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Actually they did have the FSN-Detroit feed. It wasn't listed on the online guide but it was on Channel 771, which the channel guide also showed.

The fact that he's got 300 wins in under six seasons is sick. Seriously, he's averaging better than 50 per season. Let that sink in and realize the magnitude of it.

And then you'll for sure be good to go against Toronto next Saturday when I'll be watching the game on NHL Center Ice, because I live in Green Bay.

Apparently Hudler is sick and didn't make the trip, so it'll be him that's out tonight. It could be Drapes as well though with MLive confirming the following. Per Ansar Khan:

Kate's Day with the Lombardi Trophy: Mmmmm Tasty! Mom & Me Dad & Me

Unless their name is Ilya Kovalchuk. I know this post was a reply to someone else, but I couldn't resist.

Nice #3 addition. How could I have forgot that one as well....its an LGW staple.

In before someone says either, (1) You never want to pick your poison or (2) I don't care who we play. I wouldn't mind playing Phoenix or Calgary. Nashville forechecks the s*** out of us and constantly pressures our passers, which causes us fits. No thanks to teams like that.

:rotflmao: It's flat out amazing the Bears won as many games as they did last year. Not only will they not beat the Packers at all next year, the Packers should coast to the division title. Instead of being worried about what the Packers do, you should be more concerned with the Lions having caught up to you. Since you're a Bears fan, I would hope you realize that the Packers won the SuperBowl with a banged up roster heading into and during the game. I'd be willing to bet the 16 players GB had on I.R. while winning the SuperBowl is the most in history. Just imagine when all those players return next year! Sidenote: Sorry for the off topic/sport conversation. Too tough to pass up being from Green Bay.

The Philly and Boston meltdown's didn't help anyone's cause this weekend either. Philly's third period was a downright embarrassment.

By my calculations, I rocked a 19/23 this weekend! Hey Ohhhhh!

Friday, March 11 Boston at NY Islanders Carolina at Washington Los Angeles at Columbus Edmonton at Detroit x2 Ottawa at Tampa Bay New Jersey at Atlanta Minnesota at Dallas Anaheim at Colorado Saturday, March 12 Montreal at Pittsburgh Columbus at Carolina NY Islanders at New Jersey Atlanta at Philadelphia Buffalo at Toronto Tampa Bay at Florida Detroit at St. Louis Colorado at Nashville Vancouver at Calgary NY Rangers at San Jose Sunday, March 13 Chicago at Washington Edmonton at Pittsburgh Los Angeles at Dallas Ottawa at Buffalo Phoenix at Anaheim

It doesn't change the absurdity of the comment. That would be like me saying, "Gee, I hope Dats doesn't ask for $3 million per for his next contract." It just as ridiculous as Lidstrom asking to play for what any rational person knows to be peanuts. So the point is....why even say it?

Haha! Classic Puckbags! "Welcome Back"

^ Channel 773

The 56 before proved far more to the opposite side and enough to cover the difference of the last 4. I'm in no way condoning playing sloppy towards the end, but there's a time to go balls to the wall and there's a time to keep your legs fresh. A 7-2 lead with under 4 minutes is an example.

They didn't a week ago.

This is exactly what I'm referring too. If they can put Crosby on the shelf for this long, there's no reason everyone in the league shouldn't be examined just as thoroughly. If guys like Orr (whether he withheld what he was feeling or wasn't aware of it at all) can be suffering from concussion cases for the past few years and it goes undiagnosed until now, it shows the league needs to take their testing of all players (from talent-top to bottom) more seriously.

Far too many times enforcers at the NHL level will tell doctors they're symptom-free simply to get back on the ice. As for enforcers who are marginal NHL'ers talent-wise, its way worse. While Orr may not have known the severity of what he was dealing with, I highly doubt he felt like a ray of sunshine the past few years. Brashear wrote about this a few years ago and basically outlined how often fighters outright lie to get clearance to play. That's why I said, "likely" brought on by Orr, not "only." It doesn't mean he wasn't a part of his ill-fate, because I'd be willing to bet he was. Now all that said, I still believe the NHL needs to follow suit with the NFL in their heightened testing, further work to find ways to better and more effectively diagnose and potentially use the ImPact system commadore183 posted about.

You gotta wonder what, if anything physical sports leagues can do to diagnose concussions better without the players being able to lie. This is just a shame, brought on likely because Orr was scared of losing a spot in the NHL. It's mostly on him, but a shame nonetheless.

