Hockey 2010-2011

[transjen]

Originally Posted by shadows

Here are some scores from the November 3rd games:


2. New Jersey beat Chicago 5-3. I seriously doubt that there will be too many people saying that this year's Chicago team is anywhere as good as last year's. They just don't seem to have that "edge". That being said, this was a good win for the Devils, but it may have come at a cost.
Brodeur left the game in the second period with a bruised elbow(if you'll recall, he injured his elbow last year and missed many games due to it). So far the X-Rays have come back negative so it may not be a serious injury.

Time to do the happy dance as i hate the Blackhawks

Flyersfan Jen

[shadows]

Originally Posted by transjen

Time to do the happy dance as i hate the Blackhawks

Flyersfan Jen

I wish that you would have been able to do the happy dance for Washington losing, but it was not meant to be.

[transjen]

Originally Posted by shadows

I wish that you would have been able to do the happy dance for Washington losing, but it was not meant to be.

As the Captials are in the same divison as my Flyers i would have been very happy to see them lose
Flyersfan Jen

[shadows]

Originally Posted by transjen

As the Captials are in the same divison as my Flyers i would have been very happy to see them lose
Flyersfan Jen

I believe the next team that Washington faces is Boston, so perhaps our wish will come true...just a game too late.

[dauls]

Originally Posted by transjen

Time to do the happy dance as i hate the Blackhawks

Flyersfan Jen

Jen, why all this hatred for the Blackhawks?
I thought you'd save your hate for the Flyers' Atlantic Division rivals.

[transjen]

Originally Posted by dauls

Jen, why all this hatred for the Blackhawks?
I thought you'd save your hate for the Flyers' Atlantic Division rivals.

How do i hate the Blkackhawks let me count the ways, but the number one reason for hating the Blackhawks is there m stealing the cup last season
Flyersfan Jen

[shadows]

Holy crap! Man, are the Leafs awesome or what? They scored a goal this time, and boy oh boy, what a goal! They are the best in the entire NHL...for sucking ass! you Leafs! We chould make a Club TLB team(co-ed team) and we'd beat those pathetic pieces of !

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!: censored:

Can I get a hug?

[transjen]

Originally Posted by shadows

Holy crap! Man, are the Leafs awesome or what? They scored a goal this time, and boy oh boy, what a goal! They are the best in the entire NHL...for sucking ass! you Leafs! We chould make a Club TLB team(co-ed team) and we'd beat those pathetic pieces of !

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!: censored:

Can I get a hug?

here you go gave you a double one
Flyersfan Jen

[shadows]

Originally Posted by transjen

here you go gave you a double one
Flyersfan Jen

Thanks Jennifer. You always bring a smile to my face.

[dauls]

Originally Posted by shadows

Holy crap! Man, are the Leafs awesome or what? They scored a goal this time, and boy oh boy, what a goal! They are the best in the entire NHL...for sucking ass! you Leafs! We chould make a Club TLB team(co-ed team) and we'd beat those pathetic pieces of !

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!: censored:

Can I get a hug?

And you think the Leafs suck, what about the Devils?

Another loss for the Devils - still winless at home (0-5-2).

We conceded two goals in 13 seconds. We gave up 1-0, 3-2 and 4-3 leads against the Sabres.

The Devils finally made it to 10pts - the last team to do so.

We are also last in goals scored - only 29 in 16 games.

And... have you seen the clip of Kovalchuk losing the puck as he blew his chance in the shootout gainst the Sabres? It's what they call a 'schoolboy error'. Not what you expect from the '$100M man'. I can't take another 15 years of this.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by dauls

And you think the Leafs suck, what about the Devils?

Another loss for the Devils - still winless at home (0-5-2).

We conceded two goals in 13 seconds. We gave up 1-0, 3-2 and 4-3 leads against the Sabres.

The Devils finally made it to 10pts - the last team to do so.

We are also last in goals scored - only 29 in 16 games.

And... have you seen the clip of Kovalchuk losing the puck as he blew his chance in the shootout gainst the Sabres? It's what they call a 'schoolboy error'. Not what you expect from the '$100M man'. I can't take another 15 years of this.

The worst part of all this? Neither of our teams has their first round picks this year. The Leaf's go to the Bruins again and New Jersey's goes to Atlanta. Neither of them can afford to finish at the bottom of the standings, but it looks like it's a good chance of it happening to one, if not both, of the teams. Ugh.

[ila]

Since shadows hasn't posted last night's results I'll post at least two. Montreal beat Boston 3 - 1.

Philadelphia over Carolina (I think) 8 - 1. It's happy dance time for you again, jen.

[shadows]

No offence dauls, but I am hoping that the Leafs win their next game. They play New Jersey, and they need the 2 points!

[transjen]

What the hell? Every time the Leafs win my Flyers lose? and to the F Lighting a team that does not belong in the NHL to start with
Now i'm in a real shitty mood F Lighting
Flyersfan Jen

[smc]

Milan Lucic had a hat trick against the Panthers last night, as the Bruins won 4-0.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by transjen

What the hell? Every time the Leafs win my Flyers lose? and to the F Lighting a team that does not belong in the NHL to start with
Now i'm in a real shitty mood F Lighting
Flyersfan Jen

That game was amazing from an offensive standpoint, and Steve Stamkos(a good Canadian kid!) got himself 3 goals and 2 assists(leads the NHL now with 19 goals and 15 assists for 34 points...all in only 19 games!) led the way! However, from a defensive/goaltending standpoint it was a horrible game!

