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the_vipah

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  • Comment on First F. Place
    Yeah bad goal at a bad time. He was looking everywhere but where the puck was. Although I am confused on how the Ref could see the puck when it was covered there for a couple seconds.
  • Comment on First F. Place
    A bad goal to give up, totally changed the momentum to NJ's favor.
  • Comment on First F. Place
    Uhhg brutal goal.
  • Comment on Hip, hip, Huet: shutout in Caps debut
    You know if we meet Washington in the playoffs hes gonna kick our ass right? Thats what always happens against X-Habs players.
  • Comment on PuckCast, Vol. 2, No. 19 [Podcast]
    I find it funny that OTT is anywhere near the top of that list. They are a soft one line team with some of the worst starting goaltending in the league. Anaheim will come out of the west and destroy whoever they face in the finals anyways. There is not one eastern team with the toughness required to handle the Ducks. I shudder to think of what the Ducks would do to our team in the playoffs. I wonder if even half of our figure skaters would escape with bones unbroken.
  • Comment on PuckCast, Vol. 2, No. 19 [Podcast]
    I guess I would prefer to play things safe and keep Huet around as insurance. Obviously, although I think Price is probably a ways off, he is going to be our #1 goalie. Trading him for a late 2nd rounder or losing him in the off season is the same thing. Personally I feel the insurance value was -much- greater then the pick we got. Big risk by Gainey, if we miss the playoffs because of crappy tending, then the millions lost in ticket revenues will be on Gaineys head, among other things. I don't think anyone would have blamed him for riding Huet into the playoffs.
  • Comment on PuckCast, Vol. 2, No. 19 [Podcast]
    Wierd that you would use ranking to make your point. If we want to use rankings then the Habs look pretty damn good in 5th place while in reality only being a measly 7 points out of 9th. THe point being that usually the difference between 5th and 11th is a couple percentage points, you can easily go up or down a couple with a good or bad game, so thats of very little value. The rule being if you are over .910 every season, you are a good goalie in this league. I would consider .920-.930 to be elite territory. GAA is a meaningless stat for goalies. SV% is the only goalie stat other then w/l record worth looking at imo. As for what Huet accomplished in other leagues, you are right. In that case I submit that Price's AHL championship and WJC accolades are null and void on the same basis. The ECHL and Swiss League are not the same thing, not even close. I wonder how many NHL'ers played in the ECHL during the lockout, I'm guessing....none. Anyways perhaps you want to convince yourself that we somehow got proper value for a starting goalie. I would disagree. For me perhaps signing him then trading him either in the off season -or- early next season would have better served the teams interests, we may have gotten a more solid return from a team in need. That second round pick is slated to be in the 50-60 range. Thats crap, plain and simple imo.