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Please score more than two goals.

Do u really have us in the wrong division?

Unfortunately I was unable to watch the game after the first period. But seeing Vancouver only register 20 shots and the ginger twins get shut down and split up seems like a good start to me

I think we should target a stay at home dman. Ideally that is Girardi due to RH shot but doesn't have to be. We really need to be subtracting Quincey rather than Smith and we can DEFINITELY afford to trade our 1st this year with the plethora of prospects jammed in the pipeline. Franzen isn't worth much due to the contract length despite the cap hit - and we are screwed if he retires (compliance buyout). Edler is very expensive because he is on a great contract and is a top 2 defender on a team that needs him. I would prefer to do something like: 1st 2014 + 2nd 2015 + Quincey for Girardi at the trade deadline if NYR are out of the playoffs and can't re-sign all their guys under the cap. EDIT: Also no interest in Booth anywhere near this team.

Personally I find what Varlamov is accused of to be even more reprehensible than vehicular manslaughter. Someone who commits manslaughter had no intention of harming anyone, generally its a death as the result of an accident. If Varlamov did the things he is accused of, its not an accident but a willful act intended to hurt a woman. There are 2 sides to every story though and he has the right to defend himself so I'll wait until all the facts are out before casting any judgement on him.

Bottom line for me--we don't know what happened. Varlamov is innocent until proven guilty, and FOR GOD DAMN SURE so is his significant other.

Smells like a French thing to me.

I would build a sophisticated robot with the speed, strength, size, and cognitive subroutines necessary to perform superlatively on the ice. It would dominate the opposition and never tire. That's what I would do.

I don't know what I would do, but I want to see Nyquvist, Helm, and Tatar making up our third line at some point this season.

Yes, this. This, this, this. Datsyuk and Zetterberg are, right now, about as good as they're going to be from here on out. Alfredsson is here and he's awesome and ludicrously motivated. Howard is in fine form. Ericsson is good enough that he can play top-pairing minutes or drop down to the second pairing and be really, really good - so, point being, it's not like adding a high-end defenseman would give us only two really good defensemen (which, I admit, probably wouldn't be worth it). It'd give us three studs plus DeKeyser, and that's a potentially Cup-winning top four, unlike what we have now (yeah, we're gonna win it all with Smith-Quincey getting pretty big minutes. Excuse me while I barf.) Or, if we wanna go for a scoring forward - go for it, Ken! We need all the scoring help we can get! Do it! This team is nowhere good enough to be a legitimate Cup contender. I'm starting to feel bad for Alfie. Do you see us beating the Pens in a best-of-seven? Boston? I think even the Leafs would thump us, and, ick, that's a new and extremely unpleasant notion. Or, let's say we come out of the East. Do we beat the 'hawks or Sharks or even the Avs? OK, maybe the Avs. But it'd probably be close, and Mule would have to be the real Mule, which we can't really count on. "Well, two things, Robert." Go ahead. "First, we took the Blackhawks to seven games last season." I think we got a bit...well, I don't want to say lucky. I'll put it this way: I don't see us doing that again. We were just obscenely incredible for that three-game stretch, and the 'hawks were not themselves during that time. They got their crap together, Brendan Smith existed, and we ended that series on an incredibly terrible, madly disappointing, searingly sour note. "OK, fair enough. But, the second thing is, we're in the middle of a big transition phase; we should be satisfied with just making the playoffs." Booooooo!!! We're the Red Wings. It's Cup or bust every season, no excuses. And Daniel Alfredsson, who some believe is God Himself, chose the Wings over the Bruins for His final push. So, win the Cup or go to Hell. (No pressure.) /weekly rant

I am glad he feels happy with TWO good chances.

There seemed to be some good chemistry brewing last game on the third line, im hoping tn our stars aswell as our secondary scoring picks up.

We're 13st overall in the nhl. Woo! LGW

I like your thinking, jimmy. Also, it just occurred to me that Lidstrom - Pronger would have resulted in a dozen Cups. I am very sad that this never happened, even if Pronger is a godforsaken ****** (and he is) and a sworn eternal enemy (and he is).

Giroux and Pronger. And Crosby.

I've had friends screwed over on both sides of the issue- abuse victims who weren't helped and also victims of a judicial system that can (emphasis on can) be so to-the-letter anal that a crime is prosecuted where none existed. Considering that what everything I've heard is conflicting, I'll wait for the movie. (IOW wait to see how it ends and get the short version) I still say people need to learn how to defend themselves. This is not in any way blaming the victims; it is merely noting that assaults occur and need to be handled. Although the legal system is there for dealing with things after the fact, a good weapon and/or self-defense class helps during the attack itself. It may not be advisable every time, but it's good to be prepared. When confronted by a goalie, go five-hole. Hard.

The plural of anecdote is not data. What happened to your friend is an absolute miscarriage of justice, but don't kid yourself into believing that what happened to him is the norm across the country, because it's not.

I actually think this makes more sense from the Avs perspective. In the long term at least. Downey is a pending UFA and the Avs have a number of key RFAs to resign at the end of the year. Talbot is a good bottom 6 guy who can play center or wing and is on a reasonable salary for the next few years. They obviously didn't have plans to resign Downey so they flipped him for a piece that can contribute now. Like almost any trade concerning a pending UFA, team with UFA = short term bonus, team with non-UFA = long-term bonus. Have to consider more than just the names. Trades are made for financial reasons as much as they are for performance reasons

Well if you want to look good by comparison, a good strategy would be to get the puck to Cleary...

A exchange of dummies.

When in doubt...

I never appreciated Alfredsson as a true hockey star. When I saw these first 14 games I easily understand why he was so beloved in Ottawa. He is an old version of Zetter with better shot. Excellent hockey IQ comparable with that of Dats.

If this is in bad taste, apologies, I mean no offense and he's innocent until proven guilty.... but, The avs are beating every one this year, including their families.

With the way the Wings are playing right now, the alumni showdown sounds much more appealing!