if you've ever seen staal in a shootout, you know he was exactly where he should have been.

12/11/2008 11:59:45 PM

"1.) Leighton might be the worst goalie in the nhl..."

Still true...

[Edited on December 12, 2008 at 7:59 AM. Reason : typo]

12/12/2008 7:59:13 AM

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12/12/2008 8:14:34 AM

Quote :

" where the fuck was staal in the shootout?"

You're joking right?

12/12/2008 10:31:43 AM

just one huge carlface

12/12/2008 10:49:46 AM

12/12/2008 10:57:23 AM

Quote :

"You're joking right?"

I don't have his shootout record right in front of me, but I don't recall him sucking any worse than the rest of the team, which as all know is pretty bad. And wouldn't you at least consider a guy that already has a two-goal night? I do remember him ending the shootout in a big game against Florida last year.

12/12/2008 3:09:47 PM

Ward activated from IR, hopefully he's fully recovered from the groin injury.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=259428&lid=sublink01&lpos=headlines_nhl

12/12/2008 3:16:50 PM

That was some 02-03 shit right there. No wait, it was worse than the 02-03 shit.

12/12/2008 3:31:33 PM

I really enjoy David Amber's facing off. He did his Q&A with Eric Staal.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=amber_david&id=3764185

12/13/2008 8:15:06 AM

Great interview

12/13/2008 1:03:01 PM

Ward, Gleason, and Seidenberg should all play tonight.

12/13/2008 5:05:17 PM

TIMMAY

12/13/2008 5:47:27 PM

12/13/2008 7:27:30 PM

Get these groins as warm as possible

12/13/2008 7:43:29 PM

Triple post and then I'm out, but do BE SURE to watch A Day in the Life of Tripp Tracey http://hurricanes.nhl.tv

So god damn goofy

12/13/2008 7:57:25 PM

lame

Williams, wtf was that

12/13/2008 9:44:24 PM

they lost when they couldn't score on the 5 on 3 for 2 minutes

good to see Cam is back to 100%

12/13/2008 9:45:14 PM

I agree, 5 on 3 for 2 minutes killed them. I think new changes need to be on the powerplay, we need to run a box with a screener. I think it is the only way to change this. Staal looked out to lunch a few times on the side of the net. I think we should just screw things up on the power play lineup and throw Bayda, Walker and LaRose together and just see what happens, can't be much worse than what's happening right now.

By the way does anyone thing Eaves in the Eric Staal Bobblehead commercial sounds almost southern? I found it kind of funny.

12/13/2008 9:59:13 PM

They waste the powerplays, it seems. They just do a lot of passing. I mean, wouldn't it be better to just take as many shots on goal as possible?

[Edited on December 14, 2008 at 12:19 AM. Reason : typos..tired...sorry]

12/14/2008 12:14:40 AM

yea, they are gunshy, none really want to shoot or they are trying to be too cute with the puck. they just need to start putting the pressure on the goalie. but it's been like this for the past two years.

12/14/2008 12:17:40 AM

lots of shots =/ better chance of scoring

12/14/2008 2:53:48 AM

we move the puck so slowly on the PP that there are no decent shots to be found

i wish i could go back to the pittsburgh game so i could see how many blocked shots they had on the PP

it had to be at least 15, just because we were trying to force shots through

12/14/2008 8:18:19 AM

was at the game last night at the garden...thought they played really well actually (NY didn't have their best game)...just needed to finish on the PP

12/14/2008 8:53:19 AM

Quote :

"I don't have his shootout record right in front of me, but I don't recall him sucking any worse than the rest of the team, which as all know is pretty bad. And wouldn't you at least consider a guy that already has a two-goal night? I do remember him ending the shootout in a big game against Florida last year."

I hope last nights shoot out against the Ranges showed you why Staal should never be in the shoot out.

12/14/2008 9:44:56 AM

^^ Agreed.

What we are lacking, and have been lacking for some time, is creativity. I still believe that it stems from Laviolette's beat them through pure brute force system. It works well at even strength, and you look at last night and we were the better team at even strength, but on the powerplay and in the shootout you can clearly see the lack of vision. Francis is the man who can fix this, and he needs to aggressively get on it.

12/14/2008 11:03:42 AM

BOGO with Brandon Sutter @ Crabtree! Holla

12/14/2008 11:43:34 AM

Quote :

"lots of shots =/ better chance of scoring"

passing a lot without shots =/ no chance at scoring

Of course it doesn't mean they will score but if they hammer on the goalie, they at least have a BETTER chance. When they pass, it just seems so OBVIOUS where the puck is going to go. I mean, you can see the offense shifting in response to the slow passes. Shooting means the puck will bounce off something and then no one knows where it's going...which seems to be better odds than not shooting at all since the puck gets swiped by the defense during Carolina's slow passing.

