General Hockey Talk - Injuries, signings, factoids + other news from around the league

So, in the spirit of the #18wheeler, ideal scenario today:

 - Leafs lose in regulation to the Blues
 - Caps beat the Kings in regulation/OT
 - Columbus beats Detroit in OT

Leafs will be sitting 10th if that plays out.

#delicious

Habs stopped the B's win streak last night in a pretty rough affair... that would make for a nice playoff matchup for sure.

NEELY wrote:It's a country club, guys are too comfortable and it shows in their play.  Spezza is the exact same way... there's no extra effort required because things are just great in their life.

When your owner only cares about "cost per point" a country club is what you get.

You're not in the winning business, you're in the enterainment business.

tim1_2 wrote:Leafs have a one point lead for the last wildcard spot.  They play St. Louis tonight and Philly on Friday.  They will likely lose both these games.

And Budaj is 5-0 in Boston. There are no guaranteed losses in this league.

shabbs wrote:Habs stopped the B's win streak last night in a pretty rough affair... that would make for a nice playoff matchup for sure.

Except the Habs won't have any healthy bodies left.

wprager wrote:

shabbs wrote:Habs stopped the B's win streak last night in a pretty rough affair... that would make for a nice playoff matchup for sure.

Except the Habs won't have any healthy bodies left.

No doubt. They will get pounded good.

Bernier looks to be back for the Leafs tonight...

Pens twitter: Per Coach Bylsma: #Pens Evgeni Malkin has a foot injury and will be out 2-3 weeks.

Oh oh.

shabbs wrote:Pens twitter: Per Coach Bylsma: #Pens Evgeni Malkin has a foot injury and will be out 2-3 weeks.

Oh oh.

This matters not. Malkin will be back in time for the playoffs, and now more rested for it. Pittsburgh is used to dealing with the absence of Crysby or Malkin.

PK/Boychuk last night was hilarious...



PK being PK...

What were the penalties handed out in the Boychuck/PK exchange? Funny how Pacioeretty stood there and did nothing as the Habs "star" defenseman was being threatened.

Boychuk got 2-min, PK nothing.

So, for PK, mission accomplished.

PK baited him huge, twice. One day someone's gonna punch the poop outta PK, and it'll be great.

tim1_2 wrote:PK baited him huge, twice.  One day someone's gonna punch the poop outta PK, and it'll be great.

We keep waiting for that day...

Lotta noise being made about Ladd missing a game for the birth of his daughter... Jets lost the game...

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/andrew-ladd-blasted-for-choosing-birth-of-child-over-jets-game-143350292.html

Always a polarizing decision. I can't blame him, I'd have done the same thing. Family first Wing Dang Doodle.

shabbs wrote:Lotta noise being made about Ladd missing a game for the birth of his daughter... Jets lost the game...

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/andrew-ladd-blasted-for-choosing-birth-of-child-over-jets-game-143350292.html

Always a polarizing decision. I can't blame him, I'd have done the same thing. Family first Wing Dang Doodle.

Diddle that, I'd be there for the birth of my child before I played an NHL hockey game.

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:Lotta noise being made about Ladd missing a game for the birth of his daughter... Jets lost the game...

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/andrew-ladd-blasted-for-choosing-birth-of-child-over-jets-game-143350292.html

Always a polarizing decision. I can't blame him, I'd have done the same thing. Family first Wing Dang Doodle.

Diddle that, I'd be there for the birth of my child before I played an NHL hockey game.

There's nothing polarizing about it. You go be with your family, and that's that. To suggest anything else is ridiculous.

tim1_2 wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:Lotta noise being made about Ladd missing a game for the birth of his daughter... Jets lost the game...

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/andrew-ladd-blasted-for-choosing-birth-of-child-over-jets-game-143350292.html

Always a polarizing decision. I can't blame him, I'd have done the same thing. Family first Wing Dang Doodle.

Diddle that, I'd be there for the birth of my child before I played an NHL hockey game.

There's nothing polarizing about it.  You go be with your family, and that's that.  To suggest anything else is ridiculous.  

To suggest anything else means you don't have kids.