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Post by darbus alan on Jan 7, 2013 2:18:45 GMT -5
That sportsnation poll is currently at 49 excited-51 not interested. So yay?
Glad to see Jersey repping the "Very excited" option at least.
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Post by pepsitwist on Jan 7, 2013 6:10:19 GMT -5
It's going to be weird not seeing Jordan Staal with the Penguins. He played so many games for us and was incredibly useful on the PK and scoring goals short handed. I guess we did get Brandon Sutter out of the trade and used the draft pick to get Derrick Pouliot. I'll be curious to watch the former more closer.
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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 7, 2013 7:49:26 GMT -5
I'm going to have to check with the Devils' folks to see if there's any special deals on tickets for the truncated season. I need my hockey fix and I try to go to at least one Devils game per season. Maybe the Devils fans here should make plans on going to a game. Well, I'm certainly an easy guy to find there, given that I'm usually in the Diablos section dressed as Randy Savage.
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Post by darthalexander on Jan 7, 2013 9:23:33 GMT -5
You were supposed to be ashamed that hockey's back? I didn't get that memo. Did anybody else get that memo? Well, according to my neighbor, we should be. He's the expert on everything. He wanted to form a fan's union that would be a part of the lockout process. Yeah, ok. I'm not sure if this is accurate but I think the first game of the year (for us) is against Boston. Wicked. What a way to start the season. If we lose that opening game, I cannot wait to see the panic begin with many Hab fans. I missed those moments of panic. People are starting to worry about signing PK already!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2013 12:00:28 GMT -5
So the buyout clause starts next season. Sorry Darth you got to live with Kaberle, Bourque, and Gomez this season. I'm stuck with Horcoff, Khabibulin, Eager. At least it's Khabibulin final year and he's injured still!
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jan 7, 2013 12:04:20 GMT -5
I wonder what's going to become of Wade Redden?
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 7, 2013 12:05:03 GMT -5
we may be stuck with Gomez for another year (well half a year) but can't we dump him in the minors at least?
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 7, 2013 12:06:12 GMT -5
So the buyout clause starts next season. Sorry Darth you got to live with Kaberle, Bourque, and Gomez this season. I'm stuck with Horcoff, Khabibulin, Eager. At least it's Khabibulin final year and he's injured still! well you have as good a chance as 13 other teams of getting first over all, maybe you can get a 1st overall goalie to go with all those shiny new forwards and defencemen.
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Post by darthalexander on Jan 7, 2013 12:10:01 GMT -5
So the buyout clause starts next season. Sorry Darth you got to live with Kaberle, Bourque, and Gomez this season. I'm stuck with Horcoff, Khabibulin, Eager. At least it's Khabibulin final year and he's injured still! Yeah thanks for reminding me.
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Post by darthalexander on Jan 7, 2013 12:12:04 GMT -5
So the buyout clause starts next season. Sorry Darth you got to live with Kaberle, Bourque, and Gomez this season. I'm stuck with Horcoff, Khabibulin, Eager. At least it's Khabibulin final year and he's injured still! well you have as good a chance as 13 other teams of getting first over all, maybe you can get a 1st overall goalie to go with all those shiny new forwards and defencemen. If the freakin Oilers get another 1st pick and they still don't click in the next few years then something is seriously wrong in the organization.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 7, 2013 12:16:48 GMT -5
I dunno, though, I mean goalies who are consistently great for long periods are in short supply compared to the 90s. I mean even the better ones like Price or Fleury have bad seasons or at least bad periods every now and again. other guys are hot-and-cold AT BEST (e.g. Bryzgalov). and then you have the ones who are great but flat out cuckoopants insane, to the point where its a detriment to the whole organization (Thomas). these days you really have to ride the hot-hand rather than the proven one, because there are very few proven hands. Lundquist's probably the only one in the entire league whose got a "starter-for-life" tag (other than Brodeur but he's going to retire soon).
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Post by triplethreatmark on Jan 7, 2013 12:22:30 GMT -5
I dunno, though, I mean goalies who are consistently great for long periods are in short supply compared to the 90s. I mean even the better ones like Price or Fleury have bad seasons or at least bad periods every now and again. other guys are hot-and-cold AT BEST (e.g. Bryzgalov). and then you have the ones who are great but flat out cuckoopants insane, to the point where its a detriment to the whole organization (Thomas). these days you really have to ride the hot-hand rather than the proven one, because there are very few proven hands. Lundquist's probably the only one in the entire league whose got a "starter-for-life" tag (other than Brodeur but he's going to retire soon). *ahem*
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Post by darthalexander on Jan 7, 2013 12:25:45 GMT -5
*ahem* Show-off.
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Post by triplethreatmark on Jan 7, 2013 12:29:51 GMT -5
*ahem* Show-off. I know. Just...feels so good.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2013 12:40:21 GMT -5
well you have as good a chance as 13 other teams of getting first over all, maybe you can get a 1st overall goalie to go with all those shiny new forwards and defencemen. If the freakin Oilers get another 1st pick and they still don't click in the next few years then something is seriously wrong in the organization. Well Kevin Lowe is a cancer to the organization, Tambellini is way too damn conservative as a GM, and we have a owner more concerned getting a new arena than playing good. Am I the only one who thinks were going to be good this season or a big swing of improvement this year? The Oilers are good at having hot starts every year, we have a coach whose great in making Switzerland way over achieve every tournament since 1998. We've got Yakupov to address the problems of scoring Even Strength goals, getting Schultz and his insane AHL stats was like getting a 2nd overall pick twice in a row, Whitney/Hall/Hemsky are finally 100% healthy. The second and third year players just have to get better at this point, Dubynyk will play way more games than Khabibulin and Khabibulin may get demoted to 3rd string goalie to make room for AHL's goaltender of the year last year Yannis Danis and we have Nick Schultz our stay home defenseman to play the whole season rather than acquiring him trade deadline last year. Plus either Paajarvi or Hartikianian would be called up as the big forward we've been missing since Penner, and Gagner may breakout finally. Like the only question marks is Nuge might have a bum shoulder, Yakupov maybe a bit overworked this lockout playing for 3 different teams, and we added Schultz to our questionable D corps. But still they have to be at least a 9th place team this year since so many Western Conference teams got worse or are aging this off season vs. the amount of Western teams that improved this year. Like Anaheim, Detroit, Nashville, San Jose, Phoenix, Calgary either lost significant players or did nothing to improve their teams this year. Edit: Or Vancouver who lost some key players and Kesler may not return this season and are notoriously slow starters every year.
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Post by triplethreatmark on Jan 7, 2013 12:41:57 GMT -5
I can see the Oil sneaking in as a 7th or 8th seed this year.
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Post by Unocal 76 on Jan 7, 2013 14:09:39 GMT -5
This could finally be the year Detroit takes a step back
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Post by triplethreatmark on Jan 7, 2013 14:12:21 GMT -5
This could finally be the year Detroit takes a step back I think they still make the playoffs this year but they are no where as scary as they've been for the past...20 years.
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Post by darthalexander on Jan 7, 2013 14:13:35 GMT -5
I know. Just...feels so good. Well, if we ever win the Cup again in my lifetime I might "show off" a little here and there too. The first game back (for everyone) is going to be interesting. I can't wait to see fan reactions at the arenas. I'm pretty sure our club is going to try to do something to make up for it. Maybe a "kick Gomez in the ass" day.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2013 15:30:20 GMT -5
Holmstrom is going to retire before this season. Man the Red Wings may not make it to the playoffs this year.
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