2011-2012 NHL discussion thread

• End of Line

  

  Here we are. Opening night is on Thursday with 3 games on that night.
  
  Flyers @ Bruins 7pm VS (Banner raising ceremony)
  Canadiens @ Maple Leafs 7pm CBC/RDS
  Penguins @ Canucks 10pm VS/CBC
  
  Damn it's good to have hockey back!
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  Over on HFboards we decided to rank the top 90 forwards, 60 defencemen, and 30 goaltenders here's what the lists look like. The percentage is how big/small the margin they won.
  
  Top 90 forwards:
  
  1. Crosby 76%
  2. Ovechkin 58%
  3. Datsyuk 60%
  4. St.Louis 27%
  5. Malkin 35%
  6. Stamkos 46%
  7. D.Sedin 32%
  7. H.Sedin
  9. Zetterberg 21%
  10. Getzlaf 26%
  
  11. Perry 26%
  12. Thornton 26%
  13. Parise 22%
  14. Toews 26%
  15. E.Staal 30%
  16. Kovalchuk 30%
  17. Iginla 22%
  18. Kopitar 28%
  19. B.Richards 26%
  20. Nash 33%
  
  21. Backstrom 29%
  22. Kesler 26%
  23. Kane 34%
  24. M.Richards 20%
  25. Gaborik 23%
  26. Selanne 21%
  27. Hossa 21%
  28. Giroux 21%
  29. M.Koivu 19%
  30. Spezza 21%
  
  31. Marleau 20%
  32. Ryan 23%
  33. Vanek 22%
  34. Semin 20%
  35. Eriksson 22%
  36. Lecavalier 34%
  37. Briere 21%
  38. Heatley 17%
  39. Carter 20%
  40. Sharp 19%
  
  41. Stastny 33%
  42. Bergeron 27%
  43. Tavares 32%
  44. Duchene 23%
  45. Kessel 23%
  46. Krejci 30%
  47. Roy 24%
  48. Plekanec 17%
  49. Ribeiro 17%
  50. Hemsky 19%
  
  51. Havlat 16%
  52. Cammalleri 16%
  53. Backes 24%
  54. Pavelski 18%
  55. Stewart 23%
  56. Elias 15%
  57. Alfredsson 14%
  58. Benn 15%
  59. Doan 18%
  60. Franzen 13%
  
  61. Lucic 15%
  62. Tanguay 15%
  63. Zajac 13%
  64. Kulemin 14%
  65. J.Staal 17%
  66. Morrow 21%
  67. Skinner 16%
  68. Brown 24%
  69. Clowe 20%
  70. Callahan 23%
  
  71. Couture 18%
  72. Ladd 17%
  73. Hall 21%
  74. Horton 28%
  75. Jagr 20%
  76. Pominville 16%
  77. Ruutu 18%
  78. Dubinsky 23%
  79. Grabovski 16%
  80. Gagne 18%
  
  81. Burrows 17%
  82. Hejduk 17%
  83. Umberger 18%
  84. Grabner 19%
  85. McDonald 22%
  86. van Riemsdyk 15%
  87. Gionta 18%
  88. Williams 18%
  89. Neal 24%
  90. E.Kane 18%
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  Top 60 Dmen:
  
  1. Lidstrom 38%
  2. Chara 45%
  3. Weber 41%
  4. Pronger 37%
  5. Keith 43%
  6. Suter 53%
  7. Doughty 70%
  8. Boyle 23%
  9. Markov 20%
  10. Enstrom 20%
  
  11. Visnovsky 25%
  12. Yandle 33%
  13. Green 18%
  14. Seabrook 25%
  15. Timonen 17%
  16. Streit 26%
  17. M.Staal 21%
  18. Burns 25%
  19. Letang 23%
  20. Edler 29%
  
  21. Pietrangelo 19%
  22. Myers 25%
  23. Hamhuis 19%
  24. Kronwall 15%
  25. Pitkanen 20%
  26. Byfuglien 17%
  27. E.Johnson 16%
  28. Ehrhoff 18%
  29. Martin 20%
  30. Phaneuf 25%
  
  31. Whitney 20%
  32. J.Johnson 18%
  33. Subban 21%
  34. Bouwmeester 17%
  35. Karlsson 20%
  36. Campbell 20%
  37. Seidenberg 20%
  38. Bieksa 20%
  39. Giordano 15%
  40. Michalek 22%
  
  41. Kaberle 20%
  42. Carlson 16%
  43. Schenn 22%
  44. Regehr 21%
  45. Lydman 23%
  46. Robidas 20%
  47. Girardi 15%
  48. Hedman 21%
  49. Wisniewski 29%
  50. Orpik 26%
  
