Lovin Jiri Fischer

Last night I had the craziest dream. I'm a student at MSU and in my dream Pavel decided to go back to school so he was at State and ended up living in my building so we went to some frat parties together. We were playing beer pong and having a great time when suddenly Hank showed up. Then the 3 of us ate a lot of pizza.

Aww that's cute. The Oilers are celebrating their 30th anniversary.

Regardless of Mario's skill, hockey is not about having the best players on your team. It's about having the right players on your team. Mario might have been great in Pittsburgh, but that is no reason to believe he would have been great here. On the other hand, Yzerman was perfect in Detroit. He fit into the team's philosophy in a really great way. Eventually, the entire team kind of molded their attitudes around him. He might not have put up the numbers but he was perfect in Detroit. And for you to say that you wold rather have Mario over the teamwork and leadership that Yzerman brought to this depleted team (which still exists now even after he retired as it was passed down to Lidstrom) shows that you know very little about teamwork and more about statistics. Mario's stats were great, but he's retired now and so the stats mean nothing. Yzerman is retired now, but his leadership and the class that he demonstrated and taught this team still lives on and it's a huge reason why the Wings have been a great team for nearly two decades (a huge accomplishment in today's NHL). So it's pretty obvious which is important.

Ok Conklin's turn

This is very likely to be a second round opponent if we don't clinch 1st. Scary

OMG Keating just said "Playoffs don't stop until mid-April." I know he meant start but Freudian slip perhaps? I will have none of that attitude

Oilers...they were embarassing Ducks...they are disgusting

That could happen. Or players would expect to be gone and therefore feel tense in the locker room. I can see it going either way.

Just because you win a bunch of trophies doesn't mean you're a great leader. Look at Crosby and Ovechkin. Both win a ton of trophies. Both have great stats. One likes to punch guys in the balls and attack them right off the faceoff. One immaturely celebrates after goals. Neither of them are great leaders. I would much rather have Yzerman's leadership over Mario's individual trophies. The name on the front is more important than the one on the back, and Yzerman played that way. Mario is another story.

Watch how next year the NHL tries to implement a new rule: "Teams are not allowed to have Hossa for more than 2 seasons until every team has had a fair chance to have him on their team. Penalty: Entire team suspended 82 games plus 25 years in prison."

Mario instead of Yzerman? Are you serious?

The fans are funny. The interviewer asks "Why are you a Crosby fan?" And every fan responds "Because he's the best ever." Or something like that.

Too funny.

Fail.

Man do I miss him (notice the username) He looks so different now. And I gotta say that is one nose that you can tell has been hit with a puck more than once.

Now that we've clinched a spot, how long do you think it will be before they come up with a slogan? What do you think it will be? What do you think it should be?

Dallas is embarassing

Important pp for Dallas

Well this sucks

Wow nice goal

You're welcome. Don't worry because I don't even have it worked out yet. Every time I watch an online stream, I now save it to a word document so I don't forget it. But lately the ones I have saved don't work anymore. This is the last one I have left.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/team-teal-channel

A regulation win from Dallas would be nice here.

Personally, I think he's a scumbag. But he's on my fantasy team so a shutout is good news for me.

This is gonna be great. Dats will destroy Trevor.