Equally Obnoxious Hockey Trash Talk Thread, eh?

[Homercidal]

Blues just fired Payne and hired a fat *******.

LOL! I saw the headline today.

Good luck.

 

[Beezy]

They hired a guy in the Blue Jackets system? Does that make any sense? Usually you try yo take from a winning org.

 

[arturo7]

Now the Blues have a coach and GM from Dalass, and an owner from ****cago. WTF

 

[arturo7]

They hired a guy in the Blue Jackets system? Does that make any sense? Usually you try yo take from a winning org.

Armstrong and Hitchcock won a cup in Dallas.

 

[paulster2626]

Armstrong and Hitchcock won a cup in Dallas.

Yes, a hundred years ago. Hell, goals could be called back for a foot in the crease back then, provided they weren't of the 'Stanley Cup winning' variety. Times have changed, my friend.

 

[Beezy]

Armstrong and Hitchcock won a cup in Dallas.

Fair play.

 

[arturo7]

The St. Louis donut shops were probably happy to hear of the hire.

 

[Homercidal]

For what it's worth, I respect him as a coach. He's been around a while.

 

[ytsejam]

Yeah, Hawks sucked bad last night.
I hope Emery plays next game against VAN just to see him take care of the snowshower sisters before the d-men can even grab 'em. I guess Carcillo made up for it later by accidentally "falling" into Luongo from 8 feet away (after he just got up, haha).

Sucks for Toews playing with slugs like Brunette & Stalberg.

I don't know it Hitch is right fit for Blues or not but Payne sucked.

 

[Beezy]

The Penguins just traded center Letestu to C-bus. Making room on the roster?

 

[paulster2626]

Awesome. The Leafs know that MW3 just came out, so they're giving me a good reason to stop watching and just play video games for a couple months. Just like last year!

 

[neko]

They hired a guy in the Blue Jackets system? Does that make any sense? Usually you try yo take from a winning org.

The people in winning organizations already have a job.

 

[arturo7]

Awesome. The Leafs know that MW3 just came out, so they're giving me a good reason to stop watching and just play video games for a couple months. Just like last year!

Fan of the Year

 

[paulster2626]

Fan of the Year

Millennium, actually - but who's keeping score anyway?

 

[emjay]

Fan of the Year

It's really the appropriate reaction for a Leafs fan.

 

[solbes]

Wild win 5 in a row! Now Backstrom wants in on the goaltending party, awesome shutout for him too last night. If you're Yeo, who do you play in the net? Guess it might not matter with how they've both been playing. Lets shoot for 6 in San Jose.

 

[Homercidal]

Anyone see the projected realignment situation presented by Fox Sports Detroit last night?

No more East vs West. It will be 4 "regions" (divisions, essentially), mostly playing near each other geographically, with the top 4 teams from each starting the playoffs. After the first round, they reseed or whatever, and move on.

I liked the look of it. It keeps teams playing those close to them most of the time, and also playing a couple of distant teams a year. I'm tired of the Wings playing so many 10:30 games out west.

Since there doesn't seem to be a decent way to realign the existing format, might as well reboot the whole thing.

 

[DangerRoss]

Wild win 5 in a row! Now Backstrom wants in on the goaltending party, awesome shutout for him too last night.

Backstrom had to work last night stopping 41 shots!!! It was a crazy game. That headbutt was total Busch league. If you can't fight at least get knockout like a man. The NHL isn't soccer and doesn't need a Zinedine Zidane.

If you're Yeo, who do you play in the net?

I would ride Backstrom's 41 shot shutout for the next game and then start a rotation or something. Switch between Harding and Backstrom every 2-3 games. I know goalies are weird and would rather not do a rotation, I have played with some.

Lets shoot for 6 in San Jose.

The only time I cheer against the Sharks is when the Wild play them. I have to cheer for my hometown boys! Especially when they are on a 5 game hot streak!:rockin:

 

[DangerRoss]

I liked the look of it. It keeps teams playing those close to them most of the time, and also playing a couple of distant teams a year.

I think they play enough division games a year. How many times can play the same team in a season before the fans get bored and want to see other teams? I like having division rivials but when you play a team more then 5-6 times a year it kinda exploits them. I'm just saying it makes a boring year of hockey when you have 82 games split up between like 10 teams.

I'm tired of the Wings playing so many 10:30 games out west.

QYB and get TiVo or a VCR and record the game.

 

[emjay]

I think they play enough division games a year. How many times can play the same team in a season before the fans get bored and want to see other teams? I like having division rivials but when you play a team more then 5-6 times a year it kinda exploits them. I'm just saying it makes a boring year of hockey when you have 82 games split up between like 10 teams.

I agree with this. I'm not necessarily opposed to a complete restructuring, and even elimination of conferences, but playing the same small group of teams (6 or 7, in this case) most of the time just isn't very interesting.

 

[Homercidal]

I think they play enough division games a year. How many times can play the same team in a season before the fans get bored and want to see other teams? I like having division rivials but when you play a team more then 5-6 times a year it kinda exploits them. I'm just saying it makes a boring year of hockey when you have 82 games split up between like 10 teams.



QYB and get TiVo or a VCR and record the game.

