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So sorry to hear about that Kev. Thoughts are with you and yours.

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So Byfuglien got arrested for being intoxicated on a boat...but the big story is his weight. He clocks in at 286!! He was 245 last season!

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Is Big Buff trying to have his name changed to Fat Fuck?

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He needs the extra weight to stay warm in Canada, I guess?

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Kevin I am so sorry for your loss. Your family is in my prayers

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The Hawks have 26-27 guys who can all make the opening day roster. I have no clue what's going to happen

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No way was he really 247, I'm sure if the team report was generous it would have been about 260-265.

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:lol:lol:lol

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the police pulled Byfuglien out of the water, and green peace pushed him back in

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Officer was probably a Canuck fan..or Luongo!

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Dave Bolland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP_XD1mvxvc

If the season started tonight, it wouldn't be soon enough

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this is actually hilarious, the Top 10 Hawks vs. Canucks moments: http://youtu.be/fi9tGGCnxnY

The Canucks basically get their ass kicked that entire video except for Willie Mitchell's hit, and their coach in '82 bitching about the refs with a white towel.

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You watch your mouth, Roger Neilson's was one of the most down-to-earth, well respected men in the game. He's not just "their coach", and he wasn't just "bitching". Let's get that straight right off the bat.

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I'm not knocking the man as a person, or as a coach....but he is complaining about the officials, and Vancouver thought that was just glorious.

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http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puc...rn=nhl-wp11619

Hilarious.

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Thanks Matt. Would love to head to the game but Thursday is softball night. If it were a regular season game, I'd be there. Would love to go to game with you and riff on the greatness of our dear Brohan....


Thanks Matty. And thanks for the PM as well. I will get around to replying eventually. :)

Definitely a weird but cool family in here.

I know exactly what you mean Joe. And thanks.


Yep. Tough time. Thanks Mike.

Thanks JRS. (No one knows your real name. :lol ) I'm sure some do. I don't. Appreciate it though.

:hug :monkey

Thank you sir.

I will. Doing OK. Appreciate it.

Even lockman21 Chris is a nice guy! Wowsers! :) Thanks man.

Thanks pal. Go Phils. :thumbsup

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#5 is my favorite. And the most likely to be true. That or #1.

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I too am sorry to hear the news pal. Thoughts and prayers are with you, buddy.

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That was fantastic.

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That's awesome.

I can't believe there were so many negative comments. What a bunch of douches.

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The Carcillo one has to be my favorite jsut because I know it's so true.

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...and according to the city of Vancouver, the riots were the NHL's fault....really: http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2...-point/related

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:lol

Just when you thought the story of the riot was dead/couldn't get more embarrassing, this comes out.

What a joke

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Vancouver is such a fuckin joke.

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get well soon Homer.

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Jets unveiling new jerseys here:

http://jets.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=73061

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http://twitpic.com/6gzg4f

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Road ones stink.

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Pens fans will like this:

#Caps Tomas Vokoun also said he chose Caps over wings because he thinks they have a better chance of winning [the Cup] than Wings.

And what history book are you looking at that shows this team has what it takes?

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What Vokoun's thought process should have been:

"What team has Datsyuk? Yeah, I'll go to that one."

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Sid holding press conference in Pittsburgh tomorrow at 12:30

http://pondonfifthave.blogspot.com/2...onference.html

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I'm scared.

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I'm real intrigued by this Crosby stuff, but it will probably be nothing

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I like the Jets home, even if it seems a little too much like the Blue Jackets third jersey. The road looks like it came right off of the Reebok prototype board when everyone redid their uniforms a few years back.

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Crosby is probably taking the entire year off

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I have no idea what to expect. I don't see it being him saying he's taking the year off cause it's such a crap shoot to when you'll feel better no need to say you for sure won't be back, unless it's much worse than they are telling us.

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there is no way he is retiring...he has $16 million due to him

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I'm thinking it's mainly a PR move. He hasn't addressed the media for a while, so this is more of a way to get out in front of fans and press and show that he's still alive and moving. My guess is we'll get the standard "no timetable for return" and "waiting until he's 100% to come back" statements.

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He will never say that.

Yeah. I don't think there will ever be a clear cut decision made this year.

Yeah. It's just an appearance. The retirement talk is just ridiculous. He would never give up the money that he is owed. It doesn't make sense for Sid to retire and not try to come back.

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LTIR. He still gets the money. But he's not retiring.

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I'd like to think of Sid as the kind of guy that would rather not retire because he loves the game too much, not because of $16 million.

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unreal......

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I think Crosby will be back to play this season, but this is what the Bruins are doing with Savard.

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I'm thinking something in late December or maybe after the start of 2012. A friend of mine reminded me yesterday that Andreas Lilja was gone for a full calendar year. Got hurt in Feb 09 and didn't come back until I think just after the Olympics in 2010. It can be a VERY long time. As you know with Savard. He doesn't seem to be coming back ever.

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Terrible Tragedy here:

https://rt.com/news/passenger-plane-russia-reports-005/

Josef Vasicek Demitra and just recently former Wing Ruslan Salei were members of this team. and recently resigned asst. Wing coach Brad McCrimmon.

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Not much to offer this thread other than I like reading it, and this post is sad. Vancouver is an amazing city. Stupid riot, stupid blaming it on the NHL. Other than that Vancouver is generally considered one of the best cities in the world. But yes, utterly stupid to blame the NHL. If you actually think the city of Vancouver is a fuckin joke I feel sad for you.

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This is terrible news. Demitra was one of the most underrated players in the NHL in his prime, Salei is still in NHL 12, and Brad McCrimmon was a former Flyer in the '80's. This is terrible.

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Someone on a Wings board reminded me that Salei just had baby this past year too.

