Hockey Thread

[Jeremy C]

After taking a look at the roster from last night, I suppose I can't be too upset. Detroit didn't bring the A-team. When you bring the replacements against the Pens top line, things will get ugly.

[Macky]

thats true.

last night though, San Jose brought their top 2 lines led by Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau. The Ducks had only part of the Getzlaf line and the scrappers in the 4th line, the rest were all rookies. but we pretty much stopped short of humiliating them with a 5-2 victory, goals 3 and 4 just 18 seconds apart.

without Nabokov, the Sharks are pretty much in trouble. Nabby was the thorn for us all these years.

[Jeremy C]

Nabby was the only reason they didn't have yet another 1st round departure last year. I like to think of San Jose as the Capitals of the West: Great regular season, but never leave enough in the tank for the season that starts in April.

[Macky]

Nabby was the only reason they didn't have yet another 1st round departure last year. I like to think of San Jose as the Capitals of the West: Great regular season, but never leave enough in the tank for the season that starts in April.

yep. I think between the queens and the guppies, I think the guppies hate us more because they're almost a constant #1 seed only to fall in the post season.

the queens, well, they're all pissy with low class fans. I dont know which is more embarassing - be a #1 contender in the west constantly only to fall in the post season or having the "Great One" be in your team and never win the cup. for a team that was not taken seriously since its inception, the Ducks pretty much shut the door on these two CA teams when we beat them to the Cup.

[gerber93tt]

there were a bunch of new faces playing with the pens last night that i havent seen. the wings couldve had more new faces for the fact that they have been an aging team and could use some younger people in the lineup. it is only preseason though, every team is just working out the kinks and seeing how well the players mesh with each other and how well they come together as a team. at least they got a w to break in the arena

[3000GTCSULB]

Sbisa looked good on the ice, he needs to be alittle more physical though. Fowler would benefit from a year in the juniors...but they might throw him in the NHL.

I think Sexton is gone this season.

[ntcmpjg]

lets go penguins

just like her daddy haha

the stars were good when they had

I have a shit ton of jerseys from all of the old teams from when i was a kid lol

[Jeremy C]

there were a bunch of new faces playing with the pens last night that i havent seen. the wings couldve had more new faces for the fact that they have been an aging team and could use some younger people in the lineup.

Nothing against you, but this is one thing that I always find funny. Our "aging team" has been an issue since the early 90's (seriously - you can find gray hair jokes going back to '93 as far as I can find) yet we've had 4 cups in that time frame. The Wings have made it a specialty to get Vets to work well with new guys, then the new guys become the vets, rinse repeat.

[Macky]

my brother has an older Lemieux jersey from back in high school, we had a legacy Ducks jersey but for the life of me I think we left it back in the phils.

[Macky]

Ducks at Sharks underway...