Around the NHL Part VII - The Good Old Hockey Game

[gordie]

Looks like they've got the "Boychuk Blues" in Boston.

 

[sf expat71]

Looks like they've got the "Boychuk Blues" in Boston.

couldn't have happened to a better team and fanbase. Great to see.

 

[titaniumexpose]

Apropos of nothing, it sucks to see Maroon develop into the player we hoped Tangradi would be. Those were two prospects who seemed very similar on the surface for a few years, with Tangradi probably even having an edge.

Maroon is now done for the game -lower body injury - after a hit by Josh Gorges. Didn't even look malicious at all but seeing the Ducks get more chippy over it is what I look for in our team. Could have posted this in the 'Adams' thread but it's what we've needed and it's 1000% more valuable to building a team than friggin mustache boy, IMO.

 

[stefanh]

So Gilles gets a 12 game suspension in the AHL for dunking an opponents head to the ice

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I'm baffled as to why people would want Maroon. He fits on the Ducks, don't be fooled into thinking he's a good fit on any team because of that.

 

[66-30-33]

Briere scores the GWG against Boston with less then a second to go in regulation, Boston now 1-3 to start the season.

Boston plays their 5th game Wednesday while Pens only have played 2...WTF?????

 

[66-30-33]

They Flyers are going to pull a 2006-07 this year.

Let's hope they fire their coach soon and hire Dan Bylsma!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Will Hunting]

Matt Bartkowski is really an awful D-man, so glad that Bruins traded Boychuk and are playing this pylon now Anyway, the Avs got robbed of a huge good goal in the 3rd but they still killed Boston with 0.3 seconds left. Karma is really a b****.

The Bruins look much more playable this year than a long long time before. Their roster took some bumps this year. Their only win is against the awful Flyers team in an awful game where Flyers were actually close to make some damage.

 

[gordie]

Let's hope they fire their coach soon and hire Dan Bylsma!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The list of potential suitors for coach October is growing Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto....

 

[Honour Over Glory]

If Buffalo is smart, they'll hire Bylsma and fire Nolan, he'll make them respectable again, Nolan is a horrible coach and well...the Sabres suck and the guy that can get the most out of that roster is Dan.

Or they can keep Nolan and keep up their chances for the big sweepstakes next summer. Because damn, they suck.

 

[mpp9]

Bartkowksi isn't awful, but he isn't a top 4 guy on a contender. Krug isn't either. And Chara has already showed signs of slowing down in consecutive playoffs.

 

[Will Hunting]

If Buffalo is smart, they'll hire Bylsma and fire Nolan, he'll make them respectable again, Nolan is a horrible coach and well...the Sabres suck and the guy that can get the most out of that roster is Dan.

Or they can keep Nolan and keep up their chances for the big sweepstakes next summer. Because damn, they suck.

Yeah, but what did you expect from them against the Ducks? The Ducks offense is arguably the best in the league, they are absolutely lethal. We got a great win against them in a great game (but Gibson helped us quite a bit there). Buffalo would lose 10/10 against the Ducks really, they have absolutely no answers for those matchups. Bylsma wouldn´t fix it, nobody in this world would.

 

[Rocket of Russia]

If Buffalo is smart, they'll hire Bylsma and fire Nolan, he'll make them respectable again, Nolan is a horrible coach and well...the Sabres suck and the guy that can get the most out of that roster is Dan.

Or they can keep Nolan and keep up their chances for the big sweepstakes next summer. Because damn, they suck.

The worst thing that franchise could do would be to hire Bylsma and actually do well with an awful lineup, and miss out on the sweepstakes.

 

[Get To Our Game]

Boston plays their 5th game Wednesday while Pens only have played 2...WTF?????

I like it, but it is weird. Gives us time to get extra practice time in, work on things like the PK, and hopefully get Malkin ready to play center again.

 

[Will Hunting]

Geez, I´m just looking at the stats and I see that the Ducks outshot the Sabres 44-12. On the road. Someone is tanking hard and someone is really good here, I guess.

 

[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

There's MAYBE 1000 people at the Panthers game.

 

[KIRK]

If Buffalo is smart, they'll hire Bylsma and fire Nolan, he'll make them respectable again, Nolan is a horrible coach and well...the Sabres suck and the guy that can get the most out of that roster is Dan.

Or they can keep Nolan and keep up their chances for the big sweepstakes next summer. Because damn, they suck.

Oh, I see what you did there . . . Adams and Scuderi to Buffalo to Stewart and a 2nd.

 

[Dying Alive]

I feel bad for Panthers fans. There aren't many of them but you have to be a true die hard to keep investing time into that franchise. At least when the Pens were ****** we had ownership that actually gave a damn and wanted to keep the team here, and enough history established that tv numbers stayed up and kept the Pens a viable franchise. Plus every time they have lousy attendance someone can't wait to make a main board thread to kick them while they're down.

 

[BHD]

Not that this is earth-shattering news, but the Panthers are horrible.

 

[Will Hunting]

Not that this is earth-shattering news, but the Panthers are horrible.

Jussi Jokinen had 68 points in 91 regular season games with the Pens. I´m expecting a bit of a decline in his production at Florida

 

[BHD]

Jussi Jokinen had 68 points in 91 regular season games with the Pens. I´m expecting a bit of a decline in his production at Florida

Probably. Pretty hard to put up points when the team is having trouble just getting up the ice.

 

[penguins2946*]

They need to move the Panthers to an actual hockey market. Florida doesn't have a big enough hockey fan base to support 2 teams. Move them to Quebec and keep the divisions the same.

 

[Ogrezilla]

They need to move the Panthers to an actual hockey market. Florida doesn't have a big enough hockey fan base to support 2 teams. Move them to Quebec and keep the divisions the same.

Ya it was a mistake to put two teams there.

 

[Beau Knows]

Getzlaf and Perry off to great starts this season, 5 points each in their first 3 games. Wouldn't be surprised to see Getzlaf outscore Giroux and Stamkos, neither of which get to play with a guy a like Perry and maybe finish in the top 3 again this season.

 

[Beau Knows]

It looks like Philly could possibly be in for a tough year, of course it looked like that last year too and they turned it around anyways. But their defense is so terrible this season that I think it's possible they are among the worst teams in the league. Hartnell is an underrated loss as well. Luckily Buffalo is impossibly bad and will have a hard time not being 30th this year.