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It's a shame Detroit is the East now, and the Hawks and Sharks only see them two times apiece. Good for the Wings, though......The East sucks. :lr

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I'm sure that's why they chose him for Team USA for the Olympics...cause he has Crosby, Kunitz, Malkin, Jokinen, and Fluery to make use of...........

Oh wait....


Yea, you know the rest...


:)

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Very funny! :lr

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But that argument doesn't make sense. The argument I made to yours was that Bylsma got the excellent record and the Cup due to those players above, thus the causation of Bylsma becoming the coach for the USA Olympic team - that and lack of sexy US coaches on the short list. It's the same fate given to Doc, and Spoelstra in Miami. Now we get to your statement of "oh wait," since he really does not have the players. We will see how good of a coach he is right here. That's the ticket.

That said, it's always fun to see the American players play in international rinks. Most guys grow up playing in fat NHL-sized rinks and radius their blades into the pros at around 1.5", versus Canadian and Europeans at 1.75" and 2.00". Sweden looks good with excellent long-stride wingers and quick puck-moving defense. Canada has so much depth, it will most likely utilize umbrella to leverage its incredible offensive firepower. Russia will be interesting to watch as international rinks are more about playmaking and endurance, rather than pure physicality.

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Monster night for Varlamov...

Playing short, great effort....fun win.

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Meh. :r

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Crawford is looking ordinary ... just back from injury ... he will be fine by the playoffs .

derrek

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Seems like several of the Hawks are looking ordinary....like you said, Derrek, they should be fine by playoff time.

Oilers scrub Dubnyk amd get Scrivens...should be an upgrade.

Ducks are ****ing unreal right now.

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Took me long enough to get rid of Dubnyk...ugh. My goalies are siiiiick

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a shooter tutor would be an upgrade !!!

derrek

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Two nights ago Vancouver had a 7 minute short-handed sequence, don't see that too often.

Well, right now against the Canucks they are about to start a 7 minute TWO-MAN disadvantage. Don't think I've ever seem that, saw the Hawks shorthaned by 2 for 5 minutes once. Wow.

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Now nothing will be in the way

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I dislike Crosby a little more today....

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welllllllllllll ... who has been their teams captain longer ???

derrek

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I'm not sure, Derrek, I am guessing Sid? Regardless, I thought it was a classy move on his part.

Hawks blew a chance to gain 2 points on the Ducks and Blues tonight, getting one point for a shootout loss.

Krueger and Shaw in the shootout with Saad, Smith and Leddy on the bench? Hmmmmm

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as much as i have never been a big crosby fan ... i agree .

derrek

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watching the Devils Rangers game yikes a lot of odd man rushes

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media can say what they want about the blackhawks being in a slump ... they always bring their A game to vancouver .

a little taste of what chicago will bring to the playoffs soon .

meanwhile back out west : scrivens makes 59 saves for a shutout !!!


derrek

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Most of the Hawks stinkers have come against teams like Calgary and Winnipeg....put them againsy Anaheim, Boston, Vancouver and they bring their A game. Next 3 (LA, Anaheim and San Jose) will be a big test.

59 shots for the Sharks, and Scrivens stopped them all....amazing, Derrek...and a modern day NHL record number of saves for a shutout.

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As a Sharks fan that was hard to watch. They had a ton of good scoring chances not perimeter and point shots. A lot of chances between the dots. I swear at one point there seemed like they had a force field in the blue paint. Edmonton is world's apart from the kings who they played Monday. From a game where every inch on the ice was a fight to a friggin track meet in Edmonton.

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Well at least the Avs were able to hold on to the win against the Wild :). Congrats to Varlamov for the 5 year contract extension :tu

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I like the extension and though I don't like the Avs giving up goals in the 3rd to make games close....I'll keep taking the wins.

Last night was a little bigger, extending the lead for 3rd in the Central.

GO AVS!

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:tu

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Chad Johnson had a nice shutout today (might be the first of his career haven't checked yet). Great comeback win after Rask sh!t the bed the other night.

Weird to see Andrew Ference in another team's jersey, but he's the "C" so that's awesome for him, great guy, good to see him with his own team.

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Great win for the Avs, even chased Ryan Miller out of the crease :)

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They did Miller a favor, his team was sucking big donkey ****s in front of him. :2

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Reilly Smith, Boston's leading goal scorer, not bad for the "and" part of the deal with Dallas, just goes to show you never know, because if I did know I never would have dumped him from my fantasy team :r

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Feel bad for Miller for sure.

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Great finish for the Avs! Tie it up with < 2:00 and then win in the first minute of OT!

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I was playing Schneider in one of my fantasy leagues. Stupid Avs. :r

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Good luck to your Hawks tonight Tom. At the game right now!! Rooting them on since my significant other is a fan.

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I know your significant other is a Happy Camper tonight, John! Great game, thanks for bringing them some Karma!

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You are right Tom, the Avs announcers were talking about how it may be a time for some roster changes because of lack of effort from some of the players.

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:tu

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Blackhawks pull to within 1 point of the overall NHL lead with a whitewashing of the Mighty Clucks. Huige game for Crawford, Hossa and Toews with the tallies.

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Sharks won last night because the hockey gods felt pity. That was the most lopsided 3rd I seen in a while. The Stars had so many pucks laying in the crease they couldnt tip in. Then the Sharks win in overtime. They had no business winning that game. Even the post game had trouble saying it was a good win.

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Avs on 2 game skid and can't seem to find the back of the net. 4 goals in 3 games and 3 were last minute/OT....

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Chara's bed at the olympics, he had to put an ottoman at the foot of it so he didn't hang over the end. :r

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bf3SGt6IIAA0dA0.jpg

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I hope they chase him all the way out of Buff to long Island...gawd we need a goalie

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It would be nice for him if he actually had a defense, hopefully he will go to Long Island....just keep him outta St Louis. ;)

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We have a lot of up and coming D men that are projected to be quite good. one of our weaknesses may become one of our strengths.

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That was a slam on Buffalo, not on the Islanders, My Brother :)

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didn't take it as a slam just conversation... and oh but BTW our D has been Deplorable.

future watch: Brock Nelson. this kid is the real deal.

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Love me some Travis Hammonic myself.

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Kris Letang had a stroke? WTF? How did I miss that....?

Glad to hear it appears he is going to be fine and resume his career in 6(?) weeks....crazy.....

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Also, I was up early to watch the US Women's hockey team take on Canada this morning. The US Women's team had some tough calls & no-calls today and that loss stung a bit, but they will see Canada again and I can't wait to watch again. (I still want to know what that ref saw on replay that told her the puck went over the line before the whistle on Canada's second goal)

Can't wait for the US Men's Hockey to hit the ice!

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I'm sure other teams have these pages as well, but for Bruins' fans here is a tracker of who, what and when in the Olympics.

http://bruins.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=96357

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My Dad calls me today and asks if I am getting up at 6:30 AM to watch the USA game.


After I stopped laughing hysterically, I explained TiVo to him. :)