about the habs for this series

so so nervous in vancouver

you shouldn't be, the hawks are pretty lousy in the back

Hawks in 6. Better luck next year, blake

My Washington Caps always find a way to choke

Yes, they do.

Coyotes in 5.

A caps/NYR ticket entered my life last night. Very pumped for pre-game lasers and smoke machine action.

Re: Kovalchuk signing-

I may actually get to attend the victory parade this year. Nice work, Lou.

― Chicago to Philadelphia: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:27 AM

I was very close. They get into the playoffs, they cause havoc. I stand by my post.

they finished 23rd out of 30 teams and missed the playoffs by 12 points

they scored 174 goals. no one else had fewer than 192

kovalchuk finished 885th out of 891 players with a -26 rating

i like yr positive attitude, tho -- maybe lou should hire you

yeah they probably need an enforcer eh

Would consider watching the Devils if Bill coached, if only to see him sport a Black Sabbath necktie

brutal giveaway by marc staal and the rangers lose in ot

All my hockey energy is focused on getting the Rangers to lose.

Would consider watching the Devils if Bill coached, if only to see him sport a Black Sabbath necktie

― I was bored/trolling one day (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, April 13, 2011 7:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol

AZ blogger Dan Bickley is pissed

Detroit fans: If you can't stay away, please wear white

Regrets? We have a few. By stumbling down the stretch and leaving numerous points on the table, the Coyotes coughed up home-ice advantage and slid into a sticky first-round playoff series against Detroit.

As always, the opponent and the task feels enormous.

So, a plea to all Red Wings fans living in the Valley:

If you must go to the games in Arizona, please wear white. We don't want outsiders thinking we can't sell out playoff games. After all we've been through - from bankruptcy hearings to relocation threats - the last thing we need is more national embarrassment.

A sea of red at Jobing.com Arena would do just that.

If you're a Detroit fan who otherwise cheers for the Coyotes, understand what this does to your second-favorite hockey team, and how deflating it must be to take the ice for a playoff game and hear:

"Let's go Red Wings!"

By the way, that chant broke out at a Valley restaurant Monday morning.

Yep, it's starting already. And in the end, the Coyotes have no one to blame but themselves.

ahahahahahaha

go back to Winnipeg you stupid desert team

All my hockey energy is focused on getting the Rangers to lose.

Caps won game 1 in overtime! It worked.

I was wearing my tie.

who knew all the whiny frenches would be on the bruins?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6UE-ilFYYQ

the kings look to awful

no they don't

i take it back

rip blackhawks

u could use a big buff

singing chelsea dagger to myself right now

it's so catchy!

lot of red wings fans at the jobing.com arena

Bandwagon lovers of soccer on skates.

never change bill magill, and enjoy the off-season

― Frightening, but full of facts that are difficult to argue with. (dan m), Friday, April 8, 2011 12:49 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^can I post this once a week until playoffs end?

people who don't like hockey should be imprisoned for life imo

2 goals in 17 seconds - clear tribute to a classic band

yeah pretty impressive, made the fans stop texting and taking pictures of themselve to get up and dance around to Chelsea Dagger for a minute or two

oh man dan m don't even get me started

hard to believe that b. mcgill spends all his time ripping on the wings when the sharks are out there constantly redefining the term "soft"

hope everybody enjoyed tonight's episode of "prolonging the agony"

are u a hawks fan aerosmith?

and did u tell the flyers that last year?

firewagon hockey in southern california

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oh fuck my cock

that is a tough loss

bed shitting

http://cmsimg.freep.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Avis=C4&Dato=20110420&Kategori=COL22&Lopenr=104200442&Ref=TS&NewTbl=1&MaxW=300&Border=0

^^^"soccer on skates" lol

are u a hawks fan aerosmith?

