Bring Back The Bruise Bros

My link Looks pretty intentional to me.

Had to give you a top 6 role since you were the first LGWer I've seen that proposed a lineup full of posters from the site

30 NHL teams, plus a new expansion team called the LGW Blizzard. Here is how the Blizzard will look: Doc Holliday-Konnan511-Hockeytown0001 Red Wings Addict-Motown4013-SouthernWingsFan Newfy-F.Michael-Detroit #1 Fan GMRwings1983-Esteef-LeftWinger 55fan-Chelischick Edicius-Cusimano_Brothers Jollymania-haroldsnepsts WizardofOz30 Puckloo39 Head Coach: Shoreline Assistant Coach: Mindfly Goaltending Coach: Jedi Team Doctor: Matt GM: Bring Back The Bruise Bros Assistant GM: Tim.D

Well my actual picture was my avatar for a while, then switched it up There are a few other posters who have their actual pics as their avatars, I think. GMR......

If Howson deals the face of the franchise, he's nuts. That said, I wouldn't mind if we capitalized on his stupidity. Blockbuster deal: To Detroit: Rick Nash Derek Dorsett To Columbus: Valtteri Filppula Jakub Kindl Jan Mursak Tomas Tatar

Cool topic. My dream NHL: *Remove the instigator penalty *Adopt the four division system proposed earlier this year *Go back to the home team wearing white *Continue to allow players to choose whether to wear a visor or not *Move teams out of Phoenix and Florida and put them in Quebec City and Hamilton. Shift division format accordingly *Remove the trapezoid *Ease up on the hooking/holding/interference, in order to enable players to play a little defense without getting penalized, but without slowing the game down to the mid-'90s pace. *Remove the "Delay of game" penalty for players flipping the puck out of play in their own end *Remove the double minor penalty when blood is drawn on a high stick *Continue to allow refs to choose whether to wear a visor or not *Host Winter Classics in cities that have the weather conditions to host one. No team will play in the Winter Classic more than once before every other team gets a turn to participate in one. For example, even if a team like Dallas does not have the weather conditions to host one, they will get their chance to play in one before any other team plays in multiple. Once Pittsburgh or Washington or Detroit play, they will wait until every other team has participated in one before they get a chance to play in one again. If we continue to feature a small amount of teams in the Classic every year, it will lose its steam. Hopefully this thread lasts a while. I'm sure some great ideas will be tossed out there. I'm sure I'll have to come back and edit this later on.

My link Bummer

Looking more and more like Bryan Allen may be moved out of Raleigh.

Not much going on. Joel Rechlicz called up by Washington, though. My link

Its not about the amount of fights. Not sure how many times we need to go over this. In 1996-97, we had a pretty physical team. McCarty, Shanahan, Kocur, Maltby, and Draper were all willing to go to the dirty areas to battle for a puck, and each finished all of their checks. When things got rough, Kocur, McCarty, and Shanahan could take care of business. It was much the same in 1998. In 2001-02, McCarty, Shanahan, Draper, and Maltby still provided the physical edge for us. Yzerman, Fedorov, Hull, etc blew teams out of the rink with their puck skills. Hasek played insane. In 2007-08, the physical edge was provided by Helm, Drake, Maltby, and even McCarty. Osgood played great. Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Filppula, etc provided the puck skills. That team, like the other 3 Championship teams, could physically combat other teams, and win puck battles down low. When things got chippy, they were able to "weather the storm". Gritty bottom 6 guys are just as important of a component to playoff success than the finesse guys are. If people really think our current team can win it all, they aren't paying close attention. This team can't play at a competitive level on the road. I doubt they will be able to pull many road playoff games out of their hat. If we fight 100 times next year, that definitely doesn't guarantee us a Cup. It's not necessarily about fighting. I respect posters like Konnan, who can at least acknowledge that this team needs a change or two, much more than the posters who blindly believe any team that Ken Holland puts together is destined to hoist the Cup. And for those who plan to reply "Well, well, Abby is physical". Gimme a break. He's not physically consistent at all and took a ton of dumbass penalties last postseason, meanwhile not doing a damn thing offensively. The "LOL BEING PHYSICAL DOESNT MATTER UR JUST A FIGHT SLAPPY" argument has been crushed many times by multiple people here, but those who can't deal with it continue it because they can't swallow their pride and admit they were wrong. A balance of finesse, grit, good goaltending, effective special teams, and veteran leadership is the key to Hoist the Cup.

