NHL 2005/2006

the real question is: when will the holding penalties *stop* being called? next week, by christmas, or only come playoff time?

I like the emphasis on interdivisional rivalries, but it's not gonna be easy with Ottawa, Boston and Toronto.

I really really really hate the idea of shootouts (please tell me that's not in effect during playoffs), but I guess we'll see how that works out.

The only way to speed up the game (and I'm sure the officials will give it a good shot for a few weeks, but c'mon) is to eliminate a few teams and getting rid of some players with no business in the league.

I'm not too worried about their preseason record. As was already mentioned, they weren't dressing their top lineup very often, and Lemieux looked good with 11 points in 4 games. Hopefully Leclair can stay healthy, the other ex-Flyer, Recchi should be fine. Just think about what their powerplay could be like once they get going....

Are the Pens going with Leclair-Crosby-Recchi as their first line and Lemieux as their...#2 centre?

I think their top two lines are:
Lemieux - Malone - Palffy
LeClair - Crosby - Recchi

I really really really hate the idea of shootouts (please tell me that's not in effect during playoffs)

Shootouts are only used in the regular season. Playoff OT stays the same.

also- all the pens love here warms my heart. are y'all (ex-)burghians?

i am an ex-burghian, yes.

i'd say bobby clarke's had a pretty good summer, getting forsberg and several immense defensemen...

i guess the marketing types set up shootouts during preseason regardless of the game's score to get the public excited about it, and i admit it was fun to watch. mind you this particular shootout was moot and half-assed.

weirdest part of that game for me: seeing ron maclean watching the game from a red, end section. jesus, couldn't someone get dude some platinums? although maybe he likes it up in the reds - closer to the 'real people'. i.e. the corporate types that go for the $150 tickets instead of the $200 ones.

OT is still 4-4 then shootout after 5 min.

from the NHL rulebook:

# During regular season games, if at the end of the three (3) regular twenty (20) minute periods, the score shall be tied, each team shall be awarded one point in the League standings.

The teams will then play an additional overtime period of not more than five (5) minutes with the team scoring first declared the winner and being awarded an additional point. The overtime period shall be played with each team at a numerical strength of four (4) skaters and one (1) goalkeeper.

(NOTE 1) The overtime period will be commenced immediately following a one (1) minute rest period during which the players will remain on the ice. The teams will not change ends for the overtime period.

(NEW for 2005-06) (NOTE 2) When regulation time ends and the teams are 5 on 3, teams will start overtime 5 on 3. Once player strength reaches 5 on 4 or 5 on 5, at the next stoppage of play, player strength is adjusted to 4 on 3 or 4 on 4, as appropriate

(NEW for 2005-06) (NOTE 3) When regulation ends and teams are 4 on 4 teams will start overtime 3 on 3.

(NEW for 2005-06) (NOTE 4) At no time will a team have less than three players on the ice. This may require a fifth skater to be added if a two-man advantage occurs.

(NOTE 5) A team shall be allowed to pull its goalkeeper in favor of an additional skater in the overtime period. The goalkeeper may not return to his position until the next stoppage of play in overtime. Any attempt by the goalkeeper to return to his position prior to the next stoppage of play (on the fly) shall be deemed to be an illegal substitution and a bench minor penalty shall be assessed for having an ineligible player. However, should that team lose the game during the time in which the goalkeeper has been removed, it would forfeit the automatic point gained in the tie at the end of regulation play, except if the goalkeeper has been removed at the call of a delayed penalty against the other team.
# (NEW for 2005-06) During regular season games, if the game remains tied at the end of the five (5) minute overtime period, the teams will proceed to a shootout. The rules governing the shootout shall be the same as those listed under Rule 30 - Penalty Shot.

(NOTE1) The Teams will not change ends for the shootout. The visiting Team will shoot first. The teams shall alternate shots.

(NOTE 2) Three (3) players from each team shall participate in the shootout and they shall proceed in such order as the Coach selects. All players are eligible to participate in the shootout unless they are serving a ten minute misconduct or have been assessed a game misconduct, gross misconduct or match penalty.

(NOTE 3) Once the shootout begins, the goalkeeper cannot be replaced unless he is injured. No warm up shall be permitted for a substitute goalkeeper.

(NOTE 4) Each team will be given three shots, unless the outcome is determined earlier in the shootout. After each team has taken three shots, if the score remains tied, the shootout will proceed to a "sudden death" format. No player may shoot twice until everyone who is eligible has shot.

(NOTE 5) Regardless of the number of goals scored during the shootout portion of overtime, the final score recorded for the game will give the winning team one more goal than its opponent, based on the score at the end of overtime.

