Favorite Hockey Teams!

[Brett]

Been a huge caps fan for years.

Used to them sucking in the playoffs.

It was a fun season, looking forward to doing it again next year.

Why don't they just fire Boudreau? I hear they aren't going to, they would do better with him out and if they got rid of some of there offense to chase players like Volchenkov. I hate the Caps so much and I hate Ovechkin (because Crosby destroys him) but I don't understand why they don't invest in some better defense, that's what will get you to the cup.

We have Carlson and Poti. We mostly need depth on defense (and less Green). If we ditch Green and give his overly high salary to Backstrom (vastly underpaid for his awesome work this year) we can probably get further, even if Boudreau stays.

How does Crosby destroy Ovechkin? We swept the Pens this year.

 

[Edmund]

The Penguins is not Crosby nor are the Capitals Ovechkin.
Proof Why Crosby Beats Ovie: Crosby can play under pressure, Ovechkin sucked in the olympics and in the play-offs. Crosby is unpredictable and that's another reason he does well, in a 4+ game series it's pretty easy for a goalie to know what Ovechkin is gonna do: Truck down the left and cut to the center. Crosby has won the Stanley Cup and a gold medal and has a good chance at a 2nd year with Stanley this year. Crosby contributes to his team more, examples: face-offs, shootouts, not drawing dumb penalties. Ovechkin plays terribly dirty: the hit on Brian Campbell this year, last year when he put Gonchar out in the play-offs.

Just cause the Capitals went 4-0 against the Pens in the regular season means very little. Who is already out of the play-offs? Who is a total choke-artist?

Boom, I look forward to you trying to combat my argument.

 

[TeddyKGB]

TeddyKGB: You've gotta be pretty scared of these "choke-artists" (I think the Caps have proved themselves to be the true choke-artists), right?

We're not getting beat by the sharks, we're getting beat by the ref's!!! I don't know if you watch any of the games so far but it looks like they pulled random fans from the crowd to ref these games. game 2 was with out a doubt the worst called game i've ever seen, even worse than the no-call on the pens 6 men on the ice for over 20 seconds in last years finals!

 

[security]

I don't even watch hokey, but the team's I like when im playing a game are

anaheim ducks or the los angeles kings just because they are the two local teams lol.

 

[Edmund]

TeddyKGB: You've gotta be pretty scared of these "choke-artists" (I think the Caps have proved themselves to be the true choke-artists), right?

We're not getting beat by the sharks, we're getting beat by the ref's!!! I don't know if you watch any of the games so far but it looks like they pulled random fans from the crowd to ref these games. game 2 was with out a doubt the worst called game i've ever seen, even worse than the no-call on the pens 6 men on the ice for over 20 seconds in last years finals!

Hey, the Red Wings bench didn't even notice because they could have brought that to the attention of the refs, there was that much time! A simple mistake at least for your sake we didn't score on it. I haven't really been watching the games except for the end of the most recent game. I have to say that I saw a penalty against Bertuzzi that I cannot believe was a penalty, I was like is this a new call I don't know about and I think it was a holding call or something. But I have no sympathy for Bertuzzi, I think he is scum that should not be allowed to play in the NHL (I'm sure you know what I'm referring to).

I watched the remainder of the game after the Pens/Habs game was done (Pens won 2-0). I have to say the refs looked fair in game 3, I know they got booed for putting Holmstrom in the box in the 3rd but it was the right call and you can't be too mad at the refs, they gave Zberg the penalty shot and at least in this game it didn't seem bad.

 

[Edmund]

Teddy: My broom is ready

 

[Samania]

Did anyone watch the canucks-chicago game last night?

O__O 5-2

 

[Brett]

The Penguins is not Crosby nor are the Capitals Ovechkin.

If you actually thought that to be true than you wouldn't use Crosby's gold medal or his stanley cup in his favor. Teams are not people, right?

Proof Why Crosby Beats Ovie: Crosby can play under pressure, Ovechkin sucked in the olympics and in the play-offs. Crosby is unpredictable and that's another reason he does well, in a 4+ game series it's pretty easy for a goalie to know what Ovechkin is gonna do: Truck down the left and cut to the center.

Yet that never seems to stop him. If you watched the games in this year's playoff series you'd see most of his goals weren't anything like that. Just because those get the attention of the media doesn't mean they're all he does.

face-offs, shootouts, not drawing dumb penalties. Ovechkin plays terribly dirty: the hit on Brian Campbell this year, last year when he put Gonchar out in the play-offs.

