Moog-Type-S

Who is Crosby

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He's the guy who jumps into a goal mouth scrum, gets what you get in a goal mouthed scrum, takes 2 weeks for his team to zoom in and slow down the video (to make it look like something actually happened) and has his agent send it to TSN complaining about it after his team got swept.

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

Nobody here(this forum) had any issue with Z driving a guy's head into a pylon almost killing him en route to the cup and getting away with it, so why would we care about this? In seriousness though, Chris Neil repeatedly jabbed and sucker punched Crosby in the jaw protector, who gives a ?

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Crosby and his agent who are trying to make something out of it when its typical after the whistle hockey. Viewed in real speed, you see it for what it is, absolutely nothing.

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

I haven't heard anything here at all, seems you're the one bringing it up

Nice sucker punch though

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Lol, Crosby grabs Chara, Chara engages. The only "sucker" part about it is the guy who got punched.

Moog-Type-S

FLYERS AGREE TO TERMS ON FOUR-YEAR, $21M DEAL WITH D STREIT

per TSN.




So much for the lockout fixing things.

Fibonacci

haven't hit up paypal yet.



Don't blame me if the bw3 trailer disallows another goal.

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Just finished a bowl of Hi-Five soup, time for "the fury"

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Super Rad!!

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BTW, for those that don't know Gahden etiquette, those aren't booos you're hearing, it's either TUUUUUK, LOOOOOCH, or KRUUUUUG.

Moog-Type-S

Looks like old Jamie Kompon is doing what he does best: destroy a teams power play.
Kompon is the place that power plays go to die.
Dude is the kiss of death for the PP.

Yumcha

Wow, the Hawks' PP was putrid. Chicago should pad their PK stats when they are on the PP as well...

Yumcha

WTFBBQ. Don't they have cap issues...?

Moog-Type-S

Hey homies, I hear ya!

MWalsh9152

great showing by the B's last night! Definitely a horrific PP for the Hawks though, in their first two combined what were they outshot 3-1?

97BlackAckCL

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So cute, did you stay up all night thinking that one up? Another fine showing of class by the ogre last night, punching Bickel in the back of the head when he's face down on the ice. Classy

As for the Crosby vid, when I googled it yesterday I had to chuckle because all the results that came up were Boston hockey blogs talking about it. I heard about it from you, yet you're surprised no one is talking about it. Finally heard it being discussed this morning on the radio and their sentiment is the same as mine. I don't see why this video was released by Brisson 2 weeks after the fact. If it was an issue they should have released it after game 1, waiting this long and then releasing it is just stupid and pointless. Releasing it 2 weeks later does nothing but distract Boston fans from the fact that they're in the cup final which apparently has worked.

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iTrader: (6)

Those short handed breakaways were terrible, I thought for sure they were gonna give up a shortie or 2

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Distract us, no. Give us something to laugh about during the off days between games, yes.

Engage Chara and expect him to respond. Bickell learned that just like Crosby did. The difference is Bickell is a man who said it's part of the game, Crosby is a baby who had his Nanny agent send out the video.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=6...id=DL|NHL|home

Moog-Type-S

Congrats to the Rags!

Enjoy a future full of President's Trophies!


....and ZERO Stanley Cups

Yumcha

I'm more horrified to see what Torts will bring to Vancity. Given that team's rep for shenanigans and full-retardedness on the ice.....

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

Torts to Vancouver? Now that is scary

Moog-Type-S

Hey dom, whatcha leafs gonna give up for Bernier?

Old Tim Leiweke knows how good Bernier is.....perhaps he will lean heavily to get it done.

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Is it official that Torts is headed to Canuckville? All I've read is that he has a second interview.

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Nah, he's still essentially unproven. If Toronto goes for a goalie he will be 'elite' Otherwise, they stick with Reimer.

Or they bring in Bernier to compete for the #1. But I don't see Nonis giving up a whole lot to get him.

