2011-2012 NHL playoff thread.

slotdirt · #1 05-14-2012, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

i feel like many don't give hockey teams the same consideration as in football. only one team can win the stanley cup each year, just like only one can win the super bowl. you don't see wholesale destruction of football teams every few years if they've gone without postseason success. and is it only success if you win it all? does anyone think detroit or chicago needs a complete revamping? boston? and who thinks phoenix is a powerhouse? i'd imagine if i offered a bet on postseason teams for next year in the west, more people would go with detroit to go past the first round rather than the desert dogs or the kings.

anyway, i guess until (and may it be soon) the caps actually win a cup, they'll always be a huge target for derision, regardless of what they manage to accomplish.

Not to pick on you, but really on the bolded? How many coaches have the Bills gone through in the last dozen seasons? The Lions? Even successful teams can their coaches. NFL teams make wholesale changes pretty much every season. Roster turnover is astronomical in the NFL.

Danzig · #2 05-14-2012, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

Not to pick on you, but really on the bolded? How many coaches have the Bills gone through in the last dozen seasons? The Lions? Even successful teams can their coaches. NFL teams make wholesale changes pretty much every season. Roster turnover is astronomical in the NFL.

perhaps i had teams like san diego and tenn in mind when i said that.... norv turner still there, along with that ridiculous gm. fisher lasted forever in tenn.
anyway, regardless....another year, no cup. and like the last 37 years, i'm saying maybe next year. not nearly as painful this year for some reason. last year i was just sick, sick after getting swept out.

Danzig · #3 05-14-2012, 08:17 PM

i wonder if they'll stick with their 'used to play for the caps' theme and ask adam oates? he's an assistant with the devils now...been an assistant for several teams since retiring as a player.

and yeah, no surprise that semin won't be back. figured that was what would happen after him signing just the one year deal.

slotdirt · #4 05-15-2012, 09:11 AM

Adam Oates also played for like 14 other teams.

Danzig · #5 05-15-2012, 09:55 PM

just speculating about the team, have nothing else to do regarding hockey right now!

and apparently semin was surprised to hear that he won't be with washington...apparently news to him when he got off the plane and people were asking him questions.

should be an interesting summer.

MaTH716 · #6 05-15-2012, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

just speculating about the team, have nothing else to do regarding hockey right now!

and apparently semin was surprised to hear that he won't be with washington...apparently news to him when he got off the plane and people were asking him questions.

should be an interesting summer.

There's a pretty good game on now.

Danzig · #7 05-15-2012, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by MaTH716

There's a pretty good game on now.

really?
caps aren't on, tony has the remote. i'm not much of a tv watcher. hockey's over, it's reading time/computer til football i guess.

Danzig · #8 06-26-2012, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

i wonder if they'll stick with their 'used to play for the caps' theme and ask adam oates? he's an assistant with the devils now...been an assistant for several teams since retiring as a player.

and yeah, no surprise that semin won't be back. figured that was what would happen after him signing just the one year deal.

i should have put money on this one!!

slotdirt · #9 06-26-2012, 04:14 PM

On what planet is Brendan Shanahan not a Hall of Famer, but Adam Oates, Pavel Bure, Joe Sakic, and Mats Sundin are? Is it because he works for the NHL now? Don't get me wrong, those guys were all great ones, but aside from Sakic, not one of them was clearly a superior overall player to Shanahan.

MaTH716 · #10 06-26-2012, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

On what planet is Brendan Shanahan not a Hall of Famer, but Adam Oates, Pavel Bure, Joe Sakic, and Mats Sundin are? Is it because he works for the NHL now? Don't get me wrong, those guys were all great ones, but aside from Sakic, not one of them was clearly a superior overall player to Shanahan.

Shanny not being elected to the HOF is almost as mind boggling and embarrassing as some of his rulings this past playoff season.

-BT- · #11 06-28-2012, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by MaTH716

Shanny not being elected to the HOF is almost as mind boggling and embarrassing as some of his rulings this past playoff season.

ding ding.... i said he was left off the ballot for how pussified he's making hockey these days.
not sure why people are getting their panties in a bunch, they guy will get in. I have no problem with this years class....if i had to cull one out it would be Sundin

-bt-

slotdirt · #12 06-26-2012, 04:18 PM

Also, as a Detroit Red Wings fan, I will forever be thankful for the role Shanahan played in beating the pee out of many Colorado Avalanche in the 1997 and 1998 seasons.

paulo537 · #13 06-26-2012, 04:28 PM

This is hard to believe. I'm pretty sure Shanahan had 600+ goals; something like 15th all time. Hard to believe.

Danzig · #14 06-26-2012, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

On what planet is Brendan Shanahan not a Hall of Famer, but Adam Oates, Pavel Bure, Joe Sakic, and Mats Sundin are? Is it because he works for the NHL now? Don't get me wrong, those guys were all great ones, but aside from Sakic, not one of them was clearly a superior overall player to Shanahan.

i am amazed that he got passed over.