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I'm ready for the season!
GO FLYERS!!!!!!!
Wow, this one will be very popular
Anyway..
...........Habs beat Penguins yesterday 4-3
Come on, Jacques Martin, just give the "C" to Gionta already
GO FLYERS!!!!!!!
The Strike Ended..
Should be an interesting campaign for the Wings.
I highly doubt they make it the Finals, but stranger things have happened.
On the upside, it seems a couple prospects are really pushing the vets for spots in preseason (looking at you Draper and Maltby). Helm, Ericsson and Leino are full time NHLers as of now, but Abdelkader is knocking down the door...if he wasnt waiver exempt, he'd be a Wing this year.
Tartar is impressing, same with Emmerton but still a few years away.
On defense, Kindl is OK...kind of a shame at this point, he is one of the Wings most talked about prospects and he isnt anywhere near NHL ready.
In goal, Wings fans will finally see an actual draft pick play in goal for the Wings. Jimmy Howard is the official back-up for Osgood. Bab recently stated he would like to see 25 wins from the rook (tad optimistic, imo). That must mean Bab has no intention of playing Osgood more than 45-50 games. Should bode well for his health and conditioning.
All in all, I am excited for the season to start. Eaves seems to be healthy and relatively effective for a guy who hasnt been effective for a couple years now. Bertuzzi is an unknown...he is injured (minor)...big surprise. Jason Williams is a Wing again...dont know what to think about that, hes a defensive liability.
Should be fun, I expect a top 3 finish in the conference seeing as San Jose is going to dominate the regular season (again) but I have doubts about their postseason (again). Chicago is going to be really good, but a big downgrade in net isnt going to help them.
I hope Detroit doesnt boo Hossa, but I think thats asking too much.
Montreal is going to struggle this year...you just cant revamp your entire Top 6 and expect success. I realize Gionta and Gomez have played together, but too much turnover in one season, IMO.
Price looked quite average yesterday, too. To be fair, it was against the Cup Champs with both Malkin and Crosby in the lineup (i think Sid was playing?), but still.
Thats'a gonna be a good team'a.
GO FLYERS!!!!!!!
Dont think you'l unseat the Pens, but the addition of Pronger is more than going to makeup for whatever (perennial) goaltending issues Philly (always) has.
I thought you were rooting for Pittsburgh.
GO FLYERS!!!!!!!
Oh well........
I think the West will comes down to Detroit, Chicago and San Jose. (LOL Playoff Sharks)
For some reason, Price has always played well against Pittsburgh.
I don't think we will struggle; sure it will take time, as Gainey has totally revamped thie team, but....
- Camalleri is a bone fide 40 goal scorer
- Gionta and Gomez play so well together, it's amazing.
- Gomez brings us the playmaking abilities we've been lacking at the Center position.
- We are not that small !!! Ok, Gomez, Gionta and Camallerri would make a nice Timbit line, but we have brought Travis Moen and Hall Gill, for f... sake
- Markov and Spacek are awesome together; Markov won't have to take care of f...... Komisarek anymore
- And we have a real coach !!!!!! Don't get me wrong, I think Carbonneau will be a very good NHL coach with more experience, but he was to inexperienced to handle the job here; Martin is a proven head coach in the League; players better not mess with him. (And he is bilingual, yay)
I've always been a Flyers fan.
Okay then
Although they eliminated the Habs in 2008, I like the Flyers
Chemistry, my French Canadian friend. Your team lacks it and will lack it for a better part of the first half. No offense, but even if the Montreal roster had played together all of last year and this was their second, it still wouldnt be a great power in the East (with Boston, Pitt and Philly...Washington is a poser team, until they learn to play defense).
Its just an opinion...
But you are right about one thing, Markov is a stud defensemen on any team in the league. Wonder what it would take to pry him away from the Habs...
Martin is a slight upgrade over Carb, IMO. Martin has been wallowing away in Florida doing a real job as coach and even worse as GM. More than half the blame falls on ownership, so I wont be disingenuous, but Martin mishandled Luongo and ended up being the patsy in one of the clearest cases of highway robbery in league history.
(And he is bilingual, yayThe all important ability to speak French in Montreal. If I ever played there, I'd make it a point to never learn just to piss RDS off.
Chemistry, my French Canadian friend. Your team lacks it and will lack it for a better part of the first half. No offense, but even if the Montreal roster had played together all of last year and this was their second, it still wouldnt be a great power in the East (with Boston, Pitt and Philly...Washington is a poser team, until they learn to play defense).
Its just an opinion...
But you are right about one thing, Markov is a stud defensemen on any team in the league. Wonder what it would take to pry him away from the Habs...
Martin is a slight upgrade over Carb, IMO. Martin has been wallowing away in Florida doing a real job as coach and even worse as GM. More than half the blame falls on ownership, so I wont be disingenuous, but Martin mishandled Luongo and ended up being the patsy in one of the clearest cases of highway robbery in league history.
Only time will tell how fast the chemistry develops.
Regarding Martin, I don't know his whole history as a GM, but if he's the one who let Luongo walk away, then he is a total idiot.
Hey, you mentioned Markov, so maybe Martin will give him away to a contender for free.
About pissing off RDS
By the way, I'm not Canadian at all; I am francophone though
Go cristobal huet!!
Oh, youre going to have to explain that one to me, separatist.By the way, I'm not Canadian at all; I am francophone though
He's a Frenchmen, yes?
Blackhawks are really counting on him...for a team that made the WCFs last year, I find that to be glaringly risky.
ok, I just re-read my previous post, and that's not what I meantOh, youre going to have to explain that one to me, separatist.
Sorry, it was in fact misleading.
I'm Algerian
Go Kings?
Algerian living in Montreal and you speak French?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria
Oh..."second language: French"...now I get it.
Yep
Well, in my case, French is my 1st language
English has kicked arabic out of the 2nd place
So arabic is my 3rd language now
isn't Khabibulin the starter?
IMO, as a Caps fan, I would think that as far as realistic goals go, anything less than being the East champs would be an unsuccessful season.
Huh
Pittsburgh is a better team WTF
Stupid Directv needs stop being a and put Versus back on as a channel. NHL Network is cool but they only show games that usually have one or two Canadian teams.
I went to see the Stars play the Panthers at the AAC on Tuesday. It was pretty cool. It was preseason but both teams were playing like they actually cared about the game. It sucks that the Stars lost the game but there was a fight which was cool. And why can't hockey be like the NBA with its schedule? Every Western Conference team should get to play every Eastern Conference team at least twice during the regular season.
I hope U.S based hockey fans get to watch more NHL games.I don't get it, Bettman has been trying to promote hockey in the States, so why is there so minimal coverage? Go figure....
Regarding the East vs West games twice/season,it should happen soon; last season marked the 1st time all east west teams played against each other (once); it's a dilemma for the NHL, as they don't want less intra-divisional games (because they are rivalry games)
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