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Deaner FTW. Plus he hooked up with the kinda hot 80's house mom.

Yes, the same level of discipline that allowed Pavs, Hank, and Rafalski to get fighting majors in the playoffs where they didn't drop their gloves and were simply hanging on for dear life while the opposition instigated a fight and swung away on them with no repercussion. Bad example.

I vote Eaves. There's a couple of youtube videos of him getting smacked around pretty good.

Got to go with Big E, I never get tired of that video of him whipping on the Fairy. I think fm's as a whole will be a little higher for the Wings this year. With Big Rig in full time and adding Bert I could see the team taking a little less s***. There is something about having a full time guy that is willing to drop them if necessary (even if it's only 2 or 3 times a year) that makes the team tougher as a whole. I remember Flip dishing it out one game last year when Downey was in the line-up. At any rate, I wouldn't be surprised to see Stuart, Cleary, or Eaves pick up a fm or two.

Don't get me wrong, I hate Versus and they cover hockey worse than any other network that's ever tried, however I agree that it's not entirely their fault. In the this article link you'll see that they simply put the best offer on the table for the league. Essentially ESPN didn't re-up the contract because of the sport's diminishing ratings and history of lockouts. It has more to do with Bettman and the position he has put the league in. So to answer your question, ESPN who obviously is proven was left, however they weren't willing to shell out as much as Versus (OLN). I'd be interested to see what the difference was between ESPN and OLN's offer and how this figure compares to the lost revenue the league has incurred by going with a third tier network. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/18/sports/h...18sandomir.html

Couldn't even say sorry to the cabby in that half-assed apology? Dickhead.

<<<<<How can you not love a guy who plays with his heart on his sleeve. :beerbuddy:

Here is one where Johan got for 5 for "fighting." I guess you can throw out the "our powerplay is our enforcer" bit on this one since he sat in the box as long as Walker. name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>&"> name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350" /> edit: On topic, bummer for Lil's, hopefully he gets better soon.

I wouldn't spend too much time stressing over what random people in the world that you will never meet think of a sports team that you cheer for. Especially when you have 0 control of the outcome of results and rosters, this is a game and it's meant for entertainment.

I can't help but wonder if the instigator rule somewhat lead to this. Bert had Moore face to face a couple times challenging him, but Moore kept turning and skating away saying who knows what, this looks like it made Bert snap and go after him. No instigator rule and perhaps Bert grabs him from the start, beats the snot out of him for running his captain, end of story.

It does, I just puked in my mouth, first time since I read about the JW signing.

Quality post. I don't care if ESPN offered the NHL a s***ty deal, they are 10x better than Versus or NBC.

How about this. The Penguins were down 3-0 in game 6 to the Flyers and Talbot went out and took one for the team. I was watching this game live and the announcers mentioned a number of times afterwards that it was a motivator for the team and they in turn went on to win. name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> &"> name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> &" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350" />

Add yourself a number of skilled players and a couple of tough D-men like Ward and Vladdy and you got yourself a Stanley Cup. That team was tough to play against.

Admiring injuries and posting videos of him getting hit are two different things. The only admiring going on was Jiri and his passes. I don't find it ironic that he was the victim of probably of the two biggest hits I've seen on a Red Wing since I started watching in the late 80's. That being said, I don't like seeing any Wing player get opened up or any player get injured, so in a sense I'm glad he's gone because he was bound to get blown up again. Maybe he'll have better luck in less physical KHL.

I think Mic would say the league!

Man Marty was a stud, I would love to have a circa Lapointe type player on this team.

First, I don't have any ownership in the team, so they aren't my players. Secondly, the Brown hit was cheap and I cringed, but Huds was admiring his pass in the Phaneuf hit so he gets what's coming to him on that one.

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A few did at the end of a certain Wings'-Ducks' playoff game as well.

Where's the god damn protein Mom!?!?!?! I voted BSB's 2.0. I might have to pick up the NHL network this year to see these guys play.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, no room for logic on these boards.

Oh well, Good Luck Huds. Someone put Eva on suicide watch.