I think the divisions would be larger, 7 teams for 2 divisions, and 8 teams in two divisions. I think they said they would play each other about 6 times per year, and they would play mostly home and away games, due to being so close. So a hot game that happens the first night, will carry emotions into the next game right away, in the other building.

And thank you for your advice to get a DVR. I have one, and still prefer to watch a game live. You can't wake up and go to work and then get home to watch before someone spills the beans. Probably doesn't matter if you don't work.

 

[Homercidal]

I agree with this. I'm not necessarily opposed to a complete restructuring, and even elimination of conferences, but playing the same small group of teams (6 or 7, in this case) most of the time just isn't very interesting.

Doing the math (Unless I'm doing it wrong) means that in a division with 7 teams, playing each one 6 times (as mentioned on the program) amounts to 42 games played amongst the division, leaving 40 games to be spread out amongst the 23 other teams. So they could feasibly play all of the rest of the teams in the NHL almost twice.

Keep in mind that this would expand the division from the current number of 5, to 7 or 8, meaning that there is a likelyhood of there being fewer games between two teams in the division, not more.

And since it's not based on conferences, there would be more chances to play all teams each season.

 

[copyright1997]

I think the divisions would be larger, 7 teams for 2 divisions, and 8 teams in two divisions. I think they said they would play each other about 6 times per year, and they would play mostly home and away games, due to being so close. So a hot game that happens the first night, will carry emotions into the next game right away, in the other building.

I personally feel there is TOO much intra-division play, and not nearly enough inter-conference play. Currently, of the 82 games:
intra-divsion: 4 (other) * 6 games = 24
intra-conference: 10 (other) * 4 games = 40
which leaves 18 inter-conference games split among 15 teams. Which means (of course), your team will play most other conference teams only once.

I'd much rather see the Pens play against Detroit, LA, Sharks, Dalls, Wild, etc. than the same old Eastern Conference crap with the Rangers, Islanders, Devils and Flyers. (It doesn't help that 3 of the 5 in the division are NYC area teams.)

In this day and age of team jets and DVR's I think the league can still have good rivalries and still a bit more movement away from the old match ups.

 

[arturo7]

Anyone see the projected realignment situation presented by Fox Sports Detroit last night?

No more East vs West. It will be 4 "regions" (divisions, essentially), mostly playing near each other geographically, with the top 4 teams from each starting the playoffs. After the first round, they reseed or whatever, and move on.

I liked the look of it. It keeps teams playing those close to them most of the time, and also playing a couple of distant teams a year. I'm tired of the Wings playing so many 10:30 games out west.

Since there doesn't seem to be a decent way to realign the existing format, might as well reboot the whole thing.

I don't think anything will happen until the Phoenix franchise is on solid ground somewhere.

 

[arturo7]

The biggest problem with 4 divisions is the fact that there are 30 teams. 30 doesn't divide by 4. There really isn't a clean way to decide who gets into the playoffs.

 

[emjay]

The biggest problem with 4 divisions is the fact that there are 30 teams. 30 doesn't divide by 4. There really isn't a clean way to decide who gets into the playoffs.

Meh, that's not really a big deal. It's the overall seeding that I think would be affected the most, without being able to easily properly rank 1-8 on both sides of the bracket.

 

[Homercidal]

The biggest problem with 4 divisions is the fact that there are 30 teams. 30 doesn't divide by 4. There really isn't a clean way to decide who gets into the playoffs.

The way it was presented was having two regions with two extra teams. As far as the playoffs, each region would have 4 playoff spots available. Anybody left out is just left out.

After the first round, then they reseed based on as yet undisclosed criteria (probably playoff points or some such).

And what I've been hearing all along is that there IS going to be a reorg of some sort for the 2012-2013 season. They are just working towards making it as fair as possible, as well as financially practical (like not having the Wings fly a billion miles a season, for example).

I think the way it was shown makes sense if you want to eliminate conference-heavy games and go towards a more balanced system of play. The division, or regional, games help build a rivalry, while leaving plenty of games to play among the rest of the league.

I've tried to find a screenshot of the regions they listed, but all I see is an older example of a previous system.

 

[arturo7]

Meh, that's not really a big deal. It's the overall seeding that I think would be affected the most, without being able to easily properly rank 1-8 on both sides of the bracket.

This plan wouldn't use the current 1-8 system. It would have divisional playoffs.
There lies the problem with divisions of different size, teams in the smaller divisions would have an advantage.

 

[emjay]

This plan wouldn't use the current 1-8 system. It would have divisional playoffs.
There lies the problem with divisions of different size, teams in the smaller divisions would have an advantage.

It really wouldn't be a significant advantage. The quality of teams in the region would have WAY more of an impact than whether 4/7 or 4/8 teams move on. Heck, that small difference could even allow the league to actually make it a *bit* more balanced, by giving the flexibility to make the more competitive regions a slightly smaller field.

The way it was described was that after the first round, things got reseeded. So, from the quarterfinals on, there wouldn't be any appreciable difference to the current playoffs. And it's there where the problem really starts, IMO.

 

[Beezy]

The people in winning organizations already have a job.

That's why you take assistants.