What bollocks. Brodeur beats out Luongo for the Vezina.

>:[

Other awards...

- Datsyuk won the Lady Byng
- Brind'Amour won the Selke
- Malkin won the Calder
- Crosby won the Hart
- Lidstrom took home his 8,000th Norris trophy
- Vigneault won the Jack Adams
- Phil Kessel won the Masterson (no shocker there)
- Saku Koivu won the King Clancy

also: Mike Keenan lolz

At 6/14/07 09:46 PM, Buddhist wrote: What bollocks. Brodeur beats out Luongo for the Vezina.

Yeah, that sucks. Luongo carried the Canucks far more than Marty did :P

- Malkin won the Calder

I thought that Stastny had an outside shot at it, though Malkin really deserves it.

- Crosby won the Hart

*yawn*

- Lidstrom took home his 8,000th Norris trophy

LOL

also: Mike Keenan lolz

Why not.

At 6/15/07 08:47 AM, Coop83 wrote: Yeah, that sucks. Luongo carried the Canucks far more than Marty did :P

Would've gone farther had it not been for his ADD in a crucial moment there.

ugh, just thinking about it makes me get a little unsettled, and I'm not even a Canucks fan.

also, Sergei Samsonov to the Blackhawks for Tony Salmalainen and some begrudged dude. WHAT A SPECTACULAR OFFSEASON THIS IS SHAPING UP TO BE

GOGOGO

i'd say toronto maple leafs EAST.vancouver canucks WEST.

The New York Islanders have welcomed back Sean Bergenheim, signing the 23-year-old left wing to a one-year deal.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

The 22nd overall draft selection in 2002, Bergenheim spent last season in Europe, playing nine games with Russian club Yaroslavl before joining Frolunda of the Swedish Elite League.

also, this:

Though they publicly say the defenseman is not on the trading block, word is the Philadelphia Flyers are shopping Joni Pitkanen.

Four to five teams are reportedly doing background work on the Finn, who broke into the NHL with a bang, but had his play tail off last season in Philly.

Yeah, smart idea, Flyers staff.

Rebuilding = trading off your best defensive player?

At 6/17/07 02:29 AM, Buddhist wrote:

At 6/15/07 08:47 AM, Coop83 wrote: Yeah, that sucks. Luongo carried the Canucks far more than Marty did :P

Would've gone farther had it not been for his ADD in a crucial moment there.

ugh, just thinking about it makes me get a little unsettled, and I'm not even a Canucks fan.

also, Sergei Samsonov to the Blackhawks for Tony Salmalainen and some begrudged dude. WHAT A SPECTACULAR OFFSEASON THIS IS SHAPING UP TO BE

GOGOGO

Samsonov rips assholes apart when he feels like not being a lazy faggot.

Also, Tony's my hero. Best player in the universe if you steal him from the euro leagues in NHL 07. 4rlz.

TSN.ca reported late Thursday night that the Calgary Flames picked up defenseman Adrian Aucoin from the Chicago Blackhawks.

TOMMY VOKES AND TOSKER.

Man, Nashville's a pack of assholes with their gutting of the team.

I hope they give the ducks zidlicky. D:

At 6/24/07 01:05 PM, VeryProudofYa wrote: Man, Nashville's a pack of assholes with their gutting of the team.

So they've got to wait a year before realising their mistake like Florida (who made up for losing out on Luongo)

Just for any of you not in the know, Florida acquired Tomas Vokoun from Nashville.

Oh God. If the Avs don't get rid of Theodore I'm going to shoot myself.

At 6/26/07 01:45 AM, Twerpo wrote: Oh God. If the Avs don't get rid of Theodore I'm going to shoot myself.

They'd be on the hook for 66% of his salary anyway. It's worth the 2~ mil they'd save by buying him out to pray he lucks into his old form. even if he is relegated to the backup role, they'd only end up saving a total of 1.25 mil by buying him out, when you factor in the cost of getting another goalie to back up BUDAIIIIIII.

So yea, I cant really blame them if they hang on.

At 6/26/07 04:44 AM, VeryProudofYa wrote:

At 6/26/07 01:45 AM, Twerpo wrote: Oh God. If the Avs don't get rid of Theodore I'm going to shoot myself.

So yea, I cant really blame them if they hang on.

Well, basically what we've got to do is live with the decision that we made. It's a really bad decision at the moment, because he's not playing well, but here's a little scenario for you:

1) Budaj starts next season as the Avs number 1 goalie, picks up a few wins and the Avs are playing well (Long shot, I know) He gets injured.

2) Theodore steps in and starts playing like he's our number 1 goalie and carries us deep into the playoffs.

What do we do then?

I'm a maple leafs fan, havent kept up with hockey recently though :( Its not shown all that much over here (in the UK).
I'm not sure what westside team I like, its always been the maple leafs or colorado

At 6/26/07 06:41 PM, metalhead-matt wrote: I'm a maple leafs fan, havent kept up with hockey recently though :( Its not shown all that much over here (in the UK).
I'm not sure what westside team I like, its always been the maple leafs or colorado

I'd just keep up with it on the internet. Youtube and nhl.com give plenty of highlights and there's always enough articles on various american and canadian sport websites to keep yopu up to speed.

