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Yeah, I tend to feel the same. I could do buying one, I think.... exhibiting my purchasing power year after year, for multiple jerseys would just be even worse. It's nice, but having either: a) the same team jerseys, with different names and numbers or b) the same player jersey, for different teams ..ain't that important to me. But it's fine for those who it is. Me, I've got two jerseys from days circa high school, one CCM #19 and the lovely black jersey. I bet they still fit, since I'm much slimmer than I was then. But I have no idea where they lay now.

Ol' Boyd became a star in a franchise game on 2K3. He was on the first line with Yzerman, annihlating the opposition. There was nothing that could stop Boyd Devereaux.

What? How is this related to Shanny the Tranny (thanks, HR!) and ball gags?

It's mind-blowing, ain't it? I wonder if an original six squad will ever leave their town. I definitely see the NHL lasting two centuries.

He was superman in NHL '94. This was before game developers ranked Lidstrom as being superior to everything.

And five generations later....

We're going to destroy the West. I so want a Stanley Cup parade this year. It's been since 2002, people. I'm sick and tired of waiting! I ain't getting any younger, you know.

I just got out of my chem lecture... It doesn't even feel like 7 o'clock. It's still daylight! I want to go to the game! This whole "more daylight" thing makes me want to venture to Detroit before the season's out. Are they talking up Bert on the pre-game?

This bad boy, basically. It's hilarious! I bet someone has pictures. And it totally IS RIGHT--I also bet Shanny laughed his ass off later. The poor guy. I hope Drapes figures this one out.

The most badass, insane, cool-as-all-get-out, "how could this not be done yet, it's flipping great!" idea I'd implement would be akin to Boston's offering between the benches seating packages. Only difference is that after procuring a vote to enlarge the nets, I'd also vote for ice length and net depth to be increased. So that the most awesomely crazy idea ever of GOALNET SEATS could arise, taking you closer to the action than ever before. Watch Kyle Calder rip the net off the moorings! Feel it go as you're knocked out of your seat! Witness Hank pull off sick passes behind the goal line to Dats, feet away from your face! However, you would likely see a lot of goaltender ass. So this seating arrangement is not for everyone. It is for people who like ugly goaltender butts though. ps. - I'd veto any net size changes. Since the odds of me owning a hockey team are as likely as me being insane, though, I figure the two ought go together in this instance!

Yeah, sorry, this ain't Hank, peeps. It's Lundqvist. "Henrik Lundqvist was so good last year in his rookie season that he earned the moniker 'King Henrik of Sweden' in the New York newspapers. King Henrik discovered instant stardom and it wasn't uncommon to hear his name chanted at Madison Square Garden as he played a major role in getting the Rangers back to the Stanley Cup Playoffs." --Evan Grossman Why in the world would NY papers dub him "King of Sweden"? If anyone has a clue-by-four, lay it on me. I even wikipedia'd "kings of sweden" to make sure that there wasn't some recent monarch named Henrik for the nickname writer's connection... but there isn't even that, so I'm baffled how they came up with that one. I think it's time for the D-town Swedish crew to go in and show 'em how "heavy lies the crown." =p What You Didn't Know: Carl XVI Gustaf is the current reigning monarch of Sweden. What Would Be Better?: Homer I the Red! You can already imagine him getting through the throne ascension speech...

When you're programmed to be, you can't help it! Marcus, meet the glorious model MH-7356.V1.a, the future of radio broadcasting. Would you not like one of him in every town? Crymson sure would. Any NHL fan up to snuff knows a HaynesBot is like a Stepford wife, only better in every single way.

hahaha! I loved these parts: Lids, on-ice for real with DesignerGuy: I got the puck, you want the puck? They could have definitely added in two or three more shots of Nick shoving him into the boards at will. Lidstrom is great... I want to see a mean streak out of him. Even if he only beats up on game designers.

