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I like it most of the time...I wish the linesmen could make a judgment call and call it if it obvious, but let it go for a touch up if it looks like there may be a play To some degree it discourages "home run" passes, which takes away offensive chances. a rule change I would like to see is icing called on the PP...that is a whole different thing though

I like it most of the time...I wish the linesmen could make a judgment call and call it if it obvious, but let it go for a touch up if it looks like there may be a play

Yeah, but Niedermayer actually put a body on him and the puck came free pretty easily. Most guys just don't do it though because they are afraid he'll slip away. most figure skaters could probably outskate the canadians :)

I think the bigger mistake was trying to shorten his swing and making him into a punch and judy top of the order guy. Like I said, I am not sure he would have ever been what the expectation levels were. I think a mid 700 OPSing good defensive CFer is probably tops.

For everyone's sake, really. Hopefully valuable lessons were learned from the whole Corey Patterson debacle that ensure the same mistakes will never be made again. I dont think Patterson was rushed. I think a certain manager tried to make him something he was not. If they would have just left him alone and let him bat 6 or 7th he probably would have been fine. Of course I think his expectations were higher then his reality also. That being said I think Castro should be in AA this season. I am one who usually is all for bringing players up. In this case I dont see the rush as long as we have Theriot playing average SS.

Don't want to complain like a little school girl Banks, but that was very difficult to read.

1)Babe Ruth from Boston to the Yankees for $125,000 & $300,000 mortgage in 1920 2)Nolan Ryan from Mets to Angels for 3B Jim Fergosi in 1972 3)Frank Robinson to Baltimore from Cinncinatti for P Milt Pappas in 1966 4)Prospects Derek Lowe & Jason Varitek to Boston from Seattle for Reliever Heathcliff Slocumb in 1997 5)Lou Brock to St. Louis from Cubs for P Ernie Broglio in early 1964 6)Prospects Curt Schilling,Steve Finley & Pete Harnisch to Houston from Baltimore for 1B Glenn Davis in 1991 7)Larry Bowa & prospect Ryne Sandberg to Cubs from Phillies for SS Ivonne DeJesus in 1982 8)David Cone to Mets from Kansas City for catcher Ed Hearn in 1987 9)Jeff Bagwell from Boston to Houston for reliever Larry Anderson in 1990 I didnt see the show so I dont know what the measuring stick was, it appears that this list may be more about perception than fact though. Example, Milt Pappas was not awful for the Reds. Or does it take into account that Lou Brock had nowhere to play for the Cubs since he couldnt handle CF. Or that it basically boiled down to Steve Finley for Glenn Davis because the Astros turned around and made equally bad trade with Schilling. For actual production being swapped the Bobby Abreu/Kevin Stocker trade may be worse then most of those. The Bagwell trade certainly should be higher Edit: and where is Pedro for Delino DeShields? Bagwell for Larry Anderson obviously hurt the Sox long term, so I wont debate that. But they also got a reliever who gave up 3 runs over 22 innings the rest of the season... and they won the division by 2 games. I don't feel like scouring game logs, but it seems like a pretty safe bet that the Sox were very pleased with the short term results when all they gave up was a bad defensive 3B with doubles power. Of course, we all have the benefit of knowing that his doubles would start going over the fence and he'd become a fantastic 1B, but I think it's being a bit dishonest to judge the trade by anything other than the information they had at the time. I think it is real easy to look back 10 yrs later and wonder what a GM was thinking. Often at the time fans of the teams that supposedly lost these trades were probably happy about them. I dont think to many people were questioning most of these trades at the time they occurred. If they were they were probably questioning something like giving up Glenn Davis for a bunch of unproven prospects.

i think the NHL is going to have to throw what weight they have around to help settle this DirectTV/Vs dispute before the playoffs. Of course Bettman is a moron so who knows.

There were many pre 84 Cub fans who resented the newer fans also. It just is part of the deal. Winning brings more fans. And dont let Red Wing fans fool anyone either, they were pretty much a non existent fan base until the early 90s, me included.

Take it easy. It wasn't that bad. Honestly, I didn't realize the term was so taboo. I mean, aside from being obviously derogatory. i don't really care about this comment. he's just a moron that shouldn't be on tv. I think the link pointed out the obvious. Mike Milbury is NBCs attempt to have someone like Don Cherry. Who is another moron. The "I wonder what he is going to say next?" appeal is kind of fun. I think most intelligent hockey fans realize this.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/NBC-analyst-Mike-Milbury-not-a-fan-of-Russia-s-?urn=oly,224135 Interesting. My guess is Mike Milbury will not be around for the rest of the Olympic coverage...to bad because he may not always be right but at least he says things that are mildly interesting.

Please explain Michigan. They bring in more revenue than anyone. Athletics they are probably second to OSU and academic endowment they are No. 1. My deep, undying, and completely just hatred for their [expletive] fans.* The parameters gave everyone 2 votes for that reason. But if you want to major in General Studies, by golly, UM is the place for you.** *Not all fans of UM are [expletive], but a lot are. And where I live, the majority. The vast, vast majority. **Assuming you're a football player that enjoys having a 50/50 shot at graduating. I live close to Champaign and have to say that UofI homerism at times is rather annoying. When I lived in Omaha the Nebraska homerism was real annoying. I guess what I am saying is that it usually is annoying living in another fan base area. Especially if you are a fan of a rival team to that fan base, like MSU/Illinois bb.

