NHL 2011 General Discussion

That was a Rangers night tonight for sure. Leafs goalies were pretty awful too. Rangers keep losing players to injury though.

And whoever made that 'Cup Winner' poll needs to add the Flyers and Penguins from the East at least. I think the Rangers are tied or ahead of the Caps right now in the standings.

Seriously, something big needs to happen in Toronto, and fast. We are so f***ing sick of seeing this team lose, and it surely doesn't help out the goaltenders when the defencemen almost always turn the puck over. It could have easily been a double digit night for the Rangers.

And whoever made that 'Cup Winner' poll needs to add the Flyers and Penguins from the East at least. I think the Rangers are tied or ahead of the Caps right now in the standings.ohjtbehaaave

The Rangers are 1 point behind Washington right now.

The Leafs looked more like the Make Beliefs last night. YIKES!

Last night was f****** awful for the Leafs. Thank god Jiggy said he's waive his no-trade clause. And TSN was pretty harsh on the Leafs last night. Keith Jones and Mike Peca said 'The Monster' is for sure not the future goalie for this team. I think if Jiggy is traded, Reimer will get more chances than Gustavsson.

Leafs are winning right now though. 3 goals on the most underrated goalie in the league, IMO.

Oh and Nabokov is close to a deal with the Red Wingsand Tomas Fleischmann is out for the year with a strange blood clot. That's a shame, 21 points in 22 games, and was working out great with Duchene, and the Avs were just getting healthy.

Last night was f****** awful for the Leafs. Thank god Jiggy said he's waive his no-trade clause. And TSN was pretty harsh on the Leafs last night. Keith Jones and Mike Peca said 'The Monster' is for sure not the future goalie for this team. I think if Jiggy is traded, Reimer will get more chances than Gustavsson.

Leafs are winning right now though. 3 goals on the most underrated goalie in the league, IMO.

Oh and Nabokov is close to a deal with the Red Wingsand Tomas Fleischmann is out for the year with a strange blood clot. That's a shame, 21 points in 22 games, and was working out great with Duchene, and the Avs were just getting healthy.

JohnBean42

That game tonight.

So much better.

Yes, so much better. I wonder if Jiggy feels like he's auditioning for another job, knowing he could be traded.

And how about that Jeff Skinner? 39 points, 17 of them goals. Right now, I think he's the clear ROY, buta lot of time left. Loved watching him last year in Kitchener scoring 50 goals, and love watching him whenever I can now.

Kitchenercould have 3 possible top 10 picks in the last 2 years: Skinner, Murphy (who Don Cherry has said will be the #1 pick), and Landeskog (who has been compared to as a Swedish Mike Richards by his coach and scouts). That's one great system. Makes me wonder if Steve Spott (HC and GM, and worked under Panthers coach Pete DeBoer) will ever work in the NHL.

I just wonder what will happen to Gustavsson. I know the management aren't going to give up on him just yet.

And sans last night, I can definitely recall whenever he DOES play really good games, the defense almost never helped him. Case in point especially would be earlier this season against Montreal where he stood on his head only for that bonehead Komisarek assisting on Camilerri's GWG. And when the Leafs were on the power play? Looked like it was Montreal's.

But he still came up big. Maybe it is confidence issues.

I just wonder what will happen to Gustavsson. I know the management aren't going to give up on him just yet.

And sans last night, I can definitely recall whenever he DOES play really good games, the defense almost never helped him. Case in point especially would be earlier this season against Montreal where he stood on his head only for that bonehead Komisarek assisting on Camilerri's GWG. And when the Leafs were on the power play? Looked like it was Montreal's.

But he still came up big. Maybe it is confidence issues.

I just wonder what will happen to Gustavsson. I know the management aren't going to give up on him just yet.

And sans last night, I can definitely recall whenever he DOES play really good games, the defense almost never helped him. Case in point especially would be earlier this season against Montreal where he stood on his head only for that bonehead Komisarek assisting on Camilerri's GWG. And when the Leafs were on the power play? Looked like it was Montreal's.

But he still came up big. Maybe it is confidence issues.

Mmm, St. Louis/Red Wings game, Halak stood up bing in the final minute of the third when he kicked the puck out of the crease when any other night it would have been a goal.

Unfortunately they lost in OT.

[QUOTE="hockey73"]Avs-Preds game, what a BS no goal call, what's the point of the "war room" if they are not going to do their job. Mkavanaugh77

lol, third period turned into complete ****. Avs need to consider getting a D-man before the trade deadline. I basically feel now, Anderson's last year heroics were a fluke, he's been nothing but an average to sub-par goalie at best this year.

Edit: You're going get a kick out of this, just checked my fantasy team, I started Anderson over Luongo, nooooooooooo.

