The 2013 NHL Season Thread

[FGM13]

It's 661 now...can he just retire already so he stops beating the Rangers? Thanks.

kinda would be funny to get win 666 and just retire at that number.

in fairness to the numbers he's been on a contending team pretty much for his entire tenure as a devil. Those other teams had some seriously bad seasons for prolonged periods of time. Some like Atlanta and Columbus who have been scary bad the majority of the time in the league.

Well the Devils have been a contender because they have had a great goalie, and in my book the best goalie ever.

Your book is wrong. Patty Wah was better.

[The_Admiral]

I had always been a Roy > Brodeur guy, but the fact that he's done it this well for this long has finally swayed me. Gulp.

[FGM13]

Brodeur is like 9.8 to Roy's 9.9 for me. I just think that Roy was better because without him, the Habs would be staring down a 34-year Cup drought.

[The_Admiral]

This is true. However, I would have to say that at this point, Brodeur has shaken off the accusations of coasting on the neutral zone trap/dead puck era and remained an elite goalie in a more offensive era (2005-2011). So yeah.

[Kramerica Industries]

Yes, but even in this era, the Devils have still been a defensive-minded team, and routinely post some of the best defensive totals in the league.

I still favour Roy, if forced to choose.

[Sodboy13]

There's been what, one Shanaban this season? League must be in "let 'em kill each other since we couldn't crush 'em in the lockout" mode.

[The_Admiral]

While I've been fervently pro-union on such trivial matters as "preserving the integrity of the league," the union has been woefully deficient on matters of player safety. It's not a surprise; since the health of players was a deficiency of the MLBPA under Fehr as well; going all on the fact that steroids are bad for you. The union's stance on player safety, as best I can tell, is

1) the injured player is making an NHL salary

2) his injured player's replacement is now making an NHL salary

3) the player who committed the injury is being suspended and/or fined

Therefore, the player who committed the injury is suffering an injustice.greater than that of the injured player.

It's bean-counting at its worst, and a place where the union needs to advocate for quality of life rather than quality of paycheck.

[NEW.ERA]

Bruins/Lightning postponed because of a little snowstorm.

[The_Admiral]

Wasn't there a Bruins/Lightning game in Tampa that was postponed for a power outage?

Justin Schultz with a precision laser through traffic to tie the Oilers/Wings game. It was a simple beauty. Seek it out later.

[Magnus]

Makes sense to me. Grizzlies hibernate in winter, and thundersnow is a rare occurrence.

[CS85]

Sens/Jets should be postponed due to lack of hockey.

[NEW.ERA]

Sens/Jets should be postponed due to lack of hockey.

If you had told me Al Montoya and Ben Bishop would be the starting goalies, I would have called 6-5. I want Ben Bishop, seems wasted in Ottawa.

[Brass]

Wasn't there a Bruins/Lightning game in Tampa that was postponed for a power outage?

Nope, just canceled due to the state of emergency status in the Commonwealth. My town (about a mile or two from the Garden) got 28 inches so it's a little more than just a "little snowstorm" like NEW.ERA said.

[NEW.ERA]

Wasn't there a Bruins/Lightning game in Tampa that was postponed for a power outage?

Nope, just canceled due to the state of emergency status in the Commonwealth. My town (about a mile or two from the Garden) got 28 inches so it's a little more than just a "little snowstorm" like NEW.ERA said.

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I know it's more than just a little storm. Out east knows what a snowstorm is.

I believe the last game that was postponed due to a snowstorm was a Flames/Avalanche game in Denver back in 2006.

[raysox]

The ECHL is fun.

[cmm]

Wasn't there a Bruins/Lightning game in Tampa that was postponed for a power outage?

Nope, just canceled due to the state of emergency status in the Commonwealth. My town (about a mile or two from the Garden) got 28 inches so it's a little more than just a "little snowstorm" like NEW.ERA said.

I remember a Lightning at Devils game was suspended in the 2nd period due to a power outage a couple of years ago.

The Islanders lucked out today. I got 32 inches of snow here in Suffolk. Nassau wasn't hit as hard. I will not be going to the game tonight.

[NJTank]

Wasn't there a Bruins/Lightning game in Tampa that was postponed for a power outage?

Nope, just canceled due to the state of emergency status in the Commonwealth. My town (about a mile or two from the Garden) got 28 inches so it's a little more than just a "little snowstorm" like NEW.ERA said.

I remember a Lightning at Devils game was suspended in the 2nd period due to a power outage a couple of years ago.

The Islanders lucked out today. I got 32 inches of snow here in Suffolk. Nassau wasn't hit as hard. I will not be going to the game tonight.

Sweet I hear every fan will get his own vendor

[The_Admiral]

Kind of like the time the Devils played in a blizzard and only 300 people could make it. I'm surprised the Isles didn't postpone as well tonight.

[ninersdd]

Sharks get trolled

[cmm]

Kind of like the time the Devils played in a blizzard and only 300 people could make it. I'm surprised the Isles didn't postpone as well tonight.

I know they wanted to postpone the game on the day-after-Christmas blizzard a couple of years ago but the league wouldn't let them. I have family near the Coliseum. The roads out there are at least passable now. So the attendance won't be 300 people bad.