Rules question: When the goalie plays the puck, do both his skates have to be inside the trapezoid, or is it where the puck is?

forsberg_us wrote:

Pretty sure it's the puck location.

I don't know how much of the last couple of nights you've watched, but there's been some really good hockey.

I vow to get better every year, but I'm still a really bad hockey fan. I don't usually watch until the playoffs, and my interest usually wanes after the Bruins are eliminated. I saw the end of the Canucks/Blackhawks game after the Cards game ended, and I've been flicking back and forth between Bruins/Habs and baseball the last two nights. There's nothing more exciting in sports than OT in a Game 7.

"Here's hoping Andrew Ference gets a chance to flip Philly fans the bird."

I sure hope so. I'm among a subset of people in New England who dislike the Flyers more than they dislike the Canadiens. There's a gap between old-timers who go back before Bobby Orr arrived and the younger crowd who only know Orr as a retired number, and during that time frame the Flyers were the most loathesome team in professional sports.
HBO did a documentary last year that tried to portray the Flyers of the '70s as a bunch of loveable miscreants, but they were nothing more than common street thugs who happened to occasionally keep their balance on skates in between punches. I usually exemplify my hatred for the Flyers by telling people when the Soviet team went on that tour of NHL teams and they played the Flyers, I rooted for the Soviets.
The rivarly has died down now, but there were a lot of people like me last year who were annoyed not just because the Bruins blew a 3-0 lead, they blew a 3-0 lead to the scummy Flyers.

Last edited by artie_fufkin (4/28/2011 12:03 pm)

forsberg_us wrote:

Andy is originally from Philly and a rabid Flyers fan who idolizes those teams from the '70s.

Ironic then that most of the Flyers' players from that era suffered from rabies.

I assume Chris Pronger is a legend in St. Louis, but don't think I'm going to like him much in this series. He just nearly took off poor Danny Pialle's head.

Too bad you can't decline a penalty in the NHL. The Bruins' power play is so bad it stops their momentum.

forsberg_us wrote:

A scoreless 3rd period would be great. Our lineups are submitted weekly on Friday. Chad started Boucher as his goalie. I'd love to see Bobrovsky start Game 2.

I don't know how Laviolette comes back with Boucher after that outing. At least three and probably four of the five goals he gave up were preventable. The other guy wasn't great, but at least he was able to handle the routine stuff.