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Yeah I won't/ can't go back. I guess I am finally banned over there. Go figure, trashing a troll got me banned. That or pretending I was JMT_Admin, probably the later of the two. Anyhow, this place is 1000x better.

Meltzer over on Hockey Buzz is showing the lines like this: Hartnell - Giroux - Jagr JVR - Couturier - Voracek Nodl - Talbot - Simmonds Rinaldo - Holmstrom - Shelley/Zolnierczyk I guess no Briere yet again. So much for a day-today injury

Yeah Voracek is not doing much. I think he needs to simplify his game and shoot the pill any chance he gets. There is being unslefish, than there is Voracek. Same thing with W Simmonds, he seems to be in a bad funk. Hartnell is on fire and Wayne is a ghost. I wouldn't mind seeing a line of Simmonds-Cooter-Voracek.

It's pretty bad when Talbot is our best faceoff guy.... That is going to have to change and fast. Maybe SJ will throw us Joe Pavelski..... Ok not going to happen...

Bob in Nyet? Interesting approach; however, I would go right back to Bryzgalov. He looked solid with the exception of a few fluky puck decisions; i.e., playing the puck casually while a Sabre was coming down fast on him. I also question Mezaros with Lilja, but I guess there really is no other choice. I like that Couturier is getting his props and being placed on the 2nd line. This is kind of off topic, but Couturier really had some good bounces go his way this year. All things considered he is playing a much bigger role than most of us could have guessed. I honestly thought that he would be back in the Jr's now. The injuries really allowed him to showcase his talent. I have all but forgoten who Jeff Carter was for the Flyers. GO FLYERS!!!

You know, I changed it, but forgot that it takes like 24hrs to kick in.... Rookie move on my part becuase Rick is dumb enough to fall for it and I don't think the admin has been over there for about 2 months. Oh well, I sealed my fate on that one and would suspect that I am banned or soon to be banned over there.

The way I look at is, if Bryzgalov can put in a solid effort and the D is given a little clearance to push the trashmen out of the crease, I say we win it 5-3. Now if we do win, and I hope that the Flyers do, who is going over to the land of the lost (philly.com) to break Ricky's balls? Can I say balls on here?

I would keep Schenn. His upside is too great to just let go after 2 games in the O&B. I would like Sbisa, but not at the cost of Schenn. I would give them Read and our 2nd from LA for Sbisa. I doubt they would take it, but it seems fair. Read has shown he is ready for the big time and the 2nd would probably be around 48-49th pick.

Cool, thank you for the update HF. I was searching the net for a look as to what is going on with Danny B. I actually like on this team too, a few years ago I couldn't stand him in the O&B, but after a few playoff runs he has grown on me. Read alone will not get us much in my opinion. At least not a #1 or #2 D-man. In any case, it is good to finally have the depth in the farm system to have call ups that can contribute.

I am confused to the extent of their injuries. I am pretty sure I saw Read play up the the last minute of the Cains game. The thing that strike me more is that they waited till Tuesday evening to announce his injury. I am not trying to make more out of it than I have to, but it just seems odd that they are both out especially since Briere's injury was not supposed to be longer then a game. Do you have any further insight into their injuries? The NHL is way too quiet on injuries to players.... On a side note (nothing but pure speculation on my end), would you move Briere and Read for a solid #1 or #2 Defensemen?

I just wanted to take a minute to thank Digity for taking the time to create this forum. I hope that we can get a good group of hockey fans from the philly.com message board to post over here. Again, thank you for taking the time to create this for us.