At 11/2/07 05:56 AM, Coop83 wrote: I'm looking for more goaltending and I've got Rick... One more good goalie should do it :P

I'll trade you Budaj for Rick. Homer for homer? ;]

Dammit. I can't resist coming on here! Edmonton was defeated 4-1 Excellent smitters. (there Cooper, nice an civilized). *twitchy eyebrows*. must resist posting about my desired breakdown of Edmontonian society...

At 11/2/07 09:18 PM, Buddhist wrote:

At 11/2/07 05:56 AM, Coop83 wrote: I'm looking for more goaltending and I've got Rick... One more good goalie should do it :P

I'll trade you Budaj for Rick. Homer for homer? ;]

That's a little bit of a bum deal for me :P Besides, I've got Pascal LeClaire to back him up *watches the Blue Jackets sink without trace...*

At 11/3/07 03:24 AM, hongkongexpress wrote: Dammit. I can't resist coming on here! Edmonton was defeated 4-1 Excellent smitters.

You are doing well. Keep on talking like that and we can enjoy your presence :)

I now resemble someone from Requirum for a Dream. I'm sketching out.... cold sweat... soooo cold....... so co co co collllllllllldddddddd.

I'm on fire. Oh God I'm on fire.... I'm being burned in hell, because the Flames lost, and I'm being burned by the other team.... gahhhhh Ricky Bobby "Help me, Allah, Help me Jesus, Help me Jewish God. Help me Tom Cruise!!!".

Kovalchuk will end your life and take no prisoners doing so.

Also, ridin' dirty in first place for pretty much the entire year. Hope it lasts :\

Reports are Scott Niedermayer's set a personal date for his choice, and he's continued to stay in shape.
Word from the man himself if that he's started to amp up the intensity of his workouts.

Take that as you will.

Booyah bitches! Colorado is still one of the only two teams yet to be defeated at home.

We're on a comeback.

At 11/4/07 03:48 AM, Twerpo wrote: Booyah bitches! Colorado is still one of the only two teams yet to be defeated at home.

We're on a comeback.

Great idea of mine to post before checking Yahoo Sports.

Now I look like a complete idiot.

At 11/3/07 09:19 AM, Coop83 wrote: That's a little bit of a bum deal for me :P Besides, I've got Pascal LeClaire to back him up *watches the Blue Jackets sink without trace...*

Yeah, that was a really stupid trade. I mean, c'mon, Evgeni Malkin? To Kam? wtf, wtg man. Talk about a bum deal... :\

At 11/3/07 10:34 PM, hongkongexpress wrote: I'm on fire. Oh God I'm on fire.... I'm being burned in hell, because the Flames lost, and I'm being burned by the other team....

Well, you came up against a strong team and lost. The only potential weak link there was Theodore, but he kept a good game (Ghost of Jose past must have been in residence)

At 11/5/07 03:54 PM, Buddhist wrote: Yeah, that was a really stupid trade. I mean, c'mon, Evgeni Malkin? To Kam? wtf, wtg man. Talk about a bum deal... :\

Gotta speculate to accumulate. I think that while this deal sends one of my premier forwards away, I've still got some damn good forwards in Zetterberg, Stastny, Drury and Hajduk. I seriously needed goaltending and if Pascal LeClaire can do this well in a BlueJackets uniform, maybe they aren't going to sink without trace, with Ken Hitchcock's 'Defense Preaching'

ESPN hockey analyst Barry Melrose apologized Tuesday for negative remarks about the area around the New Jersey Devils' new Prudential Center arena.

In a video segment posted on ESPN.com last week, Melrose described the recently opened arena as a "beautiful new building" but added, "Don't go outside if you have a wallet or anything else, because the area around the arena is just horrible."

He's right, though.

Got tickets tomorrow to Devils-Flyers, & I'm looking forward to seeing Marty get owned by Danny Briere and Co. Corporate box seats, too, apparently. Posh deal.

I wish I could get Isles tickets one of these days, but it's such a long ride out to the island. :(

4 Game losing streak extended for Edmonton.

At 11/8/07 12:20 AM, hongkongexpress wrote: 4 Game losing streak extended for Edmonton.

Still 3 for Calgary. Hope to break it tomorrow!

Iginla in 3rd place for Art Ross.

At 11/8/07 12:53 AM, TOEZ wrote: Iginla in 3rd place for Art Ross.

Now we all know that it's far too early to be talking about end of season trophies yet. Let's at least save talk like that for the All-Star break.

Any ideas about All-Star selections? Aside from the obvious choices like Zetterberg, Crosby and Kovalchuk, of course

Patrice Bergeron still can't move his head. After three or four minutes of minimal activity, the 22-year old needs to sit and rest. Two weeks after he was slammed into the boards and suffered a broken nose and concussion, Bergeron is still dizzy and now his career could be in doubt.

According to Sportsnet.ca, Boston Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli could not rule out that Bergeron would ever play again. Chiarelli made the comments after visiting with Bergeron.

At 11/8/07 02:05 PM, Buddhist wrote: Patrice Bergeron still can't move his head. After three or four minutes of minimal activity, the 22-year old needs to sit and rest. Two weeks after he was slammed into the boards and suffered a broken nose and concussion, Bergeron is still dizzy and now his career could be in doubt.

