Official 2007-08 NHL Thread

[Victor Creed]

I'm not doubting Turco at all. He annoys me when we (Calgary) have to play the Stars. Dallas and Calgary match up well for intense games, but it often depends on how Turco plays. I remember a game here in Calgary vs. the Stars when he must have stopped 4 or 5 SURE goals.

I assume you're a Stars fan? From Dallas, maybe? Anyway, yeah...Turco is a great player in the franchise and will no doubt be hanging in the rafters one day in Dallas (at least, I think so) whether or not he wins a cup with the Stars.

Yea, I'm a Stars fan, lived in Dallas for about 10 years now. I love my team, but I'm not blind to flaws, so I'm not really a homer or bandwagoner that you'd see from certain other cities, heh.

Aside from Turco getting lazy here and there, a problem has been some of our defensemen. Norstrom and Daley have been by far the two worst d-men on the team. Zubov and Niskanen have been tops so far, and now Boucher seems to be getting back into it after his injury. We've been using 3 of our AHL defensemen pretty much all season, and they all are NHL ready for sure.

I'm not sure about 35 hanging from the rafters unless he can get us a Cup or two before he retires, heh.

 

[TLH]

Well, 204 career wins with a franchise...he'll easily get 300 I'd think. That's alone enough. But a Cup would clinch it I'd think.

But I think Dallas will surprise many in the postseason.

Norstrom/Daley I would gladly take over Eriksson/Warenner (of course those two aren't in our line up since we picked up Vanderemeer and Hale emerged as a solid sixth d-man).

 

[Victor Creed]

Well, 204 career wins with a franchise...he'll easily get 300 I'd think. That's alone enough. But a Cup would clinch it I'd think.

But I think Dallas will surprise many in the postseason.

Norstrom/Daley I would gladly take over Eriksson/Warenner (of course those two aren't in our line up since we picked up Vanderemeer and Hale emerged as a solid sixth d-man).

Yea, I had love to see Daley or Norstrom benched during the end of the season once we get Zubov so we can roll:

Zubov-Niskanen (It's like having Zubov paired with himself)
Boucher-Fistric (Two solid guys with big shots and heavy hits)
Robidas-Grossman (Robidas is a quick one who will shoot and move in on the rush, Grossman will always man the point)

Those pairings have been awesome so far. I was kidding about Turco needing to bring us a Cup, but like you said there'd be no question if he did, lol. He pretty much has a monopoly on almost every record for a goaltender in the organization.

 

[TLH]

Yup.

How many games has Boucher missed for you guys?

 

[Victor Creed]

Yup.

How many games has Boucher missed for you guys?

Too many, lol.

If I am not mistaken, he has missed 38 games this season. Zubov has missed 22 so far. That makes 60+ games (since Zubie will miss more) without our top 2 D-men and Dallas is still the hottest team in the league.

It makes me feel good to know Anaheim couldn't manage to win anything without 2 of their top players, yet we keep rolling, lol.

Here's an interesting news story from today:

Stars fire longtime athletic trainer:
According to Stars co-GM Les Jackson, athletic trainer Dave Surprenant, the team’s longest tenured employee, was fired on Friday. Surprenant had been with the team for 20 years. Jackson declined to specify the reason for the firing. When reached by phone, Surprenant said he wanted to take the high road in his exit. "I was very privileged to work with the organization for 20 years, and I have a lot of friends and great memories that I made there," Surprenant said. "I look forward to finding new opportunities and I wish the best for the players and coaching staff. I just have nothing negative to say about the organization."
Assistant trainer Dave Zeis will take over..

Sounds like he messed up. Maybe it has to do with Zubov's injury or something. I wonder if Dave cleared him to play when he was still injured and made the injury worse or something because Zubov played injured and ended up needing surgery.

 

[TLH]

Zubov has got to be the best defenseman to never have won a Norris.

 

[Victor Creed]

Zubov has got to be the best defenseman to never have won a Norris.

Yea, he should've won it in 05-06 IMHO. Lidstrom had 9 more points, but wasn't nearly as valuable to his team as Zubov that season. Not to mention Detroit is a lot more offensively powered than the defensive system in Dallas, so for him to hit that here of all places was damn good. Zubov isn't a flashy player, is very humble, and plays for Dallas. Playing for Dallas he'd have to hit 90+ points to get the recognition he's deserved for years.

 

[TLH]

Pretty much. But he's got the Hall of Fame in his future, so his day will come.

Phew, Flames won.

 

[Victor Creed]

Pretty much. But he's got the Hall of Fame in his future, so his day will come.

Phew, Flames won.

Yea, we need Niskanen back nad. If we don't have either Niskanen or Zubov in the lineup our defense tends to be horrible most of the time, tonight as an example, lol. Not to mention Trashville had their D-men playing goal as well since Ellis didn't see the puck 9/10 time, lol.

But they still won, so whatever gets the job done I suppose.

 

[Poeman]

it sucks to be a pens fan, thank god im not

 

[TLH]

^Ditto.

 

[Themanofbat]

After tomorrow, just one more week left in the season before the playoffs kick in...

God, I hope I make it...

 

[Dark Donnie]

After tomorrow, just one more week left in the season before the playoffs kick in...

God, I hope I make it...

I should be moving up the standings

 

[TLH]

After tomorrow, just one more week left in the season before the playoffs kick in...

God, I hope I make it...

Playoffs don't start in a week...

Unless you mean the stretch run to the playoffs?

 

[Themanofbat]

Playoffs don't start in a week...

Unless you mean the stretch run to the playoffs?

Sorry... I meant the SHH Fantasy Hockey Pool playoffs start in a week.

 

[TLH]

Oh, my bad. I was like...16 games in 7 days? My Flames are gonna be exhausted after that.

 

[Themanofbat]

Oh, my bad. I was like...16 games in 7 days? My Flames are gonna be exhausted after that. t:

I may be on the east coast, but they are MY Flames, buddy...

 

[Victor Creed]

I may be on the east coast, but they are MY Flames, buddy...

You guys can have the Flames, I'll just stick to a real hockey team......MY STARS!!

 

[TLH]

You guys can have the Flames, I'll just stick to a real hockey team......MY STARS!!

Tell that to our 3-1 record against you.

You might be ahead of us in the standings, but you don't scare me.

 

[Victor Creed]

Tell that to our 3-1 record against you.

You might be ahead of us in the standings, but you don't scare me.

The Stars are actually 2-1-1 against the Flames, so the Flames are 2-2 against us. Besides, Turco is 12-6-1 (and 2 ties, 1.84 GAA, .926 SV%, 3 Shutouts) all time against the Flames.

The Flames are scary.

 

[TLH]

Oh...you will see.

 

[Fran]

Thank God the Wings won last night... Dallas is only 5 points behind.

 

[Victor Creed]

Thank God the Wings won last night... Dallas is only 5 points behind.

Yea, the Stars played with a half-assed effort. Also be glad that Zubov and Boucher were out most of the season, and that Zubov and Niskanen are out right now, or it could be much closer, lol.

 

[Fran]

5 points, you can't get much closer than that.

 

[Victor Creed]

5 points, you can't get much closer than that.

I'm pretty sure that having the same number of points makes the race closer, lol. You must be using Red Wings math .