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any that gives Blackhawks or Penguins some PP time...

according to Bob McKenzie (TSN) Stars have fired Crawford. this just made my day :hockeysmile: "I knew you mother, Marc, and I know she wouldn't be proud of you right now"

I have mine since 2008. cut once in a while, but always present. I''m never going to have Leino, Commodore or Draper look but my wife actually likes the extra hair, just as my daughter and her school pals who all enjoy to torture me once in a while. bare chins are for ladies, mind you

I have a gut feeling that Bolts will pull it. but it's the NHL baby boys and their refs against Tampa, so it wouldn't surprise me if this went the other way around...

part of me felt sorry for them, as I badly wanted Blackhawks to be out. then I realized it's Marc f* Crawford behind the bench and it couldn't get any better for those of you who've missed the video: http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=107743 I'd marry the chick in an instant

oh, come on. you don't want to tell him, he's gonna get it?

I'll be pulling my fingers for Preds. they're a pest to play against in playoffs but they deserve their first ever playoff round win after icing quality team year after year despite their difficult market conditions. my gut feeling is that Ducks could pull it, but don't understimate Nashville. they are great at getting the best out of less flashy lineups.

on the other hand, we in Europe get a chance to watch some game in the normal hours, rather than deep in the night. considering the number of European players on Wings roster, this is a nice have for lot of guys in Sweden, Finland or Czech Republic. as for our series - for Phoenix guys this would be like 10.00 in the morning, not nearly the time when my stomach and brain function correctly. talk about bad luck...

I dunno... Wings 2002 looked pretty much off-sync at the end of regular season and through playoffs' first 2 games. and they still had some good playoff run if you ask me... Wings are rolling slowly towards playoffs and keep their core players benched to give them some rest and also protect them from real injuries before playoffs start. active players don't push too much either, for the very same reason. it looks IMHO more like Wings tanking those games to spare forces for playoff run, than the team having real issues with mana. they will put the higher gear on once playoffs start. this is a good core of players with good work ethics. and there's no chemistry issues because of new ingredients. they are set, know each other and should be playing good once everybody's back in the lineup. whether it'll be sufficient to send the opponents golfing - we'll see. I like how the team looks right now, and the only question is how much Cup hunger do these players have.

love this one as a die hard South Park fan H-h-h-having s-s-said th-th-thaaat... I'd pi-pi-pick Ki-ki-kindl never been very convinced to Salei and Kindl has shown a lot of progress and a big promise for more. gimme Kindl! Timmeh! Timmeh!

I only saw a replay of the game at TSN, but the no-call on Homer's solo and "hook" on Zetterberg looked bad. this was a penalty shot, and the "hook" was so bloody weak, you'd think it was Bettman's beloved Penguins we were playing against... no idea what else happened in the game, just those two decisions look particulary bad

it doesn't look like a malicious play to me, more like a wrong call of Bertuzzi to raise his elbow at the very last moment. it seems to me that he went butt first and aimed more to the left of Johnson's body and not trying to crush him against the boards nor bash his head. bad and dumb play, absolutely, but not malicious try to injure Johnson. but the elbow raised and automatic major are unquestionable. it does not look like a suspension stuff to me, but with the NHL looking to make examples now I can see a 1 game sit off. should be none IMHO, but if it serves right as an example and Campbell&Co. really think this can have positive effect on my beloved game - let them do it, I can live with it.

Friday, March 25 New Jersey at Pittsburgh Florida at Buffalo Washington at Ottawa Carolina at Tampa Bay Vancouver at Atlanta x2 Saturday, March 26 NY Rangers at Boston Colorado at Los Angeles New Jersey at Buffalo Toronto at Detroit Tampa Bay at Carolina Washington at Montreal Philadelphia at NY Islanders Dallas at Nashville St. Louis at Minnesota Anaheim at Chicago San Jose at Phoenix Calgary at Edmonton Sunday, March 27 Florida at Pittsburgh Ottawa at Atlanta Vancouver at Columbus Boston at Philadelphia

I like Kindl a lot. he's doing his job silently but efficiently. much better than Salei if you ask me.

I'm OK with Franzen being average in regular season as long as he's ripping it off in playoffs. mind you, Mule is a playoff asset, and so far he's only been stellar with this. and that he's not putting that same effort in regular season... I'm fine. better this than pulling Thorton, isn't it?

