2011-12 NHL Regular Season Thread

[Suburban Rhythm]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

I'll say something not bad about Crosby. I love his reaction, just trying to hold it in.

Wow, did she really do a "let me hear you" in the middle of the Canadian one? That was just awful.


There was a Wings game a few weeks where the singer doing the Canadian anthem forgot the words part of the way through. What was pretty cool though is that a good portion of the crowd started signing it for him.

That was best part.

I flipped channels 4 times during that, over to NHL Net. Rangers-Leafs also a 7p start. The anthems started after this lady and finished before her.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm

Tonight's Pens-Sens game featured something I thought I'd never see.

We have a challenger to Carl Lewis for "Worst Anthem Performance Ever". Bonus? Two terrible (and ridiculously drawn out) anthems for the price of one!

Forget jail, put someone in a room with a knife or a gun and play this over and over.

[Suburban Rhythm]

This is from a local radio show. Awesome

[Dr. Sak]

I actually feel bad for Toronto...and their fans.

[RomaGoth]

The Montreal Canadiens continue to be a trainwreck.

Montreal Canadiens fire general manager Pierre Gauthier - CBSSports

[Galaxy]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Forget jail, put someone in a room with a knife or a gun and play this over and over.

She reminds me of the Chicken Lady character from the old Kids In The Hall show.

[Grover]

Originally Posted by Dr. Sak

I actually feel bad for Toronto...and their fans.

In the third period tonight they were chanting "Let's go Blue Jays"

[bbor]

Tank Nation!....no more wins this season leafs...pleaseeee

[Suburban Rhythm]

Originally Posted by bbor

Tank Nation!....no more wins this season leafs...pleaseeee

Wait, they still have their 1st round pick this year?

[DataKing]

Originally Posted by Dr. Sak

I actually feel bad for Toronto...and their fans.

This about sum it up?

[bbor]

Last night they showed three guys wear brown paper bags to the game....needless to say the paper bags came from the liqour store.

[bbor]

Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm

Wait, they still have their 1st round pick this year?

So far...but i think Burke will deal it for Marty Turco before the draft.

Boston needs some more ammunition against us.

[Wolfpack]

Originally Posted by Wolfpack

It's only one game, of course, but even before getting drubbed 5-1 by Tampa tonight, I felt Carolina was going to be an 80-point team and miss the playoffs by a decent margin this time around. Still sucks to have it confirmed so emphatically, though.

I hate it when I'm right. Last night's gag job against the Jets (very similar to what happened in Detroit last week, though they at least got the OTL point) officially eliminated Carolina from the playoffs. They've still got four games left to maybe exceed my expectations just a teeny-tiny bit, but frankly, I'm wanting draft position now. Best they're likely to get in the draft is around 6th, but more likely somewhere in the 7-10 range.

It will be interesting to see how the Hurricanes handle what I expect to be a very competitive local market next year with State probably looking at a huge boost in ticket sales with the increased expectations after this year's NCAA run. They've expanded their cheap seats season ticket areas and have been pretty well holding the line on ticket prices elsewhere in the arena for next season. At least starting in 2013, they'll be getting all their games on TV instead of just 65-67 every year. These efforts aren't going to go very far, though, if they don't start showing better results on the ice. It's enough to wonder whether the continuous sustained (though not championship) success of Nashville has been the better long-term growth strategy as opposed to the manic-depressive nature of things in Carolina (2002, 2006, and 2009 have been the only playoff years in the past decade, but it resulted in three ECF appearances, two SCF appearances, and one Stanley Cup).

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by Wolfpack

the manic-depressive nature of things in Carolina (2002, 2006, and 2009 have been the only playoff years in the past decade, but it resulted in three ECF appearances, two SCF appearances, and one Stanley Cup).

I know this is OT, but the Panthers work exactly the same way. It's as if no pro team in the Carolinas can have sustained success.

[Fidatelo]

Jets were officially eliminated last night, although realistically they've been out of it for at least a week now. They need to find a way next year to win some games on the 2nd end of back-to-backs, 1 win all year in that situation is horrible.

Can't wait for the draft, see who Chevy goes off the board for this year

[DeToxRox]

[Logan]

That was awesome. Gotta take notice of the Hulk-dressed guy who was sitting behind the Philly bench the whole game.

[Grover]

Originally Posted by Logan

That was awesome. Gotta take notice of the Hulk-dressed guy who was sitting behind the Philly bench the whole game.

@Malkamania71

[DeToxRox]

[Grover]

Haha, nice photoshop.

The actual sign said "I wish we only got 2 minutes for hooking"

[Grover]

[Suburban Rhythm]

Originally Posted by Logan

That was awesome. Gotta take notice of the Hulk-dressed guy who was sitting behind the Philly bench the whole game.

Originally Posted by Grover

@Malkamania71

Originally Posted by Grover

He's been a regular for...well, forever.

This article was done on him prior to season.

