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I agree, it was fine the way it was with 6 divisions.

Ok, makes sense to me. Maybe it'll take a couple decent playoff runs to get the younger hockey fans on board with the Leafs? I would think too, the 2010 and 2014 Canadian Gold Medal wins got the kids interested in guys like Crosby, Toews, and Price. The last 2 years I saw Blue Jays stuff everywhere, so I was expecting to see the same with the Leafs. Maybe if they beat the Caps, more fans will get the gear out. Again, just an observation, I'm not anti-Leafs. If anything, I'm anti-Habs, because of their fans.

Oh man, Caps are going to choke again! I live in Burlington, which is 30 minutes south of Toronto, I'm actually shocked at the lack of Toronto Maple Leafs gear I see when I go out. It was the same way in 2013. I'm sure people in Toronto are excited, but here in the southern suburbs, there seems to be no interest in the Leafs. I'm wondering due to the Leafs lack of success since 2004, and insane ticket prices, if people under 35 cheer for other teams around here? The majority of Leaf fans must be 35 and older (you have to be that old to remember Gilmour, Clark, Sundin, and CuJo), and make at least $250,000/year to afford tickets. People in their teens, 20's, and early 30's must be Red Wings, Penguins, Black Hawks, and Canadiens fans. I've mentioned that to a couple people, and they got mad. If the Leafs win, I don't care, I'm just making an observation. I remember during the Leafs run from 1993-2004, when the playoffs were going on, there was Leafs stuff everywhere, but not now.

I'm glad we didn't sign Parise and Suter, and I was saying it at the time too. With the cap, we would have had to build our team around those guys for 10 years. Suter on his own, would have been fine, but not both.

I've been a fan since 1989-90, so I saw the streak from beginning to end. We can complain all we want about moves we don't like, but think of the players we've lost since 2011, Draper, Holmstrom, Lidstrom, Franzen, and Datsyuk. It's tough to replace those guys.

http://nhllotterysimulator.com/ Here you go, enjoy!

I'm watching, because there's only 9 games left at The Joe! I'm always complaining about the announcers . The problem not watching Mickey and Ken, the other guys always talk about stuff we already know, like Sheahan not scoring a goal yet, the bouncy end boards, the Wings playoff streak is going to end at 25 years, the octopus tradition started in 1952 and the 8 legs represents the 8 wins it used to take to win the Cup, etc.. I'm always going, "yeah, yeah, yeah, I already know that" . I'm annoying to watch a game with!

Great game for sure! As a some what older Wings fan, I've been a fan since 1989, Game 3 of the 1997 Stanley Cup final, was I time I remember the Joe going completely nuts, similar to Game 6 in 2011! I'll always remember this goal by Lapointe, I still get chills watching it 20 years later, how he hit the post, scores on a second try a few seconds later, and the reaction of the fans.

Ha! I get it, good one! I hope Goldberg beats Owens on Sunday.

Teams aren't interested in an injured player. I'm all for trading Howard, but he needs to be playing before we can trade him.

These were my favorite moments, in no particular order, just in order of when I think of them -Fight night at The Joe -Yzerman in the 2002 Playoffs -Beating the Avs 7-0 in Game 7 -The Comeback in Game 2 of the 1998 Cup Final -DMac's 2008 comeback Those were the first 5 I thought of, and the fun thing is, there's many more. We've had an incredible run.

I'm happy. It would have been nice to get more for Vanek, but I guess there isn't a big market out there for a 33 year old UFA Winger.

True we could have got more for Vanek, but maybe with him a UFA coming off a good year, this was the best we could get? Vanek is clearly a rental, with the season he had, he'll become a FA instead of signing with his current team.

So far so good, Holland has got us a 2nd rounder and two 3rd rounders, for 2 guys that probably won't be on the team next year. I was reading Smith's agent turned down 3 years at $3.5 Million a year.

Good trade. There must have been a couple teams interested in Jurco if the Hawks gave up a 3rd for him. Let's get all the draft picks we can.

Saturday was my final trip to The Joe, I went with SDavis35 and his wife. On the ride down I figured it was my 20th game. After Saturday's win, the Wings were 10-3-1-6 when I was at The Joe. I saw lots of OT losses Time to embarrass myself, I took lots of pictures and videos. I recorded the entire OT, and shootout along with singing South Detroit. Here's the shootout. Enjoy my bad camera work, loud cheering and booing, and horrible singing. Great way for me to say goodbye to The Joe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhCvOGrAZYE

Yea Z got a big ovation when he stepped on the ice. Glad you enjoyed the clip.

Too much analysis. Showing loyalty to Cleary wasn't a big deal in my opinion. He didn't hold anyone back, same with Abby. All our young players are either here now, or had their chance. With Datsyuk and Zetterberg, the Wings Management we're going to go for it to try and win Championships. Once one of them retired, it would be time to rebuild. Datsyuk's gone, so we are in the rebuild stage.

Pierre McGuire is awful, he keeps talking about things that have nothing to do with the game. I don't care about some College Tournament, or what's going on in Manitoba. If I did, I would google it.

I don't think you can compare the 3, Lidstrom and Zetterberg were captains in the cap era. I'm as big an Yzerman fan as the next guy, but Yzerman benefited from playing when GM's could add as many superstars as their owner could afford.

Forget the streak, it's time to rebuild.

Ah man, now we're going to put a run together, just miss the playoffs, and draft 12th overall instead of 4th!

The Toronto media is funny, they're making a big deal that the Leafs, "won the Centennial Classic", like it was a huge achievement or something, and it's going to be remembered for the next 100 years. The reality is, it was a home game in January.

Leaf fans on facebook are complaining about Draper. That's the way him, Maltby, and Holmstrom played, it was their job to be annoying. He did that again today.

Gotta do what you gotta do.