The Official 2010-11 Regular Season Talk Thread

[Scottdau]

Congrats to you guys both.

[Kobalt]

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Cheap shot by Simmons to Galiardi. 5 min penalty, might get suspended.



How can you let Brad Richardson get the hat-trick?

[OSUFan_88]

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Any way we can get the NHL to change all our games to away games?

Ditto, instead of away, make it Saturday.

In fact, The Jackets are undefeated in games on days that doesn't begin with "Fri"

[ASB37]

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Rangers have looked good these past 2 games....never get my hopes up with this team, but if we can get gabby back it look like we may have some other lines who can contribute offensively.

[Scottdau]

What heck did Kovy do in NJ to be a healthy scratch? What did he do Sleep with the coaches daughter or wife?

[sharks]

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Wow Niemi. Wow.

Well, at least we know who the starter won't be!

[Scottdau]

Wow Niemi. Wow.

Well, at least we know who the starter won't be!

The team left him out to dry tonight. It was not all his fault.

[Flyermania]

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Niemi has been terrible all season, but history has shown Niittymaki can't handle the full-time starter responsbility. Same old, same old for San Jose--- they will make the playoffs but won't go anywhere.

[Scottdau]

Niemi has been terrible all season, but history has shown Niittymaki can't handle the full-time starter responsbility. Same old, same old for San Jose--- they will make the playoffs but won't go anywhere.

And yet they went the final last year. This is the year they get the cup.

[Money99]

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I meant more fan/media reaction. Bench-clearing brawls were commonplace when I was a teenager, and players/coaches going into the stands happened once or twice a season, without all this "Won't somebody please think of the children?!?" nonsense. It seems the sports media and internet fans are always "outraged" by anything and everything these days.

And is hockey really more popular in the US today than it was in the late 70s?

Yes it is. Populations have grown in every city where there's an NHL team and ratings reflect it as well. CBC has been breaking records for playoff ratings the last few years. So I would say 'yes' that hockey is more popular now than it's ever been.
Just look at the boom in California hockey lately. More and more kids are coming out of that state and the WHL has been picking more and more kids from Cali.

I think people were just as outraged back in the day too. If we had Twitter, Facebook, CNN and iPads, you'd see just as many people spouting off about anything and everything.
The more things change, the more things stay the same.

[DrJones]

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I think people were just as outraged back in the day too.

I strongly disagree.

[RealmK]

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I strongly disagree.

We also didn't have the new "politically correct" movement back then either along with the twitters and facebooks etc.

[TheMatrix31]

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Buffalo and Philly entertaining so far.....1-1 game in the first.

[Scottdau]

Buffalo and Philly entertaining so far.....1-1 game in the first.

Not anymore.

[Kobalt]

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Craig Anderson hurt during warm-up so Budaj in net. 1-1 game after Avs just gave the puck away to the Sedins.

Edit: Anderson didn't put any pressure on his right leg, doesn't look good. Looks like they have to call up John Grahame from AHL.