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Joe Who? was a great player, and one of my favourite Flames of that era. Nobody could deflect MacInnis shots the way Nieuwy could. Unreal hand-eye coordination. Not only that, I don't know if I've seen any other player this side of Jagr that was money on breakaways the way Nieuwendyk was. He's also ...

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I dunno if this is as evident in a place like Calgary, or any other "major hockey" market for that matter, but in Denver, and probably in many other U.S. cities, the shootout has done it's job of making hockey more appealing to more people. This translates to more $$$$, which you know Bet...

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A lot of folks look at the trade between Calgary and St. Louis that sent Hull to the Blues and Rob Ramage to the Flames as a fleecing. As a FlameFan, I say absolutely not. Ramage helped us win the Cup... Hull scored a lot of goals. I'll take the Cup any time. But Hull did carve out a pretty nice car...

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Well your standings don't work either Shoalzie. You can't have it both ways and give teams a loss for losing in the shootout and a win for winning in it. Take away the shootout W's and then I'm down. As for your saliva-splattered diatribe, Otis, you can long for the old days all you want, but the fa...

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The NW division is going to be a classic example of how important divisional matchups have become. It kills me that the Avs have to play each of those teams 8 times. Ha, despite the boredom of 8 games with the Wild, it bodes well for us. The Flames have been downright dominant vs. the NW division i...

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You're really reaching, Jed. It's a shame that most everyone on this board is a bitter & twisted fool. Therefore, I withdraw myself from any more Saturday picks. Shoalzie old boy...take me out of it. Scratch me from the Patrick. I didn't realize that by entering it would be used for mindless at...

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Week 9 Results AcidQueen.....10 pts Hobbes.....8 JD.....8 Joey Moss.....8 moon.....8 Mustang.....8 RSoxFan.....8 xtremeplzr.....8 Billdong.....7 Laxplayer.....7 MuchoBulls.....7 Otis.....7 Shoalzie.....7 Cross Traffic.....6 godzilla2002.....6 James Dean Bradfield.....6 Smoked Meat.....6 The Rat Pac...

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As of today, there are a mere 7 teams under .500. So much for .500 actually meaning something. You look at the standings, and you see about 5 really bad teams, 5 really good teams (Atlanta being one of them!), and the rest of the league. Sure you could chalk it up to parity, but that loser point thi...

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heh.. I might even buy the damn ppv, even with the Flames playing on cable at the same time. When else will I get a chance to see Oilerfan frothing at the mouth, well more than usual anyway, only to witness for themselves why they were pissed to begin with: Pronger is a premier defenseman that helps...

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Hey, none of us are qualified to even discuss the most difficult trophy to win (I assume). Unless you've actually done it, you have no idea of the sacrifices an athlete has to make to win. Hardest to win doesn't necessarily mean rarest. It means the trophy that takes the most sacrificing, ballsy, gr...

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Disagree on Khabibulin... I was at the Flames-Hawks game last week, and that dude was lights-out. Although the fact that even that superhuman effort couldn't keep the Hawks from getting throttled perhaps does suggest having a goalie of that calibre is pointless. The team in front of him played gawda...

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Not impressed. I submitted my picks 2 minutes after the deadline to discover the thread was locked. Now my commanding lead is dissipating!

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And it'll all be available to you in commercial free and HD-free PPV.

Nice that the Oilers hand-picked the most anticipated game of the year and decided to PPV it.

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I write that essay and that's the only response I get? Damn, cold, P. And, yeah, Tim? You need to learn to adjust the size of your pictures. Your avatar and pic in this thread are borderline gen(ious)ius, but they're just too big to appreciate. BTW, nice work putting out the Flames tonight. Finally ...

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What I want to know is.....how long until the bandwagon is empty, husbands are bringing wives to read in the stands again, and car flags are being given away at garage sales? I'll go out on a limb and predict that will never be the case... the Flames have a new generation of fans coming of age righ...

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Never make conclusions about any team until at least the 20 game mark, al. We should all know that by now. I don't know about that, but what I do know is that there is no easier fish than flamefan. Try to leave me the leader next time. Well someone's gotta bite on something to keep this place from ...

