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Old 10-14-2011, 02:30 PM
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In other news, DP sustained a concussion during practice from a slapshot to the helmet. Out indefinitely.
Shanny will ban both the puck and the stick for 8 games.

Must stop the head injuries!!!!
Old 10-14-2011, 02:38 PM
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No Hit Soft Euro League is on the way!!!!
You've finally come around.
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http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/71...entive-turn-in

Attention, Vancouver shoplifters: You could be eligible for $50 in free spa treatments.

But there is a catch: In exchange for the pampering, the recipient must turn himself in for the role played in the riots, arson and looting that followed Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals.


A Vancouver spa is hoping its offer of $50 worth of pampering will convince rioters to come clean.

Vancouver-area Eccotique Spa and Salon is making the offer four months after millions of dollars in property damage resulted after the Vancouver Canucks' Game 7 loss to the Boston Bruins.

"We'll get them nicely manicured for a court date or prison or whatever punishment they're going to get but we want to make sure they're going to get punished for what they did," spa owner Milajne Soligo said, according to The Star of Toronto.

"You didn't pay for anything at the riots. Why stop now?" asks the spa's advertisement, which features a young man in a mock Vancouver police mug shot sporting a bright green facial mask and a towel wrapped around his head.

As one might expect with such an offer, some restrictions apply. To qualify, the candidate must show photo ID, explain his role in the riots, then apply his fingerprints to a certificate -- which must be taken to the police.

Bring back the official arrest form, and there will be a $50 gift certificate waiting, which can be applied toward a massage, manicure, facial or perhaps the Grouse Grind Glory Scrub, described on the spa's website as a "lemon zest and cedar-infused sea salt body exfoliation."

So far, no one has taken the spa up on the offer, according to media reports in Canada.

Some Canadians are put off by the spa using the riot in a playful marketing campaign.

"If it was April 1, I'd think it was a joke," Charles Gauthier of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association said, according to The Toronto Sun. "It's not something we'd recommend -- prizes for people to come forward."

Soligo isn't surprised that some reactions to the campaign have been negative. But she insists the larger aim is to get rioters to turn themselves in.

"Any company loves publicity," she said, according to the Sun. "But if we didn't do something that caught attention, no one would be talking about it. If it gets people to get charged, it doesn't matter to us. As long as we try to coax them into some confessions, that's the whole point of the campaign."
I wonder why nobody has cashed in on that offer...
Old 10-14-2011, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by dom
You've finally come around.
Thankfully you softies in won't have your wish for the soft league.
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I wouldn't condemn Asham entirely for that move. He just finished a fight and emotions will be running high, he may not have realized how damaged Beagle was and he did give the traditional "stick tap" when Beagle got up.



Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S


...and if you wear a visor, take your helmet off.
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Old 10-14-2011, 11:27 PM
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Yummy, I predict fireworks in Chicago. There may be some unfinished business after that bench chirping incident last year not to mention the B's need a spark to get this season in gear.

I'm thinking Thornton is going after someone in the first period. Sorry Dom, you'll have to postpone your euroweenie no hit NHL plans until after tomorrow night.
Old 10-14-2011, 11:30 PM
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The experiment for Kane to play C for the Hawks is working out so far. He's getting his points and is one of the leaders in face-off percentage in the League.


Yes, it's early.
Old 10-15-2011, 12:02 AM
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Red face DiPietro Concussed After Being Hit by Shot

You have got to be kidding me.

New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro is out with a concussion again and there is no timetable for his return.

The Islanders announced Friday that DiPietro was struck in the mask on a shot by new teammate Brian Rolston during practice Wednesday. He underwent tests Thursday.

DiPietro has been sidelined by multiple concussions during his career. He didn't play in any of New York's first three regular-season games and has played a total of 39 games the past three seasons.

The 30-year-old goalie is in the sixth season of a landmark 15-year contract with the Islanders.
Old 10-15-2011, 12:03 AM
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Okay, the choice (and death is not an option): Connolly's or DiPietro's glass-like bodies?
Old 10-15-2011, 08:34 PM
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WHoo hoo!

0-3!

Whats the record for starting a season on a losing streak?
Old 10-17-2011, 10:25 AM
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My advice to you: Dump your stock in Doughty. Invest in Slava Voynov!

This kid is really taking advantage of the Doughty hold-out. Impressive to say the least.

No Doughty No Problem? Perhaps tis true.
Wow! This guy is a genius!....oh wait...that's me!

