***OFFICIAL*** '06 - '07 NHL Season Thread *CONFIRMED*

[kstu]

melty, i'll happily let you be a sabres fan for the rest of the season if you want

 

[Tommouse]

Well I guess I can come hang out in here as the season is wrapping up. I only really watch the last month or two then playoffs consistently.

I'm rooting for the Ducks (their farm-team is my hometown, so I got to see a lot of their young guys play!)
The Avs, been a fan since they moved out there.
Sabres ... just through proxie, as I'm in Western NY now.

And w00t to the Avs! They were playing hard last night and it paid off! They're fighting for a spot, just need someone ahead of them to slump a little bit and they are good to go!

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: kstu
melty, i'll happily let you be a sabres fan for the rest of the season if you want

hah!

I'm sorry... I couldn't. Sad as it may sound, I will be pulling for a Canadian team... probably one from the NW division... or at least someone from the West.

My last-ditch effort will be to pull for one of the Canadian teams from the East... I'd like for more than just the Sens to make it though... Habs / Leafs... doesn't really matter to me right now.

If the Leafs miss the playoffs, this entire area goes into depression for weeks and weeks. I'm hoping they get a little something to cheer about.

I also kinda root for Smyth right now... I'd like to see the Isles make it so I can watch him in the playoffs.

...but I'll always be an Oilers fan...

 

[Aquaman]

You can always be a Canucks fan

ps. I hope the Flamers get knocked off

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[clickynext]

Go Canucks Go!

Sad to see Salo go down... that'll be one big gaping hole on the blue line.

 

[SampSon]

Originally posted by: latino666

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: oogabooga
I was convinced the sharks wouldn't even be able to buy a win, but it looks like they proved me wrong, hopefully they stop being so damned streaky.

and sampson, everytime i watch buffalo play i become convinced that is the case.

Hell, Buffalo, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, Atlanta, Pittsburgh,.. even New Jersey (with their moronically boring trap and brick wall goalie), can whip up any team the west can throw at them.

Nashville really has the best chance, followed by Detroit and Anaheim. Detroit will lose in the first round due to their players having no legs left in the second half of the game.
Anaheim will just go cold and self destruct, same with San Jose (if they can even muster the balls to stay in the playoff ranks). Vancouver can't score goals to save their lives and will not make it deep. The rest are just fodder. Very unimpressive division this year.

Wings lead the league in most 3rd period goals. It's during the first period thry have to play better. If you seen the Avs-Wings game yesterday you could see what I am talking about.

Also Tampa Bay, Atlanta, and Pittsburgh have nothing on the Wings. The depth of those teams cannot compaer to a healthy Wings lineup that can look like

Datsyuk - Zetterberg - Holmstrom
Calder - Lang - Bertuzzi
Maltby - Draper - Franzen
Cleary - Filppula - Samuelsson
(Hudler, Kopecky)

Lidstrom-Markov
Lebda-Schneider
Chelios-Kronwall

Hasek
Osgood

A healthy wings lineup hasn't done much to bring them anywhere in the playoffs as of late.
They have a whole load of experienced skill players, though there is plenty of young talent in the league that can neutralize the wings and all their experience. The wings are far from being one of the fastest teams on the ice and that means quite a bit in the new era NHL.

The wings scoring is currently as follows: 1st period - 22nd, 2nd periond - 12th, 3rd period - 1st. Buffalo scoring is currently as follows: 1st period - 5th, 2nd period - 1st, 3rd period - 9th. Pittsburgh outscores the wings in every period except the third, where they are only behind by 6. Pittsburgh has more than enough skill to beat the wings. Tampa and Atlanta generally keep up with the wings until the third period scoring. To say that thoes three teams have nothing on the wings is silly. There is more than enough talent on all three of thoes teams to beat the wings.

What the wings truely have going for them is their goal tending (god love hasek, even though he didn't win it in Buffalo AND was talking sh!t the second he left Buffalo aka Hasek is a douche bag), which is in the top 10 in the league for goals against in all periods and their experienced skill players. Even with all of that I think any of the top 8 teams in the west can handily knock off the wings. Hell look at last year, they took the president's cup and got beat by the 8th seed.

The wings are definitely a good team, but are going to get beat in the playoffs by a younger, faster squad. I doubt they will be going further than the second round. I've always liked the wings because they are a true hockey town team.

Wow, that's a pretty bold statement. Buffalo and New Jersey can go toe-to-toe with the best of the West, but I would bet money that Tampa Bay, Atlanta and Pittsburgh would lose a series against Detroit, Anaheim or Nashville. None of those teams is as deep as the three Western teams. Pittsburgh has the brightest future.

Wow, that's a pretty bold statement. Buffalo and New Jersey can go toe-to-toe with the best of the West, but I would bet money that Tampa Bay, Atlanta and Pittsburgh would lose a series against Detroit, Anaheim or Nashville. None of those teams is as deep as the three Western teams. Pittsburgh has the brightest future.

Edit: I'm not saying they'd be dominated, just that Nashville, Detroit and Anaheim are better than Tampa Bay, Atlanta and Pittsburgh.

