Assuming Montreal does not choke away a 3 goal lead...the Northeast will remain undefeated vs other divisions. Only losses were in the division (Montreal to Toronto, Toronto to us).
Assuming Montreal does not choke away a 3 goal lead...the Northeast will remain undefeated vs other divisions. Only losses were in the division (Montreal to Toronto, Toronto to us).
NE is super strong this year, I did not see that coming..
Wow Smyth gets boarded by Boyle and not a single Oiler showed up the shot for the next 30 seconds. That's pretty pathetic.
For all the flack the Sabres took last year for the Miller incident, I've seen many, many teams do a whole lot of nothing about bad or borderline hits this season.
I missed earlier when they were getting destroyed, but the Oilers are showing a lot of spunk now. Individual players keep walking through everyone only to come up short at the last second/last defender. When it all starts clicking this team is going to be entertaining as hell and very dangerous. Not sure if Dubnyk is good enough for a team that is this offensive-minded and young though.
Dubnyk will be fine. He had a really bad period. It happens. That he had a .914 and .916 SV% over the last two seasons on that team should be filed under "minor miracle." He's certainly not in the upper-echelon of goaltenders, but he's not in the trash bin, either.
Scott Hartnell out indefinitely after getting hit by a Kimmo Timonen shot in the skate.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
Couldn't happen at a worse time for a team that's really struggling, but it wouldn't surprise me if they stick one of their many forwards there and find a strong new line to go forward with, then put Hartnell with Briere when they're back.
Hell of a scrap between Orr and Engelland. Wow. Those guys don't like each other, and Orr had something to prove after getting TKOed by Engelland a couple years back. Both landed some dandy punches.
Couldn't happen at a worse time for a team that's really struggling, but it wouldn't surprise me if they stick one of their many forwards there and find a strong new line to go forward with, then put Hartnell with Briere when they're back.
What "many" forwards? As my Flyer-fan coworkers predicted before the season, the Flyers are a startling parallel to the Philadelphia Phillies: a former offensive juggernaut about to become league-average offensively, or worse. They've bled so much talent over the last couple years. Carter. Richards. Jagr. Leino who, say what you want, did work in that organization. Even JVR. And now with Briere out, and Schenn/Couturier not quite ready for prime time offensively, they're forced to hope guys like Read and Simmonds can replicate career seasons in order to find some offense after Giroux/Hartnell--the latter also coming off a career season. Gone are the days when that team could roll three fearsome lines at you.
aka us winning
