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When have the Wild ever done anything smart?

I would like two tickets for Friday night. How much do you want for them? RJW

I have been an extremely hard core Flyers fan forever. LMAO at this entire thread. It's almost as if you people know nothing about hockey. Keep those idiotic predictions coming.

But he is the first coming of the most whiny, diving, skilled little crybaby in the history of the game. Their current team and fanbase are the most sickening thing in the sporting world. Habs had better be prepared to kill off ten or twelve pp per game in this series. Buttman has already lost one of his golden boys, Mr. Clutch -- Ovechkin. It's doubful he'll want to lose another especially to an 8th seed.

Anyone crying about Frattin's hit is an idiot. I don't care how many strides he took. If you play with your head down you are going to get rolled. End of story.

The headline on the front page should read: "Premier College Hockey Program in the State of Hockey Misses Playoffs."

Yes, now that you have asked, retaliatory hits to the head are always permissible.

This is basically what happened.

Suffice to say that Matt's lawyer posts here from time to time.

I remember hearing that name but wasn't certain if it was the same Chris Jensen who played here.

Actually, the Flyers have had a few former Sioux play for them at one time or another: Mark Taylor, Murray Baron, Darren Jensen, Dave Tippett, Scott Sandelin, Russ Romaniuk.

This is good advice. I just got back from a little trip to Chicago/Columbus last week watching the Flyers score 1 goal in six periods of hockey. I took the Blue Line from O'Hare to Western where one of my boys picked me up and we went to the United Center. $2 ticket. Very quick train ride. Easy way to travel. The Hawks crowd on Friday night was great. Everybody psyched. I can guarantee that they will be completely crazed on Thursday.

Precisely what I predicted would happen once these officials were given a mandate to make more calls. LOL. What did you guys think would happen? The officials would get better?

1. Kane and Parise are NOT in the same category as Ovechkin and Crosby. Try to be somewhat objective here. 2. Skilled players have ALWAYS excelled and will excel in every era. Look at the amount of goal scoring in the 70's and 80's. Please, stop it with your delusions that more penalty calls are going to solve everything.

Stop with the melodramatics about muggings. It works both ways. So, you guys are sitting there thinking that UND is going to be the beneficiary of all the power plays? Riiight. The Sioux are going to be killing off as many as they receive. Look at all of the complaining about WCHA officiating which occurs on this board most of which is justified. With the alleged crackdown on obstruction does anyone believe that the officating is going to get better? LOL! The same idiots who couldn't call a game before are now going to be given a mandate to manufacture calls. How is this going to improve the game? Don't to be too optimistic in thinking that the players will adapt. It's the refs you gotta worry about not the players. The post lockout NHL is nearly unwatchable because of the officiating. The preseason games absolutely suck because it is nothing more than an endless pligrimmage to the penalty box all because the refs are manufacturing calls.

Yeah, I hope you all enjoy the "crackdown" on obstruction. If they do start calling every little touch it's gonna be nothing but whistle after whistle, power play after power play. Yeah, that's real exicitng hockey. The battle of special teams. Paying $$ to watch the refs raise their arms every 90 seconds is my idea of entertainment.

LOL at all you clowns who think Steve Downie is going to get pummeled. "If this, if that...blah, blah, blah." Hilarious. Dream on. He can handle himself. There is nothing as heartwarming as seeing an opposing player laying on the ice, an official escorting a Flyers player off the ice, and seeing the deluded fans standing up crying their little eyes out. Steve Downie is the Alpha and the Omega.

Re: Steve Downie. Don't be absurd. Which hit are you crying about? The one on McAmmond or that little love tap to Blake's face? Re: Pauk. Don't care what happens to him.

Might want to be a bit discreet, though, as hotel mgmt might object to having their guests harassed. I would go either alone or with one other person and quietly approach the players after they have checked out or while they are standing around doing nothing. I have seen a lot of people waiting outside near the bus and hoping for an autograph before the players board. At least, this is where some of the rink bunnies hang out. Best option is to check in as a guest and then hang out in the lobby and get a few auotgraphs as they file into the lobby. You have maybe a 1/2 hr to 45 minute window before they all leave the hotel and head to the Ex.

Most, if not all, of the teams stay at The St. Paul Hotel. Just go there a couple of hours before game time. Hang out in the lobby. There will be plenty of time for autographs. Plus, there is a nice little bar conveniently located in the lobby. You will see every player, coach, broadcaster, equip. mgr, etc. Most are more than happy to sign autographs at this time.

One need not be an expert to know that this out of the way Austro pro league does not produce very many NHL players. The fact that only one name has been mentioned proves my point. The facts are there. To deny them is to deny reality.

LOL! Way too funny. If the only people allowed to give an opinion on a player or a league were those who earn a living playing hockey then this board would die a quick death, would it not? Again, there you go acting as if you are some sort of hockey authority. Also, you are wrong about the tractor. Not too quick are you, Goon?

Look, if you are arguing that this Salzburg team or the league in which it plays produces NHL players please name them. It has nothing to do with expertise. It has everything to do with facts.

LOL! A perfect example of how things are misinterpreted around here. My username has nothing to do with airplanes. BTW, Goon, I as talking to Sioux-cia, not you, so lighten up.

How does beating a college club hockey team help UND?