re: Unofficial NHL Season-Long Thread: Puckheads Unite!

Been to a bunch of Preds games after moving here a year ago from NYC (still a Rags fan but Predators are #2 team for me):
- Pekka Rinne is a very, very good goalie but has a hip issue.
- Shae Weber best D in the league; has a cannon for a slapshot. Knocked a dude out against Dallas last year who was trying to block a shot.
- Mike Fisher is married to Carrie Underwood
- Seth Jones is one of the most intriguing young defensemen in the game
- James Neal used to be a TPOS but has taken on a new direction....for now. We'll see how long that lasts.
- Filip Forsberg will be the Rookie of the Year.
- They just traded Derek Roy for Mark Arcobello; Edmonton fans are pissed off because they liked Mark.
- Ribero is bouncing back nicely from a difficult time in Washington and Phoenix



That's about it.

23 points is poor? GTFO

You act as if he would be rob brown without Crosby and Malkin and he is clearly more talented than that.

1) if anyone needs scoring this year it's the predators.
2) since when was 23 points in 35 games bad? You saying he is as good as Malkin /Crosby / Ovechkin and other high powered scorers?

OR are you saying that Mike Riberio and Filip Forsberg = Malkin/ Crosby?

Or are you just totally psyched to have Hornqvuist?

I am happy with 23 points in 35 games and not being a total dirtbag on the ice.....

Been offline, so it's a little late, but... what a fun Winter Classic. Tight game throughout, great ice conditions so no dishonest bounces, a killer 5-on-3 pk to spur on the boys in red, and a classic ending. Pretty much everything you could want from the game itself.

I still think it was terribly mismanaged by the Caps and the NHL, but the Hawks and Caps gave us one of the best WC's ever. And yes, it was a crappy call on Toews, but so was the boarding call on the Caps just two minutes earlier... so the Hawks can take their 5 to 1 power play advantage and not say a thing about the refs.

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CP31 playing so well scares the fire out of me.

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If he wasn't run and injured by the rags in the conference finals last year we may have made it to the stanley cup finals. Tokes did ok though filling in. Hockey playoffs are arguably the toughest in all sports. We are doing great now but playoffs is where it matters. Bergevin has done great so far building for the future. We had a great run deep last year and hopefully we can top it this year. Gonna be tough though!

can't believe the Stars are playing tonight. I should've known better

Preds up 3-2 against the Ducks

Chicago ties it 4-4 with four minutes left in the game. Great shot on what looked to be an impossible angle.

Edit: OT. This game feels a lot like the first game of the season between these two. Dallas controlled most of the game, but couldn't put the Hawks away when they had the chance. Chicago won that one in a shootout.

Patrick Sharp with the game winner in OT. 5-4 Hawks