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Originally posted by puck7x
Why send the guy down and leave the team with zero healthy scratches? Dackell is injured , he's the only spare we have ... (Begin/Markov injured for a longer period)
Don't forget Gratton, I know he has a concussion, but he was only supposed to miss 7-10 days originally, and it's been a few weeks now. I think he may be ready to return, and assume the 4th line C spot he has before going down. This would likely then send Perreault to the press box for the time being, barring a trade or injury.
(I don't expect Perreault to be dealt anytime soon, as Gainey said there wouldn't be "addition by subtraction", at least for the time being.)
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Originally posted by DJ_Laszlo
Looks like the DID pull Caron!
8-0!!
When did this last happen??
The last time that we scored 8 goals in a game was just over 6 years ago, on January 8th vs the New York Islanders. I don't know the final score, but I think it's safe to assume that we won the game.
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As for Guy!'s report, once again, good as always, and guess what? I'm not going to give you a shellacking, you don't deserve one, the fact is, we were BAD in the first, got the lead, and watched as Pittsburgh threw in the towel, so we got to make lots of fancy plays and score pretty goals, yadda yadda yadda. The only thing really going for us tonight was the powerplay, which went 4/6. Yes it's Pittsburgh, but the PP has been on as of late anyways. I'm happy for Souray that he got the points, however like last game, he was beaten to the puck in the neutral zone, and almost cost us a breakaway to Meloche I think it was. He had a rough game defensively. As for Ribs and Dagenais, I agree, both need to do more of the little things a little more often to impress me. The set offensive play: Ribeiro tries to skate through everybody while Dagenais heads for the net. Ribeiro shoots, Dags gets the rebound and puts it in, Zednik stands there thinking "What about me?" OK, I exaggerated a bit, but the fact remains that they are lacklustre defensively, and need to improve in that respect soon.
My final take? Glad to get the win and pad the stats, hopefully all of these goals will get some people going and give us some momentum heading into the game vs St. Louis, we're going to need it.
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Minaya's pulled off another deal today, moving arbitration-eligible LHP Scott Stewart to Cleveland for a pair of minor-leaguers in OF Ryan Church and IF Maicer Izturis.
This ensures that Eischen and Choate are the 2 LHP's coming out of the bullpen this season.
Church I hear is a pretty decent prospect who's been struck with injuries recently. He'll likely replace Sledge who likely will spend the season with us barring another OF signed, can't see that happening.
Thoughts: Salary dump, nothing really more, get 2 guys to re-stock a somewhat depleted Trappers (AAA) team, could be worse.
Now, we need to get another catcher, decent SP, and a "real" closer wouldn't hurt, unless one of Biddle/Ayala/Cordero steps up, and the last 2 just aren't ready to do that just yet.
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Bulis-Perreault-Ryder
Dagenais-Ribeiro-Zednik
Sundstrom-Juneau-Dackell
Langdon-Plekanec-Ward (Plekanec is #35)
Healthy Scratch: Kilger, Audette*
Injuries: Begin, Koivu, Gratton
Souray-Quintal
Bouillon-Rivet
Markov-Brisebois
Healthy Scratch: Komisarek
Theodore
Garon
*Audette has indeed cleared waivers as expected, however, he was on conditional waivers. He has been placed on "real" waivers today, and has until Friday to be claimed.
Scoring Summary:
1st period:
NO SCORING
Shots on goal: Dallas 9 Montreal 4
Powerplay Conversions: Dallas 0/0 Montreal 0/0
2nd period:
1) Dallas Morrow (Modano, Zubov) 15:36 PPG
Shots on goal: Dallas 6 (15) Montreal 4 (8)
Powerplay Conversions: Dallas 1/1 (1/1-100%) Montreal 0/1 (0/1-0%)
3rd period:
2) Montreal Sundstrom (Souray, Juneau) 19:00 (Theodore pulled for extra attacker)
Shots on goal: Montreal 9 (17) Dallas 2 (17)
Powerplay Conversions: Dallas 0/0 (1/1-100%) Montreal 0/0 (0/1-0%)
Overtime:
NO SCORING
Shots on goal: Montreal 4 (21) Dallas 3 (20)
Powerplay Conversions: Dallas 0/1 (1/2-50%) Montreal 0/0 (0/1-0%)
Final Score: Montreal 1, Dallas 1
(Edit: updating scoring summary)
[Edited on 2004/1/1 by dlbalr]
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OK, I'm aware that we can't talk too much hockey here, but I had to mention this site I came across today that creates trade rumors regarding any player in the NHL.
