titanium2

Umm, wow. He just hurt his own career. He could possibly be in the NHL in two years if he would have come over and got used the physical play and the rinks.

So far he's had a mostly healthy year in the Finnish league.  That in itself is a huge accomplishment for him.  If he doesn't want to rush his development then that's perfectly fine with me.

I thought this was a thread about who would they look to cheapshot next?

http://hfboards.com/...ad.php?t=873569

Funny stuff.  

"Penguins fans complaining about Ovechkin's knee-on-knee hit against Gonchar and at the same time using it to sanction a knee-on-knee hit against Ovechkin by Cooke. Hypocrisy at its finest."

I stole this from RWC.--For once they had a genuine discussion thread that did not go off topic after the OP.  

It's quite an interesting slew of comparative information in regards to Filppula in order "to get a better understanding of how exactly Filppula compares to second line centers across the league":

Total Points 2010/2011 Season
1. Vancouver - Ryan Kesler: 53 Games 30 Goals 20 Assists 50 Points
2. Chicago - Patrick Sharp: 51 26 21 47
3. Dallas - Mike Ribeiro: 52 10 36 46
4. Philadelphia - Danny Briere: 49 26 19 45
5. Colorado - Matt Duchene: 51 20 25 45
6. Boston -- Patrice Bergeron: 52 19 25 44
7. Carolina - Tuomo Ruutu: 52 12 28 40
8. Toronto - Mikhail Grabovski: 50 21 18 39
9. San Jose - Joe Pavelski: 44 11 24 35
10. Los Angeles - Jarret Stoll: 52 14 18 32
11. Detroit - Valtteri Filppula: 48 12 19 31
12. Minnesota - Matt Cullen: 48 10 21 31
13. St. Louis - Patrik Berglund: 50 11 19 30
14. Atlanta – Bryan Little: 48 14 15 29
15. Columbus - Antoine Vermette: 51 12 17 29
16. NY Rangers - Artem Anisimov: 54 11 17 28
17. Montreal - Scott Gomez: 50 6 20 26
18. Nashville - Colin Wilson (I think?): 52 12 14 26
19. Tampa Bay - Vinny Lecavalier: 37 8 16 24
20. Calgary - Matt Stajan: 47 4 20 24
21. Florida - Mike Santorelli: 52 14 14 28
22. Anaheim - Saku Koivu: 52 11 17 28
23. New Jersey - Jason Arnott: 52 13 10 23
24. Ottawa - Mike Fisher: 52 13 9 22
25. Buffalo - Tim Connolly: 36 6 14 20
26. Phoenix - Martin Hanzal: 46 11 9 20
27. NY Islanders - Robbie Schremp: 36 7 12 19
28. Edmonton - Shawn Horcoff: 30 7 11 18
29. Washington - Marcus Johansson (I think?): 40 6 6 12
30. Pittsburgh - Jordan Staal: 14 3 5 8

Points/game 2010/2011 Season
1. Vancouver - Ryan Kesler: 53 Games 30 Goals 20 Assists 50 Points 0.94 Points/game
2. Chicago - Patrick Sharp: 51 26 21 47 0.92
2. Philadelphia - Danny Briere: 49 26 19 45 0.92
4. Dallas - Mike Ribeiro: 52 10 36 46 0.88
4. Colorado - Matt Duchene: 51 20 25 45 0.88
6. Boston -- Patrice Bergeron: 52 19 25 44 0.84
7. San Jose - Joe Pavelski: 44 11 24 35 0.80
8. Toronto - Mikhail Grabovski: 50 21 18 39 0.78
9. Carolina - Tuomo Ruutu: 52 12 28 40 0.77
10. Detroit - Valtteri Filppula: 48 12 19 31 0.65
10. Minnesota - Matt Cullen: 48 10 21 31 0.65
10. Tampa Bay - Vinny Lecavalier: 37 8 16 24 0.65
13. Los Angeles - Jarret Stoll: 52 14 18 32 0.62
14. St. Louis - Patrik Berglund: 50 11 19 30 0.60
14. Atlanta – Bryan Little: 48 14 15 29 0.60
14. Edmonton - Shawn Horcoff: 30 7 11 18 0.60
17. Columbus - Antoine Vermette: 51 12 17 29 0.57
17. Pittsburgh - Jordan Staal: 14 3 5 8 0.57
19. Buffalo - Tim Connolly: 36 6 14 20 0.56
20. Florida - Mike Santorelli: 52 14 14 28 0.54
20. Anaheim - Saku Koivu: 52 11 17 28 0.54
22. NY Islanders - Robbie Schremp: 36 7 12 19 0.53
23. NY Rangers - Artem Anisimov: 54 11 17 28 0.52
23. Montreal - Scott Gomez: 50 6 20 26 0.52
25. Calgary - Matt Stajan: 47 4 20 24 0.51
26. Nashville - Colin Wilson (I think?): 52 12 14 26 0.50
27. New Jersey - Jason Arnott: 52 13 10 23 0.44
28. Phoenix - Martin Hanzal: 46 11 9 20 0.43
29. Ottawa - Mike Fisher: 52 13 9 22 0.42
30. Washington - Marcus Johansson (I think?): 40 6 6 12 0.30


Points/game/CapHit 2010/2011 Season:
1. Florida - Mike Santorelli: 52 GP 14G 14A 28P 0.54 Points/game $0.6M CapHit 0.9000 P/G/CapHit
2. NY Islanders - Robbie Schremp: 36 7 12 19 0.53 $0.750750M 0.7060
3. NY Rangers - Artem Anisimov: 54 11 17 28 0.52 $0.821666M 0.6329
4. St. Louis - Patrik Berglund: 50 11 19 30 0.60 $1.246667M 0.4813
5. Washington - Marcus Johansson (I think?): 40 6 6 12 0.30 $0.9M 0.3333
6. Nashville - Colin Wilson (I think?): 52 12 14 26 0.50 $1.725M 0.2899
7. Colorado - Matt Duchene: 51 20 25 45 0.88 $3.2M 0.275
8. Toronto - Mikhail Grabovski: 50 21 18 39 0.78 $2.9M 0.2690
9. Atlanta – Bryan Little: 48 14 15 29 0.60 $2.383333M 0.2518
10. Phoenix - Martin Hanzal: 46 11 9 20 0.43 $1.8M 0.2389
11. Chicago - Patrick Sharp: 51 26 21 47 0.92 $3.9M .2359
12. Detroit - Valtteri Filppula: 48 12 19 31 0.65 $3M 0.2167
13. Anaheim - Saku Koivu: 52 11 17 28 0.54 $2.5M 0.2160
14. Carolina - Tuomo Ruutu: 52 12 28 40 0.77 $3.8M 0.2026
15. San Jose - Joe Pavelski: 44 11 24 35 0.80 $4M 0.200
16. Vancouver - Ryan Kesler: 53 Games 30 20 50 0.94 $5M 0.188
17. Minnesota - Matt Cullen: 48 10 21 31 0.65 $3.5M 0.1857
18. Boston -- Patrice Bergeron: 52 19 25 44 0.84 $4.75M 0.1768
19. Dallas - Mike Ribeiro: 52 10 36 46 0.88 $5M 0.1760
20. Los Angeles - Jarret Stoll: 52 14 18 32 0.62 $3.6M 0.1722
21. Columbus - Antoine Vermette: 51 12 17 29 0.57 $3.75M 0.1520
22. Calgary - Matt Stajan: 47 4 20 24 0.51 $3.5M 0.1457
23. Pittsburgh - Jordan Staal: 14 3 5 8 0.57 $4M 0.1425
24. Philadelphia - Danny Briere: 49 26 19 45 0.92 $6.5M 0.1415
25. Buffalo - Tim Connolly: 36 6 14 20 0.56 $4.5M 0.1244
26. Edmonton - Shawn Horcoff: 30 7 11 18 0.60 $5.5M 0.1091
27. Ottawa - Mike Fisher: 52 13 9 22 0.42 $4.2M 0.1000
28. New Jersey - Jason Arnott: 52 13 10 23 0.44 $4.5M 0.0978
29. Tampa Bay - Vinny Lecavalier: 37 8 16 24 0.65 $7.727273M 0.0841
30. Montreal - Scott Gomez: 50 6 20 26 0.52 $7.357143M 0.0707

