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They should have gone back to these, IMO.

Oh, my God, I LOL'd when I saw this in my Twitter feed.

some of you guys take holland's media quotes way too seriously

They start training them early

Yikes. Where'd this team learn how to blow a lead, I mean...oh.

My daughter mentioned to me that a plane with Boston media heading back to Boston heard a baby crying in the back and then the pilot coming on the PA asking why Sidney Crosby was on the plane. Don't know if it's true

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=672983&navid=DL|NHL|home

^ Fight! Fight! esteef

What worked for me - although it took them two operations to figure it out - is fusion of the 3rd and 4th vertebrae, with screws and stuff put in. They tried a laminectomy first and that just made it worse. The nerves are now free to do their thing and I have had no back pain whatsoever since January. I'd like to think they've looked at all possibilities, but OF COURSE I could have given this information if they'd just called. But neeeuuuoooooo...!

3-1 Griffins!!!! WHOO HOOOO

2-1 Griffs!

Boston is like a walking zombie, terrorizing the NHL right now. Down two goals with a minute and a half left against the Leafs, they shouldn't even be alive right now.

Not backwards. Faceoff style.

Agreed. Central Scouting's 2013 final rankings has 8 WHL players projected for the first round, compared to the USHL's 2 (and none in the top 20). Small sample size, I know but still worth noting.

If I wasn't posting from my phone, the "I've never been more aroused" gif would be making an appearance right now. But to stay on topic, I can't think of another player that makes me sit back and say WOW like Dats does. SO glad he's ours for a little while longer!

Many keep praise on B's forwards,but Chara and Seindenberg impressed me the most.

lol @ iginla screwing over Boston, karma sucks buddy. also marks the 4 year anniversary of the worst sports moment of my life...

I'll try to hit on all of these. Firstly, he didn't just say the player has an agent and may want to test the market. Pasha has already stated if he's playing in the NHL it's going to be Detroit, and he's the one sitting here saying he wants a contract. Different story. Holland says this; No, I don't think they are very close because they haven't talked contracts during this whole season. Holland has said all season that he's met with Pasha's agent once and they said they would discuss everyone before he left for Russia during the off season. I think the majority of the hate towards that comment is that you shouldn't have to say, "I got other options" towards one of your alternative captains, none the less a generational talent that has given you everything he has. I don't know where you're getting the "It's just the Holland haters finding anything and everything!!!" It's a dumb comment to say, especially publicly to the media. All he should've and could've said was exactly what you stated, "we'll see how everything goes, but obviously this is our main priority in having him around here for more years because of everything he's done. we'll sit down and make sure the contract makes sense for both Pavel and the franchise in the future." And no, i'm the furthest from a Holland hater, i'm normally the one defending him around here, it's just that you don't say that towards a core player and someone whom is regarded as an alternative captain for your team. As for your article stating he wants a deal done by July 5th, it was published the same day as the freep and MLive articles. It's just a journalist excluding quotes and stating what he believes himself. Every quote from the same day out of Hollands mouth didn't say anything about getting it done asap on July 5th. Now mind you, all of this can be taken out of context and Holland could be speaking on behalf of Pasha having options. The problem I have with that is; (1) you have your star player asking to get more years with the franchise (2) he's stated that the only NHL team he'll play for is Detroit or he'll go to the KHL. http://www.freep.com/article/20130531/SPORTS05/305310080 3:25 PM, May 31, 2013 http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2013/05/pavel_datsyuk_says_he_wants_to.html on May 31, 2013 at 10:45 PM, updated May 31, 2013 at 11:54 PM http://sports.yahoo.com/news/datsyuk-hopes-sign-deal-red-000639700--nhl.html The Associated Press – Fri, May 31, 2013 8:06 PM EDT As for Lidstrom being a generational one of a kind, but Pavel not? It just doesn't make sense to me. Lidstrom played unreal defense and contributed offensively while excelling at both. Pavel is one of the best playmakers in the game, the slickest hands the league has seen, and regarded as one of the best 2-way players to play the game. You can't replace Pavel, he's a one of a kind. They're both generational talents and to say one is while the other isn't just doesn't make sense to me.

So you'd prefer a guy who "tries to make plays" but succeeds less than the guy who is perceived to not be trying? Those 25% and 100% ... is there any way to substantiate that, or is that just your perception? I'll take the guy who puts up the numbers, you can have the guy who tries really, really hard ... perhaps someday the NHL will give out Participation Trophies and Burrows will get recognized for all that production while playing with, not one, but two of the NHL's perennial high scorers.

Based on the teams that are left, I will hate with a passion whoever wins it all. (Oh yeah, I busted out the bold fire brick color for that one). CHI - Pretty obvious reasons even before the Wings lost that bitterly contested 7-game series. LA - If the Wings shouldn't be allowed to win back to back championships in this new age parity era then NO ONE should be able to anymore! Muhahaha!... BOS - F*** Boston sports teams and their dumbass fans and dumbass accents. Oh and f*** that city's allergy to a grid road system. I mean, seriously, what kind of moronic civil engineering is that bulls***?! You'd think that Harvard graduates would have more of a clue than that, ;-). PIT - Psh... No need for any explanation whatsoever. I refer you to the other organizations of the NHL that refer to them as classless and arrogant and yadda yadda. And fries don't belong inside a sandwich.

I think fair is 2 years 5 million! He will be back and will be better. Also he will get more ice time next season maybe beside datsyuk

Zeppelin -Celebration Day (both CDs)

Posted this one of me a couple years ago but is now a dead link and a lot of you probably know me better by now. I'm far right with the Yzerman jersey, grizzly looking guy in the middle is my buddy Matt and I think we all know who that man on the left is. This was taken late 2011, this is right in front of the doors to the Wings locker room.