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Post by Skilly on Feb 10, 2016 8:46:16 GMT -5
This would explain why JC Subban played so poorly for Utica last week. Get well soon MJ Subban!! As a side note, PK is the only brother without a hyphenated name, but the only brother referred to by his initials. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2016 13:50:01 GMT -5
The fact that Kadri was constantly trying to get Giordano after that hit shows a tremendous lack of discipline. He doesn't care about the game, or the team.
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Post by franko on Feb 11, 2016 7:10:06 GMT -5
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Post by jkr on Feb 11, 2016 21:17:58 GMT -5
Shocking start in Chicago. 4 - 0 Dallas after the 1st. Eaves with a hat trick.
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Post by Skilly on Feb 11, 2016 23:48:07 GMT -5
Ovechkin with a hat trick tonight, this gives him 509 career goals. And he passes Jean Beliveau's 507 goals.
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Post by seventeen on Feb 12, 2016 1:57:33 GMT -5
McDavid with 5 points tonight against the Leafs, but as one Tweeter said, that's like 2 points against a real team. Twenty four points in 19 games, Skilly. Didn't we place a gentleman's bet at the beginning of the season? I think 70 points was mentioned. Prorated, his points per game over 56 games (which Edmonton has played) is 70 points rounded down. He'd be 2nd in scoring, 7 points behind Kane. If he keeps up his current pace, he'll have 57 points by season's end, not 70, but in just over half a season (45 games). You can concede now if you wish. No screech payment required.  |
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Post by Skilly on Feb 12, 2016 6:28:40 GMT -5
You'll have to show me this "pro-rated" deal ....cause there are lots of players that would love to have their stats pro-rated And it wasn't me you made the gentleman deal with, it was habsorbed. And the deal wasn't that he'd get 70 points, it was that he would not be in the top 20 in scoring at the end of the year. Currently, he sits in 191st, ... tied with David Desharnais. HEY!!! Maybe we do have a true first liner afterall!! I think McDavid will get 70 points. Habsorbed, if he were on the Habs, could you see him scoring 70 points? Wait, forget I said that. "Hey, McDavid, you know what da hell "chip" means?!" It's too difficult to determine point totals this season, particularly with the new 3 on 3 which will pad most offensive players' stats. But i'll make you a gentlemen's wager that McD will not be in the top 20 of league scoring. It's too difficult to determine point totals this season, particularly with the new 3 on 3 which will pad most offensive players' stats. But i'll make you a gentlemen's wager that McD will not be in the top 20 of league scoring. I'd take you on, but I'm not a gentleman. But regardless, sure, I'll say McD will be in the top 20 in league scoring. Bragging rights to the winner. |
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Post by seventeen on Feb 12, 2016 11:44:45 GMT -5
You'll have to show me this "pro-rated" deal ....cause there are lots of players that would love to have their stats pro-rated And it wasn't me you made the gentleman deal with, it was habsorbed. And the deal wasn't that he'd get 70 points, it was that he would not be in the top 20 in scoring at the end of the year. Currently, he sits in 191st, ... tied with David Desharnais. HEY!!! Maybe we do have a true first liner afterall!! It's too difficult to determine point totals this season, particularly with the new 3 on 3 which will pad most offensive players' stats. But i'll make you a gentlemen's wager that McD will not be in the top 20 of league scoring. I'd take you on, but I'm not a gentleman. But regardless, sure, I'll say McD will be in the top 20 in league scoring. Bragging rights to the winner. Sorry Skilly. My error. Then I'm sure Edmonton will trade us McDavid for DD. We can even throw in Therrien and Lefebvre. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Feb 13, 2016 10:48:19 GMT -5
... too nice of a goal not to share ...
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Post by CentreHice on Feb 13, 2016 11:54:06 GMT -5
Gudas goes low, trails/extends his leg to get Lessio, who's out 2-3 weeks, knee. No suspension. How about this one against Buffalo on Thursday night? Not only did he go low and hit the side of the head (jaw/neck) but he also ignored the fact that Catenacci was engaged with another player. On top of it all…Philly was up 5-1 with under 4:00 to go. The league once again says….no suspension. Catenacci missed the Habs game, and will miss at least two more….concussion-related. Joke…. |
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Post by seventeen on Feb 13, 2016 15:16:49 GMT -5
CH, the league doesn't care if a player gets hurt, or maimed or breaks their neck and nearly dies. The Player Safety committee is the biggest oxymoron since Military Intelligence. Their idols are the Roman Emperors governing the gladiator battles, who only wanted the crowd entertained and satisfied, so they'd forget how poor their own daily existence was. If the natural consequences of actions like Gudas' flowed directly back to Colon Campbell, things would change.
To be fair, Campbell may have suffered brain injury from the concussions he experienced as a player. It certainly appears that way.
