Mr. Nasty

With the Bluejackets of all teams. I can hear the crying from TO fans. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=177386&hubname=

The salary cap is really 54% of revenues which is a foolproof way of insuring cost certainty. Sure some players will get paid more than they are worth but at the end of the year the league makes sure they get their money thanks to the escrow. If anything the rich players are taking money away from the 2nd and 3rd tier players who will have to pay back a percentage of their salary. Of course the first year looks like the NHL will actually have to pay the players more but if salaries continue to rise then the escrow will make sure it is stable.

For what it is worth. Code is saying that Philly and Montreal are in negotiations about Gagne. No details. I would tend to think that Clarke won't be trading him to Vancouver anymore

the latest is 4 killed 16 wounded...not sure...still looking for a possible third gunmen. I was watching CNN and they seemed to have more info than the Canadian networks...no anti-canadian stuff that I heard on that station

It has got to be payback. According to a man who's name cannot be mentioned outside of the rumour thread...there was a supposed trade in the works that went sour. Clarke wanted Kesler but Vancouver was hoping to sign him for less and possibly sign Carter. Philly also wanted Carter and by making Vancouver pay more for Kesler it makes them give up the chance to get Carter...hence Carter has to look elsewhere. yada,yada

Great, that makes 13 so far. Only 2 spots remain. Remember to check the settings for scoring specs...goals are worth more than assists, and .25 points awarded for PIMs

The hitting is not the same...yes it is still the triangle button but the analog does not move the d-men as quickly as 06 and hitting is much harder...IMO Plus the triangle"big hit" often gives you a penalty now. Maybe the functions are the same but it doesn't play the same way, I forgot to mention that there also isn't any speedbursts.

Coke for sure...Pepsi is just flat coke. Wendy's for sure. Really pissed that everything at McDonalds is shrinking...boycotting them Beatles CNN, Larry King and Anderson Cooper only.

I played a few games and overall like the game but have a few beefs that frustrate me. What I like about the game: The new controls...although they take a bit of getting used to they seem to be more easy flowing and "natural". Roster management: there is a setting on the main menu that allows you to recall and demote players from/to the minors. You can do this a save the roster without having to open a season/dynasty. Guys like Kostitsyn (78 rating), Cote, Lapierre, Ferland etc can be added to your roster. Surprisingly the roster ratings have changed a bit. Higgins is 82, Huet 87, Bouillion 82... Abby went down to 84; I forget the rest...but Komisarek is still low. Online is still the same which I liked...and there was a pretty good showing for the first day (50 people online when I was playing) So far I have not come across cheesers because they still trying to figure out how to cheese., lol Slashing was removed...this was abused quite a bit in 06 because you could injure players with it. The line of Samsonov-Koivu-Kovalev is pretty good My dislikes: Penalties...holy crap are there ever a lot of penalties. I guess they wanted to match the new rules but it really messes up the game. The biggest problem is that the players you are not controlling are getting several penalties a game and you can't control it. Also, forget about hitting anyone without the puck...that's a penalty almost everytime. Hitting stinks compared to last years version which some people may like but I was really good at it and now I can't use it effectively. The right analog does not make your defenders fly into guys anymore. Defense - is much harder...at least until I get used to it. Hitting is more difficult and the lateral movement of the d-men is restricted. Poke check seems pretty effective but watch the penalties. Old players - Dagenais, Sundstrom, Bulis etc are still on the team before editing...need I say more. Online rosters are up to date. I will update more as I play more...I have not tried Dynasty, season etc. yet.

What a great topic. I like pretty much any beer but have a hard time drinking the really dark heavy stouts like Guiness. That was on special one night and that crap ruined me for several days. It was like I mixed cement in my stomach. The best beer I have had is a Ringwood and Lime...made at the Granite Brewery in Halifax. I am also a fan of reds like Rickards, Clancy's etc. Top 5 for me: Ringwood and Lime Alexander Keith's Clancy's Corona Molson Canadian...they once owned the Habs so that hooked me.

I can tell you in the PS2 that the analog sticks control everything as well. The regular buttons are only used for diving and hooking. It will be very hard to get used to. shooting and passing are used with the analog and the r1/r2 buttons.

yes I have PS2...waiting for the new system but first I would have to convince my wife Will try it out after big brother.

Just called Walmart...yep they have it...on my way, lol

I thought it was in stores on the 14th?

Clarke has balls...and everyone will hate him. The interesting part is...Kesler was rumoured being traded along with Naslund for Gagne and others to Philly. Could this be Clarke forcing this to happen?

anoth 2-man advatage for TO sounds like this St. Denis guy is having an impressive week..maybe he will get a contract

I still have 2-0 with a 2-man advantage for TO but I keep losing the feed

I upgraded my mediaplayer and it is working now. actually... I just lost it again..will try agin at 4.

Is it audio and video or just audio (radio)? It won't open for me.

No, Florida is who they played on Saturday...

Gagne signed with Philly for 5 years at 5.25 million Leetch (rumour) signed a 1 year contract with the Rangers Linden signed with the Canucks 1 year 600k Vokoun signed 4 year contract with Nashville

If you don't like it, why do you open it?

great, that makes 10 people so far. There are 5 spots remaining NOTE: I moved the draft up a week to September 26 at 8:00 pm ET

Habs win 5-1...I like that. From the video it looks like they all came on the powerplay. Kostitsyn (Grabovski) D'Agostini (Chipchure, Latendresse) Aubin (Kostitsyn, Maxwell) Maxwell (White, Stewart) Latendresse (Chipchura, D'Agostini) couldn't tell who was in net.

I thought Montreal was playing Toronto tonight?