Z and D for the C

Goal each for the top 3 lines.

Anyone catch what Gatzlaf said?

Nice little tip pass by Ericsson there to get the puck out of the zone.

Hudler should have shot that. Maybe he's playing unselfishly to make up for ditching to Russia.

Getzlaf can't touch Fil for s***.

MODANO! :D:D:D

f*** yeah.

ZING!

And last.

3 point game, of course.

Turco is playing good.

I wonder if it's weird for Hossa to start the season with the same team he was with last year.

It's Hockey season. Zing.

Friday, October 8 Minnesota at Carolina San Jose at Columbus Dallas at New Jersey Anaheim at Detroit Buffalo at Ottawa Washington at Atlanta x2 Saturday, October 9 Phoenix at Boston Columbus at San Jose NY Rangers at Buffalo Dallas at NY Islanders Montreal at Pittsburgh Ottawa at Toronto New Jersey at Washington Atlanta at Tampa Bay Philadelphia at St. Louis Anaheim at Nashville Detroit at Chicago () Los Angeles at Vancouver Sunday, October 10 Boston at Phoenix Los Angeles at Calgary Florida at Edmonton

Ericsson, Osgood not charting faceoffs correctly, Filppula not having 100% pass success, McCrimmon, Crosby, etc

Bert needs to be in, we need to get that second line meshing ASAP. If not, hopefully Cleary moves up to take his space, not further deterring it's development by putting a 4th liner in.

Sane Jose finishing third is like saying the wings will finish third. Call them playoff chokers if you want, but they'll win the division.

Obvious move for the ducks. Getzlaf is one of the best players in the league IMO.

Hysterical. The candles are the best.

When Ericsson and Salei are out on the ice, we wouldn't have very good puck movement. Being that it looks like all 3 lines will be getting similar ice time, this move makes sense from a puck movement perspective.

Maybe highly touted was an exaggeration, but he was seen as being a potential point producer. I don't think Miller will ever be more than a bottom 6 guy, and I doubt anyone disagree with that. And while Ritola may never be better, I think he was worth the shot as we have tons of bottom 6 guys. Either way I'm happy. I love Miller and I'm happy to keep him (seriously, I like him more than Ritola, but I'm trying to be objective, because I obviously always am), so there is no need to turn this into a huge debate. It's really not important. Let's look forward to raping the rest of the league this season. Can't wait until Friday. Go look at my naked Filppulas.

Right, because if you would choose Ritola over Miller that means you MUST think he is the next Crosby. There is no way around it. You have revealed us all for what we are.

I do. I don't see Miller getting much better than he already is, while Ritola hasn't had a full year in the NHL and was a highly touted prospect. I'm not saying Ritola will be better than Miller, but he is worth the risk over losing Miller, the type of player we already have tons of, IMO.