Ducks Gameday -- Bad Starts Post-Lockout
by Earl Sleek on Nov 19, 2009 10:27 AM PST
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Tampa Bay Lightning (8-4-6, 8th in east) at Anaheim Ducks (6-10-3, 15th in west)
Lightning it up at Raw Charge; get Ducked up at Anaheim Calling.
Well, that road trip sure sucked.
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Just for historical perspective I decided to look at the last four post-lockout seasons (since the introduction of the shootout and forced victories) and checked how many teams had 15 or fewer standings points through their first 19 games. Here they are:
2005-06
Columbus 5-14-0, 10 pts.
St. Louis 4-12-3, 11 pts.
Washington 7-12-0, 14 pts.
2006-07
Columbus 5-13-1, 11 pts.
Philadelphia 5-12-2, 12 pts.
Phoenix 6-13-0, 12 pts.
St. Louis 5-11-3, 13 pts.
Los Angeles 5-10-4, 14 pts.
Ottawa 7-11-1, 15 pts.
2007-08
Washington 6-12-1, 13 pts.
Florida, 7-11-1, 15 pts.
Edmonton, 7-11-1, 15 pts.
2008-09
Florida, 7-11-1, 15 pts.
This year, of course, we'd add the Hurricanes, Maple Leafs, Wild, and Ducks. Only two of the thirteen teams listed ended up qualifying for the postseason: the 2007 Ottawa Senators (who finished 41-14-8 over their last 63) and the 2008 Washington Capitals (who finished 37-19-7 over their last 63). Only two of the other teams ended up winning half of their remaining games (2008 Oilers and 2009 Panthers); the rest pretty much remained basement teams.
So I suppose there's still vague hope for a Ducks turnaround, but I don't think that even the 2008 Capitals can be used as a tangible inspiration for Anaheim -- they essentially qualified for the postseason by winning the worst division in hockey. So I guess the question is: how the heck did the 2006-07 Ottawa Senators turn from one of the worst-starting clubs of the season into a Cup Finals juggernaut? I should note, the Sens' 41-14-8 finish was not only the best out of 30 teams that 06-07 season, but is better than any 63-game finish we've seen since.
At first glance, I really don't spot any huge answers why the Sens turned it around (or even why they started so badly) -- they were going through their own post-Chara curse, of course, and did start the year platooning between Emery and Gerber, but never fired their coach nor made any impact trades until January. From the looks of things, they simply started playing better -- waaaaaay better. I wish I had a Sens source to talk about this, but I'm pretty sure that it's still too soon for a Ducks fan to ask a Sens fan about that.
Reused from the ol' Cup Finals days. (Obligatory sigh.)
If you have any recollections about what happened in Ottawa circa November 2006, feel free to leave them in the comments. And hey, if you're a visiting Bolts fan, feel free to share in the comments as well: your team won a Cup this decade and ended up in the basement a few years later -- any coping tips for Ducks fans?
Prediction: The 2006-07 Senators won their twentieth game 4-1, on what would be the start of an 8-wins-in-9-games stretch. With these Ducks, though, who knows? The last time the Ducks beat the Lightning Marc Denis was in net. BTW, I'll be missing tonight's game comments, so maybe they'll win again. Go MacGregor Sharp.
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Side note: the audio of my postponed appearance on HOCKEE NIGHT is now up on their site -- feel free to give it a listen. I'll warn you, this makes two straight appearances this season where one of the co-hosts has been disconnected partway through. I guess it fits with the way things have been going lately.
Also, stat-heads should definitely be reading Behind The Net, as Gabe is focusing on bad starts and how they impact playoff likelihood, this time with an eye towards Vegas odds. Shockingly, if you believe this link, the Ducks are not only currently viewed as a 20-to-1 contender for the Stanley Cup, but have actually improved from the 25-to-1 odds they had before the season started. Vegas, you crazy bitch.
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One last link to share — for any of you who remember Mike W from Covered In Oil, he (along with a co-blogger) is undertaking a 30-cartoons-in-30-days challenge at Chamber of Comics, and I’m pleased as hell.
