Re: NHL season 2008-09

[Post Count Padder]

I'd pick him up for cheap for the stretch run, as long as he'd had lots of counseling in the interim.

At this point, I don't think counseling would do anything to a trash-talking, fashion-loving d-bag like Avery.

[sethuel1]

I'd pick him up for cheap for the stretch run, as long as he'd had lots of counseling in the interim.

At this point, I don't think counseling would do anything to a trash-talking, fashion-loving d-bag like Avery.

Oh if it made him less of a d-bag i wouldn't want him. I think the goal of the counseling should be to let him control it in front of the press and that's about it.

[wolf stansson]

I'd pick him up for cheap for the stretch run, as long as he'd had lots of counseling in the interim.

At this point, I don't think counseling would do anything to a trash-talking, fashion-loving d-bag like Avery.

And if it did, he'd be useless.

[NewUserName]

I dont think he can just be picked up cheaply. Either a team would have to take his contract in a trade or pick him up off waivers and pay half of his current salary for 4 years. I think he will play for Dallas's top farm team. If Dallas gets back in the playoff picture, they will bring him back up and expose him to waivers. If noone claims him, they will have some sort of peace pipe smoking deal with his teammates.

[Drew Doughty]

I dont think he can just be picked up cheaply. Either a team would have to take his contract in a trade or pick him up off waivers and pay half of his current salary for 4 years. I think he will play for Dallas's top farm team. If Dallas gets back in the playoff picture, they will bring him back up and expose him to waivers. If noone claims him, they will have some sort of peace pipe smoking deal with his teammates.

 

1) dallas doesn't have a top AHL affliate any more. 2) they aren't going to send a disgruntled avery down to the minors to f with their prospects.

[jaydee]

dallas is a joke. hey marty turco, try getting your save % over .875 before you rip your teammates. maybe the stars suck because they just suck. they are just trying to pin their failures on avery. pretty embarassing for their organization

[Cynosure]

Avery will get picked up by someone.

 

He did just fine and succeeded greatly while playing for the Rangers. He needs a veteran to keep him in line like Jaromir Jagr did for him during his stint with the Rangers. He's taking his agitator role off the ice which is why the Stars dropped him.

 

I think the suspension was crappy, but you can't be taking personal beef off the ice then settling it that night on the ice (Stars were going to be playing the Flames when he said it).

[Drew Doughty]

Avery will get picked up by someone.

 

He did just fine and succeeded greatly while playing for the Rangers. He needs a veteran to keep him in line like Jaromir Jagr did for him during his stint with the Rangers. He's taking his agitator role off the ice which is why the Stars dropped him.

 

I think the suspension was crappy, but you can't be taking personal beef off the ice then settling it that night on the ice (Stars were going to be playing the Flames when he said it).

 

until avery was run out of new york for the most part. and he was essentially shipped off of LA twice. the stars are one of the more veteran teams in the NHL, so that argument kinda sucks.

[TruffleShuffle]

well after being in such dire straits earlier in the season that they had to keep an 18 year-old late first round draft pick around to play defense, the flyers are in much better shape on defense now. we actually have a logjam with randy jones getting healthy and ryan parent about to be ready as well. the candidates:

 

timonen (clear #1)

coburn (#2/3)

carle (has been much better than expected and should be in the lineup every day)

ossi vaananen (he's been really, really solid. can't imagine that he'd be a guy they'd scratch. glad we brought him back from the elitserien)

jones (makes some dumb defensive plays but is a good puck mover)

sbisa (18 years old, plays at a higher level than i would've expected, but he's still not big enough for the nhl and makes the usual boneheaded defensive mistakes that a teenager would normally make)

alberts (very little offensive game; made some terrible plays defensively after coming over but has been pretty solid lately)

kukkonen (hasn't played that well this year, and stevens hates him anyway)

parent (could stay in the AHL for a time)

 

i guess i would go:

 

timonen-coburn

carle-vaananen

jones-sbisa/alberts

 

keep parent in the ahl unless he is playing great down there, and rotate sbisa and alberts since playing every day seems to be wearing sbisa down.

[Drew Doughty]

Alright I have heard all the "Wahhhhtrick" cries and heard about what a whiner Kane and the Hawks are, but tonight takes the cake. Despite ALREADY having 4 power play goals in 4 tries, the Hawks drew ANOTHER penalty in the 3rd. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!@! I don't care if you send out Craig Adams on the PP it is completely unbelievable that a team could sink so low like the Blackhawks did against the poor Oilers tonight. How about late in the 2nd when Kane, DESPITE ALREADY BEING UP BY A COMFORTABLE MARGIN, recorded a secondary assist?? WHAT A JOKE!

