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coaching. One again Backbock wasn't flexible. That roster we put last game is perfect to play against "skill first" teams like Chicago, San Jose, etc. and we''ll be fine against them. Blues' philosophy is to hit first and then see whether it brings a bonus in terms of lost puck. Their nasty hits completely ruined our game in the second and we never recovered from it. In order to play against this team you need to somehow match physicality they bring. Practically, we needed Janik on defense (instead of Lebda) and May and Newbury on the fourth line.

a king of turnovers replaces a prince... Give him another shot, yeah!.. Sometimes I'm feeling bad for Zeta and Dats "to be right there when you need them most".

there is something wrong with this thread ))

From what I see there Jay McKey is a new interference machine of Pittsburg. He is allowed to do everything he wants... Gill N. 2.

I think we need to be calm and careful with "Carmen"... Something has changed his/her mind after last year play-offs.

Guess, you're a bit wrong with the forums... Bandwagoners are here

and so what? who does care about Phoenix?

roster looks promising. We are once again set for an excellent season. Hopefully, this time there will be nothing like "Crosby is going to repeat", "Ovechkin for the Cup", or "Chicago needs to capitalize on their opportunity"...

Am I the only one who actually liked that Holmstrom move? Compared to Dats and Clearly's attempts Toskala was completely frozen by those moves and Holm just missed a bit.

Penalty shot against Calgary in 1st game of 2006/07 play-offs. That goal really energized our team.

are you joking, right?

Absolutely yes. The critical part is Dats and Zeta staying healthy throughout play-offs.

finally it took to prevent one on one to call a penalty

that's exactly what Burke is always doing. Drain the draft picks pool and leave for "another franchise to save". Having nothing against Toronto I would say you'll be successful during the next two-three years and then....

sorry, but this is childish logic. Much better explanation is that he wants to show to those kids that there is another side of the hockey and Boodard is one of the best at that.

Last year we've seen how good 40 goal scorer was in the finals. Depth and heart are much more important in the play-offs and "one more Cleary" would have made the difference... I would never trade Fil, Cleary and second for Heatley alone.

puck daddy described it best. Especially that part related to "assuming no blue jeans".... see here here

for a team which is that strong good atmosphere in the locker room is much more important than virtual benefits Fluery may bring. I';m not saying he is cancer but he is not going to help either. Once again Canada is going to have a roster based on media preferences rather than on real performance. Just like in 2002. I'm not worried though. I'm cheering for Russia anyway...

Yeah! For those of you thinking that big Bert has come I would suggest to celebrate 10-11 Stanley Cup. That's exactly what we didn't have last year and blindly replaced by Hossa before the season even started. PS I'm one of those hoping for Big Bert return.

like these lines. Especially, Leino - Helm - Bert. I would with our recent signings we can put Zeta and Dats on the same line again without sacrificing the rest of lines. And this is something we couldn't do last year with Hossa producing with Dats only. This meand that now we are a more balanced team. I like it.

Yes!!! For some reason I always like him. Really hope to see something like Franzen - Filppula - Bertuzzi...

Here NY Post. I would say excellent pick-up for that amount of money. I'm upset that we signed Williams instead.

s*** happens. Now it is ok.

I would be more than happy. For some reason I always liked Todd.

he needs to spend at leaft one more year in lower leagues. Since this is not the case I see around 20-30 points...