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He tried to avoid him, but at the same time got his hands right in Miller's face.

It was nice to see the team actually stand up for Miller, at one point Miller, Gaustad, Tropp and Erhoff were all throwing punches at him at the same time. About damn time. Would've been fun to see Kassian on the ice for that.

And speaking of Kassian, kid has scoring touch too. Beautiful goal last night for a guy more known for his physicality than his scoring.

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In regards to Miller punching Tootoo, I don't see how you can really blame him. This is a guy that just got back from a concussion caused by a skater barreling into him at full speed and the same thing happens again. The Sabres got lambasted for their weak response to the Lucic hit, what do you expect them to do in this situation?


:thumbsup:thumbsup I'm pretty pumped that Kassian is playing well. He is exactly the type of player the Sabres need.

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Sucks that happened to miller but lindy ruff has to be the biggest whiner in the league.

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Meh. I think it's more him being honest and telling it how he thinks it is rather than him whining. But that's probably just the Sabres fan in me. He's also been involved with the Sabres organization his entire career. I think he's a little frustrated he hasn't won a cup yet.

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I wish every Hawks-Blues game could have that much bad blood. There's a rivalry that's a sleeping giant for sure. Miss the games between those two where the hate was glaring.

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The thing I liked most about the Miller/Tootoo play was seeing the pile of Sabres jumping in after the play. Far cry from what happened after the Lucic incident.

Also, can't say Tootoo didn't mean to or not, but I loved seeing Miller let him have it.

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The Leafs got dominated by the Bruins last night. It just goes to show you how far away they are from being a cup team. They're taking the right strides, but are leaps and bounds away from being a cup contending team.

Edit: I feel like I need to update this thread with Leafs info from time to time. I think I'm one of the very few Canadians who posts in here, and likely the only Leafs fan. Whether you folks wanna read it or not, it's gonna keep coming!

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It'll be entertaining as your updates get more and more depressing as the year goes on.;)

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Just got back from St Louis. They suck. Anytime you talked shit to a Blues fan, they simply went "Go Cardinals!!!" Lame.

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always nice to hear from other teams:thumbsup, this thread gets mostly dominated by hawks/pens/flyers/bruins talk.

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That's St. Louis for you.

Seriously, though, that must've been a ton of fun. There looked to be so many Hawks fans in that crowd.

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I like the Leafs so keep the info coming!

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Lindy Ruff us te worst whiner in the world. Maybe he would have some more credibility if he ever won a Cup.

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Good match up in Pittsburgh tonight.

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http://www.democratandchronicle.com/...news|text|Home

Well Done Barnaby. I guess there is nothing better to do in Buffalo on a Sunday night

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This guy can't stay out of the news. I don't know how he didn't get fired from ESPN last spring.

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:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

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Here's a good well thought out article from Nick Cotsonika on realignment.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slu...meeting_120411

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Apparently he used to nail Michele Beadle

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I would definitely be up for something totally different. It will never happen, but it would be pretty exciting.

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should be an easy one for the bruins tonight. letang, michalek and probably engelland all out for the pens. this team just cannot stay healthy.

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I have a feeling it will happen. I'm not a fan of the proposed reseeding of the final 4 cause what happens to the Campbell and Wales trophies? But that's another topic.

But you need 20 votes. The 4 division thing should have all 16 West teams on board. Sounds like Philly is on board with the Pens in their division which makes me think Pitt would be on board too. So that's 18. So they only need 2 more teams from the East to say ok. Will it be easier to get 20 for that alignment or for moving Detroit East, which by all accounts will happen if they stick to 6 divisions?

Along with that Phoenix is a huge question mark. Swapping Detroit (or Columbus) for Winnipeg might be the easiest but what if Phoenix ends up in Quebec City? Then Detroit or CBJ moves right back? A lot easier with the 4 regions or whatever to have a Phoenix moves East scenario if needed.

I don't see them pissing off Detroit and Illitch to move Columbus there. I'm biased of course but a team that's been doing this for 30 years with multiple playoff rounds played on the west coast or the Jackets who are a waste of space and only been doing this for 11 years. So seems like I should be happy regardless of the outcome. But for the NHL as a whole? I think the 4 division format is best. Levels the playing field in terms of travel. Gets Dallas out of the Pacific (that's just stupid), keeps Detroit in the West so in turn keeps Detroit and Chicago together, and the divisional playoff makes the travel fantastic for the western teams.

