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Guess Z will just have to go out and get himself another one this spring.

LOL

Idiots, would they rather have kids swinging sticks at each other instead?!

We have played one game since the deadline, and won. I hardly think our current position in the standings has much to do with the lack of trades at the deadline.

any kind of hit on letang is legal.

There's a reason us college hockey is so much chippier than chl hockey and it's because the only way to get back at someone for being chippy is to be chippy right back. I'd be interested in knowing how many people around here that grew up playing hockey are people who want to get rid of it. I can understand getting the goons out of the leagues, but fighting is in the game for a reason.

Anyone watching Costas tonight on NBC Sports? He's about to start talking to Bettman solely after the break. Bettman already said CBA negotiations has not even started. Makes me feel great about next year. Not. He's just so...what's the word, slimy. Costas already brought up him getting booed handing out the Cup...it was funny to watch him squirm about that. I'm not gonna recap the whole thing, but it is going to be rerun next as well.

Well, I'll be pissed if that's the case. I love the skill but love fights too. I don't want to watch the Wings in the OHL

Home ice should also translate into quite a bit more rest from travel, which isn't nothing but significant if home ice is Vancouver or San Jose..

man youve just been waiting to put up this post huh? lol

I don't think Franzen has been nearly as bad this season as many here seem to think. However I really miss those dominant performances by him, where he would completely own the game and be a danger everytime he's one the ice. Can't recall a single game like that by him this season.

Brutal but clean hit. What pisses me off more than anything, is that in the new NHL when a player gets rocked, the hitter is immediately sought after and play is stopped. It drives me absolutely crazy! What the hell happened to "remember" the hit and lay one back on him later on? It's to the point where I'd almost like to see a penalty called for the person that causes the stoppage for those reasons within 10 seconds of a hit.

I certainly remember the stories claiming he was "reconsidering" the possibility of moving to Sweden. He has done that for as long as he has been earning the larger contracts. Every contract year I have heard stories about this.

Even Bylsma said Letang put himself in that position by poke checking at the puck last second. Said he would rather have him play along the boards there instead. f*** Milbury. The more I hear him talk the more I despise him.

Lidstrom has played games in the past about "oh, I might move back to Sweden" Even the perfect human is all about the dollars. To think otherwise is naive.

Or it could be that Stuie is just a decent guy who realizes that he could have to move at the drop or a hat, and that it is important for a child to be with her father, and he's doing the decent thing. More power to him.

It's actually a lot less of a chance than that. Just because 7 out of 25 teams since its induction have won the President's Trophy have also won the Stanley Cup has nothing to do with the actual percentage that that particular team would win the playoffs that year. Since it's a lot of math and since each series has a number of different outcomes in terms of probability, I won't explain it all, but just trust me when I say that it is definitely not a little more than a 1 in 4 chance that a team is going to win the Stanley Cup just based on history of who has won both in a single season. Sorry, nerd moment for the night. I get where you are coming from though. Based on history, it does indicate that a little over 25% of the teams that won the President's Trophy have also won the Cup that season, but it's not a cause and effect thing in terms of the playoff format.

Then Tim Thomas refuses to acknowledge that the trophy even exists.

Can't wait to hear the "Fire Wilson" chants the next time the Leafs are at home. This is new for the Leafs, usually they stink it up and then make a run at the playoffs and miss. This year they had a playoff spot all year until there recent stretch and now there probably not gonna make it, again.

Home ice is the only thing that matters. Nobody's gonna be bragging about a Presidents' Trophy. Well, maybe 'nucks fans since they're that desperate.

Good to see one of our top players become the whipping boy. All the years of idiots bitching about scrubs of marginal impact was getting stale. I thought about interjecting some rationality, but decided it would be pointless. Those who want to hate Franzen will do so regardless. They'll overstate his flaws, downplay or outright dismiss his strengths. Once he goes on another hot streak you'll all go back to jerking off to his picture while burning Ericsson in effigy. Goal and assist tonight. On pace for 30+ goals, and career highs in assists and points. Yeah, such awful depreciation.

Who asked you to lower your expectations? It might be a good start to set out some realistic expectations though. I know this team has a shot to win every year, some years more then others but even my undersized brain knows it's not going to happen every year. For the first time in 20 years this team has to look ahead at the big picture with impending retirements and free agents leaving. Most teams arent good enough to plan for the future as well as make a run at the cup, its usually either one or the other. If I was a new fan to hockey and logged on this site today you would think we were in 11th in the conference and trying to make a run at the playoffs.

I'd give you a neg too but I'm all out of negs after negging you so much

No. I say that without any hesitation because they are currently #26 in the league in GFA. A team that doesn't score isn't going to go very far. They also have played more games than the Wings and have more shootout and loser points. Despite playing 2 games more than the Wings, their ROW is 3 less than the Wings. That's a 5 game swing in ROW out of only 30 or so games played. Sure they are great defensively but they are 29th worst in the league in Shots against/game. So they are poor in offense and give up tons of shots. They are depending totally on goaltending and have gotten 4 "extra" points for shootout wins plus they have played more games. You have to look beyond the headlines especially in a league that gives points for losing as well as extra points for a skills competition if the game is tied. As far as Danny Heatley, he has 22 points in 33 games. That's not exactly great. Uh. Sorry but No. They are near the bottom of the league in scoring.

"Deke-you-sir"? I bet Datsyuk likes that name.