Matt

Taken at face value if someone had asked me if I thought Datsyuk would head back to Russia after his contract expires, at the age he'll be then (and the state of the team at the time), I'd strongly lean toward yes. Ultimately the state of the team is going to weigh heavily on that decision: if the team makes move(s) necessary to keep the team as a legitimate Stanley Cup contender the "loyalty" card to do something like Lidstrom's play-it-by-year contract re-signings seems to be a strong possibility. But the status quo of the last couple of seasons? Happy trails, Pavel, and enjoy the company of your daughter. Couldn't ask for more from him.

Widescreen: 1920x1200 | 1920x1080 | 1680x1050 | 1600x900 | 1440x900 | 1366x768 | 1280x800 4:3: 1600x1200 | 1400x1050 | 1280x1024 iPad/iPad2: 1024x1024 iPad3: 2048x2048 iPhone 4/4S: 640x960 iPhone 5: 640x1136 Android: 480x800 Enjoy!

Widescreen: 1920x1200 | 1920x1080 | 1680x1050 | 1600x900 | 1440x900 | 1366x768 | 1280x800 4:3: 1600x1200 | 1400x1050 | 1280x1024 iPad/iPad2: 1024x1024 iPad3: 2048x2048 iPhone 4/4S: 640x960 iPhone 5: 640x1136 Android: 480x800 Enjoy!

The LetsGoWings.com Forums were upgraded with maintenance updates this morning. This includes updates to the forums, calendar, chat and gallery features!

Widescreen: 1920x1200 | 1920x1080 | 1680x1050 | 1600x900 | 1440x900 | 1366x768 | 1280x800 4:3: 1600x1200 | 1400x1050 | 1280x1024 iPad/iPad2: 1024x1024 iPad3: 2048x2048 iPhone 4/4S: 640x960 iPhone 5: 640x1136 Android: 480x800 Enjoy!

Wait until next month: two straight in Anaheim.

Widescreen: 1920x1200 | 1920x1080 | 1680x1050 | 1600x900 | 1440x900 | 1366x768 | 1280x800 4:3: 1600x1200 | 1400x1050 | 1280x1024 iPad/iPad2: 1024x1024 iPad3: 2048x2048 iPhone 4/4S: 640x960 iPhone 5: 640x1136 Android: 480x800 Enjoy!

Widescreen: 1920x1200 | 1920x1080 | 1680x1050 | 1600x900 | 1440x900 | 1366x768 | 1280x800 4:3: 1600x1200 | 1400x1050 | 1280x1024 iPad/iPad2: 1024x1024 iPad3: 2048x2048 iPhone 4/4S: 640x960 iPhone 5: 640x1136 Android: 480x800

This also includes upgrades to the Chat, Gallery and Calendar forum components!

The LetsGoWings.com Forums underwent a maintenance upgrade this afternoon @ 1pm to version 3.4.2. Please refresh your browser cache to ensure you're loading the latest version of the forums!

Widescreen: 1920x1200 | 1920x1080 | 1680x1050 | 1600x900 | 1440x900 | 1366x768 | 1280x800 4:3: 1600x1200 | 1400x1050 | 1280x1024 iPad/iPad2: 1024x1024 iPad3: 2048x2048 iPhone 4/4S: 640x960 iPhone 5: 640x1136 Android: 480x800 Enjoy!

