Best Team in Hockey??

[justinevans]

Philadelphia 28-9-6 62 Points
Ottawa 29-9-3 61 Points
Detroit 28-12-3 59 Points
Carolina 28-10-4 60 Points
Dallas 28-12-2 58 Points

[weezer182]

if everyone is healthy, ottawa

[kg00d]

Ask this after the first round of the playoffs but as for now yes it ottawa is healthy and i hate to say this but they are the best

[justinevans]

Ask this after the first round of the playoffs but as for now yes it ottawa is healthy and i hate to say this but they are the best

but Philly is unhealthy and is 2-0 against Ottawa, both home and away.

[FailedByDesign]

but Philly is unhealthy and is 2-0 against Ottawa, both home and away.

Amen

[justinevans]

Amen

fuck yeah, props for the smiths thing too :).

[aminorthreat55]

Philly: motherfuckers keep getting hurt and motherfuckers keep getting wins.

[justinevans]

Philly: motherfuckers keep getting hurt and motherfuckers keep getting wins.

yeah it is pretty fucking awesome - minus the injuries....i wonder how the team will look with esche (as the backup!), primeau, desjardins, and pitkanen all back.

[tambo41187]

Philly, i hate them but with all their injuries and to still be that good...has to be them.

[aminorthreat55]

Philly, i hate them but with all their injuries and to still be that good...has to be them.
Yeah me too.

[somethingyellow]

if everyone is healthy, ottawa i agree

[KarolaBloch]

ottawa is good.. but lets face it.. they aren't that good. the B's have handed them two of their losses and the B's stink this year. but i still love 'em

[mat1419]

let's go flyers

[Dirty Ernie]

phillys depth is second to none, should be interesting to see if clarkey does anything at the trade deadline this year

[mouood]

philly.

[bigmike]

I voted for ottawa. but the case for philly is hard to overlook.

[mat1419]

at detroit tonight, then finally some home games for the flyers. i'm sorry but as banged up as they are to go 8-2 on an insane road trip makes it a pretty easy call for me, at least right now in the season.

[fromwithin]

i'd take ottawa any day. philly can't win in the playoffs. the sens definitely got a steal with heatley.

[bigmike]

i'd take ottawa any day. philly can't win in the playoffs. the sens definitely got a steal with heatley.

and ottawa has how many stanley cups?

[aminorthreat55]

i'd take ottawa any day. philly can't win in the playoffs. the sens definitely got a steal with heatley.
Right, especially because of what happened last year in the playoffs, oh wait.

You really can't judge teams based on their history after what has happened the last two seasons. The rules changed and all the teams got a pretty significant roster shake up.

[richter915]

ottawa......

[richter915]

Right, especially because of what happened last year in the playoffs, oh wait.

You really can't judge teams based on their history after what has happened the last two seasons. The rules changed and all the teams got a pretty significant roster shake up.
right but you can't judge a team based on the fact that they're 2-0 against ottawa, not saying you are but come on...no one will say Boston is one of the best just cause they beat the Sens.

oh and dude, you shoulda told everyone that Ottawa has played less games than all the teams up there.

[mat1419]

oh and dude, you shoulda told everyone that Ottawa has played less games than all the teams up there.
Ottowa has the potential if they'd played the same amount of games to have a better record than Philly...and I agree you can't take a team just because they beat a team earlier in the year, but right now, the Flyers are playing better than anyone in hockey. Ottawa's up there too. And the Canes are getting no love but looked great against Detroit.

[richter915]

Ottowa has the potential if they'd played the same amount of games to have a better record than Philly...and I agree you can't take a team just because they beat a team earlier in the year, but right now, the Flyers are playing better than anyone in hockey. Ottawa's up there too. And the Canes are getting no love but looked great against Detroit.
ya I was amazed that Canes handled the Wings like that. Well done and props to em. But like many teams they have really dwindled after the first half (montreal, NYR etc)...they're still powerful contenders...I'm surprised that Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Nashville arent on this. The fact that Nashville is threatening the wings...that says a lot.

looking at it completely objectively, I'd say a healthy flyers is better than a healthy ottawa...but I bleed rangers red white and blue and that won't allow me to ever admit that. hah.

[justinevans]

Ottowa has the potential if they'd played the same amount of games to have a better record than Philly...and I agree you can't take a team just because they beat a team earlier in the year, but right now, the Flyers are playing better than anyone in hockey. Ottawa's up there too. And the Canes are getting no love but looked great against Detroit.

The Flyers played them the last game before their road trip...Dec 22 I think?

