GMRwings1983

Was a pretty bold statement for a guy who's never been out of the second round. He makes me think of Meryl Silverburgh. From Metal Gear.

Relax. Franzen is coming back soon.

What's Peter Schmeichel up to these days?

If Howard doesn't play for another three weeks, I won't lose any sleep...........Literally. If not for him, we'd all get 20 minutes of more sleep tonight.

Howard couldn't stop a beach ball.

Howard looked like an amateur there.

Thanks for making me lose 20 minutes of extra sleep Howard. Dano?

How come you only have 3,000 posts? I feel like I've seen your avatar here for years?

Is Getzlaf barred from taking the shootout?

Kronwall's shots from the point are all over the place.

Because he agrees with you?

Tony Granato is being honored? LOL. Cleary with the OT goal.

We can upset someone in the first round. Doubt it. But not the 2nd round or beyond. Not unless changes (say what Kenny?) happen.

We can only hope. Even I can't do this alone.

What do you expect from an average goalie? A few good games, a few bad games, a 2nd round playoff exit.............

Answer me this. If fighting is pointless and is only for fun, why have enforcers ever existed in NHL history? Did coaches and GM's dress these players just to sell tickets and get their rocks off? Or did they believe that these players were necessary to protect the stars or necessary for some other purpose?

That's right. That wrestling match between him and Forsberg of all people.

That has been around as long as time.

The wrong guy wins it every year. But seriously, there is no right or wrong in these enforcer debates. There's good arguments on both sides. Teams have dressed enforcers for decades, knowing the roster spot could go to a more talented player instead. I doubt all GM's and coaches were stupid. I doubt the Wings didn't have a guy more talented than Grimson to dress in 1995. So there is a place in the game for enforcers nowadays like there was in the past. Not like there's only 3 lines being used now instead of the 4 that were used in the past. The other argument about how hockey exists in other countries without fighting, and how concussions result in suicide and brain injuries is also a good one.

I only wrote that because your post looked like it was written by a Dragonball Z villain. Especially the last line.

Are you trying to join Crymson on hfboards or something?

But he can't hit or fight and he doesn't play hockey well enough to play on a higher line. McGrattan does his role better than Andersson does his (whatever Andersson's role is) And while we're on this topic, I don't see anything wrong with Ericsson fighting. Yeah, he can get hurt, but there are better D-men than him who occasionally drop the gloves. He did the right thing stepping in. I wish more of our players would do that.

Not real heavies. But I'll take them on my roster over "Mr. Useless", Joakim Andersson.

Yes. On a 4th line role. You make it sound like I want these players to take roster spots away from Crosby, Stamkos and Datsyuk. Far from it. The worst forwards play on the 4th line, don't they? I'd have a guy in there who can play a role the other players can't play.

Most of those guys aren't top enforcers and Kocur is retired last I checked. Today's era is middleweights who can fight and play hockey. The heavies who do fight aren't in the same league fighting wise from their predecessors.