NHL Season 2012-2013

[Joel]

Bad loss for MTL last night. The drop off from Price to Budaj is hilarious.

 

[Tzun]

One thing i love about Le Habs is their goal song its just that good.

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

I'm curious on how Brunner is seen in the USA ? In switzerland he was a big scorer and a good player but I never thought he would do so well in NHL. Sure he have the chance of playing with amazing player like Zetterberg and Datsyuk but he's doing quite well I think.

 

[Tzun]

Take that Noob!

 

[JohnBM01]

Enjoy your hockey today, folks. With the Grammys going on, the L.A. Kings take their show on the road. It's the Kings at the Detroit Red Wings on NBC. DET is up 1-0 with just under 6:15 left in the First Period.

[UPDATE] It would have been Overtime, but a clutch goal by Detroit broke the hearts of the Los Angeles Kings with 4 seconds left in the game. Red Wings got it done 3-2 in Detroit.


Congratulations to all other winners of today's/tonight's games up to and beyond the time of this post.

 

[Joel]

Take that Noob!

Not today

That was such a bad game I can't even believe it.

 

[Brend]

Brunner continues to shine, Datsuyk continues to be Datsuyk, Howard continues to be MVP contender and Ericsson starts to find a stride.


Good game. 👍

 

[Joel]

That Wings vs.Kings game was exciting. Brunner's goal was nice. As for Howard, if the Wings won a cup with Osgood (most overrated goalie ever until Fleury IMO) they can win with Howard, who isn't elite but is actually an above average starter, unlike Osgood.

 

[Tzun]

Osgood was good and not overrated and Howard is elite. Im too tired to tell why but he is.

 

[Joel]

Osgood was good and not overrated and Howard is elite. Im too tired to tell why but he is.

Osgood was so mediocre it's not even funny. He gets all kinds of credit for having 3 cup rings, but the fact of the matter is he played on phenomenal Red Wings teams and that was the majority of his success. A career save percentage of .905 does not count as an elite "clutch" performer, nor should it put him into Hall of Fame consideration.

http://brodeurisafraud.blogspot.ca/2010/12/two-sentence-argument-against-chris.html

Here's an article showing Osgood's record when his team had a 20+ point regular season lead going into the series, and when they didn't. He's 7-1 in series with a 20+ point lead, and 8-8 if they don't have it. Surely if he's a good goalie and is as clutch as people claim, he'd be better than .500 when his team has a less than 20 point lead in the standings? Goalie wins are meaningless. I'm a goalie, and I've played on great teams where I get heralded as the greatest thing since sliced bread. Then the next year I play on a crappy team, and suddenly I'm not a "big game" goalie anymore. Osgood had the luxury of playing behind some absolutely stacked Red Wings teams, and arguably the 2nd best defenseman of all time. Sure, they won 3 cups with him, but do you really believe that was because of Osgood and not Lidstrom, Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Kronwall, Yzerman, LArionov, Fedorov, the list goes on.

As for Howard, I think he's better than Osgood, and he's an above average goalie in the NHL (meaning I think he's in the top 10-15), but he's not elite (which to me means top 5). The top 5 in the league to me are Quick, Lundqvist, Rinne, Luongo, and Price, in that order. Howard belongs in the next tier below those guys, he's not quite at that top 5 level, but he's an above average guy and is definitely an asset to any team. I'm not linking Howard and Osgood, Osgood was an average ish goalie who gets undeserved elevation to elite status, Howard is an above average but just shy of elite goalie who is perceived as such. There's a big difference to me.

 

[Brend]

Howie will prove his worth this season, if the Wings don't burn him out. Although, Mrazek looks capable from what I've seen to give him rest periods. My one gripe with Howie is his endurance over more than 3 games, seems to lose a bit of focus.

 

[Gooner SJ]

Blues are on a terrible run of form.

 

[plate88]

My Blue Jackets finally got a W after a 3 game losing streak.:tuplayed well vs the Sharks. Night before was terrible. Out shot Edmonton 40 to 14 and lost 3-1.

 

[Joel]

Let's hope Montreal can snap the 3 game losing streak tonight in Tampa. Fingers crossed.

 

[Tzun]

So close...

 

[Brend]

Good game last night! Happy with a point because it keeps us 5th. 👍

 

[Joel]

Mtl pulls off another OT win,1-0 win vs. Florida. Would be nice to score some goals in the first 60 mins, but I can't complain.

 

[JohnBM01]

Pittsburgh at Buffalo going on right now. Not so good so far if you're a Sabres fan- Pittsburgh Penguins hung two goals on BUF in just the first two minutes. About 14 minutes left in the first period.


[UPDATE] It's now 2-1, PIT with 12:30 left in the 1st.

 

[Joel]

Chicago's all over LA.

 

[Brend]

So far we are 0-25 for Away Power Plays this year.

How impressive.

 

[BLJK Ice]

Pittsburgh at Buffalo going on right now. Not so good so far if you're a Sabres fan- Pittsburgh Penguins hung two goals on BUF in just the first two minutes. About 14 minutes left in the first period.

[UPDATE] It's now 2-1, PIT with 12:30 left in the 1st.

Well penguins still won with 2 lucky goals at the end really close call but luck is with them.

 

[JohnBM01]

Islanders got turned into roadkill (icekill?) at home when Philadelphia came to town. The Philadelphia Flyers won 7-0 at the New York Islanders. Dang...

 

[Joel]

Penguins vs. Flyers on NBCSN, fantastic game.

 

[Joel]

What a game that was, 6-5 win for Philadelphia. Awful goal Vokoun let in at the end though, what a shame.

 

[WiiFreak]

Anderson's hurt, joining Ottawa's long list of injured players At least they managed to go on and win in the shootout. Surprisingly, even with all of these injuries, Ottawa has won three in a row.

 

[JohnBM01]

A team's ability to persevere despite injury is still quite impressive. So I'll hand the Ottawa Senators plenty of credit.

 

[Brend]

Don't talk to me about injuries.

 

[Tzun]

4-2 win. Horton with 2, pleased to see him back in shape

 

[Northstar]

Wild won yesterday getting them back into 8th in the West.

Also, not NHL related but a local girls high-school hockey game is in it's 5th OT(Playoff game so it's can't end in a tie). The one announcer is about to fall asleep.

Edit: Make that 6OT!!!

They have to re-do the rink now as well.

 

[Mr. S]

Leafs @ Sens yesterday night was pretty amazing, maybe one of the best games of the season yet.