Forum: Sports

Anybody buy sens tickets yet? A friend and I bought half season tickets each and split them. Works out to 11 games and I have to seats for my wife and I, I bought the GM power seats and you get the same seats all year which is nice. Prices were pretty good if you don't mind the 300 level. I...

I don’t understand why the NHL has to pay if a foreign player decides to come play in the NHL instead of the a Pro league in there countries. Can someone explain the politics in this mater? Thanks Mike

How many points will Crosby score his rookie season?

The Pens just picked up Leclair. Good deal. Looks like Mario and the gang are starting to rebuild around Crosby. There's a lot of buzz in Pittsburgh about this upcoming season.

I thought someone would bring this up before. Good or bad?

Just read on TSN.com that there are rumours of Redden being traded. Anyone have any "inside" info on this one?

Top 5 teams in the league? 1-Philly 2-Sens 3-Sharks 4-Tampa Bay 5-Calgary What’s your take?

How nice is this of Mario Lemieux having Crosby living with his family, AWESOME: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1126631205174_122040405/?hub=TopStories

Well, my new favourite team is changing every day! Apparently Ilya Kovalchuk has now begun playing with Khimik in Russia, which means that he has until October 5 to sign an NHL deal (really). Should he NOT sign by then, and continue to play in Russia, he would have to (in ALL situations) clear...

Okay, so we haven't even played one game under the new CBA, and the Penguins have already managed to get into financial trouble. Idiots. Mario's quote about being "prepared to lose money along the way, but we'll eventually need some help" is friggin laughable. Screw you Mario... No help should...

Getting ready for my pool draft day. In the past I always used "mckeen's Hockey pool yearbook" and/or "Hockey Pool Guide Book". Just wonder which is your favorite hockey magazine(s) for your pool drafts. . Would like to see the magazine contains: 1) the latest free agents signed 2) Line...

I've watched a complete dismantling of everything they were doing right in the beginning stretch of the season... Joseph is looking shaky... The D is porous, missing all kinds of tackles... Just a terrible team effort all around... Is Joseph injured? Why is our kicker so crappy? Does...

Go Sid and Mario!!! LMFAO.... Go Heatley! WOOHOO! LOL.... Dan PS - With new instigator rules, Dan Kilbank's gonna throw me outta the game... :) :fight:

Couple of good forums for hard-core hockey talk: http://www.hockeynations.com/ http://mb.scout.com/bhockey/ Just posting this here in case anyone wants to join in the fun. Get away with a lot more trash talk than over here... (Dan, if this is against any rule, I apologize in advance. Just...

What are the Senators going to do with this kid? So far, he has 8 points in the pre-season in 3 games while playing on a line with Spezza (10 points) and Heatley (8 points). He played on a line with Spezza last year in Binghamton and scored 70 points. Last night, he had a hat trick against the...

I need to take 9 forwards, it can be anyone so far I have F-Ilya Kovalchuk F-Jarome Iginla F-Rick Nash F-Marian Hossa F-Jaromir Jagr F-Pavel Datsyuk

Kevin Weekes on Jaromir Jagr: "He's still arguably the best player in the league and the best player in the world," Weekes said. "You can't get much better than that. I think our strength could be best served if we continue to play team hockey." Just posting it because finally someone who isn't...

Anyone see the highlights of this bone-head Puritan eye-gouging Colton Orr? DISGUSTING!!! This Cro-Magnon of an excuse for a hockey player should be out of the league. Puritan has a list of infractions longer than your arm, and still the NHL thinks a 10 game suspension is going to get through to...

Check out the Ottawa Sun today they have a good close up of Haseks helmet, which belongs in a museum! I am not a huge Hasek fan but this guy has to have Balls of Steal to wear this thing! It has no ear guards, no throat guard, the cage just hangs there and the dam thing looks to small for his...

I could not believe it, i was at the game last nite, and when the national anthem came on, he still had his bucket on. I could not believe it, he was the only player who had not taken his helmet off. It was the most disrespectful thing i have ever seen, its not like the game was in the States!!...

Check out the comments from this thunder head! I am sort of in the middle on the the Roenick hit. I do think in pre season you don't steam roll guys but at the same time you shouldn't be allowed to run around with your head down. Either way this guys comments are way out of line. ...

Dan, It's been 7 long years, but tomorrow Marco makes things right. Sorry Dan, but Marco is on a mission to finish off what his knees denied him. It's destiny. At least I hope it is.

Lat night I ended up watching the whole leafs-Sens game and I must say that although I was not totally impressed with the Senators performance, I was pretty impressed with the quality of the game itself. Hardly any icings, tag up offside, no red line. It all made for a fast paced end to end action...

