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http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/O...che-1-41761514

The game got off to a rough start when Ryan O'Byrne, an Avalanche defenseman, had his face slashed by the blade of a passing skater as he skated low behind the net some four minutes after the first puck was dropped.

Bleeding badly from the cut, O'Byrne nevertheless managed to skate off the ice and was escorted into the locker room for initial treatment before being taken to a nearby hospital.

''He suffered a bad cut on his face,'' Colorado coach Joe Sacco said. ''They had to take him to get sewn up. Anytime a skate gets near the face, it's always dangerous and scary. I'll know more tomorrow ... I'm sure he'll be fine at the end of the day.''


Quick video... It makes it appear and the article indicates that he skates off after it happens, which was not the case. Finished the shift, but you could tell he was hurting... I flinch every time I have seen it... OUCH!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcEyQ...layer_embedded

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I cant remember a year like this so late in the year. Teams are jumping in and out of the last 5 spots nightly. If this keeps up you could see teams go from 5th to out in the final week.

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Hawks went from 11th to 6th to 9th in two days.

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Bruins, beat the Canucks ranked no 1 in just about every category on their own home ice.
Milan Lucic had a big home coming he was the fifth player to be entered into the Vancouver Giants' ring of honour Friday night:tu
I wish I could have stayed awake for more then five minutes at a time, I hate the west coast night games

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Those West Coast games do Blow. Especially on a Saturday night they could do that game a nine and get a better viewership.
From what I saw they played really well last night.
I saw the highlights this morning and man o' man Krejci and Lucic are playing out of this world.
It's nice to see this team keeping it together even after all trades.:2

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We can thank the Red Wings for that, management realized the B's were just not good enough.
A fast deep fore checking team would keep them in bottled up hence the trade for Kaberle, he is more like a forward then a defenceman.

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For us, but imagine the poor people there who can't watch a Bruins - Canadiens game from Boston on a weekday because it's 4:30 in Cali and they are still at work. ;)

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Yeah I mean what are these people doing. There clearly is not enougg eastcoast bias. I mean any time a east coast team plays on the west coast we should change the usual game start times. Who cares if the west coast people have to rearrange schedules so long as the east coast fans dont have to stay up late.

I think there is more then enough east coast bias in game scheduling and league coverage.

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I understand that the West coast has a harder time catching more games, since they start so early during the week.
I think the Saturday games can start earlier and the viewership would not change one bit for the west coast and it would go up for the East coast. The week day games we all just have to deal with it.
By the way Of course I'm bias. :D ;)

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I can tell you given my schedule 430 is bad. I would imagine most families who have children in sports and other activities would agree also.

what your arguing goes against all major sporting leagues research and scheduling. I think the leagues have a better understanding of peoples lives. I will assume you are joking about 430 and viewership as I cant take that seriously. 430is the middle of the day for most and they are doing things. Given the fringe nature of the sport it would hurt viewership. They wont even do it in Canada because it would hurt ratings. Especially on the weekends. Its family time, its before dinner, it lacks logic to have sporting events at that time. Thats why they dont and wont do it. Hell why not games at 130.
Good Hawks game tonight btw. Got home from rink in time to catch the 2nd.

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B's beat the Oilers that five straight on the road not to shabby :noon

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Big win for the Hawks tonight against Phoenix.

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If you thing the rare time when east coast teams play west coast teams during the regular season are bad, try being in the Easter time zone when your hockey team has to play Vancouver, San Jose, and/or Anahiem in the playoffs. They usually don't start until 10:00 PM EST and don't finish until 1:00AM.

As much as I'd miss the Wing's/Blackhawk and the Wings/Blues division games and playoff series, the Wings belong in the Eastern Conference.

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Columbus is further East. ;)

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Hell send Det to the East I am all for it. Dont let the door hit you in the ARSE!!!!!!!!!
Damn Wings fans. :r

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Kind of an uneventful trade deadline.
Penner to the Kings was the big one for the West. Couple of decent moves in the East, but just not much.

