:wtf: They might as well just outlaw fighting then.

If they outlawed fighting I'd never watch another game.

I'm pretty sure this year's Avs have already won more games than last year.

They looked good. Varlemov played well. Their defence tended to breakdown and chase.

I'm happy that I have McKinnon in the TPWW league.

The Av's are looking "so far, so good" under Mr. Roy.

Roy is perfect for that group of young player. A vetern team would tune him out. He's basically a junior coach and young guys like it.

He is the best :heart:

feel like Steve Downie is his favorite player by far

Downie is a gem. Love Steve Downie.

lol on the Avs broadcast they were talking about how he makes everyone in the locker room nervous cause he's a madman

I was at the Leafs game on Tuesday, was too far off to the left and behind to notice if Roy was losing his shit

Game was pretty tame for the most part.

Nice bounce-back win tonight over the Preds. Reimer might be sitting on the bench for a bit.

The Oilers are such a horseshit organization. Dubnyk is atrocious.

he's no SEMYON VARLAMOV, that's for sure

Dubnyk is the worst goaltender in the NHL.

Varlamov is the best,,, any American hockey team is the lowest form of scum on the earth

So is Ronic your sock Ossman?

The Florida Panthers might be the worst pre-trade deadline team that I've seen since the early 2000 Pittsburgh Penguins.

Took Raymond and Kadri in my fantasy pool. Great picks so far.

Took Drouin which was a bust. But I also took Nathan MacKinnon who's making up for it :heart:

Both are beasts. Drouin will return i think for some games.

I overspent on Gudbranson who really needs some fucking points.

Once the sabres drop miller and vanek its going to be epic how bad they are this year.

We sat here 2 years ago thinking on Paper they looked like a contender.

Now They are fighting for the number 1 pick in the draft.

Gudbranson won't nor will ever score points. He's Luke Schenn 2.0.

Drouin won't come up. Tampa aren't gonna burn a year of his contract.

Yeah, I always thought he had some o talent but hell, ill take 30 pim, 20 hits and block shots in 6 games.

Boyle just went off the ice on a stretcher.

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Lapierre is why the NHL needs to get rid of the instigator rule. He and Kateta are rats.

Lol I love how Fenwick and Corsi are the all the rage in the NHL and the Leafs are basically shitting on it game by game.

Outshot 37-14 and they win 4-1. Figure that out.

That Kaleta hit was not as big a deal as people make it out to be. And he fought Boll right then and there. He owned up to it. His past moves have been pretty bad, but this one wasnt so bad.

Lapierre ran and hid behind the ref. Kaleta owns up and fights when he has to, and ducks when its not to draw penalties and play his role.

They can bring him up later and keep his games played total down, will burn a year on his entry deal but wont count against his years for Unrestricted free agency.

Classic Leafs. Starting hot getting all the fans wet and then they pull out at the last second before they are about to cum.

Wait, nevermind I forget how the CBA works.

If he plays 10 he kicks in his contract. But they can send him back down before 40 games and it doesnt accrue.

Yup, that's right.

I didn't think the Kaleta hit was that bad either. I think he fought Boll because Boll isn't exactly the greatest fighter.

Explain, please?

After 7 years you qualify as a UFA. If he plays less than 40 then it won't count.

Thanks.

went to the Avs game tonight and they lost for the first time this season, exciting!

Of course it would be Detroit.

at least Detroit can win something right now

Cody Mcleod's gonna get suspended for that hit on Kronwall and it's bullshit that he is.

Also, what the hell was Drew Miller thinking last night fighting Sarich lol

Flyers are all kinds of awful this year. This makes me happy.

Sarich fighting surprised me, didn't think he did that.

I was disappointed Bordy didn't murder somebody.

I like where the Blackhawks are right now.They'll streak soon.

What's the difference between the Flyers and a triangle?

A triangle has 3 points.

Big win Blackhawks

Tanking in a weak draft class. Sweet Buffalo.

Mike Smith with a goalie goal. Love Goalie goals almost as much as goalie fights.

My buddy Carter Hutton to start for Smashville tonight. Been a LONG time coming, very excited.

Pens vs Avs tonight is gonna be an amazing game tonight. Crosby vs MacKinnon. Both teams 7-1.

Giguere stood on his head tonight. Grats Avs on a big win.

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Great place for a typo.

Sean Monahan for Calder.

niggest goal

lol. Really f'd up coincidence, but the "n" key is next to the "b" key on the keyboard. Simple typo???

