the hockey thread

[Jaimoe]

Yeah, I saw Christian Hanson got his first goal a couple days ago

He isn't "putting on the foil" like his dad did back with the Chiefs.

[capt. scotty]

Geno Malkin's smile in the post game interview after he found out Ovechkin got 0 points tonight after he got 2 to give him a 4 point lead over Ovie was priceless.

Evgeni Malkin = Art Ross Trophy Winner

[joey_rogo]

The Rangers will finish 7th in the East. This concludes my midseason review.  :D

i shoulda put some money on that......

a couple weeks ago i told myself that if the rangers didnt make it or got knocked out early i would root for the caps to win the cup. now they are playing each other in round one haha. should be an exciting first round, i cant wait.

and about college hockey...
i wasnt really into it until i went to a D1 hockey school. graduated last may from clarkson university...up in the middle of nowhere, enrollment of 3000, free tickets for students. i spent 4 years addicted to the team and saw some of the most exciting hockey i will ever see. the hockey gods blessed us with a talented team and i even got to watch them on espn in the ncaa tourney a couple times (we came within 1 game of the frozen 4 a couple years back). nothing will ever beat being in a small 3000 seat arena, completely packed including 1000 people with standing room only tickets just going absolutely apeshit for the entire game.  :D

this year's ncaa tourney had to be one of the best ever for college hockey. every game was epic. so many last minute goals. i was rooting for miami in the championship game and i feel heartbroken for them.

[Penny Lane]

GO BLUE JACKETS! we made the playoffs for the first time ever. :-) can't believe i forgot to post.

[capt. scotty]

I hope all you Philly fans are glad baseball is back because the Phillies are the only team you'll be able to watch in a couple weeks  8-)

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO0vs0xUp78[/media]

[Leontheslut]

I hope Crosby eats a puck in the first game.

[capt. scotty]

I hope Crosby eats a puck in the first game.

He will. Then he'll chew it up, shit it out, and score a hat trick on Biron with his puckpoop.

[capt. scotty]

So, Leon and Mickey, I want to know your honest, non-shit talking opinion of what you expect of the series (though Im not sure yet if this is possible).

Media sources around here are very confident we'll win the series. I just read a few things and watched some on ESPN about the series, and Melrose called it a even matchup and picked Philly in 7 (he also said we have a strong PP, which I guess means he doesnt watch the Pens) and Hradek picked Pens in 7.

I think the key to the series is penalties, PPG, and SHG. Philly is great at scoring shorthanded, but they also take a ton of penalties as well. They have a good PP, ours has been lacking. I see that as the biggest make or break. Philly is bound to take penalties, but if the Pens cant convert, then theres nothing to worry them about taking them in the first place.

The PP advantage is the main and probably only advantage for Philly outside of scoring depth so it should be interesting.

IMO honestly, 2 months ago I didnt think the Pens would make the playoffs. Coaching change, trades, different strategy all make it a different story. Philly is 1 of the 3 or 4 teams that beat the Pens in regulation since the change, but Biron played out of his mind that game if I remember correctly. I dont think Biron can put up games like that 5, 6, 7 times in a row.

I think Pens in 6, but Game 1 is HUGE, as is home ice for us

[ycartrob]

The Larch
Larches are conifers in the genus Larix, in the family Pinaceae. They are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the far north, and high on mountains further south. Larches are among the dominant plants in the immense boreal forests of Russia and Canada.

They are deciduous trees, growing from 15-50 m tall. The shoots are dimorphic, with growth divided into long shoots typically 10-50 cm long and bearing several buds, and short shoots only 1-2 mm long with only a single bud. The leaves are needle-like, 2-5 cm long, slender (under 1 mm wide). They are borne singly, spirally arranged on the long shoots, and in dense clusters of 20-50 needles on the short shoots. The needles turn yellow and fall in the late autumn, leaving the trees leafless through the winter.

Larch cones are erect, small, 1-9 cm long, green or purple, ripening brown 5-8 months after pollination; in about half the species the bract scales are long and visible, and in the others, short and hidden between the seed scales. Those native to northern regions have small cones (1-3 cm) with short bracts, with more southerly species tending to have longer cones (3-9 cm), often with exserted bracts, with the longest cones and bracts produced by the southernmost species, in the Himalaya.

[Leontheslut]

So, Leon and Mickey, I want to know your honest, non-shit talking opinion of what you expect of the series (though Im not sure yet if this is possible).

