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Tkchaev is not, though. Sorry Oilers! e:Okay, fine, intro: Hockey is back. Baby Currently the pre-season has about a week to go, and on October 8th you're gonna see some serious poo poo  This year opening night will consist of 4 games, 2 for the US and 2 for Canada. All of these teams hate each other to varying degrees. In Canada you'll be able to watch on Sportsnet and TVA Sports, whatever the hell those are. In America you'll be able to watch on the NBCSports Network, which is totally a thing, we promise This year's contenders look to be the likes of the LA Kings (current Stanley Cup Champions), Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins, and honestly unless the Bruins fluke out of the playoffs again it's really just them in the East On a final note, go Flyers, Steve Mason don't need defense anyway e2: holy loving poo poo tables. Goddammit retina Macs Vicas fucked around with this message at 16:52 on Oct 1, 2014 |
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I decided to just include opening night, since there's no real stats to post at the moment
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you missed a fine opportunity to name the thread Hockey's Bort Baby!
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Vicas posted:On a final note, go Flyers, Steve Mason don't need defense anyway *looks at Monday's score*  Rangers are supposed to announce cuts today but so far Ryan Bourque seems to be the only guy who hasn't gotten out on the ice. Hayes, Haggerty, Duclair, Fast, Mueller, Lindberg, Hunwick, Kostka, Kampfer, and McIlrath all on the ice...
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Vicas posted:I decided to just include opening night, since there's no real stats to post at the moment HOCKEY
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Welcome back Hockey. Now for the best part, NHL.com Headline puns!
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quote:New York Rangers No surprises really. Kristo probably needs a change of scenery, he just has too many guys in front of him and he'll be an UFA after this season if he doesn't play 60 NHL games. Forwards left in camp: Nash, Lindberg, Glass, Mueller, MSL, Hayes, Malone, Brass, Duclair, Fast, DMoore, Miller, Kreider, Zucc, Hags, Hrivik, Haggerty, Stempniak, Lombardi (still injured) Defense left: Hunwick, Kostka, Kampfer, Boyle, Girardi, Klein, McIlrath, JMoore, Staal, McDonagh And of course Lundqvist and Talbot. Cedrick Desjardins is still technically up but because he's injured a bit and can't be sent down until that clears up. Hunwick, Kostka, and Kampfer still fighting for the 7th D spot, I think McIlrath is still up just to get more practice and preseason games.
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lazerwolf posted:Welcome back Hockey. Now for the best part, NHL.com Headline puns! And the worst part, suspensions that don't do poo poo to seriously penalize errors and the limp dick videos that go along with them. Also, 30 second advertisements to watch a 10 second highlight clip.
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Levitate posted:No surprises really. Kristo probably needs a change of scenery, he just has too many guys in front of him and he'll be an UFA after this season if he doesn't play 60 NHL games. R. Bork should definitely join the Wolf Gang too or whatever
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quote:Watching Corey Conacher score two goals, last night makes me wonder, why the gently caress didn't the Bruins look at him? When exactly did they/he decide Iginla wasn't staying? Did the timeframe not line up? Is Kelly that worth keeping around? He's tiny and so gutless when he was born some of them were outside his body. Not Bruins material. Now Bobby Robins, there's a Bruin.
