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kinda BS. and last game we were missing our top 2 forwards and top 2 Dmen, but still pulled out the W vs minny.

I am going to tuesday night's game @ Islanders. so pumped. a nice bday present would be crosby and malkin back. hey one can hope

Yumcha

Okay...so, what's Malkin out with? I thought he had a clean bill of health this season?

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general soreness. first they said it wasn't related to the knee surgery, now they are saying it is his surgically repaired knee that is sore. better to have him sit a few games early on than to get hurt near the end of the season.

orpik back tonite from abdominal/hernia surgery.

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James Neal tied for league lead in goals with 7. Woot.

97BlackAckCL

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They're saying it's soreness from the knee repair surgery in the area where his knee was stitched back up

Moog-Type-S

Quick = Two shut-outs in a row!!

...and best save percentage in the league too

Yumcha

Speaking of goalies, Varlamov was impressive in last night's loss to the Hawks. He made some jaw-dropping saves...

He definitely showed his high price in draft picks yesterday...

dom

A thank you would be nice every once in a while. Raask, Seguin and last night's pick-me-up of the slumping Bruins.

If there's anything else we can do to help out the city of Boston just let us know, always glad to help.

Yumcha

But, you gotta be at least happy with Kessel's production so far...?

dom

Meh, I'll be happy when it does it consistently. He gets in these streaks where he scores tons of goals and then goes silent for 3 weeks. Until I see differently I remain skeptical.

black label

Thanks for drafting Shawn Thornton back in 97, we weren't smart enough to do it.

Could you possibly nuke montreal for us, we've never really liked them.

Oh yeah, it's Rask with one "a". 2 "u" and 2 "k" in Tuukka though.

97BlackAckCL

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Are the leafs still unbeaten?

Yumcha

Well, they have a nice and tidy 4-1-1 record. Don't laugh too hard. Take the blow-out aside from last night, the games I've seen them play have been pretty good.

I think if the can maintain their type of play that won them 4 games so far, they will make some noise this season.

Yumcha

If anything, the team that is surprising me are the Blue Jackets. I did not expect them to be winless given the big moves they made.

dom

Was he really a Leaf draft pick?

How about that scripted bout last night between Thorton and Orr. Apparently they talked about it in the pre-game warm up.

Those are the types of fights I want out of the game.

Moog-Type-S

Most analysts I saw had them in the bottom 5 or 10 in terms of rankings for this season. I see no surprise here.

Dallas on the other hand is a big surprise.

97BlackAckCL

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I thought they would be better too

CCColtsicehockey

So I finally get to watch my first Colorado game of the year last night and they loose Hopefully they can keep up there quick pace they started with and not fall off like last year.

Yumcha

Well, let me be clear: I did not see them as a top West team...but, to be winless is a bit of a surprise.

I did not foresee them to be terrible.

Moog-Type-S

Ahhh....the powerhouse that is Blue Jacket Hockey!!!!

black label

he credits the Leafs minor league system for where he is today. I thought it was a good bout. Yeah it was right off the faceoff but that's how Thornton sparks the team.

97BlackAckCL

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Stop watching or they'll never win again

black label

They should definitely tighten it up a bit.

Moog-Type-S

Johnathan Quick with THREE shutouts in a row!!

Epic.

Yumcha

Yeah, impressive streak for sure.

Yumcha

Story here: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=378709

Yumcha

Nice pick-up by the Canucks. They certainly have a deep lineup.

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eye can't believe what happened to Pronger. the leafs really socket to him!

Moog-Type-S

^^

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hehe.

off to the pens game in a bit. nabokov vs fleury. Malkin a game time decision.

97BlackAckCL

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what a boring game. at least we got the SO.

Interesting stat: The Penguins are 20-4-2 against New York in the last 26 meetings. Fleury is 9-0-2 in that span.

black label

Zdeno Chara and I have been hard at work constructing wstevens a new avatar. Could someone please put it into use?

97BlackAckCL

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yeah, it was a pretty boring game, just glad there was no ambush like there was last year. Fleury got robbed of his shutout the other night so I was glad to see him get this one. He's been lights out lately

imj0257

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Dallas #2 in overall standings

Yumcha

It's early...but, that's one well-coached team.

imj0257

iTrader: (1)

Thanks for the non-negative criticism . We are certainly playing much better than anyone predicted. A lot of young guys with some veterans and they seem to be giving their all. Some good comeback wins too, such as last night.

97BlackAckCL

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Dallas still has a hockey team?

Moog-Type-S

Coaching is far exceeding the roster talent.

Yumcha

Well, I'm not using Chicago as any benchmark...but, I know the Stars were a handful against them in that back-to-back series to start the season.


Hell, Dallas was the only team to deny Chicago of any points so far.