Hey Nick, have you or anyone else here heard anything about Chris Osgood being traded?

No Osgood trade news as of yet...a few weeks ago, the "powers that be" said sometime before training but still no move.

Red Wings signed former Mighty Duck defenseman, Fredrik Olausson, to a one year deal.

Olauson should help a bit. The avalanche signed Todd Gill. Hey Leslie, is leslieemu and leslie agd the same poster? http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

Not sure what's going on with Osgood, trade talks have definitely fizzled out. Todd Gill's hometown is only 20 minutes from here.
I know Ottawa has gotta make an effort and get a center or we're not gonna be one of the top teams next year...i'm still waiting for team canada to say, 'okay the joke's over, allison is really one the team'

Looks like Red Wings are signing Brett Hull to a two year contract.

Wow those wings are throwing money around like it's outta style. Looks like they'll be a contender to win the cup this year if these geyers don't fall apart first. Who will be rioting if the wings choke (again) this year?

Won't phase me, they still aren't better than Colorado bar none. Another thing that people don't realize is the wings cut loose a bunch of their older players such as verbeek, gill, etc. Bowman likes older players and there isn't much to do about it because it is his way.

We can applaud ourselves for one thing, we did not trade for Lindros. That is truly a defenition of throwing money away.

Sens in 2002!!!!!!

Hey Scott, the Wings are actually looking to resign Verbeek! ;)

hmmm that would be a good thing leslie. He probably has a year left.

good stuff brookinlieu

* Olympic Hockey bump *

Well grezt' and commany made the annoucement, not too far off from what i originally said back when this thread was around...

i'm not gonna list each individual player but i was really surprised to see neuwendyke and foote...i really think o'neil should be given a shot over old joe and that redden is more deserving than both foote and brewer...
hey ex, what was that comment about lindros not being on the team?
and something about brewer not being on it as well?

Speaking about NHL hockey...


Anyone see the old timer oilers vs the old timer habs?

Man, to see Fhur, Gretz and the gang (not to mention Flower Power) in action just one more time..

.Fan-Friggin-Tastic


Too bad the Oil don't play like that anymore. sigh.

Wow i just totally realized i lost the GC Hockey connection when the threads got moved to 'Entertainment'.

I was at the Leafs vs Senz game tonight, all decked out in my Leafs gear as usual.

The Leafs won, so sorry Ottawa, Maybe next Time!

GO LEAFS GO!

Soooo jealous!

Ok this is the only hockey thread I could find right now, but it works just as good as any.

I thought this was a really awesome story...


'Forget the exam, Canucks need you'
UBC backup goalie suits up for Canucks after last-minute injury sparks frantic search

Jack Keating
The Province; with Canadian Press


Wednesday, December 10, 2003

UBC backup goalie Chris Levesque gathers his gear as he prepares to rush down to GM Place for last night's game between the Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins.

CREDIT: Jason Payne, The Province

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Chris Levesque will probably be tired when he arrives in class for his 8 a.m. geography exam today.

At least he'll have a good excuse -- and a great story to tell.

Levesque, backup goaltender for the University of B.C. Thunderbirds, signed a one-day amateur contract with the Vancouver Canucks yesterday and dressed as the backup to Johan Hedberg against the Pittsburgh Penguins last night.

Starter Dan Cloutier hurt his groin during the morning skate and when the Canucks were unable to recall a goalie from their AHL affiliate in Winnipeg in time for the game, they turned to Levesque.

But first they had to find Levesque, who was nowhere to be found.

"He won't be able to suit up for the Canucks unless we find him soon," said Marc Weber of UBC's athletics department less than four hours before last night's game. "We're scouring the campus and we haven't found him yet."

At about 3:30 p.m., a Province reporter and photographer rushed to UBC to join the search for Levesque, 23, who is in his third year at UBC and winless this season with the T-Birds.

"We've looked everywhere and we can't find him," reported Weber as we arrived on the campus. "If we don't find him soon it will be too late."

The Province caught up to Levesque in the Thunderbirds' dressing room.

He'd only found out that he was to be a hockey Cinderella 20 minutes earlier -- only three hours before game time -- when teammate Casey Bartzen found him studying for his geography final exam he was supposed to take this morning.

"I thought he was pulling my leg when he told me," said Levesque, who is from Port Coquitlam and graduated from Riverside Secondary.

After playing his minor hockey in PoCo, Levesque played three years of Junior A hockey in Manitoba.

"I'm unbelievably excited," he said, hurriedly packing his gear into a duffel bag.

