Yeah i'm still game, ritzy market bars eh, can't say i've never done that one. What GLO are you CC1GC?

Yep. It's definitely starting to feel like playoff season. Most teams are really raising the bar and everyone's a little more concerned with stats.

God I love Hockey! :)

The way the wings have been rolling along lately, who will stop them?

I see Detroit and vancouver making the west finals and Ottawa and New Jersey making the east finals.

Detroit will earn their 4th in 7 years by beating NJ.

What exactly is a "power play?"

A power play is when one team has a player in the penalty box, making it 5 on 4. The Team with 5 players on the ice is on the "power play", while the team with 4 players is on the "penalty kill".

Ok, I LOVE hockey (Go Lanche), but can anyone explain this +/- rating thing?

You start a game at 0 if you are on the ice and a goal is scored against you you go to -1, if another goal is scored you goto -2. If you are on the ice and your team scores a goal you add one. The +/- ratings are added up over the season, so when you look at a player like Alexi Yashin of the Islanders who is -20, it means that 20 more goals have been scored against the NYI when he is on the ice, then have been scored for them.

Ahh, thanks so much!! I often attend the ice hockey games here in town and always here them say something about "Here's the power playyyyy." I never knew what it meant 'til now. :) Thanks!

If anybody else has any hockey related questions I, as well as others i'm sure, wouldn't have a problem answering them. It is a rare occurance that i don't know something rulewise (I was a ref for a while).

Well then, can you explain why hockey refs are so dumb sometimes and call cheap penalties? :p

because they only have 2 eyes and they are subject to human errors. Also it is a dumb penalty if it against your team or a lucky break if it is against your opponent, is it not?:D

Plus, because Mario and other finese players have been crying over the roughing over hte last couple years the league decided to crack down....or something.......Im sure our Candaian TKE will comment.....it was just somehting i've heard


Oh, and BTW, Why don't people like Gary Bettman?

The call that the official are (were) cracking down on is the Obstuction call. Basically you can't interfere with a player who doesn't have the puck, that is called as either a) interference (if the infraction occurs in the defensive or offensive zone) of B)obstruction (if the infraction takes place in the neutral zone it is then followed the type of penalty, ie: Obstruction-Holding or Obstruction-Hooking) here is the official rulebook definition of obstruction:

Obstruction: shall be defined as any tactic by a player who attempts to or who restrains an opponent who is not in possession of the puck, or who physically prevents an opponent from moving freely in the direction he wishes to go. The term "obstruction" shall be used coupled with the appropriate foul (holding, hooking, interference, tripping) when the obstruction offence occurs in the neutral zone.

As for bettman he is a tool, more concerned about the business side of the sport than the actaul sport itself. Up here there is a huge feeling that bettman wants nothing to do with the smaller markets, like Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton. Since they compose half of the Canadian Teams, he gets a bad rap.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hnic...3/painflow.jpg


http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hnic...art_attack.jpg

Same with the Lady Bing, right?

If anyone wants to see more of these awesome hockey cartoons check out The Instigator at cbc.ca

I do like that new diving rule. Now it means guys like Kariya and Fedorov can't put forth a stellar acting job to pick up a cheap penalty on the opposing team.

Gary bettman can't even $*(&^@$# skate. 'nuff said.

You still game teke? If T.O goes out before Ottawa you can post again until next season...we're talking 6 months :o

Same deal for me if Toronto lasts longer than Ottawa....

Yeah I'm game

What do you think of the fact that bryden's deal fell through for the sens? you think Melnyck will buy the team?

probably a better deal if eugene buys the team, rod just doesn't have the pockets...don't know why there's a group trying to move the team to hamilton - give me a break....

hey i didn't catch the score of the game last night, do you remember what it was? :D

Is the Hamilton offer done by Tim Horton's? I know that they bidded for the team originally, but that Ottawa won. The Leafs will never let a team go to Hamilton, neither will Buffalo, it's to close to both of those cities. Even if Buffalo ships off to Oregon, it's way to close to Toronto (like 45 minutes from the west end of the city), as great as the rivalry would be, it just ain't gonna fly.

I don't think Hamilton has the kind of pop. base or status to hold an NHL anyway...can't even fill the stands for their bulldog games. I've heard Melynik is prepared to spend min. $130 mil for the team and corel centre, even tho it's only worth $85. Not sure why Peltz is interested, i'd prefer a can. buy the team.

THE LEAFS GOT NOLAN!!!!!:D :D :D :D :D :D

yeah, yeah....we'll see how it all pans out...they traded away their future for this guy. Although i don't think Quinn had much choice, he's been taking a lot of heat for not acting in past trade deadlines.

New converts to hockey...
 

If anyone else on this thread is a fairly new convert (like me), there is this great book called The Girlfriend's Guide to Hockey by Teena Spencer that explains the in's and out's of the game.

Oh, and one more thing:

Let's go CAPS!


-Nicole

Re: New converts to hockey...
 

I think I may have to check this out - even though I have been a hockey (and Canucks) fan since before my dating days.

Recent Trade News:

Tony Amonte to Flyers; Guillaume Lefebvre, draft picks to Phoenix.

Smehlik to Devils; 4th round pick to Thrashers.

Marshall to Devils; draft pick to Blue Jackets.

Barnes to Stars; Ryan, pick to Sabres.

Odelein to Stars; Helenius, pick to Hawks.

Ray to Sens; future considerations to Sabres.

