Official 2007-08 NHL Thread

[Showtime]

They should have postponed the game.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Hextall Intro Video

good ole Ronnie Hack-stall.... backstopped one of the worst Islander playoff performances in history

 

[Shifty]

They should have postponed the game.

Who made the call?

Link to a big picture that shows the blood trail. Warning!
http://withleather.com/post.phtml?pk=4990

 

[Dark Donnie]

good ole Ronnie Hack-stall.... backstopped one of the worst Islander playoff performances in history

I love Hextall

 

[Themanofbat]

ok so i dunno if anyone of you saw...but richard zednik got his NECK SLICED by olli jokinen's skate...serious amounts of blood was around the ice and he made it to the bench, but by the time he got to the dressing room he passed out.

The same thing happened to former Sabres' goalie Clint Malarchuk a few years back (I think it was the late 80's)... had a skate slit his neck, and if it weren't for the medical staff in Buffalo, he would have died.

WARNING....LOTS OF BLOOD IN THIS ONE...

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After that, all goalies had to wear that neck protector that they wear nowadays.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

I love Hextall

only good thing he ever did was try to kill Chelios in the '86 playoffs.

 

[Dark Donnie]

only good thing he ever did was try to kill Chelios in the '86 playoffs.

I loved when he went after people, plus he was a pretty damn good goalie, just my opinion though.

 

[Jerry!]

The same thing happened to former Sabres' goalie Clint Malarchuk a few years back (I think it was the late 80's)... had a skate slit his neck, and if it weren't for the medical staff in Buffalo, he would have died.

WARNING....LOTS OF BLOOD IN THIS ONE...



After that, all goalies had to wear that neck protector that they wear nowadays.

jesus. What the **** is it with the NHL? Are they just ignorant or something? I mean, how long did it take them to start mandating helmets for god's sake?

 

[Themanofbat]

jesus. What the **** is it with the NHL? Are they just ignorant or something? I mean, how long did it take them to start mandating helmets for god's sake?

The ruling for mandatory helmets in the NHL occured in 1979, but allowed former players who were not wearing them prior to 1979 to have the choice to not wear them, as well as former WHA players who were helmetless that entered the NHL.

The last player to not wear a helmet was Craig MacTavish in 1997.

 

[Jerry!]

There is a line between toughness and flat out stupidity.

 

[Themanofbat]

I have a hard time thinking that goalies at one point did not wear masks...

Then again... guys weren't shooting the puck 100 mph neither...

 

[Dark Donnie]

I have a hard time thinking that goalies at one point did not wear masks...

Then again... guys weren't shooting the puck 100 mph neither...

They just had a frozen in time thing on NHL Network talking about some of the goaltenders from that era....it takes a nice combination of stupidity and balls to do that.

 

[NewYorkSpider]

Who made the call?

Link to a big picture that shows the blood trail. Warning!
http://withleather.com/post.phtml?pk=4990

Someone called Gary Bettman and he said to continue the game if Zednik was ok. They still should have postponed it.

 

[Alex The Great]

ok so i dunno if anyone of you saw...but richard zednik got his NECK SLICED by olli jokinen's skate...serious amounts of blood was around the ice and he made it to the bench, but by the time he got to the dressing room he passed out.

Hes in stable condition now tho

heres the video

damn.....hope he's ok

 

[Steve Rogers]

Just goes to show just how fragile the human body is.

Now, neck protectors are mandatory? Are you sure on that Themanofbat? I know I've seen some games where goalies are not wearing them. I play goal, and I am not stupid enough to step out onto the ice with out mine.

 

[Themanofbat]

Just goes to show just how fragile the human body is.

Now, neck protectors are mandatory? Are you sure on that Themanofbat? I know I've seen some games where goalies are not wearing them. I play goal, and I am not stupid enough to step out onto the ice with out mine.

Well, I'm not positive if they were mandatory, but a LOT of goalies started wearing them afterwards...

 

[Themanofbat]

This is from Wiki... so who knows how reliable it is...

Throat injury

The infamous moment that Malarchuk is perhaps most known for occurred during a game on March 22, 1989, between the visiting St. Louis Blues and Malarchuk's Buffalo Sabres. Steve Tuttle of the Blues and Uwe Krupp of the Sabres collided at the mouth of the goal, and Tuttle's skate caught Malarchuk on the neck, slicing open his internal carotid artery.

With pools of blood collecting on the ice, Malarchuk somehow left the ice under his own power with the assistance of his team's athletic trainer, Jim Pizzutelli, ATC. Many spectators were physically sickened by the sight, with nine fainting and two suffering heart attacks while two teammates vomited on the ice. Local television cameras covering the game cut away from the sight of Malarchuk after realizing what had happened.

