Another Twothousandthirteen NHL Thread

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 6:16 pm

Even if Clowe doesn't score much for the Rangers, I think he is what they need up front: a tough power-forward who will muck in the corners and keep the other teams from leaning so much on the Lady Byng types like Gaborik and Brad Richards. Clowe does go a bit nuts at times, but he wil drive the net, and is a hard worker who isn't afraid of anybody. The Rangers need a bit more grit in their forward lines, so I think this fills a need. Tortorella will love him.

Conversely, I worry a bit about the grit level of the Sharks, now, going into the playoffs. They have several middleweight grit guys, like Adam Burish, Tommy Wingels and Andrew Desjardin, but none of those guys bring the toughness of Clowe or Douglas Murray. Hmm... I'd hate to see Joe Thornton having to fill that role.

FredRomero · Post by **FredRomero** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 8:25 pm

Ryan wrote:Jagr to Boston

Too bad it's not 1998 Jagr. Actually, if it were, Lucic probably wouldn't be able to check as well:

10-year-old Lucic with nine year Jargr in his 9th season.

http://deadspin.com/jagr-old-465870228" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 8:32 pm

Most of us are nervous at best. Good end, he contributes in his prior ways and cost us a bunch of picks. Bad end, and this is more likely, he's sloping down, cost us the equivalent of 3 2nds and costs $4MM+ as a 30+ year old 3rd liner. Weirdly, I'd rather him as a rental.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:32 am

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 12:33 pm

@DownGoesBrown wrote:Shero: “Hey guys, we just acquired Jokinen…” Iginla: “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Shero: “No, no, the other one.”

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 1:40 pm

Gaborik to CBJ? Wow?

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:03 pm

And sancarlos gets to root for Raffi Torres!

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:05 pm

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar goes the population in POMINVILLE!

ZMan · Post by **ZMan** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:06 pm

I don't get it. I pick my nose like a mofo at times, and I have never, once, even considered eating a boog.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:46 pm

Man oh man, what just happened? Its been about an hour and I'm still perplexed.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 3:38 pm

rass wrote:And sancarlos gets to root for Raffi Torres!

Yeah, how weird is that? I felt the same out-of-sorts way when the Sharks acquired Jody Shelley some years ago. But, the Sharks did need somebody good enough to play in the playoffs who is rough around the edges, so I certainly understand this move.

But, I don't care how good he is, I never want to see Corey Perry in a Sharks uniform. Same for Steve Ott, Alex Burrows or Matt Cooke.

I always liked Hannan, though, even if he is now about 60 years old or something.

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:27 pm

"we got steve mason! we got steve mason!" - said by nobody

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:14 pm

Sooo... in his first period as a New York Ranger, Ryane Clowe has two assists and his first goal of the season - points on all three goals, as it is currently 3-0 for New York, against Pittsburgh. Storybook beginning for him.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:34 pm

Fuck.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:01 pm

If the new guys put up 4 goals and 4 assists every game, its going to be a really good pair of trades.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:14 am

So the Caps are buyers at the Trade Deadline? WTF? Give up top prospect Filip Foresberg for Martin Erat and Latta. 4.5 Million/year on Erat with 2 years left. I know he is having a decent season but you are not playing Cup level hockey and are giving up youth for now and have a tight cap next year.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:36 am

wlu_lax6 wrote:So the Caps are buyers at the Trade Deadline? WTF? Give up top prospect Filip Foresberg for Martin Erat and Latta. 4.5 Million/year on Erat with 2 years left. I know he is having a decent season but you are not playing Cup level hockey and are giving up youth for now and have a tight cap next year.

But it's about this year. Caps could win the division!
There's really no such thing as cup-level hockey, NHL is mediocre and it's playoffs are a biggest crapshoot.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:23 am

i cried a little on the inside last night. I was (am) a big JP fan.

ok objectively the return is good, but these are the times when being a (non-objective) fan of players and the team sucks.

<sigh>

well, i have a team now - Go Wild.

Scottie wrote:Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar goes the population in POMINVILLE!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:49 am

"No, I swear, I jumped on the bandwagon way after Parise and Suter were settled ... Pominville ... Yes, I'm serious."

Post by **brian** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:19 pm

Press conference on Sunday to announce the worst-kept secret ever -- the 2014 Winter Classic will be at Michigan Stadium. Between those division rivals Detroit and Toronto.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:22 pm

youngest team in the NHL is now apparently Buffalo

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:09 pm

Dan Boyle's awesome end-to-end rush and goal last night. Ryan Suter co-stars as "the Pylon".

http://www.bobsblitz.com/2013/04/sharks ... t-end.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'd embed, but I don't know how to get the properties of a non-youtube video

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:55 pm

I don't like the Blackhawks at all, but I'll give them props for playing "Head Like a Hole" by Nine Inch Nails during a break in the action.

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:35 pm

Huh. So that's where Darren Pang is making a living.

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 4:54 am

"Luongo's Twitter HQ"

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:26 am

I love all of those and understand a good 80%

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:17 pm

Can't spell Kunitz without kunt.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:18 pm

Lets call it even.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:27 pm

Yeah.

MAF is the best.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:56 pm

Changed man Matt Cooke is such an impressive changed man who never does anything dirty anymore because he's such a changed man #cooke #changed #man #changedmancooke

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 9:00 pm

If the playoffs started today . . . the Washington Capitals would be the #3 seed in the East. If there were no automatic bids for division winners, Washington would not qualify for the playoffs. They are 20 and 15 points behind the East's #1 and #2 seeds, 14 points behind the team they are seeded ahead of (Boston), and not among the top eight teams in their conference.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 9:11 pm

mister d wrote:Changed man Matt Cooke is such an impressive changed man who never does anything dirty anymore because he's such a changed man #cooke #changed #man #changedmancooke

So why did you go: cooke changed man
and then: changedmancooke?

Just nonsensical. Angry?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 11:09 pm

I find that good flow ruins the rambling, run-on sentence game.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 11:10 pm

Also, maximum hypothetical SEO.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 7:27 am

#MichaelsDestructiveelbowZ

Am I doing that right?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:56 am

You're on the right path!

My guess is 2 games for MDZ. It was reckless, which usually isn't time away, but the results looked bad and it was a star player.

(And how about Dupuis' followup. Rare you see such an obviously dirty play that a complete whiff still draws 2:00.)

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 12:05 pm

mister d wrote:(And how about Dupuis' followup. Rare you see such an obviously dirty play that a complete whiff still draws 2:00.)

Had he connected it would have been so dirty that I sort of thought Dupuis missed on purpose, and was just trying to send a message.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 12:54 pm

I'm going to respectfully disagree on why there was no contact #disagreements #repsect

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 2:30 pm

Fair enough, if only because I have no idea what "send a message" really means anyway.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 3:00 pm

Luongo has been complaining about not having been traded (and the deadline history). Front page of today's Toronto Sun: