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Simmonds was credited but still. With Pronger and Giroux out he and Timo should be carrying this team. Briere's man scored their 1st (maybe 2nd) because he was being lazy. He has another gear or two and it's just not there right now. Thus, goat. Read has been so consistent at both ends..power Play, PK... I also don't think Lavy should have picked him for the shootout so I don't blame that on him. He's a rookie shooting the 3rd with the game on the line? Who would you have chose?

Word of mouth is usually a great way no doubt. Being 1-5 on search engines is probably a bit more impact.

I'm trying to work something like that. Members can choose to filter it or not but default is to filter. So that the search engine 'bots' see it as non curse words.

No matter the teams, I think this will be a continuing trend. 2010 was the first year the cable companies actually had a net decline in the number of subscriptions since cable tv existed. People are starting to realize that paying $50-150 a month for TV is absurd. AppleTV, Roku and other internet based TV appliances are becoming more and more popular. With the horrible economy TV is usually the first utility to take the hit by either a scale down in package (HBO) or take the hit completely (like at my house). Less cable TV users, Less HBO subscribers - mix those together with the bastards that share the video via YouTube and you'll have far fewer viewers. PS - The first episode in it's entirety can be found in the videos section.

Introducing - 3 Stars / 3 Goats At the end of each game, reply to the game thread with your 3 stars and 3 goats for the game. For example - Last game (Avs) for me was: 3 Stars 1) Voracek 2) Coburn 3) Read 3 Goats 1) Briere 2) JVR - find Bryz and come out of the woods 3) Bryz? just because. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANK SERAVALLI

It's a time to be happy and make others happy. Christmas seems to have been twisted so badly into presents. A few of my co-workers are so broke because they have been buying presents for their kids to the point that they don't have money for gas. We've been brainwashed to think that if we don't get them the latest and greatest..... I'd take a game on Christmas Eve, a movie on Christmas day and pizza and beers Christmas Night.

Bound to happen. Been awhile.

@Spinorama @canoli Sorry for the late reply. I'm getting bogged down a bit. Anyway, re: cursing. I could give a sh!t about cursing but when it comes to google ranking you get hit for profanity. Because the site is really just starting out, I figure we need all the help we can get. Currently I believe hockeyblogs.net is ranked on the second page when you google "hockey blogs." And also on the second page for hockeyforums.net when you google "hockey forums." Higher the rank, the more members, the better the conversation...bla bla bla. Google, MSN/Bing, Dogpile and a few others are on this site all the time so I'm hoping to get up to at least the #3-5 spot. Once that happens, I lift the profanity filter at least a little to see if we can maintain the ranking. Sound good?

Tim P

Winter Classic and HBO 24/7 videos are now located in the Video section of the site

Moved all the videos for the Winter Classic and HBO 24/7 series to the Video section of the site.

That's a good idea. Thanks s3x

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3 stars - Voracek Coburn Read - his whole line really. Very steady line 3 goats - Briere - where were you on Landeskog's goal? You need to be carrying this team at this point. Simmonds got your goal by the way. JVR - try playing during the game not just the shootout. Bryz - just because Why did Lavy use Read as the 3rd shooter? Why not Jagr?

@AlaskaFlyerFan When I started reading it, I had to check who wrote it again. Scrolled up and blinked twice, then scrolled down and kept reading.

Wow. Those lines look horrible. 9 starters out?

2-3 with a shootout loss.

@AlaskaFlyerFan haha. I had to post it. Too funny.

From an Avs blog: And another:

@killjoysfly I don't get Lavy's decision unless it was dictated to him from Homer. I hope he is on a very short leash.

Who's in net?

Winter Classic and HBO 24/7 videos are located in the Videos section of the site.

Good story blocker - thanks for sharing. 50 families signing a mortgage? I'm not sure if you would see that happen in today's world. Volunteering almost becomes a job (especially if you are good at it) but it can be one of the most rewarding experiences.

It's long but it's a good read I think. From Frank Seravalli