Sure, they’ll be rushed and silly, and totally NSFW and obscure, but keep at it, Mikey! I’m checking daily.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 19, 2009 10:38 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
cartoon was funny…sigh..um go ducks i guess
Ducks blow old goats right now but....GO DUCKS!!! for shits and giggles!!
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 19, 2009 10:43 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I won’t lie — I’m a little torn. Sure I want the Ducks to win, but I’m scared if I take any positivity into Saturday’s game then the Ducks will find a way to crush it. Better to go in hopeless, I think.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 19, 2009 10:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
never thought of it that way…shit…your right now i think we can win and should on saturday…fuck..shit…damn fuck….
well ill be drunk off my ass so maybe i wont care
Ducks blow old goats right now but....GO DUCKS!!! for shits and giggles!!
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 20, 2009 6:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m doing my best to expect a turn around. I blame our downward spin on the injuries though. Losing Koivu and Carter put Carlyle in a panic and everything just went to hell. Maybe solidifying some roles, and I don’t know, playing 12 forwards instead of 9 will help us improve.
by Daniel AC on Nov 19, 2009 10:52 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Sure, but I’m having trouble remembering which team we’ve played that wasn’t more injured than we were. And I definitely expect injuries to get worse down the road — I think Anaheim has been quite fortunate when looking at injury issues league-wide.
If this team has a turnaround, it’s going to have to come from the players that have been playing. Plus whoever comes in on tryouts (Calder, Sharp).
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 19, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And hey, injuries? Via Kukla’s Twitter:
D Mattias Ohlund not participating in today’s morning skate
That might help tonight, maybe.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 19, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Also, Eric Christensen is sent down to Manitoba.
So maybe that means a return of one of Koivu or Carter tonight?
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 19, 2009 11:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mirtle, the mind-reading master, just put together a listing of man-games lost this young season.
Only three teams have been healthier than the Ducks — we’ll probably need a different excuse than “injuries”.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 19, 2009 11:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Is that your shirt for Saturday?
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by SK eleven on Nov 19, 2009 10:59 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Nah, I’m going green. It’s either that or a name tag when I hang out with Sharks bloggers, and I’m not a fan of name tags.
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by Earl Sleek on Nov 19, 2009 11:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Why a name tag? Am I missing something?
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by SK eleven on Nov 19, 2009 11:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I think there’s multiple people coming from FTF, and I’ve only met Plank mostly. It’s my identifier for those who haven’t met me.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 19, 2009 11:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
ahhhhhh, gotcha!
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by SK eleven on Nov 19, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
or better yet start singing some of your choir stuff..if they read the blog…then theyll know…ok if they read the blog they know u always wear a green shirt but i just want to sing..for my own personal amusment
Ducks blow old goats right now but....GO DUCKS!!! for shits and giggles!!
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 20, 2009 6:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
06/07 Senators
They had a comically (unsustainably) unsuccessful PP early in the season. And IIRC, their wins were blowouts and their losses were narrow.
If anyone bet against them, at that point, on the basis of “can’t win the close games”, they would have lost their shirts.
by MattF on Nov 19, 2009 11:09 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
hmmmm…I would say this could be similar for the Ducks right now. Blow outs to the likes of Boston and Vancouver, but closer games against other teams. The score always seems to look worse because it seems like the Ducks are guaranteed to give up that empty net goal when trying to tie the game.
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by SK eleven on Nov 19, 2009 11:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, our power play does suck, but we’re quite far from these characteristics:
The Sens are the fourth best team in the NHL at ES at the moment. They’re the fourth best penalty killing team.
Thanks, Matt — you’re right, Ottawa did have strong underlying numbers, I sort of remembered that. These Ducks are a different story — their turnaround, if it comes, will be much more inexplicably Disney.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 19, 2009 11:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
BTW, hadn’t seen it until now, but wow — former Duck Mayday got robbed of a goal last night. That ref is insane.
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by Earl Sleek on Nov 19, 2009 11:44 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
What did they blow the whistle for? If they thought it was because the puck was covered…and it was in fact covered, IN THE GOAL…shouldn’t it count anyway?
Crazy NHL!
