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I'm reminded of the Wings/Preds game before last...and on the Nashville broadcast, Crisp and Weber were talking about Nashville being a good bet to challenge for the Cup. I think they forgot that the Preds needed to actually get into the playoffs to do that.

Guess the Preds ran out of steam, last gasp was against us.

Outsider, you're now officially one of my favorite members here. If you ever find yourself in North Jersey, drinks are on me.

Tokyo Police Club, "Juno".

I saw that in the paper this morning. Horrible. I guess we can look at it this way...the kid got to live his dream (however briefly), pitched six scoreless innings in the bigs.

That would be a bottle of Crystal Head Vodka that he signed for me.

Look who I met today.

CURSE YOU, GADGET!!! Heh, I know we're fair competitors, we're cool like dat. Honestly, I rarely look at anyone's picks until I've made mine. Only reason I noticed redwingslady87's missing pick was because it ended up below my post in the 'Last 10 posts' box.

Just FYI, you missed one of your picks up there (the Dallas/Anaheim) game. Don't want you to lose out on a valuable point!

I could be a real dick and just wait for NFM25 to make his picks and then copy them all (ensuring a 1-pt victory!), but where would the fun be in that? In all seriousness, thanks for running this once again, AW. I have fun doing this every season, no matter the results. Friday: Nashville @ Minnesota Columbus @ St Louis Calgary @ Edmonton Dallas @ Anaheim Saturday: Carolina @ New Jersey Philadelphia @ NY Islanders Chicago @ Detroit Vancouver @ Colorado Boston @ Buffalo San Jose @ Los Angeles Ottawa @ Toronto Pittsburgh @ Montreal Tampa Bay @ Atlanta Washington @ Florida Minnesota @ Columbus Anaheim @ Phoenix Edmonton @ Calgary Sunday: Detroit @ Chicago St Louis @ Colorado Boston @ NY Islanders NY Rangers @ Philadelphia

*ahem* :rotflmao: Celine Dion and hockey don't exactly go well together. (Won't someone get them a kayak and rescue them, linnnnnnnnnnnnnnnndgsjgdjgjgsr!)

I wouldn't be opposed to "Illitch Arena" at all. The man deserves it.

My guess would be $25-30 each, but that's just a guess. In any case, I'm in for at least one. And it figures that I'd get snagged in that screenshot.

Holy hell, if they're not TOO expensive, I'm getting at least one of 'em. GREAT designs.

f***. Get well soon, Andreas. We need ya.

Nuh-uh-uh... Babcock walks out wearing his WC hat and says, "Excuse me while I whip this out..." All the Blackhawks players and coaches scream like little girls. Babcock pulls out his Stanley Cup ring.

Entirely possible that we just hit a really badly mixed show or something then. I have some live recordings from them where they sound much better, but I was surprised when the openers sounded nice and crisp...and 30 Seconds was stuck with so much distortion. And for what I'm listening to now... Ben Folds, "In Between Days".

Wow, they are SO done. Too bad, so sad.

Fantastic hit. Glad Crosby got the instigator. Good jorb.

Gordie and Colleen Howe at the Lakeside Denny's, at which I was such an uber-regular, some people thought I worked there. Before their meal came (I didn't want to interrupt), I simply asked Gordie and Colleen if I could shake their hands, just letting them know how much I respected both of them for what they accomplished in the hockey world (I know, it sounds dorky, but I was so star-struck). They did me one better and let me join them briefly to chat a little bit until their meal came and not even just hockey talk. Asked me where I lived and such, found out that they were currently living only a couple minutes away from my house, etc. Fantastic people, so down to earth - especially Colleen, may she rest in peace. Meanwhile, my dad used to work at Whole Foods in Troy where a lot of the players shopped. He almost ran over Shanny's feet one time with a pallet-jack. Shanny, thankfully, took it in good humor.

"Blasted steely!"

GO FRW! FINISH 'EM OFF!

Sparta, "Light Burns Clear".

You know logic doesn't work here, Outsider. That said, I completely agree with you.

I'm actually wondering there's a suspension being considered for that. I mean, he DID deliberately strike an opposition player in the head with his stick. However, since there was no injurious intent, I wouldn't see a suspension being justified. In any case, Avery's an ass. But he's fun to watch.