no man I root for the Canes. playoffs this year are for me yr classic "which teams do you kinda like? which ones will play best in later rounds? which individual players do you like?" so like I'm a big Lundqvist fan + I hate the Caps so even though Ovechkin's an exciting player who deserves to see later rounds I'm rooting for NY in that series. (NY will lose btw.) I root for Pittsburgh because they are a class organization in my opinion, even though I have a totally stupid affection for Tampa (because: when I bought the N64 hockey game in '96, I arbitrarily chose Tampa to be my team. They won the Cup on my console that year!) I root for Vancouver in Vancouver vs. Chicago because I spent time on a tour bus with a Vancouver band and soaked up some of the native Vancouver hatred for the Blackhawks. (Which btw is seriously some of the most intense, genuine sports-hate I've ever experienced - it's like, people who don't otherwise much care about the game are like "I know what I hate: the Blackhawks"). I root for L.A. in their series because my back-home friends love L.A. Etc. In my heart I hope the Habs take it all I gotta admit.

aw

btw i recall hearing that the rest of canada is not particularly fond of the canucks (or perhaps their fans) -- is this true and if so, why?

^^^"soccer on skates" lol

― Frightening, but full of facts that are difficult to argue with. (dan m), Wednesday, April 20, 2011 9:40 AM (47 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Some Swede (or Russian, or Slovak, or wherever the fuck the Red Wings get their glorified soccer players from) gets the shit knocked out of him and you think that makes him tough?

That guy actually looks like "Mr. Clutch" Kris Draper. dan m. is still smarting from that debate.

Bill you wouldn't last five minutes on the ice, stfu, you have no idea what you're talking about

hahaha, you dont even know me, how can you say that?

I actually know quite a bit about this, and could probably handle myself pretty well in a lot of different situations. Lol.

hawks-hate is indeed deep and pure here - every game i've watched some friend has angrily recounted the patrick kane beating up a taxi driver incident, and then we all talk about what a douchebag he is and how much we hate his stupid mullet. which band was it aerosmith (if you don't mind me asking)?

Anybody who hates the Hawks is just jealous and doesnt know hockey. Dont be a hater.

btw i recall hearing that the rest of canada is not particularly fond of the canucks (or perhaps their fans) -- is this true and if so, why?

― mookieproof, Wednesday, April 20, 2011 7:25 AM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark

absolutely, every expat i know here delights in any canucks failure...

some reasons are:

1. We are bandwagon fairweathery fans who freak out if anything at all goes wrong (prob true)
2. Lots of fans don't grow up playing ice hockey, and are thus not as knowledgeable as other canadians (generally not true. also, we are immigrants here! from hot asian countries! not everyone can afford mornings in ice rinks)
3. Our teams are overhyped and picked to win every year, and every year we tragically/hilariously choke
4. Our teams are soft (more true in the Naslund-Cloutier era)

btw i recall hearing that the rest of canada is not particularly fond of the canucks (or perhaps their fans) -- is this true and if so, why?

I can't speak for the whole country, but I grew up a Flames fan and therefore hate the Canucks with a passion second only to my hate of the Maple Leafs.

I'm in Montreal now though (which has fueled my Leafs rage) so its been hard to follow the Flames and I've pretty much changed my loyalties to the Habs.

Having said that, I really just want a Canadian team to win the whole thing so I'll cheer for the Canucks if they make it further than the Habs.

do u think the taxi driver was just jealous xxp

i remember meeting a dude from chicago last summer when i was traveling, and telling him "well, it's hard for me to like chicago since i'm from vancouver," and then he stared at me blankly. he did not know that the blackhawks had just won the cup. his friend told him that the canucks were the team that gretzky played for.

I actually know quite a bit about this, and could probably handle myself pretty well in a lot of different situations. Lol.

― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Wednesday, April 20, 2011 10:10 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

o rly how many cup playoff series u been in?

i remember meeting a dude from chicago last summer when i was traveling, and telling him "well, it's hard for me to like chicago since i'm from vancouver," and then he stared at me blankly. he did not know that the blackhawks had just won the cup.

vast majority of chicagoans right there, lol "knowing hockey"

o rly how many cup playoff series u been in?

