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Totally agree on Cherrychuk. To have points on some 700 or whatnot goals and still be a -80 player takes the refusal to back-check to religious levels of dedication. And when I say refuse...it is clear he refuses. Jaromir Jagr wasn't a happy backchecker, but he would do it. Kovalchuk has one skill. Shooting. Now you can design an entire team around getting that one shot off...which was the Atlanta Thrashers of the past. Or you can try to get Kovalchuk to play in all zones...which is like teaching an old dog new tricks. In the early 80's Detroit tried to build a team the same way around John Ogrodnick's shot. Ogrodnick would score heaps of goals and Detroit would lose. I expect Maclean to lose this battle as Bob Hartley lost his battle in Atlanta. If I'm Lou Lamarillo - maybe he can hire Tom Renney...who always seem to get pretty good production out of guys like Bure, Mogliny, Jagr, Nylander etc...

Lindy: Vanny, I need you to curb that charasmatic personality of yours. Vanny: But Lindy, I am naturally full of lebensfreude and charm. Lindy: This is for the team, Vanny. Vanny: Okay, Lindy. From now on, only goals in moderation with little fist pumps. Lindy: That's all I ask, Vanny. That's all I ask.

Taking him off the power-play (where he has been bad) accounts for the difference in minutes. That, and he's not the guy to backcheck with a lead. While he has been great 5x5. He has been outthinking himself on the PP. He'll be back on it - but giving him a rest from it makes sense.

Thanks. I did look at that, I wasn't sure about the second minor. But that stands to reason. Just like scoring on a delayed double minor.

Anybody know would have happened to the double minor if Hecht's goal was good?

What's German for off the shnide? Prolly "Off der' shnide."

The truth is somewhere in the middle. More than a bloated score, it is important for their D pairs to get some continuity. That's been the problem.

You're exaggerating. There are only about 7.

Well, you can't deny they've been better in every zone so far. (Although seeing Dudley and Ramsey look old make me feel ....well....old. )

Ohhhh RJ: Tyler One and Tyler Two, a pair of Tylers makes it TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. :lol:

When the pickle spear makes the hard-roll soggy in the takeout tray. Hate that.

This one set me off. I go into a Dunkin Donuts and order a value set, you know, the number #3 or something, thinking - hey that's not a bad deal. It's $3.19 on the menu but then I'm charged $3.57 .....I tell the cashier that that doesn't sound right. He says that I'm not adding in the tax, Tax is 8% so even if it 9% He's overcharged me. I wanted the price on the menu. The guy looks at me and tells me that the menu is wrong and not the computer, and thereby decides it is more important to make me feel like an a#$^$#!e for complaining about 10 cents than giving me the advertised price. I don't really give a crap about the .10, I want to feel as if I'm getting a fair deal. Now I wonder if everyone who orders off the menu isn't getting screwed by .10. Anyway...that's all I got. Just a slow burn.....

Enjoy this debacle. They can't keep him now. Let him poison the well.

He already weighs 4 times as much as Miller.... 6'5 230 :beer:

He played Juniors in Canada...perfect English and he plays like Sergie Gonchar with an edge. Florida got a steal.

Yes, except for 5 or 6 players in the draft, they all are.

Not really.....when drafting you are anticipating needs 3 years from now, so you are looking at organizational balance throughout the organization. They probably won't sign a contract with him for another year or two. Actually I thought Kulikov could possibly play this year.........he was a tough pick to pass on.

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Regrettable copulations?

I have unavoidable social obligations during game 7.

I don't #%^$#!ing care where TO lives. Does this have to lead the newscast?

I could kiss that a#$^$#!e for saying that.

I poured a cup of coffee and got in the truck and it was frickin' hazelnut. I hate frickin' hazelnut coffee.

I hate this guy. He doesn't get the concept of a buffer pisser either.

This weather is not going to last.