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A breath of life.....

Huet looks rattled. I've never seen rebounds like that from him.

Don Cherry is an idiot.

A totally uninspired effort. Let's see how good Carbo and Gainey are at restoring some sensibility to this chaos.

Booing the Star Spangled Banner - again.....

ARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!! PUT ON YOUR GAME FACES!!!!!!!!!!!!

ARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!! GO HABS GO!!!!! :hlogo: :hlogo: :hlogo:

The Sundin and Koivu injuries are not the same at all. Sundin had a fracture of an orbital bone - which is just like any other bone, set it and it will heal. Unfortunately for Koivu, his injury is to the optic globe which involves a lot of delicate soft tissues that cannot be simply "fixed" and expected to heal. The details of his injury will come out over the next coming days to weeks. Cross your fingers.

Well by that reasoning, if I go out with my car and rear end someone because I accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake, that must mean I get off scot free as well - even if I break someone's neck in the process? I think you're mistaken. The video clearly shows Williams stick hitting Saku in the face and blood oozing from the eye area afterwards. That's all you need, whether it was intentional or not - Williams is at fault. And if you watch the video tape, you can see that Williams isn't paying attention to where his stick is going either. And if you want to fine or suspend Komisarek too that's totally fine by me too. The NHL players are way too cavalier about how they handle their sticks and it's going to take a career ending injury, or a few, for the league to crack down.

I have to say that I disagree with Williams getting off with no suspension. I'll be the first to say that it was accidental - but just because it was unintentional does not mean it wasn't a dangerous play. A stick with a curved blade at the end is a potential weapon and should be regarded as such. If a player loses control of that "weapon", he should be held accountable for it. Period. The league has tolerated this kind of crap for far too long and needs to start handing out suspensions for incidents like this. Only then will players realize that they are not immune to wielding their sticks like amateurs. If Koivu's career is done or if he has any lasting visual deficits, he should take Williams to court. I would, in a heartbeat, and I'd win.

moved to: Koivu out of the playoffs?

If Williams isn't suspended for this, I'm going to implode.

Well.... past behaviour is always a good predictor of future behaviour so I'm calling on: RYDER!!!!

Koivu definitely has an optic globe injury or they would have just stitched him up at the Bell Centre. This could be bad, Bryan Berard bad.

She ain't pretty but I like her!!!

I hope that highstick by Williams gets reviewed by the league.

Dandenault's got the Fu Man Chu goin' on. I hope the rest of the team is doin the same.

Great comments by Harry Neale on the opening ceremony. Good on him. Ryder's got to release the puck quicker on those shots.

Yeah, he died but then he came back in a "form more powerful than you can imagine". haha, we're such losers.

Ahem... but don't the four characters end up winning in the movie? Souray is officially in and Ward will start in net for the Canes.

Only if the league wanted it to.

This must be a record for posts on the new website.

We're officially awesome!!!!!!!

We look dead tired out there. Someone get out the Red Bull.

I WANT ANOTHER!!!!!!!!!!!