Winter Classic - Sabres vs. Penguins

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I'm just pissed that Datsyuk bolted and Detroit has to eat his salary next season.
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Yeah, that does suck for the Wings. Someone said that they were trying to trade the contract to another team.

The local news interviewed the new owner. Now he is saying that his marketing team will research the team name and he will have final say. He also says he will be involved with the team. He almost reminded me of Jerry Jones, so I don't have much confidence in this team.
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Someone will eat Pav's contract. What will suck, is if he comes back & plays for anyone else in the NHL. I love it when your favourite ONLY plays for your team the whole time - and that's more & more rare these days.

The new LV owner has a company called Black Knight something something, so the odds on fave for team name is... you guessed it, Black Knights.
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Phoenix took him.

If NBC Sports uses the term "Proud Papa" one more time, I swear I will reach through the TV and smack somebody.
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So the Las Vegas Golden Knights will be the 31st team. Not a bad looking logo, but it does look a bit like Magneto's helmet.

Here is a nice summary of the rules for the expansion draft.

http://www.thefourthperiod.com/columnis ... 61109.html
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I'm surprised Vegas doesn't have more sports teams.
The Raiders might be moving there.
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Yeah, our company is going to try to get the contract to design the new interchange for if/when they build the new stadium for the Raiders.
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That would be about right, have your first winning season in forever & get the fans back on board.... then bone them hard by moving again.
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http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/artic ... lden-seals

Interesting article about the Golden Seals. I knew some of the history, but not all of it. It mentions Ernie Hicke, who I met when I lived in California. He ran the kid and adult hockey programs at the rink I played at. I played in one of the men's leagues and helped him coach one of the kid teams. The Seals traded one of their first round picks to Montreal for Ernie. That pick ended up being Guy LaFluer. Someone told me not to ask him about it.
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They're still around, not sure if the documentary covered anything about their move(s) or not:

Golden Seals > Cleveland Barons > Merger with Minnesota North Stars > Move to Dallas & finally win the Stanley Cup on an illegal goal that you likely still wake up screaming about from time to time.

EDITED: I lied - the Seals moved directly to Minnesota but did merge with Cleveland after the separate, expansion Barons failed. The North Stars were in dire straits as well, so the move helped both teams.
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The Barclays Center doesn't want the Islanders playing there anymore. It seems backwards because everyone says that building has a horrible set-up for hockey. There was a rumor that they would move to Quebec City, but league says they plan on keeping the team in New York.
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So Jay-Z doesn't want them playing there any more? I think they need to amend the team names so that Brooklyn can identify with them - the Nets should be the Knights (a la "The Natural"), and the Islanders could become the.... Burrough-ers???? Broolynites?? Brooklyneers?????
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On Wednesday, NHL Network is showing "Slap Shot at 40" followed by the actual movie to celebrate the 40th anniversary.
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Hey Hanrahan! Your wife sucks pussy!!!!
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Jagr signed with Calgary. He needs 57 games to pass Gordie Howe to have to most all time games played.
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