Lapointe to Flyers; fifth round pick to Isles.

Flaherty to Preds; Trepanier to Panthers.

Robitaille to Isles; draft pick to Penguins.

Wesley to Leafs; pick to Hurricanes.

Marchment to Avs; draft picks to Sharks.

Ference to Coyotes; Hordichuk to Panthers.

Nolan to Leafs; McCauley, Boyes pick to Sharks.

Tetarenko to Sens; Lajeunesse to Panthers.

Petrov to Preds; draft pick to Habs.

Yushkevich to Flyers; pick to Kings.

Varada to Sens; Jakub Klepis to Sabres.

Rheaume to Devils; pick to Thrashers.

Canadiens claim Dwyer.

LaRose to Rangers; Henderson to Wild.

Sim to Nashville; Berenzweig to Stars.

(as of 7:30pm 3/10 ET)

Other Trade Deadline News:

Brad May to Vancouver; 3rd round draft pick to Phoenix.

Micki DuPont, Mathias Johansson to Pittsburgh; Shean Donovan to Calgary.

Dean McAmmond to Calgary; 5th round draft pick to Colorado.

Chris Osgood to St. Louis; Justin Papineau, draft picks to Islanders.

Rob Niedermayer to Mighty Ducks; J.F. Damphousse, Mike Commodore to Calgary.

Dan McGillis to Boston; 4th round pick to San Jose.

Predators claim Todd Warriner off waivers.

Doug Gilmour to Toronto; futures to Montreal.

Phil Housley to Toronto; two picks to Chicago.

Brian Holzinger to Pittsburgh; Marc Bergevin to Tampa Bay.

Ian Moran to Boston; 4th round pick to Pittsburgh.

Lightning claim Janne Laukkanen off waivers.

Janne Niinimaa, 2nd round pick to NY Islanders; Raffi Torres, Brad Isbister to Edmonton.

Peter White to Philadelphia; future considerations to Chicago.

Steve Thomas to Anaheim; fifth round draft pick to Chicago.

Jan Hrdina, Francois Leroux to Phoenix; Ramzi Abid, Dan Focht and Guillaume Lefebvre to Pittsburgh.

Bryan Smolinski to Ottawa; Tim Gleason to Los Angeles.

Anson Carter, Ales Pisa to New York Rangers; Cory Cross, Radek Dvorak to Edmonton.

Valeri Bure, draft pick to St. Louis; Mike Van Ryn to Florida.

Bates Battaglia to Avalanche; Radim Vrbata to Carolina.

Anthony Aquino to Atlanta; 6th round pick to Dallas.

Wayne Primeau to Sharks; Matt Bradley to Pens.

Schneider to Wings; Kuznetsov, Avery, 1st, 2nd round picks to Kings.

Chris Gratton to Coyotes; Daniel Briere, pick to Sabres.

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I'm disappointed the Wings sent Avery over to LA in the trade. :( I hope Schneider turns out to be worth it.

I've been a quiet observer on this thread for a while, but have to say

WELCOME BACK DOUGIE!!! :D

Glad to have you back in T.O.

I conquer entirly

i miss that toothless grin

Doug Gilmour SUCKS!
Other than that, it's interesting to hear about the record # of trades, all the playoff teams gunning for as much as they can to out-doo the other guy.

p.s. can't wait for that eventual t.o.-philly matchup, hope they destroy eachother.

Doug Gilmour is the KING!!! He ran Toronto when he was here, he is one of those players who will never be forgotten. Like Wendle Clark

Wings 6, Sens 2! http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmili...ty/yelclap.gif Yay!

The Caps made it into the playoffs!!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!


(Oh, and I FINALLY got my Caps merchandise catalog; now I can buy the stuff not sold on the website!)

Who's on your jersey
 

Hey guys,

Help me out. I want to get a new Canucks jersey (I have the old school skate one, in orange and black with Nedved on it - don't ask me why Nedved I am still trying to figure that one out).

I figure after 12 years I should up grade but I am torn on who to put on the back of my jersey. Trevor Linden or Todd Bertuzzi? I have always been a huge fan of Trevor and he is Mr. Canuck, but Todd is an amazing hockey player and people in Vancouver just adore him and idolize him... decisions decisions.

So for all of you with jerseys who is on yours and why?

Todd
http://www.sportplanet.com/thunderpu...a/nov14/06.jpg

or
Trevor
http://www.sportplanet.com/thunderpu...a/nov14/26.jpg

Re: Who's on your jersey
 

I have a Kirk Maltby jersey. I stood in the freezing cold for two and a half hours to get that sucker signed. He's my favorite player because he's he's an awesome player that doesn't get recognized like the "big name" guys do. Gotta love the grinders.

bcdphie, if it has to be a Canuck jersey, it might as well be Linden. Bertuzzi is a stupid punk.

Re: Re: Who's on your jersey
 

If you value your life I'd be careful telling any Canucks fan (or Vancouverite) that - he's considered a hockey god in our town... :D LOL

Re: Re: Re: Who's on your jersey
 

I'm a Wings fan, I think most of the Canucks suck.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Who's on your jersey
 

That's too bad :(, since a lot of Canucks fans hold the highest regards for some of your Red Wings - especially Stevie Y who is a native of Cranbrook BC!!! We are all very proud of him!


...but on the flip side we love to jeer on Chelios and CuJo...but all in good hockey rivalry fun