_________________
HOCKEY IS BACK!

youve got to be shitting me.

_________________

Hey man, he REALLY had to make sure he got this!

_________________
"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

_________________
Hold my beer and watch this...

_________________

Crystal castles is the cats pajamas. And this may be a little early but fuck it. I am ready to get my yearly fix of hockey. No matter how shitty it is. I actually think we will be ok in terms of our record. Which, in a rebuild, is not the most ideal situation. We going to start a countdown?

Idk, at least we get to (hopefully) see how the young ones pan out. What with Armia, Grigorenko, Girgensons, Larsson, Zadorov, Ristolainen...

_________________
"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

I think at the very worst Grigs turns into an Afinogenov type player. And that is at the worst. I think that is how he will play this year. He Girgs hopefully can rock the fourth hard this year and eventually turn into a Goose type center with some more skating prowess and scoring ability. If armia can score at a decent clip I think we have a shot at being pretty good this year. He is my X factor. The blueline will be stout and Myers is comeback player of the year on this team.

plague is like... the best song ever.

_________________

I am starting to get ants in my pants. Predictions for lines?

Aldo, there were talks that Miller might not make the Olympic roster. That could be the best possible thing to happen this offseason. I imagine he goes on a mission to make them regret their decision. Hopefully that would help him turn back to Vezina form.

Forwards

Vanek-Hodgson-Leino
Ennis-Grigorenko-Stafford
Ott-Porter-Flynn
Foligno-McCormick-Kaleta
Extra: Scott
Forwards on the outside with a shot: Armia, Girgensons

Defense:
Myers-Ehrhoff
Pysyk-Weber
Tallinder-Ruhwedel
7th: McBain
Defensemen on the outside with a shot: Ristolainen, McNabb, Sulzer, and my favorite wildcard, Nick Crawford)

Goalies
Miller
Enroth

_________________
Girgensons for captain. Team Keep Nick DesLauriers forever.

@TJLuckman550

id rather have mcnabb in over ruhwedel. i feel mcnabb is ready. i know he started last season poorly, but i feel hes ready.

_________________

McNabb has impressed the shit out of me this preseason, so I'm with you there on that now. Ruhwedel can be sent down to Rochester just as easily as McNabb due to the number of games he's played in the NHL. So far, this is what I expect to see opening night:

Fowards:

Vanek-Hodgson-Foligno
Ennis-Grigorenko-Leino
Ott-Larsson-Flynn
Kaleta-Girgensons-McCormick
Reserves: Scott-Porter

Defense:

Myers-Ehrhoff
Pysyk-Tallinder
McNabb-Weber
7th: McBain

Goalies: Miller, Enroth

_________________
Girgensons for captain. Team Keep Nick DesLauriers forever.

@TJLuckman550

Ristolanien has been playing too well to be sent anywhere.

_________________

I definitely meant to include Ristolainen, too. He's making the team. He's been so impressive.

_________________
Girgensons for captain. Team Keep Nick DesLauriers forever.

@TJLuckman550

We're going to have a lot of rookies, considering Ristolainen and Girgensons may make the team along with Grigorenko (Was last year his rookie, though?)

_________________
"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

I could be wrong but I believe he fell just under the amount of games allowed to be played to still be considered a rookie the following year. We could have a few vying for ROY

He was right on the cutoff amount at 25 games. One more game last year and he would not be a rookie.

_________________

am i the only one who wants to see hackett on the team? if they cant move miller.............. enroth?

_________________