YOUR NHL 2008-2009 THREAD (INCLUDING DETROIT CUP HANGOVER OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

Nikki and Osgood were on Leno tonight!

One link I was sent is the Detroit radio call from Ken Kal, who was apparently sick and lost his voice but was brought in to do the last 5 seconds? Not sure how accurate that is but it's still pretty good.

http://www.971theticket.com/episode_download.php?contentType=36&contentId=2520235

Also, Hasek retires. I figure it's about time to go find a Marc-Andre Fleury clone.

Also also, I see at that link above the Chicago Wolves won the AHL. The Blackhawks should steal a few of their players.

caps sign jose theodore to two-year deal

rumors abt edmonton pursuing hossa have me excited

avs sign andrew raycroft lol

The Wings signed the Pens' backup goalie and re-signed Lilija. No other big moves. I understand the rationale behind getting veteran goaltending but I still think it's time to develop a younger player.

conklin is cheap and decent. wings resigned brad stuart too.

welcome home, cujo

fuckin why would carolina unload erik cole

fuck that shit, people around here are gonna be pissed, he is very well-loved

fuckin tampa needs to stop signing penguins

huet to chicago! cory stillman to florida!

I am like more pissed about this than I have been about a trade in a long time. we'll just dish away the heart of the team for a defenseman with 8 goals. fucking GREAT. I mean OK Brind'amour. But Erik Cole is kinda the "local" kid because he came up with the 'Canes.

sometimes I really hate the offseason

Wheeler could turn out to be somethin' for the Bruins though

where will Hossa end up

HOSSA

how do the rangers have cap space for these contracts

I'm happy we signed Brad Stuart. He showed in the playoffs that he wasn't going to be the massive liability many (myself included) thought he might be. Picking up Ty Conklin is interesting and shows that we're going to make an honest attempt at repeating considering Osgood will likely taper off before the playoffs putting Jimmy Howard in his first starting role.

I should add, Jimmy Howard is completely underrated and I'll make a bold prediction: he'll have a hype train within the next year or two. As a Maine fan I had the opportunity to watch him quite a bit and loved when he played for Grand Rapids. I was also impressed with the few minutes he got last year and in '06.

how do the rangers have cap space for these contracts

My Rangers question for the day: anyone know someone in Bern that will be at the Rangers/Magnitka match? Should be an exciting one to end the preseason. I only have cap space for one non-Boston match a year and that spot will soon be filled by the Winter Class in Chicago.

hossa to detroit (!) for one year (?) at $7.4 m (?)

GAY

fucking Detroit

lol

so much for celebrating the Habs' 100th anniversary with a Cup

How is Pitkanen a good enough player for a straight-up trade for Cole? Is it a cap space thing?

goddamn, Avery and Ott on the same team - Dallas will be fun to play against

I wonder if Bryan Murray in Ottawa's got anything planned, as it stands there are some gaping holes in the team. Auld's a good backup (or maybe tandem, if Gerber flops back to bad) goalie, but we need another top 4 defenseman desperately, and some energy wingers who aren't from the isle of misfit toys (sorry, McAmmond / Donovan)

you will have one line and like it

The $7.4 million that Hossa will earn next season, is the most Detroit would pay anyone - even an unrestricted free agent. The Red Wings were insistent that no one earn more money than six-time Norris Trophy winner Nicklas Lidstrom.

Kudos to the classy Red Wings organization

I'm loving it!

Kudos to the classy Red Wings organization

I'm not sure if this was sarcasm, but ... Hossa could’ve gone elsewhere and earned more, but does this mean he really deserves more? Especially when put next to a four-time Stanley Cup winner, a nine time All Star and winner of six Norris trophies and one Conn Smythe trophy? The Wings are correct, Hossa does not deserve the highest salery if on the same club as Nikki Lidstrom—the best defenseman to have ever played the game. End of story.

Really, what does Hossa have to say for his career? Some odd W and CHL trophies? He’s overvalued in the market and he went with a club where he could actually prove something.

Blah, blah, blah.

I’m still loving it!

No sarcasm - I think it is very commendable that they held their ground at the risk of scaring off a highly-sought free agent. It is very respectful of Lidstrom and his contribution, and a message that this is who the franchise is built around.

In light of all the madness, Detroit once again proved why they are a class above all other teams.

I think it's a testament to the organization, too. Players want to go there and the team brass has shown they'll be loyal to those who stick around. Everyone knows McCarty was playing beer league hockey before Ken Holland went and got him back on the team, and then they go win the Cup.

ottawa just signed jarkko ruutu

if the pens can't re-sign orpik i'm gonna poop or something

ruutu, seriously? i was looking at all of the remaining right wingers a second ago thinking "i guess there's ruutu, but what's the point?"

at this point i am REAAALLLLLY ohping they trade antoine vermette to the habs, because he's pretty much the only part of that organization i still like and i am ready to assimilate into the habs fans.

well, ruutu's certainly an energy winger, and he actually has decent hands (and is curiously good on penalty shots). he's an asset if he doesn't take too many dumb penalties. pittsburgh will miss him.

you got your orpik back, mookie. <3

hail satan

miro's not better than hossa but all you really need is someone to be a trigger man for crosby i.e. shut up and shoot; occasionally go to net.

so Naslund left Vancouver for the rangers, Morrison may leave, Linden retired, and if this crazy Sundin gamble goes belly up we will have exactly... what?

