Bruins Weirdos

[flyingelvii]

Good work by Chia at the deadline. Rolston is filler so we don't have to suffer through the likes of Hennessy, Hamil and Camper, Mottau will probably fill in a Hnidy-esque role and Zanon is a good 5/6 depth guy that will block a boatload of shots. Can't say I'm disappointed seeing the prices some guys were going for.

Buffalo got a good haul back. Hodgson's a good player though it will be interesting to see him in BuffaLOL's offense instead of Vancouver and in no world is Paul Gaustad worth a first round pick, yet that's what they received.

Edit: Quite fitting that the page moves to 78 on the day Brian Rolston gets reacquired.

[claver2010]

whoever had the under on 2 minutes for Doc to give his first BC reference you win

[claver2010]

Clarkson say hello to Shanahan

[eagle9903]

I am actually excited that Holmgren didn't trade away young players for a third headcase Russian goalie (Khabibulin) or any other goalie for that matter so that we could have 50 Million dollars of Ilya Bryzgalov sitting on the bench. This is the state of my sport's interests.

[bignick33]

I am actually excited that Holmgren didn't trade away young players for a third headcase Russian goalie (Khabibulin) or any other goalie for that matter so that we could have 50 Million dollars of Ilya Bryzgalov sitting on the bench. This is the state of my sport's interests.

The Ilya situation is problematic.

[eagle9903]

I am actually excited that Holmgren didn't trade away young players for a third headcase Russian goalie (Khabibulin) or any other goalie for that matter so that we could have 50 Million dollars of Ilya Bryzgalov sitting on the bench. This is the state of my sport's interests.

The Ilya situation is problematic.

I would hate to have a guy like Lundkqvist tied up in that type of contract, nevermind a mediocre nut like Ilya. The worst part is that even if the new CBA still has amnesty provisions we have brain damaged zombie Pronger and his albatross of a contract to deal with.

Fortunately, they have Comcast pockets, so they may be able to amnesty Ilya (for like 30 million dollars) and put Pronger on the LITR for half a decade. Good times.

[claver2010]

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.

242

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/01/caps-gm-admits-ovechkin-has-played-at-242-pounds/

[bignick33]

Clarkson say hello to Shanahan

He wasn't suspended. He couldn't be, because Turris' hit on Saturday (no suspension) was similar bur worse.

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/player ... 118&spln=1

[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.

242

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/01/caps-gm-admits-ovechkin-has-played-at-242-pounds/

Yup. I was listening to the Steve Czaban show when he made that admission. Of course, he claimed that he was back down to 228, but having seen Ovie at Central a couple of weeks ago, I think it is safe to say that he is 228 + 14. He is pudgy.

On a separate note, does Lundqvist pay taxes on Fatso Brodeur the sister-fucker? 22-6-5. Unbelievable. It almost makes up for how horrible Mike Richter was against the Devils for most of his career. Here's a separate note for discussion amongst the hockey cognescetti familiar with the Rangers of the 90s. I maintain that the Rangers made a horrendous error when they got rid of Van Beezer and kept Mike Richter. If you look at the body of work, Richter basically played well in one playoff--the 94 run, and even there he did so while backstopping a team that was head and shoulders better than anyone else in the league. In contrast, Beezer carried a terrible Ranger team to a conference finals in 86 and kept the Rangers in that series against a vastly superior Canadiens team that was backstopped by a nearly unconcious Patrick Roy. He followed that up by backstopping the 96 Panthers--probably the worst team ever to make a Cup final--on an absolutely improbable run. In the finals, the Panthers got swept but lost Beezer stood on his head in three games, including the epic triple OT 1-0 loss in Game 4.

Aside from the fact that Richter is an America-hating limosine communist, the fact is, by any objective measure, he was a medicore goalie. Also, the abortion he produced during the 88 Olympics--on paper, far and away the most talented amateur USA olympic team ever assembled--is enough reason to hate him. When he blew the 5-1 lead against Czechoslovakia and let the Russians hang 7 on him (while Leetch, Janney and company gamely scored 6 on the "best goalie in the world") are reason enough to hate him. Hell, the piece of shit gave up six goals against Austria (and was fortunate the team scored 10).

