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wow... I'm sold. Cheeeeechooo is the best....

I heard it too. For sure it was a mistake by refs by whistle is whistle and the game must be stopped.

I heard he is cannon...

looks like when Zeta is on fire no team can stop him. He is a bit inconsistent though...

Looks like I'm the only one who thinks Ottawa won this trade. Frist of all, they send San Jose 1st to NYI. It is pretty much second round pick. With addition of Comrie they may have 2nd line actually producing. Yes, he is UFA by the end of the season. However, with his point totals they won't have any problems resigning him. Campoli is capable offensive defenseman that is ready to fill top 4 role as their experiment with Brian Lee failed. They are 13 point behind Buffalo with two games in hand and 23 till the end of the season and they are playing much better lately. Why not to try?

I do have some thoughts but many people won't like them I don't think our problems are related to one or another aspect of the game as you discussed. I think our players just do not give that "small extra effort" which is needed sometimes to prevent a goal. And I can easily understand them. There are a lot of games in April/May that are more important. Remeber that Zetterberg's small effort in SCP that prevented tip-in by Crosby? That is exactly what we miss right now. And it is not only about our defenseman and Ozzy - our defense starts in the offensive zone. You may argue that we do not have any problems with offese. Yes, that is right. The reason is outstanding skill we have up front. I bet Hudler would be first liner on most of the team and he is 3rd liner in Detroit. Also I think when it will matter most this team will show up. Another reason is that still many teams use Red Wings as a measuring stick. Most of them bring their A game against us. I remeber only few times when it was different. One of those is recent game against Nashville. They did not show up and we simply outplayed them using pure skill we are loaded with. Look at them - Chicago, Nashville, Saint-Louis, Columbus, Colorado, San Jose, Anaheim, etc. all think we have a rivalrly going. The rest are saying "we have to test ourselves how good we are"... Even San Jose players think we are the best and they need their captain to remind that they are still first in the league That is exactly what success brings. Lately we are playing much better. I think this is mainly because of that "new blood" in our roster. Leino and, especially, Helm give 100% on the ice. Did you notice how good our 3rd and 4th lines were recently?

Personally, I do nor see any problems with nicknames.

what's about Cory Emmerton?

I like this idea. But who you are going to trade with? Toronto which is desperate about Tavares does not have much to offer. I would consider Phoenix for Boedker, Mueller + 1st in 2010. If it is not possible I would take Hedman.

are there any problems with ticnet.se we should know? In Finland I ususally use lippupalvelu.fi which belongs to the same tocketmaster group and never had any problems with it.

I do not see why Russia is considered to have best offense. We're really good at it, however, Canada also looks very strong. The only difference is that we have two best forwards in the game (Datsyuk and Ovechkin). Our defense could be a big problem though... My predictions on team Russia roster (sorry for offtopic ) Ovechkin - Fedorov - Semin Kovalchuk - Datsyuk - Radulov Frolov - Malkin - Kulemin Morozov - Zinoviev - Zaripov Markov - Gonchar Grebeshkov - Emelin Atushov - Proshkin Nabokov

what kind of history you are talking about?

that wasn't something new... just a couple of thoughts about San Jose in general. I watched a lot of San Jose games this year, especially, recently. From my point of view, there is something wrong with this team. They act on the ice like they always have something to prove. They are a good team, no doubt about that, but the way they handle themselves on the ice is a bit strange. Looks like they always look for some scrum, fight, whatever and they do that with some kind of hysteria - all their players on the ice get immediately engaged in those little battles with a lot of energy. And those repeated things "we're the best in the league" (remeber Thornton screamed that when Setogucci was interviewed during the game and occasionally said that Red Wings are the best). This reminds me a kind of a child that tries to be older than he is. Am I the only one who notices these things? PS Sorry for my English... still hope you get the point.

we shouldn't trade Emmerton. He is one of our best young forwards. I guess the only one who is likely to fit top 6 role. however, I agree with Meech + 3rd for Neil. Get it done Kenny

at least we've got one point out of this farce...

post of the day!

outstanding shot

the best defenseman in the world strikes again! Wow!

in such kind of games it must be Captain who steps in. Nice work Lids!

I hope we get Neil at the trade dealine. Something around 2nd round peak would go to Senators. Neil is making 1.2M this season and we can accommodate it.

Weäve got a nice line sitting there in the penalty box Hossa-Dats-Hudler these two calls were right though

I was pretty sure Dats was going to pass to Zeta on that play...

there is no way Bowmeester was/is/will be better than Rafalski. The only thing we are so hard on Raf is that he plays for us. Ask NJD fans who would they better have...

Steve Thomas. At one point he had a good chemistry with Dats and Hull... Pat Verbeek

at least we've one point out of this... and we were not that bad without Dats, Zeta, Lids, Stuart.