Tuesday, May 21, 2013
LATimes: Microsoft unveils new Xbox One console
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1 2 3 4 5 6 > Last ›5-2, 6-4,...is the next game going to be 7-6 or 7-8? The goaltending is obviously what will determine how far the hawks go, and it's already not looking too hot. But they should be at least a 4 seed. Leddy has looked particularly good so far.
I'm not sure what to do about the goalie situation. I'd think a packing including Sharp & Hjalmarsson could get you an elite goaltender, but who do you target? Goalie performance seemingly fluctuates so much.
Depends on what you mean as an elite goalie. Myself, I only count Lundqvist, Rinne, Quick and possibly Miller as elite and that package wont get it done for any of those. After that group, you are looking at Halak, Howard, Lethonen, Price and Kipper, and again I don't see that working. Unless Tea Party decides to come back before next season, or they get in on Strombone(before Schneider's play drops even more); not really much out there for possible elite goalies. Only ones I can see available are Bernier, Elliott, or one of the 3 Wild golaies(Backstrom, Harding, Hackett); but really they are all unproven (aside from Backstrom, you know what you are getting there). Might be better to offer a bag of pucks to the Isles to take Dipietro and hope he stays together for the remainder of his 20 year contract.
I think the problem for the goalies is the defense pairings are unfamiliar. The games I've seen so far have featured a lot more open play and guys coming in on net freely. It also seems that rebounds aren't being cleared as efficiently as they usually are.
They reportedly tried to get Bernier several times but the Kings wanted a fortune.
Could he be going to Chicago?
For the same reason, I think the Canucks have to move Luongo. They're also at $60 for next year, but they have to replace their entire 3rd and 4th lines.
Which brings me to the point I came here to ask: do we know the specifics on the "amnesty buyouts" yet? Are they simple, that player no longer counts against the cap?
I would not trade Sharp, much less him and Hjalmarsson, for any of the goaltenders that are currently available. A pickup like Vokoun in the offseason would have been nice, but the Hawks already sort of tried that plan before with Marty Turco, and that didn't go so well. Anyway, Emery is basically here for that role, except he's not as good and costs half as much.
They're probably stuck in goal with what they have. I don't even know that the Hawks could absorb or swap a lousy contract for someone like Luongo.
On the bright side, there's no reason to flip out two games into the season.
That $60 mil does inlcude Olesz's and Frolik's contracts for next year. That is about 5.5 mil there if those players go back in a trade or 4.5 mil if bought out this summer. If they were to get Strombone, I doubt they would keep Crawford around to be a 2.6 mil backup; so the room looks like it is there.
Or just buy those 2 out and make a run at Nic Backstrome, Jimmy Howard or Mike Smith in the offseason.
Funny thing is, his contract is over only a year before Dipietro's and only 800,000 more per year. Talk about albatros deals.
To my knowledge - the buyout doesn't count against a team's cap, but whatever that amount was is included in the player's share of the Hockey Related Revenue. (Which I think comes into play in the whole escrow thing at the end of a season).
Edit: Capgeek.com seems to indicate it's a whole hell of a lot more complicated than that. I don't the CBA's even been finished yet, so there may not be a good answer yet for us.
hartnell - giroux - voracek
talbot - laughton - simmonds
fedotenko - couturier - read
mcgynn - schenn - wellwood
i do not really like anything about that. the three worst players on the roster are probably mcgynn, fedotenko, and wellwood, and i would have really preferred those three being hidden on the fourth line, rather than dispersed alongside schenn and couturier. i guess the thinking behind putting mcgynn on schenn's wing is that they played together in the AHL prior to the end of the lockout, but with the team struggling, i'd think the smart move is to stack your top three lines and then just hope the 4th line can give you 5-10 minutes without getting scored on.
my gut feeling is that the flyers will wake up tomorrow 0-3, but i'm not really confident in that being accurate.
