OFFICIAL 2013/14 NHL Regular Season Thread

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:52 pm

Two months ago, the Sharks were 13 points behind Anaheim in the Pacific division. After picking up two points tonight, they have tied the Ducks in points. (Ducks do have a game in hand, tho.)

(they had the Olympic break, too, so they closed the gap awfully fast.)

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 5:04 pm

hi rass.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 5:07 pm

Matt Read = leopard seal

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:47 pm

Interesting article about friendship between Rangers' backup goalie, Cam Talbot, and Kurt Russell's actor son, Wyatt Russell, dating back to their time together as goalies in... Alabama.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 7:50 pm

sancarlos:

very classy from the Sharks

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 8:10 pm

degenerasian wrote:sancarlos:

very classy from the Sharks

Yes! That was a nice gesture.

Rush and I were at that game last night. Unfortunately, as they often do, the Sharks played down to the level of their opposition

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 9:16 pm

I might hate myself for this is the morning, but fuck Journey.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:29 pm

rass wrote:I might hate myself for this is the morning, but fuck Journey.

South Detroit?

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:40 pm

Trains going annnnnyyyyywhere?

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:09 pm

What up dudes? figured i'd make an appearance. Habs beat Detroit 5-4 in a great game. I'm rooting for Detroit to knock out the Leafs from the playoffs but I can't cheer against Montreal.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:41 am

Welcome back!

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:29 am

Wang Spent?

Post by **brian** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:59 am

TheHumanComa wrote:What up dudes? figured i'd make an appearance. Habs beat Detroit 5-4 in a great game. I'm rooting for Detroit to knock out the Leafs from the playoffs but I can't cheer against Montreal.

Considering the Red Wings are basically the Grand Rapids Griffins in winged wheel jerseys now because of all their injuries I wouldn't be on it.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 8:23 pm

Darren Helm has his first career hat trick in a game that could go a very long way toward making sure the Red Wings' postseason streak remains intact. 4-2 over Toronto, middle of the third.

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 8:47 pm

brian wrote:
TheHumanComa wrote:What up dudes? figured i'd make an appearance. Habs beat Detroit 5-4 in a great game. I'm rooting for Detroit to knock out the Leafs from the playoffs but I can't cheer against Montreal.
Considering the Red Wings are basically the Grand Rapids Griffins in winged wheel jerseys now because of all their injuries I wouldn't be on it.

They just beat the Leafs! sweet.

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 8:50 pm

sancarlos wrote:Welcome back!

Thanks, gonna make more time for the swamp. Been a busy work year, lots of people need their house painted in the winter apparently. But it's closing in on the playoffs and i needed people to talk about it with, so fuck work and being tired all the time.

Canadiens win again! and Leafs lose. Great night.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 9:18 pm

I'm in Denver for a quick weekend trip and I went to the Avalanche/Sharks matinee today. What a bummer for me - The Sharks put up 49 shots and played much of the game in front of the Avs' net, but lost 3-2. Arrgh!

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 11:53 pm

sancarlos wrote:I'm in Denver for a quick weekend trip and I went to the Avalanche/Sharks matinee today. What a bummer for me - The Sharks put up 49 shots and played much of the game in front of the Avs' net, but lost 3-2. Arrgh!

That sucks, but the Avalanche are a really good team, so not that bad.

Think the Sharks can do it this year? Been cheering for them ever since they came into the league but every time they do really well in regular season... you know the rest.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:09 am

sancarlos wrote:I'm in Denver for a quick weekend trip and I went to the Avalanche/Sharks matinee today. What a bummer for me - The Sharks put up 49 shots and played much of the game in front of the Avs' net, but lost 3-2. Arrgh!

Bummer for me, too, since that win put the Avs ahead of the Hawks in the division.

Then again, if the Avs get home ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs, that's just one more chance for me to hop the California Zephyr to Denver and catch the Hawks.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:04 pm

I attended the Sharks' 2-1 win over Los Angeles last night. Raucous crowd and great fun.

Regardless of the sport, there is almost nothing more enjoyable in all sports experience than watching your favorite team beat their bitterest rival in a closely-contested, meaningful game.

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:15 pm

Montreal was down 3-0 within the first 6 minutes against Ottawa tonight. they tied it up by the end of the first and then went on to add 4 more goals before Ottawa responded. 7-4 final for Montreal. Crazy game. And it was in Ottawa but you couldn't tell, sounded like everyone was cheering for Montreal.

Sidenote - I was at the Montreal/Ottawa game where Montreal was losing 4-1 against Ottawa with five minutes left and then the habs scored 3 goals in the last 3 minutes and 22 seconds to tie it up and then win it in overtime, and we left before that happened! so i will never count the habs out ever again. at least against Ottawa

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:38 pm

Chris Neil is a bigger piece of shit than an actual piece of shit.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 4:14 pm

The fact that Chris Neil, Alex Burrows. Matt Cooke and Steve Ott are allowed to exist is all that is wrong with the NHL.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 5:58 pm

degenerasian wrote:The fact that Chris Neil, Alex Burrows. Matt Cooke and Steve Ott are allowed to exist is all that is wrong with the NHL.