Patrice Bergeron sat before the media on Thursday afternoon and talked about his experiences leading up to and since the October 27th injury that altered his career and kept him out of game action

The damn link is playing up, so that's all I've got on him at the moment. He's too good a player to just give up, that's for sure and he definately wants to play again.

For their eight games on FSNY, the Islanders are up spectacularly, from 0.07 percent of area homes last season at this point to 0.32.

The Rangers are up 102 percent on MSG compared to last year.

Those damn hockey-watchin' new yorkers.

At 11/15/07 09:44 PM, VeryProudofYa wrote: For their eight games on FSNY, the Islanders are up spectacularly, from 0.07 percent of area homes last season at this point to 0.32.

The Rangers are up 102 percent on MSG compared to last year.

Those damn hockey-watchin' new yorkers.

More people get MSG on standard cable than who get FSNY & MSG on standard cable, so it would make sense. Plus, Henrik Lundqvist is beasting, even if the offense can't do anything half of the time.

The Islanders have been, are, and always will be the 2nd team in New York. The discrepancies in payroll, attendance, etc. would show that. I'm cool with that though. It might help overall if Wang gets this crazy new Lighthouse Project underway, as well as...you know...investing some serious cash in the team, like in defensively-minded defensemen that are actually skilled (I don't really count Brendan Witt in there, sorry)?

Wow, if the Avs could score more than 1 goal, I think we might be able to win a game. 3 losses, all with us scoring 1 goal in.

Makes my Fantasy team look really poor as well :(

MTL losing 3-0 to BUF is a shame but i like Buffalo. I feel their rebuilding after losing Briere and Drury.

I also hope EDM will rebuild soon.

hopefully by the season of 2009-2010

At 11/25/07 11:27 PM, DarkSoldier wrote: MTL losing 3-0 to BUF is a shame but i like Buffalo. I feel their rebuilding after losing Briere and Drury.

It's not as much rebuilding as their team is just underperforming this year offensively. Vanek had 43 goals last year, he has 6 through 21 games this year; Derek Roy had 63 points in 75 games last year, he has 17 in 21 this year; Connolly is on and off with injuries so his effectiveness is limited; Stafford and Paille are getting their first full seasons and are having trouble capturing lightning in a bottle like they did when they got playing time late last season; Afinogenov had 61 points in 53 games last year, and has just 8 in 21 games this year, playing on the 3rd and 4th lines; Pominville had 34 goals and 68 points last year, and has 5 and 15 so far, respectively; Kotalik is just not the player he was 2 seasons ago, and that's why he plays regularly on the 4th line; Adam Mair is not rallying his team with fights like he used to last year (128 PIMs last season, 13 this season), and the same with Andrew Peters (151, 100 and 125 PIMs the last three years with the Sabres, just 11 so far this year), and they don't have the leadership on defense of Teppo Numminen and Dmitri Kalinin, their two seasoned vets.

So i'd say it's a combination of offensive underperformance and lack of leadership for the young guys. The chemistry just isn't there without Danielle Briere and Chris Drury starting things, but I suppose that was to be expected; however, I wouldn't have thought it to this extent.

But with the Sens in your division, how much could you have expected this year, anyway? They look like the favorites to win the Stanley Cup thus far, imo, although it's very early.

At 11/26/07 06:52 PM, Buddhist wrote: It's not as much rebuilding as their team is just underperforming this year offensively. Vanek had 43 goals last year, he has 6 through 21 games this year; Derek Roy had 63 points in 75 games last year, he has 17 in 21 this year; Connolly is on and off with injuries so his effectiveness is limited;

When you take out two big pieces from last season's jigsaw, you're going to see some fall off. Granted, I wasn't expecting it to be this bad, but maybe I was giving too much credit to Vanek and Roy for their play and not enough to Briere and Drury.

But with the Sens in your division, how much could you have expected this year, anyway? They look like the favorites to win the Stanley Cup thus far, imo, although it's very early.

I wouldn't go anywhere near trying to name a Stanley Cup champion. Not before New Year and the All Star Break. With those out of the way, the shakedown really begins for the haves and have nots.

Avs won and Milan Hejduk showed why he's still a good player - 1 goal, 2 assists, with Joe Sakic getting the Game Winner.

Who will be the Avs' leading scorer at the end of the year? My money is on Joe.

I was hoping Edmonton would win but when they were down 3-0 in the second period i knew their hope was lost.

At 11/29/07 10:23 AM, DarkSoldier wrote: I was hoping Edmonton would win but when they were down 3-0 in the second period i knew their hope was lost.

Ryan Smyth still can't bring himself to put the hurt on against you guys though :P

I go for EDM even though i live in MTL.

All my friends keep telling that im a disgrace to MTL for hating them and going for EDM.

If there was anyone I'd have liked to score the game winner against the Avs last night, it would have been Mike Grier. I was considering dropping him from my Fantasy team, but stuck it out, for those extra few points :P

Those ducks sure are awesome.

At 12/4/07 01:14 AM, VeryProudofYa wrote: Those ducks sure are awesome.

Not many teams will be able to boast that they were shut out by the Oilers this season, that's for sure :P

Habs face wings tonight.

I place my bet on Wings.