Tell that to the Detroit LionsQuote:
Originally Posted by r'aggro
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Tell that to the Detroit LionsQuote:
Originally Posted by r'aggro
Well, hockey teams only start five skaters + goalie, so it's easier to put a solid team together.Quote:
Originally Posted by fastitocalon
But yeah, I feel for Lions fans.
Allow me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spank_Me_Hard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9qTF...=515054&page=2
Our boy Jason Smith taps him on the glove:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gItPaK0mYs&NR=1
Here's a nice little compilation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UpLX...eature=related
Trust me, I have to watch him eight times a year. He's a friggin baby. Let Ovechkin be the NHL's Golden Boy.
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On a side note: Due to my continued hatred of Hatcher from his days of being a punk arsed bizatch against Edmonton... I'd like to see Laraque filet him on national tv. I know that it'll never happen though... because Hatcher has ever only fought guys much smaller than him (which is about 95% of the league). Hatcher has ended up running every time that push has come to shove between him and Laraque. Still though... it's my fantasy. Hopefully things boil over in a game at some point where Laraque corners him and he has nowhere to run and hide.
Yeah, I bet Pens fans would be happy with that trade off too. Hatcher is a defensive stopper who plays real minutes, he has no business sitting for five in order to exchange pleasantries with the other team's goon. That's what Riley Cote is for-- btw Laraque recently called him 'pound for pound the toughest guy in the league.' If anyone is going to scrap with George, it's Cote.
Wings must destroy dallas.......after the post game hack at ozzie im pissed..I dont care if you hit a guy but do it like a man and use your fists....only sissies and russians use thier sticks
He's still young..If diving if the worst thing he does I'm fine with that. The real test will be whether he or Ovechkin can actually keep up their "greatness" and not eventually fizzle out. And lets not forget about Malkin.
Game tonight had some bad officiating IMO. Crosby's 2nd goal was in (give me a break). And some of the penalities on the flyers were a little ridiculous.. but I guess those two things even out.
GG #2, Talbot and his broken foot were apparently good enough to get the job done.
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Originally Posted by r'aggro
I thought it was a goal too, guess the review dudes in Toronto didn't see enough conclusive evidence to reverse the call on the ice. You could tell that the puck had probably traveled far enough in to be a goal, but Biron's glove was between it and the camera.
Officiating has just been ghastly in pretty much every playoff game I've watched. It's the common theme of these playoffs.
It won't matter now anyway. Philly is already minus their best forward and best d-man, and now our #2 dman Coburn is out courtesy of a puck right upside his melon. I'll be amazed if we don't get swept, we can't hang without our top pairing.
Is it me or are these semi-final matchups a little on the stale side? Maybe none of the teams I was rooting for made it this far and that's why but I'm not seeing much here.
My teams are winning so im happy, the wife is going to buy me 2 Jersies for the Final, so I can wear half a wing and half a quin jersey =)
If philly makes it I dont think there is any way conceivable they could ever keep up with the wings with their 2 best defensemen missing
Geez. Hard to argue after seeing that!Quote:
Originally Posted by r'aggro
In particular... that game against Montreal... diving like a cupcake!
True. I think that Hatcher means more to the Flyers than Laraque means to the 'Pens.Quote:
Originally Posted by r'aggro
That being said, I think that the pilon that is Hatcher can be a liability in todays new NHL. He has to play VERY positionally sound hockey to not be run around by like likes of the smaller faster players now.
I also like other aspects of Laraque's game that I've mentioned before. I haven't seen him playing like Holmstrom in fronmt of the net on the power play for the 'Pens. I think that he holds great value here as a screen and a general disruption for the goalie/defence. I think that he's being under utilized.
I'm unfamiliar with him. Does he add anything else to the team other than goon status? It seems like these days just being able and willing to drop thew gloves isn't enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by r'aggro
BTW... no longer do I make a comment about Hatcher and him being a wuss than an article comes out saying just that:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playof...ott&id=3393834
Couldn't agree more.Quote:
This series has provided a real test for Laraque. He already has challenged Derian Hatcher, who has been trying to manhandle Malkin, but the Flyers defenseman declined.
"If you're 6-foot-5, 230, back it up," Laraque said. "Look at [Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno] Chara. Chara's big, he plays physical, but backs it up if he has to. [Anaheim Ducks defenseman Chris] Pronger. But Hatcher never does. He's a bully."
Let's just say Cote knows his role.;) He's a nice energy guy and a pretty good forechecker, but won't ever be confused for an offensive threat. Fourth line plugger. That guy can absorb some bombs and keep swinging somehow. He actually beat up Brian McGratton earlier this year, and even had a nice fight against Laraque. Still lost though.
fwiw, I hated Hatcher when he was with Dallas too. He's just one of those guys you don't mind when he's on your team. I agree that sometimes he looks too damn slow for this league, yet he seems to regain his value when the other team sets their offense up. He's still pretty effective as long as he doesn't have to skate too far to get to his assignment.
As mentioned before. These semifinals are boring. Can anyone say sweeps all around? That's just sad.
I have to say, I'm a pens fan, and I agree. I mean, there were a couple games vs NY and Philly that I was interested in. But for some reason when I watched the pens go up 2-0 last game 10 minutes in I almost lost interest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nabby
Although amusing to watch the pens win every game, I am kind of looking forward to the struggle that I think Detroit will provide :P
...sooo Pens or Red Wings? I think we have a good matchup (finally) on our hands!
The finals are shaping up to be pretty good. Pens vs. Wings. I think the pens have the goaltending edge but the Wings have Holmstrom, which all goalies hate. I'd slash him in the back of the leg if I were a goalie in the NHL. He's been in Turco's kitchen this entire series and throwing his game off.
I like the Wings offense. Drop someone in front of the goalie and pound the puck to the net, simply and effective.
the Officiating is ruining hockey for me...both the pens and Detroit games have been absolutely horrible