CanadianChris Posted November 3, 2007 Report Posted November 3, 2007 Yeah, the calendar flipped a couple of days ago. Jason Spezza was extended for 7 years, $49 million yesterday. That pretty much spells the end of the Wade Redden era in Ottawa.
CanadianGuitarist Posted November 3, 2007 Report Posted November 3, 2007 Leafs/Habs with my grandfather + My grandmother's homemade wings = Happy CG. Never have I been so confident over the traditional toonie/king can bet with my grandpa. I'm sure they'll have a little more zip, but I'm hoping the Leafs play like they did for the final 20 minutes yesterday.
mike546 Posted November 3, 2007 Report Posted November 3, 2007 He's baaaack. I sure missed Sean Avery
the max Posted November 4, 2007 Report Posted November 4, 2007 Yeah, the calendar flipped a couple of days ago. Jason Spezza was extended for 7 years, $49 million yesterday. That pretty much spells the end of the Wade Redden era in Ottawa. He must have pulled his groin celebrating. He's apparently out for both games of the home and home against the Bruins.
CanadianChris Posted November 4, 2007 Author Report Posted November 4, 2007 It happened Wednesday in practice. He was out for Thursday's game against the Thrashers too.
the max Posted November 4, 2007 Report Posted November 4, 2007 Refs really gave the Sens that game tonight. The call on Axelsson for "hooking" when in reality, he turned around to find the puck and his stick got red rovered by Phillips was awful. Oh, and the call on Savard for the goal 3 powerplay was bullshit too. And I expect Meszaros to be dealt with tomorrow. Sucker punching the star player in the back of the head isn't a good idea. Wideman certainly jumped in for Savard though.
mike546 Posted November 4, 2007 Report Posted November 4, 2007 Henrik Lundqvist is the best goalie in the NHL.
CanadianGuitarist Posted November 4, 2007 Report Posted November 4, 2007 Yes, he is. I think we can chisel that title away from Luongo and Brodeur....for now. Good, but not great W-L, but .937 and a tiny 1.67 GAA going into tonight; I'm fine with that. The Habs looked beyond terrible for the first fourteen minutes, and even worse with Huet pulled. Other than that, Stajan's goal was a beauty, and everything else was just what to expect from a Leafs-Habs game.
CanadianChris Posted November 4, 2007 Author Report Posted November 4, 2007 I muss confess, I didn't watch a minute of the Sens/Bs game. Too much college football on. Reading some of the accounts of the game, I'm expecting a Bruins win in the second half of the home-and-home. Thomas had a fantastic game, and the Sens probably won't get that many shots two nights in a row. It's nice for now still being the only team in the league with just a single loss so far, though.
AntiLeaf33 Posted November 4, 2007 Report Posted November 4, 2007 Habs lost on a garbage goal. There is no way that that shot should get through Huet. I wouldn't be surprised to see Price in net on Monday
CanadianGuitarist Posted November 5, 2007 Report Posted November 5, 2007 Didn't see 'em, but read it on tsn.ca right now: 2-1 Ottawa over Boston in a shootout, and Pascal Leclaire already has five fucking shutouts. 3-0 win over St. Louis.
CanadianChris Posted November 5, 2007 Author Report Posted November 5, 2007 Wow, I totally forgot that was on. Chuck Kobasew certainly had a good couple of games. He scored all three Boston goals last night and tonight.
AntiLeaf33 Posted November 5, 2007 Report Posted November 5, 2007 I haven't seen a Blue Jackets game this year, but is there any reason why Pascal Leclaire has so many shut outs? Are they playing a trap, or pro-defense game, or is he really just playing out of his mind?
Guest Posted November 5, 2007 Report Posted November 5, 2007 The Jackets play the most defensively responsible system in the whole league. Not in a boring way, though.
Guest Tsukuyomi Posted November 5, 2007 Report Posted November 5, 2007 A newer Columbus (and hockey in general) fan here. I'm getting interested in the Blue Jackets, but is this a temporary thing, or do they actually have a team built to support future success?
Guest Posted November 5, 2007 Report Posted November 5, 2007 Stay interested. They have pieces in place to stay good.
the max Posted November 5, 2007 Report Posted November 5, 2007 Especially if they keep Zherdev. Zherdev, Nash, Novotny, Brule and Fritsche make a very, very good combination for the top six. They have a young, talented defensive core and a very good young goalie. World, oyster, yada yada.
