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Rev.K		2012-02-21 01:50:25 PM

While I'm thrilled that the Flames have strung together some wins and have squeaked into a playoff spot, staying ahead of Dallas, Colorado, Minnesota and Los Angeles for 23 games ain't going to be easy.

Beating Edmonton tonight is a must, as are most games from here on out.

NuttierThanEver		2012-02-21 03:02:50 PM

Howard is back. I gotta believe with Jimmy and Joey the Wings currently have the best one/two goalie combo in the league.

sigdiamond2000		2012-02-21 03:12:10 PM

NuttierThanEver: Howard is back

...and Datsyuk is out 2 weeks.

ytterbium		2012-02-21 03:16:20 PM

NuttierThanEver: Howard is back. I gotta believe with Jimmy and Joey the Wings currently have the best one/two goalie combo in the league.

Elliot and Halak might want a word with you.

I'll be glued to the TV tonight for sure.

FreakinB		2012-02-21 03:21:25 PM

Every time the Islanders start to give me some slight bit of hope, they do something like lose 6-0 to Ottawa. Buffalo's up tonight and it's a winnable game, but I really doubt our chances at this point.

That said, I think we finally do have the beginnings of something here and I'm glad they've been trying to sign core guys like Nielsen to extensions rather than trade them. It'll be interesting to see what ends up happening with Nabokov and Mr. 5th-in-the-league-in-assists.

Jubeebee		2012-02-21 03:22:52 PM

sigdiamond2000: NuttierThanEver: Howard is back

...and Datsyuk is out 2 weeks.

Toews is out for the Hawks also, so call it a wash for tonight.

keylock71		2012-02-21 03:24:20 PM

Well, at least I won't have to pull my hair out and throw things at the TV since the Bruins aren't playing until tomorrow...

sigdiamond2000		2012-02-21 03:24:45 PM

ytterbium: I'll be glued to the TV tonight for sure.

Thank God it's not on NBC or its sports affiliate. I've had about all I can take of that announcing crew for the rest of the year.*

*Not including Doc Emrick and Dave Strader, just everybody else.

sigdiamond2000		2012-02-21 03:30:15 PM

Jubeebee: sigdiamond2000: NuttierThanEver: Howard is back

...and Datsyuk is out 2 weeks.

Toews is out for the Hawks also, so call it a wash for tonight.

Agreed.

bart2puck		2012-02-21 03:30:39 PM

sigdiamond2000: ytterbium: I'll be glued to the TV tonight for sure.

Thank God it's not on NBC or its sports affiliate. I've had about all I can take of that announcing crew for the rest of the year.*

*Not including Doc Emrick and Dave Strader, just everybody else.

you like doc emmerick? do you like staring into the sun too?

netweavr		2012-02-21 03:33:22 PM

Sharks better not lose again.

sigdiamond2000		2012-02-21 03:36:27 PM

bart2puck: sigdiamond2000: ytterbium: I'll be glued to the TV tonight for sure.

Thank God it's not on NBC or its sports affiliate. I've had about all I can take of that announcing crew for the rest of the year.*

*Not including Doc Emrick and Dave Strader, just everybody else.

you like doc emmerick? do you like staring into the sun too?

I know some people can't stand him, but I find it hard to dislike the guy. He seems like a nice dude.

HeathenHealer		2012-02-21 03:36:34 PM

Rev.K: While I'm thrilled that the Flames have strung together some wins and have squeaked into a playoff spot, staying ahead of Dallas, Colorado, ~~Minnesota~~ and Los Angeles for 23 games ain't going to be easy.

Beating Edmonton tonight is a must, as are most games from here on out.

FTFY
/Wild _{suck lately}

mikaloyd		2012-02-21 03:37:08 PM

Duck Feetroit

Rev.K		2012-02-21 03:38:51 PM

HeathenHealer: FTFY
/Wild suck lately

Only 4 points back, 23 games to go.

I ain't taking my eyes off anyone.

sigdiamond2000		2012-02-21 03:39:42 PM

mikaloyd: Duck Feetroit

Well crafted, Mr. Twain.

expobill		2012-02-21 03:41:43 PM

I was surprised to see Calgary in 8th, but no good luck for them from me tonight!

Killer Cars		2012-02-21 03:41:46 PM

keylock71: Well, at least I won't have to pull my hair out and throw things at the TV since the Bruins aren't playing until tomorrow...

