Comments on: 11 things that will happen this season

By: CechmanekForVezina

CechmanekForVezina — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:19:49 +0000

Not really, Hackett is doing loads better than Esche in the preseason games.

By: Tradedude

Tradedude — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:15:05 +0000

1. Sleeper Pick - Nashville 6th spot. 3rd round, lose in 5.

2. Loser Pick - Vancouver Canucks. 13th west, Marc Crawford fired, Laviolette Hired.

3. Steve Halko will score a goal!!!

4. Snow disses Bettman about pad rule.

5. Fleury does dope (again).

6. 50,000 people show up at the Edmonton-Montreal outdoor game on Nov 22nd.

7. Eric Lindros spits on Clark/scores hattrick against Flyers/injures John Leclair and Jeff Hackett.

8. 5"8 Domi kicks the living **** out of 6"7 Worrell.

9. Gary Bettman resigns from commissioner and joins the navy.

10. Chara Grows 2 feet, bulks up 80 pounds/turns into the Hulk.

11. The Blues will win the Stanley Cup!

By: Kashin

Kashin — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:13:36 +0000

chelios is old. schneider is good but i would rather have hamrlik. i could see why one may argue. then there are lidstrom and hatcher who are lidstrom and hatcher. it can be up in the air who has the better top 4.

By: Kashin

Kashin — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:09:57 +0000

for 4) I was aiming mainly for induvidual performances. i think doan johnson and burke can all have good years. Can they make the playoffs? as an 8 i dont see why not. passed there? no. I was aiming mainly that people will look at the team because of doan and johnson.

a good 12) someone wrote would be rebound seasons from fowards. IE: Gagne. maybe even kapanen on that team. just a sick team. Too many players please feel free to add on.

By: NHLman

NHLman — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:04:27 +0000

Shaaa... And monkeys might fly out of my butt.

Firing Laviolette (sp?) was a big mistake. Signing Yashin to that HUGE MORONIC contract was the worst move they could have ever made. They should put that bum on the unprotected list in waivers draft. Maybe then they could get a decent guy in return.

The Islanders will be like the Islanders. That is to say they will play their usual, pretty bad. Let's see how good Snow or Dipietro does.

By: defenestrate

defenestrate — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:35:28 +0000

One of the interesting sidelights to the preseason has been the retooled approach to the PK, which, let's face it, cost them Game 7 against the Wild last year.

People who would normally be considered offensive players are doing PK time (Sakic and Kariya especially). It is just preseason, but it's working well thus far. Nikolishin has done well paired with Hinote, and John Michael-Liles has given some of us hope for a "real" defense as well.

By: aafiv

aafiv — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:29:22 +0000

1.) Robert Esche won't suck!

2.) Robert Esche won't suck!

3.) Robert Esche won't suck!

4.) Robert Esche won't suck!

5.) Robert Esche won't suck!

6.) ...the Flyers still won't win the Cup, but who thought they would anyhow?

By: aafiv

aafiv — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:27:30 +0000

Felix Potvin is already sucking hard for the Bruins. He’s been terrible since before he left Toronto. Why the renaissance now?

By: original6dan

original6dan — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:15:55 +0000

Foote is the man! I cannot argue that.

Morris needs to be all the Avs hoped he would be THIS season.

And well, I could go on for days about Blake, so I won't get started...

I must say, Abby seems to be doing great in pre-season. Although...

These aren't real games yet. He's playing well because he does have a lot to prove. But I'm not sure that he can keep it up for 50 to 60 games. When he has his first bad stretch, it may kill his confidence.

By: -Swizz-

-Swizz- — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:03:23 +0000

id say foote, blake, morris, skoula, skrastins is a very solid 5 on D…

and yea abby is not gonna post a 1.72 gaa or whatever turco got…i didnt mean he’s gonna be this year’s turco stat for stat…i meant it in a way he’s gonna surprise everyone….lotta ppl are writing him off already, but he’s a pretty damn good goalie…