Creasemonkey

If the NHL would just get rid of these pesky goaltenders and defensemen, Kopecky could be a star in this league.

If by that you mean "set it on fire", I agree.

Maybe the Wings are ordering their practice jerseys from one of those overseas cheap jersey sites.

Salary cap, injuries (Volchenkov, Rolston), and suspension (Leblond)have forced the New Jersey Devils to dress just 3 forward lines for today's game. NHL.com game summary

It's all relative. Like Olczyk's parents.

Holy jeez. This is the same amount of games as the faux-blow? NHL suspension policy yet again makes me embarrassed to be a fan of the game.

My gut tells me Bettman's going to want to make an example here. 3 games for air-heading.

Good luck to him, glad he found a job. I'll enjoy seeing him put on his ass with that shirt on.

I hated it when he left. Hated it, hated it, hated it. I've never known the Red Wings without him. The soreness has given way to acceptance though, as even at the peak of rivalries, other teams fans couldn't hate the guy. No way I can start now, and while I can't say I'll root for the Lightning, I'm far more interested in the team. Love to see what kind of lineup they have after SY gets another couple years to really make it his team.

For a moment I imagined Z in a convertible sports car zooming by an old Buick doing 35 in the left lane with his blinker on and a license plate that reads "TRBLTED". Just been that kind of morning.

I was in that arena for game one. Plenty of mangy mutt fans are looking for that type of s***. Came pretty close to a scuffle myself, and I don't drink. My prospective opponent obviously had enough for both of us though.

Where's this guy sitting tomorrow? I want to talk to him about this after I help him up.

If they had any clue what the octopus toss originally stood for, perhaps they'd change their minds about using an animal that looks like a one. I don't even want them to win that many, but hey, if tossing a snake gets them their one playoff victory and a bunch of their fans kicked out of the arena Wednesday, well I guess they've proved their point.

All jokes aside, first mofo that tries getting silly with my Lidstrom jersey is going to see some right hands thrown like you'd never expect from #5, and if a sign comes up in my face its getting launched like a frisbee. I'm not there to be nasty to their fans, I have no intention of walking in there cocky or doing anything other than cheering my team on. I'm a pretty humble and nice guy...til you do something stupid. It's not the guy who wrote it that concerns me...there are bound to be a few, shall we say "simple" people with that article on their minds Wednesday, however.

+1. And it's already getting pretty beardy.

Cooke got Kocur'd! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7X1iB_woKE (edit: not a one punch by Joey, I realize this, but it's exactly what Kane/Cooke reminded me of immediately)

Bettman's an Illuminati, Shane Doan is the chosen one, Crosby's a ruse!

You just don't know when you've lost, do you? Sort of like your captain. The door is over there, we thank you for coming, but your glasses are that piss yellow color the pens wear, and we just don't dig that sort of bulls*** around here.

Zinga! What the f*** is Crosby's problem anyway? Sorest ******* loser I've seen in a long time. Obviously somewhat of a ****** when he wins too. Those are the only two options in a hockey game these days...well I'll be damned, he's just a f***tard all the time.

Jumpin' Jehosaphat Yee-Haw!

No excuse, considering they have plenty of time between Mid-June and training camp to recover. If these supposedly fine-tuned athlete bodies can't handle that, how the hell have I worked 7-12's for 6 months at a time and managed to still be alive with my soft belly?

I call bulls***. The first line of the original post is "No flame." When I see that, the meaning for me is "I realize this is about to piss a lot of people off". All I did was question the relevance of the conversation in this forum, at this time, while attempting to point out it's ludicrous in the first place. All of a sudden I was bitter. Now I derailed the thread to boot. I'm going to lose a lot of sleep tonight, and it may well affect my diet.

Nobody's bitter here. You can't just say I'm bitter and lo and behold I'm bitter. I can say you're a multitude of things, yet I refrain. I'm saying be humble, because Americans (even the ones who aren't bitter) are getting tired of hearing about it. Ego is a horrible thing to waste on those who just don't care.

No, I'm wondering why winning wasn't enough for Canada, and I know the answer. They didn't dominate, they didn't crush, they squeaked by in OT. I don't need a confidence boost, that gets my confidence in pretty decent order. When Canadians are asking questions like "how many US players would have even MADE our team?" over a week after the win...I suspect the confidence problem still exists north of the border.

Read your own sig quote. That's pretty much what my first post was getting at. Nobody's cryin here either, anybody who claims Canada dominated that game and would have swept a 5 or 7 game series needs to put the Kool-Aid down and back away. It was anybody's game until the very end, and it would have been anybody's series. Nobody's saying Canada doesn't have a gold medal, we're wondering why that isn't enough.