http://cxreg.genericorp.net/drambro.html?g...NADIENS&search=
Just to warn you, the trades are all unrealistic and are based primarily on salaries. Example, I was able to trade Audette, Juneau and Ryder to Tampa for Lecavalier, Kubina and St. Louis, see my point?
Have fun with this, until you get bored within the first 10 minutes, guaranteed
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For once, I'm actually going to add my 2 cents to this thread...
First of all, Bouillon-yes, he did have a rough game, but who hasn't this season? I agree he is being over-used, and is best suited as a #6 or #7 d-man, however there are also some nights where he is one of our best d-men out there as well. I know it's frustrating to lose like we did, but it happens, it's over, time to move on.
Second, Komisarek. He played just 4:23 last night, all in the 1st period. SRC was speculating before the game that Komi wouldn't play, and was very surprised to learn he was in the lineup. They also announced that Karl Dykhuis is with the team right now, so read into this as much as you want to.
For those who watched the SRC postgame, wasn't that a nice feel-good story involving the 94-year old Theodore fan attending her first NHL game? For those who have no clue what I'm talking about, this woman in a wheelchair went to her 1st NHL game earlier this season vs Florida. Before the game, she recieved a Theodore #60 jersey and it appeared to me that she had a special seat as well. The best part was after the game, when Theodore went and visited her, signed her jersey and just made her night in general. (There was someone else in the room with Theo, but I can't figure out who...)
There were plenty of positives last night, the one bad thing being the score. The powerplay continued to produce, going 1/2, putting us over 17%, and into the top-10 in the NHL in this area. The PK was decent, going 4/5 against one of the top PP teams in the NHL as well; we've also allowed just 1 PPG in our last 17 times shorthanded. I was impressed with Gratton, he was aggressive on the PK, and also had a shift or 2 on the PP in 8:51 of icetime. Overall, we played a pretty good game, the score could've gone either way, unfortunately it went the Leafs' way, however if we continue to play like we are at the moment, we should be able to take care of Pittsburgh tomorrow and Washington on Tuesday, which will make some forget about this game anyways.:ghg:
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For those who don't know, Team Canada beat the OUA all-stars 2-0 last night, and a whopping 9-1 earlier this evening. Currently, there are 28 players left in camp, with the final cuts being made tomorrow morning. The 'game': Predict the cuts.
The final roster will consist of 22 players: 2 goalies, 7 defencemen and 13 forwards. So, 6 must be cut. The following are the remaining players on the roster:
Goaltenders
Drouin-Deslauriers, Jeff R 6'4 190 05/15/84 St-Athanase, QC Chicoutimi (LHJMQ) EDM 2002
Fleury, Marc-Andre L 6'1 172 11/28/84 Sorel, QC Pittsburgh (NHL) PIT 2003
Harding, Josh R 6'1 183 06/18/84 Regina, SK Regina (WHL) MIN 2002
Ward, Cam L 6'1 188 02/29/84 Sherwood Park, AB Red Deer (WHL) CAR 2002
Defence
Belle, Shawn L 6'1 221 01/03/85 Edmonton, AB Tri-City (WHL) STL 2003
Coburn, Braydon L 6'5 217 02/27/85 Shaunavon, SK Portland (WHL) ATL 2003
