[Tournament] 2007-08 NHL season discussion thread

The problem with the league wasn't a lack of goals it was a lack of offense. If anyone actually thinks that making the net a bit wider so what was before a shot ringing off the post is now a goal will improve the game, they need to have their head examined.

Increasing the tempo of the game and allowing skill players to use their abilities, that is what makes the game exciting. Not the same boring clutch and grab bullshit with an extra goal here and there. Some of the most exciting games I've seen have ended 1-0 or 2-1.

I don't really have a problem with changing goaltending equipment because it should be about protection first, not increasing surface area for stopping the puck. Changing the dimensions of the net, though, ugh. I hope the game is never ruined like that.

I totally support the penalty shot change, now to see if their "crackdown on obstruction" actually remains one through the entire season and the playoffs, unlike last year.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yeah, they've definitely got a much better color scheme, but that lettering can get out. Actually I'd prefer the stupid whale go with it but I know that will never happen.

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Originally Posted by Denicalis

...Are you fucking high? They are HIDEOUS.

It's still an improvement; at least it's only the design that's horrible now. It used to be the design and the color scheme.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Well Deni, next time you have anal surgery I'll give you a kick to the mean bean machine and we'll see how much worse it is!

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I won, and I think it was by a single point. =D

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Borg1982

That would be pretty insane if this one issue of an NHL magazine of some sort that I saw last summer that said "2008 FINALS PREDICTION: Detroit Versus Pittsburgh" ended up coming true!

At this point the Pens are playing great.

The Sens have very strange weaknesses (giving up 8 goals to the crappy caps and then 6 more the next day!!!!), the Canes have more goals against than for, and the Devils always choke.

That would be cool if the Pens went to the finals. And to think I laughed at that summer issue of the hockey magazine. Now it seems feasible!

I'll ignore how dumb it is to put any serious faith into cup final predictions halfway through the season based on how a team is currently playing, let alone predictions made before the season even begins.

Come on though, the Devils always choke? Are you serious, or just 14? They won the cup three times in a decade not that long ago.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I will concede that Niedermayer is an fantastic defenseman. There really isn't any debating that. Rafalski is excellent as well, though pretty underrated until recently. However, two good defensemen aren't going to make a team win cups.

As already mentioned, Jersey has had a long-time commitment to defensive-first play which, coupled with one of the greatest goalies to ever play the game, has made them a good playoff team. They're a team built on everyone knowing and accepting their role on the ice.

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I'm not really sure what nerve you think you hit, and I'm not really sure who's getting angry. You can insult the Devils all you like, I don't care. I think they're a boring team to watch and their style of play is bad for hockey.

I brought up your age because for all I know you're young and weren't really around to see the Devils win all their cups. Am I wrong?

Nevermind, I just checked your profile and I see that, somehow, you're 25 years old. I was trying to give you the benefit of the doubt, man.

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I saw this on tv the other night and can't say I was really that impressed by it. There were a few flurries of activity - though none of them were good fights, really - but the majority of the time spent was just everyone standing around hugging each other. I can't really blame the video too much for that 'cause that's what always happens in bench-clearers, but I can think of a lot of hockey videos I'd rather watch.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Almost as good a pickup as Samsonov being claimed by the CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANES!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Aw man, there goes a big part of my fantasy team in Heatley. =(

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

To be fair, Ottawa could've easily had another couple goals on that Malkin high stick that went uncalled.

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I unfortunately have to agree. I thought coming out of the big Shark head was stupid, and coming out of the oil rig in Edmonton even worse. Then I saw this.

Nice job by the sound guys too with his mic cutting out. And how his helmet flops around when he moves.

Man. There is just no saving things after this.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I have heard probably one person in my entire life say they want it back, and it was right up there^

There are even beer commercials ridiculing that horrible idea.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?