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are there any particularly sweet games from last season that you guys remember watching? instead of watching the god awful preseason like I have been, I want to make use of my hockey streams purchase to watch actually good hockey
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Levitate posted:No surprises really. Kristo probably needs a change of scenery, he just has too many guys in front of him and he'll be an UFA after this season if he doesn't play 60 NHL games. also he would have to exist in real life
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Aye Doc posted:are there any particularly sweet games from last season that you guys remember watching? instead of watching the god awful preseason like I have been, I want to make use of my hockey streams purchase to watch actually good hockey Game 1 of the ECF e: only partly serious, fun game if you're a Rangers fan. For fun games in particular, check out the Hawks/Kings WCF series
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JawKnee posted:you missed a fine opportunity to name the thread Hockey's Bort Baby! Thread name was by mod decree
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Aye Doc posted:are there any particularly sweet games from last season that you guys remember watching? instead of watching the god awful preseason like I have been, I want to make use of my hockey streams purchase to watch actually good hockey Kings/Hawks WCF Game 7 Rangers/Kings SCF Game 5 Flames/Canucks on January 18 (started with a line brawl and infamously had Torts try and fight Hartley)
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So Marcus Johansson is going to be a winger this season according to Barry Trotz. That leaves 2 of Laich, Kuznetsov, and Burakovsky to fill out the second and third line center slots. Gonna guess Kuz and Laich, though Trotz said Burakovsky is playing at an "NHL level" right now and that he might make the opening night roster, especially since Tom Wilson will be out to start the season.Aye Doc posted:are there any particularly sweet games from last season that you guys remember watching? instead of watching the god awful preseason like I have been, I want to make use of my hockey streams purchase to watch actually good hockey All of the Chicago vs. LA series last year. It has some great hockey and terrible goaltending.
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ThinkTank posted:Rangers/Kings SCF Game 5 Haha nope gently caress this game and gently caress that series 
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^^^^^ I know your pain my friend. Perhaps even worse because my team has never won a cup and has lost twice in game 7.  Mind_Taker posted:That leaves 2 of Laich, Kuznetsov, and Burakovsky to fill out the second and third line center slots. Burakovsky can play centre? I don't recall him doing that once with Erie. He was McDavid's winger for much of the season if I am remembering correctly.
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ThinkTank posted:Burakovsky can play centre? I don't recall him doing that once with Erie. He was McDavid's winger for much of the season if I am remembering correctly. Yeah he's always been a winger but Trotz has said he envisions him as a center in the NHL. He'll probably start his career at wing but I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up playing center for large stretches this season, especially if Kuz struggles or Laich's groin snaps again. Washington has had issues drafting and developing centers recently (except Backstrom), it's why they've had a revolving door of second line FA centers the past 5 years. I think there is probably some new organization-wide effort to focus on developing centers. Mind_Taker fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Oct 1, 2014 |
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gently caress you whoever it was that decided to release the Game Center Live PS4 app in the US but forgot to tick the box for Europe or any other regions.  Also posting this here because I assume the GCL thread got canned for  chat.
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Mind_Taker posted:Yeah he's always been a winger but Trotz has said he envisions him as a center in the NHL. He'll probably start his career at wing but I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up playing center for large stretches this season, especially if Kuz struggles or Laich's groin snaps again. Pretty pretty pretty excited for this season.
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Levitate posted:*looks at Monday's score* they're supposed to cut down to 30, and here's who they have right now: Forwards (25): Chris Bourque, Ryan Bourque, Derick Brassard, Anthony Duclair, Jesper Fast, Tanner Glass, Carl Hagelin, Ryan Haggerty, Kevin Hayes, Marek Hrivik, Chris Kreider, Danny Kristo, Oscar Lindberg, Matthew Lombardi, Ryan Malone, J.T. Miller, Dominic Moore, Chris Mueller, Rick Nash, Ryan Potulny, Martin St. Louis, Lee Stempniak, Derek Stepan, Nick Tarnasky, Mats Zuccarello Defensemen (14): Conor Allen, Mat Bodie, Dan Boyle, Dan Girardi, Tommy Hughes, Matt Hunwick, Steven Kampfer, Kevin Klein, Michael Kostka, Ryan McDonagh, Dylan McIlrath, John Moore, Marc Staal, Petr Zamorsky Goaltenders (4): Cedrick Desjardins, Henrik Lundqvist, Jason Missiaen, Cam Talbot easy cuts: missiaen, bodie, hughes, zamorsky, r.bourque, potulny, tarnasky. that leaves 6 more to cut and i'd cut kostka, kampfer, c. bourque, haggerty (still needs seasoning), hrivik (although he hasn't looked bad), and uhhhh i don't know about the last one. one of mueller/malone/kristo. fake edit: ok i guess they cut down to 34: Steve Zipay @stevezipay · 54m 54 minutes ago #NYR reassign nine: RBourque, CBourque, Tarnasky, Kristo Allen, Bodie, Zamorsky, Hughes, Missiaen, 34 in camp, including 3 G surprised about kristo and allen without some other guys going but whatever e: i guess all of this has been covered whoops a false fucked around with this message at 18:02 on Oct 1, 2014 |
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Mind_Taker posted:Yeah he's always been a winger but Trotz has said he envisions him as a center in the NHL. He'll probably start his career at wing but I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up playing center for large stretches this season, especially if Kuz struggles or Laich's groin snaps again. I would assume Trotz knows better than me, but man I don't see Burakovsky as a centre. He's a sniper who loves to just sorta disappear on the right side of the ice only to rematerialize and wire home a one timer. He's not a bad passer, but he's far more of a finisher than a playmaker. I can't think of many centres in the NHL that play like him. Pretty much none actually. He reminds me of a poor man's Daniel Sedin with better foot speed.