Moog-Type-S

THE TOP 30

30
February 23
On players referencing an early loss to Detroit as a pivotal moment:
“We played really well in Detroit. People sounded and looked at me kind of funny, but I thought we played really well there. It’s not always whether you win or lose. It’s whether you’re winning or losing.”

29
March 31 postgame
On Dustin Penner’s performance in a 3-2 win at Dallas:
“He was good in his six-furlong stuff. As soon as he started to get into that seven-furlong stuff, then it was a little tougher.”

28
March 21
On Jonathan Quick striving to find consistency:
“It’s like, friggin’ once around the league as a pitcher, right? Next time they’re friggin’ sitting on that, and pretty soon he’s only thrown 15 pitches and they’re walking out to see him. It’s the very same. This guy hasn’t done anything different than that. He’s had one kick at the cat.”

27
May 4
On trying to create more scoring opportunities:
“We have to find ways to get more at the net, because more is better. What’s that commercial with that little girl? ‘More. Can you get less of more? Does anybody want more?’”

26
February 25 postgame
On whether the win over Anaheim was a “measuring stick”:
“There’s no measuring stick. It’s just every game is park and ride, right? Pay the toll. Get in the fast lane.”

25
June 5
On whether he thought Jonathan Quick would be affected by Game 2:
“No. Obviously he’d love to have a couple of those goals back. But he parks and rides pretty easily.”
-The first use of “park and ride” as a verb, to my knowledge.

24
February 26
On how to contain the league-leading Blackhawks:
“Well, they’re not invincible. I mean, somebody’s going to beat them. Somebody just did. So we’d like to try again. They’re not on a different planet than us.”

23
February 26
On how well he knows Mike Babcock:
“I know him pretty [well]. I know he wants to kick my ass, and I want to kick his.”

22
March 7
On players not wearing helmets in warm-ups:
“That should be their 16 minutes [for] people to see that he’s got blonde hair, or sideburns.”

21
May 5
On purchasing Alec Martinez a sombrero at a liquor store at nine in the morning:
“Cinco de Mayo. Gotta honor him.”
-I believe Sutter acknowledged visiting a liquor store on a Sunday morning to pick up a sombrero when all recording devices were turned off. I don’t think there is any printed or digital account of that admission; otherwise, this would have been at the top of the list.

20
April 12
On Dustin Penner struggling to find rhythm in a first game back from injury:
“So when it’s time for the Big Diesel to go, Big Diesel’s a little slow, right?”

19
May 9
On Robyn Regehr taking a puck to the face:
“Yeah, he got hit in the nose again. It was broke, so he can’t re-broke it.”

18
February 23
On whether there’s any truth to the “Stanley Cup hangover”:
“Well, I know what a hangover is, and I didn’t have one. What does that mean? The hangover for us was a lot of injured players, and guys are still injured. That’s what it is.”

17
February 10 postgame
On the 3-2 loss at Detroit:
“We played a hell of a game again. Disappointing. Remember, I hate to say ‘I told you so,’ but I told you so. Three-two.”

16
February 17 postgame
On what the Blackhawks did well in the first period:
”I didn’t like the Seabrook goal, being that our goaltender should’ve been allowed to have a stick. Pushed it away. It should’ve been a penalty. The shorter referee was standing right by our bench. The other guy couldn’t see it, but the shorter one had the same view that I did. [He] should’ve made the call.”

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May 26
On losing Game 6 in San Jose:
“I found out during the press conference that we haven’t played a Game 7 since 2002. I can’t wait to get back there. It’s big for me.”
-This press conference could have been good for three or four quotes on this list.

14
May 18
On NHL arenas:
“Quite honest, most of the buildings are generic, just different colors.”

13
May 16 postgame
Opening statement:
“It has not been a good day. I lost my glasses early this morning and I had to go buy a pair of 79 dollar reading glasses today. 79 bucks. You can literally get them at Costco, three-for-20.”

