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Hasek = grit. hehehe

Stop hitting them with logic, it's more fun to believe a conspiracy theory. / tin foil hat mode ON

Exxon's mascot was the tiger for a looooong time. Even their gas stations were called "Tiger Markets".

At least Cheli's the dude and Bettman's the chick.

The 78 or so people at the game will barely notice the Ducks jersey with all the open space. Try to get to the lower bowl so you have more room to hide.

Hockey players are 52 - 58. Wing players mentioned - Primeau and Murphy. Murphy to be hated by Toronto fans for winning a Cup and rubbing it in. Primeau to be hated by Wing fans for not living up to his first round potential. the article

Woo hoo, it's on my birthday. I'll be 35, therefore I predict a 5 - 3 GRG victory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL_Network_(United_States) While I had the window open, apparently Y#19 added the post above.

I was hoping someone would give him a chance at 500. JR was fun to watch and never afraid to run his yap.

Several animals were hurt in the filming of this commercial. All of them in and around Mike's trailer.

After getting Vokoun, this shouldn't be a surprise, but the Panthers have no need for Belfour so he's off to Europe. http://www.miamiherald.com/623/story/207983.html

If your post is in response to the title: what I meant was - it's not the NHL. As nice as a foreign league may be, it's still not the big dance. I have zero knowledge of the Swedish Elite League's inner working. Thanks for the info.

Does anyone have a link or further information about this 'clause'? Am I correct in reading it that if teams don't make 14K in attendance, they don't get the revenue sharing $$? Or is every team's attendance figure different?

Speaking from the last 2 years' experience. Comcast does not offer the Center Ice package in HD at all. Any HD games you catch will be from other networks outside of CI. (Vs., HDNet, NBC, etc etc) All having CI with a plasma will do is piss you off at the crappy regular definition picture.

At last count there are exactly 2 threads mentioning the Lightning being sold. If any of the articles about the sale were actually read - the $70M loss in the last 8 years should stick out. The only year they made money since Davidson bought them in '99 was the year they won the Cup. There are 10+ threads mentioning how the Preds suck and Nashville doesn't deserve a team because they lose money, Can't wait 'til Bassille takes them to Canada, etc etc. The double standard is pretty funny. Well, not really.

So, if Nash gives away 2000 seats on game day @ $2.50 each, GMP will be OK with calling that a sellout and the fact that they still lose money? Legionnaire, inform the masses.

First, "HillBilly", the word you are looking for is DRIVEL. Not, dribble. English - it's a language even in the hillbilly land. If you're so concerned about the quality of this thread - ignore it. Don't post. Easy as pie. Plenty of other areas for you to spread your pleasantries. We can only hope. However, this promise will probably be a failure.

The mere fact that you have nothing useful to add doesn't make a thread useless. But thanks so much for chiming in.

Obligatory attendance joke: They must have had everyone from the lower bowl crowd into 2 sections so they could take this picture. ba-dum-bum

I'm 99% sure it was the '02 playoff run. It was just another notch in the insanity that was the WC Finals.

Here's the letter that went out from their website/press releases. CRAIG LEIPOLD SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT TO SELL PREDATORS AND POWERS MANAGEMENT TO LOCAL GROUP Nashville (August 1, 2007) – Craig Leipold announced today that he has signed a letter of intent to sell the Nashville Predators and Powers Management (the company that manages the Sommet Center) to a group of local investors, led by David Freeman, CEO of 36 Venture Capital, and including Herb Fritch, CEO of Healthsprings, as well as William "Boots" Del Biaggio, President and CEO of SandHill Capital. The investors, a group which would have majority and controlling interest in the club, includes local executives in finance, health care and private business. The sale price for the franchise is $193 million. The sale must be approved by the NHL's Board of Governors. The anticipated closing date for the transaction is no later than September 30, 2007. "I am thrilled that David Freeman and his local group have joined up with Boots Del Biaggio and come together to purchase the Predators," Leipold said. "My hope is that their commitment to Nashville will be reciprocated in the form of business and individual support on an ongoing basis to make this franchise successful for the long-term. This is a great day for Predators fans, players and staff!" "Six weeks ago we set out to acquire the Predators so that we could make sure our team stayed in our town. The letter of intent is a big step toward making it happen. Nashville is now firmly in the driver's seat to keep this franchise," said Freeman. "We are confident of moving through this process successfully and starting the 2007-08 season with local ownership in majority control of the future of the franchise. We want to thank Craig for giving us this opportunity. "We have recruited Boots Del Biaggio to our investor team because as a limited partner in the San Jose Sharks he has strong experience and is respected by the Board of Governors," added Freeman. "His proven success in this league is important to us." "Having the opportunity to join this exceptional, dedicated and committed local partnership was an opportunity that I could not turn down," said Del Biaggio, who will assume a minority investment position. "There is no doubt in my mind that this transaction will bring proper leadership and investment to the Predators while building an organization that the NHL leadership will respect and our fans can be proud of and support." Mr. Leipold does not plan to comment again on the franchise sale until the transaction is completed and is approved by the NHL's Board of Governors.

No to hijack, but my favorite move like this was when McCarty? tossed the Ave player's stick into the crowd at the Pepsi Center. The crowd of course threw it back but the play was already up ice. Someone will probably remember the details better than I.

Link Basically, they call his one game - one shift contract a bunch of crap. And therefore, don't consider his "6 decades of hockey" to be valid.

What are you doing with the name and contact info after the contest?

A list of hockey players who only got to suit up once in the NHL. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_one-g...l_Hockey_League Approx. 23 Wings on there. About 59 goaltenders that never made it to game 2.. hehe.. tough position.