Q - What is the difference between a bra and the Calgary Flames??
A - A bra has 2 cups.
That is all.

Wow @ Langenbrunner. Oh and once again I'd like to give a big round of applause at Sather for not signing Shanny.

Langs has done nothing but score huge goals since the All-Star break. It is getting out of hand! What happened to the lazy Jaime who took stupid penalties all the time that we all knew and loved? I guess now that Shanny and Bobby are picking up all the dumb PIM's, Langer is concentrating more on scoring.
Seriously though. I didn't expect Shanahan to have this much of an impact already. He really does take a lot of bad penalties, but the guy's shot and stick handling are still top notch. I can't beleive that the rangers couldn't find room for an 800,000 dollar contract. That is chump change by today's standards.

NJ goes 9-1 in their last 10 games...and pulls to nine points of out first place.
Go Bruins!
Crosby vs. Ovechkin vs. Malkin

@MATT
Under your dishonarable mention you state the senators managed only 18 shots, well, I would like to think that the reason they managed so few shots was the excellant defense the Jackets played. Even more so the stud goaltending from Mason. He made some sweet saves in the third period at point blank range. I hope everyone keeps thinking so little of the Jackets as they inch their way into a 4 or 5 seed.
Go Jackets!!!

Hell yes
if the devils can continue to play like this and marty comes back?!?
I think we can safely predict the devils as the east champs

yeah..no safe predictions...just saw it raw and uncut.....when marty comes back for the playoffs...devils will go to the stanley cup and push sj/det seven games and win it all....guess i didnt pull out on that one

The devils are just on a streak, just like every other team in the top 10 has been already this season. The Devils are looking SO good right now because everyone else has tabled off. Give it time, everything will even out and its WAY to close to call, especially in the Atlantic Division (as usual) and I guess we cant count out Washinton just yet. But I will be happy if NJ or Philly take the east, F the Rangers.

I wouldn't worry about the Rangers....their own fans will kill them. Hey Gomez, you wanted the "big stage" now choke on it!!! Go Devs

I hate the Flyers but I hate the Rangers more, so yes, F the Rangers :)

@ bizkit 510
You may be right about the Jackets' defence being responsable for the quantity and quality of shots that the Sens took or you may be wrong. Who knows? The point is, I find your analysis to be unreliable when you credit the low number of shots to "even more so the stud goaltending from Mason."
Perhaps it is due to the fact that in a 16-team playoff format and your BJs having never once qualified, that your inexperienced analysis lacks credibilty. Certainly that would have a lot to with knowledgeable people who keep "thinking so little of the Jackets." More likely, however, is that these same knowledgeable people recognize that before last night's game, Columbus was 10th in the West, behind such powerhouses as the Oilers.
Your claim that they are inching "their way into a 4 or 5 seed" is almost as ludicrous and pointless as your attribution for the low shot output to Mason. Columbus is still behind the Oilers. THE FRIGGIN' OILERS. With a whopping 33 games remaining, you'd be wise to temper your expectations. A loss to Dallas tonight could drop the BJs back into 10th place, then a win next week could propel them back into 6th place. It may as well still be October, as far as making a prediction for the West, based upon where the BJs sit today.
That said, there is simply no way any reasonable person could envision Chicago losing the 4th seed to Columbus, so any scrap of credibilty you thought you had went out the window with that statement. I would wager that I was a huge Steve Mason fan years before you had ever heard his name and I am ecstatic to see him succeed so quickly, but keep three things in mind. First, that Leclaire led the league in shutouts last year, yet Columbus failed to make the playoffs. Second, that Rick Nash continues his years-long streak of being streaky and could currently be on the cusp of yet another long scoreless drought. Third, that Columbus has even less of a secondary scoring threat than they had last year with Zherdev - Huselius might just be the WORST number two scoring threat on any team in the league.
It's great that you support your team and all, but before you start planning your playoff party, remember that no team in the West can lay claim to being the 5th best. And before you go implying that Romig or others have an agenda or bias against your team, remember that, with 41% of the season still to play, they are only four games ahead of 14th place Nashville, who have a game in hand. You may as well be pointing to the fact that the Reds are curently tied for lead in the NL Central.
Take away Nash and Mason and I defy anyone to point to a team with less depth. Count on finishing behind Anaheim and Dallas, if not also Edmonton, Phoenix, Minnesota, Vancouver. Hell, St. Louis' chances of making the playoffs are only slightly worse than the BJs.
As for the "everyone keeps thinking so little of the Jackets" angle, one would assume that Ohio was located somewhere near Detroit, given that level of self-pitying paranoia. We are all aware of your recent success, so please don't adopt your neighbors' lame defence of "you're just jealous 'cause you wish your team was as good as ours". It's unseemly enough on those whiners; it just looks way lame on you people.

