GMRwings1983

Lebda sucks. Could skate really fast, though.

Can't they just burn Bettman inside of a Wicker Man to save the season?

Does anyone think these owners or players really give a s*** about fans being upset? I don't.

Every time Mark Mowers stepped on the ice, it was a strange moment.

So would this count as one of the biggest chokejobs in hockey history? The Russians were up 3-1-1, with three games left to go, and all on Russian soil. And in the final game, they were up by 2 goals after the second intermission. Yet they still somehow lost the series. Granted, they were heavy underdogs going into the series, but it's still a massive collapse as far as I'm concerned.

How about Tie Domi fighting that drunken fan in the penalty box? Or how about the time Gilles Gratton (the weirdest guy in hockey history) first unveiled his tiger mask.

Funny how nowhere in the stupid American sports media (espn) is this lockout even being remotely covered. Maybe the NHL network should cover it a little, instead of mindlessly replaying last year's playoff games over and over, like they've been doing the last few years.

Agree with everyone else here. Don't know why the league went back to old school crap, when there's like 30 teams in the league now.

Pavel looking liberated without Beavis and Butt-Head playing on his line.

That 2nd row isn't too bad, huh? And Metro Prystai is one of the greatest sports names ever.

Maybe Zenit can sign him to some monstrous contract.

I'd feel safer if he played for Vityaz.

That would actually be fun.

I wonder what channel the NHL will be relegated to when it returns in 2014? Can't get much worse than Versus, you'd think.

I'd like to think they can still save the season, but I lost faith in that based on the last lockout.

I blame everyone associated with the NHL for this debacle. Part of me wishes the league would fold, since they're stupid enough to have 2 lockouts within one decade.

Strange rankings. Reminded me of the greatest ever imdb film list, which has Lord of the Rings ranked above Goodfellas and Casablanca.

Will there be a Winter Classic if the season is shorter?

Fans will obviously vote for Yzerman, because the twitter people are too young to remember Gordie Howe or what he did for the franchise and the NHL in general.

Does Grigorenko count?

You're entitled to your opinion, but I wouldn't call Kharlamov a "romantic flash in the pan". I've never heard anyone but you say he was behind Makarov. He influenced a generation of Russian forwards and would have been dominant in the NHL, much like he was in the Summit Series.

Kisio and Turgeon don't have better numbers than Fedorov in the playoffs, nor did they make a bigger impact in their careers. I fail to see your point there. The Samuelsson jib is funny, but I wasn't just lauding Fedorov because he's a better physical specimen than Datsyuk. He utilized his skills to become a future Hall of Famer. I doubt Datsyuk is a Hall of Fame player at this point. Goalie equipment has gotten smaller, but even so, Fedorov still had a better and more powerful shot than Datsyuk. He'd have scored more goals in any generation. Both guys are complete players, but the things Fedorov did better than Pavel, he did by a greater margin, more so than the things Pavel can do better than Fedorov. Tretiak and Kharlamov are both better all-time than Fetisov, imo. I might even put some others ahead of him, but those two for sure.

There can be only one.

Fedorov. Just better numbers for both regular season and playoffs in a Wings uniform. As slick and crafty as Datsyuk is, he doesn't have the speed or shot that Fedorov had. Sergei was more of a physical specimen and more of a star player to me.