I think Morrow can handle playing on Datsyuk's or Zetterberg's wing. In addition, he can play an effective bottom 6 grinding role. He's a complete player. No, he's not young anymore, but he can still play at an intense level.

I'd like to see us get younger as a team this summer. I think Bertuzzi and Holmstrom will hang them up over the summer. Obviously Lidstrom's status is still unknown. I'll miss Homer, but at this point, he is no longer effective at even strength, although he is still a powerplay specialist. Assuming Stuart heads west to be with his family, I'd like to see us get a younger guy to take his spot (Tim Gleason). I don't mind Cleary, but his game is kind of on the slide, as well. I think he will be here for at least another year, though.

Nope, 20's. Didn't think there were teens on here.

If Ken is serious about making a run, I think at least one of Morrow/Moen, and a physical top 6 forward should be in order. As others have said, I don't want to see 5 trades, risking messing up our chemistry. Ideally, I'd really like: Filppula-Datsyuk-Franzen Morrow-Zetterberg-T.Ruutu Moen-Abdelkader-Bertuzzi Miller-Helm-Holmstrom Lidstrom-White Stuart-Kronwall Ericsson-Commodore

To Detroit: Jarome Iginla Tim Jackman Mark Giordano To Calgary: Dan Cleary Jonathan Ericsson Tomas Tatar Draft Pick

I used to love watching the All-Star game as a kid. It is the same thing every year, it seems. To be brutally honest, I don't even know who made the All-Star game. Neither do I know what the team matchups are. No way I'm watching it. Not sure what to do about fixing it, but I'm just not interested in it at all anymore.

Gave me a heart attack for a minute. Thought he was gone already.

Anyone purchase these? Supposedly they aren't being sold just anywhere. Tons of autographed cards, jersey patches, fight straps, etc. Probert, Kocur, McSorley, Domi, are all included in the set. I saw a hobby box for $70 online but it didn't detail how many packs were contained in the box. Anyone have further information on these cards?

I know. I think he was included in the set because he's led the league in penalty minutes the last few years, not to mention been at, or near, the top in fighting majors for the past few years. On a historical scale, he isn't a legendary enforcer, I agree with that, but they probably threw him in as a modern day guy. Riley Cote and Shawn Thornton are in the set, if I remember correctly.

Yeah I don't want to see us to tinker with the roster too much, but I feel a change or two would benefit the team down the road in the playoffs.

That makes two of us. He's available this summer, I believe. He is the perfect 4th line center. I've been trying to make a case for this guy for a few years now, and the typical response was "LOL UR AN ENFORCER SLAPPY". He can put up a few points here and there. I will definitely be advocating for him again this summer.

I love the looks to this lineup, but there's no way the Rangers deal Prust. Also, you're missing Holmstrom. Realistically, this is what I'd like to see: Morrow-Datsyuk-Franzen Filppula-Zetterberg-Hudler Moen-Helm-Bertuzzi Miller-Abdelkader-Holmstrom Mursak Lidstrom-White Kronwall-Stuart Ericsson-Commodore Kindl I think we'll be able to get one of Moen or Morrow, but even the thought of being able to get both of them seems a litte unrealistic. We don't have that many bargaining chips. We'll find out.

Franzen-Datsyuk-Parise Zetterberg-Filppula-Hudler Morrow-Helm-Abdelkader Miller-Emmerton-Eaves -Mursak Suter-White Kronwall-Sarich Ericsson-B.Smith Doesn't look too bad.

They sit 6th in the East at the break.

Maybe he can lure Weber here for a cheaper price, offering a truce