Cali-Wing-Nut

I like staring at your avatar more than thinking about the outcome of this season...

 

You should see it in full-size.  

WHAT??!? You throw the Pi when we are winning or just pulled out a clutch play. 
 
THAT was definitely NOT THE TIME

rrasco would have had better timing than that...

I might argue that on certain points but as far as watching hockey at a reasonable hour is concerned, I couldn't agree with you more.

I was just going to post this lol! I'm loving the 7:30 start time out West, means I don't have to sneak out of work early!

Don't let the door hit you on the ass Stuart. I don't feel bad for anyone who makes multiple million dollars a year in a occupation that is not family friendly and then complains about not getting to see their family. If he really wanted to see them more he'd just retire.

Looks like their team is improving each and every year. I can track back to three years ago when their third line center was Wellwood and they just traded for Boyle. Pavelski was youngser back then. Next year Couture emerged and they signed Malhotra. Still no Cup. Now they have excellent three-centers punch in Thornton, Couture, Pavelski and they just signed big body Handzus. In addition to that they traded for Burns, signed him, and signed White as well. I see then way better than they were last year. Personally, I think there is no way for us to get past them in the play-offs with Helm and Abdelkader as 3rd and 4th line centers. So, the actual question. Does someone see them as champions next year? To be honest, I do. I wouldn't bet a dime if we meet them in the play-offs.

Welcome to communism... er i mean the current cba.

The worst part about this is in the article it's admitted by the Nashville government the Preds aren't profitable, and they're concerned about that, but funnel public money to continue running an unprofitable franchise anyways? The f***? Where is Nashville getting the money to throw at the Predators franchise? And how can they afford to keep paying this sum of money? I'm not worried about the NHL's profit sharing concept because it's within the same network of business, but when taxpayers get involved I've long been fed up with failing business (entertainment no less) getting bailed out and subsidized by taxpayers, especially when these local governments know they shouldn't be spending this money and can't afford it.

Anyhow, the NHL will have to do something drastic sometime in the near future (to avoid an inevitable financial meltdown) unless the league can sustain their own teams without taxpayer help, eventually the local governments issuing bonds to borrow money will find no buyer since once the local governments are predictably in over their heads in debt, and there's no confidence they have the means to pay back. The first thing that comes to mind is something that should have been done years ago -- contraction.

Ripple effect for the surrounding economy, is what I read from that.

Same reason big cities enjoy having sporting events there.

You realize we choked out too, right?



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Stop making us look stupid.

It's a sad day for the NHL.

And who are you to proclaim this? I'll gloat about other teams being eliminated as much as I please.

I'm the guy on the internet with an opinion.

Anyone who says "Haha, the Sharks got eliminated. They suck." on a Red Wings fan board at this point in time doesn't really have a leg to stand on when it comes to calling out other teams and their lack of skill.

yeah, going by his logic would mean that we shouldn't have been happy about any team being eliminated since '08.

No, we shouldn't be celebrating any team being eliminated unless the Wings eliminate them. And when the Wings are eliminated, we shouldn't be talking smack about other teams that lasted longer than the Wings did.

Who cares if people are glad that the Sharks lost? I hate the Sharks, I don't respect the way they play hockey and yes I have sour grapes about the last two years.

I would rather celebrate them going home early then deal with the potential of watching those douches skate around the Shark Tank with the Cup.

Misery loves company.

Seriously people,what did Babs suppose to do,score more then once on 40 freaking shots?

Besides,he won it with Loungo,so I trust him  

Half the posters on this board could have 'coached' that team and come away with the gold medal.

What's hilarious about the thinking (or, more accurately, the lack thereof) behind the OP's post is his assumption that replacing the coaching staff will certainly lead to improvement.

One more thing.  I don't like Babcock's style of offense at all.  It seems like all we do is triangle offense or cycle to some guy open in the corner to shoot while no one is in front of the net.  

I'm a huge fan of the crash the net offense.  Burst into the zone with speed.  maybe a pass or two.  Throw it on the net and have the three forwards charging there looking for rebounds.  The point is that we will make our own breaks and create scoring chances.  They might not always be top quality, but at least they will be scoring chances instead of mindless cycling.