At least we can take solace that nothing was getting by Backstrom on Sunday. Nothing. He's one of the better goalies in the league to begin with, but that was his "God mode" day, and we were just the poor suckers that had to face him.

expobill		2012-02-21 03:42:28 PM

mikaloyd: Duck Feetroit

hello Mika!

RickyBRicky		2012-02-21 03:42:37 PM

NuttierThanEver: Howard is back. I gotta believe with Jimmy and Joey the Wings currently have the best one/two goalie combo in the league.

Crawford and Emery might want a word.

/who am I kidding, they have both been horrible
//oh great, here comes the depression again...

mikaloyd		2012-02-21 03:44:51 PM

Hullo

keylock71		2012-02-21 03:45:13 PM

Killer Cars: keylock71: Well, at least I won't have to pull my hair out and throw things at the TV since the Bruins aren't playing until tomorrow...

At least we can take solace that nothing was getting by Backstrom on Sunday. Nothing. He's one of the better goalies in the league to begin with, but that was his "God mode" day, and we were just the poor suckers that had to face him.

True... But that doesn't really excuse the three other times they've been shut out in the last stretch of games.

DenisBergkamp		2012-02-21 03:45:19 PM

expobill: I was surprised to see Calgary in 8th, but no good luck for them from me tonight!

True that. Nothing against Edmonton but I want to see the flames string some more wins together and make the playoffs this year.

expobill		2012-02-21 03:48:06 PM

HeathenHealer		2012-02-21 03:49:12 PM

Rev.K: HeathenHealer: FTFY
/Wild suck lately

Only 4 points back, 23 games to go.

I ain't taking my eyes off anyone.

As a Wild fan I wish I could be optimistic. This season went from so promising to so disappointing in a hurry.

WhiskeySticks		2012-02-21 03:50:45 PM

mikaloyd: Duck Feetroit

+1

mikaloyd		2012-02-21 03:51:27 PM

HeathenHealer: Rev.K: HeathenHealer: FTFY
/Wild suck lately

Only 4 points back, 23 games to go.

I ain't taking my eyes off anyone.

As a Wild fan I wish I could be optimistic. This season went from so promising to so disappointing in a hurry.

Could be worse. Look at Edmonton

GavinTheAlmighty		2012-02-21 03:51:46 PM

HeathenHealer: This season went from so promising to so disappointing in a hurry.

I am a Lightning fan. This season started in the toilet and only got worse.

redpanda2		2012-02-21 03:53:36 PM

I'll be in the cheap seats at United Center trying to get a LGRW chant going. If this is my last post on Fark, know that my demise was my own damn fault.

HeathenHealer		2012-02-21 03:55:50 PM

GavinTheAlmighty: HeathenHealer: This season went from so promising to so disappointing in a hurry.

I am a Lightning fan. This season started in the toilet and only got worse.

What happened there? I guess I always thought of the Lightning as having enough talent to make the playoff comfortably.

GQueue		2012-02-21 04:00:54 PM

redpanda2: I'll be in the cheap seats at United Center trying to get a LGRW chant going. If this is my last post on Fark, know that my demise was my own damn fault

You might have been thrown from the balcony in the Old Barn, but it's been a while since I've seen a brawl in the UC the way they used to happen back in the day in the Stadium. They will still drown you out with DEE TROIT SUCKS chants though if you have any success in getting your chant going.

GavinTheAlmighty		2012-02-21 04:01:50 PM

HeathenHealer: What happened there? I guess I always thought of the Lightning as having enough talent to make the playoff comfortably.

They have two great lines, and absolutely nothing else.

change1211		2012-02-21 04:03:22 PM

DenisBergkamp: expobill: I was surprised to see Calgary in 8th, but no good luck for them from me tonight!

True that. Nothing against Edmonton but I want to see the flames string some more wins together and make the playoffs this year.

Same, I think it'd be great for them to get into the playoffs, it's been way too long since they've had any post-season play.

Also, no mention of the Canucks playing the Predators? That should be a good game.

WhiskeySticks		2012-02-21 04:07:45 PM

Chicago better score big and score early tonight. I haven't gotten a chance to use my Blackhawks goal light that often since I bought it.

Jubeebee		2012-02-21 04:07:46 PM

sigdiamond2000: I know some people can't stand him, but I find it hard to dislike the guy. He seems like a nice dude.

I don't have a problem with Doc personally, but I think the crew he's with doesn't do him any favors.

Edzo is fine if you can take him with a grain of salt, but if you're easily irritated, hearing "Stick on the ice/most dangerous part of the ice/active stick/happy human" a few dozen times a game can get annoying.

