Comments for May 09, 2012 at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 16 out of 16 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Sat, 25 May 2013 13:33:39 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4613-may-09-2012#comment-20771 As a Pens fan, no I wouldn't want to see Jagr back in a Pens uniform for a year. Malkin seems to sulk with Crosby in the lineup so if Jagr is added I see a very difficult situation for Bylsma to contend with. - marsid6687 Wed, 09 May 2012 15:53:04 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4613-may-09-2012#comment-20769 Living here in Aus, I've been greatly exposed to the AFL (Australian Football League), for any of those who have visited or lived in Australia, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about and I think they have somewhat of a decent system. They have a system where suspensions are dealt with a tribunal (board)... and it goes with a points system for infractions, so minor infractions (lower points), big infractions (higher points)... repeat offenders (more points) What happens is the tribunal assesses what happens, kinda like what Shanny does, then drops the result (1 game, 2 game, 10 game suspension)... Then what the player can do is contest it, if they can prove that the tribunal was excessive or so and so got 3 games, why did I get 5... then the suspension is reduced or dropped. But if the tribunal finds that the suspension was fair, the player gets double. What that does is that allows the player to at least somewhat determine his own fate... if he's done something wrong, he can look back at it and said yeah fair enough did this wrong, I understand why I got the suspension... Then you don't get any of the well Ovechkin did the same thing and it was 1 game, so and so did the exact same thing and he got 3... Just another thought... - Gotlaid Wed, 09 May 2012 12:28:10 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4613-may-09-2012#comment-20768 I hope the Yotes win...f all the talk about areas not deserving it. I would want Jagr for 1 year...not $2 million though...not worth it. I might want him at half way through the season if he has been just working out for the first half...that way he is fresh come playoffs. He is too old. Caught up to him in the playoffs... - buck0198 Wed, 09 May 2012 11:30:30 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4613-may-09-2012#comment-20766 the Rangers are also very very defensive. Hence why they block more shots than the rest of the league. - Big Ev Wed, 09 May 2012 10:49:25 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4613-may-09-2012#comment-20764 Shouldn't shots FOR count when judging whether a team is being offensive or defensive, and not just shots against? There are three teams with fewer shots per game surrendered than NJ in the postseason, and I expect most would love to see two of them - Detroit and Chicago - among the remaining teams because they are "more offensive". There are also only three teams with more shots for. It is worth noting that spending the bulk of a game in the offensive zone also minimizes shots against. If you're going to call that defense, then our words don't really mean anything at all. It seems to me that some of you think offense means taking reckless, irresponsible chances every time you get the puck. The defensive style that we should fear (if we're fans of more shots and goals) is the dump & trap game leading to 20-17 shot counts. NJ outshot Philly 35-20 in game 2 and 43-22 in game 4 and it wasn't because they were sitting back in defensive posture all game. Somebody define offense and defense in the same post and then maybe one of these discussions will have meaning. I don't think we're even using the same vocabulary otherwise. - Guy Incognito Wed, 09 May 2012 09:10:02 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4613-may-09-2012#comment-20763 The 5 game minimum idea wouldn't work IMO. Giroux would get no games? That vindicates his dirty hit and his dirty play in general. No, he needed to serve some time. I don't want Phoenix to win the Cup. I don't like any area that really doesn't truly support hockey (read New Jersey) to EVER win the Cup. - bullwinkle Wed, 09 May 2012 07:43:35 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4613-may-09-2012#comment-20762 I don't care how they do it - Trap, Lock, Zone, Forecheck. I don't care. If only 20 shots are getting through, it's defense. Defending this as a "non-trap" system is just semantics. This is a fantasy hockey site, we don't care what label you put on a system that limits shots. Call it the Dagobah system if it makes you feel better ;) - Dobber Wed, 09 May 2012 06:40:18 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4613-may-09-2012#comment-20761 Over a week = >7 days. These teams have been playing a LOT longer than that (and not just the playoffs). Not too bright I see. Sorry, not a big fan of teams with that style. If you want to watch, go ahead, knock yourself out. Too boring for me. - DuklaNation Wed, 09 May 2012 06:23:03 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4613-may-09-2012#comment-20760 Regardless of who wins the cup and how, fantasy hockey will not change... the point is to outscore the other teams in your league. So if scoring is down, its down for everyone. But there will still a couple 100 point scorers and Stamkos will likely pot 50, and there will be some surprise players, etc, etc. - Bender Wed, 09 May 2012 05:48:33 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4613-may-09-2012#comment-20758 What is back-checking? And what constitutes offence? - Guy Incognito Wed, 09 May 2012 05:16:13 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4613-may-09-2012#comment-20757 His style has always been defense first. And while the Devils don't trap like they used to, they certainly don't take many offensive chances. You're right, they forecheck, forecheck, forecheck...and hook, hold, and run obstruction with the best of them. - slufoot Wed, 09 May 2012 01:21:30 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4613-may-09-2012#comment-20756 Isn't forechecking, defense? I think it would be hard to argue that forechecking is different to playing defense... - Ryan Ma Tue, 08 May 2012 22:23:22 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4613-may-09-2012#comment-20755 watched games 2,3,4 & 5. What KFV says is true. Flyers defence got beat down by a tenacious forecheck & a really good cycle game. - Man_not_Puck Tue, 08 May 2012 21:57:15 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4613-may-09-2012#comment-20754 seriously, do you even watch Devils games? since when does PDB coach a defence-first style? it's forecheck forecheck forecheck. this isn't the 90s @duklanation - claiming that the current games aren't entertaining and then stating you haven't actually been watching them. stupidity at its finest - KFV Tue, 08 May 2012 21:38:58 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4613-may-09-2012#comment-20753 Im not optimistic about next season after seeing these remaining 5 teams. Play it tight and hope for some lucky bounces? Not entertaining hockey for me. I havent watched a game in over a week now. - DuklaNation Tue, 08 May 2012 21:08:01 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/other-features-mainmenu-89/archived-ramblings/4613-may-09-2012#comment-20752 At the start of this series, I was cheering for Philly- with their more uptempo style..but the chippiness wore real thin (Rinaldo left his feet on the Volchenkov hit, then took out Zubrus out at the heat), not sure what happened with Philly- was Pittsburgh that bad? Or was it just that against decent goaltending they werent the offensive juggernauts we thought they were.... and Bryzgalov continued his Cristobal Huet impersonation. Philly wasnt going anywhere with that goaltending. - Rollie1967 Tue, 08 May 2012 20:47:48 +0100