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Here's a great one for you AO and Aaron Downey fans. I bet his neck didn't feel very good the next day.

I found this on James Mirtle's blog (http://mirtle.blogspot.com/2007/02/waivers-for-dummies.html): Here's a quick rundown, in plain English, of how the NHL's waiver system works (for the original post on the nine players placed on waivers this afternoon, see here). Essentially any player that has three professional seasons since signing his first contract, or who has played 180+ NHL games, must go through waivers before going to the AHL. The waiver system allows all 29 other NHL clubs to pick up that player, with teams lower down in the standings taking precedence over those at the top. Players are on waivers for two days, and if they go unclaimed, they're off to the minors. If they go to the minors and then return to the NHL club, players don't have to pass through waivers again unless they've been with the big club for 10+ games or 30+ days. So, Downey is exposed to being picked up by another team. I wonder why now since he just got put back into the lineup.

http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hock...ney_on_waivers/ Kukla's Korner is reporting that Downey was placed on waivers. Can someone please explain how the waiver system works? I thought he had cleared already once this year, and would not have to back on.

Get over what? I was happy with the Bertuzzi trade. Too bad he didn't end up signing with the Wings. I know OHL success doesn't mean NHL success, and he may end up flopping, but it does suck that he's tearing it up after watching Bert sit out a bunch of games.

From TSN's Backchecking column: Shawn Matthias, C, Belleville Bulls - The 19 year-old was a second-round pick of the Red Wings in 2006 and was traded to Florida in the Todd Bertuzzi deal last spring. Now the 6-foot-3 power forward prospect is second in the OHL in scoring with 32 points in 14 games. Man. 2.3 points per game. Linky: http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=221897&hubname=nhl

Really? I didn't have a problem at all. Some guys around me were ribbing me, but it was in good fun. I got some boos around the arena, but I can't say I was ever nervous. What happened that was threatening? I wonder if sitting in club seats had anything to do with it. It was pretty funny that some guy came up to me to tell me that Detroit sucks while wearing a Canucks jersey after the game. What the hell do you say to someone who tells you that the team that just beat his team sucks?

Fun side note: I went to Vancouver to see the game and while walking around Robson Street a couple of hours before face off, I saw Hasek in a store shopping for shoes! I was going to have him sign my tickets, but he had a hooded sweatshirt on with his hood over his head, so I figured it would be better to give him some privacy. The game was great to see at GM Place, it's a very nice arena. Dats looked a little off last night, making some very un-Datsyukian giveaways and the D looked discombobulated in the first 2 periods (24 shots after 2 periods). They shored it up for the third. Vancouver fans were pissed about the waived goal. Someone threw a slice of pizza onto the ice while the refs were conferring.

Wow, project much? How in the world do you know any of those things? If he's got all of those dollars waiting in the "CCCP", why the hell did he come over? If that was the case, he could be rolling around in all his tax-free dollars right now, instead of putting himself under intense media scrutiny, moving himself and his family to a foreign country, all the while attempting to play in the most elite hockey league in the world. So your statement holds no water. As far as his fitness level is concerned, maybe you're right, maybe not; we won't know until he plays, or we actually get a report about his attitude/fitness. But to present it as "we know" he's not motivated is simply speculation based on your impression of him gathered through the media and a translator. Actually, he has said that the level of play in the AHL is higher than in Russia, that there is no guarantee he'll return in November if he's still in the AHL, and that almost all that have observed him has said that he continues to get better.

Sammy's having a great game.

I read a foxsports review of upcoming Leafs players and some of them sounded pretty good (one guy in particular, I can't find the article to give the name). Are they not close enough yet or what? This lineup looks pretty similar to last year's.

Yeah, the official Red Wings site has a score summary.

They have the game advertised on their website. I don't get it. Maybe they'll start it after this horrible talk show. Franzen scored :30 in. Lidstrom & Rafalski with assist.

http://www.wkrk.com/ play by play of tonight's game (linky: http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/2007/09/wk...gsrangers.html) Edit: I don't know what the story is. There's some blathering idiot on the station, and no Wings. No Wings on that Rangers feed either, although you can listen to the last Rangers/Sabres playoff game.

Did I miss something, or has there been absolutely no information about Kindl? Did he get hurt or what? I heard about his first preseason game and then he was gone. No reports on his play, only 1 exhibition game. Weird.