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Sorry man, fixing this so maybe people can read it easier.

Hudlers 11 game stretch had as much of an effect as Crosby's first half pace.

lol blue adams and his lines

homer too slow for 4th liner

I honestly feel that Homer gets the label as a guy who can't skate just because of the reputation he has as an immovable object infront of the net. In any case, he was the reason why we won game 6. Check out the two goals, including the game winner where he was clearly a main factor in front of the net. He's only a year removed from a 25 goal season in 68 games....though, admittidly, my argument doesn't bode well for his injury risk. but 7pts in 11 games this post season and a +7. +3 against the sharks. Hard to argue with that. 7pts in 12 games last year too. In any case, you'd be suprised on how many NHLers are bums for skaters. Really.

No thank you.

Jaromir Jagr

This

God no. I can't stand this philosophy on lines, where you have two guys who control the puck and the other sits in front of the net. It's like we're institutionally shorthanded.

Yeah I somewhat agree Homer and Bert on the top 2 lines doesn't work. Homer should hang em up and unfortunately we are stuck with Bert for one more year.

he can do everything you guys like him doing as a PP specialist. it's pretty rare for us to get to set up a cycle with him in front of the net in even strength situations anyways. if we ever find ourselves setting up the cycle with ease against a weak opponent, send him over the bench for some shifts on the top lines, sure.

someone please tell me why they think bertuzzi adds more to the team than, say, jan mursak?

No one is putting an All-time label on him now, but he's one of the few players in this generation that have the ability to do so. He's on the pace to be one. The NHL will suffer so very much if Crosby does not recover 100%. Crosby will be the reason the NHL will be successful league or fall back into the shadows

No, no they don't. Crosby is the best player in this era by a wide margin.

I like to eliminate factors that don't support my arguments too.

Pretty sure the goalies don't have as much impact as the first line center playing 20+ minutes.

I meant back up goalies*

Legalize medical marijuana. You cant OD on it even mixed with alcohol. This isnt always the solution, but in terms of long term pain and even some mental problems it can get the job done safely.

1 - he gets a labled as being a bad skater because he's a bad skater. 2 - he's the master of tipped pucks in front of the net, we all know that, and i'm not arguing that. but what about what happens with our top line on the other two thirds of the ice? playing defense. getting the puck into the zone. setting up the cycle (so he can get into his spot). if you really want to get the most out of him, take him off the top line, and make him a power play specialist (bertuzzi, on the other hand, can rot away as a healthy scratch until he decides to be an enforcer for all i care). 1 - we all know he's smart (/a great guy/hard-worker/etc/etc/etc). so is draper. so is maltby. so is modano. moving on. 2 - you can afford it if you like getting knocked out in the second round, i guess.

...am I alone in thinking that this whole we "must have a net-front presence - that is a bad skater and/or possesses limited offensive skills - on each scoring line" thing is starting to hurt the production of our top lines? and I'm not just talking about point-production either. it was almost laughable watching homer and bert trying to catch up with Heatley, Couture, Clowe, etc. on the back-check. I'd like to hear the board's thoughts on this. If I'm Babs/Holland, after re-signing or replacing Ericsson, I'm putting most of our available cap-space towards an elite top-six forward (leaving a little bit to resign Eaves, Miller or a more physical replacement). Then I'm rolling these lines, and scratching worthless Bertuzzi on most nights. Filppula-Datsyuk-Franzen Hudler-Zetterberg-*?* Cleary-Helm-Eaves/Miller/*?* Mursak-Abdelkader-Holmstrom Bertuzzi