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He's got 10 games to make up for.

they had catchy tunes... Keep Trollin' Trollin' Trollin' UH!

Witkowski v. Haley -- Hugfest Witkowski v. Haley 2: Electric Boogaloo -- Slightly less huggy Glendening v. Ekblad -- Legit fight. Both got good shots in, but Glenny had more Aside from that, boring game. Wings look good overall, though. Z ended his goal drought. Snipkid is snakebit. Jimmy has been solid tonight.

Witkowski looks like a gritty reboot Santa Claus.

Stick to the Detroit River and the Great Lakes that we're used to.....

Hey now, it's the best we have right now.

Meanwhile in Pittsburgh... yep, that's Tinky

for those unsure about Larkin's nickname it's D-BO$$

you need streams? We've got streams, yo!

Fla's Sin bin's full 3 fights so far

I know. It's slightly riskier, but drafting ain't a guarantee either.

Sowing the seeds for the next great NHL rivalry. Florida-Detroit. I thought they were cracking down on whacks to the hand...?

Spelled thusly, with two "$" for a second salary of his MONEY. Z

Which proves that the NHL can fail or succeed (or in some cases both) just about anywhere. Every successful NHL city started without a team. I'm sure there were traditionalists who scoffed at the first wave of expansion in '67. Nobody cares about hockey in LA or St Louis or Pittsburgh or Oakland! And yet here we are 50 years later and only one of those teams failed (California). And when given a 2nd chance, the Bay area has proven to be a successful NHL market with the Sharks. And the one that everyone thought was a "hockey market" (Minnesota) ended up relocating. You just never know. Kansas City metro area is over 2 million people, similar population to Denver, Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill metro area. You would need less than 1% of the population to show up for games to sell out. St Louis is proof that the NHL could succeed there. Fun fact: Atlanta isn't the only city to lose 2 NHL teams. Both Montreal and Quebec City have as well. Believe it, or not.

FIGHHHT!!!

Of course Howard starts. Lol Called it after the last game. Well hopefully he does well tonight. Hopefully they all do. Hammer down!

I know why you wanna HYPE me...

YOU CANNOT STOP THE (pregame) HYPE!

You've taken away the 2 first rounders from the trade you were talking about. And it would cost more than Mantha and Nyquist. Think of Vanek in 2014. He cost the Islanders Moulson, a 1st and a 2nd - and he had only a half year left on his contract. So Karlsson would be quite a bit more than that. And then he wanted to test free agency after all and didn't sign with them. I'm sure that Holland will call as well (as he should), but I don't think it'd be worth while to trade so much for which will essentially be a year of him when we're not a contender and negotiating rights. Especially with his comment about getting what he's worth, I think he'll check out free agency (unless he has loyalty to Ottawa and is just trying to get the most from them).

LGRW!

12 v 9 in favor of Howard. 2 years ago we would have all voted for Mraz (except number9)

Santa? No. Satan? Yes.