Brick Tamland Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 PK Subban was scratched. Must have been because he isn't dynamic. Marc-Edouard Vlasic, with a career high of 6 goals, plays with Drew Doughty for the entire game. Must be because he's so much more dynamic than Hamhuis. If you want to take underhanded jabs at Hamhuis, don't use the coaching staff's preference for one player over another as rationale. They kept Chris freakin' Kunitz in the lineup over the Art Ross trophy winner Martin St. Louis, for God's sake. Intangibles are the point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbyte Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Seriously Apollo? You drunk when you posted this? What a tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Benching MSL was the best move, btw. He didn't show much in his icetime. Maybe he draws back in next game. Babcock's switching up the lines because he can and it makes it difficult for other teams to implement a gameplan other than 'top checkers on Sid.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Sweden has a population of 9.5 mil, they have to be the best hockey players in the world per cap. tough to say. Canada is about 3x bigger pop, but 50% of NHL is Canadian. Not sure if greater than 15% are Swedes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 kind of like it was basically decided before the tournament started that Price was going to be the #1 goalie...yep. Yea def. I am just happy lui played one game and that game he was perfect, its their mistake, he should have started today, if he didnt play solid and we didnt win, or we won and he didnt look solid then sure roll with price just like lui took the job from brodeur, thats how it should be.. It was def decided before hand I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanBeef Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 When 7 D are dressed, somebody is going to get the short end of the stick. I'm pretty surprised Subban was the one sitting out. Hamhuis played almost 3 times longer in the first game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Tavares-Crosby-St.Louis Duchene/Marleau/Carter-Getzlaf-Perry Sharp/Carter-Toews-Nash Marleau-Benn-Bergeron Scratched Kunitz Marleau, Sharp, Duchene, St. Louis and Carter to be bounced around the lineup as the flow of the game progresses I think the 4 duos should be though: Tavares-Crosby Getzlaf-Perry Benn-Bergeron Toews-Nash But anyone really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Marchand Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Intangibles are the point And my point was that using number of shifts to justify his lack of "dynamic quality" is equally ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Doughty:4 goals Crosby and Kunitz: 0 goals Dat chemistry why are people on kunitz? Plenty of zeros in the forwards. other than Benn, getzlaf,or carter, which forward has scored? Ans: none. 0 goals from Perry, Crosby, Nash, MSL, toews, bergerone, marleau, Tavares, sharp, duschene, etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I can't stream any videos on CBC/TSN using Google Chrome. No issues with IE. Anybody else have the same issue or know how to correct the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Yea def. I am just happy lui played one game and that game he was perfect, its their mistake, he should have started today, if he didnt play solid and we didnt win, or we won and he didnt look solid then sure roll with price just like lui took the job from brodeur, thats how it should be.. It was def decided before hand I agree Price was the right choice today. They already know what they got with Luo, Price is the question mark. If Luongo goes in today and has a shaky game, now you have to go back to Price who as I already mentioned is a question mark. Now we at least got see that Price isn't going to choke under pressure. He even came up with a big save on Salo in OT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I cant believe Kunitz has started each game, its unbelievable he has stood out as the odd man out, cant believe st louis or sharp past two game shas rode the pine for him... And Giroux, Thornton, Staal, Hall, Seguin, Neal arent even selected to the team over Kunitz driving me crazy, even mike richards deserves a spot on the team over him by a landslide Just gross hockey politics nonsense. If yzerman is gm of pens, maybe u have a point. The selection committee went over this for one year to get it right. That fact MSL wasn't on the first roster shows you that the process is fair. Yzerman had the power to veto anything, but went with consensus position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I can't stream any videos on CBC/TSN using Google Chrome. No issues with IE. Anybody else have the same issue or know how to correct the problem? me too, and I can only use chrome since it has a plug in for me to view Canadian websites. The player is flash, but doesn't open auto like in IE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 why are people on kunitz? Plenty of zeros in the forwards. other than Benn, getzlaf,or carter, which forward has scored? Ans: none. 0 goals from Perry, Crosby, Nash, MSL, toews, bergerone, marleau, Tavares, shapr, duschene, etc etc. It's likely because he was named to the team on the strength of a so-called chemistry with Crosby. It hasn't materialized at all. In fact, Sid looked better with Benn and Bergeron today, in spite of not getting on the score sheet. Guys like Perry, Duchene and Marleau, while not getting on the score sheet, have at least contributed to the success of teammates like Carter, Getzlaf, Benn and DD... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
people please Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Price was the right choice today. They already know what they got with Luo, Price is the question mark. If Luongo goes in today and has a shaky game, now you have to go back to Price who as I already mentioned is a question mark. Now we at least got see that Price isn't going to choke under pressure. He even came up with a big save on Salo in OT. It hit his blocker, he reacted late and got lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanTSN Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 MSL sharp toews sid marleau carter duechene nash benn bergeron getzlaf perry and tavares have all contributed something to this team this tournament. some on the scoresheat some not. kunitz has done nothing but turn the puck over. thats what makes him a useless peice of meat. dont twist my words to mmake it looks like I said something I didnt child. the fact that your are arguing with 5 members in this thread alone should clue you in that you dont know much hockey. What did MSL do exactly? His speed was supposed to be showcased in offensive opportunities and none of that came. Instead he looked out of place and got knocked down a lot. However, he can score just as well as Kunitz or any other player. Anyway, I don't understand how useless hyperbole and basing an opinion on somebody else's or perhaps NHL14 counts as end-all-argument hockey knowledge. And honest assessment of Kunitz's game today reveals that he's just fine. Much more suited for a grinding-type game like today's was. The focus on Kunitz has been stupid. It would've been Nash if not for what he did in NY leading up to the Olympics, but now it's just Kunitz. Mainly because we need somebody to whine about, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks.brad Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 5 shifts for Hamhuis. when you have... Keith - Weber Bouwmeester - Pietrangelo Vlasic - Doughty there is very little time for a 7th Dman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Price was the right choice today. They already know what they got with Luo, Price is the question mark. If Luongo goes in today and has a shaky game, now you have to go back to Price who as I already mentioned is a question mark. Now we at least got see that Price isn't going to choke under pressure. He even came up with a big save on Salo in OT. While that does ensure the team has confidence in both goalies, it also rewards Price for being shaky in the first game. Unless of course they go back to Lu for the next game, but I doubt that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 It hit his blocker, he reacted late and got lucky. It certainly looked that way on the replay. However, he was in position to make the save and deserves credit for making it. However, I agree that some of the kudos being thrown out by guys like McLennan and McKenzie is a bit over the top. Solid save, but not in the class of Luongo on Demitra, IMHO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 It's likely because he was named to the team on the strength of a so-called chemistry with Crosby. It hasn't materialized at all. In fact, Sid looked better with Benn and Bergeron today, in spite of not getting on the score sheet. Guys like Perry, Duchene and Marleau, while not getting on the score sheet, have at least contributed to the success of teammates like Carter, Getzlaf, Benn and DD... yzerman clarified that they like him even if not on w Crosby. They can use him on PP, w getzlaf/perry former dux line. I don't see him as the only prob. Most the forwards aren't scoring, and that is a huge problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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