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Originally Posted by BTCC2

I still don't know whether or not I am going to be going.

I mean I don't want to sound pesemistic but I know that Great Britain are going to be rubbish again. Also Division 1 is in Slovenia and I don't really know if I could get there.

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I do have to apologize. I read your previous post;" Is there going to be World championships this year?". And I answered that. Sorry :angel: :)

No problem A.F.F.

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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

Schmenke...gotta quit betting on the Habs in Toronto. You will learn someday....


Sirius, Lou is a genius as far as judging talent, and understanding where the league is often going, but he looks after his team first, and not the league's interest. He thinks there is nothing wrong with a sched that only takes Sidney Crosby to Western Cities (and by extention, Ovechkin, Malkin and other young stars in the east) once every 3 years. Of course, it works well for the Devils, only one western road trip a year, most of the games within bus range, all his rivals for one third of his games. Ya...it works out well for him, but I think the league needs to look beyond this rivalry stuff. The Rivalries are best because of a playoff beating or two, not meeting in the middle of Febuary playing out the string.....

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Well Mark, I would only think it natural for a GM to look after his team first and foremost.

I would have to disagree with you on your point about Lou not having the league's best interests at heart. Firstly, he was an instrumental figure during the recent lockout that saw him partake in several important meetings between the two sides. He was asked by the Union to help in the negotiations process and that along with the fact that he belongs to the NHL's negotiating committee would lead one to believe that he does have the league's best interests at heart. So to suggest that he doesn't have the league's interest at heart is a little erroneous if you ask me, but hey, believe what you will. Secondly, the unbalanced schedule was arranged not only to increase the rivalries between teams but to also cut costs for some of the smaller market teams. Not every team can sellout their building like the Leafs you know.

And lastly, the Devils have played many seasons with plenty of travel out west and they were still a very successful franchise. This is the one point that will continually bother me and that is this nonsense about the travel. Yeah...the west may have to travel to different time zones more often, but good god, these are professional atheletes who are supposed to be in great shape. Travel is part of the game, and if you don't like it, move to another city. There is obviously going to be some differences in travel time and the like, however that is something no one can really do anything about now can they? It sure didn't seem to bother the talent laden Edmonton Oiler teams of the 80's. The Devils and other teams in the east cannot keep apologising for the fact that they have less travel than others. That is life.

Now after that Mark...aren't you happy that your Leafs beat the Habs?

Sirius

can you believe what Gary is thinking?

enlarging the nets for next year :mark:

thats stupid and just about every hockey fan thinks that.

Gotta love that that Habs cant beat the Leafs, and I wont disagree entirely Sirius in some of the good things Lou has done.

That said, if the greater good of the league conflicts with the Devils, then he isn't for the league in that case.


AS for enlarging the nets, no...shrink the goalie pad another inch in width (it will still protect the goalie), make the blocker an inch less in width, and tigthen up the goalie sweater some, and then leave it alone.

Gary wont be happy until he stage manages the league into a hole so deep no one will see daylight, and then he will still say attendance and ratings are up.

Gary, the net is 4 x 6. Live with it. If in Lacross they can score by the dozen into a smaller net with a bigger goalie, surely to heck they can figure out this problem without making the net bigger.

I like hockey just the way it is now. He has tinkered, enough.

Iggy to return tonight :up:

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Originally Posted by schmenke

Iggy to return tonight :up:

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bandwagoner :p : but wow thats pittsburgh vs Montreal game was great! and what a hit by Armstrong!
Leafs up to 3 in winning streak, penalty killing,goaltending PP has been great for us! keep it up and we will get rewarded! :up:

Schmenke is going to the dark side cause he knows his Habs are taking on water, and he is living in the city where the Flames are building another solid playoff team....

The think is Schmenke is from Montreal, so I cut him slack as a Hab's fan, but most of the Hab's fans I grew up with are the biggest band wagon jumpers of all. I grew up in the shadow of the Leaf's nation, and yet Hab's fans with no connection to Montreal sprung up based purely on the 70's era Habs in my age group. Great team then for sure, but that don't mean a life long devotion to em is justified, but then again, maybe the Leaf's don't deserve that either...oh never mind..lol

wow what an amazing win against the sens! Sundin and Pohl were outstanding!

I'm a bandwagon jumper, only started watching NHL in 1990, decided to support Habs. One Stanley Cup win since then, not likely this year bit will make Play offs. Good win over Penguins last night though.