Pierre's volume setting is permanently set to 11, and if any of the league's marquee players are on the ice, you can tell he spends most of his time off-mic screaming tear-filled love poems at them.

The studio crew isn't much better, but if you're quick with the mute button you don't have to listen to Milbury's ignorance.

jekostas		2012-02-21 04:10:15 PM

Steve Downie is now a member of the Colorado Avalanche.

Jubeebee: Pierre's volume setting is permanently set to 11, and if any of the league's marquee players are on the ice, you can tell he spends most of his time off-mic screaming tear-filled love poems at them.

Screw you. Pierre McGuire is the awesomest hockey commentator, and TSN sending him to the US was not, and I repeat NOT an act of terrorism.

jekostas		2012-02-21 04:12:02 PM

Downie to Avalanche, Quincey to Tampa.

Good trade for Tampa

Killer Cars		2012-02-21 04:14:24 PM

jekostas: Steve Downie is now a member of the Colorado Avalanche.

Hmm...I figured a young team like them would want a veteran presence, not a young sh*t-stirrer.

sigdiamond2000		2012-02-21 04:20:15 PM

Reports now saying Quincey is going to Detroit, not Colorado.

jekostas		2012-02-21 04:20:29 PM

Killer Cars: jekostas: Steve Downie is now a member of the Colorado Avalanche.

Hmm...I figured a young team like them would want a veteran presence, not a young sh*t-stirrer.

According to Bob McKenzie, Tampa may have turned around and traded Kyle Quincey to Detroit for Detroit's first-round pick.

Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie
I am now hearing TB has traded Kyle Quincey to DET. Working on details but sounds like Quincey to DET for a first-round pick. Verifying.

9beers		2012-02-21 04:24:52 PM

Quincey started with Detroit and was cut loose after failing to impress. I can see a lot of pissed of Wings fans if they gave up a first round pick for him.

sigdiamond2000		2012-02-21 04:25:03 PM

Uhh...make that "Detroit, not Tampa Bay".

Interesting if true. Good puck mover with size. Always regretted the Wings losing him off waivers. He's still only 27, too.

WhiskeySticks		2012-02-21 04:25:06 PM

jekostas: According to Bob McKenzie, Tampa may have turned around and traded Kyle Quincey to Detroit for Detroit's first-round pick.

Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie
I am now hearing TB has traded Kyle Quincey to DET. Working on details but sounds like Quincey to DET for a first-round pick. Verifying.

I'll believe it when it comes from the twitter account of his brother Doug.

jekostas		2012-02-21 04:25:28 PM

Quincey to Detroit for a 1st-round pick has been confirmed.

Holy shiat.

Killer Cars		2012-02-21 04:25:53 PM

jekostas: Tampa may have turned around and traded Kyle Quincey to Detroit for Detroit's first-round pick.

Interesting. Quincey seemed to be undervalued everywhere he's been, but for a first rounder?

Either way, if the Wings add a guy to their blueline that will finish the year with 30 pts and around 80 PIMs, that's certainly not terrible for them. Plus, I don't know why the hell the Wings let Quincey go a few years ago in the first place.

idesofmarch		2012-02-21 04:26:31 PM

Now that MSG is back on Time Warner Cable I am looking forward to watching tonight's Rangers game - no more wondering if I'll find a decent stream. Thank you Jeremy Lin!

9beers		2012-02-21 04:28:45 PM

Killer Cars: I don't know why the hell the Wings let Quincey go a few years ago in the first place.

To keep Meech. Some Wings fans are losing there shiat right now saying that the Wings will probably give up a 2nd round pick to get him back too.

sigdiamond2000		2012-02-21 04:30:37 PM

9beers: I can see a lot of pissed of Wings fans if they gave up a first round pick for him.

A young, top 2 defenseman (well, playing top 2 minutes, anyway) who can move the puck and put points on the board?

I'll give up a 1st round pick for that all day long, especially in this system that's reliant on, but lacking in, depth puck-moving D.

jekostas		2012-02-21 04:31:44 PM

Full trade is:

Colorado gets:
Steve Downie

Detroit gets:
Kyle Quincey

Tampa gets:
Sebastian Piche
Detroit's 2012 1st-round pick

Confirmed via Bob McKenzie of TSN

9beers		2012-02-21 04:33:38 PM

Hahaha now Tampa fans are losing their shiat. They went from being happy about getting Quincy to pissed that they gave up Downie for a late first round pick.

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