2010-2011 NHL Season Thread

[Judai]

lol@ boarding call on a clean hit 10 feet from the boards, refs calling as bad a game as the caps are playing

[Callisto]

Not sure if anyone else is watching Canes/Bolts on NHLN, but Carolina has dominated almost the entire game, but the score just went from 4-1 to 4-3 in 52 seconds, 5:51 left in the game.

edit: and the past minute or so has been fucking nuts lol, Tampa is clearly awake

[Anton]

Fuck this im watchin that.

Edit: do u have the channel?

[Callisto]

Fuck this im watchin that.

Edit: do u have the channel?

idk if it'd be on in Canada, it's on our NHLNetwork

[Callisto]

aaand Lightning PP incoming, possibly a 5-minute major

[Callisto]

only 2 it seems, 2:40 left in the game

[Callisto]

Carolina holds on, huge win for them and ridiculous 2nd half of the third for Cam Ward.

[Anton]

http://www.nastyhobbit.org/data/media/2/god-dammit.jpg

[Melena]

I screw around on here a lot, but for real - I'd just like to acknowledge a player who's playing out the final weeks of his career so people can appreciate his talent level while he's still around.

Teemu Selanne

I mentioned to a friend yesterday during the Pens intermission that I hoped the Ducks made the playoffs this year cause they have a 40G/40A/100PIM player (Perry), a cancer survivor (Saku Koivu), and Teemu Selanne, who not only is an obvious point-per-game player for his career, but THIS SEASON is averaging over a point per game - AT AGE 40.

Later that evening Selanne scores with 5 seconds left to tie it against Dallas. Just, wow. Hes a Stanley Cup Champion, Calder Trophy winner, Bill Masterson winnner, multiple time winner of Rocket Richard Trophy / goal scoring race, 10-time All-Star, holder of several NHL records as well as being the all-time Olympic men's ice-hockey scorer.

Most of what Selanne's done has occurred during the deadpuck Devils / Devils imitators generation. Just as remarkably, hes as strong now as he was at 20. A lot of elderly players accept leadership roles with less on-ice demands like Mike Modano and Mark Recchi who play on lower lines and 2nd power play units and pace for 30-45 points. Selanne is averaging over a point per game, sees 1st power play unit time (and only stays on the 2nd line due to Olympian/All-Star-caliber RW Bobby Ryan being on the same team), and has 70 points this season with 8 games to go - and thats despite missing 9 games this year! All of this at age 40. Unfortunately, the media is reporting with almost garunteed certainty that Selanne plans to hang it up at the end of the season.

Selanne overall is 14th all-time in goal scoring and 30th all-time in points with a reasonable chance to move up to 27th before the season ends. Most of us remember him from our old school video games though, if not for our visions of him and Paul can't look at a TV Kariya. The Ducks rival only the Canucks as my favorite non-Penguins team and Selanne is my favorite Duck. No one can knock him for anything - hes got a Stanley Cup, he's never played dirty, hes never started trash talking in the media. Its sad realizing this awesome player whos been dominating the game since I was 5 years old is about to retire. If this his last season, be it in 8 games in April or after losing 4 games to a team in the Stanley Cup playoffs, its a loss to the hockey world that only Nicklas Lidstrom could upstage.

Don't agree with you very often, but for this, QFT. Selanne is a beast and it's sad day for hockey when his season ends.

[Palin]

Selanne is the man.

[Jememy]

Sens @ home out of the playoff. Refs are being huge homers

Edit: Ferraro talks about Vancouver for no reason.... again

#1 in the NHL, #1 Power play, #1 Penalty Kill, #1 and #2 scorers for the Art Ross, they played tonight. Nvm my bad no reason to talk about Vancouver.

[Ishido]

Wait until Ferraro's kid starts playing on the Wings, see who he doesn't shut up about then.

[Anton]

So Leafs have another must-win Saturday against Detroit. I'm scared, man. Why can't miller just stay shitty in Buffalo?

[Bregor]

#1 in the NHL, #1 Power play, #1 Penalty Kill, #1 and #2 scorers for the Art Ross, they played tonight. Nvm my bad no reason to talk about Vancouver.

Man, most of that sounds familiar... oh right. Enjoy your 1st round exit!

[Bweigelt]

Man, most of that sounds familiar... oh right. Enjoy your 1st round exit!

The Canucks can actually play defense, unlike a certain team I know that thought the game was played only from the red line and up.

[Palin]

So Leafs have another must-win Saturday against Detroit. I'm scared, man. Why can't miller just stay shitty in Buffalo?

Sorry to burst the bubble, but there's no like no chance the Leafs make it.

[Bregor]

The Canucks can actually play defense, unlike a certain team I know that thought the game was played only from the red line and up.

Whoosh, but for the record, this season the Caps are 4th in the league in GAA and save%, and tied with the 'Nucks for 2nd in PK%. So I guess we can play defense too!

[Ishido]

Whoosh, but for the record, this season the Caps are 4th in the league in GAA and save%, and tied with the 'Nucks for 2nd in PK%. So I guess we can play defense too!

Mike Green has played less games this season than the past 4. Coincidence? I think not.

[Thoronas]

So Theo Fleury went on the radio and said that the Canucks won't make it passed the first round because they've been coasting for awhile now and their first opponent is going to be hardened from playing playoff hockey for a month just trying to get in the playoffs.

Vancouver fans apparently have lost their minds over this statement and started calling him things no one wants to repeat. I'm kinda curious what they are saying but I don't want to listen to sports radio to find out.

[BadKarma]

BIG Win by the Blueshirts today.

Lundqvists 11th shutout of the year and his 400th career game.