[claver2010]

First it was slightly before my time Dick I knew what was happening but couldn't appreciate the finer points at the age of 7. I understand the argument but wouldn't you take the 1 in the bag versus the potential for a couple?

Don't have to hear those guidos (i can say that I'm an Ital) who celebrate championships in parking lots and anyone else chant 1940?

[flyingelvii]

In Richter's defense, I'm pretty sure he doesn't remember any of those events today.

[flyingelvii]

First it was slightly before my time Dick I knew what was happening but couldn't appreciate the finer points at the age of 7. I understand the argument but wouldn't you take the 1 in the bag versus the potential for a couple?

Don't have to hear those guidos (i can say that I'm an Ital) who celebrate championships in parking lots and anyone else chant 1940?

Yeah I'm sure that was just like a bunch of guidos chanting another year, oh, about 21 to 23 years before 1940.

[claver2010]

Go after Rupp you bitch, as angry dick says the sooner he suffers a severe spinal cord injury the better

[flyingelvii]

Go after Rupp you bitch, as angry dick says the sooner he suffers a severe spinal cord injury the better

Rupp's not worth it for Lucic's time.

[claver2010]

Go after Rupp you bitch, as angry dick says the sooner he suffers a severe spinal cord injury the better

Rupp's not worth it for Lucic's time.

Prefers women half his weight?

[flyingelvii]

Go after Rupp you bitch, as angry dick says the sooner he suffers a severe spinal cord injury the better

Rupp's not worth it for Lucic's time.

Prefers women half his weight?

Mike Rupp is a fourth liner that provides limited on-ice value. Milan Lucic is going to be a multiple 30-goal scorer. It's the same reason Chara isn't going to fight that useless excuse of a hockey player in John Scott. At least Prust has some special teams value.

[Dick Rosenthal]

Let's be honest for a minute.

#1 Chara isn't fighting John Scott for the same reason he used to avoid Boogaard like the plague. Scott is one of a limited number of human beings on the planet who actually is just as big and just as strong as the Circus Freak (and is a more accomplished pugilist) and if there is one thing anyone who has watched the Circus Freak since back in his days as an Islander knows it is that the Circus Freak does not deal well with pain when he is on the receiving end. The fiction that Chara ducked Scott because Scott is a talentless goon (as opposed to Chara realizing it is one of the few occassions where he is actually probably going to be on the losing end) is belied by the fact that Chara has a history of fighting no-talent goons and taking himself off the ice for long periods of time. Look, I'd love to have Chara on the Rangers. He eats great forwards up and he is capable of pummelling 99% of the goons in the league, but he showed that he does have a small yellow streak.

#2 Lucic once again decides to fight someone significantly smaller than he is (and duck someone who would drive his face through the back of his skull). Last I checked, Rupp has the same number of goals as Prust despite playing far less. The Fegget Serb didn't choose Prust because it was a more even trade from a talent perspective. He chose Prust because He had 30 pounds on him. And even then, Prust fought him to an inclusive draw. Milan Lucic needs to be made a parapalegic or get a blade raked across his cartoid artery. I actually kind of like the Bruins in that they are an Original Six team and they have a blood feud with the Canadiens, but Milan Lucic is the sort of cowardly sack of shit who makes anyone with a sense of justice pray for a charter plane crash. Also, he managed to make me like Kotsisystn, which just feels wrong. In the absence of impending paralysis or death, I will simply eagerly await his next encounter with Colton Orr and the hilarity that will ensue when he tries to climb the glass to get away and ends up a "pussy of the week" on the Grapevine.

#3 The Bruins have zero chance if they face the Rangers in the playoffs. I'm not sure who matches up worse--the Flyers or the Bruins, but both teams give off a vibe that they are just waiting around for something bad to happen to them when they are playing the Rangers. Watching the Bruins reaction to the tie breaker was hilarious. They almost looked like they thought the tying goal was too good to be true and that the game winner was to be expected. As a Ranger fan, it feels good to know that the 2nd and 3rd best teams in the conference have no chance of beating you in a seven game series. Now, if one of them would be kind enough to eliminate the Penguins and save the Rangers from having to poke that particular demon with a stick, that would be great.

