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Well duh :noon:noon

I'm so excited it...and I just can't hide it! :D

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Lets Go Pens!!!!

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I not running back,the NHL owners can suck wind as far as far I'm concerned. I think they need a few empty houses hit them in the pocket book!

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Happy to be able to watch some hockey.
Sharks apparently had 11 players playing overseas. Some think this may give the team a leg up in a shortened season.

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Can you blame him?? :lr

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Veteran defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky is planning to stay in Europe rather than return to the NHL and play for the New York Islanders, his agent confirmed to ESPNNewYork.com.

I thought IIHF regulations prevented this. In which case, yes, I blame him.

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The KHL came out today and said they would not let players with current NHL contracts to play in the K after the NHL starts. It wil be interesting to see where this goes.

Of course, I meant "can you blame him" because the Islanders suck so bad. :r

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They'll never improve if even their average, past their prime players can't be bothered to play for them. It is a shame the way this franchise has been run in the past XX years.

About the KHL, even Kovalchuk was considering remaining there. I have nothing against Russians playing in Russia, but when thay have an NHL contract, they have to honor it. GMs, after all, put effort into drafting/signing/trading for them.

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Agreed on honoroing the contract. I hear the Devils, and Kovalchuk's agent, expect him back.

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Don't know if anyone else saw this, but looks like Doc is staying on his game until the start of the season. :tu

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/rock-cent...28864#50428864

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If you want to see the top prospects for the 2013 NHL draft, NHL TV will be airing the CHL Prospect game live on 1/16/13.

This one isn't like an "all star" game, and usually features hard hitting, serious defense and an occassional scrap.

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Have never even seen one, so will set the DVR now.... Thanks for the heads up!

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The best 36 players in the Canadian Junior leagues....should be a good one, E.J.! :tu

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http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...awksLetter.png

Screw that, give us some discounted tickets!

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I heard a rumor about free Center Ice for the season.... Any legs to this?

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I checled the DirecTV website this morning, looks like their plan is just to charge for a partial season, unless the league steps in.

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Has he watched our goaltender play?? :hn

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Was up in Toronto for the weekend and finally made it to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Good time, even the wife enjoyed it. Got to put my arm around the Cup for a nice pic.

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Now that we have a season, I would like to give a shout out and good luck to one of my favorite coaches. Good luck to Bob Hartley and the Calgary Flames. You guys are getting one hell of a coach and I truly miss him here in Colorado.:tu

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tom...can you change the thread title from "NHL '12 - '13 Thread" to "NHL '13 Thread".

enough already lets get it started.

derrek

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Is Hockey still around????













J/K...If more sports were like hockey, more sports would be interesting! For example, take golf. PLEASE! :noon

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Quack

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The B's will give you vouchers for three hot dogs and or some other crap they call food as a thank you for being a good lemming.

It must of been painful for Neely to make that announcement?

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Ooh, $1.50 (real cost) worth of food for your $100 ticket....how generous. :rolleyes:

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Too funny :r

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Hell yeah! and a hotel so I dont have to drive back after the game!

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Golf is not a sport. If you can play it on a date, or play it while smoking a cigar, it's not a sport. It's a game.

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:tu

I have arguments with a guy at work....I call it a "pastime". :r

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Wait a minute. I will preface this by saying I have gotten into heated arguments about hockey being the most difficult sport to play given speed, skill, toughness required.

I have seen people play hockey drunk as hell, you could do pickup smoking a stogie, and I have seen couples playing together. While golf is not as physically demanding it is a specialized skill sport. No I dont play, but I think it is a sport as most every scrub cant go out and play effectively.

I would argue of all the sports football basketball and soccer involve the most basic of human skills running, throwing, kicking and catching. Children can do these things easily. Thats why they are thr most popular in my view. Anybody can go outside with a ball and play. Baseball requires more skill as does hockey and golf.

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:tu:tu

:po

Seriously though, I have a hard time walking and talking, skating and contolling a puck...bad a$$!

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Somebody looks like they been hanging out in San Fran with the hippies

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I wouldn't get in any sort of heated argument about it cause everyone's allowed to have an opinion in my book, and they're certainly allowed to keep it.
The "can you play it on a date or while you're smoking a cigar" rule is a great way to divide sports from games.
Flag football is kinda like football. You could smoke a cigar and take a date. It's still not a sport, it's a fun game. You can smoke a cigar with a date playing Yahtzee. It sure isn't a sport. You can't win unless you're good, or have "specialized skills". I know that cause Weeze whips my ass on a regular basis. It still ain't a sport. :)

When we apply the rule, it's applied in the purest sense. I wouldn't take a date to play men's softball. She'd get killed. I wouldn't smoke a cigar because I wouldn't be able to play. Sport.
At picnics we have pick up games of softball. Girls and kids play. Cigar smoking is not only present, it's encouraged. Game.

Ya gotta argue apples to apples, man. If ya jump all over the place I could make an argument for cake baking and putting on a robe being a sport. :lr

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Right. I struggle and curse and flail around and check my balls every morning when I get out of bed. I don't call that "Golf". :lr :lr :lr

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Apparently due to contractual issues with cable and satellite, the NHL offering it free for this season was never going to happen. At $59.96 for the season, I willl likely keep it.

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They're handing out championship rings in LA right now. Then they get spanked by the Hawks. :tu
I'd like to go in and watch the Pens, I'm gonna have to catch it after the first period.

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So far, so good for Game 1. :)

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Wait mens softball? :r:r. Following is all in fun.
I am guessing you play and must take it fairly seriously. I will just say having played baseball through high school. I could definitely smoke a cigar playing mens softball. I have had a few run ins with softball guy at work. If you think slow pitch softball played by men is a sport then golf should qualify. Golf definitely requires more skill then slow pitch softball.

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Well my hold out lasted to the national anthem.:D

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Yeah I hear you. I was not going to get the package. My oldest boy wanted to watch some games. I folded. I wont go to any games. Errrrrrrrrr I dont think I will.

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Smoked a Padron 1926 for the season opener. This cigar, that I had for the first time, was truly awesome. One of the best I ever had.

The game, however, was another story. The players were obviously very rusty. Penalties and puck fumbling were omnipresent during the first two periods, and it didn't get much better in the third. Habs lost 2-1 to the Leafs. Only 47 to go.

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Bruins-Rangers good game, B's looked fast and sharp,and of course physical.

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Great first day:)

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Malkin still looks like twice the player Crosby is, and yes i'm a Pittsburgh'er, Suter makes a huge addition on face offs, we might be in the running this year, Crosby couldn't possibly pull his vagina in 48 games.......could he ??????

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Was on my way into work tonight listening to ESPN radio and they had a sports update in between segments. Absolutly no NHL scores or even the slightest mention of hockey at all. Good to see nothings changed.

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It's ESPN. They suck balls:2

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You can play hockey drunk as hell, and I have, but only after you have gained the ability to skate, puck handle and generally know how to play the game. ALL hockey skills are unnatural...almost all other sports have at least some natural variables, like running(compared to skating) for example. I've helped coach adults that were figure skaters learn to play hockey, they eliminated the variable of not having to learn how to skate...they still can't do anything with the puck. It takes years to be able to comfortably skate while controlling a puck at the end of a 60" long stick. I could go on but blah, blah, blah...That doesn't mean other sports aren't complex but hockey, in the depth of unnatural skills needed to play, is the most physically complex.

Anyway, LET'S GO LIGHTNING!

How many people here also play/coach ice hockey?