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I know I'm alittle late in my picks, but Greene for WSH, and Richards for PHI

Most of the time I don't rag on the officials, because I know that they have a difficult job. Having said that, it seems pretty clear to me that the officials want to decide the Philly-Caps game. I wonder if either of them have something riding on it like that one NBA official? EDIT: typo

EAST: (1) MONTREAL 4-1 (8) Boston (2) PITTSBURGH 4-2 (7) Ottawa (3) WASHINGTON 4-3 (6) Philadelphia (5) NEW YORK RANGERS 4-2 (4) New Jersey WEST: (1) DETROIT 4-2 (8) Nashville (7) CALGARY 4-2 (2) San Jose (6) COLORADO 4-2 (3) Minnesota (4) ANAHEIM 4-1 (5) Dallas

Just realized that I didn't pick this game for Sunday. Sorry if this causes you any problems Aussie. NY Rangers @ New Jersey

And I thought I had nightmares and sleeping problems before. Now I know I can never go back to sleep again. Nice work though WingNut22.

Of all the teams that could possibly have finished 8th in the Western Conference, this is the team I wanted to face the least. This is for a few reasons: 1. Their goaltending of late has been good. Ellis has played relatively well of late and we all know that a hot goaltender can beat the best of offensive teams in a best of 7 series. While he isn't a Luongo or a Kiprusoff, doesn't mean he still can't beat us. Look back to Edmonton and Roloson for a good example of this. 2. Other than possibly Chicago and Edmonton, Nashville has been the hottest team in the Western Conference that was trying to get in. (San Jose is without a doubt the hottest team in the league right now, but they had their playoff ticket punched for a little while now, so they don't count). The Predators have had to play playoff style hockey for over the last month just to try and get in so they will be prepared for them. Vancouver slumped themselves right out of the playoffs, and we all know Calgary is a day and night team. Haven't really seen Colorado of late, but they seemed to have done well. 3. Of all the divisions in the NHL, the Central has been the one that has given us the most problems this year. We pretty much took care of the Northwest Division (could have played Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, or Colorado), and the Pacific Division we did well against too. As for the other teams we could have played, the one I wanted to face was Vancouver. As mentioned before they were slumping coming down the stretch. The team couldn't produce any offense, even though they have the Sedin twins and Naslund, and Luongo was not playing like the Luongo of norm the last two weeks or so. EDIT: (Forgot to put prediction) I say this will be one of, if not the toughest test for our team in the playoffs this year. It will be a hard fought series, but in the end I will say Detroit wins in 6 games.

Friday: NY Islanders @ NY Rangers New Jersey @ Philadelphia Florida @ Carolina Boston @ Ottawa Nashville @ Chicago Phoenix @ Dallas Saturday: Anaheim @ Los Angeles Columbus @ St Louis Buffalo @ Boston Toronto @ Montreal Florida @ Washington Tampa Bay @ Atlanta Calgary @ Vancouver Sunday: Chicago @ Detroit Minnesota @ Colorado San Jose @ Dallas NY Rangers @ New Jersey Pittsburgh @ Philadelphia St Louis @ Columbus Phoenix @ Anaheim Thanks to Aussie Wing for doing this each week, and to all the others that have helped.

For my two quick cents, given how hot San Jose has played since the trade deadline, I could easily see a first round exit for them. It is very hard for any team to keep up that kind of play for the long haul, especially when it comes well before the playoffs and to try and sustain it through them.

My guess is that many teams will be looking at him. Given the stats you have shown and the new rules of the NHL, there is no reason why teams would not look at him. While he of a smaller stature, the league's new rules have sort of even the playing field for the smaller players. It will still be a tough road for him because he is small, but if he is skilled enough and good enough skater, he should have no trouble making the NHL.

Well unless I go perfect these last two weeks, I have no shot at the top 50. So, my new goal is to try and get 17 more correct, which after the last 3 weeks maybe a stretch to do, to reach the century marker. Friday: Philadelphia @ New Jersey Atlanta @ Carolina Nashville @ Columbus Montreal @ Buffalo St Louis @ Detroit Vancouver @ Minnesota Edmonton @ Colorado San Jose @ Anaheim Saturday: Ottawa @ Boston Dallas @ Los Angeles Montreal @ Toronto Philadelphia @ NY Islanders Washington @ Florida Carolina @ Tampa Bay Chicago @ St Louis Edmonton @ Calgary Sunday: NY Rangers @ Pittsburgh Nashville @ Detroit Colorado @ Minnesota Boston @ Buffalo Columbus @ Chicago Dallas @ Anaheim Phoenix @ San Jose Calgary @ Vancouver

Friday: 1/6 Third straight week at least with only one correct on Friday. Saturday: 6/10 Sunday: 2/2 Week: 9/18 Season: 83/155

