2009-10 NHL Thread

[Brill Weave]

Sooooooo, nice to see Laviolette's no fighting policy is working out so well for him. Are there rumbling in Philly yet calling for him to be fired? Because that guy is NOT the right type of coach for the Flyers.

[Abraxas]

he doesnt have a no fighting policy. he just doesnt take being undisciplined too well. i cant say hes the perfect fit, but really only time will tell

[Brill Weave]

Honestly dood, I don't see Laviolette lasting more than a season in Philly. And no, Laviolette is against fighting because of the possibility of injuries, not being undisciplined.

Carolina coach Peter Laviolette makes no bones about the way he expects his players to act in games.

“I have a very strict no-fighting policy for our team,” Laviolette says. “Last year in the playoffs (defenseman) Mike Commodore got into a fight and I said, ‘OK, that’s it. No more fighting.’ I simply cannot afford to lose a player like Mike Commodore to an injury he may sustain in a fight.

“Take a guy like Erik Cole. If we allowed him to fight, I know he would do it. Now if he gets hurt in a fight, our team has lost a very valuable asset. How do I justify that? I can’t. It just doesn’t make sense to me to allow our guys to fight.”

Instead, Laviolette elected to dress skilled players on his fourth line, guys who, in a pinch, could fill in on one of his top two lines. A player such as Chad LaRose, for instance. LaRose, a 5-foot-10, 175-pound speedy winger, couldn’t fight his way out of a wet paper bag, but he scored 61 goals and 117 points in 67 games for Plymouth in his final year of junior and helped the Hurricanes by skating an occasional regular shift and killing penalties. Laviolette also worked skill players Andrew Ladd and Josef Vasicek into the lineup.

Peter Laviolette set a “no-fighting” edict for his Carolina Hurricanes in the playoffs

The Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes have played without a heavyweight for two seasons. Coach Peter Laviolette has discouraged his players from fighting.

Part of the whole Philadelphia mystique is the "if we can't beat you on the scoreboards, we're going to literally beat you" mentality. I don't see Laviolette changing and quite frankly I'm very surprised that Holmgren hired him.

[Abraxas]

that was when he coached carolina. he just said last night there's a place for fighting in the interview i saw. thats also probably just for the playoffs. and seriously who is going to miss riley cote if he hurts? he said he didnt want erik cole to fight, which is understandable. he probably doesnt want richards and pronger to fight

also, looks like the flyers will be making a big trade pretty soon. as soon as friday, if they dont play well tomorrow night.

[Ishido]

that was when he coached carolina. he just said last night there's a place for fighting in the interview i saw. thats also probably just for the playoffs. and seriously who is going to miss riley cote if he hurts? he said he didnt want erik cole to fight, which is understandable. he probably doesnt want richards and pronger to fight

also, looks like the flyers will be making a big trade pretty soon. as soon as friday, if they dont play well tomorrow night.

Pronger doesn't fight, he elbows and stomps.

[BadKarma]

Pronger doesn't fight, he elbows and stomps.

And whines when he gets a penalty

[Ishido]

And whines when he gets a penalty

It's impossible to avoid, it was pure physics.

[Brill Weave]

Compliments of Puck Daddy. They are having a make a float for the winter classic contest. This is what they have so far. I'll save the best one for you Abraxas.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...1359736-12.jpg
Please recall New York Islanders defenseman Brendan Witt's(notes) incredible take of automotive danger/corporate coffee/hockey player indestructibility as you take a gander at Steve C.'s wonderful tribute.

Only thing missing? Some reference to Witt's classic line "I'm a hockey player. I'm OK. No big deal," which rivals "Back off man, I'm a scientist" for its near-perfect assessment of occupational swagger.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...4275887-12.jpg
Speaking of the Flyers, here's a tribute to Kevin Bieksa(notes) of the Vancouver Canucks and his "Superman Punch" on Mike Richards(notes).

