Hack & Whack Rule!

A lack of capital letters at the beginning of a sentence...yes, it annoys me. Using "any one" instead "anyone" annoys me. Leaving out the word "it"...oh yes, that's annoying. The teams having recourse to deal with substandard performances from players making a lot of money...not so annoying.

All I can see is that the NHL is now handing out suspensions based the result of a particular action. The hit was late...I don't think anyone here disagrees with that. It's interference, that's all. The problem is that there was an unfortunate outcome to that hit. If Horton would have stood up and continued the game, there would have been only a penalty. I don't agree with any statement that calls for and/or supports a suspension. Although he is hurt, Horton was partly to blame for the incident because, as was stated by others here, he should have been paying more attention to what was going on. Hockey is a tough sport...at least it used to be. If the league fills up with a bunch of ******* that are looking for protection from the rule book, there will be more injuries than anyone can count. Just because head shots are the new concentration point, they are not going away. You still have to watch and protect yourself. And, no, I'm not defending head shots. Slashing, tripping, cross checking and holding still result in a penalty, but they still happen. The NHL, I believe, went with political correctness in their crack down on head shots. Now, they are bowing to public pressure to punish those who injure others, whether intentional or not. Some players need to put on their big girl panties and realize what sport they are playing. This is not the NBA, folks.

I agree with most of what you say as well. The Franzen contract looked really bad from the start, for me, but if he can get his poop in a group, I like him. He needs to start using his size a little more. Start pushing people around, and they'll think twice about bringing some aggressive play his way. Other players seem to back off Datsyuk when he has the puck, because they don't want to be left confused and embarrassed by what he does. If Franzen were to bring something like that, I'd be a happy camper. Hudler is just a little bit less than useless, and so is Ericsson. The odd benefits that they bring are greatly overshadowed by their dumbassery, if that's a real word. Abdelkader would be more useful if he could stop getting high sticking penalties, but hopefully he has gained a little experience and learns to control that. I also think that, as a team, the Wings need to protect their goalie a lot more. Our guys are constantly getting cross checked and pushed around in front of the other team's net, so we need to clear that area as well as we can without taking penalties. Along the "protect the goalie" theme, I also think someone should have drop kicked Pavelski, and others, for all the snow showers that were given to Howard. That would be an acceptable penalty all day long, in my opinion. Howard's confidence, and maybe his abilities, would pick up if someone would come out and say "You can't do that s*** to my goalie, so I'm kicking your ass now". Maybe not those words, exactly, but along that line.

It is scientific fact that, although it would be a complete shutdown defense with Kronwall and Stuart playing together, Kronwall does not actually need a partner. This will allow for more resting time for the other d-men while Kronner is on the ice. Having that extra time to rest will allow the other d-men to perform that much better. On a related sidenote, there are tests being done (as I write this) to determine whether or not Kronwall could actually populate an entire line on his own. The theory is that if the other four skaters are taken off the ice as well, there is more room for Kronwall to "work his magic".

Seeing his stats kinda clears it up for me...I was in somewhere in between "love-hate relationship" and "I'd rather have Kindl". With Salei, it seems that it's mostly the bonehead moves that stick out in my mind. I've been thinking for several weeks now that he's a useless ***, but I'm coming around, I think. I'm usually screaming at him, through my TV of course, but he doesn't listen to me. As I said, seeing his stats (which I've never looked at) tipped the scales a smidgen, and I'll say I like him. For the money he's getting, I think he's doing a good enough job. I would like to see him a little tougher, ease up the weak giveaways and a couple more assists would be cool. If these things came along, I might even have a little man crush on him.

I've been staying out of this whole thread (just reading) because I know I've got a real hate on for Squidney, some of it rational, some of it irrational. I can stand around and bad mouth Crysbaby alot. And I do. But I have never wished for any injury to Bettman's boyfriend. I have seen him go down in a quivering heap, and still, I let out that gasp as if it were Lidstrom or some other Demi-God (Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Helm). In fact, I've never wished for an injury to any player. You have gone beyond classless and gone down to a level known only by the likes of Claude Lemieux. Well done, and good day, sir. I said GOOD DAY, SIR!!!

Yeah, I'm shocked that a bad call was made in the NHL, and even more shocked that it was upheld (insert sarcasm emoticon here, I don't want to look for one). Here's what I find weird, though. The NHL was looking at the same feed that we saw, per the commentators. Why aren't there crossbar level cameras in every arena, just for the purpose of reviewing crap like this? You can see that this camera angle is higher than the crossbar because you see too much of the top of the net. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would say it is this way so that they can use their own discretion when making a call, rather than using common sense and doing what is right. And I agree with Cali's suggestion that officials should be mic'd, and we should also be able to see inside the war room.

I lend no credence to any individual that writes about the Habs...just sayin'.