"You don't get an opportunity like this every day."

Levesque said there was always a chance Hedberg could get hurt or kicked out of the game, throwing him into the fray. And for several spellbinding moments in the first period -- with Hedberg flat on the ice after colliding with an opposing player and Canucks coach Marc Crawford unable to suppress a smile behind the bench -- it looked like it might be about to happen. But it was not to be.

"I just talked to my parents and they're going to be coming down to the game," he said. "I've been trying to get a hold of my girlfriend but she's in the midst of studying for exams, too."

Students on campus were excited when told of Levesque's good fortune.

"That's cool, that's really awesome for him," said first-year arts student Kali-Ann Cameron, 18, who plays defence for the UBC women's hockey team. "I'm glad [the Canucks] found him."


http://www.canucks.com/images/inbyda...vesque_big.jpg

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

I thought this was quite humourous ;)

By the way Sens fans - loved that score against the Leafs last night :p.

Well as the Season is winding to a close things are really starting to heat up. The Eastern Conference is alot of fun to watch right now, with 2 teams tied for first in points (78) and two teams tied for second in points (77) it's anybodys division right now. Ottawa made a great trade for Bondra, Muckler must be one hell of a negotiator.

Does anybody have any predictions about the final 2 weeks before the trade deadline? any idea who may be going where?

I think the Leafs will get Gonchar as it is being rumoured, who they'll send to Washington though, maybe Carlos Coliacovo, who knows?

"FI-RE SA-THER!!" CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP!
"FI-RE SA-THER!!" CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP!
"FI-RE SA-THER!!" CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP!

Anyways, I think the Avs will choke again, maybe losing to the Wings in the Conference finals. They seem pretty inconsistent right now, and they don't have that switch that they can just turn on when the playoffs start like the Ducks did last year.


But what do I know about hockey? Thoughts Canadianteke?

To be honest with you stan i haven't been following the western conference at all, other than whether the Oilers will be making the playoffs or not.

The Avs just picked up defenceman Bob Boughner from the 'canes for washingtons 3rd round pick and a prospect, Nice move.

actually the ducks 'switch' wasn't turned on just at the playoffs...they were one of the top teams for the entire second half of the season.

ETA: poor st.louis, is your streak coming to an end?

Wow...The hit by Burtuzzi was brutal, and totally uncalled for. He should be gone for at least 10 games, if not more. There is a line and burtuzzi crossed it by leaps and bounds. I hope Moore is ok, and that he didn't sustain to severe an injury. 10 Games minimum...if not more for the blatent intent to injure.

Hey.... 10 games min. would be the best for him... he's pretty much a marked man, as that was so low. The looks on the faces of the Canucks players spelled it out for me.... how none really gave him a friendly look.

For the love of god... The Oilers are in serious need of turning down the suck. However the fact that we now have Nedved is fan-tucking-tastic, add to boot Salo left today. I'm not sure how I feel about this, he was really good at one point but has been sucking hardcore lately.

As a die hard canucks fan I want to see Bertuzzi gone for a while -that Steve Moore thing was over.

Last night's game needs to go into the surpressed memory file...

no games...
 

I say he had it coming...

Re: no games...
 

You've got to be kididng me. Nobody in the League has a broken neck coming to them. Even Naslund said the hit was clean, he had his head down. 10 games minimum, deserves at least 15.

Re: Re: no games...
 

1) There's been worse incidents with less repercussions
2) His injury wouldn't have been as severe if everyother player on the ice didn't land on him
3) Players should be treated according to importance. Bertuzzi has skill, this guy doesn't - i don't pay $150 a ticket to watch the marquee players being harrassed.

You're definitely in the minority of hockey fans.....

The only apologist that I have seen on TV has been Tie Domi, a real meathead himself, but even he said it was something that you shouldn't do. Bertuzzi was a complete coward in this attack, jumping a not-so physical guy from behind without giving him a chance to defend himself.... that violates every rule (unwritten) that hockey players follow.... if your going to go after a guy, you let him know and you meet each other like men.... not some pathetic coward like Bertuzzi.

If it was up to me he'd be gone for at least the regular season as well as the play-offs.... partly because of his cowardice and the nature of the attack, but also because Bertuzzi has a history of not being able to control himself, and a deplorable hipocracy regarding his actions (see his comments about the McSorely incident).

They should charge his arse.

I don't pay $150+ per ticket to see some no-talent goon fight/try to take someone out.
And to me, Bertuzzi is a no-talent goon for doing that. I want to see a game of skill, not some dumb a$$ player who's only there to fight. I say get rid of all the goon players.

