Running 2007 NHL regular season thread

Milbury's criticizing the Leafs for not showing enough passion in their first game since JFJ's firing. Has he seen a 2007-08 Leafs game this season? Corpses are livelier.

 

Leafs beat the Caps 3-2 after blowing a 40 minute lead.

Mats scores with 27 seconds (or so) in the game.

He just tied Rocket Richard for career goals.

 

Darn good game at the Pond. Detroit beat Anaheim 2-1 in a rather nasty, dare I say playoff-esque?, game.

 

Since that's looking like the Western Conference Finals matchup right now, I would say playoff-esque is highly appropriate.

 

Thank you sir.

This is predicated on Selanne coming back for one last run with the Ducks, but I think they repeat as Cup Champs.

 

I don't think Selanne is coming back — if anything because it screws up my earlier prediction of Sundin being traded to the Ducks for Bobby Ryan + picks + prospects, although I know Burke doesn't like renting players.

 

The Western Conference has so many tough clubs, that the lower seeds may knock off some of the higher ones when it all shakes out come playoff time.
There is about nine weeks until the playoffs, and the stretch run should be very interesting with several teams vying for postseason berths in both conferences.
Trades, injuries, hot goalies, who really knows what's in store.
One thing is for sure, Detroit is playing disciplined hockey, but are the Wings gritty enough to run the table during a more intensified playoff setting.
We know the Ducks have the grittiness necessary to go all the way; they proved that last season and continue to crash the net and score the kind ugly goals that win Stanley Cups.
Vancouver has Luongo, and he will be a major wild card in the Canucks' hand -- if he stays healthy throughout.
Playing Dallas, San Jose, Minnesota and Calgary will be no picnic either.

 

ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning Show posed a question comparing past sports upsets to a Giants upset over the Patriots in the upcoming Super Bowl, when one of the comparisons posed was the 1980 USA Olympic hockey team's upset over the USSR.
Much to Mike's and Mike's credit, they quickly tossed the comparison aside. Where do these people come up with such a comparison; a group of snot-nosed collegians beating the USSR's Dream Team? Jez!
The Mikes are not experts on hockey, but they quickly dismissed the comparison.
What kind of moron could even bring that glorious upset into the equation?

 

USA! USA!

 

One of these things is not like the other...one of these things just doesn't belong...

The Rangers held a presser yesterday to talk about Brian Leetch's No. 2 being retired this evening. Afterwards, Leetch took a photo with Mark Messier, Tie Domi, Mike Richter and Adam Graves.



I know Domi played with the Rangers early in Leetch's career, but why was he there?

 

An upset? Just the fact that those two clowns were even mentioning hockey.

 

To meet girls?