Official NHL 2013-2014 Random Thoughts Thread

[SmoothOperator88]

Bobby Ryan and Erik Johnson (over Orpik) not being on this team and Derek Stepan after the way he's been playing being on the team is a complete joke. If you had to take a 5th center I would've rather had Brandon Dubinsky or even Alex Galchenyuk over Stepan. I'm ultimately ok with Brown and Callahan being on the team since their clearly going to be 4th line havoc wreakers. Still I don't have much confidence that this squad will medal. We don't have the luxury of the 4th best American forward (which Bobby Ryan is depending on how you feel about Ryan Kesler) home and still being certain we have the talent to go to toe with like likes of Canada and Sweden.

Scott Burnside went in depth into the thinking behind building the squad. http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/10195703/how-us-hockey-team-bound-sochi-olympics-was-named

Brian Burke went out of his way to shyt on Bobby Ryan and Keith Yandle. Brooks Orpik on this team and being considered a lock screams of Mike Komisarek being named to the team 4 years ago.

One more note it's been confirmed Backes, Brown, Parise, Suter and Callahan are gonna be wearing letters.

 

[MikelArteta]

Bobby Ryan and Erik Johnson (over Orpik) not being on this team and Derek Stepan after the way he's been playing being on the team is a complete joke. If you had to take a 5th center I would've rather had Brandon Dubinsky or even Alex Galchenyuk over Stepan. I'm ultimately ok with Brown and Callahan being on the team since their clearly going to be 4th line havoc wreakers. Still I don't have much confidence that this squad will medal. We don't have the luxury of the 4th best American forward (which Bobby Ryan is depending on how you feel about Ryan Kesler) home and still being certain we have the talent to go to toe with like likes of Canada and Sweden.

Scott Burnside went in depth into the thinking behind building the squad. http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/10195703/how-us-hockey-team-bound-sochi-olympics-was-named

Brian Burke went out of his way to shyt on Bobby Ryan and Keith Yandle. Brooks Orpik on this team and being considered a lock screams of Mike Komisarek being named to the team 4 years ago.

One more note it's been confirmed Backes, Brown, Parise, Suter and Callahan are gonna be wearing letters.

orpik is a joke, concussed and not that great of a skater anyways, useless on the pp and takes dumb penalties.

Stepan has been ass this year, okposo and ryan are more deserving.

Poile is building this team like his predators, trash.

hell i would have taken byfuglien over orpik even on the big ice.

bobby ryan has nearly 20 goals, going to hve to depend on parise n kane for all your goals


and yeah i heard about that bobby ryan ish, seems like a bunch of folks didn't like him or his attitude, reminds me of in 06 for canada when crosby wasnt picked and instead buma ss bertuzzi was

 

[Miggs]

I dont understand Ryan or Orkposo not making this team at all,thats your 2nd and 5th leading scorers...I know they feel they cant go toe to toe with some teams offensively so they went heavy on checkers and 3rd line players but you still need to score to win...

Its not like yall got a plethora of offensive guys to take and you leave 2 of your depleted list of scorers OFF the team smh...

Burke is still terrible at building teams...i dont see this roster coming close to a medal,talent wise yall are not top 5 in this tournament...

 

[MikelArteta]

It wasn't Burke it was poile.
Burke just advised.

 

[SmoothOperator88]

It wasn't Burke it was poile.
Burke just advised.

I know Dean Lombardi is part of the braintrust but he needs to be the GM for the next go around. It seems like he's the only one of the GMs with a brain.

 

[Miggs]

I get sick of hearing about the rosters having to be made for bigger ice...Were talking about 15 feet by like 5 feet bigger...You take a far inferior player because of 15 feet of ice ??
Ive always thought it was a lame ass talking point...

David Poile is ass.

 

[heisenburrr]

PK Subban anyone ?

 

[Grams]

Jonathan Ismael-Diaby aka some other lightskin mulatto signed by the Preds where my darkskin brehs at

 

[yoyoyo1]

okposo


minny at minny, boston at boston, and chicago the isles last 3 wins

 

[Jamal514]

PK Subban anyone ?

In front of Lindy Ruff(Canada coaching staff) too

No way he gets left off of Team Canada

 

[MikelArteta]

If they leave pk off, Ill hope Canada loses.

Bobby Ryan called out Brian Burke and I don't blame him.

Honestly you take the best players regardless. I'll always remember the 06 Olympics Gretzky taking bum ass bertuzzi over Crosby.

 

[MikelArteta]

I can't think of any sport a player being slagged like bobby Ryan was.

Dudes whole character was taken a dump on like hes some scrub.

 

[Miggs]

If they leave pk off, Ill hope Canada loses.

Bobby Ryan called out Brian Burke and I don't blame him.

Honestly you take the best players regardless. I'll always remember the 06 Olympics Gretzky taking bum ass bertuzzi over Crosby.

if they leave him off ill burn Team Canada jerseys at Dundas Square....He does thing no other d-men in the league can do...

Dat athleticism on blades,dat harmonius rhythym,dat finesse,dat skill,dat boisterous confidence...

If Phaneuf gets 7 mil a season what is PK worth ?

 

[Miggs]

If they leave pk off, Ill hope Canada loses.

Bobby Ryan called out Brian Burke and I don't blame him.

Honestly you take the best players regardless. I'll always remember the 06 Olympics Gretzky taking bum ass bertuzzi over Crosby.

and you tried to tell me it was all Poile

Burkes a piece of shyt for calling a player out like that for NO REASON....Media asked him why he left him Ryan didnt ask anybody and he shyts on a guy because of it...total lack of class by that fat overrated emotional slob...

 

[the next guy]

I can't think of any sport a player being slagged like bobby Ryan was.

Dudes whole character was taken a dump on like hes some scrub.

Hockey players are expected to be robots.