We can almost get away without having to leave the house :)

So it's MacInnis, Stevens, Francis and Messier getting into the HOF this year.

Way to snub Oates. >:I

At 6/28/07 04:54 PM, Buddhist wrote: So it's MacInnis,

Hard shot, great blueliner. Nice partnership he had with Pronger in St Louis, but the cup he deserved was his as a Flame.

Stevens,

Gritty defenseman, pretty good offensively with the Caps and Blues before Jaques Lemaire told him to concentrate on the defensive aspects

Francis

Fourth leading scorer of all time, second only to The Gret One in assists (1,249) to me, he seemed like one of the nicer guys, not made big-headed by his skills and abilities.

and Messier getting into the HOF this year.

Now that's a shock :P 6 Stanley Cups, the first 4 with Gretzky in Edmonton, the fifth without 99, but still in Edmonton. He was one of the mainstays in the 1994 championship side for the New York Rangers. The only player in NHL history to captain 2 Stanley Cup winning Franchises.

Way to snub Oates. >:I

That's a tough call for Adam Oates. He's a great player in his own right, but maybe the voters were feeling that 4 was enough to induct

Generally, 4 is the max they'll induct in one year.

But anyway.

Apparently, Nikolai Khabibulin is on the block, because only now did the Blackhawks realize paying him $6.5 million a year to play on a horrible team was pointless when they could use Patrick Lalime, get somewhat the same results, and at a fraction of the cost.

Rafalski is apparently going to re-up with the Devils, and Daniel Briere is going to test the FA waters. The Bruins, Kings, and Blues are all looking into making an offer to Ray Emery.

And apparently our management still doesn't know how to correctly offer deals, as we've reportedly offered Ryan Smyth $6 million per for 7 or 8 years. Rididculous.

also lol Keith Tkachuk.

At 7/1/07 03:49 PM, Canas wrote: Briere is heading to Philly on a huge long termer for about 7 mill a year.

Iginla will sign an extension

Scotty Nieds might retire, Mathieu Schneider to a two-year contract with the Ducks

Fernandez to the Bruins

etc.

Eric Perrin (rofl) to the Thrashers for $1.5 million over two years
Todd White to the Thrashers for $9.5 million over four years
Pascal Dupuis re-upped with the Thrashers for $800,000 and one year

Richard Zednik to the Panthers for $3.25 million over two years
Brett McLean to the Panthers for $5.1 million (wtf?) over three years
Radek Dvorak to the Panthers for two years

Ryan Whitney re-signed with the Penguins for $24 million over six years
Dany Sabourin to the Penguins for $1.25 million & two years

Tom Poti to the Capitals for $14 million over four years
Victor Kozlov to the Capitals for $5 million over two years

Chris Drury to the Rangers for $35.25 million over five years
Scott Gomez to the Rangers for $51.5 million over seven years

Brian Rafalski to the Red Wings for $30 million over five years (makes sense, as he was raised in Michigan)

Jason Blake to the Maple Leafs for $20 million over five years

Michel Oullet to the Lightning for $2.5 million over two years

Jeff Hamilton to the Hurricanes for $1.6 million over two years

Yanic Perrault to the Blackhawks for $1.5 and one year

Jon Sim to the Islanders for a three-year deal (kill me plz)

Denis Grebeshkov and Dick Tarnstrom re-sign with the Oilers for one year each

Shawn Thornton to the Bruins in a multi-year deal

Scott Hannan to the Avalanche for four years and $18 million

At 6/29/07 06:06 PM, Buddhist wrote: And apparently our management still doesn't know how to correctly offer deals, as we've reportedly offered Ryan Smyth $6 million per for 7 or 8 years. Rididculous.

Not that I'm aiming to twist the knife here (much) but we snapped Ryan Smyth up for a 5 Year contract. He's already got 270 Goals and 564 points in his career, so can he be the start of something nice again in Denver? $31.25m over 5 years says yes.

We've also found ourselves a nice solid defenseman in Scott Hannan, who we signed with us hours before Smyth stole the spotlight.

Also I think the Rangers are building up a solid Stanley Cup team now, Signing former cup champions Chris Drury and Scott Gomez.

Eugh. Well, at least we didn't sign Ryan Smyth to something big, though it would've been better had we kept Nilsson and O'Marra, and our 1st round pick. :I

Predators signed Jed Ortmeyer for two years and $1.5 million
Penguins signed Peter Sykora to a two-year deal
Capitals signed Michael Nylander to a four-year deal

Also, I don't get the logic in the signings of both Drury and Gomez.

