NHL '10/'11 Thread.
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Yeah, I'm not switching teams. Look what Diva says below, plus I like having a reason to bitch, you see.
It will feel better.
Good thing Fleury is hottt as Hell right now....because my Penguins are like a nerd at the prom....they can't score! 1 goal in the last 7 periods and 2 OTs! AND, they actually managed to win both games & are tied 0-0 after 1 period vs. Florida today! I guess having 4 of your top centers out injured will kind of tend to cause things like that to happen.
I guarantee they make playoffs next year.
They obviously haven't been a "shit team for decades" since they were in the playoffs almost every year in the '90s, including a division win and a conference finals appearance. In fact, it wasn't even until '05-06 (the year after the lockout) that they started missing playoffs every year. Up until then, they hadn't missed playoffs for more than two consecutive seasons since they were the Toronto St. Patricks back in the '20s and the only teams to "make playoffs" then were the two teams that played for the Cup.
I know you're a Leafs fan and nothing less than winning the Cup will satisfy you (and you're probably frustrated with over forty years of Stanley Cup-winning impotence), but not winning the Cup doesn't make you a "shit team" in any sense. If you make the playoffs regularly then you're pretty good, actually. They've been a "shit team" for the past five years, no doubt, but saying that they have been for decades is silly hyperbole.
P.S. As an Oilers fan, I know what it's like to have to put up with being a fan of a "shit team," I really do. But I see a bright future for the Oilers with all of their young talent and prospects. The Leafs are in a similar situation. They have a tonne of great young talent, such as Grabovski, Kulemin, Kessel, MacArthur, Bozak, Phaneuf, Schenn, and last, but certainly not least, Optimus Reim (i.e. James Reimer). You should be thrilled when looking at the Leafs' future. Don't be such a jaded fan, if you love your team, try to see the positive side.
Well....Fleury was hot in net for my Pens again today!!! After setting the team record for the longest scoreless streak by a netminder, he gave up a goal in the 2nd period today. BUT, that was all he allowed, and the Pens tied it and won, yet again, in a shootout (in which Fleury was again perfect) 2-1 over the Panthers! Fleury has definitely been the Pens MVP the 2nd half of the season...if not longer! It's funny how some of my fellow Pens fans...who have a tendency to be Fleury haters...have nothing but love for the guy now!
You are, of course, right on many counts. I will maintain, however, that it has been decades since the management of that team has cared about anything but profit.
There needs to be a restructuring for the Leafs, and it needs to start at the highest levels of management. Everything about the team needs to be fixed, at this point.
Some day they'll be fine again - I don't need them to win the cup all the time to make me happy. Yes, it has been far too long since they've won, but look at the state of things.
And I don't see how you can possibly guarantee they make the playoffs next year.
Yeah, I agree with you on the issues with team management. The organization isn't run well and Burke made some atrocious moves in the last few years. Giguere was a bad acquisition, and as good as Phil Kessel is, the Leafs gave up way too much in that deal. (And there was also Tuukka Rask for Andrew Raycroft, but that wasn't Burke, I believe).
You're right, I probably shouldn't say that I guarantee they make playoffs. That's a little too confident for a team that hasn't made the playoffs in six straight seasons. However, I do think that they will make the playoffs next season, so I guess I'll just rephrase my statement by saying that I bet you they make playoffs next year.
odd day and couple weeks for me. not only am i rooting for Tampa, i need Pittsburgh to win and Washington.
if Tampa wins today and Washington beats CaroLina In regulation, Tampa will clinch a playoff spot. i need Pittsburgh to take Philadelphia in their division because if they do, suddenly Philadelphia is the #4 seed.
if Tampa stays #5, we will play Philly in the playoffs. we went 3-0-1 against them in the regular season. we can take the Flyers.
if Tampa wins today and Washington beats CaroLina In regulation, Tampa will clinch a playoff spot. i need Pittsburgh to take Philadelphia in their division because if they do, suddenly Philadelphia is the #4 seed.
if Tampa stays #5, we will play Philly in the playoffs. we went 3-0-1 against them in the regular season. we can take the Flyers.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Canucks are going to clinch the West tonight against the Predators. Count on it. I don't know about their playoff chances given all the injuries to their defence, but there isn't a single team in the West that can face the Canucks in a best-of-seven.
