The Random Hockey Thoughts Thread

[leaffan]

Root for Tampa and hope that Boston re-signs Kaberle so you still get the pick?

I can't remember the condition but its either goto the finals or have to sign some certain length of deal. It was really wierd i think and I the details on it weren't very straight forward.

 

[sraczk2011]

I can't remember the condition but its either goto the finals or have to sign some certain length of deal. It was really wierd i think and I the details on it weren't very straight forward.

I'm pretty sure all they have to do is re-sign Kaberle to any deal. I dug up an old Bob McKenzie tweet that makes it seem like that was the condition:

http://twitter.com/#!/TSNBobMcKenzie/statuses/38666600920006656

 

[Lanteri]

Johnny Boychuk is the worst defenseman ever.

Oh, and Steve Downie is the 2nd biggest cunt in the NHL.

 

[Tailback U]

Injury list for San Jose is slowly starting to leak:

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/...ike-to-return/

That isn’t the only injury Thornton has. Late in the regular season, he hurt his left pinky -– courtesy of the stick of Dallas’ Stephane Robidas. Later, as he compensated for that injury, his right wrist began to ache.

“My pinky went in a different direction than it was supposed to,” Thornton said. “The top just got cut off and they had to put it back together. It happened with a couple games left in the regular season. That surgery probably will happen tomorrow.”

“It was a lot of guys, and I think that’s a good sign,” McLellan said. “We were bumped, banged and bruised a lot more this year than last season. No one ever wants to be hurt, but that’s a good sign.”

@brodiebrazilCSN Brodie Brazil
Jason Demers was hindered by a high ankle sprain suffered in game 7 vs Detroit. #sjsharks

@brodiebrazilCSN Brodie Brazil
Logan Couture had been playing with a broken nose suffered in gm 3. #sjsharks

@brodiebrazilCSN Brodie Brazil
Ryane Clowe could not even put on his own sweater in the #Canucks series. #sjsharks

I read somewhere that Clowe is going to need shoulder surgery. I'm still waiting to hear something about Pavelski and Setoguchi because both seemed to disappear in the 3rd round.

Just shows you once again how tough hockey players are.

 

[RyanLeaf16]

Some news gaining some steam down in Tampa is some issues surrounding Nathan Horton. First, everyone is talking about how much of a bitch he is by swingin on Nate Thompson after the whistle blew to end the game while Thompson's back was turned. THEN, he decided to spit at a Lightning fan. Lightning were made aware of the situation and may go to the league and the fan is being encouraged to come forward on local sports radio and press charges - mainly so they can take the Bruins and Horton's focus off game 7.

Update: NHL front office number getting hammered by Lightning fans complaining about the conduct of Horton.

 

[Tailback U]

@brodiebrazilCSN Brodie Brazil

Heatley played with a broken hand for much of the late regular season, and then twisted his ankle bad in game 3 vs #Canucks on one-timer.

Might explain why he wasn't shooting or skating well. He was definitely worse than I've ever seen him, which doesn't make sense because Heatley was at one point of the most talented hockey players in the world. I know he has declined but he looked like a kid who was just learning how to skate out there.

 

[leaffan]

Just to kind of add onto omars list:

1. Jason Demers — right ankle, high sprain from Game 7 of Detroit series. Despite what was said during the Vancouver series he never was 100 percent good to go, mostly from a conditioning standpoint, but felt he might have been fully back for a sixth game in the Western Conference finals.

2. Scott Nichol — serious laceration above his knee requiring 20 stitches after being cut by Raffi Torres’s skate blade in Game 2. Nichol said there was no way he could have played in Game 3, and when the newly constructed fourth line had success after that, he totally understood the coaching staff’s decision to keep things as they were.

3. Dany Heatley — A broken left hand during the season and a high-ankle injury suffered during Game 3 of the Vancouver series.

