Thursday's notes: Bruins celebrate as Vancouver recovers, Preds add a forward?
by Dirk Hoag on Jun 16, 2011 8:08 AM EDT
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Last night's game brought forth a wide range of reaction, from jubilation in the Boston locker room to terrifying destruction in the streets of Vancouver, as fans flipped cars, started fires, and generally disgraced one of the finest cities in North America.
Follow after the jump for all that and a whole lot more, including word that perhaps the Predators have signed another skilled European forward to bring over to North America...
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Nashville Predators News
CapGeek.com - Juuso Puustinen
The guys at CapGeek say the Preds have picked up a forward from Europe (thanks for the tip on Twitter, Seth).
Eliteprospects.com - Juuso Puustinen
He sounds like a bit of a softie, but at least at 23 he's a fair bit younger than Linus Klasen, and thus has a chance of developing upside. Here's some video of one of his goals:
Carrie Underwood, Mike Fisher buy rural plot for home - The Tennessean
"Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above..."
Preds On The Glass: Claude Julien Speaks After Winning the Stanley Cup (Transcript)
This has got to feel good for Claude Julien, who was fired by New Jersey back in 2007 right before the playoffs, despite leading the Devils to a division championship and high Eastern Conference seed.
Local player hopes to follow in Geoffrion’s footsteps " Inside Smashville
Amanda checks in with Sebastien Lemm, a local teenager who hopes to follow in Sidney Crosby's footsteps.
Preds in review: Nick Spaling - Predators Insider
Can Nick Spaling develop into a 30-point center? He's young, so I hope so.
Breaking down today’s Preds news - Predators Insider
Things sound pretty good on the Joel Ward front, at least that the lines of communication are open and that even if July 1 comes and goes, he's still talking with the Preds.
New contract gives defense prospect another opportunity to make it with Predators - Nashville City Paper
Will the Alexander Sulzer trade clear the way for Teemu Laakso to get more ice time with the Preds? I could see him as a 7th-D candidate since he has been around a while.
Horachek knows he's staying with Predators, awaits word on specific duties - Nashville City Paper
It's not as simple as Horachek-takes-Peterson's-role and Lambert-takes-Horachek's.
Around the NHL
YouTube - CBC's 2011 NHL Playoffs Montage (June 15)
Here's the video that CBC played at the end of the game last night, awesome stuff as usual. YOU MUST SEE THIS (and you know how rarely I used the ALL CAPS nonsense), it has a real mix of up and down moments for the Preds, obviously.
Thousands of People Join Anti-Riot Facebook Pages - Mashable
The city of Vancouver had a horrifying response to the loss, with rioting breaking out in various parts of town. At least some folks tried to respond in a positive manner, but still, what a black eye to them. This post as a ton of video showing the scene from last night.
Fin Out: Vancouver Loses Game Seven - Nucks Misconduct
This could not have been easy to write.
Video: Nathan Horton pours Boston water on Vancouver ice - Puck Daddy
OK, this was super-duper cool.
Video: Boychuk’s bottle-opener mouth; Lucic champ-beer bath - Puck Daddy
A look inside the victorious locker room.
Bruins' Mark Recchi announces retirement - NHL.com
There's no better way to cap off a career.
Record-setting series for Thomas - NHL.com
Did Tim Thomas just complete the greatest season a goalie's ever had?
Tomas Kaberle Wins The Stanley Cup - Pension Plan Puppets
Toronto fans can take some enjoyment from watching their longtime defenseman win the Cup.
Dear Vancouver Canucks... - The Copper & Blue
Now that's not nice at all... Funny, though.
How Thomas Changed the Position - The Goalie Guild
I don't know if we can say he's changed it yet (let's look back in a few years), but Tim Thomas sure is fun to watch.
Stars sign Dan Spang to one-way contract? - The Dallas Morning News
After promoting their AHL coach to Dallas, it's not surprising to see them bring up a player or two, as well.
Report: Niclas Wallin signs with Luleå Hockeyförening in Sweden - Fear The Fin
One of the Sharks' defensemen is heading back over across the Atlantic...
Flyers seem ready to turn Ilya Bryzgalov into Richie Rich - Broad Street Hockey
A long-term deal with a hefty price tag? That's become increasingly uncommon around the NHL in recent years.
Blackhawks extend Scotty Bowman's contract - The Globe and Mail
I tell ya, this kid has a future in this game.
Renovated RecZone, with new name, to reopen in mid-August - Canes Country
Carolina's practice rink has gone through some financial problems, but appears to be on the way back.
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Oh the humanity!
Well if the Preds woulda been winning the Cup, we would be pickin and grinin, not looting and rioting. I did hear the rioters did find the size of the panties in Victoria’s Secret that they smashed in the windows for the Sedin Sisters. Petite and Small!