[richter915]

The Flyers played them the last game before their road trip...Dec 22 I think?
right, against ottawa...their next home game will be saturday with tonight being their last away. I think this is the longest road trip of any team in the league. They play away a lot. It's pretty even home and away for the remainder of the season.

[justinevans]

right, against ottawa...their next home game will be saturday with tonight being their last away. I think this is the longest road trip of any team in the league. They play away a lot. It's pretty even home and away for the remainder of the season.

I know, someone said we beat them early in the season, and i was explaining we beat them just 11 games ago.

[bigmike]

ya I was amazed that Canes handled the Wings like that. Well done and props to em. But like many teams they have really dwindled after the first half (montreal, NYR etc)...they're still powerful contenders...I'm surprised that Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Nashville arent on this. The fact that Nashville is threatening the wings...that says a lot.

looking at it completely objectively, I'd say a healthy flyers is better than a healthy ottawa...but I bleed rangers red white and blue and that won't allow me to ever admit that. hah.

Detroit made up for that by handling the Flyers even worse. And that Canes game is misleading as they really only dominated the first period, after that the red wings dictated the pace and play of the game. And had zetterberg not missed two open nets, it's a different game.
But how about the Wings owning the Flyers last night? excellent.

And Nashville, I think, is Detroit's biggest threat. because they just have so much team speed, even compared to detroit. The wings always seem to have problems with them.

[SuperJoe]

Detroit made up for that by handling the Flyers even worse. And that Canes game is misleading as they really only dominated the first period, after that the red wings dictated the pace and play of the game. And had zetterberg not missed two open nets, it's a different game.
But how about the Wings owning the Flyers last night? excellent.

And Nashville, I think, is Detroit's biggest threat. because they just have so much team speed, even compared to detroit. The wings always seem to have problems with them.

you sir, are a friend of mine. you can eat at my table any night. nashville is the only real threat for the wings in the west. and ottawa will probably be the east coast rep. for as much realignment that happened before the season started, the wings still maintained their core and have so many experienced weapons. you can't put a price on playoff experience. even stevie-y is playing well since coming back. he had the most beautiful assist the other night. the only thing that stands in the wings way of an 11th stanley cup (yes, count those trophies flyers fans) is their goaltending situation. as long as legace doesn't go tim cheveldae on us, we'll be fine.

[bigmike]

you sir, are a friend of mine. you can eat at my table any night. nashville is the only real threat for the wings in the west. and ottawa will probably be the east coast rep. for as much realignment that happened before the season started, the wings still maintained their core and have so many experienced weapons. you can't put a price on playoff experience. even stevie-y is playing well since coming back. he had the most beautiful assist the other night. the only thing that stands in the wings way of an 11th stanley cup (yes, count those trophies flyers fans) is their goaltending situation. as long as legace doesn't go tim cheveldae on us, we'll be fine.


Legace will be fine. He should have been named outright number 1 before the season started. he's very, very solid goalie. You could have argued he should have been the starter over CuJo when he was in Detroit.
They have a nice mix of old guys and youth. but this team will only go as far as datsyuk and zetterberg. yzerman and shannahan will not be carrying this team in the regular season or playoffs.
I remember all the talk about possibly not putting up the extra mil. or two datsyuk was asking for. Now it's like, "we almost didn't pay this guy?"

But the true test isn't the goaltending in the playoffs, legace will be fine.
It'll be whether the young guys on the team (datsyuk and zetterberg) show up in the playoffs or not. Datsyuk has one career playoff goal. that's something that needs to change.

[Gabe Gross]

no one in th west is on that list...damnit


go flames

[Clarett'sGreyGoose]

My vote goes to Philly. they have 3 KEY players missing in Keith Primeau (the captain), Eric Desjardins (an alternate captain, I believe) and Joni Pitkanen (one of their best D-men at the start of the season), and they also have Robert Esche, who will return and HOPEFULLY take a backup role to Antero Niittymaki

It's crazy, they're dominating without 2 stars and a rising star also. Strong AHL program, yes?

[Flags of Dawn]

i really really hope this is the flyers year...im starting to get impatient.

[aminorthreat55]

no one in th west is on that list...damnit


go flames
Detroit and Dallas buddy. It may not be the "west", but it's the Western Conference.

[FailedByDesign]

OMG --------------- the Redwings are such geeks

[Dirty Ernie]

OMG --------------- the Redwings are such geeks

go on....



great game between two of the best last night in carolina and philly, i miss brind'amour in a flyers jersey, hes still got it

[unwritten]

Rangers!