Casey

Helm with hands or a faster Cleary, it sounds like. I like this plan.

I kinda like it, if it meant Hudler was gone at the end of the season. Should work with the cap nicely, given space from Modano, Dats and Cleary's injuries. Edited to add: Holy Hell, the Devils' +/- leader is +1.

Sure do. Hate those nights. TPBM is TPAboveM.

Never do. Heartbreaker loss or blowout loss?

'Twasn't bad. TPBM needs their back to crack.

I don't give a Flying Wallenda if they can gain the zone, so long as they don't score!

Name your tobacco of choice. If it keeps working, maybe Babs will buy.

You got it from here.

Tardif's never had a chance in the NHL, how can you call him a journeyman AHLer when he's never been up for any length of time?

Call up IFil, so we can have the Filppula-Franzen-Filppula line, or the FFF line for short.

Hard, just be clear what you want. Impossible goals or Undefinable goals.

Can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. Don't let the door hit you in the ass.

I'm all for it. Great numbers, academic all-Big 10 so he has a head on his shoulders. Sounds perfect.

Fixed that for you.

I'm sorry, was I supposed to give a damn about your constant whining? You said you were leaving, please just go.

I reject your hypothesis.

Burn the heretic! Incredible game by Lids. Wish I'd been there.

I am not worthy. :notworthy:

Christmas Eve for me. Always did when I was a kid. Scraping ice or shoveling snow?

Don't want to think about myself in a tube top... Digital or analog watch?

Hope so. They play so much better with him off the ice, which seems weird to say after how well he played in 08-09.

I'm not saying he has to do that wonderfully in the AHL, but since he brought it up, it's the only real metric we have for comparing him and Howard. I've no problem with him playing in the SEL and making the leap if he's good enough, I've a problem with him saying he wiped the floor with Howard in the AHL. Let's go to the tape, shall we? In his last two years as the Griffins' starter, Howard was 21-28-2 and 21-18-4, GAA of 2.83 and 2.54, save percentage of 0.907 and 0.916. Hefty improvement in number of losses, as well as GAA, slight in save percentage. In his last two seasons as a Griffins starter, Larsson was 22-12-2 and 23-24-2, GAA of 2.76 and 2.85, save percentage of 0.907 and 0.903. The one year they overlap, Howard beats Larsson in point percentage, GAA, save percentage. I just don't see where he can say he beat Howard at all, let alone wiped the floor with him.

He'll get it here. Bet on it.

Problem is, unless he manages to pull some success at the AHL level, he hasn't earned the right to talk any smack. He's 45-36-4 in the AHL, hardly stellar numbers, and his GAA there of 2.76 and 2.85 would place him currently 28th or 29th in the AHL, second on his own team behind MacDonald. Right now he's the talented college quarterback who thinks he can smoke Peyton Manning.

Adrenaline burnout, so a bit of one. Pleh. Fortunately, it's subsiding. TPM thinks "pleh" is a perfect descriptor for how you feel when sick.