Depth? Comon, you watch Buffalo hockey, and you're talking about depth? Buffalo is basically playing a minor leaguers vs. professional teams, and winning. Depth has so little to do with superstars anymore. I would say of the three Pittsburgh currently has the best ability to beat detroit, but when Tampa is hot on the scoring they are deadly. Atlanta
is off and on, but when they are on they can win.

Wings fans are just like Leafs fans, except the wings have actually won cups since the NHL expanded into a real league.

Either way I can't wait for the last Buffalo vs Toronto home game in Buffalo. There are sure to be plenty of pricky leafs loving canadians there to heckle.

 

[sandorski]

1st
2nd
woo linden
woot d sedin
3rd

Victory

 

[Aquaman]

Woot

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: SampSon
I've always liked the wings because they are a true hockey town team.

If you went to a game or two there, your opinion on that might change.

 

[latino666]

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: latino666

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: oogabooga
I was convinced the sharks wouldn't even be able to buy a win, but it looks like they proved me wrong, hopefully they stop being so damned streaky.

and sampson, everytime i watch buffalo play i become convinced that is the case.

Hell, Buffalo, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, Atlanta, Pittsburgh,.. even New Jersey (with their moronically boring trap and brick wall goalie), can whip up any team the west can throw at them.

Nashville really has the best chance, followed by Detroit and Anaheim. Detroit will lose in the first round due to their players having no legs left in the second half of the game.
Anaheim will just go cold and self destruct, same with San Jose (if they can even muster the balls to stay in the playoff ranks). Vancouver can't score goals to save their lives and will not make it deep. The rest are just fodder. Very unimpressive division this year.

Wings lead the league in most 3rd period goals. It's during the first period thry have to play better. If you seen the Avs-Wings game yesterday you could see what I am talking about.

Also Tampa Bay, Atlanta, and Pittsburgh have nothing on the Wings. The depth of those teams cannot compaer to a healthy Wings lineup that can look like

Datsyuk - Zetterberg - Holmstrom
Calder - Lang - Bertuzzi
Maltby - Draper - Franzen
Cleary - Filppula - Samuelsson
(Hudler, Kopecky)

Lidstrom-Markov
Lebda-Schneider
Chelios-Kronwall

Hasek
Osgood

A healthy wings lineup hasn't done much to bring them anywhere in the playoffs as of late.
They have a whole load of experienced skill players, though there is plenty of young talent in the league that can neutralize the wings and all their experience. The wings are far from being one of the fastest teams on the ice and that means quite a bit in the new era NHL.

The wings scoring is currently as follows: 1st period - 22nd, 2nd periond - 12th, 3rd period - 1st. Buffalo scoring is currently as follows: 1st period - 5th, 2nd period - 1st, 3rd period - 9th. Pittsburgh outscores the wings in every period except the third, where they are only behind by 6. Pittsburgh has more than enough skill to beat the wings. Tampa and Atlanta generally keep up with the wings until the third period scoring. To say that thoes three teams have nothing on the wings is silly. There is more than enough talent on all three of thoes teams to beat the wings.

What the wings truely have going for them is their goal tending (god love hasek, even though he didn't win it in Buffalo AND was talking sh!t the second he left Buffalo aka Hasek is a douche bag), which is in the top 10 in the league for goals against in all periods and their experienced skill players. Even with all of that I think any of the top 8 teams in the west can handily knock off the wings. Hell look at last year, they took the president's cup and got beat by the 8th seed.

The wings are definitely a good team, but are going to get beat in the playoffs by a younger, faster squad. I doubt they will be going further than the second round. I've always liked the wings because they are a true hockey town team.

Wow, that's a pretty bold statement. Buffalo and New Jersey can go toe-to-toe with the best of the West, but I would bet money that Tampa Bay, Atlanta and Pittsburgh would lose a series against Detroit, Anaheim or Nashville. None of those teams is as deep as the three Western teams. Pittsburgh has the brightest future.

Wow, that's a pretty bold statement. Buffalo and New Jersey can go toe-to-toe with the best of the West, but I would bet money that Tampa Bay, Atlanta and Pittsburgh would lose a series against Detroit, Anaheim or Nashville. None of those teams is as deep as the three Western teams. Pittsburgh has the brightest future.

Edit: I'm not saying they'd be dominated, just that Nashville, Detroit and Anaheim are better than Tampa Bay, Atlanta and Pittsburgh.

Depth? Comon, you watch Buffalo hockey, and you're talking about depth? Buffalo is basically playing a minor leaguers vs. professional teams, and winning. Depth has so little to do with superstars anymore. I would say of the three Pittsburgh currently has the best ability to beat detroit, but when Tampa is hot on the scoring they are deadly. Atlanta
is off and on, but when they are on they can win.

Wings fans are just like Leafs fans, except the wings have actually won cups since the NHL expanded into a real league.

Either way I can't wait for the last Buffalo vs Toronto home game in Buffalo. There are sure to be plenty of pricky leafs loving canadians there to heckle.

