Official 13-14 NHL Regular Season Thread

[batdad]

Bah..he had no hope of winning the Richard. Alex Steen is a super stud.

Cough Chris Kontos Cough John Druce.

[CJ]

Bah..he had no hope of winning the Richard. Alex Steen is a super stud.

Cough Chris Kontos Cough John Druce.

Steen won't win the Richard!

[philou21]

Alex Steen is a super stud.

That made me laughed haha

[philou21]

Buffalo Sabres cleaned their staff too.

[batdad]

Ted NolAN? Really? Blast from the past. What most of the media is not seeing though is that he is INTERIM head coach. He will coach to end of season, and the new GM whoever it may be will be hiring the new coach.

BRian Burke in Buffalo? LOL.

[timmy_t]

Burke has built some good teams over the years. Can he fix them?

[coombs14]

Burke has built some good teams over the years. Can he fix them?

He just needs to find a pair of superstar twins and draft them 2nd and 3rd overall!

[CJ]

darn Kadri is a dirty player. Really ugly "hit" on N.Bäcsktröm. Funny that he didn't get more penalty of that hit (I'd suspend him 10 games!), but later in the game hit Granlund he got the shower. He probably hates Finns?

[philou21]

That hit on Backstrom was freaking stupid. He tried to make it look like he got pushed but we can clearly see that he never try to stop.

[batdad]

2 games tops for hit on Backstrom. Nothing for hit on Granlund. Missed the head. Was a bad call by ref to call that a match penalty. Only reason he did is that there is no 5 min major for hit to head. And ref was wrong on that---missed the head. It was purely a makeup for the bad call on a 2 min goalie interference for hit on Backstrom. Deserves a couple games for hit on Backstrom.

I hate the Leafs....but Kadri is NOT a dirty player. He plays hard, competes hard and makes a mistake here and there. Last night on the edge definitely made at least one. The Granlund hit is not perfectly clean, but neither is it dirty. The hit on Backstrom? That can happen to anyone who goes hard to the net.

Now...Joffrey Lupul on Sedin and missing with chicken wing and hitting Kadri in the jaw. That was dirty. And darn funny since Henrik got out of the way. Can you imagine if Kadri had gone down in that game as well as Bolland....already without Bozak...wow McClement on the first line. LOL

[CJ]

It was purely a makeup for the bad call on a 2 min goalie interference for hit on Backstrom.

Exactly what I thought. But anyway it's stupid that they "makeup" for their mistakes like that. Anyway Kadris hit on Granlund I'd given a 5 min. Bäckström hit a shower.

In hockey it's usually that if one team takes penalties a lot, then the other team automatically gets a penalty sooner or later just to "level" the game. Happens all to often...

[batdad]

You could not give the Granlund hit 5 min. There is no 5 min penalty for what occured there. It was a clean hit, save that the ref thought there was head contact. And since no 5 Min PM available for head contact...what to do? Right....a match.

[philou21]

The hit on Backstrom? That can happen to anyone who goes hard to the net.

To me he clearly make it look like he gut pushed. He didn't event tried to stop at all. At least the hit would've been okay.


Edit: 3 games for Kadri.

[Primis]

Hawks have traded with FLA to bring back Kris Versteeg. *eyebrow raise*

[philou21]

Yeah I had that reaction too haha They have cap space for him? Anyway, I hope for Versteeg that his performances will get back on track with them.

Also, Seguin and Benn, wow. Best duo in the NHL right now? Sure is IMO.

[batdad]

Florida paying 1/2 Versteeg salary. Perfect for Chicago. Gave up two guys who would not see much time for them, and got a player who they know will contribute, and know exactly what that contribution will be. Steeger is a good solid hardworking Adam Oates disturber, who can score occasionally. Play him with Toews and Kane, and he scores a ton. Allows them to have two high powered offensive lines if they want, which will both have incredibly high defensive moral compasses. With Toews, Steeger, Hossa.....Hawks own zone play in the top 6 group is almost better if not better than any team in the league. Plus..they all score.

