Hockey

[shadows]

Originally Posted by GRH

That hurts losing Bergeron. As for the GM news, I'm more neutral about that.

Are you a die-hard Montreal fan like Ila?

[smc]

The NHL announced today a significant expansion of its experiments with games in Europe. Next season will open with three teams on the "Old Continent"! And these games count.

Carolina Hurricanes and Minnesota Wild: two games against each other at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland (Oct. 7 & 8).

Columbus Blue Jackets and San Jose Sharks: two games at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden (Oct. 8 & 9).

Boston Bruins and Phoenix Coyotes: two games at O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic (Oct. 9 & 10).

Anyone up for a trip to beautiful Prague?

[ila]

Originally Posted by smc

The NHL announced today a significant expansion of its experiments with games in Europe. Next season will open with three teams on the "Old Continent"! And these games count.

Carolina Hurricanes and Minnesota Wild: two games against each other at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland (Oct. 7 & 8).

Columbus Blue Jackets and San Jose Sharks: two games at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden (Oct. 8 & 9).

Boston Bruins and Phoenix Coyotes: two games at O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic (Oct. 9 & 10).

Anyone up for a trip to beautiful Prague?

So the NHL are going to play regular season games in Europe, but yet not one Canadian team, where the NHL originated, will play. And of the 6 teams only one of the original six will play. This smells of Bettman arrogance.

[Captn Sacto]

Originally Posted by ila

So the NHL are going to play regular season games in Europe, but yet not one Canadian team, where the NHL originated, will play. And of the 6 teams only one of the original six will play. This smells of Bettman arrogance.

Bettman is a joke, but I think your reasoning is wrong. I know a lot of teams don't particularly like to travel to Europe for these regular season games and some of them may have balked at the idea. Also, the teams playing have a lot players that will be playing in their home country which may have figured into the selections. But they could have sent Detroit to Sweden, think they make up half the Swedish Olympic team.

[ila]

Originally Posted by Captn Sacto

Bettman is a joke, but I think your reasoning is wrong. I know a lot of teams don't particularly like to travel to Europe for these regular season games and some of them may have balked at the idea. Also, the teams playing have a lot players that will be playing in their home country which may have figured into the selections. But they could have sent Detroit to Sweden, think they make up half the Swedish Olympic team.

Thanks. That brought a smile to my face.

[shadows]

Russia is ahead of Latvia 2-0 with 10 minutes left in the first period. With Evgeni Nabokov in net for Russia, Latvia is in a fair amount of trouble.

ETA: I just hit refresh and it became 3:27 left in the first period. Must be a tear in the space/time continuum to cause such a difference in time left in the period to occur.

[smc]

Originally Posted by shadows

Russia is ahead of Latvia 2-0 with 10 minutes left in the first period. With Evgeni Nabokov in net for Russia, Latvia is in a fair amount of trouble.

ETA: I just hit refresh and it became 3:27 left in the first period. Must be a tear in the space/time continuum to cause such a difference in time left in the period to occur.

Hockey occurs in the space/time continuum? Then how come I can't find a single theoretical physicist at my university who cares about hockey? I should tell them about that.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by smc

Hockey occurs in the space/time continuum? Then how come I can't find a single theoretical physicist at my university who cares about hockey? I should tell them about that.

They do. They just don't discuss it in the same language as the rest of us.

[GRH]

Originally Posted by shadows

Are you a die-hard Montreal fan like Ila?

"Diehard" might be a little strong, but Montreal is my favorite team, and the team that I see play most regularly. I usually catch their games on Hockey Night in Canada.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by GRH

"Diehard" might be a little strong, but Montreal is my favorite team, and the team that I see play most regularly. I usually catch their games on Hockey Night in Canada.

Well, I'm glad to see another person who enjoys hockey here. There seem to be a lot of us.

[dauls]

Originally Posted by shadows

Well, I'm glad to see another person who enjoys hockey here. There seem to be a lot of us.

I was enjoying the hockey until 2010 smacked the Devils in the face and stole their ability to defend for a full 60 minutes.

Seems like the best way to play the Devils at the moment is to give them a 2-0 lead and watch them fold.

I'll be glad when we see that back of the Flyers this season they have a 4-1-0 record against us.

bowdown2.gif to Jen and her Flyers again.bowdown2.gif


ila, did you watch the Habs-Caps game last night? That 3rd period must have been agony. And scoring an OT winner with only 8 seconds left was a great way to end the Caps 14-game winning streak. At least it saved you the torture of a shootout.

[ila]

Originally Posted by dauls

ila, did you watch the Habs-Caps game last night? That 3rd period must have been agony. And scoring an OT winner with only 8 seconds left was a great way to end the Caps 14-game winning streak. At least it saved you the torture of a shootout.

I'm afraid that I missed it. I saw the game in the tv listings, but I got involved watching other programs and completely forgot about it.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by ila

I'm afraid that I missed it. I saw the game in the tv listings, but I got involved watching other programs and completely forgot about it.

It looks like Montreal wasn't the only team that could not hold a lead against Washington, as Ottawa had the same thing happen to them last night(except that the game ended in regulation this time). Ottawa had a 3-1 lead at one point, and then it was 4-3 Washington! Ottawa scored 3 more in a row to make it 6-4 and Washington almost came back. That is two games in a row that the defense of Washington has disappeared.

Varlamov's return to net after missing a long period of time due to injury was not a pretty one.

[smc]

Talk about a nail-biter. The Bruins scored 4 goals in the 1st period against Tampa Bay, and end up squeaking by with a 5-4 win. It's almost as if they've bought into the notion that they must collapse in the 3rd period just to be consistent with their recent extended streak of losses!

Whew!