Konnan511

Um no. You don't offer a guy over 35 a multi year deal.

So again, all the players knew the rule, and it was actually Campbell who enforced the rule. Plus, Bettman called Crosby about PR and media relation things since he is/was the face of the NHL. So again, the rule was there from last year and all players knew the rule. Crosby missed a game prior to the ASG which exempted him from even having to attend the ASG while Lidas and Pasha both played the final game prior to the ASG.

Oh contraire mon frere. Anyways, good for some Vacouverites to at least score that night.

He can't be mad at Bettman for that, though, because Holland was the GM who proposed that rule a year earlier (which stated if you turn down the ASG, you still must attend in some fashion, that whole myth that they made a Crosby clause is wrong and retarded). Well, Bettman is a lawyer so that makes you Rick Deckard or Roy Batty? I'm going with Batty.

I'd take a highly skilled small player like Marchand 9 times out of 10 over guys a half a foot taller who are average skaters and have average puck skills. And let's not compare players like Miller and Eaves to marchand who don't possess nearly the skill he does. It's like comparing Ericsson to Chara.

But he hasn't peaked, he's only 27.

I never said he was or was going to so i don't know where you even got that notion from...

Is she being raped..?

I know, but I think he meant the latter and not the former lol. Just like all the idiots that say resign when they mean re-sign.

I heard pig and now I'm hungry for some bacon

Total attendance: NBA - 21,302,573 NHL - 20,928,036 Average attendance: NBA - 17,319 NHL - 17,122 Percentage Full Average: NBA - 90.52 NHL - 92.68 The NHL numbers would be larger, but the average NBA arena is larger than the average NHL arena and there were 6 teams that forfeited one home game due to playing one home game overseas, so the real ttl att for the NHL would be closer to 21.1mil. And my God, the NYI and PHX Coyotes realllly brought down the numbers. Taking the two highest and lowest for each league gave us these numbers: NBA: Total Att........Avg Att...Percent Full 18,443,614 - 17,301 - 90.54 NHL: Total Att........Avg Att...Percent Full 18,236,488 - 17,220 - 93.56 If I really wanted to skew the numbers, I'd only count the team that were at or above the averages, in which the NHL completely dominats the NBA in numbers due to the fact the NBA has 15 teams at or above the average for attendance while the NHL has 18.

If there was an awkward award, it'd be a toss up between Bettman, Big Cat (Fantasy Factory), and the Boom goes the dynamite guy.

Six-digit? Maybe a monthly six-digit paycheck. Last years Executive salaries: My link I know directly after the Pens won the cup Bettman went to go shake Illitch's hand and Illitch walked right past him and refused to shake hand. Bettman forget to congratulate the Wings on a good season (Now it is ceremonial for the commissioner to do so). But Ilitch is one of of Bettman's biggest supporters. Ilitch nominated him for President before Gil Stein was hired, and then Ilitch campaigned for Bettman to remain after the lockout.

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He won't bring another NHL franchise to Canada...oh wait... I know!!! He's not Canadian!!!

That's what she said!

Boo him all you want, won't stop the fact he is the commisioner and will be for quite a while still. The owners love him (he makes them money) and the players love him (he keeps raising the keep which inflates player salaries). Disagree, the booing has no effect. As long as the shareholders are happy and the game is growing, he couldn't care less about how the fans perceive him. Think about it, you're doing your job and absolutely crushing it for your shareholders. You're selling a product to customers but they all hate you, but they're still all buying it without prejudice. Would you care how they felt about you if the shareholders and the people who hired loved you and the job you were doing? I wouldn't.

Alex Morgan > Chastain AINEC haha

Hopefully Jarnkrok and Pulu and Sheahan will all be hitting their stride when Z and D are past their primes (3-4) years from now, but Filppula will be in full swing of his prime and we need those player, we can't rely on 22-24 year olds to carry the team. Jay harrison just got re-upped for two more years with Carolina . 1.4mil over two years. i wish he would have hit the FA market so he could replace Ericsson and Salei at half their cost with twice their abilities!

I think if the WIngs offer a 5mil cap hit, we'd get him because we'd be outpaying everyone. For a 6 year contract, I think that'd be a solid investment, although Montreal fans do say he is only a 3-4 guy and not a 1-2 guy...

The only reason to watch women's soccer (whatever that is...?):

With Datsyuk and Zetterberg in the twilight of their prime, it doesn't make sense trading away Filppula who is going to be hitting his prime shortly. You'll need Filppula in his prime and Z and D are out of theirs. Trading Franzen is the more logical choice, but I'd sell Hudler for a hotdog first.

This is why you don't shut down an Asian's Math club for the summer: