Random Hockey Observations

[Zach6668 513]

Yeah, everyone is transitioning between work and home, then eating with the family or whatever. I'm weird, so I'm still online during those hours, and bored as shit every time.

[MapleLeafpoker 1,462]

I think this article might have something to do with our discussion about wives/tv's from earlier:http://postgazette.com/pg/10113/1052756-100.stm

I thought it was gonna say he snapped cause she wanted to watch non-HD. Im gonna guess it wasnt all about the Pens game.

[digitalmonkey 929]

Ryan Miller looks like an AIDS victim.

[Zach6668 513]

Let's go preds!!!!

[digitalmonkey 929]

#192nd Period14:14CHITomas Kopecky : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min

[Babying 613]

I had to pick up some stuff for the upcoming Sportscard Expo next week. So I pack up the family and head to Buffalo for the weekend (still here). Since the Sabres won and my son & I being autograph hounds we head to the practice rink (1 min drive from the hotel).I drop the wife and girls off at a store and we head off. We get there and of course my son sees stars (the Sabres are on the ice). We stand against the glass and Nathan & I talk and he heads back to the van to get the stuff. I then start up a conversation with an older guy next to me. I say it looks like half the team did not make it to practice. He then tells me that the Sabres are back at the HSBC doing off ice training. The majority of the guys on the ice are from the Portland team and he starts mentioning all the guys on the ice like he knows them. I then say but Vanek is on the ice? He then says that it is the guys who did not play yesterday. I then tell him we are from Toronto and since the Leafs have not been in the playoffs for 5 years, we wanted to see a playoff team. I also ask him what is best methods to try and get some autos (LOL). He tells me what we should do. Anyways to cut a long story short. I go back to the store to get the family and leave my son at the rink (since he is a pro). I come back and walk into the practice rink and see that old guy and Lindy Ruff walking out (talking to each other). It then dawn on me who he was. Darcy Regier. I feel like such a loser.We do get Vanek on 4 pucks and Chris Butler on 2 hockey cards.

[ajs510 122]

I had to pick up some stuff for the upcoming Sportscard Expo next week. So I pack up the family and head to Buffalo for the weekend (still here). Since the Sabres won and my son & I being autograph hounds we head to the practice rink (1 min drive from the hotel).I drop the wife and girls off at a store and we head off. We get there and of course my son sees stars (the Sabres are on the ice). We stand against the glass and Nathan & I talk and he heads back to the van to get the stuff. I then start up a conversation with an older guy next to me. I say it looks like half the team did not make it to practice. He then tells me that the Sabres are back at the HSBC doing off ice training. The majority of the guys on the ice are from the Portland team and he starts mentioning all the guys on the ice like he knows them. I then say but Vanek is on the ice? He then says that it is the guys who did not play yesterday. I then tell him we are from Toronto and since the Leafs have not been in the playoffs for 5 years, we wanted to see a playoff team. I also ask him what is best methods to try and get some autos (LOL). He tells me what we should do. Anyways to cut a long story short. I go back to the store to get the family and leave my son at the rink (since he is a pro). I come back and walk into the practice rink and see that old guy and Lindy Ruff walking out (talking to each other). It then dawn on me who he was. Darcy Regier. I feel like such a loser.We do get Vanek on 4 pucks and Chris Butler on 2 hockey cards.

Very cool story Wayne!

[serge 904]

The overtime hockey is great, mainly because there is no commercial interruptions.

[digitalmonkey 929]

The overtime hockey is great, mainly because there is no commercial interruptions.

I agree. It's like the complete opposite of the Super Bowl game.

[fryer98 30]

I think this article might have something to do with our discussion about wives/tv's from earlier:http://postgazette.com/pg/10113/1052756-100.stm

My buddy's neighbor.

[Speed Limit 0]

Sooo, we're not going to talk about how Hossa should have been thrown out of that game?