― Frightening, but full of facts that are difficult to argue with. (dan m), Wednesday, April 20, 2011 11:33 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Compelling post

only if you have to reveal that you're actually scott stevens

wow i missed the swede-bashing in all the excitement. so glad someone finally had the courage to call out euro players for their softness, it is both insightful and original

and true.

so bill are you saying something like: franzen is a hockey player, therefore he *should* come back and play after getting a cut to the face that requires 20 stitches, and it's not worthy of comment?

I'm saying that face above is not out of the norm for playoffs. By the way, my Swede bashing should be taken tongue in cheek. My red wing bashing should not be, however.

I take all your posts tongue in cheek tbh

That's fair.

I grew up a Flames fan and therefore hate the Canucks with a passion second only to my hate of the Maple Leafs

what about the oilers?!

Canucks were the real enemy in the early 90s:

http://youtu.be/2xL3_T9NAww

i was thinking back to the days of this, which is admittedly a long time ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DbP7wqCwq8

^That was the moment my Flames loyalty began actually.

lol steve smith

the rangers are going to be outshot by 30 in the third period

what heartbreak for the new york hockey rangers

that'll teach gaborik to backcheck

hate these late night games yawwwwwn

Gutwrenching to see the Phoenix hockey fans looking so disappointed here in the last minute.

But man, am I ever happy to see another team coming to Western Canada. (knock on wood)

“Goalies have 2 ways to be. To be a hero, to be a goat. I am goat,” Bryzgalov said.

http://ingoalmag.com/news/ingoal-update-bryzgalov-admits-to-being-goat-in-phoenix/

victory has many fathers, defeat is an orphan

Rangers are embarrassing, that was ridiculous.

Some of these are unreal:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1104/nhl-playoff-hockey-separated-at-birth/content.1.html?eref=sihp

lol at corey perry and hossa

poor ovie

MARIAN HOSSA

lol

Suck it Vancouver. Hawks in six. Luongo choking yet again.

somethin wrong with Luongo for sure

given the way the games have been going all through the first round tho I'm not sure I'd put even this game in the W column yet, Chicago fans

i'll be impressed if the hawks win in six, not least because they've already lost three games in the series

Good catch. Seven.LoL. Luongo just robbed sharp.

jesus the canuks are getting smoked

It could have been much worse. Hawks had two excellent chances at the end of the first. Could easily be 7-0

Sabres-flyers starting to look like last nights hawks game. Go sabres

??????

how does bill magill root against the broad street bullies

Dude I'm a devil fan! We have to hate them (and kate smith). My hawks love comes from growing up in chicago-but I've lived in NJ since '96

who do you hate more, the flyers or rangers?

Tough call,man. But its the rangers.

Its a game now.

i guess the three-plus-goal lead really *is* the toughest to hold onto this year

Justice fucking served in Philly.

word

sabres fuckin ESCAPED...good on them

Hilarious that the Rangers are done.

Pumped for the Montreal-Boston game.

Why is Subban being booed, typical Boston racist shit?

It would appear that way wouldn't it?

Yeah, i dont remember him doing anything dirty to warrant it. Both goalies kicking ass at the moment. Just be happy those savages didnt boo "O Canada".

subban is kind of a punk -- i don't think it's *all* racism

this game is really choppy -- puck bouncing all over the place, no one seems to have any speed

Montreal is especially sloppy

crowd has been apeshit all night

OT. hell of a game.

fuckin A this game is great but now the Darchinyan-Perez fight is starting

guys, i'm really feeling hockey this year

i'm not sure if anything in sports is more nerve wracking than tied hockey in the final 10 mins of the third period/OT -- my dad is a huge sabres fan and truly i care minimally about them & even i felt like i was going down a rollercoaster for the entire time last night

this boston game has been great -- both teams kinda gakked on some chances but damn

the turnover/near breakaway > trip sequence was wild

also that was an obvious penalty shot imo

Thank god for the dvr. I'm really into the nuggets-thunder series so I have that on hold till the end of this. Then again I want to watch sharks-kings.damn, I love this time of year.

