My oh my, I sure didn't expect the Pens to handle Montreal like that tonight. So much so, I left the house and ran some errands. Fleury with another shutout, and scoring from the third line. Nice!
-Mike
-Mike
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2014-2015 NHL Regular Season Thread
- Thread starter MJ5150
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You know what's funnier? Toronto. 9-2 blowout to Nashville. I'm not undermining Nashville at all; they're damn good right now under Laviolette, but I thought Toronto would have tried to make a statement about their team after being embarrassed by Buffalo.
I can't WAIT to hear Steve Dangle's LFR on THIS.
You are not alone, no one in Boston knows what it is going on in Boston. They are going through an extended pre-season as they replace seasoned veterans like Iginla, Boychuk and Thornton with younger players. Unlike the Red Sox who tried a similar youth movement last year to disasterous results, the baby B's can play. Then the injuries to young and old are a setback. A good win tonight against a good team is encouraging as was the play of Barkowski on D after being a healthy scratch for 3 weeks or so. I hope they figure out a team identity in the next month so that they will have time to really gel before its too late. The optimist in me sees them as following the New England Patriots model of looking awful for a month, then slowly and steadily getting better. If anyone has any thoughts or theories, I'd love to hear them.
I wouldn't worry about Boston's recent play at this point. They will be there and ready when it matters.
-Mike
-Mike
Not sure, but that's how it always used to be. I actually liked it that way. That way, you got to see all the visiting teams colored jerseys in your home arena.
But hey, they pitched a shutout, so I doubt that you minded the white jerseys, right?
True. Back in 1994 they won the cup at home in whites. I thought it was a thing where they alternated every year.
Talbot is solid. Mason made some scary good saves too.
Kevin Klein has 4 goals so far this season. That's his career high, just 19 games in.
Good game.
Bummer deal for Jack Johnson of Columbus: http:// espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/11908361/columbus-blue-jackets-d-jack-johnson-files-bankruptcy-parents-reportedly-blame
-Mike
-Mike
Didja see the Canadians belting out the US national anthem at the game last night? The singers mic went dead so the crowd did her a solid. Sang it very well if I do say so myself.
This is not a duplicate post, honest. Another Bruin defenseman is injured - this time McQuade out with a broken thumb for 6-8 weeks. Fortunately, Kevan Miller is back.
Is it to early to claim that the NY Islanders are legit? They've avoided their usual November disappearance, they can score, look pretty resilient, and finally seem to have some stable goaltending.
What an almost-comeback by the Kings. MAN I would've been content with an OT/SO loss if they had managed to tie it up.
What a game. Wow.
What a game. Wow.
In last year's thread, after Letang went out, we were talking about how Niskanen stepped it up. I found this post:
I remember discussing how his improved numbers were a direct result of skating with Crosby. You could basically put any defenseman there with the 1st unit and their PPG numbers would go up by at least 25%.
I did not realize that he had signed with the Caps in the offseason, and just saw his numbers so far this season. In 20 games he has 6 points, is -3 with only 24 shots on goal. That's a pretty far falloff. And I just saw that he got 41 million over 7 years. WOW. What a payday.
Moral of the story - if you are an average defenseman, play for PIT, inflate your numbers, and get your big deal elsewhere. As a GM, I wouldn't sign any D man that came from PIT.
http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2014/06/30/matt-niskanen-a-case-study-in-context/
I remember discussing how his improved numbers were a direct result of skating with Crosby. You could basically put any defenseman there with the 1st unit and their PPG numbers would go up by at least 25%.
I did not realize that he had signed with the Caps in the offseason, and just saw his numbers so far this season. In 20 games he has 6 points, is -3 with only 24 shots on goal. That's a pretty far falloff. And I just saw that he got 41 million over 7 years. WOW. What a payday.
Moral of the story - if you are an average defenseman, play for PIT, inflate your numbers, and get your big deal elsewhere. As a GM, I wouldn't sign any D man that came from PIT.
http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2014/06/30/matt-niskanen-a-case-study-in-context/
