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Ugh, I forgot about that one.

BTW, am I the only one who finds the name "Scottrade Center" ugly? All these corporations smearing their name all over the place like feces is really annoying.

You can listen to Ken Kal/Paul Woods call the game at NHL.com or by going to http://www.wxyt.com. It's better than absolutely nothing, and it's less infuriating than trying to track down a stream.

"sissy" Euro hockey? Can we be more disparaging? Christ.

I think it's sad that Hank and Pavs are being split up, but I don't think it'll hinder their ability to score goals.

Wow. Take that person out of the gene pool before it breeds.

Wings win, Hank with the hat trick. Make it happen, damn it!

No, because you getting up will interrupt mikiemike's ability to type his ridiculous screeds. You just sit there and suffer.

Well, now this sucks. Hope he gets better soon.

No, it's gone for copyright and infringement issues. I was searching around to see if maybe news about it had been posted somewhere and ran across someone asking about watching Stars games through streams and they brought it up.

What does a person's geographic location have to do with anything? I wasn't aware that Red Wings fans were to only come from Detroit. I'm from Chicago and have been a die-hard fan since before Bowman took over. So care to share what's so funny with the rest of us?

I did come up with comments that pertained to the problem. You're choosing to ignore them because they don't fit the answers you expected people to give you. How is that my problem? I have paid money to see sporting events and had people standing up in front of me when I'm trying to see what's going on, and I GET OVER IT. Okay? I accept that the way I watch sports is not the way they choose to watch sports and it would be utterly fruitless for me to get indignant about it. Furthermore, I sure as hell can compare a guy dancing at a concert to someone going to the concession stand at a sporting event because in both cases, they are nuisances for the people around them. Are you obtuse on purpose or are you honestly not seeing the parallels I'm drawing here? You seem to think that because you're a season ticket holder and you keep your ass in your chair the whole time, you are a better class of fan than someone who doesn't. Right there, that is patently pompous. You're no better than anyone, sir. If I pay the same amount of money or even less than you did for the seat I'm occupying, I can get up as I please, get as much food as I please or pee as often as I please and you have not one right to say a damn thing to me about it unless I'm being abusive or hostile. Again, you are watching a hockey game around 17,000 unpredictable humans. "Unpredictable" and "human" being the key words.

If you want to play that game, we'll play. And I guarantee you'll lose. I was comparing two public events where mass groups of people congregate. WHENEVER you have that, you are bound to have people around you who are not behaving the way you think they should. It doesn't matter if it's a concert or a hockey game. In both situations you will encounter people who aren't there for the same reasons you are. However, they still paid to get in to that public event. So, they can do whatever they want as long as they're not breaking any rules or codes of the building they're in. If it annoys you, get over it. That's what you do when you're at a public event where mass groups of people congregate. You don't stamp your feet and shake your tiny fists in impotent rage. People show up late, they leave early. They get up a lot to eat/drink/pee/poop. They jump up and act like fools when you'd rather they not. They are humans. If you don't like watching hockey games surrounded by 17,000 unpredictable humans, what would you prefer the alternative to be, sir? A special section just for you? Maybe a sign posted in your row that you're sitting there and here are all the things people are not to do? Dare I say, get over yourself.

A one game suspension for trying to gouge out someone's eye? Seriously? Oooookay. Those must be the "new" rules we're playing by now. I think it's funny that an elbow near the head (whether intentional or unintentional) warrants 5+ games, trying to gouge out someone's eye(s) gets you one at best.

Also, I've been a s***-ton of sporting events, mostly baseball and hockey and have had to deal with all manner of fans sitting around me. Have I had to deal with what you're talking about? Sure. However, if I have to go to the bathroom, I'm going to go and if I stand up and block your view for the 10 seconds it takes for my fat ass to clear your spacial horizon.....then so be it. I think in that case, it's ridiculous to expect people who spend most of the night drinking (be it beer or pop) to not urinate for the whole night lest they get in your way. Come on now. We're adults here. Case in point. I was in Chicago back in April of '06 to see David Gilmour on tour. David ******* Gilmour. The man who literally makes my spine weak. That guy. So yeah, I had some numbnut in front of me DANCING TO COMFORTABLY NUMB (the horror!) in front of me and instead of saying something, I got up and stood in the aisle for the rest of the number and when he plopped back down, I went back to my seat. That's how I thought an adult would handle the situation. I paid to get in, he paid to get in. He wants to dance like a monkey getting shocked in the nads, then fine. I'll merely remove myself from his area and enjoy myself. No biggie. I'm not suggesting that's what YOU should do, but if people pay to get into wherever you're at, as long as they're not breaking the rules and codes of that building, you suck it up.

That's basically the post of the thread. Look, I have the same complaints about people when I go to rock concerts, but again......I'm in public. I don't have the right to tell the people around me how to behave so that I am not inconvenienced during the show. That's not my place.

Lilja. I mean, he's European. We've already heard his opinion of Europeans in hockey right now, whose to say he doesn't pee his pants and then run.

After the whole faux-scandal surrounding the Canadiens a couple weeks ago, I won't believe that he's coming here until he's in uniform on the ice.

Gouging out someone's eye, or at least attempting to, is best left to cat fights......not hockey fights. If they have some kind of proof he did what he's been alleged to have done, then yeah.....he should be suspended for the rest of the year. This is the NHL, in case you've forgotten and while it is a physical sport and s*** does happen......this is completely unnecessary.

Don Cherry is a great example of an IRL troll. He says ridiculous and outlandish things for the sole purpose of pissing people off and getting them to give him attention for the comments. No different than people here who say s*** like "ZOMG OSCRAP SUX0RS!!!11!!" because they know it'll cause a flame war.

Spare us.

Oreo Blizzard FTW.

Ah, some other jackal who thinks the elbow is part of their hockey equipment. Good to see the league cracking down on this stuff.

That's really, really mean. And funny.

Nick graduated from the Steve Yzerman School of NHL Captaincy. He's not saying anything scandalous. It'll be the same stuff that has been said before when we've gotten our taints kicked in.