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btw the pens medical staff is the worst. let letang back in after suffering a headshot.

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I'm all down for the 4 divisions thing. I would love to see major changes.


I would also like to see Detroit not in the same conference as the Hawks.

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Don't be greedy now.

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Any Panther's fans in this thread? Looking to make a road trip, and would love some advice on restaurants, hotels, and the area around the venue.

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SPOILER ALERT: No.

But I have always wanted to go do the Florida-TB road trip. Maybe next year.

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Doing that this year in February. I'm pretty familiar with Tampa, but at a loss for the Florida game.

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I actually think Canes is a Florida fan.

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God that lindy ruff rant is absolutely pathetic.

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I'm a Kevin Dineen fan... does that count?

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That should only make you a Whalers fan. At least in my mind.

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Exactly. A Dineen Whale jersey is at the top of my hockey wishlist.

Gord Dineen (Kevin's big bro) played for a long time with the Utah Grizzlies back in the day and is currently the only Grizzlies player with his number retired. I paid attention to Kevin because of him, and was never disappointed. Always a team player, whose on-ice attitude has translated extremely well to coaching.

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Bruins-Pens should be a good one tonight.

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Reading some of the tweets some governors think it's a simple swap of teams for the realignment. Again that surprises me. If the Coyotes go to Quebec or anywhere out east, Detroit or Columbus will be right back here. Plus a more balanced schedule is good for the NHL I think. I mean don't you want Crosby, Ovie and Stamkos going to Phoenix, Dallas etc every year? Same goes for having Detroit and Chicago go to Carolina, FLA, NYI, TBL etc. Could very well know by 9pm EST tonight.

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Good thing we can't watch it.

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There's really not enough chatter about this whole thing in here.

Personally, I can't decide if I love the 4 conference idea. It would be RIDICULOUS come playoff time.

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are we brothers from another mother?

EDIT: I like to drink, you don't. Probably not then.

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the four conference thing is absolutely the way to go. It's not fair to the entire western conference with the way traveling works and the times for their fans. It is a much better situation for the entire league if they do 4 conferences.

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Puck Daddy did a great write up on the problems with the 4 conference thing:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puc...medium=twitter

That's the only reason why I'm skeptical. Example, last year, the Stars would have been in the playoffs instead of the Kings.

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yeah that is the only downfall of it.

however, a Vancouver vs Chicago cup final is possible, as is Flyers Bruins

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starting to get a little testy at the end of the period. otherwise pretty uneventful.

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Not sure if its wise for crosby to start stirring shit up after the whistle.

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Crosby definitely took an elbow to the face, looks pissed as hell during the intermission.

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Who is watching the Hawks on VS tonight?

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me, but that's a big "duh"

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holy slewfoot by marchand.

and a nice fight by niskanen.

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Marchand is an awful fighter. :lol

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Looked like crosby for a second.

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Caps are getting baked. Again. Ugh.

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Pouliot has been all over the place tonight.

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Dear Sabres,

Thanks for Steve Montador. #NOT #sarcasm

Love,

Chris

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Benoit showing hustle. 2-0 Champs.

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Pens penalty killing has been unreal tonight.

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Welp, Fleury probably has a concussion now too.

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Absolute gift of a call on that 2nd penalty. Should be 4 on 4 not 5 on 3.

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Timmy has 7 saves during 5 on 3 play tonight.

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I hate being stuck listening to this game on the radio.

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http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/9...on-bruins.html

if you wanna watch.

pens are playing like ass though. its strange how the pp has become absolutely horrible since 87 came back.

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Hawks getting outworked again by the Yotes. Again.

God our defense is awful. Montador slipping and taking a fall, Keith with the no-look pass to Ray Whitney. :rolleyes

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Montador is a pylon he should thank lindy ruff for getting him paid. He was absolutely brutal when the bruins traded for him in 2009.

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There are some downfalls as Puck Daddy said but I think the positives outweigh the negative big time.

The announcement coming in just a few. Will post as soon as they say. Sounds like the vote was 26-4. Can't believe that many would ok Wings going East.

