Dude (02-11-2016)
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gebobs (02-10-2016)
Ehrhoff on waivers
McDavid with 5 pts tonight. That kid is good. Anyone think he can score enough to get him in to the Calder discussion? He has 13 pts in 7 games since his return.
No hearing for gudas after that hit. Wowza.
mightysimi (02-12-2016)
yeo fired from the wild
Evander kane slipped practice last night after attending the NBA all star game. Called GMTM and bylsma, but they suspended him for tomorrow's game against ottawa. That sucks, especially with how well he is playing, but kid needs a wake up call.
He had been playing well and the 29 min in penalties the other night were a huge jump in the fantasy numbers!!
http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2016/02/20/...t-of-brooklyn/
Well... so much for the brooklyn saving the isles...
Leafs continue rebuild. Trade polak to sharks for Torres (salary dump) and a second round pick
Flames President/GM Brian Burke wants bigger NHL ice surfaces
Calgary Flames president Brian Burke wants the NHL to adopt a bigger ice surface.
Burke said he’s not interested in making the ice international sized (200 x 100 feet), but he’s proposing the best method is to go 200 x 90 feet.
Burke suggested the changes would be good for hockey and said the extra five feet would make “a big difference in the quality of hockey.” He said slightly more room would make it easier for players to navigate.“When I was GM of the [Vancouver] Canucks, I felt the ice was too congested for the size and skill we had on our team. I thought the size of the ice surface affected my team’s ability to excel. That’s where it started for me.”changing something as big as the ice surface is always a tough sell to hockey traditionalists, and there’s the problem of most existing NHL arenas not being configured to hold wider than 85 feet. Expanding would be costly and would come at the cost of premium seats being ripped out.“If you really think about it, it’s crazy that we are still using the same size ice surface as we started with in hockey,” Burke added. “The players have gotten so much bigger and stronger. There’s not enough room out there. It’s too congested. An extra five feet would make a big difference.”
Burke apparently lobbied the Piitsburgh Penguins, who were opening the Consol Energy Center in 2010, to try to the wider ice configuration. He also went to the Edmonton Oilers on their new arena. Both attempts were unsuccessful. Despite the failed attempts, Detroit Red Wings senior vice president Jim Devellano is a proponent of the idea, and said when Detroit gets its new rink, it'll be capable of expanding to 90 feet.
http://www.foxsports.com/nhl/story/f...urfaces-012016
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