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John left me in charge of this today, so I'm going to do it a bit differently. Because, you know me, I've just got to be different. Don't worry. He'll be back with your regularly scheduled programming next Tuesday night.
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What rules will the NHL test at its R&D camp?
Led by Brendan Shanahan, the NHL's senior vice president of player safety and hockey operations, the league will be holding its second annual research and development camp next week in Toronto to test out a few tweaks on the game.
There's a great big long list of what they'll be looking at, but below I've listed a few of the more interesting items with thoughts on what these changes may mean.
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There's an Open Thread Tonight? ALRIGHT!

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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:33 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Slow night there, Kev? :oD
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep… writing previews is incredibly fun.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
What are these “previews” of which ye speak? :o|
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
30 season previews for 30 NHL teams. The best part about them is that they’re Daria themed.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
No, the correct response is “ALRIGHT!” like Kevin Thompson would say
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
yo
big crowd, eh?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 7:33 PM EDT reply actions
It’s a late arriving crowd, typically.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I know, I know
but I can still give everybody a hard time
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
most awesomest new rule to test: 3 v 3 overtimes
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 7:35 PM EDT reply actions
and the least awesomest (at least of his main eight)
is taking the offside back to your own zone. I can understand making offside half as bad as icing (with the sub thing), but it shouldn’t be all the way as bad. no way.
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I think that’s sort of gimmicky, myself – more so than the shootout, in fact.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I find it less gimicky than the shootout
but I suppose to each his (or her) own
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d prefer 4-on-4 for a ten-minute overtime and then the shootout.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd be okay with that too
more things that aren’t shootouts are a plus
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, I love the shootout, but I think that a five-minute overtime is way lame.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
well, I like the longer overtime too
but I also dislike the shootout
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s no worse than what they do in soccer games.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't like it in soccer games either
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh. Well. There you go then. :oD
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
We now have one of the top shootout goalies in the league on board. Shootouts will be our friend this year (except when they don’t count in the standings, which is the dumbest thing I ever heard—why do it if it you’re just gonna ignore it at the end of the season?)
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So how do the powerplays work in that? The opponent gets an extra attacker?
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I dunno. . .
new thing: 3v2 power plays?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
They probably won’t bother to call penalties when it goes down to 3-on-3. :o\
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
So that means Matt Cooke can go around and headhunt unpenalized? boo
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Doesn’t he do that, anyways?
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
no, it's a new rule that Matt Cooke isn't allowed in 3v3
oh wait, that doesn’t go into effect unless he leaves Pittsburgh? never mind then
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I love the idea of all penalties being served in their entirety.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:39 PM EDT reply actions
agree
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
This rule is incredibly unfair… the Devils PP can’t score even with an open net…
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Who’s the new coach again?
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
DeBoer
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Hi Dr. Nick!
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Drink-tastic!
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, the DeBoer days are definitely going to be way better than the MacLame days. Beats having your coach constantly favour a malcontent.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Only Devils fans understand how bad MacLame was. Everyone else was just too busy laughing at the Devils because of that jerkstore.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Five words for you: Two years of Rick Tocchet. :o\
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Tocchet is actually a much better coach than MacLame. Did you know the Devils were on pace to score 132 goals under MacLame?
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Just like I probably don’t have much of an idea of your pain, you don’t seem to understand the horrific ineptitude of Tocchet. Or Melrose, for that matter. Vinny took an instant dislike to Melrose.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously. Saw him at the ASG and I wanted to sneer at him. It was all of the sour grapes and very public bitterness after he was fired that really got me. So incredibly unprofessional.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Basically MacLame screwed up by pandering to Langenbrunner to avoid losing the locker room. MacLame didn’t lose the locker room, but MacLame was basically just reduced to Langenbrunner’s [female dog]
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions
no, I don't think you get any firsties
I do, in point of fact
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually, Kevin does. I had to leave and then come back, and his was the very first post. Sorry.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
ah
foiled by “can’t tell who posted first” non-freshed web pages!
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
ALRIGHT!
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
You’re so easy….
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m always first /smug
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn right! /drinks a 40 of Rum and passes out
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you do your assignment yet? :oO
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I see you didn’t read the post. Good thing I didn’t put in a brown M&M clause! Go bad and read it. :oP
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Er…back, even. ;o)
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
the one you're commenting on
smack*
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Social butterfly.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
So what’s stopping you…?
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
If we laugh, it’s only with you – not at you. :o)
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
That death, destruction, and despair post I wrote yesterday about the US credit downgrade and NHL contraction? Totally off the top of my head. Did zero research on it. Meant for it to be an Op-Ed sort of deal, instead of the revelation that most people thought it was.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, Kevin – did you see that they’re considering removing the Martin Brodeur rule?
