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Isocam on Hudzilla!

in the 4rd, Z will drop the hammer!

implode much?

Back to the drawing board...

Cheers! Franzen-Zetterberg-Homer Clears-Filppula-Bert Huds-Abdelkader-Eaves Draper-Helm-Miller

I was 10 too, but that was a year after my family moved to LA. We would go see the Wings play the Kings every time they came to town but there was no hope of seeing them on TV. It was quite the exhibition of awful hockey witnessed by about 5000 people at the Forum. Back then the fans in both the half empty Forum and the Joe too before that were a fun rowdy spectacle themselves though.

I figure I will actually watch the game, or at least flip channels and watch some, but I just remembered another reason why I shouldn't - Bob Costas. I truly hate that little ventriloquist's dummy. He really has no business around a sheet of ice.

"Kovalchunk"

I'm not doing picks this weekend or next, but please play the Winter Classic Prop Bet Challenge which is posted and we will use as a tiebreaker.

Who will win? PENS Over or Under 6.5 goals (not including any shootout)? OVER Will there be OT? NO Will there be a shootout? NO Which Team Scores First goal? PENS Will Ovechkin Score a goal? YES Will Crosby Score a goal? YES Will Backstrom Score a goal? YES Will Malkin score a goal? NO Which team will have the most shots? CAPS Will there be an Empty Net goal? YES Over or Under 12.5 PIM? OVER Will there be any fighting majors? NO Who will have more points - OV or Crosby (or tie)? CROSBY Who will be the three stars of the game (any order - 1 pt for each correct)? FLEURY CROSBY OV (going out on a limb ) Will there be any precipitation during the game? YES

oops - o yea i see that now. then i retract what i said.

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I never said he was so replaceable. My points were that Abby, to me, has the special sauce and that some people take for granted the ability to go out and get something like that on the open market for cheap. I don't think that is the case. I am grateful to have Eaves here as well (Miller not so much), but if we could clone Abs in exchange for him I would. Unfortunately I think the NHLPA has rules against cloning and we live in the real world.

Oops...

Of course we would be better. I'd rather have another Abby than Eaves as well. There is a reason he has the best +/- on the squad. The problem is that it's tough to find someone with his combination of desire, work ethic, and skating ability for that price tag. When teams find it they don't want to let it go. I don't think it is entirely realistic to think you could get any big body that likes to hit, put a fire under his ass, and have him play like Abs. Its the desire that's the pixie dust. He seems to have more than Miller, Eaves and maybe even Helm. For that reason you cant say it comes from competing for a spot because they would all have it. That little extra must come from within.

Salei is old and expendable so E is like 5th on the priority / org chart if not the depth chart. They also have already invested a lot in him and still has his best years ahead of him too. I can see him getting a 3 yr deal which overpays him for next year (if Nick stays) and underpays him when he moves to a steady 4th slot.

I think Jimmy's ceiling is higher. Assuming Ozzie retires, I don't see the organization taking on such a risk over relatively little money. They will want to keep him for continuity's sake. If Ericsson's minutes stay at around 16 or so I think you're right on his limit, but I have a feeling that his minutes will go up. If that happens and he continues to play solid he could get $2M. Big bodies don't grow on trees on the DRO farm.

I don't necessarily think it's meant to be that way. 24/7 is really a boxing series and it's the same crew that does it. They're just used to hyping stuff in that fashion especially because they are promoting fights that are on HBO or HBO PPV. I don't know if they do, but it's possible that they may have some arrangement with NBC too.

He had a good interview on HNIC tonight. He downplayed any prospects of a work stoppage noting that what was learned in the MLB stoppage was that is wasn't good for anybody- players, owners or fans. He also noted that their most recent agreement came amicably and for the first time without even a threat of stoppage. Of course he made no bones about needing to do his due diligence before being able to speak directly to the NHLs situation, but he seemed sharp and upbeat. Maybe someone can post a vid?

the game was in progress - end of 1st ditto - going into 3rd

maybe we should rename the thread to get some results (a la Philly Leino)

He had them removed to facilitate the insertion of Twinkies.

They just gave up

Boudreau hears from his mom after '24/7'

good on ya