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Post by jkr on Nov 29, 2015 8:47:26 GMT -5
There was a big thread up last night on HF. Dubinsky cross-checked him in the neck, sending Sid to the ice. He then cross-checked him in the kidneys, breaking his stick. The latter looked significantly harder to me, and not just because the stick broke. Some of the commentary in the thread discussed various attacks during the game with no penalties. I fully expect Cherry to come on and say if guys like Semenko were still around ... My reply would be, if the refs actually didn't suck ... I think Cherry would have a point here. Dubinsky's only consequence during the game for his stickwork was a minor penalty. I watched the game & didn't see any Penguins come to Crosby's defense. Sure, you might lose a PP but someone needed to beat the crap out of Dubinsky. He serves his penalty & comes back to set up the winner in OT. BTW, the Penguins lose to another bottom feeder - EDM - in a shootout last night. |
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Post by blny on Nov 29, 2015 16:03:40 GMT -5
There was a big thread up last night on HF. Dubinsky cross-checked him in the neck, sending Sid to the ice. He then cross-checked him in the kidneys, breaking his stick. The latter looked significantly harder to me, and not just because the stick broke. Some of the commentary in the thread discussed various attacks during the game with no penalties. I fully expect Cherry to come on and say if guys like Semenko were still around ... My reply would be, if the refs actually didn't suck ... I think Cherry would have a point here. Dubinsky's only consequence during the game for his stickwork was a minor penalty. I watched the game & didn't see any Penguins come to Crosby's defense. Sure, you might lose a PP but someone needed to beat the crap out of Dubinsky. He serves his penalty & comes back to set up the winner in OT. BTW, the Penguins lose to another bottom feeder - EDM - in a shootout last night. ... despite Malkin putting in another candidate for goal of the year. The refs can put as much a stop to his antics as anyone. If you see a player ignoring the game for the sake of chasing a player around the ice there are a litany of penalties that can be called. Start small, start early. Unsportsmanlike, roughing, delay of game, whatever. If he comes out of the box doing the same thing, you give him 2 and 10. Any post-whistle scrum he's on the ice, you look for antics and react. |
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Post by seventeen on Nov 29, 2015 21:25:17 GMT -5
Don't be too hard on them (the refs), blny. If a stick gets knocked out of a players hands, they'll be on it like squirrels at a nudist colony.
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Post by CentreHice on Nov 30, 2015 21:45:58 GMT -5
Oilers @ Leafs.
Again...Edmonton is pathetic, considering their drafting the past several years.
The Leafs' new goalie, Sparks, is going to shut them out...and he hasn't even had to work very hard. I can see/hear the headlines now: Rookie "Sparks" Leafs To Victory; Leafs Get the Spark They Need in Goal....etc.
As I type this post, it's 2-0 Toronto with about 9:00 left.
What a terrible game to watch...
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Post by franko on Dec 1, 2015 6:56:53 GMT -5
are we about to be regaled with the Leafs playoff bound/found the goalie they've been looking for/etc?
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Post by CentreHice on Dec 1, 2015 8:26:07 GMT -5
We'll see what happens to Sparks when he plays a team that gets a lot of good scoring chances. The Oilers were pathetic…albeit hitting a post and a crossbar.
Leafs travel to Winnipeg and Minnesota for back-to-back Wed/Thurs. games. Then into St. Louis on Saturday.
A couple of Saturday's ago, Cherry anointed Reimer as "the best goalie in the league right now"…..
Now that Reimer is injured….I kinda hope Sparks pulls off another W or two this week, so Cherry can blow a new plume of concocted smoke up Leaf Nation's collective arse….
I can hear it now….
CHERRY: When Reimer comes back--he was the best in the league when he got injured, remember I said that….
MACLEAN: (automatic head nod #42,531)
CHERRY: I'll tell ya right now, the way this Sparks kid is playin'…when Reimer comes back, the Leafs will have the best #1 and backup goalies goin'! You heard it here!