i was tryna think if id ever seen a playoff ot penalty shot

are there any famous ones i should remember

^^^pittsburgh vs washington, april '96 - game lasted like 7 periods or something

i think scott gomez has been in the nhl since i was 6 years old

petr nedved!

i listened to that game sitting in my car in minneapolis, cause that was the only way i could pick up the pittsburgh radio station (kdka)

xp

chara's stick is prob taller than the average adult male right?

hoooly

holy shit Thomas

timmy

crowd was great on that

Great save , but the shot could have been higher. Kind of a choke

yeah, agreed

Dudes are exhausted

nathan! alright buddy

well you can't just let boston keep taking shots or something happens

glad to see someone once associated w/ the panthers make an impact on the playoffs -- very rare

Hahahaha

Every time I watch Kings-sharks the kings destroy them, but sharks are up 3-1. Weird.

well there was the one time the kings blew a 5-0 lead

I didn't even know that happened. Hard to stay up for the late west coast games out here!

alain vigneault in panic mode

luongo benched for game six

this fucking game

smdh luongo

fuckthisgayearth

Yeah baby!!!

luongo channeling nate keading in this series

Suck it vancouver

lol at him being benched *and* being the goat

Alain Vigneault when asked who Game 7 starter in goal will be: "If I tell you, will you believe me?"

for god's sake someone fire him right now

Not a good few weeks here for old Bob. One of the least clutch performers I've ever seen. He better worship at a statue of Sid Crosby every day for that Olympic win.

Vignault better be renting, not buying. Also, what a horsehit answer from the Jean Paul Sarte manual on postgame press conferences.

lol trolling frenchman

no biggie, luongo's only signed through 2022

That's nothing. DiPietro is signed till 2062

well, dipietro has yet to choke in the playoffs (for obvious reasons)

dismayed at the result, but lol at bill & mookieproof's comments

rip kings

http://mit.zenfs.com/206/2011/04/washington-capitals-lord-stanley-cup-paintingggggg.jpg

hello YES!!
also: vote #10000 for iphone search function if only to say
GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!!
when it needs to be said

i mean zing search function obv. i've been drinking the beers of glorious CANADIENNIA

what is going through roberto luongo's head right now

hard to say, as i am forced to watch the dregs of this flyers-sabres game

whoa

can't believe I am rooting for the blackhawks

dear god how do you give up a short-hander there

insane

what a play by toews

what a game

yikes

sup bill

lool

c'mon, you threw up a little bit when toews scored

my eyes threw up

never in doubt

hawks fans on the comments threads this morning are a real object lesson in bad sportsmanship

in this situation the m.o. of the chicago sports fan is to throw the team under the bus so yeah

Trade Keith and Toews for anyone. Give Kane the Huet treatment. Hossa and Campbell hopefully will join the Peace Corps and this team can start over.

lmao

so nashville just got fastracked to the conference finals then, huh?

aaaaagh the tension

subban!

OH MY GOD SUBBAN TAUNTING THE CROWD

p.k. looool

yeeeeeaaaah!

<3 him

Fuck ya

holy fuck that dude bodyslammed Subban and S got right back up

broons will break hearts one way or another

ohman mtl police/city closed off at least 10 blocks of a major street downtown tonight and people are runnin hockey-wild

i am not there thankgod

btw *that* is why subban gets booed, not (just) because of "typical boston racism"

I can't fucking take this

well that's what happens when you don't clear, guys

sigh

Woooo!

