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APXG - you're nuts. that is all.

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I know, being nuts thus often wrong is a consequence of finding answers to counterintuitive forward looking questions which if attempted through conventional wisdom, will result in a significant disparity between perception and reality.

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APXG - you're nuts. that is all.

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I know, being nuts thus often wrong is a consequence of finding answers to counterintuitive forward looking questions which if attempted through conventional wisdom, will result in a significant disparity between perception and reality.

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this is a lot of psuedophilosophic speech for i'm backing the longshot

the rangers have an excellent team. i wouldn't bet on them falling apart. at least, not until the playoffs.

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APXG - you're nuts. that is all.

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I know, being nuts thus often wrong is a consequence of finding answers to counterintuitive forward looking questions which if attempted through conventional wisdom, will result in a significant disparity between perception and reality.

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$100 on the Rangers with a better record then the Sabres?

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APXG - you're nuts. that is all.

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I know, being nuts thus often wrong is a consequence of finding answers to counterintuitive forward looking questions which if attempted through conventional wisdom, will result in a significant disparity between perception and reality.

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$100 on the Rangers with a better record then the Sabres?

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How about something like 5 or 10 dollar per point difference?

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Season will be underway any moment now....

Hopefully the Leafs fire our stupid GM JFJ rather shortly.

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APXG - you're nuts. that is all.

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I know, being nuts thus often wrong is a consequence of finding answers to counterintuitive forward looking questions which if attempted through conventional wisdom, will result in a significant disparity between perception and reality.

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$100 on the Rangers with a better record then the Sabres?

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How about something like 5 or 10 dollar per point difference?

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I'll do 10 bucks per point if you want.

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Any other Buffalo fans wants action, PM me. I'll take the Rangers.

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Ducks got beat 4-1 today, no success on the powerplay, and even-strength didn't look good either. But this is only the first game.

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Ducks got beat 4-1 today, no success on the powerplay, and even-strength didn't look good either. But this is only the first game.

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How was the crowd in London? Any good?

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It was kind of funny. They seemed to cheer at the most ridiculous times, I don't know if it was for stuff going on in the crowd or something else. Seemed fairly full though.

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APXG - you're nuts. that is all.

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I know, being nuts thus often wrong is a consequence of finding answers to counterintuitive forward looking questions which if attempted through conventional wisdom, will result in a significant disparity between perception and reality.

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$100 on the Rangers with a better record then the Sabres?

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How about something like 5 or 10 dollar per point difference?

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I'll do 10 bucks per point if you want.

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Lets do it!

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good luck on that bet.

I think the sabres will be good again this year- but how Vanek and Roy handle being the go to guys remains to be seen. Big questions will be how Drew Stafford does this year ( i think he's gonna be a v. good player) and how Pominvilles production changes w/out Briere.

With all their depth i still think they will be one of the highest scoring teams in the league. I doubt they'll end up higher then the sens, but it will be close.

I wish the Sabres would improve their defensive corps- Tallinder/Lydman are good but they dont have anything close to what the Sens have.

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Ducks reciprocate with a 4-1 win of their own! Looked a lot better.

Oh well, here's to the real season starting on Wednesday! (except it's going to have to take a lower priority than mlb playoffs)

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I haven't followed hockey for years, so pardon me if this is a silly question. But what's the deal with the hockey schedule? The teams play each other many times consecutively.

For example, the Coyotes have the following stretch of games:

@ SJ
@ SJ
SJ
@LA
LA

Home and home series at least sort of makes sense. But two games in a row on the road against the same team?

Also, why is the schedule so unbalanced? They only play Pittsburgh once and never play Washington, but they play San Jose 8 times.

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That's some terrible scheduling. The Devils played two games at home consecutively vs. the Flyers last year, which was similarly confusing.

As for the unbalanced schedule, the NHL adopted it after the lockout to enhance local rivalries. They have voted to change it - probably the West complained about not seeing Crosby and Ovechkin enough. I like it the way it is - interconference games are usually terrible.

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That's not normal. Teams don't play back to backs that often and when they do it is usually a home & home. 3 in a row isn't usual.

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Season will be underway any moment now....

Hopefully the Leafs' BoG fire themselves rather shortly.

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Brian Burke is awesome.

