puck_it All American 15446 Posts user info edit post |
New season, new thread. 9/20/2011 11:12:19 PM
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brownie27 All American 3030 Posts user info edit post |
I'm going Ducks/Canes in the Finals. Ducks win. 9/21/2011 8:30:40 AM
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Dammit100 All American 17605 Posts user info edit post |
holy fuck, the ratings disater...
This might be the year the Caps finally get to the finals. 9/21/2011 9:31:20 AM
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brownie27 All American 3030 Posts user info edit post |
I wonder if Craig Laughlin has a clause in his contract where the if the Caps win the Cup, he gets fired.
Snow Valley Hockey! 9/21/2011 9:53:19 AM
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puck_it All American 15446 Posts user info edit post |
Lol, the only thing that would save the rating in a canes ducks final is teemu selanne getting tons of winnepeg love, and if jeff Skinner had another stand out season.
Agreed, dammit... vokoun is a huge pick up.
[Edited on September 21, 2011 at 1:59 PM. Reason : .] 9/21/2011 1:58:42 PM
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puck_it All American 15446 Posts user info edit post |
first suspension dished to laternau-leblond or whatever the fuck his name is.
4 preseason and 1 regular season game, for boarding.
True to his word, shanny with the breakdown. I can get used to this style of analysis. This is a good thing.
Quote : | "It's the first suspension handed down by Brendan Shanahan since he took over as Senior VP of player safety for the National Hockey League.
"Letourneau-Leblond took a direct route toward Clackson, hit him squarely from behind into the boards and drove through the check high and hard," Shanahan said in a video statement. "Clackson's back was turned toward Letourneau-Leblond well before the contract, requiring that Letourneau-Leblond avoid or minimize the check completely. He did neither."
Letourneau-Leblond is considered a repeat offender due to a one-game suspension he received on Oct. 9, 2010. The suspension will cost him $6,402.44 in salary and the money will go to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund." |
[Edited on September 23, 2011 at 12:53 AM. Reason : .] 9/23/2011 12:51:06 AM
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puck_it All American 15446 Posts user info edit post |
And a second suspension... looks like shanahan is coming down hard, and considers priors. Good for him
Quote : | " NHL Senior Vice President of Player Safety Brendan Shanahan announced on Thursday that Philadelphia Flyers forward Jody Shelley has been suspended for the remaining games of the preseason and the first five games of the regular season for a boarding infraction on Toronto forward Darryl Boyce in Wednesday's game.
Shelley, who was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct for boarding Boyce at 12:34 of the second period, also will forfeit $67,073.15 in salary; that money will go to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund. The suspension began Thursday night and he will be eligible to return on Oct. 20, when the Flyers host the Capitals.
Since Shelley is considered a repeat offender under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (he was suspended twice last season for a total of four games), he has to forfeit his salary based on the number of games in the season (82) instead of the number of days in the season (185).
The NHL changed the boarding rule during the offseason to put the onus on the player making the hit to avoid or minimize the contact against a defenseless player. The focus is also on the violent and potentially dangerous contact with the boards rather than the actual point of contact.
"Shelley hit Boyce squarely from behind into the glass," Shanahan said. "Boyce's back was turned toward Shelley well before the contact, requiring that Shelley avoid or minimize the check. He did neither.
"In addition, Shelley's two suspensions last season weighed heavily in this decision.”" |
9/23/2011 12:59:26 AM
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vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
Seems like he's not fucking around. Personally, I'd err on the side of conservative punishment, but I know Shanny has to make his presence known. As long as he's consistent, he can suspend guys for sneezing for all I care. The one thing that's certain is he can't be worse than Campbell. 9/23/2011 6:07:24 AM
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Dammit100 All American 17605 Posts user info edit post |
So much for the wheel of discipline. 9/23/2011 8:50:43 AM
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dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/Wayne-Simmonds-NHL-preseason-Red-Wings-edge-Flyers-092211
Thank God this didn't happen in Raleigh
Quote : | "Simmonds targeted during shootout
A banana was thrown from the crowd at Philadelphia Flyers winger Wayne Simmonds in an apparent racist gesture during an exhibition game against the Detroit Red Wings being played in Canada, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Friday.
