Comments for May 14, 2012 at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 10 out of 10 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Wed, 22 May 2013 06:31:22 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4620-may-14-2012#comment-20833 You did see the replay of the goal by Morris? The puck skipped off the ice, and it was a bad bounce. It happens to every goalie at some point. Fact is, in a tie game, in the 3rd period, Quick kept the puck out of his net and won the game, while Smith didn't. So I disagree with you on the Quick vs. Smith debate. WHEN it mattered, Quick outplayed Smith and won the game, and is now 6-0 on the ROAD in the playoffs. So judge that one bad goal on Quick all you want, but in the 3rd period when it mattered most, he was superior to Smith. - SoCalRob Mon, 14 May 2012 19:32:45 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4620-may-14-2012#comment-20832 Ev, it hurts to lose to a boring team, doesn't it? LOL!!!! In the meantime, we will continue to boringly beat everyone that stands in the way! Go Rangers! - RangerFan Mon, 14 May 2012 17:41:17 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4620-may-14-2012#comment-20830 Hey Dobber and Rollie1967-- I know what's up with Carter: it's called Coming Up SMALL In The Playoffs. Flyers fans like me LOVE the way Carter plays...in the regular season. Come playoff time, though, he becomes the invisible man. It's why we kept Briere (who is a playoff monster) and jettisoned Carts & his contract. - Jammer Mon, 14 May 2012 09:48:34 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4620-may-14-2012#comment-20829 Let the Russians go and the NHL have more North American players. Are you really going to miss Semin, AK, Filatov, Radulov? Nothing against the Russians, but if they want to play in Russia and can make more money, let them go and fill the roster with North American players. I still think the best players Kovalchuk, OV, Malkin and Datsyuk will come and stay. Most play junior here anyway. Good defense and goaltending is boring compared to higher scoring games. But they only need a few changes. The full pp is a start. How about the expanded blue line? How many offsides have you seen this playoffs? Glove pass in all zones. I hate it when the puck is trying to be cleared and the d man makes a great athletic play by jumping in the air and knocking down the puck, only to have it go another player to be blown dead on a glove pass. Another one that drives me crazy is when they are 4 on 4 and someone takes a penalty and its not 4 on 3. Finally, they need to make the nets wider. Not much, just as much as the blue paint for the crease ... a couple inches ... If everyone is going to clog the middle and block shots, you need the players to be able to score coming down the wing. Wider nets would fix that. - pattywins Mon, 14 May 2012 07:52:44 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4620-may-14-2012#comment-20827 He stated in interviews today that he will respect his contract with St. Petersburg which should keep him in KHL for one more year. In the 10/11 season he played winger on a line with Radulov for Salavat Yulaev Ufa and the duo finished first and second in scoring that year. That was 80 points for Radulov and 66 for Thoresen in 54 games played. That put him ahead of a player like Cervenka who finished with 61. Before the 11/12 season he signed a 2 year contract with St. Petersburg who have moved him to center. He used some time to adjust but ended up with 41 points in 45 matches. In total he has 203 points and +104 after 206 matches in the KHL, and is really motivated to play in the NHL again at some point. He should make a really good 2nd line center for the right club. - ynotzz Mon, 14 May 2012 07:13:42 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4620-may-14-2012#comment-20826 and are you freaking kidding me donpaulo? The Blueshirts getting shafted by refs? That is the most hilarious statement I've read in a long while. The NHL is freaking located in New York and they earn the highest ratings out of all teams in the playoffs. Get real dude, the Refs are on their side when they can be. Like how stupid does that sound that the NEW YORK RANGERS are getting shafted by the refs and the league? I guess that's why your team had to go 14 games against the bottom seeds in the East, eh? - Big Ev Mon, 14 May 2012 05:44:48 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4620-may-14-2012#comment-20825 Good lord, this donpaulo guy has to come here every single time to defend the Rangers and shove them down our throats. Enough is enough. We don't care about your boring team. - Big Ev Mon, 14 May 2012 05:42:01 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4620-may-14-2012#comment-20822 Boyle did score a shortie and once again the NHL blew the call. As a die hard I have come to expect that the blueshirts will get shafted, although I am sure that all fans feel that way to some degree or another. I think that NY's ability to clog the lane, block the shot and hustle on the backcheck got into the heads of some of the Caps who started looking to pass or to make the perfect play instead of what worked in previous games. While Ovi and Semin did not impress .... Backstrom, Brouwer and especially Chimera and Hendricks were outstanding. Green also consistently made the right play, although was whistled a few times after becoming frustrated with NYs ability to dump and pound him into the glass with regularity. Despite losing game 7, George McPhee has something very special in Washington and to a certain degree it isn't about the Russians. They do need a #2 centerman, ideally with size. Laich is a very nice player but probably a less than ideal 2 pivot. Johansson was not very noticeable, expect when making mistakes or turning the puck over. Hockey fans do understand that NYR will be better next season right ? and I maintain that Brad Richards has been and remains a clutch player, despite his contract and those who complain that he is "overpaid". Give me Brad Richards over Semin or Ovi every time. - donpaulo Sun, 13 May 2012 22:06:45 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4620-may-14-2012#comment-20821 I don't like the idea of having a rival to the NHL... It isn't like a business where rivals can create growth... I don't think that having a rival will make more kids play hockey and thus increase the talent... The Catch-22 for the NHL is this: Go to luxary tax (or dramatically increase salary cap) and the Phoenix wonder story doesn't happen in 4 years. The gap between rich and poor will start to mirror the NBA and the amazing parity we have seen will cease to exist. Keep the cap reasonable and the Russians will go to the KHL, losing some of the best players in the world. If the KHL becomes sustainable and it becomes the #1 choice for elite russian prospects, the NHL will have to do a whole lot to get them back and the amount of NHLers who move over will increase by a lot. The only way out is for Bettman to hush-hush call this an act of war, have the cap go up so that teams can sign Russians to comparable contracts and then have the rich GM's heavily subsidize the lower end teams until the KHL loses steam or collapses. - austeane Sun, 13 May 2012 20:51:52 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4620-may-14-2012#comment-20820 Not sure whats wrong with him- but even if its a nagging injury that doesnt require surgery- hes looking at a short off season. Id love a higher scoring game, not because a 2-1 game cant be entertaining- but because if it gets to 3-1, or 4-1 your chances of coming back now arent as good. Even with a 4 goal lead against a good team in the early 80's...you still had the possability of a comeback (assuming some time left). Hell if the Oilers were down by 2, it was like they had the attitude that it would only take 2 shifts to comeback, no big deal. Against my Canucks...they did it far too often, and it usually involved multiple camera shots of that a**hole Andersons smug face. - Rollie1967 Sun, 13 May 2012 20:46:38 +0100