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Then isn't it a moot point one way or the other? Honestly I don't see the harm in it, if anything I'd say that if it was made a third jersey it would look even better than most teams' standard uniforms, and it's not like it would replace the home jerseys.

Why? Canada's a massive reason the NHL is staying afloat.

Ugh, that guy's aesthetic taste makes my skin shrivel up

Awesome, thanks!

I've been hearing that in a few seasons third jerseys will become mandatory for all teams. No idea if it's true or not but I'd have no problem with Detroit taking Pittsburgh's lead and using the WC jersey as a third.

Only in the States, CFL stadiums are long available by January.

I voted Boston but it's only half-right. What I'd love to see is a home-and-home series of outdoor games, Boston and Montreal. Boston plays at Fenway, Montreal at Molson Stadium since the CFL season is well over by January. As a side note, weather-wise Vancouver wouldn't work. BC Place is domed and it's the only place in the country that dosen't get regular snow/cold enough weather, although it's been pretty crummy weather-wise there atm.

If it were up to be I'd have all teams follow Buffalo's example and have both anthems sung before all games :|

Man, they really milked out the national anthem

I'm sure Babcock will take that into consideration :|

If anything that's the main reason why he SHOULD be playing, he has more NHL experience playing outdoors than anyone else.

No idiot is going to start loving hockey because by virtue of a single game that happens to be played in a baseball park. At best to people uninitiated to hockey it will be seen as a curious event in Wrigley's history as a baseball stadium, not a special game for the NHL. You living in the South where hockey has been, is, and always will be considered a joke (at the expense of sports like, say, baseball?) should figure that out that better than anyone.

This is the problem right here - IT SHOULDN'T BE PLAYED IN A GODDAMN BASEBALL PARK. A hockey rink simply dosen't fit the layout of a baseball stadium, it's forcing a square peg into a round hole. I feel sorry for the people who spent hundreds of dollars and wrung their hands awaiting waiting list results in order to find themselves at an angle that makes it all but impossible to see what the f*** is happening on the ice when they could be sticking their heads in the snow like ostriches and get the exact same experience for free. Distance to the ice is unfortunate but inevitable in any outdoor hockey scenario on an NHL level, I can accept that. Making the decision to place the ice in a location that requires every seat to be at a crazy corner angle to the ice on top of that just leaves me wondering what they care about more, the locale or the fans. Is singing Take Me Out To The Ball Game a big deal? The fact that IT ISN'T A BALL GAME and ergo is completely redundant nowithstanding of course it isn't, but it only serves as a reminder to the single fundamental error in this year's WC.

Never again may we complain about ozzie's GAA

I have to say that Blake Wheeler's recent "lol, defense" goal was more awe-inspiring. Both goals were insane though.

So when can we look forward to you packing up and leaving? :| Seriously, we get it already, you have zero faith in the team.

^ Babcock's face in the dressing room during intermission

Dear Red Wings, What the f*** is up with you lately? Hugs and kisses, the guy ripping chunks out of his new Winter Classic jersey with his teeth out of pure unbridled rage.

We get mini goalie sticks too

check ATDHE.net. Free streams of all NHL games and they're pretty good quality.

Keep an eye on that NHL Torrents site, it'll be up there in about a day

Still funny though.

They blew a THREE GOAL LEAD.

Question: If losing against bottom-feeder teams like the Stars or Avs or losing to high-calibre teams like the Penguins or Sharks hasn't resulted in the hotly-anticipated 'wake up call' everybody here is holding their breath for, what makes people think a loss in THIS game will be it? :/

Honestly, I have a bad feeling about this one.