Really? the center does the face-offs? Both Ovi and Crosby are the #2 slot for shootouts, with about equal success. Ovechkin just plays aggressively, if the refs call them as penalties or you think it's dirty so be it. It's Hockey.

Just cause the Capitals went 4-0 against the Pens in the regular season means very little. Who is already out of the play-offs? Who is a total choke-artist?

You seem to be quite proud that the Pens beat the caps in 4-3 last season, I don't see why the significance changes only when the Pens are the successful ones.

As for Ovechkin "choking", I'll remind you of you saying that Caps =/= Ovechkin and Pens =/= Crosby. Ovi did quite fine the series, 5 goals in 7 games. That's averaging .71 goals per game, where during the regular season he averaged .60 goals per game.

Boom, I look forward to you trying to combat my argument.

You're quite proud of yourself. Do I need to remind you we're talking about Hockey on a Rubik's Cube forum? Not a huge deal.

 

[TeddyKGB]

Teddy: My broom is ready

You can put that broom away, unless you wanna clean up whats left of the sharks, johan franzen 4 goals 2 assists, maybe crosby can take some notes!

 

[Edmund]

The Penguins is not Crosby nor are the Capitals Ovechkin.

If you actually thought that to be true than you wouldn't use Crosby's gold medal or his stanley cup in his favor. Teams are not people, right?

Proof Why Crosby Beats Ovie: Crosby can play under pressure, Ovechkin sucked in the olympics and in the play-offs. Crosby is unpredictable and that's another reason he does well, in a 4+ game series it's pretty easy for a goalie to know what Ovechkin is gonna do: Truck down the left and cut to the center.

Yet that never seems to stop him. If you watched the games in this year's playoff series you'd see most of his goals weren't anything like that. Just because those get the attention of the media doesn't mean they're all he does.

face-offs, shootouts, not drawing dumb penalties. Ovechkin plays terribly dirty: the hit on Brian Campbell this year, last year when he put Gonchar out in the play-offs.

Really? the center does the face-offs? Both Ovi and Crosby are the #2 slot for shootouts, with about equal success. Ovechkin just plays aggressively, if the refs call them as penalties or you think it's dirty so be it. It's Hockey.

Just cause the Capitals went 4-0 against the Pens in the regular season means very little. Who is already out of the play-offs? Who is a total choke-artist?

You seem to be quite proud that the Pens beat the caps in 4-3 last season, I don't see why the significance changes only when the Pens are the successful ones.

As for Ovechkin "choking", I'll remind you of you saying that Caps =/= Ovechkin and Pens =/= Crosby. Ovi did quite fine the series, 5 goals in 7 games. That's averaging .71 goals per game, where during the regular season he averaged .60 goals per game.

Boom, I look forward to you trying to combat my argument.

You're quite proud of yourself. Do I need to remind you we're talking about Hockey on a Rubik's Cube forum? Not a huge deal.

Haha, no freaking way. Ovechkin does choke, he doesn't bring it in big games like Crosby does. I can use his gold medal to my advantage, why? He scored the effing game winning goal to win the gold, that's bringing it clutch. Game 7 in the play-offs last year against the Crapitals, what player shined in a very important game? That's right Sidney Crosby. Who didn't? Alex Ovechkin. The play-offs are totally different from the regular season. Crosby had 16 points in round 1. That is the freaking extreme opposite of choking and had Ovechkin come up big like Crosby they would have won the series.

Yes, the center does to face-offs. That right there should give the center a better shot at MVP because he does that big task for the team.

Aggressive? It's 10x more than that. Brooks Orpik is aggressive. More than 250 hits for Brooks but he was never suspended and him getting penalties is pretty rare, I'm pretty sure Ovechkin has more penalties than this guy and hit a lot dirtier. If he wants to be aggressive he should just watch a clean guy like Orpik play.

The shootouts I'm having trouble finding the stats for currently, but I'm pretty sure Crosby wins that. Speaking of shootouts Crosby also won another game in a shootout for Team Canada I'm pretty sure.

And yes I did say, because I hate Alex Ovechkin so much, I also hate all his fans so I have to try to get in their faces.


And Teddy: I'll save the broom for Philly, sound good? And no Crosby shouldn't take notes, I actually Franzen was taking some notes from Crosby (who had 2 6-point games in the regular season).

 

[SlapShot]

Save the broom for someone else. Looks like Philly ain't done yet.

Got Gagne back, but could sure use Laperierre and Carter. Boston now lost
Krejci.

 

[Edmund]

Save the broom for someone else. Looks like Philly ain't done yet.