Simmonds, one of the NHL's few black players, was targeted as he took a shot during a shootout at Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, on Thursday night. The fan who threw the fruit was not identified, officials later confirmed.
"I've never had a banana thrown at me before. That's a first for me," Simmonds, 23, said. "I guess it's something I obviously have to deal with, being a black player playing a predominantly white sport."
The projectile failed to prevent him from beating Red Wings goaltender Jordan Pearce." |
9/23/2011 10:59:34 AM
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HockeyRoman All American 11811 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The projectile failed to prevent him from beating Red Wings goaltender Jordan Pearce." |
Sounds like someone needs to get better at Mario Kart! 9/23/2011 12:36:32 PM
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TallyHo All American 11744 Posts user info edit post |
caucasian goaltender distracted by delicious banana 9/23/2011 12:41:24 PM
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puck_it All American 15446 Posts user info edit post |
We'll see what happens first time pronger is up for suspension. 9/23/2011 12:45:36 PM
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Tarun almost 11687 Posts user info edit post |
wings! 9/23/2011 12:56:29 PM
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brownie27 All American 3030 Posts user info edit post |
A few years ago someone threw a banana at Mike Grier at a Pittsburgh game. I'd love to see what happens to the idiot that throws a banana at Mario Williams.
And I hope Pronger and Chara get suspended in the first week, both classless and cheap players and I hate them. 9/23/2011 1:22:15 PM
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Vulcan91 All American 13893 Posts user info edit post |
I hate the Bruins as much as anyone and have certainly had my fill of Chara over the years, but classless? By all accounts that dude is one of hockey's nice guys. 9/24/2011 1:52:03 AM
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puck_it All American 15446 Posts user info edit post |
iirc, weekes had a banana incident in Montreal... (no homo)
[Edited on September 24, 2011 at 1:57 AM. Reason : in 02 playoffs http://www.cbssports.com/u/ce/multi/0,1329,5319258_60,00.html] 9/24/2011 1:54:46 AM
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TallyHo All American 11744 Posts user info edit post |
^^ he does overall seem that way, but i refuse to believe that after all these years playing in the bell centre he didn't know what he was doing to pacioretty. i think that he meant for it to happen, but that he didn't really think about how bad it would be.
and that's what people think of now, at least outside boston where he is the GIANT FACKIN STAH OF THE HAWKEY RED SAWX
[Edited on September 24, 2011 at 12:24 PM. Reason : -] 9/24/2011 12:22:23 PM
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Dammit100 All American 17605 Posts user info edit post |
^^I love the headline of that story:
Black goalie Weekes has banana thrown at him 9/24/2011 12:56:21 PM
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PackGuitar All American 6059 Posts user info edit post |
Wings/Penguins finals rubber match.
Wings in 4 9/24/2011 8:21:44 PM
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ncsuftw1 BEAP BEAP 15126 Posts user info edit post |
^fuck. that.
[Edited on September 24, 2011 at 8:38 PM. Reason : homer much?] 9/24/2011 8:38:33 PM
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PackGuitar All American 6059 Posts user info edit post |
hell yea i am. a very exaggerated prediction 9/24/2011 8:48:50 PM
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Spontaneous All American 27372 Posts user info edit post |
Is there streaming hockey anywhere? 9/24/2011 9:08:38 PM
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puck_it All American 15446 Posts user info edit post |
preseason + 8 regular season games for wisniewski.
shanny dont give a fuck. he's iron fisted.
9/26/2011 8:13:40 PM
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vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
These videos are amazing. League credibility +100000000. 9/26/2011 9:13:48 PM
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puck_it All American 15446 Posts user info edit post |
I would like to see shanny be like "what the fuck were you thinking, (nickname here)" when he suspends an ex teammate.
Also, I believe I heard that these videos will be published when there is a non-suspension for a hit that causes controversy. A la Cooke on Savard. That will be the true test of thir foray into this medium. 9/26/2011 10:16:17 PM
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ScottyP All American 1131 Posts user info edit post |
Just to get iop1 with a horrible finals prediction...
