I see you've graduated from the yummy cakes school of irrational thought processes.

You should be thanking your lucky stars (pun intended) that such a fine organization is a training ground for great managerial talent.

 

Yea yea

 

2 in 11 seconds? Are you sh!tting me???

 

6 in a row!

 

Beat the best teams in the league, lose to the absolute worst teams

 

Note to the 's, they don't award the Stanley Cup in November.

 

I wouldn't expect if it is some foreshadowing of what's to come. This start certainly does seem too good to be true.

 

Stars are a very deep team so far. A loss against the Leafs, well...call it a trap game...Toronto is not a great team and you can't blame the Stars for looking past them. Probably what happened.

It's a long season. I'd be pleased with Dallas' start.

 

I am pleased. But they lost 2 to the Leaves and to the Panthers and Avalanche.. all lower ranked teams.

Seems like unlike previous seasons, they don't give up in the 3rd, they keep up the intensity, hence a lot of come from behind wins. Maybe they just give up too early when they play bad teams and it bites them in the ass.

At least we aren't the Oilers or Flames or Leaves

 

No one told imj that they play hockey in June

 

Avs somehow got a win last night. Probably cause it was against the Flyers. Regardless it feels good to get a win with how bad this season has been.

 

Dude, given parity is as high as ever in the NHL, no matter how good a team is, they can't coast through a game anymore. If your squad does not give an effective effort, chances are, it's a loss.

Look at Kings...started out 0-3 and have been playing pretty well since. Alot can happen during the course of the season...enjoy the roller-coaster ride.

 

WINGS

 

They're working on it. Back in the day they had some success, now it seems they can't get a foot in the crease

 

Because the Flyers blow

 

Yeah pretty much exactly. We chose to just not blow as much last night.

 

I think the avs main problem is their coach. A hockey legend/local legend who came up with one very progressive idea (pulling the goalie very early) and had some luck based success in his first year. In reality he's a caveman living in the world of smartphones. Due to his success as a player, no one will get him understand he's living in the past.

 

I agree. At the same time I really did want the Sakic/Roy pairing to succeed at turning the team around.

 

Someone pour imj a drink, he has a better sense of humor after a few pops.

 

Wings ........................... Avs

Don't mess with Detroit, you'll always be outgunned.

 

Cabbie...?

 

I wonder who ended up with it. And you wonder how long before the NHL bans throwing sticks into the stands. These scenes are becoming way too common.

 

For some teams.... it's never awarded.

 

Yep, the NHL has never been in worse shape. Stars? Where? Sidney who?

When half the leagues goalies have s save percentage over .920 there's a problem.

But you guys can enjoy your parity. I'll watch curling.

 

sounds like someone's team has been losing for a long time...

 

Who's "you guys"...? This draconian salary cap has robbed Chicago any chance to repeat regularly because each time they win, half the team is gutted. Where would Chicago be now with Ladd, Byfuglien, et al still on the roster...?

Still, it gives teams and franchises (like yours) hope in this format I guess. This is what Bettman and his buddies wanted.

 

The word "hockey" on AZ is a synonym for bitterness, resentment, snark, and name-brand goalies.

 

Bigger nets or smaller equipment on goalies, that's the only solution. Back in the day you could look at a team photo and figure out who the goalie was, now that's not the case. They are as athletic as the goalies of the past they just have about 25% more body mass to cover more net and their equipment is huge.

 

meh... the oilers have been nothing short of garbage- and I mean bottle of the barrel garbage- for the last 10 years straight. It's still fun to watch a good game (when they have one) even if they lose. It's entertainment. If it sucks, I turn off the TV. If it's good, I watch. I'd never lose sleep over it though.

I've never understood how some people can get so obsessed with a team. Besides having, potentially, your city name on their chests, there's nothing else a person has in common with them. 99% of the players likely aren't even from that city anyway. They don't care about you, or anyone in the stands, for that matter. As long as the seat was paid for, what does the team care?

 

Didn't the NHL put a cap on the equipment size? It seemed for awhile the goalie pads were getting bigger and bigger every year. I thought the NHL put an end to that... no?

 

I'm going to disagree with this to an extent. I've seen players who do stick around and talk with the fans all the time, no obligation, just a genuine appreciation of their fandom. Some players do adopt their host city as their full time home and get involved around the community and get to know people.

Not all of them obviously, but hockey seems to have players who are much more grounded in big picture reality than other sports. Not all of them live in their superstar athlete bubble.

 

They put in some regulations but they are complicated in many ways. There is issue with how far above the knee the leg pads can go but it's not a simple height based system.

I would bet that if every starting goalie had a surprise measurement and pad inspection we'd find 100% of goalies still using oversized equipment.

 

 

Z0000k!

 

Buh buy Jake, 3 0n 5 shots = showers for you!

 

7 in a row!

 

 

el olé!

 

Pretty cool!
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Rangers Extend Unbeaten Streak

 

11 am game woot!