4. Ryane Clowe — Shoulder separation, similar to Joe Thornton’s. Going to meet with medical staff today to find out if surgery required, likely three to four months of rehab needed. Clowe said only that it occurred in the Detroit series — even when asked directly if it resulted from that major hit by Nicklas Kronwall. Players said Clowe was so badly hurt he needed help getting his jersey on. “The toughest part was starting the game, but once the adrenaline got going, you start to think about other things,” Clowe said. And he thought that the secrecy worked, because Ryan Kesler kept asking him how his concussion was doing.


5. Dan Boyle — A damaged MCL in his left knee from a March 17 game against the Minnesota Wild, where he went down awkwardly along the end boards. Knee will have to be scoped to see if further surgery is required.

6. Logan Couture — Broken nose suffered when he collided with Clowe in Game 3 of the Vancouver series.

7. Joe Pavelski — Bothered by an ankle problem. He missed eight games from late December through early January with a lower body injury, but no confirmation that was the same issue.

8. Joe Thornton — Surgery scheduled today to reattach the tip of the little finger that was damaged late in the regular season after a slash from Dallas defenseman Stephane Robidas. Trying to play through that forced him to adjust his grip on the stick and that created a wrist problem, too. The shoulder separation in Game 4 of the Vancouver series? They’re going to wait till the swelling goes down over the next two weeks before determining if surgery is necessary.

 

[leaffan]

I'll just point out the real list I want to see is vancouvers. Literally half that roster has to be injured.

 

[wr50l]

Some news gaining some steam down in Tampa is some issues surrounding Nathan Horton. First, everyone is talking about how much of a bitch he is by swingin on Nate Thompson after the whistle blew to end the game while Thompson's back was turned. THEN, he decided to spit at a Lightning fan. Lightning were made aware of the situation and may go to the league and the fan is being encouraged to come forward on local sports radio and press charges - mainly so they can take the Bruins and Horton's focus off game 7.

Update: NHL front office number getting hammered by Lightning fans complaining about the conduct of Horton.

This needs an intervention, someone call the Qc Police.

 

[PP]

Call 911. Ryan, you really know jack shit about hockey. Just do us all a favor and stop posting please. Thank you.

 

[RyanLeaf16]

Call 911. Ryan, you really know jack shit about hockey. Just do us all a favor and stop posting please. Thank you.

:youmad:

Don't get mad at me. I am just passing the info along. This whole thing didn't start with me. It started with local sports radio. The video is up on YouTube. Horton goes right after the fan and 620 Gabe the number to the NHL OFFICES out and they were geting hammered. Now, please explain to me how you know the extent of my knowledge of hockey? Or are you just pissed that your Bruins lost that you just lash out?

http://www.620wdae.com/pages/big_dog.html

Check the link if you like. Like I said, thought it was interesting and posted it. If you have a problem, you should call (813) 990-4620 tomorrow @ 3p and tell Jerry you wanna talk to Steve. You'll be able to share you vast hockey knowledge with the entire bay area

 

[sraczk2011]

Don't get mad at me. I am just passing the info along. This whole thing didn't start with me. It started with local sports radio. The video is up on YouTube. Horton goes right after the fan and 620 Gabe the number to the NHL OFFICES out and they were geting hammered. Now, please explain to me how you know the extent of my knowledge of hockey? Or are you just pissed that your Bruins lost that you just lash out?

Horton only goes after the fan because he has a million shitty noisemakers raining down on him from the crowd. Tampa fans are bitches for complaining about this and the banner that the Bruins put up near the arena.

 

[RyanLeaf16]

Horton only goes after the fan because he has a million shitty noisemakers raining down on him from the crowd. Tampa fans are for bitches complaining about this and the banner that the Bruins put up near the arena.

You do realize that Lightning fans were mocking Bruins fans when they tossed the rattlers on the ice. It wasn't intentional to hit anyone, but, it was funny.

Oh yeah, and Horton is a real tough guy going after Thompson with his back to him. Horton is the bitch who won't mix it up with Downie or Malone.