12
March 8
On Miikka Kiprusoff being “a man of few words”:
“Yeah. That’s why we had such a good relationship.”

11
March 19
On whether Drew Doughty should pick his spots on when attempting to use the impressive “one-man breakout” he used in the first period of a win over Phoenix:
“Well, if you do that all the time, you’re not a very good player. You’re Brian Campbell in Florida. You’ll be minus-20 and we’ll see you on the highlights. But you’re on a bad team, and you’re a high-minus player. So this is not a movie about a star, right?”

10
June 5
On how Jeff Carter’s status a day after taking a stick to the face:
“Awesome. I wish I was Jeff Carter today.”

9
March 21
On Jaromir Jagr’s comment that he wanted to go back on the ice and play again:
“Good for him. They’re not going to build a schedule for that, are they?”

8
February 14
On whether he’s made a decision on who will replace Alec Martinez in the lineup:
“We’ll put Muzzin in, for sure. We took Muzzin out, because he was horse. . . – road apples – in Anaheim. I talked to him about it yesterday. Most guys play like that one NHL game, they’re doin’ time again.”

7
March 26
On proving that home ice advantage in the playoffs was “irrelevant” last year:
“Division titles don’t mean zip. All they are is dirty flags, right?”
-Around this time of the year, references to division titles being “dirty banners” or “dirty flags” were fairly common.

6
March 21
On Jaromir Jagr:
“I never got to coach Jagr, but I’ve seen him enough that even though he’s 41 or whatever the hell he is, he hasn’t lost that desire to try and exploit the other team in certain situations. He’s still fun to watch, except when you’re coaching him.”

5
May 17
On whether there’s “any update on Sutter”:
“He’s fine. He’s doing an interview right now. [Will he play in Game 3?] No, I won’t be playing. I’m not available.”
-A nervous representative of a network affiliate used “Sutter” instead of “Stoll” and accidentally created a top-5 quote of the year.

4
February 16
On practicing before traveling:
“It’s not to the teams going west to east’s advantage, for sure. I learned that as a young coach coaching in San Jose. There’s no advantage out here at all, other than New York telling us what time you start in the east. We really like noon starts out here. Like, that’s awesome. We always appreciate that.”

3
May 26
On whether he thought the San Jose series had the potential to go seven games from the outset:
“Yep. Why not? I think every series has the chance to go seven. Somewhere between four and seven.”

2
March 13
On players that need additional skill development:
“It’s like you guys. You had a bad first game, too, right? [Points to broadcasters and members of the media] Didn’t practice all summer. Very same. But you understand what I’m saying? These guys are the very same. You guys take two months off, you’re not as sharp, either. These guys take two or three days off, their skill sets, the little things, eh? Skate, shoot, pass – all those things drop off. Same as me, right? I used to be able to write with both hands. Now I can’t write with my left hand anymore because I don’t practice it. It’s true.”

1
March 27
On what impressed him against Chicago in what wasn’t a “technically sound” game:
“Most of them aren’t the most technically sound from up top. I came to the [St. Louis] game last night. Jeez, it was easy…up there. I can see why everyone when they come down here knows so much. I forgot how easy it was from up there.”

Honorable Mention

January 21
“I’ve heard all the stuff about ‘bringing your own team back’ and all that sexy rah-rah, kumbaya, all that stuff, but the problem is we’re not the same team. We’re a different team.”

February 20
On Trevor Lewis’ assertiveness:
“He’s one of my favorites, so I want him to produce.”

March 7 postgame
On whether playing three games in four nights was factored into a loss to Dallas:
“No, we had a day off yesterday. No excuse for it. I felt good. I’m almost 55. I felt awesome today.”

March 8
On if he’ll have a message for Kelly Hrudey’s kids on Legends Night:
“Well, they’re grown-up, beautiful girls now. They’re not going to look at an old guy with grey hair and take any info from me.”

April 3
On Davis Drewiske being traded to Montreal:
“Anybody that was on our championship team last year is a member of our family forever, so I want them to do well.”