#4 Turning away from the Rangers-Bruins tilt, the Flyers-Caps game could not have had a better outcome. The Caps lost and the most loathsome team in hockey with their gutless goon coach (in many ways, Dale Hunter was the Milan Lucic of his day--i.e., a cheap shot artist who never fought anyone his own size, although from what I understand, Hunter wasn't a wife beater like Milan), but Hartnell still managed to get knocked flat on his fucking head during an exceptionally ill-conceived fight.

[Dick Rosenthal]

Another reason to hate Milan, he is repped by Cleon Daskalakis--fuckwad former BU goalie and noted scumbag. I suppose that scumbags all nest together so it is appropriate.

[eepstein0]

Let's be honest for a minute.

#1 Chara isn't fighting John Scott for the same reason he used to avoid Boogaard like the plague. Scott is one of a limited number of human beings on the planet who actually is just as big and just as strong as the Circus Freak (and is a more accomplished pugilist) and if there is one thing anyone who has watched the Circus Freak since back in his days as an Islander knows it is that the Circus Freak does not deal well with pain when he is on the receiving end. The fiction that Chara ducked Scott because Scott is a talentless goon (as opposed to Chara realizing it is one of the few occassions where he is actually probably going to be on the losing end) is belied by the fact that Chara has a history of fighting no-talent goons and taking himself off the ice for long periods of time. Look, I'd love to have Chara on the Rangers. He eats great forwards up and he is capable of pummelling 99% of the goons in the league, but he showed that he does have a small yellow streak.

#2 Lucic once again decides to fight someone significantly smaller than he is (and duck someone who would drive his face through the back of his skull). Last I checked, Rupp has the same number of goals as Prust despite playing far less. The Fegget Serb didn't choose Prust because it was a more even trade from a talent perspective. He chose Prust because He had 30 pounds on him. And even then, Prust fought him to an inclusive draw. Milan Lucic needs to be made a parapalegic or get a blade raked across his cartoid artery. I actually kind of like the Bruins in that they are an Original Six team and they have a blood feud with the Canadiens, but Milan Lucic is the sort of cowardly sack of shit who makes anyone with a sense of justice pray for a charter plane crash. Also, he managed to make me like Kotsisystn, which just feels wrong. In the absence of impending paralysis or death, I will simply eagerly await his next encounter with Colton Orr and the hilarity that will ensue when he tries to climb the glass to get away and ends up a "pussy of the week" on the Grapevine.

#3 The Bruins have zero chance if they face the Rangers in the playoffs. I'm not sure who matches up worse--the Flyers or the Bruins, but both teams give off a vibe that they are just waiting around for something bad to happen to them when they are playing the Rangers. Watching the Bruins reaction to the tie breaker was hilarious. They almost looked like they thought the tying goal was too good to be true and that the game winner was to be expected. As a Ranger fan, it feels good to know that the 2nd and 3rd best teams in the conference have no chance of beating you in a seven game series. Now, if one of them would be kind enough to eliminate the Penguins and save the Rangers from having to poke that particular demon with a stick, that would be great.

#4 Turning away from the Rangers-Bruins tilt, the Flyers-Caps game could not have had a better outcome. The Caps lost and the most loathsome team in hockey with their gutless goon coach (in many ways, Dale Hunter was the Milan Lucic of his day--i.e., a cheap shot artist who never fought anyone his own size, although from what I understand, Hunter wasn't a wife beater like Milan), but Hartnell still managed to get knocked flat on his fucking head during an exceptionally ill-conceived fight.

#1 The Bruins will have no problem with the Rangers in the playoffs. The only redeeming part of your hockey team is your goalie who I admit is quite good.

#2 Hartnell landed the only punch of the fight and then lost his balance.

Don't let me interrupt your crusade though, keep on going.

[claver2010]

Let's be honest for a minute.

#1 Chara isn't fighting John Scott for the same reason he used to avoid Boogaard like the plague. Scott is one of a limited number of human beings on the planet who actually is just as big and just as strong as the Circus Freak (and is a more accomplished pugilist) and if there is one thing anyone who has watched the Circus Freak since back in his days as an Islander knows it is that the Circus Freak does not deal well with pain when he is on the receiving end. The fiction that Chara ducked Scott because Scott is a talentless goon (as opposed to Chara realizing it is one of the few occassions where he is actually probably going to be on the losing end) is belied by the fact that Chara has a history of fighting no-talent goons and taking himself off the ice for long periods of time. Look, I'd love to have Chara on the Rangers. He eats great forwards up and he is capable of pummelling 99% of the goons in the league, but he showed that he does have a small yellow streak.

