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2009-2010 NHL Season Part 3: After The Gold Rush

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moe24 said:
And anyone who would have predicted this to happen before the season started would have been driven straight to the funny farm. What a turnaround by that team.
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When they hired Tippett, I figured they had a shot at the playoffs. Definitely not at first place though.

Something I never knew about him before this season - he played for the Sioux and was their captain when they won the 1982 NCAA title.
 
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pardonme said:
Its amazing what happens when you realize that being a great player doesn't mean you are a great coach.
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Yah. Gretzky was a huge millstone around the Yotes' neck. He was an awful coach, and had by far the highest coaching salary, at between $7 and $8 million annually for 5 years. I remember a quote from one of the players when Tippett came onboard that the player was really excited to play for a coach who had a system for the players to play within. Even if Phoenix had been brimming with talent under Gretzky, the team would have foundered. One of the greatest ever on the ice, but he did a lot of damage during his tenure in Phoenix.
 
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Bob Gray said:
My understanding is that attendance has gone up a lot. Unfortunately they're on the road most of the time down the stretch, so their season attendance numbers are weighted heavily to the early season which reflected things like they hadn't sold season tickets for at least a lot of the offseason, hadn't advertised at all, etc. 5 of their last 6 have been on the road, and 12 of their last 15 are on the road overall. But, their one home game last week drew, 17,534. They still don't get a lot of coverage in the local media, but that's slowly starting to turn.
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Great news.

Hope it keeps improving!

That arena is gorgeous and the team deserves better. I like the way they play the game and will definitely be rooting for Phoenix in the playoffs once the Rangers are eliminated from the race.

Phoenix/Colorado/LA/Calgary/Chicago in that order. Plus I'll be rooting for the Sabres too. My hatred of that team and the bandwagon fans from 2006 and 2007 has gone signifcantly down.
 
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Is Nabokov starting for the Sharks tonight? I figure that way the Wild will have a chance.
 
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state of hockey said:
Is Nabokov starting for the Sharks tonight? I figure that way the Wild will have a chance.
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Well, you're not going to get too many goals when you manage 19 shots through 55 minutes of play. ;)

EDIT: Make that 19 for the whole game.

In other news, Brodeur gets to 40 wins on the season...

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Oh, and after tonight, I'm wondering if Nathan got the license # of the Ferrari that drove the net and shoved the 2nd San Jose goal past his sieve. :p
 
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Bob Gray said:
But, their one home game last week drew, 17,534. They still don't get a lot of coverage in the local media, but that's slowly starting to turn.
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The building was better than 50% Blackhawks fans on Saturday night, their first sellout of the season. With Cubs/White Sox spring training nearby, traveling and transplanted Chicagoans packed the place.

I THINK tonight might have been the Coyotes' first road game with a beat writer present, but I'm not positive.

Having now seen them in person twice in the last four days, this Phoenix team is incredibly organized, sneaky physical, defensively sound, and capitalizes on mistakes. I think they'll settle into the fourth seed in the West when all is said and done (unsustainable pace up/down recently for PHX/SJS, road-heavy schedule) and despite not having much of a home-ice advantage in the first round I think they'd beat LA, Nashville, or Colorado. You need to stay disciplined to beat them, and they'll drive an inexperienced team crazy.
 
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Enjoyed rink-side seats last night as Brodeur recorded his 8th 40-win season as the Devils spanked Columbus 6-3. Also met Doc Emrick one night after he called his 3,000th game at the Joe.

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kennedy said:
The building was better than 50% Blackhawks fans on Saturday night, their first sellout of the season. With Cubs/White Sox spring training nearby, traveling and transplanted Chicagoans packed the place.

I THINK tonight might have been the Coyotes' first road game with a beat writer present, but I'm not positive.

Having now seen them in person twice in the last four days, this Phoenix team is incredibly organized, sneaky physical, defensively sound, and capitalizes on mistakes. I think they'll settle into the fourth seed in the West when all is said and done (unsustainable pace up/down recently for PHX/SJS, road-heavy schedule) and despite not having much of a home-ice advantage in the first round I think they'd beat LA, Nashville, or Colorado. You need to stay disciplined to beat them, and they'll drive an inexperienced team crazy.
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That attendance phenomena is common here in the Valley of the Sun, with similar things happening at times at D-back games, Cardinal games, etc. A lot of us here in the Phoenix area have a mixture of rooting for our traditional teams from where we came from (Minnesota teams in my case) and then also some amount of loyalty to the local Phoenix teams.

I think that's a very good description of the Coyotes and how they play. Tippett is as good a coach as Gretzky was bad. But, when they get deep in the playoffs, it will get tough for them to beat teams with more talent and who play solid hockey.
 
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kennedy said:
The building was better than 50% Blackhawks fans on Saturday night, their first sellout of the season. With Cubs/White Sox spring training nearby, traveling and transplanted Chicagoans packed the place.

I THINK tonight might have been the Coyotes' first road game with a beat writer present, but I'm not positive.

Having now seen them in person twice in the last four days, this Phoenix team is incredibly organized, sneaky physical, defensively sound, and capitalizes on mistakes. I think they'll settle into the fourth seed in the West when all is said and done (unsustainable pace up/down recently for PHX/SJS, road-heavy schedule) and despite not having much of a home-ice advantage in the first round I think they'd beat LA, Nashville, or Colorado. You need to stay disciplined to beat them, and they'll drive an inexperienced team crazy.
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They didn't sell out the opening game of the season?

I thought I remembered watching and the place was packed because they did a white out or something like that.

Agree with Bob on the description of the team. That's how i felt when I watched them. I like the additions they made at the deadline and I think those will help them into the second round. However, getting past that will be extremely tough unless Bryzy plays lights out.
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
They didn't sell out the opening game of the season?

I thought I remembered watching and the place was packed because they did a white out or something like that.
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Sorry, my mistake, they did pack the place on Opening Night. Although I recall they did some sort of promotion for really cheap seats all over the building that night, so maybe this was more of a "traditional" sell out?
 
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And the Bruins signed Andrew Ferrence to a three year deal with a cap hit of $2.5 million per season. Nice work Chiarelli :rolleyes:
 
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Hasn't he only played two full seasons in his entire career? Now he's worth $2.5 million a year? Wow.
 
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Eagles said:
And the Bruins signed Andrew Ferrence to a three year deal with a cap hit of $2.5 million per season. Nice work Chiarelli :rolleyes:
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Nice of the Bruins to set the market for mediocre sixth defensemen like that.
 
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