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"What I don't like is Howie stood on his head and leaves the rink feeling like he didn't win," Babcock said. "They don't have a home run derby at the end of a tied ballgame. It doesn't make any sense." Boo hoo. Isn't this the same guy who always talks about not making excuses, and only worrying about things you can control? This whole organization is on a crusade against the shootout. And the funny part is, the more the GM and coach ***** about it and fight against it, the worse we do. If you guys recall, we used to be fairly decent in the shootout.

The Tyler Seguin trade is the closest possible comparable to a Hall trade (considering their ages, career stats, draft pedigree, etc.). Seguin, along with Peverly and Ryan Button were traded for Loui Eriksson, The Good Smith, Matt Fraser, and Joe Morrow. So Boston got a 20+ goal (70 pt.) winger, an up and coming roster player, a bottom sixer, and a pretty good prospect for a Seguin, a journeyman defenseman, and a third rate prospect. As such, I'd say if you wanted Hall you'd be looking at giving up Nyquist, Jurco/Sheahan, plus a middling prospect. They wouldn't need Pulkkinen too, and they wouldn't need a pick. If that's the asking price I say "no thanks". Hall is a REALLY good winger, but I wouldn't want to lose the center depth (Sheahan) since we're thin on the ground. I'd do that package for Seguin, but not Hall.

I'd seriously give Jurco and Weiss (when healthy) a try. Can't be worse right?

Yikes.

Zetterberg's got to be injured. He's never been a great skater, but he is slooooooooooooooooooooooow right now.

JIMMMAH!!!!!

Seriously. Bobrovsky. Traded. For picks. And replaced by Bryzgalov. Lol.

Nice backcheck by Tatar on that. At least he works hard after the giveaway.

Anybody remember that time Paul Holmgren traded Bobrovsky for a second and fourth round pick so that he could land Bryzgalov? Worst part? That's the third or fourth worst trade of Holmgren's tenure as GM.

Maybe so, but that hardly suggests a league wide conspiracy in favor of the Columbus Blue Jackets (lol). Also, considering we get more powerplays that we give, does every other team in the league have a solid argument for suggesting the league has a pro-Detroit bias? Of course not. That would be silly.

Lets just say there is a league wide bias to help those teams win, which is absurd, but lets just say there is. They still lose, a lot, all the time. If there's a league conspiracy to help those teams, it is literally the least effective conspiracy of ALL TIME. I cannot think of a plot which has achieved its goals less often than the one you're suggesting exists right now. We currently lead the league in powerplay opportunities. There, Is. No. Bias, Against, The. Red. Wings.

These pairs make the most sense to me on a given night. You could always flip flop Green with Smith (situationally) in order to protect Green's minutes if you needed to.

Oh, I get it. You like sports, and you like fighting, and you like entertainment. You like sports entertainment. Gotcha.

Yes, I do. Your razor sharp arguments cut me to the core.

Like in the playoffs? When all those guys fight after hard hits? Lol. You're grasping at straws. Why not just admit you get your jollies off watching guys punch each other? At least it would be honest.

Sure they are, they're just too dumb to know it. I bet you get all antsy in your pantsy whenever you see a foul ball at a baseball game too.

Here's a comparison I'm sure the two of you will no doubt understand completely. Watching hockey for the fights is a lot like watching NASCAR for the crashes. It's too bad The Joe doesn't have an infield full of underage girls in halter tops, that way the two of you could go hog wild the next time Brendan Smith oozes machismo after a crosscheck.

You need to stop fetishizing penalties.

You're right. I'll order another Miller Light and yuck it up with all the other low brow dips***s. Because it's obvious how interested I am in agreeing with the crowd. Afterward I'll head home and jack off to all the pass interference calls I missed on Monday night football, because penalties are totally awesome bro!

yes.

Wouldn't McGrattan need to spend more than 6:30 minutes with him per night to have any sort of impact at all? I literally spend more time on the toilet per day than Brain McGrattan does playing hockey on game night.

I like how in your mind "the action" of hockey and penalties are the same thing. You want the league to leave game misconducts alone, so that you can enjoy the "action". Lol. Nevermind what happens between the whistles, that s***'s boring. The real stuff comes after the play is dead. And one day, if we're really lucky, all the fun stuff about hockey will happen after the game is completely over. Then we can just watch Dan Carcillo and Zac Rinaldo beat the s*** out of each other in the parking lot. What a sport that will be.

Nobody can hold the players accountable because management will always take the players' side, and particularly the high end pick players' side. They'll just keep bringing in coaches, who will in turn try to get these prima donnas to play a real game of hockey, there will be a backlash from said players, and the coach will get fired.

Not really. He's a little bit like Maltby in attitude, but his skill set is almost entirely like Draper. Both Draper and Glendening are/were matchup defensive centers, with excellent faceoff and penalty killing capabilities. The only thing Maltby and Glendening have in common is that they're both pretty big douchebags lol. They love chirping dudes, being quasi-dirty, and facewashing guys. On second thought, Glendening is a Maltby/Draper love child. A perfect combination of the two. 100%

I agree. The year before he was a monster against Chicago. He was all over Toews and I recall him absolutely decimating Bickell along the boards as well. People always harp on stay at home guys until they're gone. Did it with Stuart, do it with Ericsson.