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this is what i'm thinking.... pronger could be done for more than just this season. i could very easily see him LTIR ala lappy, rathje... etc, etc. people wondered how we'd get away from his monstrous contract, well, i know LTIR isn't exactly 'getting away from it', but it's the next best thing. over the summer, i said.. you just never know what can happen. well, i wasn't expecting this either. NOT saying i'm happy about his injury or that i don't want him back. i think pronger is a game changer still.. at his age. i just think that he's got to be thinking more about life AFTER hockey at this point and with the bevy of surgeries, serious eye injury... and now THIS. at 37, being told your season is over with ??? hanging over the beyond... he's not stupid.

and remember that elbow to the head from leino!? wonder how that might have played into it. i mean... i know they have their baseline tests and all that, but let's face it, read's a young guy trying to make it in the nhl and this is the best opportunity for him right here and now. would not come as a shocker for him to downplay any symptoms.

well... i'm sure that if there's anything can be done, someone is looking into it. but, it seems that gone are the days where the guys would just play through it and we'd never be the wiser. i mean... i've probably had a few concussions in my youth, but i don't remember anyone sitting out of high school football with a 'concussion'. i also don't really remember many pro athletes sitting out until lindros. suffice it to say... it just sucks.

i think it's a matter of not complaining about something that there's nothing anyone could do about. it doesn't help our situation to complain about it. sure... it sucks. big time, but we have to look forward. to who can get it done for us now ... and to when he can come back.

the problem is... there's is nothing more they can do. helmet technology won't do anything. it's the brain sliding into the skull. no helmet can stop that from happening after an impact. they're doing what they can, as far as penalizing plays that result in impacts to the head, but beyond that... i just don't see what they can do. there is inherent risk in impact sports. do we do away with the impacts? i don't think any player, past or present, would advocate that. so it is what it is... until they figure out how to heal the brain from such injuries.

Pull yourself together man!!! <while slapping you across the face>

Had to be his best game as a flyer last night. Many of those Pitt chances were quality. While we're on it... Mez had a great game tonight as well. He's been stinking up the joint this year so far. Maybe his best game of the year.

I'm still surprised they have enough fans to populate a hockey board.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Check-out-Ducks-goalie-Jonas-Hiller-8217-s-new-?urn=nhl-wp18802 This is pretty cool... Huh huh... Huh.

I think you are generally right about his style of play... But, this hit had nothing to do with that. It was a good, clean hit. Richards very selfishly, and unsmartly, over retaliated. He should have just taken a number and tried to lay a big hit later... Legally. Edit: I meant to say that it was a clean hit ON him and not BY him... And that's the point that doesn't jive with OP comment Sorry to see he's injured, though... He's been doing great.

He should have added a "i liked our team before, I still like our team" after that. In fact, he should just add that statement after every injury report he gives.

"2011 - the year I outscored Jagr" - Andreas Nodl

Haha... Love the quote, "Of course I want to be one of my dad"

He's doing a blog in Czech( http://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/blogy-redaktori-jaromir-jagr/113372/ve-philadelphii-jsou-ted-na-me-prisni.html ) , but the real story was the inset pic and how hot his gf ( http://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/svet-hvezd/113146/jaromir-jagr-se-do-svatby-nehrne-je-to-jen-kus-papiru.html )is... Daaaayyuuum. I mean, it's hardly a surprise that a highly paid athlete has a hot chick, but props must be given when they are do. Nice work jags! Btw, I expect that one of you will provide us with a perfect translation to his blog...

"Jagr is day to day and may play Friday against Ducks" = Jagr died a few weeks ago in a bizarre zamboni hit-and-run involving Zherdev and Mario Lemieux. I know... It's tragic...

homer: we're not going to trade you = we are definitely going to trade you.

oh god no....

haha... this could make your prediction come true. maybe he gets picked by another team and plays every day.

sorry man... it was all my fault. i should have known that as soon as i posted this i'd put on the jinx.

yeah... i can't do that via my ipad, so i had to settle for just pasting in the link. 1st world problems...

i think what's getting lost in this argument of who starts when and how many times is that bob hasn't exactly been stellar this year either. for those who thought he should have been named the starter this year, before we went and got bryz, bob has struggled as much as bryz. of course, there have been games where bob was excellent as there were times bryz was excellent. the one thing i can agree with is that bryz needs to be given the majority of starts. he's being paid to be the #1 and they need to see what he can do as that. that means putting him out there night after night, whether he stinks up the joint or not. i'm not really sure what lavy is trying to do with the goaltending situation right now, but i think he's playing with fire as far as his job goes. i know he just wants to win games, but instead of taking it one game at a time with the goalies, he needs to look at the big picture.

Cheers for starting it up again! We welcome you thread... We welcome you.

Yeah.. The pens will be our biggest test yet. That should be an interesting game either way it goes... Marking my calendar.

80 goals... 3 more than 2nd, 6 more than 3rd. Color me impressed. All of us were wondering where they were gonna get the goals to replace the ones they've lost and it seems they've more than replaced them. It's a total team effort and I'm really liking that. We'll get to see that really tested now with all the injuries. Will we be getting another look at schenn anytime soon?

Fantasy team is failing. I have a bunch of clowns on my team. http://i.imgur.com/DhiOP.gif