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no pun intended, right? Agreed on the starting pitchers' arms. It's grueling to create the same movement, over and over again, with such force as they have to use to pitch a fast ball, for example. It's amazing they ever play more than a couple of years.

Any sport which I could conceivably do -- like drive a car -- can't be all that difficult. I am joking, of course. I would be dead before I made one circuit in a race car. It's hard to compare the sports in terms of which one is more difficult to maintain a presence in, after age 40. I would say hockey is a lot harder to compete in than golf or baseball. You don't see 40 year old NFL'ers very often either. Hockey remains the most fascinating sport to me, and the most demanding in terms of athleticism. I am still amazed every time I see a defenseman in the NHL skating backwards faster than 99% of people in the world could skate forwards -- and they have eyes in the backs of their heads/helmets, since they don't run into each other or anything else. Goalies are just other-worldly in terms of skills and level of demand/stress, IMO. Most of them don't make it to age 40 in the net, because the job is just too demanding on body and mind.

If by get going, you mean run from my office screaming, fling myself in my car, and drive away as quickly as possible.... then, yes. TPBM needs a vacation.

I used to make this exact same point last season, just change the name of the 'tender. It didn't seem to have much effect then, either.

thank goodness, we escaped with a win. Thanks for the goals, boyz!! Pasha, Zata, Mule = 1, 2, 3 game stars?

It's St. Patrick's Day.

so.... I guess this means Biron doesn't get a SHUTOUT! eh?

that's what I said. I have a new one, I volunteer for barbering duty.

it was his defense. Aren't they responsible for stopping the pucks?

is the game back on yet? Or are we missing it for this celebration?

there are probably people here who don't even know what that means...

Listen to that crowd! Biron never saw that puck at all. Do it again, Pasha!!

there's one. Thanks, Pasha, baybee!!

I am wondering just how much the Wings miss Homer. Coincidence, the outcome of the last two games, with Homer? And now, tonight.... hmmm.

Shut out? You mean, one of those games where the other team gets no goals? None? Unfortunately, it's looking pretty good for the Wings to hand him just that right now. But Biron is also right where he needs to be tonight, too.

Babs just said it: the Wings are making it too easy for Biron. 27 shots, none of them much of a challenge.

Wings outshooting the Flyers 2 to 1. Yet we have no goals. Biron hasn't read LGW and therefore has no idea he's not supposed to stop every puck himself, apparently.

LOL! ew.

If another one goes in unanswered, Babs oughta think about a goalie switch. No sense in ruining Ozzie's winning streak (is two games enough to be a streak?) I cannot accept the idea of the Phlyers shutting out the Wings at home. SHUT OUT, BIRON!!!!!

How is Biron managing to stop all those shots from the Wings? The Flyers are that much better than our guys? Seriously?

LOL~ "That is not a hard question to answer...." another pregnant pause from Waahh... I miss that arrogant b*stard. At least he was interesting and unique. And great fun to beat like a rented mule, too.

very nice, Ozzie... that was necessary!!

if they want to turn the momentum back in their favor, they need to solve Biron, right now.

mildly concerned here, with no Homer and the team on a high after two very convincing wins. We'll see... I say 5-4 Wings win it, anyway.