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niemi played good, but was not the reason chicago won last year...i mean look at the crazy team they had.

thornton needs to stop being a choke artist in the playoffs imo.

True that Thronton disappears in playoffs.Thats really sad. Nabby was hit and miss. Actually he wasnt too bad in net last playoffs, I was more worried that they were giving Nittimaki first net. That had me worried. At least Niemi is pretty sound in net. I hope they dont give captains C to Marleau or Thornton. That "C" is bad luck. Every shark that wears it plays awful. Give it to a no-show like Huskins, he can only get better. This season needs to start the fuck up. Im getting my first hockey fix on the 22nd of this month when the Sharks play the Ducks. Until then its NHL11 on xbox.

Oh I just heard that Price is finally on paper with Montreal. Not sure for how much but Im sure its close to $5mil.

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Originally posted by epicaricacy niemi played good, but was not the reason chicago won last year...i mean look at the crazy team they had. thornton needs to stop being a choke artist in the playoffs imo.

yeah the goalie on the other team (4th stringer) was the reason they won.

This coming from a Blackhawks fan, as long as your defense is good, Niemi is good. If you get Niemi on a two on one breakaway, he'll lose. Watch out for the one timer. This burned him too. Example the Philly series. Also his stick side high needs work. Shoot here, the puck will most likely find the net.

Who's replacing Blake? What made Niemi great was the defense. Hope this works for Doug Wilson. If not he will be looking for new work.

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Originally posted by L.E.N. True that Thronton disappears in playoffs.Thats really sad. Nabby was hit and miss. Actually he wasnt too bad in net last playoffs, I was more worried that they were giving Nittimaki first net. That had me worried. At least Niemi is pretty sound in net. I hope they dont give captains C to Marleau or Thornton. That "C" is bad luck. Every shark that wears it plays awful. Give it to a no-show like Huskins, he can only get better. This season needs to start the fuck up. Im getting my first hockey fix on the 22nd of this month when the Sharks play the Ducks. Until then its NHL11 on xbox. Oh I just heard that Price is finally on paper with Montreal. Not sure for how much but Im sure its close to $5mil.

5.5 mill for 2 years...too much money, but the Gauthier fucked himself by trading away Halak that early. You make an unsigned goalie number one, you will have to pay more.

it leaves us with about 2 million to spend under the cap...i'm hoping that we can get a big stay at home d man for our bottom pairing, or maybe offer bill guerin a 1 year deal...40 or not he is still good on the pp and can be the type of leader that we need for some of the younger guys.

I have to say that a big defenseman is the only thing I'd take for the caps right now. They have to learn to not make the same mistakes in the playoffs and handle the pressure and a young squad like we have should improve, and we should see the fruits of good drafting in the last 3-4 years.

washington does not really need to do much...they lost to a very hot goalie last year (which tends to happen in the playoffs), and ovy disappeared.

there is no way that they can't be considered heavy favourites to finish number one in the east again. Ovy is more skilled than Crosby is, but he will never be considered the best until he gets rid of his reputation for not being a big game player.

see: olympics as well.

not to mention that semin played like he was doing disney on ice.

north american talent still is the way to go, and this proves it imo.

I agree on Ovi. I think a lot of it is down to how teams played him though, he's got to develop a strategy for bringing the best out of himself due to that. Semin is getting more & more hit & miss, not sure what we can do about that. Goaltending wise, I like the Varlamov/Neuvirth combination, both are young and hungry and should push each other well. I do just worry about a big defender though, someone like gonchar, phaneuf, niedermayer, just someone imposing by name/reputation. Green is good but more feared for his scoring ability.

all i know is that last year i was satisfied thinking about how you got pwned by my team.

serves you right for liking the leafs (aka the leaves come march)

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Originally posted by Ian I agree on Ovi. I think a lot of it is down to how teams played him though, he's got to develop a strategy for bringing the best out of himself due to that. Semin is getting more & more hit & miss, not sure what we can do about that. Goaltending wise, I like the Varlamov/Neuvirth combination, both are young and hungry and should push each other well. I do just worry about a big defender though, someone like gonchar, phaneuf, niedermayer, just someone imposing by name/reputation. Green is good but more feared for his scoring ability.

semin just put up his best year. varlamov is not a good goaltender. gonchar and phaneuf are not in the same class as niedermeyer and wouldn't do much to help. green is not feared period. he's soft in his own zone and only puts up points because there are so many other weapons on that team.

they need to revamp their entire d because they are almost all softies. guys like poti and schultz LOL you aren't going to win with guys like that.

just my opinions of course

now that kovygate is over, i wonder who the devils are going to shed to make the cap.

his contract is a little insane, the accountants that rigged it are serious cap jedis.

drop langenbrunner and white/salvador. then trade parise for savard as stated earlier.

i hope they get rid of zajac

jeff halpern? really?

veteran who is good on faceoffs. can be a big help to the younger centers because there is a big dropoff after gomez/plekanec.

i know that, i was just hoping that they would let some of the younger guys play.

too many bottom 6 centers.

i would rather have inked guerin.

either way he is probably cheap.

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Originally posted by epicaricacy i know that, i was just hoping that they would let some of the younger guys play. too many bottom 6 centers. i would rather have inked guerin. either way he is probably cheap.

someone edited wikipedia to say that montreal has signed guerin. was that you? lol

lol.

yes, i want him

at 500k a year he would be a steal.

this time the wiki edit is mine

they have the fbi monitoring wikipedia apparently. i made a change as well and within a nanosecond it was reverted.

for some reason the montreal canadiens signing is still there.

that never happened

http://www.hc-ska.ru/gallery/showall/198.html

Kinda weird seeing him in another jersey with the sharks mask still. At least hes not playing in this league. Im sure he will soon but it help with the change.

i think that his days in the nhl are over.

he will get more money to play in russia because he probably isn't seen as a choker there and brings some extra "star" power to the khl.

epic lol at my old sig being offensive...i pissed off daydreamer good lol.

don't know if i agree with all of this, but an interesting read at least.

http://www.thehockeynews.com/articl..._daily_20100910

rookie camp started today.

pre season tickets and 14 tickets bought for this year...expensive and hard to get, but erection is officially in full force.

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