Another Twothousandthirteen NHL Thread

temporassy · Post by **temporassy** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:09 pm

The Bruins were fucking awesome for 47 minutes!

temporassy · Post by **temporassy** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:21 am

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:22 am

Flames are absolutely horrible, dead last.

I just sold my tickets to the next two home games, Detroit and Nashville.
With this cash I can go get a hooker, at least she would show more effort.

Post by **Sabo** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:05 am

At the start of the season, if you would've told me Chris Kunitz would be a top three scorer midway through this season, I would've asked you to sell me some of the drugs you're taking.

Travzilla Beta · Post by **Travzilla Beta** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:56 am

Jets fans chant "Lets Go Blue Jays" at leafs last night. I liked that. Very few things are more enjoyable than a home win over Toronto, but one of them might be a road win over Toronto (saturday night) that bumps them out of a playoff spot.

Nothing has been funnier this year then watching the canadian media blow loads over the leafs, for the second year in a row, only to watch them fall apart in the second half and act totally flabbergasted.

I think TOR-NJ-WIN-PHI are going to be battling for the last 2 spots right to the end, which should at least make the five April games that I have tickets to interesting.

Johnny Hotcakes · Post by **Johnny Hotcakes** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:21 am

How many times does Jonas Gustavsson have to prove that he's not an NHL goaltender before somebody takes him seriously?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:34 am

new alignment approved.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=660138

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:40 am

Wow. Quite sensible. Weird what they did with Florida, but I guess going to Boston and NYI over Carolina and Columbus doesn't add too much of a travel burden.

Teams in the D division can sell their planes!

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:43 am

Oh, hold on a sec...they just made the NHL unbalanced? It wasn't before? I had just assumed it was.

Didn't baseball revamp their entire format to get away from that which the NHL is going to switch into?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:51 am

Yes it's unbalanced and it's unbalanced with more teams in the East which is surprising.

If I were to read between the lines, Phoenix isn't going anywhere, Seattle (Division A) and Kansas City (Division B) are getting expansion teams within 2 years and Quebec City is SOL.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:56 am

Grasspenis wrote:Oh, hold on a sec...they just made the NHL unbalanced? It wasn't before? I had just assumed it was.

Didn't baseball revamp their entire format to get away from that which the NHL is going to switch into?

I think imbalance is a bigger issue with divisions than conferences.

The NHL has 30 teams. With six divisions of five teams each, every division was balanced.

But with 4 divisions, something has to give, and it makes more sense to have equal divisions within conferences than unequal divisions and unequal conferences.

With baseball, was the Astros move really about evening up the NL and AL, or about the imbalance with the 4-team AL West and the 6-team NL Central?

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:13 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote:
Grasspenis wrote:Oh, hold on a sec...they just made the NHL unbalanced? It wasn't before? I had just assumed it was.

Didn't baseball revamp their entire format to get away from that which the NHL is going to switch into?
I think imbalance is a bigger issue with divisions than conferences.

The NHL has 30 teams. With six divisions of five teams each, every division was balanced.

But with 4 divisions, something has to give, and it makes more sense to have equal divisions within conferences than unequal divisions and unequal conferences.

With baseball, was the Astros move really about evening up the NL and AL, or about the imbalance with the 4-team AL West and the 6-team NL Central?

Perhaps.

From a pure geographical standpoint, it looks good.

bryan · Post by **bryan** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:50 pm

Red Wings in a division with the Canadiens, Maple Leafs and Bruins? *swoon*

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:36 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote:
Grasspenis wrote:Oh, hold on a sec...they just made the NHL unbalanced? It wasn't before? I had just assumed it was.

Didn't baseball revamp their entire format to get away from that which the NHL is going to switch into?
I think imbalance is a bigger issue with divisions than conferences.

The NHL has 30 teams. With six divisions of five teams each, every division was balanced.

But with 4 divisions, something has to give, and it makes more sense to have equal divisions within conferences than unequal divisions and unequal conferences.

With baseball, was the Astros move really about evening up the NL and AL, or about the imbalance with the 4-team AL West and the 6-team NL Central?