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Post by seventeen on Feb 13, 2016 16:23:58 GMT -5
Playoff hopes are slipping. Boston is leading Minny 3-1 halfway through the 3rd. That would put them 8 points up with a game in hand. Additionally, the Devils beat Philly so they're 5 points ahead with same games played. The tough part is that there will be at least 3 teams besides Habs fighting for that last playoff spot (make that 4 if you include Carolina, tied with us with a game in hand). The odds that at least 2 of those 3 teams ahead of us won't collapse are pretty good. If we were only chasing one team the odds would be better, but to hope that 3 out of 4 teams perform worse than us is stretching things. I've excluded Ottawa who are neck and neck with us. Not looking good. Berg's decision could be made for him by the end of this month.
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Post by PTH on Feb 13, 2016 17:10:17 GMT -5
Playoff hopes are slipping. Boston is leading Minny 3-1 halfway through the 3rd. That would put them 8 points up with a game in hand. Additionally, the Devils beat Philly so they're 5 points ahead with same games played. The tough part is that there will be at least 3 teams besides Habs fighting for that last playoff spot (make that 4 if you include Carolina, tied with us with a game in hand). The odds that at least 2 of those 3 teams ahead of us won't collapse are pretty good. If we were only chasing one team the odds would be better, but to hope that 3 out of 4 teams perform worse than us is stretching things. I've excluded Ottawa who are neck and neck with us. Not looking good. Berg's decision could be made for him by the end of this month. If the decision is made for him by the deadline, it makes it easier... it's if it appears that we still have a shot and that he feels he has to give up that's the worst possible scenario. |
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Post by seventeen on Feb 13, 2016 17:26:09 GMT -5
Yes, Ambiguity is our enemy right now. I hate to lose, but we may be past that point. There are some pretty good players from 1-8 at least and even a bit beyond that, so getting one of the top 3 if we're lucky enough to win the lottery, or a Dubois or Gauthier, would strengthen that top 6.
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Post by jkr on Feb 13, 2016 21:52:41 GMT -5
CBJ beats Ottawa 4-2. 3 straight losses for OTT since Phaneuf trade.
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Post by franko on Feb 13, 2016 23:19:21 GMT -5
3 games down, 5 years to go.
what was Murray thinking?
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Feb 13, 2016 23:22:10 GMT -5
CBJ beats Ottawa 4-2. 3 straight losses for OTT since Phaneuf trade. Phaneuf had a rough debut, but I think he's found his stride in Ottawa since ... I'd like to see him do well in Ottawa ... already has the makings of a memorable night when he returns to Toronto ... would be kind of cool to see him score one in TO ... thing about Ottawa is; if they get a blue-chip goaltender, they'll be a lot harder to beat ... but I hear you ... 3 straight since the trade ... wonder if the players are thinking Brian Murray isn't finished making changes yet ... they've had some bad games lately ... Cheers. |
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Post by franko on Feb 16, 2016 22:03:24 GMT -5
Sens and Barfalo into OT -- points for both for those following a potential tank
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Post by jkr on Feb 16, 2016 22:17:13 GMT -5
Gudas with another bad hit against NJ. Tossed with a major.league will probably do nothing.
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Post by Willie Dog on Feb 17, 2016 16:33:28 GMT -5
Gudas with another bad hit against NJ. Tossed with a major.league will probably do nothing. Players will have to do something about that ape... league isn't going to do anything... what do you expect with Pronger on the player safety committee |
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Post by jkr on Feb 18, 2016 22:12:05 GMT -5
Leafs pull goalie & tie the game with just over 2 minutes left. A minute later Reilly gives away the puck & a Stepan scores what proves to be the winning goal.
Wonder what Babcock will have to say about that play?
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Post by franko on Feb 18, 2016 22:14:09 GMT -5
Leafs pull goalie & tie the game with just over 2 minutes left. A minute later Reilly gives away the puck & a Stepan scores what proves to be the winning goal. Wonder what Babcock will have to say about that play? probably congratulate Reilly and yell at Greening |
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Post by seventeen on Feb 19, 2016 0:06:53 GMT -5
I bet he doesn't throw Rielly under the bus. Our problem is that MT feels invincible now so he'll say what he wants. Berg will sit with his finger up his nose (that's not where you thought I'd say his finger was, is it?) so unless Molson does something Habs fans will have his MTness to put up with again next year. That's assuming there are any fans left.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Feb 19, 2016 9:59:41 GMT -5
I bet he doesn't throw Rielly under the bus. Our problem is that MT feels invincible now so he'll say what he wants. Berg will sit with his finger up his nose (that's not where you thought I'd say his finger was, is it?) so unless Molson does something Habs fans will have his MTness to put up with again next year. That's assuming there are any fans left. The biggest change in Toronto since Babcock's arrival is that he publicly defends his players, unlike his predecesors who continually pointed out what was wrong with them ... I think he called out Bernier a few months back, but that was about it ... Cheers. |
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Post by blny on Feb 19, 2016 10:17:51 GMT -5
Komarov to have phone hearing for headshot on McDonagh last night. Ryan had just returned to the lineup after missing 4 games due to a concussion from a game against Philly. He's concussed again. Honestly, I'd consider shutting him down for the season at this point. Two concussions, that close together, is bad news.