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i've missed you most of all, hockey EDIT: first post!
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Frank Seravalli @DNFlyers 24s25 seconds ago #Flyers have waived Zack Stortini for the purpose of being sent to AHL Lehigh Valley. Other notable on waivers: Peter Mueller (STL). there is a god
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mcvey posted:Pretty pretty pretty excited for this season. I'm excited but I don't have high expectations. I think this is a playoff team (they were 2 points away with a worse roster and much worse coaching staff last year), but they are well behind teams like TB, BOS, PIT, NYR, etc. Also Trotz has decided on a first line to start the season: Ovechkin-Backstrom-Fehr. This is a line that hasn't been used too much in the past but fancy and standard stats say they are a great combination. With that said, here are my projections for the opening night: Ovechkin-Backstrom-Fehr Johansson-Kuznetsov-Brouwer Chimera-Laich-Ward Volpatti-Latta-Beagle Alzner-Niskanen Orpik-Carlson Hillen-Green Holtby At forward, I think they are going to start Burakovsky in Hershey because I don't see them wasting him on the 4th line like Wilson was last season, but I could easily envision a scenario where Johansson is demoted to the 4th line and Burakovsky comes in an plays 2LW later in the season, so if Kuznetsov struggles at 2C but does well at wing, maybe they'll try Burakovsky at 2C? Either way, I see him getting some serious NHL time this season. On defense, obviously I hate Orpik as a 4D but that is where he is probably going to start, same with Green who should be on the first pairing but almost surely will not, Hillen is going to be in for Orlov who is still recovering from wrist surgery.
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I actually like Washington's forwards...I think they'll be tough to play against, but loving poo poo do I not like their D. Nisakenen on the top pairing seems crap, Orpik is going to drag Carlson down, and Hillen is a joke e: actually I guess the problem I see is that none of those pairings are really a top pairing in my mind. I think what you're hoping for is that a guy on each pairing (Niskanen, Carlson, and Green) can effectively move the puck and make up for defensive deficiencies. I just have never been impressed with Niskanen's D and if he gets a lot of minutes I could see it being a problem if a team forces him to defend more than attack Levitate fucked around with this message at 18:18 on Oct 1, 2014 |
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ThinkTank posted:I would assume Trotz knows better than me, but man I don't see Burakovsky as a centre. He's a sniper who loves to just sorta disappear on the right side of the ice only to rematerialize and wire home a one timer. He's not a bad passer, but he's far more of a finisher than a playmaker. I can't think of many centres in the NHL that play like him. Pretty much none actually. He reminds me of a poor man's Daniel Sedin with better foot speed. Your description reminds me of Stamkos. Obviously Burakovsky can't sniff him right now, but maybe Trotz sees him as that type of center rather than the traditional two-way playmaking center. Levitate posted:I actually like Washington's forwards...I think they'll be tough to play against, but loving poo poo do I not like their D. Nisakenen on the top pairing seems crap, Orpik is going to drag Carlson down, and Hillen is a joke Well Hillen got injured in Game 1 of the 2013 season and Game 2 of the 2013-14 season, so he's only going to play 3 games this season. Also Orlov will replace him once he returns from injury. I don't see Niskanen being too bad as a 1D, he's not going to be elite but he's driven possession his entire career. Obviously Green is better than a 5/6D but I think he'll be promoted sooner rather than later. Orpik should be in the press box but that will never happen, but him being on the third pairing isn't the worst thing in the world and could happen when he undoubtedly struggles. And yeah I agree, I don't see a definitive "top pairing" there. I see four 2D-4D guys there (Green, Niskanen, Carlson, and Alzner) so while they have good "depth", they have no top end talent. Green obviously used to be that guy and maybe he can return to his old form under Trotz, but it'd be foolish to bank on that given his history. Mind_Taker fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Oct 1, 2014 |
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Zip! posted:gently caress you whoever it was that decided to release the Game Center Live PS4 app in the US but forgot to tick the box for Europe or any other regions. And whatever, make a US PSN account and the app will work just fine.
