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What? His post wasn't negative at all. It was pretty realistic. You saying Philadelphia will most likely seed higher than us was negative.

Watch out vanilla ice, there's a new dog in town, the San Jose sharks

What's last year have to do with this year? We were decimated by injuries last year and they finished ONLY one point ahead of us. Not to mention you said it the day we beat them pretty soundly lol. It was a negative comment, accept it. It's still early in the season but there is nothing to indicate the Flyers are even equal to the Wings, let alone better.

I understand now, the site looks that way because it reflects the type of consumer that cares about hockey fights?

Dear god no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not sure why anybody thinks it is dumb for a reporter to ask a hockey player about Nelson Mandela when said hockey player is attending a ceremony specifically to honor Nelson Mandela. If Justin Verlander attended Margret Thatcher commemoration night, and when asked said "Ms. Thatcher is the best player the WNBA has ever seen, and I loved watching her play when I was a kid", he would be a fool. As is Bernier, clearly.

Yep. 42 seconds. Or 46. Whenever the "chorus" started. I don't even want to scroll back up to verify the exact time...

I think the glory of the name usually follows the glory of the individual after a successful career. If Konstantinov was a soft lanky defensman who only played 10 games in the NHL, our heart-rates probably wouldn't rise today when we hear his name. Similarly, if Abdelkader had a career of taking down NHL heavyweights with one punch, and scoring goals, and wreaking havoc in the playoffs, I think his name would mean something quite different than it does to us now.

Good? Lets go with better. I've been preaching exactly what F Michael is saying for multiple seasons, so I don't know why you think I'm opposed to what he's saying. In fact I personally don't find anything he was saying negative. Have you developed a complex or something?

No way will Babcock coach this team if he has to learn to pronounce "Anthanasiou." He still has nightmares about Fill-a-poo-la.

Consider outcome of Madela's actions and (for instance) Washington's and you may understand you cannot suggest comparing these...

Tatar just screams winner. He led the Griffs to the championship and scored 20+ goals during that run, and the championship and won MVP. He seems destined to have the same results for the Wings. He just gets it.

Holy crap... Has his nameplate for the Jack Adams even come back from the engravers yet?

Everything about this sentence is blowing my mind

There are many here that still remember the 2002 Wings team that won the cup. They were #1 in the preseason rankings. In 2008 the Wings were #3 before the season started. Many analysts gave the nod to San Jose or the Rangers because they were so deep. Many Wings fans felt that those teams were "contending" teams. Before the season started here, many Wings fans were on the cusp of bailing on this team. No real significant signings in free agency. No changes to the personal. This team was ranked in the middle of the pack in the preseason and were going to possibly miss the playoffs. I loved the tanking thread by the way. Two months ago, this team was only going to be contending for a playoff spot. Its amazing to see what happens when the team is playing well and is healthy for the most part. Now, all of a sudden, shocked Wings fans are thinking this team can contend for the cup. Guess what? They can! The teams are so even that anyone who makes the playoffs can win the cup. Health, getting hot at the right time, and puck luck are all it takes to make it happen. I believe this team can challenge for the cup so long as they stay healthy, stay hot, and get those bounces that wins games (look at the Tatar goal against Carolina where it goes in off a defenseman's skate for instance).

Sigh. Here's McGrattan's fight card. Scroll down to the Orr portion. Please don't bring this argument up again. http://dropyourgloves.com/Fights/FightCard.aspx?League=&Player=6155&Season=&SortBy=Opponent

Here was my favorite: More here: http://imgur.com/a/tdIhQ

My boy? I have a long and very explicit hatred of fighting in hockey. That's well established around here. You're the one who loves fighting, but can't face up to the fact that Colton Orr consistently mashed McGrattan's face whenever they fought. Which is precisely why I bring it up. I have a hard time figuring why you enjoy fighting so much, but then idolize the second best fighter of his era. It's a little bit like if Scottie Pippen was your favorite Chicago Bull in the 90's.

By answering the way he did, Bernier pretty much just said, "I am completely ignorant as to who who this guy is & was too lazy to look up even the most basic of information on him. I am only here because I was offered free tickets to the game.". If only the reporter had responded with...

Right. Did he not google Mandela on the way to the event? Ohhhhh, you know what it is. He probably forgot to look it up, and couldn't on the way to the event because everbody knows that smart phones still don't exist in small provincial Canadian towns like Toronto.

The issue isn't really that he had no clue who Mandela was. While that is crazy to think, not totally unbelievable as a lot of these guys would have been totally focused on their crafts from a very young age...spending little to no time staying up on current events. So, he'd get a pass from me for not knowing. The issue I have is that he was attending a red carpet type event honoring an individual....you'd think he'd take a few minutes to understand the guy he was going to honor. On top of that, he made it worse by trying to make something up to avoid embarrassment.

Proof that speed and time-travel are connected. Because I have just seen the future of the Red Wings.

Actually it's completely fair. Besides I'm not sure what you're so jealous of. The Wild don't look great this year. Holy Hell...Cheer up dude!

Martin...St. Louis?

Didn't Winnipeg have to jump through hoops to get their team back? I recall the had to sell x amount of season tickets in advance for x amount of years to prove it would be a viable destination. Why not do that with Vegas, that way they can see before doing something dumb that it's something dumb, oh wait it's bettman we're talking about, he only sees the franchise fee $$$$