2013 NHL Free For All Thread

[lgna69xxx]

I am surprised the Flyers did not claim him, whats one more goon to that team! Lol...... Actually was thinking the Canadians might of picked him up also to go along with Parros for when they play the tougher teams in their division like Toronto and Boston, but definately not that soft team over in detroit.

 

[lgna69xxx]

The Leafs losing to boston was a learning experience for a very young team and they have come out strong this season and i think alot of that is because of that defeat. Good things come from bad things many times, and so be it. Nobody gave them a chance to even make a series out of it and they did. They are better because of that game 7 and that is how it should be.

Speaking of epic: how does Detroit's collapse against the Hawks last Spring matches up, when they were leading 3-1 in the series? How could they let go of that lead? Now, that to me is epic.

 

[smuler]

I am surprised the Flyers did not claim him, whats one more goon to that team!

I'm surprised as well

Speaking of goons..looks like Downie got his beatdown finally

Hopefully Emery will get a long suspension as well

Best Regards

Smuler

 

[lgna69xxx]

I think last night on HNIC they said no suspensions would come of that brawl but that Bettman will likely fine the Flyers.... but i agree, Emery was totally in the wrong! Poor guy did not wanna fight him and could you imagine had that been Emery going after my buddy Jimmy Howard? Emery is the best fighter of all the goalies in the NHL. I bet Jonathan Bernier would be a good match up for RE tho.

 

[joelcairo]

Speaking of epic: how does Detroit's collapse against the Hawks last Spring matches up, when they were leading 3-1 in the series? How could they let go of that lead? Now, that to me is epic.

Whole different ballpark: Detroit lost in the SECOND round and to the Stanley Cup Champions, who had dominated everyone all through the shortened season. The Stanley Cup winners admitted that it was the great Detroit Red Wings who gave them their toughest battle....quite unlike the wretched leafs, who played as usual like little girls in their cowardly and epic collapse against the Bruins in round one..

 

[joelcairo]

I am surprised the Flyers did not claim him, whats one more goon to that team! Lol...... Actually was thinking the Canadians might of picked him up also to go along with Parros for when they play the tougher teams in their division like Toronto and Boston, but definately not that soft team over in detroit.

Toronto doesn't need ANOTHER talentless goon - they already have several. In fact, even their "skilled" players like "the Stick" act like goons. In Phil's case, it's ONLY when he has a stick in his hand for slashing and spearing - otherwise he just provides comic relief when he tries to "fight" (ha ha) like he did against Burrows.

 

[joelcairo]

The Leafs losing to boston was a learning experience for a very young team and they have come out strong this season and i think alot of that is because of that defeat. Good things come from bad things many times, and so be it. Nobody gave them a chance to even make a series out of it and they did. They are better because of that game 7 and that is how it should be.

Well, using this "logic" (ha ha), the leafs should be a GREAT team. After all, they've been having these "learning experiences" (in other words, cowardly and embarrassing LOSSES) for 46 YEARS of complete and utter futility. Luckily their gullible fans keep (!!!!!!) believing the FICTION that these countless humiliating losses will make Canada's National Embarrassment a decent team. Yeah, maybe it'll happen when the sky turns pink.

By the way, congratulations to the leafs for yet another LEARNING EXPERIENCE when they got blown away by the Canucks on Saturday night. Gee, those Canucks are great teachers: they've been giving LEARNING EXPERIENCES to the wretched leafs for the past 10 years!

 

[joelcairo]

Part of it is tradition - any hockey aficionado remembers the "Dead Things" era. But it's also that the current management is known to take on its roster some aging stars - Alfredsson for instance. Sometimes it has paid off, sometimes it hasn't (Hasek's second stint for instance).

Look at it this way: the day the Leafs win the Cup (it will happen sooner or later), who will you be able to pick on?

Plus, I think you're short-changing Iggy: he knows his hockey a lot better than you think.

As usual, you have made some excellent points in your post. I'm only quoting this part because this part is the only questionable section.

For what it's worth, Alfie IS old but he is also having a VERY GOOD start to the season. By the way, the last time the leafs won the Cup way back in 1967 THEY had a very old team.

If the leafs ever DO win the Cup again, I will STILL "pick on them" because I will STILL hate them...but I'm not really worried because I can't envision such an inept franchise winning a Cup in your lifetime, my lifetime, or our children's lifetime (grandchildren maybe).

As for ig "knowing his hockey": maybe...but it's VERY hard to believe, since he never posts anything even slightly resembling a knowledge of hockey (unlike you and Doc). All he posts are vacuous, ineffectual personal insults or fawning odes to his beloved leafs with stupidities and lame excuses about how losing is good for them and will make them better. Either that or he feebly tries to appear macho by bragging about how great they'll do every year...only to be proven consistently wrong with each successive year of laughable (and leafable - ha ha) failure. When there are two teams left in the finals, he invariably predicts the wrong winner - he could flip a freakin' COIN and he'd have a better average. When he's challenged on a HOCKEY point, he either doesn't respond or he responds with his namecalling and juvenile insults but says SQUAT in response to the HOCKEY issue. So if he DOES "know his hockey" he sure as hell does a good job of hiding it.

