Shinzaki

Tkachuck taking himself out of the game for 10 minutes was huge. If Toronto is dumb enough tovrum Matthews out of town..I'll take him. Don't think he'll sign another contract there regardless

Nice to see the sport developing a National identity

Agree that needs to be a part of the roster...maybe a guy like NC's Veesaar or a vet similar to Al Horford

Get us Thomas and Faulk

I dont know..was he troubled last year byan accute injury that became nagging and has lessened, or is it a chronic issue that will always hamper him. I do not know

If Decker is coming back..hope he can stay healthy. ...otherwise...

The Germans will go nuts over Amon-Ra...

Gotta love our Captain...

Duren is bodying Wemby and he clearly does not like it

Talk on X is that the Wings are in on RHD McKenzie Weegar from the Flames. They also employ the irascible Nazem Kadri...he would add an ahole dimension to the top six

Canadians are supposed to be so polite and gracious...team Canada is acting like a bunch of whiny bitches today

Ken Kal has been an absolute Titan on X today.

Hmmmm...

Kings are giving our old pal Killian a 10 day run

Werenski made a hell of a play to gain control and set up the GWG

Hopefully..these Gold medal wins will boost interest in hockey here in the States Loved the tributes to Gaudreau Surprisingly poor performance by Sweden this year

And a full season of LaPorta

Sheila has not behaved particularly Fordish since taking over

Read somewhere that if AZ cuts their center Froholdt..he will likely follow Petzing to Detroit

Maybe in NA next yr? Or is he obligated to stay inSweden?

Scariest softball thing for me was when I played in a co-ed bar league in the 80's. A really cute girl was pitching and I hit one right on the screws right back at her...thankfully it did that hook thing and literally went around her head. The ball was passing second base when she got her glove up. Last thing I wanted to do was ugly up a pretty barmaid

Speaking of the draft..be great if Lendeborg was there for us. Plug and play replacement for Harris...with a 7ft plus wingspan. Mara would be an interesting bench big too.

If I had a good..not great team..The year Wemby came out...I would have lost every game and then busted ass to win the tournament. One step back..a lot of steps forward

Duren is better defensively than last year...he's putting in the work. He's added a bit to his arsenal offensively here and there (facing and back to the basket) and his free throw % is good. As a result his offensive efficiency is greatly improved. He is our best rebounder statistically and by the eye test I don't know if he's Robin to Cade's Batman...yet...but he's definitely worth "paying"...something..

One positive from this? This isn't the Red Wings where you can cross check our captain in the neck and skate away like nothing happened. You run at our top guys..you're going to pay. Duren stepped up for Stew awhile ago and now Stew is throwing hands for JD. Circumstances could be better..but it' good to know we have a team. A team that's kinda melding the Go To Work identity with the Bad Boys identity.