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They only have 2 wins this season, and yet those wins are against Detroit and Colorado... WTH? Do they mimic the skill level of their opponents or something? Or do the better teams simply underestimate them (or is that possible)? Weird... <i></i>

I'm glad they beat both of those teams too. <i></i>

I still find it funny that the worst team in the NHL is beating up on the BETTER teams.<
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Detroit got Nashville back last night...I don't know what caused them to lose earlier to the Predators. The Predators beating Colorado is a little more explicable, what with Patrick Roy just coming back from injury and the Avs seeming to be unable to win at home this year (well, they won last night...somehow...grumble grumble...)<
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>Truth is, this year is completely insane, and the rule changes might have something to do with it...that and Scotty Bowman's retirement. Oh yeah, and it doesn't look like a year for marquee goaltenders this year...Roy is definitely not his usual self, and neither are Joseph, Belfour, Theodore, and whoever else. Brodeur seems to be doing OK, but the top goaltenders in the league include guys like Jocelyn Thibault, Kevin Weekes, Marty Turco, Manny Fernandez, and Steve Shields. I believe that a lot of that has to do with all the rule changes, or actual enforcement of old rules, or whatever the hell it is...the fact remains that the league is upside-down this year. <B>God bless America, land that I love; stand beside her and guide her through the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam; God bless America, my home sweet home; God bless America, my home sweet home.</B><
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><B>"I read people fairly well, and I think I'm reading Elavia. I could be wrong; somebody at home right now is going, 'You ain't reading nothing well. You're way off. It's Bill!'...Maybe it is; I don't know..." Al from Mole 2: The Next Betrayal in a confessional long before he learned Bill was the Mole.</B><i></i>

Yeah.. the whole damn NHL is kind of screwed up this year. <i></i>

GOOOO Marty! <
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>And As of tonight, the Stars have the most points in the NHL than any other team. <i></i>

I don't get it. It can't be the rule changes, cause all the bad teams are winning, and all the good teams are sorta goin down the pot.<
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>Kinda like last years Playoffs....<
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> This is my sig. This is what my sig will remain as until I manage to figure out how to make my old sig work again because EZBoard screwed it up. Until that time, this is all you shall see. Live with it.<i></i>

The Stars AREN'T a bad team! Tampa Bay on the other hand is a surprise. <i></i>

Yeah... sure they are. <i></i>

Not so fast, Wario...the Bruins are a single point back and have three games in hand. And no, I don't know where the hell they came from either. As for the Lightning, Wild, or Blues being as good as they are...well, I can't say I expected it. I thought the Blues would actually be weakened and not outlast a tough Western playoffs. <B>God bless America, land that I love; stand beside her and guide her through the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam; God bless America, my home sweet home; God bless America, my home sweet home.</B><
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><B>"I read people fairly well, and I think I'm reading Elavia. I could be wrong; somebody at home right now is going, 'You ain't reading nothing well. You're way off. It's Bill!'...Maybe it is; I don't know..." Al from Mole 2: The Next Betrayal in a confessional long before he learned Bill was the Mole.</B><i></i>

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>"It'd be a great league without Nashville and Chicago, now wouldn't it?"<
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I'm glad to see Vancouver put down Colorado in the division standings. Only Minnesota's ahead of us in our division now. 4th in the west is pretty damn good too IMO.<
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>And don't get too high up your ladder Wario. The stars have played more games than any other NHL team save Minnesota, and St Louis has 4 less than you, with only 3 points out of those 8 possible needed to catch you. <
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>Other small teams worth keeping an eye on at the moment: Chicago, Florida, and the Rangers (I know, not a small team, but certainly not a successful one either).<
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>I'm also glad to see Vancouver solving their home game problem. Now if only they would stop screwing up the first ten minutes of every blasted game they played. I don't think they've had a first-ten-minutes shot on goal in their last 5 games, and around half the goals they've let in have been in those ten minutes for as many games. <i></i>

I'm not getting too high yet, but it IS satisfying! <i></i>

Hockey is always satisfying, regardless of what team you root for!<
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That I do have to agree with. <i></i>