sleepwalker

Exactly. Thats what makes this whole thing so unfortunate.

You are missing the bigger picture though. Brendan Smith hasn't even made the NHL yet, and will now be considered a "repeat offender" which means for the rest of his (hopefully long) career, if he messes up, he'll get the book thrown at him.

Actually, based on Shanny explaination there, Smith should only get 1 game if any, because Ben Smith DID make a sudden movement immediately before the hit, which caused the head hit to happen. And Shanny seems to be emphasizing in these videos the point of whether or not the player that got hit made any sudden movements prior to the hit, which caused the hit to the head to happen.

Some of those comments are beyond ridiculous. People need to use logic instead of getting all over the top emotional without even knowing the facts. But, I agree with PrarieDog, this will be interesting to see what Shanny does, as it was most definitely a head hit, but the head was not the target and Ben Smith made a sudden movement at the very last second that unintentionally shifted Brendon Smith POA from the shoulder to the head.

If versus were a person, I'd punch them in the throat right now. I'm ******* pissed.

Seriously. What the f***? Its blacked out down here in Toledo too. f*** versus. Thats bulls***. Does this mean that all the games this year that are on Versus will be blacked out?

Makes sense.....I guess. Still ******* retarded (IMO) that they are trying to bring more fans to hockey and one way is by starting this yearly New Years Day "tradition" a few years ago, but then bumping it for football the year it happens to fall on a Sunday.

Even though I'm broke, I decided to splurge for the first televised Wings game today with an old favorite, a sixer of Two Hearted.

Yeah, Cooke is a dirty piece of s***, but I don't think this one deserves a suspension. Shanny is gonna catch hate from all angles for this one, regardless of which way he rules on it though...

No, you wouldn't be paying the claim out of your own pocket for that. Thats the whole point of insurance.

I think the fact that he thinks he would have made 40mil in the NHL is proof enough that he has massive brain damage, lol.

Its the Canadian way too, apparantly.

"Moore's parents, who were watching their son on television when the attack happened, are also suing, seeking $1.5 million for "for negligent infliction of nervous shock and mental distress."(all figures in Canadian dollars). Moore's lawyer filed the suit one day before its two-year limitation expired, denying there was any connection between the timing and the 2006 Winter Olympics" What scumbag f***s, especially that lawyer who undoubtedly dreamed this stupid s*** up and used to to get press at olympic time. Give me a break. So now everytime any player gets a hard check or gets in a fight, their parents can sue for "infliction of shock and stress"?

He damn well better earn his raise this year, cause as it stands right now, he is so ******* insanely overpaid with his new contract, its not even funny.

"Despite that big hit, Toews should be OK to attend camp..." I lol'd

I saw part of that from the clip posted earlier, and it got to me. I tried to watch your link with the whole ceremony, but only made it to just after 5:40 with the pause and close up, and got choked up. I'm out. I need a beer...

I agree, but on that note, lets not forget about the flight crew members as well. There were 44 or 45 people total onboard I beleive, not just the 38 from Lokomotiv. The crew members families are suffering just as much I'm sure...

Cmon guys, this isn't the time or place for a religious arguement. Everyone mourns in their own way be it having a few beers with friends and reliving memories, being alone for a while to reflect, or saying prayers. We should put any differences we might have aside at a times like this.

I had read that too. The player was Sergei Ostapchuk. Not sure if its true or not, but if so that makes this even that much worse. What a horrible day. What a horrible summer...

Yeah, I'm about to head home for the day. This has just been too much for me. I can't think of anything else, I keep getting misty eyed..... I feel sick, to be honest.

How big is your house or apartment? I assume not more than a max of 150 square feet, evevn that seems a bit excessive, no? Do you own more than a couple very basic outfits of clothing? I assume you also don't own a car either, correct? Wait...why are you on the internet right now? My point? Shut the f*** up you hypocrite. You live a gluttonous life of essentially unnessessary excess, just like the rest of us. Dumbass.

Wow.... I'm utterly shocked. I log in to the site today, and this is the first thing I read. Absolutely tragic. I really don't even know what to say at this time. I feel a lump in my stomach and a deep sadness.

If you put all the players names, millions of random salary numbers, different positions, different scenarios, different injuries, etc. into a giant hat and just randomly picked crap out of it, you'd have more accurate hockey predictions than Ecklund makes.

Martyr...You seem to honestly beleive in Amway an support it 100%. Your choice, obviously. BUT, that fact that you are literally the only person on this entire thread that feels that way has to tell you something. Every single person that has posted about this topic here is 100% against Amway sponsoring the Wings, and as pointed out multiple times, it has absolutely nothing to do with the Wings having corporate sponsership, but the fact that they chose Amway. Amway is a scam pyramid sceme. That is an undisputed FACT. They are predatory scumbags. FACT. The fact that they are now aligned with the most respected team in the NHL, if not one of the most respected teams in all professional sports, quite literally disgusts most of us to our very core. This is like making a deal with the devil...quite literally. My Escobar analogy earlier in the thread that you hated and took offense to so much was 100% accurate, regardless of how you personally feel about it. Its a deal with the devil. And the fact the the Wings are not even close to being in financial trouble makes it all the worse. This is Tom, money hungry scumbag f***, Wilsons baby. Almost all Detroit Red Wings fans absolutely HATE him for making this deal.

I like the rolls of fat on the back of his neck. Sexy.