Внимание: strtotime (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 35
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 43
Внимание: strtotime (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 35
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 43
Внимание: strtotime (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 35
Warning : date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 107
Warning : date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 109
Warning : date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 111
Warning : date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 112 April 29, 2010 by Big Tony · Leave a Comment
An incredibly entertaining first round that resulted in the Eastern Conference turning upside down and the west saw series domination by no one but resulting in a mostly chalk second round. Kudos to the performances put forth by the Phoenix Coyotes, Colorado Avalanche and LA Kings who performed more than admirably in each team's first playoff appearance in many years. The LA Kings and Colorado Avalanche showed they will be a viable team for quite a while as each young group of players will only learn from this experience and continue to get better and better. Seven of the eight series went at least six games which means round two has got an awful lot to live up to.
Now that round one is in the books we look forward to the round two match-ups:
Eastern Conference
4. Pittsburgh vs. 8. Montreal
The Canadiens did what most thought was impossible once the series got to a 3-1 Washington advantage. It was thought that the Caps were vulnerable for an upset but not in the way that Montreal ultimately pulled off the upset…with defense. Washington couldn't score and conventional wisdom tells you that if Montreal can shut down Washington then certainly they will be able to do the same thing to Pittsburgh… right? Not likely. First off the Canadiens relied much too heavily on Jaroslav Halak to be just about perfect. Halak may have a few more games in him like that but he cannot play that way night in and night out the rest of the way. Furthermore, the Penguins are a much more physical team than Washington and as a result can wear you down much more effectively than the Caps could. There is also the ever present intangible the Penguins have and that is their experience. Washington was unsure of whether they could win when things got bad, but Pittsburgh does not have that doubt in them because they know (after coming back from 2-0 twice last season and a 5-0 loss in game 5 to the Red Wings in the finals) they have the ability to beat anybody at any time no matter what the circumstances. While Montreal will prove to be a tough opponent for Pittsburgh it's unlikely that Crosby and company will be ousted by a tenacious Habs squad. Pittsburgh will move on.
6. Boston vs. 7. Philadelphia
This may be the most entertaining match-up in this round on paper. Both teams play a very physical game so a lot of big hits will be traded. Aside from that however the Flyers have the advantage. While both teams relied on secondary scoring to advance to round 2 the Flyers have much better primary scoring options. It's unlikely that Carter, Briere, and the rest will be held in check this time around. Boston showed an inability to score (nothing like the team I thought they would be when I picked them to win the east preseason) over the course of the season and that probably won't change. For that reason I'm taking Philly.
Western Conference:
1. San Jose vs. 5. Detroit
Congrats to San Jose for finally fighting those first round demons and advancing to round 2 for the first time in what seems like forever. Lucky for San Jose they managed to advance without much scoring from their big three (Marleau, Heatley, and Thorton). They will definitely need that to change if they want any hope of besting the Red Wings. Once again we can talk about x's and o's all night long but when it comes down to it I just can't pick against Detroit. Every year it seems like they are ripe for the picking by an up and coming western conference team and Detroit always proves everyone wrong. Therefore I am picking Detroit to pick off San Jose.
2. Chicago vs. 3. Vancouver
И двата отбора са избягали какво прилича ще бъде първия кръг неразположения от остроумните третия период. За наше щастие те направиха, защото миналата година битка в същия кръг между двата отбора е трябва да видите телевизия и тази година вероятно ще бъде още по-добре. И двата отбора са страхотни отпред с Kane и компания за Чикаго и Sedin близнаци и екипаж за Ванкувър. Ще има обидно шансове в изобилие и за двата отбора, така че това, което търсите в един мач-нагоре по този начин? Goal грижещи разбира се. За да бъда откровен, netminding Чикаго е било ужасно, така че те вече са в неравностойно положение на тази категория; Сега добавете във факта, че те ще се бори Roberto Luongo на другия край и това е още по-трудно за Хоукс. Въпреки това, през миналата година те са били в състояние да стигнем до Luongo и те със сигурност може да направи това отново тази година. All Хоукс се нуждаят от тяхната вратар е да играе адекватно и те ще се справят останалите. Взех Чикаго, за да спечели цялата работа в началото на годината и аз няма да отстъпя сега ... Чикаго печели.
Внимание: strtotime (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 35
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 43
Внимание: strtotime (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 35
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 43
Внимание: strtotime (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 35
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 107
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 109
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 111
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 112 13 Април, 2010 от Big Tony · 2 Коментари
East преглед:
1. Washington vs. 8. Монреал
Ярослав HALÁK е ключът към тази серия. All HALÁK трябва да направите, е да се запази Вашингтон в шах, ако той може да успее да направи това Канейдиънс ще получите много отбеляза шансове срещу швейцарско сирене отбраната на Вашингтон. Две неща знаем със сигурност: Montreal не могат да спрат Вашингтон от отбелязване на гол и Вашингтон не могат да спрат Монреал от отбелязване на гол. Номер едно ключово както споменах е HALÁK но и че е жизнено важно за Монреал да играе изключително добре дисциплинирана хокей на всяка минута от всеки мач. Технически грешки ще бъдат направени, че е просто естеството на играта, но прави лоши решения (лоши пасове, мързеливи шайба преследване, и т.н.), и като лоши санкции ще бъде в края на плейофите живота на Монреал. Вашингтон има достатъчно талант, за да преодолее грешките той ще направи и липсата на адекватна защита и петна goaltending но Монреал не го прави. Много хора мислят, Вашингтон е узряло за бране и това може да е вярно, но ако Монреал не пази тяхното съотношение грешка в сравнение с Вашингтон много ниски Кепитълс ще ги издухат. Дори когато Монреал казва вземе грешно наказателното те трябва да разчитат на опита плейофа от момчетата в своя списък, за да вземе някой със себе си в наказателното поле, всяко малко въпроси битови. Ако Монреал може да направи тези неща, те ще спечелят; но това казах аз съм като Кепитълс в пет.
