Your Friendly Tuesday Links Roundup: The 1,300th Edition

by light_the_lamp on Jan 11, 2012 1:13 AM PST in Link Roundup

[Editor's Note: Apologies for the late publication date on this. The Spam folder on my personal email account dislikes Kristen's email. It's because I'm a Berkeley alum (inside joke)]

I haven't written 1,300 of these posts...

But Teemu is going to play his 1,300th game tonight! [Anaheim Ducks]
alex.loop mentioned this in the comments section of Robby's Jackets recap, but Jean-Francois Jacques has been suspended three games. Francois Beauchemin will face no punishment for his hit on Jeff Carter (who now has a separated shoulder). [Puck Daddy]
How the Ducks and Stars match up. Beware of Loui Eriksson. [OC Register]
Speaking of the Stars: Jonas Hiller is still day-to-day. If he is unable to play tomorrow, Iiro Tarkki will get his first NHL start. [OC Register]
The Ducks have also recalled defenseman Kyle Cumiskey from Syracuse. [Anaheim Ducks]
Devante Smith-Pelly, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, and the wave of young, hyphenated NHL players. [MacLeans]
We've had heated debates about the importance of 'intangibles' in NHL players (read: Ryan Getzlaf) at AC. And this NHL.com article discusses the importance of 'teaching' leadership to young hockey players. [NHL.com]
The folks at Arctic Ice Hockey interview Paul Kelly, who is the Executive Director of NCAA Hockey. [Arctic Ice Hockey]
"Goals are real," according to Minnesota Wild coach Mike Yeo. Hilarious stuff. [Hockey Wilderness]
Justin Bourne names the five guys that he'd like to see on future editions of NHL 36. Corey Perry is not one of them. [Backhand Shelf]

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Deslauriers or Ellis? Discuss!

by light_the_lamp on Jan 11, 2012 12:43 PM PST reply actions

My initial thought is that we aren’t making Tge playoffs so it doesn’t natter if we keep Des and trade Ellis. Every little bit helps, right?

However, I don’t think Des is the backup for the future for us. At least, I can’t be sure of that yet. I was at the game with Arthur and Earl last night and Arthur was talking about how the big question regarding Hiller has yet to be answered: can he be a number 1 guy for 60+ games? For various reasons, the answer to that question remains elusive. As such, if we need a different set up i.e. 1A and 1B instead of 1 and 2, then I don’t think Des is that goalie, but Ellis might be, barring injuries.

by Daniel AC on Jan 11, 2012 1:07 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

Des is probably not the backup for the future, but I think that BB should ride the hot hand for the time being. The win against Dallas was really heartening. I knew that we would probably get a few wins out of bottom-feeding teams like Columbus and the Isles, but the Stars are actually playing pretty well this year. It will be difficult for us to string consecutive wins together if we don’t have a legitimate starting goalie, though.

by light_the_lamp on Jan 11, 2012 5:59 PM PST up reply actions

Tweet by CapGeek early this morning indicated what have been the top-5 most viewed contracts in the past seven days:

Our top-five contracts over the past seven days: 1. Ryan Getzlaf, 2. Rick Nash, 3. Scott Gomez, 4. Bobby Ryan, 5. Cory Perry.

I guess every team’s fans are eager to get their hands on 3 of our Big 4.

by JuMowbray on Jan 12, 2012 5:56 AM PST reply actions

Cheese and crackers.

At least they could spell Corey’s name correctly.

by light_the_lamp on Jan 12, 2012 9:19 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Found this in the comment section of today's Japer's Rink link dump

But I don’t think the Anaheim and Boston teams are that similar. Anaheim had a few skill players, a bunch of thugs, Pronger/Neids, and a very hot goalie. I think Boston has a lot more depth of guys who can hit, fight/agitate and play the game, in addition to having strong D/goal tending. The Boston model to me is a much more sustainable one, though finding those kinds of players is far more difficult than loading up on thugs.

Thoughts? My first instinct is to disagree strongly, but I didn’t follow the Ducks during their 2007 Cup run. They were discussing this article.

by light_the_lamp on Jan 12, 2012 9:23 AM PST reply actions

That’s an awful article, both from an argumentative standpoint, and as a perception of “toughness”. Not to mention the claim that European players can’t be tough.

by Daniel AC on Jan 12, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions

I have to wait a day to respond, and no one will be looking now, but the Ducks weren’t a thug team. They were a team that fought a lot, and hit a lot, but who were the thugs? Parros? May, who we got at the deadline? Thornton? I don’t know. I’m not saying we weren’t a tough team, but we also employed, Andy Mcdonald, Teemu Selanne and a PPG line that was loaded with skill. I think there’s a difference between playing tough and trying to hurt people and the only people who complain about tough play are the one’s who lose to it.

by Daniel AC on Jan 12, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions

I’m a member over there – I can just cut and paste this (crediting you of course). I would’ve responded to them myself, but wasn’t sure how to go about it.

by light_the_lamp on Jan 12, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions