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At least it seems the bizarre Canucks' fever is over here on LGW

And yeah, nice confetti Vancouver, congrats on winning the Stanley Cup Conference

FFS what a lucky ass goal

Gonna keep thinking back to Marleau's shot at the empty net that he opted to dump in instead because he didn't realize... sigh

Boston/Tampa Bay is the last hope

Good for the NHL, I was expecting just 1. Pretty big loss for the Ducks.

Will it be announced if any other teams had claims in?  So if the Isles waive him, who is next in line?

esteef

Unfortunately we'll never find out who else put in a claim, it could have been every other team between the Isles and the end for all we know.

Regardless, if no one else put in a claim and he doesn't work out there for whatever reason, they release him and he's ours.

I don't think, if the Isles waive him, it goes by whoever put in a claim the first time. Rather, it starts all over and everyone (including NJ) will get a 2nd chance to put in a claim if they want.

Again, incorrect.  Why do people keep posting on here like they are experts.

First and foremost, the contract type (1-way or 2-way) determines if a player can be sent to the AHL.  Secondly a players experience also determines whether or not he can be sent to the AHL.  Thirdly, the rules for players coming over from Europe dictate if a player can be sent to the AHL.

Nice post but one correction: being sent to the AHL has nothing to do with whether you have a 1 or 2-way contract, 2 way contracts simply mean that you make less money in the AHL. There are lots of examples of players sent to the AHL on one-way contracts [e.g. Wade Redden, Jeff Finger makin bank riding the bus].

Bobby Mac lays out the whole situation and all possibilities here:

Many Confused By Nabokov Waiver Situation

Very nice simple summary

It's about time for Yahoo hockey pools

I don't see any controversy. The puck wasn't under control by the goaltender, and then it found it's way into the back of the net. That's a goal any day of the week.

The issue is that in the past there have been these exact situations where the puck has gone in (wasn't under control by goaltender) and yet its called no goal because play was dead due to a whistle (this case) or the "intent to blow the whistle". (Read: Hossa's disallowed tying goal against the Ducks in 2009 playoffs that would have forced OT in final 2 minutes IIRC). That's why even the Pittsburgh announcers were shocked, it was called contrary to the way it has always been done in the past, and that's where the controversy is stemming from.

Now, as an aside, IMHO, the way they called this goal should be the way that it's done. There is such thing as human error so why not use common sense and say that if a goal should be a goal, call it a goal? It's not like everyone stopped playing for that fraction of a second.

and the first one to do... IS THE 3 POINT SYSTEM!!!!!!!!!!!!

100% agreed, but I am also ok with this slow feeling out process they are doing. (Not to say testing in the AHL would be a bad idea, quite the contrary).

Here is what they need to do to finally come to the perfect system, and IMO it is inevitable that they make it here:

1. Make every game worth 3 points, one way or the other. 3 for a win in regulation, 2 for a win in OT or Shootout, 1 for a loss in OT or shootout. Fair to everyone.
2. 4 on 4 OT followed by 3 on 3 OT. Better than the current system and better than the pre-lockout system, adds much excitement while also cutting down on shootouts
3. Make shootouts 5 skaters a side. Soccer does 5, international hockey does 5, where the hell did they ever get 3 from?

This is what can never be done for a variety of reasons:
- Award no points for losing in OT or Shootout
- Go back to having ties
- Introduce shootouts or 4 on 4 or 3 on 3 stuff into the playoffs
- have continuous OT during the regular season

And on a complete sidenote: They need to start the season in mid to late September, so that the playoffs finish before June and then they can bump up the draft and UFA day so that the latter doesn't fall on North American holiday weekends (July 1st and 4th)

Makes a lot of sense for the Sharks given their current D-Corps

EJHradek_ESPN
NHL confirms this rule change: Regulation/OT wins (shootout Ws EXCLUDED) now will be first way to break ties in the standings.

i.e. Shootout wins will no longer count towards the total number of wins for the first tiebreaker criteria.

I approve

I don't like it because Turco is a lot better than Niemi. Hopefully it doesn't work out for em though in addition to his struggles in Detroit .

Such a dumb game to watch, so rattled the Flyers won't be playing for the Cup at home. Hopefully they can pull it off in game 7 though.

It cooperated fine last month.     playoff masterpiece

Dom's team only lost one game in the playoffs. He won 12 straight games with 3 shut outs to lead his team, Pardubice Eaton, to the Czech Championship.   See avatar.  He was named MVP of the league, top player and top goalie, with ridiculous stats -- in the playoffs and regular season.  

He's fine.  I wish he was still in the NHL.

Good luck, Dom.  Play forever, if you want to.  

I concur! Amazing avatar! Dom is my favourite player of all time only 2nd to Steve

I hate the Canucks, dislike the Hawks, and got nothing against the Sharks, they're my team in the West now. A San Jose Pittsburgh final would be great because San Jose would destroy them. As someone above mentioned it would be cool to see Hossa beat the Pens too, but I can't cheer for a team with Kane over the Sharks, as much as I like Hossa. These things said I would prefer the Pens lose asap.