tim g - nice!
lol red wings - There's something in the air in Camden that's getting the girls pregnant. Their legs!
Huetn't taking it easy this weekend! However, in your evaluation of the BJs, you forgot to mention the legendary Mike Commodore! So they have three decent players, non? ou Huet?

Can we get a dishonorable mention for the officials in Tampa last night who took two goals off the board for the Bolts on horrendous video reviews? Even the Flyers TV guys thought the overturned Recchi goal was a bad call.

its not the refs who make those calls. they make their call on the ice right as the puck goes in. if it goes to review it is all done upstairs and in toronto and htey have to have conclusive evidence to overturn it. you cant blame the refs on that. maybe the only thing you can blame them for is having the wrong call on the ice at the time. i am a referee myself and if you are reffing a fast pace game it is tough to see everything that goes on. you arent always looking for the high stick or kicking motion. dont be hatin' on the zebras

Right before the All Star break I was trying to decide which forward to add to my Fantasy team: Drury or Langenbrunner? I made the wrong choice.

@HUET
I realize that Columbus hasn't been around that long, and I am probably not as knowledgeable about the intracacies of Hockey like someone as smart as you but I have been a fan of hockey for over 40 years. So I am not a total ingrate. I'm sorry if you take offense to someone being a fan and rooting for their team. As for the coments about me believing there is some type of conspiracy like the Detroit lunatics, you are mistaken. Also, when I wrote of the limited shots and Mason's defense, I was just praising their play. When I wrote of the people taking the Jackets lightly, again I was allowing myself to hope for easier games against tougher opponents. As for the Cincinnati Reds comment, I wouldn't be caught dead rooting for them or any other baseball team for that matter. I am a loyal fan that roots for the Jackets and the Browns. Now for the fact that you had heard of Steve Mason before I did, ok, what do you want a HOBBY BADGE ? Get real, do you think I care if you knew about him before I did? You are probably right about the Blackhawks, but don't count the Jackets out of the rest. Especially if you utilize your games in hand theories, as the Jackets have games in hand on both Anaheim and Phoenix.
As for you Luke, I doubt you would have written more, because I doubt you could count that many words.

i got both malkin and langenbrunner on my fantasy team^^

@ bizkit
Well said. I think I was still drunk when I woke up this morning, but I do wish Nash and Mason well.

@HUET
Cool, cuz I got nothing against you or whoever you root for. Good Luck!

RE: rangers shutout: WWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Didn't hear any "Marty" chants last 2 Devs wins. Dropping like a rock in standings.
HENRIK! HENRIK! Put Vali in there he;s better

Re : Rangers shutout-WWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Devils pulling away! What, no Marty chants?

nhl sucks-torontosucks-bettmansucks-sharkssucksrefereesblowbigass-linesmensucks-how canthey [profane]upeverygame they officiate-missed callsgoalstakenawaybecauseofstupidass torontowarroom [profane]ersallNHLGOTOHELLA$$HOLESBETTMANYOUSUCKASSDIE&ALLOFYOUFUKOFF

@26 havin a nice day i see. p.s. rangerssuc,pennssuc etc.

Rick Nash will not be happy that you didn't name Mason's shutout as one of the 3 starts. Rick Nash also won't be sad, actually I'm just going to assume that he'll be indifferent about the whole thing because Rick Nash just isn't an emotional guy. Rick Nash is no Roger Federer.