Egener, Mike L 6'4 201 09/26/84 Calgary, AB Calgary (WHL) TAM 2003
Gorges, Josh L 6'1 188 08/14/84 Kelowna, BC Kelowna (WHL) SAN 2002
Klein, Kevin R 6'1 197 12/13/84 Kitchener, ON Guelph (OHL) NAS 2003
Meech, Derek L 5'11 194 04/21/84 Winnipeg, MB Red Deer (WHL) DET 2002
Phaneuf, Dion L 6'2 205 04/10/85 Edmonton, AB Red Deer (WHL) CGY 2003
Seabrook, Brent R 6'2 225 04/20/85 Tsawwassen, BC Lethbridge (WHL) CHI 2003
White, Ian R 5'10 189 06/04/84 Steinbach, MB Swift Current (WHL) TOR 2002
Forwards
Brent, Tim R 6'00 186 03/10/84 Cambridge, ON St. Mike's (OHL) ANA 2002
Brodziak, Kyle R 6'01 191 05/25/84 Vegreville, AB Moose Jaw (WHL) EDM 2003
Burns, Brent R 6'04 200 03/09/85 Ajax, ON Minnesota (NHL) MIN 2003
Carter, Jeff R 6'3 202 01/01/85 London, ON Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) PHI 2003
Colliton, Jeremy R 6'1 194 01/13/85 Blackie, AB Prince Albert (WHL) NYI 2003
Crosby, Sidney L 5'9 185 08/07/87 Cole Harbour, NS Rimouski (LHJMQ) Eligible 2005
Dawes, Nigel L 5'8 176 02/09/85 Winnipeg, MB Kootenay (WHL) NYR 2003
Dixon, Stephen L 5'11 188 09/07/85 Halifax, NS Cape Breton (LHJMQ) PIT 2003
Getzlaf, Ryan R 6'3 206 05/10/85 Regina, SK Calgary (WHL) ANA 2003
Paillé, Daniel L 6'0 203 04/04/84 Welland, ON Guelph (OHL) BUF 2002
Perry, Corey R 6'2 195 05/16/85 Peterborough, ON London (OHL) ANA 2003
Richards, Mike L 5'11 195 02/11/85 Kenora, ON Kitchener (OHL) PHI 2003
Stewart, Anthony R 6'1 230 01/05/85 Scarborough, ON Kingston (OHL) FLA 2003
Talbot, Maxime L 5'10 181 02/11/84 St-Bruno, QC Gatineau (LHJMQ) PIT 2002
Tambellini, Jeff L 5'10 190 04/13/84 Port Moody, BC U Michigan (CCHA) LOS 2003
(I apologize for the poor quality of the roster, I just don't feel like re-typing everything you see above.) For a better looking roster, click here.
As it stands, 2 goalies, 2 defencemen and 2 forwards are to be cut. Time to pick who goes home!
My picks to be cut are the following:
GOALIE: Josh Harding, Cam Ward
DEFENCE: Shawn Belle, Josh Gorges
FORWARD: Tim Brent, Maxime Talbot
Let's see if anyone can get all 6 picks right!
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Originally posted by sakiqc
Q60 or anyone.. post a link to the football pool homepage.. so we can see who is the best NFL pooler here
i didn't participate and have no clue on scoring system, but would be interested to see how it works.
Here are the final standings for the regular season:
Rank Team Name W-L-T Win % PTS Streak
1 dlbalrs dolphins 11-3-0 .786 1252.00 W-1
2 Milton Greeners 10-4-0 .714 1289.00 W-2
3 Halton Invictas 9-5-0 .643 1209.00 W-5
4 dahabs Fuzzy Farm 9-5-0 .643 1152.00 W-2
5 Habs77s Excellers 7-6-1 .536 1025.00 L-1
6 Chuko Packers 7-7-0 .500 1161.00 W-1
7 Addys FB Heros 7-7-0 .500 1155.00 L-4
8 Zowpebs Nun Factory 6-7-1 .464 1060.00 W-4
9 Huzers Boozers 6-8-0 .429 1112.00 L-2
10 Pucks Prowlers 4-9-1 .321 833.00 L-1
11 Ontario Terror 4-10-0 .286 880.00 L-7
12 TC Bears 2-11-1 .179 966.00 L-2
The top-8 teams are in the postseason, the top-4 in the championship side, and 5-8 in the consolation side. The following are the playoff matchups to be played this and next week:
Championship Bracket:
Game 1: (Week 15)
(1) dlbalrs dolphins versus (4) dahabs Fuzzy Farm
Game 2: (Week 15)
(2) Milton Greeners versus (3) Halton Invictas
Game 5: (Week 16) 1st place game
Winner of game 1 versus winner of game 2.