His name is Cy Clark. I've had my tickets for 7 seasons now, and I can't think of a game I've been to that he was not shown on the Jumbotron.

Here is his story.

'Hulk Hogan Guy' keeps running wild despite cancer - 10-10-11

[Suburban Rhythm]

[Grover]

It's a great story. I know all about him from my friend who works for KDKA. It was nice to see that it looked like both he and Hartnell enjoyed the moment they shared.

[Suburban Rhythm]

Through all of that, I was most concerned for Pierre. What happens if Laviolette's fat ass falls on him there?

I guess it could be worse, could have been a Blues game.

[bhlloy]

Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm

Through all of that, I was most concerned for Pierre. What happens if Laviolette's fat ass falls on him there?

I guess it could be worse, could have been a Blues game.

Can we live in hope? I can't imagine an end more fitting, maybe if Milbury was in there with him as well.

As for the incident, I haven't seen the Crosby play but if teams are taking cheap shots at Sid then I think the Penguins are well within their rights to take a run at Briere. It's nice to see an NHL team standing up for one of their stars for once.

[Suburban Rhythm]

Originally Posted by bhlloy

Can we live in hope? I can't imagine an end more fitting, maybe if Milbury was in there with him as well.

As for the incident, I haven't seen the Crosby play but if teams are taking cheap shots at Sid then I think the Penguins are well within their rights to take a run at Briere. It's nice to see an NHL team standing up for one of their stars for once.

I really didn't have a problem with anything that went on in either direction.

Schenn cross checked Crosby on his way back to the bench with about 4 minutes left.

Vitale lays out Briere with a perfectly clean, hard hit. Laviolette's bitch is "the 4th line hadn't played for 12 minutes, but they were out then". Maybe he wasn't aware he Penguins were down 3 and rolling 3 lines at that point?

The idea that Vitale shouldn't hit Briere there is incredibly stupid. If you just want to run the clock out, hold it behind your net (hell, they did it in Tampa early in the year).

But if the problem is you shouldn't be doing anything more than leisurely skating around the ice to kill the remaining time, Lavy should probably tell that to Schenn first.

It's pretty much locked in the 4-5 matchup with these two teams, just a question of home ice.

[Dr. Sak]

Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm

Through all of that, I was most concerned for Pierre. What happens if Laviolette's fat ass falls on him there?

I guess it could be worse, could have been a Blues game.

Just be lucky it was Lavy and not Chief...he'd kill anyone on both teams.

And let's not act like the Pens wouldn't be pissed if they were winning and this all happened. The Flyers would be called goons...and I will quote Dan Bylsma from the last game: "They (the Flyers) targeted players after the whistle & weren't penalized for it."

Cry me a river Dan.

PS - It was a nice touch to see the Pens fans throw stuff at the Flyer bench.

[Suburban Rhythm]

Originally Posted by Dr. Sak

Just be lucky it was Lavy and not Chief...he'd kill anyone on both teams.

And let's not act like the Pens wouldn't be pissed if they were winning and this all happened. The Flyers would be called goons...and I will quote Dan Bylsma from the last game: "They (the Flyers) targeted players after the whistle & weren't penalized for it."

Cry me a river Dan.

PS - It was a nice touch to see the Pens fans throw stuff at the Flyer bench.

I'd throw stuff at Hartnell too.

Every coach, ever, complains to the media. Especially when you are going to face the team about 8 more times in the next 2 weeks.

Although, we know where Lav's gets his from-

Peter Laviolette's mom doesn't like NHL playoff seeding criteria - CBSSports

PS-- I missed you

[Suburban Rhythm]

DOLA

It was still going on a couple hours later

[Suburban Rhythm]

TROLA

Mike Milbury Says 'There's A Little Punk" In Sid Crosby, And Coach Blysma Should 'Take Off His Skirt' « CBS Philly

Former NHL head coach and current “NHL on NBC” analyst Mike Milbury was thrilled at the series of events that ended the game. “I loved every minute of it. I loved especially the last five minutes of it, and it was great TV. And who knew that Jaromir Jagr in his old age was going to become poetic?” Milbury joined 94WIP’s Angelo Cataldio and The Morning Team on Monday to talk about the bad blood between the two teams.
“It’s not totally uncommon,” Milbury said of Laviolette’s behavior at the end of the game. “I can remember being on such a perch, or at least trying to climb over the boards to get at somebody to make a point. And I thought Dan Bylsma should have taken off his skirt and gone over there,” he said.
One of the instigators of the fight was the Penguins’ Sidney Crosby. “Little goody two shoes [Crosby] goes into the corner and gives a shot to Schenn. Schenn was late to the party, he should have turned around and drilled him right away, but I guess better late than never,” Milbury said. “So you know, Crosby gets cross-checked, big whoop. He said after he came back from his 35th concussion, ‘I’m not going to do this anymore, I’m not going to get into this scrums, I’m going to stay away from that stuff.’ He couldn’t help himself because there’s a little punk in Crosby. He’s not the perfect gentleman. He’s not the sweet kid you see in interviews with his hat pulled down over his eyes. I’d say screw him, hit him,” he said.

