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2008-2009 Season Thread
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azcentral.com doesn't show the game on its tv listings, but I checked the Coyotes site and the game will be on aztv.
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Tonight's 5pm match against the Ducks will be in HD thanks to FSN.
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2-0 to start the season...looking really good, especially with such a young team.
Gretzky is fuming mad at some of the Ducks. Can't wait to see the comments.
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Hopefully this season we will need more than a "season thread"?
The game last night was good. The Ducks outworked the Yotes for the most part, but Phx made the most of its opportunities. Fun to watch the young guys. Could be an exciting season if these young guys mature quickly.
The game last night was good. The Ducks outworked the Yotes for the most part, but Phx made the most of its opportunities. Fun to watch the young guys. Could be an exciting season if these young guys mature quickly.
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cant win em all i guess.
Wow, I guess if you hand a undefeated team their first loss, you get get to get fired. Blackhawks fired Savard this morning. Joel Quenneville is his replacement.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3646685
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Well, thank goodness Morris is going to be OK, despite having the linesman skate over his finger! I'm not too upset with the loss as long as a lesson has been learned that when a teammate goes down, the entire team has to work even harder. A couple more good hits wouldn't have hurt either.
Plus, Khabi was insane, he deserved the win. The Hawks played hard and refused to go 0-4, but I guess it didn't matter for Savard. Seems like that could have been handled better?
Plus, Khabi was insane, he deserved the win. The Hawks played hard and refused to go 0-4, but I guess it didn't matter for Savard. Seems like that could have been handled better?
Carcillo's been suspended for 2 games without pay for grabbing Eager from the bench. Seriously, Danny, we need you on the ice!
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that would be awesome if we came back this game! down 4 -0 5- 3 now.
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Rough trip for the Coyotes so far. But now 2-2 on the season with 3 away from home at this point. All in all, not too bad, although losing composure and going down 4-0 is not good and reeks of old habits.
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Didn't take this thread long to die. Yotes now 2-3 on the young season after a 4-1 loss in Montreal, but have played 3 tough opponents on the road here early (Anaheim was a tough one - not Chicago). Hopefully they haven't forgotten how to win already.
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Its unfortunate they weren't able to get a win in Chicago, it would have made this road trip seem not so bad. The team is now five games in, and the good news is that the forwards just radiate talent in a way that this franchise really hasn't seen before. The offense could really jump once Olli Jokinen gets it going. Shane Doan already has four goals which is quite a pleasant surprise given how notorious of a slow starter he is, you can tell how much the added offensive talent is helping him. He even could have had five or six goals by now but he's been robbed by a couple amazing saves already, including a few by Khabibulin the other night in Chicago.
The defense simply hasn't been up to par. When Morris went down the other night the entire team collapsed, Phoenix is lucky that his injury wasn't as severe as first thought. It was pretty easy to see in the offseason that the defense was paper thin, and the Coyotes are going to find it tough looking for blueline help. Needless to say, David Hale isn't a legitimate NHL top six defenseman and he's already shown himself to be a liability when he steps onto the ice. The Coyotes have a rookie, Jonas Ahnelov, who nearly made the team out of camp until he broke a finger. It seems likely that they are going to give him a call up after he returns from injury to see if he can improve that bottom defensive pairing, although its usually pretty dangerous to put that much responsibility on someone who has never played in the NHL before.
The defense simply hasn't been up to par. When Morris went down the other night the entire team collapsed, Phoenix is lucky that his injury wasn't as severe as first thought. It was pretty easy to see in the offseason that the defense was paper thin, and the Coyotes are going to find it tough looking for blueline help. Needless to say, David Hale isn't a legitimate NHL top six defenseman and he's already shown himself to be a liability when he steps onto the ice. The Coyotes have a rookie, Jonas Ahnelov, who nearly made the team out of camp until he broke a finger. It seems likely that they are going to give him a call up after he returns from injury to see if he can improve that bottom defensive pairing, although its usually pretty dangerous to put that much responsibility on someone who has never played in the NHL before.
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Unfortunately blue-line depth was traded for Jokinen, so management decided that offense was more important. At least I hope that was their thinking and it wasn't due to an overinflated evaluation of our defensive talent or a thought that the FO would pay for more talent.
