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Snagged this for posterity. Good job, Jimmy.

I was skeptical as hell about Babcock putting Howard in tonight. Showed why Babcock's the coach and I'm not. Howard really put that horrid performance in Anaheim behind him and that's a great sign for him.

Big deal or not, it's still an obvious screw-up...and once again, a screw-up that favors Pittsburgh. The officials could be a LITTLE less obvious. They already give them the most PPs in the league - though with a PP as inept as theirs, thankfully it doesn't matter.

After that crap game Howard had against Anaheim? Yikes. Mind you, the rest of the team looked like garbage too, but Howard was really shaky. I'm worried how he's going to bounce back against a GOOD team like Los Angeles.

I guess I'll choose a double-up game in my picks and if we decide to go with one set game instead, that's also cool. I'll keep tabs to see what's ultimately decided. But for now, my picks... Friday: Tampa Bay @ New Jersey x2 Colorado @ Carolina Toronto @ Buffalo NY Islanders @ Dallas Columbus @ Calgary Saturday: NY Rangers @ Boston Colorado @ Buffalo Pittsburgh @ Toronto New Jersey @ Montreal Florida @ Ottawa Tampa Bay @ Philadelphia Washington @ Atlanta Anaheim @ Nashville Chicago @ Minnesota NY Islanders @ Phoenix Calgary @ Vancouver St Louis @ Los Angeles Detroit @ San Jose Sunday: Ottawa @ Carolina Dallas @ Columbus Anaheim @ Chicago

We're just jealous of your awesome predictive skills. What's your secret? *gasp* OMG, you're really Eklund!

Just think if Phoenix and Pittsburgh hadn't screwed me!

But I bet he'll be sure to shake the opposing captain's hand after he does so!

I know, losing to me is like the Wings losing to the Du...wait, no...the Lea...er...crud...Columbus? DAMMIT!

Ah, but in prison, that would make you my *****! Too much?

You're just mad that this would put me only 6 points back of you.

Especially considering that they're leading the league in power play opportunities! (Seriously, they are. )

Ooooh, catching up! Surprised I did that well after picking both Phoenix to beat the Wings and Pittsburgh to win both of their games. Thanks, DB.

And, goooooooooooodnight. This team is an embarrassment. It's like losing to the Islanders, Lightning, Panthers, Leafs...oh wait.

Is it possible that we've just witnessed Bertuzzi finally getting over that mental block that limited his physical play post-Moore incident?

BERTUZZI IS BACK!

I hope USA Hockey isn't watching this game.

Ugh. So much for that comeback.

Bertuzzi is lazy and he sucks! Prove me wrong, Bert!

You were saying?

Oops, I thought I stole that from Jack!

Wow, Anaheim does that a million times a night...Maltby does it once and gets called for it.

The Wings have reduced us to Wikipedia vandalism once again.