NHL Lockout?

[Timminz]

I've been more into hockey than ever, this season. The local major junior team is doing amazingly well. Best record in the country.

Fuck the NHL! Go support your local junior team!

[Gillipig]

I've been more into hockey than ever, this season. The local major junior team is doing amazingly well. Best record in the country.

Fuck the NHL! Go support your local junior team!

I agree with that sentence. But I'd also like to say Fuck hockey! Go watch a sport where the elite league aren't a dysfunctional bunch of retards.

[xeno]

I hope there's another lockout. Less highlight time being spent on garbage hockey screw you northerners. I loved the last lockout too

[tzor]

As long as College Hockey is on I don't mind. I'm going to make the four hour drive to Troy in a couple of weekends to watch a couple of games and a few pints at Browns Brewery.

[ben79]

Lockout is off, let's drop the puck !!

[Army of GOD]

Thank goodness.

Alright take your bets. Who'll win MVP, Crosby or Malkin?

[tzor]

Oh darn, does that mean I have to root for my favorite LOSERS?

I happen to have the curse of being an Islanders Fan.

[Serbia]

Wings are going to suck this year. But I don't care, I just want to watch the NHL again. It's about fucking time.

[Army of GOD]

I don't see why they got a deal done. The Penguins are a lock for the Stanley Cup.

[notyou2]

I love the Bruins and can't wait to see them take the cup again.

Me too.

[Army of GOD]

I love the Bruins and can't wait to see them take the cup again.

Me too.

f*ck the Bruins and the fact that their color scheme is the same as the Pittsburgh Awesomes

[Gillipig]

I love the Bruins and can't wait to see them take the cup again.

Me too.

f*ck the Bruins and the fact that their color scheme is the same as the Pittsburgh Awesomes

The Bruins had those colours fourty years before the penguins did. lol

[Gillipig]

The NHL has lost all it's goodwill due to this stupid lockout.

[ben79]

Wings are going to suck this year. But I don't care, I just want to watch the NHL again. It's about fucking time.

Don't be too quick, red wings are still gonna make the playoffs, not like my team. Short season 48-50 games, anything can happen, injuries in your divisions ...

Stamkos 50/50 ?? Like in the days !!

[Army of GOD]

the shortened season is going to help out the Red Wings more than most because of their age. They can save their legs.

[Serbia]

the shortened season is going to help out the Red Wings more than most because of their age. They can save their legs.

lolwut? Lidstrom retired, Stuart went back to California, our oldest defenseman is Nik Kronwall at 31. In fact, our oldest player is Bertuzzi at 37 - our stars are Datsyuk at 34 and Zetterberg at 32. We're not an old team anymore.

[Gillipig]

the shortened season is going to help out the Red Wings more than most because of their age. They can save their legs.

lolwut? Lidstrom retired, Stuart went back to California, our oldest defenseman is Nik Kronwall at 31. In fact, our oldest player is Bertuzzi at 37 - our stars are Datsyuk at 34 and Zetterberg at 32. We're not an old team anymore.

32 and 34 is pretty old for your two star players. And don't you still have holmström there somewhere?

[Army of GOD]

the shortened season is going to help out the Red Wings more than most because of their age. They can save their legs.

lolwut? Lidstrom retired, Stuart went back to California, our oldest defenseman is Nik Kronwall at 31. In fact, our oldest player is Bertuzzi at 37 - our stars are Datsyuk at 34 and Zetterberg at 32. We're not an old team anymore.

32 and 34 is pretty old for your two star players. And don't you still have holmström there somewhere?

Yeah. Also, even with Lidstrom retiring I think Detroit is still the oldest. I couldn't find age stats from this year but they have the highest average age from last year.

[ben79]

Do not forget Montréal ...

[whitestazn88]

AoG, you don't know what you're talking about with saving legs during the shortened season. I think the opposite would be true in hockey. You'll have to play your ass of every game for 50 games. It's not like the NBA lockout where the spurs know they have like 40% of their games against terrible teams, in hockey regardless of the difference in skill, you're still gonna have dudes who want to knock the shit out of you, and that adds up. Further, it isn't as if most teams have 2 extra lines so that they can rest their top 6, you have to play every shift, every game (unless you're Alex Semin, I guess).

I will say that the caps look poised to take advantage of the shortened season the best. They can't put together a 98 game season (82 regular, 16 wins for the cup), but 66, we might have that. And it will buoy their confidence into a back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back stanley cup run, where Alex Ovechkin puts up 80 goals a year in the regular season and 25 goals/postseason to become the obvious choice for greatest player of all time.

[DoomYoshi]

And here, I was enjoying the Leafs undefeated season...

[Army of GOD]

AoG, you don't know what you're talking about with saving legs during the shortened season. I think the opposite would be true in hockey. You'll have to play your ass of every game for 50 games. It's not like the NBA lockout where the spurs know they have like 40% of their games against terrible teams, in hockey regardless of the difference in skill, you're still gonna have dudes who want to knock the shit out of you, and that adds up. Further, it isn't as if most teams have 2 extra lines so that they can rest their top 6, you have to play every shift, every game (unless you're Alex Semin, I guess).

Not really. There are 8 playoff teams per conference which means more than half the teams in the conference make it. Especially with the Kings winning it all last year, it's easier for an 8 seed to do well in hockey than in basketball.

[Serbia]

the shortened season is going to help out the Red Wings more than most because of their age. They can save their legs.

lolwut? Lidstrom retired, Stuart went back to California, our oldest defenseman is Nik Kronwall at 31. In fact, our oldest player is Bertuzzi at 37 - our stars are Datsyuk at 34 and Zetterberg at 32. We're not an old team anymore.

32 and 34 is pretty old for your two star players. And don't you still have holmström there somewhere?

The team decided not to bring Holmstrom back. He hasn't officially retired yet, but will soon.

And I wouldn't call 32 'old' - to me, that's in your prime yet.

[Gillipig]

the shortened season is going to help out the Red Wings more than most because of their age. They can save their legs.

lolwut? Lidstrom retired, Stuart went back to California, our oldest defenseman is Nik Kronwall at 31. In fact, our oldest player is Bertuzzi at 37 - our stars are Datsyuk at 34 and Zetterberg at 32. We're not an old team anymore.

32 and 34 is pretty old for your two star players. And don't you still have holmström there somewhere?

The team decided not to bring Holmstrom back. He hasn't officially retired yet, but will soon.

And I wouldn't call 32 'old' - to me, that's in your prime yet.

Keep telling yourself that if it help you sleep at night

[ben79]

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