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Levitate posted:No surprises really. Kristo probably needs a change of scenery, he just has too many guys in front of him and he'll be an UFA after this season if he doesn't play 60 NHL games. i think hunwick gets the 7D spot. they want mcilrath to play and kostka and kampfer have been pedestrian. forwards are a lot tougher to figure out. locks: nash, msl, brass, dmoore, miller, kreider, zucc, hags, stempniak bubble: lindberg, glass, mueller, hayes, malone, duclair, fast, hrivik, haggerty, lombardi i'd be really surprised if they cut lombardi even if he doesn't make the opening night roster. so that makes 4 spots out of the rest of those guys. hrivik and haggerty will probably be sent down and i think hayes is pretty likely to be as well. so, lindberg, glass, mueller, malone, duclair, and fast for 2 roster spots and 2 scratches. out of those, mueller is the easiest cut (since AV loves glass). i think lindberg probably starts in the A as well. i don't think you can cut duclair, he's just been too good. malone has the inside track as a veteran. SOOOOOO your 2014-15 new york rangers start as: FW (14): Nash, St. Louis, Brassard, D. Moore, Miller, Kreider, Zuccarello, Hagelin, Stempniak, Lombardi, Malone, Duclair, Fast, Glass D (7): McDonagh, Girardi, Staal, Boyle, J. Moore, Klein, Hunwick G (2): Lundqvist, Talbot opening night scratches: Malone, Glass/Lombardi, Hunwick i think they need to clear up a contract spot for duclair to stay but i don't think it'd be that hard to unload some ahl scrub for a 7th or future considerations
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T-minus 1 week until the Islanders begin the Worst Season of All Time™ and forfeit McDavid to the Buffalo Sabres
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Yeah I agree on the D thing, I think McIlrath is just still around to help get him some more experience and development. If Lombardi can't get healthy and get some practice and games in then I think he's gone, they're not going to carry him if he can't even stay healthy in the preseason. For the forwards, I'm leaning towards thinking they might run with Lindberg on the 4th line and use Dom Moore in the top 9 at center while Stepan is out. Lindberg hasn't really stood out but he's a good faceoff guy and defensively responsible. Duclair makes it on the LW if he keeps playing like this in games. Wildly speculative lines Kreider-Brass-Zucc Hags-Moore-MSL Duclair-Miller-Nash Glass-Lindberg-Stempniak Malone as a spare if he shows enough. Could also see Mueller getting the 4th line C spot for awhile. Also, no real order to those top 3 lines since AV likes to run them pretty evenly and power play time will separate out the top forwards from the rest. To be honest, whatever line Moore is on could be a weak link for awhile...I love him as a 4th line C and he can fill in as a top 9 guy sometimes but he'll have to really keep it up for the first month
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whatis posted:T-minus 1 week until the Islanders begin the Worst Season of All Time™ and forfeit McDavid to the Buffalo Sabres theres still time for someone to sign kaberle-komaserik to be their top pairing now tgat new jersey cut them
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Largo LaForge posted:Yes yes yes yes. oh my god i love this 
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