Flyers and Sens brawl it up. http://espn.go.com/video/category?id=2459791 Oh and the Flyers won 6-2

And the Red Wings sign Evgeni Nabakov to a one year deal, but he as to pass through waivers. Interesting. http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=6041677

And the Red Wings sign Evgeni Nabakov to a one year deal, but he as to pass through waivers. Interesting. http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=6041677

Los9090

The addition of the NMC on Nabokov's contract is nice to try and scare off would be suiters, but in reality there is almost a zero percent chance he ends up a Wing.

Awwwwww yeah, I always love to see Ottawa lose. (:

Chicago and Detroit tomorrow!

Can't wait.

The Islanders pick up Evgeni Nabokov off waivers. Doesn't make sense to me. Don't they want a higher draft pick? lol Too bad, I would've loved to have Nabby back in San Jose if even for a few months. Now I'm just worried that he made a deal with Detroit and signs with them in the offseason.

The Islanders pick up Evgeni Nabokov off waivers. Doesn't make sense to me. Don't they want a higher draft pick? lol Too bad, I would've loved to have Nabby back in San Jose if even for a few months. Now I'm just worried that he made a deal with Detroit and signs with them in the offseason.

CJL182

I don't get it either. It's not like they're competing with Detroit and want to ruin their chances.

EDIT: If this is true, Komisarek is a f****** idiot. I hope Burke gets rid of him. He's been a huge disappointment from Day 1. Gunnersson has played better than him.

And Clouston should be fired now. As much as I love seeing Ottawa fail and the Leafs do better than them, they need to change it up. They've been outscored 13-3 in the past 2 games, and it was 7-1 against division rival last night. What more do you need to fire him?

Love it, Lombardi got fined $50K for telling it like it is................it was a BS goal that should have been disallowed and he said the Kings got jobbed because one of the officials wanted a job with the Kings in the past and didn't get it. Also what's the point of Toronto review if they can't get a call like that? Makes you wonder if they rig it up for the Coyotes.X360PS3AMD05

That was a TERRIBLE call. I seriously don't understand what the War Room in Toronto sees sometimes. Even someone who doesn't watch hockey would not allow that goal if you explained the rule to them. I wonder if the Isles will suspend Nabby or just waive him again.

Chicago wins 4-1 against the Red Wings and Philadelphia goes down to the Devils, oh my!

Also, just watching the video replay on the disputed play.

That was definitely a BS call, you can totally tell the stick was over the crossbar. I also don't see what was wrong with Lombardi speaking his mind. And he apologized to Murphy and also stated that "he was a bigger man than he is". F*** that.

It seems the big guns love to get out of scoring droughts against the Leafs.

First Gaborik in NYC with four goals, and now Ovechkin with his hat-trick.

But Ovie's always scored against the Leafs. :V

EDIT: Also, rematch between last season's Stanley Cup finalists tomorrow! Who will win? I DON'T KNOW!

The Islanders are saying that Nabokov will not report, so now they can either suspend him or put him back on waivers.JohnBean42

[QUOTE="JohnBean42"]The Islanders are saying that Nabokov will not report, so now they can either suspend him or put him back on waivers.Los9090

[QUOTE="Los9090"][QUOTE="JohnBean42"]The Islanders are saying that Nabokov will not report, so now they can either suspend him or put him back on waivers.hockey73

Would've been swell if the Devils played like this at the beginning of the season...

[QUOTE="Los9090"][QUOTE="hockey73"] If he doesn't report I hope Islanders suspend him, rules are rules, I hate when players get stubborn. Lockedge

James Reimer is called up from the Marlies and to be starting in net against Tampa Bay tonight! (:

The defense absolutely loves to play well in front of him for some reason. Personally I think they hate Gustavsson, even when he plays good nights. ):

Reimer saved the Leafs in that first period. If it wasn't for him, and it was Gustavsson in net, it'd be 4 or 5-0. They look as bad as they did in NY.

I laughed so hard at this

happened at the Canucks vs Dallas game

Bieska takes a penalty

Mkavanaugh77

All Star rosters are set

http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/3953/live-chat-all-star-game-draft-745-p-m-et

Last night's format was cool but I think they really need to change it. It was kinda embarrassing, and to give Kessel a car? IDK how they'll fix it, and I know people will say 'he's making millions and he's 36th out of 500' and stuff like that. But he's still sitting there alone in front of tons of people, and doesn't help the argument that the trade for him was great, because I know people will use this as an argument against the trade

I'm kinda excited for it. I wanna see how Kessel does, and how the 18 year old Skinner does. Other than that...meh. The face of the NHL isn't even there.

Go Team Lidstrom!

13 games tomorrow...whooo!

13 games tomorrow...whooo!

Los9090