Jonesi

Not the Caps fault look at the division and the teams they play most. Everyone in the division except the Caps is in the bottom 10 for HOME attendance. That doesn't give the Caps much of a chance to have good road attendance. Plus with the Caps road record who wants to see the home team lose

Jonesi

Looking at those attendance numbers I think you're the only one in LA that cares..

jupitersolo

Glad I don't have to wait that long. Caps haven't played since the 19th, thank God there's a game tonight, then Sat and Monday.

SG81

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good point, didn't think of that.

i still would've thought they'd be higher than 23rd though

Moog-Type-S

Since we have not been to the playoffs since 2001, I'm surprised those numbers are that good

In LA we have waaaaay too much to do other than sports....when a team is winning...that's when the stadiums fill up...otherwise, LA fans could care less.

e30cabrio

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Apparently hell has snow, the Rangers have won three in a row. It will freeze over if they win tonight.

e30cabrio

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Rangers collect first win at Madison Square Garden in one month.

And apparently pigs have wings!

How can they go four in a row when last week they could not score?

97BlackAckCL

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Great game to be at last night, Pens 8 - Sens 2

Malkin with the HT

dom

So, who's all geared up for the World Junior's? I know wstevens is.

wstevens

It's the most important event of the year.

The Dougler

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I'm ready. It's my way out of going to my uncles on boxing day.

herbalist

The only people who care are Canadians. Can`t blame the other countries really. They don`t have a chance.

dom

teh CL

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Steven Bell

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Not to switch the conversation from the World Juniors, but the Blackhawks had another shutout last night-I'm happy to say (Yummy!!!). Maybe the San Jose game was just a little glitch/bump in the road to the Stanley Cup. But they'll have to go through San Jose in the end to get to the Cup.

BstonBruin

World Junior Championships...best event of the year

97BlackAckCL

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I caught this, very cool that they played this

Moog-Type-S

Merry Christmas!?!?!?
Just when the first line gets back from injuryville......Justin Williams snaps his leg 4 minutes into the game

97BlackAckCL

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Toronto came to play, who the hell was that team?

Good game though

teh CL

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jupitersolo

Clark, Jurcina to Columbus, Chimera to Caps. This also give Caps another 2 million in cap room.

BstonBruin

I guess tonight is the first test for the Canadian's...granted the Slovaks wont be much of a match to this years Canadian team. I am still astounded by how much talent the team brings to the tournament every year, its unbelievable.

jupitersolo

Man, can't wait until the Winter Classic! They could be playing this game in a major snow storm.

Rounder

I hope hartnell, carter and richards and pronger all get frostbite!

97BlackAckCL

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I heard it's supposed to rain?

SG81

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Canada is running trains on the other teams. I'm still waiting for a good competitive game

herbalist

Team Canada Olympic 2010 Hockey Roster

Goalie

* Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils
* Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins
* Roberto Luongo, Vancouver Canucks

Defence

* Dan Boyle, San Jose Sharks
* Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings
* Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks
* Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim Ducks
* Chris Pronger, Philadelphia Flyers
* Brent Seabrook, Chicago Blackhawks
* Shea Weber, Nashville Predators

Forwards

* Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins
* Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
* Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks
* Dany Heatley, San Jose Sharks
* Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames
* Patrick Marleau, San Jose Sharks
* Brendan Morrow, Dallas Stars
* Rick Nash, Columbus Blue Jackets
* Corey Perry, Anaheim Ducks
* Mike Richards, Philadelphia Flyers
* Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes
* Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks
* Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks

herbalist

Bergeron and Doughty are surprises but I trust Yzerman's judgment. Lots of youth.

The Dougler

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I would have liked to seen greene or bouwmeister.

97BlackAckCL

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That team is so stacked

dom

How in the hell can you leave the leagues top scoring defenceman off the roster? He would excel on the big ice. A mistake IMO.

Regardless, Canada has no shot at a metal. They sealed their fate by putting 4 San Jose Sharks on the team. Choke artist specialists who dissapear in important games. Patrick Marleau? Are you effin kidding me.

I like the Doughty and Toews selections. Neither will see much ice if any but they have to look to the future.

The Dougler

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What's nuts is look at the list of people that were not chosen.

Mike Fisher
Martin St.Louis
Shane Doan
Dion Phanouef
Mike Green
Jay bouwmeister
Steven Stamkos
Vicent Lecavalier
Patrick Sharp
Jeff Carter

herbalist

They're playing on North American size ice.

There will always been debates about who did or did not make it. Hockey Canada has assembled a staff of arguably the greatest minds in hockey to pick this team. You can only imagine that with the amount of pressure on them that they have thought of every possible situation and picked the players best suited.

dom

Forgot about the ice. Regardless, he should have been on the team.

They assembled what were the possibly the best minds in 06 and 02 as well..... It can go either way. Second guessing is half the fun.

But I wonder how closely they looked at playoff scoring and results.

West6MT

I am surprised by some of the omissions. It does not really matter though,...that's our team, so best of luck to them.

97BlackAckCL

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I saw that list too, crazy but hey when you have that many to choose from you can't pick em all

BstonBruin

Very happy for Bergeron...I know there are a ton of people left out but this guy will really help the team. He is right in between being a superstar and being a role player because everybody knows you cant just throw together a bunch of superstars and expect it to work well. He is very versatile and will be able to play wherever he needs to fit in. He wasn't even invited to the camp in the summer and makes the team a few months later...impressive

wstevens

Not only should Canada win the gold, but if any team even scores on them, it's a massive failure.

imj0257

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Go Stars!

herbalist

I'm a big fan of Bergeron and am happy to see him regain his form after coming off of such a devastating injury. He and Crosby had excellent chemistry when they played together at the World Juniors so they will likely be linemates again in Vancouver.