That was such a good game to watch, I like watching close games when your team isn't involved. The fact that Recchi is still so good at 42 blows my mind. Boston was lucky there defense played fairly well or they would have gone down fast cause last night Rask was not on his best game.

 

[SlapShot]

most hockey players are retired by age 42 because of the beating they constantly take. I still admire Recchi alot.

 

[Brett]

Haha, no freaking way. Ovechkin does choke, he doesn't bring it in big games like Crosby does. I can use his gold medal to my advantage, why? He scored the effing game winning goal to win the gold, that's bringing it clutch. Game 7 in the play-offs last year against the Crapitals, what player shined in a very important game? That's right Sidney Crosby. Who didn't? Alex Ovechkin. The play-offs are totally different from the regular season. Crosby had 16 points in round 1. That is the freaking extreme opposite of choking and had Ovechkin come up big like Crosby they would have won the series.

Cute nickname for the Capitals. I can tell you really thought that one out. I wonder how Team Canada and your beloved Crosby would have done in Russia, not in front of that crowd (while still almost embarrassing themselves to America, twice.)

Yes, the center does to face-offs. That right there should give the center a better shot at MVP because he does that big task for the team.

What a random time to begin talking about MVP. I was just pointing out how Crosby doing faceoffs isn't out of the ordinary. Backstrom did wonderfully with faceoffs this year, it's not like we need Ovechkin to do more.

Aggressive? It's 10x more than that. Brooks Orpik is aggressive. More than 250 hits for Brooks but he was never suspended and him getting penalties is pretty rare, I'm pretty sure Ovechkin has more penalties than this guy and hit a lot dirtier. If he wants to be aggressive he should just watch a clean guy like Orpik play.

Clean =/= Getting penalties. Actually watch the clips of him getting penalties and a majority are BS. Ovechkin throws his body around like no one else and being that aggressive you make mistakes or hurt people. It's Hockey, not some lesser sport that frowns upon aggression.

The shootouts I'm having trouble finding the stats for currently, but I'm pretty sure Crosby wins that. Speaking of shootouts Crosby also won another game in a shootout for Team Canada I'm pretty sure.

I can't find the stats either but I'm pretty sure Ovechkin wins of that. I'm pretty sure Ovechkin won a shootoff for team Russia during the Olympics too.

And yes I did say, because I hate Alex Ovechkin so much, I also hate all his fans so I have to try to get in their faces.

It's obvious your hatred is based off generic Penguin fan emotion rather than thinking. Whatever.

Allow me to quote from an ESPN article about Crosby in the current playoff series he is in.

Crosby was held without a goal for the sixth straight game and without a point for the third time in this series.

Showing up for the big games, huh?

 

[SlapShot]

can't find the story, but I believe I read that the Habs are keeping malkin off the scoreboard as well.

By the way, I like Ovechkin. He is more agressive than Lindros was.

 

[TheMachanga]

Red Wings are possibly the worst hockey team in the history of hockey.

 

[TeddyKGB]

Red Wings are possibly the worst hockey team in the history of hockey.

You either are a Very sarcastic person, or you dont know a thing about hockey!

 

[Edmund]

Regarding the ESPN article those aren't big games for Crosby. Guys like Letang and Dupuis are showing up. Ovechkin's guys didn't help: in fact Semin absolutely blew in the playoffs.

Team Canada would have destroyed Russia regardless of where the olympics were. Russia wasn't even in the bronze medal game.

As for dirtiness: Ovechkin has taken out players of the game (Brian Campbell, Sergei Gonchar during the playoffs last year) on very cheap hits.

And it's not just that I'm a Pens fan that makes me hate Ovie. I lived in DC for 2 years and absolutely hated it and the sports teams.

You have us beat in baseball but leave hockey and football to us.


And hahaha TheMachanga I hope you are being sarcastic because in the history of hockey the Wings are (correct me if I'm wrong) the third best team of all time.

 

[Brett]

They're the playoffs, and it's a fact that he hasn't scored a single goal in the first 5 games.

I never said Ovechkin's guys did help.

So you try to use his gold medal as proof of his superiority over Ovechkin while stating Team Canada is that much better? K.

What do you suggest Ovechkin do? Stop hitting people? Be weaker so less people get hurt?

 

[Edmund]

He doesn't have to ruin hockey for other people.

Yes Canada is better but you can't deny Crosby came up huge for them and may have been the reason they won the gold.

Yes they are the play-offs but they weren't big games. And I'll have you know Crosby has broken that streak by scoring in the first period of this game 6.