Annabelle

leena, i admit, you are growing on me. lets keep this clean. i'm a new man, i swear. sincerely.

if dipietro plays like this in the playoffs, the isles will be REAL dangerous. i made a real puss pick having them come out of the east, but really, they have a lot of pieces. yashin can be a detriment, though. as long as they don't have to face the devils first round.

i knew you always loved me.

odb....grace?

i keep thinking porter to the raiders would be a natural fit. supposedly garcia didnt sign with the raiders because his demand to not draft russell was shot down. no shit, jeffrey.

is timberlake trying to beef with prince?

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enjoyable. funny guy. that guy.

thats interesting coming from you because the dodgers have some interesting subplots.

you're missing the point.

they ought to just bring in macho man already. who are they kidding?

its 1/3 of lent. jeeeah.

He's worth 4 million, but with this current market will get 6. Someone will give it to him, just like Jovanovski got his change. i'd easily take jovo over smyth. in a heartbeat.

i knew ryan smyth was overated in canada but it seems he's even brainwashed you yanks. he's a fine compliment for a team but nowhere close to a 6 mollion dollar man.

i'll go with detroit & new york isles in the finals. and i agree that datsyuk has not produced in the playoffs. but i have a different feeling this year. oh what a feeling. ill stop.

care to make things interesting? i'll go out on a limb & say it'll be new jersey from the east. and either detroit or san jose from the west. nashville is a great team but they're still young & inexperienced. i am most comfortable to say detroit will come out of the west, but san jose has some of those intangibles that makes me nervous. offensively they will be need to produce big time because their deficiencies are in the back end.

The pressure subsided because Philly died early. Is Detroit not going to have pressure? I'd imagine that their fans are expecting to go deep in the playoffs after their acquisitions today. Seems to me that Calder is starting to run out of chances. He has a career high of 59 points and only 5 games of postseason experience. Personally, I don't care what happens to him, I just have a feeling that he's going to flame out in Detroit like he did in Chicago. i don't think calder is a first line player. he did a fine job with the blackhawks. he died with the flyers because there was pressure for him to produce. with the red wings, he'll be a third line player. and that will help him. i'd love to have him as an additonal 3rd line threat. totally. he had two points in the first two periods tonight as a red wing. as far as datsyuk goes, there's always playoff maturity. many professional athletes do not do well the first few times around. but again, bringing in some tough, solid players around him will help a lot. i think both datsyuk & zetterberg are developing into franchise players. they're still young. i don't think i am comfortable enough to label him as "not being a playoff player". if both fold their tents AGAIN this year, i'd be more inclined to agree.

whoa whoa am i about to hear a sweeping generalization? and i'd figure the wings will pay him what he wants, outside of the league maximum.

sometimes i appreciate your commentary on hockey, then sometimes you say the most ridiculous bullshit that makes me scratch my head. and bertuzzi is a wild card. no doubt. but he won't be expected to come in & be the star. he's playing a role. and it may suit his place right now. he's going to be rusty. he's going to be fragile. so the wings can gently ease him into form until the playoffs begin. calder is a different story. this is an electric player who will only benefit from playing with better people. there was a lot of pressure on him to succeed in philly. only after the pressure subsided did he begin to produce. i definately think he will be a major & underated asset.

i really really like the red wings pick up of bertuzzi. he'll be a 2nd liner. a point per game workhorse as a second line player. a guy who usually commands the oppositions top defensive pairing. with datsyuk & zetterberg on the first line, bertuzzi can quietly wear down teams. of course, this is based on him staying healthy. thats the risk. but its a move i was honestly hoping for all day. detroit is just so deep with cleary, draper, and maltby as a strong 3rd/4th liners. there's so much experience. how can they not be favorites? and funny enohg, no one is really considering them winners today.

who else isn't in the game?

are we basing winners/losers on how the teams will do this year or how they will do in the future?

pierre maguire is a dunce. there's a reason why that asshole is doing commentary instead of coaching. edmonton needs to tear down & rebuild. thats the way it is. what they have right now simply isn't good enough. this is a team loaded with 3rd line players but no superstars. after going to the finals, they were forced into signing subpar players like roloson, pisani, and to a lesser degree stoll to big contracts they didn't deserve. when your first line centre is shawn horcoff its time to rethink things. but luckily, they've got tons of 1st round picks from the pronger & smyth trades to rebuild. they should have dumped more players in all honesty.

sportsnet is the worst. the score has the best commentary but tsn has the best breaking stories.

i've been flicking all day. tsn is the only place to get the trades. they announce them first and are always correct.