2. New Jersey vs. 7. Philadelphia
Филаделфия ще спечели тази серия. Той има много малко общо с умение Флайърс "и по-общо с недостатъци на Ню Джърси. Дяволи разчитат твърде много на вкарвайки първия след това с помощта попада в капана на неутрална зона и Марти Бродюр да задуши другия отбор. New Jersey, не винаги ще отбележи първи и имат олово да защити, нито имат капацитета да се върне да бъдат установени 2 или повече гола трябва Philly получи, че много по-напред. Той вече не е 1995 г. и новата НХЛ не е благоприятна за система на Ню Джърси се получава голямо количество успех след сезон. Те също така се сложи пословичната стена пред най-големия си точкуване заплаха в Иля Ковалчук. Всяка игра най-вероятно ще бъде близо, защото за това как дяволи играят, но това е серия Фили, за да спечели.
3. Buffalo vs. 6. Boston
Райън Милър е най-добрият вратар в света днес и Бостън Бруинс не може да не може да вкара гол. Достатъчно казах, Sabres предприемат серия.
4. Питсбърг vs. 5. Отава
Кросби е бил на края на горещо, но това включва два мача срещу Ню Йорк Айлъндърс, които имат много малък отбраната и което води до един тон от шансовете вкарва и много голове. Пингвините са с мъка спря отбор от отбелязване на гол, като същевременно не се налага най-голямата резултата сами (отпуска Gonchar и Малкин са били боли, така че трябва да си сигурен нагоре) мъжество. Казано е, че пингвините просто необходими, за да стигнем до плейофите и сега, че е дошло времето те ще бъдат по-мотивирани да се събере, за, да се използват опитът от последните няколко години, и да отидете, за да се върнем към най- малко конферентни финалите. Въпреки това, аз мисля, че Отава Сенатърс могат да имат какво да кажат за това. Сенаторите са били един от най-добрите отбори в конференцията през последния месец от сезона и играят невероятно добре като едно цяло. Загубата Алекс Ковальов ще бъде пречка за Отава, но те все още имат Daniel Alredsson, Jason Spezza и Майк Фишър, така че те няма да копнеят за точкуване представя на леда. Техните defensemen са доста големи, така че да съвпадне-сравнително добре с линии пингвините "от горе до долу. Точкуване шансовете ще изискват много повече работа за пингвините срещу Отава, отколкото е било срещу Айлъндърс. Може би най-големият недостатък на Отава е липсата на плейофа опит Брайън Елиът. Докато опит има значение при всички положения това е най-важното за goaltenders освен ако не сте Кен Драйдън или Патрик Рой. Независимо от това, с колко пингвините са играещи (несъвместими) те са узрели за разстроен и мисля, че Отава Сенатърс ще правят точно това.
West Preview:
1. San Jose vs. 8. Колорадо
Като технически анализ на това как аз мисля този мач-нагоре ще отиде вероятно е загуба на време. San Jose е бил тук отново и отново, и Колорадо е отбор, който е преизпълнена през целия сезон. Мисля, че във времето Colorado ще бъде много добре, но той просто не е в картите за тях тази година. Сан Хосе има повече опит, са изцяло по- добър отбор, а просто няма да загубят в Колорадо. San Jose отнема тази серия.
2. Chicago vs. 7. Nashville
Като Нешвил в плейофите винаги е хубаво, защото каквото и да помага хокей растат в нетрадиционни пазари е нещо добро за играта и лигата. Nashville е бил тук и преди, но не успя да мине покрай първия кръг (нищо срамно в това, че след като са играли Detroit във всяка плейофа поява в тяхната кратка история). Какво дава Nashville най-голям шанс при успех в тази серия е, че те не разчитат на всяко едно лице, за да се осигури на всички им престъпление. Стив Sullivan, Patric Hornqvist, Martin Erat, Jason Arnott, JP Dumont и Ший Вебер всички имахме 40+ точкови сезона, което е много положителен знак, тъй като Чикаго, не може просто да се съсредоточи върху един човек, с надеждата за водене на Preds в залива. Проблемът за Nashville е, че от сезона са се отказали, тъй като много голове, колкото те вкара която не предвещава нищо добро, когато играят имена като Патрик Кейн, Джонатан Toews, Патрик Шарп и сътрудничество. в най-добрата серия от четири на седем. Докато аз се изкорени за успех хокей в Нешвил за доброто на играта мисля Чикаго ще бъде твърде много за Preds и ще се движи покрай Nashville по пътя им към финалите за купа както прогнозира в откриването на сезона.