Malarchuk, meanwhile, had only two thoughts: He was going to die, and he had to do it the right way. "All I wanted to do was get off the ice", said Malarchuk. "My mother was watching the game on TV, and I didn't want her to see me die."[citation needed]

Malarchuk's life was saved by Jim Pizzutelli, ATC, the team's athletic trainer and a former army medic who had served in Vietnam. He reached into Malarchuk's neck and pinched off the bleeding, not letting go until doctors arrived to begin suturing the wound. Still, Malarchuk came within minutes of becoming only the second on-ice fatality in NHL history (the first, and thus far only, was Bill Masterton).

Amazingly, after receiving more than 300 stitches to close the wound, Malarchuk returned to practice four days later, having spent only one night in the hospital. And about a week after that, he was back between the pipes against the Quebec Nordiques. "Doctors told me to take the rest of the year off, but there was no way", Malarchuk said. "The longer you wait, the harder it's going to be. I play for keeps."

Malarchuk's performance declined over the next few years, to the point that he left the NHL. After this, he struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder (as he had since a young age) and alcoholism, but he eventually returned to hockey, in the International Hockey League. After retiring as a player, Malarchuk continued his hockey career as a coach.

After Malarchuk's injury, the NHL instituted a policy requiring all goalies to wear neck protection.

In 1995, a Swedish hockey player, Bengt Åkerblom, died of blood loss after an incident similar to Malarchuk's.

 

[Watson]

Who made the call?

Link to a big picture that shows the blood trail. Warning!
http://withleather.com/post.phtml?pk=4990

Dear Lord. That is awful. I'm glad he is ok though.

But Bettman...ugh what a piece of work. He wouldn't stop a game even if the mascot had his head lopped off if it meant the league would loose money.

 

[Fran]

Bettman sucks.

 

[Steve Rogers]

Well I'm thinking of those little plastic throat protectors that hang off the bottom of the mask. Apparently there is another kind that is worn around the neck like a collar and is less visible. Guess that's why I thought some guys weren't wearing anything at all.

 

[Jerry!]

Again, another piece of safety equipment that should be mandatory.

 

[Shifty]

The ruling for mandatory helmets in the NHL occured in 1979, but allowed former players who were not wearing them prior to 1979 to have the choice to not wear them, as well as former WHA players who were helmetless that entered the NHL.

The last player to not wear a helmet was Craig MacTavish in 1997.

I always remember watching him in the early 90s wondering why that guy wasn't wearing a helmet, thought he lost it in a hit.

 

[Shifty]

McKenzie: Senators are much improved

Bob McKenzie tsn.ca
2/11/2008 6:53:07 PM

By this season's meager standards, the Ottawa Senators' four-player trade with the Carolina Hurricanes qualifies as nothing less than a blockbuster and should be the catalyst to get other teams to follow suit with only two weeks until the trade deadline.

This is a good trade for Ottawa.

The Senators have added three Stanley Cups to their roster - two for Cory Stillman and one for Mike Commodore - and they have added a legitimate top six forward and a top four defenceman. If Stillman and Commodore play to their potential, the Senators are much improved. Stillman's secondary scoring is particularly welcome.

The deal makes sense for Carolina because they get a good, young, but oft-injured, Patrick Eaves and Joe Corvo will help the power play.

Both players will be in the fold for another couple of years, while Stillman and Commodore become unrestricted free agents this summer and there's nothing to stop the Hurricanes from taking a run at both of them on July 1.

Now we'll see who else is going to get busy.

It's down to crunch time for the Atlanta Thrashers and Marian Hossa. If Hossa won't sign a long-term extension, expect the Thrashers to commence the shopping process.

As for the daily Peter Forsberg update, he's now apparently waiting until the end of this week before making his decision on whether he's physically able to come back to the NHL.

He's continuing to test his wonky foot and will only sign if he's confident it's good to go.

Maybe this lastest trade will sway Forsberg to Ottawa...
Apparently Chicago has given him the best offer based on dollars and number of years but they're not a contender.

 

[NewYorkSpider]

I was searching through YouTube cause I'm bored as hell. I came across this video that made me .

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[Jerry!]

Maybe this lastest trade will sway Forsberg to Ottawa...
Apparently Chicago has given him the best offer based on dollars and number of years but they're not a contender.....

....yet. Give it a few years maybe a few signings along the way. If some of these players develop like they should then they will be contenders. But I didn't know that Chicago had offered Forsberg anything. Interesting. They have a young team that is finally headed in the right direction for the first time in, oh lets say a little over 10 years.