As if Brandon Routh's career isn't miserable enough, he's now having Kevin Bieksa's head Photoshopped on his body.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...5418737-12.jpg
As Cale P. so perfectly put it in his email: "Wouldn't be a proper parade without the Shriners."

No word if the Montreal Canadiens' vehicles are being powered by Booty Sweat or whatever the hell drink Georges Laraque was selling in that commercial.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...7221584-12.jpg
In honor of Rick DiPietro.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...2558315-12.jpg
Puck Buddy Journeyman sent in this float featuring Chris Pronger(notes) of the Philadelphia Flyers doing in a parade what he does best on the ice: Leading with his elbow.

[Abraxas]

page 71 --- epic

pronger physics and floats
hahaha

[Abraxas]

Pronger Physics

Formula -
* F=DE*NSOC/GAQ
* Force = Distance from Edmonton (Measured in Martin St. Louiseses) times the Nights Slept on Couch over the General Asshole Quotient, or the Rutuuometer.

lol

[Izzy]

Advanced Pronger Physics

It's been shown that Pronger has 2107 pounds of force at his disposal using the second law of motion.

Let's assume the impact of the stomp took .1 seconds. That's 21070 lbf/s. Using 1 horsepower = 550 lbf/s, thats 38 horsepower. Using a figure of 15cc to a horsepower for a chainsaw, that's the equivalent of around 580cc displacement.

Canadian Tire sells some nice 34cc chainsaws.

Basically, what these Pronger haters are saying is that Pronger stomped on Kesler, despite the fact that SCIENCE says that a Pronger stomp is the equivalent of having your leg attacked by SEVENTEEN chainsaws!!!

Even better lol

[Brill Weave]

Hmm I wouldn't have said more than fifteen chainsaws. And yes, page 71 was pretty epic for us.

[Abraxas]

Even better lol

hah i didnt even make it that far. laughed too hard

[Thoronas]

That site is comedy gold.

Todd Bertuzzi

One of the most dominant physical wingers of his generation, Todd Bertuzzi's name commands respect among paraplegics and teenage hockey fans on the Internet.

[Sepukku]

I'm thinkin' the Flyers season comes down to tonight. They win, they neutralize the gains the Pens made Tuesday. They lose, this home-and-home essentially was an 8 point swing for their division rivals (us).

Furthermore, its a respect/pride issue at this point. They just got trounced by their division rivals and they get a 2nd crack at them 2 days later on their home ice... they better take advantage.

I know the Penguins slumped pretty bad last year and "its only December", but keep in mind, due to the Olympics, we're near, in terms of game #, where the Pens were when they started to right the ship.

[Ishido]

That site is comedy gold.

Yeah, first time I saw it I spent an hour or so just clicking around it.

a few of my favorites:

http://www.sportsargumentwiki.com/in...title=NHL_Rink
http://www.sportsargumentwiki.com/in...Minnesota_Wild
http://www.sportsargumentwiki.com/in...burgh_Penguins
http://www.sportsargumentwiki.com/in...e=Marian_Hossa

[Abraxas]

I'm thinkin' the Flyers season comes down to tonight. They win, they neutralize the gains the Pens made Tuesday. They lose, this home-and-home essentially was an 8 point swing for their division rivals (us).

Furthermore, its a respect/pride issue at this point. They just got trounced by their division rivals and they get a 2nd crack at them 2 days later on their home ice... they better take advantage.

I know the Penguins slumped pretty bad last year and "its only December", but keep in mind, due to the Olympics, we're near, in terms of game #, where the Pens were when they started to right the ship.

cant argue with any of that. the thing is, despite how many points up in the division the pens can go with this swing, any team just needs to be in the 8th spot to win.

the beauty of hockey

[Ishido]

Also Ilya Bryzgalov if the funniest man in the NHL, slightly above Pavel Datsyuk. Prove me wrong.

[Brill Weave]

I love the Jarkko Ruutu entry on the wiki. The pictures at the bottom were fucking hilarious.

[Izzy]

That NHL rink one had me laughing out loud at work.