***Official 2007-2008 NHL Season Thread***

[APXG]

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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!

[stealthcow]

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.

[g-bebe]

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)

[gusmahler]

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.

[Triumph36]

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.

[DonkeyKongSr]

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.

[vin17]

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Season will be underway any moment now....

Hopefully the Leafs' BoG fire themselves rather shortly.

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[vin17]

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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[4_2_it]

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et in the center of the action with NHL CENTER ICE

Did you see over 1,100 NHL games last season?

Our NHL CENTER ICE subscribers did. That's over 40 fast, powerful and aggressive games each week, including some available in high definition! Plus, select games from the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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I'd wait until the free trial starts and they release the schedule if HD is important to you (hockey is the best HD sport)

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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.

[Triumph36]

Bump - first 'real' games tonight.

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