NHL 2010-2011 Season

[risingstar]

Looking forward to the B's and Caps tonight.

That's nice, dear.

 

[Eli26]

Your clearly the idiot here.

He hasnt played well in YEARS!!!

Go one post all your stats, im off to work

First of all, it's, "You're clearly the idiot here." Secondly, you have yourself confused for me, and ummm, Fleury won us a Stanley Cup and made the Finals twice. I rather have that than Johnson's 4 early regular season wins.

2 Finals and a Cup >>>> 4 early regular season wins. Not hard math.

 

[Eli26]

Looking forward to the B's and Caps tonight.

That should be an entertaining game. I love Chara, Lucic, Horton, and Caron for the B's, and I have Mike Green on my fantasy keeper team so I hope he's good for the Caps game tonight.

 

[The Ringer]

Gotta love the ZZZZZZZman

 

[Deeznutz6]

First of all, it's, "You're clearly the idiot here." Secondly, you have yourself confused for me, and ummm, Fleury won us a Stanley Cup and made the Finals twice. I rather have that than Johnson's 4 early regular season wins.

2 Finals and a Cup >>>> 4 early regular season wins. Not hard math.

This has nothing to to with Johnson's 4-0 start. Its the fact the Flower has given up soft goals his whole career and I dont think he is capable of winning again, his confidence is shot

Aside from Malkin's no show in the 08 finals, Fleury let in soft goals, and tripped onto the ice in game one..I blame him for the loss

09 the defence played incredible and all the players stepped up, Fleury did his job and didnt let in any softies

Last year, do I need to remind you of the series against the Habs? Even in the Ottawa series he was letting in weak ones

Now the streak is continuing into this season, and I dont think he teammates believe in him anymore

Time to go, because if we dont unload him we will ending up losing Staal or Malkin for this bum

 

[risingstar]

Time to go, because if we dont unload him we will ending up losing Staal or Malkin for this bum

I don't think anyone believes Malkin is here to stay. It's oly a question of time before he's shipped off to the West, likely LA as they have lots of young talent they could tempt Pitts with.

As for Fleury, I can see some teams willing to take a crack at him.
How many years left on his contract?

 

[Grenouille]

How many years left on his contract?

Only 5 more with NMC and no trade which kicks in this season.

Also nice to see the fans are calling penalties tonight in the BOS-WASH game. Good work Devorski. You ____ing moron.

 

[Deeznutz6]

Only 5 more with NMC and no trade which kicks in this season.

Great, Id even trade him for Flint Flopjack

 

[Grenouille]

Great, Id even trade him for Flint Flopjack

No way. We don't need another high priced back-up.

Tuukka Rask is nice and cost controlled for the next few years.

 

[KitFisto]

Can't wait to see the Caps get bounced in the first round again this year. They are a joke of a "team" and their joke of GM needed to be canned years ago.

 

[Eli26]

Can't wait to see the Caps get bounced in the first round again this year. They are a joke of a "team" and their joke of GM needed to be canned years ago.

Whatever dude, your team is still better than most.

 

[bumblebee]

Caps had a bad game it happens get over it. Geez.

 

[risingstar]

We're hearing lots of good things about Caron in Montreal as he used to play for the Q. In fact, some wondered why he wasn't selected by Montreal as the Habs are very short in size up front. Caron seems to have all the right ingredients and is coming in as advertized for a first rounder. Should Savard return, Caron will probably head back to the AHL, perhaps sooner if his production on the ice cools. However, it appears quite possible this youngster will crack the line up full time by next year. I have to hand it to the Boston brass. They are doing an excellent job putting together a solid product on the ice.

While I realize Eli has likely been following the exploits of Caron since he first laced his skates at the age of 3, for most NHL fans, Caron is still considered an unproven rookie with lots of promise. However, if this guy continues to evolve, Boston could quickly become very fierce up front and the envy of the league.

On the short, I hope the NHL pays more attention to the Q in the next draft.
There's great talent there.

 

[Grenouille]

On the short, I hope the NHL pays more attention to the Q in the next draft.
There's great talent there.

I've always enjoyed the few games a year I get to see from the Q. I wish I could go to more games, but Lewiston is about an hour away. I want to take a trip up there when they play Drummondville to see what the hype is about Sean Couturier.

 

[Eli26]

We're hearing lots of good things about Caron in Montreal as he used to play for the Q. In fact, some wondered why he wasn't selected by Montreal as the Habs are very short in size up front. Caron seems to have all the right ingredients and is coming in as advertized for a first rounder. Should Savard return, Caron will probably head back to the AHL, perhaps sooner if his production on the ice cools. However, it appears quite possible this youngster will crack the line up full time by next year. I have to hand it to the Boston brass. They are doing an excellent job putting together a solid product on the ice.

While I realize Eli has likely been following the exploits of Caron since he first laced his skates at the age of 3, for most NHL fans, Caron is still considered an unproven rookie with lots of promise. However, if this guy continues to evolve, Boston could quickly become very fierce up front and the envy of the league.