The whole thing is just dripping with fromage. Time to let it go...then shoot it as it runs away.

Since the refs blew the whistle as soon as they saw that the puck was broken, I'll go ahead and say it's a valid reason to stop the play. If part of the puck went in, but not the other, or if even both went in, the refs could say they had "intent to blow" and stop the play, thus, no goal. IMHO

Definitely a cool story. It's better to get a handshake from Kronwall than a body check. I don't really have the opportunity to go see the Wings play, so I love hearing about it. That being said, it took way too long to read the original post. Try to have some consideration for the audience you are presenting to.

4-0 for the Wings and Pavel kicks ass all over the place.

I live in Alberta and will be moving to Saskatchewan soon...I couldn't see many Wings games without it. I can't stand watching the s***ty streams off the webernet, so the money is totally worth it.

After the Americans burned down the Parliament Building.

Wow. Just wow. The OP is throwing out a flame like no other I've seen here. The whole "I'm sick of Crosby" has been done...and done...and done some more. What I give him credit for, is the part about Canada and it's inferiority complex, the revolutionary war, and for good measure...our money. I am Canadian and I don't like Crosby, we are the king of hockey, I was not around during the revolutionary war (and I'm pretty sure things are were a little different, politically speaking, back then), and I don't give a rat's ass that the Queen of England is on the money. Should we put Crosby on our money? Useless thread, although I did add to it, and I did so very reluctantly. Delete it.

Let me get this straight.... A writer in a city whose team is in the playoffs is trashing the other team's fans. This, in the words of Mike Tyson, is ludicrous! I'm absolutely flabbergasted. What is hockey coming to? Take away the traditions, the rivalries, the over-the-top celebrating and douchebag writers and guess what you are left with. That's right...Ping Pong! That guy has a bad case of cranial-rectal inversion, obviously. Maybe he's just f***ed up because he, like everyone else in Dogtown, just realized there is a professional hockey team there, and after searching "hockey" on wikipedia, came to the conclusion that it's the greatest f***in' sport in the universe. I fart in his general direction...

We got 3 inches of snow that started yesterday afternoon, so my satellite dish got all covered with wet snow. I started losing my signal as soon as the game started. Of course, my wireless internet antenna got jacked up with snow, too, so I couldn't even listen online. I turned on the boob tube this morning to check the score, and tuned in just in time to this highlight. After seeing this clip, I could only use three words: "Glorious...******* glorious!"

So, my buddy went into an antique store and just happens to flip through a pile of books. Third one down is the book "Hockey...Here's Howe". Obviously written by one Mr. Gordon Howe. It's a hard cover, printed in 1963, with 91 pages of text, illustrations and action pics. I read the book last night...a real page turner. Has anyone else seen this book? I knew it was out there, but I've never seen it before. Does it have any value, not that I will ever sell it, I'm just curious. My friend spent $6 on it, and I'm pretty sure that was a good deal.

I'm not sure how you say his name, but am I the only one that thinks he looks like gyrocopter guy from Mad Max2: The Road Warrior?

Ok, for the most part of the Olympics, he sucked ass through a straw. Did absolutely nothing for 9 nine periods of hockey. But, he did score the goal to seal the deal for the gold medal. Good for him. Here's the thing. Crysbaby was the only f***stick on team Canada who managed to tangle up the flag and then let it touch the ice. This was after they won and had that flag they were skating around with. The worst part is that he probably doesn't even realize it was a completely disrespectful thing to do. By the way, here's a link for all the facebookers: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/gr...?gid=2326785907

Playoffs tend to be shorter than the regular season...every year. 82 games, 87 points is not that far off of 24 games with 23 points. Ridonculous argument if you don't look at averages and points per game. Even then, it's a little wonky because the great ones always get a little more attention from defensemen when they are in the playoffs. As for the way things are going with this team, I thought it was quite obvious. All these injuries have not only taken players out of the game, but someones linemate goes missing too. Chemistry is a wonderful thing in hockey, and when you f*** with it, things go bad.

The whole team has had issues. I know Stuart's had some s***ty giveaways, but which player hasn't made a blunder or two? Dumping on one player is the most retarded thing that can happen on LGW. Especially when the whole team lets go of a 3 goal lead to end up with a loss. Or when we seem completely unable to win in a shootout. Let's see...Dats and Z are not putting up great numbers, Osgood can't grab a beach ball out of the air that was hit by a ten year old girl, Howard is streaky, Franzen is lazy and he sucks because he's still on vacation, Lidstrom hasn't scored 20 goals yet (who cares if he's defense, he's the captain), the list goes on. Let's send them all to GR and bring up all the kids to replace them. Fire the coaching staff and replace them with Jake Ryan, Micah, and RainingBlood. Ken Holland should be removed and buried and should be replaced with Sidney Crosby. There, that should do it.