2013-2014 NHL Season Thread

[Banedon]

CBC Opening Montage, Oct 1:

[Derwood]

Not sure why the CBJ doesn't start until Friday

[NewUserName]

This Leafs-Habs game tonight should be pretty good.

 

It was amazing until a pointless fight in the 3rd sucked the life out of the game and the arena because they had to cart Parros off the ice.

 

Yeah I flipped away to watch the Hawks but read about it. I'm not an opponent of fighting, but this sort of thing isn't good.

I am not anti fighting but I am very against pointless fighting. Too many fights in the NHL are just thugs justifying their existence. I am all for a player who has other uses besides fighting confronting players who are crossing the line of clean play.

[Guest]

it took patrick roy one game as a head coach to have a meltdown on the bench. typical.

[kujay]

it took patrick roy one game as a head coach to have a meltdown on the bench. typical.

 

Haha yeah was just watching that. What a goof.

 

http://bloguin.com/puckdrunklove/2013-articles/october/video-patrick-roy-tries-to-push-a-pane-of-glass-on-top-of-bruce-boudreau.html

[Banedon]

it took patrick roy one game as a head coach to have a meltdown on the bench. typical.

 

http://i.imgur.com/Jxaweog.gif

[kujay]

The guys on NHL Radio this morning were praising Roy and the fire he showed.

 

I'm with Boudreaux on this one. He basically mocked him, saying it's a long season, calm down buddy boy. I know he was pissed about the knee-on-knee that McKinnon took. If someone did that to Kaner, I'd want Q to be pissed too. But Roy getting a suspension about one game isn't going to do any good.

 

And I do think he should sit a game.

[biittner77]

it took patrick roy one game as a head coach to have a meltdown on the bench. typical.

 

http://i.imgur.com/Jxaweog.gif

 

too bad pierre wasn't between the glass for that game

[Drew Doughty]

At first, Roy was yelling at Corey Perry which was just awesome. Someone should be paid to walk around all day and yell at Corey Perry.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Patrick Roy is a hilarious psycho and I love it so much

[kujay]

Edit -- wrong thread.

[TruffleShuffle]

so i guess the flyers still suck.

[jersey cubs fan]

so i guess the flyers still suck.

 

They just fired Peter Laviolette.

[Derwood]

After last season's compressed schedule, this regular schedule is a drag. Two games in a row, then 4 days between games? Ugh

[TruffleShuffle]

flyers are on pace to lose 82 games and fire 27 coaches this year.

[Banedon]

So this happened....

 

 

Video link here: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/watch-jonathan-quick-gaffe-lead-ryan-mcdonagh-goal-050349785--nhl.html

[Banedon]

http://i.imgur.com/f5bKkm0.png

[kujay]

 

If anyone hasn't seen it, pretty incredible especially for a 19-year old.

 

Of course some are saying in a 7-2 game he was showing up the Rangers and the goalie. F that.

[sneakypower]

i don't remember any Rangers fans saying Marek Malik showed up Kolzig or whoever that was

[biittner77]

 

If anyone hasn't seen it, pretty incredible especially for a 19-year old.

 

Of course some are saying in a 7-2 game he was showing up the Rangers and the goalie. F that.

 

They should have definitely gone to the 4 corners or taken a knee. Oh wait, you can't do that in hockey.

[Old Style]

Joe Thornton had a great quote about that kid's goal. It's hard to find it uncensored, though.

 

San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan sat rookie sensation Tomas Hertl after he scored his fourth goal against the Rangers on Tuesday night.

 

Let’s all pray that McLellan does the same thing if Joe Thornton ever gets to three.

 

The Sharks’ captain was on the outskirts of a media scrum in Vancouver on Thursday afternoon where, naturally, the conversation focused on his linemate’s big game. The questioning began to take a negative turn, prompting Thornton to step in and defend the kid.

 

What happened next is courtesy Jason Botchford of the Vancouver Province:

 

Hearing a question to Marleau about Hertl and whether he was showboating, Thornton said:

 

“Shut up, have you ever played the game?”

 

When the press turned his way, he then added:

 

“I’d have my [mighty sword] out if I scored four goals. I’d have my [Mr. Happy] out, stroking it.”

 

As far as celebrations go, that’s one way to out-hotdog Theo Fleury’s rinklong slide.

 

Mighty sword & Mr. Happy are substituted for a word that also means a male rooster.

 

http://nhl.si.com/2013/10/10/hockey-world-prays-joe-thornton-never-celebrates-four-goals/

[bukie]

The Western Conference is 26-8 against the Eastern Conference so far this year.

[Guest]

The Western Conference is 26-8 against the Eastern Conference so far this year.

They're still better. Ask anyone in the east.

[rawaction]

The Western Conference is 26-8 against the Eastern Conference so far this year.

They're still better. Ask anyone in the east.

 

I'll ask Penguin fans. They're going for back-to-back Stanley Cups, since they were crowned in April.

[jersey cubs fan]

Gord Miller ‏@GMillerTSN 4m

Some analyze NHL teams using "advanced" stats like Corsi #'s. I prefer the Bill Parcells approach: you are what the standings say you are.

Retweeted by Tracey Myers

 

Pretty bold stance to take, 5 games into the season. I've seen a lot of proclamations about exactly how good certain teams are this year and I don't really remember hearing that stuff this early before.