2010-2011 NHL Season Thread

[Callisto]

Good game overall, good signs as to why Toivenen is the Rockford goalie and not the Hawks #2, lol. Morin looked good, Skille looked good, oddly enough the guy who looked the most sloppy at times was Keith. Home and home with the Wings this weekend, even if it's preseason that's always fun.

[Deader2818]

Kings come back from down 0-2 and win 4-2. To bad our PP sucked, lol.

Overall, glad to see Williams played well and Hickey got better as the game went on. Really hope Hickey makes it this year.

[Sepukku]

Just another reminder: Our fantasy draft is Sunday evening at 9:30 PM EST, 8:30 PM CST, 7:30 PM MST, 6:30 PM PST.

[Palin]

Recap of last night's games:

Pittsburgh 5 - Detroit 1

Plus: New Penguins Mike Comrie, Brett Sterling, and Ryan Craig all made great first impressions in the first game at CONSOL Energy Center. Ruslan Salei had the only goal for Detroit, so that was nice.

Minus: Brooks Orpik getting kicked out of the game for a knee-on-knee hit with Johan Franzen. Chris Osgood letting in five goals on 27 shots is deflating for Detroit. Future Grand Rapids Griffin Brian Lashoff was a -4 on defense for the Wings.

Toronto 4 - Ottawa 1

Plus: Leafs line of Nikolai Kulemin-Tyler Bozak-Phil Kessel clicked well all night. That bodes well for the season as that will likely be the Leafs top line. Clarke MacArthur and Luca Caputi also had two point nights. Nick Foligno had the lone goal for Ottawa. Jay Rosehill had yet another fight to improve his cult hero status in Toronto.

Minus: Sens goalie Brian Elliott looked shaky making 26 saves in the game. TSN and NBC's Pierre McGuire gets a thumbs-down for his lack of poise when Leafs defenseman Mike Komisarek dumped Senator Francis Lessard into his broadcast spot between the benches. We kid because we love, Pierre.

Washington 6 - Columbus 2

Plus: Caps forward and future Hershey Bear Matt Hendricks had a hat-trick. Tomas Fleischmann played a strong game in an effort to prove to everyone he can be the team's #2 centerman adding a goal and two assists. Caps goalie Semyon Varlamov stopped all 20 shots he saw in 30 minutes of play. Rick Nash and Nikita Filatov scored for Columbus. They'll need those two to get it done a lot this year.

Minus: Columbus goaltending was barf-tastic. Steve Mason stopped 11 of 13 shots while Daren Machesney stopped 12 of 16 shots. Jackets defensemen Teddy Ruth and Fedor Tyutin were both -3 on the night.

Boston 4 - Montreal 2

Plus: Nathan Horton made a good impression for Boston scoring 93 seconds into the game. Tyler Seguin had an assist and Patrice Bergeron stepped up in a big way with two goals including one shorthanded. Tomas Plekanec had a goal and assist while Josh Gorges had two assists for Montreal.

Minus: Carey Price had a rough night stopping six out of 10 shots he saw. Montreal fans had a worse night after booing Price off the ice when Curtis Sanford took over halfway through the game in a scheduled replacement. For the love of Henri Richard, Montreal - it's the preseason!

boynton-durno-9-22.jpgTampa Bay 4 - Chicago 2

Plus: Simon Gagne makes a great first impression scoring a goal and getting two assists. Speaking of good impressions, Blair Jones of Tampa makes an impression on Hawks defenseman Nick Boynton's face with his fist. Winnipeg natives Patrick Sharp and Jonathan Toews scored for Chicago.

Minus: Nick Boynton's knee-on-knee hit with Chris Durno that earned him a face-beating via Blair Jones. Not cool, man. NHL veteran defenseman Jassen Cullimore looked lost out there for Chicago. Another season in Rockford awaits for him.

St. Louis 5 - Minnesota 1

Plus: Son of former NHL goon extraordinaire Basil McRae, Phillip McRae, scored for the Blues. David Backes and David Perron each had two points for St. Louis. Blues prospect Ben Bishop made 23 saves in the win. Martin Havlat scored the only goal for the hapless Wild.

