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Official NHL Off Season Thread
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Kabuki Waq
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Will there ever be as perfect a jersey in all of sports as the Redwings jersey? Honestly its just simple yet awesome.
We're lucky CBC isn't in charge, because we'd have to contend with a 40 minute Nickelback concert during the middle of the ceremony. :lolWolf said:
DAMMIT. Oh well, it'll be interesting to see Ruff in interviews after the show trembling with suppressed rage at how badly the refs ****ed up by not calling Joe Thornton for a 5 minute major after Joe brushed past Briere on his way to the podium to accept the Hart.aceface said:
"No no, of course I still wish the Bruins all the best and have no ill will towards Mike O'Connell and the Jacobs - bwahahahahaha, I'm sorry, I can't believe I almost said all that with a straight face!"
The awards went pretty much like I would have given them out, Ovechkin the Calder, Jumbo Joe gets the Hart, Kipper gets the Vezina (richly deserved), Jags gets the consolation Lester B. Pearson, Brind'Amour gets the Selke (I disagree with how they give it out, but it's what they always do), etc. I would have given the Norris to Niedermayer instead of Lidstrom, but either deserved it really.
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Draft/2006/06/23/1649491-sun.html
i PRAY this isn't true. I love Weber and was couting on him being with us for awhile.
Aren't you just as guilty of being part of the Ovechkin circle jerk? I never really understood why it was so important that one was better than the other. They've both been touted as amazing players and were indeed amazing players. Either player in a different year would probably win hands down in a rookie-race.Solo said:I get to have my moral victory. I was calling Ovechkin all season amongst the Crosby circle jerk. Woohoo and stuff.
ForzaItalia
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Yeah I think a lot of people here really bought into the Crosby hype and probably never even knew what an "Ovechkin" was until they saw him on the hilite reels night after night....
dem
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Ovechkin is 2 years older and was playing in a mens league before coming into the NHL.
Crosby came straight from junior and put up a 4 points less than Ovechkin.
Crosby > Ovechkin
I mean.. I was expecting Crosby to put up maybe 60 points last year.. and he came in and put up 102. Crosby is amazing.
Crosby came straight from junior and put up a 4 points less than Ovechkin.
Crosby > Ovechkin
I mean.. I was expecting Crosby to put up maybe 60 points last year.. and he came in and put up 102. Crosby is amazing.
ForzaItalia
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**** I'd rather pay to watch Ovechkin play over Crosby any day of the week....points don't mean much at all...especially when you consider the dregs Ovechkin played with over the whole season....Ovechkin practically had 30 more goals and 50 more points than his closest teammate...Chris Clark...who? Brian Willsie...who?
Awesome...:lol
dem said:
Awesome...:lol
ForzaItalia
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I will say Chris Pronger is one tough mofo......my cousin saw him bashing in many heads during his stay in Hartford at the local watering holes...
Mike Works
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You're right about that, he can play with the most average linemates and still put up incredibly points.dem said:
But could you imagine if he had a really good player trailing the play to feed into the slot on odd man rushes?
I dunno, someone like
CHRIS PRONGER
:lol
Your hockey insight is worse than Barrage, and that's saying something. Got any more gems you want to share with us?dem said:
OUT ON THE TOWN: Alexander Ovechkin snogging Sidney Crosby's sister, yesterday
edit: whoops, missed this particular gem about Pronger wanting out! How unbelievably perfect. It's like God wound up and fired a slapshot to dem's nuts. :lol
Mike Works said:
"Get me the **** outta this town!"
Mike Works
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apparently hockey related insults are colorblind :lol
Mike Works
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I dunno, call me paranoid, but there was something about Chris Pronger in Game 6 and 7 of the SCF. After Edmonton's win in Game 6, everyone was happy or focused, but he just looked upset (as if he'd injured himself in the game). Same for Game 7 (before they lost). It was really weird.
Some guy from hockeybuzz (edit: andy strickland) was just on XM saying he had about a hour long conversation with Pronger last night, that this was personal family stuff that has been going on all season and the Oilers organization has been well aware of it.fallout said:
You spelled "GR8" wrong. If you're going to gobble Alex's knob, you gotta accept the nickname he picked for himself!bishoptl said:
:lol You're joking I assume. Every hockey fan with 3 functioning brain cells knew who the **** Ovechkin, and dem is right that most ppl who post in the NHL thread here DID predict Ovechkin winning the Calder before the year began.ForzaItalia said:
sefskillz said:
What is it about Edmonton that could be SO BAD that it forces everyone who gets stuck there to try to bail ASAP? Poor Greasers are going to be one of those teams that make the Finals then miss the playoffs badly the next year, book it!
"The whole town smells like a tannery inside a lumber mill yet there's neither of those things there! We're leaving, Petr!"
dem
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I can't believe this pronger shit is real... im at a loss for words... ****ing insane. Everyone is running with it now and no one is coming out to deny it. TSN got on the bandwagon too.
**** this sucks
If Florida wants to give up Luongo and Horton.. fine.. have Pronger. Otherwise... everyone **** right off.
I can't ****ing believe this is happening
**** this sucks
If Florida wants to give up Luongo and Horton.. fine.. have Pronger. Otherwise... everyone **** right off.
I can't ****ing believe this is happening
Mike Works
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not as much as the city of edmonton apparently :lol
It's great that the rumours are all but confirmed now, which means that everyone knows the Oilers are desperate and therefore will be lucky to get 60 cents on the dollar for any Pronger trade.
With Pronger sure to be sitting out of training camp demanding a trade? Jamie McLennan and Horton maybe.
Interesting, could be a great idea for Havlat if he puts up the sick numbers he looked primed for this year before getting hurt. His playoff performance was good enough that he doesn't have to worry about maybe missing 30 games this year affecting the rich UFA offers for him that much, but I'm sure he could get a nice long term secure deal from the Sens now. Maybe he just wants to pick his team in 2 years.
dem
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Reilly said:yeah, because every team wants players on their roster that don't want to be there. :lol
What did the Oilers give up for Pronger?
Lynch
Brewer
Woywitka
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They won't get that much in return. How about Gonchar for Pronger? C'mon, you know you like Sergei
They wont get that much??? are you ****ing kidding me? They'll get twice that. The blues were a ****ing firesale.
Mike Works
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They won't get as much as they normally would considering he's (allegedly) demanding out.
GM's will know that the Oilers will be desperate to get something for him while he's still hot property and that Edmonton will be ****ed if they can't get anything (they deem) worthwhile for them.
GM's will know that the Oilers will be desperate to get something for him while he's still hot property and that Edmonton will be ****ed if they can't get anything (they deem) worthwhile for them.
ForzaItalia
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I love this Pronger talk....and to think I was being called crazy:lol
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dem said:
Same shit....just suck it down.
dem
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holy ****
BLOCKBUSTER
LUONGO TO VANCOUVER
BERTUZZI TO FLORIDA
http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=169536&hubname=
BLOCKBUSTER
LUONGO TO VANCOUVER
BERTUZZI TO FLORIDA
http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=169536&hubname=
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