3. Ванкувър срещу 6. LA Kings
Това е страхотно да се види ЛА Кингс обратно в плейофите. I са били каза след offseason, че този отбор е за реално и те със сигурност не го пропусна целия сезон и тук те са в пост-сезон. Anze Копитар е феноменален през цялата година и Джонатан Quick е твърдо вещество с нетно тел до тел. Аз казах преди година започна, че не само ще кралете правят плейофите, но те също ще спечели първата си кръгла серия и аз няма да отстъпи от това. За съжаление на царете (и за мен), те трябва да се изправи срещу може би най-добрата линия в хокея през цялата година, т.е. близнаците Sedin с Алекс Бъроус, а понякога и Райън Kesler. О, и че Roberto Luongo човек не е половината било лошо. Много от хората, че това е годината, за Ванкувър за преодоляване на това, което са изправени в миналото и най-накрая излезе от Запада. Аз ще отида срещу главата ми в бране на това и казват, че царете ще вземат серията, но те по-добре разчитат предимно на чаша спечелване опит Rob Scuderi е от преди една година, тъй като те ще се нуждаят от нея.
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Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 109
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 111
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 112 30 ноември 2009 от Big Tony · Оставете коментар
Поздрави puckheads, се надяват всички в САЩ имаше великолепна благодарността (и вас, както и канадски приятели, въпреки че аз съм около месец късно нали?). Аз съм назад от моята почивка и имаме много да покрие така че нека да започнем.
Събота вечер Сидни Кросби и пингвините отворили консерва на Ню Йорк Рейнджърс с 8-3 спечели свод Питсбърг обратно в първото място в Атлантическата дивизия (поне за момента). Кросби вкара третия си трик в кариерата си хеттрик за свободното шапка нощ в Питсбърг (ледът беше покрита), докато Шон Ейвъри отбелязаха големи числа на собствената си скокове Руслан Fedetanko средата на третия период, като 7 минути игра мощност за Питсбърг като Avery имам два за подбудителство, пет за борба и на десет минути дузпа игра нарушение. Доста развой на събитията за Питсбърг, който преди само за кратко време владееха техните стартери аут с контузия, а сега те могат да се съсредоточи върху защитата на титлата като най-всеки се връща към гамата.
Има и определено ниво на удоволствие от три Източната конференция градове, които не са видели (или са имали много успех) в плейофите през последните няколко години. Докато пиша тази мълния на Отава Сенатърс, Атланта Трашърс и Тампа Бей заемат последните три плейофите петна, които малцина очакваха. Най-новата Отава може да бъде добър, но не е в състояние да постави нещата заедно, така и толкова бързо, тъй като те имат. Всички знаехме, Atlanta можеше да отбележи с Иля Ковалчук, но сега той има подкрепа на гласове в Rich Peverley, Maxim Afinigenov и Nik Antropov. Ние също така знаеше, че има един тон на таланти в Тампа, но тя никога не произвежда нищо, миналата година, така че има малко основания да мислят по друг начин тази година, но дотук добре. Това е моето твърдение, че нито един от тези отбори (което е точно нула) ще направи плейофите, просто защото има твърде много талант на Изток; но всички тези отбори да окачите шапките си за размера на успех са имали до момента и евентуално залог, че успехът в плейофа тече ми доказване погрешно.
Новината не е толкова добър в Едмънтън като отборът продължава да се бори те са официално загуби втория си водещ реализатор Алес Hemsky за годината с контузия на рамото, която ще изисква от него да има операция за ремонт. Тя наистина беше трудно става за Едмънтън, тъй като тя за игра 7 от финалите в първата година след локаута. Посредствеността е измъчван този хокей луд града и тази година най-накрая трябваше да е по-различно. Последва нов треньор, на пръв поглед съвсем нова Дъстин Пенър, и те излязоха, за да получите голям време netminder в Nikolai Khabibulin, всички от които идва заедно добре за Ойлърс. Въпреки голямата им старт на сезона на месец ноември е имало катастрофа, където Edmonton е успяла да събере три победи само в 13 опити да ги пуснете не само от зоната на плейофите, но в 14-то място в конференцията преди само на Минесота Уайлд , С Алес Hemsky Едмънтън Ойлърс са имали шанс да отскочи от този груб участък, но с него се, че те ще се нуждаят от нещо повече от Penner да прокара този отбор в плейофите раздора и аз просто не вярват, че имат силата огън в своя списък да се направи че в настоящия си вид. В резултат на посредствеността вероятно ще продължи и през хокей луд Едмънтън.
Има още толкова много да се говори за, но толкова малко време. Но ще кажа, че сезонът е бил невероятно забавна досега и това е само ще получите по-добре с Winter Classic и Олимпиадата точно зад ъгъла!
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Внимание: strtotime (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 35
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Warning : date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 112 November 19, 2009 by Big Tony · Leave a Comment
On Thursday night the Penguins got good news with the return of Sergei Gonchar and Max Talbot, Goncarh's first game in weeks and Talbots first since game 7 of the Cup Finals last season. These two additions to the line-up were important for Pittsburgh as they have been decimated with injuries after their hot start. That good feeling did not last long for the Penguins or their fans as Ottawa ruined the party with a 6-2 drubbing of Pittsburgh.
