Official NHL 2005-2006 Season Thread

[mikebiacsi]

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.

I would have to agree with you there, although he is a very talented player i would say he is special like peter forsberg for example. Vancouver would have been better off trading him, it might have even benifitted Bertuzzi to move to a new city. Maybee he will form part of a trade with florida for luongo, who knows?

[Boffa Jones Veteran]

Noiw that Cloutier is gone they might have a chance! YESSSSSSSSSSSSS.

[R-Flex]

Noiw that Cloutier is gone they might have a chance! YESSSSSSSSSSSSS.

That's what my brother always says: "Is Cloutier playing today? Damn, he is, we're going to lose."

[rvbfan]

Wow Flames finally get to play again tonight. Man from a fan

point of view a week between games really sucked. But then

again from a player point of view it was probably welcomed.

Anyway GO FLAMES GO!!!!

[rvbfan]

Gotta like that, Phanuef scores 3 minutes in.

Wow now Amonte scores.

And now it's Yelle with a goal!!

[H5N]

Hell yes, 3-0 shutout!

Go Flames!

[sn00pie]

That goalie the Canucks got today played 100x better than Cloutier. (Y)

The 2-1 at the end of the game should've been called!! :|

[rvbfan]

Just returned from the Pub, always better times when the Flames win.

[Tran]

So yeah, the Senators beat the Leafs last night 8-2. It's been a pretty shakey month for the Sens, losing three (against the Canucks, Flames, and Dallas Stars) out of five games. Oh well, I hope they lead a consistant season of wins.

[mikebiacsi]

I just read on nhl.com that washington had 55 shots against florida and luongo saved 53 of em :woot:

Plus the avs beat the rangers, sakic is now 5 for 5 on pentalty shots :)

[Steffan]

Team USA has been announced.

Here's the team:

Fowards: Jason Blake, Erik Cole, Craig Conroy, Chris Drury, Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez, Bill Guerin, Mike Knuble, Mike Modano, Mark Parrish, Brian Rolston, Keith Tkachuk, and Doug Weight

Defensemen: Chris Chelios, Derian Hatcher, Jordan Leopold, John-Michael Liles, Aaron Miller, Brian Rafalski, and Mathieu Scheider

Goalies: Rick DiPieto, Robert Esche, and John Grahame

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter06/hoc...tory?id=2265626

They pick Chris Chelios, who will be 44 years old when the Winter Olympic starts, but left off Brian Leetch. That's bs.

[Ji@nBing]

Team USA has been announced.

Here's the team:

Fowards: Jason Blake, Erik Cole, Craig Conroy, Chris Drury, Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez, Bill Guerin, Mike Knuble, Mike Modano, Mark Parrish, Brian Rolston, Keith Tkachuk, and Doug Weight

Defensemen: Chris Chelios, Derian Hatcher, Jordan Leopold, John-Michael Liles, Aaron Miller, Brian Rafalski, and Mathieu Scheider

Goalies: Rick DiPieto, Robert Esche, and John Grahame

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter06/hoc...tory?id=2265626

They pick Chris Chelios, who will be 44 years old when the Winter Olympic starts, but left off Brian Leetch. That's bs.

:laugh: You guys don't stand a chance.

[sn00pie]

Team Canada and Sweden is who I'm rooting for! :cool:

[Detroit]

Yes for team Canada :D

[Fred Derf Veteran]

8-4 Toronto vs NYI

Still in the second too...

[sn00pie]

^That's good, the Leafs did get owned by the Senatars. :|

[Fred Derf Veteran]

^That's good, the Leafs did get owned by the Senatars. :|

Shhh. I'm trying to forget that.

[R-Flex]

No worries Fred, your Leafs had a blast scoring nine goals against the Islanders.

Team USA looks pretty weak, but I suspect that they could hold their end against Latvia, France, or Norway if the ocassion rose. I'm rooting for Team Finland or Team Canada. I've got my Finnish hat right beside me!

[Steffan]

Phyllis Gretzky (Wayne's mom) passed away last night. She died of lung cancer. She was 64.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2265795

[El-Diablo]

surprisingly enough i was at the canucks game last nite *shootouts are retarded*, and they didn't say anything about gretzky's mom.