Game 6: (Week 16) 3rd place game
Loser of game 1 versus loser of game 2.
Consolation Bracket
Game 3: (Week 15)
(5) Habs77 Excellers versus (8) Zowpebs Nun Factory
Game 4: (Week 15)
(6) Chuko Packers versus (7) Addys FB Heros
Game 7: (Week 16) 5th place game
Winner of game 3 versus winner of game 4.
Game 8: (Week 16) 7th place game
Loser of game 3 versus loser of game 4.
Best of luck to all in the postseason!
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First of all, let me just say that the better team DID win, the fact is, we were outplayed for most of the game tonight. Aside from the 2nd quarter 'rally', our offence was anemic, and our D wasn't much better either. Calvillo was unbelievable in the 2nd half, too bad it was for being so BAD! I don't have the official stats to see how many completions he actually had in the 2nd half, but I know he had just 2 first downs, one at the beginning, and one to Cahoon for 69 yards with 1 second left. Whitaker had a first down run in between, that was all the offence we managed to put up in the second half. I know that getting a TD with 1 sec left would've been useless, but I think we should've went for it anyways, to make the game look more respectable, and also to try to erase the thought that the team is a bunch of quitters, which some of them were tonight.
I don't really like the fact that we benched 2 vets on D for 2 rookies in a game like this one. The last time those 2 played, the Als lost big time (45-13) in T.O. and were BRUTAL then (I saw the game first-hand, I should know
). Sometimes you win on gambles, others you lose. They weren't the only reason we lost tonight, but they certainly didn't help the cause either, getting burned by Tucker on several occasions for TD's, plus the offside as mentionned before, nullifying a fumble recovery that would have eliminated the TD for the Esks in the second half.In the format of Habs77's Hab game reviews, here is the Als' hero(es) and zero(es) for tonight's gamr:
Heroes:
The defensive line, 5 sacks on Ray tonight, as well as forcing him to hurry on other occasions.
Also, props to Cahoon, a nice 'circus' catch to lead to a Whitaker throwing TD, as well as a TD himself. He also led the team in receiving yards, and didn't give up on that last play in the 4th, turning it into a 'useless' 69 yard gain.
Zeroes:
First off, Calvillo-had 1 good quarter, the 2nd. He was invisible everywhere else. If it weren't for that 69 yard catch, he wouldn't have had 100 yards passing minus the 2nd of course. When you have no running game to speak of, you ned the QB to step up, didn't happen tonight.
Secondly, Stokes. Aside from one nice missed FG return, he was a hindrance rather than a help. Cost us 10 points in the 2nd alone, which likely would have made the difference in the game. He didn't have any major returns, which also would have swung the momentum our way.
Finally, the defence as a whole, minus the d-line. Stupid penalties cost us the whole game, and the mistakes by the rookie CB's cost us 2 TD's due to lack of coverage.
In the end, we had a good run this season, considering we lost Pringle and Phillips, giving us virtually no running game at all, which led to the emergence of Copeland as a major receiver. Most of the guys should be back for next season (except for Woodcock, expect him to join OTT), which means at this time in 2004, we could be celebrating a Grey Cup victory!
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Originally posted by Habs77
I like the fact we signed ex-Renegade RB Davis this week, because with Lapointe you never know if he'll finish the game.
Do you have a source from somewhere that said we signed Davis? I checked a few spots, and couldn't find anything that said we signed him. It's a decent signing nonetheless, he gives us a decent option if Lapointe/Whitaker get injured/falter. The one thing I observed when I went to the game vs Toronto last month, is that we have NO running game at all. (Case in point, with Calvillo out and Bolden struggling, we continue to throw the ball. 2nd and less than 1, we pass the ball instead on handing off to Heppell or Lapointe (or even Whitaker) and get picked off.) It seems to be well known that Calvillo has a 10% LESS completion rate in the postseason, so we need to establish a running game vs the Argos. Bringing Davis in can only help...
