NHL '13-'14 Season Thread

[FlyGuy]

How bout those 74-75 Philadelphia Flyers????

[icehog3]

Any of them still alive?

[Ahbroody]

Every time you start to think this team may have something special they remind you why they will never get it done in their current configuration.

[icehog3]

Only a couple bad games for them, Mike. Hawks are 0-2-1 in their last 3. They had a couple bad losing streaks in each of their SC seasons, sometimes it's a wake up call they use to improve.

[drjammer]

Much better game last night for the Avs.

[drjammer]

It has been too quiet in here

The Avs roller coaster ride continues!

[E.J.]

Originally Posted by drjammer

It has been too quiet in here

The Avs roller coaster ride continues!

Crush the Stars.....lose to the Stars....

[GreekGodX]

Went to the Wings game last night or should I say the Grand Rapids Griffins game at Joe Louis. Too many injuries against a good Ducks team. Was not a good game

[icehog3]

Patrick Kane has points in 22 of his last 23 games, including his 6th GWG last night.

MVP?

[dvickery]

take kane off toews line and his points would drop in half .

toews = mvp ???

just sayin'
derrek

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by dvickery

take kane off toews line and his points would drop in half .

toews = mvp ???

just sayin'
derrek

Sounds good, Derrek, except Kane and Toews play together on the power play and the odd shift, but the lines this season have been:

Patrick Sharp - Johnny Toews - Marian Hossa

Brandon Saad - Andrew Shaw or Michel Handzus - Patrick Kane

You know I love me some Johnny T...Toews is still one of the top 3 defensive forwards in the league, but Kane's two-way play is vastly improved the last two seasons.

Kaner is second in the NHL in points....if he played with Toews fulltime, I think he would be leaps and bounds ahead of Sid.

Is there a better tandem of the blueline now than Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook? Nope.

Now.....what do we do about Hall, Eberle, Nugent-Hopkins and Yakupov? They could use another 2 or 3 David Perron's on that team to show 'em how to play both ends. I wish they would get it together, I'd root for them against every team besides the Hawks.

[drjammer]

Originally Posted by E.J.

Crush the Stars.....lose to the Stars....

Hopefully this is the last time we have to say this for each home and home games here on out

[dvickery]

tom

should know better than to second guess you about the hawks . kieth & seabrook ??? nope(non better) ... but still it takes about 9 nhl caliber d-men in the system to win a stanley cup(the exception being l.a. a few years ago).

the oilers???only time will tell ... I am done b!tching about management & owner ... non of them listen to me anyhoo .

for the record ... toews remains my favorite hawk ... long before ovechkin or Crosby I would take toews for the person to build a team around .

derrek

Originally Posted by icehog3

Sounds good, Derrek, except Kane and Toews play together on the power play and the odd shift, but the lines this season have been:

Patrick Sharp - Johnny Toews - Marian Hossa

Brandon Saad - Andrew Shaw or Michel Handzus - Patrick Kane

You know I love me some Johnny T...Toews is still one of the top 3 defensive forwards in the league, but Kane's two-way play is vastly improved the last two seasons.

Kaner is second in the NHL in points....if he played with Toews fulltime, I think he would be leaps and bounds ahead of Sid.

Is there a better tandem of the blueline now than Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook? Nope.

Now.....what do we do about Hall, Eberle, Nugent-Hopkins and Yakupov? They could use another 2 or 3 David Perron's on that team to show 'em how to play both ends. I wish they would get it together, I'd root for them against every team besides the Hawks.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by dvickery

for the record ... toews remains my favorite hawk ... long before ovechkin or Crosby I would take toews for the person to build a team around .

derrek

On that we agree, Derrek. Proved it to me again last year in the Conference Semifinals....there's no better leader right now in hockey than Johnny Toews.

[drjammer]

Good game for the Avs

[E.J.]

Tough SO loss to the Sharks last night.... That said, what a game(what I watched, I admitted fell asleep and had to check the final this morning).... I did get the kick in the shorts Pavelski score in the last minute....

[icehog3]

I watched the 3rd period live, E.J., what a wild game.

[mk05]

Originally Posted by dvickery

the oilers???only time will tell ...
for the record ... toews remains my favorite hawk ... long before ovechkin or Crosby I would take toews for the person to build a team around .

derrek

Firstly, Oilers need to make the commitment in Ilya. Secondly, they need some players who inspire confidence - not players who are talented. Much of this is picked up off the ice, but you can tell how the team gravitates towards members - and it doesn't have to be the captain, just several guys that create that spark and keep the team in spirits. Darren McCarty comes to mind as the best example...not sure if I'm explaining this correctly, but if you've played team sports, it's that guy you look at to fill the low moments with sincerity and spirit. The most successful of teams will have the biggest share of these players.

Anyway...really looking forward to the Avalanche / Blackhawks game this week. Avalanche, Ducks, Kings, Blues, and Wings are the teams I follow.

[E.J.]

^^^Reading that, love having Landeskog... Appears to be a monster of a leader, even at his young age. Long story short, could not agree more...GREAT TALENT is going to bust if they flounder with leadership.

[icehog3]

The main reason Edmonton brought in Andrew Ference, and brought back Ryan Smyth. Not even some solid leadership can overcome a young, inexperienced, weak defensive core, especially when the young stars look at backchecking as an afterthought.