Hal Johnson

Dumb debate. The only way to stop forward progress in football is to tackle someone. Therefore hits are a plenty and big ones are inevitable. In hocky there are poke checks and hits are harder to do (properly) while on skates. Therefore less per game and fewer "big ones" per season.

I wish I had a monkey to watch the playoffs with.

The TSN Monkey picked the Habs and Rangers, fyi. I missed the west picks.

Another solid effort....

When asked which of his brothers would triumph, Eric Staaled and simply replied Staal. Staal would go on to say Staal has the edge on Staal in height, but Staal is a little fleeter of foot. Staal also mentioned that Staal and Staal are both fierce competitors but that ultimately only one Staal can prevail. Staal.

You cant count my Ottawa in 7 prediction. Even the Senators knew I was joking.

Guess the Darwin Awards didnt hit it really big in Brazil.

Habs in 5 Rangers in 7? Wings in 7 Dallas in 6 (figure Turco is due for a good run).

Uh, kev, your math stinks.

Dallas the team to beat in the west Dave-o? For serious, they look good.

Couldnt agree more. Plus, Jagr's pissed that he hasnt won a Cup in long time. Thats not good for anyone.

Heres to hoping Avery says something really stupid to Gary Roberts!

I'll take the other side just for shits and giggles. Pens - Rangers will be epic. How will the kids react to Avery? Gomez, Jagr, Drury, Lusquist to compiment Crosby, Malkin, Sykora Fleury? Good stuff indeed. Habs - Philly - Home games for each team are gonna be insane. Tons of history. Wings - Avs - is this 1996 or what?! Awesome!!! Stars - Sharks - probably will go 7 with lots of blood. Bring it!

I think that call was a make-up call for when Kappanen was tripped and no whistle was blown. Oh, and JR certainly does still rule.

That is prettey awesome Marge! Good job!

Shitty loss for the Caps though. Cant believe they allowed Philly's second goal. Watch out for Washington next year. Those kids are good.

I feel your pain brother.

Tonight, my gut is saying Philly breaks the hearts of the Cap's unfaithful. 3-2. No overtime. The late game sees Calgary win 2-1 in double OT.

Hey, in other news it looks like the Grateful Dead are about to announce that they signed either Frank Thomas or Barry Bonds.

365 game season. Starts on Boxing day, ends Christmas morning. In a perfect world...

Well, no shit, but it works out to scale. Bottom line is as much as you hide behind the excuse of "meaningless" games, your never gonna win. Now a team like Boston can do it, cuz they know their potential. Jays potential is on paper alone, so they should maybe take Texas seriously.

If I get what your saying, then Steinbrenners an idiot b/c October would be meaningless if Mr May hadnt shown up. In football, if a team goes 0-6 to start the season do you say, as long as we win our last 10 games were good?

No way, April's the best! Wait all winter for it! Got the fantasy leagues going, guys still making roster changes. Its mid summer when you stop caring; when half the league has been eliminated from playoff contention and no one gives a shit about their fantasy teams anymore. Then you pick it up again at the end of August. Thats baseball. It how it goes.

I have no idea what you just said there. To me, the Jays dont have the cahones to make up for lost time later in the season. Its been the same shit for the past 5 seasons.

Can anyone imagine what it'd be like in Toronto if the Leafs ever won the cup? Good-bye CN Tower!