Drake_Marcus

I'd be happy to see Carkner take Salei's spot. He's definitely an ideal 6th defenseman and Salei is at the end of his career anyway.

While I agree that Neil would be a great addition (roster overcrowding aside) I'd like to point out that the Sens suck and the Wings are fighting for top spot in the West. So, you know... Holland must be doing things better than Murray. Huh? Keep the old guy and give up the two BIG, young puck-movers as the post-Lidstrom era approaches. Big d-men who can skate well and move the puck are tough to find in this league.

His hatred of the Wings is so painfully transparent. The rule itself only caused chaos and drama. Given that Nabby's apparently refused to report to the Islanders I really don't see how this was a good result for any of the parties involved.

The sad thing is that this pathetic failtroll managed to stir up the hive at all.

^This. The iFilp must be pretty annoyed right now.

And Burke starts searching Komisarek's contract for an out clause related to an arrest.

Go Wings! 15 mins until we find out where Nabby's going.

Have you even watched the Wings play in the last month? Hudler's stats in that time: 12gp 3g 8a 11pts +2 2pim ~15 TOI/G (I'll be damned if I'm going to add all the times on ice up for those games and average them) 1 Shoot out winner So Hudler's apparently turned the corner since he got his confidence back after his 1g1a game against Colorado. And now you're advocating dumping him? 2.8 mil is a bargin for those numbers. We can't be sure whether he'll play at this level (the level he is historically known to play at based on his previous NHL seasons) or the garbage play he showed us before Christmas. Either: A.) you think his early struggles were because he had trouble making the transition from KHL to NHL (game play and physical conditioning) which was compounded by a slump that caused him to lose confidence in himself. or B.) you have some sort of mental defect and think that some time between his 26th and 27th birthday he did a complete 180 and became a terrible hockey player (and the last month is a fluke) But hey, you were the loudest voice calling for Leino's departure (man that sure makes you look brilliant now).

Even the guys at TSN screw it up once in a while.

He'll have to take a deal that's at or close to the league minimum with some very specific bonus targets (likely involving his playing and winning a playoff series or something like that). I'm not worried about his playoff history right now since he'd only be the #3 goalie on the depth chart come playoff time.

Hmmm free trip to Hawaii. Yeah, I live with that. I didn't realize they were exempt. In that case I think they should give the fans a shot to see them play in the bowl. Football's a funny sport, though. Even with only 16 games a year they massively outnumber other pro sports in terms of man-games lost to injury.

Sadly you're right.

He's talking about Howard's play since Christmas. Earlier in the season Howie had better GAA numbers. And well, that's just how averages work.

Isn't the ProBowl scheduled the weekend before the Superbowl this year? Good luck getting the teams playing the next week to send their players to that game.

I'm willing to be the answer is neither of those. A) Bettman would never be so intimately involved in this kind of project. (I doubt he even works 8 hr days ) B) Stan Lee would definitely check facts on something like that... or someone else would at least notice the error before now.

It's pretty comical when you think about it. No? Tragic then?

I suspect that the target audiance for the Guardian Project doesn't post on internet hockey forums. My 5 year old brother would probably love these concepts.

How old is he?

Exactly. They asked the NHL to let him skip the game. The NHL could have said no. The league had the final word in whether he went or not and they made the final roster.

Indeed. In 08 he was one of the team's top scorers through the first two rounds. Also, I wasn't aware they removed the PP from the playoffs. In that case Newfy's right in saying Hudler's game doesn't translate to the playoffs. No need for a PP specialist forward.

Poetry. That hit was like poetry.

Well the d sucked but with Datsyuk, Cleary and Stuart out you have to expect the team would get worse defensively.

That's pretty charitable. His obvious hatred for certain teams and distain for anyone who disagrees with him kind of hurt his credibility as an analyst. Sometimes he looks like he's going to jump the guy on the other side of the table just for disagreeing with him.

I wonder how much better the Islanders would be with Luongo, Chara, Spezza and Bertuzzi... Man, that Milbury guy is one of the great hockey minds of his generation. Getting beaten in the skull for years makes you smarter, right?

Not a chance. He's playing very well in Sweden and has a strong resume. Scary... he has not made the transition to the AHL well (at all).