Here are my NHL thoughts of the week...
1 a – Daily Oiler Bashing – And yes, this is the BASHING portion, there is no love here for the Oil. They whip Colorado 8-1, miraculously beat Chicago 5-4 in a SO on the 2nd of back-to-back nights and should feel pretty good about themselves... Then they go and lose to Minnesota, 3-0. Congratulations on spoiling an opportunity to take advantage of your game-in-hand.

1 c – A lone bright spot (no not Gagner, he should have been doing this all damn year, not the past 6 games, he gets no love here) for the Oil, 7 of their last 10 games are at Rexall (including a 6-game homestand).
1 d – Here is ESPN's take on the Jagr/Omsk/Edmonton deal... It actually interested me that such a loophole exists AND has been used before. These are exactly the things Edmonton needs to do more, exploit the system, just don't exploit it with Penner... Frick...
'The Oilers could have tried to use a loophole in the system: Had they officially signed Jagr to an NHL contract on March 4, therefore making him eligible to play in the playoffs, he would have gone on waivers during the 24-hour period leading up to March 5 at noon ET.
Any other club that would have claimed him then could not have used him in the playoffs because any player added to a team's roster after the March 4 trade deadline cannot be eligible for the postseason.
Follow us here? Tricky, indeed. The Washington Capitals pulled this off 11 years ago with Brian Bellows, bringing him over from Europe and adding him to the roster for their Cup finals run.
However, in this case, we believe the NHL would have considered this to be a circumvention of the new collective bargaining agreement and likely would not have allowed it.
The reality is, it never even reached that point because the Oilers couldn't get around the fact that Jagr was still under contract in Russia. The Oilers can't sign the guy if he's still under contract with Omsk, and that's where it all started and ended. In the end, a non-starter. Why would Jagr agree to rip up his deal with Omsk, who is paying him $7 million a year, to play for the $2 million or so the Oilers had left under the cap? Makes no sense if you're Jagr.'


2 b - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyPlvJ-d5M
2 c – Milan Hejduk is a PIMP.
2 d – Bossy actually started his career with 9 consecutive 50-goal years, yep, best PURE scorer the game has ever seen... Right, Sporer? Ha.

Boston 102 – The Class of the East judging by Sunday's whipping of Brodeur & Co.
NJD 97 – 3.03 G/game, this is a different New Jersey team this year.
Washington 96 – The most skilled team in the entire NHL.
Phili 88 – I want to believe, but I just can't shake 'pretender' out of my mind.
Pittsburgh 86 – Malkin for MVP, I like this team to advance to the 2nd round.
Carolina 85 – Always flies under the radar, always. They must be good to be sitting in 6th...
NYR 84 – New players, new coach, new attitude. Love it.
Montreal 81 – Tom Petty said it best... 'Free Faaaaaaaallin'
Florida 80 – I hope they miss the playoffs, serves them right for letting Jay Bouw leave for nothing.
Buffalo 76 – By contrast, I hope the Sabres knock out the Habs.
Ottawa 74 – I'm still against breaking up the 'Big 3'.
Toronto 73 – They are actually a .500 team, who would have thought that?!
3 b – What a 100th season for the Habs. It was supposed to be filled with magic, winning and a Stanley Cup. The All-Star game went well, but since then, the Habs have been the worst Eastern team in the 2nd half and are headed to an early summer. Where does it start? Well, Hab fans were chanting 'Ha-lak, Ha-lak' and 'Car-bo, Car-bo' on Saturday night. Which leads me to believe that Carey Price hasn't been the same phenom he was last year and that firing Charbonneau was a mistake (1 win in 6 games with Gainey behind the bench).

4 a – Fuck my Stars. Brad Richards' FINALLY returned from his wrist injury, Saturday night, but then proceeded to break his OTHER damn wrist! Seriously! What kind of shitty luck is that?! They have scored the most goals of any Wstern non-playoff team, but have lost 11 of their last 15 and it doesn't look like they will be playing hockey in May...
4 b – What's happened to your Flames, Drew? Vancouver can smell blood in the water and are only 3 points behind Calgary and have been flip-flopping with Chicago for the final home-ice-advantage spot, no thanks to Mats Sundin though.