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:51 PM EDT reply actions
I saw. Good thing they’re deciding to do it in his contract year.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought that was the “for Mike Smith’s own good” rule
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by George E. Ays on Aug 9, 2011 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
It never stopped him from handling the puck, so I’d call that a major FAIL. Wish him all the best in Phoenix, tho.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
This was going to be my homework. Lot’s of goalie folks want this one done away with, since it does absolutely nothing to change anyone’s behavior. Doesn’t actually hurt puck-handlers or help non-puckhandlers, so just forget about it. I personally want to get rid of it because Pekka Rinne is the only goalie in the history of the darn thing to get two of these penalties in one game. To which I said, “Dammit, Pekka!” (twice) :)
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Caused a goal in the playoffs too
Can’t remember against whom, but Roli tried to play a puck, it went out of his playable area, and he was out of position and they scored on a bad goal.
It’s just a stupid rule IMO and doesn’t fix anything. That it got past development is bad, but maybe they’ll fix it now.
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are you his mom?
by toppleprone on Jun 7, 2011 9:43 PM EDT
I’m not really sure exactly what they thought it was gonna fix anyway, since there are so few really dangerous puck-handling goalies around. Just let Brodeur have his fun.What difference does it really make for the rest of the league?
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I’ve noticed that most of these rules have to do with faceoffs, overtime, and icing.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 7:56 PM EDT reply actions
So…that’s it? No one has anything else to say about Mad Genius Shanny and his bag of new hockey rules?
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:10 PM EDT reply actions
and, you know. . . everybody
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
right, of course
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
No love for John?
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
we have other girls who post here
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, we all love John. He’s lurking around here somewhere. He had doctors appointments earlier this evening.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
So he’s going to pop up at like 10?
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I poke my head in on Wednesday morning sometimes
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
probably not, I tend to bother other blogs on thursday
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Heh. Speak of the devil. Or, Devils, as it were. ;o)
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions
He arrived one and a half hours earlier…
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
He had good reason.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
It gets quiet during the offseason. People are distracting themselves with whatever’s handy – alcohol, family, baseball, soccer, etc. – until the season starts. So it’s sort of hit and miss as to who shows and who doesn’t.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I really don’t have anything to say… bring on the Mirtle!
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s apparently nowhere near Twitter tonight. :o\
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
So. . . I noticed there was a new article up on Raw Charge today
People should read it. /shamelessplug
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 8:17 PM EDT reply actions
It’s gotten 60 hits so far today.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
does that mean I'm not allowed to shameless plug?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course you are. I was just letting you know that it’s getting read is all. Probably far more than 60 times, tho, since there’s been over 700 hits to the front page of RC. :o)
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s just people hitting it from the link – mostly off of Twitter & searches.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
cool
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah… and if anyone’s interested in reading a Daria themed Blue Jackets preview…
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Let us know when the Lightning one goes up, and we’ll put it in our links. :o)
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m doing them alphabetically, so expect it around late August (25th-26th)
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Alrighty!
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know any of the words in that sentence
interested? reading? Daria? Blue Jacket?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
How's it going guys/gals?
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by Eddie Wildermuth on Aug 9, 2011 8:21 PM EDT reply actions
Hey, long time no see, Eddie!
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I try to poke my head around here and there, I always read everything though. I’m needing hockey season really bad though
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by Eddie Wildermuth on Aug 9, 2011 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Aren’t we all? Still another month to go or so. Hence, you know, my signature. ;o)
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
oh yeah and been planning a trip to Tampa for a few games this year around St. Patty’s Day, I can’t wait!
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by Eddie Wildermuth on Aug 9, 2011 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
If you need any advice on planning, just post up something and people will be glad to help.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
not really, up till college I would come down to Tampa 2-3 times a year, I know my way around. The one big goal of the entire trip is going to be to find a way to get Marty St. Louis to sign my jersey, something that I won’t be able to try to put together until then.
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by Eddie Wildermuth on Aug 9, 2011 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Try after practice in Brandon.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s the tentative plan, never been to the rink there before though.
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by Eddie Wildermuth on Aug 9, 2011 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s very easy to find, actually – tho you’ll need to rent a car. If you need directions, let me know. I’ve been there a few times.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
that’s also what my Grandparents will come in handy for. I’m staying with them in Largo and they’ll need something to do. Who knows maybe I can convince DTV to come down then!
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by Eddie Wildermuth on Aug 9, 2011 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
not bad at all just gearing up for school and shoulder surgery
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by Eddie Wildermuth on Aug 9, 2011 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Ewww. What did you do to your shoulder? Without getting too graphic, please.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
don’t know really what caused it. It was a combination of things. It’s a torn labrum, 12-16 week of recovery time.
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by Eddie Wildermuth on Aug 9, 2011 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Yuck. Well, good luck! I hope you have a speedy recovery.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks, should be recovered just in time to go to Tampa!