This is the year the Caps finally get somewhere in the postseason.
Then lose in 6 to an upstart LA Kings team.
Told you it was horrible. 9/26/2011 11:27:53 PM
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TallyHo All American 11744 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ came in here to post this
funny thing is that this debuts during the preseason with spotty TV coverage, so his nice HD multimedia presentation on the staublitz suspension was one zapruder-quality camera angle 9/27/2011 12:18:47 AM
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Zel Sa Da Tay 2094 Posts user info edit post |
Flyers win it all!
Jagr licks the salty tears of Pittsburgh 9/27/2011 5:32:44 PM
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HockeyRoman All American 11811 Posts user info edit post |
Scotty Niedermayer having his number 27 retired in New Jersey December 16th.
In other ghosts of 2000 news, Petr Sykora has been making waves at the Devils' training camp and was skating with Parise and Elias. ![](images/devil.gif) 9/27/2011 6:42:21 PM
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puck_it All American 15446 Posts user info edit post |
Jean Francois Jaques: 1 automatic game + remainder of preseason + 5 games
automatic 1 game for instigator in final 5 minutes of play supplemental for leaving bench for purpose of starting a fight. (dont think i've EVER seen that one called)
9/27/2011 8:52:52 PM
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TallyHo All American 11744 Posts user info edit post |
they should do it like the old "you make the call" commercials during NFL games from the 80s
only one i could find: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDaosJJXINU 9/27/2011 9:18:11 PM
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BoobsR_gr8 All American 30000 Posts user info edit post |
wings/caps
wings 9/27/2011 11:46:09 PM
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puck_it All American 15446 Posts user info edit post |
Shanny getting snarky on twitter. He sent out a link to the rules video players got and says "thought we'd share this again" 9/29/2011 5:40:03 PM
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vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
I've been an NHL fan for 15 years, and in all those years I never thought I'd say this: I love Brendan Shanahan right now. 9/29/2011 6:20:19 PM
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Dammit100 All American 17605 Posts user info edit post |
^^i love(d) it! 9/29/2011 6:23:48 PM
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puck_it All American 15446 Posts user info edit post |
Dude is well known to be a legendary trash talker.
I think my favorite was when Avery called yzerman a washed up piece of shit, shanny leans over the bench and tells him to lose his number. To stop calling him every day, he doesn't want to talk to him. And that he won't give him advice on how to handle playing with talentless teammates. (All within ear shot of the kings bench)
Plz to bring this to the nhl front office 9/29/2011 7:03:02 PM
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BoobsR_gr8 All American 30000 Posts user info edit post |
just finished a fantasy draft
thoughts?
Round Pick Player Position 1 (1) Alex Ovechkin LW 2 (20) Carey Price G 3 (21) Patrick Kane RW 4 (40) Dustin Byfuglien RW,D 5 (41) Jimmy Howard G 6 (60) Danny Briere C,RW 7 (61) Milan Lucic LW 8 (80) Alexandre Burrows LW 9 (81) Dustin Brown LW,RW 10 (100) Chris Pronger D 11 (101) Tyler Myers D 12 (120) Semyon Varlamov G 13 (121) Patrik Berglund C 14 (140) Jamie Benn LW 15 (141) Joe Corvo D 16 (160) Peter Mueller C,LW 17 (161) Patrice Bergeron C 18 (180) Valtteri Filppula C 19 (181) Steve Downie RW 20 (200) Marc Staal D
[Edited on October 2, 2011 at 9:14 PM. Reason : b] 10/2/2011 9:12:10 PM
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puck_it All American 15446 Posts user info edit post |
You drafter joe corvo. That was a mistake. 10/3/2011 12:52:59 PM
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Vulcan91 All American 13893 Posts user info edit post |
Keeper league team:
* = keeper players (we got to keep 11)
Also, there are maximum games played limits, so you can gamble more with your bench players.
