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lol turned into a flame fest anyways i would rather win the pearson if i was a player but that is just me, when i was kid playing hockey no one i knew would run around saying "i want to win the hart" or "i want to win the con smythe" the only one that really matters i would guess is the cup. I am not sure exactly how the hart is judged "most valuable to his team" or "best strait up player"? I will venture to say if datysuk puts up 150 points next year and Z puts up 145, lidstrom dominates with a +200 and 110 points and kovalchuk puts in 110 pts and leads the thrashers to first place in their divison etc, i think kovalchuk would win. I do not think any redwing player will win hart or pearson as they have a great "team", any 1 player can come out of the lineup and they would still be a great team. Wow hate trying to type while working i lose track of where i was going, guess it was this. If you win the cup then any other rewards are just icing on the cup, i am sure anyone would trade in either a hart or a CS or a norris or whatever for 1 stanley cup ring

it's mcgoo(mcgeugh or however you spell it) that bothers me, can hardly watch any redwing game when he is the number 1 guy

cheli seemed to get a few less penalties this year over last year as well, less dumb penalties like slashing etc, at least i did not notice him in the box as much as before. He might be slower but the guy can still play, i say keep signing him to 1 year deals, especially if he is wiling to be D7

pretty sure it was sather coaching the dynasty oilers back in the 80's. And to the OP I hated it but the media was really pumping up crosby in the SCF, crosby and the pens and what they were doing wrong, rarely what the wings were doing right. Can not comment on the nba as i don't watch it, especially when the raptors are out

if i were gm i would send him out, he played decent enough for us but i think we have to bring in some of the younger talent while we still have the real talent to help cover up some of the mistakes they may make, would hate to see lilja/cheli leave the same year and then god forbid an injury to the blueline that has us with only 3 or 4 dmen with any major experience. and i hope we can sign stuart for about 3-3.5, if he turns it down i live about 40 minutes from rocky mountain house so i will drive out there and kick his ass or something p.s and in the long run i am more worried about getting Filppula locked up long term then our D

/concur

lol true that, i just figure bettman will automatically give the kid at least 5 so he can have more rings the gretzky. 91 did play most of his career here and put up some great numbers, and great memories

nope nada no way no how, i agree with all of ya hang it in buffalo but not in the joe... on that note, if we sign fedorov to his end his carreeer here what do you think the odds are of his number hanging? (hmm sounded like a legit question in my head. p.s. and i hope in 10-15 years we see 13 and 40 hanging there, after they win us 5 or 6 more cups

Yzerman is my alltime favorite player, but if i was picking a GM of a team and got to pick my alltime best team, i think i would take lidstrom b4 the captain (probably just 1 pick before though)