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by SK eleven on Nov 19, 2009 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
im disapointed he has been suspending..the johannson thing is still fresh in my brain..some classic stuff
Ducks blow old goats right now but....GO DUCKS!!! for shits and giggles!!
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 20, 2009 6:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Vegas, you crazy bitch
Yeah, crazy like a fox!
by Mike in OC on Nov 19, 2009 2:48 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Side note: the audio of my postponed appearance on HOCKEE NIGHT is now up on their site — feel free to give it a listen
Good work.
Who was the one that kept laughing like Butthead from Beavis and Butthead?
by Mike in OC on Nov 19, 2009 3:22 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Probably me — haven’t listened yet.
Meanwhile, Helene Elliott reports that fifteen NHL scouts were given credentials for tonight’s game. Hello, trade rumors.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 19, 2009 3:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
o shit
Ducks blow old goats right now but....GO DUCKS!!! for shits and giggles!!
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 20, 2009 6:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Heh — nice reversal of roles there. Goalie Mike Smith interfering with Perry for a change.
by g r a c e on Nov 19, 2009 7:17 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Wow, and the Ducks actually take advantage of it, even if it’s unofficially.
by g r a c e on Nov 19, 2009 7:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And another reversal — this time Teemu returns the favor to Getzlaf.
Who is this team, and where have they been lately?
by g r a c e on Nov 19, 2009 7:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, at least Marchant got a few days alone atop the Ducks centerman goal-scoring leader list.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 19, 2009 11:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My wife, who doesn’t watch many non-Shark games with me, caught a bit of Ducks/Bolts with me in between her Assassin’s Creed 2 marathoning. Her response: “My god, how does your friend (Earl Sleek) listen to those guys (Ahlers and Hayward) all season long?”
by Mike Chen on Nov 19, 2009 9:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
It’s tough, but it they do force you to hone your “tuning out” skills. Most Ducks fans have this down to an art form. It’s the only way to keep the blood pressure down to non-lethal levels.
by g r a c e on Nov 19, 2009 9:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Your wife is quite perceptive.
But yeah, the answer is to grow deaf to them. Whatever I do hear usually pisses me off.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 19, 2009 11:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
We use Chipotlaway!
Lol, just kidding. This post was a complete lie.
by brokenyard on Nov 20, 2009 4:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Haven’t seen a lick of this game, but I do know the outcome. I do wish 3-goal leads were something I could take comfort in someday, but whatever — a win’s a win, and in our case, it’s a miracle.
One miracle down, 62 to go.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 19, 2009 10:13 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Well, it’s disappointing you didn’t see it then. After seeing the absurd Stamkos goal, I pictured you completely losing your shit. I don’t know what you look like, so in my brain I pictured a 6’5" dude in a duck costume flipping the remote backwards in disbelief, turning the game off in assumption of a loss, and then proceeding to write 10,000 incoherent words of Battlestar Galactica fan fiction. I guess that’s pretty selfish of me, though.
by TDTyler on Nov 20, 2009 12:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, now I’ve just watched most of it — man, the Ducks really tried their hardest to lose this game, didn’t they? Even that Niedermayer winner was a pretty pathetic shot for all that PP posturing.
Nevertheless, the Galactica incoherency will have to wait another day. I’m kind of selfish, too.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 20, 2009 1:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and woo hoo! Moved up to 14th!
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by Earl Sleek on Nov 20, 2009 1:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Gayward REALLY wanted that soft goal Hiller let in from the FUCKING blue line to have been tipped.
He REALLY REALLY wanted it. I wish someone would tell him if it’s tipped from 50 feet out the NHL goalie still needs to make the damn save.
by Mike in OC on Nov 20, 2009 8:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously — I guess he really really just wanted to talk about how awesome Hiller was, but Hazy really hurt his argument by focusing so much on that tying goal.
Hooray, I’ll be at Saturday’s game! One less opportunity for Hayward stupidification!
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 20, 2009 8:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yes no hayward thanx for reminding me…i dont have to hear him rubbing nabokovs nuts!!
me and Brendan Mikkelson have a bromance happening...i hold his penis while he pees
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 20, 2009 8:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
who cares?
Lol, just kidding. This post was a complete lie.
by brokenyard on Nov 20, 2009 12:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
May as well link to this, as it is sort of funny and sad.
