Canadiens got Tanguay, nice reinforcement. :thumbsup:
NHL 2008-2009 Thread
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hardly. Sundin didn't say he was retiring only to come back a month later wanting to play again. he can take as long as he wants to make this decision. Teemu Selanne and Scott Niedermeyer took till halfway through last season before they decided to come back.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
And Sundin still has not made up his mind. I say just go to Russia and play a few seasons there. That was you can play with a new group of people as well as help their league with some star power.
The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired restricted free agent defenseman Andrej Meszaros (AWN-dray MEHT-zahr-ohsh) from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for defensemen Filip Kuba and Alexandre Picard as well as San Jose’s first-round pick in 2009 (previously acquired), executive vice president of hockey operations Brian Lawton announced.
Meszaros is a great pickup for Tampa. good job new owners
Meszaros is a great pickup for Tampa. good job new owners
yep That's a nice move they made , now all they need to do is to trade Jussi Jokkinen with Michel Ouellet for Brent Seabrook of Chicago and we'll be set for a great season .
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Here's hoping the Lighting have a great season. Their attendance records have been by far the highest in the Southern States, and I think second only to Montreal in the league. They're proof hockey can thrive in the South, and besides, they're one of my favourite teams.
The season starts in less than a month so I thought I would give you my picks for conference standings .
Eastern conference
1.Pitsburgh Penguins
2.Ottawa Senators
3.Tampa bay Lightning
4.Philadelphia Flyers
5.Montreal Canadiens
6.New jersey Devils
7.Washington Capitals
8.New York Rangers
9.Buffalo Sabres
10.Boston Bruins
11.Carolina Hurricanes
12.Toronto Maple Leafs
13.Florida Panthers
14.New York Islanders
15.Atlanta trashers
Western Conference
1.Detroit Red Wings
2.San Jose Sharks
3.Calgary Flames
4.Anaheim Ducks
5.Dallas Stars
6.Chicago Black Hawks
7.Colorado Avalanche
8.Phoenix Coyotes
9.Minnesota Wild
10.Edmonton Oilers
11.Vancouver Canucks
12.Nashville Predators
13.ST.louis Blues
14.Columbus Blue Jackets
15.Los Angeles Kings
What are your picks ?
Eastern conference
1.Pitsburgh Penguins
2.Ottawa Senators
3.Tampa bay Lightning
4.Philadelphia Flyers
5.Montreal Canadiens
6.New jersey Devils
7.Washington Capitals
8.New York Rangers
9.Buffalo Sabres
10.Boston Bruins
11.Carolina Hurricanes
12.Toronto Maple Leafs
13.Florida Panthers
14.New York Islanders
15.Atlanta trashers
Western Conference
1.Detroit Red Wings
2.San Jose Sharks
3.Calgary Flames
4.Anaheim Ducks
5.Dallas Stars
6.Chicago Black Hawks
7.Colorado Avalanche
8.Phoenix Coyotes
9.Minnesota Wild
10.Edmonton Oilers
11.Vancouver Canucks
12.Nashville Predators
13.ST.louis Blues
14.Columbus Blue Jackets
15.Los Angeles Kings
What are your picks ?
Marlo Manson
Hello Sexy girl how your Toes doing?
The season starts in less than a month so I thought I would give you my picks for conference standings .
Eastern conference
1.Pitsburgh Penguins
2.Ottawa Senators
3.Tampa bay Lightning
4.Philadelphia Flyers
5.Montreal Canadiens
6.New jersey Devils
7.Washington Capitals
8.New York Rangers
9.Buffalo Sabres
10.Boston Bruins
11.Carolina Hurricanes
12.Toronto Maple Leafs
13.Florida Panthers
14.New York Islanders
15.Atlanta trashers
Western Conference
1.Detroit Red Wings
2.San Jose Sharks
3.Calgary Flames
4.Anaheim Ducks
5.Dallas Stars
6.Chicago Black Hawks
7.Colorado Avalanche
8.Phoenix Coyotes
9.Minnesota Wild
10.Edmonton Oilers
11.Vancouver Canucks
12.Nashville Predators
13.ST.louis Blues
14.Columbus Blue Jackets
15.Los Angeles Kings
What are your picks ?
