TheWestWing

There's a difference b/t knowing of the past, and living in it. A large portion of his schtick consists of comapring the present to 'ol' time hockey'. Which is sweet of you're out of market and catch 1 or 2 FSN games on NHLN. It just gets old after awhile for me (maybe cause I grew up on 'ol' time hockey' - its a different era now - someone tell Mick). Daniels is getting to be one of the best PxP guys. I really wanted to hear him and Panger on the second Swede game but NHLN had the CBC feed and FSN was blacked out on CI. Always thought they'd make an interesting listen.

I did not know they tracked that. Excellent! Much obliged.

Numbers are our friends. Take some out to lunch. Do you do requests? Probably not available on NHL so you'll have to do a spreadsheet. As we know its not about wins or winning %, its all about points. Track the % of points 'earned': GP - 32. Points available 64. Points 'earned' - 37 % 'earned - 57.8% Last year we were like 68% and 8th seed was 55% so we're treading dangerously (but hey, Jimmy D said to expect as much eh?).

They're a friggin +21 and only BUF has given up fewer goals. They'll survive Edit: ...untill Huet heaves.

Rafi, Bert, Stewie, Leino, Kindl, Maltby, Ericson, the rights to Huds, back of pucks and $5M (CDN). Keeping Meech, Helmer and Lebda cuz I like living on the edge. Just so Kovi knows he's gonna have to play like 35-40 minutes cuz we're only gonna have 2.5 lines.

Coneys. Boneyard. Tunnel BBQ. Done.

Go with a Bettman jersey. And wear it around Waterloo Ontario.

Oh yeah, it'll leave a stain.

Clutterbuck - $3,761 daily cap hit. Prolly single-handedly covers that in beer sales by those that come to see him. Still leads w/ 4.2 hits per game in only 18 games. As long as his he can stay healthy in his sophomore year and deliver again.

Kinda depends on what kinda phone you have. I have a BB and use nobex for this station, and moodio for Kanadian stations such as 590, 640 and 1040 from VAN. Problem with 97.1 is I swear everytime I turn it on during my morning walks around 10 AM EST, there never is any hockey on - its always tigers or pistons or Wolverines, oh my! That's why I end up back on the Kanadian stations. Oh and both apps are free.

Top Ten? based on what - numbers? (gasp!). He was a solid journeyman on a NJ team where he really was only allowed across his own blueline on PPs. Yeah, he's put up some numbers during his tenure here but then again, who hasn't? Our forwards over the past few could have made any Dman look good - just get them the puck. His liabilities along with Stewie's shines thru now like a beacon of mediocrity. I honestly believe Babs will keep Dats and Hank separated as long as he can as he needs them for their D work as much as their offense. That's because of Stewie and Rafi.

Oh I thought you meant Rafi.

They're ******* in the sense they fight for no reason. THIS is why fighting should be banned. Go watch Pacqi and Cotto if you want to see a fight. If it serves a 'purpose', then fine. Otherwise the NHL might as well be run by Coach - all fighting and no Euros.

Nope. A penalty shot is entertainment - the shootout is the Amerikan 'philosophy' that 'somebody must win'.....

NHLPA suspends operations: report The National Hockey League Players Association has suspended operations, according to radio station reports. Toronto's 680 News and News 1130 in Vancouver are reporting that the association has ceased operations, including suspension of the union's duties and those of interim executive director Ian Penny. A request for comment by Canwest News Service from the NHLPA were not immediately returned. Last week, the NHLPA announced that its executive board voted 25-5 to pass a resolution to have San Jose Shark Rob Blake, Chris Chelios, now playing for the American Hockey League's Chicago Wolves, Detroit Red Wing Nicklas Lidstrom and Boston Bruin Mark Recchi form an internal committee to review NHLPA operations. The NHLPA has come under scrutiny since the firing of former executive director Paul Kelly in late summer. Gasp! Edit: OK Perry did 'resign' but its the ever lovely Nick Kypreos stating the NHLPA "is not a functioning organisation right now."

Its a keeper. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/trap...article1358614/

DETROIT PLAYER POS DESCRIPTION Patrick Eaves F Day-to-Day (bruised foot) Valtteri Filppula F Out Indefinitely (wrist injury) Johan Franzen F Out Indefinitely (knee injury) Brett Lebda D Day-to-Day (illness) Andreas Lilja D Out Indefinitely (head injury) Brad May F Day-to-Day (blurry vision) Jason Williams F Out Indefinitely (broken leg)

That's why this board is so well respected by others - have an opine called asinine. If Jimmy is lauded for the successes he's credited with, then perhaps he should also he be flailed for the current team's state. Or is his holiness immune from such? Perhaps asking for a beheading is a tad harsh, but the architects of the team have to take responsibility to the extent that they cant play the game. I can't remember a time when Jimmy opened his mouth this much this frequently. Perhaps he did it privately. If this is his idea of motivation as one stated, it's probably also why he didn't do it publicly. I'm not saying He's Lazy and he Sucks, I just think that perhaps the ferrite from the Lester P. may be affecting his chemistry. Or maybe not.

Hockeytown Last Exit

Fixed it - no longer racist objectionabale: “I told him to go back to Europe to jomama...."

I let the earlier remark go though I really didn't care for it. My guess was he was expressing his own frustration also. But now? Just STFU Jimmy! Even your team now HAS to disagree with you in public. Besides Kenny, we have this: 'Veteran Kirk Maltby then walked from the weight room toward the player’s lounge, stopping to look at and talk about the dry-erase boards that have the Red Wings in an unfamiliar position. “Guys need to look at it,†Maltby said. “But we have to keep things in perspective because we’ve only played 13 games. If it was a ’73’ up there instead of ’13,’ it would be a different story. “I’m not going to question what Jimmy D thinks about us at this point, but I don’t think it’s going to take a miracle to repeat in the division.†Perhaps Mr. Head Pizza or whoever really runs that place should have a talk with Jimmy D. Or perhaps its just time for him to go. 28 years or summin is a long time. Not sure what current responsibilities he has, but if we're putting all this new blood on the ice.....

Though perhaps we should move piglet from the wing to center. Dunno.

Hahaha - thought it read the NHLPA

WTF? Center Ice schedule is config'd by oursourced Punjabis? CI only has the COL feed listed. Stations are full tho LA game on 639 doesnt start till 7 which could be moved to a lower station after one of the 4:00 games. I'm getting so tired of CI BS. Where is the N3 fix damnit????

This just absolutly blows my mind. EIGHT player reps could not be bothered to participate on an off day. I realize this whole thing is a huge clusterf@&$, but are these guys just not interested? If I were one of the 168 or so players these gaggle of eight represent, I'd check em over the boards!