The Penguins started out in a hurry with an impressive goal from Jordan Staal within the first 70 seconds of the game. The rest of the first period and into the second were pretty even but it was in the third when the wheels really fell off. Before you could blink the Senators had posted three goals, it was 5-1, Fleury was yanked, and the Penguins had lost any shot of winning the game. Some may want to blame the loss on Fleury giving up a few arguably soft goals, others might say the two guys coming back left the team out of sync, but it was simply a game of missed opportunities and a loss of focus as a result of those failed chances. After netting the first goal Pittsburgh got four power play chances to really distance themselves from the Senators—who are not a top team by any stretch—which probably would have put the game out of reach but Pittsburgh failed to do so. That really seemed to take the wind out of the sails for the Penguins and to Ottawa's credit they smelled blood and seized the opportunity. The Senators were pressuring majorly in the final two periods and spent a ton of time in the Penguins' zone. There were a number of occasions that Ottawa wore the Penguins down in their own zone resulting in Pittsburgh icing the puck a number of times allowing Ottawa to regroup and sustain their pressure. Neither Ottawa nor Pittsburgh are as good or bad respectively as they showed on Thursday but what you can take from this game is what happens when one team misses chances, loses confidence, and the other teams senses that and turns up the heat. Ottawa did not do anything special they simply put Pittsburgh away when they were down.
A great sign about Thursday for Senators fans was that they showed the ability to turn it up a notch when last year they might have let Pittsburgh hang around and actually lose the game. It has been a while since a Senators team has been able to do that and if they build off of this experience they can grow into a pretty good team.
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Питсбърг Пингуинс не можел да поиска много по-добре да започнем да им първенство отбраната, тъй като те са 6-1-0, непобеден на пътя, има отправна netminder, които все още трябва да губят, и виждат Джордан Стаал вози миналогодишния плейофа вълна от превръща в основна сила в средата. Кросби и Малкин се разбира все още ръководи екипа, (и Сергей Гончар продължава да играе изключително добре), но те са също така получаване силна игра от харесва на Тайлър Кенеди, който има четири гола и асистенция което се равнява на общия Crosby към днешна дата. Защитника Алекс Goligoski е много като се възползват в първия си шанс да играе пълен сезон най-високо ниво, защото е брилянтен. Не само Goligoski имат пет точки, но той работи изключително усилено, за да стигнем до хлабави шайби и да се направят и други отбори плащат за всеки инч от лед те спечелят срещу него; Goligoski също е в топ дванадесет в първенството по отношение на блокираните снимки (see: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/statistics?stat=nhlscoring&league=nhl&sort=bs&order=true&qual=true&season=2009&seasontype=2&pos=r for повече блокиран изстрел номера наред с други статистики). Сезонът е все още млад и като Отава Сенатърс (от преди две години) и Ню Йорк Рейнджърс (от миналата година), ще ви кажа бърз старт не носите през целия сезон. Никога не боли да сляза до едно чудесно начало и малцина биха се съмнявам, че пингвините са отборът, който може да поддържа ранното им успех, но тяхното ниво на енергия трябва да остане висока. Махмурлук The Stanley Cup със сигурност не е проблем до този момент, но те също трябва да държи на разстояние бъг самодоволството на сезона движи по.
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I have to give an early season salute to the Ottawa Senators. I didn't (and still don't) think they would be very good this year but I have to give credit where credit is due. The Senators are 3-1-0 which puts them atop the Northeast Division. Granted, the Senators have defeated three teams that are hardly playoff teams in Atlanta, Toronto, and the Islanders. Nevertheless, when you're a team that has experienced the problems the Senators have over the last two seasons you take what success you've had and run with it. Will they build off of this and ultimately make it to the playoffs? Not likely. But they have won three of four so far and as a football coach once said you are what your record says you are and right now Ottawa is a 3-1 first place team.
Another early season salute to the Calgary Flames. There is a lot of pressure on them to win and win now; that said this is about as good a start as one could have hoped for in Calgary. Not only do the Flames start 4-1 but three of those wins are against division opponents including two against provincial rival Edmonton. Division wins always carry a little extra weight in the standings but it's especially sweet to take two from their biggest rival in pretty short order. Mikka Kiprusoff has been solid thus far posting a 4-0 record as back up Curtis McElhinney was in net for the loss. Perhaps the best part of all in this strong start is that Jerome Iginla is fourth on the team in scoring, which means other guys are getting the job done. If Calgary wants to continue to be successful that's the type of production they need to get from Iginla's supporting cast; so far so good.
On the flip-side, an early season razz to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Nobody reasonably expected Toronto to be a great team but some thought they would be competitive and possibly contend for a playoff spot. But so far they have not shown up. Toronto has zero wins (one point thanks to an OT loss on opening night) and have looked terrible for the most part. The one good thing they have going is new goaltender Jonas Gustavsson who is currently injured which negates that for now and Vesa Toskala is dreadful. They're so-so on offense, not so good on defense, and have an awful penalty killing unit, ergo he Toronto Maple Leafs stink, the end.
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Tomorrow the journey for the Stanley Cup begins but for now we preview the other side of the coin before the puck drops, all analysis ends, and the games begin.
Ok corny intros aside here is my preview of the west (much like I did for the east) followed by the finals pick and who I think will hoist the Cup next spring.
The eight teams to qualify—in no particular order—are as follows: Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Los Angeles Kings, and the San Jose Sharks.
