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ppl here in MN are going nuts

is this move that big of a deal? it's not like miami heat level is it?

it's not miami heat level, but they *were* the two best free agents available this year, and parise's from minnesota, and it's no doubt the best thing to happen to the team since it started up.

if i'm ken holland, i think i sign alex semin with the caveat that whenever he fucks up/acts lackadaisical, datsyuk gets to spear him in the groin

^basically. also, like, this it totally not a Heat thing why because the NHL is not a superstar league no matter what bettman et al will have you believe

like, there is no other sport where there is the cult of the average player. When Ian LaPerriere was in LA he was BELOVED but he was only good for, like 5/15/150PMs a year.

also everyone in the league is one bad hit away from getting finished at this point which is why these contracts make no sense.

Also, the playoffs are a crapshoot, and it doesnt matter who has the top superstar: it's all about the hot goalie. Also when 15-17 guys are rotating in and out a minute at a time, it kind of minimizes the effect of the "superstar".

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicagoblackhawks/post/_/id/4671285/luongo-not-ruling-out-blackhawks

"Luongo was asked if he could handle hearing “Chelsea Dagger” -- the song the Hawks play when they score a goal -- as a member of the home team.

"I like that song,” Luongo said. “It's catchy. I heard it seven times in one game."

Luongo was referring to Game 4 of the 2010 Western Conference semifinals which the Hawks won 7-4, just one of several games in recent years in which the Hawks put up a flurry of goals against him. "

Luongo's humor does not inspire confidence.

would lol SO MUCH if that happened

yo Bill I'm late here but this

it is if it's the worst uniform in pro sports.

is bullshit & you know it & you need to check your Wings-hate long enough to not make ridiculous claims like this. It's not even the worse uniform in hockey. You legit think the Coyotes uni isn't worse than the Wings one? Then you need to remove yr head from yr ass in order to see clearly. The Blue Jackets too man. The Ducks. In other sports there are at least twenty teams w/worse unis than the Red Wings. As a Raiders fan I hate every other team in the AFC West at least as much as you hate the Wings but you won't hear me claiming that the...ok bad example all those other teams in the AFC West look like fuckin clowns, lol at those assholes, Raider Nation baby, JUST WIN, fuck yes

p sure he was talking about the wild unis

I stand by my support of the Raiders

nah he was talking about the wings iirc

if that's the case it's just another profoundly dumb thing that BM has said. Why can't Morbs like hockey his trolling would be more fun

idk hating a team so much that you'll actually publicly claim one of the more iconic unis is "the worst uni in professional sports" is p. good, it got a rise out of me & as everybody knows I'm notoriously hard to rile

I have no beef w the red wings but have always hated those red-on-red outfits. Too much red!!

it's no habs or leafs, but it's solid and the logo is a+. original six teams aren't supposed to look like the fucking marlins

idk hating a team so much that you'll actually publicly claim one of the more iconic unis is "the worst uni in professional sports" is p. good, it got a rise out of me & as everybody knows I'm notoriously hard to rile

― perry en concrète (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, July 8, 2012 11:25 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's a lousy uniform. Sorry chief. Maybe you sleep in red footie pajamas too.

only a truly base, fundamental hatred of the wings can fuel this vein of graphic design critique

personally idgi when there are atrocities like this in the league

http://aeryssports.com/kitchen-sink/files/2011/07/Nashville-Predators-Uniform-.gif

http://www.nhluniforms.com/Lightning/Images/Lightning16.png

Your team is not called "Bolts"

Nevermind that there are Orig 6 teams w/ 3rd/alt jerseys I mean whyhwyhwy

http://www.nhluniforms.com/Ducks/Images/Ducks05.png

That's not a D, it's a tribute to the military industrial complex and the N-1M

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_N-1M

Nevermind that there are Orig 6 teams w/ 3rd/alt jerseys I mean whyhwyhwy

http://www.nf1jerseys00001.com/images/pic/20095289454488735.jpg

srsly

that is worse than hitler

Yeah srsly Bill, wtf?

