Esquire

Solid first period on the road against a strong opposition IMO.

Nervous stomach + chipolte beans for dinner = trawwwble

Good sequence there. Really digging what I'm seeing from...Ericsson..ya I said it.

Bert/Abby/Clears. Killer.

Kronner/Stuart still not clicking. C'mon boys.

Kindl looking really good for the Blues tonight.

GOO-STAVE! lol

Ericsson/Lids?!

60 minutes, let's go.

Now or never boys.

That was amazing. And Foligno is a stud.

His resume got him his deal in Philly. The man is a legend who helped his team to 2 Cups and put that franchise on the map and booing him is absurd.

Great Sunday treat seeing a team of rookies run up the score on the Pens in their own barn. And the booing of Jagr? Seriously? I guess for a fanbase established in 2005 it's understandable.

"Let's go Blue Jays!!!"

I've never once said the Wings shouldn't make a play for Parise, if that's who you are implying about. In fact, I hope desperately that they land him. Whether he actually hits 40+ goals or not is still to see but all signs point that way. My point was that the number of players who put up big time goals has diminished over the years and that feverish dreams of having more than one 40+ goal scorer on your team need to be tempered with the realization that even one 40+ goal scorer on your team is a massive luxury, let alone expecting 3-4 of your players reaching those heights.

We're trying to rationalize this decision by the team that traded a player mid-GAME. lol I pity the next GM of this team. If people think Toronto have it bad Pierre LaBrun just pointed out this: Wait a minute...LaBrun is a French name....I wonder...

Players with 40 goals or more: 2011-12 = 2 (so far) 2010-11 = 5 2009-10 = 7 2008-09 = 8 Nevermind Detroit, the entire LEAGUE needs more 40 goal scorers. Expecting the number of prolific goal scorers of years past to be readily available in today's NHL is a pipe dream for fans. The Blues top goal scorer has 23 goals on the season yet they get it done. We need to level our expectations going forward. And having a single prolific goal scorer who goes on streaks takes a back seat to an entire team who consistantly chip in if you were to ask me. Hell, just ask St.Louis.

Gets my respect vote, but hasn't won anything and each of his three teams that put up 100 pt seasons got bounced in the first round of the playoffs. And he's still yet to make it out of the second round in his career.

Your common sense is refreshing and has absolutely no place in this thread. EDIT: You're -> your. My bad.

The only thing of note that any of those coaches has won is Hitch, and even then, Hull had to kick the puck into the net to win the Cup. And if you look at that Dallas roster, there's no way it was a team that overachieved.

You find me a coach that has "done more with less" than Mike Babcock and the Detroit Red Wings and I will print this post off, wrap a raw octopus with it, and film me eating it on YouTube while singing "Don't Stop Believing". The lunatics are truely running this asylum.

ZDH out there now "When they load up, it's quite the load isn't it?" LOLZ

Ok, pull Conks

We still got this.

CHRIST ERICSSON!!!