mjlegend

We are laughing! And we are very good friends. Good buddies sharing a special moment.

Fixed it for you.

They can start with the idiot fans who booed the US national anthem. I don't care what happened in St. Louis the other night, you don't boo another country's national anthem.

Of course the NHL lists the Penguins guy first.

I'm saving my good vibes for the Ducks tonight. COME ON, YOU DUCKS!

Looked like his fist did most of the damage but it looks to be a warning shot for anyone else in that series. How Looch gets a game and Kostopolous doesn't get anything for his clear intent-to-injure elbow is strange. Hope they find another way to get back at that Lapierre prick who attacks players for scoring empty-net goals.

So many division rivals are playing each other tonight and yet there seems to be more feeling out than Catholic school prom night. Hopefully the neutral games get better as the first round wears on.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Clagary = teh suck I was thinking tonight that Chicago would be a nice, classic WCF opponent, not that I'm looking too far ahead. If this team gets by Columbus and (maybe) Vancouver, a good ol' rivalry would flare up this year and in future years against another Central Division opponent. Might be a good way to care about the regular season again.

Homer had his goat on, and I thought I saw Zetterberg with a bit more than just fuzz. Hope I was just seeing things with Zatta.

I heart Ozzie tonight. If this keeps up, someone should prepare a sign: "Osgood: I apologize"

Back in the day, Scotty Bowman might have made them shave every day.

Since I want them to fail horribly, I would advise them to hire Mike Milbury.

Lulz. Thought about Rick Nash's face maniacally sneering instead of Pyle's here...

And who can forget Columbus' magical playoff slogans over the past few years? 2008: 2007: 2006: 2005: (NHL lockout, no playoffs) 2004: 2003: 2002: 2001: 2000:

Maybe Gary needs to see the Penguins trade Crosby and Malkin to the KHL for a bag of pucks to see what kind of model franchise it is.

I saw Cowan play Midget AAA at 15 and he was getting 30 minutes a game, head and shouldners above everybody skill wise and in decision-making. I'd be thrilled to get him in the lineup with Lidstrom for a couple of years so he could get some of that talent by osmosis. There's some really good talent in the top half of the first round this draft and maybe, just maybe, this trading up idea has been Plan A since Holland signed Zetterberg to a long-term deal, and then turned his sights on inking Hossa and Franzen.

Huddy doesn't have enough experience. They'd do well to get a good, young junior coach, since they're supposed to have a team with the speed that can play a younger, faster system. But they'll probably throw Glenn Anderson behind the bench or something.

I wonder if Aaron Downey would have made this team better? I suppose I'll never know anybody's opinion on the matter...

Meh. The same people who were pumping Steve Mason's tires all year were pumping Carey Price's last year. Next year it'll be Bernier or something. I love that Burke is running his mouth off about every player on the Laughs being tradable right now. No one wanted Kubina and Mayers at the deadline this year, do you think they're going to throw away a chance at Hedman or Tavares for it this year?

Funny that in 98, the Wings also had some guy named "Osgood" between the pipes and a wicked fast offense. After Phoenix went up 2-1 in the first round, I really didn't think the Wings had a chance. So I wasn't very confident at all until the end of the Dallas series. Washington was going to be a piece of cake.

Love it, Red Sea!

Damn. I saw Fidrych speak at a banquet about four years ago. Funny guy, still with that same hair, a pretty thick New England accent... He looked in good shape (considering he hadn't pitched in about 30 years) and I told him he could have pitched for the Tigers that year.

Hilarious Nikita.