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He's a very promising young player but still needs to work on his puck possession.

I'm a residential advisor in one of the nicer dorms at UofM. I think it would be pretty awesome if Larkin was one of my residents! Haha

iginla is classy

Ouellet is NHL ready.

Dustin Penner says he's willing to entertain any and every offer he might get this summer because he needs a job. Ken Holland's latest reclamation project?
A line of Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Penner could be interesting.

I'm a little confused by his "ridiculous surge in the latter part of the season".
Franzen had 1 goal and 7 points in the last 18 games of the regular season
Are you confusing Franzen with Nyquist?
Granted, Franzen had 12 points in the 6 games prior to that slump. Which of course makes his stat-line look better when looking at the last 24 regular season games - 19 points in 24 games. However, that deceiving state-line doesn't change the fact that he wasn't producing for the last 18 games of the regular season.
So I would agree that the wings wouldn't have made the playoffs if it weren't for Franzen's "ridiculous surge for six games with about a quarter of the season left to play". But, I would also agree that if Franzen actually would've showed up for the last 18 games of the season we would have easily made the playoffs and probably would be playing the Pens rather than the Bruins.
He absolutely does not deserve praise for helping us make the playoffs. There's a reason the credit is going to all of the "kids" on the team.

Franzen has 11 playoff points the last 3 years. Scored 1 goal the last 3 months of the year until our eventual elimination. Those 5 goals in 7 games is a streak he should have gone on 4-5 times in a year not once.
Gus has 23 goals in 28 games. Now that's a real streak that got us into the playoffs, not Franzen's 5 goals in February

That overtime was so pathetic, the wings looked so tired. There were multiple shifts the Bruins had that I felt were definitely going to lead to a goal. So despite the lucky bounce, we had that had one coming.
On another note, am I the only one who thought Franzen played alright tonight? I'm usually pissed off by his lack of effort, but I definitely was surprised by how much jump he had (compared to normal).
I also thought Quincey and Smith played pretty solid.
I was disappointed with Kindl (per usual) but also thought Dekeyser had a pretty poor game tonight too.

May be a dumb question...but where can I watch olympic hockey highlights at? I seem to be unable to find them anywhere..

If this is against the rules hopefully a Mod will delete it and I'll share it via PM, but if you are outside of Canada and would like to take advantage of CBC's webcast here is how you can get around the Geo blocking.
For those that aren't familiar with CBC's web coverage of the games you can select any event from any point in the games and watch it in its entirety.
To access it you'll need to first connect to a proxy server in Canada (this one here was working when I tested it just now)
IP - 199.185.61.1 Port - 8081
connecting to a proxy server is different depending on which browser you're using here is how you get to those settings in the most popular browsers
Firefox - Tools > Options > Advanced > Settings > Manual proxy configuration
Google Chrome - Options > Under the hood > Network > Change proxy settings > LAN settings > Use a proxy server > Advanced > HTTP
- If you're running the newest version of Chrome, go to Settings, then at the bottom click "show advanced settings" > Change proxy settings > LAN settings > Use a proxy server > Advanced > HTTP - Then enter the IP and Port addresses and delete the numbers under "Secure" if there are any.
Internet Explorer: Tools > Internet options > Connections > LAN settings > Use a proxy server > Advanced > HTTP.

I've only tested it with Chrome and it worked great. Hopefully that helps my American friends who are busy during the day keep up with the games. (I can't help with the Beer Fridge unfortunately.)

He's good, but I'd rather have Coach Reilly. Taught the Minnesota Miracle man everything he knows. He tells it like it is and teaches kids to go for the dubya. It aint worth winning if you can win big.
But seriously, I can't picture anyone I'd rather have behind the bench over Babs. Maybe stick Chelios back there as an assistant to help light a fire under some of these guys. Teach them how to play with a bit of an attitude, and maybe make him condition them.

Gordon Bombay no questions asked. He just has a way at helping players maximize their potential...

Gordon Bombay no questions asked. He just has a way at helping players maximize their potential...

hahahahahah The teams were like "OH HELL NO" hahahah

Them to take Sammy as well...

With all due respect Mr.D, I think the players only need to be 76% fit, because you are going to pay them only 76% of what you agreed and promised to.

Not sure if this was posted before, but with NHL 13 featuring GM Connected we should set up a LGW Online Dynasty.....haha that is if 29 other users are okay without being the Wings.

Not sure if this was posted before, but with NHL 13 featuring GM Connected we should set up a LGW Online Dynasty.....haha that is if 29 other users are okay without being the Wings.

Seriously guys, no love for Freddie Olausson?!?

Seriously guys, no love for Freddie Olausson?!?

No Suter =( But would Garrison be a good addition? Would he sign for that little?
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline">CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR ROSTER
My Custom Lineup
FORWARDS
Zach Parise ($8.000m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Gustav Nyquist ($0.875m)
Valtteri Filppula ($3.000m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Johan Franzen ($3.955m)
Todd Bertuzzi ($2.075m) / Justin Abdelkader ($0.950m) / Danny Cleary ($2.800m)
Drew Miller ($0.838m) / Darren Helm ($1.250m) / Patrick Eaves ($1.200m)
Riley Sheahan ($0.900m) / Cory Emmerton ($0.533m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Nicklas Lidstrom ($5.500m) / Jonathan Ericsson ($3.250m)
Ian White ($2.875m) / Jason Garrison ($1.450m)
Kyle Quincey ($3.250m) / Niklas Kronwall ($4.750m)
Jakub Kindl ($0.883m) / Brendan Smith ($0.875m)
GOALTENDERS
Jimmy Howard ($2.250m)
Joey MacDonald ($0.550m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $65,000,000; CAP PAYROLL: $64,792,295; BONUSES: $222,500
CAP SPACE (24-man roster): $218,715

No Suter =( But would Garrison be a good addition? Would he sign for that little?
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline">CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR ROSTER
My Custom Lineup
FORWARDS
Zach Parise ($8.000m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Gustav Nyquist ($0.875m)
Valtteri Filppula ($3.000m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Johan Franzen ($3.955m)
Todd Bertuzzi ($2.075m) / Justin Abdelkader ($0.950m) / Danny Cleary ($2.800m)
Drew Miller ($0.838m) / Darren Helm ($1.250m) / Patrick Eaves ($1.200m)
Riley Sheahan ($0.900m) / Cory Emmerton ($0.533m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Nicklas Lidstrom ($5.500m) / Jonathan Ericsson ($3.250m)
Ian White ($2.875m) / Jason Garrison ($1.450m)
Kyle Quincey ($3.250m) / Niklas Kronwall ($4.750m)
Jakub Kindl ($0.883m) / Brendan Smith ($0.875m)
GOALTENDERS
Jimmy Howard ($2.250m)
Joey MacDonald ($0.550m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $65,000,000; CAP PAYROLL: $64,792,295; BONUSES: $222,500
CAP SPACE (24-man roster): $218,715

I believe that Trotz was serious. Everything he has said previously indicates to me that he looks up to Lidstrom as much as his lack of a neck allows.

So I stumbled upon this on Yahoo this morning and couldn't resist sharing it with the LGW community. Just too funny. Have there ever been any other incidents like this?
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/canucks-kevin-bieksa-does-entire-interview-ryan-kesler-204302315.html

So I stumbled upon this on Yahoo this morning and couldn't resist sharing it with the LGW community. Just too funny. Have there ever been any other incidents like this?
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/canucks-kevin-bieksa-does-entire-interview-ryan-kesler-204302315.html