Registration time for the 6th Annual LetsGoWings.com Fantasy Hockey Buy-In Challenge is ready to tackle the rest of the season! This is a 12-team, head-to-head league hosted by Yahoo. Scoring and draft information is below: Cost: $25/team Draft: Friday, January 18th @ 8:30pm ET Starting Positions: 2 Center, 2 LW, 2 RW, 4 D, 1 Util, 2 G (6 Bench, 1 IR) Scoring Categories: G, A, PTS, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, W, GAA, SV%, SHO Prizes: 1st Place = $175, 2nd Place = $90, 3rd Place = $35 ___________________________________________________________________________ Right now there are invitations out to GMs that took part in last year's league. Returning GMs will have until Sunday, January 13th to re-register for this upcoming season. Starting on Monday, January 14th, I will be granting the remaining spots to new GMs that have expressed an interest to join. Once those GMs are sent an official invite they will be required to post the $25 team fee before the Friday, January 18th live draft. If you are interested in joining the league this year, please PM me here through the forums. I likely will not respond until the 18th, when the first batch of invites are sent out. Invites will be sent on a first-come, first-serve basis. There are 2-3 known open spots for this season, and those can be filled immediately. ___________________________________________________________________________ Attendance at the LIVE ONLINE DRAFT is highly recommended but not required. Remember, this is a buy-in league, so it's in your wallet's best interest to take part in everything. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask! Entry Fee Payment All GMs are required to pay the $25 entry fee (via PayPal). Unlike in previous seasons, I will allow GMs to register their team before making full payment. Payment, however, will be required before January 18th.

All spots have been filled! Good luck everyone!

One spot left!

We're down to just 2 spots remaining in the 12-team league. Please PM me if interested in joining!

I've updated the rule. In light of events that happened last season I've taken a firmer stance on this: No links to illegal streams, no instructions on how to access them, etc.. Normally I wouldn't go this route, but I can't put the site at risk legally. It's not worth it. This isn't big evil Matt coming down hard on everyone just to be a pain in the ass, it's just not worth dancing the line until I get certified letter from a lawyer in the mail.

There are still a few spots remaining! Please PM me if interested and I can fire off an invite right away!

I've performed an update to the Tapatalk app integration (available for iOS, Android and Kindle devices) which includes feature improvement and the ability to turn on push notifications!

The LetsGoWings.com forums were upgraded with a security patch and version update on 12/28. Small changes overall, but also included additional updates performed as recently as 1/10. Since the updated templates include revised javascript and stylesheet files it is recommended that you clear your browser's cache (Ctrl+F5 on PC and Cmd+R on Mac) to ensure that these updates are reflected in your viewing experience. Thank you!

The official LetsGoWings.com Open (free) Fantasy League has a small number of spots available for this season! This is as 12-team head-to-head league and the competition is fierce! Interested? Here's the details on this Yahoo-based league: Draft: Thursday, January 17th @ 8:30pm ET (Attendance Required) Starting Positions: 2 Center, 2 LW, 2 RW, 4 D, 1 Util, 2 G (6 Bench, 1 IR) Scoring Categories: G, A, PTS, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, W, GAA, SV%, SO Invites will be sent out in groups, so registering for the league is a first-come, first-serve basis and that space is limited! This is a long-running league, now entering its 12th successful season. This league uses the same scoring as the 6th-year Buy-In Challenge. PM me here through the site here to request an invite and please make clear the e-mail address you want the invitation sent to. (Invitation requests in this thread will be ignored.) Thank you and good luck!

All spots in this league have been filled. Good luck to those participating!

If you're not aware: the forums underwent an upgrade on 12/28 (part security update, part new version) and following that update forum members started experiencing various errors here. Sometimes the stylesheets for certain pages wouldn't load, sometimes the WYSIWYG editor wouldn't show in a Reply box, pop-up menus wouldn't work, HTML wouldn't be parsed correctly (on quoted replies this was most common), etc.. Today I performed some further updates to remedy these issues: a small database fix, re-caching the forum skins and then finally (tonight), rebuilding the updated template skins (Red and White versions) from the default template that came with the updated forum software. What's this mean for you? It should be the end of any issues you were having on the site. But first you'll have to clear your browser's cache. You can do so while viewing the site by pressing Ctrl+F5 (PC) or Cmd+R (Mac). That'll force it to re-load all of the site's template files: specifically the CSS and javascript files -- both of which underwent some significant updates and must be re-cached. If you have any problems after re-caching your browser please feel free to PM me or post your problem in the "Member Services" subforum (and include screenshots if you can,) Note: The site templates are visually no different from the previous look -- just changes in some functionality and placement (like the "share" capability).

What I imagined blueadams was doing when I saw this thread title:

I want my money back and I have absolutely zero interest in the event for 2014. Screw 'em. Done.

It sold just a couple of days after it was listed back earlier this summer. Didn't last.