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Was totally pumped to turn on the WOW Guide tonight and find I suddenly have Versus HD. That came out of nowhere, just yesterday I looked on the WOW website and there was nothing about adding any HD channels in the coming weeks. I love WOW, the only cable provider in the area that has Versus on its regular package! Of course, it doesn't have NHL Network or Center Ice. Funny how I stumble across this site once again. Found it three years ago by searching for info about new uniforms and now I find it again searching for any info about WOW adding Versus HD. You guys are doing something right when it comes to getting your site on Google, haha!

But that's the point, if the NHL is on ESPN, they're gonna tell their on-air personalities to stop bashing the NHL so much, because it's bad for business. They joked about NASCAR on ESPN until it was announced NASCAR was coming back to ESPN, now it's all over the place and nobody is making fun of it. The NHL on ESPN would most assuredly decrease the jokes on ESPN about the NHL. This idea is a great one, Versus and ESPN teaming up on hockey like ESPN and TNT do for basketball. Versus would still show two games a week with ESPN picking up other games. They would advertise each other, creating more publicity. More homes would have access to NHL games. It's sad, but in order to surviv, a major sport pretty much has to align itself with ESPN if it wants decent national coverage. Versus' coverage is great and they care about the game, but it's simply not a widespread enough network for it to be the only national coverage for the sport. Let's see here, which is better treatment? Only having games on Versus or having games on Versus and ESPN. An idiotic statement from an offensive person.

Rebuilding? From what? They are simply building. The Habs have one of the top rated pool of prospects and a lot of them are very close to cracking the NHL, some already have. It's no real secret that this team is building for 2009, the 100th Anniversary of the club. That's one of the dumbest things I've ever seen written. How about you take a look at the Habs roster and tell me how many French-Canadian players are on it and then report back. I'll give you a hint: it will be easy for you to count them, since you'll only need one hand's worth of fingers to count.

Buying out Fedorov would be a dumb move for the Jackets. If they want to shed an overpriced vet, then dump Foote. Fedorov brings a lot more to the team that Foote does. I have no idea why Foote is wearing the C instead of Fedorov. It's obvious who means more to this team.

Somebody sounds like a whiny Leafs fan.

Wow, and people thought Montreal overpaid for Markov.

Not the first time it's been damaged and it won't be the last. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditions_an...p#Misadventures

The formula for a buyout is 2/3 of the cap hit split over two years. - Samsonov has 1 year with 3.525 million cap hit, so his buyout hit would have been 1,175,000 for the next two seasons - Cullimore has 1 year with a cap hit of 1.9 million, so his buyout hit will be 633,333.33 for the next two seasons. - Salmelainen has 1 year with a cap hit of 700,000, so his buyout would be 233,333.33 for the next two seasons. So even if the Habs buyout both players, the Habs still have 300,000 each season as opposed to buying out Samsonov themselves. Salmelainen will likely be a depth player, so they fill a roster spot with a cheap salary and save 541,666.67 in cap space, the difference between buying out Samsonov and buying out Cullimore.

You guys do realize that the first round is actually on Friday the 22nd...

Hmm, let's see. Last year the Ducks made the Cup finals. This year they won it. They're gonna have their core back, possibly minus Giguere and Selanne. Giguere won't be a huge loss, Bryzgalov is a good goalie and even won them their first few playoff games this year. When you've got two Norris candidates and a core of young guys like Getzlaf, Penner, and Perry, the Ducks will be a good team again next year. If I were a Wings fan, I'd be proud of the fact that only the eventual Cup winners were able to stop them. It's better to lose to a winner than a loser. It's why I rooted for Carolina and Tampa Bay when they won: they had to go through my team to do it. Did you watch any of the finals? They totally and completely outplayed the Sens. They wore them down physically with speed and toughness, then finished them off in the third when the Sens were too tired to do anything about it. To say they did not earn the Cup is preposterous. Not even Canadiens fans are this bitter, and they still hate Justin WIlliams for accidentally nearly blinding Koivu.

Ah, bitter or just don't care for him?

Before Bettman took over, the NHL was on the verge of matching the NBA. The NBA was hurting after the retirement of people like Bird, Magic, and Jordan (his first time). The NHL was expanding and doing very well. Bettman comes in and boom: lockout just over a year after he took the job. Things have gone down hill ever since. A Yahoo writer wrote a pretty funny article about it, joking that David Stern had Bettman take the job to ruin the NHL, haha. Doesn't seem so outrageous to a lot of fans. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=dw-bettman012907

Giguere deserved it in 2003, but not this year. He didn't put the team on his back this time, it was a real team effort. So many guys came up big for that team. So I think picking captain Nieds was a good choice. He's the captain of the team, and the team istelf truly was the MVP. No single player carried them. Plus, I think they could have won with either Bryz or Giggy in nets.

It was a good trade for both teams. Heatley needed a change of scenery and Ottawa needed a breath of fresh air after so many playoff failures. Heatley is a couple years younger, which is why Atlanta convinced them to send deVries in the deal.