Is it just the red you hate so much? (Can't be - Devils are the second-reddest team itl.) Whaddya thing of the Wings' away uniform?

sometimes red reminds bill of rugged god-fearing north americans from the prairies, the red of torn knuckles and goal posts and blood bouncing on ice.

other times red reminds bill of commie fag europeans who would rather pass the puck than fight. this is one of those times.

damn those commies with their multimillion dollar salaries, they're laughing at all of us!

Whaddya thing of the Wings' away uniform?

^it certainly beats the Lighting uni posted above.

sometimes red reminds bill of rugged god-fearing north americans from the prairies, the red of torn knuckles and goal posts and blood bouncing on ice.

other times red reminds bill of commie fag europeans who would rather pass the puck than fight. this is one of those times.

― mookieproof, Monday, July 9, 2012 2:28 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is actually somewhat witty. not necessarily consistent with my philosophy, but a decent effort.

on cam janssen

Blah. Blah. Blah.

Thanks for posting an article on the most irrelevant member of the Eastern Conference Champions. Youve convinced me, Devils suck and the Red Wings rule. Because Cam Janssen is on the team.

Eastern Conference Champions

lol

right up their with the President's Trophy Champions amirite

*there

irrelevant is the point. the devils won the 'eastern conference championship' (hope you have a t-shirt for that btw) without dressing the guy once in the playoffs.

yeah yeah first offer for the new CBA but the owners are basically asking for the reserve clause.

http://i.imgur.com/WCKMy.jpg

nice

strong burn

i have a smart mouth but I would not get into trash talking match w/ pro athletes fwiw

<3 conan but lol

irrelevant is the point. the devils won the 'eastern conference championship' (hope you have a t-shirt for that btw) without dressing the guy once in the playoffs.

― mookieproof, Friday, July 13, 2012 7:23 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I do actually. You see they were actually playing hockey at the same time the Red Wings were playing golf, or whatever the golf equivalent is in Russia, or Estonia or wherever those pajama wearing pussies come from.

currently no russians or estonians on the wings roster fyi

devils currently w/ 3 players born in the soviet union so maybe ask them what they do in the offseason instead of golf (if they're not too busy polishing their eastern conference championship rings)

"or wherever those pajama wearing pussies come from"

does that include places like Czechloslovakia, Sweden, and West Germany, where Devils players come from?

yeah, and wherever kris draper came from as well

kris draper and his surgically reconstructed face

...with more stanley cups than the entire colorado rockies franchise

http://torchlakeviews.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/d-banners-everywhere.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04ehv4xepJw

No banner got hung up in Detroit after this particular series

^Big Z at Canobie Lake Park (where my daughter had a field trip this week) on Wednesday.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BN3U6zTCYAAHue2.jpg

this video is worth watching just for drunk-ass corey crawford saying "fuck" on tv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seOW5pSw0Sc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seOW5pSw0Sc

Draft day!!

oh my

well at least we get to keep @strombone1

Just tuned in, wtf

sources suggest the flyers will sign claude giroux to an eight-year deal worth $8.3m per season

@DarrenDreger
Huge trade in the works. Boston and Dallas close on a deal sending Tyler Seguin to Stars for Loui Eriksson. Other parts involved as well.

danny briere to the habs for two years/$8m

briere always seemed like the kind of guy glen sather would wildly overpay for, but i guess it's hard to compete with the flyers

@Real_ESPNLeBrun
Habs GM Marc Bergevin reached out to Flyers GM Paul Holmgren to get feedback on Briere. Holmgren had nothing but great things to say

lololol

Pretty sure it won't go well, Montrealers are speaking of Gomez pt II.

Daniel Alfredsson to Detroit huh wtf

feel like I should wait for the bergeron deal to go thru before moving on but idk

NHL GMs are the dumbest people on the planet

Clarkson: Career games 426 g 97 a 73 pts 170 +/-32 is worth 36m/7years

http://nbcprohockeytalk.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/can_tsun.jpg?w=550&h=612

a+ trolling