tbf everyone from boston is a racist

broons will break hearts one way or another

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:51 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

arghfuckit

sadness. tho it was a good fight
il y a beaucoup beaucoup de coeurs brises ce soir

ugh x 2

pens deserve credit for getting a four seed and going to a game seven without their two best players, but you hate to blow a 3-1 lead

flyers-bruins should be a . . . physical series

oh well, that was an incredibly good series

I now find myself in the weird position of actually pulling for the Boston Bruins against the one team I hate more than the Boston Bruins.

go lightning btw

fucking west coast series again, I hate the sharkies

seriously nobody's watchin bruins/flyers? yet another OT battle

that was anticlimactic!

i had been watching for about 5 mins

yeah that sucked

it was a good OT until then

yeah peverly's shot that rattled off the post was sweet

man I hate the shit outta tim thomas

hahaha why

i have no opinion either way just curious

just seems like a total dick you know how sometimes a guy just strikes you wrong, I got a "you're a dick" vibe from him when I was covering the all-star game & mrs aero who's really up on the game says he's a fundie

oh really? that sucks. i like him in the way i like most underdog stories but could also see him being a dick.

it's not like philly's fulla prizes either tbh

pronger? diiiiiick

history tells us the flyers may have the bruins right where they want them tho

loooool capitals

that poor bastard

looking forward to a tearful ted leonsis blog entry

caps fans burning couches in chinatown, raving about how the series was fixed because gary bettman craved the massive tampa tv audience

caps really did choke massively given the depth of talent on that team

what's the most nightmare stanley cup finals for the league? tampa v. san jose?

or nashville

feel like nashville at least is a market that could conceivably still fit into the expanding-territories vision that caused the expansions in the first place - town is still in relatively good shape as vs. tampa which is like if you go down there half the business are boarded up and abandoned, it's like the twilight zone - gorgeous weather, palm trees, sense that a bunch of people up and left one day and didn't say why

oh i was thinking nashville vs. san jose because ppl in san jose at least actually seem to like having a hockey team

also barry trotz is v. photogenic xp

another legendary detroit comeback looking underway here anyway

motherfuck

haha good not only did i win some money f the caps

kinda sad that i missed the boat on a BIG HOOSA the dreamkiller stlye display name pun tho

maybe that comeback against the kings has created a monster

otoh, that's a shot jimmy howard has to stop

Sharks have that look. Every playoffs a team gets that look, that they won't be denied, and this year it's San Jose. They're already halfway to equaling the Habs' 10 OT wins in 1993.

howard has never struck me as a capable playoff goalie

In Bettman's world I think the worst possible finals would be something like Edmonton vs Ottawa. He's hell bent on expanding the league anywhere in the south.

it's always amusing when versus shows the cbc/tsn feed of two american teams playing each other (eg wings-sharks tonight)

the nhl takes canada totally for granted -- hope it doesn't eventually bite them in the ass

Edmonton vs Ottawa would be pretty bad regardless, maybe make for some happy homer fans but neither team has demonstrated the ability to attract & keep real talent for many years.

at least they've both gone to the finals in the last decade . . . which is more than you can say for a lot of teams

My Caps blow it again. It's just so predictable.

He's hell bent on expanding the league anywhere in the south.

^this is true.....in 1995

nick lidstrom -- what a human being

rip flyers

xp otm (f u magill)

nick lidstrom-what a pussy

he's no internet hardman that's for sure

For a swede, he is of average toughness.

Bill,

haha

lol at pierre maguire getting all misty-eyed about joe thornton's heart

datsyuk is insane

:(

Hope Cleary's OK.

oh mannnn

Enjoy the offseason, Red Wings fans.

Wow, a c&p zing? I more expected a "Dan Cleary is a pussy" type effort.

btw, when did dan cleary become danny cleary?

after several inspirational style 'hard working dude from newfoundland that won the cup' pieces by cbc/nhl/vs iirc

ah. ryane clowe is also a newfie, but i guess everything that can be done to his name already has been

hearing don cherry mispronounce all the vancouver players names has been of the chief joys of watching the playoffs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7AxK5Fim5I

this game is fucking insane

just watched the last 5 mins but that's all my nerves could prob handle

oh eagerpaws

man he really showed luongo when he cut the deficit to four

hahaha i know! his night wasn't all bad tho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3LcjPSNXiM

nsfw?

shit didn't realize the screen grab was nsfw, mod remove? or youtube will soon i guess

Winnipeg finally gets their team back

wow

awesome

so does detroit or columbus join the eastern conference?

