NHL '10/'11 Thread.

[Ubigo]

Tom Gilbert is indeed a turnover machine. And brutal turnovers at that. I am dead serious when I say that I have never hated a player as much as I hate Tom Gilbert. I despise him. He looks like a diseased lizard.

Honestly, Hall hasn't been fun to watch at all, he's constantly getting pushed off the puck. He needs to toughen up in a big way.

Eberle has been great to watch though, on both sides of the ice.

It's funny, Penner's first year with the Oilers he had no motivation and was so slow and put in no effort (I think he was eating too many cheeseburgers and doughnuts), but then last season he was phenomenal from beginning to end, he never quit on the puck, he hustled, and he had a career year (and he induced a complete 180 on my opinion of him). Now this year he's almost reverted back to the Dustin Penner that he was in his first season with the Oilers (though not quite).

I made a stupidly optimistic and knee-jerk reaction prediction for the Oilers to make playoffs and the Stanley Cup Finals after watching them spank the Flames to open the season, but obviously I'm not going to stick by that prediction. A bottom-five in the NHL and bottom-three in the West finish is likely, and I think we could finish second-last to the Islanders. If that be the case, we'll get another high draft pick, which would be great considering the path we're on now.

On the bright side, to me it looks like all our young guns are poised to break out at right around the same time. Pääjärvi (who has been terrible; pointless in his last ten), Hall, Eberle, and possibly most important of all, Dubnyk (who has played very well since Khabibulin went on the IR, especially for a guy with so little experience in the NHL so far) all could hit their stride in two or three seasons, which will give us a two or three-year window from then before we lose them all to free agency (because, let's face it, the Oilers are pretty much just a farm team for the rest of the NHL).

We better enjoy these three years because I can see Paajarvi, Hall, and Eberle all leaving via FA. Hall must have heard you talking about him, what a beauty of a game winner from Eberle. Penner I think last year tried hard up until the Olympics and then just declined from there. Gilbert well you pretty much nailed it. He is god awful.

 

[GibbsGrad2002]

2 tough games for Tampa now. Washington today and Florida tomorrow.

Washington is always tough and for some reason we usually struggle with Florida whether they're good or not.

it's that damned Vokoun. if we can solve him we're golden. although we've had 3 games in a row where the 3rd period has been bad. play like that can rule out any chance of winning

I agree they are tough games I hope we win

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Good god the Nashville D look terrible. The first three goals - all of them - should have seen a Wild player knocked on their ass in the front of the net. Really poor looking defense the Preds have.

 

[LukeEl]

Fucking 3-0 to the Carolina Hurricanes, that is such bullshit for the Bruins.

 

[Mauser98k]

fucking Capitals and inconsistent play

better beat the Panthers tomorrow.

 

[Thunderbolt]

fucking Capitals and inconsistent play

better beat the Panthers tomorrow.

Everything sucks tonight : Team play and goaltending. They should forget about this game asap.

 

[Mauser98k]

Everything sucks tonight : Team play and goaltending. They should forget about this game asap.

every game we're the Capitals' bitch, i'm so sick of it. we can't ever just roll over them. not even once

 

[Thunderbolt]

every game we're the Capitals' bitch, i'm so sick of it. we can't ever just roll over them. not even once

Last season they beat them 7-4 in Tampa but I agree that it doesn't happen often enough.

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

every game we're the Capitals' bitch, i'm so sick of it. we can't ever just roll over them. not even once

Your main problem here is that the Capitals are a better team than the Lightning. :dunno:

 

[Mauser98k]

Your main problem here is that the Capitals are a better team than the Lightning. :dunno:

not that much better. they were only 4 points better than us at the time of that game.

 

[GibbsGrad2002]

We should not have lost to the Panthers last night that game sucked too

 

[Mauser98k]

We should not have lost to the Panthers last night that game sucked too

we usually do. for years we have had trouble beating teams we should stomp. it's aggravating as fuck

 

[Vlad The Impaler]

At least you guys get to watch your team. I saw 1 out of 4 Ranger games this week. I sent an email to the NHL yesterday and let them know what I thought about it. Haven't heard back yet.

 

[Mauser98k]

Simon Gagne returns to the Tampa Bay line up tonight.

 

[Mauser98k]

not liking the way Tampa is looking in this one so far.

also not liking the fact that Tampa has the 2nd worst goal tending tandem in the league (as far as numbers go)

 

[Mauser98k]

5 wins in a row and now 3 losses in a row. how does Tampa play that inconsistently? how long until we Lightning fans can stop getting our hopes raised and dashed?

 

[Mauser98k]

Holy CRAP! Lightning tie it with 8.9 seconds left in the game and SIMON GAGNE nets his first as a Bolt to win it in OT!

 

[Thunderbolt]

Holy CRAP! Lightning tie it with 8.9 seconds left in the game and SIMON GAGNE nets his first as a Bolt to win it in OT!

Goaltending was awful again tonight. Our Goaltending is the second worst in the league yet we are amongst the good teams. I'm really impressed with The bolts and Guy Boucher. So they end up with a 7-6-2 record in november , They had 10 games away and only 5 games home , so I'm pretty happy with their record.

 

[GibbsGrad2002]

It has been good so far this season I going ot game Saturday againist the Avs

 

[Mauser98k]

Goaltending was awful again tonight. Our Goaltending is the second worst in the league yet we are amongst the good teams. I'm really impressed with The bolts and Guy Boucher. So they end up with a 7-6-2 record in november , They had 10 games away and only 5 games home , so I'm pretty happy with their record.

can you imagine how good we'd be if we had dependable, competent goaltending?