Hall gone for 4 weeks, huge hit to me in TPWW hockey unless Giroux starts producing like 2 years ago. :rant:

Phil Kessel

<font color=goldenrod>Nabakov sucks.</font>

I have players from Minnesota and Buffalo :(

<font color=goldenrod>What a game. Awesome win for the Islanders. They needed that.</font>

Matt Duchene is an unstoppable killing machine right now

<font color=goldenrod>Sabres get: Matt Moulson, 2014 1st round pick, 2015 2nd round pick

Islanders get: Thomas Vanek

Fantastic way to address the huge needs at goalie and defense.</font> :y:

Lol that is an insane trade

Has it been approved by the league?

Sure hope a contract extension is coming for Vanek or he can walk away from the Islanders
next year.

Tanking.

I was reading that Vanek has his eye on Minnesota, and that he may have already been there is the Wild had been able to buy-out Heatley during the summer.

Will be interesting to see if Vanek's heart leads him to Minnesota after this season, or if the Islanders can dangle enough cash in front of him, combined with how things turn out playing with Tavares - in order to convince him to stay.

I've heard about Vanek to Minny for a while now. Not sure if the Wild would want to take on another contract like that long term.

Islanders are rolling the dice. Hope they can get Vanek to stay. Would love to see the Isles become something again

Isles had a great season last year. Almost taking out the Pens was exciting stuff. They have a good core of young guys that all hang out together and want to win. They have a bright future I think.

They've got some fantastic young defencemen in the pipeline.

Toews was amazing last night.

Man this Pens/Bruins game has a playoff feel to it. It's freaking October.

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Damn.

well this is good news, was wondering when the Avs season would go off the rails.

now I can focus on my My Little Pony erotic fan fiction, and the Nuggets I guess

and my boy Sami Aitokalio will get a promosh

I had no confidence that I spelled his name right and I was right about that.

Aitokallio was the right answer

Knowing Roy's history, Varlamov will probably get the next 20 starts.

Avs traded Steve Downie and my heart is broken

for Max Talbot for some reason

killing self

Downie was traded?

Av's probably will "win" this trade in the long run. No need to be emo over it.

How many times does this make him a Flyer, 3?

I think this is understood by this point but the Flyers are pretty much a joke.

Lol holy fuck did Ray emery even beat the shit out of Holtby last night

<font color=goldenrod>Crazy game last night, glad to win. Nabakov scares the living shit out of me though. They need a better goalie but there aren't exactly many other options.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>And yeah as mentioned, I have my doubts on Vanek staying with the Isles unless they put together an even better run than last year. They were going to lose Moulson to free agency anyway so that evens out - but losing a 1st and 2nd for a rental is a huge risk if they don't play deep into the playoffs.

Some have made the argument that the Isles have enough talented young players waiting in the wings to make losing the picks be a non-issue, but you can never have enough depth.</font>

Watching Adam Foote's jersey retirement

fucking guy's tough as nails, WHAT A BEAUTY!

plus if they can't resign him, they could trade him at the deadline for a 1st and 2nd round pick

Calgary Flames are a decent team.

Indeed. They are doing much better than expected. Now, the Oilers on the other hand.... :'(

Saw this Oilers mess coming 3 years ago. It's what happens when you spend every lottery pick on a forward and neglect your d and goaltending.

In fairness, Dubnyk was supposed to be better than this.

How well or bad has Taylor Hall developed the past few years for the Oilers?

Only remember how him and Seguin were hyped as both potential cornerstones for their teams and big stars for the league itself.

So was Petry, Gagner, Omark, Yakupov, Paajarvi, etc,

For a while there, it looked like Seguin > Hall, but I think that Hall is turning out to be the higher producer and all around better player.

I think that before the season is over, we'll see Yakupov + draft pick traded for a goalie. You have to think that MacT has his eye on Optimus Reim.

Calling it now, Jonas Gustavsson.

Ryan Miller. Won't cost them Yakupov. They need to address that defence too. God it's awful.

Petry is pretty solid.

He's in his 5th season. After his 3rd full season he still hadn't shown #1 goaltender status. I realize their defence has been bad, but Dubnyk wasn't exactly Terry Sawchuk either. Also, getting a reliable back up to challenge Dubnyk would have helped and not one whose legs fall off if he makes consecutive starts (Khabibulin)

Yeah I don't know why they didn't sign Theodore (still available I think) or someone of that stature to be backup/mentor for Dubnyk.
Also Yakopov will be good, so will(is) Gagner. Their problem is goal and defence.
Terrible

Yeah, Theodore is actually in the KHL right now. Yakupov and Gagner will be good. Think they are expecting too much out of Gagner to be honest.