On the short, I hope the NHL pays more attention to the Q in the next draft.
There's great talent there.

lol Wha?! No, I am just a prospects junkie. I follow the junior leagues closely. I just signed 5'11", 195 lb Ryan Howse, a former 2009 third round pick of Calgary's. He's tearing up the Dub (WHL) with 14 goals in 9 games. Dobber, a THN columnist, who runs his own hockey pool guide and site believes he has 35+ goal potential once he reaches the NHL. What's more, it's one of the most difficult leagues to score in so it's saying a lot to see those kind of numbers out of anyone. So for that, I am very excited by his early exploits. I dropped Evgeny Grachev for him, a former OHL Rookie of the Year who seems to be lost without former linemates Cody Hodgson and Matt Duchene.

Speaking of prospects and Cody Hodgson, I been following the Canucks faithfully for the past half a dozen or so seasons since they are the parent club to the Manitoba Moose. As a season ticket holder with the Moose I see a lot of Vancouver's star talent of tomorrow, today... yesteryear it was your Burrows, Keslers, and Edlers. Now it's your Hodgsons and Schroeders.

Cody Hodgson has played with zero passion and zero interest. He's been very invisible in the games I seen him play. It sucks since I was so pumped about this kid that I became a proud owner of his first ever pro jersey. It's his entire home playoff set from the 2009 Calder Cup playoffs with the Moose. Back injury or not he is playing very safe. Too safe, and he just doesn't work to get the puck. Does not look like an NHL player this season. Heck, he hasn't looked like an AHLer. Hopefully this changes. He needs to grow a set of balls and take risks or else he'll never be the player he was once billed to become. To be successful, you need to take risks. Playing pro sports is all about taking risks. Potential concussion and/or bad back or not. That's part of the game, and sadly it's become a BIG part of the game in the last few seasons.

Moving along.... Eddie Lack is probably one of the best goalie prospects to come along in the Vancouver camp, and yes, that's with Cory Schneider in the pipeline. No dis to Schneids. The difference from Lack and Schneider is the fact you see Lack's potential right away. His transition to this level is near flawless. Almost as if he's been doing this for a long time here. He doesn't make you or the team panic when he's in goal. Cory took half a season to adjust, where as Lack looked phenomenal in his first game, and looked like a seasoned pro. He looks like an NHL goalie on our team. He has a tremendous wingspan because of his huge stature. Due to that bigger size he challenges the opposition with the puck and seems very fearless when he has the puck in position on his stick. Very good stickhandler. Good lateral movement and positioning, and moves well for a bigger man. The lone goal he let in on Friday night, wasn't entirely his fault. He had most of it, but it trickled through his pads and I would say that was mostly the defenses fault for not clearing the puck out of the crease. What can I say? After only one game, I like the Lack. I am a fan!

 

[Eli26]

We're hearing lots of good things about Caron in Montreal as he used to play for the Q. In fact, some wondered why he wasn't selected by Montreal as the Habs are very short in size up front. Caron seems to have all the right ingredients and is coming in as advertized for a first rounder. Should Savard return, Caron will probably head back to the AHL, perhaps sooner if his production on the ice cools. However, it appears quite possible this youngster will crack the line up full time by next year. I have to hand it to the Boston brass. They are doing an excellent job putting together a solid product on the ice.

While I realize Eli has likely been following the exploits of Caron since he first laced his skates at the age of 3, for most NHL fans, Caron is still considered an unproven rookie with lots of promise. However, if this guy continues to evolve, Boston could quickly become very fierce up front and the envy of the league.

On the short, I hope the NHL pays more attention to the Q in the next draft.
There's great talent there.

The problem with the QMJHL it has the label of being too much of a one dimensional finesse league. Well, it's considered more 1D and finesse to your OHL and WHLs, the NHL and its teams tend to go for players who are more well-rounded, balanced. Not saying that there aren't players like that in the Q, but it's like you believe they have zero scouts in that area. Many scouts follow the Q... maybe there is a reason why so few guys have been taken from that league of late. It could also be the lack of NHL caliber talent coming out of that league's revolving door. Having said that, the best two players of the past two generations, one Mr. Mario Lemieux and one Mr. Sidney Crosby both came from that league. So it can't be all that bad of a league.

 

[Valfar]

I think Ontario breeds more good hockey players then any other region of Canada.

https://www.hockey-reference.com/friv/birthplaces.cgi?country=CA&province=ON&state=

 

[praxitas]

Well the Staal brothers represent 40% of that equation so I dont know if that is fair

 

[Eli26]

I think Ontario breeds more good hockey players then any other region of Canada.

https://www.hockey-reference.com/friv/birthplaces.cgi?country=CA&province=ON&state=

Ontario is also the biggest in population, so that should come with no surprise.

 

[Eli26]

Per capita, the Province of Saskatchewan has produced much more NHL talent than Ontario has. By a large margin.

Manitoba has British Columbia beat!