AFAIC, that should be in person and a min of 5 games. He clearly leans in at the last moment and elbows McD right in the chops.
Furthermore, it's beyond time for something to change with regard to player safety. If the league won't do it, and the union is preoccupied with protecting the rights of the perpetrator instead of the victim (because, you know, the victim is still getting paid at least if he misses games while the suspended player forfeits salary), it's time for some sort of oversight committee to come in in the name of work place safety.
A clear, coherent, policy needs to be instituted. Any contact to the head, outside of a fight, is a penalty. Ban it. Period. You glove punch a guy a la Lucic, it's a penalty. Not 2 for roughing. Make it 4 minutes for unnecessary contact to a player's head. If you make contact with the head of a player with a part of your body that isn't your hand, it's an automatic major penalty, ejection, and suspension. I don't care if it was intentional or not. Either learn to hit clean, or you're done.
First head shot offense is 5 games. No phone hearings either. Everything is done in person. Second offense, the punishment doubles. Third, it triples. Fourth, you lose 82 games and any playoff games played within the year ban. The slate is NOT wiped clean at the end of a season. Your record stays with you. If you've been suspended for another infraction - say spearing - and your second offense is a head shot, you still get the doubling affect. It's not about first head shot offense, first spearing offense, first boarding, whatever. It's cumulative. Period.
Wages lost to suspensions (for head shots) go directly into a fund to support CTE research.
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Post by seventeen on Feb 19, 2016 14:01:15 GMT -5
I bet he doesn't throw Rielly under the bus. Our problem is that MT feels invincible now so he'll say what he wants. Berg will sit with his finger up his nose (that's not where you thought I'd say his finger was, is it?) so unless Molson does something Habs fans will have his MTness to put up with again next year. That's assuming there are any fans left. The biggest change in Toronto since Babcock's arrival is that he publicly defends his players, unlike his predecesors who continually pointed out what was wrong with them ... I think he called out Bernier a few months back, but that was about it ... Cheers. He made one interesting public statement, but it wasn't picking on an individual. Paraphrasing, he basically said they didn't have enough talent in the line-up. And that's ok with the players because each one of them can believe he's talking about someone else. It's not personally insulting like the coach telling the world you made a bad play. BTW, this morning Pacioretty said that PK wasn't the only one at fault and that there was miscommunication in the defensive zone. That's admirable, but it would have been so much better if he'd said that on Wednesday night and also said that he miscommunicated because it looked to me like Markov and DLR each had their guys. Patches seem to simply go to a blank area of the ice instead of staying with either Iginla or whoever the other Av was. Anyway, at least he deflected some of the blame from PK. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Feb 19, 2016 17:30:20 GMT -5
The biggest change in Toronto since Babcock's arrival is that he publicly defends his players, unlike his predecesors who continually pointed out what was wrong with them ... I think he called out Bernier a few months back, but that was about it ... Cheers. He made one interesting public statement, but it wasn't picking on an individual. Paraphrasing, he basically said they didn't have enough talent in the line-up. And that's ok with the players because each one of them can believe he's talking about someone else. It's not personally insulting like the coach telling the world you made a bad play. BTW, this morning Pacioretty said that PK wasn't the only one at fault and that there was miscommunication in the defensive zone. That's admirable, but it would have been so much better if he'd said that on Wednesday night and also said that he miscommunicated because it looked to me like Markov and DLR each had their guys. Patches seem to simply go to a blank area of the ice instead of staying with either Iginla or whoever the other Av was. Anyway, at least he deflected some of the blame from PK. Thanks mate ... they've been replaying Pacioretty's interview all day on TSN690 ... I thought everyone involved has been really good trying to defuse the Subban/Therrien drama ... I thought Pacioretty also did a good job addressing the "dressing room conflict" Le Journal de Montréal wrote about earlier in the week ... I had no idea what's what in the dressing room, but I thought it was irresponsible journalism right from the get-go ... kind of reminds me of the Kovalev days ... sigh ... |
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Post by jkr on Feb 20, 2016 22:08:20 GMT -5
Bad news on the scoreboard watching front. Phaneuf ties game with about 3 minutes left & Ottawa beats Detroit in the SO. Philly beats the Leafs in OT.
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Post by franko on Feb 21, 2016 0:08:03 GMT -5
Bad news on the scoreboard watching front. Phaneuf ties game with about 3 minutes left & Ottawa beats Detroit in the SO. Philly beats the Leafs in OT. tank nation loves 3 point games. playoff nation hates them. |
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Post by jkr on Feb 21, 2016 8:43:32 GMT -5
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