Media sources around here are very confident we'll win the series. I just read a few things and watched some on ESPN about the series, and Melrose called it a even matchup and picked Philly in 7 (he also said we have a strong PP, which I guess means he doesnt watch the Pens) and Hradek picked Pens in 7.

I think the key to the series is penalties, PPG, and SHG. Philly is great at scoring shorthanded, but they also take a ton of penalties as well. They have a good PP, ours has been lacking. I see that as the biggest make or break. Philly is bound to take penalties, but if the Pens cant convert, then theres nothing to worry them about taking them in the first place.

The PP advantage is the main and probably only advantage for Philly outside of scoring depth so it should be interesting.

IMO honestly, 2 months ago I didnt think the Pens would make the playoffs. Coaching change, trades, different strategy all make it a different story. Philly is 1 of the 3 or 4 teams that beat the Pens in regulation since the change, but Biron played out of his mind that game if I remember correctly. I dont think Biron can put up games like that 5, 6, 7 times in a row.

I think Pens in 6, but Game 1 is HUGE, as is home ice for us

It all depends on how well Biron plays and how well the defense plays. If they can keep on pressure and avoid injuries I think the Flyers depth with help lead us to victory in 7.

Again, it remains to be seen if Marty can stay hot through all 7.

[capt. scotty]

Well injuries are totally unpredictable, but thats another story.

Each team is totally different in a way.

We dont have Hossa, Malone, or the other role players, but we do have Kunitz, Guerin, and Fedotenko.

From what I know, Philly is basically the same team as last years, but Gagne, Timonen, and Coburn arent hurt.

Like we both kind of said, I think it primarily comes down to Biron (I think Fleury will continue to play how he has the last couple months) and Power Play conversion or lack there of.

[MickeyReds]

So, Leon and Mickey, I want to know your honest, non-shit talking opinion of what you expect of the series (though Im not sure yet if this is possible).

Media sources around here are very confident we'll win the series. I just read a few things and watched some on ESPN about the series, and Melrose called it a even matchup and picked Philly in 7 (he also said we have a strong PP, which I guess means he doesnt watch the Pens) and Hradek picked Pens in 7.

I think the key to the series is penalties, PPG, and SHG. Philly is great at scoring shorthanded, but they also take a ton of penalties as well. They have a good PP, ours has been lacking. I see that as the biggest make or break. Philly is bound to take penalties, but if the Pens cant convert, then theres nothing to worry them about taking them in the first place.

The PP advantage is the main and probably only advantage for Philly outside of scoring depth so it should be interesting.

IMO honestly, 2 months ago I didnt think the Pens would make the playoffs. Coaching change, trades, different strategy all make it a different story. Philly is 1 of the 3 or 4 teams that beat the Pens in regulation since the change, but Biron played out of his mind that game if I remember correctly. I dont think Biron can put up games like that 5, 6, 7 times in a row.

I think Pens in 6, but Game 1 is HUGE, as is home ice for us

It all depends on how well Biron plays and how well the defense plays. If they can keep on pressure and avoid injuries I think the Flyers depth with help lead us to victory in 7.

Again, it remains to be seen if Marty can stay hot through all 7.

honestly, we will DESTROY YOU!

[capt. scotty]

So, Leon and Mickey, I want to know your honest, non-shit talking opinion of what you expect of the series (though Im not sure yet if this is possible).

Media sources around here are very confident we'll win the series. I just read a few things and watched some on ESPN about the series, and Melrose called it a even matchup and picked Philly in 7 (he also said we have a strong PP, which I guess means he doesnt watch the Pens) and Hradek picked Pens in 7.

I think the key to the series is penalties, PPG, and SHG. Philly is great at scoring shorthanded, but they also take a ton of penalties as well. They have a good PP, ours has been lacking. I see that as the biggest make or break. Philly is bound to take penalties, but if the Pens cant convert, then theres nothing to worry them about taking them in the first place.

The PP advantage is the main and probably only advantage for Philly outside of scoring depth so it should be interesting.

IMO honestly, 2 months ago I didnt think the Pens would make the playoffs. Coaching change, trades, different strategy all make it a different story. Philly is 1 of the 3 or 4 teams that beat the Pens in regulation since the change, but Biron played out of his mind that game if I remember correctly. I dont think Biron can put up games like that 5, 6, 7 times in a row.