5 b – You want over-rated? Listen to what the NY Post has to say... 'There remains no more overrated coach in the NHL than Jacques Lemaire, whose teams have combined to win three playoff rounds (one with the Devils as a conference No. 1 seed in 1997, two with the Wild in 2003) since leading New Jersey to the Stanley Cup in 1995. But that's what happens when a coach believes systems and not players win championships.'
5 c – You want under-rated? Mike Knuble has 6 consecutive 20-goal seasons.
Here are my non-NHL thoughts of the week...
1 a – Duke for life.
1 b – UNC & ND suck.
1 c – My bracket is pretty well intact. I had all 1,2,3 seed in each region advancing, so it's not a whole loss this year.

2 b – How has Torry Holt or Marvin Harrison been able to find a home yet?!
3 a – What the fuck is Twitter? And why is Shaq and other NBA players sending 'tweets' at halftime? Is it like facebook, but better? I don't understand, but it's good to know where their focus is...
3 b – Idea. The next time someone 'posterizes' an opponent... or hits a grand-slam... or scores their 50th goals... pull out the laptop and Twitter... Ya, you heard it here first...

4 b – 28 of 72 (39%) OT games have ended on the first possesion.
4 c – Of those 72 games, the coin flip winners have chosen to receive 72 of 72 times.

5 b – Tired of March Madness? This bracket might cheer you up...
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzu6x1gUJ33ApG7Sg-uOOKLA_5-PFhT957QzsPzlgGt1PDhdBU2ARzYmMVhQFLjJqK9Ockg0i5dfOTpNHV5TBsq3WR9s3PFPn7mINT4p_VHK4XSlmV7SopORiFH5TwGhUfhV-VHDT8m-O/s1600-h/cougar_madness.jpg
5 c – The website speaks for itself... http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/
Cheers.
-Smith
p.s. Tuuka Rask's outburst was outstanding. Pure gold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUVGz0MVy

k for one, Gagner makes you his bitch.
ReplyDeletefor two, would you please start wtaching Oiler games....they talked to Tambellini HIMSELF and got the lowdown of what NEVER happened with Jagr. Ya thats right, nothing ever happened, the Oilers thought about it for a second, but realized the next second that it CANT happen.
For three The WASHING CAPITALS are the most skilled team in the league?! DETROIT ANYONE??!!! SAN JOSE?!!
I never said that i "hated" ovechkins celebration....i just thought it was lame...like...do something wayy more outrageous...this is the same guy who put on some sunglasses and a lame hat in the all star game...lame...his russian humor SUCKS!! Maybe he can come up with a better celebration if he watched a few Terrel Owens/Ocho Sinco clips....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYO8D7w93-M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fsxK4H1LIU&feature=related
1. Gagner was my bitch for 66 games, I am his bitch for the past 5ish...
ReplyDelete2. Tambellini is just covering his own tracks, we all know what the situation was and he's just trying to sweep it under the rug, like any good GM would do...
3. Washington has the league's best forward and best defencemen... throw in Semin and Backstrom and yea, most talented AND explosive for that matter...
4. The celebration was 'lame' in your eyes, because of the lack of props... Ovi didn't want to get 2min for Unsportsmanlike conduct, so he did the best he could with what the league gave him... So, not only is he awesome, he's SMART too...
Kyle...Gagner...really? only 1 GWG and only 5 PP goals, smells like shit too me...PS 3 of his 14 goals came in one blowout, congrats kid!
ReplyDeleteim with steve and Jagr,oilers wanted him so that they could say look we tried! unlike what they did at the deadline it was more like look we got rid of one piece of shit and got two more! and im with kyle on the ovi celebration, i like goals, i like celebrations but his was poorly done and i would like to see better next time, PS a true goal scorer celebrates like this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyxAOAwPlBk
Mike Bossy is a homo, Gretzky makes him look like a shitstain on his underpants.
ReplyDeleteGagner makes both of you...his bitch
Hossa, Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Lidtsrom, Rafalski, Franzen, Holmstrom, Fillpula
vs.
Ovechkin, Semin, Backstrom,Green....oh shit I ran out....
Tambellini stated that Jagr has a contract in the KHL, the Oilers werent going to sign him to ANY contract EVER! It was NEVER an option, they NEVER explored it, because he would have to break his contract with Omsk, ya not gonna happen. As much as you two douchers would love to laugh at the Oilers for trying something stupid, it was the media that blew it outta proportion...oh ya: Crosby to Montreal for Mike Komisarek (e5) fuckin morons....
ya with his 1 GWG he makes us look like bitches...more like he makes you look like a bitch for standing up for him ahahaha anyways, the answer to your question is Dan Boyle
ReplyDeleteTomas Kopecky is the new player
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