I'm guessing the Detroit Red Wings have too many rivalries with western conference teams to be moved to the east

nobody in the west would miss Columbus

yeah probably, although i know the wings hate the travel in the west and probably have more clout than columbus

lol "southeast division"

wings would dominate the east, bill magill would go crazy

gcg!!!!!!

weird goal, eh

also lol at henrik (or was it daniel) not touching the campbell trophy

you already won the president's trophy, no need to worry about some other jinx

yeah it was a weird goal, just a total gift to bieksa but i figure after all those flukey nashville goals, why not?

lol'd p hard at the replay of 94 where linden knocked the cup off the campbell trophy when he picked it up

i could actually stand a vancouver/boston SCF. Anything else would be a rape of the eyes.

and by anything else I do mean TB making a run for their 2nd SC U______U

r.i.p. my beloved thrashers

lol i think tam tam is the only person in the world to feel that way

my city went fucking crazy tonight. my palms are sore from high fiving strangers

http://gif.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/NOISEMAKER.gif.pagespeed.ce.UoJZ_KkjVo.gif

stay classy tampa

the stanley cup final schedule is an abomination against the hockey gods (because i get off work at 5:30 PST)

yeah. it's also an abomination that game seven would be on june 15 (and without the olympics as an excuse)

penguins celebrated the 20th anniversary of their first cup the other day -- they won game six of the finals on may 25, 1991

i am reconsidering, i think they are avoiding any overlap with the nba finals

like how boston still plays jane's addiction during breaks

dislike, tbh

how about sweet emotion? or smells like teen spirit?

nice goal

naw man i only respect song 2 and gary glitter

at least aerosmith's from boston tho

god bless these players for having committed no infractions this evening btw

Holy shit @ no penalties!

And wtf @ the Boston PA playing "Don't Stop Believin'" - thought Detroit had exclusive dibs on that one.

i believe that the canucks and bruins are the farthest-separated cup finalists ever? 2,537 miles beats 2,425 between vancouver and new york, 2,359 between ottawa and anaheim and 2,073 between edmonton and raleigh?

go canucks i guess?

man that was one hell of a hockey game

xpost - Calgary to Tampa Bay is the farthest: 2771 miles from the Saddledome to the Times Forum.

hmm the internet does not give me that answer but thx

i feel like i could really love hockey if it was all back and forth 5-on-5 with no penalties

espn saying this is the longest flight between two cities for the cup finals

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh

damn what a great chance the bruins had to steal one

well that just happened

nice.

Ole, ole ole ole!

So glad my hometown team can finally contribute to Bill Simmons' misery

great game. let's go to overtime

Holyshit, fastest OT goal evar?

nice game from a guy who should have been suspended lol

You put your finger in MY mouth, I'm biting it too!

Vancouver's looking unstoppable. But that was the worst game I've seen Chara play in a long time.

Holyshit, fastest OT goal evar?

Brian Skrudland scored 9 seconds into OT for the Habs in '86.

