Alumni in the pros - January 2010

[adamw]

It was irritating to see the Tim Thomas interview after the Winter Classic because he was (a) articulate and (b) gentlemanly, in contrast to expectations for a two-time winner of the Melrose-Nickerson Award.

In the miserable annals of the Earth he will be duly enshrined.

I agree, from first-hand experience, that Tim Thomas WAS an ass - back in the day. I'll never forget his comment about how when he graduated, he was ready to replace Patrick Roy as Colorado goalie.  Yeah - ooooh kay..... However, he got kicked in the ass - and got some humility out of it.  And he has clearly matured.  So let's give the guy a break now, eh?

[adamw]

Let's go USA!

I start each Olympics rooting for the US.  After fifteen minutes of American network TV coverage, I'd root for anybody to grind us into the ground.

Haup Sverige!  (Or whatever.)

I generally agree that U.S. TV coverage is nauseating -- and in other sports, it's gotten to the point where I root against the US a lot ... But I won't hold this against the US Olympic hockey team, especially since in that sport, we're the underdog - and so is college hockey, which is where a lot of those guys come from.  So rooting for the U.S. is like rooting for college hockey.

To Josh's point - there have admittedly been some major prima donnas to come through the U.S. National Program in the past 8 years or so ... but thankfully, I think a) many of them have grown up ... and b) that is changing thanks to some changes in how they have gone about picking the World Junior team, finally.

[Josh '99]

It was irritating to see the Tim Thomas interview after the Winter Classic because he was (a) articulate and (b) gentlemanly, in contrast to expectations for a two-time winner of the Melrose-Nickerson Award.

In the miserable annals of the Earth he will be duly enshrined.

I agree, from first-hand experience, that Tim Thomas WAS an ass - back in the day. I'll never forget his comment about how when he graduated, he was ready to replace Patrick Roy as Colorado goalie.  Yeah - ooooh kay..... However, he got kicked in the ass - and got some humility out of it.  And he has clearly matured.  So let's give the guy a break now, eh?

I will not, and you can't make me.  :-}

[sah67]

Douglas Murray set up a Joe Thornton goal with a pretty pass tonight, while Matt Moulson was one of four Islanders to score in the shootout as they defeated Buffalo 3-2.

[Jordan 04]

Moulson beats Brodeur 1 minute into the game.

[jkahn]

Moulson backhands a rebound of his own shot to give Isles a 1-0 lead 1:07 in vs. Devils.

[Jim Hyla]

Sawada is called up.

[jkahn]

Matt deflects in an Andy Sutton shot for his 2nd of the game.  Isles up 4-0 after 2.  Yann Danis replaces Brodeur for the 3rd.

[scoop85]

Moulson named 1st star

[sah67]

Moulson (and his post-goal celebration face) are gracing the front page of NHL.com right now.

[Al DeFlorio]

Moulson (and his post-goal celebration face) are gracing the front page of NHL.com right now.

Along with video clips of his goals.  The second is titled "Moulson slapper" but it's really a deflection.

[scoop85]

It's actually pretty amazing Moulson's scoring much these days.  He's no longer getting much PP time, and is no longer on the Tavares' line.

[KeithK]

It's actually pretty amazing Moulson's scoring much these days.  He's no longer getting much PP time, and is no longer on the Tavares' line.

It's almost like he might actually be good!

[scoop85]

It's actually pretty amazing Moulson's scoring much these days.  He's no longer getting much PP time, and is no longer on the Tavares' line.

It's almost like he might actually be good!

What I really meant was that he wasn't being given the same opportunities as earlier in the season. For example, today he had under 13:00 of ice time; in the first half of the season he was routinely getting over 18:00, with a lot of PP time.

I do agree he's good!

[Karlmoose]

Sawada playing right now (on Versus) and hitting everything that moves.