Yumcha

So, the 2 teams the Oilers tried to imitate to be big and ogre-ish are both in in the basement of the West...and well, Ducks fire their coach today.

97BlackAckCL

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:gheywave:

Yumcha

Hawks signed their backup to $1M for 3 years...


Not sure why he's worth nearly 3 times less than what Oil gave Koskinen.

97BlackAckCL

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Ward?

Yumcha

Naw...Delia. Ward is on a 1-year term and likely will walk. Delia may get the keys to the backup when Crawford returns from his injury. Still, it's remarkable how Edmonton tossed that amount of $$$$ at a backup goalie recently. They are in cap purgatory and have won squat.

97BlackAckCL

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Edmonton can't do anything right lol

Yumcha

Well, not true. They did get it right by ripping off the entire city for a brand-new arena to show off a 3rd-rate hockey team.

97BlackAckCL

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Truth

SVTour

I learned today that punching a player in the back of the neck is just 'aggressive play'....and apparently okay with the NHL.

Great call on the Malkin suspension Parros! As an enforcer you were pathetic...and now you're just Bettman's pussy.

97BlackAckCL

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The fact that a goon is running the NHL player safety to begin with is a joke

Yumcha

Goon policing goons?

Yumcha

Both Raffl and Malkin were completely out of line. Regardless of who started it. At least that's my perspective.


A crime does not beget another crime, right? Anyways, the good thing is no one was badly hurt.

97BlackAckCL

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Agree that it's good no one got hurt, Malkin pisses me off when he snaps like that, but that's just the passionate kind of player that he is. However Raffl playing the victim is a total joke after the crosscheck and punch in the back of the head. I'm not surprised or upset that Malkin got a game and frankly it's deserved, glad it wasn't 5 or more given that he barely hit him, but it is what it is. Going to see Sid vs McJesus tonight, hoping the Pens show up with out Malkin

SVTour

So...I'm okay with the Malkin suspension...he needs a lesson for as many penalties as he's pulled in the last 20 games anyway.

Raffl should get a game for the shot at the back of the neck...and one for the dive he took, as its clear the stick skimmed his helmet.

SVTour

Yup. 100%. And no tickets for me tonight. Must have been a reason I didnt pick this game?

97BlackAckCL

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Great win by the Pens over McJesus the other night, haven't had that much fun at a game in a while. Good times

Yumcha

FWIW, it's not much of an achievement to slap the Oilers around though. Heck, they allowed Chicago to look like Cup Contenders in their recent game when the Hawks scored 4 goals in like 2 minutes.




The Oil remind me a bit of the Pens in their early Mario years...just #66 on an island with almost no help. No wonder Taco rage-quit.

MSZ

He is gone? No wonder why this thread has been so quiet.

97BlackAckCL

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It's not, but with all the Crosby vs McJesus hype when McJesus has never even won a game against the Pens, it's still fun especially the way the Pens have been mailing it in lately

97BlackAckCL

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And the Cawks suck, so Yummy has been quiet also lol

97BlackAckCL

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Good game against the Cabby Rags yesterday, surprised our friendly neighborhood tweeter wasn't posting play by play

Yumcha

I'm like a regular PW in here. Whatchoo yammerin' about...?

Yumcha

I personally don't mind the Canes celebrations. Love their new t-shirts trolling Don Cherry.

Yumcha

Hossa talks about his career-ending condition...

https://www.tsn.ca/hossa-opens-up-on...tion-1.1259560




He's missed alot. Hawks have been reeling since.

97BlackAckCL

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Awesome goal by Malkin the other night, if you haven't seen it...

https://player.vimeo.com/video/317855498?background=1

Yumcha

Barkov's was better.

97BlackAckCL

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who?

97BlackAckCL

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Kidding, it was good as well

Yumcha

If Barks was on an actual hockey city, he'd get alot more press...such an underrated player.

CCColtsicehockey

Colorado has actually put together two quality games in a row who would have thought after going 5-20 since Dec 1.

Now have to fight with Yummy for two quality playoff points on Friday night.

97BlackAckCL

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Shouldn't be hard, they blew a 4 goal lead to the Meh Things last night

Yumcha

3-goal lead.



Get your blown leads right. Edmonton may blow 4 goal leads but Hawks fail at a lesser level.

Kane, love him or hate him, is going supernova this season.

Yumcha

FWIW, I don't think Hawks will clinch and kinda don't want them to. They need to rebuild that blueline and continue accumulating prospects.

97BlackAckCL

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I wasn't watching that closely, I saw them go up 4 nothing, or so I thought

Fine, they blew a 3 goal lead, so nothing to see here

Yumcha

Exactly. Thank goodness we have trainwrecks in Edmonton to look at instead of the mediocrity in Chicago now.







They also need to rebuild the 3rd and 4th lines. So, basically half the team needs to be redone.

CCColtsicehockey

I kind of on the same side of this as your with the Avs. Sure making the playoffs would be nice. However, with the players in this draft I would almost love to tank and have two top five picks this year.

CCColtsicehockey

Oh and yummy appreciate your hawks scoring 8 the other night to make sure Ottawa continues to lose and give us the best shot at the first overall pick.

Yumcha

Yeah, that 8-7 game was WTFBBQ. Who needs defense?!?

Yumcha

Just realized that about your Avs...holy crap will they be fearsome up front if they get either Hughes or Kaako.

Yumcha

Just please for FFS a big-time NO for any of the top 2 picks landing in Edmonton. They do not need to destroy another hockey player.