C - Anze Kopitar* C - Jason Spezza* C - Paul Stastny* LW - James Neal LW - Michael Cammalleri RW - Marian Gaborik* RW - Chris Stewart* W - Daniel Alfredsson W - Johan Franzen* F - Dave Bolland D - Andrei Markov D - Brian Campbell D - Zdeno Chara* D - Duncan Keith* D - Kimmo Timonen* Util - Martin Erat BN - Tim Connolly BN - Kyle Turris BN - Wojtek Wolski BN - Dan Carcillo BN - Joel Ward
G - Jonas Hiller* G - Antti Niemi* BN - Evgeni Nabokov BN - Al Montoya 10/3/2011 1:16:26 PM
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Dammit100 All American 17605 Posts user info edit post |
Keeping 11 players is absurd. I'm in a league with a max of 3 keepers and im keeping Crosby, Thomas, and Lundqvist 10/3/2011 2:27:33 PM
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BoobsR_gr8 All American 30000 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ i needed PP scoring and there wasnt much left 10/3/2011 7:51:51 PM
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Vulcan91 All American 13893 Posts user info edit post |
Tonight's 12 team league draft:
C - Brad Richards C - Sidney Crosby LW - Bobby Ryan LW - Alex Burrows RW - Martin Havlat RW - Jaromir Jagr D - Duncan Keith D - Kevin Shattenkirk D - Kevin Bieksa D - Marek Zidlicky Util - David Krejci Util - Jamie Benn G - Jonathan Quick G - Mikka Kiprusoff
BN - Evgeni Nabokov BN - Matt Moulson BN - Steve Downie BN - Daniel Alfredsson BN - Matt Carle BN - Andy McDonald 10/3/2011 10:18:07 PM
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BoobsR_gr8 All American 30000 Posts user info edit post |
i love shattenkirk
haha shat 10/3/2011 10:19:23 PM
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Vulcan91 All American 13893 Posts user info edit post |
One guy in our league auto drafted and this is his team.
Somehow he fucked up his list and Philip McRae (?) went 11th overall.
C - Philip McRae C - Jeff Skinner LW - Tyler Ennis LW - Erik Cole RW - Dany Heatley RW - Milan Michalek D - Drew Doughty D -Shea Weber D - Erik Karlsson D - Andrei Markov Util - Stephen Weiss Util - Roman Hamrlik G - Pekka Rinne G - Niklas Backstrom
BN - Al Montoya BN - Jamie McBain BN - Derick Brassard BN - Bryan McCabe BN - Kurtis Foster BN - Blake Comeau
lolololololololo 10/3/2011 10:22:42 PM
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Dammit100 All American 17605 Posts user info edit post |
here's my squad in a 12 team keeper league
my 3 keepers were Crosby, Lundqvist, and Thomas
C- Sidney Crosby C-Joe Thornton LW- Dany Heatley LW- Tuomo Ruutu RW- Marian Gaborik RW- Teemu Selanne F- Paul Stastny Util- Jussi Jokinen D- Brent Burns D- Cam Fowler D- Dion Phaneuf D- Kevin Bieksa BN- Wayne Simmonds BN- Alexei Ponikarovski BN- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
G- Tim Thomas G- Henrik Lundqvist BN- Jimmy Howard BN- James Reimer 10/4/2011 11:21:10 AM
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Vulcan91 All American 13893 Posts user info edit post |
That is rather disgusting sir 10/4/2011 12:00:09 PM
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statehockey8 All American 947 Posts user info edit post |
^^ jesus, are you playing with a bunch of Mexicans?
Avery getting cut today... 10/4/2011 12:21:32 PM
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zsl All American 979 Posts user info edit post |
iop1
Fuck Sean Avery
[Edited on October 4, 2011 at 12:24 PM. Reason : go pens] 10/4/2011 12:24:12 PM
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Dammit100 All American 17605 Posts user info edit post |
^^no, but I have won the league 2 years in a row. I think it'll be 3
fuck Sean Avery
[Edited on October 4, 2011 at 1:58 PM. Reason : .] 10/4/2011 1:58:46 PM
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