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That has been my biggest fear for a while now, his annual injury happens at the trade deadline. It would suck even more if it was done by a teammate.

Can't watch, driving my daughter back to school.

I hope this team stays together and goes on a deep playoff run. I'm still holding out hope for Nylander to find the next gear and step up. I did not find enough evidence of this at the WJHC. He had a few moments and put up decent stats but wasn't the go to guy in the crunch.

I like Zadina more than Tkachuk at this point. He skates and stickhandles better. I like gritty scoring forwards but the Tkachuk clan is more Sean Avery than Wendel Clark.

He impressed me at this tournament. He was just a name on a list until I watched him in all of his games. Nice shot, similar to Hoffman on the off wing. Nice moves, dangled a few D- men and was surprisingly physical. Nice all round game for an 18 year old.

These linemen would not be of much use on the football field. There are a few huge lads but probably don't move as well as the Bills require.

Wicked stuff! Ontario has sent dozens of linemen to the Maritimes to help with power restoration. We just have -40 wind chills at the moment, wood stove getting lots of love.

It's still 4% alcohol, like most light beers in this country. Enjoy!

Kane will be extra motivated in this one. Hope he doesn't do anything stupid like take on Big Buff and get hurt.

French word for seal....phoque. Pronounced the same way you feel about this season.

Hard to dispute the numbers but I think at some point, (playoffs?), the land of misfit toys comes back to earth.

Company just left, cleaning up the house should take until 1:00. Go Sabres! Sam gets one from Jack.

It doesn't look like he is fixated on one number, he will choose one to make his own. Wearing #11 in Buffalo and playing like he can is a cool move.

We've already tried bringing in an ex captain of the Habs. Patches is a good player, but the downside of his career is in the near future.

That was quite the experience! We Canadians were disappointed with the result but the overall experience was awesome. I hope the NHL never goes to a shootout to decide playoff games, I don't like a skills competition deciding an important game. This was a preliminary round game but last year's gold medal was decided in the same manner. Regardless, that's 4 in a row for USA vs Canada at this tournament. I would attribute a lot of that to the USNDP. These guys have played together more and know each other way better than the Canadian "all-star team" model. The drive back to our homeland was painful, 2 hours to get across the ditch from New Era Field.

Budik with 2 assists in the Czech victory today.

Yeah, I was at the three USA games to date and he is their best player. Dogged puck pursuit and once he gets it he is shifty and a great stick handler. He made some beautiful passes to set up some scoring chances. In the outdoor game I felt like he would make a difference every shift and he seemed to be out there every second shift. Very impressive for this level. Now if he continues to work out and manage a pull up.....

Highlight reel goal by Casey but a huge upset by the Slovaks.

I guess you aren't in Buffalo. I saw a Halifax Mooseheads sweater at the rink and some guy was yelling Zadina during the Czech- Russia game.

I'm going with 5 other family members. I've been through a lot colder weather but usually have the option of moving around or working to stay warm. All of my cold weather gear is with me. Hope it's a good game, they were talking about 38,000 tickets sold as of last night. That won't be the look they were hoping for on TV. That number will boost the overall attendance, which has been low, thus far.

I've got tickets for both, probably walk around the rink a lot during the Swiss game.

I could be wrong but I think it was Norris and Harper. They had Tkachuk, Yamamoto and Brown as line #1. A lot of Casey's standout play was on the PP.

I agree that the net was off on that first goal. The puck may have been in on Foote's save but it was a swatting motion with his hand.

Risto was hanging around the Finn broadcast centre before and after an interview. My son got his autograph and a picture. That game could have gone either way, Canada's first goal probably should not have counted in my opinion and Foote's save on the goal line looked in. Luukonen looked OK, made some juice saves, he's huge.

I know it was only Denmark but Mittelstadt looked really good. He skates well and is what I call nifty. It could be too cute against strong D but he is a good puck handler. The power play seemed to revolve around him.