Official 2011-2012 NHL thread
cove
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Awwww yeah!
Pretty happy it's back.
Pretty happy it's back.
cove
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Jets look solid for a startup...there will be a lot of bullshit leafs talk again and then the inevitable downfall
My boys are looking a little hungover from the Cup win, but I'm confident they'll get it together in time for another deep playoff run ... Thomas hasn't missed a step, and he is the most important piece of the puzzle.
I heart NHL Center Ice!
Not too worried.
Kessel can eat one. Leafs still got robbed by that trade, even if Burke won't admit it.
Please to find a new coach. I've had it. Players seem to have given up.
FLA in MTL tonight. Dirt-streak could reach news lows tonight! Budaj is starting and I feel awful for Price.
:happyday:
Habs are gonna break the Bruins streak tonight! :lalala:
Looch is his boy, he aint talking!
i think he meant to hit him, it's disingenuous to claim a prof hockey player can't stop or turn on a dime, as Lucic did to the press after the game... whether it meets the below crieria, i'm not sure...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/news/1999/09/08/crease_rule/
Note 3: A goalkeeper is not "fair game" just because he is outside the goal crease. The appropriate penalty should be assessed in every case where an attacking player makes unnecessary contact with the goalkeeper. However, incidental contact will be permitted when the goalkeeper is in the act of playing the puck outside his goal crease provided the attacking player has made a reasonable effort to avoid such unnecessary contact.
i think Lucic was just pissed he blew a breakaway...
holy schitt November hockey doesn't get any more exciting than that!! A game to remember and the Bruins make it 10 straight.
personally an up-and-down season for the defending Champs if there ever was one. worst first month of the season in team history, followed by a historic undefeated run for almost 2 months, followed by a tepid stretch that included being shutout FIVE times in the month of February. clinging on to 1st in the division, the playoffs can't get here fast enough for me!
I have to assume one reason this thread has been even more crickets than usual is the tough season for the Habs, since it is Montreal fans that usually poast the moast in here ... but hopefully we can get some hockey talk going here as playoff time approaches ...
6-hour-later edit: ha! I should have known even the "strut rebirth" could not kick start this thread. the life of an NHL fan can be a lonely one.
And i assumed you didnt wanna jinx the crazy run the Bruins were on.
Habs are dirty as all hell. I'm so over that this season, luckily! Someone needs to off Gomez, Campoli and Kaberle. Massive disgraces.
b/w
How lame was this year's trade deadline!?
Kindly,
parallax
I have a close friend at work from Philly who is a hardcore Flyers fan, so I usually keep up on them. Wondering if the Bruins are on a collision course for a 3rd straight matchup with them in the postseason this year ...
That said. Crosby is toast. No way he's coming back for the playoffs. It's effectively Malkin's team now.
And he's being doing a hell of a job.
I just hope my Flames get their shit together enough to at least make the 1st round interesting.
There has been some seriously heated debate over that hit, I have to admit it is hard to call whether it was "dirty" or not ... and I know that ultimately it doesn't matter to Pens fans, they just want their player back.
Malkin is a beast. He can probably win a playoff series by himself.
The B's made some great depth adds. I think NYR is their only real threat in the east.
The west is crazy right now: Vancouver, Detroit, St. Louis, Nashville...any of those teams are legit finalists. That said, all kinds of crazy shit can happen in the playoffs.
Kindly,
parallax
-The Pens are hottt. Those 2 losses don't mean a thing.
-That Bruins sitcom commercial is good!
-Datsyuk is still the best. Yeah, i don't care how many points Malkin has. (yup he's very good, too)
-The Sabres are becoming the team i thought they'd be. Watch em beat the Rangers if they match up.
SOI, i'd be worried about them, too.
-Habs are filthy, and that's not a problem. I've come to terms. But we gotta keep losing. The even filthier Leafs are catching up!
-i wish i could play hockey every day
- i'm excited for the playoffs!
East
First Round
#1 NYR
#8 Ottawa
NYR in 5.
#2 Boston
#7 Washington
Washington in 6.
#3 Florida
#6 Devils
Devils in 7.
#4 Pittsburgh
#5 Philly
Pittsburgh in 6.
Second Round
#4 Pittsburgh
#6 New Jersey
Pittsburgh in 5.
#1 NYR
#7 Washington
NYR in 7.
Conference Championship
#1 NYR vs. #4 Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh in 5.
West.
First Round
#1 Van vs. #8 LAK
Van in 7.
#2 St. Louis vs. #7 SJS
St. Louis in 5.
#3 Phoenix vs. #6 Chicago
Chicago in 6
#4 Nashville vs. #5 Detroit
Nashville in 7.
Second Round
#1 Van vs. #6 Chicago
Chicago in 6.
#2 St. Louis vs #4 Nashville
St. Louis in 5.
Conference Championship
#2 St. Louis vs. #6 Chicago
St. Louis in 5.
Cup Championship
Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis (old 70s rivalry)
Pittsburgh in 6.
Conn Smythe = Sidney Crosby