NHL 2010-2011 Season

[praxitas]

Unselfish for sure, but unneeded. When you have the opportunity to bury the puck in a close game no need to get all fancy. It only takes a small divot in the ice to make it hop over TK's stick.

I didn't see Kunitz's PP goal, but I heard the ref's and Toronto replay officials blew it. I'm all for it, but on the downside we get to hear how Uncle Gary loves his pens

Nice to see the pens finally starting to gel more. I think Martin and ZB are still on a learning curve, but improving by the game. ZB especially has been turning on the defensive game as of late. Thank God flower is getting his game back, but sheesh how many goals does a guy let in on the first shot

 

[Eli26]

We'll hear about how Uncle Gary loves the Pens and is 100 percent accountable for their success until he either steps down from office, gets removed, or Pittsburgh fails to make the playoffs.

Unfortunately any kind of success they have has to be due to Gary Bettman.

 

[LaMelnik]

STFU ELI!!!!

You Bettman LOVER!!!!!

 

[The Craw]

yeah the Kunitz goal shouldn't have counted. they clearly blew the whistle before it crossed the line. oh well. i'm sure there have been many bad calls against the pens over the years. good to get one in our favor.

 

[Eli26]

Poor Pat Burns. Finally lost his fight with Cancer at 58. I liked him as a coach. Cancer sucks. Takes out far too many people before they are ready to go.

 

[The Craw]

yeah. i hate cancer. i hope i never go that way. i eat salads and fruit cups like crazy everyday. hopefully that's enough to avoid it.

 

[The Ringer]

True Kings of the East!

 

[The Craw]

True Kings of the East!

pfffft. too bad there's no shootout in the playoffs.

 

[cokebabies]

pfffft. too bad there's no shootout in the playoffs.

Shhhh Bettman might hear you!

 

[risingstar]

It looks like the Habs got their third shutout in six games completely out of luck, mediocre talent, lousy coaching strategies, injuries on the other teams, and paid off refs. Even scoring shorthanded was their fault and only served to further demonstrate their inability to take advantage of scoring opportunities against bigger sized teams. Also, having the league's best goals against average merely indicates that if they continue playing like that, they'll never make the playoffs because even if they're first place in their division, they're really in ninth place.

Any Hab fan showing even a modicum of excitement with this solid start of the season, stellar five on five scoring, even without their number one D-man, clearly doesn't understand the sport. Given the choice, no team in the league would ever want to swap point standings with them because it's all an illusion.

After all, 13-7 is the new 11-10 and 11-10 is the new 13-7. Everyone knows that.

 

[risingstar]

Oh, and before I forget... Bring on the Flyers!

 

[Grenouille]

Disappointing last night, to come back from 3-0 and then lose the stupid ____ing SO.

Congrats to the Habs for continuing their great start. Carey Price's play has been the main reason they've gotten off to a good start. He's been fantastic, and it's taken the heat of both the organization and himself in the wake of the Halak trade. He's got the fans back behind him again. They play a pretty sound defensive game, and right now Price is swallowing up everything thrown his way. Then they capitalize on their chances at the other end. Their forward depth behind Plekanec, Cammalleri and Gionta doesn't do much for me, so I could see them hitting a tough spot if those guys stop scoring.

I think right now they're just hot. They haven't really been lucky, but instead are just playing well and on a roll. They caught break in getting teams on the tail-end of back-to-backs, but those things happen and it'll even out. The Markov injury was a bad break, but at this point I think the Habs are used to life without Markov and it won't hurt them too much. However if Subban or Gorges goes down, they'd be in big trouble on the blueline.

 

[risingstar]

Disappointing last night, to come back from 3-0 and then lose the stupid ____ing SO.

Congrats to the Habs for continuing their great start. Carey Price's play has been the main reason they've gotten off to a good start. He's been fantastic, and it's taken the heat of both the organization and himself in the wake of the Halak trade. He's got the fans back behind him again. They play a pretty sound defensive game, and right now Price is swallowing up everything thrown his way. Then they capitalize on their chances at the other end. Their forward depth behind Plekanec, Cammalleri and Gionta doesn't do much for me, so I could see them hitting a tough spot if those guys stop scoring.

I think right now they're just hot. They haven't really been lucky, but instead are just playing well and on a roll. They caught break in getting teams on the tail-end of back-to-backs, but those things happen and it'll even out. The Markov injury was a bad break, but at this point I think the Habs are used to life without Markov and it won't hurt them too much. However if Subban or Gorges goes down, they'd be in big trouble on the blueline.

I would love it if the Habs benched Gomez for a game here and there and let some of their Bulldogs gets some NHL experience. Benching Pyatt for the occasional game wouldn't be a catastrophe either. I'm starting to wonder if Pyatt is dating Martin's daughter or something.

I also think Plecanec is developing into a genuine franchise player.
This is going to be an 80 to 90 point player.

The fact that so many people continue to talk about Subban suggests this guy is doing so many right things.
This guy is going to be a superstar.

 

[The Ringer]

Oh, and before I forget... Bring on the Flyers!

 

[The Craw]

subban is a little _____. can't wait for somebody to drop his ass.

 

[Eli26]

Why does ringer have the Habs logo as his avatar? Did he lose a bet?

 

[The Ringer]

subban is a little _____. can't wait for somebody to drop his ass.

He is the biggest crybaby in the league. Richards is gonna drop him like a bad habit tomorrow.

Why does ringer have the Habs logo as his avatar? Did he lose a bet?

Yup

 

[The Ringer]

He is the biggest crybaby in the league. Richards is gonna drop him like a bad habit today.

edited

 

[The Craw]

wish i could watch that but i'll be at work.

 

[risingstar]

He is the biggest crybaby in the league. Richards is gonna drop him like a bad habit tomorrow.


Yup

The Flyers would jump at the opportunity to trade any TWO of their defencemen plus a first rounder for Subban.
There's no way they'd ever pass up on that kind of potential upside.
For a rookie, he is remarkably effective and everyone knows it.

Also, absolutely zip will happen to Subban tonight.
Richards and his flyer flunkies may trash talk a bit, that's it.