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Again I ask..Who are the referees?

Who are the referees tonite?

Damn double post!

I try to avoid bashing Sammy as much as possible but what makes me mad more than anything about is not so much the shooting from bad spots it the NOT shooting from good spots! Last night he was a great position to shot and instead passed one behind Hank.

Exactly,a big reason he didnt make the team was because of Meech's situation. Kindl was ahead of Meech in training camp,but yes this is the right call.

I beleive it was the last two. He is struggling this year in GR but my point was that hes not THAT far from being ready.

Seriously how does Eklund keep his job? If I was wrong at my job a THIRD of as much as he is I would have been fired years ago.

Kindl almost made the Wings out of training camp.

Pavel Datsyuk,Henrik Zetterberg and the Grand Rapids Griffins may struggle this weekend.

I stopped watching when the 6 game slide hit and assumed we were done. Does this mean we still have a chance to win the cup?

I'm picking up my tickets tommorow.

Here we go Canada B since someone did mention it: FORWARDS(13) Eric Staal Martin St. Louis Brad Richards Corey Perry Alex Tanguay Mike Cammalleri Marc Savard Patrice Bergeron Steve Stamkos Nathan Horton Sam Gagner J.P. Dumont Simon Gagne DEFENSEMEN(7) Brent Seabrook Duncan Keith Jay Bouwmeester Marc Staal Ed Jovanovski Bryan McCabe Dan Hamhuis GOALTENDERS(3) J.S. Giguere Cam Ward Pascal Leclaire

I'll give you Staal,he was a tough cut for me. I took Doan for penalty killing and a bit of a grinder. I dont want St. Louis anywhere near this team and Doughty and Stamkos have to prove themselves first,even if they do after one year in the league I cant see them deserving a spot over some of these guys. Maybe Ill make Canada B.

Hopefully 3 weeks is the max and the MRI doesnt find more damage.

Heres a potential Canadian Roster.After seeing this theres no way they couldnt be considered the favorite. FORWARDS(13) Sidney Crosby Jarome Iginla Joe Thornton Vincent Lecavalier Shane Doan Ryan Getzlaf Jason Arnott Jonathan Toews Danny Heatley Jason Spezza Rick Nash Brendon Morrow Mike Richards DEFENSEMEN(7) Dion Phaneuf Chris Pronger Wade Redden Robyn Regehr Mike Green Brian Campbell Shea Weber GOALTENDERS(3) Martin Brodeur Roberto Luongo Carey Price

This story is on TSN now http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=230120&hubname=. The part that bothers me is where Nick says "we havent seen the results of the MRI". If they havent seen the results then why are they saying 3 weeks instead of one?

Its a solid roster,but Canada,Sweden and Russia will all have great rosters.

I know what you mean,but the only reason theyre doing the IR is to make roster space.

I'd say you pretty much have it. A couple names to mention though that might be having an impact in 2 years:TJ Hensick and Rob Schremp.

Ive been looking for a picture of Laperriere doing the turtle against Downey with no luck. I'm hoping someone here can help me out.

You obviously havent been watching games or not watching them closely enough. Kopecky has played well enough to earn a spot this year. Also signing D-Mac to a contract doesnt meant hes automaticaly a Red Wing,its just means they can call him up if feel hes earned it.

Dont even get me started on pwned......

There will be no "temporary" captain. The "A"'s will assume the role.

They should be discussing the larger ice surface.Players now are too big and fast they need more room to operate. As usual though NHL owners are too greedy to see the forest for the trees and think the 300 or so seats they lose will hurt more than the thousands of fans who are too disgusted by the quality of the hockey to ever go see a game live.

Marleau was put on injured reserve today.