Hartsburg calls out Spezza

I'm really glad he bought such an expensive house. It'll be a little more difficult for him to pull a Joe Corvo now.

Is it fair to say Spezza and Gerber are the official whipping boys now? (deserved or not)

Could there are other things going on that we don't see or hear about. Maybe Spezza isn't trying that hard during practice. Anyone have any inside info?

None here. Chirp maybe?

I haven't heard anything in regards to Spezza of late.

Just another garbage article by Brennan to stir the pot and sell some papers

b33f wrote:Just another garbage article by Brennan to stir the pot and sell some papers

BINGO! Well said.

How those two guys haven't been egged or anything is beyond me! LOL

Harts is just pushing Spezza to go out there and rip teams new bunghole. That's the inspiration behind this. Spezza doesn't look like he's having fun right now, he needs to get back to having fun -WHILE keeping an eye on his 2-way play.

Good point Heater.

He really doesn't look like he's having fun...

mattshock wrote:Good point Heater.

He really doesn't look like he's having fun...

We need to clone Alfie...

I'll put in some money for that :D

Hartsburg is moving on from the calling out of Spezza...

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=255440

Spezza knows what he has to do. Hopefully it will happen tomorrow night.

And let's hope Alfie find his HABS-killing ways as well.

HA HA!

Spezza has looked fine so far. call out Fisher. call out Phillips. call out Heatley. Dont call out the Spezz Dispenser

Auld to start against Habs as per TSN.

Tukker wrote:Spezza has looked fine so far. call out Fisher. call out Phillips. call out Heatley. Dont call out the Spezz Dispenser

Well, the last few games, he's looked average at best, but so has Heatley and Vermette's been invisible. Heatley scored a goal where Spezza fed him one of the passes of the year against Philly. Then Heatley scored with a pass from Fisher to break away and score - never mind he was just coming out of the penalty box.

I love Heater as much as anyone, but he's been really, really average as well. If he'd have converted one of the 6 or 7 amazing passes that Spez fed him vs Washington, we wouldn't have needed OT and given the Caps a point.

And Vermette...I thought I'd love him up there win Spez and Heater, but he's definitely not doing the little things needed to keep that line hopping.

As I said before...can we close Alfie?

504Heater wrote:Well, the last few games, he's looked average at best, but so has Heatley and Vermette's been invisible. Heatley scored a goal where Spezza fed him one of the passes of the year against Philly. Then Heatley scored with a pass from Fisher to break away and score - never mind he was just coming out of the penalty box.

I love Heater as much as anyone, but he's been really, really average as well. If he'd have converted one of the 6 or 7 amazing passes that Spez fed him vs Washington, we wouldn't have needed OT and given the Caps a point.

And Vermette...I thought I'd love him up there win Spez and Heater, but he's definitely not doing the little things needed to keep that line hopping.

As I said before...can we close Alfie?

Actually, before you said "clone"

Auld has the league's best GAA? Wow, he was 3rd or 4th, wasn't he? And I thought that included his last game. So the guys above him had stinkers, I guess. I'll take it, I don't care. I think this is the season for another unheralded goalie to go to the All Star Game.

wprager wrote:

504Heater wrote:Well, the last few games, he's looked average at best, but so has Heatley and Vermette's been invisible. Heatley scored a goal where Spezza fed him one of the passes of the year against Philly. Then Heatley scored with a pass from Fisher to break away and score - never mind he was just coming out of the penalty box.

I love Heater as much as anyone, but he's been really, really average as well. If he'd have converted one of the 6 or 7 amazing passes that Spez fed him vs Washington, we wouldn't have needed OT and given the Caps a point.

And Vermette...I thought I'd love him up there win Spez and Heater, but he's definitely not doing the little things needed to keep that line hopping.

As I said before...can we close Alfie?

Actually, before you said "clone"

Auld has the league's best GAA? Wow, he was 3rd or 4th, wasn't he? And I thought that included his last game. So the guys above him had stinkers, I guess. I'll take it, I don't care. I think this is the season for another unheralded goalie to go to the All Star Game.

Only Ryan Miller was ahead of him, then Miller served up a big fat juicy turd against the Thrashers.

hemlock34 wrote:
Only Ryan Miller was ahead of him, then Miller served up a big fat juicy turd against the Thrashers.

Ah, OK, then that must have been the SV%.

wprager wrote:
Actually, before you said "clone"

Auld has the league's best GAA? Wow, he was 3rd or 4th, wasn't he? And I thought that included his last game. So the guys above him had stinkers, I guess. I'll take it, I don't care. I think this is the season for another unheralded goalie to go to the All Star Game.

:D I meant clone, yes.

Auld and Thomas are tied for #1 in GAA, with Thomas playing one more game and facing the Habs at least once. So give Auld 5 more games and if he's still on this pace...well...it's pretty dang serious!!!