Red Baron

Bettman killed the league by expanding hockey at the rate that no one was caring year after year. The league became a parity when new teams started almost every season. Though there is no need for a strict 30 million salary cap. Only Chicago and Pitttsburgh have a salary under 30 million. More teams can opt for a 40 million salary and thats by cutting a lot of contracts (Patrice Breisbois has "earns" 4 million dollars for a mediocore defencemen). Second of all. The game is horrible to watch. Ottawa vs Anaheim? San Jose vs Carolina? who'd want to watch those games, or even Carolina vs Atlanta or Phoenix vs Nashville. Yes we need those teams that have some fan base, but lets face it. Most of the southern states don't have a strong fan base (Florida, Atlanta, Tampa, Phoenix, Nashville, Carolina) I excluded the California teams, since all of them has market a profit, especially San Jose coming fifth in sell out games last year. Teams need to play a 68-74 game season and every game would matter. Or keep the 82 game system but contract a few teams. Gary Bettman was brought in to make the game more accesible to Americans. It was succesful until he started to expand the sport into area's that were more accesible to College sports, NASCAR. He thought bringing the sport to Florida was smart. Two exhibitions games in Florida average over 20,000 tickets. One team was good, but not two. Carolina was a mistake. Phoenix was a mistake. Dallas was a dispute between the owners in Minnesota, one spawned off to San Jose, and made a profitable team. Anaheim needs a stable owner, but fairly manageable. Atlanta was a joke, that Ted Turner would buy in. Nashville had potential, but no major star has arrived there to make the team stand out until Tomas Vokoun? (goalie). Ottawa was a great idea, since most Canadian teams were leaving. If the team didn't win the cup in the same year, I don't think the team would get as much popularity as they do now. Columbus, should have been one of the first expantion team. Minnesota without hockey is like a Canadian without beer.

The fact that its not going to be called Madden some fans would be turned away from the game. Not most of them though.

Chad Smith is hell of a drummer. They mentioned metal drummers, and the lack of Nick Menza on this list is quite surprising.

It hasn't been for the past three years. I think the name has to do with some of the sales.

So, nor more Madden? It won't be the same game. Crap. If a lot of Madden fanboys think that its not Madden anymore, and decided not to buy the game since its not Madden, then it'll hurt EA even more.

Ruthless For Life: MC Ren

Just make sure you don't write like a fanboy, unless your editors are okay with it.

The "success" of Blessed Hellride and Hangover Music has gotten into Zakk's head. I haven't heard the record yet, but if people are saying its pretty bad, then he should stop take time off, go hunting, drink JD, and write some bad ass riffs.

The Dirty Bird was awesome.

Both are nasty

Grace Jones? Annie Lennox? They did nothing for music at all. Nothing. SHUT IT OFF!!! AVIRL IS PUN1K1K1!!!!1!111!!!!!!LOL100=243=0-=211!@r4;LJ43IPW

and better looking too.

cheating on your wife.

Avril had a unique style.

Interesting.

Canadian announcers always refer to it as Hockeytown, USA, which can be justified in my opinion. But I agree with you, Montreal is the real Hockeytown, and this is coming from a Red Wings fan. Toronto has a better claim of being 'Hockeytown" than Montreal, regardless of how many more Cups the Habs have won. Um. No. Toronto is not "Hockeytown" at all unless its the Leafs, and besides that, the crowd is rarely into the games, and the whole lower deck doesn't show up throughout halfway of the first period. It really showed how much Toronto is a "Hockeytown" during the World Cup.

It's the only reason why I didn't support the war. If Bush said that he was going into Iraw to remove a threat to society, I'd agree with him.

The Hockey News did this in October. Basically the What If's such as What if Eric Lindross played for Quebec in 93?

If there's one song by Rush on there, I swear... He should have the whole album on there. It's a remarkable album.

The music is annoying.

I think I've heard of him before? Didn't he get shot like five times?

I'm sure Saddam is far worse than Kim Il Jon.

Seattle Seahawks fan since the early 90's. I've seen many leaf fans jump ship to like the Sabres in the mid 90's, then switch back when CuJo and Quinn brought the Leafs back to potential.

Motley Crue February 23.

McDonalds is over-priced, and you can get better food at Wendy's.