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Have a touched a sensitive nerve I feel, that the 2002 Cup was bought. It just felt like we pulled in some ringers...I know many don't feel like that, but after all this time I can't see it any other way. Sorry. It doesn't mean I'm right (even though I usually am )

Your stats confuse the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks out of me

I think the Wings will win this one. You can't win them all...I guess that's what they mean...and by you I mean The Blackhawks of course.

I just did so, so you'd stop PMing me all those love poems. Geesh.

I thought NASCAR was the most popular sport? How can that be comparable to the NHL.

Call my a conspiracy theorist. but I don't think the NHL counts the write ins...in fact, I don't really believe they count the votes. Discuss..

Things change though, and players need to grow if they want to be successful. We didn't want to split up the line last year, but Z was injured and we had to. Huds did well on the second line with Lang and Flip did well paired with Datsyuk. I think that if they got used to it, they could actually benefit from playing with these top notch players, and Huds and Flip do have talent...and could work well with Z and Pavs in my opinion. Of course, we probably will end up picking up someone..and it'll make a difference.

NO...get Sammy off the top 2 lines Flip - Datsyuk - Holmer Huds - Zata - Franzen or Cleary Put Franzen in the role of Holmer, it could work, he has the size on that line. Or if you want to put Huds and Dats together maybe that would work, I put Flip and Dats together because I think they're more the same speed. Or even try out Cleary, I don't know. But I think we'll win more games if they could get these lines to click. I've considered this, but then I always think..welll they go up against the top lines of other teams so I'm not sure.

ERM...well that's not incentive to get me to say to flip flop them haha. I think they should be split the can each center a line. I always thought Dats was a good center. However, with Z being (in my opinion) the better 2 way player he can be good at center as a means of controlling the play etc. But if you were going with a left wing lock type scenario...well there you go, right? haha. Split them is the key, and they can be back together in a pinch or for PP's. Could you imagine though if we had a Dats scoring line and a Z scoring line that each produced as much or almost as much as one of the lines did. I think we have the talent for it. It would be pretty unstoppable.

I would have taped them for you haha

For me it's not about losing the games..that was sort of irrelevant...I've been saying this since last season. Did Babs listen to me last season on this? No. Did we win the Cup? No. Coincidence?? hmm...

2001-2002 yes... I'm not talking really in terms of all-stars. 01-02 our team was bought, but together they acheived so much in 95-96 that I think they are the best.

What?!? You speak for yourself. Holland and Babs listen to me ALL THE TIME. *nods*

Yep. I doubt he'll get in for voting anyway, as I think the votes are only for the starting lineup and the coach picks the team, so that the players who are playing best can get in the game. So hopefully if he keeps it up he'll end up in no matter what.

I don't know if anyone's said it yet because I didn't read the whole thread (okay ANY of the thread)...but I hate the trapezoid goalie rule thing..GRR.

haha, not yet wow, the opportunity of the lifetime to say a thing or two

Only 1 goalie will win the Cup. And a goalie is only 1 factor. But Hasek doesn't even look like he's on par to stay in the NHL let alone the starter, let alone the playoffs...so... Again..not saying he can't recover, but he makes me nervous. On a side note. What is that in your avatar, it looks like a doodlebop

No, he kills momentum. I'll see him skate up on what looks like a potentially good play carrying the puck in and shoot it at an easy to stop angle directly at the netminder's chest. UGH. Sometimes passing is good. And I'm always for shooting, and such.

I'm watching that...and making sigs *there is a loud collective cheer* yes, yes...

Totally need to split them. Putting all our eggs in one basket of line combinations is stupid. I get why people want NOT to split them and if it absolutely can't work or in a pinch they can be back together. We need two really solid lines..not just 1 line and a mishmosh of stuff.

2 bad nights = 86% sv% Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... Ozzie should play, he just should, has nothing to do with bitterness against Dom. edit: slip of the finger

I dislike both. I really disliked Tucker for a really long time. Then I heard that when he was a kid his dad would make him run outside the car home if he lost a game....or something like that...and I felt bad for him. I just think Avery is an *******.

Didn't he go to Philly Jeremy Roenick gives me lots of LOLZ...and he can dance too

Oh...I'm sorry...but why do we care what Jeremy Roenick thinks about things? We could get he, Brett Hull, and Sean Avery together and have a roundtable discussion that could be pretty fun though. PS. JR made a very wrong decision in the long run

Dom will sneak Ozzie in in his equipment bag