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BRAVO!!!! Now someone will come along and argue that the apple and the orange are better as a pear.

I have one cousin with a kid in the Marines, but I don't know where he is now. Another cousin has a kid in the Navy, but he's getting his ship fixed. He's set to go back out at the end of this month. I'm proud of those boys. I also have a friend who is a Marine in Africa right now. His wife is due with their first baby and second now. The person below me likes going into their friends' profiles at random and bumping up their rating.

Not in the least. It just proves you are a fine man (or person as the case may be) with great taste. Thanks for the pic. I just snarked if for my collection. Hope you don't mind.

What am I missing here? Isn't the players' association supposed to be on the side of the players? If a player takes less to be with a team where he's happy, isn't that what the player wants? If a group of players take less (like the Wings) to ice a champion team, then they win, and they're happy. If players in general take less, then there's more to keep all of the franchises up and running, which creates more jobs than if some of the lesser ones were to fold. Plus, lower salaries --> lower expenses --> lower ticket prices --> more fans, and more money for fans to spend on stuff like jerseys, pucks, sticks, etc. --> greater income --> higher salaries in the long run whilst building the sport. The above is oversimplified, of course, but if people are not coming to the games (and new fans are turned off) due to ticket prices, wouldn't lowering the prices get more fans into the arenas? I don't know about you, but if I'm at a game, I'm more likely to buy something than if I'm sitting in my house just watching. Why are they concerned if a guy wants to take less money in order to be on a winning team? If it's supposed to be the players' association, shouldn't they support the players who want to be able to do what they want with their own lives and pursue their own happiness?

I don't know that I've had goat cheese. Maybe if I've had it by some other name that I don't recognize. The person below me kept a diary when they were young and then realized how stupid it was to write down things they didn't want anyone to know about.

Don't have a DVR. I have a VCR, but no TV until I get off my duff and call some company. The person below me has had pneumonia.

I adore Mac with every fibre of my being (in a Manly Hockey sort of way), but to be brutally honest, I think they'll give the nod to Leino, Helm, or possibly even Kader over Mac. I wish him the best, but no, barring injuries, I don't think we'll be seeing him. The playoffs is when you have to ice your best team night in and night out. There's no room for nostalgia or matters of the heart when the Cup is at stake. Believe me, I'd love to be wrong.

I got my something cool in the mail recently. (Murph! ) My fridge does need a cleaning, but it hasn't reached desperation yet. The person below me plays bingo on occasion.

Nope. The rain turned to snow. Now it's snowing. It's a grey, dismal sort of day. The person below me eats too many noodles.

I'm really sorry about the formatting, but that's the best I can get it. The first set of numbers is for the regular season, the second is regular season/game. The third set is playoff numbers, the last set is playoff/game. ........Reg Season.....RS/game..........Playoffs............Pfs/game ........PavelHank.......PavelHank........PavelHank.......PavelHank GP....518 424..................................82 62 G 169 181 .326 .427 ........21 28 .256 .452 A 345 218 .667 .514 ........39 30 .476 .484 P 514 399 .992 .941 ........54 52 .659 .839 PIM 137 156 .264 .368 ........18 34 .220 .548 GW 24 37 .046 .087 ........4 5 .049 .081 If we look at these, we'll see that they are quite close, but each shines at different points. I believe that if each of looked at this table, we'd come to different conclusions. Some things matter to some people, other things matter to others, and we can all look and say "yeah, but back in (insert year) remember that (insert player) was playing (under insert conditions). We aren't going to agree. They're both pretty darn good. Raw talent? I'd give it to Dats. Overall impact on the team? Tossup. It depends on what you look for, and we could argue it all day.

You mean like picking one over the other? We can. Some people do. In fact, you're doing it right now. The fact is that they're both great players. Being lucky to have both is merely third opinion. I guess my question is why we have to have a discussion in which we're not allowed that third option. For the record, my opinion is that Dats is better than Z, but if I had the 3 options in a poll, I'd go with #3.

I don't climb anything. Plus I'm scared of heights. The person below me likes Muskrat Love.

Muskrat Love rules. All you have to do is joke about it and- bang. Hossa!!!!!!

I missed it. Do it again.

Someone (maybe Homer?) needs to stand right at the edge of the crease and sing the Fish commercial to distract Rolly.

One of these has just got to go in.

Actually, I think it was SHUTOUT.

Every time someone says "trade Sammy" he scores. Trade Sammy!

Good heavens, we've been SHUT OUT for half of the game. We need to do something about that.

Now would be a splendid time for a goal. Let's not waste this chance. We never know when we'll get another PP.

He signed a one year with them, but didn't play it due to the lockout. From what I heard, the chick was too drunk to know what was going on. Yeah, second on! Let's get some goals, boys!

Old news. It was during the lockout. From what I remember, he was acquitted and apologized.

Agreed. With Homer back, ZDH should ride again.

He's friends with Cheli and was married to (or dating- don't remember) some big boobs.

That's just criminal.