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I know what you mean, an example of this could be Ottawa. The Sens probably won't have much else going for them this year, but with Chris Neil, Zack Smith, Zenon Konopka, and eventually Matt Carkner in their lineup, they won't be getting pushed around. At the same time, Chicago is a contending team, and we saw them pick up Dan Carcillo and Jamal Mayers, instead of finesse forwards that would have definitely produced more offense, such as Sergei Samsonov, who was available. Los Angeles is a contending team that we saw get Ethan Moreau as opposed to a guy like Brunnstrom (who was available at the time, as well), who clearly has more offensive potential. In addition, Kevin Westgarth just signed a 2-year extension with them. I don't think the GM of a contending team would waste a roster spot and cap space on someone they didn't feel helped the team.

I'm changing it up a bit this season and NOT going with a monthly "featured" player (at least for this month, depending on feedback). Oftentimes the addition of a player messes with the layout when adjusting for other aspect ratios, or I have a rough time finding a nice, high-resolution picture to use. I hope you like this year's edition! Widescreen: 1920x1200 | 1920x1080 | 1680x1050 |1440x900 | 1366x768 | 1280x800 4:3: 1600x1200 | 1400x1050 | 1280x960 | 1280x1024 Enjoy!

You forgot to mention Lilja going to the Flyers.

I will definitely be there. Heading to denver for saturday's game right after. Should be an epic weekend

Adding a little bit here.... Bruno's number for the season will be 76, short of 96 this what he was allowed to wear. If 15 was good 76 better be 5 times better....plus 1.

Like I said, tell that to all the GM's in the NHL who have enforcers on their roster. For that matter, tell it to Babcock, who dressed guys like Brad May and Aaron Downey, in favor of more talented players in the minors. I'm sure Babcock did it for ratings, though. That doesn't explain anything. Most teams in the league have some kind of tough guy. Are they all having trouble filling seats? For instance, I don't think the Pens are having trouble drawing fans, and they dressed Godard a lot in the past, and recently signed MacIntyre. Chicago dresses John Scott on their blueline, who skates as well as I do. Are they struggling to fill the United Center? Those teams certainly don't suck. Neither do the Bruins, who dress Thornton a lot, or the Capitals, who frequently play Erskine. I've never heard of a team owner telling the GM and coach to sign a tough guy just to put people in the seats. Not at the NHL level and certainly not nowadays. Are you making this stuff up? I just don't believe it.

The difference is Franzen is on our team Crosby is like Tom Brady, people just like to hate him.

crymson...this has been going on for like two years now. you read every lines thread i start..........then you post about 10 times in each lines thread, letting us all know how much you hate lines threads, how pointless they are, how stupid they are, and how stupid all of us are for liking them..........and then you post about 10 more times in each thread, making personal attacks and picking fights with whoever will bite. come on now, it's getting old. if you really hate lines threads so much, why do you post in them more than anyone on the board (including me)? could it possibly be that you love being a jerk and harrasing strangers on the internet more than you hate lines threads??

You mean when Gillies did a headshot to Tangradi and didnt fight him? And got a huge suspension as well... I think youre in the wrong thread on that one Mccaarty on Lemiuex Downey on Laperriere May on Boll Downey beating the crap out of Matt Walker (mightve been DJ King) for beating up Franzen Theres lots of times if people really wanna stop and think about it instad of just typing oh it never happens. Not saying you specifically but in general Both of those situations werent even fights lol Bertuzzi was a 90 point superstar player at the time he did that, did the definition of enforcer change since I last posted on here?

What a game these past two have been! We should be able to light up A.J. tomorrow but you never know in the post season.

