2010-2011 NHL Season Thread

[Sepukku]

I hate to say it, but there are some really fucking dumb Penguin fans out there...

On EA's NHL11 forums the biggest whiners/idiots are Penguins fans. Some dude with a Letang avatar just tried explaining how in Ultimate Team mode that 15k pucks for the promo double-jumbo pack (24 cards, 8 rares garunteed, chance for a 9th) is better than spending 7500 pucks twice on regular jumbo packs (16 cards each, 4 rares each, chance for 1 extra rare in each)...

Then a thread on the first page is a guy named xCROSBY87x whining about how his Ultimate Team got eliminated during the first of the monthly playoffs since the game came out. xNAMESx are the dumbest things in creation. If anyone had made their fantasy team name xANYTHINGx they would be an X-member of the league via my banhammer commish powers. You're not fucking 14, your life IS worth living, just get some balls and talk to more girls than the 1 your immature hopeless romantic self is wasting time on in the hopes that "she'll come around." Absolutely fucking digusting.

My friend heard someone near his seat during the CBJ-PIT preseason game ask, during a delayed penalty, why the goalie was pulled, only for her friend to tell her, "theyre doing it for practice sinces its the preseason."

And dont even get me started on my girlfriend's sister's boyfriend who tells me all the time how important a bunch of over the hill players should be kept on the team. He told me we shouldve payed Gonchar more than Ottawa if thats what it took. He told me we were struggling this year cause we didnt have Petr Sykora anymore.

Im so fucking tired of looking around and seeing all these idiots who give legitimate fans like me a bad rep.

[Bregor]

Sep ragemode on Pens fans, so awesome.

Caps feed sucks tonight, it's just a single camera shot of the Verizon Center jumbotron, half of the time they're showing promos or replays during live action.

[Anton]

Wings starting their top 9 minus Bertuzzi at Toronto... have 4 of their regular D playing odd pairings, and two AHL goalies. It's on NHL network and probably some Canadian channel for those that want to watch some old guys lose to the Leafs (since the Wings haven't beaten them in years).

Jinx'd. 4-1 DET atm, goin on the PP again

Plus we're starting our... 4th string goalie? He's uh... pretty bad

Edit: 4-2 DET, end of the 2nd. The Bozak-Versteeg-Kessel line is not bad, not bad at all

Edit Edit: 7-3, 8 left in the 3rd. THIS GOALIE FREAKIN SUCKS. He does not square up ever.

[Ishido]

Leafs goalie had like 1 good save, when he slid over on a cross crease pass and denied Lidstrom. Was hoping Hudler would get a hatty, but oh well the offense looked pretty good.

[Callisto]

Kinda hard to judge since Detroit vs. Toronto isn't really a fair fight even with full rosters, lol. Canucks vs. Ducks in 15 minutes! Cam Fowler as of now is going to be on the opening night roster, if he makes it past the 10 game mark he's gotta be the Calder dark horse by all accounts.

[Callisto]

fffffff Hawks are up 1-0 it seems, but the goal is from Pisani, who I like but I think the roster spot is going to come down to him vs. Jeremy Morin and I'm really pulling for Morin to make the roster.

[Thoronas]

Respect for Seppuku's real talk on retard fans, those people aren't relegated to Pittsburgh alone believe me.

Schneider is looking much better now. I was worried after that Edmonton game but he's been looking ok. I'm looking forward to seeing how he grows as trade bait for the Canucks this season.

[Callisto]

Schneider is looking much better now. I was worried after that Edmonton game but he's been looking ok. I'm looking forward to seeing how he grows as trade bait for the Canucks this season.

His #s are kinda funny because of that game though, even after stopping 23/24 last game he has a 3.79 GAA and like an .870 save % lol

[Thoronas]

Shorty for Raymond! Wooo

But yeah, Schneider's stats are brutal right now. I think they'll be better in the regular season depending on which games they throw him.

[Callisto]

Pretty sure he'll be sitting out that first game vs. Edmonton lol

[Callisto]

what the shit, I looked down for just a second and half the Ducks team was rushing over to mug Kesler

[Deader2818]

Fowler is going to get screwed by playing way to early because the Ducks have no one on defense. Hes going to get burned, and burned badly.

