Octopus's Garden

What did he do to stay in? Shaky defense, yes, but it's still 4 goals in 30 minutes.

About due for a call on the Canucks here, aren't we?

Sit the F down Howard. Jesus.

At what point can I blame this on Maltby's injury?

Um ....

Get to the locker room and regroup. That was a disgracefully officiated period. Again. So sick of this crap.

f*** the NHL. f*** it.

Ahhhh right back in the swing of things -- 2 goal lead gone, garbage officiating, weak goals, missed open net by Fil. I miss the Olympics.

NHL officiating is such a friggin joke. How many games in a season get changed because of bulls*** calls? This game was OVER and one pile of crap call changes all the momentum.

Way to pick your team up, Jimmy. Christ.

Sadly, it probably would've been wiped out on the "Intent to Blow" rule if it happened now.

f*** off, Penguins. Unf***ingreal

Via MLive This would not be the worst thing that could happen, no offense to Malts.

I'm not waiting for the playoffs to start my playoff beard. I'm going to try and bring this team to the postseason with an early-arrival "Let's Make the Playoffs" beard. As of March 1, I will not be shaving until the Red Wings season is over. I hope you'll join me. I hope my fiance doesn't leave me.

Leddy's not exactly tearing it up this year, and a Johnsson-for-Barker swap really doesn't make Chicago any better, in my opinion. I'd say in the immediate future, this is a wash ... possibly even slightly favoring Minnesota, depending on Leddy's development.

Lilja. I thought that was why he was coming back.

I'd just like to take a minute amidst all the mini-deadline panic to help people realize that Kronwall and Lilja will apparently be in the lineup tomorrow and going forward. So you're now looking at a top-6 of Lidstrom, Rafalski, Stuart, Kronwall, Lilja and Big E. Not too shabby.

MLive If one of those guys turn out to be the LTIR guy ... I quit this season.

I love wild speculation. Filpulla and Lebda to Florida for Vokoun. Waive Osgood, put Maltby on LTIR. Does any of that make sense? I don't care.

I want Janik back.

Played a great period ... and leave it down 2-1 on a horrid breakdown. Typical.

Disgusting. Way to finish the period, chumps.

Can I just play devil's advocate on the Team Sweden situation for a bit? Let's say Homer withdraws and Franzen plays ... You get two extra weeks rest for Holmstrom, who get beat up more than anyone in hockey and was hurt all through the end of last year. And you get at least 3, and possibly as many as 7 games for Franzen to get his legs back, with the games spaced out pretty well over a two-week stretch. Is there a risk in Franzen playing in the Olympics? Of course. But ... if it's something that might happen, I'm choosing the glass half full approach.

This is the format that the CCHA uses and it's much, much better. Playing the last 10 minutes clinging to a tie so you can get a point is next to meaningless because of the difference between a regulation win and an OT loss. The current system is terrible because it assigns the same amount of points for all wins, and the shootout is far from a "Best team wins" format, so much as it is a "Best players/Luckiest shooters" win format.

What is the West's record against the East this year? I ask this after watching the Kings score twice in the last 2 minutes to beat NJ, 3-2.