I haven't seen the specifics on the final proposal, but wasn't there talk of the playoffs not being unbalanced? Essentially, there could be more playoff qualifiers from one conference than the other?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:20 pm

govmentchedda wrote:
Steve of phpBB wrote:
Grasspenis wrote:Oh, hold on a sec...they just made the NHL unbalanced? It wasn't before? I had just assumed it was.

Didn't baseball revamp their entire format to get away from that which the NHL is going to switch into?
I think imbalance is a bigger issue with divisions than conferences.

The NHL has 30 teams. With six divisions of five teams each, every division was balanced.

But with 4 divisions, something has to give, and it makes more sense to have equal divisions within conferences than unequal divisions and unequal conferences.

With baseball, was the Astros move really about evening up the NL and AL, or about the imbalance with the 4-team AL West and the 6-team NL Central?
I haven't seen the specifics on the final proposal, but wasn't there talk of the playoffs not being unbalanced? Essentially, there could be more playoff qualifiers from one conference than the other?

No crossover of conferences, 8 playoff teams each.
But there could be 5 playoff teams from one division and 3 from the other.

temporassy · Post by **temporassy** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:44 am

I know we're being rather specific with the conditions here, but I'm still surprised this is the case:

Elias wrote:The Penguins are the first team in NHL history to win consecutive regular-season games in regulation time after trailing while being shut out entering the third period in each game.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:53 pm

bryan wrote:Red Wings in a division with the Canadiens, Maple Leafs and Bruins? *swoon*

Sucks to lose the Hawks/Wings rivalry. Would have liked to see a way to keep more of the original six together.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:30 pm

testBSF21 wrote:
bryan wrote:Red Wings in a division with the Canadiens, Maple Leafs and Bruins? *swoon*
Sucks to lose the Hawks/Wings rivalry. Would have liked to see a way to keep more of the original six together.

Yeah, but at least they kept the classic Hawks-Winnipeg rivalry.

I suppose as a practical matter, I should be glad the Hawks will be in the same division as Colorado.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:32 pm

they should go all out stupid with the division names.

Skate, Glove, Stick, Puck.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:09 pm

anyone watching HNIC right now? Those Vancouver uniforms are pretty cool.

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 11:29 pm

Go Habs go! still in first place in the east! crazy season so far but not playing any Western Conference teams probably has a lot to do with their success. but who cares?

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 11:33 pm

bryan wrote:Red Wings in a division with the Canadiens, Maple Leafs and Bruins? *swoon*

looking forward to some habs/wings games!

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 12:40 am

normalasian wrote:anyone watching HNIC right now? Those Vancouver uniforms are pretty cool.

They are rather suave, aren't they? Gorgeous unis. The WHL Vancouver Giants wore them one night (the old Vancouver Millionaires threads); Bob Andrechuk and I were there. He bought a jersey, I believe, and I merely picked up a hat. Pretty sure I posted those pics on an older Swamp. Anyway, infinitely superior to the VANCOUVER jerseys and the whale giving birth.

They should make those the "third jersey". Absolutely.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:22 am

Deee-Fence! Deee-Fence! Deee-Fence! Oh, hey, look! A bench!

. . . and via Twitter, these gems from @DonCherryParody:

OH WADDAYA KNOW SERGEI KRUMPELSTILTSKIN GIVES THE PUCK AWAY AND SAYS HMMM, LET SOMEONE ELSE HANDLE IT, IM TIRED, LA DEE DAH! BACK TA RUSSIA!

YKNOW IF HES RUSSIAN THE REAL SPELLINK OF HIS NAME WOULD HAVE BACKWARDS LETTERS AND SQUIGGLY LINES! SMARTEN UP! LET'S GO!

A reply from ‏@coreypronman

@DonCherryParody he's from Belarus actually.

To which:

THATS PART OF RUSSIA SMART GUY! LOOK IT UP! LET'S GO!

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:46 am

Le Scottie wrote: A reply from ‏@coreypronman

Which quite easily morphs into a form of mopron

Johnny Hotcakes · Post by **Johnny Hotcakes** » Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:02 pm

I was going to post that Kostitsyn "play" as well. Just awful. He's just lucky ol' Grapes is well past senile and won't remember that this even occurred come next Saturday.