Minus: The Wild didn't sell out the game. Not usually a big deal for most teams in the preseason, but for the Wild this was their first non-sellout game in franchise history. Ouch, babe. Nicklas Backstrom stopped just 13 shots out of 18 in earning the loss.

Los Angeles 4 - Colorado 2

Plus: The Kings won after getting down 2-0. Four different Kings scored goals. Spreading the wealth is a good thing. Jonathan Bernier stopped 21 shots in the win. Kyle Quincey had a goal and an assist for the Avs.

Minus: The Avs gave up 42 shots to the Kings. The defensive plan for Colorado that reads "let them shoot at will" might not pan out this year. John Grahame (remember him?) was uninspiring stopping 21 of 24 shots in his 30 minutes of work for Colorado.

Edmonton 3 - Vancouver 2

Plus: Give it up for the underdogs. A mostly pedestrian lineup of Oilers pulled out the win having only Shawn Horcoff and Martin Gerber to really rely on. Ben Ondrus, Chris Vande Velde, and Gregory Stewart scored for the Oilers. Daniel Sedin and reclamation project Peter Schaefer scored for Vancouver.

Minus: Roberto Luongo was a bit rusty. Rebounds scattered all over the place and he played with relative unease in goal. Let's hang a big minus overall on Vancouver for using a lineup loaded with regulars and losing to a team full of future Oklahoma City Barons. I know it's preseason, but you should at least be able to come out on top in this game.

Anaheim 5 - San Jose 2

Plus: Ryan Getzlaf and Matt Beleskey each had two points for the Ducks while Jonas Hiller stopped all 20 shots he saw in 30 minutes of play. Torrey Mitchell had a goal for San Jose.

Minus: Antero Niittymaki was shaky as shaky can get stopping just eight out of 12 shots in 40 minutes. Sharks defensemen Nick Petrecki and Jason Demers were each -3 on the night.

[Dolmen]

Boston 4 - Montreal 2

Plus: Nathan Horton made a good impression for Boston scoring 93 seconds into the game. Tyler Seguin had an assist and Patrice Bergeron stepped up in a big way with two goals including one shorthanded. Tomas Plekanec had a goal and assist while Josh Gorges had two assists for Montreal.

Minus: Carey Price had a rough night stopping six out of 10 shots he saw. Montreal fans had a worse night after booing Price off the ice when Curtis Sanford took over halfway through the game in a scheduled replacement. For the love of Henri Richard, Montreal - it's the preseason!

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Granted that yes it is preseason, I'm predicting a really long year. I'll be watching more Caps hockey, but I have no clue how this year is going to go for DC. Non-existent offseason for the Caps - Strasburg gets injured - Redskins in turmoil/utter confusion. I think someone's trolling DC.

[Callisto]

Read that elsewhere too, Habs fans are idiots lol...whether they like it or not, he's their #1 goalie for the season, obliterating his confidence before the season even starts by booing the shit out of him in a practice game is retarded.

[Selamis]

Just another reminder: Our fantasy draft is Sunday evening at 9:30 PM EST, 8:30 PM CST, 7:30 PM MST, 6:30 PM PST.

We got a draft order established yet?

[Ishido]

Hopefully I'll be able to make the draft, I'm going to the Broncos game earlier that day.

[Bregor]

I thought this was a hoax at first:

HBO tabs Capitals/Penguins Classic for "Hard Knocks"-like series

NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2010 - HBO Sports' groundbreaking "24/7" reality franchise, which has captured 12 Sports Emmy Awards, will join forces with the National Hockey League to take viewers inside one of the NHL's great rivalries, between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals, for 24/7 PENGUINS/CAPITALS: ROAD TO THE NHL WINTER CLASSIC, an innovative four-episode, all-access reality series, it was announced today by Ross Greenburg, president, HBO Sports and John Collins, chief operating officer for the NHL.