Loved this:

http://youtu.be/FVBHqNZbq_c

Whopps, here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVBHqNZbq_c

i can't recall seeing a goalie as aggressive (positionally -- i mean, he's no ron hextall) as tim thomas. i'm surprised he doesn't get wiped out by his own defensemen more often.

max lulzpierre

:(

awful hit

I loved that hit. Stanley Cup Finals. No holds barred, baby. Plus the loser bruin power play couldn't capitalize on a five minute PP. Hilarious.

hit was late

it was also shoulder to head w/launching

I'm sitting here listening to kids reading bedtime books, checking CBC and see that penalty. What happened? Won't be to a TV for a while

lol @ that canuck dudes stick exploding

horton carried the puck over center and passed left. he didn't look back to his right immediately. a sold two-count after the pass, rome sets up and launches his shoulder into horton's head. goes down fast, head snaps against the ice.

apparently horton is moving over at mass general

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJk1SLi-dgw

yeah!!

hit was late as shit, was nowhere near the puck

murdah

strongly resisting the urge to say anything

Fast game! Canucks were due to lose a blowout anyways.

I'm partial to Vancouver, but this is the first time since '99 that I won't be unhappy about either team winning.

hey bill magill vancouv was just amazing on that double minor huh??

Holy shit @ tim thomas, offensive lineman

Much like Don Cherry, I don't want bill magill cheering for my team

omg daniel sedin you pussy

What a piece of shot game

welcome to boston u cunts

lol iphone auto correct xp

yep. vancouver can't do anything right tonight obv

welcome to boston u cunts

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:55 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark

Much like Don Cherry, I don't want bill magill cheering for my team

― freak beats sb it like iron sheik (symsymsym), Monday, June 6, 2011 10:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Fuck you. Go watch MLS.

: )

just went to my first MLS game a few weeks ago, it was awesome

Don't mind Bill, he's taken one too many cheap shots to his head.

no, he's right, concussions are the best. i didn't want crosby to have a career either

Hey man, if that guy had kept his head up, he would have walked off the ice. Stanley Cup finals, all is fair. Finishing your check is a good thing.

^^^nonsense

dude's head was up, he was watching the play when he got hit from the blindside. he didn't have the puck, wasn't anywhere near it and neither was the defending player.

your defense of dirtbag hits like it's some kind of wholesome part of the game is fucking tedious as hell, it's like those people who immediately yell SHOOOOOOOOOOOT IT when a player gets the puck in the high slot. you may as well be calling for rampant butt-ending with sticks and slashing to the face if 'all is fair'.

otm

bill must have appreciated thomas' hit on henrik, too. which i guess was fair, but if he's going to play that way maybe he should be run a little more often, especially considering how often he's out of the crease

the thing about the "old-time hockey!" schtick is that is was played-out back-when, too. there's the physical game (good) and then there's checking people away from the play (moronic), and this distinction has been true for people who actually like hockey for a hundred years. if you like pro wrestling, watch some fucking pro wrestling imo.

the players are much bigger and much faster than they were during 'old time hockey' as well. however much you like hitting -- and there's still plenty of it -- it is in no one's interest to see players getting concussed like this.

also there are ridiculously strict penalties against team-mates doing the appropriate thing, which is kicking the offender's ass into the ice

damn shame about Horton. just hope he doesn't spend the summer and beyond with PCS.

Marchand you're a beaut.

dude's head was up, he was watching the play when he got hit from the blindside. he didn't have the puck, wasn't anywhere near it and neither was the defending player.

your defense of dirtbag hits like it's some kind of wholesome part of the game is fucking tedious as hell, it's like those people who immediately yell SHOOOOOOOOOOOT IT when a player gets the puck in the high slot. you may as well be calling for rampant butt-ending with sticks and slashing to the face if 'all is fair'.

― dan m, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 5:44 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

You are so wrong it's sad. The guy was watching his pass, which every player is taught NOT to do from day one playing hockey. The guy deserved what he got, it's the Stanley Cup finals. You're defense of pussy-ass Red Wing style hockey is much more tedious. Seriously, go watch your old Soviet Red Army vs. Moscow Dynamo videos if you want to see ballet on ice. I'll continue watching and enjoying one of the more compelling Finals of the past decade.

I mean, goddam, you are still mad that Scott Stevens put Kozlov to sleep in the '95 Finals (Has that guy even woken up yet?) Get the fuck over it man.