 

Colin Fraser? What a cheeser that guy is. How dare he pick up an assist in the 3rd period of a game on the power play with his fancy passing. I DON'T CARE IF YOU HAVE AN EMPTY NET CRAIG ADAMS, you are not allowed to score in the 3rd period of a game that is a blowout. James Wisniewski is a PUNK! 3 assists including YET ANOTHER LOW-CLASS BLACKHAWK to pick up a point in the 3rd of this abomination to hockey.

 

At least da Hawks had the decency to allow the poor Oilers a goal in the third, good grief.

[ZFan38]

Did you know that the Sharks aren't that good?

 

Source: Cynosure.

[Cynosure]

I'd be pissed if my team sucked and I had to write a novel and check and recheck my sources just to make sure I didn;t contradict myself when attempting to insult someone... LOL!!:

 

I CyNoSuRe I (10:20:58 PM): god i love the hawks'

GaryWWillard (10:21:17 PM): laughers are always a good watch

I CyNoSuRe I (10:21:29 PM): the oilers were on a 4-1-0 streak too

I CyNoSuRe I (10:21:40 PM): so its not like they're playing scrubs

I CyNoSuRe I (10:22:05 PM): gonna be 9-2 final

I CyNoSuRe I (10:22:08 PM): brouwer hatty

GaryWWillard (10:22:43 PM): pulling for him

I CyNoSuRe I (10:23:13 PM): i just hope its a legit goal

I CyNoSuRe I (10:23:16 PM): i was so mad the other night

I CyNoSuRe I (10:23:21 PM): when the pens played the islanders

I CyNoSuRe I (10:23:26 PM): and the pens had an 8-1 lead

I CyNoSuRe I (10:23:36 PM): and they had malkin on the ice

I CyNoSuRe I (10:23:42 PM): just to get dupuis the hatty

GaryWWillard (10:23:54 PM): i missed that one

I CyNoSuRe I (10:24:04 PM): they were up 8-1 with 5 mins left

 

Good job typing an essay when I already agree with it. Any more immature essays?

 

Maybe by the end of the year you'll be able to type an essay about the Kings being a good hockey team.

 

EDIT: Notice the timestamp (of course I knew the right ending score) and also notice my comments about running up the score.

Edited December 17, 2008 by Cynosure

[Cynosure]

Alright I have heard all the "Wahhhhtrick" cries and heard about what a whiner Kane and the Hawks are, but tonight takes the cake. Despite ALREADY having 4 power play goals in 4 tries, the Hawks drew ANOTHER penalty in the 3rd. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!@! I don't care if you send out Craig Adams on the PP it is completely unbelievable that a team could sink so low like the Blackhawks did against the poor Oilers tonight. How about late in the 2nd when Kane, DESPITE ALREADY BEING UP BY A COMFORTABLE MARGIN, recorded a secondary assist?? WHAT A JOKE!

 

Colin Fraser? What a cheeser that guy is. How dare he pick up an assist in the 3rd period of a game on the power play with his fancy passing. I DON'T CARE IF YOU HAVE AN EMPTY NET CRAIG ADAMS, you are not allowed to score in the 3rd period of a game that is a blowout. James Wisniewski is a PUNK! 3 assists including YET ANOTHER LOW-CLASS BLACKHAWK to pick up a point in the 3rd of this abomination to hockey.

 

At least da Hawks had the decency to allow the poor Oilers a goal in the third, good grief.

 

Oh here's another IM I had about penalties in the 3rd, which no one cried about:

 

I CyNoSuRe I (10:47:17 PM): wow put salt in the wound kerry fraser

I CyNoSuRe I (10:50:06 PM): lmao kane was an inch from making it 9-1

I CyNoSuRe I (10:50:39 PM): why do refs call retarted penalties ona team who's getting destroyed?

[RedFlash]

Alright I have heard all the "Wahhhhtrick" cries and heard about what a whiner Kane and the Hawks are, but tonight takes the cake. Despite ALREADY having 4 power play goals in 4 tries, the Hawks drew ANOTHER penalty in the 3rd. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!@! I don't care if you send out Craig Adams on the PP it is completely unbelievable that a team could sink so low like the Blackhawks did against the poor Oilers tonight. How about late in the 2nd when Kane, DESPITE ALREADY BEING UP BY A COMFORTABLE MARGIN, recorded a secondary assist?? WHAT A JOKE!