The Detroit Red Wings are the best of the best again and despite having lost Hudler and Hossa they will simply use the machine of a farm system they've created to reload without skipping a beat. The only outstanding question in Detroit is the regular season play of Chris Osgood who put up subpar numbers last year from October through March. Showing up in the playoffs has always been Osgood's MO but if he is as inconsistent this year as he was last season the rise of other teams in Detroit's division could find the mighty Red Wings fighting for a playoff spot.
Things are looking up on the ice in Chicago as long as Patrick Kane can stay out of trouble off the ice. Kane along with Patrick Sharp and Jonathan Toews (among others) return while veterans John Madden and Marian Hossa have been added to an already star-studded roster. Much like their counterparts to the north Chicago's only real unknown is in net as Nikolai Khabibulin is now a member of the Edmonton Oilers. The most seasoned and perhaps most likely person to provide stability for the Hawks between the pipes is Cristobal Huet who has shown some signs of greatness. No matter who ultimately gets and keeps the starting job as the goaltender goes so goes Chicago. If their netminder is consistenly good then Chicago can win it all, and if not then they won't, but either way the playoffs are in their future.
Columbus got its first taste of post-season hockey last season riding mainly the back of surprise rookie netminder Steve Mason. While Mason will not enjoy the same amount of individual success as last year it is my contention that the team will fare better overall. Rick Nash is on a short list of stars on the Blue Jackets but what Columbus has over other teams is cohesiveness. This group has gone through a lot of losing together and last year they experienced a taste of winning. Last year's success felt good to them and the bitterness of not winning a game in the post season no doubt left a bitter taste in their mouths and will only bring them together to work harder for one another to become a better squad.
Vancouver rode Roberto Luongo all the way to the post-season last year and sweep the St. Louis Blues out of the playoffs on the stick of Alex Burrows. The playoffs were a coming out party of sorts for Alex Burrows (according to some) and Canucks fans have to hope it was just that. Locking up the Sedin twins was huge for any hopes of being a serious contender for Vancouver but the past few seasons have shown that they cannot rely on the Sedin's for all of their offense. Having three solid lines is something they have lacked for a few years causing their postseason success to be limited. Adding the experience of Mathieu Schneider will greatly improve their blueline but it will be up to the likes of Ryan Kessler and the aforementioned Alex Burrows to prop up this team to the next level. Round one is a given, but round two and beyond is up to Vancouver.
For the Calgary Flames it is short and sweet. They can make it to round one of the playoffs (as they will do again this year) but the question yet again for the Flames is will they have enough discipline to take their frustrations of first round exits and translate it into playing more sound hockey. It's no longer about skill for Calgary, they've got that, it's amount having the mental fortitude to better themselves as a team.
The Los Angeles Kings will probably be the most interesting and exciting story of the Western Conference this season. Most all puckheads agree that this team is on the rise but I think not only are they on the rise but that they will win their first round playoff series. Sure it puts me in a bind as far as other preseason predictions go but I'm saying this one supersedes all other predictions I make with the exception of the scenario in which they play the team I think will advance to the finals out of the west. Generally I am simply that confident in what the Kings organization as a whole is doing. They have taken their licks over the years but have spent a lot of time learning from those lumps and have put some pretty talented players in key areas. They have a lot of good, young players in Dustin Brown, Alexander Frolov (heading into the prime of his career), Jack Johnson, Jarred Stoll (also heading into this prime) and Jonathan Quick who was extremely reliable in goal last year and is likely to only get better. Along with this young talent they have added seasoned veterans in Ryan Smyth and Rob Scuderi who has just come off a Stanley Cup Championship with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Kings have the right people in the right places at the right time and barring injury this team is poised to be successful right now.
Lastly are the President's Trophy winning San Jose Sharks who have done little to change their team in terms of quantity of moves but the quality of moves has been stellar. Dany Heatley was picked up—at the expense of Jonathan Cheechoo—and will be a wonderful addition to this squad. Regular season success has not been a problem for the Sharks (true of many west teams it seems) but Heatley puts them over the hump into serious contention to win the west. Heatley can not only score a lot of goals but he has enjoyed a fair amount of success before so his experience along with a chip on his shoulder to show those in Ottawa that he can still play is going to move San Jose along another step in the right direction.
The only other team that could make any noise should they make the playoffs are the Anaheim Ducks. Their experience is what sets them above the rest but unfortunately perhaps their greatest asset is their biggest downfall. The Ducks are an aging team who have lost yet another step at every position and can only hope to stay close until the trade deadline where they can maybe make a move for a younger group of players with fresher legs for a lengthy playoff run. Edmonton is not far behind either but they fall short of the star power and physical play needed to succeed in the west. Goaltending is Edmonton's strongest aspect but that was true last year as well so they will not get their either. No other team has a prayer of even getting to the playoffs let alone making noise once they get there.
With all of that said I think the Chicago Blackhawks will be the team to make it out of the west as they will find what they need in net and will go a step further than last year. Chicago will take on the Boston Bruins who will outlast a tired group of Pittsburgh Penguins to take the east. This sets up an awesome original six match-up which will be a marketing dream for the NHL. After an incredible back and fourth battle the Stanley Cup Finals will again go seven games at which point the Chicago Blackhawks will finally allow Marian Hossa to hoist the Stanley Cup as the 2009-2010 Stanley Cup Champions! Enjoy opening night everyone!
