Hockey 2010-2011

[k.sucks.you]

Sharks 4 - Senators 0

What did you easterners think of the last place team from the Pacific Division?
The Heater didn't score, but he looked pretty sharp and drew a couple of penalties (and quite a few jerseys thrown on the ice). Your 2011 Calder trophy winner scored a couple of goals too in his first game there since the '67s.

I'm hoping a swing through the east does something about that "last place in the division". We could use some consistency. That was our first shutout this year.

K

[smc]

My Bruins appeared to be playing in an exhibition game with an EHL team last night, but every time I rubbed my eyes it was the Tampa Bay Lightning. Boston won 8-1. The "faker" (cf. Colin Campbell) Marc Savard was on the ice for the first time since May, and both David Krejci and Michael Ryder each produced three points. Wow!

[smc]

Originally Posted by k.sucks.you

What did you easterners think of the last place team from the Pacific Division?

Sorry to "beat a dead horse," but this Easterner pays little or no attention to the Pacific Division unless the Bruins are playing one of those teams, or until the playoffs. After all, this is one of the two divisions in the NHL where there is not a single team in a single city that should have a hockey team (see all my previous posts on this topic).

More power to those of you who are fans of San Jose, Los Angeles, Anaheim, Phoenix, Dallas, and, for that matter, Florida, Carolina, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, and Washington, but, I mean, really? Hockey in Florida? Hockey in any of those places?

Okay, I'm done venting for now. Long live the original 6 plus a few!

[transjen]

Originally Posted by smc

Sorry to "beat a dead horse," but this Easterner pays little or no attention to the Pacific Division unless the Bruins are playing one of those teams, or until the playoffs. After all, this is one of the two divisions in the NHL where there is not a single team in a single city that should have a hockey team (see all my previous posts on this topic).

More power to those of you who are fans of San Jose, Los Angeles, Anaheim, Phoenix, Dallas, and, for that matter, Florida, Carolina, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, and Washington, but, I mean, really? Hockey in Florida? Hockey in any of those places?

Okay, I'm done venting for now. Long live the original 6 plus a few!

For the most part i agree a hundred percent but i can see the LA KINGS remaining in the NHL as they were part of the first expansion in 67 and the Captials can remain also as Maryland is a northern state and gets frozen lakes and snow but the rest of those southren states should fold or relocate to a more friendly hockey areas having lived in FL the fans there are more in to football, WWE smackdowns and monster truck pulls and hockey means nothing to them unless there team is deep in the playoffs

Flyersfan Jen

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It was nice to see the Leafs break their losing streak, although I would have preferred they did so against someone other than the Bruins. The game was yet another argument against the shootout. As Jack Edwards, the Boston play-by-play man, put it at the end of overtime: "Now this game will be settled by a gimmick."

Kudos to the crowd in Toronto for giving Tyler Seguin a cheer for his textbook-beautiful assist in the second period, when he set up Campbell for a goal. It's always nice when real hockey fans respond to good playing, even by the opposing team.

[transjen]

Why not just flip a coin heads the home team wins tails the vistors win,
It makes as much sense as the shootout
Flyersfan Jen

[dauls]

Damn! Devils held the lead twice, but couldn't hang on to them.

[transjen]

I found tonights game much more enjoyable then there last meeting
Flyersfan Jen

[ila]

Originally Posted by transjen

Why not just flip a coin heads the home team wins tails the vistors win,
It makes as much sense as the shootout Flyersfan Jen

You've got that right, Jen. Come to think of it flipping a coin might be a better way. That way they could finish the game without all the foolishness and time wasting that accompanies a shootout.

[ila]

Yesterday was good news for me, Montreal beat San Jose 3 -1, and for shadows as Toronto beat Boston 3 - 2, albeit in a shootout. It was not good news for smc as Boston did lose. Stupid damned overtime and shootouts in the regular season shouldn't be allowed.