 

[joelcairo]

As for the Wings, kudos to the Hawks for saying that they were their most difficult foes during the playoffs. Still, with the experience they have on the team, and all the individual achievers on the roster - the Wings should have been able to put an end to this series when it mattered.

That would have been nice but let's face it : it also would have been a big upset. It's also interesting that posters here are fond of calling the Wings "old" while here you refer to their "experience", which COMES with being "old". By the way, a LARGE chunk of the Wings in the playoffs last year were neither old nor experienced - they had (and have) many young players.

 

[joelcairo]

I'd have to side with Iggy here; you take this way too seriously:

Not at all. Hockey is a sport that I've always enjoyed and it's fun to talk about and debate about. However, there is a huge difference between having an intelligent "argument" between fans of two different teams and having the same "argument" with someone who has NO game and acts like a little kid by ignoring all sensible discussion and resorting to kindergarten-level insults and name-calling (as well as kindergarten-level writing skills) because he doesn't have the knowledge to put forth his side of the discussion intelligently and doesn't have the wisdom or maturity to know when it's best to just shut up if he's got nothing.

You and I can express differing viewpoints but at least we're doing it respectfully and at least we're both using HOCKEY facts and opinions to make our points. With someone of iggy's calibre it's not possible, so when he repeatedly posts his irrelevant and insulting crap I call him out on it. That doesn't mean I take it seriously. Quite the contrary: it's amusing watching him display his shortcomings on a regular and consistent basis.

 

[joelcairo]

Emery is the best fighter of all the goalies in the NHL. I bet Jonathan Bernier would be a good match up for RE tho.

Let's hope they square off. Go get him Ray!

 

[lgna69xxx]

Rofl! wow Reverdy, you were right yet again, too funny bro, seriously! :lol:

so when he repeatedly posts his irrelevant and insulting crap I call him out on it.

 

[joelcairo]

Rofl! wow Reverdy, you were right yet again, too funny bro, seriously! :lol:

Every time you post you prove everything I say about you. I've made numerous HOCKEY posts that you have FAILED to respond to with HOCKEY talk, but you always manage to raise your post count with more totally useless bullshit like this quoted post. You really are an embarrassment to hockey fans everywhere, and not ONLY because of your staggering lack of knowledge about the sport.

Here's tonight's HOCKEY lesson for you junior: The leafs have a decent record after 15 games but it's very unlikely to continue if they constantly keep getting outplayed and outshot. Not only have they been outshot in 13 of their 15 games, but they are tied with cellar dwellers Buffalo for the absolute WORST shots for/shots against ratio in the entire NHL. Their goalies can't bail them out forever when they are being outshot ON AVERAGE (!) by an amazing TEN SHOTS per game...especially when their goalies are Reimer and career backup Bernier.

 

[joelcairo]

Here's a hockey post for you. Why have the leafs reached the playoffs only once in the past decade? Why did they then pull off the most EPIC COLLAPSE in the history of Stanley Cup game sevens? Why have they not won a Cup in 46 YEARS? Why have they not even made it to the finals in 46 YEARS? Why did Brian Burke FAIL to make the playoffs every single year that he was Toronto's GM, even though he stated that his OBJECTIVE EVERY YEAR was to make the playoffs? Why have you predicted EVERY YEAR since joining MERB that the Leafs would do well...only to have them FAIL every year? Why did you predict that Boston would win all the remaining games and the Cup in 2013 only to see Boston win NO games from that point on, as Chicago then won every remaining game and the Cup? Why did you predict Philly over Chicago when Chicago won the first of its two recent Cups?

Finally, why do you continually make fun of the Red Wings, when they have made the playoffs for 22 consecutive years, won 4 recent Cups, won 6 recent President's Trophies, won countless individual awards, and ALWAYS outperform the Leafs? If the Wings are "dead things" as you so ludicrously like to say, then surely to God the Leafs are dead, buried, AND long decayed!

Now let's see you give a HOCKEY response - something that you always seem completely unable to do.

Why haven't you responded to THIS post ig? It's just one of the hundreds (thousands?) that you've ignored....maybe because to reply would mean that you would actually have to write something about HOCKEY.

 

[lgna69xxx]

I am waiting for you to post your first ever SP review, first.

Jets 1 DeadThings 0 after one, how's that for hockey talk?

Why haven't you responded to THIS post ig?

 

[lgna69xxx]

Actually Reverdy,

many hockey insiders and experts around the NHL see Bernier/Reimer as one of the best young goaltending duos in the NHL these days. Bernier's pedigree is strong, very very strong and Reims is pretty darn good as well. It is our defense and forechecking that needs to improve to help out the work load for our 'tending duo.

***Update*** The Jets, yes thee WINNIPEG JETS dominated the detroit dead things 4-2 and OUTSHOT them 47-28!

Jimmy Howards Save % on the season Before tonights 4 goals was .915 and his GAA was 2.50 meanwhile Reimers was .942 and 2.36 and Berniers .933 and 2.31 respectively......... hmmmmmmmm me thinks the insiders and experts know a bit more than one "things" fan, eh :thumb:

How's that for Hockey talk and Hockey facts ?..

