Podcast - December 10th Edition

Podcast - December 10th Edition

Between The Pipes - December 10th Edition

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In this edition Nick, Ross and Junaid go over the weeks headlines, including the Orpik/Neal/Thornton incidents in Boston and the salary cap projections from the Board of Governors meetings. We also give our picks for goals and saves of the week, and make our prediction league picks for this week. In "Four Teams" we talk about Carolina, Minnesota, NY Islanders and Vancouver. Ross gives us his "Things that happened since the Red Wings last missed the playoffs" stat.

Saves of the week

Note: Junaid's pick wasn't on NHL.com or youtube. Another save from the same goalie and same game has been put in it's place.

Nick's pick - Jonas Gustavsson - Detroit Red Wings vs New Jersey Devils



Ross' pick - Craig Anderson - Ottawa Senators vs Philadelphia Flyers



Junaid's pick - James Reimer - Toronto Maple Leafs vs Ottawa Senators



Goals of the week

Nick's pick - James Neal - Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins



Ross' pick - Rick Nash - New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres



Junaid's pick - Sidney Crosby - Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders



Prediction League

TABLE

Nick - 10/18
Ross - 10/18
Junaid - 5/18

This weeks games/picks:

Tampa Bay @ Washington
Columbus @ NY Rangers
Minnesota @ San Jose
Pittsburgh @ Detroit
Boston @ Vancouver
Los Angeles @ Chicago

Nick: WSH, NYR, SJ, PIT, BOS, CHI
Ross: TB, NYR, SJ, DET, VAN, LA
Junaid: WSH, NYR, SJ, DET, BOS, LA



THINGS THAT HAPPENED SINCE DETROIT LAST MISSED THE PLAYOFFS
by Ross Chaplin

The 1st Gulf War didn't start until after the last time Detroit missed the playoffs.


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Stars - best of Sunday 24th November

Stars is our daily look at the previous night's action in the NHL and who stood out amongst the rest.

Thanks to there only being two games tonight and they both started at a reasonable time this post is coming to you about 9-10 hours early.

FIRST STAR

 

Eric Staal - CAROLINA HURRICANES vs Ottawa Senators

Two assists and an empty netter for Eric Staal as the Canes rout the Sens 4-1. His first assist was a beauty of a feed pass to Toumo Ruutu who found himself in front of goal with just the goalie to look at. His 2nd was a straight forward pass down the wing and rookie Elias Lindholm did all the work.




SECOND STAR

 

Cam Ward - CAROLINA HURRICANES vs Ottawa Senators

The Senators took the lead 1:07 in to the first period. It was the 2nd shot of the game and for the Sens. So after giving up goal on two shots that early Cam Ward decided to turn into a brick wall. He saved all 34 or .972% of the rest of the shots Ottawa fired his way as captain Eric Staal led the team to the 4-1 win.

THIRD STAR

 

Jonas Gustavsson - DETROIT RED WINGS vs Buffalo Sabres

Like Cam Ward, Gustavsson gave up a goal in the first period and went on to slam the door in the face of the Sabres attack. Jonas finished 21/22 with a .955 SV%.

The goal, on otherwise a solid night.




Honourable Mentions

Ryan Miller once again did his best to shine bright like the diamond he is behind the turd known as the Buffalo Sabres defence. Going 31/33 with a .939 SV%.

Justin Faulk had two assists for the Hurricanes.

Elias Lindholm's nice finish for his PPG.



MY PICKS

1-1. Detroit won. Ottawa lost.

The Night Ahead - Sunday 24th November 2013

In "The Night Ahead" we take a look at a selection (well, five) of the upcoming games for the evening (early hours here in the UK) and add a preview and opinion on the match ups.

Only two games on after a hectic last few days in the NHL.

DETROIT RED WINGS @ BUFFALO SABRES

In yesterday's The Night Ahead I mentioned the Red Wings seven game losing streak recently ended with a win against Carolina. Well, that streak stayed at one as the Ottawa Senators went in to "HOCKEYTOWN" and left with all the points.

The upside in the last two games for Detroit is that Gustav Nyquist and Darren Helm each have two goals whilst Henrik Zetterberg has four assists. Luckily for the Wings they get a great opportunity to get back in the "W" column as they now head to league's bottom team, the Buffalo Sabres.

Since firing Ron Rolston and Darcy Regier, the Sabres won their first game under new management, at home to Toronto. But, have hit a three game losing streak since, conceding 12 goals and scoring only four in the run.

No surprise in my pick. Detroit.

OTTAWA SENATORS @ CAROLINA HURRICANES

So the two most recent opponents of the Red Wings do battle in Carolina tonight.

Ottawa off of a victory look to make an assault on the Atlantic Division playoff places, although they currently sit five points back. Carolina find themselves in a tougher position in an, on paper, easier division. They're six points off a wildcard place, but, are only two points back from a top three division seeding. Since beating Colorado and Anaheim the Canes have hit a four game skid. Including two losses at the hands of the Bruins.

I'll take the Sens here.


Tonight's picks: Detroit, Ottawa.