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19 months ago

I wouldn't do anything with Chimera's line right now given how well he seems to be doing. Why dick around with the hot hand?
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19 months ago

sugarmag said...
What do folks think about putting Chimera and MJ85 on the same line for killer speed. Maybe put Backs in between?

I wouldn't break up 25-21-42. Not sure if you are referring to Johansson or Perreault, but I would keep Perreault down on the 4th line until a guy in the top 6 gets nicked up. I would consider putting Johansson with Ovie and let those two fly around and let Knuble or Brouwer crash the net. Make the other line Backstrom and Semin with the other of 22/20. When Ovie and Backstrom are in a funk it is best to separate them 5v5, imo.
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19 months ago

bkmalik said...
I wouldn't do anything with Chimera's line right now given how well he seems to be doing. Why dick around with the hot hand?

prob b/c juggles "wants to see what other options will look like"
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19 months ago

bkmalik said...
I wouldn't do anything with Chimera's line right now given how well he seems to be doing. Why dick around with the hot hand?

bc thats what bruce boudreau does!
i do like our play on the PP where green passes, drives straight towards the net, and then OV comes racing to the middle to hit a one timer

This post was edited by lazy on 10/11/2011 at 9:13 AM
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I think 8-90-20 and 28-19-22 I the best way to handle our top lines
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@TSNBobMcKenzie: More and more NHL governors convinced DET will be moving to SE Div in Eastern Conference when realignment done in early December.
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19 months ago

If they're doing full-scale realignment how does that make any sense?
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19 months ago

Who cares? Anything to have a legit team in the division with us.
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19 months ago

MuddyLake said...
If they're doing full-scale realignment how does that make any sense?

Detroit has always wanted to be in the East. I think it's dumb. It takes away the premier team in the Western Conference. I would think Columbus is a better option.
"It's just so hard," Greivis said. "It's my heart, my love. Maryland made me who I am."
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19 months ago

MuddyLake said...
If they're doing full-scale realignment how does that make any sense?

Good question, but on the other side a straight Wpg for Det swap doesn't seem far fetched. There was some sort of 'promise' that Detroit had first dibs on moving east. Of course moving Nashville to the SE makes more sense, but if that promise is honored the Detroit thing is reasonable. Could also be that this would just be for a season or two. See if anyone else moves (Phx) and do the full-scale realignment after that happens.
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19 months ago

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@TSNBobMcKenzie: More and more NHL governors convinced DET will be moving to SE Div in Eastern Conference when realignment done in early December.

My season tickets just became worth a lot more money...yeah...trade Atlanta for Detroit
HumphreyBogart said... Jackie Robinson isn't dirty. This isn't Pack Pride.
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19 months ago

Who are the Wings biggest natural rivals? Chicago and Dallas? The Colorado thing should be long over by now.
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19 months ago

I'm wondering why anybody would expect creativity or forward thinking from a league that can barely market itself outside of Caps-Penguins and the Northeast rivalries.
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19 months ago

sugarmag said...
Who are the Wings biggest natural rivals? Chicago and Dallas? The Colorado thing should be long over by now.

Detroit-Chicago is a huge rivalry, but you would see the same blood with Toronto very soon thereafter...well, pretty much anyone in the original six.
The problem for Detroit is they only play Chicago out of the original six.
The used to play this all the time before Hawks games

Play
Jeremy Piven - Detroit Sucks!!!!

Here is Jerermy Piven in his pre - "entourage" days in a tv advert for the Chicago Blackhawks telling us about the favorite 2 words that every blackhawks fan knows... Detroit SUCKS
http://www.youtube.com/v/Y1BFfTf8MNE
HumphreyBogart said... Jackie Robinson isn't dirty. This isn't Pack Pride.
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19 months ago

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=377916
Nashville, Detroit or Columbus to Southeast?

This post was edited by Myth1984 on 10/12/2011 at 12:00 PM
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19 months ago

So...has Ovie improved at all in the last 3 years? I kind of miss him being the best player in hockey.
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19 months ago

BrunoTerp said...
So...has Ovie improved at all in the last 3 years? I kind of miss him being the best player in hockey.

He's in decline already. 35-65-100 type of player now, +/- 10 points. He won't sniff 50 again.
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19 months ago

CletusVanDamme said...
He's in decline already. 35-65-100 type of player now, +/- 10 points. He won't sniff 50 again.

Totally disagree with the 35-65-100 statline.
Hes got some high 40s in him for sure.
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19 months ago

Neuvy "day to day" with "lower body injury." Hopefully not Varly Part II. Holtby likely recall.
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19 months ago

BrunoTerp said...
So...has Ovie improved at all in the last 3 years? I kind of miss him being the best player in hockey.

and what few years he has left will be wasted with Boudreau.
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19 months ago

I disagree, Ovie really didn't shine until BB took off the leash and let the Caps play end-to-end offense-first style hockey, and the next season they won the conference.. After the Montreal loss everyone said it wasn't working, and they switched gears to a more defensive style, Ovie's numbers went way down, but they again won the conference... and went out in the second round. People said the 2010 playoff debacle was the fault of the system, but Caps have had playoff dysfunction forever despite the system, and last year proves that. I'm a big fan of letting Caps be the Caps; they should stop trying to emulate someone else's game. They had the guns to win in 2010, they have them now. Free Alex Ovechkin.
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19 months ago

Ovie relies on his raw ability (which is immense) but he never put in the work to diversify his game. Defenders have figured out how to play his rushes and with the power play being complete trash his scoring ability is pretty limited.
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19 months ago

and then there's this
Sigh. I take it all back, Boudreau must go.

Alex Ovechkin talks about needing to ‘be better’ for Capitals - Capitals Insider - The Washington Post

Alex Ovechkin acknowledges he hasn
www.washingtonpost.com
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19 months ago

Bruce should have been gone long ago. He's been absolutely embarrassed by Boucher and Martin in our last 2 series losses. He even got outcoached by Tortorella but talent won out.
Bruce has been VERY defensive for October. He has to know he's on the hot seat. Even the freak out over Vokoun saying he wasn't starting the opener. Seriously? you're worried about that for one regular season game? He's paranoid and he has to go. Its on Ted and GMGM at this point, they're so obsessed with staying the course they're dooming us to 10 years of this same shit.
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