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So it appears that we might be getting the 4 "conference" setup.

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ChrisKuc Chris Kuc
RT @garylawless: NHL has passed four conference realignment with all teams to play one another in home-at-home #winnipegjets

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this is fantastic news

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So from what I'm reading it will be what HNIC reported on Saturday. Regions 1: NYR, NYI, NJD, WASH, PHL, PIT, CAR. Region 2: Boston, MON, TO, OTT, BUF, TBL, FLA. Region 3: Detroit, CBJ, CHI, NASH, STL, MINN, DAL, WPG. Region 4: CGY, EDM, VAN, COL, PHX, LA, SJ and ANH.

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I was watching there. Too hard to follow on my laptop.

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So the conference names will be the Sedin, Toews, Chara and OMG Claude Giroux Conferences?

http://l.yimg.com/a/p/sp/editorial_i...theast_div.jpg

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I don't think the Bruins will ever lose again

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Uh oh hope crosby is ok.

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Hawks defense is dreadful. Lot of overpaid players on the CHI blue line.

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lol, now the pens are hurting their own guys

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What a hit by paille.

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lol, pens finally cash in.

good scrap

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Wtf how did vitale still have his glove on there?

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No penalty there? Are you fuckin kidding me?

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of all people to score it would be Cooke.

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Toews leads NHL with 17 goals. 2 tonight.

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Jonathan Toews is fucking on fire. 2 goals and an assist tonight.

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Rumor has it that every team will play at least one home-and-home with every other team in the league, and then the remaining games will all be intra-conference.

So for instance, the Sabres will play the 23 teams not in their conference twice each for a total of 46 games, and for the remaining 36 they'll play their conference foes 6x each (3 at home, and 3 away).

Not sure how it'll work for the teams with 8 in their conference though (22x2 = 44, and then how will you split up the remaining 38 games?)

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not really sure how i feel about the new divisions. i guess im just so used to the way its been

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I know it's short term, but the Pens conference is loaded.

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dude you're a Pittsburgh fan right??? You should be ecstatic... you're getting Washington and Carolina entering your div., that's like 12 free wins per season right there :lol

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Bruins!!!!!!!!!!:bounce

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why are people saying "uh oh" on crosby? What happened?

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Probably worst game of the season for the pens.

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He took tough knee on knee contact with kuntiz and skated off slowly.

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he and Kunitz collided center ice, knee to knee. looked bad, but he came back out there.

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The new conferences will be interesting, but I'm going to miss the extra couple of high-flying, fast-paced games between the Hawks and Sharks, Canucks, Kings, etc. every year. I'm never really a big fan of subdividing things further because if one conference is particularly stacked one year, it puts the teams in that conference at a severe disadvantage, whereas in the current system one division may be stacked, but that division could still theoretically have 4 teams in the playoffs.

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You can say that Tim Thomas is a bigger NHL stud then Sidney right now, my friends.

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Ecstatic about this realignment. Real happy about.

Oh, and then there is this guy named Jonathan Toews. Watch the fuck out

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lol wut?

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Tim Thomas>Tippy Toews.

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Not a fan of the realignment. Sucks playing the panthers and lightning 6 times each and flyers and rangers only twice.

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Yeah, FLA and TBL, wtf?

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the rivalries with the Blues, Stars, Wings, and Wild are gonna be amazing.

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The top four teams in each of the four conferences will make the playoffs. The first two rounds will be held within the conference. No. 1 vs. No. 4 / No. 2 vs. No. 3.

The format for the final two rounds won't be finalized and voted on until the spring, but is expected to go like this:

The four conference champions will be reseeded 1-4 based on regular season points and play No. 1 vs. No. 4 / No. 2 vs. No. 3 for the final two rounds. So you could face a "Western" team in the semis and then an "Eastern" team in the Stanley Cup Final.

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no more West and East. There are just 4 separate conferences. I like that.

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Two western teams playing for the Cup would be a ratings disaster. Keep the East vs West format.

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Bob McKenzie
TSNBobMcKenzie Bob McKenzie
First two rounds of playoffs are strictly within conference -- 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3, winners face each other. Just like old Divisional format.

Hmmmmmm