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So punching a guy in the nads from behind is within the rules? Good to know!

Bull s***.

Big deal. He sprayed the kid. The kid probably thought it was awesome.

actually, i think the NHL stepping in and purchasing one of its own teams is "an embarrassment to the NHL" there shouldn't be an NHL team in arizona. period.

Wow, my timetable was off, but otherwise, I'm good.

Repeatedly cross-checking a guy must now be within the rules too! Nice!

Doesn't hurt that Fleury is almost as overrated as Fatso.

Didnt u hear crosby signs things without pens...

I miss Hasek. Having him here was like a dream. I loved the Hasek/Osgood tandem. We had two excellent veteran, experienced, Stanley Cup-winning goaltenders who had nothing in the way of ego problems and got along fantastically. It was wonderful, and I think it could only have happened with this organization.

Hudler will be "Little Ball of Happiness".

This is how I feel about it too.

That's because he was stopping. There's no rule that says you can't stop at the puck, or even "stop it in." The only thing the rule says is what we all know about a "distinct kicking motion." To me, that involves movement from the knee, or your foot moving at a different rate than the rest of you, not just repositioning your foot.

So, you say he was trying to kick it to his stick? But it missed? So he wasn't trying to kick it into the net? So the puck accidentally REDIRECTED OFF HIS FOOT INTO THE NET?! OH. EM. GEE.

Crosby hate is suffocating here. Sheesh. Guess what: He acts like a 22 year old put in a highly stressful situation. He's a human being who gets frustrated, angry, all sorts of bad emotions! And he's a pretty boring interview (like 99% of athletes). He's also a beast of a hockey player. He's gotten better every year. He also works his ass off to hold onto the puck, get in good positions, etc etc. He may not have the best attitude, but he clearly has a passion for hockey and he's beyond talented. Ignore the childish actions of someone who's barely an adult and just admire the way he plays. You'll get over it. If you've watched the Pitt-Ottawa series with your hate glasses off, you might have realized why he gets all the accolades he does. On-topic: If I got a free shot, it'd be at Pronger (extremely talented guy, but he's vicious). If my punchee was allowed to fight back, I wouldn't take a swing at anyone in the league

I'd bet we've seen Williams' end in Detroit. Abs simply is better.

Annd I just used up my quota of + votes in this tread.

Speaking for myself, I'm not jealous of Crosby. We have very talented guys on our team that surprise, surprise.......no one wants to punch in the face. We have gold medalists and Stanley Cup champs as well, so it's not like we're all pining for that either. Frankly, he comes off like a whiny brat. The bitching to refs every other whistle, the dives, the after-the-whistle pushing and shoving, the apparent sense of entitlement as you put it....put it all together and you have a talented, but completely unlikeable person. I don't think anyone here, least of all myself has said he's NOT talented, because he is. He obviously wouldn't have achieved what he did in such a short period of time if he wasn't any good. So that's not in question. His attitude is, and for me, that goes a long way. Put Crosby in a Wings uniform and everyone would love him (after getting over the initial strokes and heart attacks that would follow the announcement) because within 5 minutes of being in our system, he'd get put in his place and told that in no uncertain terms, would we put up with it. Suddenly you'd see the humble, quiet and Yzerman-like Crosby. We'd all be wearing #88 jerseys and naming our first born sons Sidney. That's the difference between OUR team and everyone else.

This deserves more than just a regular facepalm.

From the Chris Pronger's Handy Book of Hockey Physics: Snow and ice are really just frozen water. When ice and snow melt, they turn into water. The body is 98% water. When you sweat, you lose water. The kid was probably hot in that outfit, and was probably sweating. Ovi was just returning what the kid had lost. It's physics.

I know the playoffs aren't suppose to affect the voting, but I think the voting is always affected by it... I think it will all depend on this first round, if Buffalo can come back and win their series (not likely), I think Myers wins it, if not, regardless of other outcomes, Jimmy wins it... in my opinion, he deserves it regardless, that's just what I think WILL happen...

i totaly agree that that is what lead to there fold, but how else would they get nhl caliber players to join there teams.

must have thought, no point in having a team if hudlers gone.