:nonono: Jesus! These comments blow my mind. Its so easy for anyone here to talk about money when its not theirs. Any team in their right mind would pay upwards of $7.5-$8 million per for a Norris Defenseman in the NHL, yet people ***** because they feel Nick (who's taken paycut after paycut) should make even less than $6. Get real people.

Friday, March 4 Pittsburgh at New Jersey NY Rangers at Ottawa Carolina at Chicago Columbus at Calgary Dallas at Anaheim Saturday, March 5 St. Louis at NY Islanders Buffalo at Philadelphia Vancouver at Los Angeles Pittsburgh at Boston x2 Montreal at Tampa Bay Chicago at Toronto Florida at Atlanta Detroit at Phoenix Edmonton at Colorado Dallas at San Jose Sunday, March 6 Philadelphia at NY Rangers New Jersey at NY Islanders Washington at Florida Buffalo at Minnesota Nashville at Calgary Vancouver at Anaheim

Here's hoping it doesn't take him long to get into a groove because with the deadline past us, he becomes extremely important if Jimmy struggles down the stretch and into the playoffs.

That's not really true. The reason they're rotating A's currently is because they didn't want to wait any longer in making their all-world talent Datsyuk an Alternate and the organization is too classy to strip the "A" from Draper. Not that Dats was pushing for it, but given Draper's age and the type of player/leader-by-example Dats was becoming, they simply made the decision to roll with it. Now IMO, if Draper were to retire this year (not saying he will) and Lids were to return, I don't see any way at all Z and Dats don't become permanent A's with other players filling in during injuries. There's no one on the current roster without a letter over their chest that's similar to Dats was before he got named a rotating Alternate. No one even close.

God, I can't believe I'm continuing this ridiculous debate. As another member pointed out, these two players are some of the best in the world and while they excel in certain areas better than the other, they both excel better than almost anyone else in the NHL. Then don't use it as an argument. It discrediting. Really? Because you think you see Pavel moving faster out there that automatically makes him faster than Z? I don't buy it, nor am I about to claim that Z is faster than Pavel. I'm just not about to make an argument one way or the other because we have zero verifiable way of determining it. Now, if someone was debating speed between Pavel and Homer, well...that's a different story. Nice job putting words in my mouth. Notice the fact that I didn't bring up the Crosby finals match-up, you did. As for Pavel handling Crosby, I bet he could handle very well, but it doesn't change the fact that Z is still the go-to guy when it comes to matching up against a teams' top player. As for match-ups not being all about defense: do you really think I don't understand that? The fact of the matter is when Babs is at home and has control of his match-ups he's continuously uses Z when he can and on the road depending on the severity and score of the game he does push to get Z out there when he can. So, no...those assignments aren't only during home games. Once again, you're putting words in my mouth. While I understand playing ability holds weight with the Lady Byng, the award is equally if not well more-so about staying out of the box. While we can tip our hats to Dats in that department and give him the edge over Z, why didn't you just make that argument in the first place? Of course you do, but as anyone can tell you Z and Pavel are paid to get their names on the scoresheet....especially in the playoffs! While Pavel has turned his playoff bust reputation around, there was also the 08-09 playoff debacle on his part and even if we eliminate both of their first few playoffs given they weren't focal points of the Wings offense yet, since then Z has never had a down playoff run, which again is where it counts when you're playing for Detroit. I couldn't agree more! Have you not seen Z's play night-in and night-out? Do you not see the level of play he exudes even when he's not racking up the points? As for their face-off percentages, never once did I claim Z was the better face-off man. What I will throw into that discussion is that Z does typically does play more shorthanded situations than Pavel which makes it more difficult for him to win face-offs (especially when he's defending a 5-on-3 given the lack of support). Again, this is one of the many areas where stats can actually lie. After all this bulls*** talk back and forth my one and only point remains, these two players are two of the best in the world. They excel in all areas against almost everyone else in the world and both have certain skills that put them above the other. That's my argument and point. Can you honestly not admit the same? I couldn't agree more. Dats not only is one of the greatest players in the world, his "Wow" factor is second to absolutely *no one!* Z tends to be a lot like Lids where he doesn't kill you with flash, and then there's those types of players where all they are is flash and they don't do well in other areas of the game. Dats has probably the most complete way of combining all-world skill and "Wow"-Factor whenever he's on the ice. Those types of talents simply don't come around every few years.