The fact that Malkin got MVP doesn't mean that he is undeniably a better player than Crosby. It just means that during this years playoffs Malkin was better. Bottom line if I had to build a team around somebody and had a choice between Malkin or Crosby id pick Crosby in a heart beat. Don't get me wrong, Malkin is definitely a sick player but I think Crosby is just better. Brain cramp right now but the Anaheim goalie back in 2003 won the MVP did he not? Does that mean he's a better goalie than Brodeur?

Anyways awesome year of hockey although disappointed with the Canucks again but will always believe. LOL I even bought the replica Stanley Cup.

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There's no reason really, I like both of them, they're both elite players and have bright futures ahead of them, but Crosby excels in the leadership role more than Malkin. They both played tremendous hockey this year and it's not easy to pick an MVP out of these two as Crosby was great early on and Malkin turned it up in the end.

Fact is, The Malkin/Crosby duel is mighty

look at the caps/pens series. Malkin was cold, Crosby fills his void by SCORING. Throughout the whole playoffs, Crosby was the playmaker and others would finish, but he will step up and fill the role whenever someone was cold/injured. He has for sure silenced my doubts about this kid with all his whiney bullshit. let him whine, but he finished the playoffs with a splash. Sad to see him limping to the bench, but he played the final period like there was nothing wrong with him

That CBC playoff montage reminded me how many times the Canucks got sticked or elbowed in the face and there was no call from the refs LOL

Wow......... stopped watching hockey after the Canucks lost.

Awesome that the Pens won. Good for them. Detroit doesn't need another cup.

That's actually what I was thinking too. lol
Sometimes I wonder what's it like to be a Red Wing fan. Consistently finishing top 3 after the regular season, kinda gets predictable.
I guess they just wait for playoffs.

You and all the other bandwagoners did the same thing.:rolleyes:

Playoff hockey is the best....intense game yesterday....Pens had more heart

LOL at the boooing of Bettman and shitty when trohpy celebrations aren't won in your own building

The boooing is always there i thot this series didnt pick up till after the gam5 destruction

Again, I posted that he is only 30. There is no reason he will not be given another 8-10 year multi million dollar deal. So did he really take a discounted contract to play for the Wings?
If that Oiler deal really was $90M over 10 years, that is an average of $9M per year. So to go from $9M to $7.5M, I don't consider that much of a discount.

With the way the NHL is going and the throught of a lower cap in the near future, signing stars to multi year front heavy contracts will be more of the norm, assuming they decide that those stars are the guys they want.

But all this is based on heresay since no official numbers were given on what the Oilers had offered.

If heresay was 100% true, then Pronger would be a King now.

you said it yourself. there is the thought of a lower cap, so if i'm a gm, i'd be less inclined to offer hossa the type of money edmonton offered, especially after his point production dropped significantly since he was with the pens. that is the risk hossa took in not taking the guaranteed long term deal. and 9 million is 20 percent more than 7.5..that's quite a significant amount of change if you ask me. and more like than not, hossa is gunna continue to be a 7 mill player after his performance this playoff season which means he's gunna be taking a hit this coming season and possibly the seasons after.

there's not much we can attribute to hearsay when there's a direct quote from his agent saying he took 85 million less to play for detroit considering these guys are professionals and are always extremely cautious about what they say to the media.

Whatever the hell it is, let Hossa's story be a lesson to Luongo. Karma's a bitch.

He has a stable future here. He could be the next Linden. The only reason why people don't attach themselves to Luongo is his reluctance to commit and his high probability of selling out for an easier route to the Stanley Cup. It's not like the Canucks are a consitently basement team. We're no Detroit but at least we're a legitimate team year in and year out. And we don't tank for a decade to farm drafts.

Yay Pens!

Sorry, but luongo staying here and winning a cup..yeah right:haha: Totally different senerio, Pens made it to finals last year, so their team wasnt all that bad. Canucks on the other hand, didnt get very far....

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If he continues with this bullshit "I want to play in a city that is a cup contender" while doing interviews, ship the captain off before he hits free agency.

Luongo is an elite talent...but may not have the mental capabilities that even Osgood holds. On team1040 I remember them talking about how the Blackhawks got under his skin with the constant crease crashing and Bfygulien's dirty play. I find this to have some truth to it...as we all saw Lu collapse near the end of that Hawks series

refer to this:

If by "I want to play in a city that is a cup contender" means:

*** He wants to tag along Detroit (or the like's) winning record.
*** Or he just wants to reap all the benefits of franchises who's tanked a decade long season after season to farm 1st round draft pics...

Well he can go fuck himself and I hope he suffers a Hossa. Seriously, he's a great goalie but he's not "too good" for this team.

[QUOTE=89blkcivic;6463863]Wow......... stopped watching hockey after the Canucks lost.

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A lot of people did. I gotta say though - this years playoffs were one of the best I have seen in a long time....lots of series made for great hockey....

[QUOTE=MR_BIGGS;6465264]Werd. It was a series of epic match ups and results.

CAR taking down BOS
WSH bouncing back from NYR
the WSH vs. PIT series
the PIT vs. DET re-match

just freakin' awesome from the bottom up.

ne 1 at lindens autograph signing??

ya man i'm there right now + posting on revscene

^^^ heard the lineup is crazzyy

I saw him when the Nike store opened up at Metrotown....It was him and Federov....damn that was a long time ago...he's was awesome..so nice..and personable..i was young though..but still

You don't want to know how early I went. Got there and I was about 150th-200th in line before they separated the lines into two, one for people actually wanting door crashers and one for people there to see Trevor.

After they divided the line I was about 50th-75th and by 1pm the lineup already stretched all the way around the building. They kept emphasizing a 1 autograph limit per person but Trevor being a good guy signed two items for many people in front of me and myself.

Anybody else go? I always rock my Linden '96 alternate jersey to his signings, maybe you guys saw me!?

How does stop watching hockey after your number one favourite team is out of the playoffs make you a bandwagoner?

That's how much I love the Canucks. I would think that makes me more of a Canucks fan............. any other team doesn't matter. Please don't use the word bandwagoner like it was a cool term or something. Using it at every opportunity.

Lidstrom got speared in the balls by Sharp, had to have surgery on his testicles and only missed 2 games, wow what a warrior. With all the injuries I'm surprised the Wings even made it to game 7, so much for Euros being soft and not playoff warriors huh.

So it was basically:
- Lidstrom, testicle surgery
- Datsyuk, broken foot and charley horse
- Zetterberg, hand injury
- Ericsson, appendix surgery
- Cleary, groin
- Draper, neck and groin
- Kopecky, broken orbital bones
- Rafalski, herniated disc

LOL, I was going to reply similar to this but you beat me to it.