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Ott may have been a BS suspension on this one, but it's karma for the other dirty s*** he does.

So google has let me down and I'm ashamed to ask but... anyone know what the font is for the numbers and names on the back of the jersey? I'm playing with BB theme fonts.

Want the font emailed to you?

Sweet, another piece of the blackberry theme falls into place.

Figures

Gotta keep the fun in the game.

Called it

More along the lines of that you are disappointed that DirectTV dropped Versus from what I understand. I wonder how cheap it is for DirectTV to be giving away CI like it's candy btw...

slickdeals.net/ DirectTV free Center Ice + $10 off a month for a year. Make sure you're to mention that you're upset about them dropping Versus.

+1

ime, all Euro fans are root for their respective teams the same way. Not a knock by the way, just what I noticed from living there for four years.

With the cap expected to go down, I'm not sure if Detroit won't be bumping the ceiling to fill the roster with Williams/Bert money type players. Iirc the forecasted cap next year was supposed to be around $55 or $56 mil range with a few saying it could drop to $50mil... Now say Lidstrom resigns for $5 mil even as a favor to the Wings. That'll leave 5 forwards and a defenseman that need to be signed for ~$10 mil just to fill out the roster. I really hope the cap doesn't drop and tickets prices don't rise.

It's what the people want. [/VW bug] The defensive system from a couple years ago needs to return.

ftfy

http://kanyelicious.appspot.com/http://www.letsgowings.com

Red Wings hockey at it's finest. Here I was worried about this season.

Cloutier for the Conn Smythe.

It would help a little if Matt were to remove the link to the playoff brackets from the forum mainpage...

Dynasty's are all well and good, but should be earned and maintained. Throwing up loopholes to keep players doesn't do that imo. Dynasty's are also about what's on the front of the jersey not the back. Personnally, I would rather see the first round of the playoffs be a in division matchup to bring back rivalries, but I think having rivals throughout the league more important.

Ah, but they are. Both the NFL and NHL have hard caps with loopholes the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the NBA and MLB have soft caps that don't assist it's own clubs financially stability and has disparity between the have and have-nots. I wouldn't be so sure about teams purposefully tanking for draft picks. A bad head coach hire here, a FA lost there, a trade that doesn't pan out and your in the s***ter. Even though they didn't do it on purpose imo, the Pens rise is an excellent example what could happen. Of course, so could the Oilers The scrutiny that possible Top5 prospects go though today is nothing compared to a decade ago and busts are more unlikely and may be worth the gamble to a GM or two imo. Formerly underachieving team, a couple young superstars bring in the revenue, and a competent coach and you have yourself a Cup Cinderella that can be around for a while with a homegrown cap discount.

Just like to throw out there that the more rules and loopholes you put into the CBA the more possibility of the system getting abused in bad ways. Imo, the league is still growing into the hard cap and with the upper limit no longer growing by leaps and bounds you’ll see how well a team can draft, keep/cut talent, and bring in new players as necessary. Now, teams that bump against the ceiling knowing that next year it’s going to raise don’t have that luxury. Giving home discounts to the cap hit would, imo, encourage teams to tank for a few years to attempt to stock up on talent with early draft picks and become a cup contender. Not really drafting well, but just hoping continuous top 5 picks will pan out. It’s not going to magically make teams put money into scouting and build (or get really lucky) from middle and late round picks. Now let's glance at the other league's systems shall we... NFL: Has a hard cap with large loopholes that are so far working due to a ridiculous amount of revenue. They're looking to be capless in 2010 and may have a strike/lock-out in 2011 due to labor issues. (player's salaries and medical benefits being to major sticking points) NBA: Their soft cap hasn't really fixed anything. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. More and more teams are having financial issues as well. MLB: Outside of Tampa Bay, it's largely a league of have and have-nots when it comes to money. Oh... and when was the last time a team that loaded with FAs in the summer won the cup that season? Players moving from team to team became the inevitability of FA. Edit: And the league already has revenue sharing in place and it isn't really helping clubs like Phoenix with it's debt.

Madison Square Garden Entertainment to Kenny?

Not worth the time of watching imo

Bettman looked like his makeup was done by a mortician.