NHL '09/'10 Season Thread
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Henrik Lundqvist was unreal tonight. His glove hand was stoning shots cold.......3-1 Rangers over the Devils.
Rangers getting some momentum after playing the Caps strong the other night. When Drury scores, you know it was better than the average win. I dont know what happened to him, he was a 50 goal scorer with Buffalo. He's got talent around him too in New York thats not an excuse.....
Rangers getting some momentum after playing the Caps strong the other night. When Drury scores, you know it was better than the average win. I dont know what happened to him, he was a 50 goal scorer with Buffalo. He's got talent around him too in New York thats not an excuse.....
Nice win ! They really needed that game. Now they sit in 7th place , I would be so happy to finally see them in the playoffs.
Career-high 37, actually. He benefited from playing in Lindy Ruff's system in Buffalo. Guys always rack up the points in Buffalo.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
A couple of thoughts:
1. How did Toronto beat Ottawa so easily? The answer? Giguere. The amount of confidence he seems to give the Maple Leafs when he is in net is amazing. I hate the Leafs with a passion, but I'm happy to see Giguere playing good.
2. Columbus has two wins in two games under their new coach. I know its way too early to start believing this will be a turning point in their season, since Edmonton did the exact same thing last week, but I hope it is and I hope Columbus can make a late season run at a playoff spot.
3. Great game by Turco for Dallas. Phoenix isn't known for their offensive game, but a 4-0 shutout of the third best team in the West points-wise is pretty impressive any way you slice it.
1. How did Toronto beat Ottawa so easily? The answer? Giguere. The amount of confidence he seems to give the Maple Leafs when he is in net is amazing. I hate the Leafs with a passion, but I'm happy to see Giguere playing good.
2. Columbus has two wins in two games under their new coach. I know its way too early to start believing this will be a turning point in their season, since Edmonton did the exact same thing last week, but I hope it is and I hope Columbus can make a late season run at a playoff spot.
3. Great game by Turco for Dallas. Phoenix isn't known for their offensive game, but a 4-0 shutout of the third best team in the West points-wise is pretty impressive any way you slice it.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
I can't find that game at all. I checked the stats on NHL.com, and fuck, I am missing out.
It's on NBC.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
That's why I missed it; NBC says they're showing golf. :crash:
That's too bad, it was an excellent game. The Capitals really turned it on after going down and showed some real toughness and grit. They are on an incredible roll and if they can keep it up and stay healthy I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them have their best playoff run since '98 when they lost the Cup to Detroit.
According to TSN , Bob Gainey is stepping down as Montreal Canadiens' GM.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=309444
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=309444
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
I wonder why. All in all his tenure as GM was a pretty good one; the Canadiens have an above .500 record with him as GM and have made the playoffs the majority of years.
An above .500 record and a playoff appearance are nowhere near enough to keep fans or the organization happy in Montreal. It's one of those organizations that is Stanley Cup or bust. The Canadiens haven't made it past the second round with Gainey as their GM and missed the playoffs once, which is flat out unacceptable in Montreal.
That being said, I haven't been given the impression that the fans or the organization were displeased with Gainey, so if someone from Montreal could confirm or deny that for me it might give some insight into the situation at hand.
Either way, his moves this offseason were not very good ones. He traded for Scott Gomez, who's getting paid over $7 million this year, he signed Brian Gionta to a $5 million per year contract, and he parted ways with Alexei Kovalev, Saku Koivu, Alex Tanguay, and one of the best defensive defencemen in the game, Mike Komisarek. He probably could have afforded all of those players for less than what he's paying Gionta and Gomez, and they would have contributed more to the team, in all likelihood.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
^ That's what my thoughts were: He wasn't that impressive, but I thought the Canadien fans were pleased (relatively speaking) with Gainey. It's not like anyone else would have lead the team any farther into the playoffs if they had the exact same team. He might not have been the best GM in the world (Detroit), but he wasn't a Brian Burke style catastrophe, either.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
With Carolina turning things around it looks like the Oilers will have last place secured by the Olympic break. As much as I hate the Leafs they need to go on a roll. We want Taylor Hall.
Bastards.
hey that win surprised even me.