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    Quote Originally Posted by Gladiator1634 View Post
    Even more disturbing was Lundqvist unjustly getting pulled in the second game of the season
    I think there's going to be a lot of that early on. It seems that most of the starting goalies in the league were not playing in the AHL, Europe or in Russia during the lockout. So the coaches will be more inclined to get the backup in there if the #1 is playing poorly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rottersclub View Post
    Blame Donald Fehr and the NHLPA. The league tried to realign the league for better travel and the union denied the request. This was in the lead up to the work stoppage. Not sure if they will try again at the next round of GM meetings.

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    Ooops - didn't see Brian's reply. (Still catching up on the thread.)
    The players denied it because the realignment plan would have meant MORE travel.
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    Heads up. Comcast here in the Lowcountry is showing a free preview of Center Ice. Hopefully it'll be like my free preview of Showtime and never expire. Isles and Lightning for a little matinee hockey today.
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    Cool.
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    A hockey player with MLS?

    Did y'all know about this?

    I was watching NHL Network and heard them casually mention it.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-pu...4247--nhl.html
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    Yes that is pretty cool. I actually picked him up in one of my Leagues. Should have mentioned him to you earlier. Backstrom is coming off an ankle injury and will probably get most of the work but Harding will get his share.
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    Quote Originally Posted by polmico View Post
    A hockey player with MLS?

    Did y'all know about this?

    I was watching NHL Network and heard them casually mention it.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-pu...4247--nhl.html
    Just heard about this today, too. Amazing, and very admirable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Klonk View Post
    Should have mentioned him to you earlier.
    I went and picked up the Leafs' Scrivens. Back-to-back starts is a good sign, right?
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    Quote Originally Posted by polmico View Post
    A hockey player with MLS?

    Did y'all know about this?

    I was watching NHL Network and heard them casually mention it.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-pu...4247--nhl.html
    Wow! That's a tough pill to swallow for any young person, but most people can continue to work for a long time even with MS (we have two people in our company with MS, a young girl in the early stages and a guy in his 60's who is in a wheelchair). But for an athlete it's a whole other story. Careers end early for a lot of reasons, but knowing in advance that it could happen must really suck. I hope that he can continue to play strong for a long time to come.

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    Isles make Devs look like Stanley Cup champs in the Game 1 loss; then in Game 2, they were trashing the Lightning 4-0 before the team apparently decided that winning comfortably is too fucking boring and let in three goals in period 3.

    Now onto the 2nd worse team in the league (per Lino). Should be a cakewalk for the Isles!
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    Panthers coming into town tonight. They've often gotten the better of the Habs. Montreal plays a lot of early season home games, so they better gel fairly quickly (not that I expect that to happen, mind you)...
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    Epic AHL fight Saturday -
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0mEk_OfLWg
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    Last night's ceremonial puck drop from the International Space Station.


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    [QUOTE=HealthyNational;39039]Epic AHL fight Saturday -

    Goalie fight and pink sweaters! Rock star!

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    Devils looking good tonight. Two goals on three shots. Back to back penalties killed. Not too shabby.
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    Tempers are running high now too.

    Speaking of which, there have been an awful lot of fights in these few games so far.
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    I think the Flyers need to fire Andy Reid!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yves View Post
    I think the Flyers need to fire Andy Reid!



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    Quote Originally Posted by Klonk View Post
    Tempers are running high now too.

    Speaking of which, there have been an awful lot of fights in these few games so far.
    Isles / Lightning had TWO fights on the opening faceoff and on the puck re-drop; another fight broken up immediately.
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    Even the Habs are getting physical, to paraphrase Olivia Newton-John. Prust in the opener (you're right Klonk, I will like this guy), and White yesterday jumped a guy for hitting Jorges in the back along the boards. Habs had to kill off a major because of it but I like the message it sent. Good effort all around last night. Habs out-hit them about 3 to 1 and seemed to be on the puck first almost all night. They'll need to play at that level all year round to hope to crack the top 8.
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    OK, here's the news from Ottawa:

    2 games - 2 regulation wins
    8 goals scored - 1 allowed (on the PP)

    Leading scorer - Kyle Turris with 3 goals. He put on about 10-12 pounds of muscle over the summer and seems to be stronger with the puck and he's playing with a ton of confidence. His best friend from BC junior hockey is on the team - defenseman Patrick Wiercioch - and he's looking pretty good out there too. He set Turris up for a PP goal with a sweet move along the blueline.

    Goaltender of the future - Robin Lehner (the real "Monster", not that sham ex-Leaf guy) - was sent down to the AHL where he will be one of the starting goalies in the All-Star game. Management all but said that he will assume the #1 role at some point - probably next season - unless current #1 Craig Anderson puts up Vezina-like numbers.

    Rookie Jacob Silfverberg got his first NHL goal on Monday night. He was MVP of the Swedish Elite league last year and was playoff MVP as well. He's starting to get comfortable playing on the first line and it looks like he will stick there for a while.

    All's well in Senators land.

    Edit:

    Forgot to mention - Erik Karlsson is looking good so far. No hangover or fall off from his Norris trophy winning season. Plus now he's a married man.
    Last edited by rottersclub; 01-23-2013 at 03:52 PM.

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    Here's the story in Philly.


    "We suck."


    End of story.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Bails View Post
    Here's the story in Philly.


    "We suck."


    End of story.

    Normally I would be thrilled by this, but for some insane reason, I picked the Flyers to win the conference in our office pool. What the hell was I thinking???

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