DarkJediKnight
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Buba Big Guns said:
Dude would've had both records: Most wins and shutouts had he played his usual, but he's also been real lucky his whole career by not being injured. I guess, it was time.
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Official March 2009 NHL Thread - Old Man Cherry's Off His Meds Again Edition
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Dude would've had both records: Most wins and shutouts had he played his usual, but he's also been real lucky his whole career by not being injured. I guess, it was time.
ForzaItalia
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WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin smiled that gap-toothed smile of his and laughed off Canadian TV analyst Don Cherry's criticism of his exuberant goal celebrations.
"He's a funny guy and old guy. He likes old-fashioned hockey," Ovechkin said yesterday after scoring his NHL-high 46th goal in Washington's 6-2 loss to Florida.
"He's not interesting to me, so he can say whatever he wants. I don't care about him," Ovechkin said.
The league's reigning MVP generally sounded far less upset about the whole thing than Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau, who fired back at Cherry when asked before the game about the bombastic personality's comments.
"He's a friend of mine. And he's an idol of mine. I mean, I love what Don Cherry has stood for, for 30 years. I just think that even the smartest people in the world are wrong sometimes, and I just thought he was wrong," Boudreau said. "Because he doesn't know Alex like we know Alex."
As a Caps fan, I say no way.
Caps are the most interested team according to rumours.
"He's a funny guy and old guy. He likes old-fashioned hockey," Ovechkin said yesterday after scoring his NHL-high 46th goal in Washington's 6-2 loss to Florida.
"He's not interesting to me, so he can say whatever he wants. I don't care about him," Ovechkin said.
The league's reigning MVP generally sounded far less upset about the whole thing than Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau, who fired back at Cherry when asked before the game about the bombastic personality's comments.
"He's a friend of mine. And he's an idol of mine. I mean, I love what Don Cherry has stood for, for 30 years. I just think that even the smartest people in the world are wrong sometimes, and I just thought he was wrong," Boudreau said. "Because he doesn't know Alex like we know Alex."
Mike Works said:
As a Caps fan, I say no way.
Caps are the most interested team according to rumours.
BigJonsson
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Can't wait to be woken up by TSN text messages on Wednesday
ForzaItalia
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Apparently the rumour is that Guerin to Caps is a done deal but the Caps would have to make cap room for his arrival. This might mean more moves (maybe Nylander?) for the Caps in order to make this and other potential trades possible.
ForzaItalia
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R_GILL said:
There's always someone out there.
Alucard said:
Yeah, it is something ridiculously low. Maybe 2%.
edit: Whoops sold him short there, he is 10/285 or 2.6%.
http://hockeybuzzhogwash.com/
Zombie James
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Doytch said:
Who for who? What?
R_GILL said:
Damn. Really makes you question the sanity of people who hang onto this guy's words. Nick Kypreos would probably have a better rumour/fact ratio.
...and just for fun...
And hey, Jordan Staal is 7 points away from topping his career best rookie season. Good for him.
Mike Works
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i'll tell you when i'm finished this semester :/Socreges said:
I've had some time to digest what I saw at the AAC yesterday. Stars-age, what's happened to our hockey team?
FUCK YES. Get the hell in there and protect your teammate. The basics of the basics. Who the fuck was on the ice at the end of the game? Where the hell is Ludwig, Matvichuk, or Hatcher when you need them? I mean damn, this is a team that we play at least six times a year, every year. There are much larger implications than losing one random game on one random afternoon in Dallas. Where's the pack mentality, the killer instinct, or the willingness to protect home ice? Does that not mean anything?
Did they figure they would stay out of it so no one would get suspended for Sunday vs. the Pens? A lot of fuck good that did. They didn't even show up on Sunday, let alone act competitive. Damn it Dallas. Can we start playing hockey again, or is this it for the season?
Razor's Blog said:
FUCK YES. Get the hell in there and protect your teammate. The basics of the basics. Who the fuck was on the ice at the end of the game? Where the hell is Ludwig, Matvichuk, or Hatcher when you need them? I mean damn, this is a team that we play at least six times a year, every year. There are much larger implications than losing one random game on one random afternoon in Dallas. Where's the pack mentality, the killer instinct, or the willingness to protect home ice? Does that not mean anything?
Did they figure they would stay out of it so no one would get suspended for Sunday vs. the Pens? A lot of fuck good that did. They didn't even show up on Sunday, let alone act competitive. Damn it Dallas. Can we start playing hockey again, or is this it for the season?
Barrage
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jacket320 said:
We didn't exactly have a tough guy contingent on the ice (Modano, Ribeiro...) But still, for fuck's sake, grab a guy and hold him. That was shameful. It's sad that when Morrow was knocked out for the season the team's average nut size was cut in half.