 

[joelcairo]

I am waiting for you to post your first ever SP review, first.

Jets 1 DeadThings 0 after one, how's that for hockey talk?

As usual: pure bullshit and no response to the HOCKEY post. This again proves what a lameass and immature poser you are in PRETENDING to be a hockey fan. Still, in your defence, I guess it's a good way for you to meet lots of guys who actually DO follow the sport.

As usual: You are calling a team "Dead Things" when they have had extraordinary success (for the last two and a half decades) that the pitiful leafs can only dream about after their 46 YEARS of complete and utter failure. This again proves that you've got NOTHING because even though you are certainly no genius, NO ONE could be so stupid that they would not realize that if the Wings are "dead" the leafs are mummified.

Why are you asking about SP reviews in a HOCKEY thread? Are you really that fascinated with me that you have stalked me in over 3000 posts, or are you just pulling more stupid and inaccurate bullshit out of your ass because you lack the intelligence and the HOCKEY knowledge to come up with anything else? Or, do you get perverse thrills from asking MEN about sexual issues - we do know that you've got quite an interest in cowboys and in disco music. (Hey, no judgments on you for that - your personal lifestyle choices are your own business.) It's also kind of funny that you play this repeating record about SP reviews since lots of posters have ragged on you for never posting one. And no, I haven't bothered checking on that because unlike you I'm not a stalker and unlike you I'm not obsessed by the sex lives of males. (Again, no judgment implied on your lifestyle. Whatever works for you is your business.)

But hey, congratulations on pointing out an early score in the Wings game. It had NOTHING to do with the post you were supposedly replying to but at least for a few seconds you pulled your mind out of kindergarten, stopped fantasizing about me, and actually wrote something - useless though it was - about hockey. Maybe there's hope for you yet. Why don't you start ANOTHER thread about cowboys, disco, and the sexual adventures of all the guys you're curious about? Then you can post in it to your heart's content and on the VERY RARE occasions that you have anything to say about HOCKEY you can do so in THIS thread. I don't want to break your heart but I have to be honest and say I won't bother even looking at your NEW thread (cowboys, etc.) but maybe some other guys will. Good luck to you!

By the way, here's an update on the Wings game: They lost 4-2 and were badly outshot. Gosh, it was such a horrible performance that I thought I was watching the LEAFS! Let's hope the Wings put out a better effort next time.

 

[joelcairo]

I do seem to remember a certain Chris Osgood, who was treated many times as the backup goalie by the Wings, and yet managed to help them secure half of their recent Stanley Cups.

Just looking at other teams, the Habs for instance: Halak stepped up to the plate big time for the Habs when Price (predictably) faltered, and led them to one of their best playoff performances since 1993. Huet, another perennial back up goalie, did the same thing for the Habs when Theodore started to falter.

There are probably other examples, but those are the ones who spring to mind, of "back up" goalies who have done a difference in their team's fortunes.

Osgood can't be called a backup: he played far too many games as a starter. By the way, for what it's worth, even though I'm a Detroit fan, I never had a great opinion of Osgood. He was good enough to win because he was backstopping GREAT teams, but a LOT of other goalies would have had the same success with those Detroit powerhouses. Toronto does not have a team anywhere near that level so the leafs need better goaltending than Osgood would have provided.

As for Halak, I - like many - preferred him to Price.

 

[joelcairo]

Actually Reverdy,

many hockey insiders and experts around the NHL see Bernier/Reimer as one of the best young goaltending duos in the NHL these days. Bernier's pedigree is strong, very very strong and Reims is pretty darn good as well. It is our defense and forechecking that needs to improve to help out the work load for our 'tending duo.

***Update*** The Jets, yes thee WINNIPEG JETS dominated the detroit dead things 4-2 and OUTSHOT them 47-28!

Jimmy Howards Save % on the season Before tonights 4 goals was .915 and his GAA was 2.50 meanwhile Reimers was .942 and 2.36 and Berniers .933 and 2.31 respectively......... hmmmmmmmm me thinks the insiders and experts know a bit more than one "things" fan, eh :thumb:

How's that for Hockey talk and Hockey facts ?..

Very, VERY impressive! 7386 posts and you finally said something about HOCKEY in a HOCKEY thread! Good work! Maybe you're on the road to recovery - I wish you the best!

Helpful hint: Lose the inaccurate , boring, childish, and totally unoriginal attempt at "wit" by saying "dead things" and you'll REALLY start impressing people! Remember: it's best to leave the attempts at being funny to other people - you know, the intelligent ones with a good sense of humor.

Congratulations again!

PS: Sorry that Jimmy Howard let in 4 goals on 47 shots. I know you're a fan of his and I guess you were disappointed.

 

[lgna69xxx]

Wow! I feel another one of your 20 post rants in 25 minutes a coming tonight! I thought Halloween was last week SCARY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGSu2E4LN-I

:lol:

PS.... helpful hint to save you a lot of time..... when you write a half a page of nonsense that you have written 3000 times before, i seriously dont even read it lol....just trying to help ya fella.