Red-White game, who's watching?

Meh... definitely no wolski on this team.

Well, Heatley and Spezza shook hands, so no drama there.

marakh wrote:Jef Carter has the best release.

They've definitely got some snipers, but I'd LOVE to see the Russians' shoot-out.


I don't envy the goalies there. :^^^^:

Okay so Mason should make the team but not be allowed to be in shootouts

M_Christopher wrote:Okay so Mason should make the team but not be allowed to be in shootouts

Or should at least consider covering his five-hole.

Whats Russia's forward group looking like again?

Kovalchuk-Malkin-Ovechkin
Semin-Kovalev-Datsyuk
...

crazy.

why would kovalev play centre?

cas wrote:

asq2 wrote:I was hoping Pronger was going to paste Heatley there.

I'd forgotten how big Dany is. He looks about Pronger's size from this viewpoint.

Lecavalier gets a penalty, but St. Louis gets a SH break-away. No goal, though.

With his pads on, yeah, but in the photo's of him arriving in Calgary, he looked like he'd dropped 20 pounds riding the crazy train all summer

He looked horrible in that picture. Tiny little arms. It was odd.

cas wrote:Whats Russia's forward group looking like again?

Kovalchuk-Malkin-Ovechkin
Semin-Kovalev-Datsyuk
...

crazy.

If you convert Malkin to wing, you could have all three Hart candidates on one line. :^^^^:

And they keep churning these guys out. In a few years, Kabanov could be another Kovalchuk.

If it's any consolation, though, the Russians are IMO quite a bit behind Canada, Sweden and the US in terms of producing defencemen. That looks like it may be their achilles heel.

I have a feeling this will be a loong season for the Sens

I wouldn't be too pessimistic. Between Alfredsson potentially hitting 1000 regular season points, Foligno's progression, a Leclaire/Elliott tandem and potentially the start of Karlsson's NHL career, there's a lot to look forward to.

Caught the highlights this morning... the game looked like an all-star game - not too fast paced. Heh heh. Hopefully they can start to develop some chemistry and get in synch by the time the Olympics come around.

Heatley in the shootout? And he scores? WHAT? And they booed him just a bit... heh heh.

To anyone who watched the scrimmage ....

Did anyone notice an argument occurring at the very end when players were leaving the ice ?

It looked like Jonathan Toews and Eric Staal were exchanging some nasty words and Jordan Staal had to step in and move Toews aside.

Curious what was going on there.

Hoags wrote:To anyone who watched the scrimmage ....

Did anyone notice an argument occurring at the very end when players were leaving the ice ?

It looked like Jonathan Toews and Eric Staal were exchanging some nasty words and Jordan Staal had to step in and move Toews aside.

Curious what was going on there.

They were probably arguing over cab fare...

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