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I go by rounds I guess... Not really going to jump on a bandwagon. When the Wings aren't in the playoffs, I more so root for teams to lose. TOR and PIT losing would be great.

Ottawa is such a dumpster fire. lol

FIFY Also, best by a mile.

Teams just have to shut down their top 3-4 forwards and they become average fast. Andersen often has to stand on his head. Compare Andersen's shots against total in 60 games to Howard's in 55. Jimmy faced 250 shots less on a much worse team standings wise. A contender can't let that much rubber hit the net if they hope to win. Or their goalie pulls an '03 Giguere.

Since Jan 1st of this year the Leafs have been a painfully 'average' team, and I cannot fathom how they'll win a series - let alone 1 game this playoffs.

True, I probably give them too much credit. They have barely any D and a goalie that may fall apart again. Boston is in their heads too after last year.

Weed?

In response to the bold - I'd say that they're a 'good team'...$5 says Babcock is gone if they're knocked out in 4, or 5 games.

Seeing the curse of '67 continue is something I look forward to yearly. Especially now that they have a great team, it even sweeter. Every second person is a Leafs fan here. "Next year were gonna win it, watch!!" hahaha

Jets. Only Canadian team I don't completely despise. Boston i'm rooting for too, just until they knock out the Leafs.

Tampa. Yzerman wins a Cup and is rewarded for what he's done for that franchise.

I'm pulling for the peg

Red Wings' draft lottery position to be decided on Tuesday [DetroitRedWings.com]

Exactly why we need Stevie Y in the worst way. Tired of the overpaid wing for life nonsense. Perform or cut bait.

I don't know why, but I really want the Blues to a cup

If it were up to Ken Holland I would probably agree. However, I think that decision will be Steve Yzerman's to make, and as we've seen in Tampa, he has no problem making tough decisions getting rid of players, no matter how long they've been with the organization or what they've done in the past. Martin St. Louis spent his whole career in Tampa (minus a few games at the beginning of his career in Calgary), and Yzerman shipped him off to New York, because his team was heading in a different direction. If he can do that with a future Hall-of-famer, I'm sure he'd have no problem doing it with a scrub like Abdelkader...

Yeah, it's getting very frustrating. He has the speed to beat every defender in the league wide, but he chooses to (try to) go through them rather than around them every f***ing time... He's done it successfully, what? 4 or 5 times maybe? That would still only put him at a 0.7% success rate...

If I see AA try and fail to deke around a defender one more time, I think I'm gonna start legit hating him.

"so calm down"... It really is too bad that you didn't get the "pleasure" of watching your team lose... Not a single person thinks this team is a lock to make the playoffs next season. Certainly not based on a two week stretch. I do think we're headed in the right direction though, and I think we'll see improvement from last season to next.

Yes. You can retain up to 50% of the cap hit on any contract in a trade, regardless how long the contract is.

That 250K is for 'truculence'. The 8 year max (7 years for UFA) will be a bone of contention in the next cba...I can see the BoG wanting both to be lowered by 2 years each.

The 1st million = for the 20 pts or so he contributes The 2nd million = for the grit he provides, making the team harder to play against The 3rd million = for his gumption and remaining intangibles that can't be quantified The 4th million = for his leadership, which is why he has an A on his sweater The remaining 250K is overpayment though yes, but it's not much

No, I highly doubt it. It doesn't really make sense to buy-out a player with 4 years remaining if you're not in desperate need for cap space. You don't want a but-out on the cap for 8 years. The only way I see Abdelkader ever being bought out is if in a couple years (in the final year or two of his contract), we're turning the corner to be a contender and need the cap space to sign a free agent. I would buy-out the final year of Daley's contract though. He's been terrible and we need the roster spot.