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As the hour draws closer and the puckheads continue to salivate over the tease that is the hockey preseason it is time to supplement the appetizers before the hockey fest begins.
Eastern Conference Preview:
I'll start by predicting who I think will make it to the playoffs (in no particular order) then we'll look at least briefly at where each team stands. So here are the top eight teams in no particular order: Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers (Carolina Hurricanes?), New Jersey Devils, Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens, and the Washington Capitals.
The Pittsburgh Penguins should probably be the favorites going into the season because their team is a lot the same and they are the champs until someone else wins the title. They did lose Rob Scuderi but overall you have to like their chances to defend their conference title.
The New York Rangers lost Scott Gomez but have added Marian Gaborik who—if he can stay healthy—will add scoring power to a pretty solid but not spectacular line-up. The nice thing about the Rangers is that even if they do not score a ton of goals Henrik Lundqvist will keep them in most games, will steal a few, and will overall give them a chance to win most every contest they are involved in. Having a chance to win every game is not actually winning them however and that's where Gaborik is going to be important for them. If Gaborik stays healthy he scores enough goals to get them enough points to get them into the playoffs. In the event that Gaborik does get hurt that will leave New York on the outside looking in and will open the door for the Carolina Hurricanes to sneak into a playoff spot. Carolina too is a solid team but Cam Ward cannot do it alone and they will not be able to rely on Jussi Jokkinen to play all year the way he did in the playoffs. But if any team should fall off at all (ie the Rangers) that opens the door for the Canes. Either way, neither team will be a serious Stanley Cup contender.
The New Jersey Devils are channeling their inner 1995 by bringing Jacques Lemaire back to captain the ship. Nothing has changed for the Devils since 1995 and as a result they can continue like a well-oiled machine with their new, old, coach. New Jersey is very much a system team so with Martin Brodeur playing behind that system you have to pencil them into the playoffs and as championship contenders. Some players have changed since last season's first round exit to Carolina but it matters not as the methodical Devils will be back in the playoffs again.
In each of the last two years the Philadelphia Flyers have put very good teams on the ice but have run into a freight train headed to the finals in the form of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Flyers got tougher by adding veteran Chris Pronger but their folly has arguably been in goal and that is an issue that still has yet to be worked out. Philadelphia went across the pond to lure Ray Emery back to North America so the verdict is still out on whether the goaltending problem is fixed (one might argue that Emery's attitude will cause more problems than it will solve). Bottom line, the Flyers talent will get them to the playoffs and at that point all they'll need is solid (not spectacular) net play to put themselves in a position to win the Stanley Cup.
Boston's future is bright because their talent level is a lot the same as last year. Phil Kessel was traded for some draft picks which speaks to how confident Boston is with their team from top to bottom. They still have Chara manning the blueline and they can score at the drop of a hat. There were a lot of questions about Tim Thomas last year and he'll have to answer those same questions again this year. If Thomas is able to play consistently well the Bruins will learn from their experience last year and should be considered favorites to at least reach the east finals.
The key for the Buffalo Sabres is to stay healthy. Last season Buffalo was a clear playoff team until injuries struck them like a wrecking ball and their playoff hopes came crashing down. So if the Sabres' stars stay healthy they will be a force, if they do not then Buffalo is not a force… it's that simple.
The Washington Capitals can score like none other. In the offensive zone 5-on-5 and on the power play they are just about unstoppable. The Caps are greatly lacking defensively but certainly score enough to make up for that over the course of a long season. The biggest downfall of Washington last year was in net and that is their greatest unknown once again. Semyon Varlamov was certainly much better than anyone could have expected in the playoffs last season but is he the answer long term? There is no doubt that Varlamov has talent but he is still young and with being young come growing pains that every player experiences. If Varlamov grows quickly then there's reason to believe the Caps can win it all, but if he doesn't then it the fans in DC will be “rocking the red” to the second round of the playoffs and no further.
The Montreal Canadiens did three very good things in the offseason: let Kovalev go, picked up Brian Gionta and Scott Gomez, and got rid of Kovalev (did I mention that already). Alexi Kovalev is a very talented player but he was too inconsistent and caused too much drama in a place that creates enough drama on its own. Gionta and Gomez provide stability as leaders on the ice and can put points on the scoreboard. Both players spent time in New Jersey so each know how to play a role to perfection. As long as Carey Price can keep his confidence up and the fans give this team a chance they can be very dangerous.
As for the rest of the conference there is very little to talk about. The New York Islanders are clearly rebuilding so the best anyone can hope from them is that John Tavares and company just improve from game to game. In my estimation the Islanders have far more problems off the ice (on the business end) than they do on it. The isles know they are rebuilding and are taking steps toward becoming a good team in time. This is in contrast to the Lightning, Thrashers, Senators, Maple Leafs, and Panthers.
Tampa has a lot of talent but did nothing with is last year and do not have a goaltender that can take them anywhere. Atlanta is just plain bad and probably will not improve very much in all likelihood. Ottawa keeps changing coaches, do not gel as a team, have lost one of their best players in Dany Heatley, and decided that adding Kovalev was the best way to stabilize/improve their team (very dumb). Toronto cannot decide whether they want to try to win now or build for the future. Last year they had enough talent to stay at the top of the non playoff teams for most of the year and this year they are in about the same spot. Lastly are the Florida Panthers who do not have a whole lot of talent (after having lost bouwmeester ) do not get much fan support which makes for a very bad situation.
