Bruins Weirdos

[flyingelvii]

My favorite part is that Neil got a diving penalty for it. Oh the ironing.

[claver2010]

Speaking of diving.

Parker called out the BC players for diving all over the ice on Friday night. I walk into the elevator this morning and the screen has a picture of Gerbe with the caption, "Nathan Gerbe of the Sabres dives to break up a Flyers rush in the 1st period. The Flyers won 5-4 in OT."

Made me *laughs*

[eepstein0]

Even sportscenter showed it last night early. It was probably Ovechkin trying SO hard he was trying to gain SO much momentum that his stick accidently caught a Sens player.

He barely touched him. Neil went down like he got shot.

[flyingelvii]

Even sportscenter showed it last night early. It was probably Ovechkin trying SO hard he was trying to gain SO much momentum that his stick accidently caught a Sens player.

He barely touched him. Neil went down like he got shot.

Have you ever got a stick blade in the gut from a guy skating at about 60-70% speed? Judging by you're answer I'm going to go with no.

[eepstein0]

Even sportscenter showed it last night early. It was probably Ovechkin trying SO hard he was trying to gain SO much momentum that his stick accidently caught a Sens player.

He barely touched him. Neil went down like he got shot.

Have you ever got a stick blade in the gut from a guy skating at about 60-70% speed? Judging by you're answer I'm going to go with no.

He literally barely touched hm. Complete and total flop by Neil. They're even saying that on TSN.

[flyingelvii]

Even sportscenter showed it last night early. It was probably Ovechkin trying SO hard he was trying to gain SO much momentum that his stick accidently caught a Sens player.

He barely touched him. Neil went down like he got shot.

Have you ever got a stick blade in the gut from a guy skating at about 60-70% speed? Judging by you're answer I'm going to go with no.

He literally barely touched hm. Complete and total flop by Neil. They're even saying that on TSN.

Again, he fucking hit him right in the diaphragm with his stick while skating at a decent clip. That's good enough to take the wind out of anybody. When you get your wind knocked out of you and aren't close to the bench, you generally have to stay on ground to gather yourself or else you're going to pass out, which has happened to me before. I'm sorry Ovi can't take a clean hit without resorting to some type of chickenshit play. The only thing that would have made it worse would be if he slew footed Neil. The only reason he isn't getting more shit for this is because Neil is a cheap scumbag too.

[Dick Rosenthal]

I am second to none in my hatred of Ovie. Hell, I even have the misfortune of owning a property a block down from the two homes he built for himself and his parents on 16th Street in Arlington and the renters are forever complaining about him and his $500K batman car racing around the quiet neighborhood at 100 mph. With that said, Neil is a faking piece of shit. In a perfect world, Ovie and Neil would collide at top speed and concuss each other so that neither ever played again. And this Caps team is the worst collection human beings ever assembled (with the exception of Halpern and Laich) and are now coached by a cowardly cheap shot artist (anyone ever see Dale Hunter fight another "tough guy" during his career? Hell, he wasn't even man enough to take on Pierre Turgeon without Pearl Harboring him from behind after the goal was scored). I loved George McPhee as a player--beating Dave Brown into a near coma was enough for me to think he was awesome--but he is an awful GM and the team is pure dogshit. As Caps fans are the most fair weathered this side of Phoenix, I imagine that it will be very easy to scalp cheap tickets at the Verizon Center come February when it is readilly apparent that they aren't going to recover.

[flyingelvii]

I am second to none in my hatred of Ovie. Hell, I even have the misfortune of owning a property a block down from the two homes he built for himself and his parents on 16th Street in Arlington and the renters are forever complaining about him and his $500K batman car racing around the quiet neighborhood at 100 mph. With that said, Neil is a faking piece of shit. In a perfect world, Ovie and Neil would collide at top speed and concuss each other so that neither ever played again. And this Caps team is the worst collection human beings ever assembled (with the exception of Halpern and Laich) and are now coached by a cowardly cheap shot artist (anyone ever see Dale Hunter fight another "tough guy" during his career? Hell, he wasn't even man enough to take on Pierre Turgeon without Pearl Harboring him from behind after the goal was scored). I loved George McPhee as a player--beating Dave Brown into a near coma was enough for me to think he was awesome--but he is an awful GM and the team is pure dogshit. As Caps fans are the most fair weathered this side of Phoenix, I imagine that it will be very easy to scalp cheap tickets at the Verizon Center come February when it is readilly apparent that they aren't going to recover.

