Hockey 2010-2011

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Originally Posted by sammyjob

The interesting thing about Crosby is that he has become good at every aspect of the game. There haven't been many players who were so well-rounded. He didn't used to be good at faceoffs. He has now made himself one of the best at faceoffs. He doesn't have the flash of Gretzky, but he has almost always had to play with very mediocre wings. Also, the game is different than it was in Gretzky's heyday. There isn't as much scoring. Gretzky recently said that if Crosby had played in the '80's, he would no doubt have been a 100 point scorer. Living in Pittsburgh, I read and hear interviews with Sydney all the time. He has a remarkable personality, unbelievably modest. Kind of a blue collar superstar.

Tyler Seguin shows signs of being a truly great player, although if it happens it will unfold more slowly.

[dauls]

That's five straight losses for the Devils. And once again we outshot our opponents; by 30-22.

Jacques Lemaire thinks "Why am I here?"

At least Ilya Kovalchuk showed a bit of fight during the second period.

We're only 20pts behind 8th placed Boston.

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Originally Posted by dauls

That's five straight losses for the Devils. And once again we outshot our opponents; by 30-22.

Jacques Lemaire thinks "Why am I here?"

At least Ilya Kovalchuk showed a bit of fight during the second period.

We're only 20pts behind 8th placed Boston.

And to add insult to injury, The Islanders won tonight by beating Montreal 4-1(in which Montreal outshot the Islanders 39-25).

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Here are the scores from Dec. 26th's games:

1. Toronto beat New Jersey 4-1. Not much to say about this game except that I am happy the Leafs won. The way the Leafs have played so far this season, I wasn't sure if they would be able to win or not.

2. New York Islanders beat Montreal 4-1. The back-breaker seems to be the Game Misconduct given to Max Pacioretty for Boarding. The Islanders scored two goals on that PP(#'s 3 & 4). Montreal also took 7 other penaltys, and that is never a good thing to happen when you are playing from behind.

Those are the only games that are finished that are followed by members here. One other score to mention is the Ottawa 3-1 victory. The reason I mention this is that Sidney Crosby scored and now has a 24 game point-streak!

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CANADA wins their first game 6-3 over Russia.

Go Canada, GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!


ETA: Dang, I guess white doesn't show up too well against this background. Oops!

[dauls]

We:
- - - held the lead for a full 47 seconds in the 1st period.
- - - outshot the Rangers 44-26.
- - - are the NHL's lowest scoring team with only 62 goals (18 goals less than the Islanders).
- - - are 1-11-0 in the last twelve - all games decided in 60 minutes, none of this OT rubbish.

That's six straight losses - and we have scored only one goal in each of these six games.

Prediction for Friday's game: a loss by 3-1 or 2-1 to the Thrashers.

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Originally Posted by dauls

We:
- - - held the lead for a full 47 seconds in the 1st period.
- - - outshot the Rangers 44-26.
- - - are the NHL's lowest scoring team with only 62 goals (18 goals less than the Islanders).
- - - are 1-11-0 in the last twelve - all games decided in 60 minutes, none of this OT rubbish.

That's six straight losses - and we have scored only one goal in each of these six games.

Prediction for Friday's game: a loss by 3-1 or 2-1 to the Thrashers.

I am honestly amazed that the Leafs haven't scored less goals!

I cannot wait for the baseball season to start so I can stop looking at this shitty-ass team embarrass itself(and the fans!) with their lackadaisical play.

And the Islanders won again! They beat Pittsburgh 2-1 in a shootout(yay!) and also stopped Crosby's point streak.

At least Canada won 10-1 against Norway in the World Juniors!

[dauls]

At last, the Devils win to break a humiliating 6-game losing streak, and Kovalchuck even managed to score.

Originally Posted by dauls

Prediction for Friday's game: a loss by 3-1 or 2-1 to the Thrashers.[/INDENT]

So much for my prediction.