So that's the east in a nutshell (believe it or not). Tune in next time for the west preview as well as my Stanley Cup Finals pick and winner.
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Well it has been a long time coming for but finally the NHL season is upon us and as such so is the return of the NHL section of sportsroids.com. I am just as excited as anyone for the season to rev up again so let's get right to it.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are back to defend their title and with the exception of the loss of Rob Scuderi the team is about the same now as they were on the day they won the cup. Despite that, repeating is going to be a daunting task because not only are they the defending champs but in order to repeat they will have to reach the Stanley Cup Finals for a third year in a row. At the same time they still have two of the best players in the world on their team so it will be interesting to see how the story develops in Pittsburgh.
As for the rest of the league there are a lot of intriguing stories to keep an eye on including some old faces in new places (for example Dany Heatley to San Jose, Marian Hossa to Chicago) as well as the return of a few from their disappearing acts (Ray Emery in Philadelphia, Theo Fleury in Calgary). There are also plenty of questions to be asked about both up and coming teams as well as those who have been on the cusp but have not quite made that next big step: In the East, can Washington play just enough defense this year to get them into the Conference Finals and possibly make their first finals appearance in the Ovechkin Era? Will Philadelphia finally get the consistent play in net they have lacked the last two years that will likely get them over the hump? Does the Southeast Division continue to be a two horse race or can Tampa Bay finally put their talent together well enough to become serious playoff contenders? And what is actually going on in Montreal and Ottawa, have they finally got their respective acts together? Out west, will Chicago seize this opportunity to dethrone the Detroit Red Wings in the Central Division? Is Dany Heatley the answer to San Jose finally translating their regular season triumphs into post-season glory? Are the LA Kings poised to translate their young talent into a playoff appearance? Is Calgary ready to kick their first round exit habit of the last few years? What is the deal with the Coyotes, are they moving or what?
Of course along with all of the aforementioned questions there are to two major events on the horizon this year in both the Winter Classic (January 1 at Fenway Park) and the Olympic hockey tournament in Vancouver this February. There is so much to talk about and look forward to this season. Over the next few days I will go through a preview of each conference, give you not only who will win each but what other stories to watch out for like what teams will overachieve and those that will disappoint.
So much to do and talk about, it's great to be talking puck again. We here at sportsroids.com are very excited to start year two of hockey blogging, it's great to have you with us!
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The offseason doesn't carry too many exciting stories after the start of the free-agency period and before the season gets rolling. But for whatever reason one story that has dragged along for quite some time now is the Dany Heatley saga in Ottawa. We first heard that he wanted to be traded and then he promptly nixed a trade that would have sent him to Edmonton; ok fine many people have issues with playing in Edmonton so surely they will simply work out a deal to send him somewhere else right? Well so far the answer has been no, and it seems as though GM Bryan Murray is trying to lure Heatley back to Ottawa by picking up Alex Kovalev from the rival Canadiens. Ottawa has not been a serious contender since making it to the Stanley Cup Finals in the 2005-06 season in which they breezed through the East before hitting a brick wall in the Anaheim Ducks. The Senators need some stability behind the bench (they have had three coaches in as many years) and in net where they haven't been the same since the Ray Emery debacle. Perhaps they have their coaching situation figured out but they still don't have a proven netminder on staff. So if I'm Dany Heatley the signing of Kovalev does nothing for me and I continue to force the issue of getting a trade. The problem Heatley has is that a lot of teams have spent a lot of money already and are running out or have already run out of the cap space necessary to support his contract unless they give up a number of players making a lot of money in order to make room for him which is unlikely as well. As a result this saga will probably continue to the start of training camp and perhaps beyond. So what do you think Heatley should do? What do you think he will do? Comments are very much welcome on this manner.
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One of the greatest things about sports generally is the passion every person associated with any sporting event brings to the table. Whether it's the fans, players, front office, media, etc. there is something intangible about the passion brought out in people via sports. That being said, that passion is one thing that has made this NHL season one of the best I have ever seen. A lot of that has to be contributed to the tight playoff races in both conferences. It seems like every game is of the utmost importance toward determining who will be where at night's end as every point makes a WORLD of difference. But going beyond the teams vying for playoff spots there are a number of teams who have been virtually eliminated for quite some time but are still putting up an incredible fight night in and night out. For example, the New York Islanders have been out of having a legitimate shot at a playoff spot for quite some time. The Isles have traded some of their better players away (namely Bill Guerin) and have played most all of the season without their star goaltender Rick DiPietro. They have every reason in the world to pack it in, simply show up every night to take their spanking then move on. Instead the Isles are playing some of their best hockey right now which includes wins against teams in the playoff race including a 7-3 trouncing of the New Jersey Devils. This is great not only for the fans in attendance but for the future of the Islanders on Long Island. They are continuing to fight for a new arena with city officials and that has put their future in doubt; but by winning they are showing their frustrated but passionate fans that there can be brighter days and that the team is worth fighting for.
