Official NHL 2005-2006 Season Thread

[Steffan]

GO SENS GO, today they kicked some ass on the ice :D Chara owned Gleason lol

He got suspended for one game and Murray got fined $10,000 due to that new rule about players instigating fights.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2246325

[R-Flex]

He got suspended for one game and Murray got fined $10,000 due to that new rule about players instigating fights.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2246325

Interesting. I think that after the Doan incident, where the NHL failed to suspend Shane Doan for instigating a fight in the final five minutes, and was harshly criticized for having a lenient stance on a star player playing for Wayne Gretzky, that the NHL was quick to jump on this one to point out how it doesn't matter who the player is.

[Ayepecks]

:laugh: :rofl: :p WOO! HOO! Flames start December with a win!

Against the Wings no less. :D

If I remember correctly, Jimmy Howard has started the past few games, and he's a rookie. Injury problems with the Red Wings goalies. Although I don't blame it all on Howard -- the rest of the time seems to be tired (after all those early season games bunched up, I can see why) and lacking in confidence.

[bigbluepride35]

Creepy story.

[Fred Derf Veteran]

Creepy story.

Aw. That's a pretty nice story.

[bigbluepride35]

Aw. That's a pretty nice story.

Well yes that he went and gave her the wish is nice but her little hair obsession just seemed a bit creepy to me lol.

[rvbfan]

Flames made Brodeur look pretty bad tonight.

[dL]

CANUCKS PWNED SENS :D :D :D :D :D

dL

[R-Flex]

CANUCKS PWNED SENS :D :D :D :D :D

dL

They barely won! Bertuzzi was extremely lucky his shot went in.

The Sens just had an off-night, mostly because of penalties. They are still #1 in the league, and I wouldn't count the Canucks in the top 5. Vancouver can only play well at home.

[rvbfan]

Flames- Sens game starts in about 5 minutes, man am I pumped.

[rvbfan]

Wow what a game! Flames pull another one out of the hat.

Calgary 2 Ottawa 1 OT/F

[sn00pie]

^Poor Ottawa, first our Canucks beat them and now the Flames. (Y) Owned.

[H5N]

Wow what a game! Flames pull another one out of the hat.

Calgary 2 Ottawa 1 OT/F

That game was brilliant! (Y)

Go Flames! :D

[Fred Derf Veteran]

^Poor Ottawa, first our Canucks beat them and now the Flames. (Y) Owned.

They got a point in each game. They were hardly "owned".

And I'm a Leafs fan so I'd like to see nothing more than the Sens get actually owned. I just don't know if I will see that very much this season.

The Leafs getting "owned", on the other hand, may be a recurring problem...

[R-Flex]

They got a point in each game. They were hardly "owned".

And I'm a Leafs fan so I'd like to see nothing more than the Sens get actually owned. I just don't know if I will see that very much this season.

The Leafs getting "owned", on the other hand, may be a recurring problem...

I guess I have been proved wrong, in that the West teams are winning against the Eastern teams. But I have noticed that quite a few of the interconference games have gone into overtime.

[Ji@nBing]

Cloutier is out for the rest of the season for the Canucks. Torn ACL that will require surgery. I guess that finally kills all the Luongo romors once and for all.

Canucks made a HUGE mistake re-signing him. They should have got rid of him while they had the chance :(

[El-Diablo]

damn clouts is out, not so good.

Let's hope auld can hold up for us.

[R-Flex]

Cloutier is out for the rest of the season for the Canucks. Torn ACL that will require surgery. I guess that finally kills all the Luongo romors once and for all.

Canucks made a HUGE mistake re-signing him. They should have got rid of him while they had the chance :(

I was quite giddy when I heard the news. :D

[Ji@nBing]

damn clouts is out, not so good.

Let's hope auld can hold up for us.

Auld's been pretty solid so far. Actually his stats are better than Cloutiers so far this season. I think if Auld keeps playing the way he has, go with him and then look for something at the deadline. You never know, Auld could turn into a Kiprosoff or Guigere type goalie.