I don't see it as mutually exclusive. Probably sold it a little but I don't think he deserved a diving penalty. A well placed spear hurts like a mofo.

[eepstein0]

I am second to none in my hatred of Ovie. Hell, I even have the misfortune of owning a property a block down from the two homes he built for himself and his parents on 16th Street in Arlington and the renters are forever complaining about him and his $500K batman car racing around the quiet neighborhood at 100 mph. With that said, Neil is a faking piece of shit. In a perfect world, Ovie and Neil would collide at top speed and concuss each other so that neither ever played again. And this Caps team is the worst collection human beings ever assembled (with the exception of Halpern and Laich) and are now coached by a cowardly cheap shot artist (anyone ever see Dale Hunter fight another "tough guy" during his career? Hell, he wasn't even man enough to take on Pierre Turgeon without Pearl Harboring him from behind after the goal was scored). I loved George McPhee as a player--beating Dave Brown into a near coma was enough for me to think he was awesome--but he is an awful GM and the team is pure dogshit. As Caps fans are the most fair weathered this side of Phoenix, I imagine that it will be very easy to scalp cheap tickets at the Verizon Center come February when it is readilly apparent that they aren't going to recover.

I don't see it as mutually exclusive. Probably sold it a little but I don't think he deserved a diving penalty. A well placed spear hurts like a mofo.

How cool is the Batman car though? Ovi let me check it out last year at a media even, it's pretty fantastic.

[Dick Rosenthal]

Well, it would be a cool car if he didn't have the Great 8 vanity plate and he didn't hammer the shit out of it driving over the speed bumps on 16th Street.

The major problem with the Caps is that Ovie is a piece of shit with major character issues and a shitty work ethic and the Caps are tied to him for the next decade. I saw him this summer at the US Open and he looked like he was already 20 pounds overweight. TSN has reported that he was 30 pounds overweight a week or two before camp and went on a protein-only diet, calorie-restrictive diet two weeks before camp to drop 20 of it. that sort of stuff fucks up your glycogen stores and when you go into camp and the season it is hard to recover to elite condition. He has certainly looked like he is in poor condition this year. And you know what? It is only going to get worse as he gets older. The Caps compound all of these problems by indulging him at every turn.

If McPhee had a brain in his head he'd try to blow up this monstrosity. He has some individual parts that suck collectively but will garner good returns on the trade market. Surround Ovie with some good character people instead of Semin, Sundstrom, Green, etc. and see if they can get him to stay on the straight and narrow. Otherwise, go run and gun, let Ovie pump up his numbers on a bad team (as he did at the beginning of his career) and see if you can't deal him.

[eepstein0]

Well, it would be a cool car if he didn't have the Great 8 vanity plate and he didn't hammer the shit out of it driving over the speed bumps on 16th Street.

The major problem with the Caps is that Ovie is a piece of shit with major character issues and a shitty work ethic and the Caps are tied to him for the next decade. I saw him this summer at the US Open and he looked like he was already 20 pounds overweight. TSN has reported that he was 30 pounds overweight a week or two before camp and went on a protein-only diet, calorie-restrictive diet two weeks before camp to drop 20 of it. that sort of stuff fucks up your glycogen stores and when you go into camp and the season it is hard to recover to elite condition. He has certainly looked like he is in poor condition this year. And you know what? It is only going to get worse as he gets older. The Caps compound all of these problems by indulging him at every turn.

If McPhee had a brain in his head he'd try to blow up this monstrosity. He has some individual parts that suck collectively but will garner good returns on the trade market. Surround Ovie with some good character people instead of Semin, Sundstrom, Green, etc. and see if they can get him to stay on the straight and narrow. Otherwise, go run and gun, let Ovie pump up his numbers on a bad team (as he did at the beginning of his career) and see if you can't deal him.

