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Only two minutes is BS!

Tootoo deserved what he got IMO. Weller's nickname should be Robocop. That would be cool.

If you feel like paying there's Center Ice Online. http://www.nhl.com/nhlhq/centerice_online.html

How about keeping it just like you posted schultze except change the conferences into divisions. Then put the Southern and Western Divisons into a conference and Central and Eastern Divisons into a conference. Everything else would stay the same schedule, playoffs, etc.

Adam Proteau made similar point in The Hockey News last week. http://www.thehockeynews.com/en/news/news.asp?idNews=26098 I disagree regarding the rules. There's less clutching and grabbing now in hockey and that's much, much better IMO. As far as the teams, you'd rather see crappy Bruin and Leaf teams instead of a competitive Predator and Blue Jacket teams? If it's truly just about the game I don't understand how you could post that.

Lighten up Francis. Technically speaking, until a lawyer tells me otherwise, I'm right. Even then you and I could find lawyers to argue both points. In 2000, the American and National Leagues were officially disbanded as separate legal entities with all rights and functions consolidated in the commissioner's office. Technically the NL and AL were TWO SEPARATE LEAGUES, and in fact that's how they started as TWO SEPARATE LEAGUES. Besides it's a freaking technicality, I'm not really arguing that the major league baseball is younger than the NHL, and anybody who thinks I am is a sucker. For my own amusement thought I'll go on, at least with hockey I don't really care about the NBA or NFL. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League That right the WHA folded and the NHL absorbed the four teams mentioned above. The two leagues didn't merge.

It looks like MySpace or NHL Connect.

I was referring to this technicality. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball So MLB didn't really become a single league until 2000.

In the NHL, Eastern and Western is older than Patrick, Wales, Campbell, Norris, etc. Also it's really the NBA that copied the NHL because the NHL has been around longer than the NBA. The NHL is also older than the NFL. Only MLB is older and on a technicality the NHL is older than MLB too.

Good win by the Wings. Glad they didn't have any late-game defensive lapses like I had anticapated after the 2-0 lead. Kings got that one, and I was like, "Aw Oh!" But then Wings got two more and I could breathe a sigh of relief.

Seems like a pretty good idea to me.

It's not just this issue. It's every single one! Take your pick - schedule, new jerseys, expansion. It doesn't freaking matter with this guy. I can understand the tipping of the hand, but expansion has been leaked. So why not tell fans the truth. Like, "That depends on expansion, and right now I can't discuss that." It's not that hard.

You think? Prior to this game he had 0 points and a -2 =

OK the second half of the game is underway. Now it's time for the Wings to cough up the lead and the game.

OK the second half of the game is underway. Now it's time for the Wings to cough up the lead and the game.

WTG Rafalski!!

WTG Rafalski!

I sent WXYT a terse message. When I tuned in, an NFL game was on instead of Wings pre-game chatter. I was

That's right now. What happens when the Wings are down and won't bring the fans to the arenas? The Wings already don't bring their own fans to their own arena, and some of that has to be attributed to Wings fans bored to death with Western Conference teams. I'd be really surprised if the Wings move to the East, but Bettman is up to usual antics - denying everything.

Atllanta is farther west than Columbus and Detroit. So the Thrashers could move right now! Regardless of geographic location, if it came down the Wings and Jackets, I think the Wings move first because of their history.

It's in Bettman's nature. He lied about there being fan support for a more balanced schedule. As for Devellano, I haven't caught him in a lie like I have with Bettman. So while Devellano might not be Mr. Honest he's more honest than Bettman.

Maybe, but Bettman is a known liar.

Yep they're expecting more from Flippula, Hudler, Kopecky, and Kronwall. See the Ice Chips section toward the end. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic...0328/1128/rss16

Bettman probably told Devellano that the Wings would move east, just like Devellano claims. Now that somebody else asks it's different story. Pure and simple Bettman can't be trusted. That's the way I interpret the conflicting stories.

That is a great article. I didn't realize he had so many wins either.