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NHL & More: The Ice Hockey Thread! (pg. 4)
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| Carona |
| quote: | Originally posted by tranceraver31
canucks defence is damn good. they r mobile and have great positioning. yesterday they won vs avelanche and they didnt allow any bad chances (except maybe that rob blake break-away). how can they have a bad defence if they won 10 in a row and r rolling along like a in jaggernaut? |
They're D was not very good in that streak. I watched all but 2 of those games and they weren't exactly squeky clean. They were outshot in 7 of those ten games and had four games in a row of were they allowed over 31 shots on net :eek:. If you watched those games you would have seen a lot of lucky bounces resulting in goals and a lot of great goaltending by Clout to bail his D out. You just don't win 10 games in a row playing steller hockey ;) |
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| CraveTheRave |
Well after last night's display and the entire season pretty much, I don't know what to make of my Avs... absolutely terrible. FIRE HARTLEY!!! Way it looks now, our record consecutive division titles is outta there... turn it around boys! but we just lost Sakic so how good will that be!?!
Love that Lemieux is leadin the league by like 20 points in scoring hahaha. Late comment, but man do I still hate the Leafs??? Most hated team in the world haha!! Steve Webb is my hero. Was that man born to punish people??? KEEP YOUR HEAD ON A SWIVEL ;) |
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| Carona |
| quote: | Originally posted by CraveTheRave
Well after last night's display and the entire season pretty much, I don't know what to make of my Avs... absolutely terrible. FIRE HARTLEY!!! Way it looks now, our record consecutive division titles is outta there... turn it around boys! but we just lost Sakic so how good will that be!?!
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Yeah but all great teams can turn it around in a hurry. They just need a shake up. It's hard to believe Van, Edm and Min is ahead of them in their division alone :eek: |
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| tranceraver31 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Carona
They're D was not very good in that streak. I watched all but 2 of those games and they weren't exactly squeky clean. They were outshot in 7 of those ten games and had four games in a row of were they allowed over 31 shots on net :eek:. If you watched those games you would have seen a lot of lucky bounces resulting in goals and a lot of great goaltending by Clout to bail his D out. You just don't win 10 games in a row playing steller hockey ;) |
they were lucky in some games, but for the most part, they were terrific. they won today 6-3 vs oilers. mwahahhaah. naslund 4 goals. all of them were beauties. |
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| zarathustra |
My fav. non-professional tournament is just around the corner:
The World Junior Hockey Championships
This tournament always delivers exciting hockey and gives us a glimpse of the future stars of the game. This time I won't have to get up at 7 AM to watch the games either, the tournament is being held in Halifax. I think that Canada can finally get their crap together and make another gold medal run. Since I don't know much about the other countries, I can't say with certainty who I think will do well. I figure that the Czechs and Slovaks will have a strong showing. The Russians might cheap their way to a good finish (and they better not rip Canada off this time either) but I find that the Fins are the up and comers. Their recent entries into this tournament have featured great goalies and tremendously talented players. Should be fun.
Let's go for another 5 in a row Canada!!! |
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| sebby |
My original pick to win the cup, the Colorado Avs are not playing so good. The way things are going, it's gonna be one hell of a season in battling for the final playoff spot.
Mike Modano just got leveled by Jeremy Roenick, so there's some bad blood between these two teams. Can't wait to see the outcome of this one at the end of the season.
As for Mario Lemieux. Yeah, he's a great player, but I just feel that not many people want to check him cuz they'll be portrayed as something people will hate. Like for instance, he couldn't accept the fact that he got checked by Markov and had to go after him and remind the refs that he should be treated VIP. Does anyone else feel this way?
As for the World Junior Hockey Championship, I haven't followed much of that. What about the Swedes? Do they have a shot at winning?
Now that finals are over, I'll focus on hockey more and make a better selection on who will win the cup. My decision will be given during All-Star weekend. I believe that would be the best time for all of us to come up with a desicion and reason why that team will win the cup.
You guys agree or what? Enjoy the holidays. ;) |
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| zarathustra |
| quote: | Originally posted by sebby
As for the World Junior Hockey Championship, I haven't followed much of that. What about the Swedes? Do they have a shot at winning?
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They do have a chance. Everyone does, that's why it is such a fun tourney to watch.
Hartley's gone, about damn time too. Maybe they can turn it around. |
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| Trance Plant |
This could be the Senators' year. Even if they play the Leafs (for the 5th straight year)in the Playoffs, I think they'd beat them.
Should be good.
Nice to see the likes of Tampa, Minnesota do well this year.
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| Stassi |
| Bah! leafs arent going anywhere. |
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| w00h00 |
I hesitate on making early season calls, now we're getting into the part of the year that makes or breaks teams though. The middle of the year can be exceptionally boring hockey since there's no urgency like there is in the last month, but this also is when a huge winning or losing streak can totally change a team's momentum too, so it's perhaps even more important than that last month rush. Barring any real weirdness though I'm kinda' leaning towards Detroit since they seem to be working the rookies into the team better than early in the season. I love the canucks first line though, any given night any of those 3 guys can score. Right now they're my backup faves. Avs last few seasons though.. never count them out. They're a late-season team. They'll more than likely start winning games when they're most important and still will probably end up in the top 4 in the west. (I hate to admit it.. there's only a few teams I really dislike, mainly 'cuz I'm such a detroit fan... avs, stars and blues can all lick me.) And remember too, I'd have to say the NW division is the toughest one in all nhl right now
In the East I like Sens a lot. I hope montreal stays in the playoff picture, but I'd not be shocked if they just miss it. I hope Carolina just makes complete asses of themselves, but that's also the redwings fan in me talking. Boston and Philly are likely conference finalists, philly needs to make something happen on power plays a lot more though. My dream final would be wings/sens, but cannucks/sens would be amazing. Two Canadian teams.. now that would be an exciting finals. If all my hopes fall through my backup backup fave is Wild.
the one good thing I can say though is at least in the W, the last month of play is going to be phenomonal, just like last year. Spots will not be finalized until the last Western games are played I'm fairly certain. Things will get crazy after the all-star break, that's for sure. |
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