Oh ok, thanks. I will have to give dish network a call and see why that channel is messed up. So far I am pretty happy with dish. I get 200+ channels plus like 50 or so HD channels w/ DVR for like 80 bucks a month. And for the first 6 months I get 20 bucks off each month.
Sounds like I missed a sweet game (I was at the Steeler Game). I read they said 1/2 the seats were empty…you would think with the new $375 million dollar arena they would be able to pack that place. Typical Devil fans…cant even sell out a playoff game.
I watched the whole game. I can’t remember the pens playing a better game than last night. It was like they could do no wrong.
Halfway thru the 3rd, the place was a ghost town. It is a shame
Damn I missed it…Oh well I guess being at one of the sweetest steelers game of all time makes it oK.
I read it wasnt even just the 3rd…the entire game it looked about 1/2 full.
yea, it was the whole game but the end was real bad.
They have had attendance problems since moving to NJ in 1979…
I guess they paid no attention to trends when they decided to build a new arena to try and attract fans that don’t give two shits about a hockey team that is consistently good (except this year of course).
it looked like that place had about 8,000 ppl in it. pathetic. its not they are watching a terrible team, either.
the sickest ever
Army is scratched again (I’m unsure whether I agree with this or not)
Danny is starting (2 thumbs up, give him the knod when he’s hot!)
Therrien has been said to have had several disagreements w/ some players, seriously if they don’t turn some things around I think he’ll be looking for a new team soon.
What do you mean by “they” have to turn some things around? I don’t think the team is in too bad of a position right now. I do think they could be slightly better but are not doing terrible now. It is still early and we are right on pace with how well we did last year.
We won 5-0 against New Jersey great, but what about the games we basically gave up—we’re starting to play better overall but the defense is still super lax and aside from the Crosby line the other lines are producing so sparicatically that you don’t know from one night to another who is actually going to play well.
Tonights game in a sentence, dump the puck in the other end then chase it but don’t put any pressure on. What a fucking joke, tonights game was pathetic. I’m sure someone will think they played a hard game and Philly had a few lucky shots but in reality we just didn’t capitalize on oppurtunities and continued dumping the puck w/o pressure, not to mention the game of how many passes can we make before we either give up posssesion or attempt to shoot. I was suprised though I believe at last count we actually outshot them which is a s suprise.
Me and smokeyassturd went…team looked pretty flat and sloppy at times. The #1 line was the only line to create any chances at all. The only good thing I saw was most of the time our D looked decent. Oh well got the rangers 2night…should be a good game. I hope whitney is back and plays close to 100% and Colby is back and this time off woke his bitch ass up.
I really like seeing the hustle out of Naserdaine and Kennedy, neither of them are star players by any means but if all of our players would hustle like they do, I think the scores would reflect us winning a lot more. I honestly thought Laraque and Eager were going to have at it but nope! Brooks got some nice hits on Umberger.
recchi just needs to quit… he cant do anything anymore. half the passes he made were tape to tape… to the flyers
I was thinking the same thing…last year even though he wasn’t scoring too much he at least played good and did a lot of ther things. Now him and Roberts look like old manturds. Then they put them both on the same line and it is pretty bad. I know both those guys can play better…they just need to wake up.
My opinion—it’s better to burn out than fade away (cough Recchi) lol
I have been doing some thinking. lately it seems that our # 1 line is doing fine and the 2,3, and 4 lines are not doing too much. You aint goin to win many games with a lines like that. Why not switch up the O lines like this.
Line 1: Sykora - Crosby - Malone
Line 2: Staal - Malkin - Christensen
Line 3: Roberts - Talbot - Armstrong
Line 4: Hall - Kennedy - Recchi
I know I am not a coach but I think this is a more balanced line up and would have good chemistry.
I agree with you Bics those lines seems pretty good—line 4 though is my only concern other teams would destroy that. Not that we’re not getting beat up on lines 2-4 now.
Yeah that 4th line isnt as tough as you would want it to be…you could put Laraque in there…but I think overall Hall and Kennedy are playing better.
Overall I think we need one or two more righthanded shots…this is a HUGE problem…and we need more grit. I like Ruutu for that but he gets you dumb penalties and will cost you a goal while trying to play tuffguy.