Nhl thread

[El Kabong]

....duuuuude my back is fucking killing me. Just the muscles I haven't used in a while are so tired. But oh well, I'll get used to it after a while.

Check this shit out though...amazing shots

[palmerq]

the chip by omrak is brilliant... my favourite anyway

[palmerq]

no henrik sedin for sweden... shame but he has been crap the last few weeks and is only playing 2 periods per game so he must be suffering.. It's a bit annoying how vague the canucks are on players injury, henrik apprently has a rib injury and hamhuis a soft tissue injury S: wish they would keep the fans updated a bit better .

So no henrik for sweden and unless daniel turns it around 180degrees from his recent form it'll be like sweden are just without the sedins.. I forget how well do the sedins perform for sweden, do sweden have the depth to cover these guys ?

No mikko koivu or fillpula for finland either, a fair few injuries all round.


also I hear there will be no nhl players in korea for the next olympics, does anyone think that that will give the khl a boost ? Playing for your country seems to be a lot more important for us european fellows, the attitude seems a bit different in north america, if the russians and others are not allowed to play in the winter olympics whilst in the nhl, maybe more guys will do a kovalchuk and switch to the khl, which seems to be growing I might be wronng but I think a team from finland has joined up too, it's becoming a europe wide league and the oil barons of the east have a ton of money :S.... might see a few players head over.

[El Kabong]

I had some GREAT seats at the Canes-Habs game the other night. It's a shame the Canes lost and also Max Pacioretty picked up a knock which sucks because he's an American.

[El Kabong]

Watching Olympic hockey is great. The Ruskies and Canadians won but the US just hammered the shit out of a deceng Slovakian team. I like the attitude the American team has, we'll get Gold!

[Beanflicker]

I woke up early for the first big game of the Olympics, USA and Russia.

The scoring power is REDICULOUS. Malkin, Ovechkin and Kovalchuk on one line

[El Kabong]

Well THAT was pretty fucking epic!

[El Kabong]

Seriously I can't remember a better game....wasn't even for a medal yet

[Beanflicker]

Great game, very evenly matched.

Gotta say, USA got real lucky with that disallowed goal. I think it's a stupid rule, I much rather the NHL rule in regards to a dislodged net. In the end, Quick knocked his own net dislodged his own net which made the Russian goal not count, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

[El Kabong]

Great game, very evenly matched.

Gotta say, USA got real lucky with that disallowed goal. I think it's a stupid rule, I much rather the NHL rule in regards to a dislodged net. In the end, Quick knocked his own net dislodged his own net which made the Russian goal not count, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Yeah that made it a little disappointing

[Beanflicker]

Those are the rules it so fuck it, fair play to the Americans.

TJ Oshie put on a master clinic in the shoot out, holy fuck.

It was great seeing Kovalchuk again too.

Those are two nasty teams

[El Kabong]

Here's a few non-Olympic questions for everyone:

1. Who is the best play by play and color man pairing for calling hockey?
2. Who is the best hockey analyst?
3. What are peoples' opinions on Don Cherry?


Now for the Olympics:
The Teams with the day off:
1. Sweden
2. USA
3. Canada
4. Finland

The matches coming up:
Slovenia-Austria winner to face 1. Sweden
Russia-Norway winner to face 4. Finland

Switzerland-Latvia winner to face 3. Canada
Slovakia-Czech Republic winner to face 2. USA

Who do you think advances?
Who has the hardest road to the finals?
Will the USA and Canada meet in the semifinals?
Can Russia rebound?

[Beanflicker]

Here's a few non-Olympic questions for everyone:

1. Who is the best play by play and color man pairing for calling hockey?
2. Who is the best hockey analyst?
3. What are peoples' opinions on Don Cherry?


Now for the Olympics:
The Teams with the day off:
1. Sweden
2. USA
3. Canada
4. Finland

The matches coming up:
Slovenia-Austria winner to face 1. Sweden
Russia-Norway winner to face 4. Finland

Switzerland-Latvia winner to face 3. Canada
Slovakia-Czech Republic winner to face 2. USA

Who do you think advances?
Who has the hardest road to the finals?
Will the USA and Canada meet in the semifinals?
Can Russia rebound?

1. I honestly don't have a favourite pair haha. I'm accustomed to the Hockey Night in Canada commentators/analysts, but I could care less about the commentary personally. Nobody really grabs me.

2. #1 I would give to Bob McKenzie who does great work. Darren Dreger is great as well.

3. Don Cherry is a Canadian treasure, it's hard not to love the guy.

For me I love him and hate him.

I love him because of his outspokenness. He always had the balls to call it as he saw it (as unpopular as his opinion might have been). I liked his willingness to call players out on their bullshit, and really go hard after dirtbags like Ulf Samuelson. He's a great character and has more credibility in the hockey world than almost anyone.

But unfortunately I think in doing his "character" he also gets on with a lot of bullshit. He's always openly been biased against European players, stereotyping them as being skilled but being pussies and having no heart. It's like, relax dude. It's not 1972 anymore: Canada isn't the only country producing elite level guys with balls. And personally, I think his old-timer sentiments are outdated. He's from the good old days where everyone was classy, soft spoken and polite (in public at least), so whenever someone deviates from that and displays any type of character or flashiness, he automatically dumps on it (case in point: Ovi doing the "hot stick" celebration). A lot of people seem to have the same opinion, and I think it's dumb. Hockey interviews are so fucking boring and predictable, what's the harm in someone deviating from that?

Anyway, I'm predicting a Canada vs Sweden final with Sweden winning (hope I'm wrong on that but that's what I see happening).

[El Kabong]

Gary Thorne and Bill Clement are the greatest play by play and color around!


Also the USA are getting Gold!

[El Kabong]

I just found out that USA Men's Olympic Hockey Coach (and Pittsburgh Penguins Coach) Dan Bylsma played 2 years for my hometown minor league hockey team.


How's about that? Pretty cool shit.