Harrumph harrumph. Max Lapierre, too.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:06 pm

sancarlos wrote:
degenerasian wrote:The fact that Chris Neil, Alex Burrows. Matt Cooke and Steve Ott are allowed to exist is all that is wrong with the NHL.
Harrumph harrumph. Max Lapierre, too.

Yup yup.

Sharks have been victims for years. Hope they win it all.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 12:02 pm

Have we reached the (literal!!!) point where Zach Rinaldo going into the boards and paralyzing himself would be a universal good since he will eventually ruin someone else's life with a cheapshot?

devilfluff · Post by **devilfluff** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 12:22 pm

The Devils are so close... Fucking shootouts.

Post by **brian** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 12:47 pm

devilfluff wrote:The Devils are so close... Fucking shootouts.

Yeah, Red Wings need to win two out of four in regulation to clinch. (Though who knows with the NHL any more. Is the tiebreaker still regulation wins when teams have the same amount of points?)

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 12:54 pm

brian wrote:
devilfluff wrote:The Devils are so close... Fucking shootouts.
Yeah, Red Wings need to win two out of four in regulation to clinch. (Though who knows with the NHL any more. Is the tiebreaker still regulation wins when teams have the same amount of points?)

It's regulation and overtime wins. The ROW column. Detroit has only 32.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 1:30 pm

Zac Rinaldo definitely needs to be included in the list of chuckleheads. He definitely lunged out to take the headshot.

Post by **brian** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 1:56 pm

degenerasian wrote:
brian wrote:
devilfluff wrote:The Devils are so close... Fucking shootouts.
Yeah, Red Wings need to win two out of four in regulation to clinch. (Though who knows with the NHL any more. Is the tiebreaker still regulation wins when teams have the same amount of points?)
It's regulation and overtime wins. The ROW column. Detroit has only 32.

Ah, OK. Well they need more than two wins then. Though that assumes NJ takes all 8 points still.

devilfluff · Post by **devilfluff** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 2:01 pm

Columbus is actually the bottom playoff team right now... 87 pts

Post by **brian** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 2:02 pm

devilfluff wrote:Columbus is actually the bottom playoff team right now... 87 pts

I'm more worried about clinching any playoff spot. 5 pts takes care of it.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 8:51 pm

devilfluff wrote:The Devils are so close... Fucking shootouts.

Ouch.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:34 pm

Ouch.

This Flames team is really fun to watch despite their record. Any of the Flames teams from the last 3-4 years would have given up a late goal and lost in OT/SO against a team pushing that hard.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:44 pm

Here's a blog article I really enjoyed. Discussing broadcasters' favorite concepts: "Character" and "Grit".

link

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 2:37 pm

Canucks fire GM, Mike Gillis. Pretty sure Tortorella will soon be with him in the unemployment line.

The way Vancouver handled their goalie situation was crazy. They acquire Luongo, with his huge contract. Even name him captain for awhile. They apparently misunderstand that they are effectively married to him, so they bench him and turn to Corey Schneider. Then, they can't decide what to do and conduct a very public auction for Luongo. They didn't like the offers, so after alienating him, they turn back to him and trade Schneider. Then, after a poor season (but not Luongo's fault), they ask Florida if they are still interested and decide to ship Luongo out for essentially the same deal they could have gotten earlier. So, now they have neither Luongo or Schneider and will rely on effin' Eddie Lack.

No wonder they fired the GM.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 4:21 pm

Rumours (will go Canadian for this thread) in DC is that GM/GM will not be back next year. He is in the last year of his contract and everyone seems to think that he won't stay with the Caps. His name will show up for all of the jobs. Unclear if Oats will also go so the GM can bring his own guy in.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 5:35 pm

sancarlos wrote:Canucks fire GM, Mike Gillis. Pretty sure Tortorella will soon be with him in the unemployment line.

The way Vancouver handled their goalie situation was crazy. They acquire Luongo, with his huge contract. Even name him captain for awhile. They apparently misunderstand that they are effectively married to him, so they bench him and turn to Corey Schneider. Then, they can't decide what to do and conduct a very public auction for Luongo. They didn't like the offers, so after alienating him, they turn back to him and trade Schneider. Then, after a poor season (but not Luongo's fault), they ask Florida if they are still interested and decide to ship Luongo out for essentially the same deal they could have gotten earlier. So, now they have neither Luongo or Schneider and will rely on effin' Eddie Lack.

No wonder they fired the GM.

Yup it was insane. If you sign Luongo for life, you have to stick with him. The fact that Schneider got good should have been a blessing and they could trade him for the max value. But they wanted to trade Luongo instead who had no value.

Hope the new GM can bring back some class to that organization.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 7:17 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:Rumours (will go Canadian for this thread) in DC is that GM/GM will not be back next year. He is in the last year of his contract and everyone seems to think that he won't stay with the Caps. His name will show up for all of the jobs. Unclear if Oats will also go so the GM can bring his own guy in.

McPhee had three young goalies and had to trade one of them. He picked the wrong one. He sent Varlamov to Colorado and now that guy is stealing wins nightly, and might win the Vezina for the Avs! Meanwhile, Neuwirth is in Buffalo, Holtby appears to have lost his confidence and the Caps' main goalie of the moment, Halak, is an unrestricted free agent at seasons end.

You can kind of see why they might be disappointed with McPhee.