Eastern conference
1.Montreal Canadiens
2.Ottawa Senators
3.Tampa Bay Lightning
4.Washington Capitals
5.New Jersey Devils
6.Pittsburgh Penguins
7.Philadelphia Flyers
8.New York Rangers
9.Buffalo Sabres
10.Boston Bruins
11.Carolina Hurricanes
12.Toronto Maple Leafs
13.Florida Panthers
14.New York Islanders
15.Atlanta trashers
Western Conference
1.Detroit RedWings
2.San Jose Sharks
3.Anaheim Ducks
4.Dallas Stars
5.Chicago BlackHawks
6.Minnesota Wild
7.Colorado Avalanche
8.Calgary Flames
9.Phoenix Coyotes
10.Edmonton Oilers
11.Vancouver Canucks
12.Nashville Predators
13.ST.louis Blues
14.Columbus Blue Jackets
15.Los Angeles Kings
I think the first four slots in the west will be any combination of those 4 teams but I don't know if it will fall in that order!
dallas or san jose may finish 1, 2, or 3, or anahiem might surprise us challenge for 1 - 3?
thats why they call it the wild, wild, west!!
CUP FINALS PREDICTION
I think the cup finals will be;
Detroit or Dallas vs. Montreal :bowdown: :hatsoff:
The season starts in less than a month so I thought I would give you my picks for conference standings .
Eastern conference
1.Pitsburgh Penguins
2.Ottawa Senators
3.Tampa bay Lightning
4.Philadelphia Flyers
5.Montreal Canadiens
6.New jersey Devils
7.Washington Capitals
8.New York Rangers
9.Buffalo Sabres
10.Boston Bruins
11.Carolina Hurricanes
12.Toronto Maple Leafs
13.Florida Panthers
14.New York Islanders
15.Atlanta trashers
Western Conference
1.Detroit Red Wings
2.San Jose Sharks
3.Calgary Flames
4.Anaheim Ducks
5.Dallas Stars
6.Chicago Black Hawks
7.Colorado Avalanche
8.Phoenix Coyotes
9.Minnesota Wild
10.Edmonton Oilers
11.Vancouver Canucks
12.Nashville Predators
13.ST.louis Blues
14.Columbus Blue Jackets
15.Los Angeles Kings
What are your picks ?
Eastern Conference
1.Philadelphia Flyers(most deep roster in the NHL besides Detroit)
2.Montreal Canadiens(not second best in the East, but their division sucks)
3.Washington Capitals(Theodore will be the difference)
4.Pittsburgh Penguins(not as good as people think)
5.New York Rangers(forwards are weak, but Lundqvist and D bumps them up)
6.Tampa Bay Lightning(Goaltending is suspect, but lineup has firepower)
7.New Jersey Devils(People are in for a surprise with this team, they're good)
8.Ottawa Senators(Jason Smith was a quality addition, great leadership skills)
9.Buffalo Sabres(Could see a major rebound year from these guys)
10.Carolina Hurricanes(Good young team with talent, just not enough)
11.Boston Bruins(Goaltending won't be good enough)
12.Toronto Maple Leafs(Lucky they outrank anybody)
13.Florida Panthers(Who's going to score? D is good, but no O)
14.Atlanta Thrashers(Kovalchuk and nobody)
15.New York Islanders(Really bad team)
Western Conference
1.Detroit Red Wings(Back-to-back Stanley Cups is an inevitability)
2.Calgary Flames(It all depends on Kiprusoff)
3.Dallas Stars(Very good team, expect a good year here)
4.San Jose Sharks(Their D looks improved and formidable)
5.Colorado Avalance(I expected big things last year, but maybe this year)
6.Anaheim Ducks(Could be better if Selanne decides to play)
7.Phoenix Coyotes(Gretzky is a very underrated coach and Jokinen is huge)
8.Chicago Blackhawks(Very impressive last season, hard to predict)
9.Minnesota Wild(Losing talent year after year)
10.Edmonton Oilers(Want them higher, but would be wishful thinking. GO OIL!)
11.Nashville Predators(People expect more, but I don't think so)
12.St. Louis Blues(Eric Brewer is a shut-down defender, but team is weak)
13.Vancouver Canucks(All that cap space, all that room for improvement)
14.Columbus Blue Jackets(Love Rick Nash, but team is not good)
15.Los Angeles Kings(Horrible team only got worse in the offseason)
Stanley Cup predicition is Detroit vs. Philadelphia and, of course, Detroit winning it all.
Where is the love for my Blue Jackets? They should be much improved.
My prediction for the cup is Detroit winning it vs Pitsburgh again this year .
Based on what? All they added was Huselius, which kind of cancels out losing Zherdev anyway.
Marlo Manson
Hello Sexy girl how your Toes doing?
