...and The South will rise agin?
Hockey talk...moi non plus
Tue, 2010-02-02 14:20
#52
Tue, 2010-02-02 14:24
#53
Do you mean the southernmost canadian hockey team?
Wed, 2010-02-03 08:02
#54
Giguerre and Halak earned their pay last night.
Wed, 2010-02-03 10:12
#55
Catchfire
Halak > Luongo? Perhaps...
Wed, 2010-02-03 10:13
#56
It would be an intriguing trade.
Thu, 2010-02-04 20:21
#57
As if people would stop watching HNIC if they lost the grossly overpaid Cherry and McLean. The cuts to quality programming on the CBC that could have been prevented if we didn't have to pay an obscene amount to those two hacks should make even the most crusty, hidebound Toronto fan angry.
Thu, 2010-02-04 23:23
#58
Catchfire
What is that, like 90 saves in the last two games for Halak? How many other Slovakian goldmines are obscured by Canadian mediocrity?
Also: Kovalchuk to New Jersey? WTF?
Thu, 2010-02-04 23:46
#59
Scott Piatkowski
I doubt that he'll sign with the Devils next year. Lemaire expects his players to backcheck (he even managed to turn Alexandre Daigle into a two way player), but Kovalchuk thinks he's above that. He's apparently also above playing for $10 million a session in Atlanta.
Patrice Cormier is part of the trade. The Devils had said that they would respect the suspension handed down by the Q and not try to get him into their AHL lineup. I wonder if the Thrashers will do the same.
Fri, 2010-02-05 07:54
#60
I think Atlanta should send Cormier to the AHL. He needs the playing time and just maybe playing with older players could be the lesson he needs in showing respect for your opponents.
Fri, 2010-02-05 09:13
#61
Scott Piatkowski
I think that Cormier should be sitting until training camp.
Fri, 2010-02-05 09:38
#62
What is that, like 90 saves in the last two games for Halak? How many other Slovakian goldmines are obscured by Canadian mediocrity?
I think the reason the Habs still have big hopes for Price is that he has all the tools and ability to become a prolific puck stopper. He was a first round draft pick and won all kinds of awards as a junior league goalie.
Roberto Luongo was dealt early on from the Islanders after a mediocre start to his career, and he's developed into a star goaltender since. Price will develop into a franchise goaltender, and that's what Gainey's banking on. Price knows he's destined for greatness, and I think so do Habs brass. Few people remember Parrrish or Kvasha, but they know the name Luongo today.
Halak is peaking right now. I think they they should get what they can for him. He's an exceptional goal tender who was never expected to play this well.
Fri, 2010-02-05 11:52
#63
I think Atlanta should send Cormier to the AHL. He needs the playing time and just maybe playing with older players could be the lesson he needs in showing respect for your opponents.
He needs playing time?
No, he needs thinking time. He could augment that time with a stint doing community service among Atom hockey players, giving instruction in the evils of playing hockey with no respect for your fellow players. Then again, what does he know about the subject?
Sat, 2010-02-06 22:56
#64
I dunno; those Senators don't look so tough...
Boy, that Giguere sure reminds me of Eddie Belfour. He hardly seems to move, but just puts himself where the pucks go.
Sun, 2010-02-07 00:40
#65
RevolutionPlease
Mon, 2010-02-08 09:15
#66
So who are the real Habs: the team who beat the Pens or the team who barely showed up against the Bruins?
Mon, 2010-02-08 10:03
#67
It was a Sunday game. And the Bruins' losing streak did include several games lost by one or two goals while outshooting and often outplaying good teams. All of five points separates sixth and twelvth place teams in the conference. It's competitive, and I think the Caps, Devils, and Sharks don't want to be caught lolly-gagging by the time that first round series comes in April. I think there will be at least one or two upsets in the post season. It's a brand new season in April. Does it feel like 1993 again? Maybe.
Mon, 2010-02-08 12:19
#68
It was a Sunday game.
That was good for a chuckle. Thanks, F.
Mon, 2010-02-08 13:14
#69
It was a Sunday game.
That was good for a chuckle. Thanks, F.
World shuffleboard championships were held in Betmar,Florida last year.
Mon, 2010-02-08 13:23
#70
The Montreal Canadiens have called a news conference at 4 p.m. ET Monday and are expected to announce Bob Gainey will step down as vice-president and general manager.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2010/02/08/sp-gainey-habs.html#ixzz0eyCsktq6
Mon, 2010-02-08 13:31
#71
World shuffleboard championships were held in Betmar,Florida last year.
Yawn.
Don't you get tired of repeating the same things? So if the Habs don't make the playoffs, you're going to use the "They'd rather be golfing" excuse? Maybe the Ottawa gladios* or the old-line Original Six stooges are to blame for the Habs' troubles this year.
Shucks, even Bob Gainey's had enough. He must read babble.
* Well, this guy sorta looks like a gladiator:
Mon, 2010-02-08 13:48
#72
Catchfire
Oh no! Who will be better than Bob?
Mon, 2010-02-08 13:50
#73
I hope that is a rhetorical question, Catchfire?
Mon, 2010-02-08 13:58
#74
World shuffleboard championships were held in Betmar,Florida last year.
Yawn.
Don't you get tired of repeating the same things? So if the Habs don't make the playoffs, you're going to use the "They'd rather be golfing" excuse?
I think it was estimated that the Leafs next cup will be sometime around 2068 or so.
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Mon, 2010-02-08 14:41
#75
Apparently you don't get tired of posting the same things over and over.
Mon, 2010-02-08 20:53
#76
Aw don't be so crabby. Leafs have a used goalie and Phaneuf the D man. It's like Christmas for Leafs fans.