Our second line can become way better then last years second line. Williams for Calder was a huge uprade for us. Add Bertuzzi to that line and that line could be a first line on any other team. It's also funny how teams say we are fast when we beat them.

I'll give you that Pittsburgh has skill but their D and goalies suck. With goals harder to score in the playoffs they better hope their goalies go into some hot streak or it will be a short run for them.

Atlanta has two proven playoff performers in Hossa and Kozlov. Kovalchuk has never been to the playoffs so it will be interesting to see how he does. Tkachuk has never done anything special come playoff time. Also weak goaltending will kill them like it can do with Pittsburgh

Tampa scares me the most out of these 3 teams. They have a core that has already won it all but like the other 2 teams goaltending is sub-par at best.


Also that was a low blow comparing us to Leaf fans.

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: SampSon
I've always liked the wings because they are a true hockey town team.

If you went to a game or two there, your opinion on that might change.

Pfft. The Joe might not be the best arena in the league but Detroiters love hockey. We are the only city/town with a outdoor ice rink (Clark Park) come winter time in the lower peninsula.

 

[clickynext]

w00t Luongo with the shutout on the night that he gets the Mark Messier award!

 

[Aquaman]

Woot

Way togo Canucks

Now back to back vs the Avs

Go Canucks Go!!!

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[JujuFish]

Woohoo Canucks.

 

[meltdown75]

No one is talking about that Drew Stafford goal last night?! :shocked:

I didn't see this Orr / Fedoruk scrap either... meh... that Stafford goal was a BEAUTY and I was watching that game at the time! w00t for good goals

Oilers - winless in 12. Nice moves at the deadline Lowe. Avs were below the Oilers at the deadline and they refused to be sellers. Now they're 4 points back. Way to throw in the towel buddy.

...and all those Flames fans chirping the Oilers are going to look pretty damn stupid if the Avs keep playing the way they have been.

latino - of course Detroiters care about hockey, but I've always laughed at the "Hockeytown" label. Half-full arena until playoff time but always "sold out", fans that get more excited for a lame scrap than a goal, fans that just sit there and yell "shoooooot"... every other sport comes before hockey in Detroit, even the woeful Lions garner more attention than the Wings, who are good year after year after year.

 

[kstu]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
No one is talking about that Drew Stafford goal last night?! :shocked:

I didn't see this Orr / Fedoruk scrap either... meh... that Stafford goal was a BEAUTY and I was watching that game at the time! w00t for good goals

The Stafford goal was sick. He lays the defender on his ass and fires a shot top shelf. Beeautiful. And that's why I just bought his jersey (also because I got 50% off at the reebok store ). I hope he stays with the Sabres for a long time.

 

[sandorski]

Sweet! This team was doubtful for the Playoffs before the season began. Now it's closing in on #1 in the West and looking ready for a post-season run to the Cup!!

Go Canucks Go

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: sandorski
Sweet! This team was doubtful for the Playoffs before the season began. Now it's closing in on #1 in the West and looking ready for a post-season run to the Cup!!

Go Canucks Go

Just wanted to say again that I called Canucks FTCup as soon as they got Luongo

neener neener neeeeener

 

[latino666]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
latino - of course Detroiters care about hockey, but I've always laughed at the "Hockeytown" label. Half-full arena until playoff time but always "sold out", fans that get more excited for a lame scrap than a goal, fans that just sit there and yell "shoooooot"... every other sport comes before hockey in Detroit, even the woeful Lions garner more attention than the Wings, who are good year after year after year.

Corporate companys own most of the lower seats. I can't comment on the news attention this year since I moved before hockey started this season.

 

[AMDZen]

Originally posted by: Aquaman
You can always be a Canucks fan

ps. I hope the Flamers get knocked off

Cheers,
Aquaman

Don't worry, they will. The Avalanche are HOT and are coming for them

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: sandorski
Sweet! This team was doubtful for the Playoffs before the season began. Now it's closing in on #1 in the West and looking ready for a post-season run to the Cup!!

Go Canucks Go

Just wanted to say again that I called Canucks FTCup as soon as they got Luongo

neener neener neeeeener

Ya, I did too. Then again, I say the same thing every year!

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: sandorski
Sweet! This team was doubtful for the Playoffs before the season began. Now it's closing in on #1 in the West and looking ready for a post-season run to the Cup!!

Go Canucks Go

Just wanted to say again that I called Canucks FTCup as soon as they got Luongo

neener neener neeeeener

Ya, I did too. Then again, I say the same thing every year!

I don't

 

[JohnAn2112]

WOOT another Sharks victory. Cheech with a hat trick to boot!

Scary fact: The Sharks have outscored their opponents 38-10 in their last 10 games!

 

[JujuFish]

Congratulations to Nashville for clinching a playoff spot. :thumbsup:

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: JohnAn2112
WOOT another Sharks victory. Cheech with a hat trick to boot!

Scary fact: The Sharks have outscored their opponents 38-10 in their last 10 games!

38 goals scored isn't all that great, but 10 goals allowed in 10 games? That's incredible. :thumbsup:

 

[Pshawn5]

first nef from work! yay!

damn can't believe we lost to the coyotes yesterday.