It was only a matter of time for Voynov to get the call up...how fitting he gets the call up for Drew.

Go Voynov
Old 10-17-2011, 10:49 AM
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^^ You two should get a room...
Old 10-17-2011, 11:16 AM
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Old 10-17-2011, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Yumcha
Okay, the choice (and death is not an option): Connolly's or DiPietro's glass-like bodies?
I'm taking Connolly for the simple reason that you dress 12 forwards and only 2 goalies. Forwards are expendable.
Old 10-17-2011, 12:44 PM
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^ Was Connolly injured before signing his contract or did he get hurt in camp...?
Old 10-17-2011, 01:16 PM
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He was hurt coming out of his mother's vagina. The guy is made of glass, there's no arguing it. Just shows you how desperate Burke was for some skill.
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And yes, he was hurt in camp.

And I love how they still use the upper and lower body injury with Connolly. Does it matter????
Old 10-17-2011, 05:30 PM
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Growing Pains as Russia Tries to Revive Elite Hockey

MOSCOW — With seconds left in the game, a quick wrist shot into the net — left vacant after the goalie was pulled— sealed a 6-3 victory for Dynamo Moscow over Barys Astana, a rival from the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan.

The buzzer set cheerleaders in blue-sequined outfits gyrating to a techno beat, a modern and slightly awkward flourish for a team steeped in a tradition of Soviet rigidity. It was Dynamo’s first game on home ice at Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, itself a brick-columned monument to more than a half-century of athletic supremacy.

Dynamo, it seemed, might have been pulling out of an early slump. Two days later, it won again. The crowd at that game was marginally more impressive, and appreciably louder. What proved to be a 2-0 victory against Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg was more hard-fought and physical, occasionally illuminated by flashes of that sublime on-ice ballet that has been a hallmark of Russian hockey for decades.....
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/sp...te-hockey.html

Good read.
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DiPietro hurt again?
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How do we lose to Winnipeg
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Old 10-18-2011, 10:50 AM
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Those WinterPeg ThrashJets are a tough team.
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Pavalec made some really key saves last night.
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how's doughty's upper body?
Old 10-18-2011, 11:23 AM
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^^ We got Voynov...no worries.
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Originally Posted by Yumcha
Pavalec made some really key saves last night.
That he did, I still hate when we make mediocre goalies look amazing though...
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That he did, I still hate when we make mediocre goalies look amazing though...
Well, I dunno about THAT. Pavalec is a pretty solid goalie...

As well, I think the NHL has reached a point where there are no such thing as gimme-wins like how we grew up where there are just games you could circle on the calendar as a "for-sure win".

We can thank parity for that now. I think even the "worst" team is still dangerous now with how the NHL is structured now.



And lastly, your team doesn't have the best player on the planet skating with it yet. Nothing to be ashamed of being simply competitive.
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Originally Posted by Rounder
How do we lose to Winnipeg
Well if yummy was replying to this post, he'd say the Winnihawks are better than you think.
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I'm more impressed with the Oilers right now. I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop esp. with that D of theirs.

But, so far so good. The kids can play.
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Well, I dunno about THAT. Pavalec is a pretty solid goalie...

As well, I think the NHL has reached a point where there are no such thing as gimme-wins like how we grew up where there are just games you could circle on the calendar as a "for-sure win".

We can thank parity for that now. I think even the "worst" team is still dangerous now with how the NHL is structured now.



And lastly, your team doesn't have the best player on the planet skating with it yet. Nothing to be ashamed of being simply competitive.
I completely agree with everything you said, however until yesterday, pavelak was 0-7 against the pens, granted most of those games I'm sure we had a more complete lineup than all the scrubs we're playing with now.
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I know quite a few NHL Organ-eye-zations are getting on board with this, but if you have not heard about it yet...check this out:

http://www.loveforlokomotiv.com/

Basically buy a bracelet...but more importantly, donate to a worthy cause.
The coin goes to the families of the "former" Locomotiv Players.
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Letang suspended 2 games...

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=378396
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2 games for that?!?!!? Are you kidding me?!?!
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Shanny, you prove once again you are a joker!
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Can't wait to see this one and start an argument with Moog and Jupes again.

Get em Yummy!
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^^ Even Yummy can't argue that, that hit deserved 2 GAMES?!?!?!?!?!?
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Oh no. I'm not getting into this.
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^^ See I told ya nobody can argue 2 games for that hit. :wink:
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