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If you aren't a speed freak or don't have that, live life to the excess personality you would never understand driving that fast. If Ovie didn't drive that fast, he wouldn't be the same player he is on the ice. The reason he is creative and scores goals the way he does is because of his personality. He goes out there and does everything to the fullest extent possible. It's his passion to do what he enjoys to extremes that make him play the way he does. I've gone 145 down I-75 and was more than comfortable, then again I've done 160+ on a racetrack too, so I understand completely where he is coming from on the whole speed thing.

Woolley was at the end of his career when he came here, we didn't get rid of him, he retired. Bykov wasn't traded, he left to go back to Russia. Williams and Ward have been solid players where ever they have gone. Williams was an undrafted free agent and was a significant contributor on a playoff team this year, I hardly call that a dud or not amounting to much. Ward was a solid defenseman on Carolina's cup winning team.

Lidstrom now > Chelios in his prime Unless you are talking about Cheli's playing still which was very unlike Nick's

We could never play the SCF in the Tank, just the WCF

Since that system has been in place, I do not believe that any division winner would have missed the playoffs if it was based purely on the top 8 teams as ranked by total points

I believe they would be keeping the Wings on their toes not their heels

Size

It's the record for the "most goals scored by different players wearing rbk jerseys on the red wings in 2009"

yeah, two full stops is a lot to lose at the tele end and IS will do nothing to stop the action. You will get the same motion blur with IS as you get without it.

jesus 560mm, you can zoom in on a spec of dust on the bench with that thing lol and 4x digital zoom, although it wont look good if you need to see something 3 miles away that would be excellent

saying "3x" or "10x" means nothing, you have to know the focal length of the camera. I have an 18-70mm lens which would have "3.88x" zoom and an 80-200mm lens which is "2.5x" zoom I could take the 18-70 in, but not the 80-200 keep in mind also you dont want to pay attention to the "35mm equivalent" focal length, that has to do with the size of your sensor related to the focal length, what matters is the actual focal length

I guess I wasted my money on a DSLR then...

All that matters is that they give him the confidence that he is a better goalie. Hockey is just a game of confidence and knowing that you are better than the other guy. The more you believe you can do, the more you can do.

reading comprehension > you, well actually, most of the people that have posted in this thread

Reading the article, it appears that Datsyuk turned down an offer to be in the breakaway competition.

To everyone saying Bettman isn't to blame, the basis of every problem the NHL has is a skill deficit. This is caused by over expansion. Since the heyday of the '80s and early '90s when hockey was growing and subjectively more popular than the NBA, There are 8 more teams, which at 23 players per team, that is an extra 184 players in the NHL. Now imagine how much better each team would be if the worst 184 players in the league, where not playing. This would eliminate the need for styles such as the trap because each team should have the talent to go toe to toe with the other team instead of having to make up a talent disparity.

His daughter has already probably been sloppy seconds for someone.....

I have a Vapor XXXX, it's my favorite stick I've ever used, it just feels so awesome. The reason for spray painting the bottom black is so it blends with the puck better and makes the puck harder to pick up by goalies

So you post links of your own articles on a Wings forum to get more hits for your blog?

He has, don't be stupid, you don't miss an empty net for some ideal that you should earn your points because after his miss the Canucks had a chance to score. Had they, that would have been an idiotic play that allowed them to tie the game.

14 goals in 21 games is 66.66666666666% more goals per game

Final chance? Because they are most likely not bringing Hossa back who wasn't here last year when they won it?

no

He said since the team hasn't you need to look at which individuals haven't, not a mixed message.

Jiri Damn, you beat me with the ninja edit