I should point out, this stick-giving tradition is new this year, and based on results, it stinks. Go back to the generic crowd salute.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 19, 2009 11:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
LMAO! Wow, that’s awesome. I like how Scott Neidermayer eventually just shrugs and skates off.
by JohnQPhats on Nov 20, 2009 8:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
OH! That doesn’t even show the 1/2 of it!!!!!!
The chick up in the front was throwing punches and then a separate fight broke out and two guys were going at it!
Scotty actually kept skating right there and kinda pointing to it, like um…someone should probably come take care of this! It just kept getting worse!
Then when he went to do his interview, you could see him smirking, like…SHIT, that’s not going to end well!
Once security finally came down you could practically hear them all yelling at each other from up in my section. It was crazy! Probably the last time they do that!
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by SK eleven on Nov 20, 2009 10:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Probably the last time they do that!
Give a stick away? Or earn a first star of the game? :)
I don’t like it anyways — it’s obviously stealing from other franchises that have done it better, and I think that Ducks need to be holding onto productive sticks this season — need all the luck we can get. Besides, the Ducks were much more successful back when they just did crowd salutes — maybe they play better when one of their twigs isn’t on the line.
Good on the fighters, though — that should help Honda Center’s tame reputation a bit.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 20, 2009 10:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
HAHA!
Well, they give away novely sticks…
Come to think of it, Selanne didn’t come out during his “star” announcement to give away a stick…probably knew it would cause chaos! He could feel the tension in the building from having to go into OT or something.
I just got a text from a friend who said Mike V was one of the people in that fight.
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by SK eleven on Nov 20, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The skateboarder/blogger guy? Hahahahahaha!
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by Earl Sleek on Nov 20, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
read post below..stay away from that guy
me and Brendan Mikkelson have a bromance happening...i hold his penis while he pees
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 20, 2009 10:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i guess whomever was fighting mike v didnt watch his video were he demolished those skateboarders……
me and Brendan Mikkelson have a bromance happening...i hold his penis while he pees
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 20, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
funny, in the text my friend said he got his ass beat.
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by SK eleven on Nov 20, 2009 10:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
maybe its not the same mike v…i dunno the video i saw he took on 3 guys at once and bitched them…
regardless i agree with earl the fact that fighting happend at the honda center is somthing to celebrate hehe
me and Brendan Mikkelson have a bromance happening...i hold his penis while he pees
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 20, 2009 10:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I watched it a couple times on my DVR, the big guy up front in the blue shirt (and that dude is big) looked like he was holding the sick and trying to give it to the girl Scott intended it to go to. The guy in the row above him also had a hand on the stick, and when the big dude would not let it go, the guy in the row above speared the big guy in the face with it. Then all hell broke loose. The fact that the spearing motion took the stick in the directed the big guy was allready pulling (into his own face) made it that much worse.
Good times.
Scott is so non-confrontational you know that was the last thing he wanted to cause.
by Mike in OC on Nov 20, 2009 11:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I watched it a couple times on my DVR
Ha, I decided to do the same — really puts a smile on my face. Love how that chick tries to get in there, too.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 20, 2009 11:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The guys here at work (non hockey fans) saw it on Sportscenter.
I did not even know Sportscenter followed hockey.
by Mike in OC on Nov 20, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was just at Jalapenos and they had SportsCenter on, and I saw it there, too. Between the Stamkos incredi-goal and the fan brawl, it seemed like they were promoting it very well — maybe among their top stories.
Plus with Tampa playing, it gave them another chance to take a shot at Barry Melrose — that’s ESPN hockey gold.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 20, 2009 11:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ha, I decided to do the same — really puts a smile on my face. Love how that chick tries to get in there, too.
Yeah, that put a smile on my face too. Also, the girl on the left side of the video just sort of looking but trying not to look while the two guys beat the shit out of each other. Shit, the whole thing is just magical.
by JohnQPhats on Nov 20, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Floyd Thompson of the Blues
did the same spear move in a tug of war over his stick with a Philly Cop in their brawl in the stands in ’73. Thompson was arrested for jousting with the cop later along with Coach Al Arbour and several other Blues players. Philly cops later complained they were no match with their short billy clubs with the Blues were wielding foot sticks. Pussies. The stitches that were sewn into several of the Blues players heads said otherwise.
Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints
by spectr17 on Nov 21, 2009 2:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It was totally Mike V, and apparently now the Ducks have cut ties with the guy.
Oh, you sissy Ducks — should have found a way to promote that guy even further. “Parros patrols the ice. Mike V patrols the stick handoffs.” or something.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
by Earl Sleek on Nov 20, 2009 4:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
phew…I would have felt like a Perez Hilton-gossiping ass if I was wrong!
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by SK eleven on Nov 20, 2009 11:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think the intrusive guy saw eBay $$$
Lol, just kidding. This post was a complete lie.
by brokenyard on Nov 20, 2009 12:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
and/or was wasted
Lol, just kidding. This post was a complete lie.
by brokenyard on Nov 20, 2009 12:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but the stick is a plastic or wood replica. It’s not the actual stick he used.
Thanks what I keep laughing my ass off about.
Like watching people in $200 Ducks jerseys dive on the beer spilt floor to catch a FUCKING Togos coupon.
by Mike in OC on Nov 20, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For me there are going to be no moral victories or moral losses this season. That said, christ on a stick.
Lol, just kidding. This post was a complete lie.
by brokenyard on Nov 20, 2009 4:36 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Teemu is 10 goals away from 600 now. The win makes me happy, sure, but this is great news.
"Concentration, not strength." - Gordon Bombay
by Wild Wing on Nov 20, 2009 10:15 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Well, I’m also going to a game next Friday against the Hawks, so, uh, maybe he needs a hat trick every game this week? :)
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by Earl Sleek on Nov 20, 2009 10:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll be there as well. Maybe I will actually meet Earl this time.
by Mike in OC on Nov 20, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Row B, green shirt.
Rudy is going as well, mostly to laugh at the Ducks’ downfall.
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by Earl Sleek on Nov 20, 2009 11:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It can happen, Teemu just has to encounter terminally ill children or friends that make him promise to score a hat trick. He really doesn’t want to disappoint under those circumstances.
"Concentration, not strength." - Gordon Bombay
by Wild Wing on Nov 20, 2009 10:25 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Ha! Rec’d.
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by Earl Sleek on Nov 20, 2009 10:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
k you guys still need to see Stanley’s Cup
Lol, just kidding. This post was a complete lie.
by brokenyard on Nov 20, 2009 12:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I forgot — I did see it recently. Fantastic.
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by Earl Sleek on Nov 20, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh haha cool
Lol, just kidding. This post was a complete lie.
by brokenyard on Nov 20, 2009 3:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone else notice the weird 2nd line yesterday. Early on it was Selanne/Noklainen/Artyuhkin. I guess they were looking for another source of Finn on Finn action. Evgeny rolling with the big boys? Looked like fun. Got to use him in a great metaphor. Can a sailboat really interfere with a jetty?
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by Bleys on Nov 20, 2009 1:35 PM PST via mobile reply actions 0 recs
I kinda thought it worked. Surprised me to see it semi-functioning just as much as any other Selanne option.
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by SK eleven on Nov 20, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I kinda thought it worked. Surprised me to see it semi-functioning just as much as any other Selanne option.
I didn’t catch the game, but I can kind of see that working.
by JohnQPhats on Nov 20, 2009 1:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i like the line…but as we know noklainen is holding koviu’s spot….which is what is missing..the palymaker on that line..i like artoo there…he forechecks hard…hard not to like that..as long as he doesnt take too many penalities
until koivu comes back though u can be comfortable knowing Noklainen will provide some sort of d for that line and thats good..i dont see them scoring too much though..cuz no one to set up selanne
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 20, 2009 1:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
They had a few chances actually. If anything, Artyukhin can at least match Selanne’s speed.
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by SK eleven on Nov 20, 2009 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
BTW - off topic
Third year into that ridiculous contract, and now it looks like Dustin Penner is a bargain at 4.25 mil with more points than Heatly. Hope he keeps it up.
by Mike in OC on Nov 20, 2009 2:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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