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I had some on my sandwich today, actually, but I probably don't love them as much as you. The person below me is still breathing

He grew up in the area.

I've heard of Chris Whitley, a minor league goaltender and Randy Cameron, a 2007 draft pick

I'd never wear it The person below me is ambiguous in nature

yes the person below me has looked through old pages of threads

Sorry Wings fans. If you want your Red Wing glory cheer for Sweden, not Canada.

They live in perfect harmony. Someone else fill in for me, I have to go

I have not had a single problem with Vista. It has been a delight. I did just buy my computer in December, though, so I'm sure most of the kinks that Vista had with computer compatibility were ironed out by then. I am bummed that I got a computer so closet to getting a free upgrade to Windows 7, but still have to pay full price for it. The person below me says "screw it, I have a mac"

You were so close too. Oh well, only two more days til the weekend.

If you removed the cap then there would be a lot more teams like Phoenix, and sport interest would drop considerably because the same three or four teams would be competing for the Cup year after year. The successful teams are the ones that generate revenue and have deep pockets to throw money around with. Any team that doesn't have immediate success will be caught in a downward spiral of less revenue to pay for skill, which leads to less success, which leads to even less revenue to pay for even less skill. Essentially you're creating a market where the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer. This would also most likely lower the incentive for other players to come to the nhl. If you are drafted by a team that isn't a regular Cup competitor, then why come to the nhl at all? You can earn just as much money in the KHL and be closer to home.

I play street hockey at least one night a week in the summers, and from September to April i play drop-in every Sunday. The person below me misses the wonderful period of life between the age of 8 and 12

I think so. A cap was more or less required to put the league in good financial standing. More money is being put into "bottom-feeding" teams because they have a better chance at success, and the successful teams are already bringing in income. Its a much more financially efficient league. Its just unfortunate that the KHL is taking advantage of a necessary self-imposed limitation.

Another alternative is cap-discounts for home-grown talent.

Right now foreign, but I have high (although possibly futile) hopes for Ford edit: forgetting or spaghetti

I imagine that this will bode well in the long term for pro-enforcer types. Right now the NHL is still the premier league to play in and is ultimately every player's dream. The KHL is taking second-line players at best and throwing top-3 $ at them. So what the KHL gets is a bunch of decent talent, but no stuff of legend along the lines of Malkin or Zetterberg. The NHL loses many 2nd line players, which pushes up third liners and 4th liners. All of a sudden as a team you have some extra money to spend, but no skill players to spend it on. Enter the enforcer. If trends continue the way they are, I imagine in 5 to 10 years the nhl will resemble the 80's in many of the more physical aspects, yet still retain the speed and finesse of the post-cap world. At least ideally.

Sure as hell fights like one

Lids had a ruptured ******** Rafalski had a ruptured disk in his spine and played through a herniated disk Draper had torn cartilage and a messed up bone in his neck that doctors were worried could possibly disrupt breathing Hossa had the messed up shoulder Datsyuk had the charlie horse in his ankle, but according to a poster who allegedly talked with Holland, the charlie horse was actually in his thigh Kopecky had a broken jaw and fractured orbital bone Cleary had a pulled groin, observed to be quite significant on mri, but played nonetheless

Who didn't see this coming.

Mountains because, like Buster, I've been sheltered from the ocean. There once was site for some folks Whose Wings in the playoffs did choke they entertained Matt with some "This or That" but administrations don't like to joke or The doldrums of summer have led many folks on the boards to act dead so SouthernWingFan hatched a good plan and made The Person Below Me thread edit: now that I think about it, have we ever done a limerick thread??

The argument has just been won. We can close the thread now. Congrats, Eva, I'll get started on some more cookies

Oh man I was really hoping that someone was going to do their own version of nhl.com's Around the League in 30 Days, except while becoming progressively more intoxicated for each review. Seriously, though, if someone is willing to sacrifice their brain-cells and do this, I'll give you a 5-star vote no matter who you are! edit: and don't think this is just some funny suggestion. I will really flip out with excitement if someone commits themselves to this task.

I'll go ahead and answer if you don't mind. If a Datsyuk or Zetterberg character was capable of fighting, I still would not want them to drop the gloves. A player can get injured in a fight, in this day and age moreso than ever, and to jeopardize the future of the team as well as the individual for 30 seconds of pride is not worth losing a key player for. McCarty was groomed for fighting. He wasn't a scorer, he wasn't a playmaker, he wasn't speedy, he wasn't defensive. What he did was fight, so throwing in his name is a bit unfair in my opinion. It's also unfair to compare a pre-salary cap scenario with today's environment, but I would definitely prefer that he fight rather than avoid confrontation. Having said that, if I had the option of having a player just like McCarty today or someone who is more relevant to the scoresheet, I would pick option B ten times out of ten. Scoring goals and preventing goals is important in 82 games per regular season. A confrontation that shifts momentum or protects the weak is important in maybe 5, and a waste of capspace in 77. Sure its entertaining. I absolutely love seeing fights. But I'm not ready to sacrifice the good of the team for my own occasional, often irrelevant entertainment.

I was a bit bummed to see Kopy leave, also. I pegged him for some good scoring opportunities with Hossa and Sammy's exit. I don't see him becoming a Franzen, but if he can overcome his injuries I do see him as a top six player.

Congratulations, Eva, I'll go bake you a cookie. You aren't allergic to nuts, are you?

Sid is older than me and I can promise my maturity level is higher than him. Anyway, the unrivaled hatred for Crosby has become a part of his identity, whether you as a Pens' fan can deal with that or not. He has been forced down the throats of every single nhl fan while being chased with delusional comparisons to Gretzky and being the best player in the world. After not being able to live up to the impossible standards set by Bettman, the nhl fanbase became somewhat disgusted in having to endure what the media made him out to be, thus making an excuse to hate him that much more easy. Unfortunately Crosby doesn't do himself too many favors in his attempt to convert to a league-wide favorite, possibly due to the hilarious and regular diving schemes and becoming the number 1 enemy of fan favorite Ovechkin, or the arrogance and lack of respect he has towards just about anyone not on his team. Is a lot of the hatred unwarranted? Definitely. But lets not get too proud, either, because Crosby is far from mature, and its exactly how he's handling everything which gives everyone a valid excuse to hate him.