#2 Lucic once again decides to fight someone significantly smaller than he is (and duck someone who would drive his face through the back of his skull). Last I checked, Rupp has the same number of goals as Prust despite playing far less. The Fegget Serb didn't choose Prust because it was a more even trade from a talent perspective. He chose Prust because He had 30 pounds on him. And even then, Prust fought him to an inclusive draw. Milan Lucic needs to be made a parapalegic or get a blade raked across his cartoid artery. I actually kind of like the Bruins in that they are an Original Six team and they have a blood feud with the Canadiens, but Milan Lucic is the sort of cowardly sack of shit who makes anyone with a sense of justice pray for a charter plane crash. Also, he managed to make me like Kotsisystn, which just feels wrong. In the absence of impending paralysis or death, I will simply eagerly await his next encounter with Colton Orr and the hilarity that will ensue when he tries to climb the glass to get away and ends up a "pussy of the week" on the Grapevine.

#3 The Bruins have zero chance if they face the Rangers in the playoffs. I'm not sure who matches up worse--the Flyers or the Bruins, but both teams give off a vibe that they are just waiting around for something bad to happen to them when they are playing the Rangers. Watching the Bruins reaction to the tie breaker was hilarious. They almost looked like they thought the tying goal was too good to be true and that the game winner was to be expected. As a Ranger fan, it feels good to know that the 2nd and 3rd best teams in the conference have no chance of beating you in a seven game series. Now, if one of them would be kind enough to eliminate the Penguins and save the Rangers from having to poke that particular demon with a stick, that would be great.

#4 Turning away from the Rangers-Bruins tilt, the Flyers-Caps game could not have had a better outcome. The Caps lost and the most loathsome team in hockey with their gutless goon coach (in many ways, Dale Hunter was the Milan Lucic of his day--i.e., a cheap shot artist who never fought anyone his own size, although from what I understand, Hunter wasn't a wife beater like Milan), but Hartnell still managed to get knocked flat on his fucking head during an exceptionally ill-conceived fight.

Excellent.

As I said about Lucic, when you're used to fighting women half your weight a 6-0, 190 guy is a huge step up in class to the "fegget serb" for stepping up. And Rupp isn't worth his time but Prust is?

On number 3 agreed. I'd love to see Philly in the playoffs. The Rangers are so deep in their head they always just wait for the other shoe to drop. No thanks on the Penguins.

Hartnell fixing his hair before the fight

[flyingelvii]

Point 1 is literally the most retarded drivel I have read on this board outside of the Knife of Asia's posts. Yes, Zdeno Chara should take himself off the ice for 5 minutes when he is their best offensive and defensive defenseman because John Scott, a guy that doesn't have a position and probably plays less than 10 minutes a game. In a game that has been tied or a one-goal game the entire time. Brilliant logic right there. Of course the Rangers take that fight 10 times out of 10. To quote Mike Rupp, John Scott is fucking irrelevant. On every team he's been on. In every situation he's been on the ice. Thornton would fight him, sure, but to say he's not worth Chara's time is a flat out insult to Chara's time.

Edit: Regarding Lucic, I trust the opinion of 300+ hockey players more than a couple of Rangers fans that have watched a relatively small sample of Bruins games, so looks like we're going to have to agree to disagree on that one.

[claver2010]

That's tough Elvis, there's a ton of mindless drivel on this board.

Anywho at least Thomas didn't blame Obama?

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/03/05/tim-thomas-blames-madison-square-garden-lights-for-affecting-his-play/

Tim Thomas Blames Madison Square Garden Lights For Affecting His Play
March 5, 2012 10:15 AM

BOSTON (CBS) — The New York Rangers have the most points in the NHL and have 10 points more than any other team in the Eastern Conference, so clearly, they’ve got quite a bit working in their favor.

On top of stellar goaltending from Henrik Lundqvist, a solid defensive system from John Tortorella and a balanced scoring attack, the Rangers also have a bit of an advantage when it comes to their home building of Madison Square Garden. That’s at least what Bruins goalie Tim Thomas seems to believe.

