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Soccer's uniforms are lazy and they suck. Awesome sweaters help define the NHL. Even people who don't like hockey will admit that NHL sweaters are orders of magnitude better than the stuff athletes wear in the other major NA team sports. Screw ads. I'm not even all that keen on special non-advertisement patches. KISS.

I would grill him about 1996. Then the police chief would burst into the room and tell me I'm done cuz I'm pushing too hard and I'd tell him I'M NOT PUSHING HARD ENOUGH and the chief would ask for my badge and gun and then I would go rogue.

np I remember the song in the first half being O Fortuna, but I guess I remember wrong. Anyhoo, carry on with the memery. Chop chop.

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Speaking of HYPE!, either of you punks got a link to that epic NHL montage video set to O Fortuna? It's a few years old. Have the itch to watch it, but I can't find it on the YouTubes.

No.

Who hurt you?

Remember when Recoome kicked your ass?

The realist/cynic in me suspects there is indeed an element of stagecraft here. At the same time, I do buy that his back is genuinely doneso, at least re: being able to play NHL hockey. I've had chronic back pain for most of my life. That being said, over the past couple of seasons I've often found myself empathetically cringing when watching Z skate. Dude's upper body is stiff as a board and his legs are absolutely gone, which just makes it all the more impressive that he's been able to do what he has at his age. He's basically been running on smarts and sheer willpower, IMO. Maybe he's playing it up. Maybe the huge drop in pay is a factor. Whatever the case may be, "Zetterberg is done because he has a bad back" sounds better than "Hossa is done because he's developed a very serious allergy to his equipment."

Have to assume Rasmussen, Zadina, Hronek all make the cut. It's also worth pointing out that decidedly fringue guys now have an easier path to claiming a roster spot. Specifically: (one or two of) Pope, Hicketts, Sulak, Cholowski, Svechnikov. Maybe Svechnikov outplays Zadina in camp and pushes Zadina down to the AHL.

The Nordiques' sweaters don't get enough love. Such a great look. Bring that s*** back!

The HYPE! shall flow.

Nope. He's a RH shot. HARD PASS.

Original, but it'll be worn as a third this season.

To be fair, he put up 68 points a couple seasons ago and even this past season he was arguably our best player, pound for pound. But I get what you're saying and I agree. It's time for new beginnings.

Well, at least it's not a constant thing. That's good to hear. In terms of hockey tho? Yeah, he's done.

Give it time. DeKeyser will win you over.

Did you know Vincent Trocheck played for the Little Caesars organization? Hold that thought -- Trocheck just scored. Anyway, getting back to what I was saying, Vincent Trocheck played for the Little -- TROCHECK SCORES! That's six goals on the night for Vincent Trocheck, who played for the Little Caesars organization. Trevor Thompson is standing by with Vincent Trocheck's parents. They're joined by Jeff Petry's father.

Holy poop, I'd forgotten Pacioretty's cap hit is only $4.5M. Way to waste one of the best bargain contracts in the league, Marc.

July 1, 2019 is gonna be lit. https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/free-agents/2019/ufa/

I've got no love for Ryan Lambert. I also have no grievance with his tweet. He feels the Wings wouldn't be able to adequately compensate for the loss of Zetterberg this season, and he's probably right. In which case the Wings would have a great shot at finishing even lower than they did last season, which would please the pundit intelligentsia, fans of rival teams, and appoximately one third of the Wings' fan base.