See, what you guys are conveniently forgetting of the incident in nature that led to bertuzzi's retaliation.

Moore marked Naslund with an attempt to inflict serious injury. This is why the league is a bag of shit. 15 years ago, a no-name player wouldn't go after the best player in the league. And if anyone says what moore did to Naslund wasn't dirty - i'm sorry, but you obviously haven't played hockey in your life. There was no call on Moore's hit, the league's policing both on the ice and off dropped the ball there. This is what's been happening time and time again, the best players aren't given the respect they deserve, and what happens, the quality of the game suffers because of it. Case in point, look to Havlat, now i don't agree with his response with a cross-check to the face on Recchi. But if any of you watched the game, he was hooked four times in succession without any call and simply got fed up and retaliated. This is the behaviour Lemiuex criticized for years, yet the league doesn't do anything to change it. 'Yes good afternoon, you've reached the NHL, well it appears we're now behind Professional bowling in t.v. ratings so let's introduce ridiculous changes like 3 point victories in a pathetic attempt to revive a game we've lost over the last decade.'

One last point, yes Bertuzzi didn't give Moore a chance to defend himself, but would he have accepted responsibility and faced Todd if confronted - not likely, i'm sure a Colorado player would have stepped in (or maybe an official, lol).

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Any no-name player needs be given the boot.

If you can't produce offensively, or defensively, then you need to go play in some industrial league because the NHL is not the place for you.

Look Moore's hit was actually clean (unfortunately the NHL does allow hits to the head), and Naslund was interviewed about the hit last week.... he thought it was a clean hit on him (he had his head down). What Bertuzzi was in no way clean, and was one of the more cowardly things I've seen in hockey... and I've been playing hockey for close to 25 years.

You get your revenge on the scoreboard, not in blood.....

Course, the Avs were up 8-2 at that point I think, but still.....

I don't really understand why Bertuzzi is "exacting" revenge, when he wasn't even the one hit in the first place? (Naslund was, albeit a few games back).

BARBARIANS ALL!

I guess its technically 'avenging' Naslund, but if youve been on a team where a member was hurt by an opposing player, its not unusual for teammates to feel slighted as well

That's true.....

Moore was involved in a fight earlier in the game and most likely considered the issue of the Naslund hit dead, because that is usually what happens......

Yes. But the first wrong should never have happened.

I need to check the ticker again, but i don't remember Naslund carrying the puck (or about to take a pass) before getting drilled.

The hit on Naslund should have last garnered a couple of minutes in the sin bin - but it didn't. Bertuzzi should not have done what he did - but he did. The NHL better remember this the next time something like this happens. I am not happy with the NHL decision in that there is no decision. It was the same as before - indefinite suspension. Never in the past have they waited to see the outcome of the player or the criminal investigation. And this is something Vancouver is familiar with - anyone recall the McSorley-Brashear incident.

Now before everyone jumps at me, I agree Todd needs to be booted for the rest of this season and the playoffs. But make up your minds - say he's gone for the whole next season - don't pussy foot around the issue.

I am angry, because this could easily had been our year and one of our players quite possibly took that away from us and that sucks. However Sanderson and Rucinsky looked good last night - our top line may even be more dangerous now - so I am not giving up hope.

I just can't believe how much coverage this thing is getting - and the worst thing about this whole incident - on that same night Linden became the Canucks all time points leader - a pretty awesome accomplishment considering the team has been around almost 35 years. But not one clip on the news or article in the newspaper has said a thing about Linden - and Vancouverites really need to hear that right now because the mood in this city is blue.

Last week people were starting to gear up for playoffs - car flags were starting to increase in numbers... and while we will still be in the playoffs who knows how far we will go. I hope it's still all the way, but I don't know what kind of psychological impact this will have on the team.

It sucks that all the continent's eyes are on the Canucks right now with what is probably the worst thing that has ever happened in hockey. But I am sure they don't know all the amazing, behind the scenes things, about this team, which is sad.

One thing I have learned and realized these last few days is how woven into Vancouver society and culture the Canucks really are...

Did anyone else catch The Score broadcast last night, with the usual geust analyst from the Winnipeg Free Press (scott taylor?). He brought up a lot of good points about the state of the game, basically reiterating mostly what i've said...that the game is fine but the enforcement of the rules is the root of all the problems with the league. He also ripped on Bettman, saying we have a commissioner that should be in the NBA and not NHL.