I think the rioting spilled over to a parking garage here at Vandy. I showed up this morning and there were cops and fire trucks and tons of smoke
Obama said he would cut taxes for 95% of America.... 45% of people don't pay taxes.... is he going to make them pay taxes then cut them?
Car caught fire in the south garage.
World Wide Weber.
There is no tenderness or humanity in fanaticism.
~Joe Strummer
by cisar on Jun 16, 2011 4:43 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The best movie since Slap Shot is now ready for production
It doesn’t have a name yet but the subtitle is The Tom Thomas Story.
by Hockey Hillbilly on Jun 16, 2011 9:19 AM EDT reply actions
Excitable fingers fail me. It’s Tim’s Story.
by Hockey Hillbilly on Jun 16, 2011 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Damn, They're still at it in Vancouver
One idiot even said “We wouldn’t be doing this if we woulda won the Cup”
I was in SF when the Giants won the World Series last fall and not 1 arrest or injury. Class mang, have class. Like WTF?
Stupid Flyers
If they pour a ton of money on Bryzgalov for essentially winning… nothing, then we might as well trade Pekka at the deadline because his comparables will be through the roof.
Sad to think about, but it’s something we may have to consider doing if the price gets astronomical to keep Rinne. But with a couple 7M goalies already in this league who Pekka is at least as good as and probably better than, it could get to that point.
by Grizzledbear on Jun 16, 2011 11:35 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
This is why it upsets me when I hear that Poile is waiting on comparables to come in for Weber. Why do we constantly let other teams set the bar for our contracts? Given this team’s particular situation I think they need to be more proactive on contracts and less reactive.
Oh yeah, and stop overpaying for one year of good production.
It takes two to tango, and it’s Shea’s agent that wants to see how those comps work out.
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wonder what they are going to do if their agents are all doing the same thing?
Obama said he would cut taxes for 95% of America.... 45% of people don't pay taxes.... is he going to make them pay taxes then cut them?
by Creeping Death on Jun 16, 2011 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Did anyone even know what schadenfreude meant or that the word even existed before Avenue Q hit Broadway?
I did
But I’m a giant dork. My favorite German psychological descriptor is “Weltschmerz.”
"I like JR’s style, kinda reminds me of HST without all the drugs and mayhem" -DonBorvio
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by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 16, 2011 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s an apt word, but an ever better one is skadeglädje, which is the Swedish counterpart and particularly applies to Henrik Sedin in Tim Thomas’s crease.
by Hockey Hillbilly on Jun 16, 2011 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know Swedish, but I’m guessing that means “Henrik haz a sad.”
"I like JR’s style, kinda reminds me of HST without all the drugs and mayhem" -DonBorvio
OtF Resident Rascal
by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 16, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Ja, it might go something like Den målvakten sparkade min röv (“the goalie kicked my ass.”)
by Hockey Hillbilly on Jun 16, 2011 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Ja, it goes something like Den målvakten sparkade min röv, or “The goalie kicked my ass.”
by Hockey Hillbilly on Jun 16, 2011 10:32 AM EDT reply actions
Two things
One, LOL@Luongo
Two, seeing Kesler cry fills me with joy. That probably makes me a rotten person, but I’m ok with that as long as Kesler is weeping like a girl.
My wife and I...
are right there with you. He acts like a baby and whines when he plays, so crying when he loses just fits his persona.
by HardCorePredFan316 on Jun 16, 2011 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm seeing the Kes-hate, and I get it, I really do, but...
…that guy played lights-out ferocious last night. He seemed to be the only Canuck who really wanted to do what it takes to win at this point in the season. Yeah, he got frustrated and got stupid at some points in the playoffs, but I have to respect a man who does what he did and what we would expect our guys to do in the same situation—play as hard as you can no matter how much it hurts and give no excuses afterwards.
PS. Luongo is a drama queen, but if he’d stop trying to be perfect he’d be way more consistent and far less of a liability.
PPS. Yay Timmy!
Goaleez R weerd.
Have to agree with you here. I’ll take a player who cares as much about winning (and losing) as Kesler does on my team anytime, especially when they can put up 40 goals like he did. Just needs some lessons in on ice manners. :)
On the flip side of that, the Sedin gals, err, I mean twins, should go on the road as a magic act the way they disappeared in the finals. They may have skill, but not much courage.
by Grizzledbear on Jun 16, 2011 12:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Everybody loves Kesler, but here’s his point total for the Stanley Cup Finals:
1
by Hockey Hillbilly on Jun 16, 2011 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Hopefully this latest European lad we’re bringing over here won’t be billed as the scorer we’ve all been waiting for (e.g. Jonas Andersson). Let’s see if he can hack it in the AHL first.
