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It was INTENT to INJURE!!!!! Z sold nothing. His head was grabbed with BOTH hands of Weber and was smashed against the glass.

Scary matchup but if they play to potential they can pull it off.

That's a bad decision by the state athletic board, they should re-do the 3rd period. I'd even consider disqualifying the winning team so some other parent doesn't try it.

Datsyuk is friends with Ovechkin and Bryzgalov, too.
Selanne came to Filppula's Cup party in Finland.

I am never one to throw trade scenarios out there, but with our backup situation, I thought I would throw this out there. What would you think about picking up Giguere and Quincey from Colorado?

I am never one to throw trade scenarios out there, but with our backup situation, I thought I would throw this out there. What would you think about picking up Giguere and Quincey from Colorado?

Emmerton is a center, Mursak is a wing.

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/7459001/nhl-eyes-maple-leafs-red-wings-winter-classic-big-house-second-rink-detroit
Sounds like the GLI and the alumni game will be at Comerica.

Before anyone else even chimes in with the thought too - Marchand didn't NEED to do this to protect himself, but if Salo wasn't so determined in creaming him, he could have moved or gotten low as well... He only got "clipped" because he was trying and determined to make a high hit...

If the league wants to take away head hits, then don't punish a guy for protecting himself when a guy is about to run him and is going high... I have zero problem with what Marchand did...
EDIT - added video for clarity...
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5GN2cFZ1oMA&v=5GN2cFZ1oMA&gl=US

Winnipeg was one of the four teams that voted against realignment.

Do people really track down the Wings like this at their hotels? I couldn't do it, it would feel too awkward/stalkerish walking up to them like that.

Well if you look at the standings the Wings sit 4th primarily b/c of sub .500 road play as they would be 1st in the conference if not for this poor play on the road.
I think the big picture is if the play on the road continues to be sub-standard it means no higher than a 4th seed and I think that is too low of a seed for the Wings to get out of the West as in order to beat teams like the Hawks, Sharks or Canucks they need home ice advantage. Heck I don't even know if home ice will get them through a playoff series against San Jose.
If you look at the last 2 Cup winning teams in 02 & 08 they had home ice for all their rounds and in order to win the Cup again I think that's the route they need to take or at least have home ice for the Western playoffs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1gePVhoYd4


It was a weird injury. At first he was down on his hands and knees as he reached up to grab his ear. But after about a second or two he passed out and "star-fished" on the ice. It looked like he was out cold for about 5-10 seconds. Then he came to and kept kicking his legs.

The player that shot the puck was 21 year old rookie Roman Josi. Josi was quite the class act, he went over to Eaves as he laid on the ice and he also went over to Eaves as they roll him off the ice and gave a stick-tap to the stretcher. Josi looked like he was going to throw up, he felt so badly about accidentally injuring Eaves.

I hope Eaves is alright.

I thought he was unconscious at first. He may have been for a few moments.

Another thing with Homer, is that he is more than his point totals. Because of his solid play in front of the net, others (such as the d-men) are getting pucks past the goalie. Without Homer creating chaos in there, those goals aren't happening.

I love the woo sound.

The fact that he is rotating with Dats, while Z has a full time "A" leads to this, post Lidstrom:
C - Zetterberg
A - Datsyuk
A - Kronwall

I'm changing it up a bit this season and NOT going with a monthly "featured" player (at least for this month, depending on feedback). Oftentimes the addition of a player messes with the layout when adjusting for other aspect ratios, or I have a rough time finding a nice, high-resolution picture to use. I hope you like this year's edition!

Widescreen: 1920x1200 | 1920x1080 | 1680x1050 |1440x900 | 1366x768 | 1280x800
4:3: 1600x1200 | 1400x1050 | 1280x960 | 1280x1024
Enjoy!

http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/11585/rumblings-latest-on-talks-for-doughty-suter-rinne-kronwall-mccabe-and-more

Interesting tweet from EJ Hradek on the Wizniewski suspension...
I for one am glad Kenny didn't go out & overpay for him like C'Bus did. Makes me like that Ian White signing more & more.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Pavel-Datsyuk-switches-numbers-to-honor-late-Rus;_ylt=AldAhPRPAEbVAHkSudgG6Ro5nYcB?urn=nhl-wp12767

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Pavel-Datsyuk-switches-numbers-to-honor-late-Rus;_ylt=AldAhPRPAEbVAHkSudgG6Ro5nYcB?urn=nhl-wp12767

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Pavel-Datsyuk-switches-numbers-to-honor-late-Rus;_ylt=AldAhPRPAEbVAHkSudgG6Ro5nYcB?urn=nhl-wp12767

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2011/08/28/sports/doc4e5aa710eac4a489344857.txt?viewmode=fullstory