***The Official NHL Thread 2008/2009***

flyers beat the lowly pens today

 

It's going to be tough for us to do that now, yesterday was our best chance.

And I am getting a little nervous about our 1st round opponent unless it's the Habs or Panthers because the Pens, Canes and Rangers are all playing very well going into the playoffs.

 

Refs are wearing devils colors today.

The flyers are the most penalized team in the league yet have the most shorthanded goals, and have 5 players with 25 goals or more.

I wish the refs would call some against the other team sometimes

 

flyers won!

so they can beat the #1, 2 and 3 teams in the conference..

I'm not scared!

 

They will finish out of a playoff spot, their that dismal right now.

 

I want them just as bad, they are laying down for everyone and would go down in a sweep against the Devils, nice way to start off the postseason.

 

OOOOOOLEEEEEE OLEOLEOLE

I didn't watch the game on Sunday, but I was shocked to see the final score. Simply put, I gave us no chance to win the game, especially after that abysmal effort against the Kings a few days earlier.

 

Lowly?

 

yep lowly.

look at the rankings.

 

I tell you what, you want the lowly Pens in the 1st round you can have them.

 

that's fine. i'm up for a rematch of last year. no point in backing down.

edit:

i think the flyers can get to the finals again... i also can very easily see them getting bumped real quickly.

their goaltending is wishy washy as hell sometimes on fire sometimes about as cold as ice. but they're a physical enough team to aide their goaltenders and the big thing is the short handed goals (most in league while defending most penalties in the league: last i heard it was 72 more minutes against than it was for) and their depth at scoring gives them a chance.

bring'em on.

 

I hear that, it's looking like we are going to have to take on the Rangers in the 1st round, there are not going to be many easy foes come these playoffs.

But still want no part of the Pens.

I think there six teams, maybe seven, that can make it to the finals from the east, it is that nasty of a conference this year.

 

There are a lot of teams I would much rather not face but if it's your teams year to go than they'll get thru them.

I'm concerned about the ovechkins and the crosbys for sure; but to get to the playoffs and get deep in them you've got to go through what you've got to go through.

the devils are always a team that have given me fits as a fan as well. freakin' marty b needs to retire already and i know he's not going to for years

 

Nice win last night. They gave up way too many shots but they found a way to win. Recchi's goal was incredible.

Screw the Flyers.

 

The flyers lost that game as much as the bruins won it.

If you guys don't have a chimpanzee in the net (a chimp in the good sense, in the sense that he's all over the place all the time and making every conceivable ****ing save possible known to mankind - any other goalie and a few of those would have gone in) and the flyers actually clear the ****ing zone a few times when they're supposed to (been a problem ALL YEAR LONG) then i think we have a better chance...

great goaltending on your bruins part tho.

and yeah, great goal by mr. former FLYER himself.

and screw the brewins.

 

yeah. hasek v.2.0

recchi used to be a flyer you know

 

you gotta wonder about a guy that has been around the block that much.

 

You have to love what Looch brings to the table when he's playing well. The dude has great hands and more often than not when he has an opportunity to score, he finishes.

Edwards is an idiot, but I really do enjoy what Brickley brings to the booth as the color guy.

 

you guys see this crazy goal

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_X5FdpsWpg"]YouTube - Linus Omark Sick Shootout Goal vs. Switzerland (March 31st 2009)[/ame]


I don't know how to put youtube in the post. if someone wants to fix it please do so.

 

nice goal

 

5-0 after 1 period. 1 fight won, 1 fight lost.

the leafs are a terrible team but they absolutely destroyed the flyers the other day in every aspect so it's nice to see the guys come out and put a serious *** whoopin on the leafs. they changed their goalie 10 minutes in and it didn't do a damn thing for them

 

Uni, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the Thomas - Avery exchange last Saturday?

You gotta love Timmy.. and I would suspect its not fun getting punched in the face by the guy with his blocker still on..

 

Giving a 34 year old goaltender a 4-year contract seems like a ridiculous move on the surface. But he doesn't have a ton of miles on that body and he's perhaps one of the most likable athletes in the city of Boston. You want to see the guy succeed, especially when considering his road to professional hockey. He was never handed a thing...

My only concern, and let me know your thoughts, is that his cap figure and presence on the roster might hinder the development of Rask? If Tukka is as good as advertised, I don't want him playing behind Timmy for extended stretches for the next 4 years.

 

Having watched Tim Thomas enough times the past two years I can say he is our generation Johnny Bower, and if you think you have yourself a goalie who can get you the Stanley Cup at a time your team is primed for the run in the next 2-3 years you go for it prospects be damned.

 

So who was able to catch the Bruins - Canadiens game last night? Just another typical game in this rivalry...

A couple of thoughts:

The Bergeron goal in the 1st period to put the Bruins up 1-0 was beautiful... but what a friggen cheap shot from behind by Gorges after the play was done.

Komisarek and O'Byrne are a couple of pansies. At the end of the 1st period, Komisarek was in the corner abusing a 160 pound Krejci, and when Chara came over and threw a couple of punches, Komisarek wanted none of it. Hey, I don't blame him... the guy had been embarassed in the building earlier in the year by Lucic (also, I didn't have much of a problem with Komisarek's hit on Lucic from behind, but Milan certainly lost his cool after being put on his back). Now O'Byrne is just a freakin' punk. I was hoping he would get his last night for that cheap shot on Kobasew last time these teams hooked up, but when Thornton got his hands on him during a tussle, the guy falls down to both knees and ducks for cover behind the refs.

This was an extremely entertaining game, so naturally I want to see a first round playoff matchup between these two. I love beating the Habs.

 

flyers are sucking down the stretch and lose a game when home ice advantage is on the line. that is seriously poor.

they head to the igloo sometime this week to face the crosbys and the malkins. i think the flyers handled them pretty well the last time they played them.. and i haven't watched many games down the stretch here but from what i'm hearing the flyers are blowing leads big time.. which is not good at this point and time in the season because that switch just can't be turned on.

i know they have to keep those two wrapped up somehow.. and it seems to me that if the flyers can put up points to help their defense and goalie then they should be okay..

i'm very concerned the way the guys are playing because if you can't win games where the stakes are high (see, home ice advantage, etc) you can't expect to just go into the playoffs and play well. I am admittedly nervous (and have been) at their play and the only thing separating them from other teams IMO is the fact that they have so many guys that can score on you that it's hard to tell who to cover... they have a few young guys who will be good in a couple years but they still need a #1 goaltender...

yikes... so thoughts on who i should be on the lookout for in pitt besides the obvious? (ie. crosby, malkin are obvious and there was hossa but he's been in detroit for the past year.. so who's the dark horse player?)

 

My boy Alex, snatches 2nd straight MVP and the BPearson award )

Then he will add a gold medal for team Russia for 2010 Olympics

 

How? Is he a figure skater too?

Canada is gonna win the Olympics. Home ice too....damn!

 

1) We will take the figure skating gold too

2) We will see about that

 

A hat trick for the B's at the season-end awards! And yet, I still feel unsatisfied. God, I hate Scott Walker. He hasn't achieved Ulf Samuelsson/Thurman Thomas level villain status, but he's probably passed Ken O'Brien and is in Chipper Jones territory.