The Official NHL 2006-2007 Season Thread

[Malcolm]

Effff ya...Leafs Baby...Please win Devils

[Neemo]

lets go devils lets go

i hope that Brodeur plays tommorrow......please martin please

its really a nothing game for them so unless he decides to try and extend his win record then it may be a bad thing for the leafs

[gnrgnr06]

Please start Brodeur I want some playoff hockey

[CheapJon]

yeah for heavens sake devils, win win win

[Loaded NightraiN]

Lets Go Islanders 

[COMAMOTIVE]

Never thought I'd say this - but go Devils

Anything to cause the Islander fans a little misery is fine by me

Oh yeah


Potvin beats his wife

[Loaded NightraiN]

Islanders win!!
Islanders win!!

Mabye next year Toronto fan 

[gnrgnr06]

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

[Neemo]

that was a crazy ending though

.9 seconds man i thought NJ would take them after that

[COMAMOTIVE]

that was a crazy ending though

.9 seconds man i thought NJ would take them after that

Ridiculous

If they did'nt win in that shootout - that would have been one of the franchises' worst moments ....EVER

[CheapJon]

ffs devils, putting that third goalie out there

[Malcolm]

I'll be interested in usual to hear what Don Cherry has to say about this...He called the Devils out to play Brodeur...and well Cherrys the best

[Neemo]

yahoo sports had an article saying that brodeur coulda tied Fuhr for most starts in a season by playing that game and beat Parent's record of most wins over 2 seasons with a win..so i was kinda surprised that he didnt play...but cant blame them for not playing him...i feel bad for the guy that did start...it was his 4th of the season that has to be the best job in hockey..backing up Brodeur...a couple hundred grand to warm the bench thats my aspiration

[Loaded NightraiN]

NJ was 100% right in their decision to sit Brouder... Its his last chance to get a rest...

Don Cherry calls out NJ?  I hope that was the final straw in their decisionto sit him...
If Toronto was better, no one would have to be bitter today....

[Neemo]

well thats just it...if the leafs woulda at least tied the islanders instead of that piss poor 5-2 loss the woulda been in

[Loaded NightraiN]

well thats just it...if the leafs woulda at least tied the islanders instead of that piss poor 5-2 loss the woulda been in

Thats why I like you Neemo 
Dont blame the devils or make excuses... All they needed was 1 more win

[Malcolm]

I dont blame them for sitting Brodeur either...He gets injured they have no change for the playoffs, it just sucks as a Leafs fan...anyways heres some tidbit news for yas

Joe Sakic has signed on for a 19th NHL season with the Colorado Avalanche franchise, signing a one-year deal for 2007-08.

Captain Mats Sundin wants to wear the Toronto Maple Leafs uniform for a 13th NHL season, if not more."I love being part of the organization, I love the challenge that is for this team to win a championship," Sundin said as he and his teammates cleaned out their lockers Monday. "The challenge of the Toronto Maple Leafs not winning the Stanley Cup since 1967 is a huge positive thing in my opinion for motivation to come back and get better every year."

The NHL has selected the 20 referees and 20 linesmen who will work the 2007 Stanley Cup playoffs, with one veteran referee surprisingly left off the list.54 year-old Kerry Fraser, the longest serving referee in NHL history, did not make the cut this year. 

The Ottawa Senators have re-signed defenceman Anton Volchenkov to a US$7.5-million, three-year deal.

The NHL has no plans to expand the playoff pool to more teams.The Colorado Avalanche were 13 games over .500 and couldn't find a spot in the competitive Western Conference playoff party and the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens and Carolina Hurricanes had decent seasons but commissioner Gary Bettman is satisfied with the current format which sees 16 of 30 clubs make it to the post-season. "The fact is that you wouldn't necessarily have these exciting races in the regular season if you expanded the number of teams in the playoffs," Bettman told The Canadian Press on Monday. One idea that has been floated is having a mini-round involving teams seventh through 10th in each conference with the two winners joining the six other teams. But that doesn't appear to be winning much support and Bettman isn't sure about the concept, either. "Finishing seventh or eighth doesn't get you a full-punch ticket to the playoffs (in that format)," Bettman said. "It would be a mini-round and I'm not sure teams would think that that would be a fair tradeoff, at least of those who have informally discussed it with me."

[Communist China]

Haha, sucks for Fraser. But I like the decision, because I'm a bitter fan.

[tim_m]

Why the hell are all but two of the games for the Atlanta/Rangers series on a canadian only channel. Neither of those teams are in canada. No one there is gonna care about that series. The nhl really needs a better tv deal.

[Malcolm]

Price signs three-year deal with Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens have signed former world junior star Carey Price to a three-year contract. As per club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Price will join the Canadiens AHL farm team in Hamilton today. The Bulldogs have four games left in the regular season.Price, 19, completed the 2006-07 season with a record of 30 wins, 13 losses and one overtime loss, a 2.45 goals against average, a .917 save percentage and three shutouts in 46 games with the Tri-City Americans in the Western Hockey League. His performances helped his team finish in second place in the U.S. Division of the Western Conference with 47 wins and 96 points, two franchise records.In a little more than four full seasons in Tri-City, Price posted an overall record of 83 wins, 78 losses and 18 overtime losses in 193 games, with a 2.53 goals against average and a .906 save percentage. He also recorded 15 shutouts.On the international scene, Price led Canada to the gold medal at the 2007 World Junior Hockey Championships, in Sweden. Selected as the tournament's Most Valuable Player and named to the All-Star Team, Price won each of his team's six games, posted a 1.14 goals against average and a .961 save percentage. He also registered two shutouts.