Being a Devils fan, and believing the Flyers' problems are lack of scoring depth and questionable defense, I wholeheartedly endorse this plan.
the flyers have given up 8 goals, but 2 have been empty netters and another 4 have been on the PP. bryz hasn't been great, but he's played miles ahead of where he was last year.
and it's not like carter and richards were even the best players on the kings. they were firmly behind kopitar, brown, doughty, and quick in terms of playoff contributions, as good as giroux is, the flyers didn't have anywhere near as much talent.
Sure. They got some good pieces back and could sign Bryzgalov, but here we are a year later complaining about how lousy Bryz is. I think at best the Flyers spun their wheels.
On the other hand, only team with 6 points is nice.
The Kings were one of the worst scoring teams in the league until they added Carter.
The penis jersey is of course the best.
Heh, nice way to put it. I've been pleasantly impressed with Crawford so far, and he's the biggest weakness on the team (come playoff time). If he can stay passable like this...
The Leafs have played well so far but they often start hot and cool down. Can't trust them.
Also, being a fan of the Mets and Leafs...ouch (as a Mets fan). Are you also a big Knicks and Redskins fan?
He was really good last year and the time he has missed have been unusual injuries. He broke his arm because he got hit by a Phaneuf slap shot.
Also, being a fan of the Mets and Leafs...ouch (as a Mets fan). Are you also a big Knicks and Redskins fan?
I am 49ers fan so things were bad before Harbaugh. I follow basketball but don't really have a team that I root for other than rooting against the Spurs, Lakers, and Celtics. I've been rooting for LeBron to win his first title so that the stupid talk about him being a choker would stop.
jesus this is gonna be a bloodbath.
hartnell - giroux - voracek
read - briere - schenn
talbot - couturier - simmonds
rinaldo - laughton - mcginn
i really want that 4th line to get together because i think it really helps a team to have a 4th line that's not just an energy line but a real crash line. i don't have a whole lot against wellwood or zolnierczyk, but 10 times out of 10, i'll take some physical bangers over them.
anyway, they outplayed the rangers by leaps and bounds in the 1st period, but couldn't score a goal, so they're even going into the 2nd period. and the lack of a goal also leaves them still without a goal on the season in the first period.
3 PP goals in one game, that's like a months total from last season! And the final shot count was 41-23.
3:47 Ladislav Smid: 2 Minutes for Cross checking Dustin Brown
7:09 Ladislav Smid: 2 Minutes for Delaying Game - Smothering Puck
9:54 Ladislav Smid: 2 Minutes for Instigator Jordan Nolan (Served by Teemu Hartikainen)
9:54 Ladislav Smid: 2 Minutes for Instigator - Face Shield Jordan Nolan (Served by Teemu Hartikainen)
9:54 Ladislav Smid: 5 Minute Major for Fighting Jordan Nolan
9:54 Ladislav Smid: 10 Minute Misconduct
And the Kings went 0 for 4 on the resulting PPs.
Justin Abdelkader's grandfather may have been Muslim but I don't think he identifies himself as such.
My favorite part of it was after his slide he remembered he played for the Oilers and proceeded to fall face first and cry.
The power play's been producing, but I don't know that I think it's been significantly better than last year, just luckier. Sharp's goal came after a minute and a half of depressing failure to even get into the zone. They look good once they get set up, but that only happens half the time.
That game had a whole bunch of weird penalties, from Smid's Smothering Puck and Instigator - Face Shield to a Faceoff Violation minor. Plus multiple Too Many Men on the Ices and a 4 minute High Sticking. A bonanza for rulebook nerds.
A lot of work still needs to be done on the pp and pk units but cant complain about the start of the season
The team allowed more even strength shots than they took when he was on the ice. That's not a realy good player reardless of whatever strengths he has.
The team allowed more even strength shots than they took when he was on the ice. That's not a realy good player reardless of whatever strengths he has.
I think that's a poor way to evaluate players.
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