The HBO Sports presentation debuts in prime time WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), with an immediate encore at 11:00 p.m., and follows the two clubs simultaneously, chronicling their highs and lows each week. The teams will meet in a Dec. 23 regular-season matchup on the Capitals' home ice, leading into episode three of 24/7 PENGUINS/CAPITALS, as the build-up intensifies for the Jan. 1 showdown at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.

Noted Greenburg, "Taking our reality series ‘24/7' into the world of the National Hockey League is a perfect fit. The ‘24/7' franchise is fashioned on larger-than-life personalities, engaging storylines, and unrestricted access. With Sidney Crosby leading the Penguins and Alex Ovechkin leading the Capitals, we have all the ingredients for a dynamic show that will take viewers deep inside professional hockey and set the stage for the Winter Classic."

Said Collins, "Teaming up with the 12-time Emmy Award-winning and much acclaimed HBO ‘24/7' series gives us an incredible opportunity to bring our fans even deeper inside two model hockey organizations during the regular season as we lead into the 2011 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic. In just three short years, the Winter Classic has become so well established on the national sports calendar it's truly a New Year's Day tradition. Uniting HBO's amazing reality series with one of sport's greatest rivalries in an outdoor setting in front of 65,000 raucous fans will make this Winter Classic the most anticipated one yet."

Ensuing episodes of 24/7 PENGUINS/CAPITALS: ROAD TO THE NHL WINTER CLASSIC debut on subsequent Wednesdays - Dec. 22 and 29 and Jan. 5 - at 10:00 p.m., with an immediate encore play at 11:00 p.m. The Jan. 5 series finale debuts four days after the Classic, with cameras tracking all the drama and excitement surrounding the Capitals and Penguins on game day. All four episodes will have multiple replay dates on HBO, and the series will also be available on HBO On Demand.

The series will provide exclusive behind-the-scenes access, along with in-depth interviews of coaches, players and front-office personnel, as the Caps and Penguins battle through their December schedules, meeting twice in one week, including the first-ever NHL game at Heinz Field.

[Callisto]

Hope they use subtitles when Malkin talks.

[Ratatapa]

Read that elsewhere too, Habs fans are idiots lol...whether they like it or not, he's their #1 goalie for the season, obliterating his confidence before the season even starts by booing the shit out of him in a practice game is retarded.

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[Thoronas]

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[Richybear]

LOL, things could be worse... he could be Jonas Gustavson and have a buncha braindead Toronto fans trying to "be-Leaf" he can save the franchise.
Besides, 1 game in the pre-season means nothing.

However, still can't wait to see how Hall does tonight, apparently he's on the top line with Hemsky and Sammy.

[Sepukku]

We got a draft order established yet?

Yahoo will randomly determine draft order when the draft room is created 30 minutes before the draft.

[Callisto]

Hope they keep that as a line at some points during the regular season.

[Chips]

LOL, things could be worse... he could be Jonas Gustavson and have a buncha braindead Toronto fans trying to "be-Leaf" he can save the franchise.
Besides, 1 game in the pre-season means nothing.

However, still can't wait to see how Hall does tonight, apparently he's on the top line with Hemsky and Sammy.

Jonas Gustavson is going to be a very good goalie in a few years, it was an excellent acquisition by the leafs... Not to mention their goalie depth is unreal with Reimer, Rynnas, and Scrivenns.

[Richybear]

Having 4 nobody goalies =/= depth.
The only thing deep when it comes to the Leafs' net is the puck.

Besides, weren't Pogge and Raysoft supposed to be awesome as well?

[Callisto]

wait, what happened to Giggy?

[Chips]

Gig's fine, he's playing a full game tomorrow against Philly, I didn't mention him because I was referring to prospects only. And each of Scrivens/Gus/Rynnas killed it in the minors, so they aren't really nobodies, they're prospects with upside.

[Callisto]

holy crap lol I can't believe I never saw this until now: http://www.downgoesbrown.com/2009/04...od-is-fat.html