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To start with, the plan was to put Tanguay at centre, but with Langkow basically forcing his way onto Iginla's line with his strong play, Tanguay has to play wing if he's gonna play on the top line. For a stretch, Tanguay was relegated to the 2nd line with Kobasew and Lombardi, and that's where he l...

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Heh... Hobbes, you might have a point there with Theodore. That's a pretty brutal pickup. Almost a lateral move talent-wise when swapping Aebischer with Theodore, and then you take into account the salaries, and OUCH! As for Calgary being lucky they're in the NW, what on earth does that have to do w...

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So looks like the Flames are managing to get that square peg in after all.

And they're a middle-of-the-pack offensive team to boot!!

What do you know? Maybe the Flames CAN score!!

Never make conclusions about any team until at least the 20 game mark, al. We should all know that by now.

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The Calgary Flames Still trying to jam that square peg that is the old NHL into the round hole that is the new NHL. Yup. Ottawa has a slow start, it's cause of goaltending and lack of effort. Calgary starts poorly, it's cause they play the wrong style. Everyone's an expert, I guess. You even watch ...

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Felt sorry for them? Not me!

I was watching the game, and I couldn't do anything but smile and rub my hands together with glee.

I think I have a favourite referee now!

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Hey wait a minute, you might be onto something... since Alberta's supposedly loaded, perhaps Canada should take a page out of this book and cap the oil prices and spread the wealth around even more because other provinces can't afford to keep paying more. We could call it the National Energy Progra...

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Which owners was that JD Probably all of them, shown by the fact that the owners were united in their cause. Additionally, you've heard nothing from any owner talking about how they lament the outcome. They gave their agenda to Bettman, and he executed it. the ones of teams that didn't have the mon...

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Way to go Gary... :roll: Heh... again, Otis, Gary only did what the owners asked for. I suppose you NHLPA bittermen need to have someone to hang this on. Without a salary cap, at least 20 of 30 teams wouldn't be able to afford all those players either. They'd have to trade them to the Wings, Leafs,...

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I can tell you with absolute certainty that I'd rather have Leopold than Tanguay, right now.

I'm still holding out hope that my tune will change.

But no matter how Tanguay ends up in Calgary, Avs fans are going to like Leopold. He's a solid player.

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Oh, well I guess I'll try to gain some credibility then. It appears as though only then will I have the opportunity to interact with the likes of yourself. I look forward to that day. Would like to point out that I was wrong in the number of games the Flames have played... looking at the standings t...

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Brutal applies to the Flames in the standings. That's truly brutal. What you saw this evening is two teams going in opposite directions 3 out of 8 points if they don't win tonight. Sorry if we have different standards as to what a good road trip is... As for teams going in opposite directions, you ...

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This is pretty old news, actually. About a year old. The only reason it's coming up now is cause his rings are among the items up for auction. Given the fact that this guy wore his heart on his sleeve and personified the hard work and intensity that it took for the Wings to get those Cups, this is p...

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BWahaahaaaa!!!! OK then. For some reason, I didn't expect this when I logged on.... silly me. Ovechkin was OK tonight. I think he got one assist, I'm sure I could look that up. He hit Phaneuf once or twice, Phaneuf tried to hit him a couple times, didn't work. Phaneuf definitely didn't look quite ri...

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There's no way the Sabres go 11-0. They'll lose to Atlanta who is pretty good on the road. Man, the way you're going, you might actually gain some credibility around here! I didn't call it at all. I picked Buffalo. I suck. As for the season, lots of great games, but I still hate the "new NHL&q...

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:meds: And yet each and every one of you would love to have him on your team... Isn't that right FlameFan? As for Tucker, he's disgraceful to be sure, but I'll take him on my team any day. Good memory, and I stand by it. Tucker is irritating, irrational, and downright stupid a lot of times, but he ...

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Hey Flames Fan You can catch the PPV Flames vs Yotes 'Battle for the Basement' at http://www.viidoo.com if you downlaod their TVU player. Hey, thanks for that, GreaserFan, but unfortunately, I had better things to do tonight (meet girls). Of course, if I wasn't (meeting girls) I would have been at ...

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With performances like that, my start is beginning to mirror the Flames'!

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Yeah, I've seen a goal or two in my time.

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