CanadianGuitarist Posted November 5, 2007 Report Posted November 5, 2007 Everything Max said. They didn't catch on last year (with Federov and Foote) the way I thought they would, but they do have an awful lot of the pieces in place. Leclaire's is almost certainly going to cool off, but the BJ's traded away the same goalie they'd had since inception for him. I hate to use a Pierre Mcguire-ism, but Nash is kind of a Loch Ness Monster in Ohio. He's around the 0.75 per game for his career, but he's 10-6 in 13 games this year, and don't forget how good he looked at the Worlds. And above all that, Columbus is the only team in the league to never make the playoffs. I have to think that's at least somewhat of a motivator. Two interesting tidbits: Peter Forsberg is mulling over retirement due to an ankle injury suffered today. And Mark Bell is looking to make his season debut tomorrow against Ottawa, and Kyle Wellwood may return in the nation's capital as well.
Prophet of Mike Zagurski Posted November 6, 2007 Report Posted November 6, 2007 There were like fives games today where there were shutouts. Bettman must be crying him to sleep and dreaming of bigger nets.
CanadianGuitarist Posted November 6, 2007 Report Posted November 6, 2007 Inevitable Winnipeg discussion My roomie and I spent about an hour discussing this yesterday. I just don't envision Winnipeg with a team again in our lifetimes. He cited the MTS Centre held 15,000, which I said might be feasible if they have an exclusive TV deal and enough corporate support. Might be. And then there's Bettman.
Guest Pizza Hut's Game Face Posted November 6, 2007 Report Posted November 6, 2007 I think Winnipeg, Hartford, and Q.C. could've sustained their respective teams to this day had they never lost them, but now that they're gone, you can't put teams back there. The league makeup has been changed too much (for the worse) to favor luxury boxes over actual attendance. Now Canadians have to move to Tampa Bay and Phoenix like 40 years earlier.
CanadianChris Posted November 6, 2007 Author Report Posted November 6, 2007 [url="http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=222282&hubname="]Inevitable Winnipeg discussion[/url] My roomie and I spent about an hour discussing this yesterday. I just don't envision Winnipeg with a team again in our lifetimes. He cited the MTS Centre held 15,000, which I said might be feasible if they have an exclusive TV deal and enough corporate support. Might be. And then there's Bettman. Agreed; the arena's just not big enough and there wouldn't be enough corporate support. And then there's scumbag.
treble Posted November 6, 2007 Report Posted November 6, 2007 I really don't think the new arena is too small from an attendance standpoint. The Jets never drew that well and after the initial excitement of getting a new team, I think around 15000 would be fine. Maybe they can add some standing-room areas in there. I don't know what the luxury box situation is there, though.
CanadianGuitarist Posted November 6, 2007 Report Posted November 6, 2007 Where'd you come from? I figured you'd have had something to say after Saturday's Hab embarrassing. I certainly don't mean to compare hockey to golf in Canada, but the struggles the Canadian Open went through to find a title sponsor, that wouldn't bode well for hockey.
CanadianGuitarist Posted November 6, 2007 Report Posted November 6, 2007 On the other hand, who's to say what the dollar'll be like in five years, ten years? Will players still be paid in American? (I doubt it, surely someone's agent is gonna demand Canadian dollars if things stay as they are). Even that's getting pretty carried away. Yeah, it's a 50% difference from what it was in 1995, but it's only really been above par for what, two/three weeks? Even 95% is still 5% in the red to start with.
CanadianChris Posted November 6, 2007 Author Report Posted November 6, 2007 I really don't think the new arena is too small from an attendance standpoint. The Jets never drew that well and after the initial excitement of getting a new team, I think around 15000 would be fine. Maybe they can add some standing-room areas in there. I don't know what the luxury box situation is there, though. They have 50 luxury suites. By comparison, Scotiabank Place and the Air Canada Centre each have 150.
treble Posted November 7, 2007 Report Posted November 7, 2007 Where'd you come from? I figured you'd have had something to say after Saturday's Hab embarrassing. I missed the game. And even then, I like to keep my mouth shut, since I know the next Leafs' embarrasment is likely just around the corner.
CanadianGuitarist Posted November 7, 2007 Report Posted November 7, 2007 Kudos. My grandfather, dad, brother, co-workers...ok, every Leaf fan I know (even if they fully understand your last statement) was merciless Sunday morning. Part of me wanted you to say something, so we could revert back to the Holiday Inn guy and I could respond with "What did you just say to me?"
treble Posted November 7, 2007 Report Posted November 7, 2007 Last time I got really cocky was after last year's last game and we know how that ended. Even though I still do get bragging rights. Also, I have less Leafs fans as back-up, living as close to Ottawa (and Montreal) as I do.
treble Posted November 7, 2007 Report Posted November 7, 2007 Where'd you come from? I figured you'd have had something to say after Saturday's Hab embarrassing. I missed the game. And even then, I like to keep my mouth shut, since I know the next Leafs' embarrasment is likely just around the corner. See! No more power-plays, please.
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