You can win with Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom. The problems on that team boil down to two guys named Semin and Green. Semin has more talent than almost anyone else in the NHL yet refuses to try about 1/2 the time. Green, when not injured (which is most the time), is essentially a forward playing defense. Carlson/Alzner are great on defense, but Wideman, Schultz and Erskine are nothing more than #6 or #7 defenders, especially when your forwards refuse to play defense whatsoever.

I agree with what you have above. If I were the coach, I'd just let them run and gun (not Gilbert Arenas style). Let them have fun, score a ton of goals, be the #1 seed then lose in the playoffs. That's infinitely more entertaining than this defensive garbage. They're going to lose either way, may as well make it fun in the process.

[bignick33]

Tomas Kaberle -> Montreal

[claver2010]

[bignick33]

So I guess the Fleyers are first in the conference.

[flyingelvii]

But Giroux picked up a head injury and Pronger is out indefinitely with a concussion so that can't help. Then again, the Pens have their own concussion issues, Chara's gone for a bit for the B's, the Caps are a shitshow, the Panthers rely way too much on one line and Jose Theodore and I'm waiting for the annual Mario Gaborik groin explosion. Basically all of the top teams in the East have a great deal of potential warts.

[bignick33]

But Giroux picked up a head injury and Pronger is out indefinitely with a concussion so that can't help. Then again, the Pens have their own concussion issues, Chara's gone for a bit for the B's, the Caps are a shitshow, the Panthers rely way too much on one line and Jose Theodore and I'm waiting for the annual Mario Gaborik groin explosion. Basically all of the top teams in the East have a great deal of potential warts.

This is precisely the reason why I think the Pens and Bruins are the favorites to win the conference at this point...they are the most resilient/deep of the lot. I also think the Rangers will be a formidable postseason out.

[claver2010]

But Giroux picked up a head injury and Pronger is out indefinitely with a concussion so that can't help. Then again, the Pens have their own concussion issues, Chara's gone for a bit for the B's, the Caps are a shitshow, the Panthers rely way too much on one line and Jose Theodore and I'm waiting for the annual Mario Gaborik groin explosion. Basically all of the top teams in the East have a great deal of potential warts.

This is precisely the reason why I think the Pens and Bruins are the favorites to win the conference at this point...they are the most resilient/deep of the lot. I also think the Rangers will be a formidable postseason out.

Agreed if Staal can come back and of course if they can stay healthy.

Whenever you have Henrik between the pipes, you've got a shot. It's also great having Biron being able to keep him fresh and doing very well in the process (5-1-0, 1.79, .937)

[flyingelvii]

Crosby out indefinitely again. Shitty, shitty news.

[claver2010]

Agreed, absolutely terrible

[claver2010]

favorite Bobby Butler against the Bs tonight

[Endless Mike]

Milbury roughed up some 12-year-old.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/sports/30013683/detail.html

[bignick33]

Milbury roughed up some 12-year-old.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/sports/30013683/detail.html

shoe

[bignick33]

Can't make this shit up.

http://deadspin.com/5868584/

[flyingelvii]

Classic NESHL antics. Coming from the D league, though, not entirely surprising. I'd be surprised if half the guys on the team could skate.

[bignick33]

Classic NESHL antics. Coming from the D league, though, not entirely surprising. I'd be surprised if half the guys on the team could skate.

It gives me an unfortunate idea for softball.

[flyingelvii]

Um this team may be okay after all.

[Salzano14]

Um this team may be okay after all.

Just another day at the office.

Ridiculous.

[bignick33]

The Canucks are starting Schneider this weekend; what a bunch of pusses.

[claver2010]

The Canucks are starting Schneider this weekend; what a bunch of pusses.

Agreed, what a joke.

The Canucks met with the BC hockey team, maybe it was the annual practice at Conte? I went to the one with 's Capitals, was pretty fun.

[bignick33]

The Canucks are starting Schneider this weekend; what a bunch of pusses.

Agreed, what a joke.

Luongo is the highest played goalie in the league haha