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Both teams are already better than the Islanders.

Just thought I could share it as it perfectly sums up whats illegal and what's not (note rafalski is subjected to an illegal hit and franzen delivers an illegal hit ) http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/rule_changes_explained/

it's a gentlemen's league. "Here, you can have the puck it's icing sire." "I would like to take you out to dinner after the game, please accept this invitation" "I'm sorry mr. O' Halloran, but my butt was not in his face, I was merely showing him my new pads!"

Not really. He was aiming at Samuelsson.

Yeah. No injuries please. How about.... I hope the Wings have such an absurdly high point advantage that they can afford to simply rest the starters for a week and let all the prospects get ice time.

Now if the CBC can just limit the amount of "Cherry" theyll be all set.

Also interesting that they can't make rude/threatening gestures.

Nope blindside hit with most contact to head = illegal.

I think video explains is all the changes a little better. No, but really. I agree. I hate make up calls too. Those type of things take away the enjoyment of the game. I don't want a team to win because of some stupid call be the Wings or not.

2 goals for Sebastien Piche lately, he seems to be good on offense and if he fix his defensive errors he could end up in detroit in a few years. I like his name too

Here's my pictures from Day 2. Lots more of the players came out to sign. I got to watch some of the scrimmage and practices too. Downey was looking faster than he has before and much sharper on the puck. Out of the prospects/younger guys, Owens is definitely one to watch. When he signed for me, I said that I liked his goal from yesterday, and he replied, "I had one today too. Did you see that one?" Tatar is also doing really well. Franzen went skates first into the boards during the scrimmage, and I had bad flashbacks from early last season, but he slowed down before he hit the boards. The Z-D-H line is looking really good--can't wait to see them in action. More to come tomorrow. I'll add video tonight too from the scrimmage.

With a comment like that, how long have you been a Red Wings fan? Two years?

Could this be a stunt to get Draper's $1.5 mil off the books for a little while and open up space for Miller and Ritola to battle it out while Drapes sits on the IR?

...People are starting to talk about future lines in the thread...and I can't help myself...sorry! I'm talking about around 2015 here, so I'm not including 35+ yr olds. FORWARDS: Holmstrom(37), Bertuzzi(35), Modano(40), Draper(39) Zetterberg(29)-Datsyuk(32)-Cleary(31)...takes over Homer's role? Hudler(26)-Filppula(26)-Franzen(30) Tatar(19)-Nyquist(21)-Sheahan(18) Andersson(21)-Helm(23)-Abdelkader(23) Mursak(22) ...several close cuts here: Ferraro(19), Eaves(26), Miller(26), Ritola(23). DEFENSEMEN: Lidstrom(40), Rafalski(36), Salei(35). Smith(21)-Kronwall(29) Kindl(23)-Stuart(30) Ericsson(26)-Lashoff(20) Almqvist(19) GOALIES: Osgood(37). Howard(26) McCollum(20) Larsson(24)?

In related news, corn dog vendors have already been spotted heading towards Traverse City...

Hmmm...we're pregnant with a girl; can a girl be named Lilja? Lilja May Lowell? My wife is seriously contemplating "Stevie". She adores Yzerman. (But who doesn't) Edit: WHat happenned to the negs? You could just neg me if you didn't like it instead of hijacking an entire thread with replies. Sorry.

Swede D pair and North American D pair! I like it. A lot. * I miss Lilja, though.

Priming Kronner to be the #1 of the future. I've always been partial to the idea of having a puck-moving, offensive defenseman with a more hard-nosed one.

We just did a segment in Economics today about violence in hockey and a montage was played. There were several of us cheering when Lemieux went down. The prof was not thrilled.

Well, that sucks.