FO% 2010/2011 Season
1. Los Angeles - Jarret Stoll: 57.7 FO%
2. Vancouver - Ryan Kesler: 56.3
3. Boston -- Patrice Bergeron: 55.9
3. St. Louis - Patrik Berglund: 55.9
5. Columbus - Antoine Vermette: 55.3
6. San Jose - Joe Pavelski: 54.8
7. Minnesota - Matt Cullen: 54.6
8. Detroit - Valtteri Filppula: 52.2
9. Anaheim - Saku Koivu: 51.9
10. New Jersey - Jason Arnott: 51.6
11. Phoenix - Martin Hanzal: 50.9
12. Calgary - Matt Stajan: 50.6
13. Montreal - Scott Gomez: 50.4
14. Colorado - Matt Duchene: 49.2
14. Ottawa - Mike Fisher: 49.2
16. Edmonton - Shawn Horcoff: 48.9
17. Tampa Bay - Vinny Lecavalier: 48.8
18. Florida - Mike Santorelli: 48.6
19. Nashville - Colin Wilson: 48.5
20. NY Islanders - Robbie Schremp: 48.2
21. Chicago - Patrick Sharp: 48.1
22. Dallas - Mike Ribeiro: 47.6
23. Toronto - Mikhail Grabovski: 47.1
24. Atlanta – Bryan Little: 46.6
24. Buffalo - Tim Connolly: 46.6
26. NY Rangers - Artem Anisimov: 43.6
27. Pittsburgh - Jordan Staal: 43.5
28. Philadelphia - Danny Briere: 45.7
29. Washington - Marcus Johansson: 4 39.8
30. Carolina - Tuomo Ruutu: 38.9

Interesting stuff.

I got a question for everybody on here...

What a word that starts with an S and rhymes with Whutout?

Mule isn't an Arby's fan or doesn't really jive well with the hockey player diet. Takes 1 bite and puts it back down. Next up, Hank for the hatty. I have one ready to toss on the ice for my favorite athlete. Good time for one tonight

Maybe if IKEA had a similar promotion of score a hat trick then get a free Swedish meatball meal then he'd scarf that baby down down down.

I think this one might be my favorite Wings hat trick in the post lockout era.  

All nice moves/plays involving Zetterberg.  And look at him flash that smile at the very end.  You could tell he had a lot of fun that night.

Nabokov is crying in his vodka tonite.

Duchene will drink it.  For sure.  And then play in the all star skills competition.

Apparently Rafalski got his 500th career point...

And yet the first thing I thought of was, "Does he have more career points or giveaways?"

You win the internet.

I do what I do when I need to do what I can do when I can do it.

Bunch of whiners in Ottawa

We would have done the same thing on here.  In fact, we would've whined harder and better.

If you're Nabokov you gotta be thinking...

What should I do?
Should I admit the KHL was a mistake?
Should I not listen to my family?  They're my family.
Should I have said the Islanders are a first class organization?
What should I do?
What should I do?
Maybe I should just retire.
Should I have told the Islanders to suck my wang?  
Should I just say, "I am not a role model."?  
Should I score another power play goal?
Should I go back to being "John"?
Should I admit I wasn't prepared for Team Canada?
Should I be who you want me to be?  
What should I do?

I seen better acting in Homeboys from Outer Space.

"He's obviously very special," said Weber, who had four assists and a strong case for the game's MVP, of Lidstrom. "He's one of the best defenseman, if not one of the best ever to play the game. It's definitely something I'll never forget. I watched him growing up and just being able to play in game with him is pretty cool."

The combination of Weber and Lidstrom was the latter's idea. Coach Peter Laviolette left it up to the 40-year-old Lidstrom to choose his partner before the game, and he went with the 25-year-old Weber.

"I talked to Peter before the game and he asked me if I had any requests and I said it'd be fun to play with Weber," Lidstrom said. "I just think he's a great young player. I think he's just going to get better and better. He's a great player as it is now.

"He's a division rival and you play against him so many times and I really like the way he plays, so I wanted to play with him and have a chance to play with a big guy like that."

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=551099&navid=DL|NHL|home

I wonder what ASSets Carissa Thompson has that she was able to get that job.

Oh yeah...  I went to a Lions game a couple years ago when she used to work for FOX NFL and sat front row right next to the Lions end zone.  I don't really like football but I have to say that to watch her from behind as she walked was the only part of that afternoon that made the whole experience worth my time.  Mm-mmm...