[Callisto]

lol I may have misheard, but I think the NHLN guy just said that the Coyotes cut Wellwood

[Thoronas]

You heard correctly. Poor welly

[Callisto]

If any of you guys haven't seen the DGB conference previews yet, they're pretty awesome.

East: http://www.downgoesbrown.com/2010/09...e-preview.html

West: http://www.downgoesbrown.com/2010/10...e-preview.html

[Thoronas]

God Perry is such a pussy for keeping his helmet and visor on when fighting Kesler.

[Ishido]

God Perry is such a pussy

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Fuck Corey Perry

[Palin]

Tonight's preseason games:

There were 10 games tonight, so no time for silly introductions.

Carolina 2, Atlanta 1 (OT)

Plus: Brandon Sutter scored both of Carolina's goals. Both Cam Ward and Ondrej Pavelec put together very nice games.

Minus: You have to wonder about the goal scoring depth of both teams next season. Games like these justify such worries.

Washington 5, Columbus 3

Plus: Capitals fans reportedly gave former team captain Chris Clark a nice ovation, who had one goal and one assist in the game. Eric Fehr put up two goals and an assist while Mike Green had two assists for Washington.

Minus: The Blue Jackets might open it up a bit next season, but judging by the 38 shots allowed, it seems like there's a chance that might come at the expense of their once-stout defense.

New York 5, Ottawa 4 (SO)

Plus: Clear signs this was a preseason game: Brian Boyle had one goal and one assist while Derek Boogaard scored a goal. A bit more normally, Jason Spezza put together a nice two goal, one assist performance. Chris Campoli had one goal and two assists.

Minus: Every time a game is decided by a shootout, a hockey purist loses its wings.

New Jersey 4, NY Islanders 3

Plus: The Devils' top players put together another good game, only this time they won. Matt Moulson almost brought the Islanders back into the game, scoring the contest's last two goals.

Minus: None of those stats count.

Detroit 7, Toronto 3

Plus: Jiri Hudler scored two goals while the Red Wings went 4 for 7 on the power play. Don't forget that Hudler wasn't in Detroit last season, depriving the team of a valuable depth scorer.

Minus: It seems like the Leafs were blown out every game this preseason, but that's just because they've played a bunch of games. And also because they're not very good. Jussi Rynnas allowed all seven goals in this one.

Philadelphia 3, Buffalo 1

Plus: Brian Boucher had a great game, stopping 32 of 33 shots in this one. Ryan Miller was solid too, making 21 of 23 saves. The Flyers scored two power-play goals in this game.

Minus: Mike Grier got thrown out of the game in the third period.

Tampa Bay 2, Florida 1 (OT)

Plus: Both goalies were fantastic in this one; Tomas Vokoun went 40 for 42 while Mike Smith went 29 for 30. Simon Gagne was involved in the game's two goals, scoring the first one and producing an assist on the overtime game-winner.

Minus: The Panthers allowed 42 shots while the Lightning allowed 30. That's not very good.

Chicago 5, Pittsburgh 2

Plus: Marian Hossa scored two goals while Patrik Sharp produced a goal and an assist. Brent Seabrook was a +3. Both power plays converted on 50 percent off their chances.

Minus: Brent Johnson allowed three goals on 10 assists.

Calgary 5, Edmonton 1

Plus: Jarome Iginla scored two goals while Mikael Backlund provided two assists. Henrik Karlsson probably won't get many chances to play real games, but he at least did his job in stopping 20 of only 21 shots.

Minus: Nikolai Khabibulin allowed six goals while the Oilers only put 21 shots on net. Sam Gagner went 5-13 on faceoffs while only having a -2 rating.

Vancouver 4, Anaheim 2

Plus: Ryan Kesler scored a goal and added an assist. Vancouver went 2 for 4 on the power play while Anaheim went 1 out of 5.

Minus: Vancouver only had four shots in the first period.

[Sepukku]

Jose Theodore signs with the Minnesota Wild to back up Backstrom all year with Josh Harding out.

[Callisto]

Any idea of the terms? Good for him though, he's not top-tier but he's good enough that it would be shitty for him to be out of work just because of how saturated the goalie market was this year.