NHL 09-10 Season
I noticed there isn't a current season thread so I figured I'd start one. I use to play hockey in my mid teens, I haven't watched NHL games since then, its not easy over here in Australia. I've been following Red Wings pre/opening games in Sweden, haven't had many wins but they aren't playing too badly, hoping they improve.
Here are the current standings: Eastern Conference Philadelphia Flyers Washington Capitals Montreal Canadiens Pittsburgh Penguins New York Rangers Atlanta Thrashers Boston Bruins Florida Panthers Ottawa Senators Carolina Hurricanes Buffalo Sabres New York Islanders Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs New Jersey Devils Western Conference Calgary Flames St. Louis Blues Phoenix Coyotes Colorado Avalanche Chicago Blackhawks Nashville Predators Columbus Blue Jackets San Jose Sharks Dallas Stars Anaheim Ducks Edmonton Oilers Los Angeles Kings Minnesota Wild Detroit Red Wings Vancouver Canucks |
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I'd like to say the Oilers are gonna win it all, but they won't. I'd like to say the Canucks are gonna lose it all, and they might. That's what happens when you grow up in a city like Edmonton with one of the greatest teams in history winning five cups when you're a kid, your loyalty doesn't move when you do. And the city you now live in is home to a bunch of fans who think their team is the greatest and tend to brag about it, yet they've never won anything.
Really looking forward to Olympic hockey coming early next year here in Vancouver, this is huge for us Canadians and anything less than gold is unacceptable. The Russians though, they are looking good. Where's Justin by the way? He's a pretty big hockey fan and I haven't seen him around here since before his team won the cup. Dillman too, I haven't seen him here in a while. |
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Any Wings fans here ?
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I live in Pittsburgh, so...quite the opposite.
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Originally Posted by zedlen (Post 573157)
Any Wings fans here ?
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Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 573159)
I live in Pittsburgh, so...quite the opposite.
Originally Posted by Harry Lime (Post 573237)
Yes, back when they had Steve Yzerman on their team.
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Always been a fan of the Leafs and even now when Sundin's quit. He's my all time favourite Swedish player. But, I've always liked the Canadian teams a bit more. They're kind of struggling and don't seem to have the same economy behind them as the US teams.
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Well, the NHL has a salary cap, so most of the teams have very similar payrolls. The bottom 11 in terms of payroll this year are all U.S. teams, and no Canadian teams are below the league average.
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Yes, the salary cap is definitely good for the game.
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WARNING: "WingsvsSabers" spoilers below
The Sabers hammered the Wings, 6-2. Regardless of Franzen's absence they weren't going to win that.The Wings looked sloppy, the Sabers were just a better team on the night.
Does anyone here play or has played hockey ? |
Originally Posted by zedlen (Post 574898)
Does anyone here play or has played hockey ? My niece started figure skating, so I decided to break the skates out. It's been a painful experience. LA Kings fan. |
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I played for years growing up, both league and shinny hockey. I grew up in Edmonton and damn it could get cold there, but one good thing about it was playing outdoor hockey in the winter. Some of my best memories as a kid involve grabbing the skates, gloves, stick and puck, walking across the field to the local outdoor rink and joining in whatever game was being played. The lights coming on at night, a dozen people on the ice and nobody keeping score.
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Originally Posted by Loner (Post 574958)
I played in the early nineties.
My niece started figure skating, so I decided to break the skates out. It's been a painful experience. LA Kings fan.
WARNING: "KingvsWings" spoilers below
The Wings got lucky the other night against the Kings, only after a few undeserved penalties they got on top.
Originally Posted by Harry Lime (Post 575142)
I played for years growing up, both league and shinny hockey. I grew up in Edmonton and damn it could get cold there, but one good thing about it was playing outdoor hockey in the winter. Some of my best memories as a kid involve grabbing the skates, gloves, stick and puck, walking across the field to the local outdoor rink and joining in whatever game was being played. The lights coming on at night, a dozen people on the ice and nobody keeping score.
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Nice start for the Penguins. Goligoski and McKee are working out nicely....
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Indeed. Very glad to see them starting so strong out of the gate, given how sluggish they were last year. It's a long season and I'm a bit of a fair-weather fan, so I'm still not watching most of the games, but they're looking sharp enough that I'm checking the scores a lot more than I normally would be at this time of the year. :yup:
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I've been shocked and pleasantly surprised by my Kings.
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Lackluster effort by the Penguins. I think Orpik is 100% correct when he assessed the situation:
"It seems like some guys are in it one night, and other guys aren't," defenseman Brooks Orpik said. "And the next night, maybe the handful that was, isn't. Role reversal. There's really no excuse for it. "You see some of the goals or some of the battles, just small puck battles, it seems like, and we're losing them. To me, it's just battle level." |
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The Penguins announced this morning that they have signed defenseman Kris Letang to a four-year contract extension, which will carry him through the 2013-14 season.
Financial terms were not immediately available. Letang, 22, would have been eligible to become a restricted free agent after this season. An offensive defenseman, Letang has three goals and a career-high 24 assists for 27 points in 67 games this season. For his career, he has 21 goals and 79 points in 211 games. Along with Letang, key players Sidney Crosby, Jordan Staal, Evgeni Malkin and Brooks Orpik are signed through 2013-14, and Marc-Andre Fleury is signed through 2014-15. |
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Penguins have looked awful.
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Relatively speaking. I can't get worked up about this stuff, though; if Fleury gets hot and the team players a little better it won't even matter. Hard to get up in arms about seeding, unless it's extreme, too.
Obviously I'd bet "The Field" but we're going to end up with right around the same number of points we had last year, so whatever. We're still in the mix yet again. |
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