Our big picks ups are Johnson, Baumgartner, and Hordichuk, who I am confident will become the nucleus of a major Cup run this year or next... or something. Luongo's under contract for 2 more years and we've got the Sedin twins up front. Just the Sedin twins.

god bless mats sundin, but $20m/2yrs is insane. and if he doesn't take it, there aren't too many guys left to pick up.

http://gfhl.net/Images/Canucks/Snepts.jpg

make the call

Ha, try to run over our stars now, Chris Neil!

is that in ref. to the laraque deal?

cos he can't watch jarkko AND neil.

which reminds me: the sens are a fucking gong show, i need a new team.

your ontario options are limited to say the least, my friend.

http://www.guelphstorm.com/

I think I'll just watch Angelo Esposito play in Verdun this year.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3473421

Jags to Russia to live life as farmer, mob pawn

Thierry Henry knows what the fuck is up.

http://cdn.nhl.com/images/upload/2008/07/Thierry%20Henry%20store.jpg

(they could at least have hooked him up with the real cup, but that picture is so great I'm not going to complain)

fuck that guy

lol I was expecting that

Holy shit! Who knew?

the officiating in this series has been awful. i guess it pretty much evens out, but is this really the best crew the nhl has to offer?

"Also did anyone else rage at Bettman during the intermission?"

No I set up a shrine to him in my back yard.

What did Bettman have to say? (CBC had Don 'n' Ron instead)

Looking forward to hearing Dan M "rage at" Scott Stevens if the Wings blow this series.

Bill your trolling needs work dude.

Also, what mookieproof said.

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v4493/21/79/12101141/n12101141_40868673_6242757.jpg

Sure- whatever you say. Nice job "raging at" me.

¯\(°_o)/¯

enough with the shit-talk and more lolz about Malkin on Talbot - "leetle beet.. bad hands?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN28CYsbw8A

being a leaf fan, i rarely have that "oooh can't wait! going to be an awesome game!" feeling, but i have that feeling about tomorrow...

it started off unbelievably but then oops. strange to see the red wings have an advantage in net although admittedly there have been a few off of sticks but fleury sucks. why does everyone get sucked in by the butterfly goalies?

because there is no other kind these days. If you want a stanup goalie go back to 1994.

REVIVE BABY!!!

I think that was the first hockey game I have been entertained by. Was it good that it looked like a rolling brawl for most of it?

Not really, the referees have been so back and forth in this series it makes my head spin sometimes.

"Was it good that it looked like a rolling brawl for most of it?"

it was a great game. and yes, the refs should let the teams play in a stanley cup finals.

Consistency is all I ask for, whether it be calling the series tight or letting them play. It has not been so in this finals for both sides.

At least their inconsistency is inconsistent :/

So looking forward to Friday, fantasizing the Pens winning 4-3 in double OT.

All in all, fantastic playoff season, best I've seen since '94

http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_large/2008/06/12/minime_stanley.jpg

...glad I am only a bandwagon Pen fan or else I would be dead

Is there a game tonight Y/N

wow that last save

i am so happy holy shit

lol hossa

yah last 2 saves were like whoa good job pens

man nothing on the planet like the stanley cup

lol beards

this is an A+ sport fwiw, and an A++ trophy

pirates world series for the trifecta.

dope game

marc andre fleury is like a tennis player, basically <3 dude

I am feeling that the bar severely undercharged us in honour of our brave boys.

i love max talbot so much

fucking fuck fuck

Great effort by the Pens in games 6 and 7 can't be denied. You can't win if you don't show up for 3 full periods.

That's class post dan m. It was a great series, and a whole lot of fun to watch. Nothing better than a game 7 in a Stanley Cup finals.

Will Max Talbot ever have to buy a drink in Western PA for the rest of his life????

holy shit - glad for the victory, but dammnnnn! To come within seconds/crossbar width of OVERTIME GAME 7

loved the clip of Fleury patting the crossbar afterwards!

ruslan fedotenko can't grow a playoff beard . . . because of chernobyl?

wtf Hossa

Wednesday, July 1, 2009
BREAKING NEWS
Report: Marian Hossa signs with Blackhawks
Ted Kulfan / The Detroit News

Detroit -- Marian Hossa just added more fire to the Red Wings' rivalry with the Chicago Blackhawks.

Hossa, who became a free agent after one year in Detroit, signed a 12-year contract with Chicago worth $5.2 million a season on Wednesday, Canadian sports network TSN is reporting.

did you really want him for 12 years?

twelve YEARS?!

makes me feel young, that a pro athelete born in the same year as me has 12 more years to play. go hossa

Were the Wings trying for a 12 year deal? I don't know. I thought he might have given it another shot but evidently they're doing something right at the United Center.

I don't really care much for mercenary players though, the one year deal was iffy from the beginning.

its a way to spread the 70 mil over more years than he'll be there. like the Dipietro contract. what'd he make last year?

wings were reportedly offering a significantly shorter deal for $1 million less per year.

i can't fault hossa for his contract choices either this year or last (and as far as mercenary goes, he's no dany heatley) but dag it would be hard to piss off more people if you were trying.

god bless the blackhawks, but they're going to have to pay kane and toews here shortly, and they're still paying campbell an ungodly amount. twelve years is an awfully long time, especially if the cap is only going up 100k a year.

it worked really well with DiPietro

A 12 yr deal sounds insane tbh.

i agree, seems kind of silly.

"and they're still paying campbell an ungodly amount"

I love campbell.

MARIAN HOSSA WILL BE YOUR MILLSTONE: THE NHL 2009-2010 THREAD (INCLUDING PITTSBURGH CUP HANGOVER OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)