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Richards is coming on strong also... But Leino! What a train wreck!

Noooo! Just his public image and going on what his team mates have said... We always say where there is smoke there's fire in regards to negative things (Richards/Carter/ect...) but the same is true of positives...

No, just agreeing...

Besides injury why WOULDN"T he be in the line up? Seems there is now plenty of cap space...

I'll say it again just to hear myself, I like Shelly as a person is no doubt a great locker roon guy... but... NOT at 1.1 mil. And not at the expense of younger guys who can play in multiple rolls (Nodl, Harry Z, ect...). He's our fighter and we had 2 fights with the Rags and he wasn't even in any of them!

And so the great Nodl experiment ends with a whimper. No more trying to figure out if he's going to have a break out year or where he fits in on the roster. Now, the debat can begin in Carolina...

It's like we need the enigma machine from WW2... We'll get Bleetchly Park working on it...

My grandfather used to say you could get a cold in your kidney's if you sat on cold pavement/bricks, ect... We thought he was nuts. But Homer just proved you can. If you can have a cold in your knee, why not the kidneys?

What a surprise, another star player who gets the coach fired because he doesn't like him....

Did the league even LOOK at it? Probably not I'm sure. God, this league is something else...

Well, should bring him up now and plug him into this train wreck! We know how well it went last time. I say you don't do anything halfway. **** the WHOLE thing at the same time!

This sucks. He'll probably miss the winter classic now. Stick a fork in him... And what the hell??? What's he got, mono of the knee or something?

I like Shelly but NOT at 1.1 mil, so he needs to go. LTIR Nodle and we should have enough cap space. I thought Shelly was suposed to be our fighter but in the two fights angainst the Rags it was Rinaldo and Simmonds...

I think with the Bryz meltdown this is why we keep Bob... Bryz will be fine later IMO but every point counts and Bob has gotten us 4 out of 6 in the past 3 games.

I thought this article provides some perspective...http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Bill-Meltzer/Meltzers-Musings-112711/45/40057

This was a great read. How people can change! http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/20111124_Flyers__Jagr_thankful_for_new_chance_in_NHL.html?page=2&c=y

Lets be patient... No need to jump the gun here.

I got killed om my wagers last night...

I'm one for leaving every thing alone right now. Re-evaluate things after New Years or even at the trade deadline...

New d-coach?

I don't know why people keep bringing up Weber. We can't afford his 7.5-8.5 mil contract. And I agree about Timmo and Prongs being long in the toothe. But, we have major changes coming in 2 or 3 different ways. First, Harts comes off the books in a few years (or next?) and it's going to take the 'kids' that long to develope anyway. So a defence weakness is not as severe if we were fielding a true cup contender THIS year. Timmo is over soon as well. We are stuck with Prongs unless he goes to LTIR at some point. Carle is probably gone but I personally hope not. We still have Schenn as a bargaining chip but we need to play him so his stock goes up! But perhaps we want to keep him to replace Briere. BUT, the big issue is the the new CBA coming up. By all accounts I have read, buyouts will be allowed on a one time basis. It's happened before and in every sport. Plus by all estimates, the cap will go up again. So with all that said, I wouldn't even want to try and figure the money (hence player aquisition/trade) until atleast the trade deadline and probably after that in July... In the mean time, develope Bob a LITTLE bit and get Schenns stock up. Then we'll have some real options and know what we really have which we don't know yet...

Why are we looking this far ahead? I realize there are issues but this team just needs to play and not be turned upside down again. I said all this in another thread. Yes, we can't let Carle walk with no compisation but we have NO idea what's going to be going on at the trade deadline... This team is a work in progress... Not rebuilding, but not a SERIOUS contender. But we were not 2 years ago and we know what happened. 60 min from a cup...

Didn't we all know this team, this year, was going to be a work in progress? If I was in charge I make NO moves that don't have to be made with the exception of injury fill ins (obviously) and to SLOWLY work Schenn into the lineup. 25% of the season is over and it seems like some want to rip more pieces apart. We need to leave it alone until atleast the trade deadline...

It was a total mess on defence last night. I can't fairly crtique them...

Zamboni accident at practice...