Very sad what prompts people to take to the streets and wreek havoc like they did in Vancouver. Scary to think we coexist with trogoldytes like that.
by Grizzledbear on Jun 16, 2011 11:32 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Dirk
Under the article about the young man wanting to follow in Blake’s footsteps, it says Sidney Crosby. We want Crosbys?
EASports' NHL 11 doesn't suck; in fact, it's really damn good! Wait, what!?
Go Predators!!!
I was in Cincinnati when we last won the series. No rioting. I was also there when my Bengals lost the Superbowl in ’89. No rioting. Was here when Titans lost the superbowl. No rioting.
World Wide Weber.
There is no tenderness or humanity in fanaticism.
~Joe Strummer
by cisar on Jun 16, 2011 12:27 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
In Dallas, when the Cowboys WON the Superbowl
the fans tore up the city, so I hesitate to point fingers at the Vancouver rioters. That said, it was a stupid thing to do then and it’s a stupid thing to do now. Vancouverites are generally better than this.
Goaleez R weerd.
Booing Bettman
Is anyone else getting as tired as I am of seeing people boo him every single time? Last night felt particularly viscious and I’m just getting flat out annoyed now. The booing is making the cup presentation more about Bettman than the team winning the cup or the Conn Smyth winner.
If the Preds ever have the Stanley Cup presented in their building, I would hope are fans show a lot more class than that.
Is anyone else getting as tired as I am of seeing people boo him every single time?
Nope
"I like JR’s style, kinda reminds me of HST without all the drugs and mayhem" -DonBorvio
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by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 16, 2011 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm curious
If you’re a Preds fan, what reason do you have for wanting to see Bettman booed?
It has nothing to do with me being a Preds’ fan or dislike for Bettman.
Bettman is the boss, so to speak. Razzing the boss is an American (and, apparently, Canadian) tradition. People have been booing Bettman for years. Just like people booed Tagliabue and now Goodell at the NFL draft. People boo Selig (he deserves it, but that’s beside the point). The only commissioner who doesn’t get booed is Stern and that’s because if you boo him, you end up in a re-education camp.
I certainly understand why booing bothers people. “You suck” bothers people too. Chicago screaming through the national anthem bothers people, same as that “Stars” crap in the middle of the anthem they do in Dallas.
But, frankly, booing Bettman doesn’t bother me (certainly not as much as that anthem crap), but I think it’s typically good-natured. Maybe the ‘Nucks fans were being a little vicious. But maybe they weren’t. Maybe I thought they were being vicious because I want to see them as being classless. Of course, after they booed him, their city blew up into a riot, so perhaps trying to figure out their meaning or perspective is an exercise in futility.
"I like JR’s style, kinda reminds me of HST without all the drugs and mayhem" -DonBorvio
OtF Resident Rascal
by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 16, 2011 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Goodell was booed because of the lockout. I don’t remember Tagliabue every being roundly booed. Booing Bettman isn’t just booing because that’s what people do. It’s because people hate him, and I’m still trying to figure out the justification.
*Canada just got a team back, and they got it from a sunbelt city in the exact same way that they lost their teams prior.
*Revenues are up
*Ratings are good
*Good television contract has been acquired
*The sport is probably more popular now than it’s ever been
Yeah, he sucks.
Just booing is fine. These people were hateful though. You could hear it in how vociferously they were booing. And it wasn’t just that. They were throwing crap on the ice then chanting “Bettman sucks.” That’s just too overboard for me. For once I’d like to see the Cup ceremony held with the reverence it deserves.
As far as I’m concerned the classless display inside the arena was only trumped by the classless display outside the arena.
Goodell was booed at last year’s draft (April 2010, I mean), which was before the lockout. I’m assuming he was booed this year (as you said, probably because of the lockout – but I didn’t see the first round, as it was during Game 1).
In any case, like I said, I don’t think Bettman sucks. He’s fine. I don’t have strong feelings about the commissioner of any sport, except Selig. For the record: I love David Stern and he has never done anything wrong ever (this remark included to keep my brake lines from being cut by NBA operatives).
What if, having said that, I boo Bettman? I’m not booing him because I hate him. Like I said, he’s fine. I’m booing him because people like giving the metaphorical digitus impudicus to authority. Bettman – in this great spectrum of life – is a square. He’s the school principal. But, c’mon, he’s not the pope and he’s not the president.
"I like JR’s style, kinda reminds me of HST without all the drugs and mayhem" -DonBorvio
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by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 16, 2011 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I would never equate Bettman to the Pope or the President, but I think that a lot of the dignity of the Cup Presentation Ceremony is taken away because of the people booing, and last night was beyond booing. It was unfiltered hatred towards Bettman as if he somehow personally wronged that city and everyone in it.
I will always personally be grateful to Bettman for having at least a minor role in keeping the Preds exactly where they are.
I’m with you, I think booing the Commish is a “cool 5 years ago” thing that’s run its course.
