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For what it's worth, he's not a rental anymore and he's not hitching onto some other team's bandwagon.

I think a better one happened in the 97 Conference Finals. The one where he banked it in off of Roy. That goal screamed, "We won't be denied!"

In all seriousness, they'll love him during the winter. He's got enough charm in his persona. He'll score 35 goals, 25 from the perimeter. And then during the playoffs, same as usual.

But he scored 40 goals last year.

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/1041...spects_for2008/ 5. Max Nicastro, D Chicago Steel, 18, 6’2, 189 The Southern California native was selected by the Indiana Ice in the sixth round of the 2006 USHL Entry Draft with the 68th overall pick. Before joining the league for the 2007-08 season, the Ice traded his rights to the Chicago Steel. Nicastro finished as one of one of the top rearguards for the team. He collected 20 points (4 goals, 16 assists), 78 penalty minutes and a plus-7 rating. He also was a member of Team USA at the 2007 World Junior A Challenge. The young defenseman has taken some big steps to play effectively with in the USHL. He plays a very good all-round game, but is first and foremost very responsible in his own end. He’s good puckhandling blueliner, who can make a great first pass or join the rush when needed. He makes good reads at both ends of the ice. He has showed that he is able to get on the right side of the opposing player and attack effectively, causing turnovers with his stick work. He’s good at closing up lanes and stealing passes. He was used in all situations for the Steel and played on top power play and penalty-kill units. Nicastro has good offensive upside, plays the puck well, has good vision and big shot. Nicastro will return to Chicago in the USHL next season before joining Boston University in the fall of 2009.

NHL Network 9 - This was actually one of my favorite moves of his. 5 & 2 - Dangle dangle dangle. TSN 5 & 4 - How were these not on the NHL Network one? In the end, it was great to watch these.

Props to EuroTwin.

It's been a while since someone on here made a reference to MJ.

The majority of members on here do not want Todd Bertuzzi back. (Unless at the right price). We've already had this discussion.

Maybe it's just little boys in general. Or in Huds' case, adults that resemble the youthfulness of little boys.

Why is it so easy for people to be offended by a compliment to someone else? Just because he complimented Chicago doesn't mean he's dissing Detroit.

You say that as if it wouldn't be fun.

http://griffinscentral.com/articles/051509.html Ryan Oulahen A- Oulahen has done all he can at the AHL level, and the next logical step is to see whether he can play in the NHL. He listened to the Wings and added some snarl to his already defensively responsible game. The result was an increase in offense as he just missed his first 20-goal season, a mark he surely would have reached if not for his season ending dislocated hip. He is expected to make a complete recovery, and should earn a new contract from Detroit (NHL). His return is uncertain however, as he will have to pass through waivers before being assigned to GR and another NHL team may take a chance on the 24-year-old center.

So what you're really arguing is that Canada has more superstars? That's actually a whole new different area. The whole concept of a superstar does not exist unless a player has ability and publicity. The ability part is rather simple. The publicity part, for better or worse, is where it gets foggy, and not many Europeans get it here and yet without a doubt it influences our perceptions, for example, that guy in Pittsburgh I like to call whiny face. So, in the end, my opinion on that is we'll never know in terms of just hockey because now we're talking about a more political side of the NHL.

Canada has depth in that they can easily put out a full roster. They won't have as much trouble finding 23 men who can play some hockey. But it's not like Russia or Sweden are barely able to meet that number in terms of finding the type of players they want who can execute the kind of style they want to play. Canada as we know has overwhelming depth, but what does it matter when you only have 23 spots? Depth is nice, but you're only trying to make food for the immediate family here not the whole extended family. Plus countries like Sweden and Finland have many players that just prefer to stay home because it's home and they strongly favor a more international style. They can definitely be of service to their teams. We just don't know about them and some of us don't even care to learn about them because we can't pronounce their names or whatever.

He's been a wing for 3-4 years and Filppula still gets more meaningful minutes. I don't see how that would change now even with an open spot on the top-6.

That's his point. He's claiming that we can't name 6 players which would be more than the 5 we listed, more equaling better.

Let's say it were feasible for us to see Olympic hockey for 82 games a year. That's 82 games under Olympic style rules. You think Canada would win the gold enough in order to merit "best players in the world" status? I just think it's a little too easy for us to think players from Canada are the best in the world because if you think about the majority of our exposure to hockey is within North American rinks, North American style and North American rules. There's nothing wrong with that but when you play a more international style it's not quite as easy as labeling Canada the favorite and saying they have the best players in the world without a doubt.

Eh, he's kind of a moron. s*** talking the Wings only to watch them score 5 goals on his team during the playoffs.

For three out of four, it's understandable that you would be so proud and confident. I don't know about the best hockey players in the world though. That's a pretty big claim.

Sorry man. The Anaheim hate was all about Pronger for me. He made me question human nature. Now he's on a team in which he truly belongs.

Me too. Meech isn't as good of a skater but I'm sure whenever he carries a rush into the zone that he'll be able to make better passes with the puck.

Quite the opposite actually.

Just copied it from the article and highlighted the part some needed clarification on. The Wings don't have to be stuck with him if they don't want to be.

http://www.freep.com/article/20090716/SPOR...6067/1053/rss17 It appears Medvedev is waiting to see whether the Wings walk away from the arbitration decision, clearing the way for Hudler to play in the KHL. Hudler could be awarded $3 million to $4 million per year in arbitration, which would push the Wings over the salary cap for next season. The Wings have until the start of training camp to get under the cap, though, and Holland said today he doesn’t see a scenario in which he would walk from the arbitration decision and allow Hudler to become an unrestricted free agent.