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B's win sixth straight first time since 72 ( the last time the B's won the cup) for a perfect road trip.
The Senators played a a great game giving the B's all they could handle. Rask shut them out 1-0 :tu

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Not much, plus they just came into the leage what, last year? Make 'em wait their turn. :D


I don't think you mean that Mike. If the Wings went to the East, you'd stand a good chance of facing them in the finals should your Sharks make it. The way I figure, the Wings would be in finals most every year if they played in the East. ;)

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F that noise, Man, I want to play the Wings 6 times, not once. :td

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Nemo will be the Sharks goalie for the next 4 years. After the team has gotten comfortable with him and he with the team it has really been clicking. Tough for Nitty see him at the rink evwry week. His boy is in Micahs league.

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For the life of me I can't figure out why Bettman can't figure out to implement the NBA schedule in the NHL. Both are divided into two geographical conferences, both have 3 divisions per conference, and both have 5 teams in each division.


Reference:
http://www.nbastuffer.com/component/...e%20is%20Made/

Reference:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=532296


I mean, Bettman is an idiot, but he IS an old NBA guy. Why doesn't he get it?

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Niemi is having a second half for the Sharks this season just like he had for the Hawks last season...happy for him.

I think the NHL prefers the division and conference rivalries over playing every team in the league multiple times. I would definitely agree back in the days of 20 teams, and divisions like the Black&Blue Norris, Adams, etc. Now, I would like to see them play the other conference teams at least once home and away.

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At the minimum the league needs to do something about having the Original 6 teams play a home and home series every year. When the Wings played the Rangers last I was next to a few guys who traveled just to see Rangers play the Wings in Joe Louis. Them being from New York, their whole thing was to see the Rangers play all the original 6 teams at MSG and at the teams respective stadium. IMO fans love the Original 6 match-ups and the NHL should give us a home and home series of those teams every year :2

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That would be cool, Christos. :tu

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I dont like the current system.
Wings fans shouldnt be complaining about the current system. For many years the Wings resided in one of the worse divisions in the league.

I would love to see a change where every team plays in every building every season. Probably ditching my season tickets next year. I will just buy a pack. Dont really want to see the pacific teams so many times.

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If we are gonna start griping about sh!t we don't like, I have the ****ing shootouts, and the 3 point games. But the NHL has become minor league hockey in that respect, and I am sure we are never going back.

Thank God for playoff hockey and "play until someone scores".

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Hawks win their 6th in a row, and move up to 4th in the West, and 4 points behind the Sharks. Hawks and Sharks are the two hottest teams in the West. Johnny Toews was named NHL Player of the Month for February, and had 2 goals to start off March.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...Hawkavatar.gif

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:tpd:

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Tampa comes into the garden tonight,the B's have a chance to take over 2nd place in the east.
I think the boys will bring the A game trying to keep the streak alive :D

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Yes!

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I so hope you are right on this one.
They have been known to put up a real stinker when it counts.
But this is their chance to start showing they are the real deal.:2

GO B's!

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You right on that.....I just did not want to say it:D

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Islander's Gillies didn't take long to be a doucherod again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly8wHWUVfYs

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They got to get guys like him and Cook out of the league.
I love hard hitting,drop the gloves hockey, cheap shot punks that try to take a mans livelihood away should be banished.

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Clutterbuck's no angel, but Gillies is a moron. Looks as if Gillies is reacting to Clutterbuck boarding Dibenedetto, but there's no need for the headshot.

I always enjoy listening to Mike Milbury ***** about "dirty" players though. What a hypocrite.

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QFT.

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Tom you got that all wrong, Milbury wasn't a dirty player, he would drop the glove and probably lost more fights then he won.
Now if you threw a drink at him he just might go into the stands and beat you with a shoe :D

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Leave Matt Cooke alone!

http://bobhockey.files.wordpress.com...ookegandhi.jpg

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That's why I always wear my slippers when the Bruins are in town, John. ;) :r

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Nice win by the B's, hard fought contest, lots of hits.
B's penalty killing was outstanding shutting down the high powered Tampa offense :tu.