Now they have too many centers (Gomez, Drury, Straka, Cullen, Prucha). Will they move Prucha to the 3rd line as a winger, considering they lost Jed Ortmeyer to Free Agency, and may lose Brendan Shanahan as well, depending on whether or not they re-sign him?

Pretty crazy though, a possible line of Shanahan-Gomez-Jagr and Avery-Drury-Callahan/Prucha.

also, the Canadiens signed Roman Hamrlik to a four-year deal. A sign of things to come? :3

Neck breaker bert and may gun giv it to ya.

As if the Duckds weren't villians enough already. :\

also, the Smyth to avs is a joke. First of all, why? Offense wasn't their problem last year, it was laughable goaltending. Hannan's prty good, but he won't cover for the budai-theo tag team of shit.

Second of all, smyth has put up incredibly mediocre numbers throughout his career. Avs fans will lament the deal near the end.

Also oh snap kings. If cloutier decides to not be terrible next year they might make a run..
rofl.

At 7/2/07 05:27 PM, Buddhist wrote: Also, I don't get the logic in the signings of both Drury and Gomez.

Now the Rangers have an abundance of Centers, who they will inevitably trade for defensemen.

Use the resources you have to obtain the resources you need.

At 7/3/07 02:52 AM, VeryProudofYa wrote: also, the Smyth to avs is a joke. First of all, why? Offense wasn't their problem last year, it was laughable goaltending. Hannan's prty good, but he won't cover for the budai-theo tag team of shit.

Budaj is coming of age and will only get better. The less said about Theodore, the better. Smyth will give us a few more offensive options, which you can never get enough of intoday's NHL :P

Our Defense isn't the best in the world - we made a couple of bad decisions, for example trading Derek Morris away. We've got some decent players there who can form the defensive core with Hannan, Leopold and Liles. I'm not saying it's perfect, nothing ever is, but it's a start and silly season is still very young.

Second of all, smyth has put up incredibly mediocre numbers throughout his career. Avs fans will lament the deal near the end.

If he played 82 games last year, he was on pace for 78 points. It's not that bad and it would have tied him for third on the team. Maybe security will help him to put up some better numbers this year. He'll spend most of his time playing alongside Svatos or Hejduk on the Right, with either Sakic or Stastny to Center the line. We'll see what the year brings for him and us.

Devils signed Dainus Zubrus to a six-year, $20.4 million deal...LOL
Devils signed Karel Rachunek
Wild signed Eric Belanger for three years and $5.25 million
Kings signed Brad Stuart for one year and $3.5 million
Canucks signed Curtis Sanford for one year and $600,000
Canucks signed Byron Richtie and Brad Isbister
Oilers signed Mathieu Garon to a two-year deal

Really bad move by the Devils, imo. Is Zubrus really worth $4 million a year until 2013? oh well. lollllz

At 7/3/07 07:56 PM, Buddhist wrote:

Wild signed Eric Belanger for three years and $5.25 million

The key deal there is BELANGERRRRRR.

60 goals - 80 assists this year. Watch for it.

Also, kings are loading up.
The defense s looking nasty. Blake, Lubo, Johnson, Stuart, Priessing. Ow.
Forwards are starting to shape up, too.

At 7/3/07 07:56 PM, Buddhist wrote: Devils signed Dainus Zubrus to a six-year, $20.4 million deal...LOL

LOL indeed. He needs other players to play off and they just aren't there in New Jersey at the moment. That team is built around Marty Broduer

Wild signed Eric Belanger for three years and $5.25 million

That's got some potential... we need some people in defense to watch this guy next season!

At 7/4/07 03:32 PM, Coop83 wrote:

At 7/3/07 07:56 PM, Buddhist wrote: Devils signed Dainus Zubrus to a six-year, $20.4 million deal...LOL

LOL indeed. He needs other players to play off and they just aren't there in New Jersey at the moment. That team is built around Marty Broduer

They actually may not play him at center, so they say. Lamoriello wants to play either Parise or Zajac at 1st line center, and move Zubrus to Parise's wing spot, so i've heard. So potentially, their first line would be Zubrus-Parise-Langenbrunner.

At 7/4/07 08:01 PM, Buddhist wrote: They actually may not play him at center, so they say. Lamoriello wants to play either Parise or Zajac at 1st line center, and move Zubrus to Parise's wing spot, so i've heard. So potentially, their first line would be Zubrus-Parise-Langenbrunner.

A nice line, but isn't that approximately where the Devils quality skaters ends? I thought they'd been haemorhaging talent over this silly season.

At 7/5/07 08:45 AM, Coop83 wrote: A nice line, but isn't that approximately where the Devils quality skaters ends? I thought they'd been haemorhaging talent over this silly season.

Elias? Gionta? Zajac? Maybe even Mogilny, though I'm not 100% sure what his deal is. Lamoriello is probably one of the sharpest guys in hockey, so I wouldn't be surprised if the Devils managed to win the division again, even with Philadelphia's little spending spree. You can never count out a team with Brodeur, though it must hurt losing your best defencemen 3 years in a row.