[mrdannyg 274]

Sooo, we're not going to talk about how Hossa should have been thrown out of that game?

I thought that should've been, at worst, a 2-minute penalty. Hossa barely touched him and it wasn't interference. Maybe you can call it boarding (I don't know the definition of boarding), but that's it. It was only 5 because Hamhuis hit the boards badly.IMO, this was pretty different than the other hits we've seen when they're trying to avoid icing. It wasn't a race for the puck, it wasn't interference. Just a guy playing the puck, then getting hit/pushed. Hamhuis went into the boards badly because he was off-balance when he played the puck, in a situation where he should've expected to be hit.$0.02.

[Zach6668 513]

It was 5 because Hamhuis got injured. I don't know the standards for ejecting him though.

[doox 15]

I thought it was pretty similar to the hit Ovechkin made on...Campbell? He clearly only saw the guy's back, and shoved him into the boards like Ovechkin did.

[Speed Limit 0]

I thought it was pretty similar to the hit Ovechkin made on...Campbell? He clearly only saw the guy's back, and shoved him into the boards like Ovechkin did.

That's pretty much how I saw it. I understand how he doesn't get suspended, because more goes into that including past history etc. Just hard to see Ovi one handed shove a guy who gets hurt pretty badly into the boards from behind. He gets the heave-ho, alright guess that's how it's going to be called. Hossa two handed shoves a guy into the boards who gets hurt pretty badly. Gets the same major but, no ejection. All you ever want out of officiating is consistency across the board.

[dEv~ 19]

I thought it was pretty similar to the hit Ovechkin made on...Campbell? He clearly only saw the guy's back, and shoved him into the boards like Ovechkin did.

Similar but not as severe. Hossa didn't appear to put as much behind the hit as Ovechkin did. Hossa also doesn't have the reputation of Ovechkin (as far as I know). I think the major penalty was enough of a punishment.

[Speed Limit 0]

Also, if I were Detroit. Down 4-1 at home, facing a game 7 in Glendale. I'd be scared as hell and be giving everything I've got just to get back in this game, like obviously they will anyway.

[mrdannyg 274]

I didn't see it that. Looks to me like he is pushing him in the side, not in the back. Hossa's looks more like a guy pushing someone out of the way, whereas Ovechkin's looked like someone shoving the opponent onto his face.Plus, looked like a one-handed shove (not two) from where I was sitting. I guess I could watch it again.sidenote - I love Hamhuis. I'd also point out that I am not a Hossa fan...but is anyone a Hossa fan? That seems redundant!

[strategy 4]

haven't read much from scott, idk. feel like he might legitimately just be on a huge coke binge because the kings are alive in the playoffs.

[Speed Limit 0]

There's a good look near the end of this clip (around 1:10 mark) that shows he got two hands on him, but it wasn't any herculean shove. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFZsPGJ6X1E...player_embeddedI think it's completely correct not to suspend him, though the part about Hamhuis doing well is a factor I've always hated and wish the NHL would change.

[mrdannyg 274]

Thanks for the link. I do see two hands on him for sure, though there's still no way that's more than two minutes if Hamhuis isn't off balance.

[pezeveng 207]

anyone check out this 360 cam on cbc pretty cool stuff. Let me guess this was posted last month right?http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hockeynigh...nada/allaccess/

[fryer98 30]

I can't remember if this was posted or not. If it was, it should be again anyway.

[strategy 4]

if I had to pick a reason to root for someone in the playoffs, gotta say it'd be vancouver... just to see more clips of those guys.

[SBriand 4]

I don't think the Wings are gonna pull this off. Maybe but I will not be surprised at all if they get crushed tomorrow night. Doan might be back which gives them a huge lift. On the road.Most pressure on Howard ever.Yesterday was brutal. I knew they would lose after about 7 minutes. When you have a 6 minute PP with over a minute of it 5 on 3 and you end up down 1-0 after that it;s just downhill from there.