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Now that Blatter has stepped down from FIFA President I am torn between whether Goodell or Bettman is worse.

That said it was the players union which caused the lockout, though admittedly the owners and commissioner have to shoulder some blame as well because they never imagined the union would walk away. I blame Bettmen more than the owners for his idiotic ideas of tying player salaries with league revenue, never taking reasonable compromises with the union and cooking the books on how much money the league was losing.

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Agreed, that 1994-1995 lockout is what I was referring to in my previous post.

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:lol

Might I add:

That puck tracker for televised games.
Expansion to the extreme.
Helping push the Whalers out of CT by offering them no support at all.
An extremely low salary cap.
The entire John Scott episode.

Though I do enjoy the 3 on 3 OT's! :)

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Anyone watching the Bruins game? The ref pretty much held McQuaids arm down and let him get punched in the face.

What a joke

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When did nashville turn into such a dirty team? They throw cheapshot after cheapshot. Nice comeback 3-2 win for the Blackhawks to break a 3 game losing streak.

Congrats to Patrick Kane on his 700th career point!!!!!

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Can somebody beat the Blue Jackets please? Thank you.

Speaking of which, I'm surprised our resident Jackets fan hasn't been around lately.

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I'm sure wherever he is, Becca is thrilled to see his Jackets peaking in December

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It's cool to see them doing so well but yeah, this can change in a hurry. Were the Pens even in the Cup contender talk at this point last year? If they were doing this in March and April then maybe it can carry into success in the playoffs. Not trying to belittle what they are doing but we won't know if it means a whole lot for a while.

Wings actually won a game last night. Nice to see Coreau get the win in his hometown with his 92 year old grandma watching. Love that crap. I've become such a sap with that type of stuff now. Their season will depend on January. Started a 7 game road trip with last night and I think only play 3 home games from now until Feb 1st.

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Possible Stanley cup matchup preview and a streak ending tomorrow, wild, CBJ the hottest matchup going! (Lol wut)

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The Pens were just adjusting to Mike Sullivan, and didn't really start to heat up until January. So yeah, the Jackets still have a ways to go. However, I do not want them (or the Wild, for that matter) to break the 1993 Pens team's NHL record 17-game winning streak.

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Halak on waivers.

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In case I have to take a mini vacation on Ants, I wanna wish my favorite thread a Happy New Year!

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It's been cool to see Tortorella adjust to the times. I thought he was done after Vancouver, but he's really shown (obviously) that he can still coach in this league. The Jackets team really isn't THAT different from last year's, which makes it even cooler.

And Seth Jones... I knew that kid was gonna be something special. Rob Blake is who I originally compared him to, and he's made huge strides this year to get there.

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Just read through that, fuck that dude. Any reasonable person can see he is a lunatic and you aren't.

Happy new year to as well, and congrats on the engagement!

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Thanks Barbs. Monica has been flying high since the 26th so I know I did good :lol

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Married life is the bomb, you will love it

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Congrats on the engagement Roose! She's a lucky gal. I'll be anxiously waiting by the mailbox for my invite.

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Remember to include "plus 10" on his invite.

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:lol :lol

Congrats, Roose! Sounds like the holidays have been kind to you this year.

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:lol :lol :thumbsup

We should totally crash that wedding!

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:lol yeah, that's probably a good idea. I mean, I only have 7 wives right now but who knows what it'll be at the time of the wedding.

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:lol can you imagine all of us just showing up at Roose's reception?

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With ants username name tags

Hi! My Name is:

Barbs

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Would be the greatest thing ever.

I'd only throw out Brohan if he showed up (jk buddy)

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that's almost expected. haha

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Flyers suck again.

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I'm going to show up claim I am lockman and have a printed out life sized 19!19!19! as my date

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The only thing funnier than crashing Roose's wedding would be to crash Roose's wedding while pretending to be each other

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Actual hockey question: any way to view tonight's epic showdown without the use of fancy computering? Aka, is there a channel I can watch it on on my TV?

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There's usually a steam on YouTube.