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Griffins win 6-3 Abdeldaker hatrick

Hudlers always sticking his tongue out or licking his lips, must be a habit

i hope we win tonight, since i've had a throughly crappy day.. had to have my dog put to sleep today and i'm kinda devestated... 4-1 Wings, Hudler, Holmstrom, Hossa (2)...

it's not that.. there just NO WAY that Z wins the Hart with Datsyuk, Franzen, Hossa and Lidstrom on the team also...

i'm fairly sure that what they've done for pre season.. bud announces all the standard stuff.. "Last minute of the 3rd period", etc.. but anything that needs to be made up on the spot.. "Penalty to Detroit, Michael Samuelsson, 2 minutes for being a ****"... come from the new guy... wonder if it's just pre-season or we're starting to see a changeover.. Bud is what 90 years old after all...

no chance.. 2 immobile, poor passing non offensive d-men won't play together.. no chance.. i fully expect that Lebda or Meech will partner Lilja as the 5/6 pairing for opening night

this doesn't solve any issues... unless Chelios goes on LONG TERM injured reserve we get no cap relief... so if we carried 23 players + chelios we'd still be over the cap...

it should be noted that HUdler had very limited EV minutes in the playoffs last year, where as Sammy was going between 2nd and 3rd lines.. Hudler, Franzen and Kronwall made that 2nd PP unit explosive, and better statistically than the #1 PP unit

if Crosby is healthy all season he'll get it. the amount of phantom assists he gets is incredible

it was a great check... clean as a whistle

you can guarantee they'll hire someone even worse to replace him

it won't be on nhl.com the detroit feed will be on 971theticket.com (if it's on) which it often isn't online pre-season.. best bet might be to pick up the montreal feed. i'm sure they'll be doing it live.. they're CJAD800, and the game isn't on their online scedule though (although thats not always accurate)

seperated shoulder... http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/psh/...face_adversity/ pens are short on Defense

espn know nothing as usual

because american's driver 9.2 litre trucks that get literally nothing to the galon, where as my 1.5D Nissan Qashqai will easily go 800miles on a tank

no chance what so ever...

amazing.. the 2 players who the ducks signed from us don't even last more than a year... and toronto wants burke?

it is sterling.. pads are the same as the pics from the 1st informal practice a couple of weeks ago

fairly sure the goalie is Larry Sterling who plays for Port Huron (IHL).. he's a TC invite

good to see he's getting all well... the major difference between this years TC roster is goaltending.. last year we had Koopmans and a tryout (Pelltier i think) this year we have Larsson, and McCollum... i'll be shocked if we don't we the tournament this year, although Dallas look strong

Hossa - Datsyuk - Holmstrom great line

well consider mcleod and malik http://redwingscorner.blogspot.com/2008/09...pects-camp.html http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/2008/09/st...prospect_t.html have both reported that Stamkos isn't in Traverse City i'm still Skeptical and i'm going to need some more evidence.. he didn't play in Tampa's 1st game http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxsco...l?gameid=799886 so unless he's there and only practicing.. i'm not calling it bulls***, it perfectly reasonable to believe that he's with the Tampa squad and just misidentified Stamkos, or 'exadurated' a little, but i'll need some proof before i take it seriously, not that anyone cares what i think

i'm fairly sure that Stamkos isn't on the Tampa roster for Traverse City... so i'm sceptical

info via Kuklas... http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hock...t_it_is_hockey/ only 1 maybe 2 Red Wings games on though