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Post by CentreHice on Dec 1, 2015 17:51:28 GMT -5
Dude, it was just the Oilers….perspective….  |
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Post by CentreHice on Dec 2, 2015 22:23:24 GMT -5
Well, the Sparks heroics were short-lived.
Jets with 4 in the third to bury the Leafs 6-1.
6 GA on 29 shots. .829 save pct.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Dec 3, 2015 12:10:38 GMT -5
Well, the Sparks heroics were short-lived. Jets with 4 in the third to bury the Leafs 6-1. 6 GA on 29 shots. .829 save pct. Saw most of the game ... Sparks did alright ... he'd probably want a few of those goals back, but his team simply either didn't or couldn't compete ... Winnipeg seemed to be out-skating them just about everywhere on the ice ... I saw the penalty Phaneuf took near the end of the game and it looked as if he could've cared less ... I remember thinking that, while Babcock has a plan, he simply doesn't have the talent to implement it ... I think the Leafs will eventually get better but for now, anyway, they're a terrible team ... they don't look as bad as they did last year, but still ... odd how they always seem to be prepared to play Montreal, though ... Cheers. |
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Post by Polarice on Dec 3, 2015 12:25:20 GMT -5
Well, the Sparks heroics were short-lived. Jets with 4 in the third to bury the Leafs 6-1. 6 GA on 29 shots. .829 save pct. Saw most of the game ... Sparks did alright ... he'd probably want a few of those goals back, but his team simply either didn't or couldn't compete ... Winnipeg seemed to be out-skating them just about everywhere on the ice ... I saw the penalty Phaneuf took near the end of the game and it looked as if he could've cared less ... I remember thinking that, while Babcock has a plan, he simply doesn't have the talent to implement it ... I think the Leafs will eventually get better but for now, anyway, they're a terrible team ... they don't look as bad as they did last year, but still ... odd how they always seem to be prepared to play Montreal, though ... Cheers. Was at the game last night and Toronto's defence was pretty bad.....I don't know haw many times I saw a jets player wide open in front of the net!! Sparks was just OK....he made some nice saves but he was out of position quite a bit as well. I wonder if he cried after the game again?  |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Dec 3, 2015 12:54:25 GMT -5
Well, the Sparks heroics were short-lived. Jets with 4 in the third to bury the Leafs 6-1. 6 GA on 29 shots. .829 save pct. Does that mean they have to undo the engraving on this year's Vezina Trophy? Darn. |
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Post by CentreHice on Dec 3, 2015 16:00:00 GMT -5
Well, the Sparks heroics were short-lived. Jets with 4 in the third to bury the Leafs 6-1. 6 GA on 29 shots. .829 save pct. Does that mean they have to undo the engraving on this year's Vezina Trophy? Darn. The more pathetic the team, the hungrier the dog at the butcher's back door…and the more willing to accept any scrap at all….. |
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Post by seventeen on Dec 3, 2015 16:14:18 GMT -5
Well, the Sparks heroics were short-lived. Jets with 4 in the third to bury the Leafs 6-1. 6 GA on 29 shots. .829 save pct. Does that mean they have to undo the engraving on this year's Vezina Trophy? Darn. I had to check twice on your post, NWT. I could have sworn it was Franko at first. The contagion is spreading. |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Dec 3, 2015 17:03:32 GMT -5
I had to check twice on your post, NWT. I could have sworn it was Franko at first. The contagion is spreading. Any day I can poke fun at both the Toronto Maple Leafs and the national media's obsession thereof...is a good day. See how little it takes!! |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Dec 6, 2015 19:34:25 GMT -5
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Post by franko on Dec 7, 2015 21:51:02 GMT -5
if you thought our PP was trolling downwards . . . have a look at the Preds. they could hardly get in the zone. 2-7
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Post by seventeen on Dec 8, 2015 0:06:53 GMT -5
Gee, two of 7. That's 28.6%. Pathetic. I started watching that game and caught the 1st fifteen minutes. Boston looked pretty good and fast, but not good enough obviously. The Bruins are a really small team, overall. Their average height is probably skewed by the 190' 11 inch Chara.
