So I'm driving home from work this evening listening to WFAN. Steve Sommers, my all time favorite is on the air. The schmooze takes a call from some guy who rambles on about how the NHL must have fixed the Rangers-Pens series in order to make sure that Crosby advances in the tournament. Hmmmm..... Let's see.....
Does the NHL want Pittsburgh to advance? Of course. Did the NHL sabotage the Rangers to make sure Pittsburgh wins? Please. However, I will give the conspiracy theorists this: isn't it strange that when watching a game on a local network like, say, MSG, when a goal is being reviewed, the local network gives you every possible replay angle so that you can effectively make the call for yourself. Yet when watching games on NHL networks like Versus or NBC, you barely get even a simple replay. What's that all about? Does the NHL want us to take their word for it? Are they afraid that by giving us all the looks, we might catch them making a mistake?
Guess who's going to be a restricted free agent after next season? Evgeny "Slew Foot" Malkin. If the Pens are crazy enough to let him get to July 1 without a new contract, I can see Glenn Sather personally backing the Brinks truck up to Malkin's door. How does a 10 year maximum contract front loaded to the greatest extent permitted by the CBA sound? I can hear the good folks in Pittsburgh PA whining already!
So Drury takes a blatant stick to the face. He's cut so badly the blood had to be scraped out of the ice. Obviously, none of the on-ice officials see anything. Tom Renney, of course, makes no attempt to protest the missed call. What was Tom Terrific thinking? "What does a guy have to do to get fired around here???"
Did I mention how well Chris Drury did the "little things" in round 1?!?!
1) Scarily for the NHL and the folks who will have to pay him in Pitt, its looking more and more that not only is Malkin Crosby's equal, but in some ways is the better player.
2) If Sid is worth 8.7 mil/year, what will Geno be worth/ask next spring? It will probably exceed Ovechkin's 9.5 mil/year. That said, we don't see Malkin going anywhere BUT the Pens will be forced to shed in other areas. Don't expect them to resign Hossa, etc.
3) The New NHL helps strangulate potential dynasties in this regard. Is this a good thing? In our opinion, no.
Posted by: fauxrumors | May 06, 2008 at 05:35 AM
Faux,
I agree that the new NHL limits the chance of dynasties existing. But there has not been a true dynastie in the league since the Oilers 20 years ago. The Penguins were close 15 years ago, but David Volek had other ideas. Most recently, the Red Wings were close, but their 2002 cup was too far removed from 1998 to be considerede dynastic. So the point is, if there has not been a dynasty in decades anyway, who really cares if this limits the possibilty of something occuring that never really occurs anyway.
Posted by: MOSS | May 07, 2008 at 10:03 AM
1) We suppose it depends on what your definition of Dynasty is. Some require the team to win the championship every season, while others of us would allow for it to mean a team that is among the best teams every year and is able to 'win it all' on occasion
2) For instance the Yankees of 1995-2003 were a Dynasty in our opinion, yet they failed to win it all in 5 of those 9 years. The closest thing we have now are the Redwings, especially IF they win it all this year.
3) The Penguins could probably become one IF they could keep their players together, which is unlikely given the current cap constraints. In this environment the Islanders and Oiler Dynasties would NEVER have happened.
Posted by: fauxrumors | May 08, 2008 at 06:53 AM
I don't know if there is an exact definition of what constitutes a dyansty. However, I was always under the impresiion that certain achievments would qualify a team to be labeled a dynasty. Those achievements include A)a three-peat, B)three championships in 4 years, C) 4 in 5 years. A repeat does not qualify for a dynasty, in my opinion. Under these terms, the Yankees accomplished all 3 feats, while the Wings accomplished none. And jsut to respectfully correct you, the Yankees won it all 4 times in 5 years, not 9 ('96, '98, '99, &2000). 2001, 2002, & 2003 should not count because they did not win anything. The Islanders accomplished all 3 feats as well, & the Oilers accomplished B & C, and added a fifth title in 7 years for good measure. According to your theory, the Devils should be the closest thing to a dynasty, not the Wings, as they won 3 in 9 years. The Wings, assuming a win this year, will have won 2 in the last 9 years years.
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The sad part of all this? The fact that loyalty is bought more and more. For a lot of these guys it all comes down to money, a sad thing.
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