GhostofPotvin29
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Brodeur just ended his goalless drought against Carolina. Paging Erndog.
2012-2013 NHL Thread
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Sucker Punch
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In hope every referee's wife takes the kids and leaves him to be with his better looking brother. Then he becomes an alcoholic, gets fired for working a game drunk, can't afford child support and alimony, loses everything, and ends up getting beaten to death by a gang of rowdy preteens wielding bicycle locks under a bridge.
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I'd actually say that is great. We have a heck of a lot better chance of catching Ottawa than we do Boston.
hockeyfan1
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Tampa Bay's Cory Conaoher, Burlington ON native playing with ttype 1 diabetes.
http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/50730-Now-a-player-and-not-just-a-fan-Cory-Conacher-savours-return-to-ACC-ice.html
http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/50730-Now-a-player-and-not-just-a-fan-Cory-Conacher-savours-return-to-ACC-ice.html
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Some proposals put forth by the NHL committee...
Goaltending equipment:
...a hot-button issue with the GMs.::they voted unanimously to recommend the reduction of the ?thigh rise? of the pad - which is the top part of the pad above the knee ? and to ensure that the knee pads contour to the knees better and are not too bulky.
...most of the pads now are going up to the goalie?s inseam. The kneepads that go under the main pads have a very vague measurement of a nine-inch contour, but it has become a piece of equipment goalies can use to gain an advantage.
...increased size in goalie equipment might be a boon to goaltender protection, but it creates safety hazards in other areas...defensemen from the point, knowing there?s almost no chance they?ll score on the bottom half of the net, are shooting higher than they ever have. That, of course, creates a hazard for players standing in front of the net. And because they have to work so hard to score goals, they tend to crash the net more, which can result in injuries to goaltenders.[/color]
Hybrid icing:
GMs advocate a system where the decision to call icing would be based on the status of the players chasing down the puck at the faceoff dot. If there is a reasonable expectation the call could go either way, icing would be waved off. But if it?s clear the defending player is going to get to the puck first, it would be called.
The American League had used that rule, but abandoned it this season because it did not want to confuse the players.
Mandatory visors:
NHLPA advisor Mathieu Schneider, who said players would be polled on the possibility of invoking a grandfather clause as it relates to mandatory visors. If the players vote in favor, it will be brought to the competition committee, then to the board of governors. The league has long favored a rule enforcing visors, but the players have balked.
The NHL?s director of hockey operations, Colin Campbell, said the league doesn?t need an endorsement from the competition committee, but it?s a desirable step. He actually acknowledged that if the league wanted to, it could take its recommendations directly to the board of governors and have the players file a grievance if they disagree. He also said the league does not need the players? approval to make visors mandatory.
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http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/50726-Goalie-equipment-hybrid-icing-visors-on-the-table-for-new-competition-committee.html
Goaltending equipment:
...a hot-button issue with the GMs.::they voted unanimously to recommend the reduction of the ?thigh rise? of the pad - which is the top part of the pad above the knee ? and to ensure that the knee pads contour to the knees better and are not too bulky.
...most of the pads now are going up to the goalie?s inseam. The kneepads that go under the main pads have a very vague measurement of a nine-inch contour, but it has become a piece of equipment goalies can use to gain an advantage.
...increased size in goalie equipment might be a boon to goaltender protection, but it creates safety hazards in other areas...defensemen from the point, knowing there?s almost no chance they?ll score on the bottom half of the net, are shooting higher than they ever have. That, of course, creates a hazard for players standing in front of the net. And because they have to work so hard to score goals, they tend to crash the net more, which can result in injuries to goaltenders.[/color]
Hybrid icing:
GMs advocate a system where the decision to call icing would be based on the status of the players chasing down the puck at the faceoff dot. If there is a reasonable expectation the call could go either way, icing would be waved off. But if it?s clear the defending player is going to get to the puck first, it would be called.
The American League had used that rule, but abandoned it this season because it did not want to confuse the players.
Mandatory visors:
NHLPA advisor Mathieu Schneider, who said players would be polled on the possibility of invoking a grandfather clause as it relates to mandatory visors. If the players vote in favor, it will be brought to the competition committee, then to the board of governors. The league has long favored a rule enforcing visors, but the players have balked.
The NHL?s director of hockey operations, Colin Campbell, said the league doesn?t need an endorsement from the competition committee, but it?s a desirable step. He actually acknowledged that if the league wanted to, it could take its recommendations directly to the board of governors and have the players file a grievance if they disagree. He also said the league does not need the players? approval to make visors mandatory.
From:
http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/50726-Goalie-equipment-hybrid-icing-visors-on-the-table-for-new-competition-committee.html
GhostofPotvin29
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This is what you get Winnipeg.
Heroic Shrimp
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Frank E said:
Dino!
I wasn't sure where else to put this, so I put it here. A video making fun of the NHL Dept. of Player Safety.
NHL Wheel of Justice
NHL Wheel of Justice
hockeyfan1
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Well, whad'ya know, Nascar driver Tony Stewart wants hockey-style fights to be allowed...
http://www.sportsnet.ca/auto-racing/stewart-wants-hockey-style-fighting-in-nascar/
http://www.sportsnet.ca/auto-racing/stewart-wants-hockey-style-fighting-in-nascar/
GhostofPotvin29
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A charming tale of one NHL owner: http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2013/03/26/jeremy-jacobs-mark-bellissimo-wellington-florida/
Apparently Keenan was HC @ noon and he stated that there was a mutual understanding between Kiprusoff and the Flames wasn't going to play the 13/14 season. The extra season lowered his cap hit from 6.7 to 5.83. We all knew that this was the case with a lot of these contracts, but its interesting to hear it be admitted.
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