That's only because NFL did something about it first, and baseball has allowed itself to be framed as something more than just a sport, but rather some sort of beautiful poetic piece of art. There's nothing Selig can do about it. And there really wasn't anything he could have done about it before. I still think if he would have made it a player health issue as opposed to a cheating/integrity issue, it would have gone a lot smoother for MLB. Of course if they were more concerned about players health in 1998 it would have helped a lot also.

When will Bud Selig come out and admit that MLB has messed this whole PED thing up from day 1. First in ignoring and profiting from it, then in making it an issue about cheating. This has led to this ridiculous witch hunt. Please come out and say "folks, we were wrong. This is not about cheating, it is about players health and safety. We need to stop this witch hunt and start being concerned about past, current and future players health. How can we cry about the integrity of the game if we first are not concerned about the health and safety of the players playing it. Banned PEDs are banned because they are addictive and harmful, not because they make players better." This is much more in line with the NFL policy. Somehow the NFL does not have a media witch hunt issue that the MLB does

1)Babe Ruth from Boston to the Yankees for $125,000 & $300,000 mortgage in 1920 2)Nolan Ryan from Mets to Angels for 3B Jim Fergosi in 1972 3)Frank Robinson to Baltimore from Cinncinatti for P Milt Pappas in 1966 4)Prospects Derek Lowe & Jason Varitek to Boston from Seattle for Reliever Heathcliff Slocumb in 1997 5)Lou Brock to St. Louis from Cubs for P Ernie Broglio in early 1964 6)Prospects Curt Schilling,Steve Finley & Pete Harnisch to Houston from Baltimore for 1B Glenn Davis in 1991 7)Larry Bowa & prospect Ryne Sandberg to Cubs from Phillies for SS Ivonne DeJesus in 1982 8)David Cone to Mets from Kansas City for catcher Ed Hearn in 1987 9)Jeff Bagwell from Boston to Houston for reliever Larry Anderson in 1990 I didnt see the show so I dont know what the measuring stick was, it appears that this list may be more about perception than fact though. Example, Milt Pappas was not awful for the Reds. Or does it take into account that Lou Brock had nowhere to play for the Cubs since he couldnt handle CF. Or that it basically boiled down to Steve Finley for Glenn Davis because the Astros turned around and made equally bad trade with Schilling. For actual production being swapped the Bobby Abreu/Kevin Stocker trade may be worse then most of those. The Bagwell trade certainly should be higher Edit: and where is Pedro for Delino DeShields?

Toews and Nash have probably been the Canadians 2 best forwards so far. Since Toews is not named Crosby and hasnt scored any goals, he is kind of going under the radar. He has played great though.

Defensively, yes. Obviously Canada was pretty scary last night but how many of those opportunities would they have gotten that clean against us? Evgeni was terrible, they turned it over like mad and their D's were terrible. They gave up after that 4th goal. Watched all of those first 3 games on DVR and think we're the 2nd best team remaining. I love the way our first line is playing and think we'll get the opportunities against Finland. Unfortunately the guy in net has been pretty good. I wish Sweden would have pulled that out though. Also I'm probably the only guy in here who likes watching national hockey games and occasional Blackhawks games, but have never really adopted an NHL team. I want to adopt the Devils just so I can root for Parise (and to a lesser extent Langenbrunner). Tell me why I shouldn't. i dont watch many devils games, but they have a reputation as being one of the most boring teams in the league. I dont think they are as bad as the late 90 Devils in being boring, but they are still rather dull to watch.

I think Sweden's coach was out thinking himself the whole tournament. Instead of having 2 very very good lines, a solid 3rd and a grinding defensive minded 4th line, he chose to try to have 4 balanced lines.

I think both teams have enough to beat the US. Both are a little older though and the US has used there youth and speed well during the olympics. I am cheering for the Finns just because I like them better.

I have had nothing but good things to say about those players. I also think the Blackhawks have been the 2nd best team in the NHL so far this season

Kane probably would not have made the Canadian team, Thorton was probably the 2nd forward Yzerman picked Kane would've made the Canadian team. Don't let your irrational hate towards him cloud your vision. Steve Stamkos begs to differ

Kane probably would not have made the Canadian team, Thorton was probably the 2nd forward Yzerman picked

Before this season, I would have 100% agreed with you. But Kane has taken such a huge step forward in his all-around game this year, that I think it's a toss-up between him and Toews. I'm watching on Chinese spyware p2p video, so I haven't tried this link, but it may work: http://atdhe.net/ 3-0 Canada now. Not messing around. I ended up paying 4 bucks and by the time I got it going the score was 3-0. The 4 bucks cover both of the later games though so it will probably be worth it. thanks for the link though

You take the good with the bad with Kane. You know he's going to give up possessions with a lack of effort on his own end, but when he gets you a hat-trick and basically wins you the game and the series, you forgive it. I will agree with this statement and would add that my original point of him not being worth as much as Toews stands. on a completely different subject...is there anywhere that I can actually watch the Russia/Canada game without paying more than a few dollars

Kane being invisible against better opponents....hhmmm. not sure exactly what this means, but i'm pretty sure it's something stupid. Just my irrational dislike for Patrick Kane