NHL 2016-17

[iacas]

Well, @DaveP043, my stint as "Caps fan for 150 minutes" has ended. Successfully, I might add.

Go Pens!

[Warren Zevon]

5 hours ago, iacas said:

I guess it's the 10-year anniversary of this:

 

I remember that game.  I had a noise violation in my mailbox the morning after that one from my condo board.  

 

Also, great run by the Blue Jackets.  16-0 is phenomenal.  

[iacas]

19 minutes ago, Warren Zevon said:

Also, great run by the Blue Jackets.  16-0 is phenomenal.  

16-2.  Bwah ha ha ha.

[DaveP043]

10 hours ago, iacas said:

Well, @DaveP043, my stint as "Caps fan for 150 minutes" has ended. Successfully, I might add.

Go Pens!

LOL, when I mentioned in the other thread that it was almost dinner and hockey time, you know which game I was watching.  Probably one of the best overall efforts by the Caps so far this year.

[mcanadiens]

1 hour ago, DaveP043 said:

LOL, when I mentioned in the other thread that it was almost dinner and hockey time, you know which game I was watching.  Probably one of the best overall efforts by the Caps so far this year.

Being close by us, my bruv and I were rooting for the CBJ, but I agree that the Caps looked very good last night. CBJ wasn't flat, but Washington was that much better.

I'll be interested to see what kind of effort the Blue Jackets put together for NYR on Saturday night.

[RH31]

On ‎1‎/‎6‎/‎2017 at 9:11 AM, mcanadiens said:

Being close by us, my bruv and I were rooting for the CBJ, but I agree that the Caps looked very good last night. CBJ wasn't flat, but Washington was that much better.

I'll be interested to see what kind of effort the Blue Jackets put together for NYR on Saturday night.

They were all over the Rangers for most of the first 2 periods and led at one point 4-1. The Rangers woke up and scored 3 third period goals including the game winner with under a minute to go.

Rangers 5 BJ's 4

[mcanadiens]

On 1/9/2017 at 8:27 AM, RH31 said:

They were all over the Rangers for most of the first 2 periods and led at one point 4-1. The Rangers woke up and scored 3 third period goals including the game winner with under a minute to go.

Rangers 5 BJ's 4

Mixed results for the CBJ lately. ... Beat the Flyers Sunday, but not so good against Carolina last night. It's a marathon. Not a sprint.

I only saw a period or so last night, but it looked like nobody showed up down south. Only 9,531 officially. Seems like ages ago when the Canes won the Cup.

Of course my Habs decided to get battered against the Caps on Monday. Made it a lot easier to flip over to the football game my bruv wanted to watch.

[DaveP043]

On 1/11/2017 at 8:23 AM, mcanadiens said:

Of course my Habs decided to get battered against the Caps on Monday. Made it a lot easier to flip over to the football game my bruv wanted to watch.

Yeah, all of a sudden the Caps are playing pretty well.  Pretty complete efforts against CBJ, Montreal, and last night against Pittsburgh, sandwiched around a kinda dull 1-0 snoozer against the Senators.  I hope they get on a run of good play like this in April and May, but that's a long time away.

[JGus]

1 hour ago, DaveP043 said:

I hope they get on a run of good play like this in April and May, but that's a long time away.

^^^This would be nice, but just like with my Dolphin's, the Cap's get me excited and then quickly frustrate the crap out of me because they bring the wrong team to the important games.

[mcanadiens]

Habs offense has not been in evidence for either these past two games against Detroit and Pittsburgh. When you don't have much in the way of top line talent, it requires more effort than that. Glad the Pens game wasn't available on tv locally. I was probably happier at the gym. 

 

[iacas]

3 hours ago, mcanadiens said:

Habs offense has not been in evidence for either these past two games against Detroit and Pittsburgh. When you don't have much in the way of top line talent, it requires more effort than that. Glad the Pens game wasn't available on tv locally. I was probably happier at the gym.

You would have been, yeah. It was the best Pens road game of the year (they've not been good on the road) and the first complete game that resembled their playoff run last year.

Which is interesting with Cullen, Letang, Kuhnackl, and Dumoulin out.

[bostonboy9416]

5 hours ago, mcanadiens said:

Habs offense has not been in evidence for either these past two games against Detroit and Pittsburgh. When you don't have much in the way of top line talent, it requires more effort than that. Glad the Pens game wasn't available on tv locally. I was probably happier at the gym. 

 

Judging by Saturday's debacle at the Bell Centre by my guys, the Habs offense is just fine. EIther that or the Rangers are skidding, probably a combo of both. Fun place to watch a game tho. Everyone up there is really into the action

[iacas]

This is older, and Sid's not the only player who can do these things by any stretch, but it's worth watching.

There are others out there as well. They're all pretty good.

[billchao]

I'm getting sick of the "stick up for your teammates" thing going too far. Hockey is a tough, fast game and sometimes hard hits happen. Stopping the game because your teammate got rocked on a clean hit is stupid.

[iacas]

2 hours ago, billchao said:

I'm getting sick of the "stick up for your teammates" thing going too far. Hockey is a tough, fast game and sometimes hard hits happen. Stopping the game because your teammate got rocked on a clean hit is stupid.

I'm getting tired of not-so-clean hits being unpunished, too.

Like, say…

Nada.

[mcanadiens]

9 hours ago, iacas said:

I'm getting tired of not-so-clean hits being unpunished, too.

Like, say…

Ward got a two-minute roughing call there didn't he? Or maybe I'm on the wrong game. 

Supposing it's the same one, if his skaters had simply done their job and cleared the crease, it would have never happened. Really Ward should have punched his own players in the face.

[iacas]

21 minutes ago, mcanadiens said:

Ward got a two-minute roughing call there didn't he? Or maybe I'm on the wrong game. 

Supposing it's the same one, if his skaters had simply done their job and cleared the crease, it would have never happened. Really Ward should have punched his own players in the face.

It's an automatic game misconduct and a suspension.

[mcanadiens]

17 minutes ago, iacas said:

It's an automatic game misconduct and a suspension.

Punching someone is a game misconduct and a suspension? In the NHL? Not yet it isn't.

I understand you don't like it, but 2 minutes is pretty consistent with how they called that sort of thing for years.