kipwinger

Well, big and from Michigan. Sexiest women of all time... 1. Katie Strang 2. Serena Williams 3. Della Reese Unless Kate Upton dougies her way down to Slow's BBQ a few times a week to order "The Reason" sandwich, I ain't interested.

I obviously like that he's been an NHL coach, and will know (and be able to show) these kids what it's like to compete at that level. But it's not like he did anything special with all the young talent he had in Edmonton. Then again, that's probably entirely due to his short tenure there. What is it that you like about him? I'd honestly like to know more about the guy.

Guilty. Weezy is my boy.

Chicago inexplicably changed their lines up last night. You'd think that they would have stuck with what they had in game 3 given that they put a lot of pucks on net in that game, and given that Tampa was going to be starting a rookie goalie last night. I suspect the reason why they switched them up was to split up the offense a little prior to going back to Tampa. It gave the new lines a game to gel, at home, and it will help alleviate the matchup problems next game. I expect Chicago will be better in Game 5 than they were last night. Which may be a big problem for Tampa if Bishop is still out.

I don't know where else to put discussion of the vacant GR head coaching job... But former Griffin, and former Oilers coach Todd Nelson is in the running for the top spot in GR. Along with Derek LaMonde, coach of the Toledo Walleye, and Kris Knoblauch of the Erie McDavids...errr....Otters. Not really sure who I like out of these three given that I haven't seen much of them. First impressions about Nelson and Knoblauch aren't great. They both coached world class players to underwhelming results. But I'm not sure if there's mitigating circumstances in each case. I know the Oilers are a dumpster fire, but how do you not win big with McDavid and Strome in Erie?

You're in a Blackhawks related thread. One which is directly applicable to Joel Quenneville's game time decision making. If you didn't want to talk about it, this is probably not the thread to be posting in.

Quenneville's third pair last night played a combined 36 games this year. One of them is a 23 year old rookie, with no playoff experience. The other is a 40 year old who was injured all season long. They were also AWFUL last night. That's why they played so little. By your logic, Quenneville would be a better coach if he played less capable players more often than he does. It doesn't make sense.

Exactly what you'd expect out of a beardless pantywaist.

Thank god. I don't think I could seriously cheer for something called "Dougie".

Why do you feel "attacked" when I disagree with you? I'm not attacking you. I'm correcting you. Because in this instance, you are completely wrong. If Quenneville is playing his top line just as much as guys like Babs and Bowman did, and his bottom pair less, then by default that means he's playing his second pair more. Which the numbers bear out. Hjalmarsson played 24:00 minutes last night. Oduya played 25:00. So your notion that he plays his top guys WAY MORE, is false. He plays them about the same same as most good coaches do with their top pair. He just plays his second pair a lot more too. Probably so that his train wreck third pair doesn't cost him the Stanley Cup. His bottom pair is a rookie and a 40 year old that missed most of the season. Would you play them more?

Like back when Lidstrom was averaging 30 minutes a night you mean? Good coaching like that? You ride the horses you have. Babcock certainly wasn't shy about wearing out Lidstrom and Rafalski for a Stanley Cup, and he's a good coach right? Plus, if you hadn't noticed, Chicago's defense is pretty banged up. Oduya is walking wounded, and they've got Timmonen in the lineup because the career AHLer (Cuminsky) with 7 whole games played for the Hawks hasn't been cutting it. Who else is he going to play? The great Scotty Bowman played Lidstrom 31:00 a night in the 2002 playoffs. Perhaps he should have played Lidstrom a little less, and gone with his third pair. That's what a good coach would do.

According to Puck Daddy, the guy never lobbied the league to ban beards, nor did he talk to anybody about getting players to voluntarily stop wearing them. Apparently, he was simply pointing out the fact that they'd be more marketable without them. And then a bunch of reactionaries went nuts and distorted the whole situation.

Damn, what a finish. This series is awesome.

Oduya playing with one hand. Dude is struggling. Gotta love dudes battling through injuries in the playoffs.

I'm so disappointed in you right now. I didn't expect you to like someone so gimmicky. Football pads with spikes? Might as well cheer for Demolition. The Dudleys had personality.

The guy in question is the Chairman of NBC Sports.

I just spent the last hour(ish) watching videos of the Dudley Boyz giving the 3D to various opponents and imagining them exploding on impact. It's basically the same thing. The Dudley Boyz, great tag team OR greatest tag team?

It's like Tron.

I guess I should have been more clear. I was talking about the first round.

Serious question, when was the last time Ken Holland moved up in the draft? If this isn't enough to make you puke...

In the pantheon of bad ideas in hockey, this isn't even really all that big of a deal. This guy's job is, in part, to market the NHL. Given his relative position, he's probably good at that. So he pitched an idea that he thought would do the trick. Nobody was interested, and the idea died. No harm, no foul. It's not like he's on an anti-beard, or anti-tradition, crusade. He was thinking like a sports TV executive...which he is. I mean, this is far less threatening than the stupid "glowing puck". That was truly a stinker of a marketing ploy.

Ok seriously, whose sock account is this? My initial thought was GMR, but it's not clever enough.

I'm surprised people are more upset about the infringement on tradition than the fact that it's not so subtly racist. “The players won't like this, but I wish they all would stop growing beards in the postseason,” Lazarus said. “Let's get their faces out there. Let's talk about how young and attractive they are. What model citizens they are. (Hockey players) truly are one of a kind among professional athletes. “I know it's a tradition and superstition, but I think (the beards do) hurt recognition. They have a great opportunity with more endorsements. Or simply more recognition with fans saying, 'That guy looks like the kid next door,' which many of these guys do. I think that would be a nice thing." Translation: These guys can be sold to Middle America because they're not black, scary, and/or a "thug". They don't have tattoos or dreadlocks. They look like you. We can work with this.

Cool hand Luke was famous for his pluck. His moxie. He wasn't notoriously fast at anything in particular. Get it together man. You're slipping.

I'm confused. Aren't these guys both really big...and North American? That means they'll probably be really good right? Why did we fail to sign two of our best prospects? Classic Holland.