Dewar Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Jacob Trouba's out until February. Fuckity fuck fuck. FUCK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 http://youtu.be/Uco5Ed-5y2U?t=3m2s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I just realized that the Sabres are now only 6 points out of a playoff spot. If Nolan were to somehow pull that off he should imediately be inducted into the HHOF. Seriously, is there anyone better at turning chicken shit into chicken salad? You're really okay with this? I thought the goal this year was for the Sabres to get a top pick? I figure if anything they'll start trading away guys ASAP to prevent any more wins. I'm torn: McDavid or Eichel would be swell, but it is nice to play meaningful hockey after December. If tanking is the strategy than they made the wrong choice in hiring Nolan because he gets the most out of the least. It's ironic that Islander fans were furious when he was fired there because he made an awful team on paper a team that nearly made playoffs. But then they collapsed the season after he was fired and ended up with JT, which was the single best thing that happened to the organization since they acquired Butch Goering in the trade that put them over the top. Could history repeat itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Shout out to all the eastern conference reporters that are suddenly Oilers insiders with intimate knowledge of Taylor Hall that can't be confirmed by anyone actually following the team. "Taylor Hall has a bad attitude" he's been stuck on this shithouse team for 5 of the best years of his life if he didn't have a bad attitude I'd be a lot more worried. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Shout out to all the eastern conference reporters that are suddenly Oilers insiders with intimate knowledge of Taylor Hall that can't be confirmed by anyone actually following the team. "Taylor Hall has a bad attitude" he's been stuck on this shithouse team for 5 of the best years of his life if he didn't have a bad attitude I'd be a lot more worried. You know, in the past I've said the Oilers should have traded some of there top forwards for things and blah blah blah, but in retrospect, I don't think it matters what they do. As long as that management team is that management team, that team and franchise is screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I've never been a big Kevin Lowe fan (as a management team member) so I won't argue against that. I like MacTavish fine as a hockey mind but he's a rookie GM. That isn't great. Then Eakins was a rookie head coach. Which also wasn't great. Add it into the blender of Oilers problems and here we are. The Oilers this offseason really needed to do what Garth Snow pulled off with the Islanders in terms of solidifying the base of what we had, and clearly that didn't work here. Snow went out and moved some picks and got himself the rights to Halak, and a couple of defensemen, and helped himself a lot. In Edmonton Mark Fayne has been fine, steady, but he's a #4 defenseman who plays like one. Nikitin had been a disaster; more so than I think anyone anywhere predicted. Biggest flub was not getting support at C, where you now see it be RNH, an 18-year old rookie that should be in jr, and 2 AHL guys because Boyd Gordon is hurt. Purcell does nothing for me. Pulliot is... well, you know. David Perron has fallen off a lot from last year and looks like a guy pissed off that the team rewarded his really good year by signing Purcell and Pulliot and cutting his ice time down, and now he's stuck in a deck chair on the Titanic. Jury is still out on Scrivens. Fasth is, really, just a guy. Issues. On the bright side we play Arizona and the beloved Devan Dubnyk tonight, what can go wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Bryz sighting!!!! Fucking Leafs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 The new "dont call it" 24/7 started tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 The Panthers just beat Washington in the 20th round of the shootout. Absolutely fucking insane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Yeah I am not sure if that is the NHL record but I feel sorry for the goalies of the game that did. Luongo looked dead tired after that penalty shootout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Luongo was so tired that Brooks Orpik dangled him like prime Pavel Bure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbojustice Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 So, what do y'all think the biggest surprise has been so far this season? A couple weeks ago, I would have gone with the Flames (I'm biased, of course), but now that they have lost 5 straight (going on 6) I guess I'll go with... Rick Nash miracle season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 No Trouba, no trouble. Is this the day that Mark Scheifle became a man? Granted, they were playing the Sabres, but a 5-1 win while missing their top 3 defensemen (well, Enstrom is really addiction by subtraction) is still impressive. Still, the next 2 months without Trouba is gonna suck.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I know it's meaningless long term but scoring 3 goals in 3 minutes against Quick? That felt good. Tarasenko at 36 points in 31 games. He'd have my vote for Hart, but I'm clearly biased. But these team would be middle of the pack without him, not on top of the West right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Rick Nash has somehow become the fake Rick Nash the media always imagined that didn't really exist. It's fun to watch. Most surprising team is the Leafs for me. What a run they are on after that 9-2 debacle. Great internal response ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 What. About. Those. LEAFS???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbojustice Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Tarasenko is probably a good pick. Him having a great season is less surprising than Nash having a great season, but the extent of the greatness might put Tarasenko over the edge. The Leafs are probably a good pick as well, but I find it morally repugnant to give them credit for anything, so I vote no. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I'm stunned that the Panthers aren't absolute dog shit. Aaron Ekblad is already the best draft pick in franchise history. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 @strombone1 I blacked out what just happened??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buy Me a Burrito Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Putain de Hurricanes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 No Trouba, no trouble. Is this the day that Mark Scheifle became a man? Granted, they were playing the Sabres, but a 5-1 win while missing their top 3 defensemen (well, Enstrom is really addiction by subtraction) is still impressive. Still, the next 2 months without Trouba is gonna suck.... To be honest thought tonight was one of those games that was greatly influenced by the schedule. We were playing good but just ran out of gas midway through the game. Playing a game the night prior and having to fly halfway across the continent sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tabe Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 So the Wings have hit a lull, with an 0-1-3 stretch in their last four. They looked good against Florida and (once) against Toronto and decent against Columbus. Terrible against Toronto the second time. All 3 OT losses were shootouts featuring Jimmy Howard. Man, he's so terrible at them, it's embarrassing. He had a .250 save percentage in shootouts going into last night before managing 1 save in 3 tries. It's no mystery why he's so terrible - his technique is atrocious. He gets really low - but spreads his legs really wide. Giant 5-hole and the top half of the net completely open, while also having limited mobility. Ugh. Seriously, he'd be better off just laying on his side on the goal line and flailing his arm and leg at any incoming shot. And, of course, Detroit's shooters are equally awful at shootouts so Jimmy has no room for error either. On an unrelated note, I often find myself wondering what NHL referees are watching at times. Last night, Z was battling with Jack Johnson along the boards, with the puck right at their feet. Another Blue Jacket came in and obliterated Z into the boards with a crosscheck - no penalty. How the heck does that even happen? I get it if stuff is missed away from the puck but when the puck is right there? And your view is unobstructed? WTF? Stuff like that happens, if not every then every other, game. I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I've honestly sort of given up even trying to make sense of sports referees. It's a hopeless project, like trying to figure out how to get inside a black hole without being crushed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I've honestly sort of given up even trying to make sense of sports referees. It's a hopeless project, like trying to figure out how to get inside a black hole without being crushed. Interstellar solved that problem. Pick something actually difficult, pal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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