[Ji@nBing]

R.I.P Phyllis Gretzky. My thoughts and prayers are with the Gretzky family over the holiday season.

On a completely different note, Canada's Olympic team was announced today as follows:

2006 Olympic Team - Goaltenders

Player S/C HT WT Birthdate Hometown Team

Martin Brodeur L 6'2 210 5/6/72 Montreal, QC New Jersey

Roberto Luongo L 6'3 205 4/4/79 Montreal, QC Florida

Marty Turco L 6'0 171 8/13/75 Sault Ste. Marie, ON Dallas

2006 Olympic Team - Defence

Player S/C HT WT Birthdate Hometown Team

Rob Blake R 6'4 225 12/10/69 Simcoe, ON Colorado

Adam Foote R 6'2 215 7/10/71 Whitby, ON Columbus

Ed Jovanovski L 6'2 210 6/26/76 Windsor, ON Vancouver

Scott Niedermayer L 6'1 200 8/31/73 Cranbrook, BC Anaheim

Chris Pronger L 6'6 218 10/10/74 Dryden, ON Edmonton

Wade Redden L 6'2 205 6/12/77 Lloydminster, SK Ottawa

Robyn Regehr L 6'2 226 4/19/80 Rosthern, SK Calgary

2006 Olympic Team - Forwards

Player S/C HT WT Birthdate Hometown Team

Todd Bertuzzi R 6'3 245 2/2/75 Sudbury, ON Vancouver

Shane Doan R 6'2 216 10/10/76 Halkirk, AB Phoenix

Kris Draper L 5'11 190 5/24/71 Toronto, ON Detroit

Simon Gagne L 6'0 190 2/29/80 Ste-Foy, QC Philadelphia

Dany Heatley L 6'3 215 1/21/81 Calgary, AB Ottawa

Jarome Iginla R 6'1 208 7/1/77 St. Albert, AB Calgary

Vincent Lecavalier L 6'4 207 4/21/80 Ile Bizard, QC Tampa Bay

Rick Nash L 6'3 188 6/16/84 Brampton, ON Columbus

Brad Richards L 6'1 198 5/2/80 Murray Harbour, PEI Tampa Bay

Joe Sakic L 5'11 195 7/7/69 Burnaby, BC Colorado

Ryan Smyth L 6'1 190 2/21/76 Banff, AB Edmonton

Martin St-Louis L 5'9 185 6/18/75 Laval, QC Tampa Bay

Joe Thornton L 6'4 220 7/2/79 St. Thomas, ON San Jose

2006 Olympic Team - Reserves

Player S/C HT WT Birthdate Hometown Team

Bryan McCabe L 6'2 220 6/8/75 St. Catharines, ON Toronto

Jason Spezza R 6'3 211 6/13/83 Toronto, ON Ottawa

Eric Staal L 6'4 205 6/29/84 Thunder Bay, ON Carolina

Bertuzzi made it!! Congrats to him :yes:

[Dr.Jones]

So did Shane Doan. Va te faire mettre dans les fesses, Shane.

[El-Diablo]

my god jovanovski needs to smarten up :angry:

[sn00pie]

Anyone here play the Sportsnet Fantasy Pool?

I would have to agree with you there, although he is a very talented player i would say he is special like peter forsberg for example. Vancouver would have been better off trading him, it might have even benifitted Bertuzzi to move to a new city. Maybee he will form part of a trade with florida for luongo, who knows?

That would be a horrible idea, Bertuzzi and Naslund are the reason the Canucks are where they are. Those two are 100% chemistry.

Cloutier HAS to be apart of the Canucks move for another goaltender.

[Fred Derf Veteran]

Canada adds an empty net goal to beat the United States at the World Juniors. Do we have a World Junior thread?

Toronto Maple Leaf prospect Justin Pogge was the player of the game for Canada.

The final score was 3-2, which would not normally be condusive to a empty net goal but due to an earlier tie with Switzerland, the United States needed a win today while Canada needed only a tie.

Both teams will advance but Canada earns a bye to the semi-finals while the United States will have to slug it out in the quarter-finals.