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:lol :lol :lol

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I only got to see the highlights of the Leafs vs Avalanche game last night, from what what I saw it looked like a good game. Giggy Would likely want that Kessel goal back and Reimer would want that hejduk goal back. Good to see Kulemin get his first goal of the season and also good to see General Macarther get his first assist of the season. I'm hoping for similar production out of both of them this season. Kulemin with another 30 goals and Mac with another 40 assists.

Hopefully Kessel doesn't fall off next game like he did last year. The Leafs need some consistency out of him if they're going to have any hope of maintaining this playoff run.

Also, I'm a little disappointed in Schenn so far this year. He signed that spiffy new contract and hasn't really done the things he did in previous years to earn it. I have confidence he'll turn it around, but up to this point he hasn't done the job I thought he'd do.

In saying that, I feel like the Leafs D this year is looking very solid. They have 8 Very capable D-men and with the way Phaneuf has started the season (1G 3A +8 4GP) if he can keep playing like that (obviously he won't be able to keep up his point a game pace) he could challenge for a Norris Candidate.

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Sheldon Souray is terrible. He spent time in the AHL last season, and he's been injured alot very recently. I know he's put up some points so far this season, but I wouldn't put it past him to slip off since he's playing for the Stars.

Brodeur is nothing like he was, but I'd offer Vokoun, another player, for Broduer and either Corvo/Karlsson. Can't go wrong with Timonen either, but no way would I touch Souray.

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I don't think Souray would be a bad pick up especially for what you have to give up. Does he care which goalie he gets? if not, send him Ward.

EDIT:^He does have a point though about the injury thing. Also doesn't help that he's competing for PP time with Gogo and Rolston

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I'm sure you guys are missing me. I started a new job yesterday so I probably won't be around too much these first few weeks. But Wings schedule is pretty light so... They are off to their best start since 97-98 so I've got that going for me.

Nice to see the Jets finally win one although they are looking pretty terrible.

Looked at the standings and amazed how a few teams have only played 3 or 4 games while some are at 7 already.

I'm sure Matty's liking the Avs playing better of late. I know it's way early but Avs and Stars are a surprise on the good side and CBJ struggling is a surprise on the bad side.

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Columbus really misses Wisnewski right, especially on the powerplay.

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He'll do something else stupid and be suspended so they might want to get used to him not being a regular.

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I bet Jeff Carter is super pleased with how his season is turning out. :lol

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In the recent past, Souray's reputation has been severely tarnished by a poor attitude and injuries (swordo and MikeD could probably chime in on that), but we forget that he was one of the premier offensive defensemen in the league not long ago. He would be valuable to your team, but I wouldn't overpay for him. Karlsson should get better as the season goes on, despite the fact that he plays for a pretty terrible team. He'll get you points, but his +/- will hurt.
Say what you will about Burke, but he's quietly assembled a pretty good team. You're right, he has built a solid D core, of which Schenn is the centerpiece. He will get better, although he needs to be wary of the tendency towards complacency that can come after locking up a long-term deal. Reimer is looking like the real deal. I love seeing bad teams do well, so I'm cheering for the Leafs (except when they play the Avs, of course).

I was bummed to see Kulemin score last night, as I had just dropped him from my fantasy team... but luckily I replaced him with Kris Versteeg, who had four points last night :lol
Very pleased with the effort of the Avs. It's too early to make too many assumptions, but any team that goes 5-0 on the road to start the season (minus the home opener loss to Detroit)... they're obviously doing something right. And the "something right" is simply hard work. Especially against the Leafs last night they were simply TENACIOUS in all 3 zones. They just attacked, attacked, attacked. Even on the PK in their own zone, they were all over the other team's point men, and still were able to use their speed to get back down low when needed. There are definitely some pieces missing, particularly on the back end... but this team is at the start of something special.

Also, Giguere was completely on top of things last night, as he was against Ottawa. It's comforting to know that if Varlamov has endurance issues down the stretch, there's a championship goalie who can step in and perform.

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You're welcome. :lol:lol:lol

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This fantasy hockey shit is easy.

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:lol :lol :lol

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If you remember to set your lineups. I'm having issues remembering. Not as easy as it used to be for me.

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I haven't checked any of my fantasy hockey leagues yet.

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Getting ready to head to downtown St. Paul. Hoping Letang doesn't get suspended between now and then.

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Sheriff Shanny just came to town: http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/con...d=60&id=128880

Sounds about right on.

Shanahan added a tie to the mix... this guy's getting serious.

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Another gem from Bucci: http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/71...houghts-season

Hit the nail right on the head for me. The reason I've always loved hockey is the details and little intricacies of the game.

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Kaberle got his ring this morning. I hope they don't have a little ceremony for him before the game because there's no doubt in my mind he'd get booed and I don't think anyone wants to see that happen.

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don't lose to Phoenix tonight, or I'll be mad

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I will be in attendance so no chance of a loss.

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you better be careful

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2 games for Letang.

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I'm sure I'll be called a homer, but that one looked unavoidable to me.

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Maybe its just my homer goggles on, but I really didn't feel like this was a suspendable hit. It seemed like a straight up boarding call. Letang committed to the check while Burmistrov was still in a turning to get the puck. The time it took from him committing to the check and hitting him was about a second. Aside from not checking him at all, i'm not sure what Letang was supposed to do differently.

So if this is suspendable, is pretty much every boarding call an automatic suspension? I'd like to see a boarding call that wasn't suspended to compare.

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There is definitely time, like Shanahan said, to minimize the check at least. This is a tough one because it did happen so quickly, like you said, but I think he could have at least minimized the contact. He was looking at Burmistrov's numbers for quite a bit. A second does not seem that long, but on the ice, that's time enough to pull up. You're still going to hit the guy, but not nearly as forcefully.

I think part of it is also the fact that Letang is clearly going for the hit. He gave up on the race for the puck and is obviously going to take the body. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but when you commit to taking the body, you are also responsible for making sure you make that contact cleanly.

But I do understand your point about suspensions. The NHL needs to be wary of making too gray a line between what is a hit that can simply be penalized in-game, and what warrants supplementary discipline. I see this topic coming more and more to the forefront as the season progresses.

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On one hand I agree with the suspension because hits like this need to be out of the game. On the other hand, these will be the type of hits most likely to occur and you know damn well that the suspensions will not be consistent.

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I miss the Flyers from last year. They at least kept it close.

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I posted last week that the rumored Flyers Winter Classic jersey was badass, but the ones I was seeing definitely are not the ones Roose posted, which are meh. These are the ones I saw, which are way cooler...

http://www.jerseys-bing.com/pic/Phil...7477-94518.jpg

http://2011jerseysstore.com/pic/NHL-...7231-89533.jpg

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yeah I can't believe you guys are killing Ottawa

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Man is the crown quiet in Phoenix