Typical Belarussian sweetheart. LET'S GO! (THUMBS UP)

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:05 pm

I follow the DonCherryParody, too. Funny.

This isn't parody, but is the real reaction quote from the Nashville coach:

Barry Trotz wrote: “I can’t give you a logical explanation for an illogical event.”

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Mar 18, 2013 4:34 pm

Grantland has a humorous article, by DownGoesBrown, called The NHL Misery Watch, with short sections on every NHL team, listing what's gone wrong, and why you should still be happy. With apologies to TTB and Zaz, the Flyer entry is particularly funny:

Philadelphia Flyers
What’s gone wrong: [Takes deep breath … ] The Flyers are stuck in 11th place in the East, their coach is on the hot seat, their “best player in the world” has been merely good, they traded one of the league’s top 10 goal scorers, they reacquired a former player from the Kings but not one of the good ones, their best player just basically retired, and the backup goaltender they exiled to Columbus is playing way better than their $51 million starter. Oh, and they’re the only team in the league that’s over the cap. In other words, everything.

Why that should make you happy: Because at some point in your life, you have presumably met a Philadelphia Flyers fan.

Post by **Sabo** » Mon Mar 18, 2013 5:14 pm

That was great. I also enjoyed the bits about the Sabres, Red Wings and Blue Jackets.

Johnny Hotcakes · Post by **Johnny Hotcakes** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:34 pm

And the Leafs primary rebuilding plan of signing Corey Perry goes awry.

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:00 pm

That Kostitsyn play is indescribable.

Radulov-esque, maybe?

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:08 pm

kranepool wrote:That Kostitsyn play is indescribable.

Radulov-esque, maybe?

I saw Dan Currie do that once. Early 90's. It was an AHL game, Binghamton Rangers at the Cape Breton Oilers. Except Currie was the last guy back on a 2-on-one; he skated in front of one of the two Rangers on his way to the bench, crossed the guy's path, giving up a 2-on-zero breakaway. They scored. Currie didn't care. He hated everyone in the world. Great Junior player but his horrific attitude cost him an NHL career.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:52 pm

Great sequence for the Pens. Just as they kill off a (questionable-ish) double minor against Cooke, they get an odd man rush (including Cooke) and score. Killer.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:23 pm

This clip is not about the bad call. It's about how much a fucking moron Pierre McGuire is

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Right away
"It's a high stick, Dave Jackson with the right call"
How do you know? You're between the benches 100 feet away? You just want to sound smart that you know what a ref waving off a goal means.

Then:
"You know what? It's the hand of Heatley (while jumping all over top of Olcyzk). That'll be Tootoo goal!"
That's still pretty inconclusive. So after you suck the refs dick for making the absolute correct call that you didn't see, now you're sure that it'll be a goal when the replay is pretty inconclusive. By the end of it, Olyczk still wasn't sure.

The goal didn't count. And furthermore, the play isn't fucking reviewable so how can the call be reversed? The play cannot be reviewable because it was Miller's high stick and Tootoo's goal. Review can only occur for direct goals, not passes to teammates. So once Tootoo touches that puck, the play is dead.

So suck it McGuire, you don't know shit yet you think you're a genius.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:44 pm

Hawks decided to play in their own zone for the last 6 minutes of a game against arguably the hottest team in the NHL right now.

Deserved to drop that one.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:37 am

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:08 am

BSF21 wrote:Hawks decided to play in their own zone for the last 6 minutes of a game against arguably the hottest team in the NHL right now.

Deserved to drop that one.

Luckily I went to bed and didn't have to see it.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:47 pm

I checked hockey scores on my phone just now and saw that Martin Brodeur had scored an unassisted, first period goal tonight. I thought, "That can't be right", but yes, he did get technical credit for this goal.

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degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:51 pm

yes, this is what I saw

what?

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:00 pm

normalasian wrote:yes, this is what I saw

what?

If he gets the shut out, then he'll have the game-winning goal.

What?