2009-10 NHL Thread

[Ivaden]

He tried killing Clutterbuck.

[Callisto]

I saw people playing hockey on a frozen pond in Pittsburgh, which is really rare, we usually aren't cold enough, long enough, to get frozen lakes and stuff.

Yeah I didn't know they'd do it by me either, it's just a little man-made retention pond that the park district made, it's right down the street which is nice...though pond ice is much harder than rink ice it turns out, did a number on my blades which I didn't realize until I got on the ice Sunday and flew halfway across the rink making a routine turn.

[BadKarma]

Rangers-Devils tonight. Hopefully the Rangers continue rolling and beating the shit out of Marty. No matter how good the devils are the blueshirts always have their number.

[Thoronas]

Rangers-Devils tonight. Hopefully the Rangers continue rolling and beating the shit out of Marty. No matter how good the devils are the blueshirts always have their number.

Now that you've said that it's gonna be 4-0 NJ tonight and Gaborik's groin will explode.

This ref fiasco is creating some great twitter discussions between journalists.
http://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie and http://twitter.com/BotchonCanucks are having a great discussion about the unspoken rules of the game.

[Brill Weave]

I was flipping back n forth from the pens-wild game...why do the wild fans hate gonchar? I kept hearing epic boos when he had the puck.

Gonchar for some reason decided that he would attempt to check someone. With his elbow. .

You know, as I watched Malkin turn the puck over for the fourteenth time in last night's game, I thought to myself, "Wow, Staal is playing better than Malkin."

The chemistry between our third line is something that can't be rivaled I think. I kind of wish Caputi could remain in the NHL, at least right now, we'll see how well he does over this extended period of time with Kunitz out. Malkin really needs someone like Malone on his wing, though. When is Tangradi supposed to be ready? I just hope if Malkin and Caputi end up having amazing chemistry, Bylsma doesn't move Caputi onto Crosby's wing next year when we don't resign Guerin because he's as old as dirt, even if he's playing like no one else on our team right now.

Malkin is pressing right now. He's trying to do too much because he's been slumping as bad as he is. Not to take anything away from Pascal Dupuis, but he does not belong in the top six. Period. I don't think Tangradi is quite ready yet. His offensive skills are improving and he's showing that he is going to be a goal scoring threat. He plays with an edge like Malone. The problem is he's still young. So I don't expect to see him up here permanently for at least another year.

If Guerin is able to continue his pace, the Pens will happily re-sign him to another one year deal should he decide to stay. He could top thirty goals this season(the first time in a very long time.)

Now onto Mr. Staal. Staal has finally filled out. His mindset actually matches his body now. He's not afraid to jump in front of the crease. He's living there now. He's taking the beating and he's getting the garbage goals. Here's the problem with Staal and the third line. They play fantastic together. So while the Pens might be better served putting someone like Kennedy or Staal with Malkin, they can't do it. Because the third line meshes so well they can't justify breaking them up.

[BadKarma]

Did you even read the article? I mean, I know the Rangers fanbase especially thinks that the NHL sucks Crosby's dick on a daily, but it had nothing to do with the NHL. It was the fault of FSN-Pittsburgh, not the league. But oh wait, doesn't matter, Penguins are teh DEBBILS!

Don't even start that shit. If you actually watch, you can see the dribble coming off sidneys pants. The referees have their arm up before Crosby even gets touched on most plays.

[Brill Weave]

Shut it Blueshirt!!

[Abraxas]

Burrows saying "we lost the game cause of the officiating" is lame-o. you lost cuz you couldnt kill the penalty.

kill it, then bitch out auger afterwards.

im on his side though, as far as the ref making it personal. auger is a douche

[Callisto]

I agree that you can't blame a loss on it as there were still 2-3 other goals not affected by it, at the same time a 4-3 PK is pretty damn detrimental.

[Brill Weave]

Agreed. You don't lose because of the penalty. You lose because of the penalty kill. Burrows should have waited until they were at the hotel and gave him a two o clock no knock with a sock full of miniature hotel soap bars.

[Selamis]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/g...9-years-in-NHL

[Oxyminus]

Did you even read the article? I mean, I know the Rangers fanbase especially thinks that the NHL sucks Crosby's dick on a daily, but it had nothing to do with the NHL. It was the fault of FSN-Pittsburgh, not the league. But oh wait, doesn't matter, Penguins are teh DEBBILS!

Man, that worked so much better than I could have ever hoped.

And for the record, I also think Crosby sucks the league's dick -- and I'm fairly certain that sentiment is shared everywhere outside of Pitt.

[Brill Weave]

Now I might be whooshing myself but are you guys seriously talking about tv networks now involved in the Crosby conspiracy?

[Ivaden]

Man, that worked so much better than I could have ever hoped.

And for the record, I also think Crosby sucks the league's dick -- and I'm fairly certain that sentiment is shared everywhere outside of Pitt.

Don't even try to save face by claiming you were trolling homie, you know your statement was genuinely retarded.

Noticed BK said something too. May just take a page from Oxy and claim trollan success, but really, we all know Rangers fans lead the league in the Crosby cryfest.

[Abraxas]

Now I might be whooshing myself but are you guys seriously talking about tv networks now involved in the Crosby conspiracy?

didnt you hear? assassin's creed 3 is going to be about the hunting of crosby and all the conspirators involves

[Oxyminus]

Don't even try to save face by claiming you were trolling homie, you know your statement was genuinely retarded.

Noticed BK said something too. May just take a page from Oxy and claim trollan success, but really, we all know Rangers fans lead the league in the Crosby cryfest.

your tears...taste delicious!

[Ivaden]

And your save face tastes like ass. Good to see you and BK back in this thread now that the Rangers are starting to play like they belong in the NHL, though!

By the way, http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pitt...rce=rss&feed=8

OMG NHL SUCKS CROSBY DICK LETS GO RANGERS FUCK BETTMAN FUCK THE REFS CROSBY DIVES GABORIK IS BETTER FUCK THE NHL FUCK THE RANGERS LETS GO RANGERS FUCK THE RANGERS FIST PUMP

[Furtwangler]

holy intense devils/rangers game

[NynJa]

And your save face tastes like ass. Good to see you and BK back in this thread now that the Rangers are starting to play like they belong in the NHL, though!

By the way, http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pitt...rce=rss&feed=8

OMG NHL SUCKS CROSBY DICK LETS GO RANGERS FUCK BETTMAN FUCK THE REFS CROSBY DIVES GABORIK IS BETTER FUCK THE NHL FUCK THE RANGERS LETS GO RANGERS FUCK THE RANGERS FIST PUMP

The NHL was not directly involved in the investigation.
His father, Lowell MacDonald, scored 140 goals for the Penguins from 1970-78.

FSN Pittsburgh , something like this done without repercussion couldn't be good for future TV deals.
and Bettman is still blowing Crosby.

[Ivaden]

I don't really think it'll have any effect on local television, anyway. But I definitely think it'll be something that the NHL as a whole looks into as far as their reviewing process. I 100% believe that a call like that shouldn't be made until the people in Toronto have every camera angle available to them. The camera that the shot that showed the puck over the line was between the benches it looked like, and I'm not trying to fault the NHL or the people in Toronto, but I think it's ridiculous that they only base their decisions on what the people at home are seeing. If that's the case, why not just leave it up the refs to look up at the jumbotron, because they certainly can show the overhead camera on that as well. I guess without something like this happening before, there was really no reason to doubt their process, but I think it's something they'll definitely reconsider in the future.