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He's a big goalie, but every goalie coming out nowadays is big. I just think it's silly his nickname is "Monster". Would have been more fitting 20 years ago than now.

I thought that was Franzen in the background. And who's the Minnesota player?

Surprised it took you guys this long to see that it's Lilja holding that Vapor stick. Didn't you recognize that ear protection he always used to wear?

It tarnished the series, but Canada's win was legitimate and an impressive comeback. Seems like the Russians relaxed after being up 3-1-1 in the series. Funny thing is, in Russia, they never think of this series as a loss. They look at it more as them proving to the world that they're just as good at hockey as the Canadians. No one thought so before the series. At the end of the day, the series did more for Russian hockey than it did for Canadian hockey.

Datsyuk. I speak Russian, so it would be possible.

If politics mattered so much, maybe Canada should have declared war on the Soviets................oh wait I understand it was a tense series. Hell, it was probably the most tense series in hockey history. But the Soviets only started doing dirty s*** when the Canadians did it first. They came into the series just wanting to play a clean game, and weren't used to the rough stuff. I don't think the Soviets knew how to respond properly to that type of hockey, so they did crazy stuff after whistles, instead of dropping the gloves. At the same time, I don't think the Soviets ever sent a player out there to deliberately injure someone. It was a pathetic move by Clarke and the coach.

Do fans get to put their thumbs down when they're not entertained?

I'll go if you will.

Surprising. Don't know why that is. Still, not many people nationally care about the Buffalo Sabres. How much attendance do they exactly draw for road games?

I wonder what consistent mediocrity will do to our ratings, if we do indeed go on a run of being an average team for the next 5 or so years.

Typical American. I don't remember that being addressed in "Gladiator", though, so it's a good question.

Huh? Manchester City didn't make the list?

Not as good as we were last season.

Ding ding. We have a winner! Close this thread please.

I'm expecting to see an Eric Daze thread any day now.

I liked their "I Know What You Did Last Summer" logo better.

Blackhawks should have made the list. I used to rank the Blues up there too, but they s*** all over themselves by adding vertical stripes on the jerseys.

Ryan Kesler Steve Yzerman Dany Heatley Nicklas Lidstrom Ryan Smyth Gordie Howe Dion Phaneuf

Probert Just because I never got to see him play in Detroit (wasn't following hockey that much then), and because it would give us the ultimate enforcer. Teams would definitely approach us differently with him in the lineup.

I can see Shanny getting the job sometime in the future, now that he's moving up the NHL corporate ladder.

His daughter would ruin it for him.

Or this man

How about Tie Domi?