We've all got teams and then we've got teams. The team where I live is the Buffalo Sabres and they are on a 6 game winning streak. The team I like is the Phoenix Coyotes (by default). My hope this year is that the Coyotes either make the playoffs or have more points than the Sabres. They did at one point but we'll see what happens.

How could anyone not cheer for the best team ever?







Ok, a bit of an overstatement. But hey, it beats being a Maple Leafs fan.

Well I like the Predators, but I won't admit it in public.

Scott Munroe (graduated from my college) is playing for the Flyers now, so I sort of follow their progress.

They so should have decided to keep those Vintage jerseys they wore as the third the last couple of years.

I know. I hate that f*cking whale logo. It's even worse now that there's no colour to it.

I didn't really care for hockey until I wen't to a Kings game last year. I'm converted, hockey kicks ass.

Avalanche.

They wanted to capitalise on the old colors, but kept the new logo. Worse, they (like Dallas) decided to put WORDS on their jersey. I got a story for ya that I got from a friend. My friend was at the store, and they had those hockey card packs where it was just a bunch of cards in the package and you could see who was on the outside. This one guy looks at one and says "I didn't know that Mark Messier played on the Whalers!" My friend said he wanted to slap him.



They are like the Red Wings. They somehow manage to keep contending as long as Joe Sakic is there. Like on the Red Wings and how Steve Yzerma.... errr or like the Maple Leafs and how Mats Sundi... wait... they're not THAT bad. But I miss the Tom Fitzgerald days...

Oilers lost...... again, they just love to be in last place


CJ

From canucks.com

The Oilers? Not into the Storm?

Well the SAbres lost to the Kings... 8-2. I fell asleep when it was 5-0. Good news is that my fantasy team did really well because I had the brains to draft Kopitar and Brown (and Handzus unfortunately.)

The Canucks go up against SuperSidney tonight.

I'm kinda scared.

Luongo looks like he got his game back. Don't worry!

The Sabres lit up the Sharks... oh Patzold I feel sorry for you.

Luongo did what he could, but the rest of the team was tired as hell. It was lucky to get to a shootout in a lot of ways.

You guys could use some better defense tho.... Sami Salo can't be your number one guy... it isn't his role lol.

Yeah, no kidding.

Especially now that Luongo has a few games off due to his rib injury. Untested backup, here we come!!

Well the Sabres are doing better, but the Coyotes are running around 500 since getting Bryzgalov, which is better I guess. The Jets... they still don't exist.

Idk Sanford is OK, he's played a little in St. Louis. The other guy, never heard of him.

What about this Chris Simon incident? I feel sorry for that guy, heck both of them!

What happened with Simon anyway? I missed that on the news ...

He ended up stepping on Jarkko Ruutu's leg. It was during a scrum by the benches. He didn't mean to do it and I guess he was pretty tore up by it (both of them). The Islanders granted Simon a leave of absense over it. No penalties were made about it tho.





http://islanders.nhl.com/team/app?articlei...mp;service=page

I went to my first regulare season Sabres game this year. The Sabres lost to the Senators 5-3. It was pretty entertaining nonetheless. This time no one wanted to fight me which was a plus. It was also a silver game, which means it was the most I ever paid for a ticket EVER. Well that is considering that I haven't paid for most of the games I went to in my life....

Slightly off topic but THE CANADIAN JUNIOR TEAM GOES FOR GOLD TOMORROW.


And now back to the regularly scheduled NHL stuff.

The Canadian Junior team did it!!

GOLD!!!


*does happy dance*

My Avalanche finally get a win for the first time in 5 games...

Oh you could just tell that Canada was going to win the IIHF. I saw some of it as it was on the NHL Network.

The Sabres lost to... uh.. the Devils in a shootout, but I only watched the first period. So no wins in 7 games but still got some points in those ones at least. Patrick Kaleta rules btw.

The Canucks barely sqeezed by the Islanders by the skin of Luongo's teeth.

He deserves the All-Star nod.

yeah my team is in a winless streak, but still a lot of season to go

Edmonton is on a 2 game winning streak, and they are up against Phoenix, lets go for 3!


CJ

My Avs went from a scoring machine to not being able to score, period.

I see a lot of teams on the skids nowadays... what's up?

The All-Star Break is coming. They're all too busy gossiping about who gets voted to the teams to bother hitting each other.

The rumors of Washington trading Ovechkin can now stop. They resigned him to a 13 year deal... Some minor trades and waiver claims made, the best is Sergei Samsonov going to Carolina. Fans in Toronto also are trying to figure out why the Leafs claimed Dominic Moore of waivers from Minnesota. And for some other unknown reason, the Anaheim Ducks trade for ANOTHER tough guy by landing Darryl Bootland, this the same day after Brian Burke's interview with the fan revealed they were looking for scorers.

Who is Dominic Moore?

Better question : Does anyone really care what the Leafs do? I mean, we all know they aren't going to make the playoffs ever again ...

Some schmo that played on the Rangers, Penguins, Wild and now the Leafs.

Well the best hockey talk on the radio I get in the car is a Canadian station, and they have a hockey show on at noon I listen to every day hosted by Nick Kypreos...

From what I've seen working in Toronto even Leafs faithful are starting to realize the team is hopeless until the current management (and possibly ownership) is replaced entirely.

Yes, it all started when JFJ (their GM) tried to fire Paul Maurice earlier this year and it was vetoed by the board that runs the Leafs.

Well it's been a long painful road for me as a hockey fan, but I'm feeling confident it will payoff soon!

I'm a Blackhawks fan.

Still a struggling young team, but with the teams biggest problem finally gone it looks to be a much brighter future for the franchise. Kane and Toews seem to be the real deal, just need to mature a bit. Toews has been out and the Hawks have struggled a bit without him, but it's been a tough year with injuries again.

If we can add some more quality veterans and keep our young guys healthy they should mature into one helluva team.

We've been gone far too long, but we will be back very soon.....

And in a BIG way!