Official 2008-2009 NHL thread.

[syee]

Ovechkin was great at the All Star game. He's a great entertainer and an even better hockey player. Not to knock Sid but Ovechkin would do better as the "face" of the NHL since he's got more of the charisma for it. Watching Crosby do a bit on Hockey Night in Canada was painful to say the least and it didn't look like he was comfortable doing it.

Now if they would only clean Ovechkin up a little so he doesn't look like a freaking hobo.

 

[kstu]

Sabres gonna mop up the Oil tonight... should be a sad night in meltyville.

Let's Go Buffalo!!

 

[meltdown75]

bring ittttttttttttt

 

[meltdown75]

Worst start ever... 2-0 Buf... :/

 

[meltdown75]

7-1... I'm goin to bed...

Crazy thing is the Oilers didn't really play that bad so far... except for a bunch of dumb penalties that were hardly even penalties 0_0

Miller is hot right now. I actually started Roli over Miller in my fantasy league tonight. boy oh boy, gotta stop making those homer moves

 

[n7]

omfg Oilers

effing retarded. :|

9-1 now...that's it, ADTHE stream window closed.

 

[JohnAn2112]

Wow Sabres with a 10-2 win!

 

[kstu]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
bring ittttttttttttt

it was brought'n

just a little redemption for the offer sheet

 

[Quiksilver]

Well, it appears Zetterberg isn't going anywhere... for the next 12 years.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=406630

 

[rh71]

anyone know about insurance? If they get hurt with a career-ender do they still get paid the full length of the contract? Is it only through insurance? Ovechkin signed for 13-years too and he's a human wrecking ball... who knows if he'll play all 13.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: rh71
anyone know about insurance? If they get hurt with a career-ender do they still get paid the full length of the contract? Is it only through insurance? Ovechkin signed for 13-years too and he's a human wrecking ball... who knows if he'll play all 13.

This article is pretty relevant:

http://proathletesonly.com/new...fluence-nhl-contracts/

 

[rh71]

^ so in other words, the Isles current payment of about $225k per year in DiPietro's insurance instead of his full 4.5mil annual salary is well worth it. They're also sh!tting bricks about him getting hurt after his 6th year as they'll be fully responsible for his salary regardless.

 

[meltdown75]

aaabsolutely

 

[rh71]

the way Ovechkin's deal was put together - I believe they may have worked around the 7-year coverage limit. They negotiated a 6-year deal first, then a 7-year deal on top of it. That's how it was reported... but not sure how it was handled on paper.

 

[rh71]

wow Dion Phaneuf looks huge compared to Elisha...

http://thesuperficial.com//bfm...uthbert_bikini3_08.jpg
http://thesuperficial.com//bfm...uthbert_bikini3_11.jpg

 

[meltdown75]

damn, she is fine.

Oilers / Wild tonight.... ugh Minny always scares me. huge divisional game, gotta bounce back from the 10-2 beatdown!

 

[Pshawn5]

got to give the kid credit for thinking outside the box.

http://www.boston.com/news/loc...trick_shots/?page=full

 

[meltdown75]

Dear Chicago,

Please take it easy on us this time.

Love,

The Oilers faithful

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Pshawn5
got to give the kid credit for thinking outside the box.

http://www.boston.com/news/loc...trick_shots/?page=full

nice. I've always wondered why more players don't use black tape on their blade to conceal a shot more... but according to my goalie that doesn't affect him much. *shrug* Yet Marty Brodeur claims Ovechkin's dark tinted visor is foul.

 

[meltdown75]

wow what a comeback by the Pens!!!!!!!!!!! 0_0

i mean, yeah it's the Lightning... but still...

also, all 4 goals were unassisted! 0_0

 

[kstu]

Vanek natural hatty and Miller back-to-back shutouts as the Sabres beat up on the Laffs.

I'm falling in love all over again.

Let's go Buffalo!

 

[meltdown75]

weird, cbs.sportsline.com wasn't showing any helpers in the Pens game, but i got some in my pool

 

[Quiksilver]

Oilers down by 3.. not even 10 minutes into the 1st yet.
Go WINGS!

 

[Quiksilver]

5-0 end of first.

 

[JujuFish]

Boo, stinky Sens, stop showing up every time you play the Sabres.