Running 2007 NHL regular season thread

You know I love ya, Rosie ...

 

Roster for YoungStars game is announced:

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=227346&hubname=

Eastern Conference
Goaltenders
Player Team GP Record GAA SV%
TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

Defence
Player Team GP G A PTS
Tobias Enstrom Atlanta 46 3 23 26
Kris Letang Pittsburgh 27 2 6 8
Mike Lundin Tampa Bay 45 0 5 5
Marc Staal NY Rangers 46 2 5 7

Forwards
Player Team GP G A PTS
Nicklas Backstrom Washington 44 8 23 31
Brandon Dubinsky NY Rangers 46 4 10 14
Tyler Kennedy Pittsburgh 30 8 4 12
Milan Lucic Boston 39 4 5 9

Western Conference
Goaltenders
Player Team GP Record GAA SV%
TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

Defence
Player Team GP G A PTS
Alexander Edler Vancouver 38 2 8 10
Erik Johnson St. Louis 31 3 13 16
Jack Johnson Los Angeles 46 1 6 7
Matt Niskanen Dallas 46 5 17 22

Forwards
Player Team GP G A PTS
Sam Gagner Edmonton 43 3 13 16
Patrick Kane Chicago 45 9 31 40
Peter Mueller Phoenix 43 10 22 32
David Perron St. Louis 31 9 9 18

 

That's the best the East can do? Really?

 

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">I guess that at games in Slovakia there is a lot of, uh, high sticking going on. </a>

Probably NSFW.

 

Small trade between the Lightning and the Stars. Lightning get former Hobey Baker award winner Junior Lessard, give up D Dan Jancevski.

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=350041&nhlLink=true&page=NewsPage&service=page

 

I know ya do. :-*

 

Great minds think alike. If MLSE is serious about building a winner, Neil Smith is the perfect hire. He already knows what it's like to rebuild in a major market. He's from Toronto, a lifelong Leafs fan. And, as far as I know, he works in television, so he'd be available.

 

Knowing that Bettman wants the YoungStars game to be a hitting-free exhibition--like the All Star Game--I am rooting for Lucic to drop the gloves.

 

Saw Neil Smith on the NHL Network the other night. I think he's working for them/TSN.

By the way, is there a limitation on the YoungStars game, like if you've played in it once, that's it?

 

So far, in the last while, we've seen Mike Millbury, Keith Jones, Bobby Fucking Clarke and Neil Smith on TSN.

Millbury is great. Brian Burke without the asshole gene.

 

I think Millbury's going to be an in-studio fixture for NBC this season, which looks like a very good move.

 

Millbury doesn't pull any punches. He sure doesn't suck up to anyone.