April 7 postgame
On whether he has revisited conceding the division to Anaheim:
“I went to school, and I graduated, and I can do the math. We’ve got a few games left. That’s pretty much impossible.”

April 9
On whether he expects a “desperate” Dallas Stars team:
“I’m not sure what the adverb is. ‘Desperate’ is when you get your heels on the cliff.”

April 24 postgame
On Dustin Penner being a healthy scratch:
“Yeah. He was tired last night, so I was going to assume he’d be tired tonight.”

May 3
On whether he gets the feeling that the team is starting to “bounce back”:
“I don’t think it’s starting. Again, you’re asking questions that are sort of end-of-the-world questions. It’s really not that.”

May 24
On how to change the pattern of the home team winning every game:
“By winning. That should be a good way of doing it. It’s not that easy. I mean, ‘how do you change that?’ That’s like fixing a hole in your boat. [Reporter: Actually, you can fix a hole in your boat.] So is it impossible to win on the road?”

May 30
On whether he enjoyed playing and coaching in Chicago:
“Yep. Young guy, old guy, single guy, married guy, with children. Lots of sports. Two baseball teams. Football team. A great basketball team. A really good hockey team. So I enjoyed it, yeah.”

June 1 postgame
On how he reacted to the team leading after one period 1-0 despite being outshot 17-2:
“Fortunate. How do I react? Just like normal. You should say, ‘How do you feel?’ [Reporter: How did you feel after that?] Fortunate.”

June 6
On Tyler Toffoli:
“I just want him to be good, shift-to-shift. If he doesn’t, I’m not going to say, You’re a bad boy. I’m just not going to play him. He’s 20 years old. Maybe he’s 21 now. Not sure.”


Sutter is full of gems.

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Andrew Raycroft = Elite

Tuukka Rask = No Name

Moog-Type-S

Chicago Blackhawks' Power Play Woes Magnified in 2013 Stanley Cup Final

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...nley-cup-final

Kompon

moosejuice2

Thats the same situation with the Capitals...We only started the playoff push when Ovi began scoring.

Yumcha

No, not official yet. But, radio shows here are saying he's the front-runner? Who knows. That organization has a penchant for silliness...that includes hair-pulling and finger-biting in scrums.


At least Bickell didn't do that with Chara punching him yesterday.

Yumcha

It's on both Kompon and Coach Q for the Hawks' incompetence on the PP. It's so putrid, I can smell it even from up here.

There is no way a PP unit with the players Chicago has is that inept. I don't need a goal but at least some chances that gains the team some momentum...It's so bad, I think Chicago should just defer the penalty and bench the 5th player and go 4 on 4.

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iTrader: (6)

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Moog-Type-S

Funny, that's what every Kings fan including myself said last year during The Cup run. Defer all penalties and remain 5 on 5...it's much better than the man advantage.

Now why would Chicago fans be saying this on this year's Cup run.......

Answer: Kompon.

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Bruins fans have been saying that since the 2011 cup run right up to when Jagr and Kruger showed up. Now we feel the B's power play is ok instead of terrible.

dom

That's why I'm cheering for the Maple Bruins. You're only there because of the ineptness, both on the ice and in the front office of the Toronto Maple Leaves.

Moog-Type-S

Kings sign Slava Voynov.
6 years, 25 million.


Locked him up for six years!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Moog-Type-S

Maybe Scuderi will sign back with The Crosbies.

...meh, The Crosbies don't need that defense mumbo-jumbo stuff.

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You forgot the fans who can't spell the teams name correctly

Yumcha

Anyhow, no one would complain if the Hawks won. But, the PP ineptitude is magnified with a loss.

Let's see what the Hawks are made of in Game 4. If they lose this one, there is no sequel to what we saw against the Pink Things.

Moog-Type-S

Kings won a Cup with the Kompon kiss of death power play, perhaps lightning will strike twice.