[Edited on 2003/11/4 by dlbalr]
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Here are the final results for the SKSBF1 racing pool:
1) westside blazers 347
2) Fast Fuzzy Farm 300
3) dlbalr’s dangerous drivers 284
4) SK BANANAS 282
5) Pucks Prowlers 209
5) Huzers Tifosi 209
7) Habs77 Excellers 177
8) Gurus fu%king racers 130
9) Habby 128
A special congratulations to Westside for winning the pool, and a special congrats to members of the top-4 (Westside, dahabs, sakiqc and myself), for being the only members of the pool to actually have a full active roster throughout the entire season.
A note to all members, if you wish to see how you did worldwide, login to the F1 league, and click on Fantasy Grand Prix Home or here:
http://uk.f1.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1
From there, you can see your standing out of 247194 participants worldwide, and the percentile you're ranked in. For me, I finished 7092'nd overall, in the 97th percentile.
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The Habs final preseason stats can be seen when habsworld.net opens up tomorrow night (roughly between 7-9 PM EST). I have spent the last hour and a half gathering the stats and have just completed posting them.
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Besides Audette and Brisebois, there was one player that I thought would have been exposed, Gordie Dwyer. The reality is, he likely would have cleared waivers without a problem, and if he didn't, we could have filled his void with another player relatively easily. We then could have protected a player like Beauchemin or Gratton.
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There's a few players that I think could benefit this club. Here they are in no particular order:
Todd Harvey (SJ)
Sheldon Keefe (TB)
Ivan Novoseltsev (FLA)
Bill Muckalt (MIN) (if he can return to last year's form)
Also, there are a few youngsters that have some upside, such as:
Shane Willis (TB)
Miroslav Zalesak (SJ)
Jiri Bicek (NJ)
Will the Habs pick up anyone? I highly doubt it, but there will be some players picked up for sure. Friday may be an interesting day...
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Hey do you know what this means? Ron Hainsey has MADE the Canadiens roster... As Habs77 posted , we only have 7 d-men left in camp , and one is Hainsey (A spare I suppose) , this is a nice surpise...
Actually, he may not have made the team, as 8 defencemen remain: Markov, Rivet, Brisebois, Souray, Quintal, Bouillon, Komisarek, and Hainsey.
26 players remain, so 3 cuts still have to be made. 2 will likely be Higgins and Plekanic, the other will be a defenceman, my guess is Hainsey.
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Here is the scoring summary from the game thus far:
1) MIN Dowd (Schultz, Stevenson) :54 (1st)
2) MIN Stevenson (Kuba) PP 9:33 (1st)
3) MON Markov (Hossa) PP 10:31 (1st)
Now, here are the lines:
Hossa-Ribeiro-Audette
Bulis-Plekanic-Perezhogin
Sundstrom-Juneau-Dackell
Carpentier-Higgins-Ferland
Souray-Hainsey
Markov-Rivet
Beauchemin-Traverse
Theodore
Damphousse
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Last night, the Bulldogs evened their preseason record at 1-1 with a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Roadrunners. Jerome Marois led the team with a hat trick, giving him 4 goals on the preseason. Jozef Balej and Eric Laplante added singles. (No assist details were provided.) Michel-Bergevin Robinson stopped 38 of 40 shots for the victory. The powerplay was 4/10.
The next 3 games are vs St. John's (Oct 2, 3, 5).
http://www.canoe.ca/Bulldogs/News/2003/09/.../29/212531.html
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Nieuwendyk tips a point shot from Colaiacovo on the powerplay at 13:20.
1-0 Leafs, 6 minutes left in the first.
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First, here's the goal summary:
1) TOR Nieuwendyk (Colaiacovo) 13:20 PPG (1st)
2) TOR Domi (Stajan, Belak) 14:41 (2nd)
3) TOR Stajan (Colaiacovo) 10:41 (3rd)
4) MON Plekanic (Dagenais, Perezhogin) 18:00 (3rd)
Now, the lineup for tonight's game:
Dagenais-Perreault-Audette
Hossa-Plekanic-Perezhogin
Ryder-Juneau-Ward
Carpentier-Higgins-Ferland
Traverse-Brisebois
Dykhuis-Hainsey
Bouillon-Komisarek
Garon
Damphousse
Like the last game, I'll edit this post to show the scoring summary.