Anyhow, last night they kept going down low and the ranger's goalie was all over the ice. We thought they should have went high for a better chance...

12/14/2008 5:22:51 PM

That's a good point, because Lundqvist is pretty much unbeatable down low. You have to shoot high on him.

12/14/2008 5:24:12 PM

that's pretty much what Lundqvist does is take away nearly everything low.

12/14/2008 5:24:40 PM

We were watching it with some lifelong Ranger fans so we couldn't hate too bad on them but they told us it was over once we got to the shootout...and guess what? They were right.

12/14/2008 5:37:52 PM

I'm sure every Canes fan knew it was over at that point as well. We CANNOT score in the shootout.

12/14/2008 5:42:00 PM

Got my BOGO voucher for Tuesday. Anyone know if you can hit up champions club with these?

12/14/2008 9:06:47 PM

lol doubt it

12/14/2008 9:23:13 PM

Quote :

"We were watching it with some lifelong Ranger fans so we couldn't hate too bad on them but they told us it was over once we got to the shootout...and guess what? They were right."

The Rangers are 8-1 in shootouts this year. It's honestly ridiculous.

Also, if you want to score against the Rangers, I suggest you draw as many penalties as humanly possible. The Rangers have allowed 12 goals on the PK all year. Meanwhile they've allowed 10 goals while on the power play.

12/15/2008 12:42:58 PM

holla atcha World Jr. rosters

Team USA

GOALTENDERS:

Thomas McCollum (Detroit)
Josh Unice (Chicago)

DEFENSEMEN:

Joanthon Blum (Nashville)
Ian Cole (St. Louis)
Cade Fairchild (St. Louis)
Blake Kessel (NY Islanders)
Ryan McDonagh (Montreal)
Teddy Ruth (Columbus)
Kevin Shattenkirk (Colorado)

FORWARDS:

Drayson Bowman (Carolina)
Jimmy Hayes (Toronto)
Mike Hoeffel (New Jersey)
Tyler Johnson (FA)
Danny Kristo (Montreal)
Jim O'Brien (Ottawa)
Aaron Palushaj (St. Louis)
Matt Rust (Florida)
Jordan Schroeder (2009 draft)
Eric Tangradi (Anaheim)
James van Riemsdyk (Philadelphia)
Mitch Wahl (Calgary)
Colin Wilson (Nashville)


Team Canada

GOALTENDERS:

Dustin Tokarski - Spokane (WHL)
Chet Pickard - Tri-City (WHL)

DEFENSEMEN:

Keith Aulie - Brandon (WHL)
Ryan Ellis - Windsor (WHL)
Cody Goloubef - Wisconsin (WCHA)
Thomas Hickey - Seattle (WHL)
Tyler Myers - Kelowna (WHL)
Alex Pietrangelo - Niagara (OHL)
P.K. Subban - Belleville (OHL)
Colten Teubert - Regina (WHL)

FORWARDS:

Jamie Benn - Kelowna (WHL)
Zach Boychuk - Lethbridge (WHL)
Patrice Cormier - Rimouski (QMJHL)
Stefan Della Rovere - Barrie (OHL)
Chris DiDomenico - Saint John (QMJHL)
Jordan Eberle - Regina (WHL)
Tyler Ennis - Medicine Hat (WHL)
Angelo Esposito - Montreal (QMJHL)
Cody Hodgson - Brampton (OHL)
Brett Sonne - Calgary (WHL)
John Tavares - Oshawa (OHL)
Dana Tyrell - Prince George (WHL)

12/15/2008 8:13:55 PM

canada has pickard...everyone else is fucked

12/15/2008 8:17:56 PM

bttt for fun hockey????

12/16/2008 3:23:33 PM

Holla atcha Mike Murphy http://www.tsn.ca/fantasy_news/feature/?ID=11685

12/16/2008 3:42:01 PM

we better fucking win tonight...never lost a game i've gone to...same with the panthers

12/16/2008 4:11:21 PM

^^ good numbers at ~35 shots per game

12/16/2008 4:25:53 PM

It's a POWERPLAY goal

And the streak continues for Eric Staal

12/16/2008 7:23:41 PM

I think Staal is dead

12/16/2008 8:10:30 PM

my radio is fried, who boarded him

12/16/2008 8:19:25 PM

Corvo ?

12/16/2008 8:29:17 PM

This is hilarious they've taken 10 penalties through 2 periods, the last 2 of which were in the offensive zone.

12/16/2008 8:41:35 PM

LOL 11

12/16/2008 8:45:06 PM

damn its so much cooler in person

lots of pretty white women...wow...nhl is my #1 sport now based on quality women to date...followed by football, then baseball, then nba

[Edited on December 16, 2008 at 10:30 PM. Reason : .]

12/16/2008 10:29:21 PM

yep

12/16/2008 10:30:27 PM

gtfo with that shit unless you appreciate the game

12/16/2008 10:55:45 PM