 

[wr50l]

Eh, Loch Ness Monster exists so fuck you very much Boston.

 

[leaffan]

lol I stayed out of the horton thing but i'll just add my two cents.

Here's the video. Obviously blown way out of proportion by lightning fans.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE_qdI4NKj0[/ame]

That isn't suspendible. Never has been and never will be. The only thing that will probably happen is a $2500 or so fine.

The fans throwing that shit onto the ice are the dumbasses. Imagine if one of those hit a player in the face and caused an eye injury.

Ryan don't bother talking about Horton being a bitch or whatever. Your team has steve downie on it... nuff said.

Downie's a real tough guy allright.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExxN2MJM4Mo[/ame]

 

[Lanteri]

Ryan don't bother talking about Horton being a bitch or whatever. Your team has steve downie on it... nuff said.

Downie graduated from the school of Steve Avery bitchassness. Always starting shit and then acting like nothing happened as he runs away like a little girl.

 

[celtsxpatsxsox]

You do realize that Lightning fans were mocking Bruins fans when they tossed the rattlers on the ice. It wasn't intentional to hit anyone, but, it was funny.

Oh yeah, and Horton is a real tough guy going after Thompson with his back to him. Horton is the bitch who won't mix it up with Downie or Malone.

lol at trying to mock bruins' fans. There is a difference between throwing towels and throwing plastic clackers. But then again you also said Horton spit on a fan when he just squirted water on him.

 

[PP]

lol horton would no doubt thrown down with downie. Players are too smart to fight during the playoffs if it will hurt their team but lol @ calling Horton a bitch when he has shown he doesn't give a crap and will fight with anyone.

 

[RyanLeaf16]

lol at trying to mock bruins' fans. There is a difference between throwing towels and throwing plastic clackers. But then again you also said Horton spit on a fan when he just squirted water on him.

First, I was in the car when this l went to air and the initial report was that you could see him spitting. Clearly he didn't spit, however, I did not intentionally misrepresent what was in the video. Otherwise, I would not have posted the video.

Second, everyone is getting really touchy. I think the whole thing is great. The fact that the fans and teams are antagonizing each other to the nth degree is really what makes playoff hockey so damn entertaining.

Third, we all have our own opinions regarding this series and the players in it. Those opinions are clearly not going to change, but, if you want me to cut the bullshit this is what I think about the series thus far:

• Tampa's passing has been very poor the last few games and they've been able to get away with it. I hope that tonight the passing is better and leads to more scoring chances
• Boston is clearly the more physical team. IMVHO, Tampa is the faster and more skilled team. I think tonight, you see the Bruins try to slow down the pace of the game and create scoring chances in transition as opposed to racing up and down the ice with the Lightning
• Obviously, I think Tampa needs to do the opposite and put the pedal to the ground and go
• I'm shocked that Boston is content with using Chara as a screen as opposed to letting him get set and fire at Roloson with his 106 mph shot
• I think all the pressure is on Boston. No one expected this from the Lightning - if they lose, all the pundits will talk about the fantastic job Guy Boucher, Steve Yzerman and Jeff Vinik have done to turn the team around.

 

[Ravin]

Second, everyone is getting really touchy. I think the whole thing is great. The fact that the fans and teams are antagonizing each other to the nth degree is really what makes playoff hockey so damn entertaining.

I don't watch playoff hockey to see the fans and players get involved, and that does NOT make playoff hockey so damn entertaining. In fact I hate fans getting involved more then being the noise in the building, and perhaps what the green guys do. Throwing shit on the ice to me is pure disrespect and in no way entertaining. As someone mentioned, what if one of those plastic clackers hits a player in the eye? Is that entertaining?

Playoff hockey is entertaining because the PLAYERS make it so. The speed of the game, the intensity of it all is what makes playoff hockey the best of all the playoffs. No petty fan bullshit.