This might be one of the few occasions where i'm GLAD when Dallas picks up a tough guy at the dealine.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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I got a question for stars fans, why did no one stand up for Ott the other game when he apparently gouged the guys eye? He pretty much got jumped by like 3 ducks and no one went to even try to help him and he has a hand that's been bothering him on top of it? Do you guys hate him that much or ?
funkmastergeneral
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Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
Because he's a little bitch
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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funkmastergeneral said:
Ya, but he's still your teammate? Is he hated by his own team? Because there are plenty of douschebag type players and their teams stick up for them.
Miro Satan has been placed on waivers. Pens likely testing the waters to see if there's any interest, and then they can move his 3.5 million elsewhere. Oddly enough, he's been playing fairly well over the past couple of weeks. I wouldn't mind a Hejduk for Satan/Wallace/pick deal. Seems realistic to me?
I was away last week during the Ovechkin / Fraudsby encounter, and I'd be remiss if I didn't comment on it.
It just proves beyond the shadow of any doubt that Ovechkin is a man, while Fraudsby is a girl who menstruates every 28 days. Poor Alex just happened to catch Cindy during her period. The results were painfully obvious.
It just proves beyond the shadow of any doubt that Ovechkin is a man, while Fraudsby is a girl who menstruates every 28 days. Poor Alex just happened to catch Cindy during her period. The results were painfully obvious.
No one wants Satan's SOFF play. There was a reason why he was the leftovers on the market last year.
I'll be shocked if Shero can get him off of our team by tomorrow... Thank god he had the foresight to only sign him to a 1 year deal last year (and to think I was cursing this move last summer for the short length - lol)
I don't see the pens making too many other moves. With this economy the way it is, I don't see them landing a big name player at all until they can shed salary and do it via free agency
Gill + Satan + Boucher frees up 9 mil in the offseason. I can see about 4 of that going toward raises, and maybe 5 going toward a mid range winger. It will be iffy if Garon / Fedex will be back either...
I personally would like to see the Pens snag Voros off of NYR waivers if they could.
I'll be shocked if Shero can get him off of our team by tomorrow... Thank god he had the foresight to only sign him to a 1 year deal last year (and to think I was cursing this move last summer for the short length - lol)
I don't see the pens making too many other moves. With this economy the way it is, I don't see them landing a big name player at all until they can shed salary and do it via free agency
Gill + Satan + Boucher frees up 9 mil in the offseason. I can see about 4 of that going toward raises, and maybe 5 going toward a mid range winger. It will be iffy if Garon / Fedex will be back either...
I personally would like to see the Pens snag Voros off of NYR waivers if they could.
Sean Avery back to New York.
Great deal for the Rags. Avery @ a $2M cap hit is really good.
He's not even that bad... it was mostly Turco that killed the Stars the first few months.
On the flip side, sucks for Dallas. They gotta pay $2M to Avery over the next 3 years. So they essentially dropped nearly $10M for 23 horrible games of Sean Avery :lol :lol
Will be interesting to see if he can get along with Torts though...
Great deal for the Rags. Avery @ a $2M cap hit is really good.
He's not even that bad... it was mostly Turco that killed the Stars the first few months.
On the flip side, sucks for Dallas. They gotta pay $2M to Avery over the next 3 years. So they essentially dropped nearly $10M for 23 horrible games of Sean Avery :lol :lol
Will be interesting to see if he can get along with Torts though...
so leafs are most likely getting rid of antropov and moore? i'm ok with that if we get some good stuff out of it
antropov is good and moore is just a flash in the pan (asking $3 million a year? lawl) we can find other people to bury jason blakes rebounds
antropov is good and moore is just a flash in the pan (asking $3 million a year? lawl) we can find other people to bury jason blakes rebounds
Zombie James
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R_GILL said:
Nooooooo
Slurmer said:
I'm also not sold on trading for JBo in the first place. No doubt he'd be a big upgrade but he's not what the team really needs. They need a guy like Hatcher (any word on him?) or Pronger (too big a cap hit). Plus, once they trade for JBo it won't be worth it unless they're able to lock him up, and that's another huge deal in the range of 6.5 a year, which would really restrict things for years to come.
I'm kind of worried about what Holmgren might do just to do something. But I swear if they trade JVR for Lehtinen....
Zombie James
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Gary Roberts on waivers...
Buba Big Guns
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Barrage said:
Funny how you lump Spezza in with those when he was one of Ottawa's best players when they made the finals and is still only 24. And DiPietro is pretty damn good. Brittle maybe but so is Zubov who is making 5 million + and never even plays.
Mike Works
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Redden's contract is worse than Spezza'sBarrage said:
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