Can anybody help me with this problem I'm having with Sopcast. I keep getting this message when I try and install it: "Could not find process: sopcast"

Friday: NY Islanders @ New Jersey NY Rangers @ Philadelphia Toronto @ Buffalo Washington @ Atlanta Minnesota @ Vancouver Anaheim @ San Jose Saturday: Colorado @ Edmonton Chicago @ Nashville Los Angeles @ Dallas Boston @ Montreal Toronto @ Ottawa Tampa Bay @ Florida Detroit @ Columbus New Jersey @ Pittsburgh Anaheim @ Phoenix Minnesota @ Calgary Sunday: St Louis @ Chicago NY Islanders @ Philadelphia

Friday: 1/5 Saturday: 3/10 Sunday: 3/7 Week: 7/22 No chance at getting in the top 50 now, oh well gave it good run I guess. Season: 74/137

Its possible he could where pads like I do. The pads I wear were made for someone is has very large calves, but since I have moderate size ones the padding goes all the way around the back of my leg. Primarily wear these pads because I got tired of having trouble walking after games from the goalie chopping me all game long.

Why are you guys all so upset, this is no surprise by the league. We all know that Campbell and Bettman are in bed with Burke every night. We all know Pronger is the birth child of these three. Anyways the other owners will soon wise up too what's happening and split to form a new league just like when the NHL formed way back when the owners were upset about how the NHA was ran.

We could all call into Bettman today and ***** about how the league needs to ******* get their act together unless they really want to see the NHL come to an end. Sorry about the curse (I think its my first time on here), but I do feel it is justified in this situation.

Friday: Atlanta @ Washington Chicago @ Columbus Carolina @ Buffalo NY Rangers @ Florida St Louis @ San Jose Saturday: Philadelphia @ Boston Nashville @ Detroit New Jersey @ Colorado Vancouver @ Dallas Buffalo @ Toronto NY Islanders @ Montreal NY Rangers @ Tampa Bay Los Angeles @ Minnesota Edmonton @ Phoenix St Louis @ Anaheim Sunday: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Calgary @ Chicago Boston @ Washington Ottawa @ Carolina Detroit @ Columbus Atlanta @ Florida Edmonton @ San Jose

The biggest reason why hockey may never be mainstream to Americans is because it wasn't an American made sport. If you look at the tops sports football, baseball, basketball, and even NASCAR are all American invented sports. Look at soccer, biggest sport in the world, but barely gets noticed here because it wasn't started by our country. Hockey was created in Canada, so Americans are going to reject it as a favorite. So, while I agree that ESPN does seem to do its best at bashing the NHL a fair share of the time, I don't believe they are the reason for holding it back. I also agree that Bettman hasn't done that great of a job overall as the commish, but at the same point I don't think any of us or for that matter most people could do a much better job to make this game as widely accepted as the other four. Maybe if we had some way of telling the Canadians to play along and say that we have new evidence that the game was actually created here in America, we could see the game become more and more popular. What do you say are brothers and sisters to the north, would you go along with it to help promote this game farther than it ever has been?

Friday: 1/5 Saturday: 4/7 Sunday: 5/8 Week: 10/20 Season: 67/113 Well worst week so far for me, Anaheim and Montreal saved my butt from falling below .500 and single digit in wins. Hey look on the bright side at least I improved each day. Congrats to North Guy on a great week

Next season Hudler will finish 3rd in scoring for the Wings, behind Zetterberg and Datsyuk. Also next season Kopecky will see 2nd line minutes when one of the top 6 players is hurt and light the lamp before getting a cheapshot that ends his season.

Almost in the top 60, but still a very long ways to the top 50. Friday: Tampa Bay @ New Jersey Edmonton @ Columbus Minnesota @ Atlanta San Jose @ Chicago Nashville @ Calgary Saturday: Washington @ Boston Dallas @ Colorado Montreal @ Los Angeles Ottawa @ Phoenix New Jersey @ Toronto NY Islanders @ Philadelphia Buffalo @ Carolina Atlanta @ Florida St Louis @ Vancouver Sunday: Pittsburgh @ Washington Edmonton @ Chicago Boston @ NY Rangers Nashville @ Detroit Tampa Bay @ Columbus San Jose @ Minnesota Montreal @ Anaheim Colorado @ Dallas

Friday: 5/7 Saturday: 7/10 Sunday: 3/7 Week: 15/24 Season: 57/93

I will be able to watch McCarty play tonight in Peoria. Too bad Ericsson is still with Detroit, I really wanted to see him play in person.

Detroit 4 (Zetterberg, Holmstrom, Hudler, Stuart) San Jose 2 (Cheechoo 2)