Definitely. Honestly? Their last match-up on 2/11 worried me near the end when they slacked and let Joey Mac drop a couple goals. I swore they were on the verve of going down if Calgary kept up the momentum. Let's keep this one a lower scoring game this time. I'd -like- a good 4-1 drubbing by the guys, but I might miss most of that as: a) my chemistry lab ends around 9-10p, then I'm going to go skate right after that. That, and I have an exam in the evening the next day. But Cheli will be missed. So is Homer's point streak =(

Man, that initial fight is amazing, you don't see anything like these anymore. But the stuff that's wowed me the most have been Kocur's KO bouts--I can't ever get over watching him drop guys with one punch. It's incredible always. Unlike HaynesBot doing his thing in a showdown: "And another right by Sakic! Another right by Sakic! Another right by Sakic! [all while Sakic is standing against the boards, fist cocked but not moving at all] He just beat up Doug Gilmour! How d'ya like them apples Gilmour!?! I swear to god, this crap cracks me up, it's just... omg omg. Dane Cook, eat your heart out.

Both, basically. I mean, it's cool and all, but I don't get it. I guess I expect a stronger reason than "he's dern good" for the king connection. =p I like nicknames to really have some kind of meaning, you know? The evolution of "Rex" sounds better to me, just for the story behind it alone. Will you be bidding against me for Z's red Eastons if they have a Wings equipment sale, Rabia? I gotta warn you: I like Z, I like red Easton gloves, and I am a tenacious paddle waver in auctions. Tenacious, I say!

I think even in good marriages (if HC is right about the infidelity), it'd be very tough to stay after something like that. Honestly, people can say "Do marriage vows have no meaning anymore?" way easily, but watching someone become a very different person within the blink of an eye... that changes things. I don't care if you have the highest ideals and dreams for what matrimony ought be, it's an ordeal to lose someone like that. The people that stay in the aftermath are rare, I think, and I believe that takes exceptional love--which, subsequently, I believe is very rare amongst people, period. And you do lose them, in parts, greater or smaller, when an injury or disease of that magnitude comes. I think it was two years ago that I saw Vladdy with a woman and his walker in Novi at Twelve Oaks mall, and it was tough watching that. He ain't the same.

A friend of mine said that we were called on something like 17 penalties: I went back and checked NHL.com's boxscore, they report twelve, but damn! Was it really that bad? It's crazy to deal with that. "It's hard to generate (offense) playing four against five, or five against six, we were short-handed all night," coach Mike Babcock said. I can't quite tell if Babs means what I think, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's a nice way of saying "yeah thanks McCreary" with a super powerful concoction of invisible sarcasm.

Unfortunately (or fortunately?) you aren't the only one to notice. It's best personified by divealanche.com:

I'm expecting the prices are outrageous, but is it otherwise? Are they decent deals for pro, used equipment? If they're decent, I might try and keep track of them on it. A lot of people like to spend tons of cash on stuff just because someone sweat into/touched/looked at something.... but if the price isn't like, $500 (yeah, retarded =p) for a pair of red Easton gloves, that could be cool.

It's a rumor that's likely gone around, so it isn't LGW-exclusive. I say Z needs to cold clock Dats and put some sense into his head. "Look, buddy, my friend, compadre, mi amigo, igor, it looks like somebody missed snacktime. Here's a McD's snackwrap. Ready to negotiate with your head out of the clouds? Let's be a fearsome duo next season too."

This will either remind me of: 1) Kansas Citaaaaaaay! or, 2) Those huge ass "KC" headlights mounted on top of huge ass trucks. Is Kyle Calder a huge ass headlight, on a huge ass truck? You decide.

hahaha! Thanks, terri. It is so fitting, is it not? Edit: oh, OH! How could I forget!? Omg, you + KIRBY? = glory unending

Yeah, you know your worth as a player when you're left out of the last five minutes. He's got a limited role, period, in all this.

Tootoo ran Modano, then a Star came in to take issue with it and Wonderclown immediately - seriously, the first thing he did - roundhoused a punch in his face. He left the game on a stretcher.