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Pretty ballsy by Katz considering he and the owners have taken away hockey from the city of Edmonton. If I was CC I would tell him to go f*** himself.

He's got some smoothing over to do...

Gary Bettman was named NHL commissioner 20 years ago today... interesting legacy he has... a mix of good and bad. He certainly made the owners a lot of money by increasing the revenues of the NHL significantly. But he also has three lockouts under his belt and the Phoenix Coyotes disaster.

shabbs wrote:

NEELY wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:The weird part of this story is that the mom was offended when Santa said the kid looked like Paul Bunyan. Because apparently that's offensive? She's a dummy, and she should be fired, not poor Santa.

Precisely.

A worse story I read was about a mall Santa being a prick to a little girl because they didn't buy a 20$ picture.

It was probably Upshall.

Suck it Phaneuf!!!

That was Hartnell

LeKid wrote:

shabbs wrote:

NEELY wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:The weird part of this story is that the mom was offended when Santa said the kid looked like Paul Bunyan. Because apparently that's offensive? She's a dummy, and she should be fired, not poor Santa.

Precisely.

A worse story I read was about a mall Santa being a prick to a little girl because they didn't buy a 20$ picture.

It was probably Upshall.

Suck it Phaneuf!!!

That was Hartnell

Still love it.

http://watch.tsn.ca/clip824642#clip824642

Watch from 2:10

LeKid wrote:http://watch.tsn.ca/clip824642#clip824642

Watch from 2:10

He's picked the right number to wear

Team Canada is set for the WJC.

No 67s players, no Sens' prospects. I'm out. Team Russia (especially against the 'Merkins).

This will be the first WJC to have that many draft elligible players. The consensus best 5 players (except Monahan) will all be there:
Drouin and Mackinnon for Canada
Seth Jones USA
Barkov for Finland
Lindholm for Sweden

As for Canada, I actually like what they've done. Way more skill and less grit compared to past years. Some chemistry too. Drouin/McKinnon, Camara/Scheifele, Strome/Ritchie

I think they should've had Monahan on the team, but other than that, it's hard to argue with their roster.

McGrattan celebrating 4 years sober now....

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121214/SPORTS02/312140093/Preds-enforcer-smiling-now

Good on him.

Good on him. He was in bad shape when he was in Ottawa and turned his career around, more importantly his life.

McGrattan holds the all-time AHL record for PIMs in a season with approximately 550. I always enjoyed watching him go toe-to-toe with whoever...and especially when he knocked out Domi.

Spengler Cup coverage on TSN over the holidays:

http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/feature/?id=4385

Spengler Cup? I'd have to turn down the brightness and contrast on my set. Is it worth it?

Latest ISS Draft Rankings are out... top 5 remain unchanged...

http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=83144

ISS Top 30 for 2013 NHL Draft
Rank Player Pos Ht. Wt. S/C DoB Team League
1. NATHAN MACKINNON C 6'0 182 R Sep. 1/95 Halifax QMJHL
2. SETH JONES D 6'4 208 R Oct. 3/94 Portland WHL
3. ALEKSANDER BARKOV C 6'2 205 L Sep. 2/95 Tappara FinE
4. JONATHAN DROUIN C 5'11 185 L Mar. 27/95 Halifax QMJHL
5. SEAN MONAHAN C 6'2 186 L Oct. 12/94 Ottawa OHL
6. ELIAS LINDHOLM C 6'0 181 R Dec. 2/94 Brynas SweE
7. VALERY NICHUSHKIN F 6'4 196 L Mar. 4/95 Chelyabinsk RusS
8. HUNTER SHINKARUK C 5'11 175 L Oct. 13/94 Medicine Hat WHL
9. DARNELL NURSE D 6'4 189 L Feb. 4/95 Sault Ste. Marie OHL
10. RASMUS RISTOLAINEN D 6'3 203 R Oct. 27/94 TPS Turku FinE
11. NIKITA ZADOROV D 6'5 230 L Apr. 15/95 London OHL
12. CURTIS LAZAR C 6'0 193 R Feb. 2/95 Edmonton WHL
13. RYAN PULOCK D 6'1 211 R Oct. 6/94 Brandon WHL
14. ANDRE BURAKOWSKY LW 6'1 176 L Feb. 9/95 Malmo SweAI
15. JASON DICKINSON LW 6'1 179 L Jul. 4/95 Guelph OHL
16. STEVE SANTINI D 6'2 207 R Mar. 7/95 USA U-18 USNTDP
17. ROBERT HAGG D 6'2 192 L Feb. 8/95 Modo SweJE
18. JT MORRISSEY D 6'0 182 L Mar. 28/95 Prince Albert WHL
19. ADAM ERNE F 6'1 195 L Apr. 20/95 Quebec QMJHL
20. JACOB DE LA ROSE C 6'2 187 L May 20/95 Leksands SweAL
21. ARTTURI LEHKONEN LW 5'10 163 L Jul. 4/95 Kuopio FinE
22. FREDERIK GAUTHIER C 6'5 210 L Apr. 26/95 Rimouski QMJHL
23. KERBY RYCHEL LW 6'1 200 L Oct. 7/94 Windsor OHL
24. KEATON THOMPSON D 6'0 187 L Sep. 14/95 USA Under-18 USNTDP
25. RYAN KUJAWINSKI C 6'2 203 L Mar. 30/95 Kingston OHL
26. MADISON BOWEY D 6'1 200 R Apr. 22/95 Kelowna WHL
27. HUDSON FASCHING F 6'2 213 R Jul. 28/95 USA Under-18 USNTDP
28. JUSTIN BAILEY F 6'3 194 R Jul. 1/95 Kitchener OHL
29. SHEA THEODORE D 6'1 182 L Aug. 3/95 Seattle WHL
30. SAMUEL MORIN D 6'7 200 L Jul. 12/95 Rimouski QMJHL