Deraldin Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Looks like we've got a 48 game season. Elliotte Friedman @FriedgeHNICNHL sends memo to clubs indicating no camps before Saturday (and may not open until Monday), 48-game season to begin Jan. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krookie Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Hooray I have somewhere to post on Obsidian again! Can't wait for the season to start. Shame there won't be very many out of conference games, but I can't say the shortened season will hurt Brodeur and some of the older Devils (Elias, Sykora...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 The Sharks are getting a bit long in the tooth as well, so it will be interesting to see if the shortened season benefits them. They limped into the postseason last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 FIRE BETTMAN! He lost his bosses billions of dollars!!! DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkreku Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 LEAFS WILL WIN THE STANLEY CUP, I CAN FEEL IT Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josan Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 LEAFS WILL WIN THE STANLEY CUP, I CAN FEEL IT With 11 million tied up on the blue line in just Phaneuf and Komisarek? I just don't that happening. Oh, and Volourn, bosses don't usually fire people for doing their bidding. December 2012 - Issue 19 of the Winterwind Papers now online - http://www.winterwind-productions.com Nationalism, brotherhood, 'pop' culture and puppy love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 LEAFS WILL WIN THE STANLEY CUP, I CAN FEEL IT Leafs have a great chance this year. No time for their usual second half collapse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josan Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Ha! Indeed. Seriously though, it all depends on the players adjusting to Carlye's system. Scoring goals wasn't a problem. They were 10th in the league last year. They were also 29th in goals against. I don't know if Reimer is the answer. It's possible it was just a bad year, sophmore slump combined with the concussion. It's also possible that his hot half season debut the year before was a fluke. Time will tell. And while Luongo would be an obvious upgrade... I just don't know if he'd A) come to TO and B) is what the team really needs. Of course, if he does go to the Leafs, I think he'd certainly want to prove something considering how things wound up in Vancouver. December 2012 - Issue 19 of the Winterwind Papers now online - http://www.winterwind-productions.com Nationalism, brotherhood, 'pop' culture and puppy love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Ooo, Maple Leafs just fired Brian Burke. TSN Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kor Qel Droma Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 What?!?!? He was only in year five of his two year rebuild! Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josan Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I'm really surprised by the timing of this. Not disappointed but surprised. He was never the saviour so many Leafs fans claimed he'd be but I thought the new ownership would see how the team fared this season. December 2012 - Issue 19 of the Winterwind Papers now online - http://www.winterwind-productions.com Nationalism, brotherhood, 'pop' culture and puppy love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kai Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Will be interesting to see if the Leafs trade for Loungo, and if they do, if he keeps being entertaining on his "unofficial" twitter account. And if he implodes like most goalkeepers seems to do when they play for the Leafs (same thing applies to the Flyers as well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josan Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 The Flyers are now apparently interested in Luongo. December 2012 - Issue 19 of the Winterwind Papers now online - http://www.winterwind-productions.com Nationalism, brotherhood, 'pop' culture and puppy love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) "Oh, and Volourn, bosses don't usually fire people for doing their bidding. " 22 owners wanetd to accept a NHLPA offer 2 months ago. But, as we all know, these billionaires are beyond retarted, and actually agree to give Buttboy all the power. He only need 8 cronies to agree with them. The NHL is a joke, and it is run horribly. They lost billions of dollars that they'll never get back. LMAO What's funny is they thopguht they'd break the union. That was Bettman's goal, and he failed. EPIC FAIL. What's funny is that the piayers are still going to make millions, the fans are still going to pay out fot heir butt, the owners will brag about how successful the contract was, and 8 years from now Buttman or his self picked successor will start whining how this was a horrible contract and they need to steal mroe from the players. And, stupid fans will still side with the billioniare owners over the millionaire players out of sheer spite and jelaousy. PATHETIC. Edited January 11, 2013 by Volourn DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krookie Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 As much as I would like to throw on my stone face and boycott the NHL this season, I already have tickets to the Devils home opener against the Flyers. Can't wait to watch hockey again, feels like ages and my team was actually in the Finals so I can't imagine how non-playoff teams felt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kor Qel Droma Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 48 games in 98 days? There's going to be a lot of injured players this year. Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krookie Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 (edited) 48 games in 98 days? There's going to be a lot of injured players this year. I've noticed a bunch of strange nuances that come with the shortened schedule too. Devils play the Capitals twice in less than 24 hours, both games in Washington. And they don't go to MSG to play our Atlantic Division rival until the very last game of the year. Edited January 14, 2013 by Krookie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 (edited) Scott Gomez told he won't be playing this year. I have mixed feelings about this. His contract was really based off of his one really productive year and he was never going to be able to live up to that. His drop in offensive production after his first year in Montreal just made the situation even worse and with the cap going down you really can't afford to spend 7.3 million in cap hit on someone that would be receiving 3rd line minutes at most. That said, he was by all accounts a great team guy. I don't recall once hearing anyone except the fans complain about him and that was solely down to his production. He's still an NHL caliber player and even if his stats weren't great, the Habs were a worse team without him when he sat out with injuries last year. If we could somehow get him back on the team with a more appropriate contract, I'd go for it, but I believe you are prohibited from buying out players and then immediately signing them to a new contract. I understand why they are having him not play this year. You can't buy out injured players and based on his last season with his groin and concussion problems it isn't to hard to see something happening again this season with the compressed schedule. It's purely a business decision. :/ Edited January 14, 2013 by Deraldin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Yeah, I mean it's hard to feel sorry for a guy for being overpaid, but that contract was ridiculous. He is a fantastic guy for 2-3 million a year, but he was a second line center in his best days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I blame the teams. Not him. Rangers over paid for him, and Montreal is even worse since they went out and traded for him knowing ful well his salary and his under production. It's bull they are forcing him to simply sit out an entire season. The NHL(PA) should be forcing Montreal to release him if they aren't going to play him. Knowing how this works, if they get by injuries, they'll call him back and if refuses to play he'll be labeled trash while teams get away with this kind of crap. Disgusting! DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I blame the teams. Not him. Rangers over paid for him, and Montreal is even worse since they went out and traded for him knowing ful well his salary and his under production. It's bull they are forcing him to simply sit out an entire season. The NHL(PA) should be forcing Montreal to release him if they aren't going to play him. Knowing how this works, if they get by injuries, they'll call him back and if refuses to play he'll be labeled trash while teams get away with this kind of crap. Disgusting! They won't call him up, even if they have injuries. That would defeat the purpose of having him sit out in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 They have to pay him either way so if they need bodies and are desperate they will most certainly call him to play. DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 They are more desperate to get his contract off the books for when the cap goes down next year. If there was any chance of him playing this year, he would be on the team to start the year. They aren't going to risk him getting hurt and preventing the buyout. With the exception of a high end 1C, center is not a position that Montreal is hurting for. Desharnais and Plekanec can handle 1C time, Eller can handle 2C. Beyond that you have White, Nokelainen, Leblanc and Galchenyuk. The only center position they would have trouble filling, would be one that Gomez wouldn't be able to handle anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 It is definitely the team's fault. If a player sits the whole season, his contract doesn't count against the cap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kor Qel Droma Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 His contract will still count against the cap for this year, I'm pretty sure. I'm glad the CBA got rid of the burying of contracts in the minors. Make teams accountable for their horrendous decisions. If anyone is to blame for this fiasco, I'd say it's Glen Sather. Gomez and Wade Redden can play tonnes of video games with each other online now. Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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