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I wanted him at the deadline - nice defensive centre with some speed and he can chip in points

Home ice last change and the fact that there is not a huge difference between teams anyway. Also some teams (LA, Wings for example) are built for the playoffs, which means they are closer in ability to their opponents than might be apparent (if they are a lower seeded team)

Colorado fans are unhappy, Buffalo fans are unhappy... I bet the teams think fans are the most pathetic people on earth. It must be hard not laughing at people when they profess to know the inner workings of a team despite not personally knowing a single member of it But yeah, DR definitely chose not to hire Roy because of his personality...it almost certainly had nothing to do with the fact he has never coached anything more than kids - but he will make a good NHL coach Oh also Rolston is a bad choice because up until a year ago he had only taught kids DR said the fans were going to suffer. So it begins. On a less snarky note - i wonder if Roy's style will he clash with some vets. He can yell and bully kids, harder to do that to a 30 year old

Do we know what the benefits were? So this is basically MC or bust for the nest 5 years. Do people think this was too harsh or justified?

What happened?

This is just Iggy's second trip to the second round of the playoffs. He has scored 10 points in 7 games, which is his second best total for a playoffs. Good for him

In case people haven't realised. The home ice teams are the last 4 stanley cup champions

I missed the first round predictions but i thought Blackhawks (5), Wings (7), Sharks (6) and Blues (5) would go through along with Pens (6), Sens (6), Caps (7) and Bruins (6) As for this round: Bruins in 6 Pens in 5 Hawks in 5 Kings in 7

They shut Perry down. The $8 million dollar man had 2 points in the series - Kronwall just turned him into a goon storming round the ice trying to hurt Wings players. I'm glad that the wings one - now there is one more Chi-Det series before they move to the east

Tavares was called "The next one" in reference to his skill and the Gretzky to Sid, Sid to Tavares link. MacKinnon is more often compared to Stamkos it seems

What are you talking about? He had 4 points in 5 games in 11 and 4 points in 6 games in 10. How many points do you expect him to have? He played injured and got 0 points in 2 games this year. This is hardly like he has choked? If he had like 3 points in his last 15 playoff games then i would see your point You know the Sabres haven;t made it to the playoffs in 4/5 seasons? That's why he doesn't have many playoff points. I literally don't have a clue what you are trying to say

Year - Season PPG - Playoff PPG - +/- 06 - 0.52 - 0.56 - 0 07 - 0.83 - 0.63 - 2 10 - 0.76 - 0.67 - -1 11 - 0.71 - 0.80 - 0 It isn't that bad/noticeable? I'm not too sure what you point is

I'm not so sure they can be used to drive the price down. Most teams cannot afford/do not need Luongo. Kipper is retiring so is basically another Thomas - i.e. he will be traded for his contract and nothing more. The biggest issue would be Luongo being bought out - hence why it is important to trade Miller at the deadline (if we are going to trade him) My list of potential goalie buyers: 1) Edmonton 2) New Jersey 3) New York Islanders 4) Tampa 5) Minnesota 6) Colorado 7) Winnipeg

I want them to win for Iginla's sake

Luongo's contract is awful - that seriously limits who can/will take him Fleury is a proven playoff failure (5/7 seasons below .900) Kipper is retiring at the end of the season - he never had any intention of playing this last year apparently Miller has a nice contract, is younger than Luongo, plays better in the playoffs and is not retiring

To Vanek: Do we make an offer? Yes - important to try and retain stars How much do we offer? 32.5 What is the length of the offering? 5 years (6.5 per - he has only hit the 70+ mark twice) Until what time is that offer available before we must consider other routes? Up until the draft To Miller: Do we make an offer? Yes - important to try and retain stars How much do we offer? 32.5 What is the length of the offering? 5 years (stars often get the same deals now a days - Malkin/Crosby - Sedins -Pairse/Sutter) Until what time is that offer available before we must consider other routes? Up until the draft Now flip the roles. Pretend that the players are in control of their own destiny. If you're Vanek: How much do you want? 22.5 How long do you want it? 3 (7.5 average) What are your career goals? Win the cup Do you sign with the Sabres? If they offer me this money then yes - short enough you can move on to another team and still have time to win a cup, and long enough to see how close the Sabres are after a reboot. I think Vanek is traded though If you're Miller: How much do you want? 35 How long do you want it? 5 What are you career goals? Win the cup - ideally live closer to wife Do you sign with the Sabres? About to be 33. Still got one more year. If you sign this contract you will be a sabre for life. If you don't, you need to join a team like the Vokoun did (sign a very cheap contract with a team that is likely to win the cup). Ultimately I think he signs

I'm not sure if you are being ignorant or joking? I'll inform you anyway - he had a concussion going into the playoffs and all the commentators said he has come back too early. He didn't look himself out there. Clearly he wasn't ready when he averaged 13mins a game, compared to his usual 20+. As for him being a creampuff for getting hurt well a) he is very very healthy he has barely missed any games in his career b) You take an elbow to the head from a professional athlete with a chunk of plastic attached to his elbow and see how long it takes you to recover c) He played when he clearly was 100% to try and help his team

They can have an agreement in place, informally. So nothing stops one side screwing the other over. But yeah they can talk about it before the 5th. I expect they either go at the deadline or we expect an extension 6 days later

Crosby really is in a league of his own. Backhand semi-no look saucer pass right to Letang for the one timer on the PP. Nabby is chased

Fluery has a save percentage below .900 in 5/7 post seasons he has played in. The guy chokes in the playoffs. I'd go with Tomas, he has looked really good so far

Wow...two weak goals by Nabby. Especially the second one 3-0 - awesome goal by Crosby, outmuscled two D-men. Iginla is 1-7-8 so far in the post season. Imagine what this guy could have done with a decent centre in his career

I agree it wasn't his guy, but you would think when he sees the puck go to an unmarked man 10ft from the goal that he would dive or something

Well she's a bottle blonde

They're engaged