FINAL SCORE: 3-1 Toronto
3 STARS:
1) Belfour
2) Stajan
3) Perrott
EDIT: Editing scoring summary
[Edited on 2003/9/30 by dlbalr]
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Brisebois on the PP from Ryder and Bulis at 10:55. First time in a long time that Brisebois wasn't booed (standing 'O' from some...)
[Edited on 2003/9/28 by dlbalr]
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Last night, Hamilton played their first preseason game of the season, losing 3-1 to the expansion Toronto Roadrunners. Jerome Marois scored for the Dogs, while Olivier Michaud stopped 26 of 29 shots in a losing cause. Next game for Hamilton is tomorrow night vs Toronto; the game can be heard on 820 CHAM
In other news, Eero Somervuori has been assigned to Hamilton from Tampa Bay, joining Jeremy Van Hoof and Andreas Holmqvist in that respect.
http://www.canoe.ca/Bulldogs/News/2003/09/.../27/211113.html
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Souray scores on shot from the point, from Hossa and Zednik at 16:33. BTW, Martin Biron is in net now for the Sabres.
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First, the goals so far:
1) MON Hossa (Souray, Ribeiro) 13:32 (1st)
2) BUF Brown (Tallinder, Zhitnik) :40 (2nd)
3) MON Souray (Hossa, Zednik) 16:33 (2nd)
4) MON Brisebois (Ryder, Bulis) PP 10:55 (3rd)
Now, the lines:
Hossa-Ribeiro-Zednik
Bulis-Perreault-Ryder
Sundstrom-Juneau-Dackell
Dwyer-Ward-Ferland
Souray-Rivet
Markov-Komisarek
Bouillon-Brisebois
Theodore
Damphousse
EDIT: Updating scoring summary...
[Edited on 2003/9/28 by dlbalr]
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Saku Koivu: 71 games away from 500, 57 points away from 400.
Richard Zednik: 69 games away from 500.
Jan Bulis: 72 games away from 400, 31 points away from 250.
Yanic Perreault: 21 goals away from 200, 3 assists away from 200, 24 points away from 400.
Niklas Sundstrom: 71 games away from 700.
Donald Audette: 16 games away from 700, 12 points away from 500.
Chad Kilger: 41 games away from 500.
Joe Juneau: 42 games away from 800, 43 points away from 600. (That one may be a stretch...)
Andreas Dackell: 47 games away from 600, 13 goals away from 100.
Andrei Markov: 2 games away from 200, 16 points away from 100.
Patrice Brisebois: 80 games away from 800.
Craig Rivet: 63 games away from 500, 11 points away from 100.
Stephane Quintal: 36 games away from 1000, 15 points away from 250.
Karl Dykhuis: 65 games away from 700, 17 points away from 150.
Patrick Traverse: 22 games away from 300.
Jose Theodore: 9 wins away from 100, 52 games away from 300.
Gordie Dwyer: 1 goal away from, well, 1.
If anyone else can think of any other potential milestones or notable statistical achievement, post them here, and I'll update this list.
Dogs Kill Rats 5-0...
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Personally, I hope we DON'T bring Balej up this season at all, like we did with Ryder last season. Let the kid actually develop for a couple of years! We tried bringing Hossa up too early (half a season doesn't cut it in the minors in terms of development), and look what happens - no confidence at either the AHL or NHL level, now some people want to trade him. Same with Chouinard, although he had less of an NHL shot with us...
Also, where exactly do we put Balej if he's called up? He needs to play on the top-2 lines to be effective, and right now, I don't think we want to mess with the top-2 lines for the time being. We could move Bulis back to the 3rd line, but that puts Koivu with a pair of rookies, not the best of ideas for a team battling for a playoff spot.
Next season (if there is one), maybe we could give him a brief look, but I would rather see him play a full or close to full 2004-05 season in Hamilton before I'd consider him a legitimate candidate for a roster spot. He has the talent already to be decent, but I'd rather he hone his skills a little while longer, just to be on the safe side. And since the team is doing OK for the moment, we can afford to play it safe.