(There's a link in the story to watch the interview. It takes a minute to get to the relevant part).


http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID...4&hubname=


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Burke has been critical of some of the moves made by the Oilers this past off-season and did not mince words when talking about Lowe (who made the offer sheet to Dustin Penner).

"...I know one thing. For the colossal stupidity of what the Edmonton Oilers did this past summer, If I had run my team into the sewer like that I wouldn't throw a grenade at the other 29 teams and my own indirectly," said Burke. "So I have no intention of speaking to him anytime soon."

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I think that Comcast here (Philly) is only broadcasting Center Ice on Digital channels (that's what they did last year) so it doesn't matter how many games are 'available' in HD. Check with your local cable system.

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Bump - first 'real' games tonight.

Of course, the NHL should have had them yesterday..

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Only four games going tonight...

what's with the brutal scheduling for Anahiem? by Friday night, they'll have had their first four games completed before Vancouver has even started one

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Yup, Ducks have 3 in 4 nights on the road only 3 days after returning from London. It's a messed up schedule. Kings don't play their 3rd game until Saturday. Some reward the Ducks got for winning the Cup. I'd be surprised if they win 2 out of 3.

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I don't understand NHL scheduling at all. It's so retarded.

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LOL @ PRONGER.

He crosschecks Holmstrom in the face a couple of times, then Holmstrom gets checked from behind by a duck and tried to check Pronger, but doesn't do anything. Pronger immediately puts his gloves over his face for a few seconds, realizes he won't gets a call, then is fine rushing to an official to complain.

Also, earlier in the game he complained about interference... yet I'd bet that he's the player that interferes the most in the NHL without getting called.

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Holmstrom cross-checked Pronger first on that exchange.

Both of them can die in a fire as far as I'm concerned.

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Holmstrom cross-checked Pronger first on that exchange.

Both of them can die in a fire as far as I'm concerned.

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During play, Pronger gave Holmstrom two crosschecks. Play is stopped and Holmstrom turns and tries to check Pronger, but it's [censored] by a duck hitting him from behind. Pronger then grasps his nose like it's broken and kinda hunches over. Ref doesn't make a call and Pronger jumps back to life like nothing happened.

I don't want hockey to turn into soccer, pleaaaaase.

Edit: I hate them both as well.

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Holmstrom cross-checked Pronger first on that exchange.

Both of them can die in a fire as far as I'm concerned.

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During play, Pronger gave Holmstrom two crosschecks. Play is stopped and Holmstrom turns and tries to check Pronger, but it's [censored] by a duck hitting him from behind. Pronger then grasps his nose like it's broken and kinda hunches over. Ref doesn't make a call and Pronger jumps back to life like nothing happened.

I don't want hockey to turn into soccer, pleaaaaase.

Edit: I hate them both as well.

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I'll say it again: Holstrom cross-checked Pronger first on the exchange. The puck went around, then Pronger hit Holstrom.

My point was just that I don't give a [censored] if Tomas Holmstrom gets called for a penalty he didn't commit. The guy's a huge diver and scumbag and draws all sorts of penalties he shouldn't.

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Sharks are going to OT. Ugh. We hit about 5 posts...

The d-men have been good, what hasn't is the defense of the forwards. We have let a billion 3-on-2's happen because the forwards won't hustle back.

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Mason + Philly's top line + Ottawa's top line = fantasy sports profit

gg

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canucks are so bad, lololol. please cut ryan shannon, he had 2-3 WIDE OPEN nets with no one around and [censored] em all up. daniel sedin is g00t.

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Is there a Flyers thread floating around here? I looked thru the first few pages then got tired of that

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god the ducks look awful

i love it

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Is there a Flyers thread floating around here? I looked thru the first few pages then got tired of that

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No.

There's really not enough hockey fans on 2p2 to support 'team' threads aside from the leafs and sharks and maybe a few other clubs.

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Rick DiPietro made the save of the year last night. Well maybe not, but it was awesome. Love Mike Comrie. Go Isles.

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srsly, no clue about the west, i guess i can see sj running away with the conference but most of these wc teams look really really bad

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Hillary must be rubbing off big time on Comrie. Lets keep it up Hilldog.

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Sharks are bad. I need a new team to follow...

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yeah it's ottawa's year

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Sharks are bad. I need a new team to follow...

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Please starting using the PP, plskthx

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yeah it's heatley and alfredsson's year

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