Wed, 2010-02-10 22:39
#77
6-5 Habs in OT woohoo! I thought they blew it after giving up a 5-2 lead after two. Metropolit with the hooking penalty with two minutes left in the third. Brooks Laich prairie boy pots three for the Caps.
Thu, 2010-02-11 07:27
#78
Price whined in a post-game interview about how tough it is to be sitting on the bech and then made to play against a good team. Maybe Gauthier shouldn't have told him that he wasn't trade bait.
Thu, 2010-02-11 12:17
#79
Hockey officials - not the police and courts - should be responsible for meting out punishment for on-ice violence, says the president of Hockey New Brunswick.
Thu, 2010-02-18 21:09
#80
Catchfire
Might as well get this goon thread chugging along again...
Speaking of goons, Chris Pronger is rewarding my belief that he is the worst addition to Team Canada since Patrice Bergeron. Cheap retribution penalty by the supposed 'veteran' defender, leads to the Swiss tying goal.
Thu, 2010-02-18 21:21
#81
Big mistake. They should have removed Brodeur after the 2nd goal - how many shots did he have on him in the 2nd period - was it 2?
Thu, 2010-02-18 21:42
#82
Hiller, now that's a goalie!
Thu, 2010-02-18 22:01
#83
Whew, good for the kid! 
Fri, 2010-02-19 07:50
#84
With their big games last night , can we officially welcome Slovakia and Switzerland to the Big Eight of international hockey ?
Q.: who would want to face either of them in a must-win game??
Fri, 2010-02-19 08:16
#85
Unless the Canadian Men pick up their game immediately, they appear destined to finish out of the medals.
Interesting piece in the Globe yesterday in response to all the blowouts in Women's hockey and the argument that therefore the Women's game doesn't belong in the Olympics. A comparison was made of the average margin of victory in the first three Olympic Games in which there was women's hockey and the first three Olympics of Men's hockey. I'm sure you can figure out which sex's games had the larger margin of victory. It wasn't even close.
Fri, 2010-02-19 09:13
#86
Hang on:
Canadian men have picked up 5 of a possible 6 points, including one blow-out, and they appear to you "destined to finish out of the medals" ??
I'd say your crystal ball is a bit rusty ...
Fri, 2010-02-19 09:28
#87
My crystal ball remembers Turin. We scored 0 goals in the first period against Norway. Brodeur should have easily saved the first goal. We'll see how badly Canada loses to the USians on Sunday.
Fri, 2010-02-19 10:07
#88
that will be a good game, I also predict;
as to the outcome, I would never bet on Brodeur having 2 weak games in a row, any more than on Crosby having 2 failed shootout tries in a row ...
Fri, 2010-02-19 10:26
#89
Mike Green would sure look good out there instead of that thrashing water buffalo, Chris Pronger.
Fri, 2010-02-19 10:53
#90
but the Canada braintrust DID look very very hard and somehow came up with Pronger, so go figure
the what-ifs list is long: Green, Martin St Louis, Brad Richards, several guys who could add something,
but then Brenden Morrow was repeatedly overlooked, in 2002 and 2006, and now gets his chance, and Green is young and his next Canada chance will come soon enough
no lineup would please all 33 million GMs ...
Fri, 2010-02-19 11:05
#91
Catchfire
In 2002, Canada was humiliated by the Swedes something like 5-2 in the first game, a scoreline which flattered the Canadians. They didn't look really strong until the semi-final against the Finns (2-0?). I'm not worried about the team, they will figure each other out. I am not worried about Brodeur--he is a legend. I am worried about Pronger, whose biggest liability is that he plays like he has always played--cheap, dirty, goonish and stupid. Marc Andre Bergeron would have been a more reliable choice.
Speaking of Bergeons, Patrice played decent--winning all the crucial faceoffs he was meant to.
And I have to admit, Luongo has me dizzy with fear should we have to rely on him in a tight, pressure-filled game.
Fri, 2010-02-19 11:16
#92
One more screw-up by Brodeur and he needs to be replaced. He almost singlehandedly cost Canada the game last nite, although he somewhat redeemed himself during the shoot-out. There is no room for mistakes in this type of hockey. Go Canada Go!
Fri, 2010-02-19 11:22
#93
Catchfire
Chris Pronger single-handedly cost Canada the game last night. Brodeur saved it.
Fri, 2010-02-19 12:46
#94
Im not sure what game most of you were watching but brodeur played a good game, neither of those 2 goals were soft and one went in of marleau.
Fri, 2010-02-19 12:52
#95
The first one was soft. Didn't play the angle correctly and should have been able to catch it. The second goal was a fluke.
Fri, 2010-02-19 12:57
#96
Spoken like a true NHL veteran...
Fri, 2010-02-19 13:05
#97
Unless the Canadian Men pick up their game immediately, they appear destined to finish out of the medals.
So who will win the medals then? The team which could only score 2 goals against Germany? The team that could only score 1 goal against Slovakia?
Fri, 2010-02-19 13:11
#98
I didn't question your creentials, I just don't think wikipaedia is a credible source for an academic to cite, and I sure wouldn't question Kid Brodeur's goaltending ability, even though I'd like to see Fleury between the pipes.
Fri, 2010-02-19 13:15
#99
Well, I guess posting Blackface pictures on Babble would establish you as an authority.
Fri, 2010-02-19 13:16
#100
An authority on what? Don't blame me if you didn't get the reference at first.
Fri, 2010-02-19 13:18
#101
I got the reference loud and clear. I just think posting it on babble was tasteless. Sorry you didn't get that at first.