GMRwings1983

I may have missed this, but why is Homer not playing tonight?

I hope Forsberg injures himself during his ceremony. He has to be annoying even when he's not playing anymore.

If Nystrom was playing, we'd have won 5-0.

Those are strange stats. Fighting was at its lowest around 2005-2007 if I'm not mistaken. It went up since then. We'll see what the trend is this season.

Is that a big accomplishment?

Bertuzzi just needs to remind Phillips that he once paralyzed a guy. That'll deter any scrum from happening.

What s***ty momentum going into tomorrow's game. Guys definitely took their foot off the gas in this period.

Well, we gave up our obligatory 3 goals for the game.

His father is from Sweden and he has a Swedish last name. Would be a good fit here. Just sayin.......

The Wild waived him partly because they have lots of grit/toughness on their team and in the minors. We don't. It's all about needs. They don't need a player like that and we do.

Well, I wouldn't know, since I didn't watch that much preseason hockey. For all I know, they played Eaves at center.

Is Eaves playing center for us now?

I will get flamed for this, but these are the two teams I picked to make the SCF.

Luongo picking up where he left off last season.

Rinaldo is a tough kid, but he has a size disadvantage against many guys, let alone Chara. The Flyers have some bigger heavies in the minors, but I don't see anyone in their lineup tonight who'll fight Chara and win. Unfortunately, Lilja doesn't drop the gloves anymore, because he doesn't want his teammates to become accomplices to murder. It is what it is.

Look how willing Chara is to fight someone like Van Riemsdyk. Why isn't he always this willing? Big giraffe *****.

Meh, their stats haven't been that much different in recent years. Not to mention, Miller has gotten icetime with better players, when we had injuries. In any case, I'd take Nystrom on my 4th line over Miller. He just fills that role better in my opinion. I want a little more grit on my 4th line, and scoring on the other lines. I'd rather have Nystrom wear defenses down in the playoffs than Miller.

Man, the Flyers are going to be nasty to play against with Lilja in the lineup. I'm bummed out they didn't give him Behn Wilson's old number 3.

I wish. Bobby Nystrom was what a hockey player should be. Played his ass off every night, was physical, stood up for his teammates and was one of the ten best fighters I've ever seen. The man was also clutch and could could score big goals. In fact, he had 4 overtime playoff goals in his career. His son also plays hard, but just hasn't been as consistent as I thought he would be when he first suited up for the Flames.

I wonder how Holland would do in the "Be a GM Mode"?

Useless punching talent? Do you hate every NHL player who's ever dropped the gloves or something? Nystrom is more than just a useless puncher. He had a down year last season, but that doesn't mean he's finished. I just don't see Drew Miller as a useful player here anymore, especially since about 75% of our forwards can kill penalties. Nystrom is at least a better checker than Miller and could give us a little more nastiness on our 4th line to play against. The OP summed him up a little better than you did. I still don't think Holland will make this move and it's not a big deal either way, but it wouldn't hurt.

Wow. You were just ready to bust that out weren't you?

Funny, I thought it was Eric Fehr who took out Crosby. I guess I was thinking of a different play.

How about Filppula?