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There aren't must win games, although you can argue every game is must win, don't worry as soon as there is any kind of pressure at all he'll fold like a cheap suit.

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http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/...pskrpy30uj.jpg

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/...psq4roq8ko.jpg

30 000 people watching a bunch of old guys on a hockey rink in a football stadium...

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Gretzky laced them up for that didn't he? Also great seats, Neil!

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Gretzky is sadly very past it. Messier is still awesome!

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I worked at the Marriott Long Wharf in Boston and the NHL teams used to stay there (they still might) but the first time I saw Messier he was in a suit and glasses and looked nothing like I expected, that was about 23 or years ago when he was playing for NY. Looked like some slick financial type. :lr

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I felt bad watching Gretzky skate. :(

Teemu Selanne said if he skated hard for 2 weeks he could play in the NHL. I think he would look awesome to the right of Johhny Toews. :2

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Was a tad unfair, as Teemu is only a year out of the NHL and the some of the other blokes were in their sixties. I must say Messier has an awesome shot - top corner rockets! Not bad for an old guy....

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Messier has always seemed like the kind of guy that could be in his 80s and still kick the crap out of most guys.

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50/50 draw in Winnipeg yesterday totalled 400,000$ ... 200,000$ to the winner !!!

That's like 14$ on tickets from every person there !!!

Or the cost of six beers in Rogers place in Edmonton :) .

Derrek

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and i thought 5 grand at the padres game was a decent amount for a 50/50!

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Us Winnipegers like a good garage sale, wedding "social" and fifty fifty draws.

I remember sitting at Excell Energy with a bunch of drunk Winnipegers at a Wild-Jets tilt. They were yelling out how pathetic the 50/50 total was (with some expletives) - they were removed from the arena!

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The Dallas Stars injury woes continue, with Jason Spezza dealing with something, now. This is incredible. Six forwards and a few defensemen sprinkled in. Ugh.

Getting Huddler and Hemsky back tonight, I think.

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Maybe the Jets will half a chance then......

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Ha! Yeah, our fifty fifties are good when the get to around 10k. Probably cuz our tickets are so overpriced.

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So the 50/50 for y'all are automatic and come off part of the ticket price? Here you have to buy (at baseball games in SD anyway) 50/50 tickets that they print out like a lottery ticket in the stands, you get like 3 draws for 5 bucks or something and half the money goes to charity and half to the winner.

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It's the same here. I was just being a smart ass about our crappy ticket prices.

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:fp

lol

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Nope - pretty much everyone buys tickets for the 50-50. 10 for $20....

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Subban's little brother is not the answer. It seem odd Rask has been out of the net a lot lately, well you know not playing games, when he is in the game he's out of the net a lot as well :D

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In a game a few nights ago, Rask looked really, really uncomfortable every time he had to slide to the left. I think he's hurting a lot more than the B's are letting on.
Subban's definitely not the answer. As weak as the D has been, if they have persistent problems in the net then they're up the creek.

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They can have Jonathan Bernier......

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Nice come from behind win for the Flyers last night. I was switching back and forth between it and the World Series. It was 3-1 after the 14:00 break, switched over to baseball. Came back minutes later and they were reviewing the game-tying goal. :tu

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Caught the last 5 minutes as well, Joel, and that was apparently all I needed to catch. :r

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Maybe the Vikings will go 5-11 at this rate. Sheesh.

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I bet even the Vikings could score on Rask :lr

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Oops, wrong thread! :banger

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1st place Blackhawks win their 6th in a row.

Hawks - Oilers Western Conference Final? :D

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Oilers are making it fun to watch hockey again .

Cautiously optimistic ... it would be nice to make the playoffs ... western conference final ??? Not likely .

Happy to see some d-fence playing competently ... Klef/larsson make me happy and nurse is growing up into a facsimile of pronger ( he has learned how to start skating it out in order to open up passing lanes ) .

Lucic thinks he is a playa now ... pffft ... got demoted to the 3rd line for thinking he should play instead of beating the sh!t out of kadre .

Overall ... like I said ... it is fun to watch hockey again .

Derrek

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I watch the Oilers whenever they are on and the Hawks aren't, Derrek, love watching McDavid , Nurse, Eberle and the rest of the kids.

Artem Anisimov leads the NHL in scoring. Wow. That is all.

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Artemi Panarin with the Gordie Howe Hat Trick tonght.

Assists on Hossa's goal. beats the living crap out of Scottie Upshall, and then beats Jake Allen for toe OT GWG. Nice win for the first place Blackhawks.

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http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/...pse0dafcbr.png

No comment needed.
Loving these guys......

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A star on the rise and a star in the making, Neil. :tu

Laine is making the Calder race a two horse race right now.....and Auston Matthews is NOT the other horse.

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Crazy OT win tonight for the Avs. Looked like just a throw, non shot, goal.

Will take it!

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Tuukka Rask 10-1-0 GAA 1.54 SVP .945, second best stats in the league behind Carey Price.

Cue Adam to tell us about his playoff predictions. :D

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Only a matter of time before his true colors emerge again.
:tu

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Right on cue. :r

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NHL names Tuukka Rask it's Number 1 Star of the Week.

Wait for it. Wait for it.......

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How is it not Laine??????

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Laine, 4 goals and 2 assists.

Rask, 4-0-0, 0.75 GAA, .970 Save Percentage.

I gotta go with Tuukka, Neil.

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Avs scoring drought ends at 5 periods with 2 goals in like :20!!! That 2nd was a beauty! GO AVS!

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Wearing your Jets jersey tonight Tom?

:r

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Not when they play the Hawks, Neil.

How are the Central standings looking? :sl

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No 2 behind the Hawks, but have played one more game than anyone.
As usual a previous losing streak hurting them.

Great play by the youngsters though - half the forwards are AHL call-ups!

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:tpd:

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Jets are fun to watch, Neil... Laine, Scheifle, Ehlers, Wheeler, etc. I wish 'em luck against anyone but my boys.

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The Stars have now lost 9 straight overtime games.

Slowly, but surely, we are starting to get a player or two back from injury. We may not have to play defensemen on offense.

Weather the storm.... weather the storm...

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Watching the Stars/Avs game and McKinnon can fly. Oh, speak if the devil. He just scored a short handed goal.

He good.

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For now it is 2U's 2K's 2 points. At the end of the year it will be 2U's 2K's 2 bad.

Regardless I will still root for the Bruins.