[Logan]

Holy shit, I agree with Milbury!

[Suburban Rhythm]

Mike Milbury apologizes to Penguins, fans for Sidney Crosby comments | Puck Daddy - Yahoo! Sports

Just after noon on Tuesday, Milbury released the following statement regarding that interview:

"I reached out to David Morehouse and the Penguins about the comments I made yesterday on Philadelphia radio. In hindsight, I realize what I said was inappropriate and wrong, and I want to apologize to the Penguins organization and their fans."

I have less respect (if that's possible) for him after the apology.

If you believed the message enough to say it the first time, stand by it.

He also declined invitations to speak on 93.7 The Fan (Pittsburgh) and KDKA TV yesterday.

What a clown.

[Honolulu_Blue]

I think I might have run into Kyle Quincey at the grocery store last night. It's hard to say. The guy really looked a lot like Kyle Quincey, but didn't quite seem big enough to be him. I also wasn't sure about the woman he was with. If I had to guess it was likely a guy who looked like Kyle Quincey as opposed to Kyle Quincey himself. Though he did look a lot like him.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

I think I might have run into Kyle Quincey at the grocery store last night. It's hard to say. The guy really looked a lot like Kyle Quincey, but didn't quite seem big enough to be him. I also wasn't sure about the woman he was with. If I had to guess it was likely a guy who looked like Kyle Quincey as opposed to Kyle Quincey himself. Though he did look a lot like him.

Did the woman look like Kyle Quincey at all?

[SackAttack]

*waves his little Panthers flag in the hopes that the Cats beat the Jets tonight*

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Did the woman look like Kyle Quincey at all?

Hrmm... Thinking back on it, no she didn't look like Kyle Quincey. He was wearing a backwards baseball hat, track pants and sandals. Based on some google imaging searches, Quincey does like to wear his hat backwards. The woman was kind of short.

And she didn't look like Valterri Filppula either.

Next year, when I see Zach Parise at my grocery store, I promise to take a picture and have him sign it for his biggest fan "Pumpy".

[Suburban Rhythm]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

I think I might have run into Kyle Quincey at the grocery store last night. It's hard to say. The guy really looked a lot like Kyle Quincey, but didn't quite seem big enough to be him. I also wasn't sure about the woman he was with. If I had to guess it was likely a guy who looked like Kyle Quincey as opposed to Kyle Quincey himself. Though he did look a lot like him.

Did he elbow you?

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm

Did he elbow you?

No. I was taller than he was, it would have been difficult. I did figure his suspension could be a reason he was out shopping though... I also didn't get a look at his cart, so no clue what he was buying.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Hrmm... Thinking back on it, no she didn't look like Kyle Quincey. He was wearing a backwards baseball hat, track pants and sandals. Based on some google imaging searches, Quincey does like to wear his hat backwards. The woman was kind of short.

And she didn't look like Valterri Filppula either.

Next year, when I see Zach Parise at my grocery store, I promise to take a picture and have him sign it for his biggest fan "Pumpy".

As I was reading your post, I was nodding and appreciating. Suddenly, as I approached the end, I felt a sharp pain in my gut, as if I'd been kicked in the nuts. Then, just as I finished reading the post, I knew I had been kicked in the nuts.

Thanks, pal. Really, thanks.

[bbor]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Did the woman look like Kyle Quincey at all?

Was the woman carrying a toothbrush?

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by bbor

Was the woman carrying a toothbrush?

[Logan]

Ryan Callahan just got a penalty for putting his face in the way of Wayne Simmonds' fist.

[EagleFan]

That was odd, not sure why they ended the game with 3 seconds left.

[Logan]

On the MSG display at least, the clock stopped at 2.6 when Lundqvist made the save, but the whistle wasn't blown for a couple seconds. I think they checked the monitor and listened for the whistle. If it was close, they may have just ended it.

[Logan]

I'm very excited the Rangers have locked up the #1 seed in the conference, first time since 1994. But god damn it people, stop saying "Eastern Conference Champs".

[DeToxRox]

Ryan Clowe broke up a Kings rush near the end of the game, from the bench and there was no call on the play. Sharks ended up winning the game and are tied for the division lead now. Unreal.

[DeToxRox]

lol Torts

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

*waves his little Panthers flag in the hopes that the Cats beat the Jets tonight*

We're in the playoffs. It's a start!

[Vince, Pt. II]

Originally Posted by DeToxRox

Ryan Clowe broke up a Kings rush near the end of the game, from the bench and there was no call on the play. Sharks ended up winning the game and are tied for the division lead now. Unreal.

They're a point back. I didn't get to watch the game, but it sounds (and looks) like it was a completely ridiculous play. How they could possibly miss that is beyond me.

Between this and the home-ice clock issue a few weeks ago, sounds like the NHL is going to get an earful this off-season about how they might need to change things.