Thomas was asked by the Boston Herald if he is ready for the increased workload that awaits if backup Tuukka Rask is injured significantly.

“Yeah,” he told the Herald. “Especially if I go to an arena with lights.”

The lighting at Madison Square Garden is definitely different from other NHL arenas, as is evidenced by its appearance even on television. Still, they haven’t prevented Lundqvist from leading the league in save percentage and shutouts this year.

Without getting too specific, Thomas also said things just weren’t right for him at MSG.

“Every [goal] was a screen or a weird, goofy bounce,” he told the Herald. “It wasn’t a normal game for a goaltender. Let’s put it that way.”

Thomas made just 13 saves on 17 shots. It was just the fifth time all year that he allowed four or more goals in a game, and the first time since Jan. 22, when he allowed five in Philadelphia.

Going back to the 2008-09 season, when he won his first Vezina Trophy, Thomas is 1-3-1 at Madison Square Garden with a .902 save percentage and 2.57 goals-against average.

[flyingelvii]

Thomas is a clown. At least he didn't say the puck dipped on him this time.

Edit: Apologies for the harshness. At least I qualified it somewhat.

[claver2010]

Thomas is a clown. At least he didn't say the puck dipped on him this time.

Edit: Apologies for the harshness. At least I qualified it somewhat.

What was originally posted? This is the message board where posters threaten to fedex to others' bosses, there's no shame

[flyingelvii]

Thomas is a clown. At least he didn't say the puck dipped on him this time.

Edit: Apologies for the harshness. At least I qualified it somewhat.

What was originally posted? This is the message board where posters threaten to fedex to others' bosses, there's no shame

Oh, by qualify I just meant the Knife of Asia part. The remaining text is unedited. How dare you accuse me of being a coward.

[claver2010]

Thomas is a clown. At least he didn't say the puck dipped on him this time.

Edit: Apologies for the harshness. At least I qualified it somewhat.

What was originally posted? This is the message board where posters threaten to fedex to others' bosses, there's no shame

Oh, by qualify I just meant the Knife of Asia part. The remaining text is unedited. How dare you accuse me of being a coward.

Ah my mistake.

SHOW ME THE LOGS!

[bignick33]

get room

[Dick Rosenthal]

It may be "retarded", but it is true. I did a little reasearch and guess what? Chara has dropped the gloves on multiple occassions over the last four seasons in tight games with following world beating skill players--Riley Cote, Eric Goddard, Tim Jackman, Colton Orr, Arron Asham, Jody Shelley, Donald Brashear. If you go back a few more years, to Chara's Islander days, you can add Tie Domi and Darren Langdon to that list. Interestingly, there are interwebs clips of him declining fights with LaRaque and Boogaard which would suggest that his Europeaness comes out when the opponents are roughly his size.

And Epstein, you suck balls like every Washington DC professional sports franchise.

[flyingelvii]

It may be "retarded", but it is true. I did a little reasearch and guess what? Chara has dropped the gloves on multiple occassions over the last four seasons in tight games with following world beating skill players--Riley Cote, Eric Goddard, Tim Jackman, Colton Orr, Arron Asham, Jody Shelley, Donald Brashear. If you go back a few more years, to Chara's Islander days, you can add Tie Domi and Darren Langdon to that list. Interestingly, there are interwebs clips of him declining fights with LaRaque and Boogaard which would suggest that his Europeaness comes out when the opponents are roughly his size.

And Epstein, you suck balls like every Washington DC professional sports franchise.

And what was the context of those games? Were they one goal games like yesterday's? Or were they blowouts? Again, it's pointless to take himself off the ice for five minutes in a close game because some guy that can't skate wanted to fight him. Which is pretty much the only point I'm trying to make. Of course Scott goes for that fight. Of course Chara declines it. It's a net gain that takes your worst player off the ice for five minutes and gets the other team's best player off the ice for five minutes. I know you're not this stupid so I'll stop taking the bait after this post.

[Dick Rosenthal]

As I pointed out, each of the aforementioned fights occurred during 1 goal or tie games--there were about 15 other fights I was able to find where it was lopsided. I admittedly don't know the context of the fights he declined with LaRaques and the Dead Guy, my point was merely that if he went with Scott, it would not have been any different than a half dozen other fights he had--except that Scott is one of the few guys who could actually beat him in a fight.