I honestly thought that Philly was going to win after that first period barrage, but they could not hold the lead! I am glad that Stamkos got the points, but not happy that Tampa won.

Here's a hug for you Jen. Hopefully that will help cheer you up a little.

[dauls]

Originally Posted by shadows

No offence dauls, but I am hoping that the Leafs win their next game. They play New Jersey, and they need the 2 points!

shadows, you got your wish and the two points.

That leaves us in a battle with the Islanders for last spot in the East.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by dauls

shadows, you got your wish and the two points.

That leaves us in a battle with the Islanders for last spot in the East.

At least you can take solace in the fact that your team will not remain there for the entire season, unlike the Islanders! Small solace, I know, but some nonetheless.

And sorry for the rotten wish, but it had to be done.

[shadows]

I remember Patty from his days as the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. They really should have voted him into the Hall of Fame this year(or allowed him in through special circumstances as he is a shoe-in to be inducted next year) while he was still alive. I liked him. He was a good coach and a good person. Rest In Peace, Pat.

Here is an article on his passing, from cancer, on tsn.ca.

FORMER NHL COACH PAT BURNS DIES OF CANCER AT THE AGE OF 58

Pat Burns, who enjoyed instant success wherever he coached and who capped his tumultuous career by guiding the New Jersey Devils to Stanley Cup glory in 2003, has died of cancer. He was 58.

Burns died Friday in Sherbrooke, Que.

The former NHL coach battled cancer of the colon and the liver in 2004 and 2005 and hoped he had beaten the disease, but in January 2009 doctors found it had spread to his lungs.

The third time, he initially opted to forgo any further treatment, but then decided to go with chemotherapy to try to extend his life as long as possible.

"Just as they will remember Pat for his success as a coach, hockey fans also will remember his humour, his honesty, his humanity and his courage," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. "As it mourns the loss of an outstanding contributor to the game, the National Hockey League sends heartfelt condolences to Pat's family and friends."

Burns remained as a consultant to the Devils for some time after being diagnosed with the third cancer. And, even though his voice had weakened, he did some morning hockey commentaries on CKAC, a French-language Montreal radio station.

Burns was the only coach to win the Adams Trophy as the NHL's top bench boss with three different teams -- Montreal in 1989, Toronto in 1993 and Boston in 1998.

His last official public appearance was in early October, when he attended the groundbreaking ceremony for an arena to be named in his honour in Stanstead, Que.

The wise-cracking Burns couldn't resist a jab at the media, some of whom had reported a few weeks earlier that he had died.

"I'm not dead yet," he told journalists in a hushed tone, his frail body and sunken cheeks showing the physical toll the lengthy battle had taken.

"I'm still alive."

After Burns admitted at his previous public outing last March he likely wouldn't live another year, an online petition gathered thousands of names urging that he be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

New Jersey general manager Lou Lamoriello said categorically Burns would be inducted "in the very near future," but when 2010 inductees were announced his name was not among them.

"Pat was a close friend to us all, while dedicating his life to his family and to the game of hockey," Lamoriello said in a statement. "Today, the hockey world has lost a great friend and ambassador."

It was while coaching the Devils that Burns discovered something was wrong in the weeks leading up to the 2004 NHL playoffs. He announced the day after the Devils were eliminated that he'd been diagnosed with colon cancer.

"For those who know me well, I've never backed down from any fight, and I'm not going to back down from this one," he said after finding out he was sick.

He received hundreds of cards and emails from well-wishers, but it was a tough year: Burns' wife, Line, also underwent surgery in 2004, and their Florida home was damaged by a hurricane.

He let Lamoriello know the team should replace him, and Larry Robinson was named head coach.

Then, hopeful he'd kicked the dreaded disease, the second body blow was delivered -- liver cancer. That forced him to have surgery and retreat to his lakeside home in New Hampshire to recuperate and undergo yet more chemotherapy in Boston.

He was speaking enthusiastically of returning to work when cancer struck a third time. It was then he admitted the end was near.

A big, robust man in his heyday, Burns was already thin and frail as he travelled last March from his home near Tampa, Fla., to southeastern Quebec for the announcement that the Pat Burns Arena would be built at Stanstead College and open in 2011.

"I probably won't see the project to the end, but let's hope I'm looking down on it and see a young Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux" skating on the rink, he said at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

"I know my life is nearing its end and I accept that.

"As for my career, I always said to my kids, 'you don't cry because it's over, you're happy because it happened.' That's the main thing. I'm happy it happened."

He was a sharp dresser and, away from the rink, he got around. He once sat in with a band and played guitar, he wheeled around on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and he moored a speedboat at a lake north of Toronto.

Burns was the youngest of six children born into a working-class family in the St-Henri district near the old Montreal Forum. His father died when he was a boy and he moved with his mother and stepfather to Gatineau, Que.

Inspired by his cousin Robin Burns, a former NHL player who would act as his agent during his coaching career, he played hockey but wasn't good enough to make it to the NHL.

So, he became a police officer and began coaching in minor hockey. He worked his way up in both endeavours. He became a detective in Gatineau and head coach of the local major junior team, which was then called the Hull Olympiques.

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