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considering the Brodeur's backup question: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues...0000511998.html Mike Dunham did. nothing huge but a while ago he was Predators main starter for some period. and he had a fine stint with Rangers EDIT: and yeah, Backstrom is real. with his defense it is a great tandem which can be tough to beat in playoffs. I don't actually see him pulling a Jiggy or something, but he is nevertheless real

Dregger or McKenzie (don't recall) mentioned yesterday that Buttman is considering the "future of fighting in the NHL". opinion? fire this idiot, who doesn't understand the game. hockey is ruined by cheapshoters and sucker-punchers who blossom in the instigator penalty era. and it was Gary Buttman "brillant" idea to "make the game better". fighting belongs to hockey. and it has to be carried out properly. give tough guys a chance to fight like people and do their job. instead, penalize s*** like Tootoo or Avery (and Maltby, yes!) who piss players off and then hide behind stupid rules. let'em pay for what they do. the more transparent it is, the less crap will be done and less stupid injuries because of dangerous plays after conflicts that would otherwise be solved in a classic, legal, proper fight.

horrible timing. I guess this was not a harsh remark and Babcock did not make it a clear critique, which would be rather unsmart with such ego like Hasek. and the fact that both Canadian media (read TSN which passionately hates Red Wings) and Mullet (another Wings "lover") blow it our of proportion does not wonder me at all. these jerks will do everything to stirr things up around the Red Wings before playoffs. most certainly if they do look as they could play Flames (TSN here) or Dives (Mullet). I don't think it's a major issue here. let this ******* throw crap at Wings, we'll have the last laugh

please no... Craig McWhinish is gonna blame whole league that his team sucks and force new regulations... I wonder how Buttman feels now that those Oilers whom his salary cap was supposed to rescue, suck like Jenna Jameson and fail to even make the playoffs after letting fan favorite Smyth go.

I guess it's gonna be Staal or Stastny just to show it's not just Russians who steal this hardware

but this is a regular fight. it's not the same as endless cheap-shots produced by Gary`s Buttman instigator penalty

if Wings are gonna finish 4th then I'd sure like to see Dives taking 8th spot and challenging Nashville. I could even see them winning the series. if however we were going to take 1st spot I'd rather see Flames. they're kinda floating crap now and it'd be much easier for us to have them in Round 1.

saw the Peters / Brashear on MSGBFLO, except for how they started. not a bad one. Brashear had some nice shots oh... and the Orr / Fedoruk was pretty crazy. very fast and looks like Orr nailed Fedoruk with this single shot. must have been a huge hit to lay a guy like Fedoruk down

East: Buffalo over Pittsburgh West: Vancouver over Detroit Final: Buffalo

McKenzie and Bob Errey had a talk about TuTu in the intermission, actually as for the game... T-Bo is pulling a Jiggy here yeah.. can't score so unleash your goon and run goalie. and it's obviously this prick Avery here... pathetic.

R U watching the game, actually? Rags are all over the Pens goal and there's plenty of action. Sid flies out with counter-attacks, but so far Pens barely made Lundqvist sweat. no score doesn't necessarily mean boring game oh f* it

crazy game. T-Bo good so far. and Rags suck on defense EDIT: Jagr fighting for the puck in Rags defensive zone and their D-man standing somewhere doing god only knows what... playoff team, right?

I want Bruins to make the playoffs. with them winning and Leafs, Habs and Rags losing yesterday this looks fair. they still need some bad luck from Canes, but Bruins crept their way to the verge of playoff spot, and I'd most certainly like them to have a shot

just finish it 3-2 and then let someone beat the hell out of TuTu

like coming to the board of other team, not contributing anything valuable to the threads, yet talking s*** and trying to stir the pot?

yeah... JIRI PREDATOR again

stop crying and thank god that Tootoo was not close, otherwise Dom would be called for breathing in his direction

fu* sissies...

you aren't serious, are you?

Kovy's been one of my favourite players since he smoked Tucker with that unexpected hit

yep, my bad. although, I'm not gonna argue Craig McWhinnish would not use such term against Drapes had his crappy team lost a game because of Kirk wanna try?

the old saying goes: Maltby with Wings = good instigator with any other team = f* annoying bastard Bertuzzi with Canucks = a thug who should be out of NHL with Wings now = powerforward not afraid to play hard Draper with Wings = pesky PK-er if went to any other team = goon Tucker with Leafs = f* goon had he come to Wings = quality scorer able to play mean Tootoo with Preds = ***** had Wings shopped him = mean player able to draw penalties get real people, please. turn the red glasses off and try see the world in real colors. Tootoo is mean like hell and you hate to play against him, but he's extremely good at what he does and any team looking for this package of skills would go for him without any hestitation

yeah but the other side of the story is to sit down and think. Calder for Williams was great job from Holland, considering how subsequent GMs were raped of draft picks or prospects for big-name players. and this trade alone would make my trade deadline day. and yeah, I'm emotional about my team, but my sight and understanding of NHL is not narrowed to two recent weeks, like many ppl here. Lang plays a month of crappy hockey, then comes out with two strong games and everybody is jumping his loveboat calling him the second comming of Jesus Christ. next he screws two passes and turns the puck over and everybody here is all over him and there's "Lang is lazy and he sucks". I mean - be amotional, but also try seeing more than just those 2 weeks. Calder is not an NHL player since this year. he has shown good skills once in Hawks and there was every reason to believe he's gonna be good in Winged Wheel. but the 2 week perspective sight prevented ppl from acknowledging this trade and giving credit to Holland. yet, the same dumb attitude makes people see Calder with Hart or Rocket now that he scored a couple of points on a fresh start with good team. and again, this same narrow-mindness will make ppl ***** him once he turns some puck over or doesn't score a single point for some 2 games in a row. and so on... this forum used to be full of knowledgable fans with some wider hockey perspective. I guess they're still here, yet the main tone is set by ppl like I described above... which is pity

Douggie Brown to me

how's this change of tune. when we acquired Calder most posters were bitching Ken Holland like crazy for doing virtually nothing and bringing a guy who's -31. now he's a guy with own Wings-fan-loveboat I'm bookmarking this thread. will love to add a link to Calder/Holland bashing threads once Kyle hits some slump... gosh... some people are so dumb and have so short memories