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Sid on there while Mats wasn't made the whole thing sort of laughable.

...kiss?

That's no mullet... it's a space station.

I'd still rather see Florida move before any of them. And the Kings? Not a huge fan of them either, but Id much much much much rather see the Ducks move before them. And get a new logo/name while they're at it. I've some sympathy for the Caps for some reason.. or maybe it's just I've been watching them more since they have Ovie. NYI has had quite the success in the past, I think moving them would be a mistake. The Blues.. eh.. no comment on them.

If it were Winnipeg again, maybe they could call them the Winnipeg Turboprops this time around. Or the Winnipeg Gyrocopters or something. Just a thought

I honestly don't think AZ is as bad a hockey market as some of you think. While Phoenix is certainly a crappy place itself for a team that plays an ice sport to be, it's also the major city in AZ. Contrary to popular belief, AZ is not all desert and in fact the northern chunk of it can get quite cold and sees a good bit of snow, and there's more people than you'd think there that are fans of ice sports. Lots of transplants from up north around there, particularly college-aged, like people attending NAU in Flagstaff. I think it has more to do with the utter failure of the team so far, combined with (as someone earlier pointed out) a smaller arena and quite cheap ticket prices as they attempt to lure some fans. Unfortunately, they're going to need some success for that. Just pointing out that I think there's more potential support there than you might think. As for TB, I think that's actually one of the more successful hockey teams attendance and revenue-wise at the moment. They're also a moderately successful club (hell, they have a cup) and a VERY large fan base in the TB area. Lots of people who've moved up there from the northern states, particularly Mich and what have you, and lots of snowbirds who live there about half the year. A good number of their fans may only be second allegiance (like me who is Wings first and TB as my "local" team second), but fan support is still fan support. Because there are a good load of secondary fans in the area who visibly support the team, s that attracts new fans as well. TB is a better hockey market than some of you give it credit for.. Now Florida, on the other hand.. Florida definitely does not need 2 hockey teams, and Florid a is definitely the loser of these two teams? (Jacksonville? Ugh...) Move that one to Canada, or maybe somewhere in the northwest. As an edit, I would like to compliment the Lightning fans in saying that they're far and away the most knowledgeable hockey fans of all of the non-northern teams, and quite classy as well, in my experience.

Well, it's not really his fault he got drafted by a crap trap like Phoenix.. while you obviously don't turn down a shot at the NHL, you get out of a place like that when you have a chance to ASAP if you're not in it for the money.

Whether he is willing to accept that or not to get on a good team will show just how competitive he's willing to be. If he IS willing to do that, then by all means, sign his ass! And yea, it'd be nice to have some winger talent.. we have center talent gushing out of our ears. Particularly a large power forward.. that's one position we really haven't been able to nail down since Shanny was in his prime.

stfu. The sky is falling. In all seriousness, it's just s***ty/inconsistent officiating. I'm not saying I'd do any better; I'm far too much of a space cadet to be a decent official. On the other hand, we've got O'Halloran this series, and we all just expect the world of him Meanwhile, the Pens fans feel about the same way about Devorski. Between the two of them, they f*** up far too often, particularly on important, goal-related calls, usually with nitpickery galore. Meanwhile, they miss large things like high sticks, cross checks, and blatant trips all the time, choosing instead to call the weakest of hooks and holds. Its just how those two operate--it sucks, and I don't know how they got to the SCF, other than that sort of nitpickery is what the NHL is looking for. I think there's only one main thing that the fans of the NHL want, besides consistency, and that's accountability. These guys just can't come out a day after a game, say they blew a large call, and will work to improve/eliminate such incidents in the future. We know you f***ed up, you know you f***ed up... instead, the Commish just gets on and compliments them. It's sorta pathetic. Anyhow, /rant off. My typing about this here isn't gonna help anything, just saying what a lot of us are thinking. No conspiracy--just inconsistent officiating by 2 known inconsistent officials who should never be in the SCF.

Fortunately, the Stanley is one big solid chunk of silver and not something with a weak joint between two separate weighted pieces like that. XD The funniest thing about that for me was, after he stared at it, trying to put the damned thing back together .. priceless.

Au contraire, the guy is showing that he's willing to make a sacrifice (the guarantee of minutes and max contract he had at Phoenix) to find a winning team he can fit in with. Sacrifices and pay cuts for success.. that sounds like the Wings to me.

That. ..People still read ESPN?

Hey, I poke puck out of net-a!

I don't think the whining will have a difference, simply because O'Halloran is in, and anything beyond what he usually does would be justly identified as rigging.

All that, and I'm convinced Datsyuk enjoys humiliating people, and where better to do so than at their home arena?

Yea, that's right. The teams in the West put up more of a fight against us.. we haven't played a team like the Pens yet XD

Hopeful Pens fans.

No worries, I gotcha covered.

Pavel Datsyuk is the ultimate result of the combination of the genetic material of the Russian 5 in a eugenics program. Run by aliens, of course.

1. Lids 2. Dats/Z/Ovechkin 5. Crosbeaner That. Except throw Malkin somewhere in that general list, because I'm not sure I'd give him a solid rating above all those others at the moment. Lids, Ovie, Dats, and Zets are all top notch, though. And Crosby, though I daresay MT is having a bad influence on him and he won't stay up on that list unless he starts getting better leadership, no matter how much talent he has.

1. Lids 2. Dats/Z/Ovechkin 5. Crosbeaner That. Except throw Malkin somewhere in that general list, because I'm not sure I'd give him a solid rating above all those others at the moment. Lids, Ovie, Dats, and Zets are all top notch, though.

Fischer: Future asst. coach, perhaps even farther in the future head coach? Well, we can always hope, leadership seems to be a good role for him and I'd like to think he has a future in hockey one way or another.

2+2+1+1 = 6 .... Oh wait, we have O'Halloran tonight, don't we? That's right then, 2+2+1+1 DOES = 5.

The Lidstrom Trophy (Formerly Norris)

If Ozzie wasn't getting singled out and repeatedly run by the Pittsburgh players, he would have no need to embellish. Chew on that one a bit and come back with a new argument.