They should let Brendan Shanahan hand it out, a senior exec who no hockey fan in his right mind would boo.
Until he starts handing out suspensions, of course.
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In that case, let some unassailable legend who doesn’t have to hand out suspensions deliver the Cup.
"I like JR’s style, kinda reminds me of HST without all the drugs and mayhem" -DonBorvio
OtF Resident Rascal
by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 16, 2011 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Wade Belak?
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Let me put it this way: I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the act of booing the commissioner in and of itself. I recognize there’s a difference in razzing the guy and being vitriolic, but I’m not in the business of psychoanalyzing 18,000 Canadians to figure out from what place within them they are going to bring forth the boo.
When it goes into the Conn Smythe and/or Cup presentations or when what-have-you gets thrown on the ice – that’s a bridge too far, but that’s not “booing the commissioner,” that’s “booing during a trophy presentation” and “throwing things on the ice.”
"I like JR’s style, kinda reminds me of HST without all the drugs and mayhem" -DonBorvio
OtF Resident Rascal
by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 16, 2011 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
With all due respect, one needn’t analyze the affective, behavioral, cognitive or perceptual abnormalities at work in Rogers Arena to interpret the crowd’s utter lack of respect. That’s what was unpardonable.
by Hockey Hillbilly on Jun 16, 2011 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
But there is a time and place for everything. Vancouver fans completely drowned out presentation of Tim Thomas’s Conn Smythe Award and Zdeno Chara’s accepting the Stanley Cup. Since they series began, they’ve been blaming everyone and everything for the Canucks’ failure…except the team. This was their penultimate gesture. Except for the riot and arson after the game, of course. Vancouver was completely without dignity last night. Predaceous is right: the fans there are classless.
by Hockey Hillbilly on Jun 16, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Ugh!!!
Spell-check. (hearing, not seeing) (vicious not viscious). Edi feature please?
i don't understand
Why Does Poile keep going after the guys who make their living exploiting the surplus of space in the European rinks. Although this guy’s size could help him where Klassen failed… if he can put on some muscle.
Keys to the game: GF>GA
That's what Poile does
He’s constantly on the lookout for a diamond in the rough a la Hornqvist or Kostitsyn. The problem with so many of them has been Trotz running them off without a real chance to show what they had. Maybe deserved, maybe not, but I know of one Trotz reject who just hoisted the Cup.
The truth is neither libelous nor slanderous.
Reason and logic instead of hope and faith.
by shoot the puck on Jun 16, 2011 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I know of one Trotz reject who just hoisted the Cup
Shane Hnidy?
"I like JR’s style, kinda reminds me of HST without all the drugs and mayhem" -DonBorvio
OtF Resident Rascal
by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 16, 2011 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
No, he's a d-man,
That other fellow, Beverley Rich or something like that.
The truth is neither libelous nor slanderous.
Reason and logic instead of hope and faith.
Didn’t he play in Game 7 of the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals?
"I like JR’s style, kinda reminds me of HST without all the drugs and mayhem" -DonBorvio
OtF Resident Rascal
by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 16, 2011 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
You mean Nick Beverley?
The truth is neither libelous nor slanderous.
Reason and logic instead of hope and faith.
by shoot the puck on Jun 16, 2011 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I meant George Beverley Shea.
"I like JR’s style, kinda reminds me of HST without all the drugs and mayhem" -DonBorvio
OtF Resident Rascal
by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 16, 2011 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
He was talking about that bitch, Beverly.
World Wide Weber.
There is no tenderness or humanity in fanaticism.
~Joe Strummer
by cisar on Jun 16, 2011 4:56 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Sigh
The Preds thought he was Rich Neverly
by Hockey Hillbilly on Jun 16, 2011 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
As in Neverley had a chance?
All I can say is that the Nashville Predators, who have never been a serious contender for the Stanley Cup and have finished 24th, 15th, and 21st in scoring since they let Peverley go for nothing, couldn’t find a spot for him, yet the Boston Bruins, perennial contenders for the Cup who finished 5th in scoring this year, could.
The truth is neither libelous nor slanderous.
Reason and logic instead of hope and faith.
by shoot the puck on Jun 16, 2011 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Our depth of 3rd & 4th line forwards just crowded out a guy like Pevs…….couldn’t get any traction among that group of 10 to 12 goal a year finesse players. :D
by Grizzledbear on Jun 16, 2011 6:21 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
And a fine group it was
24th in goals, 25th on the pp,
The truth is neither libelous nor slanderous.
Reason and logic instead of hope and faith.
by shoot the puck on Jun 16, 2011 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Not sure if anyone saw this....
but Nashville ranked 10th in NHL markets for Game 7 tv ratings.
http://puckthemedia.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/nhl-and-non-nhl-market-rankings-for-game-7-of-the-stanley-cup-final/
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