I think Pens in 6, but Game 1 is HUGE, as is home ice for us

It all depends on how well Biron plays and how well the defense plays. If they can keep on pressure and avoid injuries I think the Flyers depth with help lead us to victory in 7.

Again, it remains to be seen if Marty can stay hot through all 7.

honestly, we will DESTROY YOU!

Ive come to find out Leon is the more diligent of you 2  ;)

[Leontheslut]

Well injuries are totally unpredictable, but thats another story.

Each team is totally different in a way.

We dont have Hossa, Malone, or the other role players, but we do have Kunitz, Guerin, and Fedotenko.

From what I know, Philly is basically the same team as last years, but Gagne, Timonen, and Coburn arent hurt.

Like we both kind of said, I think it primarily comes down to Biron (I think Fleury will continue to play how he has the last couple months) and Power Play conversion or lack there of.

You have to understand how devastating that was to lose Timonen and Coburn during that series. We were pretty much dead on the ice. With those two healthy i don't see Crosby being as big a threat this time.

And I'm not counting on Fleury to choke, that's why Biron and the D need to step up their game.

[capt. scotty]

Well injuries are totally unpredictable, but thats another story.

Each team is totally different in a way.

We dont have Hossa, Malone, or the other role players, but we do have Kunitz, Guerin, and Fedotenko.

From what I know, Philly is basically the same team as last years, but Gagne, Timonen, and Coburn arent hurt.

Like we both kind of said, I think it primarily comes down to Biron (I think Fleury will continue to play how he has the last couple months) and Power Play conversion or lack there of.

You have to understand how devastating that was to lose Timonen and Coburn during that series. We were pretty much dead on the ice. With those two healthy i don't see Crosby being as big a threat this time.

And I'm not counting on Fleury to choke, that's why Biron and the D need to step up their game.

Oh, I know that was a big deal. Situations are different as well, Pens cruised last year and met an injured Philly team, and Philly upset a couple teams.

As far as I know, those are your best 2 D-Men, so obviously its huge. Though I think Coburn is a bit overrated

I cant even comment on your Crosby comment. Your team is the same as it has been this year, and Crosby has been very good. Its not the same matchup as last year, but its not like these teams havent played

[MickeyReds]

So, Leon and Mickey, I want to know your honest, non-shit talking opinion of what you expect of the series (though Im not sure yet if this is possible).

Media sources around here are very confident we'll win the series. I just read a few things and watched some on ESPN about the series, and Melrose called it a even matchup and picked Philly in 7 (he also said we have a strong PP, which I guess means he doesnt watch the Pens) and Hradek picked Pens in 7.

I think the key to the series is penalties, PPG, and SHG. Philly is great at scoring shorthanded, but they also take a ton of penalties as well. They have a good PP, ours has been lacking. I see that as the biggest make or break. Philly is bound to take penalties, but if the Pens cant convert, then theres nothing to worry them about taking them in the first place.

The PP advantage is the main and probably only advantage for Philly outside of scoring depth so it should be interesting.

IMO honestly, 2 months ago I didnt think the Pens would make the playoffs. Coaching change, trades, different strategy all make it a different story. Philly is 1 of the 3 or 4 teams that beat the Pens in regulation since the change, but Biron played out of his mind that game if I remember correctly. I dont think Biron can put up games like that 5, 6, 7 times in a row.

I think Pens in 6, but Game 1 is HUGE, as is home ice for us

It all depends on how well Biron plays and how well the defense plays. If they can keep on pressure and avoid injuries I think the Flyers depth with help lead us to victory in 7.

Again, it remains to be seen if Marty can stay hot through all 7.

honestly, we will DESTROY YOU!

Ive come to find out Leon is the more diligent of you 2  ;)

What does diligent mean? I want to know now! ;)

[Jbones72]

Rangers in Six...Hank will carry them on his back!!!

[ManNamedTruth]

Flyers really gooned it up tonight. Way to go!

[Leontheslut]

Flyers really gooned it up tonight. Way to go!

Get use to it. We may not win the battle, but we will win the war!

And if we don't we'll make sure all your players are hurt going into the next round!

[joey_rogo]

woot woot rangers!!!

funny how capn cash didnt even play. our true capn, mr dubinsky, answered the call and scored a huge one.

watching the blues now, i love their jerseys and i love tj oshie so hopefully the slipper fits on cinderella and these guys can pull it out.