(NOTE 6) The losing goalkeeper will not be charged with the extra goal against. The player scoring the game winning goal in the shootout will not be credited with a goal scored in his personal statistics.

(NOTE 7) If a team declines to participate in the shootout procedure the game will be declared as a shootout loss for that team. If a team declines to take a shot it will be declared as "no goal".
# Special conditions for the duration and number of periods of playoff games shall be arranged by the Board of Governors.

I personally liked it when the rules weren't labrynthine... more footballization of hockey.

are those weird lines angling back from the goal line to the back boards marking a space outside of which the goalie can't play the puck? (i keep catching them out of the corner of my eye and thinking they're broken sticks)

Goalie can't play the puck in the corners now, which means the goalies just pick the pucks up before the goal line andd wing them down the ice.

i'd say bobby clarke's had a pretty good summer, getting forsberg and several immense defensemen...

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I *heart* Forsberg, but he's never going to be 100% again... and his D is slow footed and cement-handed.

I hope not!

Funny how the lockout ended just before Hockey Night in Canada, eh?

What is this "y'all" that you speak of? I know only "yinz" and "yunz."

don't forget, they haven't been a part of NHL play so the league needed to try it out for themselves. i.e. figuring out during the exhibitions the best way to prep the ice before the shootout to cut down on skaters losing the puck to bad ice. if they were learning those lessons and tinkering with that during the season then that would be lousy.

why am i not being shown sidney crosby's debut, on mario lemieux's 40th birthday?

Also the no-shooting-the-puck-into-the-crowd rule is so good I'm surprised they didn't think of it twenty years ago. It may take months before we see the full implications of how this affects the game.

The goalie trapezoid thing is great too. I'm guessing it will be especially good come April when everyone is so exhausted that a game sometimes consists of little more than the goalies going into the corners and firing it down the ice.

In a magical fantasy land...

227(W)-217(L)-68(T) GAA: 2.67

-played in the 2002-2003 All-star game.

Not Hall-of-fame numbers by any stretch, but he's been relatively solid throughout his career. Why all the hate for le petit Jocelyn?

Then again, you'd like your #1 goalie to be mentally tough.

Playoff line: 17(GP) 839(MIN) 4(W) 11(L) 0(THERE ARE NO TIES IN THE PLAYOFFS) 50(GA) 0(SO) 3.57(GAA)

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Than you do this:

Try Ty Conklin more.

Kudos to Peca for being massive against Brind'Amour tonight.

is rexall place just the northlands coliseum renamed or is it a new building?

It's still not in the bag though because I truly believe that Carolina at their very best beats Edmonton at their very best. The thing is, the Oilers *will* show up to play their very best. I don't know about the Hurricanes.

And Erik Cole? Total panic move.

xp well if doug weight was going to be out anyway, it's not like they scratched someone just for cole.

I just remember during the Buffalo series (or was it NJ?) that they thought he could return but concluded a few days later that he might not be the wisest thing. Sure, he might have healed considerably since then, but it does seem like he rushed to get back.

two thingss thaat bother me about this win, and their both basically the same:

1) PPL from new england still trying to claim the canes as their own hartsfords whalers. They are not yours hartsfords whalers. This is the equivalent of someone from kansas city cheering for the devils because they were once the scouts or the ppl of atlanta cheering for the flames because they were once... the flames. REMEMBER: they were taken from you in a move of greed and overall lameness authorized by gayr bettmang.

2) now we have to listen to ESPN treat the canes as the whalers, going so far as to play brass bonanza on sports center, and by extension we now have to listen to the braying of chris berman as he afffects a new england/boston accent as he yells a lot on TV.

The rumour that Brendan Shanahan has Montreal on his list if he doesn't re-signed with Detroit makes me giddy.

Kovalev and Shanahan on the same line would be scary, though it'd be a moot point if Ribeiro is centering it.

Isn't Roloson a UFA, thus not tradeable?

- Disappointed Elias and Langenbrunner re-signed with New Jersey, as they were two names rumoured to be negotiating with Montreal
- Bruins just go scary with Chara and Marc Savard, but then again, Glenn Murray isn't Kovalchuk and I'm not sure if he's *that* good.
- Gerber in Ottawa is interesting; I think it's a good move 'cause he was great all season and to be fair, he sucked in TWO games in the playoffs. He deserves another chance.
- I hope signing Kubina for 5M a season (and Hal Gill for 2M) means that Toronto is less likely to sign Jason Arnott.
- Parrish-Demitra-Gaborik could be one scary line for Minnesota