 

Colin Fraser? What a cheeser that guy is. How dare he pick up an assist in the 3rd period of a game on the power play with his fancy passing. I DON'T CARE IF YOU HAVE AN EMPTY NET CRAIG ADAMS, you are not allowed to score in the 3rd period of a game that is a blowout. James Wisniewski is a PUNK! 3 assists including YET ANOTHER LOW-CLASS BLACKHAWK to pick up a point in the 3rd of this abomination to hockey.

 

At least da Hawks had the decency to allow the poor Oilers a goal in the third, good grief.

 

Please, tell me your being sarcastic. Cause if you are then that's a relief. But if you are not then let me remind you, it is not the Blackhawks job to stop scoring, it was the job of the Oilers to stop the Blackhawks from scoring. By the looks of it, they were piss poor at it. These are not little leaguers, there egos are not going to take a hit from a butt-whoooping, so you need to stop making excuses for the Oilers sucking tonight.

 

BTW, I really do hope you are being sarcastic.

[Drew Doughty]

if the kings suck and the blackhawks lost to the kings THEN WHAT DOES THAT MAKE THEM HUH?

[Drew Doughty]

and is 2 paragraphs and a sentence really an essay? i'd say it's more of a diatribe.

[Cynosure]

if the kings suck and the blackhawks lost to the kings THEN WHAT DOES THAT MAKE THEM HUH?

 

Any team can beat any team in any sport on any given night.

 

Whoever does that more consistently is who is the better team, this is why season don't consist of only one game... good day.

[RedFlash]

if the kings suck and the blackhawks lost to the kings THEN WHAT DOES THAT MAKE THEM HUH?

 

And the Hawks lost to the Sharks and the Red Wings. So it goes to show that a broken watch is right twice a day, it doesn't mean the Hawks suck worse then the Kings, is that LA pull one out of their butts. That is all.

[TruffleShuffle]

if the kings suck and the blackhawks lost to the kings THEN WHAT DOES THAT MAKE THEM HUH?

 

Any team can beat any team in any sport on any given night.

 

wait, does this mean that, say, the los angeles lakers can beat my flyers in a game of hockey? or that my college swim team can possibly beat the new york giants in football?

[Cynosure]

if the kings suck and the blackhawks lost to the kings THEN WHAT DOES THAT MAKE THEM HUH?

 

Any team can beat any team in any sport on any given night.

 

wait, does this mean that, say, the los angeles lakers can beat my flyers in a game of hockey? or that my college swim team can possibly beat the new york giants in football?

 

Yea, the Lakers could probably beat the Flyers :-P

[NewUserName]

I went to a fight and a hockey thread broke out

 

I thought Anze's post was funny..sorry cyno

[Cynosure]

I went to a fight and a hockey thread broke out

 

I thought Anze's post was funny..sorry cyno

 

I know exactly why he posted it, but the Pitt situation was a little different. Pitt was running up the score, the Hawks scored on a PP on a trickler. And Kane didn't whine at all. Yes I know he was being sarcastic, but what Pitt did was just embarassing.

 

But to each his own.

[Drew Doughty]

I went to a fight and a hockey thread broke out

 

I thought Anze's post was funny..sorry cyno

 

I know exactly why he posted it, but the Pitt situation was a little different. Pitt was running up the score, the Hawks scored on a PP on a trickler. And Kane didn't whine at all. Yes I know he was being sarcastic, but what Pitt did was just embarassing.

 

But to each his own.

 

how was it embarassing? the only reason it's "embarassing" is because you hate the penguins and crosby. literally no other place i go to to talk hockey has thought it was "embarassing" at all. just like no one seriously thinks the blackhawks were running up the score last night.

[NewUserName]

Rant...For the second time this year the Defending Champs are playing the team that has the best record and the fastest team ever to 50 points, with no national coverage. There is no way the NBA or the NFL would let a game of this magnitude not get national coverage.

[Drew Doughty]

Rant...For the second time this year the Defending Champs are playing the team that has the best record and the fastest team ever to 50 points, with no national coverage. There is no way the NBA or the NFL would let a game of this magnitude not get national coverage.

 

that's what happens when the nhl shoots itself in the foot and limits itself to two nights a week on a channel that some nhl arenas don't even receive.