Even though I am diehard REDWINGS fan it is extremely hard to win the stanley cup two consecutive years these days in the NHL!!
DETROIT COULD WIN AGAIN! but it will be hard to do considering other teams have improved and there are so many variables to consider in the run for the cup, upsets, good and bad matchups as far as what team you have to play, injuries, playing your best when it counts!, goaltending etc..etc.. I HOPE THE REDWINGS WIN THE 2009 STANLEY CUP!!!! but we will see??
Dallas, San Jose, and Anahiem will have a say in the playoffs! and I write this because I am trying to be as realistic as I can about the chances of 4-6 teams having a shot @ winning the west and advance too the cup finals! :hatsoff:
and that being said I DON'T think the PENGUINS will be the team representing the EAST in the cup finals! the PENGUINS will not be as lucky or as good as they were this past season!! I think they lost too much, and HOSSA leaving them is HUGE!! penguins are good but will suffer IMO! :bowdown:
Montreal is gonna be really good, ottawa should be better! the flyers are either good or very bad we'll have to wait and see which team shows up in regard to the flyers! the DEVILS always seem to be in the hunt! the capitals might be on the verge of making a run again! the east is really a toss up!! but when the dust settles I think MONTREAL or OTTAWA will be the EASTERN CONFERENCE WINNER! :hatsoff:
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Toronto Maple Leafs! End of discussion!
:eek:
Eastern Conference:
1. Montreal Canadiens
2. Pittsburgh Penguins
3. Washington Capitals
4. New York Rangers
5. Philadelphia Flyers
6. New Jersey Devils
7. Tampa Bay Lightning
8. Buffalo Sabres
9. Carolina Hurricanes
10. Boston Bruins
11. Ottawa Senators
12. Toronto Maple Leafs
13. Atlanta Thrashers
14. New York Islanders
15. Florida Panthers
Western Conference:
1. San Jose Sharks
2. Detroit Red Wings
3. Minnesota Wild
4. Dallas Stars
5. Anaheim Ducks
6. Nashville Predators
7. Chicago Blackhawks
8. Columbus Blue Jackets
9. Colorado Avalanche
10. Phoenix Coyotes
11. Edmonton Oilers
12. Calgary Flames
13. Los Angeles Kings
14. Vancouver Canucks
15. St. Louis Blues
Suprises might be the Blues, Coyotes and Thrashers.
Stanley Cup will be either Montreal vs Dallas, or New York vs Dallas.
Hopefully Montreal will return the cup to Canada for their hundredth season!
I agree it's very difficult to win back-to-back, but Detroit has to be seen as the favourite right now. Also, don't forget that Detroit looked flat-out WAY better than any other team in the NHL last season. And they only got better this offseason by adding Marian Hossa, which just seemed unfair. How could a team that good land one of the biggest, if not the biggest, free agents on the market? And watch out for Johan Franzen, he was the league's best goal-scorer the last couple of months of last season and could be in for a breakout year; I expect a 40-goal season from him and any fantasy players out there should look to take him in the early rounds.
As for my hometown Oilers, they could honestly be a good dark horse pick. Kevin Lowe had a good offseason, acquiring Erik Cole and Lubomir Visnovsky. They had a surprisingly respectable season last year and were able to give some up-and-comers some valuable experience, which saw some pretty excellent results. If they can stay healthy, and Roloson and Garon play alright, then I can see the Oilers making the playoffs.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
I, personally, would LOVE to see the Oilers make it to the playoffs and play Dallas. I remember around 2000 they would always play each other in the first round, usually with Dallas winning. That was one of the lone NHL games I ever went to, Dallas at Edmonton. We all had big foam sticks called 'Belfour boppers'. Edmonton sure knows how to make a hockey game fun.
Edmonton has the BEST hockey fans. Canadiens fans come close, but they're just too harsh on their players, not that Edmonton isn't too sometimes, but just not as bad. I was living in Edmonton during their Stanley Cup run of '06 that fell one game short and the city was like Mardi Gras for the whole time. It was incredible to see the fan's support and enthusiasm. Nothing like it has even been seen in hockey before or since. Calgary had a pretty similar atmosphere the prior season(season, not year, since the lockout was the prior year), but just not as intense. The best possible Stanley Cup Final would be Edmonton vs. Montreal because it would be a showdown between the fans to see whose are more intense and enthusiastic.
don't forget, they also added R.J. Umberger
Yeah, and Mike Commodore. Game-changers there. Good one Mauser.
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