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Post by franko on Dec 8, 2015 7:09:33 GMT -5
Gee, two of 7. That's 28.6%. Pathetic. I started watching that game and caught the 1st fifteen minutes. Boston looked pretty good and fast, but not good enough obviously. The Bruins are a really small team, overall. Their average height is probably skewed by the 190' 11 inch Chara. well, to be honest I only saw the last 5 pathetic attempts. maybe they took the play to the Bruins in the first period, but it looked like a disinterested team when I watched the 2nd and part of the 3rd. with the chances they had it should have been a rout -- no way Boston should have stayed around as long as they did. |
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Post by seventeen on Dec 9, 2015 1:19:15 GMT -5
Freakin Cam Ward gave up 4 goals on 8 shots against Dallas tonight. Sure hope he plays like that against us next time.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Dec 22, 2015 15:19:00 GMT -5
There's a good team being built in Toronto ... they've kicked it up a notch recently ... they have a couple of offensive prospects with the Marlies, too ...
Cheers.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Dec 26, 2015 20:46:08 GMT -5
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Post by seventeen on Dec 27, 2015 20:44:25 GMT -5
There's a good team being built in Toronto ... they've kicked it up a notch recently ... they have a couple of offensive prospects with the Marlies, too ... Cheers. They've got talent level of a 25th to 30th place team but the coaching talent of a top 3. I bet they compete for a playoff spot. |
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Post by blny on Dec 27, 2015 20:59:11 GMT -5
There's a good team being built in Toronto ... they've kicked it up a notch recently ... they have a couple of offensive prospects with the Marlies, too ... Cheers. They've got talent level of a 25th to 30th place team but the coaching talent of a top 3. I bet they compete for a playoff spot. Poor Leafs fans. Team can't even tank properly. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Dec 27, 2015 21:29:11 GMT -5
They've got talent level of a 25th to 30th place team but the coaching talent of a top 3. I bet they compete for a playoff spot. Poor Leafs fans. Team can't even tank properly. All jokes aside, I'm taking the Leafs seriously ... they have the coach, sure, but they also have the talent in the system ... the Marlies are first overall and they have 3 players in the top 8 in scoring (4 in the top-20) ... and if leadership starts behind the bench, they've got most of the rest of the team beat in that category already ... Cheers. |
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Post by seventeen on Dec 28, 2015 1:23:57 GMT -5
I wasn't joking either, Dis. If Carey isn't really, really good, I think they have a legitimate chance to catch us. Much depends on their goaltending too, of course. What concerns me is that Condon was pretty good against the Caps and we still lost. I can't even say that it was close, either.
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Post by CentreHice on Dec 30, 2015 8:40:03 GMT -5
Marchand's predatory, blindside submarine on Borowiecki.... With his past, especially his similar 5-gamer on Salo in 2012, he HAS to be slapped with 10 games. He's a disgrace to the league. He could've broken Borowiecki's neck....let alone taken out a knee.... His explanation is just as rat-like: “It was simple play,” Marchand said after Tuesday’s 7-3 Bruins win at TD Garden. “I was trying to get to the puck-carrier, and I turned up ice, and (Borowiecki) was kind of standing there. I just turned up and tried to go after the puck-carrier.”Right....he didn't see him....just like Chara didn't know Pacioretty was on the ice or where the stanchion was.... Two guys I wouldn't mind seeing having career-ending injuries resulting from "unfortunate hockey plays".... Julien must be proud.... |
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Post by blny on Dec 30, 2015 13:28:38 GMT -5
He also speared Turris late in the game.
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Post by blny on Dec 30, 2015 13:29:37 GMT -5
Put this here ... Gagner and Gomez were waived by the Flyers and Blues 2 days ago. Both have cleared. Blues intend to release Gomez.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Dec 30, 2015 18:17:51 GMT -5
He also speared Turris late in the game. You live by the sword ... |
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Post by CentreHice on Dec 30, 2015 18:56:00 GMT -5
And his usual gloved-punch to the face on top of it.
Love the Boston colour-guy, Andy Brickley, who adds yet another re-definition to the Bruins' dictionary.
Spearing = Leading With The Stick
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