Who your choices????

Yeah, not exactly sports related, but since we were talking about anthems in here before, it seems as good a place as any to ask... Does anyone know where I could find a downloadable version of Zakk Wylde's rendition of the Star Spangled Banner from the LA Kings' opener? Definitely a...

For the life of me I can not figure out why Phil Garner allowed Brad Lidge to pitch to Albert Pojols with 2 out, 2 on in the Top of the 9th when the Astros had a 4-2 lead. With Sanders on deck why not walk Pojols? I would have walked Pojols in a heartbeat. No way would he have beaten me with that...

I recall when Ottawa drafted Logan Couture that some of you were concerned about his attitude etc. I remember saying he would be just fine and would turn out to be a good player. So far he has done just that. I watched him against London two weeks ago and he had a ton of ice time, killed...

Being a huge Penguins fan since 1988, I was 6, I have always been a fan of Jagr. He may be the most hated player by the fans that hockey has ever seen. However, there is no doubt that when he wants to play, he is the best player in the world. Sure, you can argue, but you have to realize that...

From such a harsh panel of critics, I expected this to be a hot issue on this forum... NOBODY cares? dbleber, is he "tough" for his actions? Is he cowardly? Should his suspension be one game more than Havlat? More? Less? This guy did the exact same cheapshot twice in the span of a...

:cool :cool LEAFS Fans should be really really quiet after tonights BLOWOUT! I am not a Sens fan but I loved that game!:P

LOL!!! ----------------------------------------------------------- Q: "Why were the Leafs still hungry after the Sen's banquet?" A: "Because they EIGHT-NOTHING." ------------------------------------------------------------

Anybody else getting tired of this "kicking" from Havlat? Again in the 2nd period tonight he was kicking one of the Boston players in the groin? This is just wrong.:thumbsdow How many games this time? :scratchch

Does anyone know of any tourneys this winter looking for teams? I am looking for rec division and 30 plus. If you know of any could you send an e-mail to jarthur73@gmail.com Any leads would be appreciated!!!!

http://www.tsn.ca/chl/news_story.asp?id=140174 Good for Dave Branch for coming down hard on this kind of crap. I see that the whiner Downey is threatening to sit out the rest of the season and wants a trade. Let him rot. Like any other team would want him now. At least McGill had the balls...

I just read on TSN.ca that Chris Neil's mother died in a tragic car accident north of Toronto yesterday. My thoughts go out to him and his family. Even as a Leafs fan I have a lot of respect for Chris Neil and the way he plays the game. Sad news.

Is their any doubt that the Heatley – Hossa deal was a good one for Ottawa?:scratchch Mike

Just watching the highlights form last night adn all I can say is WOW:eek: What a goal for the winner in the 15th round of the shoot out. Malik's throught the legs goal was just AWESOME.:hyper: :thumbsup

I know its petty to complain about a team that is 19-4-0, but is it just me or do the Sens either play amazing or horrible!! All of their loses have been because they have played just horrible. None of their 4 losses have been when they played great and still lost. It just seems that when they...

If anyone was watching during the pre-season you could definitely see a lot of "natural goal scorer" in Brandon Bochenski. No doubt he benefited from playing with Spezza and Heatley (who wouldn't?), but there were some goals he scored that few others would have... So my question is, after...

Didn't get a chance to see the game. Checked the boxscore on nhl.com, and there were a tonne of penalties in the third. Can anyone tell me what happened - the explanations on nhl.com and tsn.ca are pretty sparse, probably as they're trying to discourage fighting and such. Thanks in advance.

It's still ongoing, but England's pool is set, and they have avoided getting a pool with two other contenders. Barring some kind of collapse, they should be through. Whichever pool gets the US is going to be a really fun one to watch

Decent game last night. Nice to see the boys rebound after a disappointing weekend. I was wondering what other people thought of the Fisher (I believe it was him) hit on the goalie? I do feel that protecting the goalie is important, however he was out challenging the shooter and got run over....

I just discovered a brave new world. Starchoice has recently added CBC HD to their lineup. I haven't watched any hockey on there because the last while the Sens games have been carried by CBC Ottawa while TO is always on the HD channel. So tonight, with the Sens game on later, I turned on CBC...

I'm dying to play some shinney, and was wondering whether there are any rinks in Ottawa that are almost ready?

Eddie deserves a little recognition after having surpassed Terry Sawchuk's second place standing in the most wins by a goalie category. He is now second all time behind Patrick Roy.