So I can't just post horse porn here now? Damn it, lost my chance.

72 will be a good mod.

wow, guerin with the first good move of his career, coming out and saying his teammate's hit was gutless and deserved a suspension. that doesn't quite make up for being in the crease in game 4, or holding out the next off-season, or the myriad of offenses that go up to breaking paul martin's arm this year, but it's a start.

For you, T.

I absolutely the kidney shots.

I love that fight, but for the life of me could not remember who was in it

awesome. it's funny that it was for a hit on marc savard that set iginla off. also like boughner trying to get in there and then realizing it wasn't his place to do so.

link to the story http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4985900

Nice typo.

oh my god that's egregiously bad

Overactive spell check imo.

lolol atrium animism - even don cherry wouldn't come up with that

i'm not sure cherry knows what year it is

i was looking up 90s music yesterday and did you know eagle-eye cherry was born in sweden? and eagle-eye is his first name? and his dad is don cherry?

SAAAAAAAAAAAVE TONIGHT

Can someone explain to me why goalies often get the night off in back to back games? Is playing goalie more taxing than playing forward or d? Or are they simply trying to keep the backup sharp? I started wondering last night when I saw the Canucks were playing Raycroft.

When you consider that a goalie plays 60 minutes and needs to be focussed for the entire time, it's probably mentally exhausting, even if not physically demanding. ALthough, I have a feeling it's probably pretty physically demanding as well, and goalies are particularly vulnerable to injuries that come from fatigue, like muscle strains.

why did my post referencing Booker T get deleted last night? What is going on here...

the new mod powers that be flexed their muscles?

that is some cut. Tension is growing already...

Miller is having a phenomenal year, but yeah, I'm not sure if it's good enough to give him the Hart on top of the Vezina. No player can really impact a game as much as a goaltender can, that's just the nature of the position and voters take that into account. More importantly he isn't among the league leader in wins which hurts his bid for the Hart trophy.

Henrik is having a great year but I wouldn't put him ahead of Ovechkin / Crosby. They each have a whopping 17 more goals than Sedin. Vancouver also has arguably the best goalie in the world and plenty of secondary scoring.

You got 72off'd.

i;ve been saying for years, canadians sure are funny

I think I made this exact same post in a 90s music thread once. I hope so, at least, because I've had this pic in my photobucket for as long as I can remember.



Also, Save Tonight = awesome.

There is a more significant recovery time from what I can imagine, while endurance wise I don't think it is significant but more wear and tear on fast twitch muscles and the constant up down. The wear and tear on their groin, quads and hamstrings has to be unbelievable. Along with the mental focus etc for such long portions of the game has to be taxing.

I wonder if they just day dream sometime, like on a 5 on 3 power play they pretty much just stand up and lean against the goal while looking down the ice paying just enough attention to play the puck on a clear or ready themselves if there is any kind of counter rush.

For all you Calgary fans there is a chance Detroit only faces Lalime and not Miller on Saturday since its back to back games and both are out of conference.




But




Miller is from Michigan so rumor is he might push to sit Fri and play Saturday.

..and Flames fans Ill cheer for Calgary today if you cheer on Detroit Saturday..

I tried. Believe me, I tried...

LOL! That's true, but Geddy will have even more free time! DUCY?

BAN!!!

Nah, wasn't me. I got drunk and watched the Canucks game last night...

Thanks for the comments guys. I'm going to try to be fair and unbiased, and hopefully I won't have to do too much around here. I generally think the thread is really good, and don't see too much that needs to change. I'm a little worried about an influx of new posters as we head into the playoffs, so let's try to play nice with them.

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or what have you, feel free to PM me and I'll get back to you ASAP.

Oh yeah, and Wrane, DaExMan, manifest, and all the other Canuck fans now have free reign to do whatever they want. And Geddy better not so much as look at me cross-eyed, or else!

Congrats on the mod title, 72o. You'll do a good job here.

I think you'll have it easy here at the beginning. This thread doesn't need much mod intervention right now. Come playoff time though, you'll probably have your hands full.