Don't you know? It wasn't enough. He was required to man up and fight Bertuzzi, late in the game after it was well out of hand, when Bertuzzi was stalking him around the ice trying to get him to fight. When Moore refused, Bertuzzi had every right to puch him in the back of the head and follow that up by driving him face-first into the ice, causing severe injuries that would end his career. I wonder this with regards to that incident but... why don't people defend McSorley for doing essentially the same thing, but less? He chased Brashear around the ice looking for a fight. He tried to tap him with his stick on the shoulder, and bounced it off his helmet. Brashear dropped to the ice. McSorley was effectively given a lifetime ban by the NHL, and also was sentenced to 18 months probation for assault. Can someone, someone who loves enforcers, tell me which incident was more worthy of a lifetime ban and an assault charge? Why? I'd love to hear the logic.

He actually signed a 2 way deal so if he goes down to the AHL, he will avoid having to pass through waivers. This is a great deal for both the Wings and Brunnstrom.

Hockeytown Arena? No? Well, the good thing is it hopefully won't be a shared arena with the Pistons.

No arena in the NHL has better sight lines than the Joe. Just ask the Sharks fans - there is an actual rule that you can't lean forward because you'll block others sight. A new arena will not be as good because of the suites. Cheap seats will suffer. Bank on it. So the Joe is not as sparkly as other arenas - I go there to watch a game, not shop or "dine" or be seen, and the Joe is the best place for that. Americans have no respect for history. Tiger Stadium, the oldest open-air park in the world, was left to molder and eventually be torn down. I think that's just pitiful. What if Italians just tore down the Coliseum or the Sistine Chapel because they were too old? No one back then thought they'd be standing thousands of years later. Not that I think the Joe is on par with these treasures, but it really is a monument to great planning. I'll take the run-down Joe with it's gray columns and outhouses in the smoking area over a brand-new, sparkly testament to bigger, better, faster any day.

Because they are cheap and can fill out a roster and have younger players develop in the minors a year or two longer. Players fight because they feel either themselves or their teammates were wronged in some way. Some fights are also staged. Downey fighting Lappy is an instance where a fighter fought a player who injusticed his teammate. Downey also didn't prevent this injustice. Abby trying to Mac was an instance where Abby felt there was an injustice done on him and he wanted to get back at that player. Datsyuk fought because Perry is an annoying ***** ad he was tired of him running his mouth. The fights that need to stop are the ones that happen after a clean hit.

I'd like to see the Joe Louis name find its way into the name if the new arena does in fact get done, but if it does not I'd prefer that the arena have a name that is more Michigan esque. If they try to spruce up the JLA name then how about... Gordie Howe Rink @ JLA Steve Yzerman Rink @ JLA I know the Milwaukee Admirals off the top of my head actually have a name for the rink itself even though it is located within the Bradley Center. I believe it is called the Jane Bradley Petit Rink or something along those lines.

TSN is reporting 2 regular season games. Many other suspensions have included the remainder of the preseason, so i'm a little puzzled by this, as well.

Bert :siren:

It'd be better if every player had their name transposed onto the ice under them and a blue circle around whoever had the puck. Would probably make the game easier to watch.

If the NHL gets serious about suspensions, which they FINALLY are, they don't need fighting anymore. I'm ok with fighting being banned. If I wanted to watch fighting, I'd watch the UFC.

WRONG AGAIN AGAIN. English is our national language. It's not our "official" language, but it IS our national language. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States To try and argue otherwise is just a waste of time. We speak English here in America. There are other languages, but the dominant language is English. There's no reason to make things more difficult then they have to be. I would bet that the large majority of these young foreign players want to assimilate into our culture, and would goff at someone stressing about whether their name was being pronounced right or not by Darren Pang. Give me a break. Nyquist. You're Nyquist. Not Nyee-ka-vist or Nee-ka-wist or anything else. You're Nyquist. Period. And by the way, why is he not going to make the team? He's a snipe.

There was hardly any time left on the clock, for starters. Second, why the motivation to go after MacArthur if he didn't feel like there was foul play? They aren't comparable.

How about Ceasers palace oops already taken

I think this post is as divorced from sense as your ideas about hockey often are, albeit with a substantial dose of outright delusion on top.

i'd say a WCSF loss to the sharks is a good bet.