[CJ]

Florida paying 1/2 Versteeg salary. Perfect for Chicago. Gave up two guys who would not see much time for them, and got a player who they know will contribute, and know exactly what that contribution will be. Steeger is a good solid hardworking pants disturber, who can score occasionally. Play him with Toews and Kane, and he scores a ton. Allows them to have two high powered offensive lines if they want, which will both have incredibly high defensive moral compasses. With Toews, Steeger, Hossa.....Hawks own zone play in the top 6 group is almost better if not better than any team in the league. Plus..they all score.

What was the point in that for Florida? The only thing I see is that Versteeg had a good salary they got rid of. Other than that, it was a very bad trade for them.

[CJ]

Also, Seguin and Benn, wow. Best duo in the NHL right now? Sure is IMO.

Ovechkin Bäckström & Stamkos St. Louis... might be better!?. Well trading Seguin to Dallas looks like it was a good trade, works good there in the first line. It's always a risk to trade "star" players.

PS. Sorry for the double post, I thought I was editing the previous post.

[philou21]

Ovy/Backstrom is always good. Stamkos/St.Louis too but for a couple of months it will be...well, nonexistent. They're all good duo but those two killed it yesterday!

[Primis]

Also, Seguin and Benn, wow. Best duo in the NHL right now? Sure is IMO.

Ovechkin Bäckström & Stamkos St. Louis... might be better!?.

They don't have much of anything else except a goalie at the moment but... umm, hello, Datsyuk/Zetterberg. Babcock seems to have given up on the idea of splitting them finally so... might be interesting to see where that goes. Zetterberg is on course for his best season in 4 or 5 years right now.

[batdad]

OVi_Backstrom is out for me. No chance when you suck in the playoffs. Crosby-Malkin out for me as Malkin not been playing well. Stamkos-anyone out for me as Stamkos is not playing. Sedin-Sedin out for me as well ..... Canucks.

Datsyuk-Zetterberg outstanding

Benn-Seguin outstanding.


But...there is at least one pair missing right now....

Kane-Toews. These two are AMAZING together, and they both make the team better. Kane is growing up and acting almost human, and the two are playing some great hockey both with each other and without each other.

Alex Steen -David Backes (or Oshie, or Pietrangleo)
Duchesne-Stastny (Landeskog)
Parise-Pomminville


Also, you really have to consider Getzlaf-Perry in this group as well...

Oh and Luongo er Brodeur - Schneider.

The best duo at this point has to be from the west. The third best team in the East would not make the playoffs in the West. The Vancouver Canucks who currently would be out of the playoffs would be 2nd in the east.

Great line this morning on radio talk show about nicknames in the NHL. Marty McSorley outed a classic. Some guy named Brent or Brett Thompson-who apparently is now an AC in the NHL was a player with Marty in LA. He got the nickname "Two People"....DO you know why?

Because there is no way one person could be that stupid. LOL

NHL duos right now

1. Toews-Kane (or Keith)
2. Getzlaf-Perry
3. Datsyuk-Zetterberg
4. Benn-Seguin
5. Crosby-anyone else on the Penguins
6. Backes-Steen
7. Thornton-Hertl
8. Ovi-Backstrom
9 Sedin-Sedin
10. Duchene-Stastny

HM--Krejci-Iginla (or Lucic), Kessel-Lupul, Parise-Pomminville, Richards-Kopitar

Thinking a bit about history, a bit about RIGHT now, and a bit about team success...that is how I see it.


And as for the Versteeg deal...Olsen is supposedly a pretty solid prospect, although I am not so sure.

[philou21]

I completely forgot Getzlaf and Perry, they're having a really good season too!

[Primis]

Crosby-Malkin out for me as Malkin not been playing well.
Datsyuk-Zetterberg outstanding
Benn-Seguin outstanding.

But...there is at least one pair missing right now....

Kane-Toews.

I assumed we were talking about active duos playing on the same line regularly together. Last I knew, Kane & Toews weren't. Are they now this season? Wasn't Hossa playing with Toews and Kane with Sharp?

Same for Crosby-Malkin, when did they start playing on the same line?

[batdad]

Kane always get some time with Toews. Not all the time, but some.

Crosby and Malkin get put together just about every game somewhere along the way, especially when the game is close.

I know they are not always together, but no one is. Coaches break stuff up all the time. Even the twins.

[Kopi]

I see Kopitar finaly catch his form! Will be great addition to our Olympic squad!