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w00t, Sharks looked good last night. They basically took over the game in the 2nd period. Looks like some of the guys have adapted nicely to McLellan's new style of play, d-men contributing to the scoring, creating traffic in front of the net, and not sitting back while playing with the lead.
Woohoo, I love it when hockey season begins. Especially since the Seahawks are unwatchable so far...
It wouldn't be Flyers hockey if we didn't have at least two starting d-men injured at all times, and we actually have three.:cool: At least it will be fun for awhile to see how well the prospects fill the gaps.
Injuries or not, I fully expect this team to compete with the Habs, Pens and Caps for top spot in the east.
I feel your pain buddy. I'm a Seahawks fan as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by r'aggro
Saw that the Sharks smoked Anaheim... a good team. Cheechoo looked pretty good on the stat sheet. I think that guy is a complete SNIPER who's just had a few off years.Quote:
Originally Posted by JDC
Also saw that Vancouver smoked Calgary... didn't see that coming.
Oil doesn't play until Sunday... I can't WAIT!
:D
I thought they were going to be pretty good this year. Instead, watching every game has been like getting kicked in the junk over and over.Quote:
Originally Posted by dyne
Anyway, are there any bets on Sean Avery's next celeb/model/actress conquest?:)
He's been working off of injuries and his head getting to big to carry these past two seasons. This year he looks like the old Cheech that scored 56 goals in a season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spank_Me_Hard
There were three major things that changed with the head coach switch, that I noticed at least:
1) Sharks work ethic. They worked hard, every friken shift. Sharks have had a bad tendency to try and protect a slim lead. I know, I saw most of last seasons games.
2) The power play was scary good. None of this standing around crap they did all of last season. Quick passes, all players cycling, and getting that puck to the net.
3) Penalty kill. Sharks were great last season with it and this season they look even better. Why? because they're sacrificing the body to block shots. Their timing on shot blocking was also great.
Bottom line, I think the Sharks looked a lot like Detroit on Thursday. Wonder why :p.
The Oil are undefeated!
:)
Awesome game tonight, Flyers @ Sharks. The wrong team won ;) but it had everything you want to see in a game. These two play each other again this week in Philly, can't wait to see it. I love these home/away series! A lot of tension and aggro tends to build up during the first meeting, leaving the door wide open for a real battle in the second game.
One schedule revision I like for this year is the reduction in games vs division rivals from 8 to 6. It means more cross-conference games for every team, and I love the variety. For you western conference guys, imagine playing the Devils 8 times a year.:p
dont get me started on scheduling...
Wings get shafted every year......just so they can prop up ticket sales and tv revenue in the western division
How so?
It makes more sense for the wings to be in the eastern conference, though.
WOW are the Oil looking good!
4-0... with all of those teams being ones of decent quality. The Oil have a hellacious starting schedule... with most of their next 12 or so games on the road.
Erik Cole looked AMAZING! No goals, but was throwing his body around and was a force. And Cogliano impressed me too... you could tell that Calgary's D was afraid of his speed... that fear resulted in a pretty nice goal on his part.
And did anybody see Boyd get PASTED into the boards by McInyre? Boyd goes about 190lbs and McIntyre is about 265lbs... here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNZ3C560rrs
And of course the guy the he ended up figting he outweighed by about 75lbs too... LOL!
I heard Cogliano developed some hands to go with those skates; makes for a nice offensive threat.
When Horcoft went down last year Gagner, Nilsson, and Cogliano were all counted on that much more. They were forced to grow up.Quote:
Originally Posted by r'aggro
All of their second half of the season was a 180 degree difference from the first half. Where they stated off the season looking like 2 rookies and a second year player, they ended the season looking like NHL veterans.
Cogliano's goal was a highlight type of goal. He DROVE the defenceman back with his blazing speed and then cut directly across of him and Kipper and ROOFED a wrister.
I think that Nilsson (who alos looked amazing last night), Gagner, and Cogliano all have the potential to be stars in this league. Though I am expecting at least ONE to hit a bump on the learning curve this year and not progress as fast as the others.
Well my Hawks got rid of Savard and replaced him with Quennville. Apparently Kane took it pretty bad. Haven't gotten to watch much since I'm transitioning between cable to dish right now.
Last nights game was just absolutely brutal. I have a feeling they'll keep Hasselbeck out the rest of the year. There's not much left to salvage with all the injuries.Quote:
Originally Posted by r'aggro
What's with firing Savard just a handful of games into the season? I'm sure he'll get another job shortly, but it seems like a really rash move,--especially if the team's best forward got on with him so well.
No clue. He singlehandedly put people in those seats the past couple years. Until last season the city didn't give a damn about the team. They finally got their tv deal back and there was a lot of money pumped into the hype machine. I could see them canning him after 10 games with 1 or 2 wins, but 4?
Kane DID take it pretty hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by dyne
I've never seen anything like that before...
And I think that the 'Hawks management over reacted.... cripes... it's just a few games into the season! After a HUGE offseason by the 'Hawks! Give the guy a fricken chance to show what he can do with the new talent!
On the flipside... I think very highly of Quenville.
I dunno what it is but I just don't really care about hockey anymore since there is not one game televised this year. Its all on cable so no hockey for me I guess :( edit: Go Avs still I suppose!
Travel time is number one...especially during the playoffs no other team has to travel as far as the wings do during the playoff series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Recon
And lack of original rivalry games.....lack of Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, games....Its always a big topic of discussion on local radio shows how the wings are always used to prop up the Western division as attendance goes up something like 150% when the wings games come to towns
Sure, the wings are the best team and other cities want to watch.
Places like Dallas, Anaheim and SJ are all pretty long flights from Detroit, that's why I think they are a better geographic fit for the eastern conference. There would need to be some kind of realignment due to the concentration of teams in the northeast though.
How about them Sharks? 2-1 vs. Pens only allowing 11 or so shots and 4-2 vs. Detroit, I like that. Patty was flying out there last night. Blew by Detriot defense a number of times.
The only thing I've been kind of concerned about the last two weeks is Nabby. He's given up a decent number of soft goals while Bouche is sitting on two starts and two shutouts.
Yea, that was a pretty soft shot by Hossa. Maybe he gets bored out there, from seeing so few shots, and zones out for a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nabby
Boucher is like that; you'll get a great game or two out of him over a stretch, but if you rely on him to be a regular starter his weaknesses become more apparent. No way is he a better starter than nabby in any case.
After a slow start, the Flyers have won four straight and lead the league in:
-goals
-shorties
-fighting majors
That was a fun couple of games vs the Sharks, too. SJ certainly looks like a contender out of the west, especially when guys like Marleau play up to their potential instead of loafing around. Joe can't do it all.
Crappy, crappy, CRAPPY Oilers!
(shakes his fist at Edmonton)
Good, we play the Oilers tomorrow.;)
Keep it up for at least one more game!