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Nice game by the Yotes, with Boedker and Mueller scoring in the 3rd period to beat the Caps 2-1.
I was pretty concerned through the 1st two periods. The Yotes were playing hard, but they were reverting to a team that could not shoot straight. Wide open nets missed. In recent years they have real trouble with hitting the net - another reason why their shot totals are always dismal compared to the other team. The shots don't count as shots on goal unless they would go in without the goaltender in the way.
At any rate, they came back from a 1-0 2nd intermission deficit with a great 3rd period. 3-3-0 on the young season. More importantly, 2-0 at home.
I was pretty concerned through the 1st two periods. The Yotes were playing hard, but they were reverting to a team that could not shoot straight. Wide open nets missed. In recent years they have real trouble with hitting the net - another reason why their shot totals are always dismal compared to the other team. The shots don't count as shots on goal unless they would go in without the goaltender in the way.
At any rate, they came back from a 1-0 2nd intermission deficit with a great 3rd period. 3-3-0 on the young season. More importantly, 2-0 at home.
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2 penalties for Carcillo, two PP goals for the Flames! Why is this guy on the team again? 
3-1 Flames in the 2nd period
3-1 Flames in the 2nd period
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The Coyotes looked really outmatched against the Flames, one of the most boring games I've seen in person. They just picked Ken Klee off of waivers, hopefully he will be an improvement over David Hale who has been awful in just about every game this season. At this point, I think just about anybody would classify as an improvement over David Hale. Game against the Pens starts tonight at 7 on FSN-HD.
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carcillo is an idiot
with that said I went to the game last night against Pittsburgh and the team looked REALLY good ........ they had a lot of jump and just played a very solid game to come back with a very good win
i stand by my coyotes in the playoffs scenario
with that said I went to the game last night against Pittsburgh and the team looked REALLY good ........ they had a lot of jump and just played a very solid game to come back with a very good win
i stand by my coyotes in the playoffs scenario
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Great game last night from the Yotes, who beat Calgary in their house, 4-2. The Yotes worked hard for the most part, but got ouhustled through a lot of the 3rd period during which Bryz kept the lead safe. First goals of the season by Morris and Jovo, although a Jovo giveaway was responsible for the Flames 2nd goal. Porter played well but an unsuccessful clearing attempt from him led to the first Flames goal. Morris' goal was short-handed. It was a weak goal (shot from just inside the blue-line) but it had good pace and beat Kipprusoff on the stick side low. Good road win against a good team.
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Its a shame the Coyotes stumbled against Minnesota, because they played fantastic against the Penguins and the Flames. Doan has been a monster, 7 goals and 12 points in 10 games! Parking him next to such a talented offensive player like Jokinen has really jump started his game. The defense has still been concerning, but it was nice to see Jovo and Morris both pick up goals last night, the Coyotes had desperately needed scoring from secondary sources.
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nice win last night by the 'yotes - i'm off to the arena in a little bit to see if my sharks can fare better than the panthers
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Great comeback tonight.
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Great win tonight as the Coyotes end the Sharks 7-game winning streak by winning 4-2. The Coyotes were down 2-0 but scored the last 4 goals, two by Olli. I have Jokinen on my fantasy team and he has been huge for me so far.
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nice win by the yotes - neither team had much jump to start and it started off kind of sloppy (probably because both played last night)
Ilya was the difference in the game as shown as the game progressed he stayed focused and somehow kept the puck out of the net on several occasions - SJ carried the first half of the 3rd, but were unable to equalize and aside from the final two minutes bouch looked like he still played for the yotes
tough fought win though and the arena as always was a lot of fun
i'll be there again on the 29th and this time my seats will be near the ice, which will be awesome
jokinen definitely adds another dimension to that team and on a final note you need to find a place for carcillo that doesn't involve him having to make intelligent decisions
Ilya was the difference in the game as shown as the game progressed he stayed focused and somehow kept the puck out of the net on several occasions - SJ carried the first half of the 3rd, but were unable to equalize and aside from the final two minutes bouch looked like he still played for the yotes
tough fought win though and the arena as always was a lot of fun
i'll be there again on the 29th and this time my seats will be near the ice, which will be awesome
jokinen definitely adds another dimension to that team and on a final note you need to find a place for carcillo that doesn't involve him having to make intelligent decisions