Anybody that hates Scott Stevens knows less about hockey than the guy who yells shoot at the guy with the puck in the high slot. May I recommend field hockey? It may be more to your liking.

Anybody that resorts to years-old beef to deflect discussion from the play in question is embarrassed about how wrong they are. Chicagoan hockey fans are all alike, they know next to nothing about the game and resort to this type of bluster when backed into a corner.

And hey why don't you bitch about soccer some more, you jagoff? Which is this, pussy sport or a clean tackle in a man's game?

http://www.coloradosoccernow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/SteveZakuani_1664_RapidsSounders.jpg

Pussy sport.

Just like you are a pussy for not being able to argue your position without losing your cool.

ok lol

wow too bad the canucks are missing one of their regulars due to suspension, not a real team player that guy

lol i think the canucks were under the impression they could beat the bruins in the physical aspect of the game

bruins now outscoring the canucks 16-6 in the series

lolongo

shit is not even watchable unless in canada

jesus

it's gonna be really weird if the canucks win on wednesday

yeah has there ever been a series with as absurd home/road splits?

canucks are gonna catch a plane @ 1st intermission, get some xtra rest

Hey Vancouver. How does my ass taste?

Jesus

they've had obominable first periods for most of the series. expected *something* positive tonight.

it's gonna be really weird if the canucks win on wednesday

― mookieproof, Monday, June 13, 2011 5:47 PM (30 minutes ago)

yeah has there ever been a series with as absurd home/road splits?

― johnny crunch

absolument bothe of these

they've had msinly abominable first periods for most of the series. expected *something* positive tonight.

it's gonna be really weird if the canucks win on wednesday

― mookieproof, Monday, June 13, 2011 5:47 PM (30 minutes ago)

yeah has there ever been a series with as absurd home/road splits?

― johnny crunch

bothe of these

hey, henrik now has one more point in the finals than i do

cool of boston fans to cheer for mason raymond getting injured

Brad Marchand kept punching and punching and punching.

And Daniel Sedin stood there and kept taking punch after punch after punch. Did Sedin wonder how many punches it would take for Marchand to get a penalty?

"Maybe after the fifth. But I took six. What can I do?" said Sedin, clearly agitated after being Marchand's punching bag in the third period.

An emotional Sedin said something afterward to referee Kelly Sutherland.

"I asked him why he didn't call the penalty. He said he was going to," Sedin said.

Marchand just shrugged off the moment.

"It was just heat of the moment, that stuff happens," the rookie said after Game 6.

Did Sedin say something to provoke Marchand?

"No, he didn't say anything before. He was just right there. ... He didn't say anything, he was just kind of taking it," the Bruins winger said.

Why did Marchand keep punching him then?

"Because I felt like it," Marchand said.

maybe try boxing

imagine the horror if p.k. subban did such a thing

love that beak nosed dwarf.
http://boston.barstoolsports.com/cartbt/prod_pics/nose%20face.jpg

cant concentrate today.

i wouldnt stress out yr team is going to lose just be @ peace

tomorrow you can tell me how my ass tastes.

well thats not v peaceful now is it?

peace is for pussies, this is old time hockey

pussy

why isn't dan bejar singing the anthem

^^^

fuck

Why are there refs? Might as well have 4 linesmen.

Never gonna drink one of those fucking Cheetah drinks.

game over

welp

you can not win a stanley cup w/ roberto luongo

he's in marty turco/evgeni nabokov territory

feel good for the people of boston, it's been a while for them

idk he was only the goalie for the biggest win in the history of canadian hockey or w/e

he was, but that was perhaps in spite of him -- he was outplayed by ryan miller

anyway, there's no way that goal was his fault right?

second goal wasn't great and his defensemen have looked like ass, but mainly he inspires no confidence at all

otoh, it doesn't matter if your team can't score

will mike milbury cry when chara lifts the cup y/n

YAY BROOOINS!

I WUZ ROOTIN FOR YA ALL ALONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1