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Looks like he's actually siding with the flyers. :lol

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The lightning refuse to forecheck so the flyers refuse to move the puck out of their own zone.

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Like really, Jason. Coburn, Pronger, and Timonen all have just skated circles in their zone for about 30 seconds a piece. In fact, Coburn just stood there but the refs told him that the puck has to be in motion at all times.

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I'm so glad boucher is getting blasted for this right now. I cannot stand that guy.

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Guy Boucher should have never quit making Bond movies.

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And boucher has waaaay too big of an ego to switch out of the system even though the flyers aren't moving the puck.

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:lol

Guess I missed the whole 1-3-1 stand-off because when I turned it on the two teams were too busy exchanging penalties. Really impressed with the Flyers so far this season.

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In a very short time, it's going to be very noticeable that the Flyers completely hosed Columbus in the Jeff Carter deal. Jake Voracek needed a change of scenery and another playmaker to play alongside, and Sean Courterier is the real deal.

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Courterier = Couturier?

:lol Hard not to be impressed with him, though. The production of Couturier and Jagr has to be a bit of a surprise with how great they are both playing. Flyers offensive lines look really dangerous.

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Rangers!

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Yeah, fucking French Canadians with their "quarts" "iereeee" shit.

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I love a good defensive struggle.

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That standoff is one of the weirder things I've ever seen in a hockey game.

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Glad I didn't watch it.

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The realignment talk from FS-Detroit.

http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/page...sharepermalink

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I would be pleased with this kind of alignment if this is in fact true. The only push back I see is from teams in the western conference not feeling that its fair having the extra team on their side, but its immaterial if you ask me. Thats the way the MLB is set up and I don't think its deterred the playoffs for that league.

The other thing that I think the owners will buy into is that this leaves the door open for league expansion whenever the time is right. I don't necessarily think expansion is the right thing to do, but its more money gained for the league if it happens. I think this might be the happy medium that a lot of teams will buy into.

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For the 16 teams in the West it would make divisional play a little weird. The East teams it's easy. You play the other 23 teams twice for 46 games and then the 6 teams in your division 6 times each to get to 82. It's not an even split for the teams in the 8 team divisions but I I wouldn't think that would hold it up.

The schedule makes it fair pretty much across the board though. Teams like Detroit and Columbus are going to LA or Vancouver just as much as New York or Boston. Plus the playoffs would be great for the Western teams. SJ's not going to Detroit or Chicago in the first rounds and Detroit and Chicago aren't going out there either. While some people might not like Philly leaving the NY teams you can't please everyone. You kinda have to make a choice Pitt or NYC? I like the divisions in the East. It keeps NYR, NYI and NJD together and it keeps the SE teams together. The other one keeps the Canadian teams together along with Boston/Mont, Boston/Philly, BUF/TOR and of course Philly/Pitt. Washington might like Pitt not being in theirs too.

I wasn't thinking expansion like you but I was thinking it sure leaves the door open for moving the Coyotes to the East if they don't sell.

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I can't speak for Philly fans, but I think generally speaking they'd rather stay with Pitt and leave the NYC teams than the opposite. Pitt isn't gonna put up a fight about Washington, but I'm sure the caps might have some push back due to the inferiority complex that they have with the Pens.

I had heard the expansion thing tossed around a few times in the media and having that imbalance leaves the door open for a number of options between teams moving or new teams starting. Moreover, if any new teams were started in the western regions, Detroit, Columbus, or Nashville could seamlessly move into the east.

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Heading to my first Bruins game of the year tonight. Pretty excited to see the young talent on the Oilers.

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No Crosby this weekend

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No longer essited huh

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:lol not anymore :shrug

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It will be very disappointing if the Hawks can't beat Steve Mason and the Jackets tonight.

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Nice, a Johnny T sighting.

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Stalberg is an idiot and this PK is horrible.

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Special teams rearing its ugly head so far...

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Yup. Hawks have dominated so far and if they could do anything at all on the PK or PP it might be 2-0 instead of 1-1. The PK is just awful. So much standing around.

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Stalberg just has ZERO hockey IQ. Not suited to really play on any line on this team. He has speed but no hands, no smarts, no defense. Time to call up Smith or Morin to replace him. Sure he's not the main problem but he really adds nothing.

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Exactly. He never, EVER passes and all of a sudden he's on the short side point blank with the goaltender and he tries to drop it off to Toews. I've seen him botch so many set-ups from Toews over he past handful of games as well.

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:lol:lol That was actually the play that set me off for that post.