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It's my birthday and I have things to do and places to be so I did not wait for the morning skate to see if Datsyuk and Kronwall are in but let's hope for good things!

Because if there's anything Jimmy has proven, it's an ability to beat the Sharks in big games..........................oh wait that's not true.

Cool shoutout to the Knitting Lady.

Theo Moudakis, Toronto Star, 25/03/2015.

I'm not the hero you want. I'm the hero you deserve.

I heard "Don't Stop Believing" on my drive to work. I'll interpret that as a good omen

I haven't gotten to watch a lot of games the second half of the season, but I just can't imagine what Weiss did so badly to justify being permanently benched. Not every player can be 100% defensively sound at all times. We're close to becoming (if we haven't already become) the Minnesota Wild of the '00s, defense-first, score only when the other goalie screws up. Babcock really irritates me in this regard. Weiss had the reputation of a hard-working, reliable guy. Whatever his problems were, Babcock has hardly used him in the top six role that he's actually capable of playing. At the very list put him on an offensive third line. There is no reason Weiss should be sitting while Andersson plays. Datsyuk coming back will be huge, and missing Kronwall and Cole is going to hurt. I'd say call up Marchenko instead of using Kindl.

Sooo Cole to miss 5-6 games then

I didn't say anything to the contrary. lol I'm just not going to pretend his retiring was anything but a legal maneuver.

excellent job on the GDT!! LOVE the throwback Thursday Sharks lines! Great work! Wings will respond with the same level of zeal, and filet the Guppies. Sorry, Todd McC, you shoulda never left us. I dreamed that Tater got a hattie. Make it so, hockey gods! LGRW!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JERSEY WING!!

Datsyuk should be playing with Pulkkinen, not with two other centers, neither of whom is good offensively. And Pulkkinen is better off in GR than playing with Andersson. Andersson will only hinder his development. Not sure why he's centering our two best snipers. I hope these are not Babcock's actual lines.

haha nice Man I hope we get this win. HAPPY THOUGHTS!

I have a friend who is. The person below me had unusual ideas of what birth looked like before they knew what really happens. (When I was five, I thought babies emerged from the mother's mouth).

Not sure how many people know this, but the dot in the "I" in the Islanders logo is supposed to be where Nassau Coliseum is. I'm guessing they'll have to change that placement as well.

Word. I just list Buffalo because it's the nearest NHL city. Ontario county here

It's a young team, who were comfortably in a playoff spot. They took the foot off of the gas during a time when other teams battling for the playoffs/playoff positioning are stepping up their game for the home stretch of the season. That combined with a few key injuries has led to an absolutely slump. I'm confident they'll get things going good again some playoff time (hopefully before the season ends). Last year they s*** the bed and had nothing left when the playoffs started. Hopefully this slump just means they are getting it out of the way. My only concern is how inconsistent Howard has been. He doesn't have much time to get back into form. Will be very bad if he can't find it all while Mrazek is sitting on the bench every game.

Hahahah.I cannot comment or speculate. But yes. That's exactly what happened.

But remember that one ga.....he had that one goa.......yea...yea. you're right.

SimonSin would have been a better choice

My first thought: That poor girl! (referring to the mother) My mother's first thought: I'm glad that didn't happen to me! My sister's first thought: They're going to have to detail that car.

http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/03/25/tampa-bay-lightning-reunite-soldier-fiancee

To be fair it does if you want to make the playoffs

Even if we have a chance, I'm not really interested in spending the $7 million or whatever it would take to sign him to a long-term deal. Besides, if Babcock is still coach he might roll something like this... Kovalchuk-Glendening-Miller/Andersson

*Obligatory "Get er done, Kenny" post*