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Ugh! :td

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Flyers power play continues to look awful. Three regulars (or 2 1/2) out with the flu, but a tough loss tonight against the Leafs, regardless. They better get their asses in gear sooner rather than later if they want to keep the top spot in the East.

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Sharks continue to be one of the hottest teams in the league 8 straight win and 17 of 20. Sharks take the Wings 3-1. Winning the season series and taking both games in detroit. More importantly they have won the games when both teams were healthy. Played physical and battled for every puck.

Time for a celebration smoke. :wo

Edit.
Did Det start McDonald to protect Howards ego. DET has not been playing as good of late and given the potential for a playoff matchup I wonder if this was done to help Howards mind if the playoff matchip occurs.

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I dunno, Mike, Howard played last night, Wings have a comfortable lead in their division, I just think it was Joey Mac's game.

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Just rhinking out loud. Sharks are now only a few points from taking the second spot. One of those 4 point games they refer to which is why I thought it was interesting. Traditional logic has you rest the goalie on a night against a softer team not the hot team whos right on your heels. You win tonight its 87-80 points. You loose its now 85-82. Next game isnt till saturday against the coyotes.

Was just rhrowing it out there. In this race 7 points is a lot better then 3

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I don't think Babcock has a clue as to what traditional logic is. :r

Niemi is super-hot, but has started 20 games in a row....we have seen what that kind of workload has done to other goalies in the past (can you say "Luongo"?), so maybe the Sharks' McLelland should take a page outta Babcock's book, Mike. I'm just sayin'....

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Good Game last night the B's and The Bolts really took it to each other.
With the B's coming out on top they take over second place in the standings in the east.:tu

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I agree with Tom on this. Considering they didn't fly into San Jose until the morning either may have played a part.

It was a good game. SJ came out and dominated the puck, and did a great job in the 3rd to ice the game. Hopefully the Wings can win on Saturday against Phoenix.

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Yeah, I agree, it was just Joey's game. He played well for the two periods I watched. I dozed off in the second intermisison, and I NEVER fall asleep watching TV. I was just dead tired.

Sharks did come out of the gate firing on all cylinders. Half way through the first, the Wings got a little momentum. That disallowed goal call was pretty weak. I know they got it back shortly thereafter, but hate that crap. I know it was probably technically the write call by the letter of the law but gimme a break. If there was contact, it was sweater on sweater, nothing to actually influence the play. The word "skirt" was mentioned in the intermission commentary on the local FS broadcast. Not putting down the Sharks, but just a disdain for those kind of rules/calls.

Second period seemed pretty even other than the Heatly goal. Shots were 12-2 I think half way through the first but ended up 15-10 after one. 31-28 at the final. I think the Wings will continue to improve. Yes, they are healthy, but they just got 3-4 guys back who are not quite at normal performance levels yet. Madano and Stuart aren't quite up to speed. Datsyuk looks good, but there has been major adjustment to the lines as well. It'll shake out ok. If the Wings can get a little run together of 6-7 games, they might even catch the Canucks. Vancouver hasn't won back to back games in a month.

Either way, hats of to the Sharks on a good win. I hope we see them again in the playoffs.

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Wow thats a whole lot of excuses you got there.
The Wings got beat by the better team on the ice last night. A homer using skirt? No. Facts are facts they have lost 3 of 4 to the Sharks this season.?

Since we are throwing out excuses the only game the wings won against the sharks this year was when atleast half of the defense was on call up from the minors and the team was playing horrible. If the team was healthy you had a chance to go 0-4. Will it translate in the playoffs I dont know. The Sharks are the hot team right now. I think there is a chance Howard didnt play because they didnt want him facing a team in the playoffs he had lost 3 of 4 to and that was the potential reason behind the decision. Maybe not, but its a possibility. Many of the goalies in the league are getting no nights off. As I said this was a 4 point game instead of 87-80 its 85-82. If the wings end up the third or fourth seed and play a tougher opponent it would matter then. It was just a theory, but glad it got some conversation going.