In a similar manner the Ottawa Senators , Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Thrashers in the east along with the Colorado Avalanche and Phoenix Coyotes in the west are competing hard every single night. Those teams aren't all playing their best hockey right now but they are giving it their all every night and a few have stolen more than a couple games from teams who are very much in the thick of things. To see these teams work so hard is very reassuring. To know that teams who are not Stanley Cup playoffs bound still battle hard along the boards, get into scuffles to protect star players and goalies, and they still get so frustrated when the take penalties. There is still incredible joy when they score goals and win games along with equally intense feelings when they do the opposite. To see guys still playing hard for each other and their fans and to see the fans still getting just as into some of the games now as when the playoffs were still a possibility is so reassuring. There's something special about moments like those and it only makes me enjoy each game that much more.
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Tuesday night Jarkko Ruutu of the Ottawa Senators apparently bit Sabres' defensemen Andrew Peters in the thumb. It is awful that Ruutu did that and hopefully he is severely punished, but it is the hope of hockey fans everywhere that the casual fan will not once again only see hockey in this light (since ESPN eats stuff like this up) and think that's all that goes on in hockey. If all they did in NFL coverage was show guys getting poked in the eye or really bad facemask penalties and quarterbacks getting knocked out or guys getting paralyzed it would give football a bad name for sure but we all know that stuff does not happen frequently and the NHL should be given the same consideration. So please, if you have casual fans as friends and think this is how it is all the time please just get them to follow a number of games and they will quickly see it is not an every game occurrence.
Now to the better side of hockey and that would be two great match-ups Tuesday night between the Boston Bruins and Minnesota Wild, and the game of the night between Washington and Philadelphia. Boston was defeated 1-0 by Minnesota making it two in a row for Boston cooling off the then hottest team in the league. What is to be learned from that game is Minnesota is simply better at running the dreaded neutral zone trap than the Bruins head-to-head. Boston has been able to open up the ice to score more goals now but if other teams are paying attention Minnesota taught them a great lesson. If you slow the game down and play most of it at center ice Boston will get so frustrated because they are so hungry to score that they end up skating in circles and don't get anything going. Patience is the best way to beat Boston not trying to outscore them.
As for Washington and Philly, all that needs to be said about that at the moment is that if you're looking for the anti-Ruutu game, this was the one to watch. That game was everything that makes hockey such a great game to watch.
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Warning : date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 43
Внимание: strtotime (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 35
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. in /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 107
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. in /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 109
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. in /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 111
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. in /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 112 December 14, 2008 by Big Tony · 1 Comment
The Pittsburgh Penguins are in the middle of a fairly rough stretch losing five of the last seven and with the exception of a 9-2 thrashing of the lowly New York Islanders scoring has been a problem. For most of the season to this point Pittsburgh has had trouble keeping opponents off the score board but were able to post enough goals to win games 6-5, 7-6, etc. However, not only have the defensive struggles continued but now the Penguins are not scoring a lot of goals. Games they have been able to come back to win or overcome blown leads by basically “scoring” their way out of it simply is not happening anymore. Injuries have seemed to plagued this team from day one of training camp and despite all that they currently sit sixth in the east but the standings will not be forgiving for much longer. No matter the amount of injuries, long road trips, normal slumps of a long season or otherwise the excuses have to stop. There is no position in the playoffs reserved for the team who had the most injuries but still did “pretty well” considering the circumstances. Last year's success has no bearing on this season and no one is entitled to anything because of what they have done in the past in professional sports (see the 2007 Ottawa Senators and Carolina Hurricanes of the last two years). There is time to right the ship but it better be righted quickly or Pittsburgh will have a bunch of talented hockey players populating golf courses everywhere come mid April.
Внимание: strtotime (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 35
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 43
Внимание: strtotime (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 35
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 43
Внимание: strtotime (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. в /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php по линия 35
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. in /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 107
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. in /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 109
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. in /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 111
Внимание: Дата (): Не е безопасно да се разчита на настройките Часовата зона на системата. Вие се * задължително * да използвате настройката за date.timezone или () функция на date_default_timezone_set. В случай, че се използва някоя от тези методи, но продължавате да получавате това предупреждение, най-вероятно е неправилно изписана идентификатора на часовата зона. Избрахме часовата зона "UTC" за сега, но моля, задайте date.timezone да изберете вашата часова зона. in /home/sportsroid/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 112 December 9, 2008 by Big Tony · Leave a Comment
It is hardly time to crown them Eastern Conference Champions but the Ottawa Senators are finally starting to put things together a bit. After a very rough start to the season including a four game losing streak in November they have all-of-a-sudden won four of the last six and have at least a point in seven of the last eight games. While seems like a very long time ago not much time has passed since the core group of this Senators team breezed through the east playoffs and were playing for the Stanley Cup. There have been a number of issues since then (can you say Ray Emry?) including a collapse after a great start last year capped by an early playoff exit at the hands of Pittsburgh. Despite all that goaltender Alex Auld has played very well giving up 2.06 goals per game accompanied by a solid .924 save percentage, he simply has not enjoyed the goal support needed to be successful. The top line of Heatley, Alfredsson, and Spezza have been playing pretty well posting 75 points between the three of them but they cannot do it alone. If the rest of the team can step up their game just a little bit, the Ottawa Senators could be a scary team come January and beyond. Right now Ottawa sits last in their division and twelfth in the conference with 25 points. However, they are only four points out of a playoff spot and have two games in hand on Buffalo who currently holds that final spot. Should Ottawa put things together with all their talent they can give teams a lot of trouble going down the stretch and into the playoffs; don't sleep on the Senators.
