It's Hockey Season!!

“Question: How is it that Pittsburgh is in the Atlantic Division, but Boston is not?”

“Wow! Ed Snider's outburst sure did shake up the Flutters. They only lost by 4-1 last night.”

“NHL | Russian club sues to stop MalkinAssociated Press
A Russian hockey club filed an antitrust lawsuit yesterday against the NHL and the Pittsburgh Penguins, saying rookie Evgeni Malkin shouldn't be allowed to play in the league because he remains under contract in his native country.

The Metallurg Magnitogorsk hockey club, which filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, also demanded unspecified damages from the NHL and the Penguins over Malkin's deal to jump teams this summer.

NHL spokesman Frank Brown said he hadn't seen a copy of the complaint and couldn't comment. Penguins spokesman Tom McMillan said the team hadn't received the lawsuit and doesn't comment on litigation.

The 20-year-old Malkin left the Russian Super League team during August's training camp in Helsinki, Finland, slipping quietly into the United States to begin his NHL career. In his debut Wednesday night, Malkin scored his team's lone goal in a 2-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils.

Malkin was under contract for another year in Russia. The NHL had previously said the league believes any player should have the right to choose where he wants to play as long as he is legally free to do so.

After Malkin left his Russian team, he cited a Russian labor law that permits an employee to leave a job by giving two weeks' notice.

The lawsuit, filed after a Russian arbitration panel ruled that Malkin is still under contract to Magnitogorsk, said the signing of Malkin to an NHL contract was a "blatant and deliberate tampering and interference" with the Russian team's agreement.

In the lawsuit, the team said the Penguins knew or should have known that Malkin, the No. 2 pick in the 2004 NHL draft, was under contract to a Russian team. The lawsuit said the NHL and the Penguins violated antitrust laws by conspiring in a group boycott and refusing to deal with Russian hockey clubs regarding player transfers.

Malkin and Magnitogorsk signed a one-year deal on Aug. 7, calling for Malkin to receive $3.45 million, according to the lawsuit.”

“Are there any TTers that are Bruins fans?”

“Is that like ... Da Bearss?”

“Beats me Geo - I can't figure out half of your nicknames for teams

anyways I was just wondering if any of the Red Sox fans were also Bruins fans”

“Red Sox? Surely you aren't mentioning some other sport on the hockey thread. ;-)”

“only in passing - since the two teams are roughly in the same town so to speak”

“That's alright, we'll let it slide just this once.
lol”

“Jordan Staal Penalty shot
He shoots and SCORESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!”

“GOODBYE BOB CLARKE!

Ken Hitchcock?.. Hasta La Vista, baybee

Major shakeup in the Flyers, this is gonna be vewwwwy inewesting!”

“John Stevens did very well with the Phantoms. There are a number of his former AHL players with the team now. Should get interesting.”

“Hello, hockey pucks!!”

“Hmmmm, game must still be on.....”

“puck this.
;-)”

“Fire away!!”

“Has the smoke cleared yet. Is anybody left alive in the Flutters organeyezation? Is it safe to come out?”

“Evgeni Malkin's goal was JUST SIMPLY AMAZING!!!

PENS WIN 3 IN A ROW!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!”

“Grrrrrrrrrr. Can someone please tell the Devils that the first intermission doesn't last through the 20 minutes of the second period?”

“I'm still on a high from that game!”

“Whoo Hoo! Martin Brodeur gets career shutout number 82 tying him with Jacques Plante for 4th All-time shutout leader.”

“Ok, let's list all of the teams that are 10-0:

1) Buffalo”

“Ok, let's list all the teams that have scored 49 goals so far this season:

1) Buffalo”

“Buffa-who? ;-)”

“Buffalo: A team from a town that actually knows what snow and ice look like.

Bring The Cup back up North where it belongs.
last edited: 10/27/06 8:27:00 AM”

“Actually it’s good to see them doing well (unless they’re playing the Devils). Weren’t the Sabers close to folding a few years ago due to poor attendance to games? With the way they played last year and the way they’re playing right now I can’t see them going back into the red anytime soon.”

“They were owned by Adelphia Cable and the company experienced a bit of a financial scandal that left them ownerless for a bit. the league considered moving them to a larger market and rumors are always floating. But Buffalo fans are as rabidly loyal as Philly fans so attendance was never really a major issue.”

“So sorry Flyer fans! Sid the Kid's first NHL hat trick!!!!! And Malkin scores again!!! YEA!!!!”

“Malkin also scored in the first period, beating Dan Cloutier with a wrist shot, to become the first NHL player in 89 years with goals in his first six games. The 20-year-old Russian joined Joe Malone, Newsy Lalonde and Cy Denneny, who each scored in their first six games during the NHL’s inaugural season in 1917-18.”

“The only draw back I saw to PA was that none of the stations carried football on the radio, it was all #&%!$ing hockey.”

“What's football?”

“*Yawn*

Anybody know when hockey season starts?”

“Poor Geo! Ha ha ha! Penguins are doing something this year YAAAAAAA HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!”

“I never thought I'd say this, but I'm looking forward to the next time the Devils play Philly.”

“Mario Lemieux once accomplished what was unofficially referred to as a "Mario Lemieux hat trick" in 1993, by receiving radiation treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma the day of the game, and then scoring a goal and an assist that night against the Philadelphia Flyers.

He has also recorded a "5-Goal Hat Trick" or the "Ultimate Hat Trick", in which he scored in all five possible game situations in one game. He scored on a Powerplay, shorthanded, even strength, penalty shot and an empty net goal. Lemieux is the only player to have done this in NHL history.

LEMIEUX IS A GOD!!!!”

“Can anyone guess what this is:

17 15 1 1 31 80 51”

“the last six goal scorers for the Flyers?”

“Sabres record so far this year

Games Played: 17
Wins: 15
Games lost: 1
OT Losses: 1
Points: 31
Goals for: 80
Goals against: 51
last edited: 11/14/06 8:59:03 PM”

“Well their record would not be quite that good without the support of the Flutters. We chipped in two of those wins.”

“You give the Flyers too much credit, Geo. The Whalers and Senators have contributed as well :-)”

“Besides, the Flyers have been helping everyone out.”

“Yeah, well we're equal opportunity stiffs!”

“That Donald Brashear is such a goon!

Irony: Hitch coaches his first game as a Glue Jackal this afternoon, at the Wachovia Center against the Flutters.”

“...and Hitch still hasn't won a game this season.”

“Sidney Crosby, the NEW points leader! YIPPEE!!!!

A 5 point game for him tonight, third period about to begin!!!!”

“I guess you need to get excited about something when your team has a solid lock on 4th place in a weak division . . . he is good though.”

“4th place is GREAT compared to where we were a year ago! Sid is an exciting player to watch, amazing.

And let's not forget about what wildcard teams can do in the playoffs!”

“nogranola has to bad mouth the other teams because his team is no longer the leagues points leader. ;-)”

“Who's his team? I really haven't kept up with the board since the move.”

“Buffalo”