FireCaptain

O'burg to NYC - 374.4 - 6h6m O'burg to Detroit - 474 - 7h16m O'burg to Buffalo on the other hand... 270.... - 4h18m

Howard's from WAY upstate. Downstaters and Upstaters have VERY little in common. So, the whole - 'he's a NY kid' isn't valid.

From what I have read it's due mostly to the accessibility of gambling on the hometown team and 'Pete Rose' type fears.

Overreact much? Can Vega$ play its first game/season before people predict its demise? Also, I guess Hartford was a bad market too since they moved to Carolina from there.. but but but, Hartford is in the *gasp* NORTHEAST!! FTA: (7:50pm): Hurricanes team president Don Waddell called an in-game press conference tonight to deny the rumors of relocation, tweets Luke DeCock of The Raleigh News & Observer. In a second tweet, DeCock reports that Waddell also indicated that there had been nothing on the sales front in “four to five months.”

0.964 tonight, Howard's doing everything he can, except score.. with some goal support this team would be challenging for 2nd in the Atl.

Feel bad for Howie's last game.. Over half of the goals were almost perfect/unstoppable but more importantly even if he had stopped them... ZERO goals in support isn't gonna win you any games..

Glad to see we're riding the hot hand in goal. Now, if the other 5 guys in front could just provide some goal support...

So, you took the time to blackout your username in the tweets, but left @daveindefiance in the replies..? <insert old lady voice> That's not how this works, that's not how any of this works.. Defiant Dave ‏@daveindefiance Oct 10 @wingingitmotown @detroithockey96 Guess we'll just have to see what kind of career Pulk has in the NHL

I'm guessing the bone of contention is the "mid-tier" part. Neither of these guys could garner even a late round pick in a trade, then once waived and picked up, they couldn't stay on another NHL team either.. That, to most observers, isn't mid-tier - it's low-tier.

Lindback a King now. http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20161025/la-kings-reportedly-will-sign-goalie-anders-lindback

Literally stopped reading.

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Rotator cuff injury since last season almost made him miss the world championships - http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2016/04/26/detroit-red-wings-tomas-tatar/83571030/

Sounds like a little poisoning of the well.. Yeah, I think I have trade value. Oh, bee tee dubs, my shoulder hurts and makes it hard to - ya know - play hockey and whatnot. (guess I'll just chill here in Motown)

1.) This will be a tough season to watch at times. 2.) This will be a tough season to watch at times. 3.) This will be a tough season to watch at times.

TIL: There's a 'waiver fee'??

LG(pre-season)W!

Does it come with a built in clipboard for counting faceoffs from the bench? (I like Jimmy, but figured I had a good little joke there.)

The Golden Brett, anyone??

On NHL Radio on SiriusXM this morning, Bill Daly stated that the league is starting about a week late - 10/12/16 instead of their normal time that they would have liked - 10/5/16. So, it sould like a full camp and preseason, just starting a week late and condensing that week's games into the regular season (read: more back-to-backs, I guess).

What's the puppy dog looking thing on the back left and back right?

http://detroitjockcity.com/2016/07/26/detroit-red-wings-games-will-be-streamed-online-starting-this-year/ The way I read this.. if you have a cable/satellite package that includes regional sports channels, you'll be able to stream NHL games. Therefore, if you have a Directv package with FSD, you shouldn't have to buy NHL Center Ice.. correct?

*pithy remark here* Kind of a jerk move this close to the pre-season and after other teams have hired all the good free agent coaches.. Wait.. what do I care? Hope the Avs come in at the bottom of the West!! P.S. We could use some of your Dmen on a fire sale..