[El-Diablo]

Auld's been pretty solid so far. Actually his stats are better than Cloutiers so far this season. I think if Auld keeps playing the way he has, go with him and then look for something at the deadline. You never know, Auld could turn into a Kiprosoff or Guigere type goalie.

i definately hope he is going to do it for us man, he played pretty well against NYC tonite, however he needs to get better at rebound control.

[R-Flex]

The Canucks cannot do as well as they'd like in the regular season, nor carry far into the playoffs with Auld. His stats aren't that great, he's behind a good defence, and very few goaltenders with that little experience can step in for an entire season and lead a top notch team.

If the Canucks want to remain at the top of the standings or to win the Cup, they need to trade for a Buffalo goalie. Or Luongo. Get rid of Bertuzzi, as I suggested after his big season three years ago...

[Ji@nBing]

The Canucks cannot do as well as they'd like in the regular season, nor carry far into the playoffs with Auld. His stats aren't that great, he's behind a good defence, and very few goaltenders with that little experience can step in for an entire season and lead a top notch team.

If the Canucks want to remain at the top of the standings or to win the Cup, they need to trade for a Buffalo goalie. Or Luongo. Get rid of Bertuzzi, as I suggested after his big season three years ago...

Aulds stats are actually pretty good. 11th in both GAA (2.58) and Sv% (.909). In comparison Cloutier was at 29th with a GAA of 3.17 and Sv% of .892 in the games he played so far this year.

Someone posted this on the Canuck forums and it's pretty interesting:

Let me add one more thing. Remember that stretch of games where the Canucks played 4 games in 6 nights, and most of the questions pertaining to Auld's ability to be a starter came up? Remember that not only was it 4 games in 6 nights, but the Canucks played back-to-back in different cities - TWICE! No way does one goalie start all those games under normal circumstances. If the Canucks had a second goalie that could play at all in the NHL, those games would almost certainly have been split.

Now consider that Auld allowed 11 goals in those 2 tail-enders of the back-to-back games. They skew his numbers for the season (which are good anyway) quite a bit. If you omit those games, which I think is a reasonable thing to do, because you know that no starter (ie Cloutier) with a decent backup (ie Auld) would have started each of those four games, Auld's numbers are even more impressive:

2.20 GAA (5th in NHL), .919 SV% (7th in NHL), 10 wins in 14 starts (71% wins). You can say that games shouldn't be omitted, but I think I have explained very clearly why those two should be omitted and give a more accurate picture of how Auld has played; when he did play back-to-back in the same city (Calgary), he only allowed one goal on 27 shots. From here on out in this analysis, when I refer to "Auld's record as a starter" I will be looking at his record and statistics with those two games justly (in my opinion) omitted.

About Bertuzzi, that would be the stupidest thing they could do at this point. The past few games he's been really returning to form. I haven't seen him play like this in the past 2 years. Trade him just when he is showing signs of becoming the domintant player he used to be again? No way.

[rvbfan]

Is it Saturday yet?

Man I'm missing my Flames. Oh well, guess this will give

the guys a chance to heal up a bit. But a week

between games, wow.

[El-Diablo]

about bertuzzi i'm a big bert fan. I'll come out and say it right away, i love the guys style of play when he's on.

Honestly tho, how good at the game would you be if you have been away for so long not even allowed to practice or play? How comfortable would you be when you have every disciplinarion in the league watching and breathing down your neck? Honestly Big Bert will come around he's starting to again.

Back to auld again, i think he will do just fine, as soon as he gets better at controlling rebounds.

[R-Flex]

I'm no hockey expert, so I'm just suggesting that the odds are against Auld to succeed. But I do know that there is a big chance he won't perform too well in the playoffs.

As for Bertuzzi, when he had his big season a couple years ago, I said that he would never have that good of a season again. They should have traded him that summer for several young, great players. Maybe like Heatley and somebody else. Now he's not that valuable, because of his terrible season two years ago, his suspension, and his not doing well this season. I doubt he'll ever reach his top form again. If he does, all the power to him, but that was an observation I had two years ago.