Friday, March 18 NY Islanders at Carolina Washington at New Jersey Montreal at NY Rangers Phoenix at Vancouver Saturday, March 19 Columbus at Minnesota Atlanta at Buffalo Tampa Bay at Ottawa x2 Boston at Toronto NY Islanders at Florida Philadelphia at Dallas Detroit at Nashville Colorado at Edmonton Anaheim at Los Angeles St. Louis at San Jose Sunday, March 20 NY Rangers at Pittsburgh Nashville at Buffalo New Jersey at Columbus Montreal at Minnesota Chicago at Phoenix Calgary at Anaheim

Friday, March 11 Boston at NY Islanders Carolina at Washington Los Angeles at Columbus Edmonton at Detroit Ottawa at Tampa Bay New Jersey at Atlanta Minnesota at Dallas Anaheim at Colorado Saturday, March 12 Montreal at Pittsburgh Columbus at Carolina NY Islanders at New Jersey Atlanta at Philadelphia Buffalo at Toronto Tampa Bay at Florida Detroit at St. Louis Colorado at Nashville x2 Vancouver at Calgary NY Rangers at San Jose Sunday, March 13 Chicago at Washington Edmonton at Pittsburgh Los Angeles at Dallas Ottawa at Buffalo Phoenix at Anaheim

Friday, March 4 Pittsburgh at New Jersey NY Rangers at Ottawa Carolina at Chicago Columbus at Calgary Dallas at Anaheim Saturday, March 5 St. Louis at NY Islanders Buffalo at Philadelphia Vancouver at Los Angeles Pittsburgh at Boston Montreal at Tampa Bay Chicago at Toronto Florida at Atlanta Detroit at Phoenix x2 Edmonton at Colorado Dallas at San Jose Sunday, March 6 Philadelphia at NY Rangers New Jersey at NY Islanders Washington at Florida Buffalo at Minnesota Nashville at Calgary Vancouver at Anaheim

Friday, February 25 Pittsburgh at Carolina NY Rangers at Washington Phoenix at Columbus Ottawa at Buffalo New Jersey at Tampa Bay Florida at Atlanta San Jose at Calgary St. Louis at Edmonton Minnesota at Anaheim Saturday, February 26 Nashville at Dallas Colorado at Los Angeles Detroit at Buffalo Carolina at Montreal Washington at NY Islanders Philadelphia at Ottawa x2 Pittsburgh at Toronto Boston at Vancouver Sunday, February 27 Tampa Bay at NY Rangers Columbus at Nashville New Jersey at Florida Toronto at Atlanta Phoenix at Chicago St. Louis at Calgary Boston at Edmonton Colorado at Anaheim

Friday, February 18 NY Rangers at New Jersey St. Louis at Buffalo Boston at Ottawa Detroit at Florida Philadelphia at Carolina x2 Anaheim at Minnesota Columbus at Chicago Saturday, February 19 Atlanta at Edmonton New Jersey at Carolina Los Angeles at NY Islanders Ottawa at Toronto Florida at Tampa Bay Anaheim at St. Louis Phoenix at Nashville Dallas at Vancouver Colorado at San Jose Sunday, February 20 Washington at Buffalo Philadelphia at NY Rangers Detroit at Minnesota Pittsburgh at Chicago Montreal at Calgary

the inevitable outcome of this affair is that people feel much more sympathy to the Isles and much less (if there were some left) to Bettman's pamperboys. and that Mario is whining... did anyone expect something better from him?

mind you... the same Mario who used to play with Kasparaitis and Ulfie (Samuelsson), and who used to pay the bills of Ruutu and employs Cooke... now Lombardi was fined 50k while Lemieux escapes with nothing, and people still wonder why so many fans say, that the league is biased towards Penguins... oh the irony..

Friday, February 11 Detroit at Boston San Jose at New Jersey Pittsburgh at NY Islanders Colorado at Columbus NY Rangers at Atlanta Minnesota at St. Louis Chicago at Dallas Anaheim at Calgary Saturday, February 12 Los Angeles at Washington Ottawa at Edmonton Toronto at Montreal Carolina at Tampa Bay Chicago at Phoenix Colorado at Nashville St. Louis at Minnesota Calgary at Vancouver Sunday, February 13 Boston at Detroit NY Islanders at Buffalo Columbus at Dallas Pittsburgh at NY Rangers Los Angeles at Philadelphia x2 San Jose at Florida Carolina at Atlanta Anaheim at Edmonton

perhaps it's because the misspelling dates back to the time when the only country using non-Latin alphabet and with players in the NHL was Soviet Union. the transcription basically applies to all cases where some letters/sounds are nonexistent in target language. and it doesn't even has to include two different alphabets. see it's Räikkönen in Finnish or German, but it's spelled Raikkonen in English it's Małysz in Polish but Malysz in all other Latin-based alphabets

about time someone corrected this. rules of transcription between languages/alphabets dictate, that it's about getting closest possible sound match. and the transcription is not general and same for i.e. Russian to English and Russian to French etc. see: Chelyabinsk in English, Tcheliabinsk in French, Czelabińsk in Polish, Tsjeljabinsk in Dutch, Čeljabinsk in Italian Cheliábinsk in Spanish. all versions being correct in their respective language, all of those written with Latin alphabets and BTW: this is Latin alphabet, not English. English language didn't even exist when this alphabet was developed