  51. Volchenkov 31%
  52. Goligoski 17%
  53. Salo 17%
  54. Liles 18%
  55. Brewer 32%
  56. Coburn 16%
  57. Meszaros 16%
  58. Fowler 20%
  59. Tyutin 26%
  60. Vlasic 26%
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  Top 30 goalies:
  
  1. Thomas 68%
  2. Lundqvist 47%
  3. Rinne 50%
  4. Miller 38%
  5. Price 32%
  6. Ward 35%
  7. Vokoun 37%
  8. Luongo 56%
  9. Hiller 29%
  10. Bryzgalov 44%
  
  11. Fleury 38%
  12. Backstrom 27%
  13. Brodeur 31%
  14. Kiprusoff 34%
  15. Quick 51%
  16. Halak 25%
  17. Rask 24%
  18. Niemi 22%
  19. Roloson 28%
  20. Lehtonen 19%
  
  21. Pavelec 24%
  22. Howard 23%
  23. Crawford 29%
  24. Anderson 37%
  25. Varlamov 30%
  26. Neuvirth 29%
  27. Schneider 28%
  28. S.Mason 29%
  29. Reimer 38%
  30. Bernier 28%
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  Can't wait for thursday, raising the Banner against the flyers.
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  One more day!
• Commander of Awesome

  

  How can Crosby still be listed at #1 of the forwards? The guy barely even played last season and still has symptoms, no doubt a pittsburgh board.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Also Nash at 20!? GTFO.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  GTFO with Vokoun at #7.
  
  Jimmy Howard should be higher - He went 32 - 17 -5 and made it to the playoffs.
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  A lot of people didn't agree with it but, people on the site voted for those players.
• Hb31187

  

  Dont follow hockey one little bit but saw this on SC and got a laugh out of it. Crosby is still nursing "concussion like symptoms" from like a full year ago? LOL. Thought Hockey players were supposed to be the toughest of the major sports
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  Banner raising to night!
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Hb31187;923419 wrote:Dont follow hockey one little bit but saw this on SC and got a laugh out of it. Crosby is still nursing "concussion like symptoms" from like a full year ago? LOL. Thought Hockey players were supposed to be the toughest of the major sports

  Don't start man.
• Y-Town Steelhound

  

  Hoping to see the Jackets come out strong tomorrow night and start the season off right with what should be a sold out crowd. This is certainly the best the Jackets have looked on paper with their offseason additions, now it's time to see if they can put it all together. IMO it all rides on Mason.
• like_that

  

  Is HBO going to do another 24/7 series leading up to the Winter Classic?
• Automatik

  

  Hb31187;923419 wrote:Dont follow hockey one little bit but saw this on SC and got a laugh out of it. Crosby is still nursing "concussion like symptoms" from like a full year ago? LOL. Thought Hockey players were supposed to be the toughest of the major sports

  How does being "tough" relate at all to a concussion and experiencing symptoms a year later?
  
  lol....I thought you were smarter than that. You can't just "tough out" a fucking concussion, especially one as serious as Crosby's.
• Heretic

  

  Here's a "who really gives a fuck?" question: is there a reason teams don't play the same number of preseason games? Like, on Sunday, I was looking at the standings for the preseason and teams were spread out between five and eight games, which I thought was strange.
• Hb31187

  

  Vick, concussion on sunday, playing next sunday
  
  Crosby concussion, still milking it almost a calendar year later.
• like_that

  

  Heretic;923704 wrote:Here's a "who really gives a fuck?" question: is there a reason teams don't play the same number of preseason games? Like, on Sunday, I was looking at the standings for the preseason and teams were spread out between five and eight games, which I thought was strange.

  I have no idea, but honestly who really gives a fuck?
• Heretic

  

  Hb31187;923705 wrote:Vick, concussion on sunday, playing next sunday
  
  Crosby concussion, still milking it almost a calendar year later.

  Because obviously all concussions are 100 percent equal. DERP.
  
  And technically, I thought Crosby had two concussions back to back, which does multiply the severity.
• Heretic

  

  like_that;923709 wrote:I have no idea, but honestly who really gives a fuck?

  I really don't. I just saw that and put it in the "the more you know" category.
• Automatik

  

  Hb31187;923705 wrote:Vick, concussion on sunday, playing next sunday
  
  Crosby concussion, still milking it almost a calendar year later.

  Do you know anything about concussions? My guess is no.
  
  Read up on it, then maybe you wouldn't sound like such a moron.
• Hb31187

  

  Crosby is still a vag
• Automatik

  

  Hb31187;923717 wrote:Crosby is still a vag

  Translation: Yeah I'm clueless. :laugh:
• Hb31187

  

  Automatik;923719 wrote:Translation: Yeah I'm clueless. :laugh:

  Absolutely.