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Former Wings goalie prospect Stefan Liv has been confirmed to have been on board.

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I can agree with this. Besides the riot and their hockey team (;)), Vancouver is an awesome city. :thumbsup

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Just saw McCrimmon was added to the list. RIP.

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Lokomotiv's roster, in case anyone is interested.

http://en.khl.ru/clubs/lokomotiv

Tough, tough year for the hockey world. My heart goes out to the families of these players and coaches.

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This is just getting insane with all the deaths

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Lidstrom and Babcock to address media at JLA soon.

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I was not referring to the city itself, I was referring to the city's hockey team and some of its residents.

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Tweet from THN's Adam Proteau:

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Someone pointed out that Skrastins and Salei were actually traded for each other.

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Well, considering Chicago has its fair share of idiots, as well as...every city in the world...I'd say your point is correct!

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why are you dragging Chicago into this? He's from Boston.

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:lol You're getting awfully defensive here. Point me to another city in the world that had riots after losing the cup and blamed it on the NHL.

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My bad, thought he was from Chicago as most of the Vancouver bashing is done from Chicago. Boston has its fair share of idiots as well...as everywhere else in the world.

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Just defensive because Vancouver is one of the best cities in the world and yes the riot was embarrassing. Same as the London riots. Doesn't mean it isn't an amazing city. Both are better than Boston or Chicago for sure. Point out another city that has had a riot and after losing the cup and blaming it on the nhl? Of course I can't. Only two countries have the nhl so that limits it. I already said it was stupid to blame it on the nhl. Doesn't mean that Boston is any way a better city than Vancouver though. Other than in last years NHL playoffs.

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Which in reality of this thread, is the only thing that matters.

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In which case your opinion hasn't counted since 1975.

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Man, that is just awful. :(

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Crosby Press Conference taking place right now.

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He's 90% but not close to contact. I imagine it's going to be a while.

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Chicago and Boston are much better cities than Vancouver.

However this is a moronic argument.

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Once again I didn't say the city of Vancouver sucked. I pointed out in my last post it was some of the residents and the city officials. I've been to Vancouver and it is a very nice city. Too bad the city can't control its residents.

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A lot of positivity coming out of Crosby's presser. Still no time table on a return, but rebuffs the idea of retirement and is confident he'll be back this season. The 2 docs gave some really good insight into the extent of the injury and how difficult the recovery was/is.

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After some reports Salei was meeting the team in Minsk he has been confirmed dead. RIP Rustry. Three little girls at home and one born just before Griffin. I can't imagine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEvIAxVNep4

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Can't believe they still held that trivial Crosby presser after this tragedy.

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Crosby won't be back. Mark my words.

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They had people from all over Canada fly in for this thing. They had to hold it. They at least sent their condolences to Russia and everyone involved in the beginning.

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It was already scheduled... you can't predict something like this happening. They went about business as usual, which is really all you can do in this case.

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Sure he will.

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Sidney Crosby doesn't care about Russian people.

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:lol:lol:lol

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Except Malkin...

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Awful year. I still don't think Crosby ever plays again, or at best doesn't have the career we always thought he would have.

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Chicago > Vancouver

It's just facts

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Also for Rusty at the 3:01 mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVI5NBcpn3w

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:thumbsup:thumbsup

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even injuries aside, I think he had too much pressure on him to be the "face of hockey". Even if he's healthy, it may be procieved he's not and he will retire due to "health issues". Everyone's going to expect him to come back and play the top of his game. he is probably trying to avoid that. I dunno, my two cents.

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If he recovers 100% he'll be fine.

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What made you come to this conclusion?

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The doctors. I don't know why I believed that part, but not that he'll be back though.

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I wonder if Matt Cooke is beginning to understand how devastating concussions can be for NHL players.

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I think he'll be back. When? I dunno. After the 1st of the year I'm starting to get. Will he be what he was or what we expect? No way to tell. I know Lilja is no Crosby but he came back and played pretty good considering so we'll see. Lets face it Crosby's skill level is so high that even if he's 85% as good as he was he's still better than most.

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Yeah, but concussions are a different beast for everyone. I mean look at Lindros, after the Kasperitis hit he never really was the same, and his career was really over after Stevens laid him out. I want Crosby back so badly, but anyone who thinks he's going to be just flat out awesome is just living in dreamland. You have to think there is some hesitancy for him going into corners, no matter what he says.

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So tragic what happened in Russia today...

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Had to call someone out for the following comments on Facebook today...

"A Ferrari of hockey players he's a freaking tempo. Give me a break. Not even close to contact what a joke. Ur 90% but not close to contact. I smell something and it's not a man."

"This guy can bull shit some people but ur not fooling me. Give some of those millions back so we can sign someone that wants to play. Now this guy can't listen to radio or watch tv it hurts him. I'm changing the channel this is a joke."

Just stupid comments all around, in my opinion. I asked him who Marc Savard was playing for this season.

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People are dumbasses.

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Who is to say he wont be? If you watched the presser today, you know there is more treatment and knowledge about these things. I personally think Sid will be back and ready to go. He wouldn't have taken this long if he didn't think he would be.

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or he is procrastinating the inevitable.

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There isn't a sense of this at all. Not when the Penguins and outside doctors are saying he's not playing until he's ready. There is no rush. Quite frankly the Pens don't give a fuck if he is the face of the league. If it was the case that he cared, he would have been back for the playoffs.

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My thoughts on Sid

http://pondonfifthave.blogspot.com/2...ce-crosby.html

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Right now, if I'm Crosby, I'm not too thrilled with the Pens medical staff.

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:lol

Get over yourself buddy. The area around Van is really nice but the actual city isn't too special. Def towards the bottom of my list of major Canadian cities that aren't located in bumblefuck

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Vancouver, as a city, is slightly above average at best.