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by Eddie Wildermuth on Aug 9, 2011 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Hiya kids!
Do ya…. do ya dig the rock’n’roll? :-B
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
What were you saying behind my back this week?
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Oh nothing… I was talking about how awesome you are…
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
My person and the word “awesome” only appear in the same sentence before I get my heart broken.
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Wait. Who are you again? Don’t you write for In Lou We Trust? :o|
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s me!
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions
But you’re not named John F-something. :oO
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
John Fuscher?
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 9, 2011 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Er…no. Not quite. :oP
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
hey
how’s it going?
also, yes
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
All right, got in late from an appointment that I knew would take away my entire afternoon.
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eh, sounds like no fun
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
The Humidex. It’s a steambath outside
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How goes it?
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by Eddie Wildermuth on Aug 9, 2011 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
It goes……On. (who can name the product sold in that ad campaign?)
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wasn’t it energizer or duracell?
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by Eddie Wildermuth on Aug 9, 2011 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
There will be a tour of the forum tomorrow
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Anyone know what weekend training camps open?
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:34 PM EDT reply actions
2 weeks isn’t it, I know the Blues started unofficial skates here in STL yesterday.
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by Eddie Wildermuth on Aug 9, 2011 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s something to remember – players will start involuntary skates soon if they haven’t already.
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I’ve been reading all about that on Twitter for the past couple of weeks, actually. Hedman tweeted today that he’s going to play three charity games in three nights, and he’s going to try to tweet about them. So that’s already started.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
But is he at Ice Sports Forum playing?
Players have been skating for a while, on their own, at home. I mean players returning to the city they play in to partake in involuntary workouts.
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Some guys don’t come in until a couple of days before. Not sure which he is. But I think right now he’s still in Sweden.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Lightning open camp probably the weekend of the 16th.
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by George E. Ays on Aug 9, 2011 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Most teams seem to report the same weekend, so that helps – thanks!
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey all
What did I miss?
you're not defending him are you?
are you his mom?
by toppleprone on Jun 7, 2011 9:43 PM EDT
Not much
Training has me tired and worn down but I’m happy now to be in front of the computer and the television ;P
you're not defending him are you?
are you his mom?
by toppleprone on Jun 7, 2011 9:43 PM EDT
@John since reply is messing up
?
you're not defending him are you?
are you his mom?
by toppleprone on Jun 7, 2011 9:43 PM EDT
Oh, it was a vague movie reference. I was thinking of Gladiator. Commodus arrives in Germania and asks his father if he missed the battle.
“You missed the war.”
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Lol
I thought it might be something like that
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are you his mom?
by toppleprone on Jun 7, 2011 9:43 PM EDT
And yay replying works again
you're not defending him are you?
are you his mom?
by toppleprone on Jun 7, 2011 9:43 PM EDT
It got awfully quiet.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:50 PM EDT reply actions
I was thinking that myself, had to hit refresh button a couple of times #signsitstheoffseason
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by Eddie Wildermuth on Aug 9, 2011 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, I am trying to make heads and tails of the moment.
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Ah. There’s you problem. It’s the milled edge that you’re dealing with. ;o)
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
damn, Cassie and her speed
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
You don’t even want to see me typing. And often without looking, either. That always catches my co-workers off guard, for some reason. I’ll be in finishing up typing a sentence as I’m looking at them while they ask a question.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
is the moment standing on its edge?
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone catch David Perron’s, and Mike Commodore’s, defense of Alexei Kovalev on Twitter today?
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:54 PM EDT reply actions
did not
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
It was interesting watching professional hockey players close ranks, actually. They really did not get where fans were coming from, tho. As in, they couldn’t see how fans could think that Kovalev was lazy and a floater.
(For the record, I think he totally cruised on his reputation, played when he felt like it, and then sniped around the net to get all the points he did. Didn’t question the talent or the work he put in to making it into the NHL. Just that his style of play during games wasn’t high-energy.)
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I did, not surprising from Perry, he idolizes him
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by Eddie Wildermuth on Aug 9, 2011 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
That explains why he went on and on and on and on about it.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
How would James Killer Wright react?
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Obviously, with a high stick.
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
You know, if Alex “Killer” Killorn is on the same team as James Wright, we’re going to have a problem. :o\
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
And on that note, I think I’m calling it a night. Thanks for stopping in, everyone. Hope you see you next week. Good night!
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 9, 2011 9:11 PM EDT reply actions
later!
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by Eddie Wildermuth on Aug 9, 2011 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
me too
night, cassie!
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by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 9, 2011 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
have they revealed
he Jets jersey yet? Or just the logo?
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OK, thanks.
I’m put off that more Lightning stuff with the new logo isn’t out there yet.
River City Sports still hasn’t bothered to even implement the new logo on their site.
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only missed it by 25 hours or so
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