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Penalty on Flip. Bleh.

PP upcoming. Wow, what a slash.

High stick by Weiss on Drake, no call.

4-on-4. Salei goes off.

Penalty upcoming...on who, though?

Looked like a broken ankle.

Touche. Nice eyes by Franzen, banked it on off Vokoun.

Ken Daniels: "THEY SCORE! THEY BANG IT IN!" We got lucky there that the officials didn't blow the whistle at any time during that sequence.

Delay of game. PP upcoming. Maybe I shouldn't be here, since the Panthers started scoring once I started watching.

Lidstrom scores. On us.

Those two statements seem a little contradictory to me. Sure, they're adding Niedermayer, which will help things. But having given up the 4th MOST goals in the West? Even Phoenix is better than that. I don't see Niedermayer as being the savior that everyone seems to make him out to be. Additionally, Pronger has NOT been good this season. He's a -4 on the season thus far. Let's compare that to another "Norris calibre" defenseman in Lidstrom...with a +17. A good, much less "Norris calibre" defenseman should NEVER be in the minus for his season stats at this stage of the season. The Ducks are very mediocre this season. Sorry, that's a fact. Adding a great player to a mediocre team isn't always a gamebreaker. Look at Washington. Look at Pittsburgh.

You and me both. If anything, this actually makes the Ducks WORSE off than they were before. True, this creates the room necessary for Selfish Scott, but at the expense of someone who can actually score goals. Weight's old and injury-prone at this point in his career. I give it until late January before he's out with a knee injury.

Yep, and that bugs the hell out of me. I think a good chunk of Anaheim's most recent wins have been due to the shootout as well. Even more motivation to take away the loser point from the shootout. Seems like teams like Anaheim and Edmonton will play to tie until the shootout where they feel they have a better chance to get the W. Kind of makes regulation play meaningless with those teams. So much for playing the game.

You know, everyone says that when I bare my teeth when I smile... I must be a suspicious character.

Yeah, I think this got debunked by Dave Tippett on XM yesterday too.

And with that, I'm out. No point in sticking around to see a bunch of "You have chosen to ignore all posts from:" messages. G'night, all.

Oilers win. Can't blame Dom for that shootout, honestly. Rolie just stoned our shooters...and Zata...WHY A SLAPSHOT?! Yeesh. That was just a bad choice of shot.

Dammit. Off the post and in.

What the hell was that with Zata? That was kind of lame.

NICE SAVE BY DOM! That was key.

You too? Dammit. Dats gets stuffed.

I will admit that I like Ozzie better in the shootout, but Dom's gotta start somewhere. We know he CAN stop breakaways...just gotta stop three in a row.

The fans in the Joe are getting flustered. Shootout upcoming. C'mon, Dom. Save a couple and let Hank and Pavel do the rest.

Damn, we've almost crested 40 SOG. Thankfully Dom's held the fort and his SV% is creeping back up near .900 for the game. Just hold it through OT (and potential SO) and I'll be happy. Damn, Flip nearly had it there. DOM! DOM! DOM!

Damn, Lebs almost had the GWG right there.