Weren't you just lamenting a day ago that Tampa was destined to miss the playoffs?
Weren't you just lamenting a day ago that Tampa was destined to miss the playoffs?
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
They'd lose to Philadelphia in four? :dunno:
Wanna explain to me why you're such a staunch Canucks guy when you loathe the Alberta teams and, as far as I know, can't stand any of the teams east of you?
Oh and just have to say, the Wild have went from the hottest team in the league coming out of the break to the absolute colder than ice cold shit teams in the course of the last 10 games.
after they had 1 win in 10 games? yes i was.
useless Capitals. all you had to do was not give Carolina a point and Tampa could clinch with a win. just makes Lightning fans hate you more
tomorrow i will be a Habs fan. a Montreal win over Carolina clinches a playoff spot for Tampa...i believe.
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PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
What did I tell you? Canucks clinch the West. :clap:
Easily explained, my friend...
1. I am a fan of a Canadian hockey team. Therefore, I automatically have to hate the other five teams in Canada. You will NEVER find someone in Canada who is a Flames fan and also likes the Canucks.
2. Alberta sucks, and therefore its sports teams do too.
3. As an extension of #2, I have only met a handful of people from Alberta who I can say I actually got along with. I find most Albertans (especially those from Calgary) to be very stuck up, condensending, annoying and generally ignorant. "Oooo, you have oil? That's cool, but you're still a pimple on the ass of Canada," is what I usually say to them. I should say I can actually stand people from Edmonton, so I do not nearly hate the Oilers as much as I do other teams; I just don't like them because they are not the Canucks.
4. Again, Alberta sucks.
Yeah, I got that, but this is the part that makes no sense: you say they are not going to make the playoffs, but then they literally win one game and the game afterwards you are saying they can clinch a playoff spot. It makes no sense. :dunno:
Wanna explain to me why you're such a staunch Canucks guy when you loathe the Alberta teams and, as far as I know, can't stand any of the teams east of you?
Easily explained, my friend...
1. I am a fan of a Canadian hockey team. Therefore, I automatically have to hate the other five teams in Canada. You will NEVER find someone in Canada who is a Flames fan and also likes the Canucks.
2. Alberta sucks, and therefore its sports teams do too.
3. As an extension of #2, I have only met a handful of people from Alberta who I can say I actually got along with. I find most Albertans (especially those from Calgary) to be very stuck up, condensending, annoying and generally ignorant. "Oooo, you have oil? That's cool, but you're still a pimple on the ass of Canada," is what I usually say to them. I should say I can actually stand people from Edmonton, so I do not nearly hate the Oilers as much as I do other teams; I just don't like them because they are not the Canucks.
4. Again, Alberta sucks.
Yeah, I got that, but this is the part that makes no sense: you say they are not going to make the playoffs, but then they literally win one game and the game afterwards you are saying they can clinch a playoff spot. It makes no sense. :dunno:
because for those games when they couldn't win, they were dangerously close to falling out of the top 8. a couple more losses and they would have. now they can clinch with a Montreal regulation win over Carolina tomorrow.
Okay, sooooo, judging from your posts, that piece you wrote about hockey in Manitoba, your closeted (or not so closeted) support of the Coyotes, I'm guessing you were a Jets fan?
If I remember correctly I got to see them at the Met before the Stars left. I actually grew kind of fond of them considering they were kind of like our only neighbor in the NHL community. Of course, we miss everything when it's gone. For the thousandth time, I will reiterate and I think speak for all of us when I say we would like another team in Manitoba, despite how lacking of nightlife and recreational life Winnipeg really is
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Oh no, I dislike Winnipeg too. I became a Coyotes fan back when they first moved (I'm the only person on earth who liked their old logo), but I stopped watching hockey for a few years and when I came back I was a Canucks fan. I've only become a fan of the Coyotes again in the past few years because it is just so much damn fun to cheer for a team who's pure existence everyone in Canada is legitimately hostile towards.
I want the bolts to clinch a playoffs spot , but I can't be a habs fan ever. Anyway , the bolts only need to get 2 point to be in the playoffs , they can get in without carolina losing. The most points carolina can get if they win all their remaining games is 94 , so if the bolts get to 95 pts they are in.
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